The Weald - Descendents Report

Generation No. 1
	1. John Mercer was the son of Edward Mercer and Margarett Mercer [Head]. He was born c Aug 1780 at Speldhurst, Kent; christened 6^th Aug 1780 at St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent
	He married Sarah Pain on 14^th Jan 1808 at St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent. She was born c 1780. They had the following children:
2	i	John who was born 18^th Sep 1810 at Speldhurst, Kent; christened 10^th Oct 1810 St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent
	ii	Elizabeth who was born 4^th Aug 1812 at Speldhurst, Kent; christened 7^th Sep 1812 St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent
	iii	Sarah who was born 1819 at Speldhurst, Kent; christened 13^th Oct 1819 St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent
3	iv	Robert Henry who was born 1822 at Speldhurst, Kent; christened 13^th Feb 1822 St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent; died Apr to June 1869, aged 47 years
	v	Mary Walmsley who was born 1824 at Speldhurst, Kent; christened 10^th Sep 1824 St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent

Generation No. 2
	2. John Mercer was the son of John Mercer and Sarah Mercer [Pain]. He was born 18^th Sep 1810 at Speldhurst, Kent; christened 10^th Oct 1810 at St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent
	He married (1) Harriet Ashby on 18^th Nov 1833 at St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent. She was born 1809 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent; died May 1851, aged 42 years; buried 4^th May 1851 at St. Alban's Church, Frant, Sussex. They had the following children:
4	i	John who was born 1834 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent; christened 17^th Sep 1834 St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent
	ii	Anne who was born 1836 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent
	iii	Henry who was born 1837 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent; christened 5^th Jul 1837 St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent
	iv	William who was born July to Sep 1840 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1840 Q3 Vol 5 Page 443
5	v	Elizabeth who was born 1842 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent; christened 4^th May 1842 Tunbridge Wells Chapel, Tunbridge Wells, Kent
	vi	Mary who was born 1844 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent; christened 3^rd Apr 1844 Tunbridge Wells Chapel, Tunbridge Wells, Kent
6	vii	George who was born 1846 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent
	He married (2) Frances Bonwick Gill on 31^st Jul 1859 at St. Dunstan and All Saints, Stepney, London. She was born 1823 at Lambeth, London. They had the following children:
	i	Fanny who was born 1860 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent
	ii	Joseph who was born Dec 1861 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent, registered at Ticehurst District, Sussex, ref: 1862 Q1 Vol 2b Page 8; christened 29^th Dec 1861 Christ Church, Tunbridge Wells, Kent
	iii	Albert Lewis who was born Oct to Dec 1863 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1863 Q4 Vol 2a Page 453
	iv	Blanche Mary who was born July to Sep 1865 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1865 Q3 Vol 2a Page 468

	3. Robert Henry Mercer was the son of John Mercer and Sarah Mercer [Pain]. He was born 1822 at Speldhurst, Kent; christened 13^th Feb 1822 at St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent; died Apr to June 1869, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1869 Q2 Vol 2a Page 299, aged 47 years
	He married (1) Charlotte on c 1840. She was born c 1820. They had the following children:
	i	Robert Henry who was born Oct to Dec 1842 at Ramslye Farm, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, registered at Ticehurst District, Sussex, ref: 1842 Q4 Vol 7 Page 427; christened 7^th Mar 1843 St. Alban's Church, Frant, Sussex
	He married (2) Susannah Mercer Puttock on July to Sep 1851, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1851 Q3 Vol 5 Page 646. She was born 1831 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent, daughter of Mary Puttock. They had the following children:
7	i	Henry who was born 1853 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent
8	ii	Walter Edward who was born 1854 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent

Generation No. 3
	4. John Mercer, master tailor was the son of John Mercer and Harriet Mercer [Ashby]. He was born 1834 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent; christened 17^th Sep 1834 at St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent
	He married Ann Leppard on Oct to Dec 1858, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1858 Q4 Vol 2a Page 671. She was born 1835 at Frant, Sussex. They had the following children:
	i	Emily who was born 1862 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent
	ii	Flora who was born 1863 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent; christened 29^th Mar 1863 St. Alban's Church, Frant, Sussex

	5. Elizabeth Mercer was the daughter of John Mercer and Harriet Mercer [Ashby]. She was born 1842 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent; christened 4^th May 1842 at Tunbridge Wells Chapel, Tunbridge Wells, Kent
	i	Fanny Edith who was born 1860 at Brenchley, Kent; christened 27^th May 1860 All Saints Church, Brenchley, Kent

	6. George Mercer, master tailor was the son of John Mercer and Harriet Mercer [Ashby]. He was born 1846 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent
	He married Mary Ann Hewlitt on Oct to Dec 1870, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1870 Q4 Vol 2a Page 835. She was born 1851 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent. They had the following children:
	i	Annie Albertha who was born Oct to Dec 1871 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1871 Q4 Vol 2a Page 528
	ii	Flora Fanny who was born July to Sep 1872 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1872 Q3 Vol 2a Page 560
9	iii	Lililian Rose who was born Oct to Dec 1877 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1877 Q4 Vol 2a Page 600
10	iv	Ethel Gertrude who was born Apr to June 1884 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1884 Q2 Vol 2a Page 652
11	v	Mabel Violet who was born July to Sep 1886 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1886 Q3 Vol 2a Page 688

	7. Henry Mercer, greengrocer's assistant was the son of Robert Henry Mercer and Susannah Mercer Mercer [Puttock]. He was born 1853 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent
	He married Fanny Page on Apr to June 1879, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1879 Q2 Vol 2a Page 890. She was born 1856 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent. They had the following children:
	i	Mabel S. who was born 1880 at Tonbridge, Kent

	8. Walter Edward Mercer, baker was the son of Robert Henry Mercer and Susannah Mercer Mercer [Puttock]. He was born 1854 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent
	He married Catherine Maria Harrow on Jan to Mar 1874, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1874 Q1 Vol 2a Page 683. She was born 1853 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent. They had the following children:
	i	Robert H. who was born 1875 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent
	ii	Edith R. who was born 1877 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent
	iii	Nellie who was born 1878 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent
	iv	Alice M. who was born 1880 at Croydon, Surrey

Generation No. 4
	9. Lililian Rose Fance-Spear [Mercer] was the daughter of George Mercer, master tailor and Mary Ann Mercer [Hewlitt]. She was born Oct to Dec 1877 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1877 Q4 Vol 2a Page 600
	She married Arthur Fance-Spear on Jan to Mar 1908, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1908 Q1 Vol 2a page 1083. He was born c 1875

	10. Ethel Gertrude Haskings [Mercer] was the daughter of George Mercer, master tailor and Mary Ann Mercer [Hewlitt]. She was born Apr to June 1884 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1884 Q2 Vol 2a Page 652
	She married Henry G. Haskings on July to Sep 1912, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1912 Q3 Vol 2a Page 1963. He was born c 1880

	11. Mabel Violet Strange [Mercer] was the daughter of George Mercer, master tailor and Mary Ann Mercer [Hewlitt]. She was born July to Sep 1886 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1886 Q3 Vol 2a Page 688
	She married Frederick Charles Strange on Jan to Mar 1916, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1916 Q1 Vol 2a Page 1727. He was born Oct to Dec 1885 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1885 Q4 Vol 2a page 667