The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
Descendant's report for Sarah Mercer [Mepham]
Generation No. 1
  1. Sarah Mercer [Mepham] She was born c 1795
  She married Ambrose Mercer on 18th Oct 1815 at All Saints Church, Brenchley, Kent. He was born 1795 at Brenchley, Kent; christened 30th Aug 1795 at All Saints Church, Brenchley, Kent. They had the following children:
2 iRichard who was born 1816 at Brenchley, Kent; christened 28th Apr 1816 All Saints Church, Brenchley, Kent
3 iiAmos who was born 1817 at Brenchley, Kent; christened 25th Dec 1817 All Saints Church, Brenchley, Kent
4 iiiJoseph who was born 1819 at Brenchley, Kent; christened 5th Sep 1819 All Saints Church, Brenchley, Kent
5 ivMartha who was born 1823 at Brenchley, Kent
  vElizabeth who was born c 1826 at Brenchley, Kent
  viSophia who was born 1831 at Brenchley, Kent; christened 17th Jul 1831 All Saints Church, Brenchley, Kent
6 viiJesse who was born 1833 at Brenchley, Kent; christened 8th Dec 1833 All Saints Church, Brenchley, Kent
  viiiElizabeth Ann who was born 1837 at Brenchley, Kent; christened 13th Aug 1837 All Saints Church, Brenchley, Kent
  ixMartha Selby who was born 1837 at Brenchley, Kent; christened 13th Aug 1837 All Saints Church, Brenchley, Kent
  xRosetta who was born 1839 at Brenchley, Kent; christened 8th Dec 1839 All Saints Church, Brenchley, Kent
   
Generation No. 2
  2. Richard Mercer, farm labourer was the son of Ambrose Mercer and Sarah Mercer [Mepham]. He was born 1816 at Brenchley, Kent; christened 28th Apr 1816 at All Saints Church, Brenchley, Kent
  He married Caroline Baulcom on 16th Jan 1838 at All Saints Church, Brenchley, Kent. She was born 1817 at Ticehurst, Sussex. They had the following children:
7 iJoseph Richard who was born c Dec 1838 at Brenchley, Kent; christened 16th Dec 1838 All Saints Church, Brenchley, Kent
  iiAmbrose who was born 1840 at Brenchley, Kent; christened 22nd Mar 1840 All Saints Church, Brenchley, Kent
  iiiSarah Ann who was born 1841 at Brenchley, Kent; christened 11th Apr 1841 All Saints Church, Brenchley, Kent
   
  3. Amos Mercer, shoemaker and farmer was the son of Ambrose Mercer and Sarah Mercer [Mepham]. He was born 1817 at Brenchley, Kent; christened 25th Dec 1817 at All Saints Church, Brenchley, Kent
  He married Harriett Hodges on 11th Dec 1845 at All Saints Church, Brenchley, Kent. She was born 1820 at Brenchley, Kent. They had the following children:
  iPeter B. who was born 1847 at Goudhurst, Kent
  iiJames who was born 1849 at Goudhurst, Kent
  iiiHarriett who was born 1851 at Goudhurst, Kent
  ivAmos who was born 1852 at Goudhurst, Kent
   
  4. Joseph Mercer, mail cart driver was the son of Ambrose Mercer and Sarah Mercer [Mepham]. He was born 1819 at Brenchley, Kent; christened 5th Sep 1819 at All Saints Church, Brenchley, Kent
  iSamuel who was born 1845 at Goudhurst, Kent
  He married Elizabeth on c 1845. She was born 1823 at Horsmonden, Kent. They had the following children:
  iWilliam who was born 1848 at Cranbrook, Kent
  iiJohn Thomas who was born 1856 at Cranbrook, Kent
  iiiMark Frederick who was born 1858 at Cranbrook, Kent
  ivMargaret Ann who was born 1864 at Brenchley, Kent; christened 24th Apr 1864 All Saints Church, Brenchley, Kent
   
  5. Martha Mercer was the daughter of Ambrose Mercer and Sarah Mercer [Mepham]. She was born 1823 at Brenchley, Kent
8 iWilliam who was born 1841 at Brenchley, Kent; christened 14th Feb 1841 All Saints Church, Brenchley, Kent
   
  6. Jesse Mercer was the son of Ambrose Mercer and Sarah Mercer [Mepham]. He was born 1833 at Brenchley, Kent; christened 8th Dec 1833 at All Saints Church, Brenchley, Kent
  He married Jane Burgess on 28th Jan 1855 at St Dunstan's Church, Cranbrook, Kent. She was born 1834 at Cranbrook, Kent; christened 25th May 1834 at St Dunstan's Church, Cranbrook, Kent
   
Generation No. 3
  7. Joseph Richard Mercer was the son of Richard Mercer, farm labourer and Caroline Mercer [Baulcom]. He was born c Dec 1838 at Brenchley, Kent; christened 16th Dec 1838 at All Saints Church, Brenchley, Kent
  He married Adelaide Gunn on 6th Aug 1860 at All Saints Church, Brenchley, Kent, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1860 Q3 Vol 2a Page 609. She was born 1834 at Cambridgeshire
   
  8. William Mercer, carpenter was the son of unknown father and Martha Mercer. He was born 1841 at Brenchley, Kent; christened 14th Feb 1841 at All Saints Church, Brenchley, Kent
  He married Eliza on c 1863. She was born 1843 at Cranbrook, Kent
   

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