Born in Tenterden, Kent, England
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Joseph Mercer
— married
29 Jun 1806 in Tenterden, Kent, England
Descendants 
Mother of
Ann Mercer
Died
at about age 64
in Tenterden, Kent, England
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Biography
Mary Gilbert was baptised at Tenterden in Kent on 20 Apr 1785 with her parents named as Jeffry and Ann Gilbert.[1]
Mary Gilbert married Joseph Mercer at Tenterden on 29 Jun 1806[2] by Banns when both of the Parish.[3]
1841: At Merces Farm, Tenterden, Kent:[4]
- Joseph Mercer 63 Kent
- Mary Mercer 56 Kent
- Joseph Mercer 32 Kent
- Mary Mercer 28 Kent
- Ann Mercer 22 Kent
- Thomas Weller 30 Kent
Mary Mercer's death was registered in the 2nd quarter of 1849 in the Tenterden Union of Kent aged 64.[5]
- Her husband Joseph is shown as a widower in the 1851 census.[6]
NOTE: She is not the Mary Mercer buried at Tenterden in 1844 as that Mary was aged 89 and reported as a spinster in her death announcement.[7]
Sources
- ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NN27-CL8 : 11 February 2018, Mary Gilbert, ); citing Dcb/Bti/237/186, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 1,737,094.
- ↑ "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NNHV-S97 : 10 February 2018), Joseph Mercer and Mary Gilbert, 29 Jun 1806; citing Tenterden, Kent, England, reference DCb/BTi/237/208, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 1,737,094.
- ↑ Kent Family History Society transcription, on Find My Past
- ↑ 1841 Census of England
- ↑ GRO Reference: 1849 J Quarter in TENTERDEN UNION Volume 05 Page 370
- ↑ 1851 Census of England
- ↑ Kentish Gazette 16 July 1844
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