Disambiguation
There were two Thomas Mercers. The Thomas Mercer of Aston [Twp., Chester Co., PA] was NOT the same Thomas Mercer, subject of this profile, who was married to Mary Greenaway. I hope this will help in the research of the two different men.[1]The Thomas Mercer of this profile was not the father of Anne (Mercer) Brown, married to Rev. William Brown. See Research Notes for a continuation.
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Thomas Mercer, immigrant
Thomas was born c. 1660 at Ayon-On-Th, Anyho, [sic=Aynho on the Hill] Northamptonshire, England.[citation needed]
Thomas was one of the original patentees at Thornbury.[2] He is listed as "Thomas Messer," one of the residents taxed in 1715.[3]
Thomas owned some 500 acres in East Marlborough Township.[2] In 1715, Thomas Mercer was taxed 5s 6d.[3]
Thomas Mercer's estate inventory dated 12 Nov 1716 is available longhand original, also documents dated May 1718 with his widow's name on them, on ancestry.com Chester County, Pennsylvania, Estate Papers, 1714-1838 [4]
URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/147028483/thomas-mercer Name: Thomas Mercer Sr Gender: Male Birth Date: 1 Aug 1652 Birth Place: Aynho, South Northamptonshire Borough, Northamptonshire, England Death Date: 12 Sep 1716 Death Place: Thornbury Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States of America Cemetery: Old Caln Friends Meeting Burial Ground Burial or Cremation Place: Coatesville, Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Thomas Mercer of Thornbury. 3/17/1715. 9/13/1716. A. 40. Provides for wife Mary. To eldest son Thomas after wife's decease or marriage, my new dwelling plantation containing my estate 238 acres. To son Thomas' son Daniel 1/2 of 500 acres of land in Marlborough which lieth next to Nathl Newlins land. To son Joseph the other 1/2 said 500 acres whereon son Thomas now lives. To my 3 daughters, viz Mary, Elizabeth and Ann, £20 each. To sons in law Wm. Pennil, Joseph Woodward and Joshua Peirce one pistole each. Remainder of moveables to wife and son Thomas. Executors: wife Mary. Witnesses: Francis Pullen, Thomas Pierson, Rose Pierson.
Thomas Mercer burial: Old Caln Friends Meeting Burial Ground Coatesville Chester County Pennsylvania, [5]
The following was originally part of the Disambiguation note on the profile but is so confusing (cut and paste from some other profile?) that it's better moved here until it can be clarified.
The above-cited Web site [no longer the case] quotes the following Quaker records: "Deceased Public Friends in ye County of Chester in ye Province of Pensyllv." [Info from Devon MM, London, England 3/12/2003.], "Thomas Mercer of Andover in ye County of Wiltshire. [sic = Andover is in Hampshire] He arrived about ye year 1682 or 1683 and died in ye year 1694."
"Anne Browne, daughter of said Thomas Mercer, came in with her father and recd. a Testimony for Truth after her arrival. She was buried in ye year 1696." (Source: "Public Friends deceased in ye County of Chester in ye Province of Pensilva.," from Quaker History: The Bulletin of the Friends Historical Association, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, Volume 4, 1913.)
Hinshaw, William Wade, Pennsylvania Quaker Meetings Records, Concord Monthly Meeting, Vol. I, p. 28: "Brown; p. 176, Mercer, they announced first intention to marry 8 (Aug)-13-1684; 2nd intention 9-10-1684; William got certificate to MM to marry Ann Mercer, 9-10-1684; Ann Mercer mrd. Wm. Brown, 8 (Oct)-13-1684" (Chester Meeting).
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Also note the marriage of this couple is ten years before the marriage of the attached parents.
edited by T Stanton