Thomas Mercer 1648 - 1718
A Chart of His Early Descendents
300 years Later
by Don Wayland Mercer
Updated 1995
1 Christopher Mercer/1612
2 Thomas Mercer/1648
4 Joseph Mercer/1680
4D James Mercer/1713
861 Thomas Mercer/1750 Rev. Baptist
876 Simeon Mercer/1783
895 John Mercer/1824 Millwright, Pvt. Confederate Army , Artillery, MS and Home Guard, La b 2-6-1824 Copiah-MS d 1-27-1885
Rapides-LA m 9-10-1847 Scott-MS Harriett Adeline Jones b 7-26-1830 Smith-Tn d 10-6-1901 Rapides-La d/o Jesse & Charlotte Daugherty Jones
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905 Jesse Jones Mercer/ 1869 b 2-27-1869 Winn-LA d 9-28-1940 Rapides-LA m Destimona Sillavan b 2-16-1869 Alto-LA d 6-21-1953
Rapides-LA d/o William Sillavan & Fenniah Thompson
906 Ina Angeline Mercer/1894 b 3-2-1894 Rapides-LA d 10-14-1960 Pineville-LA m Elige Kees b 10-5-1886 d 8-15-1973
907 Ona Missouri Mercer/1895 b 9-13-1895 Rapides-LA d 5-13-1953 Winn-LA m John Henry Lovell b 2-27-1886 d 1-22-1979
908 Lee Madison Mercer/1897 b 8-13-1897 Rapides-LA d 9-19-1961 Lecompte-LA m1 1924 Huntington Beach-CA Olive Swinfard Sinclair ,
Widow b 4-5-1900 St. Francois-MO d 4-30-1953 Alexandria-LA d/o John & Elinor Kitto Swinfard m1
Willie Sinclair d 1918 Vancouver-WA John w. Sinclair b 4-24-1918 Ottawa-OK m2 1946 Agnes Summers b 1919 IL
909 Jesse John Mercer/1925 b 3-7-1925 Haynesville, Clairborne-LA Lived Rapides-LA m 11-3-1946 Marie O’Quinn
(1927-1977) m2 1978 Vera Sparkman Reeves, Lives Houston-TX
910 Don Wayland Mercer/1926 b 11-4-1926 Haynesville, Clairborne-LA Lived Rapides-LA to Houston-TX 8-31-1946 m 6-9-1951
Wharton-TX Jane Swanson b 10-6-1924 Lives Houston-TX d/o Dr. Frank D. Swanson & Kathryn Batchelor
d/o William Batchelor & Lula Jane Gambill
911 Steven Swanson Mercer/1955 b 2-8-1955 Houston-TX m 9-2-1978 Houston-Tx Julia Aven m2 4-16-1983 Houston-TX
Susan Irene Withington b 8-15-1962 lives Houston-TX
912 Steven Swanson Mercer II/1979 b 6-21-1979 Houston-TX
913 Gregory Withington Mercer/1985 b 4-25-1985 Houston-TX
914 Allison Jane Mercer/1987 b 11-20-1987 Houston-TX
915 Donna Jane Mercer/1959 b 10-30-1959 Houston-Tx m 11-1-1980 Houston-Tx Billie Wayne Manceaux
b 11-19-1958 Abbeville, Vermillion-LA lives Spring-TX
916 Billie Wayne Manceaux/1982 b 10-14-1982 Houston-Tx
917 Sara Jane Manceaux/1990 b 1-19-1990 Houston-Tx
918 Betty Lee Mercer/1929 b 10-22-1929 Haynesville, Clairborne-LA m 12-6-1947 Alexandria-LA Daniel Andrew Hawthorne
b 7-20-1927 ( descendant of # 196 Chole Mercer Whittington/1773 page 20)
919 Bobby Sue Mercer/1933 b 8-8-1933 Alexandria-LA m1 Alexandria-LA William H. Grimsley m2 Monroe-LA
Dr. William L. Spencer m3 Candlewood-CT Dr. Seymour Ochsner lives Metairie-LA
920 Leonard Jefferson Mercer/1899 b 1-4-1899 Rapides-LA d 12-18-1982 Rapides-LA m Ellen Nalley b 12-13-1901 d 9-9-1988
(descendant of # 946 Hepsibah Mercer Wilson/1794 page 16)
921 Laura Pearl Mercer/1900 b 8-20-1900 Rapides-LA d 1-8-1969 Alexandria-LA m John Oscar Rush b 1-21-1895 d 4-5-1964
(descendant of # 946 Hepsibah Mercer Wilson/1794 page 16)
922 Loda Lucinda Mercer/1902 b 6-26-1902 d 9-8-1994 m 11-7-1931 Rapides-LA Jimmy Leroy McCann b 9-20-1903 d 5-20-1992
Alexandria-LA (descendant of # 946 Hepsibah Mercer Wilson/1794 page 16)
923 Lessie Beatrice Mercer/1904 b 12-31-1904 Rapides-LA d 6-21-1975 Alexandria-LA m Rudolph Wilson b 2-5-1910 d 6-2-1966
(descendant of # 946 Hepsibah Mercer Wilson/1794 page 16)
924 Jesse Buren Mercer/1908 b 1-2-1908 Rapides-LA d 8-4-1974 Alexandria-LA m Tuzette Dunn ( 1902-1994)
925 Iris Audrey Mercer/1910 b 8-7-1910 d 11-1-1910 Rapides-LA
926 Frank Cyril Mercer/1911 b 10-29-1911 Rapides-LA d 5-27-1976 Alexandria-LA m Sybil white b 2-14-1918
927 Unknown Son Mercer/1829 b 1829c - Tradition States that he went North before the Civil War.
Children of 04D James Mercer/1713 see pages 9 thru 23
477 Silas Mercer/ 1745 page 09, 10, 11, 12, 13,
984 Jacob Mercer/1753 page 18, 19,
064 Vashti Mercer/1759 page 19
071 Sarah Mercer/1761 page 20
072 Mary Mercer/1765 page 20
073 James Mercer, Jr./1769 page 20
100 Caleb Mercer/1771 page 20
196 Chloe Mercer/1773 page 21
547 John Mercer/1776 page 21, 22, 23
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