Rev Mercer Davies was
born 3.1.1822
He was the son of Rev Richard Davies Of Leicester (1766-1841) and his second wife Elizabeth Mercer , daughter of John Mercer
Trinity 1839
Trinity Matric. Mich 1840
B.A. Trinity 1844
Ordination London Deacon 1845
Priest 1846
Trinity M.A. 1847
Living in Hackney 1851
Curate at St Margaret’s Westminster 1853-1864
Chaplain to Westminster Hospital 1867-1876
Living in Chiswick-44 Fielding Road 1881-1891
Living in Acton 1901
(Fielding Road)
He married:
First
Frances Hunter (1821-10.1853) daughter of Job Hunter.
She lived at 16 Compton Terrace , London-location close to the current Union Chapel.
At the time Mercer was living at 6 Providence Row Hackney
Issue:
Richard Hunter Davies (1851-1878),
Who married Elizabeth Jane Trumble ( d. 1918)-no issue.
Richard had an illegitimate son Timothy Hunter Davies, with Mrs de Metz- Her husband had been 'put away' for forgery.
Timothy was brought up with his half brother-Howard de Metz.
And:
Arthur Mercer Davies (1852-1959)
And
Frances Davies born 10.1853 and died aged 2 days of Cholera.
Frances died within three days of Cholera at the family home in Westminster - during the of London epidemic of that latter part of 1853.
Mercer married:
Second
Carolina Deans (1841-8.1863) in August 1863
Issue:
Caroline Elizabeth Davies (8.1863-3.1864)
Mercer married:
Third
Ellen Varnverry (1852-) Civil Marriage 1880 Brentford.
Issue:
Charles Hugh (1877-1950)
Mary Capella (1879-)
Eleanor Maude (1880-)
Margaret Elizabeth (1882-1973)
Edward Stanley Mercer (1884-1936)
Alice Augusta (1886-1974)
Francis Henry (1888-)
Mercer died 21.11.1907 in Camberwell.
Buried in Brompton Cemetary.
Rev Mercer Davies, Arthur Mercer Davies, Carolina, Caroline and Frances are buried in Brompton cemetery.-BLOCK AJ-central behind chapel at far south end.
Davies graves in Brompton Cemetery
