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Chandler 
Merry
1812 - 1864


Chandler 
Merry
, Farmer (1841), yeoman (1845). Farmer in Croydon, Cambs. 1851 census, recorded as a farmer of 600 acres, employing 21 men and 8 boys at Croydon. Of Croydon (1864). Speculum Gregis or An account of all the inhabitants of the Parish of Croydon in the County of Cambridgeshire commencing from 1st Jany 1843 Francis FULFORD Rector "Page 62 Chandler ? MERRY Farmer Churchwarden a man of good private property & a very steady respectable man he has an estate of his own at Orwell holds one of Downing College in which he resides & has just taken a large Farm of Mr GAPEs up on the hill, above the Rectory. His wife is a London Lady they have 2 children they are very civil & friendly. [Chandler Merry (1812-1864) was born in Orwell. In the 1851 census for Croydon-cum-Clopton it was recorded he was 39, a farmer of 600 acres, and employer to 21 men and 8 boys. He married his second wife Ann (Abrahams) in London in 1840 and it is understood they had eight children.] " Also talks about ""Merry" snippets if you are still interested in the family, including Chandler Merry, Croydon tenant farmer and churchwarden (and Orwell landowner) becoming depressed after his first wife died and attempting suicide by cutting his throat with a razor. He just about survived, perked up a bit and married a London Lady."

Born: Orwell, Cambs., England 3rd May 1812 Baptised: Orwell, Cambs., England 24th May 1812
Died: 1864Buried: Orwell, Cambs., England 15th Sep 1864
Family:
Merry
  of Orwell, Cambs.

Ancestors
[ Patrilineage | Matrilineage | Earliest Ancestors | Force | Force2 | Set Relationship | Relationship | Options ]

1.
Chandler 
Merry
(
Abrahams
) 1812 - 1864
2.
Chandler 
Merry
(
Miller
) 1769 - 1845
4.
Chandler 
Merry
(
Pettengell
) 1734 - 1808
5.
Mary 
Pettengell
(
Merry
) 1734 - 1819
3.
Ann 
Miller
(
Merry
) c. 1780 - 1840
 
 

Siblings



Spouses



1. All Souls, St. Marylebone, London, , , England 4th Aug 1840
Ann 
Abrahams
(
Merry
) 1820 - 1891

Descendants
[ Options ]

a.
Ann 
Abrahams
(
Merry
) 1820 - 1891
1.
Chandler Robertson 
Merry
(
Baker
) 1841 - 1884
1a.
Louisa 
Baker
(
Merry
) 1843 - post 1881
1.1.
Louisa 
Merry
1866 - post 1881
1.2.
Chandler 
Merry
1867 - 1924 ...
1.3.
Alfred 
Merry
1869 - post 1881
1.4.
Arthur 
Merry
1872 - post 1881
1.5.
Kate 
Merry
1876 - post 1881
1.6.
Frederick 
Merry
1879 - post 1881
2.
Andrew 
Merry
(
?
) 1845 - 1889
2a.
Sarah 
?
(
Merry
) c. 1845 - post 1881
2.1.
Sarah 
Merry
1867 - post 1881
2.2.
Kate 
Merry
1869 - post 1881
2.3.
Andrew 
Merry
1870 - 1870
2.4.
Rose Ann 
Merry
1873 - post 1881
3.
Ann 
Merry
1847 - post 1851
4.
Jane 
Merry
1850 - post 1851
5.
Emily 
Merry
1852 - 1852
6.
Francis Jerome 
Merry
* 1856
7.
Jeanette 
Merry
1859 - post 1881
8.
Philip 
Merry
1861 - 1925
9.
Francis 
Merry
* 1862
Sources

Census

Timeline


3rd May 1812Born (birth) Orwell, Cambs., England
24th May 1812Baptised (baptism) Orwell, Cambs., England
4th Aug 1840Married
Ann 
Abrahams
(
Merry
) 1820 - 1891
(marriage) London, England
31st Mar 1851Head of household in 1851 census (census) Croydon cum Clopton, Cambs., England
1864Died (death)
15th Sep 1864Buried (burial) Orwell, Cambs., England
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