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The Blaker Society © and possibly: Infant daughter of John Persons.
CUCKFIELD B

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1628/9.
Jan. 21

Eleanor was buried at Cuckfield in 1642:

1642. Dec. 12 Eleanor Parsons.

There are these possibilities for John:

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1646. Aug. 13 John Parson.
1680. Nov. 12 John Parsons.
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No will or administration of a John Parsons of Cuckfield appears in the
Lewes calendars 1616 to 1650.
John Parsons, father of Eleanor (Parsons) Blaker, married Eleanor Mercer
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at Cuckfield in 1608:

1608. Jun. 21 John Parson to Elinor Mercer.

There is no matching licence in the Lewes or Chichester archives, so
presumably the marriage was by banns. We do not know who Eleanor’s father
was, but this could be a sister, marrying at Cuckfield four years earlier:
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1604. Jun. 12 Ambrose Lussie to Margaret d. of henry mercer.

There are few Mercer entries in the Cuckfield parish registers; these are
the only male Mercer burials before 1650:

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1598. May 19 Eward mercer.
1613. May 25 old Henry Mercer, Tayler.
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Henry Mercer who died in 1613, left a will proved at Lewes:

Mercer, Henry, Cuckfield: 2 March 1611, 5 June 1613 A 14 109; B 4 7

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