Hester Batchelder

Christening: 23 May 1591 St. Anglois, South Hampton, Hampshire, England

Jean Mercier lived in England where his children was born. There he was known as Jan Mercer. The children born in England were christened under the name of Mercer rather than Mercier or Le Mercier.

Also record seen as:

He married first Hester Merce, daughter of Jean and Jeanne (leClerc) Mercer, or Mercier. She was baptized in the French or Walloon church at Southampton 1 Aug 1602. Her family belonged to the Wallon refugees driven from the Spanish Netherlands by the persecutions of the Duke of Alba. (See the records of this church published by the London Huguenot Society).

Uncle: Rev. John Priaulx, archdeacon of Sarum.

Jeanne Le Clerc and Jean Le Mercier dit Coquiel had 14 children of record, two of them were named Hester/Esther. The oldest one born in May 1591 died young. The one who married Nathaniel Bachiler was bp 1 Aug 1602 in the Huguenot church in Southampton. Register of Qualified Huguenot Ancestors of The National Huguenot Society, pp 123-124 Modified 3 August 2015 by Harry Holgate

She was a niece of Rev. John Priaulx, Archdeacon of Salisbury. She wasbaptized in the French or Walloon Church at Southampton. Her family wereHuguenots driven from the Spanish Netherlands by the Duke of Alba. Modified 26 August 2013 by rsbaxter2725620

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