Johnson / Bryans Families

Tracing the ancestry of Pamela Murdoch Bryans and Maurice Alan Johnson

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Mercy Parsons[1]

Female Abt 1703 - 1777  (~ 73 years)

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  • Name Mercy Parsons 
    Relationshipwith Marion Murdoch Johnson
    Gender Female 
    Birth Abt Jul 1703 
    Baptism 27 Jul 1703  Bredon, Worcestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    Death 6 Feb 1777  [4] 
    Siblings 1 sister 
    Last Modified 3 Oct 2021 

    Father Charles Parsons, of Bredon
              b. Abt 1660  
              d. Mar 1732 (Age ~ 72 years) 
    Mother Mary Turner
              b. Abt 1665  
              d. Abt Nov 1739 (Age ~ 74 years) 
    Marriage 25 Apr 1689  Kemerton, Worcestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6] 

    Husband Thomas Hayward, of Quedgeley
              b. Abt Aug 1706  
              d. 14 Mar 1781, Quedgeley, Gloucestershire, England, Kingdom of Great Britain Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 74 years) 
    Marriage 12 Dec 1732  St Giles, Bredon, Worcestershire, England, Kingdom of Great Britain Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Age at Marriage Mercy was 29 years old - Thomas was 26 years old. 
    Children 
     1. Frances Hayward
              b. 1 Nov 1733  
              d. 25 Jul 1786 (Age 52 years)
     2. Charles Hayward
              b. Abt Jan 1736  
              d. 1803 (Age ~ 66 years)
     3. Thomas Hayward
              b. Abt Mar 1736
     4. William Hayward, of Quedgeley
              b. Abt Jun 1743  
              d. Abt Oct 1818 (Age ~ 75 years)
    Last Modified 10 Jun 2020 

  • Notes 
    • Early Life
      Mercy Parsons was born c. 1703 and baptised on the 27th of July that year at Bredon in Worcestershire. Her parents were Charles Parsons (the Parsons were an important landholding family in Kemerton though Charles as the younger son had obviously moved to nearby Bredon) and Mary (or possibly Mercy) Turner.

      Family Life
      Mercy married Thomas Hayward, heir of the nearby Quedgeley estate, on the 12th of December 1732 at St Giles church in Bredon. Together they had at least four children:

      1. Frances, born 1733
      2. Charles, bapt. 1736 but possibly not of this family (see next child)
      3. Thomas, also bapt. 1736 in Quedgeley a few months after Charles
      4. William, bap. 1743, who subsequently changed his surname to Hayward-Winstone upon receiving an inheritance from his uncle, and who married Elizabeth Wayne


      Death
      Mercy died on the 6th of February 1777. A monumental inscription at Quedgeley church reads as follows2:
      Sacred to the memory of Thomas HAYWARD, Esq., of Wolstrop, in this Parish, who by a wise and impartial administration of justice served his country on the Bench and in the Senate, with equal candor and discernment. Dying on the 14th of March 1781, aged 75.

      As also his truly amiable wife MERCY, the daughter of Charles PARSONS, Esq., of Breedon, in the county of Worcester, who died February 6th, 1777, aged 72,
      by whom he had issue THOMAS, who died in his infancy, FRANCES, CHARLES and WILLIAM, William enjoying the name and estates of Thomas WINSTONE, Esq., of Oldbury House, in this county.

      Charles, as the present heir, erects this monument in memory of these the best of parents.

      Here rest in peace consigned to native dust,
      This honor'd pair, who, faithful to their trust,
      Through life's whole day pursu'd one even track,
      And, as the night drew near, with joy look'd back.
      Her sense, good humour, dignity and ease
      Which taught each action of her life to please,
      Soften'd at once and happily refin'd
      The sterner virtues of his manly mind,
      Where honour shone with undiminished ray
      And firm integrity bore constant sway;
      Who mot profuse, though charitably great,
      Ope'd wide to all, his hospitable gate.
      Happy the few who in these paths have trod,
      And lov'd their neighbour in the love of God.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBaptism - 27 Jul 1703 - Bredon, Worcestershire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 12 Dec 1732 - St Giles, Bredon, Worcestershire, England, Kingdom of Great Britain Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S0105] Bernard Burke, Burke's Landed Gentry 4th Edition, (1862-1863), 1862, Hayward of Quedgeley House; Volume 1, pages 675-676 (Reliability: 1).

    2. [S0307] FamilySearch, England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975, (familysearch.org), 27 Jul 1703, Mercy Parsons; (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JWQP-VLX : 21 March 2020), Mercy Parsons, 1703.

    3. [S0342] FindMyPast, England Births & Baptisms 1538-1975, (findmypast.co.uk), 27 Jul 1703, Mercy Parsons.

    4. [S0411] Ralph Bigland, Gloucestershire, Bigland's Monumental Inscriptions, (Bristol & Gloucester Archaelogical Society), Quedgeley; Pages 999-1000.

    5. [S0309] FamilySearch, England Marriages, 1538–1973, (familysearch.org), Parsons / Turner; (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NVKK-DLQ : 12 March 2020), Charles Parsons, 1689.

    6. [S0291] Ancestry, Gloucestershire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1813, (ancestry.co.uk), 25 Apr 1689, Parsons / Turner; Gloucestershire Archives; Gloucester, Gloucestershire; Gloucestershire Church of England Parish Registers; Reference Number: Gdr/V1/136a.

    7. [S0217] FreeREG, (freereg.org.uk), 12 Dec 1732, Parsons / Hayward; Bishop's Transcripts; Bredon St Giles.