i66 Devon and Cornwall Notes and Queries. Margaret, bapt. Ottery St. Mary, 22 April, 1640; buried there 28 May, 1648. Anne, bapt. Ottery St. Mary, 8 June, 1643. Jael, bapt. Ottery St. Mary, 6 June, 1648. William Mercer, of East Budleigh, who married and had a son — William Mercer, of East Budleigh {Admon., Exeter, 1727). He married Ann Channon, of East Budleigh, mar. lie. 11 Feb., 1689. And a son, John Mercer, bapt. Ottery St. Mary, 14 Feb., 1632 ; will dated 13 Aug., 1694; proved 15 March, 1694 {Archdy. Exeter). He married, 1657, Sarah, daughter of Robert Huntington, of Stanton Harcourt, Oxford, by whom he had issue: — Sarah, born 26, bapt. Ottery St. Mary, 26 March, 1658 ; buried there 2 March, 1678. William Mercer, second son. Margaret, bapt. Ottery St. Mary, 19 Jan., 1670; married, mar. lie, 29 March, 1689, Joseph Oliver of Exwick, Esq., son of Benjamin Oliver. Robert Mercer, born 1674, matriculated at Exeter Coll., Oxford, 10 April, 1690; B.A. 1693; M.A. 1696. His great aunt, Margaret Prideaux, bequeathed to him " The Advowson of Plymtree." From the list of Rectors in Exeter Diocesan Gazette, vol. iv., 165, he does not appear to have presented to the rectory; the patron in 1680 and 1685 was his uncle, Thomas Trosse. Elizabeth, bapt. Ottery St. Mary, 24 May, 1677; she married John Moore, Esq. Ann, born 4 July, bapt. Ottery St. Mary, 25 July, 1661 ; mar. lie. 2 July, 1677; died 8 Oct., buried St. Mary Arches, Exeter, 18 Oct., 1690, aged 30, M.I. She married, as his first wife, Isaac Gibbs,* of Exeter,
- His second wife was Sarali, daughter of Roger Cheeice, and sister
of Roger and Phineas Cheeke, and widow of James Clutterbrooke. Mar. Lie, Exeter, 1687, May 21— James Clutterbrooke and Sarah Cheeke, of the City of Exon, solut. 1698, Nov. 8— Isaac Gibbs, of the City of Exon, and Sarah Clutter- brooke, of the same, widow. The following, possibly her daughter :— 1699. March 11 — George Mitchell, of the City of Exon, and Lovedy Clutterbrooke, of the same, sp. Her will, dated 30 Sept., 1726, was proved P.C.C, 17 Jan. 174I. (See Worthfs Devon Wills, p. 153).
