Mercy BALCOMBE (1814

Mercy BALCOMBE (1814 - 1892)

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
Alfred BLANCH (1832 - 1898) Robert BLANCH (1835 - 1844) George BLANCH (1837 - 1838) Maria BLANCH (1839 - 1938) Abraham BLANCH (1841 - 1920) John BLUNDELL (1843 - 1927) Susan BLUNDELL (1844 - 1875) George BLUNDELL (1846 - 1933) Abraham BLUNDELL (1847 - 1884) Richard BLUNDELL (1848 - 1917) William BLUNDELL (1850 - ) Isaac BLUNDELL (1851 - 1910) Jacob BLUNDELL (1853 - 1927) Mary Jane BLUNDELL (1855 - 1873) Rosanna BLUNDELL (1858 - 1939) Catherine BLUNDELL (1860 - 1950)	Mercy BALCOMBE (1814 - 1892) + Robert BLANCH (1808 - 1885) Joseph BLUNDELL (1798 - 1874)	Abraham BALCOMBE (1781 - )	Thomas BALCOMBE (1749 - 1780)

			Susanna COLLINS (1749 - 1823)

		Mercy WEBB (1787 - 1832)

Pic 2. Notice in Sydney Morning Herald 9 & 10 Aug 1842

b. 22 May 1814 at Rolvenden, Kent, England

m. (1) 12 Oct 1831 Robert BLANCH (1808 - 1885) at Beddenden, Kent, England

m. (2) Joseph BLUNDELL (1798 - 1874)

d. 08 Apr 1892 at Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia aged 77

Near Relatives of Mercy BALCOMBE (1814 - 1892)
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Grandfather	Thomas BALCOMBE	abt 1749		abt May 1780		31
Grandmother	Susanna COLLINS	1749		1823	Brightling, England	74

Father in Law	Edward BLANCH
Mother in Law	Maria (BLANCH)
Father in Law	Joseph BLUNDELL

Father	Abraham BALCOMBE	bef 07 Jan 1781
Mother	Mercy WEBB	abt 1787		abt 09 Jan 1832	Ticehurst, England	45

Self	Mercy BALCOMBE	22 May 1814	Rolvenden, Kent, England	08 Apr 1892	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	77

Husband	Robert BLANCH	19 Apr 1808	Rolvenden, Kent, England	1885	Maclean, New South Wales, Australia	77
Husband	Joseph BLUNDELL	1798	Kent, England	13 Dec 1874	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	76

Son	Alfred BLANCH	abt 1832	Rolvenden, Kent, England	11 Dec 1898	Casino, New South Wales, Australia	66
Son	Robert BLANCH	1835	England	1844	New South Wales, Australia	9
Son	George BLANCH	1837	Rolvenden, Kent, England	1838	At sea	1
Daughter	Maria BLANCH	1839	Raymond Terrace, New South Wales, Australia	1938	Bulahdelah, New South Wales, Australia	99
Son	Abraham BLANCH	1841	Raymond Terrace, New South Wales, Australia	1920	Maclean, New South Wales, Australia	79
Son	John BLUNDELL	1843	Liverpool Plains, New South Wales, Australia	30 Oct 1927	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	84
Daughter	Susan BLUNDELL	1844	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	24 May 1875	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	31
Son	George BLUNDELL	1846	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	18 Dec 1933	Canberra, ACT, Australia	87
Son	Abraham BLUNDELL	1847	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	05 Jun 1884	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	37
Son	Richard BLUNDELL	1848	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	28 Nov 1917	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	69
Son	William BLUNDELL	1850	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Son	Isaac BLUNDELL	1851	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	09 May 1910	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	59
Son	Jacob BLUNDELL	1853	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	27 Jul 1927	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	74
Daughter	Mary Jane BLUNDELL	1855	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1873	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	18
Daughter	Rosanna BLUNDELL	1858	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	06 Apr 1939	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	81
Daughter	Catherine BLUNDELL	1860	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1950	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	90

Sister	Ann BALCOMBE	30 Apr 1810	New Romney, Kent, England
Sister	Sarah BALCOMBE	14 Jun 1812	New Romney, Kent, England	abt 04 Apr 1816	New Romney, Kent, England	3
Sister	Mary BALCOMBE	02 Oct 1815	New Romney, Kent, England
Sister	Sophia Sarah BALCOMBE	05 May 1817	New Romney, Kent, England
Sister	Harriett BALCOMBE	12 Sep 1818	New Romney, Kent, England	abt 26 Feb 1832	Ticehurst, England	13
Sister	Hannah BALCOMBE	25 Mar 1821	New Romney, Kent, England
Brother	Abraham BALCOMBE	03 Feb 1823	New Romney, Kent, England
Brother	George BALCOMBE	10 May 1825	New Romney, Kent, England	abt 19 Sep 1825	New Romney, Kent, England	0
Sister	Eliza BALCOMBE	18 Sep 1826	New Romney, Kent, England	abt 06 May 1827	New Romney, Kent, England	0

Daughter in Law	Sarah Ann MCKENZIE	1843	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1920	Ashfield, New South Wales, Australia	77
Daughter in Law	Phoebe Anna Laura SHUMACK	04 Dec 1857	Duntroon, ACT, Australia	01 Apr 1943	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	85
Son in Law	John ROBERTSON	1835	Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia	25 Nov 1911	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	76
Daughter in Law	Flora MCLENNAN	abt 1845	Isle of Skye, Scotland	04 Jul 1917	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	72
Daughter in Law	Phoebe Anna Laura SHUMACK	04 Dec 1857	Duntroon, ACT, Australia	01 Apr 1943	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	85
Daughter in Law	Emily SHUMACK	11 Jun 1860	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	25 Mar 1927	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	66
Daughter in Law	Lucy PLUMMER	abt 1857	Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia	15 Jan 1924	Ginninderra, New South Wales, Australia	67
Son in Law	Isaac MEECH	abt 1845	Fordington, Dorset, England	23 Nov 1920	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	75
Son in Law	William (Gillian) MELVILLE	abt 1853		06 Dec 1941	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	88

Grandson	Alexander BLUNDELL	1862	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson	John BLUNDELL	1864	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1945	Yass, New South Wales, Australia	81
Granddaughter	Mary A BLUNDELL	1866	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson	Joseph BLUNDELL	1868	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	06 Jan 1955	Yass, New South Wales, Australia	87
Grandson	Henry BLUNDELL	1870	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter	Eliza J BLUNDELL	1872	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter	Catherine BLUNDELL	1874	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter	Sarah Louisa BLUNDELL	1876	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1923	Braidwood, New South Wales, Australia	47
Granddaughter	Margaret BLUNDELL	1879	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter	Eleanor BLUNDELL	1881	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter	Florence M BLUNDELL	1884	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson	Howard Norman SCHUMACK BLUNDELL	1886	Canberra, ACT, Australia	1920	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	34
Granddaughter	Muriel Pearl BLUNDELL	1888	New South Wales, Australia	1963	Wamberal, New South Wales, Australia	75
Granddaughter	Naomi Edith Sylvia BLUNDELL	1891	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1990	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	99
Grandson	Everard Vivian Abraham BLUNDELL	1895	Canberra, ACT, Australia	1964	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	69
Granddaughter	Bernice Sophia Hyacinth BLUNDELL	1899	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1916	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	17
Granddaughter	Audrey Esmerelda Phoebe Merle BLUNDELL	1902	Canberra, ACT, Australia	1996	Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia	94
Granddaughter	Sarah Janet (Jessica) ROBERTSON	abt 1865	Canberra, ACT, Australia	22 Feb 1926	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	61
Granddaughter	Katherine ROBERTSON	abt 1867
Granddaughter	Mary ROBERTSON	1868	Acton, ACT, Australia	18 Dec 1935	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	67
Granddaughter	Margaret ROBERTSON	27 Mar 1870	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	28 Jun 1961	Royalla, ACT, Australia	91
Granddaughter	Eliza ROBERTSON	1873	Acton, ACT, Australia
Granddaughter	Rosanna ROBERTSON	1874	Acton, ACT, Australia
Granddaughter	Flora Susannah BLUNDELL	1875	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1892	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	17
Grandson	John BLUNDELL	1878	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson	Charles Frederick BLUNDELL	1879	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	28 Apr 1923	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	44
Grandson	George Arthur BLUNDELL	1881	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson	Herbert Frank BLUNDELL	1882	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	26 Jun 1957	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	75
Granddaughter	Ada Agnes BLUNDELL	1883	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter	Alice Maud BLUNDELL	1885	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1955	Burwood, New South Wales, Australia	70
Grandson	Joseph Lyle BLUNDELL	1888	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter	Clara Malvina Ann BLUNDELL	1878	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1951	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	73
Granddaughter	Dora Emily BLUNDELL	1880	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1941	Yass, New South Wales, Australia	61
Granddaughter	Daisy Irene BLUNDELL	1882	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1964	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	82
Granddaughter	Lilian Jessie Stella BLUNDELL	1885	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	17 Sep 1965	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	80
Grandson	Charles Henry BLUNDELL	1883	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1902	Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia	19
Grandson	Edward BLUNDELL	1885	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson	William BLUNDELL	1888	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	24 Apr 1960	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	72
Granddaughter	Susan Mary BLUNDELL	1891	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter	Beatrice Ann BLUNDELL	1894	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter	Sarah Rosaline BLUNDELL	1896	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter	Irene Emily BLUNDELL	1899	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson	Adrian Isaac BLUNDELL	1905	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1977	New South Wales, Australia	72
Grandson	Richard BLUNDELL	abt 1877	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	31 Oct 1966	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	89
Granddaughter	Margaret Anne BLUNDELL	1879	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1886	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	7
Granddaughter	Caroline BLUNDELL	1881	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1886	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	5
Grandson	Allan BLUNDELL	1884	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1963	Murrumburrah, New South Wales, Australia	79
Granddaughter	Lucy Anne BLUNDELL	1887	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter	Alice Jane BLUNDELL	1889	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson	Arthur BLUNDELL	1891	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter	Emily BLUNDELL	1893	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter	Maria BLUNDELL	1895	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter	Marge BLUNDELL	1898	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter	Charlotte BLUNDELL	1903	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter	Olive Mary MEECH	1886	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	04 Sep 1947	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	61
Grandson	Richard Alfred MEECH	1887	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	06 Aug 1915		28
Granddaughter	Grace Susan MEECH	1888	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1954	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	66
Granddaughter	Enid C MEECH	1890	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter	Louisa Jane MEECH	1892	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter	Violet Elsie MEECH	1893	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	26 Apr 1974	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	81
Grandson	Isaac Arnold MEECH	1895	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1964	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	69
Granddaughter	Jessie Elma MEECH	1897	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter	Freda R MEECH	1901	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1902	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1
Granddaughter	Sarah S MELVILLE	1896	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson	George W MELVILLE	1897	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter	Laura MELVILLE	1898	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1969	Katoomba, New South Wales, Australia	71
Grandson	Stanley MELVILLE	1900	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson	Robert R MELVILLE	1901	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter	Hilda M MELVILLE	1903	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1926	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	23

Niece	Sophia PILGRIM

Brother in Law	James BLANCH	aft 1809
Brother in Law	John Thomas PILGRIM

Events in Mercy BALCOMBE (1814 - 1892)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
22 May 1814		Mercy BALCOMBE was born	Rolvenden, Kent, England	New Romney
12 Oct 1831	17	Married Robert BLANCH (aged 23)	Beddenden, Kent, England		6
abt 1832	18	Birth of son Alfred BLANCH	Rolvenden, Kent, England
abt 09 Jan 1832	17	Death of mother Mercy WEBB (aged 45)	Ticehurst, England		18
1835	21	Birth of son Robert BLANCH	England
1837	23	Birth of son George BLANCH	Rolvenden, Kent, England
1838	24	Death of son George BLANCH (aged 1)	At sea
26 Jun 1838	24	Immigration	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	per 'Westminster'
1839	25	Birth of daughter Maria BLANCH	Raymond Terrace, New South Wales, Australia
1841	27	Birth of son Abraham BLANCH	Raymond Terrace, New South Wales, Australia
abt 09 Aug 1842	28	Absconded	Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia	Note 1
1843	29	Birth of son John BLUNDELL	Liverpool Plains, New South Wales, Australia	Note 2
1844	30	Birth of daughter Susan BLUNDELL	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
1844	30	Death of son Robert BLANCH (aged 9)	New South Wales, Australia
1846	32	Birth of son George BLUNDELL	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
1847	33	Birth of son Abraham BLUNDELL	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
1848	34	Birth of son Richard BLUNDELL	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
1850	36	Birth of son William BLUNDELL	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
1851	37	Birth of son Isaac BLUNDELL	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
1853	39	Birth of son Jacob BLUNDELL	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
1855	41	Birth of daughter Mary Jane BLUNDELL	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	V18552628 42B/1855
1858	44	Birth of daughter Rosanna BLUNDELL	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	11593/1858
1860	46	Birth of daughter Catherine BLUNDELL	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	11409/1860
1873	59	Death of daughter Mary Jane BLUNDELL (aged 18)	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	6562/1873
13 Dec 1874	60	Death of husband Joseph BLUNDELL (aged 76)	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	7505/1874
24 May 1875	61	Death of daughter Susan BLUNDELL (aged 31)	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	9373/1875
05 Jun 1884	70	Death of son Abraham BLUNDELL (aged 37)	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	13098/1884
1885	71	Death of husband Robert BLANCH (aged 77)	Maclean, New South Wales, Australia	8352/1885 Died the Clarence	6
08 Apr 1892	77	Mercy BALCOMBE died	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	11271/1892 Brundell	6

Note 1: Notice in Sydney Morning Herald 9 & 10 Aug 1842

Note 2: Note discrepancy between birth dates from Queanbeyan Register (1843) and Death Notice in Tumut and Adelong Times (1938). Nothing in NSW BDM index.

Personal Notes:

The In the tree you indicate that Susan Osborne married Joseph Blundell at Boxley, Kent, England in 1840. My understanding is that the story is quite a bit different. Joseph Blundell was a prisoner transported to New South Wales in 1826. He was granted a ticket of leave in 1837 and a conditional pardon in 1843. Around this time he was working for a Mr Jones at Ash Island on the Hunter River near Newcastle. He became friendly with Mercy Blanch nee Balcombe (born 22 May 1814 at Rolvenden, Kent, daughter of Abraham Balcombe and Mercy Webb), the wife of my GG gf Robert Blanch who was born at Rolvendon, Kent, England in 1808. Joseph and Mercy ran off with a child leaving the four other children in Robert Blanch’s care. Mercy then changed her name to that of her grandmother on her mother’s side, Susan Osborne, and eventually the couple became pioneers in the Queanbeyan district. Susan Blundell died on 8 Apr 1892. But it is hard to discover this when this is the summary record from NSW BDM (BRUNDELL instead of BLUNDELL):
11271/1892
BRUNDELL
SUSAN
ABRAHAM
UNKNOWN
QUEANBEYAN

This is a rather fascinating story, made even more interesting by the very detailed tree you have posted on the net. I have been working on a Blanch family tree starting with Robert Blanch. The more comprehensive tree contains some 20000 people, upon which many others have worked hard over many years. I have traced the nonliving ancestors of Robert Blanch’s children with Mercy Balcombe, but have not included her family with Joseph Blundell.

The remaining daughters, Mercy Balcomb Blanch and Mary Balcomb Blanch, migrated to Australia with their families in 1838.

Life with Robert Blanch must have been difficult for Mercy because, in August 1842, she absconded with an ex-convict, Joseph Blundell, and adopted her grandmother’s name of Susan. The Blundells became pioneers in the area that later became Canberra, the Australian capital Susan Blundell (formerly Mercy Balcomb) died in April 1892. She had had ﬁve children by Robert Blanch and ten by Joseph Blundell.

Mary Balcomb Blanch died at Plattsburg, New South Wales, in 1904 at the age of 89, having had seventeen children, seven of whom survived her.

Source References:

6. Type: Book, Abbr: Queanbeyan Register, Title: Biographical register of Canberra and Queanbeyan: from the district to the Australian Capital Territory 1820-1930, Auth: Peter Proctor, Publ: The Heraldry & Genealogical Society of Canberra, Date: 2001

- Reference = 19, 247 (Name, Notes)

- Notes: Register has her name as Susan Osborne

- Reference = 19, 247 (Marriage)

- Reference = 19, 247 (Death)

18. Type: E-mail Message, Abbr: e-mails general pool, Title: e-mails general pool

- Reference = Rachel Heath 7 Oct 2012 (Name, Notes)

- Notes: In the tree you indicate that Susan Osborne married Joseph Blundell at Boxley, Kent, England in 1840. My understanding is that the story is quite a bit different. Joseph Blundell was a prisoner transported to New South Wales in 1826. He was granted a ticket of leave in 1837 and a conditional pardon in 1843. Around this time he was working for a Mr Jones at Ash Island on the Hunter River near Newcastle. He became friendly with Mercy Blanch nee Balcombe (born 22 May 1814 at Rolvenden, Kent, daughter of Abraham Balcombe and Mercy Webb), the wife of my GG gf Robert Blanch who was born at Rolvendon, Kent, England in 1808. Joseph and Mercy ran off with a child leaving the four other children in Robert Blanch’s care. Mercy then changed her name to that of her grandmother on her mother’s side, Susan Osborne, and eventually the couple became pioneers in the Queanbeyan district. Susan Blundell died on 8 Apr 1892. But it is hard to discover this when this is the summary record from NSW BDM (BRUNDELL instead of BLUNDELL):
11271/1892
BRUNDELL
SUSAN
ABRAHAM
UNKNOWN
QUEANBEYAN

This is a rather fascinating story, made even more interesting by the very detailed tree you have posted on the net. I have been working on a Blanch family tree starting with Robert Blanch. The more comprehensive tree contains some 20000 people, upon which many others have worked hard over many years. I have traced the nonliving ancestors of Robert Blanch’s children with Mercy Balcombe, but have not included her family with Joseph Blundell.

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