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Robert Mercer 1635–1653 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1635

Birth Location: Perth, Perthshire, Scotland

Death Date: 8 Mar 1653

Death Location: Bremen, Stadt Bremen, Bremen, Germany

Father: Balthasar Mercer

Mother: Elspet Kennedy

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Robert Mercer was born in 1635 in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland, the child of Balthasar Archibald Merser Mercer And Elspet Kennedy. Robert Mercer passed away in 1653 in Bremen, Stadt Bremen, Bremen, Germany.

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Biography

  • Robert Mercer was born in 1635 in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland, the child of Balthasar Archibald Merser Mercer And Elspet Kennedy.
  • Robert Mercer passed away in 1653 in Bremen, Stadt Bremen, Bremen, Germany.

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Robert Mercer's Ancestors

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Robert Mercer
1635–1653
Birth Place: Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
Parents
Balthasar Archibald Merser Mercer
1603–1650
Perth, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Elspet Kennedy
1610–1660
Kennewy, Scotland
Grandparents
James (Mercer of Newton Dalgety and) Forgandenny
1560–1588
Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Helen Chisholm
1560–1590
Banff, Banffshire, Scotland
Thomas Canedie\Kennedie
1565–1625
Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
Charles (Kennedy Margaret Bairdy) Elspet
1562–1630
Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Robert Forgandenny
1480–1547
Helen Chisholm
1490–1540
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Laurence Merser
1455–1501
Isobel Wardlaw
1460–1504
Edmund Chisholm
1450–1500
Janet Drummond
1460–1520

Robert Mercer's Timeline

2 Records

1635
1635
Birth of Robert Mercer in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
1653
8 Mar 1653
Age 18
Death of Robert Mercer in Bremen, Stadt Bremen, Bremen, Germany
Bremen, Stadt Bremen, Bremen, Germany

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1635
    Event Place: Perth, Perthshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 8 Mar 1653
    Event Place: Bremen, Stadt Bremen, Bremen, Germany

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