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Sir Laurence of Meikleour Mercer 1502–1534 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Abt 1502

Birth Location: Meikleour, Perthshire, Skottland, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 22 Mar 1534

Death Location: Banffshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom

Father: (Baron Mercer

Mother: Lady Lochleven

Spouse(s): Lady DUNDAS

Children(s): Robert Reverend, Sir Aldie, Gilbert Sawling, Gabriel Mercer, Isobel Mercer, Isobell Mercer

Sir Laurence of Meikleour Mercer was born in 1502 in Meikleour, Perthshire, Skottland, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of Baron Laird Henry Mercer And Lady Margaret Mercer Douglas Of Lochleven. Sir Laurence of Meikleour Mercer married Lady Janet Dundas, and had children including Gabriel Or Gilbert Mercer, Gilbert Mercer Of Sawling, Henry Mercer, Isobel Elizabeth Merssar Mercer, Isobell Mercer, Margaret Mercer, Marion Mercer, Robert Mercer Reverend, Sir Laurence Mercer Of Aldie. Sir Laurence of Meikleour Mercer passed away in 1534 in Banffshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • Sir Laurence of Meikleour Mercer was born in 1502 in Meikleour, Perthshire, Skottland, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of Baron Laird Henry Mercer And Lady Margaret Mercer Douglas Of Lochleven.
  • Sir Laurence of Meikleour Mercer married Lady Janet Dundas, and had children including Gabriel Or Gilbert Mercer, Gilbert Mercer Of Sawling, Henry Mercer, Isobel Elizabeth Merssar Mercer, Isobell Mercer, Margaret Mercer, Marion Mercer, Robert Mercer Reverend, Sir Laurence Mercer Of Aldie.
  • Sir Laurence of Meikleour Mercer passed away in 1534 in Banffshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Sir Mercer's Ancestors

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Sir Mercer
1502–1534
Birth Place: Meikleour, Perthshire, Skottland, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
(Baron Laird) Henry Mercer
1476–1513
Meikleour, Perthshire or Aldie House, Kinrosshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
Lady (Margaret Mercer Douglas of) Lochleven
1470–
Lochleven, Kinrosshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Sir Mercer's Descendants

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Sir (Laurence of Meikleour) Mercer (Abt 1502–22 Mar 1534) m. Lady (Janet) DUNDAS (1504–)
  1. 1. Robert (Mercer) Reverend 1525–1578 m. Catherine ((Scott) Mercer) Scott 1518–
    1. 1. Lawrence Merser 1556–1604 m. Janet Reid 1560–1667
      1. 1. Janet (GM Merser) Lady 1582– m. George (GF Bruce) Sir 1572–1623
        1. 1. SIr (Robert Bruce Lord) Broomhall 1620–1671 m. Katharine Gill 1621–
        2. 2. Elspet Bruce 1614–
        3. 3. George Bruce 1604–
        4. 4. John Bruce 1607–
  2. 2. Sir (Laurence Mercer of) Aldie 1510–1540
  3. 3. Gilbert (Mercer of) Sawling 1518–
  4. 4. Gabriel (Or Gilbert) Mercer 1518–
  5. 5. Isobel (Elizabeth Merssar) Mercer 1520–
  6. 6. Isobell Mercer 1520–

Sir Mercer's Timeline

2 Records

1502
Abt 1502
Birth of Sir Laurence of Meikleour Mercer in Meikleour, Perthshire, Skottland, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
Meikleour, Perthshire, Skottland, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
1534
22 Mar 1534
Age 32
Death of Sir Laurence of Meikleour Mercer in Banffshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Banffshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Abt 1502
    Event Place: Meikleour, Perthshire, Skottland, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 22 Mar 1534
    Event Place: Banffshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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