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Sir Robert Mercer 1545–1796 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1545

Birth Location: Kirkham, Lancashire, England

Death Date: 18 JAN 1796

Death Location: St. Bartholomew, Great Harwood, Lancashire, England

Father: Sir Merser

Mother: Dame James??

Spouse(s): Lady Browne

Children(s): Lady Virtue, Anna Mercer, Robert Merser, Margaret Merser, Henry Merser, Thomas G, Thomas Merser, Margaret Merser, Annes Merser

Sir Robert Mercer was born in 1545 in Kirkham, Lancashire, England, the child of Sir Henri Merser And Dame Ann Fisher Baran James. Sir Robert Mercer married Lady Elizabeth Lindall Browne, and had children including Anna Mercer, Annes Merser, Henry Merser, Lady Mary Elizabeth Virtue, Margaret Merser, Robert Merser, Thomas Robert Mercer 9Th G, Thomas Robert Merser. Sir Robert Mercer passed away in 1796 in St. Bartholomew, Great Harwood, Lancashire, England.

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Biography

  • Sir Robert Mercer was born in 1545 in Kirkham, Lancashire, England, the child of Sir Henri Merser And Dame Ann Fisher Baran James.
  • Sir Robert Mercer married Lady Elizabeth Lindall Browne, and had children including Anna Mercer, Annes Merser, Henry Merser, Lady Mary Elizabeth Virtue, Margaret Merser, Robert Merser, Thomas Robert Mercer 9Th G, Thomas Robert Merser.
  • Sir Robert Mercer passed away in 1796 in St. Bartholomew, Great Harwood, Lancashire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Sir Mercer's Ancestors

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Sir Mercer
1545–1796
Birth Place: Kirkham, Lancashire, England
Parents
Sir Henri Merser
1525–1550
Kirkham, Lancashire, England
Dame (Ann Fisher Baran) James??
1520–1548
Kirkham, Lancashire, England
Grandparents
Sir (William A) Merser
1495–1526
Kirkham Fylde Lancashire
Lady (Mary) Nichols
1502–1558
Kirkham, Lancashire, England
Great-Grandparents
Henry (Laird)
1476–1513
Margaret Lochleven
1470–1513
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Mercer's Descendants

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Sir (Robert) Mercer (1545–18 JAN 1796) m. Lady (Elizabeth Lindall) Browne (06 APR 1545–1597)
  1. 1. Lady (Mary Elizabeth) Virtue 1575–1620 m. Lord (Thomas William) Mercer 1571–1652
  2. 2. Anna Mercer 1560–1605
  3. 3. Robert Merser 1565–1624
  4. 4. Margaret Merser 1568–
  5. 5. Henry Merser 1569–1624
  6. 6. Thomas (Robert Mercer 9th) G 1571–1624
  7. 7. Thomas (Robert) Merser 1571–1652
  8. 8. Margaret Merser 1575–
  9. 9. Annes Merser 1589–

Sir Mercer's Timeline

5 Records

1543
11 JUL 1543
Sir Robert Mercer was baptized in Kirkham, Lancashire, England
Kirkham, Lancashire, England
1545
1545
Birth of Sir Robert Mercer in Kirkham, Lancashire, England
Kirkham, Lancashire, England
1547
11 JUN 1547
Age 2
Sir Robert Mercer was baptized in Kirkham, Lancashire, England
Kirkham, Lancashire, England
1588
12 MAR 1588
Age 43
Death of Sir Robert Mercer in Kirkland, Lancashire, England
Kirkland, Lancashire, England
1796
18 JAN 1796
Age 251
Burial of Sir Robert Mercer in St. Bartholomew, Great Harwood, Lancashire, England
St. Bartholomew, Great Harwood, Lancashire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 11 JUL 1543
    Event Place: Kirkham, Lancashire, England
    Record Source: England, Select Births and Christenings

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1545
    Event Place: Kirkham, Lancashire, England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 11 JUN 1547
    Event Place: Kirkham, Lancashire, England
    Record Source: England, Select Births and Christenings

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Pocklington, York, England
    Record Source: England, Select Marriages

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Everton, Lancashire, England
    Record Source: England, Select Marriages

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Place: Lancashire & Cheshire: - Original Documents relating to Lancashire and Cheshire, 1576-1701

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Place: Fife: Dunfermline - Parish Register, 1561-1701

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 12 MAR 1588
    Event Place: Kirkland, Lancashire, England

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 17 MAR 1602

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 18 JAN 1796
    Event Place: St. Bartholomew, Great Harwood, Lancashire, England
    Record Source: England, Select Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991

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