Person:Hugh Mercer (3)

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Gen. Hugh Mercer
b.17 Jan 1725 Aberdeenshire, Scotland
d.12 Jan 1777 Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey
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  • F.  William Mercer (add)
  • M.  Ann Monro (add)
  1. Gen. Hugh Mercer1725 - 1777
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m. Abt Apr 1764
  1. Ann Gordon Mercer
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Name[2] Gen. Hugh Mercer
Gender Male
Birth[2][1] 17 Jan 1725 Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Military? 16 Apr 1746 near Inverness, ScotlandFought at Culloden in Prince Charles's army.
Immigration? Abt 1747 Fled Scotland after the defeat at Culloden.
Military[2] 1755 PennsylvaniaServed as captain in the Pennsylvania Regt. in Braddock's unsuccessful expedition.
Military[2] 1758 Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PennsylvaniaPromoted to lieut. colonel, and served in General Forbes Fort Duquesne expediton. Subsequently promoted to colonel and commanded at Fort Pitt.
Marriage Abt Apr 1764 Fredericksburg, Virginia(5 children)
to Isabella Gordon
Death[2][1] 12 Jan 1777 Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey(of wounds suffered at the Battle of Princeton, Jan. 3rd)
Burial[2] Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Reference Number? Q3030909?


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Hugh Mercer (16 January 1726 – 12 January 1777) was a Scottish soldier and physician who participated in the Seven Years' War and American Revolution. Born in Pisligo, Scotland, he studied medicine in his home country and served with the Jacobite forces of Bonnie Prince Charlie, participating in the Battle of Culloden in 1746. With the failure of the Jacobite rising, Mercer escaped to Pennsylvania and served alongside a young George Washington in the British forces during the French and Indian War, and was seriously wounded during an engagement in September 1756.

Mercer settled in Virginia, continued his work as a physician, and later became a brigadier general in the American Continental Army and close friend to George Washington. Mercer died as a result of wounds received at the Battle of Princeton in January 1777, becoming a fallen hero and rallying symbol of the American Revolution.

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Hugh Mercer, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Find A Grave.

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