Person:John Mercer (18)

John Mercer
b.6 Feb 1704 Dublin, Ireland
m. 10 Jun 1725
  1. George Mercer1733 - 1784
  2. James Mercer1736 - 1793
  • HJohn Mercer1704 - 1768
  • WAnn RoyAbt 1729 - 1768
m. 11 Nov 1750
  1. Grace Fenton Mercer1751 - 1814
  2. John Francis Mercer1759 - 1821
  3. Maria Mercer1761 -
Facts and Events
Name John Mercer
Gender Male
Birth? 6 Feb 1704 Dublin, Ireland
Marriage 10 Jun 1725 to Catherine Mason
Marriage 11 Nov 1750 Virginiato Ann Roy
Death? 14 Oct 1768 Marlborough, Stafford County, Virginia
Reference Number? Q6248501?

Citations

John Mercer on rootsweb
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=mwballard&id=I42497

Stockholder's in the Ohio Land Company

Thomas Lee, President of Company
Nathaniel Chapman, Treasurer
John Mercer, Secretary and General Counsel
George Mercer, Company Agent to England
Robert Dinwiddie, Duke of Bedford
John Hanbury, London Merchant
Augustine Washington Jr.
William Trent
Lawrence Washington
George Fairfax
Thomas Cresap
The Ohio Land Company sent Col. George Washington and William Trent into the area to hold onto the lands that the Company had been granted. In 1754, William Trent constructs a fort. But in April, the French take the fort, naming it Fort Duquesne.
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