Margaret Mercer

1791 - 1846  (55 years)

• Name	Margaret Mercer  [1]
  Relationship	with Gustave Jean Baptiste Pitard
  Born	1 Jul 1791	"Strawberry Hill", Annapolis, Anne Arundel Co., Maryland
  Gender	Female
  Died	17 Sep 1846	"Belmont", Loudoun Co., Virginia   [2]
  Person ID	I12428	lansdalepitard
  Last Modified	24 Sep 2007

  
  

  Father	Gov. John Francis Mercer, Sr.           b. 17 May 1759, Stafford Co., Virginia           d. 30 Aug 1821, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania  (Age 62 years)
  Mother	Sophia Sprigg           b. 21 Apr 1766, "Cedar Park", Cumberstone Rd., Cumberstone, Anne Arundel Co., Maryland           d. 1812, West River, Anne Arundel Co., Maryland  (Age 45 years)
  Married	1785
  Family ID	F8711	|  Family Chart

  
  

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  		Died - 17 Sep 1846 - "Belmont", Loudoun Co., Virginia   = Link to Google Earth
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• Notes

  A book was written about her by Caspar Morris in 1848 entitled A Memoir of Miss Margaret Mercer. He admired her in part because of her stand against slavery. [3]

  
  

• Reference

  "Margaret Mercer". Genealogy at Pitard.net. https://ancestors.pitard.net/getperson.php?personID=I12428&tree=1sttree (accessed December 15, 2018).