Elizabeth Mercer
1786–23 February 1858 (Age 72)
Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States
The Life of Elizabeth
When Elizabeth Mercer was born in 1786, in Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Job Mercer, was 33 and her mother, Margaret Rebecca Gordon, was 38. She died on 23 February 1858, in Virginia, United States, at the age of 72.
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Family Time Line
Jonathan Binninger
1730–
Elizabeth Mercer
1786–1858
Spouse and Children
1730–Male
1786–1858Female
Parents and Siblings
1753–1839Male
1748–1839Female
siblings
(17)
1770–Male
1772–Male
1774–1850Male
1774–1851Male
1776–1847Male
+12 More Children
World Events (8)
1786 · Shays' Rebellion
Age 0
Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
1788 · Becomes the 10th state
Age 2
On June 25, 1788 Virginia became the 10th state.
1808
Age 22
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
Name Meaning
English and Catalan: occupational name for a trader, from Old French mercier, Late Latin mercarius (an agent derivative of merx, genitive mercis, ‘merchandise’). In Middle English the term was applied particularly to someone who dealt in textiles, especially the more costly and luxurious fabrics such as silks, satin, and velvet.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Sources (1)
- Ancestors and Decendants of William Mercer and Lucinda Hays by Lyman Foster Reynolds (page 2-3)
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