Thomas Mercer

1635 - 1697  (62 years)

• Name	Thomas Mercer  [1]
  Birth	1635	Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland   [2]
  	Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
  Baptism	16 Sep 1635	Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland   [2]
  	Godfathers: Thomas Muchal/, Thomas Parys?, Mr Thomas Mercer, Mr Alexander Lundie, Thomas Haburnt, Andrew Findlay, Thomas Enij?
  Gender	Male
  Residence	15 Apr 1644	Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland   [3]
  	Guild Burgess of Aberdeen - date admitted while still a pupil, as son of Robert Mercer, burgess
  Occupation	1659	Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
  	Merchant, holding position of Dean of Guild
  Religion	17 Mar 1672/73	Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
  	Quaker. Mentioned with Alexander Skene in the records of the Aberdeen Monthly Meeting for obtaining a Friends meeting house.
  Legal	17 Jul 1678	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
  	With other Quakers, fined by the Privy Council for keeping conventicles at a house on the north side of Kirkgate, Aberdeen
  Residence	23 Jun 1679	Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland   [4]
  	Letter by John Paterson, bishop of Edinburgh, to George Skene of Fintray, Lord Provost of Aberdeen, asking for leniency to Thomas Mercer, cousin to said bishop, a Quaker (GD244/1/82)
  Role	1683	Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland   [5]
  	Emigration agent
  Name	Thomas Merser  [6]
  Occupation	1683	Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
  	Merchant and Guild Burgess of Aberdeen
  Burial	Feb 1696/97	Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
  	New Kirk, "contrary to the direction of his will"
  Death	16 Feb 1696/97	Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland   [6]
  	Recorded by the Aberdeen Quaker Monthly Meeting
  Person ID	I45469	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

  Father	Robert Mercer
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Bessie Chalmer
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F31393	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaret Gregorie
  Children	1. John Mercer,   b. Aug 1674, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Joseph Mercer,   b. Abt 1671, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland d. 4 May 1673, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland (Age 2 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. James Mercer,   b. 1669, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Thomas Mercer,   b. 1661, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Christan Mercer,   b. 1666, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Jeane Mercer,   b. 1663, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F31394	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1635 - Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Baptism - 16 Sep 1635 - Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Residence - Guild Burgess of Aberdeen - date admitted while still a pupil, as son of Robert Mercer, burgess - 15 Apr 1644 - Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Occupation - Merchant, holding position of Dean of Guild - 1659 - Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Religion - Quaker. Mentioned with Alexander Skene in the records of the Aberdeen Monthly Meeting for obtaining a Friends meeting house. - 17 Mar 1672/73 - Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Legal - With other Quakers, fined by the Privy Council for keeping conventicles at a house on the north side of Kirkgate, Aberdeen - 17 Jul 1678 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Residence - Letter by John Paterson, bishop of Edinburgh, to George Skene of Fintray, Lord Provost of Aberdeen, asking for leniency to Thomas Mercer, cousin to said bishop, a Quaker (GD244/1/82) - 23 Jun 1679 - Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Role - Emigration agent - 1683 - Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Occupation - Merchant and Guild Burgess of Aberdeen - 1683 - Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Burial - Feb 1696/97 - Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Death - 16 Feb 1696/97 - Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3829] Miller, William F., Gleanings from the Records of the Yearly Meeting of Aberdeen 1672-1786, JFHS Vol.2, no.1, p40. [S3614] Births (OPR) Scotland, Aberdeen 168/A 30 134. [S3636] New Spalding Club, Aberdeen Burgess Register p35. [S3526] National Records of Scotland, (Location: Edinburgh;), GD244/1/82 Papers of the Skene family of Rubislaw, Aberdeenshire. [S3633] Scots Proprietors, The, A Brief Account of the Province of East New Jarsey in America, p15. [S3615] Strath-Maxwell, Archibald, Digest of Quaker births, marriages and burials in Scotland, 1647-1878, (Location: Aberdeen; Date: 1960;), p192.