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MERCER, Anna 'of Saline'
(About 1605-)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. GORDON, Alexander of Johnnisleys, JP. Burgess in Banff

MERCER, Anna 'of Saline' 1

  • Born: About 1605
  • Marriage (1): GORDON, Alexander of Johnnisleys, JP. Burgess in Banff 2 June 1626(sasine) 1

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Anna married Alexander GORDON of Johnnisleys, JP. Burgess in Banff, son of Sir James GORDON 4th of Lesmoir, 1st Baronet and Rebecca KEITH, 2 June 1626(sasine).1 (Alexander GORDON of Johnnisleys, JP. Burgess in Banff was born About 1597(1598) 1 and died by 8 November 1644 1.)


  Marriage Notes:

"He (Alexander Gordon) married (1) Anna or Anne Merser, a daughter of James (or John) Merser of Sawling (Saline) in Fife. His father granted to him and his spouse, Anna Merser, and their heirs, the lands of Johnnisleyis, and failing their issue, the lands to revert to himself: Alexander Gordon of Gawrie (sic) got sasine in Johnnisleyis June 2, 1626, and Anna Merser, his spouse, in the same on same day - presumably soon after their marriage (Sasine Regisster)."

from Lesmoir 1

Sources

1 e-books, The House of Gordon vol. 2 ed. John Malcolm Bulloch (1907) Lesmoir by Douglas Wimberley.

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