MURRAY, Ada ¹

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Ada married John MERCER of Aldie, MP, Provost of Perth about 1326.^{1 2} (John MERCER of Aldie, MP, Provost of Perth was born about 1300 ^{1 2} and died about 1379(1380) ^{1 2}.)

  Marriage Notes:

"B. Ada Murray m. John Mercer of Aldie, Provost of Perth (b c1300, d 1379/1380)"

from stirnet.com




"The date of John Mercer and Ada Murray's marriage is a matter of some debate. The Mercer Family Tree by William Lindsay Mercer provides us with the date 1326 as does a chart from George Mercer. However, Kai Drewes supplied the following interesting extract from a book by Ranald Nicholson, viz: "An even more notable burgess, John Mercer of Perth, had already risen in the world by 1352 when he married into the baronial family of Murray of Tullibardine. A long spectacular career as merchant prince lay ahead of him."

We do not know how William Lindsay Mercer supposed the marriage date of John and Ada to be 1326. He seldom gives his sources. This date would be surprising if it was their son who was the same John Mercer granted safe conduct to Oxford 'causa studend' as he would have been about 52 years old by that time.

On the other hand, if the date of the marriage was 1352 then the age we have for their son Andrew Mercer could not be correct. We do not know Ranald Nicholson's source for 1352 which, it is worth noting, was when John Mercer acquired the lands of Tullibardine - which had previously belonged to his wife's family.

We therefore tend to favour 1326 as being the more likely date."

from Mercer Millions ^{1 2}