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Society Hill in Philadelphia in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
 

Robert Mercer

1759 - 1828

 
 
Robert Mercer Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), January 13, 2023
1. Robert Mercer Marker
Inscription.
Boatswain in 1776 of Commissioned Privateer Brigantine Enterprise
Married - 2 Dec. 1783
Eleanor Tittermary - Rev. George Duffield

 
Erected 1976 by Thos. Leiper Chapt. NSDAR and several descendants; Rev. Wm. H. Pindar, officiated.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial SitesReligion & Religious StructuresWar, US RevolutionaryWaterways & Vessels. A significant historical date for this entry is December 2, 1783.
 
Location. 39° 56.594′ N, 75° 8.966′ W. Memorial is in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia County. It is in Society Hill. It can be reached from Pine Street east of South 5th Street, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 412 Pine St, Philadelphia PA 19106, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Southeast Pennsylvania. It is also in the American Northeast and in the Mid-Atlantic. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois)
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Confederacy, New Netherland, and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: William Linnard (here, next to this marker); John Tittermary (here, next to this marker); Col. William Linnard (here, next to this marker); George Dawson, Esq. (a few steps from this marker); Captain John McGinley (a few steps from this marker); In memory of William Hurrie who departed this life Oct. 22, 1781 aged 60 years and 2 months. (a few steps from this marker); In Ho Oh (a few steps from this marker); William Hurry (a few steps from this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Philadelphia.
 
Robert Mercer Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), January 13, 2023
2. Robert Mercer Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on February 2, 2023. It was originally submitted on January 16, 2023, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 177 times since then and 17 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on January 16, 2023, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
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