Philadelphia, his remains were returned to his "Cedar Park" estate in Maryland for burial.. Notes External links Mercer biography at the University of Groningen, Netherlands 1759 births 1821 deaths Continental Army officers from Virginia Continental Congressmen from Virginia 18th-century American politicians Governors of Maryland Members of the Maryland House of Delegates Members of the United States House of Representatives from Maryland College of William & Mary alumni People from Anne Arundel County, Maryland Virginia militiamen in the American Revolution Mercer family of Virginia People of colonial Maryland Virginia colonial people People from Stafford County, Virginia American planters Maryland Democratic-Republicans Democratic-Republican Party state governors of the United States American slave owners Founding Fathers of the United States