Mercer's private library. The Mercer Library at the Prince William Campus of George Mason University is named in his honor. Grandfather of General George Mercer Brooke. Also grandfather of Charles Fenton Mercer (1778–1858; son of James). References 1704 births 1768 deaths American book and manuscript collectors American legal writers Businesspeople from Virginia George Mason Mason family Mercer family of Virginia People from County Dublin People from Stafford County, Virginia Kingdom of Ireland emigrants to the Thirteen Colonies Virginia colonial people Virginia lawyers Colonial American poets