Individual Details
John Merritt Jr
(17 Feb 1661/62 - 5 Jul 1740)
John was part proprietor of Conihaset May 20, 1746.
Events
| Birth | 17 Feb 1661/62 | Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, British America |  | ||
| Marriage | Abt 1686 | Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, British America - Elizabeth Pinson |  | | |
| Death | 5 Jul 1740 | Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, British America | | ||
| Burial | Aft 5 Jul 1740 | First Parish Cemetery, Scituate Harbor, Plymouth, Massachusetts, British America | |
Families
| Spouse | Elizabeth Pinson (1663 - 1746) |
| Child | John Merritt (1687 - 1760) |
| Child | Thomas Merritt (1688 - ) |
| Child | Deborah Merritt (1689 - ) |
| Child | Elizabeth Merritt (1691 - 1754) |
| Child | Mary Merritt (1692 - 1771) |
| Child | Ruth Merritt (1694 - 1721) |
| Child | Ichabod Merritt (1695 - ) |
| Child | Hannah Merritt (1697 - ) |
| Child | Henry Merritt (1699 - ) |
| Child | Abigail Merritt (1700 - ) |
| Child | Jonathan Merritt (1702 - 1758) |
| Child | David Merritt (1703 - ) |
| Child | Ebenezer Merritt (1705 - 1707) |
| Child | Ezekiel Merritt (1709 - ) |
| Father | John Merritt (1625 - 1676) |
| Mother | Elizabeth Wyborn (1641 - 1677) |
| Sibling | Ichabod Merritt (1655 - ) |
| Sibling | Deborah Merritt (1656 - 1677) |
| Sibling | Henry Merritt (1663 - 1732) |
| Sibling | Jonathan Merritt (1665 - ) |
| Sibling | Mary Merritt (1668 - ) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Merritt (1671 - 1733) |
Notes
Marriage
Although it has been claimed that Elizabeth Hyland married in 1686 John Merritt (son of John), it was apparently Elizabeth Pinson who married John. See Maclean W. McLean's article "The Daughters of Thomas Pinson (1640-1714), The American Genealogist 50 (1974), 98-99.Endnotes
1. Anonymous, Vital records of Scituate, Massachusetts to the year 1850 (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1909, 909 pgs.).
2. Merritt, Douglas., [New Merritt records] (Rhinebeck, N.Y.: unknown, 1991, 67 pgs.), p. 9.
3. Merritt, Douglas., [New Merritt records] (Rhinebeck, N.Y.: unknown, 1991, 67 pgs.), p. 10.
4. Anonymous, Vital records of Scituate, Massachusetts to the year 1850 (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1909, 909 pgs.).
5. Merritt, Douglas., [New Merritt records] (Rhinebeck, N.Y.: unknown, 1991, 67 pgs.), p. 9.
6. Merritt, Douglas., [New Merritt records] (Rhinebeck, N.Y.: unknown, 1991, 67 pgs.), p. 10.