Individual Details

John Merritt

(Aug 1687 - 24 Sep 1760)

On when John was 39, he married Hannah Peaks, in First Parish Church, Scituate. John was a husbandman. He gave deed to Nicholas Lichfield of one and a half share of upland and swamp, granted in1723 to John Merritt, Jr, and Jonathan Merritt, Sr., 1 Aug., 1727.

Events

BirthAug 1687Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, British America
Marriage10 Jul 1727First Parish Church, Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, British America - Hannah Peakes
Death24 Sep 1760Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, British America

Families

SpouseHannah Peakes (1692 - )
FatherJohn Merritt Jr (1661 - 1740)
MotherElizabeth Pinson (1663 - 1746)
SiblingThomas Merritt (1688 - )
SiblingDeborah Merritt (1689 - )
SiblingElizabeth Merritt (1691 - 1754)
SiblingMary Merritt (1692 - 1771)
SiblingRuth Merritt (1694 - 1721)
SiblingIchabod Merritt (1695 - )
SiblingHannah Merritt (1697 - )
SiblingHenry Merritt (1699 - )
SiblingAbigail Merritt (1700 - )
SiblingJonathan Merritt (1702 - 1758)
SiblingDavid Merritt (1703 - )
SiblingEbenezer Merritt (1705 - 1707)
SiblingEzekiel Merritt (1709 - )

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. 10.

3. Samuel Deane, History of Scituate, Massachusetts: from its first settlement to 1831 (Boston, MA: J. Loring, 1831), 311-312; digital images, Google Books (http://books.google.com/ : accessed 26 October 2009.

4. Merritt, Douglas., [New Merritt records] (Rhinebeck, N.Y.: unknown, 1991, 67 pgs.), p. 10.

5. Samuel Deane, History of Scituate, Massachusetts: from its first settlement to 1831 (Boston, MA: J. Loring, 1831), 311-312; digital images, Google Books (http://books.google.com/ : accessed 26 October 2009.

6. Anonymous, Vital records of Scituate, Massachusetts to the year 1850 (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1909, 909 pgs.).