Individual Details
Jonathan Merritt
(May 1702 - 21 Oct 1758)
On 8 Jan 1727 when Jonathan was 24, he married Mehitabel Damon , daughter of Lieut. Zachary Damon (1654-3 Sep 1731) & Martha Woodworth (1657-ca Jun 1721), in First Parish Church, Scituate. Born in Feb 1696.
Jonathan and Mehitabel removed to Hebron, CT, before 1736.
They had one child:
i. Simeon. Born on 4 Sep 1728 in Scituate, MA. At the age of 7, Simeon was baptized in Second Church of Scituate on 9 Nov 1735.
Jonathan and Mehitabel removed to Hebron, CT, before 1736.
They had one child:
i. Simeon. Born on 4 Sep 1728 in Scituate, MA. At the age of 7, Simeon was baptized in Second Church of Scituate on 9 Nov 1735.
Events
| Birth | May 1702 | Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, British America |  | ||
| Marriage | 8 Jan 1727 | First Parish Church, Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, British America - Mehitable Daman |  | | |
| Death | 21 Oct 1758 | Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut, United States | |
Families
| Spouse | Mehitable Daman (1696 - ) |
| Father | John Merritt Jr (1661 - 1740) |
| Mother | Elizabeth Pinson (1663 - 1746) |
| Sibling | John Merritt (1687 - 1760) |
| Sibling | Thomas Merritt (1688 - ) |
| Sibling | Deborah Merritt (1689 - ) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Merritt (1691 - 1754) |
| Sibling | Mary Merritt (1692 - 1771) |
| Sibling | Ruth Merritt (1694 - 1721) |
| Sibling | Ichabod Merritt (1695 - ) |
| Sibling | Hannah Merritt (1697 - ) |
| Sibling | Henry Merritt (1699 - ) |
| Sibling | Abigail Merritt (1700 - ) |
| Sibling | David Merritt (1703 - ) |
| Sibling | Ebenezer Merritt (1705 - 1707) |
| Sibling | Ezekiel Merritt (1709 - ) |
Notes
Marriage
"Scituate Births, marriages, and deaths," transcribed by George Ernest Bowman, Mayflower Descendant, various volumes.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. 11.
5. Merritt, Douglas., [New Merritt records] (Rhinebeck, N.Y.: unknown, 1991, 67 pgs.), p. 10.