William Merritt son
of Samuel Merritt (who had sons George and David in addition to our William,
actually the children given of Samuel are rather confusing, check out www.familysearch.com
to see them for yourself)
William married three times: *****Blue
notations are mine******
1st wife- name unknown, married about 1730
children:
ELISHA ELIJAH b 1731 place: Putnam County NY married
a Diantha (Diana)
HACKALIAH 1733 place: Putnam County NY d. 1777/1778
married a Eunice Cole in 1768
in Dutchess county NY she was born Jan 1747/48 Carmel, Putnam, New York and died :
18 Jan 1821Carmel, Putnam, New York she was married to her second
husband Nathan Crosby at the time of her death, having married
him in about 1779 after Hackaliah's death. Her parents
were Elisha Cole and Hannah Smalley, note: Elisha
and Hannah are
buried in the Same Cemetery as Gilbert Merritt in Carmel
Hackaliah and Eunice had the following children:
Mary Born: Abt. 1771 Place: Dutchess, Ny
Hannah Born: Abt. 1773 Place: Dutchess, Ny
Nemehiah Born: Abt. 1775 Place: Dutchess,
Ny
Elisha Born: 23 Jan 1769 Place: Dutchess, Ny
Died: 17
Aug 1841 Place: Carmel, Putnam, NY Elisha married
Deziah Fuller in 1794
and had children,
Elisha Cole, Daniel, John, Nehemiah,
Martha,Hackaliah,
Stephen,
Joseph, Elijah, and Nathan born 14 Nov 1799
(see Douglass
Merritt's records on main William C.
Merritt page for different parentage of Elisha)
also note: all following are buried in same
Cemetery as Gilbert in Carmel
Elisha
Merritt d Nov 23, 1857 ae 82yrs b 1774 or 75
Elisha
Merritt d 8-7- 1841 age 73yr
Deziah
Merritt d 6-1-1857 57y 11m 22d
Nathan
Merritt d 2/27/ 1870 70y3m14d
JOSEPH b 1734 place: Putnam County NY d. 3 Sept 1793
married Hannah Brondige b 2 May 1733 and died 25 March
1818,she was the daughter of Joshua Brundage b. abt 1705 in
Constable Rye NY and Hannah Coe b. abt 1709 in Constable,
Rye NY
2nd wife- Tamer Cornbury b about 1716 in White
Plains Westchester County, married 1750, died before 1765, children:
CORNBY b 1751 in White Plains, Wetchester, NY
GILBERT b 1753/4 (THIS IS OUR GILBERT)
SAMUEL b 1759 in Fredricksburgh, Dutchess County NY d. 1854 in Greenwich, Huron, Oh
married Chloe Haines b 1766
in Fredricksburgh died after 1850
JESSE b about 1763 Fredricksburgh, Dutchess County NY (no children given)
EBENEZER b 1763 inFredricksburgh, Dutchess County NY d. 26 May 1850 in Bainbridge, Chenango, NY
married Edith brown b. 1765 Dutchess County NY d.
1809
note: Though different from This Ebenezer's
records, there was an Ebenezer Merrit who died in Catskill on Jan 24, 1820, his
wife was Cynthia, the will mentions no children, This Ebenezer also could have
been some relation to William's Ebenezer, need to research
MARY b 1765 in Fredricksburhg, Dutchess NY d. 1845
3rd wife- Elizabeth Wixon b about 1716 (date
on her toomstone makes it about 1723, which would make her 51 years old at
the birth of her daughter Elizabeth, if Fredrickson's date is correct for
Elizabeth's birth she would have been 57 years old which seems most improbable). Married
in 1773, one daughter
Elizabeth Merritt b. 1774/75 d. 10 Nov 1868
Daniel Cornwall b about 1770 (Daniel
Cornwall mentioned in William Merritt's will, see more information on Daniel in
Gilbert S. Merritt's notes)
Thoughts on Carroll's Gedcom:
1. If Carroll's information on William's children is correct it
matches the will of William in that he has all of the children not mentioned in
William's will predecease him (These children being Elisha, Hackaliah, and
Joseph) It is a little odd that their widows or heirs are not mentioned as it
was common for Grandchildren of deceased sons to be mentioned. Also in other
genealogies these individuals are ascribed to different lines. I tend to think
they
