George Merritt

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Husband George Merritt ¹

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           Born:  - England
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Children

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1 M Thomas Merritt ²

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           Born: 1 Nov 1790 - ? Hartford, Hartford Co, CT 1
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           Died: 12 Nov 1874 - Strawberry Point, Clayton Co, IA 1
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         Spouse: Sally Wright (      -1834) 1
           Marr: Abt 1810 - Fabius, Onondaga Co, NY

         Spouse: Elizabeth Jewett (      -1847) 3
           Marr: 1836 4

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General Notes: Husband - George Merritt

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He was a native of England, who, in his younger days, settled near Hartford, Connecticut, about 1767 or 1768. He was thus placed in the center of a "rebellious" territory, and became, during his first ten years, thoroughly initiated into all the grand mys-teries of American patriotism. He imbibed the sentiments of his adopted countrymen, and was one of the first to take up arms in defense of oppressed rights when the War of the Revolution burst like a storm cloud upon the de-voted heads of the "Rebel Americans." He bore an active part in that fa-mous struggle. In times of peace he was a farmer. He was the father of five sons and two daughters.

1 J. S. Schenck, History of Warren County, Pennsylvania (Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co., Publishers, 1887), Pg 624.

2 J. S. Schenck, History of Warren County, Pennsylvania (Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co., Publishers, 1887), Pg 624, BP 59, 68.

3 J. S. Schenck, History of Warren County, Pennsylvania (Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co., Publishers, 1887), Pg 625, BP 59.

4 J. S. Schenck, History of Warren County, Pennsylvania (Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co., Publishers, 1887), Pg 625.