This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Merritt, Sheckles Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/xAB.2ACI/1331.1526 Message Board Post: Did he or any of his siblings with the surname Merritt have a son named John S. Merritt (the "S" might be Shackels, or it might be Sheckles or it might be Samuel). . . born in Ky in l8l8.