I sent a message out yesterday that was off by a century! My ancestor Phebe Merritt Goodday was born about 1783!! Marianne

I am researching my great great great grandmother Phebe Merritt who was born about "1873 on Long Island" according to Greenwood Cemetery records. I was cautioned that L.I. then included most of what today is Brooklyn as well as all of L.I. Phebe Merritt married Captain James H. Goodday a sea captain. He died in Trieste in 1837. They had children Catherine Jane Goodday born about 1799, James Goodday, Hannah Maria Goodday born November 8, 1810, and William H. Goodday born about 1813. Phebe Merritt Goodday lived in NYC, Shrewsbury, New Jersey, and finally Brooklyn, NY where she died on September 7, 1856. Her will was filed in Kings County October 28, 1859. In it she mentions her deceased son James. Her grandson George Goodday, and a child of her daughter Catherine (wife of Robert Hart), and son William Goodday. Hannah Maria Goodday died at age 11. Any connections to anyone on this list? Thanks for reading through! Marianne

The family of Moses MERRITT and Sarah TAYLOR. (1) MERRITT Julia Mary. born. October 1847. died. 1850. (2) MERRITT Edith Ellis. born. 1848. died. Abt. 1853. (3) MERRITT Morris. born. 3rd March 1851. place. North Waltham, Southampton, England. died. 4th July 1928. place. Chinchilla, Queensland, Australia. married. Mary Ann (Polly) WAIN. date. 20th April 1882. place. St Johns Church of England, Dalby, Queensland, Australia. born. 1860. place. Market Bosworth, Leicestershire, England. died. 6th June 1936. place. Chinchilla, Queensland, Australia. parents. Charles WAIN and Susannah DUCKETT. (4) MERRITT William Albert. born. 6th August 1854. place. Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. died. 7th July 1918. place. Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. married. Elizabeth Jane HOUNSLOW. date. 17th December 1883. place. St Johns Church of England, Dalby, Queensland, Australia. (5) MERRITT Henry. born. 11th September 1858. place. Dalby, Queensland, Australia. (6) MERRITT Edith May. born. 17th July 1862. place. Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. died. 28th February 1932. married. Ernest Schulz. date. 7th December 1892. place. Roma, Queensland, Australia. born. 1860. place. Germany. died. 15th February 1931. (7) MERRITT Julia Alice. born. 4th January 1868. place. Dalby, Queensland, Australia. married. Alfred MARTIN. date. 28th June 1890. place. Queensland, Australia. I would love to hear from anyone that is researching this family. Sincerely, June Pickering. Burpengary, Queensland, Australia. _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.

MERRITT William. born. Abt1772. baptism. 2nd August 1772. place. Hampshire, England. died. 7th November 1840. married. Patience WIGG. date. 14th April 1805. place. Stoke, England. baptism. 17th June 1781. died. 13th January 1867. parents. Thomas WIGG and Elizabeth STILES. Family of William and Patience. ALL that I know of. (1) MERRITT Thomas. baptism. 5th December 1805. place. England. died. 1880. place. England. married. Ann. died. 1892. place. England. (2) MERRITT William. born. 17th October 1806. place. England. died. 27th November 1874. place. Queensland, Australia. married. (A) Elizabeth HARDING. (B) Charlotte ALLEN. (3) MERRITT Hannah. baptism. 28th July 1811. place. England. (4) MERRITT Jane. baptism. 15th May 1814. place. England. (5) MERRITT Mary. born. 26th December 1817. place. England. (6) MERRITT Moses. born. 1820. place. Hampshire, England. died. 24th June 1881. place. Herries Street, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. married. Sarah TAYLOR. date. 1846. place. Bassingstoke, Hampshire, England. born. 1820. place. Hampshire, England. died. 24th May 1897. place. Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. (7) MERRITT John. baptism. 25th May 1823. born. Abt.1823. place. England. died. 24th June 1891. place. Queensland, Australia. married. Mary TAYLOR. date. 1847. born. Abt. 1825-26. died. 24th May 1897. Is anyone researching this family? If yes I would like to hear from them. Thank you. June Pickering. Burpengary, Queensland, Australia. _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.

Hi Everyone, Just reposting my Merritt interests, all in Australia, mainly Queensland: Thomas Merritt married Susan Kaick - had son Charles (d 15 Dec 1880, Toowoomba). We think that Charles was a British convict to Austalia in the early 1800's. Charles married Sarah Baker (AKA Sarah Brompton) on 18 Aug 1867. They had the following children: George Merritt (my g-grandfather), b 10-07-1868, Toowoomba, d 04-04-1928, Alpha Charlotte Merritt, b 25-12-1870, d 1871 (probably Toowomba) John Goodwin Merritt, b 17-08-1872, Toowoomba, died Brisbane Harriet Merritt, b 03-01-1874, married Edward Thomas in 1890's Alice Goodwin Merritt, b 10-04-1875, d 30-09-1889, Toowoomba Mary Goodwin Merritt, b 18-08-1876, d 16-02-1877, Toowoomba Ethel Georgina Merritt, b 23-09-1877 Edward Goodwin Merritt, b 29-06-1879, d 19-06-1934 Eliza Merritt, d 29-05-1885, Toowoomba Archibald Merritt, d 14-02-1928 My grandfather was Edward James Merritt, b 02-08-1895 in Hughenden. His brother was George William Merritt, b 18-11-1897 in Rockhampton, and his sister was Edith Margaret Merritt (married name Harrop), b 23-05-1899, Barcaldine. The only other family we know of is John Goodwin Merritt's - he had 6 children that we can recall - Maime (married name Best), Glennie Clinton (married name Boyle), Emily (married name Trevor), Ethel Grace Donald (married name Gooding), ? (married name Mahoney), and ? (married name Bell). The Merritts are a big mystery to us, and I would love to find anyone with connections to my branch of them. Rhonda Merritt, Mareeba, QLD, Australia.

Looking for information re: Harold Merritt b-Massachusetts (don't know exact township or county, nr. Boston), approx. 1900; m. Mary Ryan >1936; d. 1954, Chicago. Had several siblings, served in Army. Any specific suggestions for research appreciated. Thanks.

John W. Merritt & Elizabeth Ferguson had the following children: 1. Vadein (b. 1816 KY) 2. Archibald (b. 1817/8 KY) 3. William Riley (b. 1823 KY) 4. Obediah (b. 1826 Lawrence Co. TN) 5. Martin D. (b. 1828) 6. John Wesley (b. 14 Jan 1830 KY) 7. Mary Ann (b. 20 Jul 1834 TN) These children lived mostly in Missouri (Crawford, Dent & Scott Counties) and Obediah remained in Kentucky. Anyone else working on these families or their descendants? Denise ********************************************** My personal web page can be found at: http://members.home.net/merritthome/ Please let me know if you find broken links so I can fix them! My Nest Entertainment (Quality Videos) site is: www.nestentertainment.com/dmerritt **********************************************

If any one knows any information that could help Russell, e-mail him since he is not subscribed to the list. List manager. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Merritt, Russell N." <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, May 18, 2001 9:20 AM Subject: MERRITT SURNAME LOCATIONS IN MISSOURI

Memorial Day is around the corner. Now would be a good time to remember our ancestors and the Wars they fought in. At the time they fought they believed what they were doing was right. God Bless every one of them! Remember, some of your missing relatives may have not made it home. My half brother is somewhere in the hedge-rows of France. (WWII, glider pilot, D-Day) Liz Armstrong Braswell http://members.aol.com/usregistry/allwars.htm -- Welcome, come by and say "Howdy" at: http://www.videoranch.net/contents.htm The Braswell Book Online, then go to the bottom of the contents page for Military plus cemeteries. Click on the underlined page numbers.

Charles Bolton submitted a great deal of MERRITT information to the LDS IGI, back when the Mormon Church made a big push for their members to submit genealogical data. I haven't figured out who he is, but I can tell you that I have seen his claim to relationship on many MERRITT entries, and it seems implausible that he was related to them all. Researchers have not yet proven a connection between the 1600's Colonial lines of Thomas Merritt (NY), Henry Merritt (MA), William Merritt (MD) and Samuel Merritt (MD), yet Mr. Bolton seemed to think he was related to individuals in each one. I think he was a bit over-zealous, and I wouldn't knock myself out chasing him down. Films that I have examined at the local FHC that reference Bolton have proved genealogically worthless - just compendia of names in LDS Baptisms for the dead, etc. I have my own Mormon connections - my father's mother was from a Mormon family (BASSETT and HENRIOD/HENROID), and a STEWART line from Maryland that carried the given name Merritt became Mormon (the namesake was for my Arthur Miller Merritt, who m. Julianna Stewart) - and so perhaps Mr. Bolton connected to my tree, but I haven't located him yet. For more information regarding my research, please visit www.merrittfamily.org Regards, Mark At 09:35 10-05-01 -0700, you wrote: >My face is red....I asked for anyone who had ties to Gilbert >Merritt........It turns out that I didn't read my notes closely >enough....the relative I shoud have listed in the message >was.........Charles G. Bolton, born 1849, died 1912 in Utah. > >He was related to the Merritts through his mother. > >Ken Jackson > >############################################################################ >############### > >If there is anyone on this list that claims Gilbert Merritt as an ancestor, >I really need some information. >I had been trying to trace John Merritt back through his father, Ebenezer >Merritt, as described in the "Revised Book of Merrits", and noted where it >said that Ebenezer Merritt was married to Keziah Clapp, but have never been >able to find anything in the IGI or elsewhere that says Keziah Clapp was not >born or married in Massachusetts. In searching the web, I found an Ebenezer >Merritt, who was married to Cynthia Willis in 1783 in Dutchess County, New >York. Their children were John Merritt, Ebenezer Merritt, Peter Merritt, >and Ephraim Merritt. > >The John Merritt I have been looking for information on was born in Dutchess >County, moved to Yates County. In the IGI, Ebenezer and John Merritt was >listed by relative Gilbert Merritt. > >Any takers? > >Ken Jackson > > >============================== >Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp

My face is red....I asked for anyone who had ties to Gilbert Merritt........It turns out that I didn't read my notes closely enough....the relative I shoud have listed in the message was.........Charles G. Bolton, born 1849, died 1912 in Utah. He was related to the Merritts through his mother. Ken Jackson ############################################################################ ############### If there is anyone on this list that claims Gilbert Merritt as an ancestor, I really need some information. I had been trying to trace John Merritt back through his father, Ebenezer Merritt, as described in the "Revised Book of Merrits", and noted where it said that Ebenezer Merritt was married to Keziah Clapp, but have never been able to find anything in the IGI or elsewhere that says Keziah Clapp was not born or married in Massachusetts. In searching the web, I found an Ebenezer Merritt, who was married to Cynthia Willis in 1783 in Dutchess County, New York. Their children were John Merritt, Ebenezer Merritt, Peter Merritt, and Ephraim Merritt. The John Merritt I have been looking for information on was born in Dutchess County, moved to Yates County. In the IGI, Ebenezer and John Merritt was listed by relative Gilbert Merritt. Any takers? Ken Jackson

This is from a NONE Subscriber.................Reply to [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2001 10:50 AM Subject: {not a subscriber} John Merritt Looking for BIRTH RECORD for JOHN SEWALL MERRITT born in Machias, ME circa 1824-5. He died in Somerville MA 5 April 1870 Married Hannah M. Griggs born 1831 in Dorchester MA . She died in Somerville MA. 7 January 1891. They were married in Charlestown MA in 1849. John and Hannah Merritt had a son Ernest Everett Merritt who was born in Somerville MA in 1866. His wife was Fedora Hancock Any info on John's birth would be appreciated. Jo Hill [email protected] Springfield, Oregon

If there is anyone on this list that claims Gilbert Merritt as an ancestor, I really need some information. I had been trying to trace John Merritt back through his father, Ebenezer Merritt, as described in the "Revised Book of Merrits", and noted where it said that Ebenezer Merritt was married to Keziah Clapp, but have never been able to find anything in the IGI or elsewhere that says Keziah Clapp was not born or married in Massachusetts. In searching the web, I found an Ebenezer Merritt, who was married to Cynthia Willis in 1783 in Dutchess County, New York. Their children were John Merritt, Ebenezer Merritt, Peter Merritt, and Ephraim Merritt. The John Merritt I have been looking for information on was born in Dutchess County, moved to Yates County. In the IGI, Ebenezer and John Merritt was listed by relative Gilbert Merritt. Any takers? Ken Jackson

Hi Judy, Thanks for your reply. I can't say that I know of any Albert and Ellen Merritts, but at least it is in the right area - Qld. My Merritts originate from Toowoomba, but I don't know where from before that, although I have a few suspicions. The names I have are George (my great-grandfather), Charles and Sarah (George's parents), Charlotte, John, Harriett, Alice, Mary, Ethel, Edward, Eliza and Archibald (George's siblings). Charles' parents names were Thomas and Susan, but don't know if they were ever in Australia. Regards, Rhonda. ----- Original Message ----- From: brent neal <[email protected]> To: Rhonda Merritt <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, April 02, 2001 10:57 AM Subject: Re: MERRITTS IN AUSTRALIA > Hello Rhonda > > I am looking into my Grandfathers side. His Mum and Dad came over from > England to Brisbane, Queensland. My Great Grandfathers name was Albert > Merritt. Albert and Ellen Merritt were married in East Meon Hampshire. Not > sure whether this is any help. Look forward to hearing from you. > > Kind Regards, > > Judy Neal > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rhonda Merritt" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2001 8:35 PM > Subject: MERRITTS IN AUSTRALIA > > > > Hi everyone, > > > > I'm looking for any Merritts in Australia or with Australian > > connections. Won't go into heaps on detail, but most of mine are from > > Queensland. > > > > Rhonda Merritt. > > > > > > ============================== > > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com > > > > > >

Hi everyone, I'm looking for any Merritts in Australia or with Australian connections. Won't go into heaps on detail, but most of mine are from Queensland. Rhonda Merritt.

Does anyone have any info on a Henry F. Meritt b. 1820 in Truxton Co., NY. Actually, I'd appreciate any input about Merritts in the Truxton area. I'm hoping some little clue will help break down my brick wall. Henry musy have lived in that area at least 20 some years. He was married in Nelson, Madison Co., NY in 1842 to Harriet Easton and his first few children were born in NY...one in Allegany Co. About 1847, he moved to WI where he died in 1864 from disease he acquired in the Civil War. Please, if you have any data on anyone possibly connected to him, let me know. Thanks, Joanne

Sandy, Genforum is out of CA. If they were to do this they would be breaking the law. When you read their privacy statement they spell it out. What you enter there is copyrighted by GenForum. This copyright protects you as well as them. If someone takes the information you submit and uses it, say for profit, they can be legally sued by Gen and us. Without the copyright the info is up for grabs. Besides that, why steal it when everyone is sending it to them. Our site is copyrighted, we put the info there for genealogists and family to use knowing that we can make mistakes. But mostly to keep it from being sold. The bottom line I believe is to be careful, use your head, do not believe everything you hear, check out information. Ancestry.com has documents that are good. I am on my 2nd 3 month sub. 19.95, and it has been worth it for me. Some will find very little. I have been lucky in my husbands Braswell line as a lot of hard work was done before me! Our daughter and I are verifying everything possible. Where the problem on the www is, is with the Pedigrees. They are done and submitted by everyone and a lot of information is wrong. Still even that gives you a place to start if they include deed or will information. The 1650 pedigree records of the Braswells in VA is hysterical, it is so wrong. Hope this helps. Now help me find parents of my gg-grandfather James Robert Merritt m to Oregon Sloan, Lake Co. Florida! <grin> Sandra Hammock wrote: > Liz, > I got the following message about FTM on another group. I don't know if > its correct, but if it is true and A&E purchases them, then I wonder if the > practice will continue: > > "WARNING!! Any information > which you share on GenForum's message boards may be copied by Genealogy.com > [/FamilyTreeMaker.com] and sold by them for profit either as data included > on a > monthly/annual subscription or as a CD for purchase. Much of this > information is > totally unreliable." > > Sandy > > -----Original Message----- > From: Sam Braswell [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2001 4:31 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: A&E Television acquires Family Tree Maker > > Cousins, > > Thought you might be interested in the latest news about Family > Tree Maker, et al. > A&E television acquired Genealogy.com today Mar. 20, 2001. > Genealogy.com owns FTM, etc. > Hopefully all this will lead to better research. > > Liz > > Visit our other Web sites: > AandE.com, HistoryChannel.com, HistoryTravel.com, > HistoryInternational.com, Mysteries.com & Genealogy.com > © 2001 A&E Television Networks. All rights reserved. > > A&E, A&E logo, A&E Classroom, Biography® Channel, The History > Channel®, > and The History Channel Classroom® are trademarks of A&E > Television Networks. > > -- > Welcome, come by and say "Howdy" at: > http://www.videoranch.net/braswell.htm > http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Lane/5455/index.html > For Horse Q&A's http://www.therightlead.com (our daughter's new > site!) <we reserve bragging rights!> > > ============================== > Search over 900 million names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > > ============================== > Search more than 150 million free records at RootsWeb! > http://searches.rootsweb.com/ -- Welcome, come by and say "Howdy" at: http://www.videoranch.net

Liz, I got the following message about FTM on another group. I don't know if its correct, but if it is true and A&E purchases them, then I wonder if the practice will continue: "WARNING!! Any information which you share on GenForum's message boards may be copied by Genealogy.com [/FamilyTreeMaker.com] and sold by them for profit either as data included on a monthly/annual subscription or as a CD for purchase. Much of this information is totally unreliable." Sandy -----Original Message----- From: Sam Braswell [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2001 4:31 PM To: [email protected] Subject: A&E Television acquires Family Tree Maker Cousins, Thought you might be interested in the latest news about Family Tree Maker, et al. A&E television acquired Genealogy.com today Mar. 20, 2001. Genealogy.com owns FTM, etc. Hopefully all this will lead to better research. Liz Visit our other Web sites: AandE.com, HistoryChannel.com, HistoryTravel.com, HistoryInternational.com, Mysteries.com & Genealogy.com © 2001 A&E Television Networks. All rights reserved. A&E, A&E logo, A&E Classroom, Biography® Channel, The History Channel®, and The History Channel Classroom® are trademarks of A&E Television Networks. -- Welcome, come by and say "Howdy" at: http://www.videoranch.net/braswell.htm http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Lane/5455/index.html For Horse Q&A's http://www.therightlead.com (our daughter's new site!) <we reserve bragging rights!> ============================== Search over 900 million names at Ancestry.com! http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp

Cousins, Thought you might be interested in the latest news about Family Tree Maker, et al. A&E television acquired Genealogy.com today Mar. 20, 2001. Genealogy.com owns FTM, etc. Hopefully all this will lead to better research. Liz Visit our other Web sites: AandE.com, HistoryChannel.com, HistoryTravel.com, HistoryInternational.com, Mysteries.com & Genealogy.com © 2001 A&E Television Networks. All rights reserved. A&E, A&E logo, A&E Classroom, Biography® Channel, The History Channel®, and The History Channel Classroom® are trademarks of A&E Television Networks. -- Welcome, come by and say "Howdy" at: http://www.videoranch.net/braswell.htm http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Lane/5455/index.html For Horse Q&A's http://www.therightlead.com (our daughter's new site!) <we reserve bragging rights!>

Subject: [MERRITT] Merritt - VA, NC to TN > Hi ... My Merritt line migrated from NC to Middle Tennessee around 1820. My > GGGG Grandfather Benjamin Merritt born 1776 NC wife Elizabeth leave > Montgomery County, NC just prior to 1820 and move to Wilson County, TN. Many > generations of Merritt's grew up in this area including Warren County, Dekalb > County, Cannon County, Rutherford County, Tennessee. Benjamin's father is > believed to be John Merritt born ca 1745 and appearing on the 1800 Montgomery > County, NC census. John does not appear on the 1820 census there so he must > have moved on or died. I believe John to have a brother by the name of James > Merritt whose family moved to Wilson County, TN shortly after his death in > Moore County, NC. > > I believe possibly that Wake County may have been the county they were in in > 1790. > > If anything sounds familiar, I would love to hear from you. > > Robie > >