Dear List, I just wanted to share. I hope it can help someone. From the book: Abstracts of North Carolina Wills: Tyrell County, NC John Marrett 1770 names Hezekiah, Zachariah, Jesse, Isaac, Keziah and Jonathan Warren County, NC Thomas Merrit 1786 names Elender, John and Reuben Joseph Merritt 1791 names Major, Joseph, Matthew, Hotenbert, Lenty and Benjamin Duplin County, NC Joseph Merritt 1795 names Elizabeth and William Edgecombe County, NC Thomas Merritt 1768 names William, Benjamin, Mary I., Martha, Margaret, Barbara, Fanny, Shalaty and James Mary Merritt 1778 names Emanuel Granville County, NC Benjamin Merritt 1777 names Ephraim; Boyd, Ephraim, Rose; Langston, Alice Halifax County, NC Benjamin Merritt 1761 names Mary wife, Nathan, Ephraim, Sarah, and Mary Mary Merritt 1778 names Ephraim, Matthew and Benjamin Mary Merritt 1778 names Molly, Amy and Sale Richard Merritt 1781 names Sarah, James, Richard, Ephraim, Annie, Mary, Amy, Waddill Wm. Merritt 1784 names Richard, Thomas and Absolom Ephraim Merritt 1789 names Nathaniel, Jeremiah and Holly Thomas Merritt 1794 names Mary wife, Fred, Shadrack and Madrock Moore County, NC James Merritt 1797 names Ann wife, Sylvanus, Obadiah, Liles, John, Mark, Molly, James, Lewis, Nancy, Sallie, Priscilla and Rhoda Nashville (County? or city?), NC Benjamin 1779 names William, Henry Benjamin and Sarah Sherry Sheridan