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