Hi...sorry for the long e-mail, but I put the whole descendency of Thomas Merritt to where the link ends..., or begins...Ebenezer Merritt. I have been looking for quite some time for a tie to the father of John Merritt, born 178x (something), born in Dutchess County, New York. I found Ebenezer listed in the Revised Merritt Records, as having been married to Keziah Clapp, but everything I have seen to date shows Keziah Clapp married someone else, and never got to Dutchess County. Everything listed below came from the Peel Gedcom list, but I get no answer from Mrs Peel when I e-mail. Just looking to see if anyone else may have some information linking my family, it would be greatly appreciated. ] Thomas MERRITT BORN: MAY 1634, England DIED: 10 NOV 1725, Rye, NY, USA BURIED: , MARRIED: Jane SHERWOOD 3 DEC 1656, Rye, NY, USA CHILDREN: John MERRITT Alice MERRITT Ephraim MERRITT Jane MERRITT Issac MERRITT Thomas MERRITT Samuel MERRITT Elizabeth MERRITT Stephen MERRITT Edward MERRITT Nathan MERRITT Rose MERRITT Robert MERRITT Joanna MERRITT Joseph MERRITT MARRIED: Abigial FRANCES 13 AUG 1688, Rye, NY, USA MARRIED: Mary FERRIS 1696, Rye, NY, USA Joseph MERRITT BORN: 6 JUN 1662, England DIED: 12 MAY 1754, Rye County, NY BURIED: , MARRIED: Jane UNKNOWN , CHILDREN: Nehemiah MERRITT Nehemiah MERRITT BORN: , DIED: , BURIED: , MARRIED: Dinah HOPKINS CHILDREN: Nehemiah MERRITT MARRIED: Mary DINGEE Nehemiah MERRITT BORN: 7 MAY 1715, Rye, Duchess, NY DIED: 1794, Dutchess Co., NY BURIED: , MARRIED: Phebe WING , CHILDREN: Daniel MERRITT Daniel MERRITT BORN: , Westchester Co., NY DIED: , Dutchess Co., NY BURIED: , MARRIED: Undefined, , CHILDREN: Ebenezer MERRITT Ebenezer MERRITT ]BORN: 28 MAR 1764, Dutchess Co., NY DIED: 31 DEC 1819, Dutchess Co., NY BURIED: , MARRIED: Cynthia WILLIS 17 AUG 1783, Dutchess Co., NY CHILDREN: John MERRITT Ebenezer MERRITT Peter MERRITT Ephraim MERRITT