Sonoma SHP (June 14, 1846--Ezekial Merritt, William B. Ide, Robert Semple, and others seized the Sonoma garrison, captured and imprisoned Gen. Mariano Vallejo, Capt. Salvador Vallejo, Lieut.-Col. Victor Prudon, and Jacob Leese, and raised the California Republic's Bear Flag; 1846--a 4th of July celebration was held to honor the republics of California and the United States; July 5, 1846 Capt. John C. Fremont assumed command over the insurgent band at Sonoma and with others form the "California Battalion"; July 9, 1846, Lt. Joseph Warren Revere hoisted the U.S. flag in front of the barracks and took official possession; Blue Wing Inn remodeled extensively in 1849; Mariano Vallejo represented Sonoma at California Constitutional Convention in 1849; Lachryma Montis constructed by Vallejo in 1850) Can you tell me about Ezekial Merritt and his family? Thomas W. Rogers