Donna, The dwelling next to this "MURRET" was Restore Biddle Lamb (dwelling #1468) and his wife Adelaide (Lamb) - they were also 1st cousins once removed and my gg-grandparents. Merritt was used as a given and middle name in my family. I believe the census record has the surname incorrect (isn't that a surprise!) and it should be MERRITT. A Jacob Merritt (no dates) I have is the son of Abraham Merritt and Rebecca (Lamb), m: January 1802. Rebecca was Restore Biddle Lamb's aunt so Jacob and Restore were 1st cousins. I show that Jacob was married to Rachel Woolston (no dates). Another of Jacob's cousins was Elizabeth Lamb (no dates), daughter of Clayton Lamb and Elizabeth (Ridgway), m: March 27, 1810. I show Elizabeth's husband as Daniel Budd Bodine (no dates). Clayton was the brother of Restore and Rebecca. (For those who need to work in the right hemisphere I'm enclosing a family tree.) So perhaps Rachel (Woolston) Merritt died before 1860 and left Jacob with two children and he had his cousin Elizabeth Lamb - who was not yet married - live there to take care of the children. ?? Of course having a few dates would help! -- Malcolm Schalick Sharp http://sharp.rootsweb.com/ -- encl: 1 Jacob Lamb b: September 7, 1756 d: October 11, 1826 in Springfield Twp., Burlington Co., NJ +Elizabeth Shinn b: October 6, 1758 in Mt. Holly, Burlington Co., NJ m: March 3, 1777 in Burlington Co., NJ d: April 9, 1790 2 Clayton Lamb b: April 10, 1777 +Elizabeth Ridgway b: September 23, 1787 m: March 27, 1810 3 Jacob Lamb +Margaret Watkinson b: Abt. 1810 in NJ 3 Elizabeth Lamb +Daniel Budd Bodine 3 Clayton Lamb 2 Joseph Lamb b: July 13, 1780 d: May 20, 1823 2 Rebecca Lamb b: April 28, 1782 +Abraham Merritt m: January 31, 1802 3 Sarah Taylor Merritt b: June 1, 1803 +Taunton Earl Shreve b: February 23, 1802 m: May 9, 1822 *2nd Husband of Sarah Taylor Merritt: +William Imley Newbold m: February 11, 1841 *3rd Husband of Sarah Taylor Merritt: +Samuel Ellis m: March 11, 1849 *4th Husband of Sarah Taylor Merritt: +William H. Ellis m: February 12, 1857 3 Abraham Merritt +Margaret Budd 3 Jacob Merritt +Rachel Woolston 3 Rebecca Lamb Merritt +John Champion 2 Jacob Lamb, Jr. b: February 5, 1785 +Susanna Ridgway 2 Restore Shinn Lamb b: December 27, 1788 in Burlington Co., NJ d: October 16, 1867 in NJ +Mary Ridgway b: June 12, 1795 in NJ m: April 18, 1822 in Burlington Co., NJ d: March 25, 1837 in NJ 3 Rebecca Merritt Lamb b: March 22, 1824 in Burlington Co., NJ d: February 22, 1850 in Burlington Co., NJ +Barclay White b: 1821 in Burlington Co., NJ m: December 22, 1842 d: 1906 in Burlington Co., NJ 3 Restore Biddle Lamb b: February 21, 1830 in NJ d: November 14, 1915 +Adelaide Lamb b: March 27, 1833 in NJ m: 1852 d: Abt. 1884 *2nd Wife of Restore Biddle Lamb: +Exene Evans m: Aft. 1884 3 Benjamin Ridgway Lamb b: Abt. 1826 in NJ +Sarah Reeve Haines b: Abt. 1826 in Burlington Co., NJ m: September 12, 1850 d: Abt. 1918 3 Lydia Ann Lamb *2nd Wife of Restore Shinn Lamb: +Rhoda Osborn b: Abt. 1794 in NJ m: Aft. 1837 d: 1881 *2nd Wife of Jacob Lamb: +Beulah Ridgway b: May 28, 1760 m: Aft. 1790 in Burlington Co., NJ d: July 18, 1848 in Springfield Twp., Burlington Co., NJ -=- "Donna E. Ristenbatt" wrote: > Hi Malcolm, > > Somehow I missed your post on NJBURLIN-L, but fortunately a friend > sent this to me. I'm not sure why it didn't come to my mailbox, but oh > well. I was wondering about this Elizabeth LAMB myself. I feel she > could be a daughter of Samuel LAMB and Nancy/Ann STARKEY. My > late aunt had 3 children for Samuel and Nancy. (My aunt was born 1899 > and spoke to many then living relatives of these families back in the > early 1900s.) She had listed 3 children for Samuel LAMB and > Nancy/Ann STARKEY - Nehemiah, born 1805 (my great great > grandfather), Ann LAMB, born ca 1814 (married William MURDOCK - I > don't think they had any children - I found none listed on the 1850 > census when they were living in Pemberton Twp.) and Elizabeth or > Libbie. I feel this Elizabeth could possibly be Samuel and Nancy/Ann's > daughter. Given the spellings on US Censuses, it would not surprise me > if this were MERRITT. Would you then know how Elizabeth connects to > Jacob? Springfield Twp. was where my Nehemiah LAMB(born 1805) > originally lived as that is where his first wife, Ann PATTERSON, was > buried. (They married 1829 and Nehemiah remarried 1855 to Mary Ann > WORTH.) The clincher *Might* be if she were listed as deaf. I have not > looked at my late aunt's notes in awhile, but I think she had a notation > about Libbie being deaf, but with a question mark. This Elizabeth fits the > age bracket of when Samuel and Ann were having children. > > Donna Ristenbatt > > From: Malcolm Sharp <sharp@usc.edu> > To: NJBURLIN-L@rootsweb.com > Sent: February 28, 2001 6:53:33 PM GMT > Subject: Re: [NJBurlin] CENSUS NJ 1860, Burlington Co., Springfield > Twp. p. 195 > > Wondering if this family surname is actually MERRITT? Anyone have > an idea > who Elizabeth LAMB might be? Perhaps a widowed sister of Jacob [I > figure > he was a widower?]? > > > BURLINGTON CO., NJ 15 August 1860, PO Burlington, Springfield > Twp. 195 > > 26 1469 1477 MURRET Jacob 50 m w NJ > > 27 1469 1477 MURRET Mary 14 f w NJ > > 28 1469 1477 MURRET Rachel 8 f w NJ > > 29 1469 1477 LAMB Elizabeth 45 f w NJ > > 30 1469 1477 LEWIS Margaret 16 f w domestic NJ > > 31 1469 1477 DAVIS Ellen 30 f w domestic Ireland > > 32 1469 1477 BUDD Horace 13 m w NJ > > 33 1469 1477 MALONEY Joseph 30 m w farm work Ireland > > 34 1469 1477 MALONEY William 26 m w farm work NJ > > Thanks. > -- > Malcolm Schalick Sharp > http://sharp.rootsweb.com/ > --