Dear Malcolm, Your message to me came back as such... > Jacob Merritt b. 5 Jan 1813 d. 24 April 1896 > Rachel Woolston b. 1816 d. 1852 Your source(s)? -- Malcolm Schalick Sharp http://sharp.rootsweb.com/ You might want to review the Revised Merritt Records by Douglass Merritt. It is filled with inaccuracies, but also has some good records. I have sorted out the unidentified Merritts and corrected what I could of the Isaac/Marriot mess. It's the source of Jacob's birth date. You might also like to check the 1850 federal census for Burlington, NJ. You will find Jacob there along with Rachel, Mary and Rebecca (and their ages). There are other members of his household listed also. The family of Benjamin R. Lamb is two doors away and immediately next door is the family of Clayton Lamb which includes Rebecca Merritt, aged 30. I hope this is of some use to you. I have researched the Merrit family of Burlington, NJ, extensively fand or a very long time. I wrote to you in answer to a query you posted once a long time ago on the roots message board. I'm sorry I can't give you my source for Rachel's death date right now. The source is in my hard files which for the Merritt family take up one entire filing drawer all by themselves. I hope this little bit is of some use to you. Georgia Whitson