I am resending the section of the article that applies to Truby Priest, along with the Title and Citations. ADAM AND KATHERINE ROGERS OF NEW LONDON CONNECTICUT ---------------------------- JAMES AND KATHERINE MERRITT OF KILLINGWORTH CONNECTICUT ------------------------------- by George Waller-Frye (now, in 1996, George Waller) Spring Hill Press Storrs Connecticut,1977 Put into electronic format and errors corrected by Mark Merritt (1996) TRUBY MERRITT, daughter of Katherine Rogers (Adam) and James Merritt, b. 16 September 1745, Killingworth [79:2:151]; d. perhaps in Chateaugay, Franklin County, NY [1:31-2, 449-50 which is the source of all undocumented statements about this family]; m. ca. 1763, Phillip Priest [47:10:332-4], son of Aaron Priest of Simsbury, b. 27 June 1737, Simsbury [123:3:206; 51:1:489-92]; d. 1816, Chateaugay, testate. He was in the French and Indian War serving at Fort Edward (NY) near where he later settled [54:1:104-5; 54:2:160-1] and also served in the Revolutionary War in Connecticut and Vermont [53:361; 152:176, 288, 513]. He bought land in Barkhamsted in 1760 [7:1:408-9] and lived in Winchester, CT from at least 1776 to 1779 [23:126]. About 1780 this family and the family of Truby 's brother Michael moved to Fair Haven, VT where Phillip was elected town's first First Selectman and where he kept a tavern for several years. They moved to Chateaugay about 1800. Children (surname PRIEST), first eight births recorded Winchester [159:1:38], the remainder probably born Fair Haven: Truby, b. 4 February 1764; d. 21 October 1865 aged 92 (sic), Westhaven, VT; m. 21 February 1786, Fair Haven, Elijah Tryon, son of Jeremiah Tryon of Glastonbury, CT and Westhaven, b. 15 May 1761, Glastonbury; d. 8 September 1863 aged 92 (sic), Westhaven; both were buried in Forbes Cemetery, Westhaven. He was a Congregational deacon and a Revolutionary War soldier [133:80-87] Noah, b. 1 April 1766; perhaps d. western NY; m. (1) Abigail Cleveland, daughter of Enoch Cleveland [32:1:299]; m. (2) _____ Spoor. Adams called him a pettifogger, an active Federalist politician and a noted anti-Mason. They lived in Westhaven in 1800 [137:131] and perhaps as late as 1832 [133:84]. Abi, b. 15 April 1768; m. Timothy Martin, and removed to Chateaugay, N.Y., where he died, and she remarried Gideon Knowles.\ Timothy Martin lived in Westhaven in 1800 [137:131]. Zadok, b. 19 April 1770; d. 22 June 1796 a native of Connecticut d. in the 27th year of his age [91:173], Norton, Bristol County, MA [57:169; 129:214-5; 103:391]. He had been a Methodist preacher since 1793 on the Pittsfield MA, New London CT and Warren RI circuits [91:128, 143, 160], not in PA or NY as stated in Adams, nor was he the progenitor of the Jefferson County NY Priests [60:lxxx]. Charity, b. 18 July 1772, baptized 26 July 1772 \ldblquote in the North Parish of W. Simsbury [96:1:19]; m. Hamilton Bolles. Diana, b. 3 January 1775; m. James Dada, perhaps son of a Revolutionary War soldier, James Dada of Suffield CT [53:352]. Elizabeth, b. 25 March 1777; m. before 1796, Asa Smith, perhaps son of Richard Smith and Grace Moore of Lyme CT [85:1:64]. Merritt (male), b. 11 June 1779; is said to have removed to southern Ohio and died there. Polly, b. say 1781; m. a Mr. Hall and had two sons who were Methodist preachers. Sally, b. say 1782; d. Chateaugay; m. Benjamin Emmons. Aaron, b. 27 March 1784; disappeared ca. 1808-10; a merchant of Benson. Sources A select bibliography follows which represents only those sources cited in the text. The citation system is adapted from that used in many scientific journals: [43] means "source 43;" [43:2] means "source 43, page 2;" [43:2:7-12] means "source 43, volume 2, pages 7-12." 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