Thanks! I appreciate your help. I have tried the DAR site, but only found John........we wonder if Aubrey was John, Jr.., son of Edward Merritt. Linda ----- Original Message ----- From: "singhals" <singhals@erols.com> To: <WVHAMPSH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, November 16, 2003 6:52 PM Subject: Re: [WVHAMPSH-L] Merritt > I was thinking Audie, or Otis/Odis or even O.D. (I knew someone whose > initials were O.C. and when he said his name, it sounded like Ossie). > > Audie is probably slightly more likely of those three, if only because > there WERE Irish in the area at the time. > > Cheryl > > At 05:19 PM 11/16/2003 -0800, you wrote: > >I wonder if all the variations could be from the > >name "Audrey"? I can't find one named that, > >though. You might try dar.org for a free > >Patriot lookup on possible Rev'y ancestor. If > >he's listed with them, you could get copies of > >members' (i.e., descendants') applications that > >were based on his service. These often have a > >lot of genealogical info. > >============================== > >Oddey is in the 1820 census with a large > >household also. > >MERRITT ODDEY VA HAMPSHIRE NO TWP LISTED 1820 > >============================== > >Lydia, 66, is in the 1860 census with Adam 30, > >and Jacob, 13. Yes, 13, that's what it looked > >like. Don't know if her age or his is wrong, or > >if he wasn't her natural son??? > > > >MERRITT LYDIA 66 F W VA VA HAMPSHIRE ROMNEY P O > >1860 > >============================== > > > >--- Linda Pfau <lpfau@st-tel.net> wrote: > >> Looking for Andy - Odda - Oddey - Aubrey > >> Merritt in Mill Creek Hampshire > >> VA/WV. Oddey is in 1810 census for that county > >> and it looks like quite a > >> few in the household. Andy Merritt b. about > >> 1795 and possibly wife, Lydia, > >> and sons Adam and Jacob, at least. They were > >> in 1850 census there. Need > >> the parents of Andy/Oddey, who may or may not > >> be the same person. I'm > >> researching John Merritt, b. 1785 and Adam > >> Merritt, b. 1787 who migrated to > >> Coshocton OH and to Clinton IN. Bios for > >> grandsons of Adam Merritt say > >> their grandfather "lived and died in Hardy Co., > >> VA and was a Rev. War Patriot." > > > > > > >

The DAR site lists only those men on whose proven service some woman has joined. There are hundreds of Patriots with no descendants in DAR. And of course the service had to be Revolutionary -- Lord Dunmore's War doesn't count and neither does militia duty against the AmerInds. Cheryl At 10:22 AM 11/17/2003 -0700, you wrote: >Thanks! I appreciate your help. I have tried the DAR site, but only found >John........we wonder if Aubrey was John, Jr.., son of Edward Merritt. >Linda >----- Original Message ----- >From: "singhals" <singhals@erols.com> >To: <WVHAMPSH-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Sunday, November 16, 2003 6:52 PM >Subject: Re: [WVHAMPSH-L] Merritt > > >> I was thinking Audie, or Otis/Odis or even O.D. (I knew someone whose >> initials were O.C. and when he said his name, it sounded like Ossie). >> >> Audie is probably slightly more likely of those three, if only because >> there WERE Irish in the area at the time. >> >> Cheryl >> >> At 05:19 PM 11/16/2003 -0800, you wrote: >> >I wonder if all the variations could be from the >> >name "Audrey"? I can't find one named that, >> >though. You might try dar.org for a free >> >Patriot lookup on possible Rev'y ancestor. If >> >he's listed with them, you could get copies of >> >members' (i.e., descendants') applications that >> >were based on his service. These often have a >> >lot of genealogical info. >> >============================== >> >Oddey is in the 1820 census with a large >> >household also. >> >MERRITT ODDEY VA HAMPSHIRE NO TWP LISTED 1820 >> >============================== >> >Lydia, 66, is in the 1860 census with Adam 30, >> >and Jacob, 13. Yes, 13, that's what it looked >> >like. Don't know if her age or his is wrong, or >> >if he wasn't her natural son??? >> > >> >MERRITT LYDIA 66 F W VA VA HAMPSHIRE ROMNEY P O >> >1860 >> >============================== >> > >> >--- Linda Pfau <lpfau@st-tel.net> wrote: >> >> Looking for Andy - Odda - Oddey - Aubrey >> >> Merritt in Mill Creek Hampshire >> >> VA/WV. Oddey is in 1810 census for that county >> >> and it looks like quite a >> >> few in the household. Andy Merritt b. about >> >> 1795 and possibly wife, Lydia, >> >> and sons Adam and Jacob, at least. They were >> >> in 1850 census there. Need >> >> the parents of Andy/Oddey, who may or may not >> >> be the same person. I'm >> >> researching John Merritt, b. 1785 and Adam >> >> Merritt, b. 1787 who migrated to >> >> Coshocton OH and to Clinton IN. Bios for >> >> grandsons of Adam Merritt say >> >> their grandfather "lived and died in Hardy Co., >> >> VA and was a Rev. War Patriot." >> > >> > >> >> >> > > >