Meribah HARFORD ^{124,1199,1200}

  Noted events in her life were:

• She appeared on the census on 30 Apr 1791 in New Paltz, Ulster Co., New York, USA. ¹²⁰² One male (Joseph) >16, 4 <16 (Joseph, David, Robert, Jacob I.), 1 female (Meribah).

• She appeared on the census in 1800 in New Paltz, Ulster Co., New York, USA. ⁹⁴ Males: 2<16 (Benjamin, James), 3 10-16 (David, Robert, Jacob I.), 1 25-44 (Joseph). Females: 3 <10 (Mary, Elizabeth, Ann), 1 25-44 (Meribah).

• She appeared on the census in 1810 in Ulysses, Tompkins Co., New York, USA. ¹²⁰³ Males: 3 <10 (John, Abraham, unexplained), 1 16-25 (Jacob), 1 >45 (Joseph). Females: 1 10-15 (Elizabeth or Ann), 2 16-25 (Mary, or Elizabeth), 1 >45 (Meribah).

• Fact: Joined First Presbyterian Church, Ithaca, New York, 22 May 1816, Ithaca, Tompkins Co., New York, USA. ¹²⁰⁴

• She appeared on the census in 1820 in Hector, Schuyler Co., New York, USA. ¹²⁰⁵ Males: 1 10-15 (Alexander or Abraham), 1 16-26 (John) 1 >45 (Joseph). Females: 1 10-16 (unexplained, unless it is a lapsus for <10, in which case Harriet), 1 26-45 (Maria or Ann), 1 >45 (Meribah).

• She appeared on the census in 1830 in Ithaca, Tompkins Co., New York, USA. ¹²⁰⁶ Males: 1 10-15 (unexplained, but possibly a grandson); 1 20-30 (probably John); 1 60-70 (Joseph). Females: 1 15-20 (unexplained, but possibly a granddaughter); 1 30-40 (Jane Davidson?); 1 60-70 (Meribah).

• She signed a will on 21 Feb 1843 in Ithaca, Tompkins Co., New York, USA. ¹²⁰⁷ Mentions "well-beloved" children David Coddington, Jacob, John, Elizabeth, wife of John E. Cratsley, Ann wife of John Lyons. Signed her mark X.

Meribah married Joseph CODDINGTON Jr., son of Joseph CODDINGTON and Catharina VAN DER MERKEN, in 1783.¹²⁴ (Joseph CODDINGTON Jr. was born on 15 May 1762 in New Paltz, Ulster Co., New York, USA ¹²⁰⁰, christened on 6 Jun 1762 in Reformed Dutch Church, New Paltz, Ulster Co., New York,^{124,1038,1041,1208} died on 26 Mar 1841 in Ithaca, Tompkins Co., New York, USA ^{124,1209,1210} and was buried in South Hill Cmty, Ithaca, Tompkins Co., New York, USA ¹²⁰¹.)