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Charles Ernest Edmund MerrittPop-up Pedigree
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Note*: State of Maine, Aroostook County Superior Court in Caribou, Maine. Original Naturalization Certificate No. 4917777 Clerk of the Superior Court Walter B. Clark (sig.) In my posession, James R. Merritt son of Charles Merritt 15 Mar 1995. Charles Ernest Merritt, 77, died Mon. at 2:00 p.m. at the hospital [Fort Fairfield], where he had been since Oct. 14th. Born in Bristol, N.B., Nov 25th, 1888 son of Isreal and Frances (Palmer) Merritt, he lived in Fort Fairfield 55 years. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Caroline (Shannon) Merritt; three daughters, Mrs. Edna Anderson of Stockholm, Mrs Mildred Barnikow of East Haven, Conn., and Mrs. Alice Stone of Winter Park, Fla.; four sons James R. of Old Town, John C. of Bangor, Philip of Mena, Ark., and Alfred of San Jose, Calif.; 31 grandchildren; and three great grandchildren. Friends called at the Dorsey Funeral Home from 2:00 to 4:00 and 7:00 to 9:00 o'clock, Rev. John Goodhart of the Bethel Baptist Church officiating. The pall bearers were: Stuart Ducan, Roy Hill, Horace Everett and Herman White. Burial was in Riverside Cemetery in the family lot. Mr. Merritt was a retired contractor and builder, and an honorary consultant and trustee of the Bethel Baptist Church. CHARLES ERNEST EVERETT MERRITT was born Novemaber 25, 1888, in Bristol, New Brunswick, Canada. During most of his adult life, we worked as a carpenter craftsman and contractor in Fort Fairfield, Maine. At first he worked in partnership with his brothers (as told by Thomas H. Stone of the construction of his fathers house on Currier Road which the Stone family moved into on 1-1-15. Othniel. R. Merritt had been the lead carpenter and Charles and perhaps other brothers worked with him.) Later Charles was involved in the carpentry business on his own and with his sons. Charles father having died when he was 5, and Charles only had four years of schooling himself. It was a source of great pride to him that all his children were high school graduates. Charles married Mary Grace Findlen in 1915 and four daughters were born to them in Fort Fairfield. The second daughter, Frances, born 5-14-18, died in 1923 in Fort Fairfield. In about 1923, Charles moved with his family to Saskatchewan where his brother Othneil had relocated. The first son, James, was born in Unity, Sask. Charles endeavor there was in operating some kind of a store. Within a year, however, the Merritts returned to Fort Fairfield, savings depleated, and reestablished themselves again with money Grace had saved from her salary earned teaching school before their marriage. Three more sons and a daughter were subsequently born there. On Charles 49th birthday in 1939, his wife Grace died of cancer. On June 19, 1941, Charles married Caroline Shannon Grass of Fort Fairfield, in Andover, New Brunswick. Carrie graciously and industriously stepped in to finish raising his children. Charles, Carrie and son James were naturalized American citizens on September 10, 1941 (according to the date of Caolines naturalization certificate.) Charles worked less and less, especially after a car accident in the late 50s. He died at the age of 78 on 10-24-66 in the Community Hospital at Fort Fairfield. Christening: Bethel Baptist Church, Fort Fairfield, Aroostook County, Maine, U.S.A. Name-Com: Charles Merritt Birth*: 25 November 1888, Bristol, Carleton County, New Brunswick, Canada Immigration*: 1 June 1911, Fort Fairfield, Aroostook County, Maine, U.S.A. Naturalization*: 5 February 1941, Caribou, Maine, U.S.A. Death*: 24 October 1966, Fort Fairfield, Aroostook County, Maine, U.S.A. Burial*: 26 October 1966, Fort Fairfield, Aroostook County, Maine, U.S.A. Parents:
Father: Israel Merritt b. 1 January 1832, d. 22 July 1893 Mother: Frances Ann Palmer b. 16 January 1848, d. 19 April 1918
Charlotte MerrittPop-up Pedigree Burial*: United Baptist Cemetery, Ortonville, New Brunswick Birth*: 25 February 1855, Grand Falls, New Brunswick Marriage*: 20 August 1873, Grand Falls, New Brunswick, Principal=James Hitchcock Death*: 5 July 1894, Ortonville, Grand Falls, New Brunswick Parents:
Father: William Merritt Mother: (?) Rideout
Family: James Hitchcock b. 11 November 1852, d. 16 May 1937
Children:
Herbert Cash Hitchcock b. 11 Feb 1875 Perley Hitchcock b. 1877, d. c 1877 Adelaide Hitchcock b. 1 Jun 1879 Albert Victor Hitchcock b. 26 Jan 1882 Ethel Elizabeth Hitchcock+ b. 1 Jun 1884 Mary Olive Hitchcock b. 7 Aug 1886 Grace Hitchcock b. 1888 William Scott Hitchcock b. 12 Dec 1890 Bessie Catherine Hitchcock b. 12 Jun 1893
Clara Lydia MerrittPop-up Pedigree Burial*: Upper Gagetown Cemetery, Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada Note*: Clara Lydia (Merritt) Carr, daughter of Miles E. of Queenstown, QueensCo., N.B., m. Arthur Brooks Coy. b. 1903 on the old family homestead atUpper Gagetown, Queens Co., N.B. d. Apr. 12, 1996 at Woolastook Manor,Gagetown, Queens Co., N.B. He was a farmer. on Mar. 3, 1937 at St.George's Church, West Saint John, Saint John Co., N.B. She b. Jun. 17,1914 in Queenstown, Queens Co., N.B. d. Mar. 27, 1969 at the VictoriaPublic Hospital in Fredericton, York Co., N.B. Buried at Upper Gagetown,Queens Co., N.B. They lived in Upper Gagetown. Members of the AnglicanChurch. His obituary mentioned 16 grandchildren and 10great-grandchildren. Also three sisters-in-law, Edith Coy and Arlena Coy,both of Upper Gagetown, and Elizabeth Coy of Stewiacke, Colchester Co.,Nova Scotia. Birth*: 17 June 1914, Queenstown, Queens Couinty, New Brunswick, Canada Marriage*: 3 March 1937, St. George's Church, West Saint John, Saint John County, New Brunswick, Canada, Principal=Arthur Brooks Coy Death*: 27 March 1969, Victoria Public Hospital, Fredericton, York County, New Brunswick, Canada Parents:
Father: Miles E. Merritt Mother: Margaret MacDonald
Family: Arthur Brooks Coy b. 22 March 1903, d. 12 April 1996
Children:
Douglas Edward Coy+ b. 26 Sep 1937, d. 15 Apr 1998
David D. MerrittPop-up Pedigree Birth*: 28 November 1764, Bedford, Westchester County, New York, U.S.A. Death*: 14 January 1829, Saint John, Saint John County, New Brunswick, Canada Parents:
Father: Thomas Merritt b. 12 April 1729, d. 23 March 1821 Mother: Amy Purdy b. 2 November 1736, d. circa 1783
Elizabeth MerrittPop-up Pedigree Birth*: 14 April 1683, Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.A. Parents:
Father: Thomas Merritt b. May 1634, d. 10 November 1725 Mother: Jane Sherwood b. 3 December 1636, d. 4 January 1684/85
Ephriam MerrittPop-up Pedigree Birth*: 5 April 1664, Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.A. Parents:
Father: Thomas Merritt b. May 1634, d. 10 November 1725 Mother: Jane Sherwood b. 3 December 1636, d. 4 January 1684/85
Gilbert MerrittPop-up Pedigree Birth*: 24 December 1843 Death*: 7 August 1846, Hampstead, Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada Parents:
Father: Gilbert Robinson Merritt b. 11 September 1807, d. 7 October 1857 Mother: Lydia Golding b. 5 October 1809, d. 11 October 1885
Gilbert MerrittPop-up Pedigree Reference: 9M6L-7W
Birth*: 16 November 1765, Long Island, New York, U.S.A. Immigration*: 1783, Shelburne, Shelburne County, Nova Scotia, Canada, He arrived on the ship Montague. Marriage*: 11 July 1790, Gagetown, Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada, Principal=Phoebe Birdsill Will*: 25 March 1839, Gilbert Merritt, Probate, 1840 [Abstract] Gilbert Merritt of the Parish of Hampstead, County of Queens, and Province of New Brunswick. First, all my lawful debts to be paid. To my wife Phoebe Merritt all my real and personal estate during her natural life or as long as she remains my widow. To my son Abraham Merritt the sum of twelve pounds ten shillings. To my son Caleb Merritt the sum of twenty five pounds. To my grandson Gilbert Golding the sum of twelve pounds ten shillings. To my Grandson Stephen Golding the sum of thirty seven pounds ten shillings. To my town daughters (namely) Sarah Slip, Elizabeth Robinson, Phebe Slip and Mary Slip the amount of one hundred pounds. To my daughter Deborah Merritt the sum of one hundred pounds, one cow, and six sheep... with lawful interest, use of the east room on the lower flat while she remains unmarried, with comfortable support off my lands. To my two granddaughters Deborah Ann Hughson [spelling unsure] and Mar___ Halfuld [spelling unsure] the sum of ten shillings. To my granddaughter Ann Mareah Merritt, daughter of my son Isaac Merritt deceased all the remaining sum of two hundred and thirteen pounds or otherwise all that remains after paying her fathers lawful debts. To my two sons Gilbert Robinson Merritt and Benjamin Merritt all my real and personal estate to share and have alike... after the decease of my widow. The household furniture belonging to my wife shall be equally divided among my five daughters before mentioned at the death of the survivor. Also the sum to my legales amounting to six hundred and thirteen pounds ten shillings shall be paid by sons Gilbert Robinson Merritt and Benjamin Merritt equally. My two sons Gilbert Robinson Merritt, Benjamin Merritt and Leonard Slip as sole executors. I do hereby set my hand in seal this twenty fifth day of March in the year 1839. Death*: 16 October 1846, Hampstead, Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada Burial*: Hampstead, Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada Parents:
Father: Robert Merritt b. 10 March 1731, d. December 1802 Mother: Elizabeth Robinson b. 1742, d. 1825
Family: Phoebe Birdsill b. 14 September 1771, d. 27 February 1869
Children:
Deborah Merritt b. 6 Nov 1791, d. 1846 Ann Merritt b. 26 Oct 1795 Abraham Merritt b. 13 Jan 1797 Caleb Merritt b. 14 Mar 1798 Sarah Merritt b. 15 Dec 1800, d. 6 Jun 1840 Isaac Merritt b. 15 Mar 1802, d. 14 Feb 1834 Elizabeth Merritt b. 24 May 1805, d. 10 Jan 1888 Gilbert Robinson Merritt+ b. 11 Sep 1807, d. 7 Oct 1857 Phebe Merritt b. 10 Jan 1811, d. 9 Mar 1885 Benjamin Merritt b. 10 Jul 1813, d. 25 Aug 1882 Mary Merritt b. 1 Dec 1816, d. 27 May 1907
Gilbert Robinson MerrittPop-up Pedigree Birth*: 11 September 1807, Hampstead, Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada Marriage*: 15 March 1831, Saint John, Saint John County, New Brunswick, Canada, Gilbert R. Merritt of Hampstead and Liddia Golding of Saint John. Wit: James Robinson and Richard Calvert, Jr. both of Saint John., Principal=Lydia Golding Will*: 1854, Gilbert Robinson Merritt, Probate, 1854 [Abstract] Gilbert R. Merritt of the parish of Hampstead in the county of Queens and province of New Brunswick, Yeoman. Dated 28 February 1853. First I allow all my lawful debts to be paid, and my body interned in a Christian like manor. To my wife Lydia Merritt my dwelling house during her natural life with my household furniture to do with during her natural life, and at her death, according to her own good will and pleasure. To my son Isreal Merritt one half acre of land on the West side of the road in front of my barn and easterly from the spring for a building site, and hold the half acre during the time he occupies it for farming purposes. When abandon to farming purposes it becomes joined property of my heirs, though the buildings erected there remain his property. To my five sons Isreal, Isaac, David, Caleb and Joshua each one fifth an equal share of my real and personal estate, though the estate is not to be divided until my youngest son turns twenty one, or during my wifes natural life. To my daughter Phebe Merritt the sum of one hundred pounds, but not to receive it until my youngest son is twenty one, and then one year after her marriage, assuring she remains celibate until then. I constitute my wife Lydia Merritt my executrix and my son Isreal Merritt and my trusted friend James Slip executors. Witnesses: Elias Gerow William VanWart William Reed Death*: 7 October 1857, Hampstead, Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada Parents:
Father: Gilbert Merritt b. 16 November 1765, d. 16 October 1846 Mother: Phoebe Birdsill b. 14 September 1771, d. 27 February 1869
Family: Lydia Golding b. 5 October 1809, d. 11 October 1885
Children:
Israel Merritt+ b. 1 Jan 1832, d. 22 Jul 1893 Joshua Merritt b. 19 Jul 1835, d. 5 May 1836 Isaac Merritt b. 6 Jul 1839, d. 11 Dec 1863 David F. Merritt b. 1 Sep 1840, d. 19 Jul 1899 Phoebe Merritt b. 16 Jan 1843, d. 15 Dec 1918 Gilbert Merritt b. 24 Dec 1843, d. 7 Aug 1846 Caleb Merritt b. 20 Apr 1847 Joshua Merritt b. 20 Apr 1847, d. 22 Jun 1914 Elizabeth Merritt b. 20 Feb 1855
Gladstone G. MerrittPop-up Pedigree
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Descendant Chart for John Drake of Exmouth Descendant Chart for William White Descendant Chart for Hugh Hull Descendant Chart for Philip Slocombe Descendant Chart for Marcus Palmer Sr.
Birth*: 15 December 1882, Bristol, Carleton County, New Brunswick, Canada Death*: 12 July 1955, Bristol, Carleton County, New Brunswick, Canada Burial*: Israel Merritt Family Burial Plot, Bristol, Carleton County, New Brunswick, Canada Parents:
Father: Israel Merritt b. 1 January 1832, d. 22 July 1893 Mother: Frances Ann Palmer b. 16 January 1848, d. 19 April 1918
Henry MerrittBirth*: 1590, Tenterdon, England Marriage*: circa 1615, England, Principal=Deborah (?) Family: Deborah (?) b. circa 1595
Children:
Thomas Merritt+ b. May 1634, d. 10 Nov 1725
Isaac MerrittPop-up Pedigree Birth*: 6 July 1839 Death*: 11 December 1863, Hampstead, Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada Parents:
Father: Gilbert Robinson Merritt b. 11 September 1807, d. 7 October 1857 Mother: Lydia Golding b. 5 October 1809, d. 11 October 1885
Isaac MerrittPop-up Pedigree Birth*: 15 March 1802 Death*: 14 February 1834, Hampstead, Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada Parents:
Father: Gilbert Merritt b. 16 November 1765, d. 16 October 1846 Mother: Phoebe Birdsill b. 14 September 1771, d. 27 February 1869
Isaac MerrittPop-up Pedigree Birth*: 3 May 1688, Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.A. Parents:
Father: Thomas Merritt b. May 1634, d. 10 November 1725 Mother: Jane Sherwood b. 3 December 1636, d. 4 January 1684/85
Israel MerrittPop-up Pedigree
Charts:
Descendant Chart for John Drake of Exmouth Descendant Chart for William White Descendant Chart for Hugh Hull Descendant Chart for Philip Slocombe Descendant Chart for Marcus Palmer Sr.
Note: Israel Merritt. m. 1st Sarah Emma Palmer. b. ca. 1835 at Hampstead,Queens Co., N.B. 2nd m. Frances Ann Palmer. b. ca. 1848-49 at Hampstead,Queens Co., N.B. (13 at 1861 Census). Birth*: 1 January 1832, Hampstead, Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada Marriage*: 1867, There were no children. In The Index to Marriage Bonds, Israel Merritt is listed as being of Carleton County, and James Robinson, also of Carleton County, is listed as a co-signer. Sarah Emmer Palmer is listed as Emma Palmer., Principal=Sarah Emmer Palmer Marriage*: 19 July 1877, Principal=Frances Ann Palmer Death*: 22 July 1893, Bristol, Carleton County, New Brunswick, Canada Burial*: Free Will Cemetery, Bristol, Carleton County, New Brunswick, Canada Parents:
Father: Gilbert Robinson Merritt b. 11 September 1807, d. 7 October 1857 Mother: Lydia Golding b. 5 October 1809, d. 11 October 1885
Family 1: Sarah Emmer Palmer b. 11 September 1835, d. 13 December 1875
Family 2: Frances Ann Palmer b. 16 January 1848, d. 19 April 1918
Children:
Othniel R. Merritt+ b. 15 Apr 1878, d. 14 Mar 1960 Alice K. Merritt b. 21 Aug 1880, d. 20 Feb 1962 Gladstone G. Merritt b. 15 Dec 1882, d. 12 Jul 1955 Idela Maud Merritt b. 12 Aug 1884, d. 19 Nov 1917 Norman I. Merritt b. 3 May 1887, d. 30 Nov 1938 Charles Ernest Edmund Merritt+ b. 25 Nov 1888, d. 24 Oct 1966 Frederick Talmage Merritt b. 25 Dec 1891, d. 14 Mar 1939
Israel MerrittPop-up Pedigree Birth*: 1769, Long Island, New York, U.S.A. Immigration*: 1783, Shelburne, Shelburne County, Nova Scotia, Canada Death*: 4 April 1829 Parents:
Father: Robert Merritt b. 10 March 1731, d. December 1802 Mother: Elizabeth Robinson b. 1742, d. 1825
Jane MerrittPop-up Pedigree Birth*: 7 November 1666, Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.A. Parents:
Father: Thomas Merritt b. May 1634, d. 10 November 1725 Mother: Jane Sherwood b. 3 December 1636, d. 4 January 1684/85
John MerrittPop-up Pedigree Birth*: 4 May 1766, Bedford, Westchester County, New York, U.S.A. Death*: 1795 Parents:
Father: Thomas Merritt b. 12 April 1729, d. 23 March 1821 Mother: Amy Purdy b. 2 November 1736, d. circa 1783
John MerrittPop-up Pedigree Birth*: 10 October 1657, England Death*: 10 April 1726, Rye, New York, U.S.A. Parents:
Father: Thomas Merritt b. May 1634, d. 10 November 1725 Mother: Jane Sherwood b. 3 December 1636, d. 4 January 1684/85
Mary MerrittPop-up Pedigree Birth*: 1 December 1816, Hampstead, Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada Death*: 27 May 1907, Hampstead, Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada Parents:
Father: Gilbert Merritt b. 16 November 1765, d. 16 October 1846 Mother: Phoebe Birdsill b. 14 September 1771, d. 27 February 1869
Mary MerrittPop-up Pedigree Birth*: 1768, Long Island, New York, U.S.A. Immigration*: 1783, Shelburne, Shelburne County, Nova Scotia, Canada Parents:
Father: Robert Merritt b. 10 March 1731, d. December 1802 Mother: Elizabeth Robinson b. 1742, d. 1825
Mercy MerrittPop-up Pedigree Birth*: circa 1706, Rye, Westchester County, New York, U.S.A., Birth year suggested, as she was 'under age 6' when she died. Death*: 6 May 1721, Rye, Westchester County, New York, U.S.A. Parents:
Father: Sergeant Thomas Jr. Merritt b. 31 January 1669/70, d. 30 January 1718/19 Mother: Martha Marshall b. 1680
Nathaniel MerrittPop-up Pedigree Birth*: 4 January 1732/33, Rye, Westchester County, New York, U.S.A. Death*: 10 April 1746 Parents:
Father: Thomas Merritt b. 1694, d. 1748 Mother: Mary Underhill b. 1698, d. 10 April 1735
Nehemiah MerrittPop-up Pedigree Birth*: 1 December 1770, Bedford, Westchester County, New York, U.S.A. Death*: 25 March 1842, Saint John, Saint John County, New Brunswick, Canada Parents:
Father: Thomas Merritt b. 12 April 1729, d. 23 March 1821 Mother: Amy Purdy b. 2 November 1736, d. circa 1783
Norman I. MerrittPop-up Pedigree
Charts:
Descendant Chart for John Drake of Exmouth Descendant Chart for William White Descendant Chart for Hugh Hull Descendant Chart for Philip Slocombe Descendant Chart for Marcus Palmer Sr.
Name Variation: I. Norman Merritt Birth*: 3 May 1887, Bristol, Carleton County, New Brunswick, Canada Death*: 30 November 1938 Burial*: Freewill Baptist Church Cemetery, Bristol, Carleton County, New Brunswick, Canada Parents:
Father: Israel Merritt b. 1 January 1832, d. 22 July 1893 Mother: Frances Ann Palmer b. 16 January 1848, d. 19 April 1918
Othniel R. MerrittPop-up Pedigree
Charts:
Descendant Chart for John Drake of Exmouth Descendant Chart for William White Descendant Chart for Hugh Hull Descendant Chart for Philip Slocombe Descendant Chart for Marcus Palmer Sr.
Note*: Othniel Merritt researched the Merritt ancestry for both sides of his parents family, his father Israel Merritt and his mother Francis Ann Palmer. He reserched back to when they arrived in the U.S.A. from England, their moving to Canada as Loyalists, and up through his parents' and sibilings' families. He completed this and sent a copy to his sister Alice dated April 1958. During his travels Othniel said that they were remodeling one of the ancestral homes in Saint John, New Brunswick for records of the Loyalists. On the bottom of the last page of many that Othniel sent to his brother Charles E. Merritt was the following: 'From here (Marcus Palmer (Sr) Of Hampstead you already have all the Palmer data I have been able to find. It's all the result of 2 years hard work and the writing of over 100 letters of inquiry and the spending of over $100.00 cash to get all the data I did on the Palmers & Merritts. You now have full data on both the Merritts and the Palmers right back from yourself to England without a single break in it. (O.R.)' Marriage*: 19 July 1877, Principal=Luella A. Boyer Birth*: 15 April 1878, Bristol, Carleton County, New Brunswick, Canada Death*: 14 March 1960 Parents:
Father: Israel Merritt b. 1 January 1832, d. 22 July 1893 Mother: Frances Ann Palmer b. 16 January 1848, d. 19 April 1918
Family: Luella A. Boyer b. circa 1878
Children:
Charles Merritt b. 10 Nov 1905, d. 26 Jul 1906 William Merritt b. 10 Nov 1905, d. 26 Jul 1906 Alyce B Merritt b. 8 Oct 1907 Frank B. Merritt b. 3 Jul 1909 Jessie Merritt+ b. 2 May 1911, d. 1980 George R. Merritt b. 4 Dec 1915, d. 4 Dec 1930
Phebe MerrittPop-up Pedigree Birth*: 10 January 1811, Hampstead, Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada Death*: 9 March 1885, Hampstead, Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada Parents:
Father: Gilbert Merritt b. 16 November 1765, d. 16 October 1846 Mother: Phoebe Birdsill b. 14 September 1771, d. 27 February 1869
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