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Henry Merritt 1590–1653 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1590

Birth Location: Tenterden, Kent, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 30 November 1653

Death Location: Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Coloni, Massachusetts, USA

Father: Henry Merritt

Mother: Marie Illingsworth

Spouse(s): Deborah Goody, Susan (Cranniwell)

Children(s): John Merritt

Henry Merritt was born in 1590 in Tenterden, Kent, England, United Kingdom, the child of Henry Merritt And Marie Illingsworth. Henry Merritt married Deborah Goody, Susan Cromwell Merritt Cranniwell, and had children including John Merritt. Henry Merritt passed away in 1653 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Coloni, Massachusetts, USA.

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Biography

  • Henry Merritt was born in 1590 in Tenterden, Kent, England, United Kingdom, the child of Henry Merritt And Marie Illingsworth.
  • Henry Merritt married Deborah Goody, Susan Cromwell Merritt Cranniwell, and had children including John Merritt.
  • Henry Merritt passed away in 1653 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Coloni, Massachusetts, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Henry Merritt
1529–1590
Birth Location: Tenterden, Kent, England
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Marie Illingsworth
1550–1590
Birth Location: Tenderton, Kent, England
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Spouses(s)

Deborah Goody
1600–1652
Birth Location: Kent, Kent, England, United Kingdom
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Susan (Cranniwell)
1590–1665
Birth Location: North Elmham, Norfolk, England
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Children(s)

John Merritt
1623–1676
Birth Location: –
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Henry Merritt's Ancestors

Self
Henry Merritt
1590–1653
Birth Place: Tenterden, Kent, England, United Kingdom
Parents
Henry Merritt
1529–1590
Tenterden, Kent, England
Marie Illingsworth
1550–1590
Tenderton, Kent, England
Grandparents
Mary (Jane) Birdsall
1509–1563
Tenterden, Kent, England, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Henry Merritt's Descendants

1.
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Henry Merritt (1590–30 November 1653) m. Deborah Goody (1600–30 November 1652) m. Susan (Cromwell Merritt) (Cranniwell) (17 May 1590–23 Feb 1665)
  1. 1. John Merritt 1623–1676 m. Elizabeth Wyborne 1634–1678
    1. 1. Henry Merritt 1663–1732 m. Deborah Buck 1665–1746
      1. 1. Isaac (Merritt , Revolutionary) War 1702–1773 m. Jerusha Hayden 1704–1739
        1. 1. Isaac Merrit 1731–1773 m. Martha (Elizabeth) Marr 1738–1773

Henry Merritt's Timeline

2 Records

1590
1590
Birth of Henry Merritt in Tenterden, Kent, England, United Kingdom
Tenterden, Kent, England, United Kingdom
1653
30 November 1653
Age 63
Death of Henry Merritt in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Coloni, Massachusetts, USA
Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Coloni, Massachusetts, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1590
    Event Place: Tenterden, Kent, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 30 November 1653
    Event Place: Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Coloni, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index
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