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Margaret Peggy Merritt 1737–1778 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1737

Birth Location: Edgecombe, Edgecombe, North Carolina, United States

Death Date: Sep 1778

Death Location: Nash, North Carolina, USA

Father: John Merritt

Mother: Mary Haywood

Spouse(s):

Children(s): William Stone

The story of Margaret Peggy Merritt began in 1737 in Edgecombe, Edgecombe, North Carolina, United States. Margaret Peggy Merritt had children including William Merritt Stone. Margaret Peggy Merritt passed away in 1778 in Nash, North Carolina, USA.

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Biography

  • The story of Margaret Peggy Merritt began in 1737 in Edgecombe, Edgecombe, North Carolina, United States.
  • Margaret Peggy Merritt had children including William Merritt Stone.
  • Margaret Peggy Merritt passed away in 1778 in Nash, North Carolina, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Merritt
1680–1757
Birth Location: Virginia, United States
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Mary Haywood
1694–1757
Birth Location: Virginia, United States
MH

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

William Stone
1765–1820
Birth Location: Halifax, Halifax, North Carolina
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Margaret Merritt's Ancestors

Self
Margaret Merritt
1737–1778
Birth Place: Edgecombe, Edgecombe, North Carolina, United States
Parents
John Merritt
1680–1757
Virginia, United States
Mary (Alice) Haywood
1694–1757
Virginia, United States
Grandparents
John (HAYWOOD) Colonel
1685–1758
Christ Church Parish, St Michaels Island, Barbadoes
Mary (Ann) PRIDE
1668–1766
Beverly (or Salem), Essex Co., Massachusetts Bay Colony
Great-Grandparents
Sir Haywood
1634–1690
Hester Taylor
1642–1690
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Alice CRITCHLAW
1593–1657
William Taylor
1611–1660
Ruth Corbin
1622–1672

Margaret Merritt's Descendants

1.
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Margaret (Peggy) Merritt (1737–Sep 1778)
  1. 1. William (Merritt) Stone 1765–1820 m. Carennhapuch ((Happy)) STALLINGS 1766–1850
    1. 1. Nancy (Matilda) Stone 1805–1850
      1. 1. John (Henry) Jones 1830–1911
        1. 1. John (Wyte Washington) Jones 1885–1949
      2. 2. Happy (Merit) JONES 1841–1915 m. William (H.) Fowler 1841–1905 m. William (H.) Fowler 1841–1905
        1. 1. Annie (Lou Jane) Fowler 1869–1932 m. William (J) Smart 1864–1909
        2. 2. Hattie (Gertrude) Fowler 1875–1938
        3. 3. John (Jones) Fowler 1872–1952
        4. 4. Daisy (Endora) Fowler 1881–1934
        5. 5. Martha (Josephine) Fowler 1862–1935

Margaret Merritt's Timeline

4 Records

1737
1737
Birth of Margaret Peggy Merritt in Edgecombe, Edgecombe, North Carolina, United States
Edgecombe, Edgecombe, North Carolina, United States
1757
1757
Age 20
Margaret Peggy Merritt was married in Edgecombe, Edgecombe, North Carolina
Edgecombe, Edgecombe, North Carolina
1757
1757
Age 20
Margaret Peggy Merritt was married in Edgecombe, Edgecombe, North Carolina, United States
Edgecombe, Edgecombe, North Carolina, United States
1778
Sep 1778
Age 41
Death of Margaret Peggy Merritt in Nash, North Carolina, USA
Nash, North Carolina, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1737
    Event Place: Edgecombe, Edgecombe, North Carolina, United States

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1757
    Event Place: Edgecombe, Edgecombe, North Carolina

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1757
    Event Place: Edgecombe, Edgecombe, North Carolina, United States

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Edgecombe co., NC

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Sep 1778
    Event Place: Nash, North Carolina, USA
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