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Margaret Merritt 1737–1778 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1737

Birth Location: Edgecombe, North Carolina, USA

Death Date: September 1778

Death Location: Nash, North Carolina, USA

Father: Stephen Merritt

Mother: Mary Goodson

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The story of Margaret Merritt began in 1737 in Edgecombe, North Carolina, USA. Margaret Merritt passed away in 1778 in Nash, North Carolina, USA.

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Biography

  • The story of Margaret Merritt began in 1737 in Edgecombe, North Carolina, USA.
  • Margaret Merritt passed away in 1778 in Nash, North Carolina, USA.

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Margaret Merritt's Ancestors

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Margaret Merritt
1737–1778
Birth Place: Edgecombe, North Carolina, USA
Parents
Stephen Merritt
1713–1768
Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom
Mary (Francis) Goodson
1711–1778
Tarboro, Edgecombe, North Carolina, USA
Grandparents
John (Merritt (Merrett, Merrit, Merritte, Merit) )
1680–1757
Surry, VA, Virginia, USA
Mary (Alice Haywood Merritt *civil war pension info in notes) **
1694–1757
Virginia, United States
Francis Goodson
1690–
Elizabeth Richardson
1690–
Great-Grandparents
Charles ???
1652–1718
Eleanor Evans
1658–1757
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Peter Capt.
1624–1706
Elizabeth Perry
1630–1706

Margaret Merritt's Timeline

2 Records

1737
1737
Birth of Margaret Merritt in Edgecombe, North Carolina, USA
Edgecombe, North Carolina, USA
1778
September 1778
Age 41
Death of Margaret Merritt in Nash, North Carolina, USA
Nash, North Carolina, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1737
    Event Place: Edgecombe, North Carolina, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: September 1778
    Event Place: Nash, North Carolina, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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