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Mary Merritt 1697–1757 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 5 Jun 1697

Birth Location: Virginia, USA

Death Date: 13 Jan 1757

Death Location: Edgecombe, Edgecombe, North Carolina, USA

Father: Colonel Haywood

Mother: Mary Haywood

Spouse(s): John Merritt**

Children(s): Anne Hamby, Elizabeth Leeman, Amelia Merritt, John Merritt, Margaret Merritt, Thomas Merritt, Thomas Merritt, Mary Merritt, Amy Merritt, Colonel Haywood, Edward Merritt

Mary Merritt was born in 1697 in Virginia, USA, the child of Colonel John Haywood And Mary Lucy Lovett Haywood. Mary Merritt married John Merritt, and had children including Amelia Merritt, Amy Merritt, Anne Maria Merritt Hamby, Colonel William Haywood, Edward Merritt, Elizabeth Betty Merritt Leeman, John Merritt, Margaret Pegee Peggy Merritt, Mary Merritt, Thomas Merritt, Thomas Merritt. Mary Merritt passed away in 1757 in Edgecombe, Edgecombe, North Carolina, USA.

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Biography

  • Mary Merritt was born in 1697 in Virginia, USA, the child of Colonel John Haywood And Mary Lucy Lovett Haywood.
  • Mary Merritt married John Merritt, and had children including Amelia Merritt, Amy Merritt, Anne Maria Merritt Hamby, Colonel William Haywood, Edward Merritt, Elizabeth Betty Merritt Leeman, John Merritt, Margaret Pegee Peggy Merritt, Mary Merritt, Thomas Merritt, Thomas Merritt.
  • Mary Merritt passed away in 1757 in Edgecombe, Edgecombe, North Carolina, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Colonel Haywood
1684–1758
Birth Location: Christ Church Parish, St Michaels Island, Barbadoes
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Mary Haywood
1695–1766
Birth Location: Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
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Spouses(s)

John Merritt**
1690–1778
Birth Location: North Carolina, USA
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Children(s)

Anne Hamby
1732–1790
Birth Location: Spartanburg, Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA
AH
Elizabeth Leeman
1740–1814
Birth Location: Tarboro, Edgecombe, North Carolina, USA
EL
Amelia Merritt
1740–1808
Birth Location: –
AM
John Merritt
1739–1805
Birth Location: Edgecombe, Edgecombe, North Carolina, USA
JM
Margaret Merritt
1735–1778
Birth Location: Edgecombe, Edgecombe, North Carolina, USA
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Thomas Merritt
1740–1790
Birth Location: Halifax County, North Carolina, USA
TM
Thomas Merritt
1716–1768
Birth Location: Tarboro, Edgecombe, North Carolina, USA
TM
Mary Merritt
1720–
Birth Location: Edgecombe, Edgecombe, North Carolina, USA
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Amy Merritt
1730–1808
Birth Location: Rye Beach, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA
AM
Colonel Haywood
1730–1779
Birth Location: Edgecombe County, North Carolina, USA
CH
Edward Merritt
1724–1797
Birth Location: Essex County, Virginia, USA
EM

Mary Merritt's Ancestors

Self
Mary Merritt
1697–1757
Birth Place: Virginia, USA
Parents
Colonel John Haywood
1684–1758
Christ Church Parish, St Michaels Island, Barbadoes
Mary (Lucy Lovett) Haywood
1695–1766
Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
Grandparents
Sir (John Thomas) Haywood
1634–1690
Lincolnshire, England
Hester Taylor
1642–1690
Lincolnshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Alice Critchlow
1593–1657
William Taylor
1611–1660
Ruth Corbin
1622–1672
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Mary Merritt's Descendants

1.
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Mary Merritt (5 Jun 1697–13 Jan 1757) m. John Merritt** (1690–09 Jun 1778)
  1. 1. Anne (Maria Merritt) Hamby 1732–1790 m. Jeremiah Hamby 1736–1790 m. William (Michael) Hamby 1727–1788
    1. 1. john Hamly 1760–1852 m. Sarah Ates 1756–1840
      1. 1. Nancy Hamly 1786–1871 m. John Hicks 1787–1854
        1. 1. Rebecca Hicks 1817–1883
        2. 2. Lender (L) Hicks 1826–1826
        3. 3. Claborne Hicks 1806–1870 m. Susan Puckett 1808–1860
        4. 4. Elizabeth (Hicks,) Hix 1813–1880
        5. 5. James Hicks 1822–1870 m. Mariah (White) Hicks 1825–1890
        6. 6. Clarence (Ennis Hicks,) Hix 1806–1852
        7. 7. Elijah Hicks 1820–1853 m. Nancy (A Fugate, Hicks,) Marcum 1816–1894
        8. 8. George (W) Hicks 1825–1913 m. Rebecca (Puckett) Hicks 1825–1883 m. Eliza Hix 1827–
        9. 9. Jesse Hicks 1815–1900
        10. 10. Robert (William) Hicks 1837–1917 m. Frances (Ann Fanny) Hicks 1847–1930
      2. 2. John (Wesley Hamby) II 1790–1852 m. Sarah (Cook) Hamby 1815–1878
        1. 1. Robert (Samuel) Hamby 1848–1913
        2. 2. Benjamin (Griffin) Hamby 1839–1890 m. Nancy (Melinda Ashworth) Hamby 1844–1890
        3. 3. Sarah (Ann) Hamby 1834–
        4. 4. John (Wesley) Hamby 1837–1907
        5. 5. Ezekiel (James) Hamby 1841–1863
        6. 6. Mary (Alinder) Hamby 1844–
        7. 7. Stephen (May) Hamby 1846–1908
      3. 3. Pvt (Ezekiel) Hamby 1806–1863
      4. 4. Stephen Hamby 1810–1851
      5. 5. Benjamin (Griffin) Hamby 1812–1840 m. Sarah (Ann H. Bolt) Hamby 1821–1911
        1. 1. Asa (Bolt) Hamby 1866–1948
        2. 2. Nancy (Carolina) Hamby 1849–1931
        3. 3. Sarah (Ann Hamby) Lee 1845–1923
        4. 4. John (Lewis) Hamby 1862–1948
        5. 5. James (Madison Thomas "J.M.T.") Hamby 1859–1940
        6. 6. Benjamin (Asa) Hamby 1855–1923 m. Mary (Lucile Caroline Bolt) Hamby 1860–1938
        7. 7. Lucy (Hannah Hamby Pike,) Drinkard 1861–1956 m. Samuel (Dancy) Drinkard 1828–1926
        8. 8. William (Alexander) Hamby 1847–1914
        9. 9. Mary (Jane) Hamby 1843–
        10. 10. Elizabeth (Cordelia) Hamby 1857–
      6. 6. Samuel Hamby 1800–1855
      7. 7. Charles (Smith) Hamby 1796–1880
      8. 8. James (Jesse) Hamby 1793–1873
      9. 9. Sarah Hamby 1800–1883
    2. 2. William Hamby 1744–1841
    3. 3. Henry Hamby 1760–
    4. 4. Samuel Hamby 1766–1830
    5. 5. Jeremiah Hamby 1772–1852
    6. 6. Francis Hamby 1755–
    7. 7. Isaac Hamby 1744–1805
    8. 8. Thomas (D) Hamby 1757–1826
    9. 9. Nathaniel Hamby 1748–1820
    10. 10. Stephen Hamby 1750–1795
    11. 11. John (Marden) Hamby 1750–1830
    12. 12. Jeremiah Hamby 1746–1805
  2. 2. Elizabeth (Betty Merritt) Leeman 1740–1814 m. Joseph (Leeman) III 1730–1816
    1. 1. Cola (L) Johnson 1868–1953
    2. 2. Pretty (Girl (U-Wo'-Du-A-Ge-Yu'-Tsa) Cooper née) Leeman 1772–1834
  3. 3. Amelia Merritt 1740–1808
  4. 4. John Merritt 1739–1805
  5. 5. Margaret (Pegee Peggy) Merritt 1735–1778
  6. 6. Thomas Merritt 1740–1790
  7. 7. Thomas Merritt 1716–1768
  8. 8. Mary Merritt 1720–
  9. 9. Amy Merritt 1730–1808
  10. 10. Colonel (William) Haywood 1730–1779
  11. 11. Edward Merritt 1724–1797

Mary Merritt's Timeline

3 Records

1697
5 Jun 1697
Birth of Mary Merritt in Virginia, USA
Virginia, USA
1715
1715
Age 18
Mary Merritt was married
None
1757
13 Jan 1757
Age 60
Death of Mary Merritt in Edgecombe, Edgecombe, North Carolina, USA
Edgecombe, Edgecombe, North Carolina, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 5 Jun 1697
    Event Place: Virginia, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1715
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: North Carolina

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 13 Jan 1757
    Event Place: Edgecombe, Edgecombe, North Carolina, USA
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