Rosanna MERRY

Notes:

!Married Joseph Blancher, 26 Dec. 1760.

Rosanna married Joseph BLANCHER. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

!Source: Original fgs submitted by Frank Elmer Young, Canoga Park, CA.
(Obtained from Marilyn Markham, SLC, UT)
!Also cited as sources were:
!"Vital records of Hartford, CT;
!Russell S. Flower, 335 Ten Eyck St., Watertown, NY;
!Early Conn. Marr. vol 2, p 73,76;
!Conn 7 bk 2,
!Records of First Church, West Hartford, CT"
!Family group record by Frank Elmer Young, Canoga Park, CA

!Might be: b.20 April 1707 in W. Hartford, m. 16 Dec. 1736, d. 11 Mar.
1761. (on ped. chart)

!John was Dinah's first husband.
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!A 300 year record of descendants of Cornelius Merry of Northampton,
Massachusetts and Northfield, Massachusetts, by Irwin Merry.
!Source: 1st. Ch. Hartford, v. 1, p. 100, 114, 184.
! W.H.1.st.Ch.V.1, p.42
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!"The Hosmer heritage : ancestors and descendants of the emigrant
Thomas Hosmer (1603-1687), by Ronald Roberts.
!Source: First Church Record - Hartford, Conn.

!gives birth as 20 April 1708

John married Dinah FLOWERS. Dinah (daughter of Lamrock FLOWERS and Anna WATSON) was born 22 Apr 1714, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; was christened 30 Jun 1714, West Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; died 22 Jul 1775, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

!Married (2) Capt. Henry Brace, 1 Dec. 1766.

might have been christened 30 April/June 1714.
might have been born in West Hartford.
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A 300 year record of descendants of Cornelius Merry of Northampton,
Massachusetts and Northfield, Massachusetts, by Irwin Merry.

might have been born in 1703. Hartford Vital Records show Dinah b. 22
April 1714, baptized 30 June 1714.

Dinah and all siblings recorded 1st. Ch. West Hartford.

Died age 62.

Married Henry Brace 1 or 4 Dec. 1766. Intentions published 20 Nov. 1766.
(vol. 1, p. 129) Henry died 2 Sept. 1787. He was the son of Henry & Ann
(Collier) Brace. His 1st wife was Elizabeth Cadwell, who died 25 Feb.
1766, age 53.

Notes:

!Source: Original fgs submitted by Frank Elmer Young, Canoga Park, CA,
obtained from Marilyn Markham, SLC, UT.
!Original sources cited were:
!"Vital Records of Hartford, CT;
!Russell S. Flower, 335 Ten Eyck St., Watertown, NY;
!Early Conn Marr Vol 2 p 73;
!Conn 7 bk 2,
!Rec of First Church, West Hartford, CT"

!Moved to Hartford, Hartford, Conn.
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!A 300 year record of descendants of Cornelius Merry of Northampton,
Massachusetts and Northfield, Massachusetts, by Irwin Merry.
Source: Colonial Families of America, v. 4

!"The Hosmer heritage : ancestors and descendants of the emigrant
Thomas Hosmer (1603-1687), by Ronald Roberts.

Cornelius married Bethiah MORGAN. Bethiah was born Abt 1666, Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States; died 9 Aug 1760, West Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

1st name might be Bethiah or Bertha (from Ina Markham) or Susannah.
Mrs. Bertham
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A 300 year record of descendants of Cornelius Merry of Northampton,
Massachusetts and Northfield, Massachusetts, by Irwin Merry.

Brother was Thomas Morgan.

Died at age 94. (West Hartford 1st Church, v. 1, p. 142) (testate)

Notes:

!Source: Original fgs submitted by Frank Elmer Young, Canoga Park,
CA. (Obtained from Marilyn Markham, SLC, UT). Also cited were the
following:
"B21A176 Am. Pub H (may be II) Vol 20 p 235
Vital records of Hartford, CT, p. 316
Records of First Church, West Hartford
Mainwaring's Digest N.E.H. & G. R. Vol 13 p 148"
Record of Ina Mangum
Family group record by Beth Richmond
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Irwin Merry, "A 300 year record of descendants of Cornelius Merry of
Northampton, Mass. and Northfield, Mass."

This source added Elizabeth and Lydia to the list of children. Also states
that there were others.

Lamrock married Anna WATSON. Anna (daughter of John WATSON and Anna NICHOLS) was born 26 May 1688, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; died 22 Dec 1768, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

!of Northampton, Mass and Northfield, Mass.

!Salt Lake index file
!no 882 book 21 p. 31
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!From "History of Northampton, Massachusetts", as quoted in "A 300 year
record of descendants of Cornelius Merry of Northampton, Massachusetts
and Northfield, Massachusetts", by Irwin Merry (in Merry file) :

!"At a ...meting there was then granted to Cornelius the Irishman three
akers of land..."

!"Cornelius Merry was a servant of John Lyman, to whom he was
indentured."

!"When Northfield was first settled, he removed to that place...the owner
of considerable land."

!"He was actively engaged in King Philip's war, and participated in the
"Fall's Fight."

!"In 1666, the court ordered "Cornelius Merry to be whipt 20 stripes for
abusing the authority in this country and the English by seditious
speeches." "His master, John Lyman, agreed to pay that sum, and 2s.
costs, and the court ordered Merry to serve his master 12 days more
after his term of apprenticeship had expired."

!His son, Cornelius, sold the Northfield, Mass. estate of his parents in
1716 after their deaths.
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!"The Hosmer heritage : ancestors and descendants of the emigrant
Thomas Hosmer (1603-1687), by Ronald Roberts.

!Cornelius was granted land in Northampton, Mass. in 1663. He was a
participant in the Falls fight, one of the major battles of King Philips
War. After the war [sometime after 1676], he removed from
Northampton. (Savage. Gene. Dictionary of N.E. III, 1861, p. 200)

!In Ireland, the name remained fairly concentrated in the counties of
Tipperary and Waterford. What little movement occurred took place
primarily in the adjacent counties of Cork and Kilkenny.
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One source said he died before 1716 Hartford,Middlesex,Massachusetts, USA

Cornelius married Rachel BALL. Rachel was born Abt 1644, Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States; died Bef 1716, Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Ball/Ballard.

Notes:

!Source: Original fgs submitted by Frank Elmer Young, Canoga Park, CA.
Obtained from Marilyn Markham, SLC, UT. Also cited as sources were the
following:
"Hartford Conn. Vitals
Am Pub H Vol 13 p 148 p 143
Records of First Church, West Hartford, CT
Manwaring's Digest Conn 3"
Records of Ina Mangum
Family group record by Beth Richmond.

Whitwell or Whitsell

Lamrock was in Hartford in 1686. Might have been born in Hartford?

Died 19 or 10 June 1716.

Lamrock married Lydia Huitt SMITH. Lydia (daughter of Joseph SMITH and Lydia HEWETT) was born 14 Feb 1665, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; died 19 Jun 1716, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

!might have d. 4 Nov. 1718.

Huitt/Hewitt

Notes:

!Source: Family group record by Ruby Griner Porter, Mesa, AZ
!Watson Fam. by Thomas Watson, 1865, p. 7, 11-13.
!John Watson of Hartford, Conn. and his decendents.

!Married (2) Sofia, 1682.

!Died at age 84.

!Ancestral File, 6 March 1996.
!might have died in W. Hartford
!AF gives spouse as Sarah, b. about 1646
!AF also gives his birth as abt 1636

John married Anna NICHOLS. Anna was born Abt 1648, of Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Anna was John's 1st wife.

might be Sarah Nichols, rather than Anna.