Lachance and Bussell Family Genealogy

MERRITT, Josiah

Male 1752 - 1817  (64 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  MERRITT, Josiah was born on 15 Nov 1752 (son of MERRITT, George and PURDY, Glorianna); died on 12 Mar 1817 in Newburgh, (Orange), NY; was buried in (Old Town Cemetery), Newburgh, (Orange), NY.

    Family/Spouse: PURDY, Anna. Anna (daughter of Living) was born on 3 Feb 1757; died on 9 Jan 1787 in Newburgh, (Orange), NY; was buried in (Old Town Cemetery), Newburgh, (Orange), NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. MERRITT, Josiah was born on 2 Dec 1785; died on 2 Mar 1856.
    2. Living
    3. Living
    4. Living
    5. Living

    Josiah married SHERWOOD, Rachel on 16 Nov 1788. Rachel (daughter of Living and Living) died on 26 Mar 1825. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. MERRITT, David was born after 1788; and died.
    2. MERRITT, Joseph was born after 1768; and died.
    3. MERRITT, Phebe was born after 1768; and died.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  MERRITT, George was born on 23 Apr 1702 in Rye, (Westchester), NY (son of MERRITT, John and UNDERHILL, Elizabeth); died on 2 Feb 1759 in Newburgh, (Orange), NY; was buried in (Old Town Cemetery), Newburgh, (Orange), NY.

    George married PURDY, Glorianna. Glorianna (daughter of PURDY, Samuel and STRANG, Clorinda Penelope) was born on 31 Mar 1714 in Rye, (Westchester), NY; died on 13 Sep 1765 in Newburgh, (Orange), NY; was buried in (Old Town Cemetery), Newburgh, (Orange), NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  PURDY, Glorianna was born on 31 Mar 1714 in Rye, (Westchester), NY (daughter of PURDY, Samuel and STRANG, Clorinda Penelope); died on 13 Sep 1765 in Newburgh, (Orange), NY; was buried in (Old Town Cemetery), Newburgh, (Orange), NY.
    Children:
    1. MERRITT, Elizabeth was born on 13 Feb 1733; and died.
    2. MERRITT, Caleb was born on 28 Feb 1735; died on 29 Nov 1793 in Newburgh, (Orange), NY; was buried in (Old Town Cemetery), Newburgh, (Orange), NY.
    3. MERRITT, Humphrey was born on 17 May 1737; and died.
    4. MERRITT, Samuel was born on 22 Apr 1739; died on 26 Dec 1811 in Newburgh, (Orange), NY; was buried in (Old Town Cemetery), Newburgh, (Orange), NY.
    5. MERRITT, George was born on 26 May 1741; died on 10 Jun 1822.
    6. MERRITT, Gabriel was born on 1 May 1744 in Newburgh, (Orange), NY; died on 5 Jan 1776 in Newburgh, (Orange), NY; was buried in (Old Town Cemetery), Newburgh, (Orange), NY.
    7. MERRITT, Glorianna was born on 11 Oct 1745; and died.
    8. MERRITT, Jane was born on 25 Sep 1747; died on 2 Mar 1807.
    9. MERRITT, David was born on 31 Dec 1749; died on 27 Dec 1817.
    10. 1. MERRITT, Josiah was born on 15 Nov 1752; died on 12 Mar 1817 in Newburgh, (Orange), NY; was buried in (Old Town Cemetery), Newburgh, (Orange), NY.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  MERRITT, John was born on 21 Aug 1672 (son of MERRITT, Thomas and SHERWOOD, Jane); and died.

    John married UNDERHILL, Elizabeth. Elizabeth (daughter of Living and Living) and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  UNDERHILL, Elizabeth (daughter of Living and Living); and died.
    Children:
    1. MERRITT, William was born about 1700 in Rye, (Westchester), NY; and died.
    2. 2. MERRITT, George was born on 23 Apr 1702 in Rye, (Westchester), NY; died on 2 Feb 1759 in Newburgh, (Orange), NY; was buried in (Old Town Cemetery), Newburgh, (Orange), NY.
    3. MERRITT, David was born about 1704 in Rye, (Westchester), NY; died in 1751.
    4. MERRITT, Humphrey Underhill was born about 1706; and died.

  3. 6.  PURDY, Samuel was born on 1 May 1695 in Budds Neck, Rye, (Westchester), NY (son of PURDY, Joseph and OGDEN, Elizabeth); died in 1752.

    Samuel married STRANG, Clorinda Penelope on 19 Apr 1709. Clorinda (daughter of STRANG, Daniel and HUBERT, Charlotte) was born in 1687; died on 6 Dec 1726. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  STRANG, Clorinda Penelope was born in 1687 (daughter of STRANG, Daniel and HUBERT, Charlotte); died on 6 Dec 1726.
    Children:
    1. PURDY, Elizabeth was born after 1709; and died.
    2. PURDY, Samuel was born on 23 Mar 1710; died on 5 Sep 1796.
    3. PURDY, Caleb was born on 25 Jan 1711 in Harrison, (Westchester), NY; died on 7 Apr 1794 in Rye, (Westchester), NY.
    4. 3. PURDY, Glorianna was born on 31 Mar 1714 in Rye, (Westchester), NY; died on 13 Sep 1765 in Newburgh, (Orange), NY; was buried in (Old Town Cemetery), Newburgh, (Orange), NY.
    5. PURDY, Charlotte was born on 30 Sep 1716 in Rye, (Westchester), NY; died on 30 Jul 1791 in Newburgh, (Ulster), NY; was buried in (Old Town Cemetery), Newburgh, (Orange), NY.
    6. PURDY, Josiah was born in 1718; died in 1760.
    7. PURDY, Gabriel was born in 1721; died in 1803 in Canada.
    8. PURDY, Henry was born in 1725; died in 1782.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  MERRITT, Thomas was born about May 1634 in New London, (New London), CT (son of MARRETT, Thomas and Living); died on 10 Nov 1725.

    Thomas married SHERWOOD, Jane on 3 Dec 1656 in Wethersfield, (Hartford), CT. Jane (daughter of Living and Living) was born in 1636; died on 4 Jan 1685. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  SHERWOOD, Jane was born in 1636 (daughter of Living and Living); died on 4 Jan 1685.
    Children:
    1. MERRITT, John was born on 10 Oct 1657; died on 10 Apr 1726.
    2. MERRITT, Alice was born on 1 Jan 1660; died on 10 Jun 1680.
    3. MERRITT, Joseph was born on 6 Jun 1662; died on 12 May 1754.
    4. MERRITT, Ephraim was born on 5 Apr 1664; and died.
    5. MERRITT, Jane was born on 7 Nov 1666; and died.
    6. MERRITT, Isaac was born on 3 May 1668; and died.
    7. MERRITT, Thomas Jr. was born on 31 Jan 1670; died on 30 Jan 1719 in Rye, (Westchester), NY.
    8. 4. MERRITT, John was born on 21 Aug 1672; and died.
    9. MERRITT, Rose was born on 17 Apr 1674; and died.
    10. MERRITT, Edward was born on 10 Mar 1679; and died.
    11. MERRITT, Matthew was born on 3 Sep 1681; and died.
    12. MERRITT, Elizabeth was born on 14 Apr 1683; and died.

  3. 10.  Living

    Living married Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Living
    Children:
    1. 5. UNDERHILL, Elizabeth and died.

  5. 12.  PURDY, Joseph was born before 1658 (son of PURDY, Francis and BRUNDAGE, Mary); died on 29 Oct 1709.

    Joseph married OGDEN, Elizabeth. Elizabeth (daughter of Living and Living) died in 1742. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 13.  OGDEN, Elizabeth (daughter of Living and Living); died in 1742.
    Children:
    1. 6. PURDY, Samuel was born on 1 May 1695 in Budds Neck, Rye, (Westchester), NY; died in 1752.
    2. Living
    3. Living
    4. Living
    5. Living
    6. PURDY, John was born on 9 Dec 1695 in Rye, (Westchester), NY; was christened on 9 Dec 1695 in Rye, (Westchester), NY; and died.
    7. Living
    8. Living
    9. Living
    10. Living
    11. PURDY, Phebe died in 1761.

  7. 14.  STRANG, Daniel was born in 1661 in Orleans, France; died between 1706 and 1707 in Rye, (Westchester), NY.

    Daniel married HUBERT, Charlotte about 1683. Charlotte was born in 1668 in France; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  8. 15.  HUBERT, Charlotte was born in 1668 in France; and died.
    Children:
    1. 7. STRANG, Clorinda Penelope was born in 1687; died on 6 Dec 1726.
    2. STRANG, Daniel was born in 1692; died in 1741.