Lachance and Bussell Family Genealogy

PURDY, Martha

Female 1736 - 1783  (47 years)


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  • Name PURDY, Martha 
    Birth 10 Jan 1736 
    Gender Female 
    _UID EF9DF99EFC0E4B42BDB8A537294F054BD338 
    Death 24 Jun 1783  Newburgh, (Orange), NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial (Old Town Cemetery), Newburgh, (Orange), NY Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I53476  Lachance and Bussell Family Tree

    Family MERRITT, Caleb,   b. 28 Feb 1735   d. 29 Nov 1793, Newburgh, (Orange), NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years) 
    Children 
     1. MERRITT, Phebe,   b. 2 Aug 1760, Newburgh, (Orange), NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Sep 1770, Newburgh, (Orange), NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 10 years)
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    Family ID F22350  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 24 Feb 2012 

  • Sources 
    1. [S534] Rufus Emery, A Record of the Inscriptions in the OLD TOWN BURYING GROUND of Newburgh, NY, (Historical Society of Newburgh Bay & the Highlands - 1898), Page 115 (Reliability: 3).
      Here lies the body of Martha Merritt, wife of Caleb Merritt, born January the 10th, 1736, and departed this life June 24th, 1783, aged forty-seven years, five Months and fourteen days.
      Here lies my friend
      I hope at rest;
      God called her hence
      I hope it best.