Adam & Katherine Rogers and James & Katherine Merritt; New London, CT by George Waller-Frye (now, in 1996, George Waller) Spring Hill Press Storrs Connecticut,1977 Put into electronic format and errors corrected by Mark Merritt (1996) *********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ct/ctfiles.htm *********************************************** ---------------------------- JAMES AND KATHERINE MERRITT OF KILLINGWORTH CONNECTICUT ------------------------------- by George Waller-Frye (now, in 1996, George Waller) Spring Hill Press Storrs Connecticut,1977 Put into electronic format and errors corrected by Mark Merritt (1996) Preface This is a corrected and fully documented version of the two semi-documented articles which have been accepted for publication in The American Genealogist. A note in those articles directs researchers to this larger work in the following libraries: the Library of Congress, the National DAR Library, the Newberry, the Connecticut State Library and the LDS Genealogical Society Library. These institutions have excellent genealogical collections and are regionally dispersed. The documentation system used here is a variant of systems used in many scientific works and might in some form be a model for future genealogical writings. The numbered bibliography is composed of full, unambiguous references to the sources employed. The enlarged bracketed citations enable multiple reference to the same source without overly intruding on the text, and make clear what the source of each fact is. I welcome correspondence either at the address below or through the National Genealogical Society of which I am a life member. Eventually my papers will probably go to the Connecticut Historical Society. For genealogical research on a particular state, the Connecticut State Library and Archives is the best of such institutions in the country from my experience and knowledge. Most of my research was done there. I would like to thank Bunnie Waller-Frye (in 1996, Hilary T. Frye) for her love and patience and dedicate this endeavor to her. George Waller (Waller-Frye in 1977) 49 Mansfield Road Ashford CT 06278 home: 860-429-5714 work: 860-486-0680 email: hbladm1@uconnvm.uconn.edu Addendum: I am a Seventh Great grandson of Adam Rogers and Katherine Jones. The transcription of the piece which follows into electronic form is mine. The superb quality of the research which made this work possible is George Waller's. Notification of any errors discovered in this rendering, particularly in the transcription of sources, should be directed to me as shown below. 9 September 1996 Mark Merritt 1843 Westminster Court Carmichael, CA 95608 phone: 916-979-1277 email: merroots@ix.netcom.com ADAM ROGERS, CALLED "A MULATTO," AND KATHERINE JONES OF EARLY NEW LONDON CONNECTICUT Prepared for submission to The American Genealogist by George Waller Adam Rogers, called "a mulatto," and Katherine Jones of early New London Connecticut by George Waller This is a genealogical study of Adam Rogers, called "a mulatto," and Katherine Jones, a white, both of New London Connecticut, who married in 1702 and whose descendants, so far as can be determined, joined the mainstream of colonial American society. Therefore, if this study is to be called a contribution to black genealogy, it is only because Adam had black ancestry, but beyond that, this is just another "farmer family" genealogy. For the historian and sociologist, however, the Rogers couple represents one end of the spectrum of the black experience in colonial America. They show that known black ancestry was not a total bar to marrying a white and that the progeny, in this case at least, could merge with the white majority -- a very early example of "passing." Like many other genealogical endeavors, this one traces its inspiration to the dean of American genealogists, Donald Lines Jacobus (1887-1970) [111:89]. Background Adam and Katherine were an unusual couple, but then they lived in unusual times and among unusual people. New London was a busy port where economic, religious and social diversity contrasted sharply with the normal semi-isolated, inland, Puritan villages of British farmers in colonial New England. The town not only had a large population of blacks, Indians and non- British immigrants, but also a controversial minority religious group called the Rogerenes. Katherine's father was a Rogerene and Adam was raised in the household of the Reverend John Rogers, their founder and leader. So they also were probably Rogerenes, but documentation is not possible because the sect kept no records [25:351]. This association warrants a short description of the Rogerenes. The progenitor of the New London Rogers family was James Rogers (d. 1688), one of the wealthiest persons in the colony and one of the Governor's Councilors. His son John, influenced by Quakers and Baptists in nearby Rhode Island, founded a religion in the 1670's which attracted "a small number of radicals who... were the first indigenous dissenters to appear in Connecticut" [26:164]. Riots, sit-ins and jailings ensued, peaking in the 1690's; however, their faith, wealth and isolated residence helped them weather the opposition well [157]. Their shelter no doubt enabled Adam and Katherine's family to prosper. Significantly, years later when this family seems to have converted to Congregationalism, a prominent Rogerene evicted them from their home (see below). Adam and Katherine's known descendants had a marked tendency to live on civil borders: at least eight town and county lines, several state lines and the Canadian border. Racial and religious discrimination could be avoided in these ambiguous civil jurisdictions and the land was cheaper [27:54-72]. Free blacks, for example, lived on the New Jersey - New York border in the 18th century [153:202-3; 34] and on the Salem-Colchester town line in early Connecticut [121]. As the old Russian expression says: Mai  Œa nichev¢ ne zn Œu! (My shack is on the border, I know nothing!) The descendants also had connections with the more socially liberal French and Methodists, but in general the known offspring of this "mixed marriage" were run-of-the-mill Yankees. Genealogy Adam1 Rogers, parentage unknown, b. say 1670, place unknown; d. after November 1746, probably in Colchester or East Haddam Connecticut [41: November 1747]; m. 1 September 1702, New London, Katherine Jones [100:1:28], daughter of Thomas Jones [41: November 1720: #27] and Katherine Gammon, b. 20 December 1679, New London [100:1:14, 67]; probably d. after 1744, Colchester or East Haddam. Katherine's father was perhaps born in Gloucester, Essex County Massachusetts [118:2:566-7] and married 25 June 1677, New London, Katherine Gammon, daughter of Thomas Gammon of Newfoundland [100:1:11, 67]. She was fined in 1678 for selling liquor to Indians [42:3:109]; in 1682 he was fined for the same offense [42:4:23] and in 1693 he was jailed for Rogerene activities [42:7:97]. Before marrying Adam, Katherine had a child out of wedlock with John Jackson, "the Negro of John Rogers Senr" [42:7:325, 327]. Jackson was the "Negro Man about the age of Eighteen Years... having also the English Tongue plainly" bought by the Rev. Rogers in 1686 [98:5:97; 52: September 1742: #22]. He was free by 1726 [42:15:199] and was considered incompetent in 1734 [98:10:186; 76:276]. What became of the child is not known. Katherine had a brother and two sisters: Thomas Jones of Colchester who died in 1729 leaving a large family and a substantial estate which included slaves [87:3:74-5]: Mary Jones who married Isaac Fox of New London; and Jane Jones who married Nathaniel Cahoon of Warwick Rhode Island [5:1:27] and Colchester [35:1:4]. The first reference to Adam was in the codicil of the aforementioned James Rogers' will (1688) the last line of which laconically suggested "And to remember Adam." The inventory of his estate listed: An Indian Servant and his wife a negro woman having about three years to serve 8:0:0 Adam a Malotta Servant about 3 years to serve 5:0:0 A Negro woman Deaf and Dumb 2:0:0 [48:#4520] The Indian servant and wife were William and Hagar Wright who had at least five children [100:1:31]. William was banished from the colony about 1697 under suspicion of having burned the New London town meeting house [43:7:174; 98:6II:190; 157:185-7]. Hagar was later deeded land by the Rogers and lived in New London [98:6I:115; 98:8:163]. Since Hagar had a child in 1700 [100:1:31], it is improbable that she was old enough to have been the mother of Adam in 1670. Yet because Adam's birthdate is only an approximation, and because his and the Wrights' terms of service expired together, the relationship is possible. The "Negro woman Deaf and Dumb" listed above was probably Maria, the mother of a "Negro Girl called Joan," servant of Elizabeth Rogers (widow of James). Joan and John Jackson had several children but she was judged to be the property of "King" Samuel Beebe of Plum Island, New York (she later escaped) [44:6:236-7; 157:220; 42:15:199]. Adam's surname was either a social convenience or his father was a Rogers. The Reverend Rogers was divorced from his first wife over an unspecified youthful indiscretion about the time of Adam's birth [157:127-8, 132]. Romantic speculation could make that indiscretion be the fathering of Adam. Whatever the case, the accounts in the Rogers genealogy [114:7] and the Rogerene history [157:217] are incorrect. Both say a slave Adam had a son Adam who married Katherine Jones and vaguely cite the diary of Joshua Hempstead of New London. But neither the published version of that diary [76] nor other contemporary sources supports the assertion. Adam probably had Caribbean roots since the Rogers had extensive commercial connections there. Possibly Adam received his given name according to the custom of naming the first male and female to be brought aboard a slave ship "Adam" and "Eve" [109:8]. Until 1722 Adam was almost always called "a mulatto" and without further evidence, the likely conclusion would be that he was the child of an Indian-black, white-Indian or black-white couple (it might even be argued that "mulatto" implies a black-white couple). Further evidence does exist, however: in 1722 a William Horsey of New London sued Adam for payment of a small debt. After losing in the county court, Adam appealed to the superior court, arguing the case should be dismissed because he had been summoned, tried and judged under the name "Black Adam." His point must have had legal validity since the case was settled out of court [52: September 1724: #12]. After this suit, Adam was no longer called "a mulatto" in official records. Except for the obvious distinction "mulatto," this case is the only example of official racism discovered -- Adam actually won most of the court cases in which he appeared. The phrase "Black Adam" should prove that Adam was at least partly black, but another court case called the defendant "black Tom: an Indian Man" [42:17: February 1729/30:#189]. Fortunately an unindexed reference in the Hempstead diary resolves the question: "Negro Adam had a Son died about 5 years old June 18th" [76:158]. That son was Thomas (see below). Adam and Katherine never owned land -- the only land transaction in the New London records concerning them was the sale in 1720 of their right in her father's estate to her brother [98:10:179]. "Adam Rogers the Molatto" signed and Katherine marked for their share of the estate [48:#2919] -- several original court documents show that he had a fluid signature [41: November 1720:#27; 41: June 1740:#560]. After living with the Reverend Rogers [52: September 1724:#12], Adam formed a separate family unit, perhaps in 1721 when he was assigned an earmark for his livestock [99:6]. The family squatted on 40 acres of New London common land located near the Rogerenes between Royce's Mountain (present name unknown) and Alewife Brook (present name Hunt's Brook) in what is now the town of Waterford near the Montville town line [98:13:350-1; 15:25]. The family lived there until 28 June 1744 when Andrew Palmes "turned Adm Rogers's wife & family out of doors & flung all their household goods out over the fence out Side" [76:427] and sold the land to a Rogerene, Joseph Bolles [98:13:350-1]. Adam sued Bolles for œ150 because he evicted Adam's wife, daughter and grandchild on 28 June and 19 July 1744 and razed the home where they had lived thirty years -- the court found for Bolles [41: November 1747]. This eviction occurred less than one month after the last of the couple's children married and, so far as is known, moved to Colchester and East Haddam -- Adam and Katherine probably joined their children there. Children (surname ROGERS), births recorded in New London: i Ruth, b. 26 May 1703 [100:1:29], baptized 12 July 1741, New London Congregational Church [101:1:29; 76:379]; probably d. 26 November 1787 "ae 80," Millington Parish, East Haddam [59:2:80]; m. (1) 8 August 1734, New London, John Brown "a stranger" [97:1a:4; 101:1:169], although Hempstead recorded intentions published 21 July 1734 to James Brown [76:276]; m. (2) intentions published 5 June 1743, New London Congregational Church, _______ Brown [76:410]. Later she probably lived with her Brother Ralph (see below). 1 ii John, b. 13 October 1704. iii Abigail, b. 14 October 1706 [100:1: 31], bapt 12 November 1732, New London Congregational Church [101:1:149; 76:253-4]; probably d. after 1772, Millington (see below); m. 8 March 1736/7, New London, John Jones "the Son of John Jones of Boston Decd" [97:1a:27; 101:1:170], perhaps son of John Jones and Margaret Savage of Boston, b. 21 January 1711/2, Boston [22:24:76; 22:28:35]. "John Jones Resident in New London... Son in Law to... Adam Rogers" appeared in court 5 February 1738/9 [41: February 1738/9:#287], but nothing more is known about him. iv Jonathan, b. 29 March 1708; d. 4 March 1709/10 [100:1:34]. 2 v Adam, b. 18 November 1710. 3 vi Katherine, b. 15 May 1712. vii Ebenezer, b. 6 February 1713/4; d. 20 December 1738 [100:1:40]. viii Ralph, b. 29 May 1715 [100:1:49]; d. 25 April 1803 "aged 95," Millington [59:2:87]; unmarried in 1772. In 1750 he bought land in Millington which he sold in 1772 to the Rev Stephen Johnson of Lyme CT [58:3:207; 58:8:371]. Later in 1772 Johnson deeded the land "Except the House where Ralph Rogers and his two Sisters Live in which they Have a Life Leas only" [58:8:384]. Since sisters Katherine and Jemima seem to have left the area, the sisters in the deed were probably Ruth and Abigail. ix Jemima, b. 27 January 1717/8 [100:1:49], bapt 12 July 1741, New London Congregational Church [101:1:29; 76:379]; m. by the Rev Eliphalet Adams, 24 February 1742/3, New London, her first cousin John Fox "of Millington" [97:1a:27; 101:1:172], son of Isaac Fox and Mary Jones of New London [21: 16 November 1904:#644; 58:2:997]. They left Millington in 1759 and according to tradition "moved South." But since some of the Fox family moved to Camptown NH, they may have followed the more normal northern migration [61:37-9; 58:6:62]. x Gammon (male), b. 28 April 1720 [100:1:57]; d. 20 November 1787 "ae 70," Millington [59:2:80]. He owned no land and probably lived with relatives. xi Thomas, b. 11 August 1721 [100:1:58]; d. 18 June 1725 [100:1:65; 76:158]. 1. JOHN2 ROGERS, son of Adam1 Rogers and Katherine Jones, b. 13 October 1704, New London [100:1:30]; m. 13 December 1733, New London, Mary Tomkin, dau of William Tomkin of St Ann, Cornhill, England [97:1a:123; 101:1:169]. "John Rogers of New London... Cooper, Son of Adam Rogers, of sd New London" bought a house and shop in Middletown CT in 1732, bought adjoining land in 1736 and sold both tracts in 1739 [92:6:46; 92:7:429; 92:8:429]. In 1757 he or his son bought land in Millington from his brother Ralph [58:5:241]. A John Rogers d. April 1792 [36:4:14, 134] in East Haddam or Colchester and his estate was administered by Timothy Rogers of adjacent Chatham CT and Amasa Dutton of East Haddam [45:#2603]. More research is needed. Children (surname ROGERS), births recorded in New London [97:1a:123]: 4 i John, b. 14 October 1734. 5 ii Katherine, b. 22 December 1736. 2. ADAM2 ROGERS, son of Adam2 Rogers and Katherine Jones, b. 18 November 1710, New London [100:1:35]; d. ca. 1754, Millington [45:#2597]; m. by the Rev Ephraim Little, 22 May 1744, Colchester, Amy Scovell [35:1:53], dau of Benjamin Scovell and Amy _____ of East Haddam, b. 14 March 1708/9, Haddam CT [24:146-8]; d. of cancer, 1 February 1793 "ae 82," Millington [59:2:82]. She m. (2) 20 September 1759, Millington, James Sawyer [59:1:47], who d. 2 January 1795 "ae 82." Millington [59:2:82]. In 1750 Adam "of East Haddam" bought land in East Haddam bordering on Colchester and Lyme [58:4:90] near his brothers. The distribution of his estate indicated that four children (surname ROGERS) survived him [46:3:60; 45:#2597]: i Ebenezer, "eldest son," b. say 1746; d. before 1 July 1777, Colchester, leaving a widow [46:4:263, 374; 45:#2598]. He sold his portion of his father's estate in 1774 when he was "of Colchester" [58:9:354(2nd numbering)]. 6 ii Josiah, b. 1748. iii Abigail, "eldest daughter," b. say 1750; m. by 23 November 1772, Thomas Williams [58:9:76; 58:9:355(2nd numbering)], one of several men of that name in the area. 7 iv Jemima, b. August 1752. 3. KATHERINE2 ROGERS, dau of Adam1 Rogers and Katherine Jones, b. 15 May 1712, New London [100:1:40]; d. 12 November 1799 "aged 88... of Old Age," Barkhamsted CT [10:1:115]; m. intentions published 9 October 1737, New London Congregational Church [76:326], m. 20 October 1737, New London [97:1a:27; 101:1:170], James Merritt (Mariott, Merriott, etc), son of Micah (possibly Michael) Merritt, clothier, b. "Bow in Stradford Near London in Great Brittain: [97:1a:27]; d. ca. 1769, Killingworth, CT. Tradition says James was "perhaps Jaques Maurite, a Huguenot, time of Louis XIV" [89:183], but if there is truth to this, it was probably his father or grandfather who left France for England after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685. Like his father, James was a clothier [78:6:381-2]; Katherine was a seamstress [76:262]. They lived for a short time in coastal Guilford CT [67:6:53}, but by 1740 resided in adjacent Killingworth where James' estate was inventoried in 1769 at œ302. This did not include is fulling mill, blacksmith shop and several large tracts of land which he deeded to his children before his death [78:10:28-9, 54-5]. The inventory did include "5 old bound books... a number of paper books... a gun and sword" [47:10:313-5; 130:9-12]. His will mentioned his wife and eight children [47:10:292-4]. The family then moved north and Katherine died 30 years later mentioning her three surviving daughters in her noncupative will [51:4:158-9]. Children (surname MERRITT), the first birth recorded in Guilford [68:2:34], the rest in Killingworth [79:2:151]: 8 i Michael, b. 27 July 1738. 9 ii Esther, b. 22 September 1740. 10 iii Mary, b. 30 March 1743. 11 iv James, b. 18 August 1744 12 v Truby, b. 16 September 1745. vi Katherine, b. 13 April 1747; not mentioned in her father's, mother's or brother's wills. 13 vii John, b. 4 June 1748 14 viii Samuel, b. 24 August 1749 ix Peter, b. 30 January 1752; d. ca. 1778 willing his estate to his mother and his siblings [51:1:483]. He perhaps died in the Rev War [53:112] 4. JOHN3 ROGERS, son of John2 Rogers (Adam1) and Mary Tomkin, b. 14 October 1734, New London [97:1a:123]; d. 7 January 1823 "ae 93 of old age, pauper," Millington [59:2:93]; m. 1 June 1758, Millington, Sarah Borden [59:1:47], who perhaps came from Springfield, Hampden Co MA or Saybrook CT with Elisha or Joseph Borden of Millington [59:1:24]; d. 28 February 1818 "ae 84," Millington [59:2:92]. She joined the Millington Congregational Church in 1765 [59:1:19, 25]. Children (surname ROGERS), births recorded in East Haddam [58:8:i]; first three baptized at Millington Congregational Church, 13 October 1765 [59:I:27]: i Gurdon, b. 28 July 1760; d. 20 September 1839 "age 79 of East Haddam," bur Fountain Hill Cem, Saybrook [70: 27 September 1839:2; 120:43:58]; m. 11 September 1782, Millington, Ruth Beebe of East Haddam [58:8:i], d. 8 January 1845 "age 85" [70: 23 January 1845:2], bur next to Gurdon [120:43:58]. He was a Rev War pensioner (S31940), stood sentry at the window of the house where Major Andr‚ was imprisoned and saw him executed [112]. ii Dorothy, b. 22 April 1762; d. 21 January 1784, Millington [58:8:i]. iii Roswell, b. 2 March 1764; d. after 3 September 1821 [58:18:459]; perhaps m. Wealthy _____ [58:18:459; 113:113:unpaged]. They lived on the East Haddam-Salem town line [58:18:96, 114]. iv Sarah, b. 23 October 1766; d. young? v Belina (or Delina), b. 28 July 1769; m. 1 August 1797, Gideon Beebe [59:2:123], perhaps son of Clark Beebe a neighbor of the Rogers [58:18:459]. They probably left East Haddam in 1803 [58:14:165] perhaps for New York. 4. KATHERINE3 ROGERS, dau of John2 Rogers (Adam1) and Mary Tomkin, b. 22 December 1736, New London [100:2:94]; m. 3 April 1755, Millington [59:1:46], Joseph Fox who d. ca. 1758 [46:2:463], after which she probably remarried. He probably d. 4 September 1758 [54:2:35]. Child (surname FOX), probably born in Millington: i Katherine, b. ca. 1756-8, John Rogers of East Haddam (her uncle or grandfather) was appointed her guardian 4 December 1758 [46:2:463]. 6. JOSIAH3 ROGERS, "youngest son" of Adam2 Rogers (Adam1) and Amy Scovell [45:#2597], b. 1748 [115], probably Colchester; d. 2 March 1831, Becket, Berkshire Co MA [17:#5118]; m. by 12 November 1785, Katherine [58:11:341], b. 1752/3 [115]; d. 1822-30 [37:7:178; 145: Becket:386]. He was "of New Fairfield" CT in 1771 when he sold his share of his father's estate [58:8:142], but had returned to Colchester by 1775 when he was a Rev War soldier [115; 53:268]. In 1778 the Rev Stephen Johnson (see Ralph Rogers above) sold land in Lanesboro, Berkshire Co MA to a Josiah Rogers, perhaps this one [16:16:544-5]. In 1803 Josiah was made a freeman in Colebrook CT [38:1:116] where the family had moved in 1793 and where he was pensioned in 1818 as a sergeant (S36272) -- the pension was later dropped because he owned too much land [115]. After selling his 83 acre farm on the CT-MA line in 1822 [37:7:178], he and his son Josiah Jr bought 230 acres in Becket [16:73:72] Children (surname ROGERS), in 1831, according to Josiah's probate file [17:#5118]: i Miranda, m. _____ Peck; in 1831 she was living in Cornwall CT a "widdow woman." ii Alvah, b. 1775-1784 [136:Litchfield:55; 139:6:886]; d. after 1831, probably Trumbull Co OH where his family was in 1820 [142:628] and 1830 [146:2:1047]; m. intentions recorded 28 February 1808, Granville, Hampden Co MA, Lydia Williams of Granville [66:150]. In 1815 he sold his farm adjoining his father's [37:5:187]. Lydia was no doubt related to Levi Williams of Tolland, Hampden Co MA and Chester, Hampden Co MA [37:5:484; 69:60:288; 69:64:22] and Isaac Williams of Tolland both of whom were Alvah's neighbors [69:54:234]. iii Lois, m. Stephen White, probably son of Henry White and brother of Peregrine White of Colebrook [33]. They probably moved to New York after 1817 [37:5:286, 350]; both were living in 1831. iv Jemima, m. Morris C___ (Card?), both were living in 1831, probably in New York. v Ruth, m. Luther Stow, a carpenter, who owned land in Colebrook on the Litchfield-Hartford Co line until 1817 [37:5:285]; then land in Chester on the Becket and Blandford MA town line (the Hampden-Berkshire Co line) from 1818 to 1819 [69:64:22, 23, 604, 659]. They lived in New York in 1831. vi Fanny, d. 1851 OH; m. John Bogue, son of Daniel Bogue and Lois Ames of Windsor, Colebrook and Medina Co OH, b. 24 February 1782, Colebrook; d. Elizabethtown, Hardin Co KY. They lived in Tolland MA in 1831 and later in Highland Co OH [20:47, 184, xlvi]. vii Josiah, b. September 1791, Colchester [155:192]; d. after 6 August 1856, probably Becket [16:149:380]; m. 29 April 1819, Becket, when he was "of Colebrook," Huldah Mann of Becket [14:75-6], b. 1792/3 MA [149:Becket:#170]; d. after 6 August 1856, probably Becket [16:149:380]. viii Lydia, d. after 1831 when she was "widow of Otis" MA; probably m. Francis Drake Bogue, son of Daniel Bogue and Lois Ames (see above), b. 3 October 1780, Colebrook [20:47, 184, xlvi]; d. 1824 "ae 43," Becket [71:35:127]. ix Amy, d. after 1831; m. Samuel Russell, probably son of Stephen Russell and Eleanor _____ of Colebrook, b. 25 August 1786, Colebrook [39:1:138]. They probably left Colebrook in 1816 [37:5:484]. In 1831 he was called "Julher of residence unknown." x Katherine, d. before 1831; m. _____ Ide who probably d. before 1831 when some of their children were living with the Hardwick, Berkshire County Massachusetts Shaker Society. 7. JEMIMA3 ROGERS, daughter of Adam2 Rogers (Adam1) and Amy Scovell [45:#2597], b. August 1752, East Haddam; d. ca. 1837, probably Colchester [4]; m. 12 September 1774, Colchester, Crippen Archer [35:1:4; 4], son of Josiah Archer and Elizabeth Williams of Hebron CT, b. 28 October 1752, Hebron [75:2:142; 82:1:5]; d. 5 February 1836 "in the 84th year of his age," Colchester [4]. In 1772 she sold her portion of her father's estate [58:9:77]. After their marriage they lived in Hebron on the Colchester town line in a house owned by Thomas Crouch [4]; by 1784 they had returned to Colchester [155:77, 202]. Crippen received a pension for his Revolutionary War service as a private under the act of 1818 and later acts; he was a day laborer and owned no land. Jemima received a widow's pension in 1836 (W21617) [4]. Children (surname ARCHER), from pension: i Betty, b. 25 November 1775, Hebron [4]; d. after 1850 when the federal census listed her as having lived in the Colchester poor house since 1838 [148:5:43]; m. ca. January 1814, Thomas Underwood [70: 25 January 1814:3]. In 1836 she had lived with her parents for all but two years of her life [4]. ii Hannah, b. say 1778; d. about age 7. iii Polly, b. after 1783. iv Elizabeth, b. after 1783. Concerning Polly and Elizabeth their mother stated: "went into the Western country and your applicant has no knowledge of them" [4]. 8. MICHAEL3 MERRITT, son of Katherine2 Rogers (Adam1) and James Merritt, b. 27 July 1738, Guilford [68:2:34]; d. 18 August 1815 "in his 78th year," Fair Haven, Rutland County, Vermont [130:17; 1:30-31, 391-2, 432-3, 470 which is the source of all undocumented statements about this family]; m. 12 March 1760, Killingworth [79:2:179], Lucy Chittenden, daughter of Nathaniel Chittenden and Lucy Nettleton of Killingworth, b. 25 April 1736, Killingworth [78:9:513-4; 131:25]; d. 15 September 1810 "in her 74th year," Fair Haven. Michael m. (2) 13 December 1810, Fair Haven, Sarah (Olney) Hawkins, widow of Charles Hawkins of Smithfield, Rhode Island and Fair Haven; daughter of Stephen Olney and Mary Whipple of Rhode Island; she d. 24 April 1815 "in her 73rd year" [5:2:38; 106:24]. Michael was a private in the French and Indian War [54:1:194-5; 54:2:139-40], after which he married and joined the Killingworth Congregational Church [80:2:47]. In 1779 this couple, like many other "Nutmeggers" sold their land and moved to "New Connecticut" (i.e. Vermont) -- a nickname also given to the Western Reserve in Ohio [151:197-9]. By August 1780 they settled in Fair Haven where he was chosen the first constable at the organization of the town and later elected town clerk, treasurer and selectman. Children (surname MERRITT), births recorded in Killingworth for the first six [79:2:179], the remainder from Adams; baptized in the Killingworth Congregational Church. No descendants of this couple lived in Fair Haven in 1886 [125:593]. i Bartholomew, b. 7 January 1762, baptized 10 January 1762 [80:2:38]; living in Benson Rutland County, Vermont in 1800 [137:104]; m. 1785, Mary Carter [55:465]. He perhaps m. (2) Mary (Warren) Guilford, widow of Paul Guilford, Jr. of Conway, Franklin County, Massachusetts and Benson. If so, she m. (3) Stephen Sherwood and d. November 1837 "ae. 72," Palmer Michigan [130:40]. Bartholomew was a Revolutionary War soldier [152:477, 592]. ii Michael, b. 14 November 1763, baptized 20 November 1763 [80:20:38]; m. (1) Sally Olney, d. 10 December 1795 "aged 23," Benson; m. (2) "a widow Parsons," perhaps Katie [130:36]. He was a Revolutionary War soldier [152:477, 592] and lived in Benson in 1800 [137:104]. iii Martin, b. 26 July 1765, baptized 15 September 1765 [80:2:40]; d. 22 February 1850 "age 85-10-27," buried Evarts Cemetery, Georgia, Franklin County, VT (on the Canadian and New York borders) [62:151]; m. Betsy Babcock [130:37], d. 16 November 1864 "age 94-2," buried Evarts Cemetery [62:151]. They lived in Georgia VT in 1800 [137:74] presumably on the 50 acres his father had given him in 1795 [63:1:211]. iv Ansel, b. 20 March 1767, baptized 17 May 1767 [80:2:41]; d. 14, buried 16 September 1841 "aged seventy-three," Hopkinton, St. Lawrence County, NY (on the Canadian border) [117:326]; m. Fair Haven, Betsy Stannard, daughter of Samuel Stannard of Fair Haven who perhaps came from Saybrook, CT [119:2:502]. They lived in Georgia, VT in 1800 [137:74] presumably on the 50 acres (adjoining his brother Martin's farm) which his father gave him in 1795 [63:1:211]. Cornell University preserves papers of an unrelated Merritt family [90]. v Jemima, b. 26 January 1769, baptized 19 March 1769 [80:2:41]; m. Henry Cramer of Benson whom she survived. They lived in Westhaven, Rutland County, VT in 1800 [137:131]. vi James, b. 18 November 1770, baptized 6 January 1771 [80:2:42]; d. Granville, Washington County, NY (on the VT border); m. Esther Downs, daughter of David Downs and Susanna Dawson of Roxbury, CT and Fair Haven [73:1:579]. vii Nathaniel, b. 20 September 1772, baptized 13 December 1772 [80:2:43]; d. 26 January 1852 "AE. 78," buried Evarts Cemetery [64]; m. (1) Rebecca Hurd, d. 23 September 1814 "AE. 37." buried Evarts Cemetery [64]; m. (2) by 26 October 1848, Betsy _____ [63:10:157-8]. They lived in Georgia, VT in 1800 [137:74]. viii Lucy, b. 8 September 1774, baptized 23 October 1774 [80:2:73]; d. 11 October 1855 "ae 81," buried Evarts Cemetery [130:40]; m. (1) Russell Smith, a carpenter, son of Richard Smith and Grace Moore of Lyme, CT, b. 24 May 1767, Lyme [85:1:64]; d. 19 March 1797 "in his 30th year," Fair Haven. She m. (2) William Hawkins and perhaps a third time. ix Lydia, b. 5 May 1776, not baptized?; m. Uriah Lewis, or Jeriah Lewis, b. 18 March 1772 according to a manuscript note in the Yale copy of Adams' Fair Haven [130:18]. x Peter, b. 23 April 1778, baptized 24 May 1778 [80:2:75]; d. 1861, Angelica, Allegany County, NY; m. (1) Polly Ann Mallory, d. 15 June 1810 "aged 25," "whose father was from Connecticut;" perhaps the Polly Mallory, daughter of Walker Mallory and Martha Minor, b. 30 April 1784, Woodbury CT [162:1:91, 104]. Peter m. (2) Ruth Hurd, daughter of Elijah Hurd and Sinai _____ probably also of Woodbury [162:1:20, 29] later of Sandgate, Bennington County, VT, baptized (with four siblings) 10 July 1791, Sandgate Congregational Church [116:13]; d. 1844, Royal Oak, Oakland County, MI. He was a Captain of the Fair Haven militia [130:18]. xi Rebecca, b. 30 March 1780, baptized 21 May 1780 [80:2:76]; m. ca. 1802, Salmon Norton, son of Josiah Norton and Rebecca Cogswell of Berlin CT and Fair Haven, b. 1782, Berlin; d. 7 January 1813, Fair Haven. Salmon inherited his father's paper mill, was several times a selectman and served as a general's adjutant in the War of 1812. "Mr. Norton's widow is said to have married John W. Robinson, a poor man, called 'Long John.'" 9. ESTHER3 MERRITT, daughter of Katherine2 Rogers (Adam1) and James Merritt, b. 22 September 1740, Killingworth [79:2:151]; d. 12 August 1804 "age 65," Hartland, CT [74:1:253]; m. 14 July 1760, Killingworth, Peter James (called Peter) Ganyard (Gaignard, Gangyard, Graynard, etc.) [79:2:118], brother of "Monsiear Jeames Gaingnard of Cape Francis in the Island of Hispaniola" [72:2:477-8 (1st numbering)], b. 22 July 1734, La FlŠche, Sarthe, France [20:409]; d. 29 January 1802, Hartland [74:1:251; 72:5:538]. According to one tradition, Peter apprenticed himself to a Killingworth cobbler in 1753, married, then for several years lived with his brother, the governor of Hispaniola from whom he later inherited $3,000 in gold [20:407-11, 422-3; 161:2:110-125]. Another tradition has Peter in Maryland studying to be a priest, then in Boston where he met "a Miss Merritt of Puritan ancestry" [20:408]. This family moved to Hartland about 1781 when Peter was "of Barkhamsted" [72:2:201]. He left a will and an estate inventoried at œ200 which included several books, the titles of which indicate the family was Methodist [51:4:212-6]. Esther's will named her nine children [50:#1092]; her estate included one string of gold beads, rings and books [51:5:158-162]. [Transcribers note: Since publication of the original document in 1977, a journal bearing on this family has come to light. In January 1859, Festus5 Ganyard, son of James4 Ganyard (Esther3 Merritt, Katherine2 Rogers, Adam1) and Phoebe Hatch (see below), b. 27 March 1795, added significantly to a family narrative begun in 1812 by his father. That document will be electronically transcribed and added to this collection shortly. mrm] Children (surname GANYARD), births recorded in Killingworth [79:2:113] except the last three (and if tradition is accurate, children iv-vi were born in Haiti): i Katherine, b. 3 December 1761; d. after 15 April 1805 [51:5:160-2]; m. 8 September 1778, Barkhamsted, Elijah Case, Jr. [9:1:17], son of Elijah Case and Hannah Wilson, b. 22 October 1757, Simsbury CT [123:3:170; 65:277, 280-1]. They lived in German Flats, Herkimer County, NY in 1799 [161:2:117; 138:41; 31:A13534] then probably moved to Boyle, Ontario County, NY [140:23} where a large Connecticut colony had settled [110]. ii Esther, b. 29 May 1763; d. 16 November 1841, Vernon, Trumbull County, OH; m. (1) 3 May 1779, James Holcomb who d. 1806-7, Trumbull County; m. (2) 21 February 1808, Abdon Sutton, b. 6 January 1779 (?), New Jersey; d. 11 September 1811, Trumbull County [161:2:110-125]. James was a Revolutionary War soldier [13:92]. iii Mary, b. 16 April 1765; d. 5 February 1853, Granger Township, Medina County, OH; m. 13 February 1783, Charles Nicholas Trunkey (Tronquet, Trunkah, Turnkey, etc), b. 13 November 1760, Chateauneuf, Burgundy, France [20:407-11]; d. 2 May 1825 "aged 64," Hartland [74:1:216]. Tradition has him at the Battle of Yorktown in the French Army and French records seem to bear this out [20:407]. The printed edition of the 1790 CT census lists this family under the name "Inenka" [135:61]. iv Truby, b. 4 July 1767; d. 23 March 1804 "ae 36," buried Codding Cemetery, Bristol, Ontario County, NY [94:2]; m. 5 July 1787, Hartland, Benoni Evans of Hartland [74:1:212], a Revolutionary War veteran [53:71]. He m. (2) Sally _____ who d. 12 November 1809 "ae 47," buried Codding Cemetery; and m. (3) Ruth _____ who d. 17 October 1823 "ae 69," buried Codding Cemetery [94:2]. v Jane Katherine Esther (called Jane), b. 21 April 1769; d. after 15 April 1805 [51:5:160-2]; m. 4 November 1789, Hartland, Benjamin Moore of Granby, CT [74:1:212] who owned land in Hartland on the Hartford-Litchfield County line [72:4:133] and in 1810 probably lived in Avon, Ontario County, NY [140:3]. They probably moved to Trumbull County, OH since their son seems to have married there [20:411; 50:#1092]. vi James, b. 14 January 1772; d. 1844, buried Ganyard Farm Cemetery, Granger, OH [20:409; 105:10:179]; m. (1) 29 November 1792, Hartland, Phoebe Hatch [74:1:213], perhaps daughter of Captain Nathan Hatch and Betsy Hungerford of Saybrook, CT, Hartland, Bristol NY and Granger, b. 1767, Saybrook [20:410; 134:208]; d. 1839 "ae 73 formerly of Hartland," Granger [71:36:332], buried Ganyard Farm Cemetery [105:10:179]. James m. (2) 22 October 1841, Trumbull County, Mrs. Betsy Waldorf [160:22; 20:408]. This family was in Bristol in 1800 and 1810 [138:90; 140:42] and in Granger by 1820 [142:267]. vii Richard Peter (called Peter), b. 18 September 1774; d. 31 August 1826, perhaps Canandaigua, Ontario County, NY [161:2:117]; m. 5 June 1791, Hartland, Rachel Bushnell "of Hartland" [74:1:213]. They were in Bristol NY by 1797 [134:208] and there in 1800 and 1810 [72:5:73; 138:90; 142:40]. viii Anna, b. 2 September 1777; d. 15 February 1779 [161:2:110-125]. ix Stricia, b. ca. 1780? [130:24], not mentioned in her mother's will or any other sources. x Martin, b. 24 January 1781 [161:2:110-25], Hartland or Barkhamsted; d. 5 June 1824, Hartford Township (which borders on Pennsylvania), Trumbull County, OH; m. 24 June 1802, Hartland, Eunice Hurlburt, daughter of Jehiel Hurlburt and Eunice Bacon of Hartland [161:2:110-25; 73:2:67], b. 1779/80, CT; d. after the 1850 census, probably Trumbull County [150:Trumbull Co:421]. xi John, b. 16 September 1783 [161:2:110-25], Hartland; d. 31 December 1839 [20:409] or 1 January 1840 "ae 55," buried Codding Cemetery, Bristol NY [94:3]; m. Sabrina Standish, daughter of Hadley Standish and Abigail Gardner of Bristol, a descendant of Myles Standish, b. ca. 1787, Pembroke, Plymouth County, MA [128:21-2]; d. 3 April 1863 "76 yrs.," buried Codding Cemetery [94:3]. 10. MARY3 MERRITT, daughter of Katherine2 Rogers (Adam1) and James Merritt, b. 30 March 1743, Killingworth [79:2:151]; d. after 7 February 1800 when she was "of Barkhamsted" CT [6:4:450]; m. (1) 29 May 1767, Simsbury CT when she was "of Middletown" CT, Seth Barber [158:81; 51:10:332-4], a French and Indian War veteran [54:2:237-8], son of Isaac Barber of Simsbury, b. 25 December 1742, Simsbury [158:81; 122:10:210]; d. before 28 September 1785, Jabez Harger "of Hartland" [6:1:218-9], son of Jabez Harger and Ann _____ of Berlin, CT, b. 24 February 173-, Berlin [18:3:16]; probably d. 1803, Granville, MA [66:202], but certainly after 14 August 1800 when he was "of Barkhamsted" [6:4:199]. He had m. (1) 24 January 1758, Berlin, Sarah Durand [18:6:444] who d. 13 June 1777, Hartland [73:2:162]. Children -- only known are by first husband (surname BARBER) [158:81] i Isaac, b. 8 April 1768. ii John, b. 20 April 1772. 11. JAMES3 MERRITT, son of Katherine2 Rogers (Adam1) and James Merritt, b. 18 August 1744, Killingworth [79:2:151]; d. 21 July 1822 "ae 78," Barkhamsted, buried N Canton Cemetery [30:8:106-6-149]; m. 16 June 1768, Barkhamsted, Hannah Phelps [9:1:2], daughter of Thomas Phelps and Margaret Watson of Simsbury, b. 29 March 1749, Simsbury [108:11:550]; d. 26 May 1825 "ae 77," Barkhamsted [11:1:129], buried N Canton Cemetery [30:8:106-6-149]. Hannah was a descendant of Connecticut's first governor and of a Massachusetts governor; she was also a first cousin of a U.S. Representative and the niece of a U.S. Senator [107:2:1317, 1355]. James served in the French and Indian War [54:2:204-5, 309-10], then bought land in Barkhamsted in 1767 [7:1:453-4]. They were Methodists [50:#1903; 127:7:273] and the first Methodist sermon in Barkhamsted was said to have been preached at their home about 1790 [2:13:256]. James' will named his wife and either children [50:#1903]. Children (surname MERRITT), births recorded in Barkhamsted [9:1:2]: i Hannah, b. 31 March 1769; d. 28 January 1814 [107:2:1355]; m. Elisha Graham, Jr., son of Captain (Dr.) Elisha Graham and Anna Humphrey of Bloomfield CT and Simsbury, b. 1753 [28:68; 122:122:19:574], baptized 18 April 1756, Bloomfield Congregational Church [19:1:213]; d. after 10 December 1804 [50:#1223]. Elisha Jr. sold his land in Simsbury in 1799 [122:21:44-5]. ii Esther, b. 8 March 1771; d. 10 November 1860, Simsbury [70: 20 November 1860:2], buried Hop Meadow Cemetery, Simsbury [124:44:122-1-57]; m. 10 April 1792, Dan Wilcox [108:11:550], son of Lt. William Wilcox and Lucy Case of Simsbury, b. 25 March 1772 [28:129; 108:11:550]; d. 2 December 1833, buried next to Esther [124:44:121-1-57]. They were probably Methodists [40:480]. iii James, b. 3 July 1773; d. 15 June 1777 [9:1:2]. iv Timothy, b. 12 October 1775; d. 2 May 1845 "a. 70," Lynn, Essex County, MA [86:2:537]; m. 19 November 1801, Mary Maxwell, daughter of Captain James Maxwell and Margaret Patten of Bowdoinham, Lincoln (now Sagadahoc) County, Massachusetts (now Maine), b. 17 October 1778, Bowdoinham [84:2:627-9]; d. of heart disease, 10 October 1845 "a. 67," "at N.Y." [86:2:537]. Timothy was a prominent Methodist minister stationed in many parts of New England [127:7:273-6; 83:238; 91:passim]; he was an active abolitionist who founded a monthly religious magazine in 1839 which later had a circulation of 40,000 [104:293]. His portrait was published [129:frontispiece] and his writings were widely published [95:377:597-8]. v Lois, b. 13 October 1777; d. 17 July 1840 [108:11:550]; m. after 1795 [51:3:190], _____ Tuller, who d. before 1 December 1821 [50:#1903], perhaps Joseph Tuller, Jr. son of Joseph Tuller and Ruth Slater of Simsbury, b. 20 or 25 November 1779, Simsbury; d. 8 November 1815 "aged 36." But Jacobus married this Joseph to Lois Andrews, daughter of Hezekiah Andrews and Mary Moses and he is probably right [77:255]. In 1827 Lois (Merritt) Tuller was "of Barkhamsted" [6:11:405]. vi Lydia, b. 25 April 1780; d. 1846 [108:11:550]; m. _____ Matson [51:9:163-5] or Meston [89:183]. Matson was a common name in the area. vii Ruth, b. 29 September 1782, baptized 29 December 1782 [10:1:61]; d. 29 January 1786 "ae 3 y. 4 m." [9:1:2]. viii James, b. 1 February 1785; d. 29 or 30 May 1814 "Capt... age 29," Hartford, CT "of Barkhamsted," buried N. Canton Cemetery [70:31 May 1814:2; 30:23:148]; m. Jerusha (Bestor?) [51:7:145-7]. ix Peter, b. 31 October 1788; d. September 1867 [108:11:550], perhaps in Buffalo, Erie County, NY (on the Canadian border) where he and his wife lived in 1850 [6:16:160]; m. 13 December 1809, Barkhamsted, Sylvia Merrill [9:1:147], daughter of Captain John Merrill and Elizabeth Shephard of Barkhamsted, b. 6 August 1791, Barkhamsted [9:1:154-5; 6:16:160; 88:1:453]; d. 1852 [56:79:74, 5], perhaps in Buffalo. They were Methodists and lived on the Barkhamsted- Canton town line [2]. Peter was frequently elected clerk, moderator and collector of his local school district [12:passim]. In 1826 he sold 50 acres in Barkhamsted [6:10:262], in 1827 the family lived in Smyrna, Chenango County, NY and from 1835-40 in Chicago after which they "returned East" [156:2:145]. x Ruth, b. 11 February 1793; d. 2 January 1877 [108:11:550]; unmarried 8 April 1823 [51:9:391-5]; perhaps m. William Burt [89:183]. A William L. Burt of Wilbraham, Hampden County, MA m. 11 February 1839, Somers, CT, a Ruth Merrick (sic) of Ithaca, Tompkins County, NY [126:3:212, 228]. Ruth was a school teacher in Barkhamsted [13:52]. 12. TRUBY3 MERRITT, daughter of Katherine2 Rogers (Adam1) and James Merritt, b. 16 September 1745, Killingworth [79:2:151]; d. perhaps in Chateaugay, Franklin County, NY [1:31-2, 449-50 which is the source of all undocumented statements about this family]; m. ca. 1763, Phillip Priest [47:10:332-4], son of Aaron Priest of Simsbury, b. 27 June 1737, Simsbury [123:3:206; 51:1:489-92]; d. 1816, Chateaugay, testate. He was in the French and Indian War serving at Fort Edward (NY) near where he later settled [54:1:104-5; 54:2:160-1] and also served in the Revolutionary War in Connecticut and Vermont [53:361; 152:176, 288, 513]. He bought land in Barkhamsted in 1760 [7:1:408-9] and lived in Winchester, CT from at least 1776 to 1779 [23:126]. About 1780 this family and the family of Truby's brother Michael (see above) moved to Fair Haven, VT where Phillip was elected town's first First Selectman and where he kept a tavern for several years. They moved to Chateaugay about 1800. Children (surname PRIEST), first eight births recorded Winchester [159:1:38], the remainder probably born Fair Haven: i Truby, b. 4 February 1764; d. 21 October 1865 "aged 92" (sic), Westhaven, VT; m. 21 February 1786, Fair Haven, Elijah Tryon, son of Jeremiah Tryon of Glastonbury, CT and Westhaven, b. 15 May 1761, Glastonbury; d. 8 September 1863 "aged 92" (sic), Westhaven; both were buried in Forbes Cemetery, Westhaven. He was a Congregational deacon and a Revolutionary War soldier [133:80-87] ii Noah, b. 1 April 1766; perhaps d. western NY; m. (1) Abigail Cleveland, daughter of Enoch Cleveland [32:1:299]; m. (2) _____ Spoor. Adams called him a "pettifogger," an active Federalist politician and a "noted anti-Mason." They lived in Westhaven in 1800 [137:131] and perhaps as late as 1832 [133:84]. iii Abi, b. 15 April 1768; "m. Timothy Martin, and removed to Chateaugay, N.Y., where he died, and she remarried Gideon Knowles." Timothy Martin lived in Westhaven in 1800 [137:131]. iv Zadok, b. 19 April 1770; d. 22 June 1796 "a native of Connecticut... in the 27th year of his age" [91:173], Norton, Bristol County, MA [57:169; 129:214-5; 103:391]. He had been a Methodist preacher since 1793 on the Pittsfield MA, New London CT and Warren RI circuits [91:128, 143, 160], not in PA or NY as stated in Adams, nor was he the progenitor of the Jefferson County NY Priests [60:lxxx]. v Charity, b. 18 July 1772, baptized 26 July 1772 "in the North Parish of W. Simsbury" [96:1:19]; m. Hamilton Bolles. vi Diana, b. 3 January 1775; m. James Dada, perhaps son of a Revolutionary War soldier, James Dada of Suffield CT [53:352]. vii Elizabeth, b. 25 March 1777; m. before 1796, Asa Smith, perhaps son of Richard Smith and Grace Moore of Lyme CT [85:1:64]. viii Merritt (male), b. 11 June 1779; "is said to have removed to southern Ohio and died there." ix Polly, b. say 1781; m. "a Mr. Hall and had two sons who were Methodist preachers." x Sally, b. say 1782; d. Chateaugay; m. Benjamin Emmons. xi Aaron, b. 27 March 1784; disappeared ca. 1808-10; a merchant of Benson. 14. JOHN3 MERRITT, son of Katherine2 Rogers (Adam1) and James Merritt, b. 4 June 1748, Killingworth [79:2:151]; d. after 1830, probably Barkhamsted [144:20:80-1]; m. 24 August 1769, Barkhamsted, Sarah Miller [9:1:10], probably daughter of Ichabod Miller and Sarah Holcomb of Simsbury, b. 2 September 1749, Simsbury [123:3:184, 199; 28:108]. John bought land in Barkhamsted from his brother-in-law Phillip Priest in 1769 [7:1:499]. Children (surname MERRITT), births recorded in Barkhamsted [9:1:10]: i John, b. 9 May 1770; d. before 14 December 1806, perhaps in Onondago County, NY; m. 20 September 1793, Barkhamsted, Lucy Mills [9:1:111], daughter of Colonel Amasa Mills and Lucy Curtis of Simsbury, b. 2 August 1772, Simsbury; d. 1 January 1842 "in 70th year," Canton. She m. (2) 14 December 1806, David Stockwell, son of Levi Stockwell, b. 1764. In 1810 they lived in Cato, Cayuga County, NY but by 1827 had returned to Canton [93:121-3; 102:37-8]. ii Sarah, b. 25 October 1772; d. 3 March 1770 (sic -- probably 1870) [31:A16354]; m. 5 November 1795, Barkhamsted Zabad Case [9:1:100; 29:1:114], son of Eli Case and Atheldred Curtis of Simsbury, b. 4 or 14 April 1772, Simsbury [9:1:100; 123:4:225]; d. 21 October 1836 [65:288]. Although Sarah joined the Barkhamsted Congregational Church in 1807, she was dropped from membership in 1820 [10:1:30, 39] and they probably became Methodists [50:#693]. iii Sabra, b. 1 June 1776; m. 2 October 1794, Hartland when both were "of Barkhamsted," Harris Emmons [73:2:74], probably son of Jonathan Emmons of Barkhamsted [6:5:539]. Harris operated a dish mill in Barkhamsted [6:8:290] and they left for Ohio in 1825 [13:256]. They perhaps lived in Granville MA in 1813 [66:38]; in 1819 he was elected the first treasurer of his local school district in Barkhamsted [12:1:1]. iv Jerusha, b. 13 June 1779; d. young? v Naomi, b. 27 July 1781; m. 27 August 1809, Barkhamsted, Joseph Hurlburt "of Chatham" CT [10:1:156]. In 1814 he was "of Suffield" CT [6:8:477], in 1820 they lived in Barkhamsted [141:4:368]. They perhaps moved to Chatham, Columbia County, NY [13:267], but more likely moved to southern Ohio in 1841 [132:145]. Joseph was called "clergy" in 1824 [8:10]. vi Oliver, b. 4 August 1784; living in 1830 in Ashtabula County, OH [146:2:833]; m. 19 March 1806, Hartland, Pamela Bushnell [73:1:218], daughter of Martin Bushnell and Lucy Bates of Hartland, baptized 19 June 1785. Oliver bought a small dish mill and farm in Claridon, Geauga County, OH in 1815 [27:109:176]. vii Freeman (male), b. 24 _____ 1787; d. after 8 October 1821 when he sold his land in Barkhamsted [6:9:433, 437]; m. 26 November 1805, Barkhamsted, Patty Carrington [10:1:154; 9:1:142], probably daughter of Timothy Carrington and Esther _____, b. 26 April 1787, Wallingford [154:1:41]. One source says she was of Royalton, Niagara County, NY [89:184] and perhaps that is where they went. viii Freedom (female), b. 18 October 1792; d. young? 14. SAMUEL3 MERRITT, son of Katherine2 Rogers (Adam1) and James Merritt, b. 24 August 1749, Killingworth [79:2:151]; d. between 4 June 1832 and October 1839, probably Barkhamsted [6:12:67]; m. 17 November 1774, Hartland when both were "of Barkhamsted," Mary Holliday [73:1:66; 9:1:4], probably daughter of Ebenezer Holliday of Simsbury, b. 22 April 1751, Simsbury [123:3:165]; d. October 1839 "widow... ae 90," Barkhamsted [10:3:157]. Samuel bought land on Horse Hill (now called Washington Hill) in Barkhamsted in 1771 [7:1:560-1] and built a house ca. 1783-4 which in 1914 was the third oldest house in town -- the land is now under the Barkhamsted Reservoir [13:246]. Children (surname MERRITT), births recorded in Barkhamsted [9:1:4]. i Samuel, b. 6 April 1777; d. between 2 March 1846 [6:13:471] and the 1850 census -- not 22 May 1863 aged 86, North Stonington, CT [89:191' 49:#578]; m. (1) 20 December 1804, Hartland, Lucy Bushnell [74:1:217], daughter of Martin Bushnell and Lucy Bates of Hartland, baptized 19 June 1785 [27:109]; d. 30 October 1818 [11:1:126]; m. (2) 18 March 1842, Barkhamsted, Mrs. Lucy Fidelia (Daniels) Messinger [9:1:211; 6:13:388], widow of Simeon Messinger, Jr. (a brother of Elihu -- see below) and daughter of _____ Daniels, b. ca. 1780; d. after 1850 [163:23; 147:8:27]. They lived on the Barkhamsted-Canton town line [6:13:388]. In 1809 Samuel was the first collector for the Barkhamsted Universalist Church [132:155]. ii Mary, (called Polly), b. 27 January 1781; d. 18 April 1868 "age 88," Barkhamsted; m. 20 June 1805, Barkhamsted, Elihu Messinger [10:1:154], son of Simeon Messinger and Mary Paine of Barkhamsted, b. 1783 [163:24-5; 81:3-213-4]; d. 12 or 13 April 1858 "ae 75," Barkhamsted [9:1:213; 70: 23 April 1858:2]. iii Lucy, b. 10 July 1791. More research needed to distinguish between this Lucy and her niece Lucy, daughter of Samuel Merritt. Suggestions for further research Probably some most interesting information will be found in the burial records of the Rogerene cemetery which were copied by Dr. Clara McGuigan and deposited in the Jane Addams Peace Collection of the Friends Historical Library at Swathmore College [source: E. S. Brinton, "The Rogerenes," New England Quarterly, 16 (March 1943), p. 13, 16.]. Other untapped sources are the records of the Washington Hill Methodist Church in Barkhamsted, CT; the local records of Massachusetts, Vermont, New York, Kentucky, Michigan and Ohio where descendants settled; and the LDS records. The records of Berkshire County, Massachusetts in Pittsfield should be re-examined. Correspondence is welcome. Sources A select bibliography follows which represents only those sources cited in the text. The citation system is adapted from that used in many scientific journals: [43] means "source 43;" [43:2] means "source 43, page 2;" [43:2:7-12] means "source 43, volume 2, pages 7-12." Other variants should be clear after considering the type of source which is being cited. CSL means "Connecticut State Library" and the letters in brackets after many sources in this bibliography show where the source is available to researchers. [A]-[G] are at CSL and have been examined in the bound volume format. [A] BARBOUR COLLECTION: copied vital records of most CT towns up to about 1850, indexed in bound volumes for each town and on slips for a state-wide index. [B] CHURCH RECORDS: copied vital records from many CT churches, indexed in bound volumes for each church and on slips for a state-wide index. [C] CT ASSEMBLY: original General Assembly papers, 1636-1820, filed by topic, bound and indexed. [D] CT CENSUS INDEX: copied 1790-1850 federal CT census records, on slips for a state-wide index. [E] FAMILY BIBLE RECORDS: about 25,000 copied vital records from family bibles, in bound volumes and on slips for a general index. [F] HALE HEADSTONE: copied headstone inscriptions from over 2,000 CT cemeteries, in bound volumes for each town and on slips for a state-wide index. [G] HALE NEWSPAPERS: copied marriage and death records (ca. 1796 - ca. 1865) from 90 CT newspapers, in bound volumes and on slips for general indexes. [H] Microfilm of original at CSL. [I] Photostat of original at CSL. [J] Original at CSL. [K] Original at town hall. [L] Original of county courthouse. [M] Microfilm of original at National Archives. [N] Available at DAR Library, Washington, DC. [O] Photostat of original in author's possession. [P] Original at Library of Congress, Washington, DC. [Q] Visited by author. [R] Microfilm of original at University of Connecticut Library. [S] Evans-Shaw-Shoemaker Early American Imprints (microfiche). [T] Original at Connecticut Historical Society. 1. Adams, A.N./ History of Fair Haven Vermont. (Fair Haven, 1870) 2. Adams, N.W./ "Home of Peter Merritt," Lure of the Litchfield hills, 32 (Spring-Summer 1972), pg. 35. 3. The American Genealogist. Reprint. (Baltimore, 1974) 4. Archer, Crippen/ Revolutionary War pension file, W21617. [M] 5. Arnold, J.H./ Vital records of Rhode Island. (Providence, 1891) 6. Barkhamsted CT/ Deed books. [H] 7. ---/ Proprietor records. [H] 8. ---/ Tax list, 1824. [J] 9. ---/ Vital records. [A] 10. ---. First Congregational Church/ Records, 1781-1914. [H] 11. ---/ Records, 1781-1837. [B] 12. ---. Washington Hill School District/ Records, 1819-1881. [J] 13. Barkhamsted heritage. R. G. Wheeler, ed. (Barkhamsted, 1975) 14. Becket MA/ Vital records. (Boston, 1903) 15. Beers, F.W./ Atlas of New London County Connecticut. (NY, 1868) 16. Berkshire County MA/ Deed books. [L] 17. ---/ Probate files [L] 18. Berlin CT/ Deed books. [A] 19. Bloomfield CT. Congregational Church/ Records, 1738-1924 [B] 20. Bogue, V.T./ Bogue and allied families. (Holly MI, 1944) 21. Boston Evening Transcript. Genealogical Department/ Genealogy newspaper columns. 612 microcards. (Boston, 1952-4) 22. Boston MA. Registry Department/ Records relating to the early history of Boston. 39v. (Boston, 1876-1909) 23. Boyd, John/ Annals of Winchester CT. (Hartford, 1873) 24. Brainard, H.W./ Survey of the Scovils. (Hartford, 1915) 25. Brinton, E.S./ "Books by and about the Rogerenes," Bull of the NYPL, 49 (September 1945), pp. 627-648. 26. Bushman, R.L./ From puritan to yankee. (NY, 1970) 27. Bushnell, G./ Bushnell family genealogy. (Nashville, 1945) 28. Brown, A./ Genealogy history of W Simsbury. (Hartford, 1856) 29. Canton CT. Center Congregational Church/ Records, 1785-1853. [B] 30. ---. North Cemetery [F] 31. Case, E.E./ Case family genealogy. Ms. [T] 32. Cleveland, E./ Genealogy of the Cleveland family. 3v. (Hartford, 1899) 33. Coffin, M.B./ "Henry White of Colebrook," Lure of the Litchfield hills, 13 (May 1955) pp. 12, 20-22, 42. 34. Cohen, D.S./ Ramapo Mountain people. (New Brunswick NJ, 1974) 35. Colchester CT. First Congregational Church/ Records, 1732-1937. [H] 36. ---/ Records, 1732-1937. [B] 37. Colebrook CT/ Deed books. [H] 38. ---/ Town meetings. [K] 39. ---/ Vital records. [A] 40. Commemorative biographical record of Hartford. (Chicago, 1901) 41. CT. County Court. New London County/ Files, 1692-1855. [J] 42. ---/ Trials, 1661-1834. 34v. [J] 43. ---/ Trials, 1661-1701. 7v. [H] 44. CT. General Assembly/ Records: private controversies. [C] 45. CT. Probate Court Colchester District/ Estate papers, 1741-1920. [J] 46. ---/ Court record books, 1741-1851. [H] 47. ---. Guilford District/ Court record books, 1720-1852. [H] 48. ---. New London District/ Estate papers, 1675-1850. [J] 49. ---. North Stonington District/ Estate papers, 1835-1912. [J] 50. ---. Simsbury District/ Estate papers, 1769-1906. [J] 51. ---/ Court record books, 1769-1852. [H] 52. Connecticut Superior Court, New London County/ Files, 1711-1881. [J] 53. Connecticut Historical Society/ Lists... of Connecticut men in the Revolution, 1775-1783. In its Collections, v. 12. (Hartford, 1909) 54. ---/ Rolls of Connecticut men in the French and Indian wars, 1755-1762. 2v. In its Collections, v. 9-10. (Hartford, 1903-5) 55. Daughters of the American Revolution/ DAR patriot index. (Washington, 1966) 56. ---/ Lineage books. (Harrisburg, 1896-) 57. Dow, L./ Perambulations of cosmopolite. (Rochester, 1842) 58. East Haddam CT/ Deed books. [H] 59. ---. Millington Congregational Church/ Records, 1733-1931. [H] 60. Foster, G.E./ Priest family. (Ithaca NY, 1900) 61. Fox, W.F./ Thomas Fox of Concord. (Albany NY, 1909) 62. Georgia VT/ Cemeteries of Georgia VT. [K] 63. ---/ Deed books. [K] 64. ---. Evarts Cemetery/ [Q] 65. Goodwin, N./ Genealogical notes. (Hartford, 1856) 66. Granville MA/ Vital records. (Boston, 1914) 67. Guilford CT/ Deed books. [H] 68. ---/ Vital records. [A] 69. Hampden County MA/ Deed books. [L] 70. Hartford Courant. (newspaper). [R] 71. Hartford Times. (newspaper). [G] 72. Hartland CT/ Deed books. [H] 73. ---. Congregational Church/ Records, 1768-1931. [B] 74. ---. West (2nd) Congregational Church/ Records, 1779-1899. [B] 75. Hebron CT/ Vital records. [A] 76. Hempstead, J./ Diary (1711-1758). (New London, 1901) 77. Jacobus, D.L./ Tuller family in America. Ms. [T] 78. Killingworth CT/ Deed books. [H] 79. ---/ Vital records. [A] 80. ---. First Congregational Church/ Records, 1735-1893. [H] 81. Lamb, E./ John-Simon Mills line. 2nd ed. (Middleboro, 1976) 82. Lebanon CT/ Vital records. [A] 83. Lee, Jesse/ Memoir, Reprint of 1823 ed. (NY, 1969) 84. Little, G.T./ Genealogical and family history of Maine. 4v. (NY, 1909) 85. Lyme CT/ Vital records. [A] 86. Lynn MA/ Vital records. 2v. (Salem MA, 1905-6) 87. Manwaring, C.W./ Digest of the early Connecticut probate records: Hartford District. 3v. (Hartford, 1904-6) 88. Merrill, S./ Merrill memorial. 2v. (Cambridge, 1917-28) 89. Merritt, D./ Revised Merritt records. (NY, 1916) 90. Merritt family/ Papers. 94 items and 6v. (Cornell University Library Regional History Collection -- 39A, J) NUC manuscript collection #62-1317. 91. Methodist Episcopal Church/ Minutes. (NY, 1813) [S: #29155] 92. Middletown CT/ Deed books. [H] 93. Mills, K.R./ History of the Simon Mills family. (n.p., 1975?) 94. Moscrip, V./ Codding Cemetery, Bristol New York. (Rochester, 1969?) 95. NUC pre-1956 imprints. ca 650 v. (London, 1968-) 96. New Hartford CT. First Congregational Church/ Records, 1739-1853. [B] 97. New London CT/ Births, marriages, deaths, 1710-1786. [K] 98. ---/ Deed books. [H] 99. ---/ Record of ear marks, 1691-1807. [K] 100. ---/ Vital records. [A] 101. ---. First Congregational Church/ Records, 1670-1916. [H] 102. Norton, L.M./ Mills family genealogy. Ms. [J] 103. Norton MA/ Vital records. (Boston, 1906) 104. Norwood, F./ Story of American Methodism. (Nashville, 1974) 105. Ohio records and pioneer families. (Akron HO, 1960-) 106. Olney, J.H./ Genealogy of Thomas Olney. (Providence, 1889) 107. Phelps, O.S./ Phelps family. 2v. (Pittsfield MA, 1899) 108. Phelps family bible/ [E] 109. Puckett, N.N./ Black names in America. (Boston, 1975) 110. Reeves, N.W./ "Descendants of Titus Allen," The American Genealogist, 44:21-31. 111. Roderick, T.H./ "Negro genealogy," The American Genealogist, 47:88-91. 112. Rogers, Gurdon/ Revolutionary War pension file, S31940. [M] 113. Rogers, H.P./ Descendants of James Rogers. 13v. [P] 114. Rogers, J.S./ James Rogers of New London. (Boston, 1902) 115. Rogers, Josiah/ Revolutionary War pension file, S36272. [M] 116. Sandgate VT. Congregational Church/ Records. Typescript at CSL. 117. Sanford, C.E./ Early history of Hopkinton New York. (Boston, 1903) 118. Savage, James/ Genealogical dictionary of New England. 4v. Reprint of 1860-62 ed. (Baltimore, 1965) 119. Saybrook CT/ Vital records. [A] 120. ---. Fountain Hill Cemetery/ [F] 121. Shorey, P./ "Salem stone houses," [Willimantic CT] Chronicle, 13 October 1975, p. 5. 122. Simsbury CT/ Deed books. [H] 123. ---/ Town meetings. [A] 124. ---. Hop Meadow Cemetery/ [F] 125. Smith, H.P./ History of Rutland County Vermont. (Syracuse, 1886) 126. Somers CT/ Vital records. [A] 127. Sprague, W.B./ Annals of the American pulpit. 9v. (NY, 1969) 128. Standish, Myles/ Standishes of America. (Boston, 1895) 129. Stevens, A./ Memorials of Methodism. (Boston, 1848) 130. Stevens, Halsey/ Merritt family genealogy. Ms. [O] 131. Talcott, A./ Chittenden family. (New Haven, 1882) 132. Tiffany, C.H./ Barkhamsted homesteads, 1744-1916. Ms. [J] 133. Tryon, W.M./ Tryon family in America. (Wheaton MD, 1969) 134. Turner, O./ Hist Phelps & Gorham purchase. (Rochester, 1852) 135. U.S. Census, 1st/ Heads of families, 1790: CT. (DC, 1907) 136. ---, 2nd/ CT 1800 census. [I] 137. ---, 2nd/ Heads of families, 1800 Vermont. (Baltimore, 1972) 138. ---, 2nd/ New York in 1800. (Provo UT, 1971) 139. ---, 3rd/ CT 1810 census. [I] 140. ---, 3rd/ Ontario County New York. R. Woods, ed. (Cambridge, 1964) 141. ---, 4th/ CT 1820 census. [I] 142. ---, 4th/ 1820 Ohio census index. (Columbus, 1864) 143. ---, 5th/ CT 1830 census. [I] 144. ---, 5th/ CT 1830. [D] 145. ---, 5th/ MA 1830 census. [M] 146. ---, 5th/ 1830 Ohio census index. 2v. (Columbus, 1964) 147. ---, 7th/ CT 1850 census. [I] 148. ---, 7th/ CT 1850 census [D] 149. ---, 7th/ MA 1850 census. [M] 150. ---, 7th/ OH 1850 census. [M] 151. Van Dusen, A.E./ Connecticut. (NY, 1961) 152. VT/ Rolls of the Revolutionary War. J. Goodrich, ed. (Rutland VT, 1904) 153. Wacker, P.O./ Land and people. (New Brunswick NJ, 1975) 154. Wallingford CT/ Vital records. [A] 155. Watrous, John/ Medical account book, 1781-1798. Ms. [J] 156. White, T.C./ Our country and its people. (Boston, 1898) 157. Williams, A.B./ "History of the Rogerenes," in The Rogerenes (Boston, 1904), pp. 119-392. 158. Wilson, L.M./ Barber genealogy. 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