Thomas Merritt
M, b. circa 1634
Thomas was born circa 1634.1 Thomas married 2nd Jane Sherwood on 3 December 1656.1 Thomas & Jane had children: John [10/10/1657-4/10/1726], Alice [1/01/1660-6/10/1680], Joseph [6/06/1662-5/12/1754], Ephraim [4/05/664], Jane [11/07/1666], Isaac [5/03/1668], Thomas [1/31/1670-1/30/1719], Samuel [8/21/1672], Rose [4/17/1674], Stephen [2/26/1677], Edward [3/10/1679], Matthew [9/03/1681] & Elizabeth [4/14/1683].2 Thomas's wife, Jane, died on 4 January 1685 in Rye, Westchester County, New York, leaving him a widower.1 Thomas married 2nd Abigail Francis on 13 August 1686 in Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut.3 Thomas & Abigail hae a son, Robert [1/19/1690].2 On 20 October 1688, an indenture was drawn between Thomas Merritt of Rye & John Welles of Wethersfield. In this indenture, Thomas was securing for himelf & Abigail in the township of Rye a home lot of about 5 acres. The purpose of this indenture was to protect Abigail's rights in case of Thomas' death.4 Thomas's wife, Abigail, died before 1696 in Rye, Westchester County, New York, leaving him a widower.1 Thomas married 3rd Mary Ferris, daughter of Jeffrey Ferris and Mary, in 1696 in Rye, Westchester County, New York.1 The family resided in Rye, then a part of the Connecticut Colony. Thomas made his will on 26 January 1718/19.
In the name of God, Amen, January 26, 1718/19. I, Thomas Merritt, Jr., of the town of Rye, in the County of Westchester, yeomen, being at this time sick and weak. I leave to my wife Martha, one-third of all movables and also the use of my dwelling house, lands, orchards, and meadows during her widowhood. I leave to my son Thomas all that my now dwelling house, lands and orchards after my wife's decease, and all the land on the west side of Blind Brook. Also a certain tract of land on the east side of Blind Brook joining to Sergeant Robert Bloomer's land. I leave all the rest of my personal estate to my daughter, Mercy Merritt. I leave to my son Edward, all that my house, barn and orchard and lands and meadows, which I bought of my brother, Ephraim Merritt. I make my wife Martha and my brother Joseph Merritt and John Lyon, Jr., "living at Byram," executors. Witnesses, Joseph Sutton, Adam Ireland, John Stillman.
His will was probated between 26 June 1719 and 7 November 1719.
In the name of God, Amen, January 26, 1718/19. I, Thomas Merritt, Jr., of the town of Rye, in the County of Westchester, yeomen, being at this time sick and weak. I leave to my wife Martha, one-third of all movables and also the use of my dwelling house, lands, orchards, and meadows during her widowhood. I leave to my son Thomas all that my now dwelling house, lands and orchards after my wife's decease, and all the land on the west side of Blind Brook. Also a certain tract of land on the east side of Blind Brook joining to Sergeant Robert Bloomer's land. I leave all the rest of my personal estate to my daughter, Mercy Merritt. I leave to my son Edward, all that my house, barn and orchard and lands and meadows, which I bought of my brother, Ephraim Merritt. I make my wife Martha and my brother Joseph Merritt and John Lyon, Jr., "living at Byram," executors. Witnesses, Joseph Sutton, Adam Ireland, John Stillman.
His will was probated between 26 June 1719 and 7 November 1719.