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About Charles Merritt
Not the son of Maj. William Marriott, of Surry
His parents are unknown--please see sources here:
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Merritt-1571
(Discredited: Charles was born about 1652. He was the son of William Merriott and Susanna Swan.) He passed away about 1718.
(Discredited: Married 1st; Susannah Swann, (their Daughter is Mary) - Susannah was married to William Marriott.)
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1. Charles Merritt; came to Virginia as a 14 year old boy in 1666 and settled across the river from Jamestown to work as overseer on a plantation owned by Benjamin Harrison; married Elinor Unknown.
Children:
2. Charles, Jr.
3. Nathaniel.
4. William; born Virginia, ca. 1703.
5. John
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1718 - Will of Charles Merritt
I give unto my son Charles a cow and heifer
I give unto my son Nathenell cow and calf and a year old heifer
I give unto my son William a cow and calf
I give unto my daughter Ann a ___
I give and ___?(bequith?) unto my son John (fat?) sheep
Lastly I give unto my loving wife all the rest of my personal estate
Making her my ___and___only my land and plantation after her ___(Death?) to my son Charles
Will Proved Oct 21 1718.
(Bertie formed from Chowan 1722. Edgecombe from Bertie 1732. Nash from Edgecombe 1777.)
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1707/10/Mar. - Deed Book W #1, Chowan County, N.C.
- 241 pg.112: PETER EVANS of Chowan Prect., carpenter to Charles MERRITT and Eliner his wife for sundry causes and considerations, one half of a tract of 600A at ye mouth of Deep Ck. and running up Chawanock River. Wit: SAMUEL SUKLEMORE [SIZEMORE], William STEVENS.[20]
Note JK: Only place in deeds from 1696 to 1723 that Suklemore is listed, all others Sizemore.
Samuel SIZEMORE is also found on a 1715 tax list in Perquimans Co., NC[21]
20. Margaret M. Hofmann, Chowan Precinct North Carolina Genealogical Abstracts of Deed Books 1697-1723.
21. NCGSJ-Aug 91, 130/131.
http://www.sizemorednaproject.com/history_surname.html
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Charles Merritt's Timeline
| 1652 |
1652
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Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, England
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| 1678 |
1678
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Chowan, North Carolina, United States
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| 1680 |
January 1680
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Virginia, United States
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1680
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Essex County, Virginia, British Colonial America
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1690
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| 1718 |
June 4, 1718
Age 66
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Chowan Precinct, Albemarle County, Province of North Carolina
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