Gilbert Robinson MERRITT
1807 - 1857 (50 years)-
Name Gilbert Robinson MERRITT Birth 11 Sep 1807 , Hampstead, Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada 
Gender Male Will 1854 - Gilbert Robinson Merritt, Probate, 1854 [Abstract] Gilbert R. Merritt of the parish of Hampstead in the county of Queens and province of New Brunswick, Yeoman. Dated 28 February 1853. First I allow all my lawful debts to be paid, and my body interned in a Christian like manor. To my wife Lydia Merritt my dwelling house during her natural life with my household furniture to do with during her natural life, and at her death, according to her own good will and pleasure. To my son Isreal Merritt one half acre of land on the West side of the road in front of my barn and easterly from the spring for a building site, and hold the half acre during the time he occupies it for farming purposes. When abandon to farming purposes it becomes joined property of my heirs, though the buildings erected there remain his property. To my five sons Isreal, Isaac, David, Caleb and Joshua each one fifth an equal share of my real and personal estate, though the estate is not to be divided until my youngest son turns twenty one, or during my wifes natural life. To my daughter Phebe Merritt the sum of one hundred pounds, but not to receive it until my youngest son is twenty one, and then one year after her marriage, assuring she remains celibate until then. I constitute my wife Lydia Merritt my executrix and my son Isreal Merritt and my trusted friend James Slip executors. Witnesses: Elias Gerow William VanWart William Reed
Death 7 Oct 1857 , Hampstead, Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada [1] Burial , Merritt and Slipp Cemetery, Queenstown, Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada [2] - Inscription: In Memory of / Gilbert R. Merritt / Died / 7th Oct. 1857 / Aged 50 years
Marker - Gilbert R. Merritt
Tombstone, Gilbert R. Merritt (1807-1857). Merritt and Slipp Cemetery, Queenstown, Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada.Person ID I8062 Ancestral Trails Last Modified 13 Apr 2024
Father Gilbert MERRITT, b. 16 Nov 1765, ,, Long Island, New York, USA d. 16 Oct 1846, , Hampstead, Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada (Age 80 years) Mother Phoebe BIRDSILL, b. 14 Sep 1771, , Hampstead, Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada d. 27 Feb 1869, , Hampstead, Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada (Age 97 years) Marriage 11 Jul 1790 , Gagetown, Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada Family ID F1606 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Lydia GOLDING, b. 5 Oct 1809, , Saint John or Wickham, New Brunswick, Canada d. 11 Oct 1885, , Centervile, New Brunswick, Canada (Age 76 years) Marriage 15 Mar 1831 , Saint John, Saint John County, New Brunswick, Canada [3, 4] - Gilbert R. Merritt of Hampstead and Liddia Golding of Saint John. Wit: James Robinson and Richard Calvert, Jr. both of Saint John.
Children 1. Israel MERRITT, b. 1 Jan 1832, , Hampstead, Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada d. 22 Jul 1893, , Bristol, Carleton County, New Brunswick, Canada (Age 61 years)2. Joshua MERRITT, b. 19 Jul 1835 d. 5 May 1836, , Hampstead, Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada (Age 0 years)3. Isaac MERRITT, b. 6 Jul 1839 d. 11 Dec 1863, , Hampstead, Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada (Age 24 years)4. David F. MERRITT, b. 1 Sep 1840 d. 19 Jul 1899 (Age 58 years) 5. Phoebe MERRITT, b. 16 Jan 1843 d. 15 Dec 1918 (Age 75 years) 6. Gilbert MERRITT, b. 24 Dec 1843 d. 7 Aug 1846, , Hampstead, Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada (Age 2 years)7. Caleb MERRITT, b. 20 Apr 1847 8. Joshua MERRITT, b. 20 Apr 1847 d. 22 Jun 1914 (Age 67 years) 9. Elizabeth MERRITT, b. 20 Feb 1855 Family ID F1605 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 13 Apr 2024
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