Hi again Melissa--
I checked out your site. Wow! BIIIGG surname list all right.
I was
really interested to see that there was Merritt marrying Van Wert.
I
believe it was Phebe or Phoebe Merritt and William Van Wert.
I have been
looking for such a tie for quite a while. Charles Merritt Van
Wert is
below. My question is do you know what towns the Merritt family
lived in?
Here's the little I know. My father is Irving, at the bottom:
Harmon (or Harman) Lewis VAN WOERT
b. ca 1801
m. Betsey VOSE of Manchester NH (b. ca 1811)
d. ?
ch. Sam'l b. ca 1841
Betsy J b. ca 1847
Jacob b. ca
1850
Chester b. ca 1851
+ Charles b. May 1852 Candor NY, Tioga
Co
Charles Merritt VAN WERT
m. "1-7-1873 Cannanfour Corners NY" (a place I've not found)
Delia Beatrice Smith (dau Erastus SMITH and Bessie Maria
POMEROY both of
NH)
d.Nov 1912 Chester MA, killed by a runaway horse
ch. + Fred Benton b. Feb 1874 Tolland
MA
Etta M.
b. Mar 1880 Chester MA
?Etelian/Julian C. b. Apr 1882,
d. ae 2 months Chester MA
Grace M.
b. Oct 1882/3 Chester MA
Bessie M.
b. Feb 1886 Chester MA
Raymond C.
b. Nov 1887 Chester MA
Fred Benton VAN WERT
m. Cora Camellia DUGAY (dau Charles DUGAY and Salome MARTEL of "French
Canada")
d. Feb 1913 Chester MA, killed by being thrown from wagon of runaway
horse
ch. Charles Oswald b. Feb 1901 Chester
MA
+ Irving Benton b. Feb 1905
Chester MA
Or perhaps you only have the names? Anyway I'm interested.
Thanks for making the connection,
Linden
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