Jeremiah
Smith
Merritt
Born in Kentucky
Ancestors 
Son of Peter Merritt
and Nancy (Hoskins) Merritt
Brother of
Zachariah Coleman Merritt, Zephaniah Lewis Merritt, Nancy Hunter (Merritt) Scott, Hezekiah Sanford Merritt, Uriah Turner Merritt, Elizabeth (Merritt) Jones and Isaiah Merritt
Husband of
Margaret Eddy (Hart) Merritt
— married
22 Jun 1855 in Jefferson, Kentucky
Descendants 
Father of
Jeremiah Eddy Merritt and Charles Smith Merritt
Died
at about age 50
in Paoli, Orange, Indiana
Profile last modified
| Created 9 Jun 2015
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Biography
- 1850 Orange County Indiana census [1]
- 1855 Marriage to Margaret Hart in Jefferson County KY [2]
- 1860 Orange County Indiana census [3]
- Listed in the Merritt Genealogy by Willard E Merritt. [4]
He lived 1814-1864. [5]
Sources
- ↑ FamilySearch.org
- ↑ FamilySearch.org
- ↑ FamilySearch.org
- ↑ Willard E Merritt.
- ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=92414634
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jeremiah by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jeremiah by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
- Michael Merritt
:
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 67 markers, haplogroup E1b1b1b2a1, FTDNA kit #48621
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~6.25%
Faith (Caldwell) Pannell :
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch FB7105458 [compare]
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~3.12%
Deborah (Dixon) Walker :
23andMe, GEDmatch XL340227C1 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A540325 [compare], Ancestry member ddixonwalker
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch A540325 [compare], FTDNA kit #B41912
+
MyHeritage DNA
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~3.12%
Mary Merritt :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Shannon (Cooper) Grimes :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Grimes_Shannon
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