↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCTY-PN5 : 13 December 2020), Josiah Meritt, Bainbridge, Chenango, New York, United States; citing family 1969, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
↑ "New York State Census, 1855," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K632-6JZ : 13 March 2018), Josiah Merritt, E.D. 1, Bainbridge, Chenango, New York, United States; citing p. , line #33, family #119, county clerk offices, New York; FHL microfilm 819,849.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Josiah by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Josiah:
Merritt-1940 and Merritt-1921 appear to represent the same person because: This is the same Josiah, the wife of Lucretia Lott. The 1800 birthdate is correct per census records.