Matthew
[uncertain]
Merritt
Born about in North Carolina
Ancestors 
Son of Frederick Merritt
and Anna Jane (Pridgen) Merritt
Brother of
Frederick Merritt, Luke Merritt, Peter Merritt, Nancy Anna (Merritt) Harper, Mary (Merritt) Burke and Sarah Ann (Merritt) McClelland
Husband of
Helen Euphronia (Lanier) Merritt
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Husband of
Ealon Slone
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
William S Merritt, Mary Ann Merritt, John T Merritt, Evander Calvin Merritt, Elizabeth Merritt, Frederick L Merritt, Anna Jane Merritt, Robert James Merritt and Virginia Belle (Merritt) Mott
Died about
at about age 71
in Sumter County, Florida
Profile last modified
| Created 29 Nov 2015
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Biography
Mathew Merritt was born about 1799 in North Carolina. His parents are unknown. Mathew was living in a different place in each census. In 1840, he was in Irwin County, Georgia. He potentially married his wife, Helen Euphronia Lanier, here. There were five children and one female between the ages of 20 and 30 (his wife) in the household.[1]
In 1850, Mathew and his family were in Baldwin County, Alabama. There were eight children in the household by this time. He worked as a blacksmith.[2]
By 1860, Mathew and his family were in Florida. They were living in Walton County in the 1860 census and Sumter County in the 1870 census.[3][4] Mathew died a short time after the 1870 was taken. He was buried in the Tuscanooga Cemetery in Mascotte, Lake, Florida.[5]
Sources
- ↑ United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHBN-7TL : 24 August 2015), Mathew Merrett, District 690, Irwin, Georgia, United States; citing p. 10, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 44; FHL microfilm 7,045.
- ↑ United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHP5-8VK : 9 November 2014), *Thens Meritt, Baldwin county, Baldwin, Alabama, United States; citing family 124, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- ↑ United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6C3-WHD : 30 December 2015), Mathew Meritt, 1860.
- ↑ United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNZJ-3GN : 17 October 2014), Mathew Merritt, Florida, United States; citing p. 41, family 308, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,632.
- ↑ Find A Grave
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Matthew 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 Matthew:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Matthew 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 Matthew:
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~3.12%
Eileen (Harper) Worthington
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~3.12%
Tom Matthews :
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~0.78%
~1.56%
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch PL9084255 [compare], yourDNAportal DAPd2dc621f, Ancestry member Daphnefolsom1
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~0.78%
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Tom Matthews
Do you have a source for his marriage to Helen Euphronia Lanier? A brief Merritt genealogy drafted by Butler Jefferson Merritt states he married Ealon Slone and notes from "Pioneers of Wiregrass, Georgia" reference that marriage. The death certificate for Ann Jane (Merritt) Iley also lists Mathew Merritt/"Elan Sloan" as parents. The 1870 US Census lists a Matthew/Euphronia but they have South Carolina birthplaces and their children's birthdates overlap with the children in the 1850 and 1860 censuses. Thanks!
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