Cynthia (Willis) Merritt (1765 - 1834)

Born 29 Jul 1765 in Sing Sing, (Ossining) Westchester, New York

Wife of Ebenezer Merritt — married 17 Aug 1783 in Sing Sing (Ossining) New York, USA

Descendants

Died 7 Mar 1834 at age 68 in Connecticut

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Biography

Cynthia was born in 1765 and her father was John Willis. In 1783 she married Ebenezer Merritt and they were the parents of about 13 children. Cynthia died in 1834 ^[1] and is buried at the 2nd Congregational Church in Greenwich, Connecticut with many Merritt family members.

Sources

1. ↑ Douglas Merritt. Revised Merritt Records Rhinebeck, New York, 1916.

• Find A Grave Index
• Connecticut, U.S., Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) via Ancestry.com, Greenwich Vital Records 1640-1848. SHOWS the marriage of Ebenezer Merritt and Cynthia Willis on 17 Aug 1783 at Greenwich, Connecticut.
• "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP3W-LW8S : Sat Mar 09 12:35:54 UTC 2024) SHOWS the marriage of Ebenezer Merrett and Cynthia Willis on 17 August 1783 at Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut; SHOWS as well that she is the daughter of "John".

Notes

The Willis Family is recorded at Mount Pleasant, a town on the Hudson about 2 miles south of present-day Ossining (old Sing Sing). The 1790 Census at Mt. Pleasant has:

John WIllis, head of house & 3 other males & 3 other females.

This is possibly a brother - research needed.

David Merritt, head of house, & 1 other female

James Merritt, head of house, &2 other males & 4 other females

The same 1790 Census has

James Willis, New Rochelle, NY

Joseph Willis, Stephen, NY

NOTE: One possible father who has a record now in Wikitree is John Willis (1726-1813), but NOTHING is sourced or proven.