Richard Merritt1720–
- Name
- Richard Merritt
- Given names
- Richard
- Surname
- Merritt
 Birth | between 1720 and 1780 |
 Marriage | Sarah Merritt — View this family unknown |
 Historical Event | The French & Indian War between 1754 and 1763Note: The French and Indian War is the American name for the North American theater of the Seven Years War, fought primarily between the colonies of British America and New France - http://goo.gl/SiIuNc |
 Birth of a daughter#1 | Mary Merritt about 1769 |
| Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1775 and 1776Note: In 1775, there was an epidemic of unknown cause in North America (especially New England,) followed in 1775-1776 by what is described as one of the worst worldwide influenza epidemics - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_epidemics |
| Historical Event | The American Revolution from 1775 to 1783 (Age 55 years)Note: The Thirteen American Colonies broke from the British Empire and formed the independent nation, the United States of America - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolution |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | William Shemwell 1791 (Age 71 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Elisha Shemwell — Mary Merritt — View this family before 1795 (Age 75 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #2 | Nancy Shemwell 1795 (Age 75 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #3 | Uradice “Dicey” Shemwell June 5, 1798 (Age 78 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic between 1793 and 1798 (Age 73 years)Note: More than 4,000 Philadelphia residents died from yellow fever - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_Fever_Epidemic_of_1793 |
| Birth of a granddaughter #4 | Mary Shemwell August 29, 1801 (Age 81 years) |
| Death of a son | Ephraim Merritt 1801 (Age 81 years) |
| Historical Event | The Louisiana Purchase 1803 (Age 83 years)Note: Napoleon Bonaparte agrees to sell 828,000 square miles of land to the United States for $15 million - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana_Purchase |
| Historical Event | War of 1812 between 1812 and 1815 (Age 92 years)Note: War of 1812 between the Americans and the British. The Creek (or Red Stick) War in Alabama had different origins, but it coincided with the war of 1812, and the U.S. treated it as a part of the larger war, with Jackson and his forces also in charge of defeating the Creeks - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_1812 |
 Death | unknown |
| Family with Sarah Merritt |
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Richard Merritt Birth: between 1720 and 1780 Death: |
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Sarah Merritt Birth: about 1740 Death: |
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Ephraim Merritt Death: 1801 |
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Richard Merritt Death: |
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Sarah Merritt Death: |
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Nancy Merritt Death: |
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Mary Merritt Birth: about 1769 49 29 Death: 1831 |