Mary MerrittAge: 62 years1769–1831
- Name
- Mary Merritt
- Given names
- Mary
- Surname
- Merritt
- Married name
- Mary Shemwell
 Birth | about 1769 49 29 |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1775 and 1776 (Age 6 years)Note: 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 6 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 son#1 | William Shemwell 1791 (Age 22 years) |
 Marriage | Elisha Shemwell — View this family before 1795 (Age 26 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Nancy Shemwell 1795 (Age 26 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | Uradice “Dicey” Shemwell June 5, 1798 (Age 29 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic between 1793 and 1798 (Age 24 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 daughter #4 | Mary Shemwell August 29, 1801 (Age 32 years) |
| Death of a brother | Ephraim Merritt 1801 (Age 32 years) |
| Historical Event | The Louisiana Purchase 1803 (Age 34 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 43 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 |
| Marriage of a child | Thomas S Long — Uradice “Dicey” Shemwell — View this family February 9, 1826 (Age 57 years) |
| Death of a husband | Elisha Shemwell about 1826 (Age 57 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Mary Malinda Long January 18, 1830 (Age 61 years) |
 Death | 1831 (Age 62 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Brittian Church Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Richard Merritt Birth: between 1720 and 1780 Death: |
| mother |
Sarah Merritt Birth: about 1740 Death: |
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Marriage: — |
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| brother |
Ephraim Merritt Death: 1801 |
| brother |
Richard Merritt Death: |
| sister |
Sarah Merritt Death: |
| sister |
Nancy Merritt Death: |
| sister |
… Merritt Death: |
| herself |
Mary Merritt Birth: about 1769 49 29 Death: 1831 |
| Family with Elisha Shemwell |
| husband |
Elisha Shemwell Birth: between 1756 and 1765 44 40 — St. Mary's, Maryland, United States Death: about 1826 |
| herself |
Mary Merritt Birth: about 1769 49 29 Death: 1831 |
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Marriage: before 1795 — |
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-3 years son |
William Shemwell Birth: 1791 35 22 Death: 1857 — Rutherford, North Carolina, United States |
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5 years daughter |
Nancy Shemwell Birth: 1795 39 26 Death: November 20, 1875 — Rutherford, North Carolina, United States |
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3 years daughter |
Uradice “Dicey” Shemwell Birth: June 5, 1798 42 29 — North Carolina, United States Death: July 26, 1869 — Rutherford, North Carolina, United States |
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3 years daughter |
Mary Shemwell Birth: August 29, 1801 45 32 — North Carolina, United States Death: September 8, 1856 — Rutherford, North Carolina, United States |