Abi Abigail Martin

TRUBY MERRITT, daughter of Katherine Rogers (Adam) and James Merritt, b. 16 September 1745, Killingworth [79:2:151]; d. perhaps in Chateaugay, Franklin County, NY [1:31-2, 449-50 which is the source of all undocumented statements about this family]; m. ca. 1763, Phillip Priest [47:10:332-4], son of Aaron Priest of Simsbury, b. 27 June 1737, Simsbury [123:3:206; 51:1:489-92]; d. 1816, Chateaugay, testate. He was in the French and Indian War serving at Fort Edward (NY) near where he later settled [54:1:104-5; 54:2:160-1] and also served in the Revolutionary War in Connecticut and Vermont [53:361; 152:176, 288, 513]. He bought land in Barkhamsted in 1760 [7:1:408-9] and lived in Winchester, CT from at least 1776 to 1779 [23:126]. About 1780 this family and the family of Truby 's brother Michael moved to Fair Haven, VT where Phillip was elected town's first First Selectman and where he kept a tavern for several years. They moved to Chateaugay about 1800. Children (surname PRIEST), first eight births recorded Winchester [159:1:38], the remainder probably born Fair Haven: Truby, b. 4 February 1764; d. 21 October 1865 aged 92 (sic), Westhaven, VT; m. 21 February 1786, Fair Haven, Elijah Tryon, son of Jeremiah Tryon of Glastonbury, CT and Westhaven, b. 15 May 1761, Glastonbury; d. 8 September 1863 aged 92 (sic), Westhaven; both were buried in Forbes Cemetery, Westhaven. He was a Congregational deacon and a Revolutionary War soldier [133:80-87] Noah, b. 1 April 1766; perhaps d. western NY; m. (1) Abigail Cleveland, daughter of Enoch Cleveland [32:1:299]; m. (2) _____ Spoor. Adams called him a pettifogger, an active Federalist politician and a noted anti-Mason. They lived in Westhaven in 1800 [137:131] and perhaps as late as 1832 [133:84]. Abi, b. 15 April 1768; m. Timothy Martin, and removed to Chateaugay, N.Y., where he died, and she remarried Gideon Knowles.\ Timothy Martin lived in Westhaven in 1800 [137:131]. Zadok, b. 19 April 1770; d. 22 June 1796 a native of Connecticut d. in the 27th year of his age [91:173], Norton, Bristol County, MA [57:169; 129:214-5; 103:391]. He had been a Methodist preacher since 1793 on the Pittsfield MA, New London CT and Warren RI circuits [91:128, 143, 160], not in PA or NY as stated in Adams, nor was he the progenitor of the Jefferson County NY Priests [60:lxxx]. Charity, b. 18 July 1772, baptized 26 July 1772 \ldblquote in the North Parish of W. Simsbury [96:1:19]; m. Hamilton Bolles. Diana, b. 3 January 1775; m. James Dada, perhaps son of a Revolutionary War soldier, James Dada of Suffield CT [53:352]. Elizabeth, b. 25 March 1777; m. before 1796, Asa Smith, perhaps son of Richard Smith and Grace Moore of Lyme CT [85:1:64]. Merritt (male), b. 11 June 1779; is said to have removed to southern Ohio and died there. Polly, b. say 1781; m. a Mr. Hall and had two sons who were Methodist preachers. Sally, b. say 1782; d. Chateaugay; m. Benjamin Emmons. Aaron, b. 27 March 1784; disappeared ca. 1808-10; a merchant of Benson.

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