Hannah Merritt

NOTE: Hannah's gg-grandfather was William Furbish (Scottish Clan Forbes) who was the American immigrant for that family line. He was taken prisoner during the Battle of Dunbar (1650) by Cromwell's English forces, marched to London, and sold as a convict on the ship Unity. After arriving in Boston, he was indentured to the lumber mills in Kittery, Maine.

Hannah was a peaceful woman. As recorded in her local meeting house, she was a Quaker who kept the testimonies of peace, equality and simplicity. It is unknown whether she came to those beliefs before or after the early death of her first husband, John McDonald (married October 6, 1788), or the death of her Revolutionary War soldier second husband, Daniel Merritt (married 1795). What is known is that she lived during the tumultuous birthing of a new nation.

Obediah Allen and Mary Rideout Ingersoll Allen had eleven children, of whom Hannah was the sixth. As a parent herself, she and Daniel had three children, Isabel (1796), Anna (1798), and Rebecca Drisko (1806).

After being widowed a second time, she married Daniel's brother, William (before Apr 1808) with whom she had at least one child, Frances Eliza (1810). It is thought that she died between 1840 and 1850.* Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Apr 16 2023, 14:14:50 UTC