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About Jane Merritt
Not the daughter of Thomas “of Fairfield” Sherwood, Sr.
Biography
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Unknown-406302
Jane’s origins, parents and birth are unknown.
She was born About 1635 (Estimate based on presumed date of marriage) and died January 1685 in Rye, Westchester, New York.
Common Errors to Avoid
Incorrect LNAB: The wife of Thomas Merritt is sometimes said to be Elizabeth or Jane, a daughter of Thomas Sherwood. Merritt researchers have shown this to be incorrect and she is Jane Unknown. Furthermore, there is no evidence that Thomas Sherwood had a daughter Elizabeth in the parish records, his will, his wife's will, or estate records. This incorrect daughter has been disconnected from this profile.
Secondary sources which state she was Jane Sherwood are in error. This Jane was a generation too old to have married Thomas Merritt. There is no evidence as to her maiden name.
Incorrect Birth Date: She is often said to have been born 3 Dec 1636. No primary records have been found to support this date.
A number of secondary sources state that Thomas Merritt married "Jane, daughter of Thomas Sherwood of Stratford and his wife Alice Seabrook." This is a very confused statement. Thomas of Stratford married Sarah Seabrook, not Alice. Furthermore, he did not have a daughter Jane. If it was meant that she should be Jane daughter of Thomas Sherwood of Fairfield by his first wife Alice, Jane would have been way to old to have married Thomas Merritt (b. 1634). She has been disconnected from Thomas of Fairfield.
Mary was so much younger that Thomas was forced to publish the following notice:
"These are to give notice to all people to whom it may anyways concern, that I Thomas Merritt, senior of the town of Rye, do by these presents forewarne any person or persons whatsoever from entertaining my wife Mary Merritt..."
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Jane Merritt's Timeline
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1636
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| 1657 |
October 10, 1657
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Rye, Westchester, New York
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| 1660 |
January 1, 1660
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Rye, Westchester, New York
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| 1662 |
June 6, 1662
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Rye, Westchester, New York
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| 1664 |
April 5, 1664
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Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut
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| 1666 |
November 7, 1666
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Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut Colony
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| 1668 |
May 3, 1668
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Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut
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| 1670 |
January 31, 1670
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Rye, Province of New York
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| 1672 |
August 21, 1672
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Wetherfield, Hartford County, Connecticut Colony, (Present USA)
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