Isaac Merritt

1802 - 1853  (50 years)

• Name	Isaac Merritt
  Birth	30 Oct 1802	Metuchen, Middlesex, New Jerssy
  Gender	Male
  Death	2 Jun 1853	Niagra county, New York
  Burial	Somerset, Niagra, New York
  Person ID	I46621	Scudder
  Last Modified	5 Mar 2013

  
  

  Father	Shubal Samuel Merritt,   b. 1765, Massachusetts d. 10 Nov 1828, Somerset, Niagra, New York (Age 63 years)
  Mother	Phebe Sophia Scudder,   b. 10 Nov 1767, Rahway, Union, New Jersey d. 11 Jun 1855, Newfane, Niagara, New York (Age 87 years)
  Marriage	25 May 1800	Metuchen, Middlesex, New Jerssy
  Family ID	F16592	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Delilah Wisner,   b. 27 Aug 1813, Olcott, Niagra, New York d. 18 Apr 1899, Olcott, Niagra, New York (Age 85 years)
  Marriage	29 Sep 1830
  Children	1. Phoebe Caroline Merritt,   b. 4 Sep 1831, New York d. 11 Apr 1835, New York (Age 3 years)   2. Isaac Elmer Merritt,   b. 11 May 1839, New York d. 9 Nov 1919 (Age 80 years)   3. Harvey Alverson Merritt,   b. 29 Nov 1848, Newfane, Niagra, New York d. 25 Mar 1850, New York (Age 1 year)   4. Harvey Merritt
  Family ID	F16599	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2024

  
  

• Notes

  In 1816-1823, Isaac was apprenticed to a tanner in New Jersey. He came to Niagara County in 1823 but returned to buy and sell the business in Metuchen, New Jersey. Isaac, though a farmer, gave more attention to buying and selling property after he had improved it. In the course of his married life, he built and sold and lived on many farms in Niagara County and even went to Michigan with his family in 1836, to Calhoun County, where he bought a half section of land, expecting to divide it up and sell. In 1837, 60 acres of which were deeded to his brother, Shubal, in consideration of $1,000.