John (2) MERRITT
- Born: Abt 1625, Scituate, MA
- Marriage (1): Elizabeth Wyborne in 1688
- Died: 1 Mar 1676-1677, Scituate, MA about age 51
General Notes:
The first to bear the name in America, first mentioned in the early records of Plymouth colony as one of the three who built houses on land in Scituate, which was the earliest township or congregation to separate from Plymouth. He is supposed to have been there in 1626, and may have come over with Hatherly in 1623. Goodwin, in his history, speaks of the three earliest settlers of Scituate as Nathaniel Tilden, Henry Merritt and Thomas Byrd. Bayliss in his Historical memoirs, speaks of the same three.
References (from Mary Dawkins)
Deane’s History of Scituate MA
Boston Transcript 1898 to 1902
New England Historical & Genealogical Register volumes 19 & 33
Bowman’s- Mayflower descendents, vols 1, 2, 9, 11. Published Boston 1903
Ninth Report of Record Commissioners of Boston Births
Lowell’s, and Munsey-Hopkins Genealogy, Published Boston 1920
New England General Register- Vital Statistics of Scituate
M erritt Family Bible
Bagley Family Bible
Mass. Soldiers and Sailors in the Revolutionary War, vol. 10 page 688
Noted events in his life were:
• Occupation: Ship builder Scituate, MA.
• Education: Congregationalist.
John married Elizabeth Wyborne, daughter of Thomas Wyborne and Elizabeth Unknown, in 1688. (Elizabeth Wyborne was born in 1637 in Boston, MA.)
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