Abraham Merritt

Other Events:

• Census: 1840, Clear Creek Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States
• Census: 1850, Clear Creek Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States; as Abram Merritt, farmer, head of household
• Census: 1860, Clear Creek Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States; as Abraham Merritt, farmer and potter, head of household

Notes:

In 1818 Abraham Merritt became guardian of Samuel Homan, aged 19, an orphaned nephew of Joanna (Homan) Merritt. Samuel was a son of Frederick Homan, deceased, a brother of Joanna. Samuel chose Abraham Merritt to be his guardian.

Abraham and Rebecca (Hormell) Merritt raised a number of orphaned children including nephews and nieces:
A child named Ross.

Sarah Hudson, granddaughter of Abraham Merritt. She was an orphaned daughter of Moses and Sarah Jane (Merritt) Hudson.

John Allen, 1832- and Mary Ellen Allen, 1835- . they were orphaned children of Kirby Allen and his wife Matilda (Hormell) Allen, who was Rebecca's sister. Kirby Allen was a witness to the 1830 will of Henry Hormell, Rebecca.

Dewitt Clinton Norton "Clint", 1825-1912, orphaned at the age of five, son of Joseph Norton, a freighter between Ohio and Baltimore, and his wife Anna Hormell, a sister of Rebecca. [Source: Jack T. Hutchinson, "A Quaker Migration to Southwestern Ohio", (March 1996), pg. 9,10]

Abraham married Joanna Homan on 29 Jun 1815 in Warren County, Ohio, United States. Joanna was born on 17 Jul 1785; died on 15 Jun 1825; was buried in Jun 1825 in Warren County, Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Abraham married Rebecca Hormell on 20 Jul 1826 in Warren County, Ohio, United States. Rebecca (daughter of Henry Hormel and Eleanor Lee) was born on 2 Dec 1793 in Pennsylvania, United States; died on 19 Feb 1872 in Clear Creek Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States; was buried in Feb 1872 in Warren County, Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Henry Hormel Merritt was born on 23 Nov 1827 in Ohio, United States; died on 23 Mar 1906 in North Manchester, Indiana, United States; was buried on 26 Mar 1906.
2. Matilda Hormell Merritt was born in 1833 in Ohio, United States; died in 1880.
3. Elizabeth Emily Merritt was born in 1832 in Ohio, United States; died on 13 Mar 1900 in Lebanon, Warren County, Ohio, United States; was buried in Mar 1900 in Lebanon, Warren County, Ohio, United States.
4. Milton Merritt was born on 9 Oct 1835; died in 1836.
5. John Lee Merritt was born on 6 Oct 1836 in Ohio, United States; died on 27 Apr 1909 in Franklin, Warren County, Ohio, United States; was buried in Apr 1909 in Franklin, Warren County, Ohio, United States.