DeMerritt Family Papers, 1726-1982
- Title:
- DeMerritt Family Papers, 1726-1982
- Creator:
- DeMerritt family
- Accession / Call Number:
- 1996.134
- Object ID:
- 1996.134
- Date:
- 1726-1982
- Physical Description:
- 19 boxes
- Scope and Content:
- The DeMerritt Family Papers, 1726 to 1982, consist of the papers of the DeMerritts of Madbury, NH, and their related families. Included are correspondence, genealogy, legal documents, receipts, deeds, account books, and military papers of a number of DeMerritt family members, including John DeMerritt (1728-1826), John DeMerritt (1762-1846), Ebenezer Thompson DeMerritt (1772-ca. 1863), Hopley DeMerritt (1792-1834), Elizabeth DeMerritt Hanson (1824-1911), and Ezra E. DeMerritt (1824-1890), among others. Items of note include Madbury, NH, town papers, including vital records and inventories of early settlers; papers of Ebenazar Demerritt, which relate to New Hampshire witch trials; and a diary of John DeMerritt, which lists the number of casualties at the Batttle of Bunker Hill.
- Locations:
- Madbury, NH
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Lane Woodworth Goss and Georgia Goss Drew in memory of Jennie Maybelle DeMerritt and Winifred Lane Goss.
- Restrictions:
- Available for research.
- Level Description:
- Collection
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