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Dolly B Merritt Scranton

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Birth	:	1773 Newtown, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Death	:	1857 Seymour, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
Burial	:	Gordon Williams Memorial Lawn Cemetery, Aberdare, Cessnock City, Australia
Coordinate	:	-32.8474900, 151.3855300
Description	:	She was born in Newtown, Fairfield, Connecticut 1773. Her father John Merrit was a farmer. They lived on Pine Swamp now Tree) Hill Road, Huntingtown, Newtown, in a small cabin. Later it was called Merritt Hill for over one hundred years. It was wild boundary land, during the Revolutionary War. It was safer than living near the coast. The neighbors were her Aunts and Uncles. They started a school district called Bear Hills. Her mother Abigail Wheeler, had lived in Stratfield, and inherited the 48 acres they lived on from her father.... Read More	She was born in Newtown, Fairfield, Connecticut 1773. Her father John Merrit was a farmer. They lived on Pine Swamp now Tree) Hill Road, Huntingtown, Newtown, in a small cabin. Later it was called Merritt Hill for over one hundred years. It was wild boundary land, during the Revolutionary War. It was safer than living near the coast. The neighbors were her Aunts and Uncles. They started a school district called Bear Hills. Her mother Abigail Wheeler, had lived in Stratfield, and inherited the 48 acres they lived on from her father. Her brother Abijah Merritt was born in 1775 in Newtown. She married Emmascus Emmons Scranton 12 January, 1808, in Derby, New Haven, Connecticut. They had three children all born in Derby: Nelson Scranton born 2 Oct 1808. Abigail Ann Scranton (m. Isaac Downs) born 1810 Bennett Scranton born 22 Apr 1815 Her husband Emmons Scranton died about 19 October 1819 in Derby. She lived with Abigail Ann Downs and family and died in Seymour in 1857. She was aged about 84.

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Dolly B Merritt Scranton's memorial is located at: Gordon Williams Memorial Lawn Cemetery, Aberdare, Cessnock City, Australia.
When did Dolly B Merritt Scranton death?
Dolly B Merritt Scranton death on 1857 in Seymour, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
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Latitude: -32.8474900
Longitude: 151.3855300

Family Members:

Parent

Spouse

Emmons Scranton

(unknow - unknow)

Siblings

Children

Abigail Ann Scranton Downs

(1810 - 1886)

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