41025.Joseph Merritt. Born on 29 Mar 1729 in Scituate, MA.52 Joseph was baptized in the Second Church of Scituate, on 1 Mar 1730.335
24 Dec 1753 (Int.) Joseph married Mary Farnsworth in Leicester, MA.508
41026.Mary Merritt. Born ca 1730 in Scituate, MA. Mary was baptized in the Second Church of Scituate, on 11 Oct 1730.335
41027.Benjamin Merritt. Born ca 1732 in Scituate, MA. Benjamin was baptized in the Second Church of Scituate, on 2 Apr 1732.335
From Washburn’s Historical Sketches of Leicester:582 Benjamin Merritt came from Scituate; was a shoemaker, and lived a little west of the late Joseph Whittemore's. His wife's name was Sarah. They had Freelove, 1758; m. Phinehas Converse. Sarah, 1760. Abigail, 1775. He was a soldier in the French War in 1754.
On 28 Jan 1758 Benjamin married Sarah Blanchard in Brookfield, MA. Marriage intention published on 26 Nov 1757 at Rutland, MA.497