• Born: 1817, Hamden CT
• Marriage (1): Mary Gertrude Potter on 20 Jan 1842
• Died: 16 Dec 1896

  General notes:

Silverplater

  Events in his life were:

• He worked circa 1845 as a silverplater in Bridgeport CT
  Listed in the 1849 New England Mercantile Union Business Directory with a shop on Main Street.

• He appeared on the 1850 census taken at Bridgeport CT, listed as a plater.

• He appeared on the 1860 census taken at Bridgeport CT, listed as a silverplater.

Merritt married Mary Gertrude Potter on 20 Jan 1842. (Mary Gertrude Potter was born on 5 Sep 1819 in Hamden CT and died on 16 Jun 1863.)