Note spelling of surname on grave marker: "Marriett." It's listed under "Merritt" in Findagrave, as it's the most common variation found in records and most likely to be found by people researching this family.
Note spelling of surname on grave marker: "Marriett." It's listed under "Merritt" in Findagrave, as it's the most common variation found in records and most likely to be found by people researching this family.
Inscription
Michael Marriett
Died August
the 18, 1815
in the 78th
year of
his age
Tis but a few whose days amount
To three score years and ten:
And all beyond that short account
Is sorrow toil and pain.
Gravesite Details
Michael's wife, Lucy Chittenden's grave is beside his, and facing their graves is the tombstone of daughter-in-law Polly Ann Merritt, wife of their son, Peter Merritt.
