Advertisement

Advertisement

Rebecca Merritt Robinson

Birth
Killingworth, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
Death
24 Aug 1863 (aged 83)
Orfordville, Rock County, Wisconsin, USA
Burial
Burial Details Unknown Add to Map
Memorial ID
View Source
Rebecca Merritt, dau. of Michael Merritt and Lucy Chittenden, b. Mar. 30 (bapt. May 2), 1780 at Killingworth, Conn. She d. Aug. 24, 1863 at Ordsville, Wisconsin. She was twice married.

In circa 1802 at Fair Haven, VT, Rebecca m. 1) Salmon Norton, Esq., s. of Josiah Norton and Rebecca Cogswell, b. circa 1782 at Berlin, Hartford County, Conn. He d. Jan. 7, 1813 after having five children b. at Fair Haven: Josiah Norton who d.y., Salmon Cogswell Norton, Lucy Maria (Norton) Richards, Glorvinia Emily (Norton) Keeler, and Josiah Norton.

On Mar. 25, 1819 at Fair Haven, Rebecca m. as his 2nd wife, John Williams Robinson, s. of Eliab Robinson and Lucy Richardson, b. Apr. 23, 1782 at Windham, Conn. He d. Jan. 31, 1863 at Ordsville, Wisconsin.

An extensive search by one of their descendants failed to find where in Ordsville Rebecca and her 2nd husband John W. Robinson are interred. They had three children who are outlined in the father's memorial.
Rebecca Merritt, dau. of Michael Merritt and Lucy Chittenden, b. Mar. 30 (bapt. May 2), 1780 at Killingworth, Conn. She d. Aug. 24, 1863 at Ordsville, Wisconsin. She was twice married.

In circa 1802 at Fair Haven, VT, Rebecca m. 1) Salmon Norton, Esq., s. of Josiah Norton and Rebecca Cogswell, b. circa 1782 at Berlin, Hartford County, Conn. He d. Jan. 7, 1813 after having five children b. at Fair Haven: Josiah Norton who d.y., Salmon Cogswell Norton, Lucy Maria (Norton) Richards, Glorvinia Emily (Norton) Keeler, and Josiah Norton.

On Mar. 25, 1819 at Fair Haven, Rebecca m. as his 2nd wife, John Williams Robinson, s. of Eliab Robinson and Lucy Richardson, b. Apr. 23, 1782 at Windham, Conn. He d. Jan. 31, 1863 at Ordsville, Wisconsin.

An extensive search by one of their descendants failed to find where in Ordsville Rebecca and her 2nd husband John W. Robinson are interred. They had three children who are outlined in the father's memorial.


Advertisement