Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882 )was an American poet and essayist. His daughter married Deane Merrill's 11th cousin four times removed, as follows:Richard Warren (1580-1628)abijklm m. Elizab. _____ (1583-1673)abijklmn Elizabeth Warren (1616/17-1669/70)aijkl Sarah Warren (aft.1614-1676)bn Caleb Church (1646-1722)ai Sarah Warren Cooke (1635-aft.1712/13)bn Rebecca Church (1678-1757)ai Thomas Hathaway (1664-69 - 1748)bn Prudence Warren (1709-1764)ahi Jethro Hathaway (1720-abt.1805)bn Constantine Hardy (1736/37-1777)ag Stephen Hathaway (1743/44-1825)bn Constantine Hardy (1767-1842)ag Stephen Hathaway (1775-1821/22)bmn Sarah Flagg Hardy (1799-1889)ag Sarah Swain Hathaway (1813-1900)bm Almina M. Barnard (1822-1924)ad William Hathaway Forbes (1840-1897)bm Helen Maude Howard (1840-1893)adf Charles Arthur Merrill (1875-1968)acd Deane Whitney Merrill (1908-1987)acde Deane Whitney Merrill Jr. (1938-)ac Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)bm Edith Emerson (1841-1929)bm m. William Hathaway Forbes (1840-1897)bm
a. GENDEX database dwmerrill or GENSERV database mern6na. Host: Deane Merrill, merrill@crocker.com. Author: Jonathan Merrill, jonmerrill@aol.com.
b. GENDEX database dbingham. Author: Douglas K. Bingham dkbingham@compuserve.com.
c.Personal recollection, Jonathan Merrill, jonmerrill@aol.com.
d."Memoranda on My Family and Their Relatives" by Charles A. Merrill, c.1955 (included in "The Ancestors and Descendants of Deane Whitney Merrill and Harriet Mary Ray" by Deane Whitney Merrill, 1975, 1976, 1977).
e.handwritten account of wedding by Deane Whitney Merrill (1908-1987).
f.Marriage Certificate, dated June 25, 1859 at Deerfield, Massachusetts (given to Jonathan A. Merrill by second cousin Mary Gay Talcott in 1995).
g.Barnard Family research by David Evans, New Canaan, Connecticut, 1975.
h."The Ancestors and Descendants of Deane Whitney Merrill and Harriet Mary Ray" compiled by Deane W. Merrill, 1975, 1976, 1977 (data attributed to Robert L. Ward).
i."Mayflower Families in Progress - Richard Warren of the Mayflower" compiled by Robert S. Wakefield, 4th Edition, 1991, published by the General Society of Mayflower Descendants.
j. GENDEX database 19412157. Author: Hugh A. Zorger, haz157@worldnet.att.net.
k. GENDEX database sdinsur. Author: Doug Conway, daconway@bconnex.net.
l. GENDEX database jmurphy1. Author: Jeff Murphy, kybiog@starbase21.com.
m. (FORBES): "Genealogical Index of the John Murray Forbes Family 1740 - 1968", by Edith Webster Gregg, revised March 1978 by Edith W. Gregg and March 1988 by Florence Forbes Locke. Privately printed. [Abbrev. in ref. b as "GI-JMF-F" or "JMF"].
n. (FORBES, EMERSON, HATHAWAY, HASKINS, JACKSON, LAIGHTON, RHYMES, STOWELL, CORY): Handwritten pedigree filled in on a standard pedigree form by Rosamond Forbes Pickhardt; a typewritten index accompanying this chart appears to include all individuals and has some biographical and other information. This chart gives nearly all ancestors of Rosamond to about 10 generations; some lines go much further back (one goes to William the Conqueror). No source information is given. [abbrev. in ref. b as "Ros's pedigree"].
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