Individuals marked with a red dot are direct ancestors of [Living] Merritt

Bostick (Bostwick), Eli (b. , d. AFT FEB 1790)

Event: Eli BOSTWICK
Type: AKA

Event: Tax Assesment
Type: Misc
Date: 1783
Place: Kent Co., MD

Event: was an executor to Martha MERRITT's will (his wife's mother)
Type: Documents
Date: 25 APR 1789

Event: named in his grandfater Cornelius Vansant's will
Type: Misc
Date: 4 FEB 1795
Place: Kent Co., MD

Event: Inherited £12 from grandfather Edward Beck
Type: Misc
Date: 23 AUG 1740

Event: was executor of his mother's (Martha MERRITT) will
Type: Documents
Date: 25 APR 1789

Event: Assessment of 1783
Type: LandDeal
Date: 1783
Place: Kent Co., MD

Event: inherited/wound up with 337a. of Godlington later known as The Maples
Type: Misc
Date: ABT 1827

Event: was named and placed with wife and child in Chancery Court records
Type: Court
Date: 17 JAN 1849
Place: Kent Co., MD

Event: sold her share of Godlington to her brothers
Type: LandDeal
Date: 1865

Event: purchased all of Godlington back from her brothers
Type: LandDeal
Date: 1880

Event: Sold Godlington to her three children
Type: LandDeal
Date: 1882

Event: purchased Wilmer's Mill House from John Whaland
Type: LandDeal
Date: 1880
Place: Kent Co., MD

Occupation: Possibly a clothes retailer
Date: 1878
Place: Kent Co., MD

Event: Type: Living
Date: 1878
Place: Kent Co., MD

Event: together with his brother James, purchased Godlington
Type: LandDeal
Date: 1865

Event: inherited "Stanaway", 130a. from his father
Type: Misc
Date: 1793
Place: Kent Co., MD

Event: Type: Military
Date: BET 1862 AND 1865
Place: the Federal (Union) Army

Occupation: mercantile business
Date: 8 years after leaving college
Place: Baltimore, Baltimore Co., MD

Occupation: lawyer; admitted to bar in 1845; studied under James Alfred Pearce
Date: BET 1845 AND 1849
Place: Chestertown, Kent Co., MD

Occupation: lumber business
Date: BET 1851 AND 1862
Place: Chestertown, Kent Co., MD

Event: in business of providing canvas tents for mining camps
Type: Misc
Date: BET 1849 AND 1851
Place: California