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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Edith Merrick was born 21 Dec 1868, WI (daughter of Gordon Merrick and Celestia Annette Sheffield).

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Gordon Merrick was born Abt 1836, MI.

    Gordon married Celestia Annette Sheffield 5 Dec 1864. Celestia (daughter of Jeremiah Sheffield and Hannah Gardner Smith) was born 1 Nov 1839, NY. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Celestia Annette Sheffield was born 1 Nov 1839, NY (daughter of Jeremiah Sheffield and Hannah Gardner Smith).
    Children:
    1. Lucretia May Merrick was born 22 Aug 1866, WI.
    2. 1. Edith Merrick was born 21 Dec 1868, WI.
    3. George Gates Merrick was born 9 Jul 1871, WI; died Between 7 Feb 1891 and 1892.
    4. Eugene Roderick Merrick was born 31 Aug 1878, WI.


Generation: 3

  1. 6.  Jeremiah Sheffield was born 1 Dec 1801, Hancock, Berkshire Co., MA (son of Elisha or John Sheffield and Martha Remington); died 9 Jul 1874, Spring Prairie, Walworth Co., WI; was buried , Hickory Grove Cemetery, Spring Prairie, Walworth Co., WI.

    Notes:

    In the 1850 Federal Census, Jeremiah & Hannah are living at Ellisburgh, Jefferson Co., NY, with their four children; two others have died by then. Jeremiah is a farmer, age 48. His son Oscar, age 26, is shown as a merchant, while Daniel, 18, is "farming." The family is next door to Allen & Palmyra Remington and their two children, Lois 17 & Oscar 13. Even though he is younger, Allen Remington age 46 is actually Jeremiah's uncle, youngest brother of Jeremiah's mother, Martha (Remington) Sheffield.

    On 1 April 1860, Jeremiah & Hannah signed a deed selling a parcel of land to Gardner Marsh, Jr. This deed was written and witnessed by Edmund Remington, Justice of the Peace, and was recorded by the town clerk on 17 May 1860 at 2 PM. Edmund Remington was Jeremiah's first cousin, being a son of Jonathan Remington, brother of Jeremiah's mother Martha. The land defined in the deed had been previously bought by Martha (Remington) Sheffield on 8 March 1825, from the Wardwells and the Manns. It consisted of 71 acres, and was purchased by Martha for $599.60. When she died in August 1828, Jeremiah took possession of this land, and lived on it with his family from that time until he sold it in 1860. (A copy of this deed is recorded at Jefferson County, NY, Deed Book 142, pp. 335 & 336; a photocopy of these pages was kindly furnished by Mary Jones of Graeagle, CA, a descendant).

    Jeremiah married Hannah Gardner Smith 1823. Hannah (daughter of Willard Smith and Amy Gardner) was born 17 Nov 1803, MA; died 26 Jul 1898, Spring Prairie, Walworth Co., WI. [Group Sheet]


  2. 7.  Hannah Gardner Smith was born 17 Nov 1803, MA (daughter of Willard Smith and Amy Gardner); died 26 Jul 1898, Spring Prairie, Walworth Co., WI.
    Children:
    1. Oscar Smith Sheffield was born 12 Feb 1824, Mannsville, Jefferson Co., NY; died 23 Jan 1916; was buried , Hazel Ridge Cemetery, Elkhorn, Walworth Co., WI.
    2. Cordelia Sheffield was born 9 Apr 1826; died 1828.
    3. Martha Elizabeth Sheffield was born 7 Jun 1828, NY; died Aft 1 Jun 1880.
    4. Hannah Janette Sheffield was born 30 May 1830; died 1844.
    5. Daniel Jeremiah Sheffield was born 1 Mar 1833.
    6. 3. Celestia Annette Sheffield was born 1 Nov 1839, NY.


Generation: 4

  1. 12.  Elisha or John Sheffield

    Notes:

    Berkshire Probate Court records show that Martha Remington was married to and divorced from Elisha Sheffield. However, her son's death record names his father as John Sheffield. She may have married John, then he died, and Elisha married her.

    Elisha married Martha Remington Abt 1801. Martha (daughter of Allen Remington, I and Diadama Unknown) was born 1782, Hancock, Berkshire Co., MA; died Aug 1828, Mannsville or Ellisburgh, Jefferson Co., NY; was buried , Maplewood Cemetery, Ellisburgh, Jefferson Co., NY. [Group Sheet]


  2. 13.  Martha Remington was born 1782, Hancock, Berkshire Co., MA (daughter of Allen Remington, I and Diadama Unknown); died Aug 1828, Mannsville or Ellisburgh, Jefferson Co., NY; was buried , Maplewood Cemetery, Ellisburgh, Jefferson Co., NY.

    Notes:

    Berkshire Probate Court records show that Martha Remington was married to and divorced from Elisha Sheffield. However, her son's death record names his father as John Sheffield. She may have married John, then he died, and Elisha married her.

    Children:
    1. 6. Jeremiah Sheffield was born 1 Dec 1801, Hancock, Berkshire Co., MA; died 9 Jul 1874, Spring Prairie, Walworth Co., WI; was buried , Hickory Grove Cemetery, Spring Prairie, Walworth Co., WI.

  3. 14.  Willard Smith was born , Hancock, Berkshire Co., MA.

    Willard — Amy Gardner. Amy was born , Hancock, Berkshire Co., MA. [Group Sheet]


  4. 15.  Amy Gardner was born , Hancock, Berkshire Co., MA.
    Children:
    1. 7. Hannah Gardner Smith was born 17 Nov 1803, MA; died 26 Jul 1898, Spring Prairie, Walworth Co., WI.