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Edward was born on March 10th, 1679 in Rye, Westchester Co., New York.  Edward's father was Thomas II Merritt and his mother was Jane Sherwood.  His paternal grandparents were Thomas I Merritt and Susanna Cranniwell; his maternal grandparents were Thomas Sherwood and Alice Seabrook. He had nine brothers and four sisters, named John, Ephhraim, Joseph, Isaac, Samuel, Steven, Thomas, Mathew, Thomas III, Alice, Jane, Rose and Elizabeth.  He was the fifth youngest of the fourteen children.

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