Desire Merethew 
Desire was born in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts.1 Desire's father was Jonathan Merrihew Merchew and her mother was Sarah Almy. Her maternal grandparents were Christopher Almy and Elizabeth Cornell. She had nine brothers and four sisters, named Thomas, Timothy, Elias, Jonathan, Samuel, John, Jeremiah, Roger, Job, Grace, Mary, Susannah and Dinah. She had two half-brothers and two half-sisters, named William, Christopher, Elizabeth and Rebecca Rebekah.-
Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.~ 1662 in Leicestershire, England d.~ 1701 in Portsmouth, RI
- b.2 MAR 1718/19 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts
- b.~ 1637 in South Kilworth, Lcstr, Eng. d.30 JAN 1712/13 in Portsmouth, Newport, RI
- b.14 Apr 1662 in Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island d.1708 in Dartmouth, MA
- b. in <, , , England>
- b.~ 1565 in Bumstead Tower, Essex, England d.22 Jun 1631 in Bumstead Tower, Essex, England
- b. in <, , , England> d.7 MAR 1566/67 in Terling,,England
- b.24 MAR 1593/94 in Fairstead, Manor, Essex, England d.8 FEB 1655/56 in Cornell Homestead, Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island
- b.1567 in Of, Essex, England d. in , , England
- b.15 JAN 1636/37 in Saffron Walden, Essex, England d.~ 1708 in (Cornell Website)
- b.1574 in Of St. James, Clerkenwell, Essex, England d.14 Aug 1625 in St James, Clerkenwell, London, England
- b.25 Oct 1600 in London, Middlesex, England d.8 FEB 1672/73 in Portsmouth (or Cornell), Newport, RI
- b.~ 1577 in Of, London, London, England d.< 1662 in , , England
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‌Desire and Benjamin were married in a religious ceremony on June 23rd, 1737 in , Dartmouth, , MA..1
1 RossBonny.FTW
Further sources/citations:
Ancestral File (TM), Rcornell.ged, JSWing.FTW, JSWing.FTW, JSWingJan99.FTW
Further sources/citations:
Ancestral File (TM), Rcornell.ged, JSWing.FTW, JSWing.FTW, JSWingJan99.FTW
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