Merritt Family History
Merritt Name Meaning
habitational name from Merriott in Somerset, named in
Old English as ‘boundary gate’ or ‘mare gate’, from
(ge)m?re ‘boundary’ or miere ‘mare’ + geat
‘gate’.variant (as a result of hypercorrection) of
Marriott, or of Marryat, which is from a Middle English
personal name, Meryet, Old English M?rgeat,
composed of the element m?r ‘boundary’ + the tribal name
Geat (see Joslin).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Merritt
Name Distribution of Merritt Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Merritt families
 288 - 573  97 - 287 |
 1 - 96  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Merritt families
|
4 - 5 2 - 3 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Merritt Family Origin
Merritt Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Merritt Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
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Military Service by Merritt
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