NYRICHMO-L Archives

Archiver > NYRICHMO > 1999-10 > 0940001088


From: <>
Subject: [NYRICHMO-L] Rufus King MERRELL
Date: Fri, 15 Oct 1999 11:24:48 EDT


This is especially for my MERRELL cousin, Bill Richards, and other
researchers:

Recently I listened to Lenny Lopate on WNYC radio (NPR) interview the author
of DUEL, a non-fiction account of Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton's duel.
This writer (last name Fleming) talked about early 19th century politics and
mentioned a US Senator from NY, Rufus KING.

This name rang a bell. And it may for Bill, too, because I had found the
marriage record of
bridegroom:
Rufus King MERRELL, 23, b. Hampton VA, living in Mariners' Harbor, SI
cooper, parents: John MERRELL and Sarah DECKER

town records, #64, 5 Sep 1882
bride:
Lizzie Cordelia DE HART, 21, b./living in Mariners' Harbor
parents: Henry DE HART, Gertrude E JONES

Originally when I found this record, I wondered where the "King" came from
and thought about maiden names. But learning there was a prominent citizen
named Rufus KING has opened my eyes to this possibility. It's an interesting
avenue of research into the mind of an ancestor. Senator Rufus KING was a Jeff
ersonian. And if Rufus King MERRELL were my ancestor I could learn more about
the people who named him by researching the Senator he was named for.

Keep this in mind!
Cheers!
Holly Tooker

This thread: