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Aug 1687 Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts son of &nearr; John Merritt &searr; Elizabeth Pinson"><span itemprop="name">John Merritt</span></a></span> and <span itemprop="parent" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><a href="/wiki/Peakes-21" itemprop="url" title="Mother: b. 18 Apr 1692 Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony daughter of &nearr; William Peake &searr; Joan Unknown"><span itemprop="name">Hannah (Peakes) Merritt</span></a></span> </div>  <div class="VITALS">[sibling(s) unknown]</div> <div class="VITALS">Wife of <span itemprop="spouse" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a href="/wiki/Wade-4618" itemprop="url" title="husband b. 1714-12-14 Scituate, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay"><span itemprop="name"><strong>Issachar Wade</strong></span></a></span> — married 2 Apr 1751 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts<a href="https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts" target="_map"><img src="/images/icons/map.gif.pagespeed.ce.dRGS_qcAFb.gif" border="0" width="12" height="11" alt="map"></a> </div>  <span id="showHideDescendants" data-mid="12896956" class="button small" style="float:right; 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died at age 59">at age 59</span> in <strong><span itemprop="deathPlace" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Place"><span itemprop="name">Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States</span></span></strong><a href="https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States" target="_map"><img src="/images/icons/map.gif.pagespeed.ce.dRGS_qcAFb.gif" border="0" width="12" height="11" alt="map"></a> [uncertain]</div> <div class="SMALL" style="background-color:#ffe183;"> <span class="problemQuestionLink button small" data-mnamedb="Merritt-2238" style="float:right; clear:right; margin:2px; padding:3px;" title="Open Problems and Questions Guide">Problems/Questions</span> <span title="Managers care for the profile and lead the collaboration">Profile managers</span>: <a href="/wiki/Barber-3947" title="Click to visit Deborah's WikiTree profile">Deborah Barber</a> <a href="#" class="privateMessageLink" data-who="10828034" data-ref="13767340" rel="nofollow" title="Send a private message to Deborah about this profile"><img src="/images/icons/mail.gif.pagespeed.ce.Q4d4kzofWu.gif" border="0" width="15" height="11" alt="private message"/></a> [<a href="#" class="privateMessageLink" data-who="10828034" data-ref="13767340" rel="nofollow" title="Send a private message to Deborah about this profile">send private message</a>] and <a href="/wiki/Merritt-1144" title="Click to visit Kristin's WikiTree profile">Kristin Merritt</a> <a href="#" class="privateMessageLink" data-who="6729634" data-ref="13767340" rel="nofollow" title="Send a private message to Kristin about this profile"><img src="/images/icons/mail.gif.pagespeed.ce.Q4d4kzofWu.gif" border="0" width="15" height="11" alt="private message"/></a> [<a href="#" class="privateMessageLink" data-who="6729634" data-ref="13767340" rel="nofollow" title="Send a private message to Kristin about this profile">send private message</a>]</div> <div class="SMALL" style="background-color:#e1efbb;">Profile last modified <time itemprop="modifiedDate" datetime="2023-12-18">18 Dec 2023</time> | Created 25 Apr 2016</div><div class="SMALL" style="background-color:#eee;">This page has been accessed 271 times.</div> <div style="clear:both;"></div> <a name="Biography"></a><h2> <span class="mw-headline"> Biography </span></h2> <p>Thankful was born in 1729. She is the daughter of <a href="/wiki/Merritt-1496" title="Merritt-1496">John Merritt</a> and <a href="/wiki/Peakes-21" title="Peakes-21">Hannah Peakes</a>.<sup id="_ref-0" class="reference"><a href="#_note-0" title="">[1]</a></sup><sup id="_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#_note-1" title="">[2]</a></sup> </p><p>Thankful (21) married <b><a href="/wiki/Wade-4618" title="Wade-4618">Issachar Wade</a></b> (36) (born on December 14, 1714 in Scituate, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay; son of <a href="/wiki/Wade-7498" title="Wade-7498">Joseph Wade</a> and <a href="/wiki/Garrett-7778" title="Garrett-7778">Ruth (Garrett) Wade</a>) on April 2, 1751 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts.<sup id="_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#_note-2" title="">[3]</a></sup> </p><p>In 1789, her estate was set out to her children, John Wade (eldest son), Snell Wade, Hannah, wife of Richard Kilby, Thankful, wife of Zadock Damon, Elizabeth, wife of Nathaniel Elmes, Lucy Wade, and Nancy Wade.<sup id="_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#_note-3" title="">[4]</a></sup> </p> <a name="Sources"></a><h2> <span class="mw-headline"> Sources </span></h2> <ol class="references"><li id="_note-0"><a href="#_ref-0" title="">↑</a> Merritt, Douglas. Revised Merritt Records, Rhinebeck, New York, 1916 , Page 13.</li> <li id="_note-1"><a href="#_ref-1" title="">↑</a> Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (<a href="https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5NQ-NL8" class="external free" title="https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5NQ-NL8" rel="nofollow">https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5NQ-NL8</a> : 14 January 2020), Thankfull Merrit, 1729.</li> <li id="_note-2"><a href="#_ref-2" title="">↑</a> * <b>Marriage</b>: "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"<br/>citing Digital film/folder number: 007009271; FHL microfilm: 423512; Image number: 187; Packet letter: K; Indexing batch: I00792-2<br/>FamilySearch Record: <a href="https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHHB-C43" class="external text" title="https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHHB-C43" rel="nofollow">FHHB-C43</a> (accessed 14 November 2023)<br/>FamilySearch Image: <a href="https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L979-7X5B" class="external text" title="https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L979-7X5B" rel="nofollow">3QS7-L979-7X5B</a><br/>Thankfull Merritt marriage to Issicher Wade on 29 Dec 1750 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony.</li> <li id="_note-3"><a href="#_ref-3" title="">↑</a> "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (<a href="https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L97D-8ZZQ" class="external free" title="https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L97D-8ZZQ" rel="nofollow">https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L97D-8ZZQ</a> : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1785-1792 vol 30-31 > image 308-310 of 639; State Archives, Boston.</li></ol> <ul><li> Massachusetts, Town Vital Collections, 1620-1988, Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data - Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook). </li></ul> <ul><li> <a href="http://aleph0.clarku.edu/~djoyce/gen/scituate/partII3.html#MERRITT" class="external text" title="http://aleph0.clarku.edu/~djoyce/gen/scituate/partII3.html#MERRITT" rel="nofollow">Vital Records of Scituate, Massachusetts to 1850: Book II, Part 3</a> </li></ul> <br/><br/> <div class="wtad wtad-border wtad-mhapi " id="profileAdLeft" data-content="mhapi" data-mobile="0" data-lastname="Merritt" data-firstname="Thankful" data-gender="Female" data-utm_campaign="Wikitree_api_records_persons_profiles" data-classes="p-profile l-left" data-inline="0" data-footer="newsearch"></div> <br/><br/> </div> <div class="six columns"> <div class="box rounded row"> Is Thankful your ancestor? 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