Re: Guild & Merchant Families
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In reply to:
GUILD family tree
Marcia Kuder 10/29/04
1880 census - Grant, St. Clair Co., Michigan
Enumeration District # 376, page 223D
Price Guilds, 51, b. Canada, father b. CT, mother b. Canada, Farmer.
Abigail, wife, 48, b. Canada, father b. Canada, mother b. Ireland, Keeping House.
Julius, son, 20, b. Michigan, at home
Phebe, daughter, 15, b. Michigan, at home
Ann Anger, mother-in-law, 70, b. Ireland, both parents b. Ireland
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1880 census - Berlamont, Van Buren Co., Michigan
Enumeration District # 209, page 394A
Judson Merchant, 27, b. Mich., father b. ME, mother b. NY, Miller.
Sarah, wife, 24, b. Canada, both parents b. Vermont
Archie, son, 3, b. Michigan
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1870 census - Grant, St. Clair Co., Michigan
Page 214
Dennis Merchant, 46, b. ME, Farmer
Martha, wife, 43, b. NY, Keeping House
Newton, son, 21, b. Michigan, works on farm
Judson, son, 18, b. Michigan, works on farm
Franklin, son, 16, b. Michigan, works on farm
Ida, daughter, 17, b. Michigan, attending school
Charles, son, 10, b. Michigan, attending school
Fred, son, 1, b. Michigan
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1860 census - Burtchville, St. Clair Co., Michigan
D.D. Merchant, 24, b. Maine, Farmer
Martha, wife, 22, b. NY
Newton, 10, b. Michigan
Judson, 7, b. Michigan
Franklin, 6, b. Michigan
Ida, 2, b. Michigan
Charles, 3 months, b. Michigan
Andrew ROSS, 19, b. Canada, Farm laborer
and next door:
Price Giles, 29, b. Michigan, Farmer
Abbie, wife, 29, b. Michigan
Sarah, 4, b. Michigan
Julia, 1, b. Michigan(I think this should be Julius)
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1850 census - Burtchville, St. Clair Co., Michigan
Page 234
Dennis Merchant, 25, b. Maine, Farmer
Martha A., 23, b. NY
Newton, 1, b. Michigan
John D., 24, b. Maine, Laborer
Mary BISHOP, 8, b. England
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Dennis D. Merchant, b. Sept. 16, 1824, Farmington, ME, died Oct. 17, 1886, Grant, Michigan.Son of James S. Merchant and Olive Davis.Buried Harmony Cemetery, Grant, Michigan.
Married Martha Anne Peckham on Sept. 14, 1848, the daughter of Stephen & Ruth Peckham.
James Sprowell Merchant, b. 1778, Edgartown, Martha's Vineyard, Mass., died April 12, 1864 in Grant, Michigan.The son of Peter Marchant & Elizabeth Dunham.He married Olive Davis on June 28, 1812 in Farmington, ME.She was born May 22, 1791 on Martha's Vineyard, Mass.
Peter Marchant, b. 1746, Edgartown, Martha's Vineyard, Mass., the son of Cornelius Marchant & Mary Pease.Married Elizabeth Dunham on May 4, 1786 in Edgartown, Mass.She was born 1765 in Edgartown, Mass.Peter Marchant served in the Revolutionary War in defense of the Sea Coast.
Peter Marchant, Private, Lot Crowell's Co., Col. Nathaniel Freeman's regiment, service 13 days on the alarm at Dartmouth & Falmouth, Sept. 1778.(from Massachusetts Soldiers & Sailors in the Revolution, page 221)
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Price Guild, b. 1829 Canada, son of Julius Guild & Margaret Brisbin Mallory.Married Abigail Anger.
Julius Guild & Margaret Mallory, both of Yonge, Leeds Co., Ontario, married by banns on April 14, 1825.Marriage service performed by William Smart, minister of the Presbytarian congregation, Brockville, Elizabethtown, Upper Canada.Witnesses:Silvester Patterson & Price Mallory
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Julus Guild, b. July 26, 1806, Milton, Conn., died July 28, 1884.The son of Timothy Guild and Parna Plumb.
Timothy Guild, b. Oct. 21, 1779, Milton, Conn., died Dec. 25, 1838, Mallorytown, Ontario.Son of Jeremiah Guild and Hannah Hale.Married Parna Plumb (b. May 25, 1783 in Milton, Conn.)
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I think you're going to have trouble tracing that name Guild.I've seen variations in the census reports such as Guilds, Guild, Giles, Gile, etc.And the name Merchant changes to Marchant when you get back to your Revolutionary ancestor, Peter Marchant.