Merritt Purdy
- Married AMANDA SEARS on December 25, 1836.
- Died in 1873.
CHILDREN
- CHARLES E. PURDY, born December 31, 1837. Married MARY CHATFIELD on February 24, 1863.
- MARIA B. PURDY, born November 16, 1840. Married Dr. WASHINGTON F. PECK on September 8, 1865.
- CAROLINE PURDY, born April 17, 1842; died May 18, 1845.
- HIRAM J. PURDY, born January 18, 1847. Married EMMA R. ROBERTS on December 19, 1867.
SOURCE:
- The Descendants of Richard Sares (Sears) of Yarmouth, Mass., 1638-1888 by Samuel Pearce May, J. Munsell, Albany, 1890. Page 308