Green Family Cemetery
(Town of Ledyard - Cayuga County, NY) #103
Cemetery 3/4 west of Poplar Ridge , back of old church , east of Beatty Farm.
GREEN , Jonathan from Jamestown , Conn. 1775-1843 Abigail Earle , w of " , of Newport , R.I. 1769-1843 MERRITT , John d. June 9, 1858 ae 84y/4m Sarah Ann d. Nov. 11, 1860 ae 87 yrs. UNDERHILL , Abel d. Nov. 6 , 1849 ae 86y/6m
( From the article read before the Cayuga County Historical Society Mar.
9, 1880 entitled " Early History of Friends in Cayuga County , N.Y. " written
by Miss Emily Howland:
" John and Sarah Ann Merritt , well remembered by the community of which they were respected members for many years , came from Dutchess Co. in the spring of 1825 , bringing three sons and four daughters . they established themselves a mile east of Poplar Ridge ).
( Also , in the appendix to the above article:
" From 1808 to 1821 the following members were added to Scipio Monthly Meeting of Friends: ............
1812.....Rhode Island : Jonathan and Abigail Green and seven children-Sarah,
Abigail, Anna, David , William, Joseph and Jacob............
1818.....Amawalk: Abel and Phebe Underhill.......
Thanks to Linda Brinkman for transcribing the information on this page into a digital format.