Mary Baker "Polly" Hart

Brief Life History of Mary Baker "Polly"

When Mary Baker "Polly" Hart was born on 6 September 1762, in Charleston, South Carolina, British Colonial America, her father, Rev Oliver Hart, was 39 and her mother, Sarah Breece, was 41. She married Benjamin Merrill on 11 January 1789, in Hopewell, Mercer, New Jersey, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She died about 1801, at the age of 40.

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Family Time Line

Benjamin Merrill
1759–
Mary Baker "Polly" Hart
1762–1801
Marriage: 11 January 1789
Sarah Hart Merrill
1789–1832
John McIver Merrell
1790–1859
Nathaniel Wilson Merrill
1794–
Martha Bonneau Merrill
1798–
Anna Maria Gilchrist Merrill
1801–1834

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    Name Meaning

    English and North German: nickname from Middle English hert (Old English heorot), Middle Low German hërte, harte ‘hart, stag’, perhaps for a quick-footed or timorous individual.

    German: variant of Hardt 1 and 2. It is also found in France (Alsace and Lorraine).

    Jewish (Ashkenazic): artificial name or nickname from German and Yiddish hart ‘hard’.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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