Dirck (Richard) Marlatt
1744–c. 1820
Baptised 1 January 1744 at Readington, New Jersey, son of Dirck Marlett and Jannetje Schamp. A weaver. He married his cousin Nelly Marlatt in 1772, moved to Berkeley County, Virginia, about 1784–86 and to Coshocton County, Ohio, by 1809, where he died about 1820.
Life events
| Baptised | 1 January 1744 | Readington, Hunterdon County, New Jerseyin the Dutch Reformed church book of the congregation at North Branch |
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| Married | 23 November 1772 | Hunterdon County, New Jerseylicence to marry Nelly (Pieternelle) Marlatt |
| Residence | 1781–84 | Readington, Hunterdon County, New Jerseya customer of the Grandin fulling mill; cloth for his brothers Gideon and George was delivered to his house in 1784 |
| Tax list | 1787 | Berkeley County, Virginiaas Derreck Merbett, with 3 horses and 1 cow |
| Residence | 22 December 1809 | Coshocton County, Ohiofirst entry as “Ritchard Melelat Senior” in James Miskimen’s account book; he paid in weaving, and from 1816 wove to pay the rent of the place he lived on |
| Died | between 7 January and August 1820 | probably Coshocton County, Ohiohis last purchase was on 7 January; Abraham Merlatt settled the account in August |
Research note: two Richards in Berkeley County
Dirck and Richard are the same name. From 1787 there were two Richard Marlatts in Berkeley County, Virginia: this man, and his nephew Richard (born about 1762–65), son of his brother Abraham. Older research merged them into one man with two wives, which is how the Ohio family of his grandson John Marlatt came to be attached to the wrong Richard.
In February 1852 Lewis Vail wrote that he had met the wife of Richard Marlatt in Coshocton County, “where she lived and died, perhaps about 1818. She had but one child, Abraham Marlatt, who died there also, leaving several children.”
Source: William P. Marlatt, Family of Abraham and Mary (Maple) Marlatt of New Jersey, Virginia and Ohio (30 September 2019).