"John Merwin s of John and Mary (Welch) (Holbrook) …married/2 Sarah Beard …dau of Jeremiah & Martha (Pettit) and widow of Samuel Platt. Marriage agreement filed with John Merwin's will shows that he married Sarah Platt."
"Samuel Platt s of Joseph and Mary (Kellogg) … died New Milford, Conn. ca 1760 (see will). He married Sarah Beard who … married/2 John Merwin who died Bridgewater, Conn. 24 February 1784 ae 85 buried Bridgewater [1762] s of John and Hannah (Platt)."