MERRILL MEMORIAL - Seeking my Roots

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MERRILL MEMORIAL

AN ACCOUNT OF THE DESCENDANTS OF NATHAl'IIIEL JV\ERRILL,

AN EARLY SETTLER OF NEWBURY, MASSACHUSETTS

'By SAMUEL MERRILL

CAMBRIDGE, MASS.

1917-1928

T!zi., coP.i- i,; {}\(umber Thirteen. II is .~iDen lo

Wes tern Reserve Historical Society

Preface

ITH regard· to this work I enter­tain no illusions. It is in­complete, but it will save from possible oblivion the re~ords of early generations which could not again be easily gathered,

and it will assist many to determine their own lines of descent. Further­more, I make no confession of fail­ure. Intermittently for many years, as I have had leisure, I have stud­ied the family history, but at no time have I undertaken the compila­tion of a genealogy more complete than that-herewith presented.

. . This work was multi graphed as follows: · Page·s 159 to

289 in 1917; pages 1 to 152 in 1921-22; pages 291 to 412 in 1925; pages 413 to 644 in 1927. In May, 1917, I gave partial copies of this work, comprising the record of the first four generations of the family in America (pages 159 to 289), to the library of the New England Historic Genea­logical Society, the New York Public Library, the Newberry Library of· Chicago and the library of the Cali1·ornia Gene­alogical Society. In each case I requested readers to send corrections and additions to me. The fact that in ten years no material errors or omissions have been brought to my notice is evidence of the substantial completeness of that portion of this work.

For the faults of this work I can offer few excuses. I have done the typewriting, illustrating and printing as best I could, without assistance, also without instruction in drawing, and without ev~n an apprentice's training in a printing office. The standard of accuracy, however, is probably higher than it would have been if I had sought the clerical and rr.i~chanical assistance of persons unfamil­iar with the subject-matter·.

Many books of family history published within the past thirty years are disintegrating on the library shelves

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owing to the presence of an excessive amount of wood pulp in the paper on which they are printed. In some such books aniline i~.ks have been employed, and the text is fading owing to action of sunlight. In this book the best linen record paper has been used, and the ink after six months' uninterrupted exposure to sun and rain has shown no loss of color.

No copies of this book have been sold, and none will be sold. Copies, for public use, will be given to about twenty libraries, including the following:

New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston Boston Publi~ Library Maine Historical Society, Portland New Ha:npshire Historical Society, Concord Connecticut State Library, Hartford New York Public Library Library of' Congr·ess, Washii:.gton Western Reserve Historical society, Cleveland Newberry Library, r.hicago Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison Minnesota Historical Sor.iety, St. Paul Missouri Historical Society, Kansas City California Genealogical Society, San Francisco Los Angeles Publi~ Library

In the copies deposited in the library of the New England Histori~ Genealogi,::al Sor:iety and t.he New York Public Library I shall probably make corrections and ad­tiiti'Jns not entered in othe:r· r.opies.

Cambridge, Mass. 1 Feb. 1928.

Contents

PART I--ElSTORlCl:.L

Chap. Pag~ I Three Students of the Family History

Rev. samuel-R. Merril.l. ··············•-H••·••o••······ 1 Gyles ~!er-rill ······-·-···---···· .. ··-·--·· ... -._-··-·-· ;J ... L ~ 'l.Jf • 11 , -::: ~en. ew1s merrl. - ...... ••·········-··········· ... · .. -·•····.. ~

II Merrill: the Name and Its Variations ......... 17

lII English Origin of the !Aerrill Fat1ily ......... 2B

IV .The Wills of Three Jahr. Merrells .................. ~2

V Wherstead, a Parish in Suffolk ...................... 48

V! Newbury in tt .. e Seventeenth Century .............. 55

VII Nathanieli of Newbury and His Sons .............. 66 Nathaniel: ........ ~···················································-·· 74 J or..n 2

.••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••.•• ···············-··-·······.. .. .......... 7S Abrahan: 2

. ··································•·u• ............................. SS Danielz ···································••H••······--······················ 91 .A.bel 2 •·H••······················· ............................. _ ................ 97

VIII Johnf Merrill o:f Newb~ry ······••ou---•················-· 102

ll A Few Questions of Heraldry ............................ 107

X Merrill as a Place-Name ..................................... ll 7

XI Some Eightee~th Century Migrations ........... 125

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Introdu~ ti or: ................. - ............. H•···················-······ 15-5

First Gene rat ion ............................... - .. ·•···············-· 159

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T:ti..ird Generation ························-·····-·---···-········ 173

Fourth Generation . ·····-··-···-···················-········-·· 211

Fifth Generation··-····-·····················-····-···-···-······ 291

Sixth and Later Generations Descendants of .Nathaniel 2

.•••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 413 Descendants of John

2 ·······--·-·····-····-················ 451

Descendants of. k.braham 2

······-························· 501 Descendants of Daniel 2

.••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 513 Descendants of .Abel 2

.•.••.••••••.••••.••••••••••••••••••••••• 561

Some Unconnected Lines ·················-····,·················· 637

Index Christian Names of Merrills.···········-·-······· '547 Fla~es ( blue paper) .......................................... 677 Family Names ····-······································-············ 693

nzustrations

Page In; tial. ................................................................................................ 111 Autograph, Rev. Samuel-H. Merrill (1805-1873) ......... 1 wtograph. Gyles Merrill ( 1816-1694) ............................... S. Old Parsonage, North Parish, Haverhill, Mass.......... 6 Desk of Rev. Gyles Merrill ( 1739-1801) .......................... 9 Gyles Merrill (1816-1894), silhouette ........................... 10 Autograph, Gen. Lewis Merrill (1834-1896) .................. : 13 Autograph, John Merell, 1600 ................................................ 33 Wherstead and Vicinity, map .................................................... ~9 Parish Church, Wherstead, England....................................... 49 View Down the Orwell ................................................................... 51 Landing Place, Newbury, Mass. ............................................... 55 Newbury and Vicinity, map ........................................................ 58 Monument to First Settlers, Newbury ................................. 57 View froc Oldtown Hill, Newbury ......................... facing 60 Cc:1.pe Merrill, Newbury .................................................................. 6 4 Will of Nathaniel,,· Merrill ...................................... facing 70 J...utograph, John 2 ~errill ............................................................ 84 Autograph, Abraham 2 Merrill...................................................... 90 A. Genealogical Teaspoon ··························································-· 92 Autograph, Daniel2 Merrill ....................................................... 96 Autograph, Johns ?.ierrill ........................................................... 105 Six Coats of Arms ................................................................... 107-115 Pewter Spoon and Mould, "J• Merrill" ................................. 136 Merrill House, 1..ndover, Me •.................................................... 151 Initial ................................................................................................... 153 Tombstone of Maj. Abel ?.ierrill, New Hartford .......... 184 .b..utogra~h, Re:v. Gyles Merrill .............................................. 362 Autograph, Stevens Merrill ( 1731-1804) .......................... 375 Autograph, Rev. David Merrill (1798-1850) .................. 436 Hartford and Vicinity, map ..................................................... 452 Autograph, .b..bel Merrill (1776-1857) ................................. 531 Autograph, Moses Merrill ( 1776-1864) .............................. 545 Birthplace of Rev. Daniel Merrill, G-eorgetown ....... 573 Home of Benjal!lin Merrill, Hudson, N.H •.......................... 578

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CHAPTER I

_ Three Students · of the Family Hfstory

. P..EY. SAlr!UEL-H/LL k!ERI'JLL

To Rev. Samuel-Hil1 Kerrill, more than_ r ·.-._··. H _,"· IIAA _ .. 1 I to .any other individual, is due credit :for Jt:i,1,11r/""P-:t; 1yr1M.,M11A-the collection and preservation of data rela.t1ng to the early generations o:f' the M3rr111 :family in __ this countey. His 1nter-est and industry s&.ved :from. obl1v1on many !"ac.ts which o·i:.herwise _would have been lost, and the work which he pert·orme<i, incomplete as it was, has been the f'ounda­tion on which all.later students have sought to build.

Mr. Merrill's son wrote that h1s father began his genealogies.::. wor.k in 1850. Pastorates 1n vaz•l'oui;; places in nor.the.:-n New England gave him opportuni~y ror !Iluch research in town and church reco::-ds, and this in hi~ later years he supplemented by cot,-respondence with persons in more distan~ place~.

Not long a:fter Rev. Mr. Merrill's death Gyles Mer­rill of liaverhill, Mass.~ chanced to be in Por·tland, :-md called upon the widow to make inquiries wit~ regard to th~ cle~~a.~•s genealoglcal papers. It ~ppP.ar~d -~hat membe:.:-s C':f' tht'! f''.\c'!l: ly -;;e1: e :i~.ttle inte~ .. esteti ::.n ~he work wh~ch M~. Merr:11 nad done in this fie~~, and a..1. arrangement was easi!.y made '!)y which all t.he ';Jc-,oks and papers relat!ng to i:.t.e :t'am!ly history ca:ne i.c't-o the pu~s~~oion o:f Mr. Mer~~~l of Haverhill. T"nese p~pers, now in the possession of the compiler o:f th1s Mamorial, ~ve been freely used in the present work.

Re,;r. Mr. Merrill was a painstaking student, and later research has.brought to light few serious errors in the

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written records which he com~iled. He seems not to have made much ef~ort to trac~ the history of the fam­ily in England~-and had made comparatively littl~pro­gress in gathering data ~egarding the later generations in this country, but his tabulation of the descendants of Mathaniel-z, Abrahamz, Daniel~ and Abel~, for the first thrae or four-generat1pns, has.been of great value to those who have . succeeded him in the work. To the descendants of John~ of Hartford he paid little atten­tion.

Samuel-Hill Merrill was in. the eighth generation of the American Merrills. He descended from Daniel~ through John3 .• Thomas~, Samuels, Hump~eyci and James7, and was born 12 May, 1805, in Buxton, Me.

After preparatory studies in Troy and Albany, N.Y., he pw-sued a theological course, from · 1827 to 1830·, wl th Rev. Jacob Cummings; a Congregational. clergyman of Strat-ham~ !LH. He :.'las ordained 23 Feb. 1831, in Barrington, N .E., wher-e he remained as pastor about four years. In 1834 he went to Indiana -as agent of the American Tract· Society,. and in 1836 became colleague with;Dr. Lyman Beecher, pastor of the Second Presbyte~ian Church of Cim::.innati. He preached at Center Barbor, N. H., as stated supply, in 1838-40, :md was pastor at Amesbury Mills, Mass., rrom 1840 to 1844. · After supplying pul­pits at Kennebunkport and Old Town., -Me., he was in­stalled as pastor of the Old .Town c~urch, remaining there ~rorn 1846 to 1854. Later he held pastorates at Bluehill and East Machias, Me. In 1856 he took charge of the Bethel Church for Seamen in Portland, and re­mained there untii 1864, when he resigned to fill a chaplaincy in the army.

Mr. Merrill ~a~ commissioned chaplain of the First District of Columbia Cavalry 19 Feb. 1864. He served with this organization unti! it was merged. with the First Maine Cavalry, and then serv~d as chaplain of the First Maine until j_t was mustered out., 1 Aug. 1865. After the war he wrote ncampaigns of the First Maine and First District of Columbia Cavalry,n which was pub­lished in Portland in 1866.(¼)

(*) An episode which occurred before Petersburg in the winter of 1864-5 is related by Chaplain Merrill at

In July, 1866', Mr. MerrilL was appo!.nted ag~nt. or the American Bi'ble Soc:f.ety :for New England, mid h~ld ~his ~osition· three years. At the time of ~js death :1.e had been supplying the ,pulpit of _the Cong1~eg:3.tiona: church in s~arboro, Me., :for more than _two years. He wi.s stricken by par'.alysis while in nis pi.:.lp!t, 31 Aug. 1673. There llad bee:..i rec·ent .deaths ':tn the parish, and ,:'or this reason he: took :f:>r his ~ei:!. I Sam·,iel, x--r,~: "'I·here is but a step between me anci death. r. Shor·tly. a!'ter beginning his se.:•roon: h·e paused, and seated himsel:f on the so:fa. He was carried to his room, but h!s wo~k was ended. He died in Scarboro 18 Sept. 1873, aged 08.

A reunion o:f his regiment was being held in Bangor at the t:ime :.o:f his· death. When the telegraph ar...nounc­ed that his life was o,;,-er Rev. Dr. Taft., a :former chap­lain, said of him, addressing the assembled veterans:

"He was as· good and :faithful a chaplain as ever hel.d the office. Both 1n camp and on the battle-field he closel.y imitated his Master; for he, like Him, 'went about doi:ng good: Other men in his position would think it enough to do what was set before them; but he waited for no man to point out the ways o:f use:fulness. He sought and found them :for himsel.f; and yet nothing, as you all know, ever did him so great a pleasure as to be inf'orm·ed where he could be of service to his suffer­ing comrades and to his country's cause. To bless the soldier, to encourage him in the hour of danger, to im­part to him the consolations of religion when stricken clown, was more than his meat and drink. But I need not enlarge; you know 1t all. His memory is sacred to every one of' you; it will remain with you till your own dy:!.ng day."

pages 310-314. It is a vlvid account of a visit which_ he paid during a hea,r:r ·bombardment to a fort in which was ~tationed the Twentieth Michigan Volunteer Infantry, Lieut. -Col. Grant cot'lmanding. Some t.wenty-f'i ve years ego I ruet Judge Claudius B. Grant of Lansing, Mich., a ~ustice of the Supreme Court of the State, and he told me that he was the Lieut.-Col. Grant mentioned in the narra,tive. Judge Grant was a native of Maine, the son" of Joseph and Mary-A. 7 (Merrill) Grant, and grandson o:f Nathaniel6 Merrill (NathanielS, John4,3, }!athaniel2 ) of Brownf'ield, Me.

A portrait of Chapl.ain Merrill~ in military uniform, 5 s given in Tobie I s ''His't.ory of the First Maine !!avalry 11

(1887), page 320.

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Mr •. Merriil ·.married Hannah Prentice,_ daughter of Rev. Josiah Prentice of Northwood, rr.H., 9 Nov·. 1832. His children were:

.... - . . . -. . . Edward-:Pay$bn9 Merril~., born 7 ·Nov.'1834; a 1st Lieut-

enant in co. ·D·.,' First··Maine CavaJ.ry, while his father . w~ cha~J.ain, •and later a cominiss_ion merchan:t. in Port-1:and •. ~He was still living there in 1920.)·· · . .

S.t:.'SRn"".Frenticet., born 6 April, 1840; married 12 Mar. 1873; Thomas Bre.cket t · Reed; for twenty-two years a mem­be~ cf Congres~ f~om M~ine; and for six years Speaker of the House. (Mrs~ ·.Reed died 28 May, 1914; at her home in Portland.· ·she left an estate of more 'than $600~000 •. Of this $100,000 was given to her brother Edward, and most of' the remainder to her only child . Katherine, . .vi:fe o:f Arthm:- Ballantine of'• san D.iego,Cal.)

Mar1on,-Calista9., born 10 Jan. 1842; married Rev. Charles Dana Barrows, D-~D • ., a Congregational clergyman who held pastorates in San Fra.ncisco and in Lowell, Mass.· · · ·

Some years. ago a :ve·::.eran of' the· First Maine. ,Cavalry told me of Chaplain Mari•~.11 and the high esteem ·1n whi~h he was ~eld by ~he men or the regiment. On one occa­sion, lie said; a port"t.:in pf t.he regiment was on a trans-port flo?:t,ing dow::1 one of the_ Vir.ginia river.s. rt·. was a Sunday_ bu'i:.~ to pass t.he t:;.me away., some or the men, idling on t:1e dezk of the steamer-, began a game or cards. Soon the chaplain chanced- that way. He looked sadly at the card-players, ~d slowly passed on, but said nothing·.

"We knew that". the· chaplain didn't like it,"" said the narrat;or. "He d1dn 1:t say anything, but he Looked grieved, and· none of us vi'ant'ed to hurt his feelings. It was- sur-prising how quickly we lost interest in that game!: So the card~ were put away., and the game ended •. n ·

David Norton, author of usketchea· of the Town_ of Old Town," {publish.ed 1.881, page 101), de~cribes Mr •. Merrill as "a man of distinguished ability, personaJ.ly a~tract­ive., of the greatest' suavity or manner and address, win­ning his way into the good graces and.opinions ·of all cl'asses of soci;ety. •. • •. He was of that kind of temperament which required a good deal of·exercise.,. and he was: fond· of getting away into tbe :forest and spendini:; a week or so in hunting and fishing. • . • • He was very f'ond of children, and the parson was ever ready to unbend hi!I!.self. and 1bec-cime a boy again,'· and was as much interest. ed as they were in a game of romp or hide and seek."

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GYLES MEPg£U

Commenting on the service performed by Gyles Merrill of Haverhill, Mass.,in respect to the family genealogy, Gen. Lewis.Merrill wrote: "To h!s zealcus and ir.telligent gathering of data and ini'ormatior1, and his laborious and crit-ical examination of every puzzling question referred to him, and to his deep !nterest in and sympathy with the labo~ undertaken in compiling this record, the writer is ver:· deeply indebted, as are all who have any inter­est in the subject."

Gyles Merrill's interest in the history of his fam­ily began when he was a young man, and continued until his death. At no time, however, had he any thought of preparing a history for publication. His work was sim­ply an agreeable employment, aimed at satisfying his own curiosity, and it was done in the scant leisure which the activities of a busy life afforded. His resea:-ch involved a study of many closely related lines of his own ancestors, the families of Putnam, Cushing, Wain­wright, Bradbury, True, and a number of others, engag­ing his attention in an equal degree.

After obtaining possession of the Merrill records gathered by Rev. Samuel H. Merrill Gyles Merrill's re­search extended over a wider field, but still he formed no plan for continuing the work which the clergyman had undertaken. He entered heartily into the spirit of Gen. Lewis Merrill's genealogical project, however, and assist­ed in every way in his power, and he keenly regretted that Gen. Merrill was forced to d_iscontinue his work, the gene­alogy still far from finished.

At his death in 1894 Gyles Merrill left to the compil­er of this Memorial all his genealogical books and papers~ It is as a personal tribute to his memory, and with a view

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to preserving tr.is material, and the large amotmt of ad­ditional matter which has been gathered s:l.nce h:i.s death, and maki:ng it accessible to tho~e ,;ho are ir:·:.e:•ested !n the subject, that this book is r.ow given to the publ!c.

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His Antecedents Gyles Merrill was born and died in the house where his father spenc. h:is life, and whe:r:·e his gr:mdfa7,hcr, Rev-. Gy~es Merrill, and his great.-grandfather, R::~·.James Cushing, li,•ed during the sev-enty yea"t's covered •-~ theii· two mi.nJ.stries. The same house, thrae miles :f.c-om the center c,f population of Haverhill, is now the home or his eldest surviving son. {*)

Rev. James• Cushing was a descendant :from Matthcw 1

Cushing {1589-1660), emigrant, through John 2 (1627-1708) of Scituate, colonel of the Plymouth regiment, Deputy and As~jstant of the Plymouth Colony, and Rev. Calebl (1673-~752) of Salisbury. He was great-grandson of Rev. John Cotton, who held pastorates in Boston,England, and Boston, Mass., and grandson of Rev. John Cotton of Plymouth, the Indian scholar. Rev. James• Cushing was

(*} The accompanying picture is from a photograph made in 1861. The house was thoroughly reconstructed in 1874.

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born 15 June, 1705, in Salisbury, graduated at Harvard in 1725, and was,.01-dained as the first -minist.er of the -Ii orth Parish Church in Haverhill 2 Dec. 1730 ~ He• died 13 May,. 1764.

Rev. James Cushing 1 s wife was Ann Flainm.--ight, whose grandfather, Capt~ Simon Wainwr.ight,. was' killed by the Indians iri Haverh:i:11 in .1708-. , · Her :father, Capt. John -'?iainm-ight,..was drowned in 1721, when Ann .. v,as only eight years·· old.· Jobn .wainwright ~s.-·cousin, Lucy Wainwright of Ipswich; had ·married Judge Paul Dudley of Roxbury, son. of'• Gov. Joseph Dudley. · .,Judge Dudley 's six children· having all died in infancy, his wile's young cousin was given a home in the Judge's household, and it was there that James Cushing•married·.her.,. 15 Oct. 1735. (*) Me­hitable Wainwright; sist.er ·:of -Ann, was the wife -of Me­shech Weare, President-of New·Hampshire during the Rev­olution.

From the Dudley homestead in Roxbury a numbe1· of cut­tings of apple trees were taken to Haverhill, about the time of Ann Wainwright's marriage, and grafted on trees on the parsonage grounds. They were of a variety called "snoutings,.Q and the original stock was brought from Eng­land. Currant bushes and an asparagus bed were also set out at the parsonage, the plants coming from the Dud­ley estate. · It used to be said' that for many decades this was the only asparagus bed in Haverhill. Both the asparagus bed and the apple trees were still in existence, and in bearing condition, at the time of Gyles7 Merrill's death in 1894, though the trees showed evidence of ex­treme old age.

Of Rev. James• Cushing 1s children, Jamess was a 3ur• geon in the British Navy, and died, 2 June, 1764: at Madras, India, and .Johns was a surgeon ii.1 the American service in the Revolut.ion-, was captured by the Brit:!.sh, z.nd confined int.he Mill Prison_; Plymouth, England. r~j s daughter Lucy s was born l Aug. 17 47, and dio:i 7 aug. 1798. She married Rev. Gyles Merrill 13 Oct. 1767.

The pallbearers at the funeral of Rev. James Cushing

(*) The will of Lucy (Wainwright) Dudley, executed in 1756, ·contains this entry-: "Item, I give to my kins-7:oman, Mrs. Gushing of' Haverh"i·ll, ;&13, 6s. 8d." Ann tWainwright) Cushing died 12 Feb. 1810, aged 97 years.

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were eight clergymen, and, following a custom of the time, each 1n turn.supplied the North:Parish pulpit :for one Sunday following Mr. CUsh¢ng I s death. Rev. Gyles Merrill thereafter occupied the vacant pulpit, and was ordained some months later.(*)

Rev. Gylesf Merril.l · was born 12 March, ·1739, .. in Sal­isbury, his :father being Moses• (Mosesl., Daniel?_). . He was named for Dr •. Samuel Gyl:es of Newburyport, .who had married his mother 1s sister. . -He graduated at Harvard College in l. 759, and then· studied .theol.ogy with his un­cle, Rev. John True .of Hampstead, ·N.H.. He died 27 Apr. 1801.

Writing in 1860,the author.of-Chase's "History o:f Haverhill" said:,· "The Rev. Mr.: Merrill: had a ,peacef'ul ministry, and ·was greatly respected and :beloved by his people. As a preacher he was orthodoA 1n faith, of'. sound learning, and was justly and highly esteemed. The simplicity, kindness and di-gn:f.ty of his manners· are even yet rememqered by man.7,, with the grea"trest.respect and veneration. He had .ti1P. welf&re :of his peo;;>le . con..: . stantly at heart, and thosd wbo su.rvi..-e hui tes~i:fy to his amiable disposition, and his devou.1:-r..es3 as a Chris-=­tian. II

Rev •. Gyles Merrill has been de scrtbed a& being tall~ with dark eyes and hair, and of :fine personal appear-. ance. He had positive convictions, but was tactful in meeting opposition, . and was of'ten called upon; when friction arose in neighboring parishes, to act as arbi­ter, sel.dom failing to bring the warring factions into accord. uHe was a sound scholar and learned divine, s 1mple and earnest. 11

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College-preparatory school~ were few in his time, and a number of young men were .prepared for college un­der his instruction, boarding .in his household while pursuing their studies •. In respect to worJ.dly possess­ions he was more prosperous than most of his calling. Aug. 12, 1771, he purchased from the Parish the parson-

(*) In the Library o-f the British Museum •I found a printed sermom ."Preached · at. ·the Ordination of the Rev. Mr. Gyles:Merrill, to the. Pastoral Care of the Church and Congregation 1n Plastow, and the North Part·of Ha­verhill, March 6, 1765," by Rev. Edward :aarnard of Ha­verhill. The text was from Luke xii, 42-46.

(...-) Allen's Biographical Dictionary, 1857.

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age house and threeand a half acres in connection with it,* and by subsequent purchases ~quired fifty-nine acres of farm land near the p_arsonage, besides twelve acres 1n Plaistow and 12½ acres of woodland in London­derry, N.H. The inventory of his estate shows that this farm was well stocked and equipped. At his death he had a horse, a pair of oxen.and seven cows, besides seven other cattle and thirteen sheep and lambs. He seems to have be~n looked upon by the people of his parish and neighborhood as a man of means and a friend in time of need, for at his death he held about twenty promissory notes, ranging in.amount-.from t2 up to i2ss. The total of the inventory was $4742.37.

At the desk a.t which, in his later years, Rev. Gyles Merrill wrote his sermons., much ·.of the work of compil­ing this history has been performed, and seated there I finished, with pen an~ ink, this picture of the desk it­se:.f. n.June 8, 1792. :Moses Cushing br1.rnght home my desk and book case." Thi~ entry in the diary of Rev. Gyles Merrill recorGs the advent of the fine old article of furniture in the Mer­rill household. Since then, for .a century and a quarter, it has.faith­fully served a succession of the cler­gyman's descendants. The cabjnet mak­e~ was an o:der brother of Lucy Cush­ing, and he lived about a m:le south of the parsonage, o~ the road to Hav­erhill.

Rev. Gyles Merrill had five sons and four daughters. His two youngest sons, James-Cushing6 and Samuel~grad-uated at H~rvard College in 1807. Both were noted for +,heir scho:arship in the classics, both became lawyers, and both sdrved in the Massachusetts Senate. James-Cushing6 Merrill was ~or seventeen years one of the j~dges of the.Boston Police Court, and Samuel6 Merrill was president of the Merrimack Mutual Fire Insurance Company, of Andover, Mass. Another son., Moses6Merrill, lived on the homestead place in Haverhill, and died there in 1864 at the age of 88 years. From 1819 until his death he was a justice of the peace, and was widely known as 'Squire Merrill- He was for many years tax

*Essex county Deeds, book 130,leaf 74

F.1s Life

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collector of Haverhill. Moses~ Merrill's youngest son was Gyles' Merrill, the genealogist.

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The old parsonage house of the North Parish was the birthplace of Gyles' Merrill, as 1 !. had been of his father and his father's mother. He was born there 13 Merch; 1816, and died there> of pneumonia, 23 Jan. 1894. The house was built by the Parish about 1731, and remained practically without change until 1861 .. It has never been unoccupied, and many of the original timbers len~ strength to the larger house whi.ch now oc~upie8 the site.

Gyles7 Merrill received the usual. common school education, supplemented by courses at Atkinson Academy and in pri­vate schools, under the tuition of his cousin Gyles-Merrill Kirnbell, grandson of Rev. Gyless Men- 111 through -Lucy6 Mer­r 111, and of another kin~can, Joh.~ Xelly, whose uncle Jacob had married Mary0 Mer­rill, Lucy's sister. Gylesl Merrill taught school each winter for six years, beginning when he was nineteen years of age, and worked on his father's farm;, and as a surveyor, the rest of the year. (The silhouette, made in his youth, was the work of a Putnam cousin.)

Early in 1840 the Bosten & Maine ~ailroad was under construction through New Hampshire, and he became a bookkeep­er and paymaster for the contractors, leaving this position to assume the su-

perintendency of a screw factory at Rotteroam, N.Y. W:!.shing to 1:lve nearer his old home he res:.gr..ed this positton in 1847, and entered the employ of the Norfolk Lead Compa..~y of Roxbury (now.Boston). ~ithin·a year he became superintendent. He devoted himself to the .manufacture of white lead and ki~dred products until 1852, when the company sold its business to the Boston Lead Company. He next took a position with the Sulli­van Railroad Company, shortly becoming superintendent, and lived in Charlestown, N.H., i n this capacity, frc·m 1852 to 1859. ·

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In 1859 the Vermont Central and Vermont&: Canada Railroads leased the Sullivan road, :illd he became ~u~er­intendent of the combined system, with cffices fi~st in Nc.irt.afield: Vt., and, af'ter 1860, in St. Albe.ns. IlJ. hee.lt~ forced him. in 1873 tc resign, his positi.)n then ~eing tr.at of general superintendent of the Ce~~:-al Ver­~ont ~ystem. The company haa aaded to its mileage by c~nstru.ction and lease, and when he left the management i~ was operating a network of fifteen railroads ir.. Ver­mont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York :md Canada. The aggregate length of the system was nearly eight hundred miles •.

Mr. Merrill returned to Haverhill in 1874, and occu­pied again the old homestead, where he spent the remain­ing years of his life. He made a tour of Europe in 1878, and travelled in the Western and Southern States, but.mos~ of his later years were spent quietly at his home. lie was deeply interested in all public questions, but never held public office, except for a single term, in 1858, as a member of the New Hampshire Legislature. Although renominated, he declined.a reelection. He was an active member of the church with which his family had been for many years associated. Singularly modest and unassuming 1n character, he was distinguished for strict integrity and broad benevolence, and died without having ever made an enemy.

Gyles Merrill married, 28 !lov.· 1849, in Ro1::bury, Eliza Watson Newbury, daughter of Leonard and Grace (Wat­son) Newbury. She was born 26 Jan, 1816, in Mickleover, Derbyshire, England, and came to the United States with her family in 1832, and settled in Lockport, N.Y. She was a teacr.er in Roxbury prior to her marriage. For twenty years she was a vicepresident of the Woman's Board of Missions of the Congregational Church. She died 24 June, 1890.

Gyles7 Merrill had four children:

Gyless, born 6 Oct. 1850; died 3 Aug. 1880; B.S., Dartmouth College, 1872; chemist.

Moses-Putnams, born 27 Jan. 1852; died 13 April, 1878.

James-Cushings, born 9 Sept. 1853; now living at the :fia.verhill homestead. (i>,·~ 12. s..µ-. 1c,2.. 7)

Samuel~, born l Jan. 1855;compiler of this Memorial.

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Of Gyles' Merrill's grandchildren; Gyles9(Samuel8 );

born 2 rov. 1891, was a first lieutenant in the·77th Field Artillery (United States ?.egulars) in France in 1918-19. Wainwright9 (Samuel8 ), born 26 Mays 1898, was killed in action at Ypres 6 Nov. 1917, and is bur­ied in the Ypres ~eservoir-¥or~~ Cemetery.

Wainwright9 Merrill was a sophomore in Harvard Col­l~ge when, in Eovember, 1916, .:five months bef'ore the tardy declaration of war-by the United States, he left college and enlisted.in the Canadian £rtillery. A vol­ume of his letters, written from English training camps and from the front to members of his family and others: and edited by one of his college instructors, ·was pub­lished .,in 1918 by George H. Dqran Comj_Jany .of 1-!ew York under.the .title; 11.P.·college Man in Khali:i. 11 The degree of bachelor of arts,- "for. honorable· serv:ice in .the war,:, was conferred .by Harvaro College on Wainwright Merrill as of the class of. 191S.

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GEN. LB'VIS ,,tERPJLL

The third in the group of students of the fa~ily history to whom especial credit should be given in this place is Gen. Lewis Merrill of Philadelphia. In the '80~.of the last century he became physically incapacitated for active military service. Thereafter he devoted much time, for two years or more., to t.he more sedentary employment of genealogical research., and conducted wide correspondence to gather data. Gyles 1-ierrill of Eaverhill placed at his disposal all his own genealogical papers, as well as the papers of Rev. Sam­uel-H. Merrill. Gen. Merrill retained these books and papers for a considerable time, adding greatly to his own records from these sources.

Gen. Merrill never visited Newbury, Haverhill, and the other places in that vicin~ty where the earlier gen­erations of the family lived, but when it was necessary to solve any knotty question, or supply missing facts., he had the ready assistance of Gyles Merrill, in whose judgment he had the greatest confidence. In Gen. Mer­rill's later years failing eyesight made even genealog­ical work impracticable, and his task was far from fin­ished at his death.

In 1892, havjng undertaken to prepare for publica­tion, from the papers in Gyles Merrill's possession; a brief account of the first five generations of the fam­ily in America, I submitted my manuscript to Gen. Merrill. He had kindly agreed to make such additions to my records as he could; and did so, but these additions were not carried beyond the fifth generation. His records of the sixth and subsequent generations were quite exten­sive, and these remained in the hands of his son after his death.

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See "American J,,ncestry,11 vol. iii. ( 1888),p .89.

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Gen. Lewis& Merrill was born 24 Oct. 1834, at New Berlin, Pa. His father, James1 Merrill (1790-1841), a native of Peacham, Vt., was a prominent lawyer in New Berlin, and a member of the State Constitutional Conven­tion in 1838. The General's grandfather and great­grandfather, Jesse6 and Samuel5 Merrill, both served in the Revolution, the younger of the two, as a boy of 15, being a member of the company of which his father was captain at the surrender of Burgoyne. SamueJ.S Merrill was a son of Samuel4 {I~athaniell,2 ), and lived in the ~est Parish of Haverhill, Mass.

Three brothers of Gen. Merrill, and Jesses, served with distinction ~ebellion. Georges was a major. of General, and served on the staff Charles and Jesse were lawyers, the dent of Lockhaven, Pa.

Charles8 , Georges in the War of the Jesse& held the rank of Gen. P.osecrans. latter being a resi-

Gen. Merrill's wife was Anna Rhoda Houston, a des­cendant of Dr. John Houston, a surgeon in the Revolution. She died in 1882. He was survived by a son and two daughters. His son., John-E:ouston9 Merrill, is a lawyer in Philadelphia, editor of the American a.~d English En­cyclopedia of Law, and author of "Memoranda Relating to the Mifflin Family_." published in 1890.

Gen. Merrill graduated at the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1855, and for some time there­after served in the First Dragoons on the ~estern fron­tier. The Civil War having broken out he became, in August, 1861, colonel and chief of cavalry on the staff of Gen. Fremont. Soon after this he organized a regi~ ment of Missouri volunteer cavalry, which was known as 1:errill 's Horse, and was appointed colonel of the regi­ment. In 1862 he undertook operations against the guerrillas of western and northern Missouri, and from 1863 to the close of the war commanded brigades of cav­alry in Arkansas, Missouri, Georgia and Alaba~a. March 13, 1865, he was brevetted brigadier-general of volun­teers for "gallant and meritorious service during the war." In 1866 he was appointed inspector-general of the Department of the Platte, and later judge-advocate

'cif that department. · He commanded a military district in South Carolina, where he had to deal with the Ku-Klux outlaws, (about 1871), and for this service received the thanks of the ~ar Department and of the Legislature of

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South Carolina. In 1875-6 he performed similar duty in the Red River district of Louisiana.

During the Indian troubles in the ?1orthwest, at the time when the Northern Pacific Railroad was under con­struction, Gen. Merrill was assigned to duty there, in command of the Seventh cavalry. In his honor a station c,n the Northern Pacific Railroad in Montana was named Merrill • ( See page 121 • )

He was promoted major in the Regular Army in 1868. The service which he had performed in South Carolina, however, breaking up the 1~u-Klux conspiracy and support­ing the so-called "carpet-bag" government, was consider­ed by certain interests in Washington as political, and for this rea~on his further promotion was delayed. He was retired from active service in 1885 for disability from wounds received in battle, and in 1891 was given the rank of lieutenant-colonel on the the retired list of the Regular Army. Following his retirement Gen. Merrill made his home in Philadelphia. He was a mem­ber of the Loyal Legion, the Grand Army of the Republic and the Masonic order. He was of a genial disposition, and very popular in his club, the Union League, where much of his leisure in his later years was spent.

Gen. Merrill had suffered from nephritis, or inflam­mation of the kidneys, for some years. His death, from this cause, was quite sudden, however, and he breathed his last on the morning of 27 Feb. 1896, at ·i:.he Presby­te~ian Hospital in Philadelphia.

Gen. Merrill was a thorough soldier, and uncompro­mising in the discharge of his duties. P.n. episode of his cadet life at West Point was related to me, many years ago, by Maj.-Gen. George L. Andrews, who, at the time of the narration, was professor of modern languag­es at the Military Academy. As a young man Gen. An­drews was an instructor at West Point, he said. There was more or less trouble in the Academy from hazing at the time, and finally a cadet named Gordon was taken to the post hospital as a consequence. After his dis­charge from the hospital a court martial was convened. The fact was brought out that Cadet Gordon in the course of a hazing escapade was challenged by Cadet Merrill, who was on sentry duty, and refusing to halt when order­ed received a flesh wound from a thrust of the sentry's bayonet. Cadet Gordon was disciplined for his misde-

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meaner, while Cadet Merrill was commended-by the court for the correct performance of his dutY. •.

CHAPTER 11

Merrill: the 1Varae atid Its Variations

Surnames were not common in England before the elev­enth century. When they came into use some were derived from places, some from baptismal names, some from trades or offices, and others from miscellaneous sources, these latter being .in their origin largely nicknames based upon personal characteristics or upon the names of animals, birds or other things. To which of these classes our family name may be assigned, I regret that I am unable to say.

Origin of Surnames

The search for the origin of the Merrill name has led many to inspect the Roll of Battle Abbey--t_he list of !Jarman knights who survived the battle of Hast ings, and who were rewarded for their military service by grants of English land from the Norman Conquerer. As General Merrill wrote, "There are among the names on Battle Roll three which may have become Merrill in after years." But the true Roll "has not come down to our times, ar.d the various lists we possess are of subse­quent date, and more or less apocryphal in their char­acter."(*) Many names are said to have been inserted in after years by the monks of the abbey, for mercenary considerations, and the Roll is now considered of little or no historic value.

Battle Abbey Roll

In a little book entitled "Surnames as a Science,'' published in London in 1883, Robert Ferguson, M.P., seeks to derive "Merrill" from a German origin through the Anglo-Saxon. Few of us will thank him for his efforts. "Marlingen," he says, is a ~avarian family

(*) Mark Antony Lower, ~uoted by the Duchess of Cleveland in "The Battle Abbey Roll, with Some Account of the Norman Lineages," (London,1889),vol.I,p.v,ncte.

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Is the Kame Anglo-Sahon?

'!'he Huguenot Th.3ory

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name, and it appears in the Anglo-Saxon as "Merlingas." The ":!.ng" in this name 11 is a patronymic, as in Bruning, son of Br~n." The ending "i:ngas" is oi' the nominative plur::ll, Merlingas thus denoting sons or descendants of Me~l- A~cording to this theory, some i'amily among the Saxon hordes which invaded England in the fifth and sixth centuries may have been under the patriarchal leadership of a man named Merl, and all the individuals in the group ·.accordingly took the name M_erlingas, or sens or followers of Merl.

But Mr. Ferguson wastes his efforts in etymological abstractions, and gives no evidence w~atever to show that the English surname Merrill has anything in common with Marl and Marling, all.of which names he undertakes to derive from the same P.nglo-Saxon source~ A little phonetic similarity is insufficier.t to prove community of origin. ·

Another theory, which has fauna many supporters, is that the family is descended from Huguenots who migrated to England af-cer the bloody events which marked St .. Bar­tholomew 1s day in Paris in 1572. To quote again from General Merrill:

"I have no doubt, and have everything short of' full proof, that we come of the 3nglish Merrill family who fled from France after the massacre of st. Bartholomew. They belonged to the DuMerle family of lluvergne,- and. the DeMerle family of DaupEiny. The evidence of the coat­of-arms is to my mind conclusive, taken with all the other facts. 11

( See page JCS . )

Bishop Stephen-M. Merrill and his brother, James­Tiarren Merrill, in their little book, "Joshua Merrill and Family" (1899), arrived at a similar conclusion. They say, "The name Merrill, according to the best in­formation now in reach, originated in the French-speak­ing cantons in Switzerland several hundred years ago.

The original form of the name,. and that still prevalent in Switzerland, was.Merle. The Rev.-J. E­Merle, D.D., the learned author of the 1liistory of the ~e.formation, ' (D·' Aubigne 1 s history), is an e~:ample."

Merle is a French common noun meaning blackbird, and it is an old English name for birds of the same species. The French also use the word, in a fig-..irative sense, to denote a crafty, swaggering fellow, and Loredan Larchey,

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in his "Dictionnaire des Noms, 11 (Paris, .1880), intimates that·Merle as a surname was presumably first applied to some quarrelsome person.

But the theory that the English name ''Merrill,. is de­rived from the French "Merle" seems to depend altogether on phonetic resemblance for support. It ignores the fact that the Merrill name was found in England long be­fore the sixteenth century. (*)

The Duchess of Cleveland in "The Battle Abbey Roll" Miriel,Me_riel, {vol. II, page 245), mentions "John and Richard Miriel, Meurrill, Mev­Norfolk; Adam de Miriel, Suf'folk; and Matilda de i.'l,lfriel, ·erell,six cen­with her daughter Margaret, Kent, in the time of Edward turies ago I 1).272-1307]. Nicholas de Meriel was of Y.orksiJ.re at the same date."

In Bray's "Sketch of a Tour into Derbyshire and York­shire," {published 1777), the village of Tidswell (now spelled.Tideswell) in Derbyshire is described. In the chancel of the large parish church, the writer says, "there is also a raised tomb (on which bread is given away every Sunday) for Sampson Meurrill, with a date of 1388. 11 This was probably the year of Sampson Meµrrill's birth, for Guillim, in "A Display of Heraldry" {6th edit., 1724, page 266), tells of "Sir Sampson Meverell·, Kt. who dy'd Anno 1462, and was buried in the Church of Tydeswall in the County of Derby. 11

The pedigree of Sir Sampson is given by Guillim thro' a line of seven Meverell ance~tors, together with a line of descent to Francis Meverell, four generations later. Francis Meverell, like most of the others mentioned in the pedigree, was of Throwley, in the neighboring county of Stafford. Eis arms were: "Argent, a Griffon rampant with Wings display'd Sable, beak'd and leg'd Gules, arm 1d Or." Sampson Meverell, eldest son of Francis, was liv­ing in 1569.

Whether these Meverells or Meurrills of Staffordshire were related to the Merrells of Suf'folk is not known; but their presence in England through all the centuries cov-

(*"> J.. correspondent wrote to me of a Merrel, a member of the French Senate some thirty years ago, who said his family had lived in Bordeam: for two or three gene~ations at least. The Senator wrote that, so far as he was a~are, none of his.family had ever removed to England.

Light complex­ion, or Dark?

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ered by the thirteen generations enumerated in the "Dis­play of Heraldry" increases the difficulty of convincing a sceptic that the Merrills are of Huguenot extraction. Other instances also might be cited to show that the name, with some variation in spell. ing, was present in England at a very early date.

It is much more likely that the American Merrills are descended from some one of these Miriels., Meriels, Meurrills or Meverells than that their ancestors ~ere Merles in France in the sixteenth century. ?Jathanieli Merrill of ?!ewbury was probably a native of Suf:folk.,and "Adam de Miriel, Suffolk," cotemporary and subject of Edward Longshanks., may easily have been his kinsman. Uo one in this day, however., can hope to trace the con­necting links through the three intervening centuries.

Again quoting the same letter from General Merrill (dated 2 Sept. 1884): "The Huguenot family from which we come, ti I am right in my belief, were from Westpha­lia originally., and belonged to a light-haired people. They were not Latins, but Teutons, and the name is, I think, very clearly traceable to the Old High German Mar, which meant 'illustrious: The Westphalia.~ form of the na:ne still exists, Mahrle.n

Marell, Marell and Mahrle are given as German f'amily name~ by Prof. Albert He1ntze 1n "Die deutschen Pamilien­namen," (Halle, 1903). These are all diminutive forms of Mar, and Mar has been employed in the formation of thenames of persons., according to Heintze, since the first century. The word is derived from the Gothic mers., Old High German ma.ri, Middle High G~rman maere, meaning renowned. --

This German derivation becomes unimportant, of course., if we dismiss the Huguenot theory as untenable.

Mark Antony Lower., author of "Patronymica Britannica, a Dictionary of the Family Names of' the United Kingdom," (London, 1860), ignores Merrill, Morrill and Morrell as family names, but mentions Merrell as 11probably the same .as Murrell., Morell." These two latter he considers variants of the same name. Merle also he gives as "perhaps the same as Murrell." Mr. Lower ascribes French Huguenot ancestry to certain of the Morells of England, but he adds: "There were other and earlier importations of this name into England., the first on

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record being that of one Morel, who is mentioned in the Domesday of Norfolk [1086]. The word is a diminutive of the -Old French more, a Moor, and refers to darlmess of complexiol'!." (*)

Another English writer, Charles Wareing Bardsley, in a posthumous work entitled "A Dictionary o:f English and Welsh Surnames" (London, 1901), groups Morel, Morell, Morrall, Morrell and Morrill tog~ther as having a com­mon origin, and says they were used originally as nick­names, being·derived from morel, meaning dark-complex­ioned.· As between the theory that the earliest members. of the family belonged to a light-haired race, and the belief that the family name is derived from a word mean­ing dark-compleAioned, there is no occasion to make a choice. A lady of another family name, who took pride in a strain of Merrill blood, and sought my aid in trac­ing her Merrill ancestors, assured me that "all Merrills have light hair and eyes, and are below the average in hight." Inasmuch as my father and three brothers all had dark eyes·and hair, and averaged nearly six feet in hight, I had to disagree with her. And a correspondent· once assured me that 11all Merrills are very musical people," a statement which a."ly of my friends, who ever heard me attempt to sing, would dispute, probably with sarcastic comments. ·

Such generalizations are never trustworthy. If a certain Nathaniel8 Merrill were descended from a line of ancestors among whom there had been no intermarriage of relatives, only l-l28th part of his blood could be con­sidered to be derived from Nathaniel1 Merrill- In equal degree he would have inherited the blood of 127 ances­tors in other families, 64 of the total being male and 64 female. A descendant in the direct male lire inher­its no more of the blood of Nathaniel.1 Merrill than a descendant of a·daughter of Nathaniel's daughter, where ·the descent in every case follows a female line, with a cha."lge o:f name in every generation.

Bardsley, in his "Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames," e:~plains M.errill, Merrall, Merrell, Murrell and Murrells as ori~inallY a baptismal name, signifying "the son of Mu:. .. iel. 1 He adds: 11From an early period

(*) Lower tells of Morells living in England in re­cent years whose ancestor was a Huguenot refugee from Champagne. But the .migration irr this case followed the revocation of the Edict of I.antes (1685), many years after the Merrills became established in America.

Muriel

Merrill and Morrill

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there was a disposition to pronounce this name [Muriel] .. Meriel or MerrelJ,.." A little book devoted to the sub­ject of baptismaI names of girls-I.have forgotten the title--explains Muriel as derived froc the Greek)'~po~ meaning myrrh.

Genera.1 Merrill was convinced that the Merrills had. been a distinct family since the Conquest, "they coming probably from Hugo de Moruile (Battle Abbey Roll). 11 On the other hand, community of blood between the Merrill, Morrill and Murrill families in England is perhaps indi~ cated by the fact that a similar coat of arms is des­cribed under the several names in works on heraldry. (See pages ll0-111.)

Some conf'usion has been caused by a peculiarity of medieval script, e being often written "(:y, and o being written t). Thus, /r£..c;.,,rr1Yh might easily be mistaken

for Morrill, when in reality it should be read Merrill. Abraham Morrill was an early settler of Salisbury,Mass., but few instances of serious error, so far as I am aware, can be attributed to the names of his descendants being mistaken for the names of Merrills in the records of Newbury and Salisbury.

The writers whom I have quoted in respect to the origin of the name are quite dogmatic in stating what they assume to be facts--but disagree radically in their conclusions. There was an old English· and French game played by boys, called merils (pronounced as the plural of Merrill), or merels. The game was sometimes called nine-men's morris, or five-penny morris. According to Webster the name is derived from a Latin word marella, from madaris, a Celtic javelin or pike. It would be quite as reasonable to trace the family name to this source as to some of the other sources from which wriiers have, without seeming doubt or hesitation, assumed to derive it.

. . I am forced to dismiss this subject with the admis--•

sion v,ith whi~n I began, and say that the origin of our family nam~ is unknown.

(*) The will of NathanieJ.l Merrill, reproduced in facsimile at page 70 , illustrates the peculiarity in orthography he~e mentioned.

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If we accept Merrill as the normal spelling of the family name in America, it is worthy of remark that the only departures from this standard which have been wide­spread a..~d persistent have been among the descendants o~ John= Merrill of .Hartford. His descendants generally for a time added a finals to the name, and for many years the name was commonly written Merrills or Merrells by a large proportion of the Connecticut branch of.' the family. Furthermore, the change of the 1 in the last syllable toe or a became very common in Connecticut 1n the ~irst half of-the eighteenth century, but ~or many years there has been a constant tendency to accept Mer• rill as the preferred spelling. I cannot recall an in­stance where any correspondent spelling his name Merrell, Me~rall or Merrills has proved to be a descendant of any one of Nathaniel1 Merrill 1 s sons who remained in the vi­cinity of riewbury: these spellings are prima facie evi­dences of descent from John2 of Hartford. (*)

Soma years ago in a bookshop I found, and purchased, a copy of Eumers History of England, on the inside of the cover of each volume of which, in a rather boyish hand, is written Selah Merrell. the book was printed in 1854. I have always assumed that it was a textbook of young Merrell of Canton, Conn., when a student at Yale College. In 1892 Rev. Dr. Selah Merrill, the archaeol­ogist, wrote me from the American consulate at Jerusalem: 11When I was a child our name was spelled Merrell. It is only since I went to college that the change was made."

Indifference to uniformity in spelling has in many ways complicated the problems of the genealogist. Many instances are found in the earlier years where individ­uals have spelled their own names in two or more ways, and more frequent still are the cases where recording officers have resorted to various phonetic expedients, and have introduoed many eccentricities in spelling,

· (*) In the first volume of Manwaringrs "Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records: covering the years 1635 to 1700, the Index shows 21 references to entries where the name is spelled Merrells, and none to the name spelled in other ways. In the second volume (1700-1729) there are 68 Index references where the spelling is Mer­rells and two where it is Merrill. The third volume­(1729-1750) shows Merrells 66 times, Merrell 36 times and Merells, Merrels and Merrill once each. ,

VARIATIONS IN SPELLING

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throwing doubt in some cases on.the identity of individ­uals~ The published records of births, marriages and deaths in Newbury show eight spellings.of the family name: Merrill, Marril, Merel, Meril, Merrell, Merril, Merryl and Mirril. (yital Statistics, published in Salem, 1911.)

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The figures given in the accompanying table show the relative frequency of the name in this country, under its. various modes of spelling. The figures are taken from the directories of the several cities, none of which are of earlier: date than 1916. ·No directories .include the names of all the inhabitants, and in mcst such books the names of some non-residec.ts are included. No bet-. ter way can be easily found, however, for ascertaining, in general terms, the numerical strength of the family in various sections. ·

. . . Included in the suburbs of Boston in the table are

Brookline, Cambridge, Chelsea, Everett, Malden,. Me.dford, I:lewton, ~uincy and Somerville. These eight cities and Brookline ("the richest town in America"), are all with­in eight miles of Boston Common. They had in 1915 an aggregate population of 473,513, and no one of the nine places has less than 30,000 inhabitants.

The fi'gures ·rbr !iew York include only the boroughs of Manhattan and the Bronx. In a Brooklyn directory for 1912 Merrill appeared 41 times, Merrel-1 6 times· and. Merrall once.

In the forty-five directories represented in the table Merle appears 60 times, Merl 8 times, Morrall 12 times, Morrell and Merrel, ·(incluaing some of Italian origin), 431 times~ Morrill 617 times; and Murrell (Murrel and Murrill) 148 times. The Morrills are rel­atively much more numerous in new England than in any other section. Only seven Murrells (Murrels and Mur­rills) are found i1;1 the New Englana directories. ~en-­ty-six persons bearing this name in some form are listed in Louisville, of whom 10 are marked with a small c, to indicate that they have African blood. Meril, Merilh and Merriall appear once each in these directories,' but these may be typographical errors.

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Boston 234 .. . . do.,suburbs 166 . .

Portland 123 Manchester 49 . . .. Newburyport 38 . . . . Haverhill 48 .. Lowell 56 . . . . .. Lynn 58 .. Worcester 28 . . . . .. Springfield 27 1 .. Providence 27 . . 1 .. . . Hartford 22 2 1 .. ilew Haven 18 4 3 . .

MIDDLE AT!.AJ.'TTIC New York 106 1 11 . . 3 Buffalo 17 5 . . Rochester 12 8 .. . . Philadelphia 38 6 . . l 1 Pittsburg 12 . . .. . . Baltimore 9 Dist.Columbia 35 l 1 l

MIDDLE WEST Cleveland 16 2 17 .. Cincinnati 23 7 Detroit 80 l 24 . . . . Indianapolis 26 .. 2 l Chicago 129 11 l 7 Milwaukee 16 .. Minneapolis 61 l .. 4 St. Paul 32 l . . St. Louis · 41 10

SOu"THE..'llli STATES Louisvil·le 4 l . . Atlanta 4 5 . . tiew Orleans 3

PACIFIC STATES Denver 16 6 . . San Francisco 34 .. 3 Los .l!ngeles 103 1 6 2 1 Seat~le 39 . . . .

CANADA Montreal 6 -. 1 . . . . -

Totals 1756 5 134 4 5 14 4

Numerical Strength

Merrills now in England

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It would be interesting to know how many persons in the United States today bear the name Merrill, or some of its variations, but it would be very difficult to make even a good estimate of the number. In general terms, the numerical strength of a family in a given city 1s indicated by the number of persons bearing the family name listed in the city directory. If the number of persons in a city bearlng the name Merrill, or some of its variants, bears the same ratio to the entire pop­ulation of the city that the number of Merrills (Mer~ rells, etc.,) who are listed in the directory bears to the total number of names given in the book, it is easy to estimate the numerical strength of the family in that city. If, again, we select certain cities, represent­ing both th~ sections where the family is numerically strong and those where its numbers are relatively few; we may obtain certain figures which, compared with the census figures for the entire country, will give a rough estimate of the number of persons, now living~the United States, who have inherited Nathaniel Merrill's\family name. · i:-n.

For this purpose I have assumed that Boston, Phila­delphia, Cincinnati and San Francisco represent, in the aggregate, th~ average for the country with respect to distribution of the family name. If this assumption is correct, the number of persons now living in the country bearing the family name is about 25,000, or a little more than one in every 4000. (*) But these ifs leave much to be desired by one whv wishes to be accurate in matters where statistical data are concerned. The number, large as it is, is very small, however, when compared with the entire number of those, bearing many family names, who, by reason of intermarriages, have inherited the blood of Nathaniel Merrill of Newbury.

The London Postoffice Directory for 1917, a book of more than 2500 pages~ includes only commercial and pro­fessional entries. Many classes of individuals, whose names would be included in an American directory, but who are of minor importance f~om a business standpoint,

(*).My own impression is that this estimate is a lit­tle too high. Perhaps sufficient notice is not taken of the fact that the name is relatively infrequent in the South;-and the large families of children in certain non­Anglosaxon races are represented in census figures with­out equal representation in the directories of the cities.

are omitted. In this directory Merrill appears 5 times, Merrell twice and Merralls once. I,'our-of the five Mer­rills are marble masons. Merle is found twice in this directory, Morrall 3 times, Morrell 35 times, Morrill 4 times and Murrell 20 times.

Henry Brougham Guppy, in "Homes of Family Names in Great Britain" (London, 1890), mentions Merrell as a fam­ily name represented by 18 individuals in every 10,000 among the farmers of Worcestershire, a.~d Merrills as rep­resented by 16 in every 10,000 in 1-;ottinghamshire. In the other counties of Great Britain Mr. Guppy found the r~lative fre~uency of these or similar names to oe less than 8 in every 10,000 of the farmers in the respective counties. Merrill is not given in his list. and hence presumably fell below the ratio of 8 in 10,000.

( S-::fe page I 00)

Salisbury, -in Wilts

Engl~h Origin of the Merrill Frimily

It does not appear by Rev. Samuel-H. Merrill.'s pa­pers that in his researches of fifty years ago he paid much attention to the question of the English origin of the family. "As to the European origin of the :Merrill family! have no certain in:formation, 11 he wrote, in a letter to Gyles Merrill of Haverhill~ dated 12 April, 1869~ To this he added; nyour information 1s correct that the two brothers, John and Nathaniel, came from Salisbury, England~ That they were of French descent is •highly probable."

But the reasons which Rev. Mr. Merrill assigned for belief in the theory of French descent are very uncon­vinc:!.ng. The family temperament, he argued, is gener­ally mercurial, and this 1s a French characteristic. The ending -lle, furthermore, is ve~y common in French proper names, but not in English :1.ames, he said. Final­ly, "the~e were none of the name in England in 1520, but there were Merrills in France at that date." If these reasons were based on accurate statements of fact they wo"..11.d be entitled to considerable weight, but Mr. Merrill is not in accord with General Merrill with respect to family tempe~ament, and in the previous chapter it has appeared that similar family names were known in England at a much earlier date than 1520.

Gyles7 Merrill~ like Rev. Samuel-H. Merrill., felt a strong conviction that the Merrills of Newbury came from Salisbury, in Wiltshire, in the South of England.

This belief was based solely on tradition. • Nathan­iel• Merrill was presumably more than 50 years of age at his death in 1655. His son te.niel1 lived in Salis­bury, Mass •. , six or eight miles from his father 1 s home-

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stead, and died at the age o'f 74- Daniel rs son Moses.3

spent his_ life in Salisbury., a.z:d died at the age of 72. Moses•, of the next generation., spent most of his life in Salisbury.,,and in Haverhill., less than fifteen miles away.,: and died at the age-.ot 87. Rev. Gyless Merrill lived in Haverhill., within.a quarter of a mile of the liomestead occupied -in his later years:·by his father, Moses•., and died at 62. Moses• Merrill lived in the hous~ which had been the parsonage of his father, and died when 88 years of age. Here were six generations, with no long migrations to distant parts, and without the consequent interruption of frequent communication., the grandsons in most cases presumably hearing reminis­cences and stories of olden time from the lips of their grand:fathers. Under such circumstances a tradition is entitled to a maximum of credence. In this line of the family tradition pointed strongly to Salisbury as the English home of the Newbury Merrills~

But traditions at best are uncertain. Other set­tlers in the neighborhood had come from Salisbury and Amesbury in Wiltshire, and had given the names to the towns of Salisbury and Amesbury in Massachusetts. It is quite possible that, a generation.or two after the death of ?lathanielt and his brother, the impression may have been created that Nathaniel too was from the Wilt­shire city, and this impression may easily .in later years have crystallized into an· assertion of fact. A cri.ai.11 is no stronger than its weakest link., however, arid a chain of tradition is no stronger than the mem­ory of that one in the chain of those who have handed down the tradition whose memory is least to be depended on. Nevertheless, if no records or other evidence pointing in some other direction had been found, the Salisbury tradition might still carry considerable weight.

A somewhat superficial search of the church records of Salisbury, England, yielded negative results. No reference to Nathaniel• Merrill or his brother was found, but the records of many churches in that vicinity have not been examined. (*}

. (*) In .the register of St. Edmunds Church., Salis­bury, between 1596 and 1617, twenty-six baptisms of children named Myrhell or Mirhell were recorded. They seem to represent seven family groups.

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Other Theories Among other pl.aces which have been considered the:- ·

The Merrells of Suffolk

(see pages $''2..·3)

possible English home of the -!iewbury Merrills are Chesh:. ire, Grafton Flyt'o-rd in -Worcestershire, and Somerset- -> shire, but each theory has lacked-the-necessary evidence to substantiate ·it. A correspondent in New Hampshire wrote me some years ago, quoting his :father as saying that the family name was originally McMerrill:, and that he was a descendant of Robert -McMerrill, • a soldier•· in the army of. Robe::r;t Bruce.·· · Inasmuch as. my c~rrespondent was not sure of fl.is grand1'ather 1s christian name, I -- : · made no effort to trace,,with his -assistance,. the con­nection with the Scottish soldier of six hundred·years ago.

Evidence stronger than tradition, bearing on the question of the English origin of the family, is to be found in Hartford.,. Conn., and in English records brought to light in following the clue furnished by the records· in Hartford~ · · ·

Johna Merrill, a son of the emigrant, left Newbury soon after the death of his father,-· and is supposed to have been adopted by Gregory Wolterton of Hart~ord. In his will, ·dated 17 July, 1·074/ Gregory Wolterton named John Merrill as residuary legatee, and also gave "unto James wolterton the -sollof mathew wolterton tnat liU:e in Ipsage in sufolke in owld Ingland· ten pound if'hebe li'Uing if' not to his Childeren eaque1ly deuided. 11

·

In Gregory Wol terton rs will few- ·words were wasted. He did not tell the relationship that may have existed between James Wolterton and himself; and he did not refer to any relationship as the reason why he made Johna Merrill the chief beneficiary of his will. But followtng the clue furnished by this will the records of Ipswich, England, and some of the neighboring par­ishes were searched, and they seem to have yielded,.evi­dence that the "English home of .. the Merrills was in southern Suffolk, rather than in Wiltshire.

The Calendar of_Wills at Ipswich between 1444 and 1800 shows twenty-three entries under the various spel­lings Merrell, Morrell., -~.rrel.l, Murell, Meryell,. ,. Morriell and Moriell. Whether these individtials'were representatives of dif'ferent branches of the same fam-

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11, it is not necessary to discuss at this time: it is sufficient to note that certain o:f them may ha~e been in the direct family line of ?;athaniel Merrill. of I~ewbury. In the same Calendar there ar& also references, in the f"i:fteenth century., to the wills o'f Thomas Woolverston of Preston and John Waterden of Eramford, and in the early sb~teenth century to .the wills of John Watterden of Need­ham Market and John Waterden of Meedham. Whether these la~ter names are variants o~ Wolterton I am unable to sa1j but, in view of the wide latitude which recording officer.sin those days permitted themselves in writing family names, it may easily be that some of these men were lineal forbears of the prosperous tanner of Hart­ford.

Be~ore we make up our minds, hc~ever, that the Eng­lish home of the family was in southern Suffolk, it will of course be necessary to find more direct and ~ositive evidence than.is contained 1n the will of Gregory Wol­terton, or in the Calendar or Wills just ~uoted.

To this .subject I shall devo~ the ~ollowing -chapter.

CHAPTER IV

The Wills of Three John Merrells

The originals of the su.:teenth century Su:ffolk wills, 1r: the Probate Registry office at Ipswich, .::::ngland, are preserved with a lack of care and system which would be severely c:-iticised in most :::;ew England recording offices. All the probate papers of a year are ~olled up loosely in a bundle, without regard to order, an~ tiP-d with a cord. The smaller papers are exposed to danger of loss~ and the large~ -~nes are naturally badly worn by reason of loose prejecting edges. Each bundle is supposed to con­tain t,he pRpers of a single year, but many of the bundles are unmarked, and the.search for any particular paper is a most discouraging undertaking. 7he bundles are stored in a vault~ in a confused mass.

The officials look upon the original wills with com­parative indifference. In their judgment the recorded copies are evidently of greate~ ~~portance. Indeed, they said that no one in these days looks beyond the record books, and my persistence in tryir~ to find the original instruments was, they said, very unusual. The copies are indexed, but there is no index to show whether the original wills are still in existence.

The wills of three John Merrells, probated respect­ively in 1600, 1552 and 1529, are· ·recorded in old parch­ment-covered books, and these copies are easily found. The bindings are worm-eaten, and falling apart by reas­on of broken stitches, but the paper has well withstood the test of time, and the brownish-blaclr ir.k shows- no signs of fading. These copies were evidently made at the time when the wills were proved. Dictionaries were practically unknown, and orthography for this reason was not standardized. As a result the copies show many minor differences in spelling--differences from the orig­inals, and inconsistencies with themselves. But in all essentials the phraseology is faithfully preserved.

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In. my copies I have followed lit·erally, line :for line, the transcrints in the record books.· In the case of the two earlier wills the originals could not be found. In the case o:f the will of 1600 I was so fortunate as to find the original, but 1~ was so much less legible than the recorded copy tbat the exact tenor of the instrument is better ehown in a copy taken from the pages o:f the old book of record.

The original will o:f 1600 :fills three large sheets of handsome deckle-edged paper, lo¾ by 14-} inches in size. The sheets are attached togetner at the top by a narrow strip o:f parchment, the ends of this parchment ribbon being bound by r.ed sealing wax. The margins are ample, and,the lines wide apart, but the writer used a coarse­pointed quill, and crowded· the writing in such a way·that in our time one unaccustomed to ancient manuscripts would find much difficulty in deciphering it.

The testator affixed his signature in a shaking hand, with an indifferent pen, spe11::.ng his name Merell. But he was "sicke in bodie"--hjs wl.ll was admitted to pro­bate nine days late~--and we mu~t not criticise his chi­rography, or his spelling of the ram~ ily 11ame. A facsimile o:f his auto-graph is given herewith. At the end of the third sheet, near the signa-ture: a few drops of seali~g wax were placed., and a corner cf the paper was folded over the hot wax. Against this a seal was pressed, the sP.al showing clearly a crude device resem­bling a spider.

The ancient co~yist contented hi~self with preserv­ing t.he phraseology of the instrument, literal precision in matters of spelling, and in the use of capitals., evi­dently being considered quite unimportant. He spelled "pa.;_d" in three di:'ferent ways, and ''Wherstead," which appears six times, has five different spellings, the name of the place in each case beginning with a small letter.

The copy ot the will of John Merrell (1600) is in the records of the Archdeaconry of Suffolk, book xxxviii, folio 242. For comparison the first line o:f the origi­nal instrument may be quoted:

Will of John Merrell

1600

In

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In the name of Godd Amen the seconde daye of (illegible] yn the thre & ffourtyth yere of the Ragn of our Sovrayn lady

In the more legible handwrit:ing of the recording officer these twe~ty-four words are given more than two lines.

the name of god Amen the second day of

December 1n the three and ffourtith yeere of the Raigne of our S~igne Ladie Elizabeth by the grace of god.

of Englaund and Irelaund ~ueene Defender of the ffaith &g 5 I John Merrell the elder of whersteade in the Countie of Suff:

10

Yeoman being sicke in bodie and yet of ~feet memorie praised be almightie god remembring t~at all mankind is mortall and

the time o~ death is uncertaine for the satisfaccon of my mind and the quiet of my wife and children & a remembraunce

of some other have and last will & testament

doe hereby make and declare my in manner & fforme as hereafter

ensueth that is to say ffirst and most principallie in most humble manner I comend my Soule into the hands of

almightie god my maker redeemer and Sanctifier trusting

15 by and through the merrits and obedyence of my· lord and

Saviour Jesus Christ that my soul shall possesse and enioy eternall life & salvacon And as for my bodie I

bequeath to the earth to be buried by the discretion of my executors. Itm) I will and bequeath to the poore people

20 in wherstead aforesaid fourtie shillings to be distributed among them wthin one quarter of a yeere next after my decease.

ftm I give and bequeath to Prudence my wife in ~te of

Line 2 et sea. ff as an initial is the equivalent of capital F 3, 6,8, etc. Little flourishes were commonly used at

•·that time to mark certain abbreviations. These are described in Wright's ncourt-Hand Restored," and other books relating to ancient manuscrip~s, and detailed explanations are not needed in this place.

6~ Yeoman: a freeholder of land of the value of 40s. a year.

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recompence _pcell of rr.y

of hir dower my parlor and larther howse dwelling howses wt? the bedding and furniture

in the same and the pasture and stover somer and winter for a Cowe aforesaid the said hir sole

upon ·my lands 1n litle belsted and whested from time to time to have and to hold to hir Prudence for terme of hir natural life keeping

and unmarried. Itm) I give and bequeath to hir

the said ·Prudence in further

pounds of lawf'ul.l englishe my lands and Tennemts 1n

Sprowtonne to have and

one anu.1tie or yeerlie rent.of recompence of hir dower /\. ~ive

mony to be going out of all little Belsted wherested and

to hold to my said wife for terme of hir life at two termes in the yeeres usuall that is

to say at the ffeast of thaunncacon o:f the blessed virgin Saint Marie and Saint michaell tharchaungell by even

porcons the :ffirst payment to begin at such of the said ffeasts as shall happen next after my decease and yf yt shall happen the said yeerelie Rent to be behind unpayed inJ!te or

25

30

35

in all over or after any of the said ffeast dayes in wch the 40 same ought to be paid that then and at all times after yt shalbe lawfull to and for the said prudence into the said lands and Te~.nements or any ~cell thereof to enter and Distraine and the Distresse or Distresses there fownd to lead drive carrie away and Detaine untill the said Prudence of the said yeerelie 45 rent w~h the arrearages thereof shalbe fullie satisfied and

Line 23. "Parlor and larther howse ~cell:" probably reference is made to the portion of the house which includeG the parlor and larder, or pantry.

25, stover: fodder for cattle. 26, litle belsted: now called Belstead, a parish adjoin­

ing Wherstead on the west. 29, sole: unmarried. _ 30-31. In 1600, when this will was written, the purchas­

ing power of money was about ten times greater than it was three centuries later.

33. Sproughton is three miles northwest from g'nerstead. 35, ffeast of thaunncacon: feast of the Annunciation,

(25 March).

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paid, Itin I will geve & bequeath to John my sonne the moytie of.my dwelling howses & the moytie of all my launds Tennem~5

and heriditam~s as well free as bond scituate lying and being 50 in wherstead 11tle Belated and Sprowton aforsaid or any

of tnem to have and to hold to the said John my Sonne his his heires and Assynes fore'? rt'm I will give and bequeath

to Michaell my Sonne thother moytie of my said dwelling howses and of all the said lands Tennements and heriditam~5

55 as well free as bond to have and to hold to the said michall my Sonne his heires and assynes ffor;;>. Iun I will and

bequeath rt"m I will and bequeath to Nathan1ell merrell my Sonne ffourtie pounds of lawful.l english many to be

paid to him in :fforme:ffollowinge viz~ wthin one yeere next af'ter 60 my decease x1ij~ vjs v1ijg · And wth1n two yeeres next af'ter

my decease other thirteene pounds six shillings and eight pence and wthin three yeeres next af'ter my decease other thirteene pounds six shillings and eight pence in ful.l paymt

of the said ffourtie pounds. I'tm I will and bequeath 65 to Thomas my Sonne thirtie pounds of lawfUll english

many to be paid to him in fforme ffollowing viz~ wthin one yeere next after my decease tenne pounds and wthin two yeeres next after my decease other tenne pounds and w~in

three yeeres next after my decease other tenne pounds in full 70 payment of the said thirtie pounds It"m I will and bequeath

to the said Thomas my lease and terme of yeres of and in the messuage called Ampsons in wherstede aforesaid & of &

in the lands thereunto belonging. Itm I will and bequeath to Marie Merrell daughter to the said Nathaniell tenne

75 pounds to be paid to hir at hir age of eighteene _yeeres. I't'm I will and bequeath to Martha merrell one other of

the daughters of the said Nathaniell other tenne pounds to be paid to hir at hir age of eighte-ene yeeres. It"m I

Line 60, xiijl.:i: thirteen pounds. 72, messuage: dwelling house.

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will and bequeath to Jobn Merrell Nathaniell tenne pounds to be payed of one and twentie yeeres And yff

Sonne to to him at

any of Dept

receive then I

children of the ·said Nathaniell shall

before porcon

such time as bequeathed by

he or she is to this my will,

the his

the this the

will

the ~te a.no. porcon of

D1strlbut:ed will and

to and ·among bequeath to

him or hir so

the surviv"ors Thoms merrell

Deceasing

of them. Sonne of

said age

said life said that

shalbe

It"m· I

Thoms

Merrell my Sonne tenne pounds to be paied to him at his age of one and twentie yeeres. I't'm I will and bequeath

80

85

to Anne Merrell daughter to the said Thoms my Sonne 90 other ter...ne pounds to be paied to hir at hir age of eightene

yeeres, And yff eyther of those two children shall de~te this life before he or shee shall receive the said porcons

bequeathed then I will that the ~te & porcon of him or hir so Deceasing shall remaine to the Jvivour of them. 95

I'tm I will and bequeath to Wilim Smyth· my pvaunt twentie shillings & to Thomas Smyth his brother tenne

shillings I'Lm I will and bequeath to ~dward Kettle of ffreston Clerke .xxs, It"m I will and bequeath to eytch

of my said sonnes Natbaniell and Thoms all such goods of 100 mine as they have in thier srlall custodies And I remytte

and forgive and eyther of them all such Debts as they or eyther of them doth owe unto me All the Residue of my

debts goods and Cattals whatsoe? my Debts payed my legacies oformed and my funrall expences discharged I will and 105

T

bequeath tc my said So~nes John and Michaell, whome I ordaine name and costitute my Executors of this my

last will & Testament, And I appoint my loving friend Cristopher Wright supraviser of the same Tesiament

Line 95, 99. 99,

104,

;vivour: survivor. Preston adjoins Wherstead on the southeast. Clerke: clergyman. Cattals: chattels.

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110 ne?thelesse my will and meaning is that yff anie Default shalbe made in the payment of any legacie before bequeathed to any of my Sonnes or .anie of thier Children that then the _J2tie from whome anie such legacie shalbe wtholden shall enter into have and hold all my said lands and Tenneme~s

115 and the same occupy and enioy untill such legacie shalbe sat1s1'1ed and paid. I-tm I will &: bequeath to the .. said Thomas my Sonne my brasse pott sometime sharpes and a hundreth of bourd, And thus Revoking and renowcing all formr wills and Testamts by me made I ratii'ie and Coni'irme this

120 and in Testimonie thereof have. hereunto put my hand &

Seale in the ""i?sence of Raulffe Scrivner and Cristopher wright michaell Raynold and John Raynold. By me John merrell

W:1.e::-stead

This will was proved 11 Dec. 1600.

Search of tl1e W1'lerstead and Belstead registers dis­closes the following entries: (¼)

1593/4 Jan.21 .

1594/5 Feb.23.

...... Merrell,dau.of Nath! Merrell & his wife was buriad.

Mary Merz;,ell,dau.of Nath1 Merrell & Mary his wife was baptised.

1596.

1598. (

1599,

1601~

1602.

1603.

1605.

Sep.21. Matth~w Merrell dau.of Matthew Merrell & Mary his wife was baptised. (S:i.c .)

) Fran~is Merrell dau.of •..•.. Merrell & Mary his wif'e was baptised.

Aug.16. John Merrell son of Nath! Merrell & Mary his wife was baptised.

May 4. Ilathanaell Mer:-ell son of I~ath~ Merrell &: Mary his wife was baptised.

Aug.23.Rose Merrill.dau.of Thomas Merrill & his wife was baptised.

Apr. 3. Mychell Merrell; son of Nathaniel Merrell & his wife was-baptised.

Mar.29. Elizabeth Merrell dau.of Thomas Merrell & his wif'e was bapt'ised.

(*) These registers were searched, and the entries copied, by Stokes & Cox of London, record agents, in 1905.

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* Sproughton

.. t 1

.. t

I 'ff# IPSWICH ••1;_• l •J!. .

\.--.5 _ .. ;,i,f: -X·f

...,:~·: . .3 ,,

The boundaries of Wherstead parish are indicated by

a dotted line

N

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1 1ve;?~--- · ·,.Har )/

Man . . .. · ~;-~• · .. -f)· · - -_,_ .. ,,, t NORTH

' ;\it\! ,' .n .• . s-=-' . , I I ~ .' .L:,,l1.

1 2

1628/9 Jan.24. 1595/6 Jul.15. 1598. Aug.l.

1626/7 Mar.17.

1602. Oct.lo. 1604. Apr.9.

1605. Aug.4.

1607. Apr.19. 1608/9 Feb.19.

' . . 3 4 5 Miles 7 8 9 le>

MAP OF fflI~Bs~~AD MID VICINITY

John Merrill & Anis Bishope married. Thomas Merrill & Rose Pea~son married. Fraunces Merrell,dau.of Nath! Merrell & . Mary his wife buried. Nathaniel Merrill buried.

11

Mary dau.of John & Susan Merrill baptised. Elizabeth dau.of Nichaelis Merrill & Mar-

garet his wife. Francis Merrill,dau.of Michael Merrill &

Margaret. Micha6i son of Michael Merrill & Margaret. John son of Michael Merrill & Margaret.

12

Belstead

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JOHN MEP.RELL of Wherstead, yeoman.

Will, 1600, mentions sons John*, Michael*, Nathaniel¼, Thomas•, and grandsons John.._., Thomas-If-¼

*Jlohn I Mary

be.p. Bels tead 10 Oct. 1602

Susan Plumley(?) m.at Eelstead

29 Dec.1601

*Michael - Margaret Scrivener buried at B. m.at Belstead 20 Aug.1616. 7 Mar.1602/3

Adm.granted to widow Margaret

Elizabeth bap. at B. 9.Apr.1604

A daughter bur.at W.

Frances bap.at B.

4 Aug. 1605

I

Michael bap.at B.

19 Apr. 1607

John bap.at B.

19 Feb. 1608/9

William bap.at B.

10 Mar. 1610/11

m.Ann Bond 3 July,1637

Anna bap .at B. 10 Sept.

1615

21 Jan.1593/4

Mary bap.at W.

23 Feb.1594/5

Martha(?) Frances bap.at W.1598

bur.l Aug.1598

-l!-!E-John bap.at W. 16 Aug.1599

1610/1 Mar.10. William son of Michael Merrill and Marga­ret.

1615. Sep.10. Anna Merrill dau.of Michael Merrill&: Margaret.

(Baptisms and burials, hiatus to 1653.)

1583. Sep.15. 1592/3 Feb.27.

1601. Dec.29. 1602/3 Mar.7.

1637.Jul.3 .

Robert Andrew & Joane Morrell married. Nathanael! Merrill & Mary Elacksoll mar­

riec.. Jo~.n Merrill & Susan Plumley married. Michael Merrill & Margaret Scrivener

married. William Merrill & An. Bond married.

. 1609. Dec.22. Prudence Merrill buried. 1616. Aug.20. Michael Merrill buried.

(Hiatus to 1622.)

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-Prudence buried at Eelstead 22 Dec.1609

*Natha.."'l.iel = m.at

Belstead 27 Feb. 1592/3

bur!.ed at W-nerstead

17 Mar. ·1626/7

Mary Blacksoll bur:i.ed at

. mier0tead l ~~l.624

I

Nathaniel tap.at Tl. 4 May,1601

Michael hap.at \i. 3 Apr.1603

~Thomas

*Tho:nas = Rose Pearson m.at

Wherstead· · 15 July,

1595

\ Anne Rose

bap.at w. 23 .li.ug .1.6:()2

Elizabetr. bap.at W. 29 Mar.1605

~n the light of this record of baptisms, marriages and burials, .aided by the evidence of relationship contained in the will given at pages 34-38, we may construct the above pedigree.

John and Nathaniel Merrell, who were baptised at Wher­stead 16 Aug. 1599, and 4 May, 1601, respectively, and whose names are underscored in red in the pedigree, seem to be the John and Nathaniel Merrill who settled in New­b~ry, ~assachusetts. Their dates of baptism are quite consistent with this theory, and they disappear from the records of Wherstead and vicinity at the time when John and Nathaniel appear in the records of Ipswich and New­bury :.n New England. John was mentioned in his grand father's will: Nathaniel was unborn when the grandfather died. Such search as has been made, however, fails to disclose marriage reco~ds, or ships' lists, or references ::l.n wil.ls to kindred beyond the sea, to prc,ve that the John and Nathaniel of Wherstead migrated to New England.

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Will of "John Meryell"

1551

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The second of the Iosvich wills to claim our atten­tion is that OI~ "John Meryell of Wherstead" (1551.). (Archdeaconry of Suf:.:~olk, book :.-:vi, folio 22 91?) . Like many wills of that period, this instrument- bore no sig­nature.

In Dei Nein Amen. The xiijt!1 day of· Decembre in the yere of o:r lorde god a m!ccccclj I Jo:t,.n Meryell beyng of the towne of Whersted of hole mynde and good memory make and orden thys my last wyll ffyrst I bequethe my sowle to Almyghtye god, and my body to be buryed at the churche of miersted before named Itm I bequethe unto my.

eldeste son John my howse wyth all my londe that there unto parteyneth oothe free and copye; &

notwythstandyng I wyll that I~ateryne my wyef shall have her dwellyng in the sayde howse wyth my sone John before named and also to have·· ·the occupyeng of the one halfe of the aforsayde londe so long as she kepeth her a wedowe beryng the one halfe of all maner of coste and -charges for the sayde tyme, but and yf she chaunce to rnary, then I wyll that my sone John before named shall have the sayde howse and the londe before named into hys howne hands payeng to .Kateryne ffiY wyef xl~ yerely enduryng her lyef. forthermore

I wyll that Kateryne my wyef shall have all my howsholde stuffe Itm I geve unto these my chyldren Wyllyam Myghell Thomas and John my yongest sane Mary Margett, Alyce Katheryn and Agnes to every

of them xx~ The resydue of my. goods not bequethed nor geven moveable or onmoveable I geve to Xateryn·e

my·w-yef and to my eldest sone John and all suche dettyes as be atteynyng unto me to be equally devyded

betwyxte them dyschargyng and fulfyllyng my legacyes and bequests whome I also make myne

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executours and Wyllyam Meryell my sones s~vysours upon the same/ be these here folowyng Rycharde

and Myghell In wytnes herof Clarke Jarome

Alderman ?lycholas Wales Thomas Cason Symon Blosse wyth dyvers other/ 35

Line 1 • In De i rl om: In De i N omine, in the name of God. 9. free.and copye: freehold and copyhold estates. 14. beryng: bearing. 23. Myghell: Michael. 28. atteynyng: due.

This will was proved 28 Jan. 1551/2.

In this will the wife Katherine and five sons and five daughters are named, as.follows: John (I), William, Michrel, Thomas, John (II), Mary, Margaret, Alice, Xatherine, Agnes.

Of these sons John (I}, William, Michael and John (II) were evidently grown up, for the first-named was appointed one of the executors, and the other three were named as supervisors of the will. It would be interesting- to know if either of the sons whom we will call John (I) and John (II) were the John Merrell who made bis will in 1600. Either may have been the testator of 1600; or, for aught the records tell us, John Merrell, who died in 1600, may have been a grandson of the John Meryell who died about fifty years earlier. This question of relationship must remain for the present unsettled.

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The third will in which we are interested is that of another John Merreli of Wherstead, its record reference being Archdeaconry of Suffolk, book x, folio 40. This also appears to have been unsigned, though regularly ad~ mitted to probate. In it the family name is written Meryell and Moryell indiscriminately.

This interesting old document is entered in book under the caption "Testam Johnis Moryell." carefully, line for line~it reads as follows:

the record Copied

Will of John Meryel]

1528

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In the name of god Amen, the iij daye of Decemo in the yere of our lord god mlcccccxxv11j

I John Moryell of Wherstede wthin the Countye of Suff husbondman beyng seek and ffebill of bodye

hooll .Bsent

and ,i1fyght of testament and

rememberaunce make this my last will under this maner of

of fourme and condicion folowyng Inprimis I bequeth · my soule to allmyghtie god to our blessed Ladye saynt

Marie a.nd to all the glorious company of hevyn my 10 bodie to be buried wthtn the cherch yerde of Wherstede

aforesaid unto the which hi,-',e Aulter for my tythes and oblacons forgoton & unpaid I bequeth iijlll ii ijg.

Item I bequeth likewise unto the highe Aulter .of Belstede cherch iij! iiij~ Item I ~eue unto Syr

15 John ffulchehm my gost.lie ffather and vicar of Wherstede x~ for a trentall to syng it where it shall please hym for my soule and all Crystyn soulys Item I geve and bequeth unto John meryell my oldest

son my tenement in -Belstede wt all my londes wt 20 in the said towne both fre and bonde in fee symple

upon this condicion that the said John my son shall paye or cause to ~e paid unto Ar..ne my wiff Im mediatlie aftr my decease the yerelie ferme of the said tenement and londes the space of ij yerys

25 and also to pay or cause to be paide unto John meryell his brother xx! out of the said tent

and londes fynding to

as the said lernyng.

John And

shall nede ovyrthat I

it to his will the

said John my oldest son shall kepe OX' cause to be

Line 15. gostlie: spiritual. ·1s. tre~tall: trental; a service of thirty masses. 23. ferme: farm, revenue. 26. tent: tenement. 28. fyYJ.ding to lernyng: expense of education. 28. ovyrthat: moreover.

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kepte an obite wtin the cherch of Whersted · the 30 terme. and space of v yerys next folewyng at'tr my decease and ~ obite to be kept to the valewe of viij~ starling· money Item I gave and bequeth unto the said John my oldest son all my bargayn and ~te of Goodylsforde woode and also my cartys plowys 35 ,r-

and tomberellys w~ all the utensells to them belongyng Except horsys and Oxsen) payeng unto his brother John vj~ viijq. to receyve them att the fest of Saynt mychaell next aftr my Qecease Item I will yf the said John my yongest son de-41te the worlde 40

or he have receyved the foresaid xx~ of myn tenement and londes before specif'ied that than the said xx~ to be paide to Anne my wiff unto the which Ar~~e I geve and bequeth all my stuf'fs and utensills of houshold. Item I geve and bequeth unto Julyan 45

and Elyn my daughters un to e?,v of them starling mony to be paid att the daye of· mariage of eyther of' them And yf eyther of said daughters de.pte the worlde or they com mariage than I will the survy7 of eyther of shall haue other parte and if they both departe worlde or the com to mariage than I will the

xx~

the my to

them the

said xl~ be don in dedys of charite by the discrecion

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of myn executors for my soule and all cristen soulys Item I geve unto Johan meryell my sonnys daughter 55

e. combe of bar:i..y The Residue of all my gooddes net be

q~ethed this my will ~formyd and dettys paid I ge,e and bequeth unto Anne my wyff Item I will ~hat

Line 30. obit~: ob~t; a memorjal service on the anni-versary of one 1s death.

34. bargayn and ~te: share. 36. tomberellys; tumbrels, dump-carts. 41, 49, 52. or: before. 56. combe: four bushels.

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myn executors shall occupie my parte of my ferme that 60 I dwelle in unto the most profight for the -I?formaunce

of this my last will and testament whom I ordeyn and make John moryell my oldest son and Thomas Belchm my brother in lawe they to ,receyve ,my detts ·

and pay my detts and -12forme this my ~sent testament 65 and last will unto the which Thomas for his labor

The Reformation

and payn I bequeth vj~ viij~. These beyng wittr.e sses John Goldynghm priest Syr John ffulchehm, Vicar

of ~erstede Edmunde Wyng.of Belstede.: wt other.

This will was proved 12 March, 1528/9.

In this will his wife Anne is mentioned, and chil­dren John (I), Jo:b.n (II), • Julian and Eleanor. John ( I) was of age; he was named as-one of the executors, and he had a daughter Johan, to whom was giver- in the will a 11 combe" of barley. John (II) was probably a minor, receiving an education. Was eit.her of these sons the "John Meryell 11 whose will was proved in 1551/2?

Only one child of John {I) is mentioned in the will. If John (I) had no other child in 1528, he could hardly have been the John who made his will 1551, for the lat­ter John had ten children in 1551, four of whom, at least, were grown up. But John, whose will we are con­sidering, was under no obligation to make bequests to his grandchildren. The fact that the bequest to Johan was four bushels of barley would indicate that Johan was not a young child, and this would strengthen the theory that John (I) may have had other children in 1528, making quite plausible the assumption that "John Meryell~ who made his will in 1551, was son of the John whose will was dated 1528.

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In the pious phrases of these wills may be read something of the history of the Reformation. In 1528, when John Meryell of Wherstead made his will, England was a Catholic country. Henry VIII was at the begin­ning of his long controversy with Rome over the question of his divorce from Catherine of Aragon, but the king was then, and to the end of his days, a Catholic in all

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doctrinal matters. Even the excommunication of Eenry in 1534 did not cause him to give up the belief that private· masses ought to be continued and auricular confessjon re­tained, and these and other Catholic dogmas were endo~sed by Parliament in the bill of ~he Six Articles in 1539. The king merely repudiated papal authority. It was thus quite natural that John Meryeil should bequeath his soul to 11our blessed Ladye saynt Marie," make bequests to the high altar of the church, and provide for masses for his soul. ·

Henry VIII died in 1547, and under Edward VI (1547-1553) the Reformation made rapid progress, especially 1n London and the-eastern counties. The Six Articles were repealed, a Book of Common Prayer and Liturgy replaced the missal and breviary, and in 1552 the Forty-two Arti­cles of Religion (later reduced to thirty-nine) were in­troduced.

It was at this time (13 Dec. 1551) that another John Meryell of W.herstead made r...is will. The Reformation had seettingly prevailed, but the heir presumptive to the tJ"..rone was Mary Tudor, a Catholic, destineG to be an ob­feet of execration through ~11 time under the name of "Bloody Mary." Under these circumstances it is If.Ct strange that the testator of 1551 should omit the church­ly phrases which might be out of place, or unpopular; or something worse, when the will should ultimately be of­fered for prob&te. With worldly wisdom which does his memory credit he dra.i'ted a will ~hi~h would meet any theological situation which might arise.

Mary succeeded to the throne in 1553; and soon after the Catholic church was reestablished. Many were im­prisoned, and others burned alive~ in Suffolk and else­where, for their Protestant faith. But this did not long continue. ~r1zabeth assumed the scepter in 1558, and soon brought about a retu~n to Protestant forms ~nd ceremonies. At the very beginning of her reign Parlia­ment voted to abolish the mass and to reestablish the li tur3y of Ec;:ard VI. The will of John Merrell of Wher­stead, e::ecuted in 1600, shows no evidence of Romish sen­timent, and amon3 its many be~uests are none for super­stitious uses. Tr..e annuity given the widow "l;as payable, to be sure, at the feast of the Annunciation of 11 the bles­sed virgir.. 3aint Marie" ar:.d the feast of St, Michael the Archar.:.gel, but these were merely the ntwo termes ir:. the yeeres usuall," and :tacl legal rather than religio"J.s sig­nificance. The Iteforrna.tior. had been accomplished.

CHAPTER V

Wherstead, a Parish in Suffolk

Ipswich, in Engla.~d, is ~bcut seventy miles north­east from London. It is situated at the head cf the estuary of the Orwell, just as Ipswich, in Pew England, stands at the head of tide water on the Ipswich River. The Massachusetts town in threa hundred years has grown to a population of 6272, while the population of the English town in ~he same period has incrensed from about 6000 to 75,000.

Wherstead village lies three miles south of Ipswich. It is an ancient settlement, and from its soil the plow has brought to light many evidences of occupation by Romans and by ~arly Britons. · In Doomsday Bock the place is described under the names Querstede and W'ervesteda. The name of the village and parish is in our day gener­ally pronounced Wersted or Warsted by the residents, the !! in the latter case having the sound of!: in father .

.A. short ride by electric railivay through Ipswich streets carries one to Bourne bridge, which marks the boundary·of Wherstead parish. near the bridge, en the 'ilherstead side, stands the Ostrich Inn, as it stood.at the time of the New England migration. In those days, however, oysters were still found in Orwell waters, and the name "Oyster Ridgeu J:-..ad not been corrupted to the name of the exotic bird whose effigy now adorns the swinging signboard of the roadside tavern.

A walk of fifteen minutes from Bourne bridge, along the macadamized highway leading southwest to MaP.ningtree anti.London, brings one to the village. The road is shaded much of the way by oaks and other tr_ees. · High untrimmed hedges or bank walls often hide the fields.

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The fields, when in view--.as I sa\7 them shaded. by the threatening clouds of a gloomy day in June, 1910-showed deep shades of green, brightened sometimes in the fore­.ground by the hectic flush 01~ r,ild poppies. The soil is light loam: the ·chief crops wheat, barley and roots.

Wherstead village is a scattered array of cottages lining a crooked lane which branches off from the high road on the east. The village is devoid of stores or public house, and the only industry, aside from a~ricul­ture, is carried on in a modest smithy.

The mierstead chur~h is not seen from the hi3h roa~, The Church nor generally from the village. It stands apart, near Wherstead Park and "the Mansion," where the owners of many of the broad acres of the parish have lived. The chL4rch shows a n:i;.:ture of Norman and Gothic architecture,

and is believed to date, in some of its part~, from about 1100. It is built of small stone, mostly of a flinty charact~r, with gray scndstone trimmings, and ha~ a ~ed tile roof. The square tower, ivy-grown, dating from about 1400, contains three bells, one of which is about five centuries old. The newest bears the date 1675. The church is smalli seating only 122 people.

I was looking through some old engravings in a book shop in Ipswich, in sear~h of nothing in particular, when I came upon the picture of Wherstead Church which is reproduced on the previous page. Extensive resto­ration and repairS\Were made in the old edifice in 1863,_ but without changing its character in any material re~ spect. As represented here the building must have been familiar to all who knew Wharstead in the time when the foundations were laid for the 1-iew England beyond the sea. The churchyard, attractive and well kept, is en­tered by a stile. In the center is the church, while around about--

"Each in his narrow cell forever laid The rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep."

lJobility and gentry, clergy and humble rustics, many in graves now unmarked, lie in the same soil, social dis­tinctions effaced at last.

The site of the church is 150 feet above the Orwell. The view from this point, up and down the stream, is called one of the finest in the Eastern Counties. Its picturesqueness is enhanced in no small de3ree by the little spots of color furnished ·by the red and brown sails of the 11 straightie barges';--fre::.sht-carrying ves­sels of moderate size engaged in coas~wise traffic. The picture on the op,osite page is taken from Zincke's book on Wherstead parish. The towe~, in the distance at the right, is in the parish of F~eston. It has been a conspicuous landmark since before the time of the Eewbury settlement.

VI.:.:.W DOWN THE ORWELL

V1.herstead parish was fortunate in having a talented Rev.F.B.Zincke vicar, who, as curate and vicar, served the parish from 1841 until his.death in 1893, and who became its histo-rian. Rev. Foster Barham Zinck~, chaplain to the Queen; was a ~entleman of studious tastes, possessing industry, imagination, and genial good-nature, and he produced a history whioh is instructive and readable as few such works have ever been. Most historians would have reci-ted the facts which, in the aggregate, would have con-stituted the history of the humble ~arish, and would have considered their work finished. Eut Mr. Zincke always goes a step farther, and seeks to"ascertain the re~son why. Why are the_birds and animals in the parish less numerous than in earlier timesi \lhy has the number of land owners decreased in such marked degree? These and ~any other questions relating to the territory of the parish, the church and ~ts vicars, the customs and lan-guage of the people, he answers in an interesting way.

Under the title "Some Materials for the History of \';herstead., 11 Mr. Zincke reprinted, - in 1887, a· series of articles which he had written, and which had first ap­peared in an Ipswich newspaper. ~uch enlarged, espec­ially by a number of chapters on "'Wherstead in Domesday,a this work appeared in a second edition in the year of its author's death. It tells much of the causes which 5rad-

Land Ownership in Wherstead

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ually brought about the changes which have taken place in the rural life of England, and its perusal would in­ter.est anyone of studious tastes, ev9n though a stranger to Wherstead and its affairs. A ccpy of the second edition of this work may be found in the Boston Public Library.

At the time of the great migration, in which the foundations of New. England were laid by the sturdy and

-------- enterprising colonists from Old England, Samuel Sames was vicar of Wb.erstead.. Like many other. clergy and laymen of his time and neighborhood he was•a Puritan ln his. beliefs and practices.. · He died !n. 1657, after fifty-four years' service in the parish.

1st edit.p.39 £d edit. ,p.46

1st edit.p.97 2d edit.p.126

"We can imagine the old man~ 11 ·says Mr. Zincke in his history, 11for he m1:.st have l!ved to beyond eighty, sun­ning himself in the warm.vicarage grounds .•.•• In whatever direction, north, south; east or west, he had looked in thosa days, he would have seen the houses of substantial land-owning neighbors, for. they were around him on every side. But now there is no representative among us of any one of them. Their descendants, one after another, were bought out; and wh~re·may be the descendants of those who sold the inheritance of their fathers, or whether indeed they have any descendants at all, no man knows."(*)

It would be vain to look to Wherstead today for rep­resentatives of the families of the seventeenth century. The parish contains 2264 acres,·and with the exception of the glebe--a small tract belonging to the church--and a half-acre belonging to a certain farmer, the entire parish was, in 1893, according to Mr. Zincke, a part of a single still larger estate. · "It is a significant illustration of the action of our land system that at this day there is not one householder of any class in this parish who is residing in the house in which he was born, and that·of all our resident householders only two· are natives of the place." (Zincke, 1st edit.,p.101; 2d edit. ,p.131.)

A century and a quarter after the first settlement of·Newbury, Massachusetts, there were ten or more-landed

(*) The most distinguished man who ever made his home in Wherstead was Lord Chief Justice Coke. He was a contemporary of Nathaniel Merrill.

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properties i:i the pe.rish of Wherstead, the owners in a number or cases be~.llg p9ople of some social distinction. Less than a c~ntury later; a~ccrdin~ to Mr. Zincke, these families had dj,sappeared so· ~omp_letcJ.y that even "tradi­tion is dumb as to where in the parish they respectively lived." In v!.ew of this fac·::. it r,ould obviously be fu­tile, at this l•te day, to seek tho site of any Merrell homestead occupied three hundred years ago.

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The earliest settlers of New England were chiefly ~e Founders of from the great middle class of the English rural popula- New England . tion. Few were of the aristocracy. Secure in their property rights and social pri,ileges, and close adhe-rents of the established church, the aristocracy had every reason to remain where the coniinued enjoyment of these rights and privileges was best assured. On the other hand, few were of the lower strata of the social structure. Some pecuniary means, and an even greater measure of enter-prise and ambition, were needed to induce families to leave the assured conditions of an established community for the uncertainties of a wilderness, in which even the beginnings of a commonwealth were yet to be laid.

We are wont to think of the early settlers of New Eng­land as victims of hardship, giving up comfortable homes in the mother country to subject themselves to the priva­tions incident to life in a forest. To a certain extent this was true, but it was less so in the case of those coming from rural England than in the case of those from the large towns.

Populous tracts in Suffolk, England, of considerable extent, were inaccessible to wheeled vehicles for more than a hundred years after Newbury was founded, and such roads for wheel traffic as there were were of a primitive character, deeply rutted, and the many places where mud made passage difficult were mended w1~n faggots, if mend­ed at all.

The England of today, a land of hard broad highways, over which motor vehicles race in competition wi~h the steam-drawn trains of the railways, is very different from the England which Nathani~l and John Merrill left, to build their homes among the Indians beside the River Parker. For generations after Nathaniel Merrill's time the guards

Zincke~ 1st ed.p.52 2d ed. p.67

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of English mail coaches carried· blunderbusses and pistols to protect the passengers under their care from the law­less men who in!'ested the country roads throughout the k:!.ngdom. The Indians of Massachusetts·ceased to be a source of danger to travelers lo~g before the Dick Tur­pins of England were forced to ret!re from ~he siniste~ profession of highway ~obbery.

CHAPTER VI

Newbnry in the Seventeenth Century

Newbury was settled by a com2~ of E~sbroe~. ·1.argely from Wiltshire, who arrived in Boston on the ship Mary and John in May, 1634. The pa.rtv~ number­ing about one hundred, .at once removed to Ipswich, then called Agawam, where they re~ained through the f~~low­ing Winter. Ipswich had been settled the previous year. Perhaps it already seemed crowded. At all events, in the Spring of· 1635 the Gen9ral Court g:-anted liberty to the new-comers to remove to Quascacunquen, ~uascacunquen and their settlement was given the name N~wberry.

Quascacunquen, or Wessacucon, was the Indian name for the waterfall on the Par­ker River, in.the Byfield parish of New­bury, a.~d the same name was often ·applied to the river itself. Shortly after re­ceiving authority to remove to Quascacun­quen the migration took place. The pa~ty made the journey of seven or eig.~t miles from Ipswich to !Jewbury by boats, land:t.ng on the north shore cf Parker River; abo~t a quarter of a mile below the present bridge at the Lower G~een. The landing place has been mc1.1•ke·d, :.n recent years, by a boulder, su~tably inscribed.

This boulder, sho,m in the illustration, is flanked on either hand by modest Summer cottages, which line the river bank. These cottages are owned for the ffiost part b~• people in !'rewburyp::irt, the city being only three oiles distant. On the Lower Green a more pretentious rr.on11ment., erected in 1905., cap;;ied by a representation in bron~e·of an ancjent s:hip, commem­orates the f!rst, cettlers o~ tbe tcwn, and bronze tablets give the names of the fi::.·st f-..merican ancest.ors of' many old I~ew England famiJ.ies.

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BOXFORD ·1685

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NEWBURY MTD VICINITY-

Wi th Dates of Incorporation of the Several Towns

The first settlement,·1n Newbury was at Oldtown, on the Parker River. Newbury originally included ?Jewburyport and West Newbury.

Salisbury originally included .t:.mesbury and Me~rimac; also Sea­brook and South Hampton, N.li.

Haverhill originally included Plaistow and other territ?ry now in New Hampshire.

Rowley originally included Georgetown, Groveland, Bradford and Boxford. ··

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The settlers of Newbury included artisans from some of the Wil~~i~e towns, and hus~andmen from various rtl!'al. communities in the South o:f En6land. There were weavers, tan­ne,. .. s, shoemakers, marine:es, besides two ministe~s and~ physician. How ma~y families settled. in Newbury in 1635 is not known, but it is certain. th:lt John and·irathaniel Merrill were not among.those who arrived that year. The date when.the brothers came to ?lew England is a matter of ~onjecture. John Meriall was a settler in Ipswic~ as early as 1636, but while it is probable that Nath­an:.el came to America with him> no record is found of Nathanielrs residence

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in that .. town. The earliest grants of land to John and Nathaniel

Merrill 1n Newbury- were on the "Neck, " sol.!th o:f the _ Parker River. The· Neck is a piece of upland, of mo_d­er!l.te extent., bordering on the river, bu-r. surrounded oy salt-marsh on the other sides. In the Pronriet-ors' Re~ords, folio 38., a grant appears: "Tc John Merrili an House-Lott of four acres on the neck over the Great River be it more or less & is .Bounded by John Pember_.:.. ton on the east John Caley on the west the River on the north &: the way on the south. " Under date o:f · 23 July~ 1638--- :'There is granted to John Merrill's -brother_ :four acres in the neck :for an house lott next his·brcther Jno. Merrill." Here no doubt were the earl.iest home­stead sites o:f the two men in the town.

One who has visited the backwoods settlements of our least populous states can picture to r.d.ms~~f the scattered log cabins which sheltered the colonists during the first years of the I?ewbc..iry se:.tlemant, each cabin surrounded by its little clearing, with garden, and modest shelter for the :few animals which they were able to provide. Highways were mere trails through the woods, often too narrow to permit the passage of a cart, and ferries were the only means of. Cl"'ossing the tidal streams which must be passed in journeying north or south. It was more t~ a century before a_ bridge was built by which t.he traveler cotld cross the Parker •River near the Lower G~een, and until i792 no · bridge connected Newbury with the towns o~ the north bank of the Merrimack.

Primitive Conditions-

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But the log cabins of the early settlers very soon gave place to more comi'ortable and commodious frame houses, for saw mills soon followed grist mills as pub­lic utilities. The roads were improved, fields were cleared' of timber, the number of cattle was increased, and industry commanded prosuerity, as industry always will. The fare.yas simple, but on tables abundantly supplied. Potatoes were unknown in Newbury until 1719, and tea was first brewed there in 1720. Coffee, too, was an untasted l~:ury until after the seventeenth cen­tury had reached its end. The daily dishes of that time were fish, pork and game, turnips, bean po~ridge, hasty pudding, and a limited variety of other me~ts, vegetables and grains, with plenty of cider and home­brewed beer.

Some of the hazards incident to life in those days are suggested by the fact that, in 1635, the circulation of brass farthings was forbidden by the Ge:ieral Court., and musket balls were to be used as currency instee.d. It was not stated who were to be the ultimate recipients of these leaden farthings. They might be needed for defence against the wolves which prowled in the woods; and it was always possible that the Indians would become a source of trouble, in which case a little small change of the sort approved by the General Court might be th~ price of peace. It is significant that the estates of the Merrills in the early generations, as inventoried, always show the possession of muskets, and generally of swords.

It has been estimated that at no time after the Eng­lish settled in Newbury was the number of Indians living in the town more than a dozen. A small number lived at

(*) The art of making bean porridge should not be lost to the world. It is an excellent dish, though un­familfar to most people in the twentieth century. It may be made as follows: Soak three cups of beans ove~ night in two quarts of cold water. In th~ mor:iing add one medium slice of salt pork, and boil a:1 togetber, slow:y, several hours, until the beans are soft. Boil a beef knuckle and about 1~ pounds of beef cut into small piec·es in two quarts of water until the meat is thorough­ly cooked. Cook the beans and beef together, slo?ily, all day, being careful not to burn.j Salt to taste. Corned beef, if not too salt, was o1ten used instead of fresh beef. \ Xlt,;.eJc.c.., ~ c..,-c-,., ,.,....,J.

the Falls o:f the Quascacunquen, dependina chiefly on fish caught there :for subsistence, and in Summer a larger num­b~r came down :from the Iiorth to- :fish and hu.'1.t at the mouth of the Merrimack. These Indians were gene~ally tractable and friendly.

Before the first genera~ion of settlers had passed from the scene, however, the colonists became ena;aoed in wars with the. Indians. While Newbury was forced tc, con­tribute men to aid in the defence of the Colony in these conflicts, the town itself was not the scene of seriou3 fighting.

Apprehension of Indian raids led the town i~ 1690 to cause the house of Abraham2 Merrill to be fortified for use as a ga~rison house, to which, in the event cf alarm, the inhabitants in the western part of the town, near the Merrimack, might flee· for saf'ety. Iio attack by the Red­sk~.ns was eAperienced in riewbury, however, until 7 Oct. ~6£5, when five Indians plundered the house of John Brown, ·;:,we, miles south of Abraham Herrill Is garrison house, in the absence of most of the men, and captured r.ine persons. In consequence of this raid the followir.g order was issued 1~ Oct. 1695:

"To Abraham Merrill of !!'ewbury. ( *) aThese Are In his Majesty's name to will and Requier

you to take the Gear to seat the watch of five men A night Eegining att Samuel Poores and Job Pilsburyes and all Sayer's Lean [lane] to Edward Poores and soe Runing ~y ye Road to Ha::-t:.choak river and soe !?otherly E1~cept the Eoundars. You J...re Likewise Required to Ordar two of said watchmen upon Dewty to walke Dowen to Daniel Merrill's and two more to John Ordways att thaier returen Always keeping out a Sentinell upon dewty. You are also t~ Make return of all defact.s unto the. Capten to whom they belong forthwith. It i~ also desiered that you demand and re­quire ye fien for each man 1s defeact and upon their re­fusall to make return as aforesaid.a

l,early all of ,. . .,_e captured settlers were retaken, and thereafter IJew:-rury w:;i.s spared the bloody raids from which r;,ther towns, fa:-ther north and west, oc.casionaJJy su.ttered.

( *) See Coffin's History of I~ewbury, pages 161-163.

Removal to the Merrimack

A Q.uestion cf Church Government

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The banks of Parker P.iver proved an unfavorable site for the new settlement. The amount of good tillage land in that vicinity was insufficient, and many of the settlers urged a removal of their homes to the bank of the Merrimack, three miles distant. In 1642 commission­ers were chosen to -.,_,.y out and assign lots of land, at the edge of the present c!ty of Newburyport, to the freeholders. John Merrill, Richard Knight, Anthony Short and John Emery were appointed a committee to make an invent.ory and appraisal of the land, improvements and stock of the se·..-eral in11abi tan ts. It was ordered that neury house lott shall be ffoure acres," and four years were allowed for ~u!lding new habitations and va­cating the premises occupied at Parker Iliver.

Certain of the inhabitants vigorously opposed the projected removal, and appeal was made to the General Court, but differences were finally adjusted, and in 1646 and the following year the work of building, and clearing land for cultivation, was prosecuted with great zeal. The various homestead lots in the vicinity of Parker ?.iver thus reverted to the town. (*)

The men wno migrated from England, and made the long voyage to seek homes in the New England wilderness, were the more active and independent spirits in the communi­ties from which they came. The law of inertia kept the less enterprising men at home. The same independence, in the new communities which they established on this side of the ocean, made them jealous of their rights, and ready to defend them if t.hey fancied that these rights were being disregarded. They were dissenters in England, and were equally ready to e;:press dissent in this country if they felt that their individual rights, or right in the abstract, was encroached upon. This quality of combativeness led to several long-con­t5.nued contests among the settlers of I;ewbury, concern­ing both civil and ecclesiastical 2ffairs.

Rev. Thomas Parker, a native of Wiltshire, had been a teacher in Newbury, in Berkshire, England, before com-·

(*} On the opposite page the site of the original N~wbury settlement and its neighborhood is shown. A poet's picture of Newbury is given by Whittier in hi~ rhythmical verses, "The Prophecy of Samuel Sewall. :i Whittier's earliest American ancestors lived for a time in Newbury.

•VIEW•FR0M·OLDTOWN·HILL• LOOKING IOUTH£'-ST

In the foreground is Newbury Oldtown, its houses grouped about the Lower Oreun. At the rl3ht is the old bridge across· Parker River, connecting with the Neck, where John and Nathaniel Merrill's first homestead lots were situated.

At the left of the picture, just below the little flock of birds, is the mouth of Parker River., Cape Met•rill being the point of land at the mouth of the stream on the left. Bey<Jnd Cape Met'r•ill lies Plum lsland, and on the h<Jrizon, just at the left of the birds, far <Jut in the Atlantic, is seen the extremity or Cape Ann, a dozen miles away. .

At the right of the center of the picture) at the southern e~tremity of Plum Island, is the mouth r,f Ipswich River, Salt marshes, ~otted with stacks of hay, are s~en in the middle distance, on both sides of Parker River.

(From a photograph made in 1892.)

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ing to New England. He ~as pastor of the church in New­bury, Massachusetts, :from 1635 u.,til, !lavin3 'become blind~ h~ rel-tnqu1-sned tne~-puip-it 1n 1675. In his honor both Parker River and the town of Newbury recejved. t-hei..r names.

Prom 1663 until 1672 Mr. Farker was assisted by his nephew, !lev. John Woodbridge. Serious cliss:3:n5ion had arisen in the church, a large element disputing certain doctrines .taught ·by the pas·c.0r and his collea£Ue regarding church government. The cha!'ge was made that the minister assurted greater authority in pari.sh affairs +.han he had a right to e~ercise.

An issue was framed and presented to the County Court in 1669, but an appeal was taken to the Court of Assist­ants. Later in the same year a council of churches was held, but its advice was soon disregarded, and a second council had to be called. After a long hearing an agree­ment, which it was hoped wouJ.d end the controversy, was 3igned by the leaGers of both parties.

John•· Merrill and Deacon Abra.ham~ Merrill were among those who sought to secure a larger measure of influence for the church members in ecclesiasti~al matters, and to ct.rb the somewhat arbitrary pcwe!"' cla::.med by the pastor. !n 1671.the case again reached the County Court, and fines ranging from one to twenty nobles wei:-e imposed on about forty of P.ev. Mr. Parker I s op1:,onents. J-:ir..n 1 11errill was fined a mark and Abra.~am: was fined a noble. (*)

i;ewbury in the Colonial period had a large a:rea, com- A New .Farish prising the territory now included in !~ewb·.iry, ~v':lst l~ew- Formed bury and Eewburyport. The residents 5.n thr. W::?~:.ern part of the town ffhally became so numerc~s that, in 1685, they asked for separate public worship, ~laimin5 tha~ the long jc,urney to the exj_stine.; meeting house me.de attendance at religious services unduly burdenzome. Th::.s was the begin-ning of a contest which disturbed the affairs of the town for a quarter of a century, and involved ~~~ea:.ed ap9eals to the General Court of the C::;:..ony. In r,l1j.s controversy Deacon Abrahamz Merrill was a l~c1.ding figure.

The petition for separate public worship not being sranted, s::.xteen individuals in ~~e western pa~t of the town, about 1589, erec-ted a small meetjng hous::? et "the I'lains ii at their own e:;:pen!'.le. 'i.'hi s house was about 30

(*) A noble was 6's.8d. J-. rr.ar!· eQuc.led two nobles.

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feet square, and it stood on land adjoining the Sawyer 1 s Hill burying ground. The contest next centered in a question"~whether.-seI'Vices-;shouJ.Lbe~-conduc_teLby~a~ler­gyman chosen by the west-end residents, or by one chosen by the town. Abraham Merrill supported the claims of a pastor who had been chosen without authority of the town, and in consequence he and four others were, in 1694, "bound over and admonished for opposing tl:eir or­dained minister, Mr. John Richardson."

In January, 1695, the town decided to divide the town into two parishes, and Abraham Merrill was a mem­ber of the committee to establish the dividing line. But with this vote a new cause of discord arose. The town voted in 1695, and again in 1706, that the West Parish meeting house should be erected at Pipestave Hill, some two miles west of the Sawyer's Hill church. But a strong party, in which Abraham Merrill was very influ­ential, opposed the proposed site, determined to repair the building at Sawyer's Hill, and continue worship there. In 1709, however, the erection of the meeting house at Pipestave Hill was begun.

Abraham Merrill and fifty-four others thereupon (4 7eb.1709/l0) presented a petition to the General Court, reciting that ~he parish had levied taxes to de­fray the cost of a meeting house at Pipestave Hill, and seized the property of some who rtfused to pay the amounts assessed. They asked "y if no bater method may be found out. for our ris:~ef yt we may be Set of so far as may agree wth righteousness & Religion to ~ain­tain our ministe~ & rr.!nistry am~ngst our Selves the charge whereof we chuse abundan"i.:.ly rather +,o undergo t~en to haue our good ends, designs and Endeuaers above sc frustrated and mad ·.roide." ( *) A few months later the General Court ordered that the tax.es wh!ch had been levied by the parish should be refunded.

Opposition to the Pipestave Hill site on the part of the people at the Plains led, in 1711, to a nocturnal raid by a disorderly company of. men and boys, .recruited, no doubt, in the Pipestave Hill section, and the Saw­yer's Hill meeting house was torn down. Those who had erected the meeting house at Sawyer's Hill twenty years

(*) Massachusetts Archives, ~:I, 306. Currier, His­tory of newbury, p. 353.

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This was the situation when Deacon Abraham 2 Merrill and many others in the West Parish--about forty-five fam­ilies--who opposed the Pipestave Hill site for a meeting houne, determined to go over to the Church of F.ngland. A petition was sent to the Bishop of London asking for a minister, and another pet.it-ion, signed by Ab!"aham Merrill and twenty-one others, was presented to Gcv. Dudley pro­testing against bein3 "forced to contribute to the sup­port of the tolerated dissenting Teachere. 11

Gov. Dudley took the part of the petitioners in the controversy. The building which had b9en begun war fin­ished in 1712, and was called Queen Anne'z Cha.pel. 1::. wao fifty by thirty feet in ~ize, and wa~ used for relig-1,,us s9rvices until 1766. Tl1is waD the se :::or:.d Eoisc opal C:11.urch in Massachusetts. Abraham:::. Merr.::.11 was cho~en one of the first wardens, 30 M&rch: 1714.

Johnl Merrill, son of Abr~ham2 , was an active parti­san of his father, and wa~ imprisoned in 1712 for non-pay­ment of a rate assessed by the West Parish. The long controversy may be considered to have reached its end in 1714, when the West Parish vot.ed riC"Jt to levy re.tes upon EpJ.scopalians to pay for maint.enance of the ministry.

Q.ue-e-n Anne's Chapel

Cape Merrill is the point of land on the north side Cape Merr!ll of Parker River formed by the confl~ence of the ?arker and Plum Isl?.!ld R~vers. It is marshland, occasionelly flooded by the tice, a~d its crop of salt hay for many years past has been left uncut. East of Plum Isle.rid ::::i.ver lies Plum Island, eight. miles long, its bare sand dunes extending from the mout-h of the Merrimack south to the mouth o"! Ipswich RiYer.

Twelve acres at the end cf thFl Cape was granted by the town to John' Merrill in 154G. Receiving his name it has been known as Merrill's Point, or ca,e Merrill, to the present day. Six acres of this land he ~onveyed to his son-in-law, Stephen Swett, and three acres to his brother Nathaniel1 Merrill. By a paper recorded 25 Jiov. 1671, it c.ppears that he sold "the rest of the poynt of marsh," at the extremity of the Cape, to Abrc:.ham2 Merrill fC"Jr forty shillings. (Proprietors 1 Records, fol. 38,64.)

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Deacon Abraham Merrill acquired othermarshland ad-. Joining, and held it until 8 May, 1686, when he convey­ed to Jonathan Emery of New­bury twelve acres "at a place Comly Called Merrills point bounded by Newbury river Southerly Plumb Island river 2asterly & on ye Northerly~ Westerly Side by ye marsh of t•!atb.aniel Merrill Deced & Joseph King. 11 Deacon Merrill received in exchange twelve acres ~in y~ Great Marsh be­low pine Island."

The acknowledgements of these mutual deeds were not taken until August, 1719, and they were recorded with Essex Deeds, book 35, leaf 246, and book 36, leaf 244, respectively. Of the subsequent history of this land, for more than a century, I have no knowledge.

It was formerly the practice of farmers to cut the salt hay, and feed it to their stock, and early in the last century the farmers in some parts of the interior would 30 to the seashore in companies to get hay from the marshes. These parties would camp on the spot while the hay was cut and dried, and loaded on the great flat-bottomed boats, called 11gundelows·1 (a corruption of gondolas), to be freighted to points near home as wind, ant the tide in the streams, favored. The cost of la­bor for a generation past, however, has res1.,lted in most of the salt marshes being left uncut. It ~s ~heaper for the farmers to buy salt for their cattle by the bushel.

In these journeys after salt hay Moses~ Merrill (G-ylesS , Moses•-3 ,Daniel2 ) of Haverhill worked in con­junction with his neighbor, True Kimball of Plai,ito;v, N.H. They bought in common a .number of adjoin:i.ng par­~els of marsh at Cape Merrill, their holdings e~tendtng more than a quarter of a mile on Plum Island River, and

(-:+) My father used to tell of these uhaying" trips, to Cape Merrill, in which he participated, in the 130s of the last century. They were, he said, the most keen­ly-enjoyed holidays which came into the lives of the farmers I boys who took part in them. S.M.

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about thirty-two rods on Oldtown, or Parker, River. The men and boys of the two households .would go down the Mer­rimack and into Plum Island River wit11 gundelows, and, after harvesting their crop, would return home and divide the hay for the Winter's use.

The land at the eAtremity of Cape Merrill was pur­chased by them from Jonathan Ela of Haverhill, the pur­chase price being $35. The deed, dated 16 June, 1831, ~nd recorded in the Essex Deeds, at Salem, in book 262, leaf 146, thus describes the land: 11A certain parcel of s~: t.marsh situate in r~ewbury at a place called Cape Merrill Point and is bounded Southwesterly on old Town River thirty-two rods, Westerly on land of Daniel P:i.urnmer eight rods, ~:ortherly on my own land about thirty rods and Easterly on Plumb Island River twenty-five rods contain:'..ng about three acres and one half. 11

The three and a half acres at the e;:tremi ty of the C~pe was held in common until 18 Feb. 1858, ween it was purchased by Gyles7 Merrlll, son of Moses6, and it has since been kept . in the family for the sake of the name. At the death of Gyles, Merrill, in 1894, it came ~nto the possession of his son, the compiler of this Me~orial, who retains it as an interesting heirloom, paying annually to the Town of 1;ewbury on account of it a tax of about sixty cents.

The scene at Cape Merrill has changed very little in the two and three-quarters centuries since John Merrill cut salt hay there. On the farther edge of the Plum Island marsh, half a mile away, a few modest shooting bo~:es can be seen, but beyond this the landscape in our day tells nothing of the changes which have transformed the New England wilderness of the middle seventeenth cen­tury into a populous.land throbbing with the activities of industry and trade. In most landscapes time works g~eat changes. At the mouth of Parker ~iver, looking eastward, it seems almost as if the world had stood still wa5.le century . aftP.1"' century has come and gone.

CHAPTER VlI

Nathaniel 1 of Newbury a.ncl His Sons

It is not known in what ship John and Nathaniel Mer-ril~- came to New England. There are, indeed., few sh:'-ps' lists for that period in eAistence. Rev. Samuel.-H. Me~-rili wrot.e., in 1858, that they c&me, with about one lu,n­dred- others; in the ship Hector in 1633, but eviden".!e t.hat they d:.d so is lacking. The statement is c.oubt.­less based on an interpolatjon.- by an unknown hand, :i.n an entry in the Newbur·y ree;ords -under th~ data ()f 1752. Coffin., in his History of Newbury C,ages 9 and ~O), gives reasons for disregarding this tradition.

The Merrill bro~hers made a brief stay in Ipswi~h before taking up the;.r residence :.n ~iewbu~--y. Jc.hn Y-e-ce i7ed a grant of a house lot in l;;,sw: ch a::; earJ_y ,;i,s 1635, but surrendered it on remo•:ing frcm the i:.own . John, and probably IJathaniel., was a f1•eeh')lder, or p:-o­prietur, in Newbur·y as ear::!.y as 1638.

(Sa~ p.57; see The e::act spot in Newbury where I·J?.than·~_e1« Merrill ai.-:;u pp./Sq-161) livs·J i!:: U!iltnown--but the i:;i?.me mi?.y be s~i.i of the home-

cte~d.~ cf wo~t of the first settlers. ?Jathar.ie:;_ ap.1. hls brc,the:.- JoJ:l_"l were gra.·n.ed hocesteo.d lo':.s aC.:.;jo::.ni::ig ea~h ot he!' on the. Neck, on the svut~'l b?-r1k of th3 Fat>kP.:..~ . I':.:.ver. It is p!'obable that they bu;_1+. hou~es ::L"l<i lived there ~ev~~~l years, but when the exodus wac made to the "newe Town,•~ they rernjved northw<".1-d w;."uh m<"JSt of t-he others. Thc•se i:ving on the Ner.k re~isted the proposed transfer of the sett:ement to the s~ore of the Merrima~k, but in Dece!l').ber, 164S, it was re...:ord.eJ "uha:;:, rthe necke · r.:er. .haYe consent'?d to yeld to the re'Iluuei:-ig uf trE to.me, and accord in9:ly hava recei vec. sat.:..sfa,~-t icn ·'\t the new towne :n land, for their land o~ the neck3, anj there­fc,re have yelded up tileir land i!l the r"Leoke to +.,lle. Towne." (Curr'.:.er, I-listor·y of Newbury, p. 92.)

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Will.iam7 Merrill (Henry~.S:', John', Abraham2 ) , who was born in 1817, was.much interested_in questions rel.at.ing to the family history. He was very familiar with I~ew­bury and West Newbury places, having passed. his life in the tsrritory compr::sed within the boundaries of Old New­bury. It was his belief that Nathaniel• Merrill spent the last years of his life on part of the farm whi~h his s~n ~braham2 occupied, ju~t below the mouth of Artichoke River. Mr. Merrill wrote me~ when he was long past 80 years of age, that he had eat.en p-3ars f!'om two trees w:1;.ch grew. on the fc1rm, +.he trees, accorciing -r.o tradition, having been s-r.~nding in the time of Nat~ar.iel the emi­grant. The hcuse of Nat.hani.eJ.i is supposed t,o have stood a quart.er of a mile fr')m the road, tcward the river. B ... r(, tee belief that Nathaniel1 Me::-r~.11 lived on this farm is based only on tradit.ion, unsupported, so far as t.he p~esent writer is aware, by a:ny ~ore tangible evidence.

The inventcry of Nathaniel' Merrill's estate, made shortly afte:.:- his death, ment.:i.cns "t.en alcers c-f vpland a!ld thre akers of marsh with the preuiledge of afrehold or Comonage, 11 but :.t includes no other real estate. The value placed on th~s land and right of ccmmonage was only £ 20. Follow:.ng the inYentory is tha entry, "his debts for Rent due to mr Cu!.t!.ng - - 5-0-0," and in the absence of any definite mention of buiJ.d5.r.i.gs in the will or in the inventory we may surn:ise.that Nathaniel1 Mer­rill at his death occupied under a lease a house oelong­ing to another.

John Cutting, shipmaster, made many voyages between England and America. He was i,1 Watertown in 1636, and later in Charlestown, and as early as 1642 was in New­bury, where he died 20 Nov. 1659. ?rior to 1645 he was granted a farm of two hundred acres an the north bank of the Falls River, 5.n y;hat was later the Byfield Parish. _(,.bout the same tirae he was granted "an house lot at the new town joyning Hill street. 11 John Cutting owned {*) :and also on the shore of the Merrimack, near the old Salisbury ferry landing, and just below Ram Island. This land was bounded by the present High Street on the west, by Woodland Street on the north, and by the river on the east.

(*) Hill Street retains the same name in modern New­buryport. See Currier, History of Newbury, pages 64, 89, 90, note.

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If Nathanlelt Merrill held his dwelling house under a lease from John Cutting, :i:t is not· 11kely that tl:E house stood on the farm on the Falls River which been granted to Cut.ting, for the inhabitants ··of the ·Col­ony were discouraged, so far as possible, by legal'.'en­actment and otherwise, from'Iiving at any considerable distance from the meeting house, the civic centeri·o:f each community. This policy was dictated less by:a wish to encourage promptness and regularity in attend­ance at divine worship, than by a deslre·to insure-mu-tual protection. · · ······

It seems probable that Captain Cut ting himse_lf' lived on the homestead lot·granted him on Hil:l Street, and we· may surmise that !;athaniel Merrill' owed the .£ 5 :for :rentJ of a house on the Woodland Street land near the river. This section is now a very respectable residential neigh-borhood. (-?:-) ·

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It would be interesting to know something of the.pP.r­sonali ty of ?iathaniel: Merrill;. and the "ircumstances. o:f · his daily life. Ee was no dc•ubt muc:!:l like the: o:.b.er

(-;;.) The foot of Woodla.11c Street is a quru:-ter o-£ · a mile be!.ow the site of the shipye.rd occupi~d by Jonath:m~ Nathan and Orlai1do-Bagley Merrill. ( See Currier,. 110uld Newbury," p. 281.) This shipyard was o:pposit.e Rat!l. lslanc'I .. It is now grass-grown; The few rotting w:!:lai'f-timbers· · whj ch remain fur~:i.sh .. scant mate,:,r~.l to en~.'::>J:e a layman t.o const.ru~t, a m~ntal picture: .. of the. old- time flourish­ing indi;:st:-y. The industry in Iicwburypcrt was .. too. <:lead to be revived, aven when war necessit:.es recently called fc:r ra::,id. constructio:i of fightiug and freight_ing ves:.. sels. · ·

Pa:-E>.lle::. with Woodland street, · a quarter of a mi'le so1.1.the~~t, :i. ~ M':lr:!"ill Street. This, .'.l.S ·Merr;.11 's Lane.,. was opened a":loi;:t :;_r;50. It was accept~d by the town in l'/74, and waa th.en given the name Merr:i.::.J Street. · T'.c.e original lane included what later was know_n as Rus£ia Street., 2.n~ it r;t!'l southwest from Me:::-r::.mackStree,:.. On Merril::. Street lived ?lfoses and -'I'hcmas-P. Merr:.11/ &s well as a number of shipmasters who were act:i.ve ih • thP-. thriving forei~"l commerce of early Newburyport. ·. A gsm­brel-rocfed house on this street was occupied for.many years by Dz-. David-Jacktnan Merrill ( l806:..la91) . ·· J._nother Me:r·rill: s Lane, ::.n what. is now Wc:ist l~ewbury_;. ,ran north­west~rly from Indian Hill to Indian River. .('buld Uew­bury, p.3f8.) On this road stood the.house of Kathan­iel3 Merrill (Abel::).

rariners of'histime, and met the hardships of a pioneer without a murm_ur in an age when newspapers were unknown, latter writing infrequent., .and when no thought was given to the preservation of· materials for su-::h a histo::-y as this~ f'or the, benefit of a generat: .. on of' des~er..da.."lts who would not come into the world unti: two centur!es or mor.e had elapsed; Af'ter all it is not strange thP.t so little h':1.s surv.ived the succeeding ages of .indifference to fam­ily history.·

The "freeholders" or "proprietors" of Newbury were those who were entitled to share in the common and undivi­ded lands. John' Merrill was a freeholder in 1642. At what time Nathaniel1 acquired freehc,ld r.:.ghts we c!lnnot tell. He had, however~ acquired s~ch rights by purchase p.::-ior to l.March, 1651. (Currier, History of Newbt~ry, pages 84, 93.)

The will and inventory o-f Nathaniel• Merr:i.:!.l are pre­served in the Ess\3x Cou.'"lty Court .Papers, vol. I II, leaf 10, in the office of the Clerk of Geurts at Salem. Bot!l papers are in the handwriting of .Anthony Somer-by. Th':l ;vill was executed 8 Ma.:-c.:h, 1654/5; Nathaniel Merrill died 16 March, 1654/5; the wi:!.l was proved 27 Mar~h, 1655. ·

Anthony Somerby was educated at Cambridge, England. He came to New England in 1639, and was ~he f!rst school­master of Newbury. He was town clerk nE:arly forty years, and his handwriting is very :famili::3.r to those who have devoted·. much attention to early ?Jewbu::-y reco:-ds. Rich­ard Knight, another witness o'!: the will, came to New Eng­land in 1635, having previously learned the tailoring trade. He was one of the f~rst selectmen of the town.

The accompanying facsimile of the will I tracP.d care­fully with a pen on tracing cloth, devoting several hours to the task. By the same means I copied most of the auto­graphs which are used in later pages of this book. A majority of the autographs are fr~m wills, and many of these instruments were executed at times of great bodily infirmity. They are not models of chirography: it may, nevertheless., be faj_rly said t.hat the penmanship of our earlier ancestors was usually better than their pens. In the mark by which Nathaniel Merrill signed his will we can see the effort.of a man on his deathbed to make the initials· NM. There is no reason whatever to assume that he lacked the usual common-s~hool education of his time.

The Will o:f Nathaniel'

Merr:!.J.l

70

WIL= OF NATHANIEL 1 MERRILL

Wilna b;• these psents that J tJ.CatbanieO {MerriO of tJ.Cewbury in the Countie of Effex being jicu of bot:[y but through gods mercy of perfetl menu,ry do here make my Jajl wi/J and lejlament, J flrft bequeath my Joule into

; the hands of ~ bJeffed Cf{edeemer mitb an affured bojJe of a ioyfua refuretlwn, and my body 1Dben it jbaO pleafe the lord to take me out of tbi4 fraile life to bee buryed in the burying place of tJ.Cewbury, and for my worldly gvods J giue a11d di.fj,ofe of a& foOqwe/b

to Jmpr J giue and bequeath 1Jnto Sufanna my 1J1ife flue akers of plo-JJ:zble land lying next my Brother John land and balfe the marjb durebrg her naturaO life a11d a cow a11d three heifers and aO my boufebold goods, .And out of thi& eftat Jo . giuen to · my wife J

t; giue a11d bequeath vnto my daughter Sufanna flue pounds when /be /ha/be at the age of twenty yeares then J giue and bequeath 1Jnto my Jon NatbanieO ( whom J appoint .u my true and . lawfuO beire) aO my land and freehold after my 1J1iues decease, and

20 aO the W:Jrking too/es &- Jmplements of bttfhandrv and all the ca/tell and jtocke befids And out of tJm· jtocke J appoint that nv, Jon NatbanieO /ball pay tbeife legacyes as followetb, that i& J giue 1:1tto my Jon John when be Jhalbee of the age of two and twenty yeers

2; the Jumme uf flue pounds, .And aljo J giue and bequeath vnto my Jon .Abraham at the age of two and twenty yeare flue pounds, And J giue and bequeath vnto my fonne ~i:mieO aljo at the age of 011e and twenty years flue pound . and J giue and be;iue:itb to my fon .Abe/J flue pounds alfo

;o at the age of one and twmty years, And J appoi"t 1f!V

fan Natba11ie!l to be nv• Joie executor a11d aO my debts &- f1111eraO rites bei11g discharged J appoint him to. baue all /be rejl of my goods &- chattels 1J11dispoJed and J defire 111r bro!ber ]aim meriO and .An/bony Somerby

;:; to be lbe ouerfeers of Ibis my loft wiO &- tejlament. ]11 witneffe w_herof J baue /et my band. The NM marke march the ergbt zn tbe yeare one of [il(atbanieO [MerriO· tbou/and _tix bundre.i fifty foure

-::pm, .JI' ,jtate b11t ,j gods p'uidmu fho11/d f?v /offes & eroffes I\ more tbm otdi,u,y: tbm proportionJb(J, lo be ab~,d in tbe legQf?es

Wittnes ~cbard Knight .Anthony Somerby Jobn [MerreO

p1i.d in co11rt held aJ J'Pf.i:idJ tb~:z;o/(1) ,;5b;,tbeoatbofjobn memll & .Anthon)' Sumerb;

p mr 'T(_obt. !Ard dmi:'

5

A MZRRILL MEMORIAL 71

An Inuentory of the lands goods and Chattells of Nathaniell merrill of Newbury w~o deceased march 16 l6~g

Impr' ten akers of ·vpland and thre akers of me.rm w1 th the preuiledge of af'rehold or Coiiionc1.ge 7allu3d at------------20- 0-0

one cow vall:,ea. at and acalfe-------------- ----------- 4-15-0 anc. 2 r.aJ.uac,

three heifers of tJ:i.ree yeare old "vell·1ed ai;.-----------12-10-0

two steers o:f two yeare old & t-.vo heif~:rs vaJ.lued at---11- 0-0

three yearel!ngs vallued at---------------------------- 4- 0-0

r'? one old cart & wheels and s:ed ~nd an old harcw-------- 1- 0-0

r? 2 spades a mattock a beetle 4 ~edges a crosscut saw & a hand saw & 4 axes and 4 hooes wtn other small tooles----- 2- 0-0

ri? 3 old tubs a fanne an Iron staple & ring & 2 prongs & shouell-------------------------------------------------- 0-10-0

1t? his weareing apparell--------------------------------- 2- 0-0

10 rt> ten bushells o:f malt & barl~; 5 bushells of wheate & nine bushels of rye & about 35.bushells of Indian corne--10-16-0

r? two muskets and 2 swords with match & powder- & other appurtenances therto belonging--------------------------- 2- 0-0

rt> in oats & pease---------------------------------------- 0-10-0

rt? sixe small swyne--------------------------------------- 3- 0-0

1t> 2 flock beds &.bolsters & 2 small feather pillows & two couerlets & old blankets & 2 paire of sheets old--------- 4- 0-0

15 r"? 2 old Ketles 2 skillets & a smal braspot & Iron pot---- 1-10-

rt> an old warming pan fireshouell gridiron tongs & other small Iron things & a spitt------------------------------ 0-12-0

rt> 4 small pewter dishes & askimrner dishes & spoones------ 0-12-0

1"? a truckle bedsted 2 buckets and a pr~ of cottrells & other small things-------------------------------------- 0-10-0

rt> a small cart rope & halfe bushell & a pecke------------ 0- 5-0

72 A MER.~ILL MEMCRL~

2~ rt? a small cubbord & 2 chests----------------------------- 0-16-0

rt'.> one drir.Jce vessels 2 wheels one powdr!.ng tub: ten milke trayes & 3 cheesfats & other i~mber--------------------- 2- 0-0

Sum is----- 84- 6-0

his debts for Rent due to mt Cutting------~------- 5- 0-0

and besids in small debts------------------------- 2- 0-0

A tru~ In~entory taken march 2s~h 1654:55 by vs Daniell p Thurstons marke

J:ichard Knight

N~cholans W~ndma..~

Thls. inventory is that o·f a man in very modest cir­cumstances. In the next generation ~he Merrills were all much ~ore prosperous--and i~ the incre~sing prcs9eri­ty as the e;enera·i.,j_ons succeeded one anot"her one m~y fine. re8.son for satisfaction. If the fcr"':.unes of a 1·a.mily are on a ris!ng plane it is surely mo~e creditable than to be the humble descendants cf an iliustrious ancest0r in who~e ab~liti0s and mat~rial posseszic~s his descena­ants have no share.

A glimpse into the dcmest.ic life of rural Uew Eng­land in th~ early Colonjal period is af'fordP-d by the l!st of articles enumerated jn thls inventory. The names o:f s~me of thece things are n~ longer familiar, eve~ en the farms. The "!'a:ine, '' mentior.ed :i.n the eigh·;.,h item~ was an imp:emen'i. for winnowing grai.n. :iprongs, 11 in t-he same 'i.. i..em, were h?.y forks. n!l'lock beds," re:ferred to in th:; fourteen-!:.h item, were bed3 fil:ed with wool \';aste. The atru~l~:i..e bed~ted, ;, in item 18, was a low bed, on c~ster$, to be pushed under a high bedstead when not in use; a trundle-beet. Cotterels ( 11 cottrells, 11 item 18) were he oles from ,1hich pots were hung over a fire. The 11 pcwd'.=rj ng tub" ( :.tem 21) was a tub in which me:1t was cor:1ed.: Cheese-vats ( called- "cheesfat.s" in item 21) were ~~ses in whi~h cheese~ were pressed.

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If Nathaniel Merrill who died in Newbury in 1655 is identical with the 1!athaniel whose baptism in 1601 j s recorded in the parish of W!lerstead, he wes abcut fifty­four years old at his death. We lmow 15.t tle c.f' :.11s personality or of the events of his life. His life may seem to us, indeed, tc have been cam~onpiace. It ended bef'ore it had rea~hed ~he three-sccre years allot­ted by Scripture, but n.:.i on~•~ life can be thought t.o have been in vain if he has g~ven to the wor~d f'i7e stalwart sons, trained to habits of industry and t.hrift,. and in the wider a~tivit.ies and greater prosper·ity of these sons the f'ather's life may> in a sense, be con­sidered to have continued.

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74 A ME?..RILL MEMO!!uL ···-··· --·- ·--· - ....... -----·-···-··-· --·-··--- -··----- ----------------· ·-------- ---•• ---·· ·•-··- ....

NA.THANIEL~ MERRILL

It is assumed that Nathaniel2 Merrill was the eldest son Nathanielf • .All pe~sons in the CoJ.ony more than sixteen years of age were, in 1678, required to take the oa:.h of allegiance. The oath was administered in Ncw­bur~• in Septel!lber of that. year, and the list for that to'iln is on :r::.:i.e at $alem with the Essex County cou:-t papors, vol. 30, le~.f' 56. · In this list appear the namcE" of .Abraham Merrill, age 41; '1Nathaneel, 11 age 40:; Da.~iel, age 34; a..d Abel, age 32. There is no apparen~ reason ~hy accuracy jn stating the precise ages of the men who took the oath sho~ld have been considered much more important than accuracy in spelling their name~.

I:athaniel1 Merrj_ll, in mal::ing his will in 1655, named I;at:Caz:iel;., as e::ecut.or. From t=iis fact it may be inferred that, I~a.thaniel2 had then attained his majority, in which case he was born prior to 1635. If this as-

(See page J63) sumption is correc~, he was at, least fo!'ty-four years of

· I{orfolk P.ecords, book 3,leaf 124

age when he took the oath in 1678. In other ins~ances also, in the same list, the ages of men seem to have been incorrectly stated.

Little is to be learned, from the :.own record:=; c,f l!e,vbur:r, or frort o:.her sources, to sho,, that Fathaniel2

Merrill was prominent in town affairs. He died ~efor~ reaching the age ~f fifty years, but was prosperous, and am~sse~ a comfortable property by the standards of his time.

A deed is recorded in Salem by which Kathaniel :r,~er­rill o~ Nubery bought an acre of meadow in Haverhill from Daniel Lad, p&.yin~ therefor 11£ 3 & a :'lite~ of Sac-on." '!'i.1e date cf this deed, on th3 recnrd, · is 19 April, :::.628. an error which 5.s·s~emingly copied .frcm the inzt~~~cntitself. The conveyancer's adde~ statemen~: 11ann"."Jq,1.e ~enni Reg:: s caroly secund.i xxx, 11 would pJ.ace tr.e cl.::'·.e--a·ooutnaif a ce:::itury later than 1Z28. 1~not:ner purch~ce of Eaverr.ill real estate by Eathani~: Merrill is shown by the dt=!&ds of ?eter G:::-een and Thomas Duston, .. ,he 1~·:;te't' d~ed. bear.:.::g the dat~ 15 March, 1677/78. '!'he land in ~ues't5--:r. c.omp:??ised fift:7 acres; and it i::: to be

.II.. NERRILL MTI:MOR IAL 75

presumed that this is the same property which, in the in­ventory of Nathaniel Merrill's estate, in 1682, was ap­oraised at£ 120. (r.orfolk Records, book 3, leaves 76 and 124.)

The will of Nathaniel 2 Merrill was executed just a month before his death. This instrument, and the inven­tory of his estate, were in the handwriting of Tristram Coffin, and both disclose some original ideas in phonetic spelling. In the copy given belog I have indicated by a diagonal line/ the end of each line in the will as originally m-itten.

!Tathaniel ~ 1:errill 's

Will

Inthe name of god amen: I I~athanuel ~!arrill of ne,:bury / .in masathusith; newingland: being sensabel of my owne mortallity and/ haveing att this time my Rationall "J.ndarstanding and memory dou / make this as rr.y last will and test,ament: com-miting my sole to god/ and my body to the dust: in hopes of 5 a Joyfull Resarectio~: and as for my/ wor~dly ~cods I despose of them as folloeth: I giue to my belovid wife/ gone: all my dwelling howsi~..g and barn~ with all my upland and me/ddow; and marshlands that I haue wj_th in the to\1nship of newbury/ 1md my fre howld: and priuilidgis in all commans et:: as allso all my/ stok of cattell and shep: and swine: and howssald 10 goods: with all:./ other mowfabels: all which to be for the ~enefet of my wife duoring / her tt~ddohowd: but if my wife marry again: then: she shaJ.l have no/ Rig..~t to all aboue said gieuen her: but onely h~r thards as the law/ douth a low: or thre pound ayear tc be peaid har as by this my will/ appoyentid: Item: Igeve to my son John marrill: my 15 dwelling 7 howssin& and barne and orchard: and all my lands: bouth meddows and/ upland: with my fre howld: and ~ights and :priuilidgis: in all comon / lands liing and being with in the township of newbury: to him and/ his lawfull aares of his owen boddy la~fully bego~ten: to be the lawful/ in cerytance of my son John and to be posesid of it at his 20 mothars / death: or at the day of har marriage: if she marry again: and _then/ my will is t~at my son John peay to his mothar yearly: thre pound/ a year duaring har life: prouidid my wife Renowns har thards / Item Igeve to my othar tow sons: t:c'.thanuel and petar: all my land / and meddov, and priuilidgis 25 thar unto belongin: the which: is/ and lieth with in the town and bownds of hauerhill: equally/ to be deuided betwen them: Itam I geve to my tow daftars twenty pound/ a peces to be paide by my son John marrill within fieue yeares aftar / he douth in hearrit his portion geuin him by this my will: all soo / I geve my tow da!tars the one halfe of my howsald 30 goods: at the deth / of my wife: or v1hen my wife shall marry

35

40

75 A TviEP.?.ILL MEMOE.I!w ------··-·---··················------------··---·······--··-----------·-----------------------·

again: and the othar half/ of my hor.sald goods: I leue with my wife for she to tespose of to/ to my children as she :mall se mete· allsoo I dow appoyent / my wife: gone marrill to be the executor of this my will: to pay all/ my debtes and Reseue al: my debtes: and to tak care that this my will/ be parformid: soo far as it can be duering har life all so my 7 will is that if ethar of my tow da:ftars dy be :fore thear portion ~s due to har / as by this my will geuen: then the othar which saruiee shall haue the hoal / geuen to boath of them: allso if my son John dy without Isshue: that then that/ by this my will geuen to him: shall be the inheritance of my sons that sar-uiee / and I dou hear by declear this to be my last will and testament as witnis / my hand and seail: th!s furst day of desembar 1682

witnisis to the sining and seailins hear of

Tristram Coffin Aquila C!"lase

the mark

of nathai½1

f"t\maril i I

Thi~ will was sealed with a device suggesting a buneh of g!'apes. It was proved in court at Ipswich 10 April, 1683. The christian name of the testatorrs wife is spelled "gone" in the seventh and thirty-fourth lines of the instrument. This indicates the monosyllabic pronunciation of Joan.

Deacon Tristram Coffin, tailor, was born in 3ngla.~d in 1632, and died jn Newbury in 1704. Ee ~as several times a rep~esentative to the General Court. The house in which he lived was occupied for many generations by h~s descendants, one of whom, Joshua Coffin, was livi!lG in it wben he compiled his ''History of 1;ewbury, 11 ,1hich wa~ pui:>lished in J.845. Sergt. Aquila Chase, born 1652, died :720, was a farmer in Newbury. He was brother-!n­law of Abel 2 Merrill, and fathe~-in-law of Daniell Mer­ri.11 (Daniel2 ).

The Inventory The inventory of the estate was filed in Ipswich by ,:Joane merrill Relict & eAecutrix l1j_ll of l~athaniell merrill," 30 April, 1683. as follows:

court at to the last It ·begins

Inuintory of the estate of nathanuel marril latate of newbury taken this 18: dy of Jeneary: 1682 by us the sub­scribars

A MERRILL MEMOR!F.L 77

re s d to 21 akars of' upland and housing and frehot:ld-- 100 00 0

to 12 akars of marsh: 721:'b: to ten shep: 3t'o-10 5 -

od- to a mare: and 7 swine------------------ 080 10 0

to 2 o.::en and :fowar cowes ar.d tow steares: 34~:

to 3 cattell and a calf--------------------- 042 00 0 . .

to pork 405 : to land and orchard at hauerhil 120~-os-od-----------------------~--------- 122 oo o

An:ong the otcer articles enumerated a~e: 2 s~ns~ 40 5 ; 11 a sward ar:d bulits and powdar," gs; 11a parsel of wowlling cloth," 40 5 ; "yearne, 11 405 ; a wartting pan, 13s; 11 a sas PfE and a cettell,n 5s; 1112 pare of' shetes and 8 napkins," 13 2s; " 13 pillocasis.," 4s9d; "3 towils., 11 3s; ''2 blinkets., a

2ss; "a fathar bead,;' slb; 112 pillos.," 128 ; "waring aparrill," 5lb; "carpendars tules and a ax," 185 ; "barly and indean C?orne.," 1sl't; 11a saddell and Fillion and Pillion cloth," 2lb 5s.

The total of the inventory was £ 520. 7s. The· debts c~argeable to the estate amounted to£ 46.9s.Sd.

78 A ME:filILL. MEMORLti.

JOHN2 MERRILL

It is to be regretted that when we in~uire into th~ motives for John~ Merrill's removal. to Eartford, Go~n., and int.I) the circumstances surrounding :his m:.grat:!.on., !iA

are forced to base cur conclusions on conjecture.

Be made the journey in 1657, or perhaps a litt:e earlier. Hartford had been sett:ed for about twenty years. Gregory Wolterton (or Wiltertun., sometimes al~o wrlttcn Walterton, Woolterton and Winte!'ton)~ who seem::; to have been a kinsman, had l:.ve1 :!.n Hartford, o~ wci~h town he was c,ne of the ori'ginal proprietors., sin~e 1637 •. Wolterton was thrice married, b~t died without issue. It is thoug..~t that John was :::-eceived into his household on his arrival-in Har~ford. John Merrj_ll is said, in­deed, to ha7e been adopted oy Gregory Wolterton: (*) o~t no reference to this fact appears in Grego:::-y Wolterto::i!~ will, and I know no early d..:,cumentary evidence t,r:., sup­port the statemen~. John Merrill learned the t~min; business from his ben~factor, and lived at the homestzaC granted to Wolte~ton on th~ south side of what is n~w Zlm Street, close to Little njver. (~)

.1.s a ver:r young man John Merr5.ll was adr.1itted a free­man (:!.658), and he fiJ.led -t:.i.1.e h·.llll'ble office of chimney ,,.~_ewer in 1664 and 1673. He w:,.s a tov:nsman, or select­mRn, in 1G81, 1694 and 1700.

:Mear:s of tr"lvel we:r-e very deficient in those d.ays_.

(*) See Me~o:rial Histo.,..y of Hartford County {1886), I, 274; Savage, Ger:ealo;::ical Dictionary of :New England ( 1862j , ;."-! .- b90.

(~*) On this lot lived, in 1902, Sara.~-Eutler John­son ( c .1821) , daughter cf Gen. If a than and Sarah-3vtl0:..•6 (Mer!'i::!.1) Johnson. lier brother, Charles-William Jo:'ln­son (b.1831}, lived in an adjoi!ling house. Sarah-Eut­ler6 Merrill was a daughter of Hezekiahs Merrill (Eez­ekiah4, Daniel3 , John~). 3he married Gen. Johnson in 1818.--(Letter from Joseph-WarreP.. Merrill, C.ol~syiJJ,e, Conn., 12 ?.-iarch, 1902., -

A MEEP.llL ~ORTAT, 7\i, ---------------- --------- ·--- ·---------·-·----~. -- ·------ ·------ ........ ·--- _.,.., ......... -----·--·· .. -·------

al"_d it is quite likely that no visits were ever e.changed between John Merrill o:r Hartford and hi.s Newbury brothers and their :famil.ies. But John2 Merril.l named his sons af'ter his brothers in Masaachusette until. the list was exhausted, besides remembering.i.!l a simil.a?' way his wi:f'e, hie mot'her, · and h:.s bene:f'ac!.or.; Grego:-y Wol terton. ( Soe pages 165-6)

The dates o:f birth and death of ~arah Watson, wlie of John Merrill,, are not known. In 1650. her.father, John Wat.son, made his . will.,, in which he provided that· his wife should pay to his dau¢ters Sarah and Mary £ 5 each when they reached the age of eighteen years. - 3y this it w~uld appear that Sarah (Watzor.) Merrill was born subse­q•.!ent to 1632. Ir. 1583 Margaret Watson, widow of John­w~tson, eied,, and by a nun~upative .will 0 She bequeathd ~u her daughter Sara.h Merre~ls her red cloth Petticoat •

• • ,She did eesire that her daughters, Sarah Mer­::-e!ls &: Mary Seamor, sl1ot:ld have £ 5 paid to each of them, -::.hat was bequeathed to t,hem by th~ir :;?ather I s Will • " ·

John: Merrill acquired a large amount of land in West Hartford. In 1673 certain undivided lcinds "at the west e1id of the town" were_ allotted to the prop:-ietors. Greg­~ry Wolterton 1 s allotment of for~y-two acres ~as fourteen rods wide and a mile and a half long, reaching to the i"i:i.rmingtoc line. The lots '17ere la-id out in 1674, but, ac ~regory Wolterton had died earlier in the same year, ti1is land came into the possession of John 1ierrill •

11The first purchase with a view to settlement in West Hartford was made by Thomas Hosmer, for his s~n Stephen, rn 1679, about half a mile north cf the mee~ing hot:se. John Merrill began his purchases in the same vicinity in 1683. The purchase had reference to a mill, immediately erected, where the present mill ste.nds, at the e~pense of f.ir. Hosmer, though probably Mr. Merrill was actively en­gaged in the work from the first. M:-. li-:isi::er deeded Mr. u.errill one-third of the sawmill and s!.xty acres of land in 1685. 11 Between this t:.me a."'ld 1730 the neisme!'s ancl t'ierrills purchased six hundred acres in that sei,t.i.on. (-!:·)

The will of Jchn2 Merrill is preserved with the Colo­nial records of Connecticut in the state Library at Hart­ford. The paper is badly worn at the folds, and the. ink has penetrated through the paper more than in oost contem­porary documents. In many of the lines in his signature

(*) uHistorical 1;ot:1.ces of Connecticut," June, 1842.

John2

Merr~].1 1 ::;

W::.ll

the ink has indee~ eaten t:t.e paper- away, so that, . when the document j.s held. up·.to the· light, one can look th!-o' as thr?ugh the .1.ines of a stenci L. With careless hand- · l!ng the insT,rument. wou!.d · nov· quick1y gn to pieces... Only the· signatUI"e 1s .in .John Merr5ll 1s· own· handwriting. ·.· 1.:n inaccurate copy of t!lis will :.s given in Manwaring's Di­gest of the E9rly Connecticut ?robate Records~ I, 486-7.

John:? Merrill made his will l2. April, 1684;. · · Ee. waz then.in his prime~ a "townsman," and actively engaged :.n his bus:i.ness as a. tanner. Nathan!el3 , the eld2s!. cf his eight sons, was a boy o-f'seven!.een at this time., an~ Jacob3, the youngest, ~as yet un~orn. But John~ Yer­rill lived twenty-eight year~ a-f'~er making his wi~ .• in the intervai Eat~anie:3 had become insruie, and in cthar respects circumstances had changed.

The instrument is quite long, and~it begins with something more than the usuz.J. solemnity of phraseology;

11 Jn the Name & fear of the Eternal:. God ~father sonn & Holy spirit to Him Be Given a:1 Glory nou and ~or ever more: Amen.

11J Joi'-'1 Merri:'.ls of Har!.fe:rd In Uew Eng).and Being now t.hrough the Graticu~s pro-viC.ence of God to-1c>.rds mee In good Health uf Body: And Haveing the rtight use of my understanding & neeson; l..nd J Cal!ing·to mind the cer­tainty of Death & the unce~tainty of the time thereof: Thought Good to manifest to those who~e it may ~onse~ne whc:1.t my mind & will is Ccnsernin6 the Dispose of tho3,q thi.'lgs tha-:, God Hath l with subord.:i.nation to his Holy ;;ill Gj.ven mee Liberty to D:.spose · off

"Jmprim5.s I Commit my soule ir..to the 3:ai:ds of my most Gratio~ss.god & mercyfull Redemer: my Body a-f'te~ my Decease J Recommend to Comely & Christian Like Sury all according to the wise Discression of my Excecutri~: & over seers; Hopeir..g for & e~-pecting a Gloriouss Reserec­tion when my soule & Body shall Bee Reunited and Live Eternally to the Glorifying of God my Redemer and Con­serning Those worldly goods that it Hath pleased God Jn merqy to Bestow on mee: my will ~s that my Just Debts Bee payd out of my Estate; Farther my will is That my Loveing wife shold Have Half my Dweling House with Half my Home Lott & the privilidges thereunto BeLonging so Long as shee shall Remaine a widdow. •. • 11

After providing further for the widow, he stipulated that the residue should be divided into a number of parts equal to "i:.he number of sui:-vivi~g children, with one ood1-

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tional equal part. Be gave a share to each o~ the sons en ~eaching the age o:r twenty-one years~ and to his daugh­tet" Sarah at eighteen years of age. He gave to Nat,haniel3,

provided he should "Learn the Trade off a Taner and 1g Likely to Improve the sayd Trade well; that Hee the s Na!.hanielJ. shall. Have·twoo parts of my Estate it Being Devided as abovesayd •••• r.

The will then continues:

"Also my will is that my sonn Nathaniell Attend!ng the Oo~d!tions abovesayd so that ne Reseave3 a Dou~le portion; that Hee shoJ.d Have hal!' my Home~teaci & half' the Tann yard v.-it,:!l all the Apurtinances thereunto Belong~g as part of Eis portion. • • Also my ·will 5.s th?.t iff' eaither of my other sonns will learn my Trade of a taner & is Likely to Jmprove it well; that that sonn that so Doth shold Have the other Half of' the Tanyard with h~.lf the fats [vats] & housaing and other Conveniences thereunto BeLonging; as also the other hc:.lf off my Homeatead which is ~eft with my wife Dureing hir widdowhood. • • Also my will i::: that None of my La."lds nor Tanyards -t:.h2.t J shall Dye possess~d off shall Bee Allienated to any ot:her _pson that ia not of my possterytie; for ever. •1

Jchn2 Merrill died 18 July, 1712. The will was filed for probate, m;t by an agreement dated l Dec. 1712, th~ heirs waived its provisions, stipulatjng ~hat the widow shoul.d have her "thirds" during her life, and the children should share equally in the res~due, except that r,;a.;:,haniel should have a double portion, 11 jf he shall Live to _spend it, or Come to the right uoe of h!s reason.'!

The "Inventor of Decon John merills Late of Hartford The Ir.ven~c1·9 Deceased" disclosed real and personal estate aoount::.ng in-------­the aggregate ~o £ 505.4:::.ed. Among the items were: "Half the Hom~t.ead & Hc-:is~.ng, '' £ 50; "Two .P_cres of upland .A!:>u:.ing upcn :'.:saac meril::..~ his heme Lott,:: :(, !?; 11ha!f Tl"J.at Lott that Joh., merills l!.nc! Abraha:n L:i."'les upon 25 acres At 20s pr JicrP,," J; 25; nzhe Tariyaz-d with the L&.nd Ad:.oining & the Builaing That wear formerly upon Jt, 11

£50; also seven other parcels of land, aggregating 104 acres, :C 251.

Other items in the inventory were: Two cows, £ 6; "the half of thre thre yF:ar olds,"£ 3.15s.; "The ho.lf of a Two year old," l6s.; "The half of A yearling, 11 7s.; a yoke ot oxeTJ., .C 9. J.Os. : "Two n:a-rc. " £ 5; "':'he half a II'a.:'C C?olt, 11 Ss.; "The ha:.:f of 5 ~w.:ne,r. .£"4:.~0s.; eight-

Gregory WOlterton

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een sheep, £ 6. 6 s. ; "Twenty Bu.shells of Endian Corn, " :& 2; about forty pounds of' "puter 11 at 3s. a pound, and four "muskiT.s at 108 0 pr muskit. 11

Gregory Wolterton was made "~ownsman" at the first election held in Hartford, and later en several occa=io~s was chosen to the same office. Under the name "Goodm Winterton" he appears to have been a member of a jury which convicted Nathaniel Greensmith of witchcraft, 30 Dec. 1662, for which offence Greensmith.was e,cec~ted 25 Jan. 1663. The psychology of these _witchcraft trials will always be a myst.ery -1:,o those of us who are menttlly norraal. Tiebecca Greensm:.th, wife of the unfortunate wizard of Hart.ford, w2.s convicted at the same time as her husband, having confessed her gu.~lt. {*)

'.:'be will of Gregory Wolterton was dated 17 July,1674, and it was filed in the Probate Court less th!m six wee1rs later--26 Aug. 1674. (**) It is ent~re:y in the hand­writ.5.ng of the testator, and is less easi].y ret'.d th-m many of the writjngs of that period. With few pre~1mi­nar1es, and g~nerally wi~hout waste of words, he made such provision as a business man, realizing that dea~h was near, might make of his estate. The instrumen~ begin~ thus:

11 ! Gregory wolterton of hartford upon the Riuer of Conictiticote doe make this my last will and testimement wherein I giue unto my wife Jane wolterton the some of twenty pound to be payd in mouebel goods as is prised prouided that it be in such as she desire I.doe also giue unto Jane my wife her dweling and liberty and use of the nue roome which was last bilt which i~ next to the garden but not for to let it away to any but for to use it for her owne use during the time of her life and for to use some part of the seller and the c,uene for

(*) Manwaring, Digest of the Early Connecticut Pro­bate Records, I, 121-2.

(iHE-) The original of this will is preserved, with contemporary papers, in the vaults of the State Library at Har·tford. .An a.--icient copy, differing in many unim­portant details of spelling, etc., is preserved in the of!'i.ce of the Secrete.r·y of State, in the Connecticut Colr:,nJal l>robate RecC>rds~ vol. 3, p. 127. An imperfect copy is g:,xen in Manwaring 1 s Digest., vol. 1, pp.259-260, and a much be•::.i::.er Jr-,p~', w;;.t.h photo-engraved facsimi~.e, is glven 5.n Manwari:ig, v:il. 3, follor.ing p. xx.

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her Conuenienty and liberty for to set her fire wood in the yard I doe also giue unto her six pound to be pa.yd to her euery yeare by my excecktor during the time of her life I doe al.so giue unto James wolterton the son of mathew wolterton that liue in Ipsage in su:folke in owld Ingland ten pdhd if he be liuing i:f not to his Childeren eaquelly deuided ••• n

Here follow gi:fts to more than twenty-five individ­uals, mostly in sums o:f money ranging :from 20s. to £10, besides two parcels of land, o:f four and six acres respect­ively, the latter for the bene:fit of the church. The concluding provisions are as follows:

"moreover I giue unto John mirels and his Ayers :for euer booth my howsing & tanyard & all that I haue·and all my land that Is u.ndesposed whome I ordayne and apoint sole excetor to this my last will will & testement"

It is inferred that Gregory Wolterton was related to John Merrill, his residuary legatee. Perhaps he was a brother· of Susanna Merrill o:f Newbury, and there­fore was John Merrill's uncle, but no mention of rela­tionship appears in the wilr. Fa~lure to refer to relationship proves nothing, however. Gregory Wolter­t0n in his will gave four acres of land to "John shep­e~d sener the son°fEdward shepard., '' without mentioning rslationship of any sort to himself, but the ~allowing re~ejpt shows that John Sheoherd was his nephew: , .

Receaved by me, John She~herd, of my loving Unkel, Gr~gory Winterton, thirty-four pounds wch he receaved cf my Brother Thomas Greer.hill fer Lands I so~d him, for wch I made my Unkel a letter of Attorney. I say re~eaved by me. August. ~th, 1654.

JOHN Sr-::EPHERD .

The amount of Gregory Wolterton's estate, includj_ng reaJ. and personal, according to the inventory was :£ 585. 16s. This included "t:i.e house Barne & Home lott," £ 90; 11 t.he Tanyard with what belongs to it,";& 50; flve other parcels of land aggregating thirty-eight acres; "Seuerall hides in the Tanyard, 11 £ 10; "debts many of them being uncertain valued at ;C 100."

(*) Manwaring 1s Digest., I., 121.

( See page 30)

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Facsim11e o~ t,he signature o~ John2 Merrm. From his will..

ABRA HA JI' MEP1.-"R.ILL

Abrahama Merrill was admitted a freeman 30 Sept. 1662. (*) Throughout his long life he was active in many ways in the town's af'fairs. He held the office of selectman in 1584 and subsequently; he served in 1686 en a committee tc lay out certain pastures to be held and used by the tow:1speople i:l. common; in 1695 he was a ~embe~ of a com-ffiittee to divide the town into two parishes, and the sa:ne year he served on a committee to deter-mine the place for a ferry over the Merrimack.

In 1677 the Ge~eral Court ordered that a tithing-man be appointed fo~ every ten fam~l:es. They w~re a sort of Sunday police. It was their duty to apprehend Sab­bath-breakers and t.hose absent from church, and other such lawless characters, and in 1679 Deacon Ab~aham was chosen by the selec~men as ona of fifteen tithing-men for the town. Und.er his jurisdiction were three Bartlett fam!lies, two Chase families and four other households. Several times in later years he filled the same office.

Like most of the early settlers he added a trade to nis work as a farmer, and as a weaver contributed toward supplying the material needs of the communj_ty. But his farm was _productive and well stocked, the tax list o~

(*) The Massachusetts Bey Colony was organized under &. charter granted to "The Gc-vernor and Company of the Massachusetts Ba~r in ·New Engla..--id." ''Freemen" were those who, having been duly chosen by the General Court, and having taken the freeman 1s oath, we~e entitled to vote for Governor, Assistants and Deputie3 to the General Court. They were, in effect, members of the Company, :md they alone had a voice in its affairs. The election of freemen ended in 1684 with the abrogation of the char­ter of the Colony. "Freeholders," or 11 proprietors,•~ were those who, by grant, purchase or inheritance, were entitled to share in the c~mmon lands. All adult male inhabitants, inclu~ing those who were neither freemen nor f~eeholder.s: migbt ,ota for tcvr.1 officers and en questions of ta~::.a".:.io>:1.

His Homestead

( See pages J 67, HM)

(See page 59)

Newbury in 1688 showing that he owned two houses, that h3 haj twelve acres of lend under tillage, besides four acre3 of meadow, and Le had two horses, a yoke of oxen, five cows, two two-year-olds, ~wenty sheep and four swine. (New EI;.gland Historical and Genealogical Regis­ter, xxxii, 161.)

Abraham= Merrill lived near the mouth of A:-tichoke River, on the road leading toward the east, in what is now 1qewb•J.ryport.. He bought land- there as early as 1661, a..~d befo~e his death his farm extended nearly a mile along the bank of the Merr5mack. This farm remaino,d in th~ hands of the family for s~veral generations, be:.ng owned and occu:;;ned succe::;sive~y by Abraham2 , Jol1n3, Here-y•, Henrys ~nd 3c.muel6. After the deeth of Samu.ell> in 15e2 ~t came into ths possension of hts daugl'.:.te~, r..:artha-Ann1 M•:!rrill, who married Joshua P. -Chase, and her children scld 5.t to Fred s. Moseley, &. Bo~ton broker. The new owne!' removed all t-ra~e of the or:.gjnal buildings~ in the late 90j of the last century, erecting a fine sum­mer residence, and laying out the grounds as a private park, with be:;i.ut.iful driveways through i:.he pine woods. The old well remains, but, with elaborat~ stone curb!.ng and covered by an orne.mental roof, .:_t. is unrecognizable.

The house of Ab~aham2 Mer~ill wa~ evicently o:f good size and well built, :for, when danger of atta~k by the Indians was inpending, in March, 1690, it was ordered that "The ccmm:i.i:tee of Newbury appoint the house of Mr. Abraham Merri:.l to be a garrison house and request him with all ,:c,nve:nient speed to fortify his house." (iHE-)

Abraham Merrill was a leader in caxry~ng out the measures teken for the protect~on of the town from ·In­dia.~ raios, a..d he was a :eader in hi$ neighborhood in the lcng-contln~ed ccntest over the establishment o:f an independent raJ.igion.s soziety in the western part of the town. He was a member of the committee appointed in 1695 t9 d~vide the ~own into two parishes, and nineteen years later he became one of the first church wardens when the Episcopal church was establi~hed on the border line between the two parishes. (See pages 61-63.)

(*) Joshua P. Chase was a son of John Chaser whose father, Amos Chase of Amesbury, married Eunice6 Me!'rill (Richards, Nathan4.l, Abel2 .) . ·

(**) Coffin,History of Newbury, p. 153.

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The graves of Abraham2 Merrill ana. many of his descend­ants are 1n the cemetery at Sawyer's Hill, half a mile 3outheast from the old homestead. The earliest family gravestone is that of Abigail 'Webster, first wii'e 01' Abra­ham:. It is described as a rather thick piece 01' i'ine­grrined stone, and ~pparently waterworn. It seems as if it may have been used as a mortar for pounding corn to make hominy, for the back is hollowed like a dish. The i~scription, which is rudely cut, reads:

HERE LYES TEE BO

DY OF ABIGAil. MERRILL THE WIFE OF DEA

CON ABRAHAM

MERRILL WHO DIED

AVGVST ye 12 1712

AGED YERES 70

This is perhaps the earliest Merrill tombstone in the country. Few earlier gravestones are found in New Eng­land cemeteries. A grave beside this one, marked by two rough pieces of granite at head.and foot; may be that of D-sacon Abraham.

His Grav==

William7 Merrill (Henry6.s;4, John3, Abraham2 ), whose family lived on this farm for four generations~ wrote me at some length about it in March, 1901. Mr. Men-111 was

Reminiscences of Wil~iam1

MerriJ.l then 83 years old. He had spent his life in NewburYPort ------­an~ West Newbury, and was better versed in matters relat-i~g to the i'amily then anyone else in that section. Mr. Merrill said that Abraham~ doubtless built the i'irst house on the premises. It stood about half way from the road to the river. Prio~ to 1729 a second house was built not far away, and the positions of both of these are shown on an old plan of the West Parish of Newbury, made in that year, which f~ reproduced in Currier's nould Newbury," paise 348.

The older house was occupied by John3 Merrill (Abraham~) and the newer one by his brother DavidJ. Finally John 3

acquired the whole farm, and lived in the newer house, ~nd here his descendants spent their lives until comparatively recent years.

"The second house I remember well, 11 wrote Mr. Merrill, 11rt faced the south, was two sto:!:·ies high in front and one

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story in the rear. The barn was nearly a hundred :feet in length. The ~kins o:f an1mal.s killed on the place were tanned- and made into shoes on the farm; :flax was raised and spun; sheep were kept, and the wool spun and woven~ •• About 1650 the house was taken down_

"Nothing remains except the old milldam. There was a grist mill on a brook which ran through the :farm. The banks of the brook rise considerably, and near the top a ledge crops out. ~n this ledge there is a vein softer than the rest, and the weather has wo!'Il this away so that it looks like the track o:f a wheel through mud nearly dry. ~his was called'the devil's wheelban-ow track,' that he made when wheeling a grist ~o mill. My :father, Henry6 , told me that when he was a small boy, and le:ft alone in the mill, he would look out o:f the win­dow in terro!' lest another- such grist s:iould be brought to mill. The singular vein and the old dam, which has been repaired~ are the only things which remain on the place unche_nged. "

Settlement of Abraham~ Merrill died intestate, and no record of ad.min-t.he Estate istration of his e::itate is to be :found in the Probate

0:ffice at Salem. . The reason· is to be :found in the Reg­istry of Deeds. Under date o:f 1 Feb. 1706/7, he con­veyed to his son, Abraham3, part of two :freehold lots, numbered 74 and 75, in ~ewbury, thirty acres; also a rate lot, twenty acres, ~.nd an undivided half of his salt marsh "below grate pine Island." Posses~ion was to be given "Imediatly a:fter mine and my wi:fe Abigall Decease." The consideration for this conveyance was stated as fol­lows:

":for and in consideration of my Eldest son Abraham Merrill paying to my son John Merrill six pounds thirteen shil­lings and :four pence and to my son Daived merrill the sum o:f slx pounds thirteen shillings and four pence to be all paid in good pay as money to my two sonns their heires or order within one year after mine and my wi:fe Abigalls Decease and in consideration o:f my said son Abraham merrill Dwelling with me. untill he was of the age of about thirty years -and did help me to carrey on and manage my buisness :faithfully."

The acknowledgment o:f this deed was not.taken -until 7 April, 1712. It was recorded the following month, in book 23, lea:f 270, of Essex deeds.

March 3, 1706/7, Abraham Merrill gave a deed to his

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son David3 covering na11 the westerly end of my home living containing by Estimation fifteen acres,n this being describ­ed as bounded on one side by the Merrimack River; also twen­ty acres on nArtechoake River,u an undivided quarter of his salt marsh below Great Pine Island, a half of his meadow land in Salisbury, a hall of his freehold and common rights and rate rights in Newbury, a half of his wood lots, and a half of his household goods. Possession, as before, was contingent on the death of the granter and his wife, but the grantee should have immediate possession in case he delivered to the gran~or for life, and to his widow after his decease, one-quarter part of all the grain, in­dian corn and hay raised on the premises. This deed was made "in cons~deraticn of my son David Merrill paying the sum of thirty one pounds !n Good pay as money to be paid to my three daughters within three year·s after mine & my wives Abigails decease viz to my daughter Abigail Ordway ten pounds and thirteen Shillings and to my daughter Hannah Lo:ig ten Pounds & Eighteen SriiJ.lings &: to my daughter Sarah Morss nine pounds&: nine Shillings in consideration that my son David Merrill hath dwelt with me and did help me to carry on my bus:!.ness 5.n the management of my liv~.ng untill he was of the age of twenty nine years and also ot.her Good & Lawfull Considerations me thereunto moving. 11

This deed was· acknowledged 7 April, 1712, and recorded the following October, in book 26, leaf 75.

Finally Abraham 2 Merrill gave to his son John3 the easterly end of his "home living," cc,ntaj_ning &.bout thi!'ty ac~es, on the bank of the Merrimaok; als~ a share equal to that conveyed to David :.n his salt marsh and meadow land, in his freehold, common and rate rights: in h::.s wood lo·i:.s, and in his household goods. This ceed was dated 7 April, 1707, and it was conditioned on the grantee "Peying the Sum of Thirty one Pcunds in Good pay as money to be paid to my Son Jonatha::i Merr5.ll and my C:aughter Mary Th1'.r·loes children & my daughter Eliza Emery and to my ca~ghter Prudence Bartlett within three years a.::'ter mine and my w:. ves Abigails decease~ '' the .C 31 being apportioned. as follows: to Jonathc>n £. 9., to r-:ary '!'hurlow- 1 s child::-en £ lO, to Elizabeth :CS, to Pr·udence £ 4. It was further recited that the gra.~tee had dwelt with the granter, and assisted him in his business, until he was thirty-three years old.

As in the case of the deed to David, immediate posses. sion was contingent on Johnl M6rriJ.l delivering to his father annua2ly one-quarter of the crops. The acknowl-

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edgment of this deed ~as dated 7 April, 1712r and it was recorded 2 Oct. 1712, in book 26, leaf' 76.

A.braham Merrill 's signature, shown in the margin, is copied from a petition to the Governor and Council and the General Court, dated February, 1709, regarding the erection o~ a new meeting house. This petition is on file in the State archives in Boston.

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IJANIEL2 llERRILL

Daniel:& Merrill was born 20 Aug. 1642, in Newl:ury. He was a carpenter as well as a farmer. The site ·of his h~mestead is not now known.

The Colonial charter requ~red that the inhabitants take the oath of allegiance to the King. Political disorders under the Commonwealth and af'ter the Restoration had re­s11l ted in the requirement rer.iaining fo::- a time in abeyance, but, in a modified form; some cf the inhabitants were ulti­mately called up~n tb t~tke the oath. It is recorded that "i>aniell Merrill II of "Newbe::-ie" took "ye oat.h of :f'.f ideli tie vnto this gouerment ye 2fi of february suty eight, 11 and again in 1678 he took the oath of allegia.'1.ce, his age being given at that time as thirty-fcur years. In 1677 he was chosen :fence viewer., and in 1689 he was one of four 11way wardens."

( See p. 74)

In a list of. "Soldiars under ye comm~.nd of Capt Tho His Military Noyes., 11 in 1688, is the name of Dan_j.el1 Merell. He was Service then forty-five years old. · He is called s~rgt. Merrill in papers of that time. In the General Register of the Society of Colonial Wars for 1899-J.902 (page 709) it is st11.ted that he was "in Lieut.-Col. Thomas Noyes' company of Snowshoe Men, 1106. 11 :S-.ii:. in ·1706 Daniel z Merrill was living in Salisbury. Furthermore, at sixty-three years of age he would hardly have been rated as an effective campaigner on snowshoes. T~e snowshoe-man of 1706 was his son., Daniell Merrill 6f newbury, then th!rty-four years old. The snowshoe men were "apointed to keep snow sh,:,us & moggensons, 11 in addition to the muskets which all. inhab­itants were required to have ready for use in any emergency. (Currier., History of Newbury, pp. 528, 5~0, 541.).

A silver teaspoon which is supposed to have belonged to Daniel~ Merrill was handed down in the line of William­Patten7 Merr~.11 of Topsham, Maine. (See pages532,533) It is now·· in the possession of his daughters. On the back o:r t.he handle are engraved the initials of Daniel Merrill a:id Sarah Clough, with the date of their marriage, and the initials of John3, John•, Johns, Abel6 and William-

An Old Heirloom

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Patten7 Merrill, which were added in later years. The bowl of the spoon shows a number of dents,prcb­ably the teeth-marks of youthful Merrills of

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many generct,ions &.go. My dra'Ning is from .. =t

photograph whi~h wa~ given me by Mary-Jan~7 Merrill, si2ter of w~:liam-~atten7, when she was eighty-seven years cf age. To her friend­ly interest I am indebted for many facts about her line in the femi:!..y.

At the Registry of Deeds in Salem may be found the record of f!fteen conveyances under which Daniel~ Merrill acquired title to vari­ous lots of land jn Newbury, Salisbury and Ha­verhill. The earliest of these was dated 5 May, 1668, and the latest 27 Feb. 1706/7. Some cf the ear::.ler ones were not recorded until after his death.

In 1668, for £ 55, he bought sixteen acres, with buildings, "near the great pine swamp," (in the southern part of Newbury, not far from rarker River). In 1673, jointly with his brother Abel, he bought fi~ty-six acres in Ha­verhill, the purchase price being £ 52. The following year the two bought twenty acres ad­joining their previous purchase, this being described as situated at ''Hogghill" .in Haver­hill (in the present town of Atkinson, N.H.) The consideration fo.r this second. purchase was ::a.· Cow and 2. Yoke of Oxen and ffive pounds in cloathing in hancl payd."

John.Clough, senior, of Sa~isbury, in 1686, in con­sideration of love and good will,· gave a deed to "my sone Daniell Merrill&: Sarah his wyfe of Nubury," conveying one-half of all the grantor 1 s land i~ Eaverhill, together with rights of commonage. It was stipulated in the deed that "John Merrill ye sane of Sarah Mer·rill shal~e con­sidered&: allowed some prehemenency in ye aboves lands abov ye·rest of ye sd Sarahs c~ildren." .

Daniel Merrill began buying land in Salisbury in 1682, his purchases including two tracts in the "Barbary meadows," £ 46.5s.; six acres in the "Higglede Pigglede lot ts, 11 £ 20; two tracts in the Goodale Swamp Division, £ 20; besides upland at the Great Plain and at Munday's Hill, and other land now not easily identif'ied.

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The tax 11st of 1688 showed that Daniel Merrill owned two houses, with twelve acres of arable land, in Newbury, and his farm was stocked with two horses, a yoke of oxen, five cows, four three-year-old.heifers and four yearlings, {*) besides thirty sheep and six hogs. The absence of pas-ture in the enumera~ion is explained by the practice of pasturing cattle on land held in common.

At what time he removed to Salisbury is not known. He is described as of Newbury wh~n, 28 Jan. 1696/7, he pur­chased, from Richard Hubbard of Boston, a forty-acre tract in Salisbury, bounded easterly by Daniel Moody, northerly by Nathaniel Brown, westerly by "the highway;" and south­erly by "a way." Five years later~·31 Jan. 1701/2, he bought land at the B~rchen Meadow, near Turkey Hill, in Newbury, being then described as of Salisbury. He evi­dentJ.y acquired other land also in Salisbury and Haver­hill, by deeds which were not recorded, or otherwise, for he made several conveyances of other property, which are recorded with the Essex deeds.

Daniel2 Merrill continued to own a homestead in New­bury, which descended to his eldest son under his will, besides the Saiisbury homestead, which fell to his young­est son. This Salisbury homestead at the "Great Plain" was probably near the ancient cemetery which lies a mile and a half north from East Salisbury village, where the road leading west ~o Amesbury and South Hampton branches off from the road north to Seabrook. Moses3 Merrill, son of Daniel2 , is known to have lived across ~he road from this cemetery, toward the northwest. This r:eigh­bcrhood was variously known as the Gr•eat Plain a.nd :E-itch Fine Plain.

His Salisbury Homesteac.

Daniel2 Merrill was admitted a freeman by the General Court, and took the f~eeman's oath 7 Feb. 1082/3. (See p.85.)

The will of Daniel2 Merrill handwriting of Jacob Bradbury. forms to the original, line for

is in the fair cler-kly The following copy con­

line, as closely as may

{¼) Currier, History of Newbury, p. 205; New Ehgland Historical and Genealogical Register, xxxii~ 161.

(~) When I was a young man my father pointed out to m! a depressicn in the earth at thj.s poJ.nt, v.rhich, he said, vii thout doubt marked the si t,e of Moses Merril.I I s cellar. ·

S.M.

His Will

be by means of printed letters. The "longs"(~) was used genera.lly by the. writer of the will; except at the end of a word, but I have n-ot i'ound it p;r-actic-able to attempt to indicate this by mPAllls o~ my typewriter.

Jn y~ Name of God amen J Daniel Merrill of y~ town of salisbury in y! County

e e of Essex in y: Province of y: Massachusetts bay in new eng

land Carpenter this tenth day of May 1717 being weak 5 in body· but of perfect mind & memory. thanks be given

to God. theref..ore caling to ming the mortality of my

body &: knowing that it is appointed for all men once

10

to die do make & ordain this my that is to say principally & first my soul into the hands of God

last will & testament of all J give & recommend y} gaue it&: my body.J re

comend to the earth to be buryed in decent christian bu rial at yr discretion of my executor nothing doubting but at yr general resurrection J shall receive y~ same a gain by the mighty power of God. & as touching such

15 worly estate wherewt~ it has pleased Go~ to bless ~e in this life J give demise & dispose of' y! same in y! follow

ing manner & form.---------------------------------------­Jmprimis J give & beqveath unto Daniel my oldest sone all my homested housing & land in newberry ~s also all my

20 salt marsh my rate lot & wood lot so called & birchj.n d · d meadow ins. newberry afores he paying out legacys as fol

loweth to my daughter Sarah Morse fourty shillings also to ~h my son in lay Onesiphorus Page sixteen pounds w = my de

e · sire is that he would devide eqvally a.mongst y. :four ohilldr 25 en wrh he had by my daughter R~th ~hen they come. of

age also zixteen pounds- to my daughter Martha True

1 ch d t.h . f af al w: to be pai in or as money w: in ive years ter

my decease------------------------------------------------21~ J giue & bequeath unto John my second son two thirds

of my hoge hill lot so call.ad in Haverhill. ch w: was given

me by my father .. Clough as also yr ·Barbary meadow yt

wa.s my father Cloughs -------------------------------------3}Y J give & bequeath unto my third son Moses Merrill -­

the other third of my hoghill lot together w}h all my right

to y? other lands &·meadow w?h is between my C-Ousin Tho d e mas Merrill-.& J in .Haverhill af'ores. as also y: Pilsbury lot of

salt marsh so caled lying in y~ barbary Meadows in salisbury

4t1 J give & beqveath unto my youngest son stephen Merrill

Whom J likewise make constitute & ordain my sole Exe

cutor of this my last will & testament~ all

buildings & appertenances together w}h my land

plain• ajoyning to it as also my pasture &

in Goodale swamp so called containing about

as also two lots in y~ salt Marsh at yr Barbary e

by the name of y: Downer & the other

my homested

on yr meadow

thirty

the one e

y:

Great

Ground

acres

known

as also all :ny stock & moueables· also my will is

Bayly t y;

lot d mys:

sane stephen do take Care of my belovErl Wife Sarah .

Merrill af'ter my decease that is to say to find her a con

ven•ient fire room in my now dwelling house with ne

cessary & convenient privelidges

Cows winter & summer (she finding

her ten load of convenient fire

& to maintain her two e y: Cows) also to find

wood at her afores~ dwell

ing place & to pay her five pounds per annum in money or

good provision pay at money price & all this as a yearly an

30

35

40

45

50

nuity according to a covenant made between me & 71- 55

my wife . bet.ore marriage &: J do hereby utterly disalow

revoke &: dissanul all &: every other :for,nex•. test.aments wills

le&acys &. beqvests and executors by me in any ~ays ._be

96 A~~ ···················-··-------···········--------------------------------------------

fore named willed & be~ueathed Ra..t.:.1:f'y'ing & connrm

60 ing this & no other to be my la.et will & testement in·

witness whereof J haue hereunto set my pand & seal

the d~y _& year aboue w~itten -----------------------­

signed sealed pub]ished pronounced & declared by the s~ Dan1t Merrill as his last in presents

Jsrael

will & testament of us yr subscribers ShaparD

moses clouf Jacob_ ~;-~dbury

This will was sealed with a few drops of red wax, now broken. The seal shows no impl'e-ss, save a fingez:­print of some hand which has long since returned to dust. No inventory of the estate is to be fcund in the probate files in Salem. The will was provea. 12 Ju.ly., J.717.

"My cousin Thomas Merrill," in the thirty-fifth line, refers to the testator I s nephew., Thomas3 .. ~Abel2 ) Merrill. The word "cousin" was used in the old generz.I. sense of kinsman.

** * See inf'ra., page 16</ • See also CUrrier 's His­tory of Newbury, pp. 103, 116, 177., 181, 208., 528, 65S.

A. MSP.RIL:. !IBM~R:AL S7 ············-----------------------·--------------········--------···········-------------------·

ABEL2 KERRILL.

Abel2 Merrill was the.youngest in the second genera­tion o:f Newbury Merr!.11s., and., dying at :'orty.-i'ive years cf age., his was the sborte~t lii'~. Eis rlescendants, how­ever., are more numerous, and more wicely scett.ered., r.han those o:f most of his bro:.hers ... • ·At :.he doeth of his fath­er he was only elevan.year& of age. In. 1.668 hE'l took the "oath o:f ffidel:i.t1e 11 to the goYernment, anc'.. in September., 1678, he took the oa:.h o:f allegic7.llce., his age being then recorced as thirty-two years, although it would appear. tha.t he was at that time ·two years older. ( See page 111. )

The settlement of the estates of Stephen Jordan, w·ho died 8 Feb. 1669/70., and of his wife, Susanna Jordan., who died 15 Jan~ 1672/3., indicates that Abel~ Merri~l lived i~ close relations~ip with them in their later- .yea. rs. The inventory of the estate of Stephen Jordan, his step­father, mentions:

his debts which he oweth-To Abell merrill for dayes. works done for mowing & makeing hay & planting & hilling & cutting r.ood dr 3-13-0 besids attendance vpon him both n!ght & day for theis 3 last years which if it be made vp ten pounds he would be a looser. Due to Daniel merrill ------------ 1-16-0 To Nathaniel! mer~ill ------------ 2-10-0

. Abel2 was administrator of the estate of r.i.is mother~

Susanna Jo~dan. In the papers on file in the Probate Office, sho~ing the settlement of the estate, appear these en~ries:

Due to Abell merrill for wintering two cowes 3 winters & 2 calues vnt!ll they .were t~ree yer Old 7- 4-0

for cutting & ma.keing 3 load & halfe of hey_-------------------------- 0-18-0

Priscilla Chase, whom Abel Merrill married., was a daughter of Aqnila Chas.a, who bP..d ~ome from Cornwall,

I Fis Marriae:e

j

98 A MERRILL MEMORIAL ···········----·-----------------------------------·······-------------------------------------

England, and settled in Hampton, New Hampshire, about 1639. Aquila Chase possessed some skill as a mariner, and for this reason he was induced by the inhabitants of Newbury, by a grant of land, to join the settlement at the mouth of the Merrimack in- 1646. This grant was made 11 on condition that he do goe to sea and do service in the towne with a boate for four years." His service was probably conf'ined to short coastwise and fi~h!ng cruises. Through ten of his eleven children, who grew up and mar­ried, Aquila Chase is ancestor of a very numerous family.

In 1682 a Baptist church was formed in Newbury, and Abel Merrill was one of the original members. (Coffin, History of' Newbury, p. 135.) Under the name of "Abil Merell" he appears to have been a soldier in the company of Capt. Thomas Noyes in 1688.

The Inventory The tax list of 1688 shows that Abel2 Merrill was in that year assessed on one house, five acres of "Plow Lands" in Newbury., one horse, five cows, six young cat­tle, ten sheep and four -swine. At his death he was an owner of land in Haverhill, his interest being appraised · at £35. This was no doubt his undivided share in land

(See page 92) which he and h!s brother Daniel purchased in 1673 and 1674. He died intestate.

An Inuentory of ye Estate of' Abell Merrill Late of newbury who Deseased october the 23th in ye yeare of our Lord 1689: taken this 22d of nouember 1689

To a Dwelling house and Barne and out houseing & eight acres of' land & orchard

to a Rate Lott about 12 acres in ye upper Comon to Land att hauerhill to two oxen and 5 Cows - - -

5 to 4: Cattel coming 3 yaars old to 2 yearlins & 5 Calues to one horse one mare & a young Colt

·to thirtey 5 sheep to nine small swine

10 to.one plo~ one chene 14s_and 4 axes 1ss and 5 . hows 10-S - - - - - - - - - -

to one saw 3 augurs one square and 3 Chissels and other small too!s

to two siths 2 Bitle Rings and 3 wedges to one gun and one swo~d ~nd one pike to one feat.her Bed & 3 Cot:.e:c-lids and t-wo blankets

and bolstar pi!low cu~tins

H s D

0120-00-00 0012-00-00

00035-00-00 0029-00-00 0012-00-00 0008-00-00 0009-00-00

00014-00-00 0002-1'.4-00

0002-00-00

0001-10-00 0000-10-00 0002-00-00

10-00-00

.e. MEP.RILL Mlli0RIAL 99

to one small feather bed & 3 Oou.erlids 0003-00,-00 to one flock bed 2 Couerlids and two b'.l.ankits one

bolster one pillow -to one old flock bed one pillow and to table linin and napkins

004-00-00 5 payr of sh.eet..s· 0006-00-00. ~ ~ 0001-00-00

to his wearing Clothes to one Bible and other small books to brass and peuter and Iron which is household

goods - - -to andirons and· tongs and spitt and fiar to one Cobord 2 Chests and boxes and one to Chears.and Cradle and trays and other

ware

shouel table wooden

to one Loome and seauen slays and six harness to earthen ware and Glasses - - - -to money 12s and 68 pound of wooll and 20 pound

hops - - - - - - - ___ _ to Corn inglish and Indian -to barrels and tobs and hemp and flax and sadle

and pillian - - - - - - -to prouitions beeffe porke Cheese and butter -to thirtey pound of tobaco to three spinir~ wheels -

to yarne Debts Due to ye Estate -

Debts Due from ye Estate

·'Edward woodman ;Benjamin Morss Who were ye prizers

of -

00010-00-00 0000-16-00

0007-00-00 0001-00-00 0003-10-QO

0001-03-00 0006-00-00 0000-12-00

0006-12-00 00015-00-00

- 00003-10-00 00010-00-00 00000-10-00 00000-15-00 00003-00-00 00005-16-00

347-18-00 tt s D

4- 7-10

In the twelfth item, 11Bitle R.ings 11 refer to the iron rings used to bind the head of a beetle, or heavy mallet.

"Slays," in the twenty-fifth item, are the reeds of a loom, USl'ld in weaving; "ha.r·ness" 1s a part of the loom mechanism.

English corn, in the twenty-eighth item, means wheat, rye, barley and oats, in distinction from Indian corn, or maize.

15

20

25

30

The eight children of Abel~ Merrill were all minors Distribution at his death, the youngest, James3~ being less tha.~ a of the Estate year old. Priscilla Merrill, the w!dow, filed her ac-count as administratrix in the Probate Court 1 November, 1697. The charges against the estate included the fol-lowing entries:

Gen. Merrill Quoted

100 A MERP.ILL .JIBMORIAL ·-----------·····------------------··············--------------------·--·-···-··--

It keep!ng 4 children 8 ytS each} It keepi?).g 1 ditto @ 5 yr-s It allowg ye Adn0= for her Trouble

35-00- 0

5-00-00

Distribution or·the estate was ordered as follows:

The Ball' of the .J2SOnall Est.ate as aboue being 135.6.2 & the Real Estate as aboue being 167.0.0 is Diuided as

. F~llow~h viz I the Widow 1./2 of the · Real During life &: after her · decease to revert to the Children of the decg as the law directs & t.o the sQ. Widow 1/, of the ~sonall Estate· for Euer

Widow th - - 55-13- 4 - 45: 2- 9 Abell Merrill 24-14- 9 - - 20- 1- 4 Nathan - - 12- 7- 5 - - 10- 0- 7 Thomas - - 12- 7- 5 - - 10- 0- 7 Josefh - - - 12- 7- 5 - - 10- 0- 7 Nath l - 12- 7- 5 - - 10- 0- 7 James - !2- 7- 5 - - - 10- 0- 7 susanah - :2- 7- 5 - 10- o- 7 Priscilla - - 12- 7- 5 - 10- o- 7

167- 0- 0 135- 8- 2

---''c}~--

Gen. Lewis Merrill, wr::. t.ing, 2 Sept. 1884, to Rev. Samuel-Lewis7 Merri!l (Andrew 6 , BildadS , Eliakim", Isaac3, Johna) of Springfield, Ma3s.~ sa!d:

"The persistence of family traits in character and appearance is very striking in the .Merrill stock. I have never found one of whom I was ashamed, and have known very few in whom I ~ould not detect the facial and ges­tural marks of the race·· They have uniformly, in my experience, been a sober~minded, honest and capable peo­ple, a little too much disposed to introspection and self-criticism, but never content to be unlearned; not enouzh push and 'cheek,' by which they often allow infe­rior men to take the places in which they belong. I think the family shows a larger propo:.•t.1011. of well-educated men tha.~ any of the old New England ~tock of which I know. In all my extended correspc:ndence with them the rarest. thing is to find one who does not show in his let.tei:-s that he has fair literary cult~e."

A J/..ER..-qILL MEMOR Ii,L 101

In another letter, written LO Sept. 1884, referring to Nathaniel' Me.rrill, he said: 11 I know of' no parallel in ·the number of' ~ ~ a single individual.•·

CHAPTER VIII

John 1 Merrill of lTewbury

Johns Merrill, brother of our ancestor Nathaniel1 , had an only child, a daughter. None of us have inherit­ed from him the family name, but nevert~eless we natural­ly feel a great interest j_n him, and 1n the part which he played in the little Newbvry commonwealth.

Coffin, in his History of Newbury (p. 287}, gives the names of "the most wealthy of the gra.ntees" of the town, as measured by the number of acres of land given them. This measure was in general correct, for the grants from the town were based upon the property brought by the sev­eral settlers from England. John1 Merrill's name was the thirteenth on this list, and he rece~ved ninety-six acres. Some settlers received as little as ten acres. The grants were chiefly c,f arable land. anc. meadow, the pastures being held by the town for use of the inhabit­ants in common. The privil~6es of these common lands were carefully apportioned. In the "stint of the ox a~d cow common," 12 March, 1641/2, John Merr~ll was given a right to the pasturage of four cattle. (Currier, History of Newbury, p. 54.}

On "this •... of ye 1th m0 1666 11 Richard Currier of Salisbury sold to John Merrill of "Nubery," husbandman, for £6, three acras of salt-marsh in Salisbury. This land was "in ye 2 division of ye higgledee pigledee lotts being ye 44th in number •• butting wth one ende uppon Merimack River." Early in the p!'evious year John Merrill had purcbased from.Richard Currier another three-acre parcel, being the twenty-fourth lot in the same higgledy-piggledy division of calt-marsh. Both con­veyances are recorded with the Norfolk Deeds (at Salem), book 2, leaf' 110. liliether John Merrill was a party to other conveyances, either as granter or grantee, we ca~­not say. Many deeds in the time of the earlier genera­tions in this count1·y were never placed ou record.

102

A MERRILL MEMORIAL 103

John Merrill was a freeholder in Newbury in 1638, and was admitted a freeman of tr.e Colony !n 1640. Some of his activities in the affajrs of the ccmmuruty are indi­cated by entries in T.he town ~ecords- At the t!me when the removal of the settlement from Parker Rive~ northward to the present site cf Newburyport was under con.sjderation, John Merri:l was t~e first-named of a comm~ttee of four appointed to make an j.nventory and appraisal of all the stock, lanc},houses and other improvements of the inhabi· tants. In 1649 he was appointed a membe~ cf a committee to present to the General Court the town's claims to juris­diction over the whole of ?lum ~sland. He was chosen a selectman in 1665; the follcwing year he was a member of a committee to lay out a road to connect with the Salisbury ferry, and in 1668 he was ~hosen one of the surveyors of highways.

In 1670 John Merrill joined the Newbury church, and he was somewhat active in the con~roversy of that time over questions of church discipline. He made his will in the same year, and seems soon after to have withdrawn from some of the activities of a husbandman. In his will he describes himself as "being but weake in boc!.y, st and the entries in the inventory of his estate mentioning certain live stock as leaged ~o his grandson, Jchn Swett, confirm the impression that his health was seriously impaired. Re died 12 Sept. 1673. If he was the John Merrill who was baptised in Wherstead in 1599, he must have been sev­enty-four years old at his death. (See pages 38, 41.)

His Civi::: Act!V'iti:)~

(See page 61)

John1 Merrill was doubtless married in England. His His Marriag~ wife's christian name was Elizabeth, but her family nace is not known. She was admitted a member of the Newbury church in 1674. She died 14 July, 1682, in Newbury. Her will was dated 7 Dec. 1680. All her prcpe~ty was given to her grandchild Elizabeth Swett and her son-in-law Ste-phen Swett, her grandson John Swett, "whoome I ha1~6 for-merly donne well for,:, being r..amed as executor.

The only child of Johni and Elizabeth MArrill was Hannah, who was born in England, and d::.ed 4 (er 14?)April, 1662, in Newbury. She married, 24 May, 1647, Stephen Swett of Newbury, who was born in 1620. Stephen Swett kept an ordinary, later known as the Blue Anchor Tavern, near the training green, 1653-67. (currier, stOuld New­bury," pp. 90,109,176.)

(*) Currier, Histo:;:-y of Newbury, p. 85;

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His Will

The children of Stephen and Hannab Swett were:

John, b.20 Oct.1648; l:lv.ing in 1670. s·liephsn, b. 20 Aug .1650; d. young. Hanna.~, b.7 Oct.1651; ~.20 June,1685,Joseph

Plumer. Stephen, b.28 Jan.1653/4; living in 1670. Elizabeth, b.17 Jan.1655/6. Joseph, b.23 Nov.1657; ~jving in 1670. A daughter, b.25 Apr.1660.

The will of John1 Merrill is ~enroduced herewith, line for line as in the originai.

Wittnes by these prsents yt I Jn° merrill of Newbury in ye County of Essex in New Engi~ndJ be!~g but weake in body, yet of sour.d and perfect mP.~c~y. fc~ divers causes and consideratj ons m.e there vnt.o mo->Yirig, doo · make

5 this my Last will and tes~amt and dco ais~ose of my Lands goods and Cattle as followeth: first I bequeath my soule into ye Hands of my blessed. saviour and Rede:Irer Jesus Christ, in an ass1:red hope of a reSU!'ection, a.,d my body to bee buried, when it shall please y8 Lord to cal: mee

10 hence: To my well beloved wife Elizaoeth J giv9 and bequeath my house barne and Orcha:-d a~d all my Lands both Errable marsh meadoe grounds a~d Pasture Lands, Lijng and bein~ in the bounds of ye towne of Newbury afore said w~h all ye priv~lidges there vnto

15 belonging: as .Allsoe a peice of marsh meadoo ground about six Acrees bee 5.t more or Lesse Lijng and being wthin y9 bounds of ye towne of' Sal:Jbury !.n ye County of Norfolke in New England: Io geather with all my goods and Chattles both with5.n d<:,re and without.

20 All ye houseing Orchard meeooe ground Errable Land and Pasture Land aboue llientioned, J doe give it vnto my well beloved wife during her naturall Life, at ye end whereof my wil~ is yt my grand Child Jn° Swett shall peacea~ly & quiettly enjcy

25 all ye saiih house & barne; if preserved from dP..nger togeathe!' w - all my Land before d mentioned to him and his heires for Ever & if y~ s Jn° Swett di:e witg. out Lawfull Heires begotten of his owne body y~ eu Land is t.o returne vnto ye n~xt Heire: Except rr.y

30 my wife haue neede to sell a small p~cell of Lanj either uppLand o~ meadoe, then my will is that £bea shall ~aue ~~berty soe to doe: Allsoe my will is y · my grand chi:a JnG s~ett shall pay vnto his two brothers and two si~ters tenn pound a pe!ce in one ye~re

A MERRILL MEMORIAL :.cs ·················-------------·--------------------------·--------··········--------·--·-----·---·

after ~y wifes decease in case ye children bee of age, . ... ffu.rther my w!.11 !s Y" my well beloved \\'if'e EJ.izai:>P.th ~hall haue ye sole dispose of my good~ and cbatt.e1ls as shee seeth good, and J coe Appoint my wife to be ye sole Executrix of this my last will and testemt: and J doe .!;.~point mr Henry Sewall and Archelau.s f oodman to bee y overseers of this my last wil! and testam :Jn wit~nes wherof Z ye sd Jn° merrill haue herevnto sett my hand and seale ye ei~'1.t day of Sept.ember one thousand six hun1red & seaventy

Wittnes Henry Sewall: and Wil~ Chandler

This will was proved at Ipswich 30 Sept.1673.

Line l: The.yin yt, like they in ye, is the survival of the Anglo-Saxon character p. and should be pronounced as th.

Lines 12, 20: Errable: arable. Lin~ 18: I·!orfolke: a county which comprised re veral

towns now included in Essex County, Mas~achusetts, and Rockingham County, New Hampshire. This county of Norfolk was in existence, as such, from 1643 ~o 1680.

Line 36: ff was usedJ as an initial, for the capital F.

The signature of John Merrill in this will, as giver. here in facsimile; was crowded in the ori~ir.al for lack of room.

'E:er.ry Sewa11;·named as one of the· overseers, or exec­utors, of this will, and also a witness to John Merrill 1 s signature, was one of the founders of the New~ury settle­ment, and a man of some prominence. He was father of Judge Samuel Sewall, the noted diarist.

Archelaus Woodman came from England in 1635, and spent his life in Newbury •. He was deputy to the General Court, and filled ether town offices. In the list bf passengers on the ship by which he came he is called Her..:,tles Woc•dman. Savage, in his "Genealogical Dictione.ry," quest-io:1s i'lhich name is correct, remarking tt-at"both are equ~l:y ~enthen­ish. ,,

William Chandler was a freeholder in Newbury as early as 1651, and was a selectman at the ti~e ~hen this will was executed. He died in 1701, at the age of eighty-four.

The inventory of John Merr111 1 s estate includes the following items:

35

40

The Invent cry

106

his housing and lands of all sorts with his freehold and Comonages

two oxen six cows: one heifer as rented to John s,,ett

one mare six pound: two swine 30s 14 sheep at 10s a peece; two lambs•at 7s a

peece allso leased to John Swett

230-00-00

40-00-00 7-10-00

7-14-00

Then follow various household utensils and su:i;:plies. The inventory showed an estate agg.regat.ing £ 379 .12s.

CHAPTER IX

A Few Questions of Heraldry

Thomas 3 Merrill (Abel 2 ) lived in that part. of Salis­bury, Mass., which in 1741 became South 5ar.ipton, N. H. In 1726 he gave to one Enoch L1ttle of Newbury a deed of an undivided twelfth of a certain large tract of land in Saco, Maine. In this deed he is described as a "cord­winder, " no doubt meaning a cord-wain-er~ or- shoemaker.

The deed bears evidence that one trained in had drawn it up. The wr!ter supplied in ample the usual redundant phraseology of the pe~iod, declaring that "the said Thon:as Merril hath given granted bargained sould Alj.ened Eafeoff-ed and made over,-and Doth by these preso.nts,

the law n:easure

Thomas3 of South Ha.mpt.on

:,-.

~ulley freely, clearely and absolutly, give, grant, bargain sell aliene Enfeoffe and make over a.~d confirme unto the said Enoch Little," etc.--the premises in question.

y~~~~

This deed was sealed with wax, ~n which was impressed a coat of arms, the principal charges of which may be descr•ibed a3 t:r,.ree pea­cocks' heads, erased, one and two. The crest was a peacock's head, .erased, proper. ( *)

The first person in modern times ~ho took notice of this coat of arms, so far as the present writer is aware, was the late William M. Sargent of Portland. Mr. S8.rgent was a lawyer, a descendant from Priscilla 3 Merr!ll, sister Thomas' of Salisbur·y and South Hampton. Undei> da:.e

of of

l\}l\1iJj\\\{/

(*) "Erased, 11 in the language ')f her·ali:iry, sign!fies torn off, in di.c;tinction :t"rw:,m.. couped{ which 71ou.ld mean cut off' by a straight line. "Pr·opar: means ln t-he nat­ural color.

107

I

Bar or Earrul.et

Vol.3,(1886) p.178

AR,;.,.T(Sn.VCII)

108 1, ~ILL 1.IBMOR!lu. ·························································-------·--·-------------------------~--·

13 Jan. 1880, he wrote to Gyles Merrill of Haverhill, saying that the deed was in his possess,ion, and seeking information concerning the 'i'ho;nas Meri•ill who execute6. it. Two photograph~ of tr.~f d~ec, made at·di~fere~t times, and an en2.ar6ec photog::-aph of the seal, are now in the author's pc•s.3q&sion.

Mr. Sargent considered that the use of this seal by Thomas3 Merrill was ~onclusive P-Vjdence that the de.ice-­which it bore was a Mer·ri.J..:1. cca'!'. cf arms, rightful.ly 'llsed by the family of which T.:!'locias 3 t'la.s a member. The san,e view was taken by G~n. Lewis :Merrill, aad it has been taken by othe~s. The present writer, furthermore, is not in a pc•sit1on to deny that 1t may have been a Merrill coat of arms receive~ by Thomas Merrill of Salisbury b3 inheritance from his gr-andfat~er, and belonging by equal right to all descendants of Na~ban1e:s Merrill of New~ bury.

Mr. Sargent sent a sketch of the coat of arms to Gyles Merrill, with the comment: "The seal is defaced in part, and I have never been able to tell if the par­allel lines were a division of the shield or not ••• This seal does not, of course, give the 'tinctures' or colors." Subsequ~ntly, ::.n the Maine Historical and Gen­ealogical Recorder, to which he was a frequent contrib­utor, he gave an ilJ.i;.strat,ion of these arms, with this description: "Cr, a bar!'uJ.et between t:t,..ree peacocks: heads, erased, proper. 11 The hcrizontal :!.ines on the barrulet in his illustraticn ~ould indicate that the tincture Wla'S :tzt,re. (*)

In 11America Heraldica," 'by Edward de v. Vermont, (New York, 1837), th!s c~at of arms, citing Thomas Mer­rill's deed as authr,rj ty, is !'e~resented as shown here­with. It is thus C::.escr::bed.: '!Argent, a bar azure, be­tween three peacock1;, 1 hece.ds, era~ed., proper. 11 The bar

. (*) In drawing these arms, as shown on the previous page, I have followed Mr. sa~gent 1s illustration, depart­ing from !t, howeve~, in so~e minor respects where the photog~aph of the seal incicated clearly that changes were war:--anted. The shape o: the shield in heraldry is an imma:tcrial detail le:'+, to the d .;_scretion of the ~ti st. Similarly, the helmet under the cr~st may be represented or• nc•t ~J .. will, and the use of man·::.11ng with the helme·~ is eq_ually a matter of personal cb.o;tce.

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in heraldry is a horizontal stripe occupying about one flfth of the field. But the cpa~e be~woec -r.he lower pea­cor.ks r heads and the upper on~, in tile s1::c1.l, ::.s insufii~­ie:::it to admit a bar. Tee b.u-rulet j s ,:.he he~aldic diminutive of the bar, and !s gen-erally one fourth the width of the bar. In the photogcaph of the seal the linee across t~e middle of the shield certa!nly repre­se?lt nothing b~oader than a bP..rrulet. , .

• Mr. Sargent and Mr. Vermont ag~ee t~at

the crest is a peacock's bead, erased,1~op­~- The same crest acco~panies the f e-:.::r­de-lis arms described in Burke's "Genera:. Armory" under the name Mer-rill. (S£:;e page 113.) This fact may be cited e.s evidence --though certainly very inconcJ.usive--that the arms used by Thomas Merrill were those of a branch of the Merrill family.

A skeptic, who is inclined to dispute the right of Nathaniel' Merrill rs descenda."1.ts to bear these arms,· may argue that the seal which Thomas3 Merrill employed was not used by his father or his grandfather; it is not known to have been used by Thomas Merrill's imme­diate descendants; it was not used by Tbom~s Merrill himself when he made his will, l Feb. 1749. The seal on Thomas Merrill's will is a drop or two of red wax on which Thomas or some one else left merely the im­press of a finger.

Whatever the law may have been regarding the unau­thorized use of coat-armor, in practice seals were used somewhat indiscriminately in the colonial period. The notary who drew up the deed may have dropped some melted wax on the paper, and.impressed in it a seal which he kept on his desk for the purpoce, just as attorneys now­adays affix a paper seal ~.nd ind!cate to a.granter where he shall sign his name., when a deed of land is being exe­cuted. Such unauthorized use of seals bearing coats of arms was not inf'requent at the time when Thomas i1er­rill "granted bargained sould Aliened," etc., h:i.s inter­est in the Saco property for "fifty pounds of good and currant money of N'ewengland." In other words., employ­

'ment of the seal is not proof that the arms were eve:::-granted to Thomas Merrill, or to his ancestor.

Three peacocks 1 heads> erased, appear as charges en

Will of Thomas 3

s::.milar Arms of Other Families

Merrill-Morrill Arms

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the arms of certain Ridgeway fam1lies 7 as described in Burke's aGeneral Armory7" but in every case the arms d~­f'er in other important respects from those used on Thomas Merrill's seal. In no case !.s th3 ere:;t the same.

Arms much more closely resembling those on the seal are ascribed to a Patters 'family-✓-:'.Argent7 three peacocks' heads, erased, gules; to Becon-thorp and OXley 'families-­Azure, three peacocks' heads~ erased, or; and to a Waring famlly--Sable, tree peacoc~s 1 heads, erased, argent. Mr. Sargent in 1880 was ;rt doubt with regard to the col­ors indicated in Thomas .Merrill's seal. He was in doubt, too, whether there was;--a bar:-ulet or other horizontal division of the shield. In the photograph the "parallel lines" noted by Mr. Sargent appear to connect with a bro­ken surf'ace of the shield on the dexter side, to which Mr. Sargent refers, and !t seems quite possible that they have no heraldic si.gnif'icance. In other words, the des­cription of some of these other arms may correctly des­cribe the arms on Thomas Merrill's seal.

The crests in the case of' the Patters and Oxley arms, however, are quite different ~rom the one shown in Thomas Merrill's deed; in the case of the Beconthorp and Waring arms no crest is describec in such published works on heraldry as I have been able to 'find.

If Thomas Merrill, or his attorney, had casually come into possession of a seal which had been made for the use of some other person or family, the identity of the orig­inal owner remains yet to be discovered.

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A gentleman of my acquaintance named Morrill, a des­cendant from the early Morril!s of New England, wea:-s a

-----------ring in the chaton of wh::ch is cut a coat of arms wh5.ch may be descr~bed: Or, a bend gules, in base a cross crosslet of ~~e last. ~his i~ given by Burke as a Mor­rell and also as a Murrill coat ot arms. In both cases, according to Burke, the crest is a demi-lion rampant., '!,·i.1t with variations.

Mr. Morrill has for years made a study of heralGry. In 1899 he had a search made of the records of the Her­alds1 College in Loncon, and was informed that this coa~ of' arms was borne by various indi7i~uals of the names Merell, Merrell a::id Morrell in Englar.din the sixteent~

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and seventeenth centuries. Be was convinced that these names, as well as Murrell and M.everell, and the same names with i instead ore in the la.et syllabie, are all. derived :from the same· source. ·

Burke gives as a Merill coat of arms: Or, on a bend gules, a creseent argent, in base a cross crosslet of the second. Burke in thi-s cas<S gives no crest or motto. This latter coat o-£ arcs is identical with the Morrell and Mur­rill arms just ment.ioned, save for the crescent blazoned on the bend.. .t

The crescent is a mark of cadency, denoting a second son. Mr. Morrill explained the Merill a.rms by· ..:the as­sumption that the bearer, being a-Tecori~ son, had assumed the crescent as a mark of differ-ence in his coat-armor, and that he had also seen :fit to modif'y the spelling o~ the fam­ily name. But the crescent ~s a mark of ca­dency should be placed in the "c<Snt.er chief po j_nt" ( in the upper part o'f' the sr..i e ld, j':.ist · under the helmet.) It is not imPussible that, as often happened, a branch of t~e fam­i!y added the crescent as a cha.:-ge, no~ &s a mark of cadency, to distinguish i"t, from ether branches.

On the .walls of the Newbury Historical Society I s rooms in Newb1lrY3)ort tw<Snty--f:ive or thirty years ago I saw emc~..g othe~ coats of a=-ms of old Newbury families one ascribed to the Merrills. I made a copy, which is repro­duced herewith. This, so far as the blazon­ings on the shield are concerced, is identi-cal with the Merill a!'!Ils dP,scribed by B~rke.

My inquiries elicited the information that Miss Susan-E. Merrill of N'ewburyport had furnished the copy which was in the Historical Socie~y's possessic~. ~e was a descendant of Thomas3 Merrill (Abcl2 ) whose dead in 1726 was sealed with v.ax in which was impressed the coat of arms given on page 107. Her line was through Thomas•, Nathans, Crlan~o-Bagleya, and Moses7 •. The lat­ter (her father) was 'born 23 May, 1798, ~d died 1.3 April, 1843.

Miss Merrill told me that the copy of the coat of arms which was in.the Histor~ctl Socie~y 1s !"'->Oms was made by

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The Crescent of Cad.ency

Moses 7 01· Newbu:r:.Y:Po!'t

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her sister from one which had belonged to her :father. O:f the origin of her father's copy she knew nothing. She showed me the la~ter: the orwy dfffe~enoes between tMt and t~e one cere reproduced were ~hat the scroll was without a motto in the ~&.rlier copy, a..~~ the shield waG surmounted by the cre'3t wi:.hcut the helmet. •The bi.M. figured in ~he c~eEt seems ~o b3 a martin. In the His­torical Society's copy its color is gray, like the hel­met, ~d t~e twig held ir. its bili is green.

John Coles,Jr. _ William-Patten7 Merrill {1827-1900) writing in 1896 said, referring to the Merrill coat of arms: (*)

"We have an old copy which grandi'ather passed down to us. This copy is very old. Grandi'ather brought it to Topsham with him in 1760. In heraldry it reads thus: 'He beareth Or, a chevron Azure, between two leopards' faces in chief Gules, and a dagger in base of the second, by the name of Merrill. i On the back is pasted a pa-per which says, 'Granted anno D9 1641 to Sir Peter Merrill of Sumersetshire Bart. and descended to the family of Merrills • ' "

This coat of arms accordingly is traced back to Johns Merrill (1734-1828). grandfather of William-Patten7 Merrill of Topsb.am and Brunswiclc, Maine. But it bears strong internal evidence of spuriousness.

John Coles, and his son John, Jr., • both o:f Boston, were industrious paint­ers of coat-arm~~ in New England in the last quarter of the eighteenth century and in the early nineteenth. Their work was genera:ly copied from Guil:im 1 s 11Display of He:-aldry,-.ir a folio published in several editions in t:.-ie seventeen-~h and eighteenth. centuries. Neither Coles, seemingly, made any effort to ascerta~.n if there were any genealogical connec­tion between a client and the grantee of ~he arms which Guillim described, and the work of both men is discredi:.­ed by all students of heraldry.

(i:·) See pages 91, 533.

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The coat of.' arms which William-?atten Merrill des­cribed was examined and photograph'9<1 by the author of.' ~his Memorial !n Brunswi~k in 1905. It bears un:n1::::trakable earmarks of the younger Coles' hanJir.ork. The shape of the shield, the helmet ·surmoun+,:ing ~.,:., t!l.e sc-::-oll., ,:,he fancti'ul mantling and other decorat~ve details ere ic.en­tical in character with known examples or Coles' work. It may be dism;.ssed as unworthy of.' sez•ious consideration. {-!i-)

The heraldic artist seems to have bee~ in doubt with regard to the. identit,y of the creature whose head serves as a crest for the mythical Sir Peter's coat of arms. At any rate, he neglects to define or describe it. Perhaps the crest was a lion I S head, e1•ased" con'i:.C'.'urne.

Gen •. Lewis Merrill wrote, 16 Jan. 1885: "The Heralds' College says there never·was a Slr :?e:t.er Merrill, Bart., in Somersets.~ire or elsewhers.u Diligen~ search in Pap­worth and Morant's nordiru.i.ry of.' British Armorials" fails to disclose a coat of arms an:e.wer·ing the description of the one supposed to have been grant,ec. to Sir Poter.

In the "General Armor.yn Burke g1Yes as a Merrill coat of arms--Or, a pale engrailed gules.,_voided of the field, between two f.'leurs-de-lis aiu.:;:-e; c~est--A peacock's head, erased, proper. These arms have, I think, received little ~ttention in ~his country.

I have an tmpression in wax of a beautifully cut seal showing these arms, the seal hazing bee~ made thirty-five or forty years ago for Dr. Frederick·•Aug,1stustt Merr 111 of Boston. Under the ~hield is shown & ribbon with the mot­to, 11Vincit qui patitur. 11 Th:.s ph!'ase (meaning "He con­quers who enduresTIT ~ppears to be the mo~to of fourteen English fam~lies, (among which Merr111 is not included,) according to Elvin'~ "na..'"l.dbook of ~otto-ss"(London, 1860).

(*) The author has endeavored to reproduce this coat of arms, as well as may be with pen ard ink, witha.l t im­pairment or intentional improvement. The somev,ha!. bi­zarre outburst of flcurishes at either side of ths helmet is the mantling, and is supposed to be a heraldic re~re­sentation of the fraye~ and tattered trappings of a knight who has returned.from the wars.

Some Family Mottoes

( see page 54-2)

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The same ~.rms were de~cribed in the Historical Bul.lP.­tin of W&shington, 1 Sep~. 1904, as belongi~g to M~rrills of America., but w:r.-::.h tne motto., "V:t.vong a 1:a verit~ 11

( "Live for the trut.h. 11) And a co:i:-1·esp,,11eent sent me a

tracing of the same arms, but with tr-e motto 1"Porti ~t fideli n:f.hil dificile" ( "To the brave and :faitE'ul Mth­lng is d~.fficult. 11

) He E?aii:1. that the arms were ser.r.t him from Canada, and were copied from a book brought from England. It should be borne in mind that a motto and a

coat of arms are in a measure independent o:f each other. One 1$ qui~e :free to discard the motto of his family, and adopt a motto of his own choice, without discarding the arms them­selves.

A poet of the family, inspired by the motto "Vincit qui patitur, 11 and the heraldic repre-~ sentation accompanying it, has·given us some clever verses, of which this is the first stan­za:

"He conquers who endures:" Stern words on my proud crest-­

Crest set with fleurs-de-11s, With peacock's head and breast;

Crest borne long years ago By fearless kin of mine,

Where oleanders flame On hills of Palestine.(*)

With the freedom which is granted to those who wrj.te in verse, :.he poet was of ccurse privileged to fancy her ancestors as crt.tSaders~ fighting against the infidel with shield and crest as here depicted. Those of us, however,

to whom no form of expression has been vouchsafed save practical commonpla~e pro2e, must se~k tangible evid~nce that the claim to the arme is warnrn~cd by the rules of he-raldry,, and t.hat the ::'amily line 1:>ack to the time c,f the crusades can be properly traced. Such evi~ence is lacking.

In a newspaper article some year.sago the use o~ the

(-*) From "mlere Bugles Blow," (Boston, 1914), by the late Elizabeth Power-:; Merrill. Mrs. Merrill Wl:'l.s the widow of J. -Palmer ild:crrill of' Skowhegan, Mains. (~ P· 5'f'f!)

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peacock's head in the Merrill arms was explained. The writer of the article credited tbe ar~s havL,g the two fleurs-de-11s, with t.he peacock's-ilE>ad crest, to the de l\:e:."J.es of Auvergne. .He related hov:, a few centuries ago, a number of lawless men planned to pillage the de Merle estate one night, and murder the members of the family. A number of peaco~ks were kept on the premises, however, and these birds, frightened by the unwonted presence of nocturnal visitors, and emulating the immortal flock of poultry which saved the city on the Tiber, set up a stri­dent clamor.· As a result the family and servants were aroused, and the wicked design of the outlaws was frustra­ted. The service performed by the faithful peacocks was ill-requited by wringing their necks and using their heads, thus erased, as heraldic emblems.

The writer of the article did not cite any authority for this story, and it may without impropriety be given a place in the family mythology. A careful search in French works on heraldry fails tc show t~at either the pea.cock or hin head has been used in coat-armor by any French family bearing the name of MerJ.e.

Efforts have·been made to find in heraldry evidence of relatioruhip be­tween the Merrills c,f EngJ.and and the Merles of France, but the search has yielded negative re~ults. French books of heraldry give the armorial bearings cf the Merle fa~ily or Au­vergne as Sab::r.e, tJ:i..ree merles { black­birds) ar;;:;e.1t, and other families of the same name on the cont.inent, bear merles and merlette~ in various num-be~s a?:d colors, as the chief oharges on their shialds.

A. correspondent expressed to me the.belief that the three blackbirds used in ~oat-armor on one side of the English Channel, and three pea~ocks' heads used on the other, indicated a possible ~ommunity of blood--but the i~ea seems too fancifu: to be taken seriously.

--,a (,If) "De sa. a trois merles d 1arg. 11

- 11.A:rmor·iaJ.. General, II

by J.B. Rietstap, vol. 2, p. 205.

T°ne Merles of :.'ranee

In Conclusion

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In some genealogical pape::-s which were submit.ted to me for examina~j~n, t.he statement was made that the c-oat of arms with ~he cro~s c.rosslet was used by Me-rr:lll. fam­ilies in England as early as 1588. The arms with the fleurs-de-lis were said to have .been "used by the :M:~r­rill families of Essex and Sussex." The aru:s with three peacocks' heads "are the same as used by the fam­ily of Ridgeway of l!:ngland. 11 Only the first and third of these forms, it was said., ·'!'l'e::-e used by persons of the Merrill name at an early date in America. Gen. Lewis Merrill was cit.ed as authority for these statements, but in the somewhat volumj.nous correspondence between Gener­al Merrill and Gyles Merrill, and between General Merrill and the present writer, sn.ch st.atements are not to be found. The writer has institt~ted no search of the au­thorities in E~.gland on this subject, either at the Her­alds' College or elsewhere.

Perhaps the reader has looked here for a coat of arms which all American Merrills are entitled by the rules of heraldry to embl~zon on their stationery; an~ perhaps he is disap?ointed and confused because, to re~ lieve the monotony of these typewritten pages, the au­thor has pictured here so many heraldic achievements. :eut the reader·, if so inclined, may make his choice; all a.re free for use if one in inclined to assume them.

The right to ~oat-armor based upon assumption, and not upon grant, is ably defended by Henry Stoddard Rug­gles in an article ir.. the !':ew York Genealogical and Bin­graphical Record for October, 1903. According to the authorities wh!ch be cites, and they are from English SOU!"ces, members of t-he Merrill fan:ily may justly use any coat of arms hare displayed, and whether the first use of the arms by a Merrill ,;as based upon-· grant or upon assumption is imniate1•j_al. It -,;ould be e(!uall y im­material, he i!lsists, if' the user were a 3ritish subject.

CHAPTER X

Merrill as a Plaee-Name

Many pl.aces in the United States bearing in some form tee Merrill name are evidence of the spirit of enterprise which has led members of the family to seek homes or bus­iness careers in newly-settled territory. I have gath­ered such facts as I car: of the origin of these names. In some .cases I have failed to discover in what way the one in Ahose honor the name was given wa~ related to the early settler of ~ewbury, but in ~ore cases I ha7e su~­ceeded. The task of finding these facts will become no easier as time goes on. If, meanwhile, however, I am assisting some future compiler of a town history to re­cord the family antecedents of one whose name ~ill sur­vive as a geographical designation, my work will not have been wasted.

Merrellton is a small village, with post-office, on the Tallahatchee River in Calb.oun co,.u'"lty, Llabama. It is a junction point of the Seaboard Airline c:.nd Southern I'.ail­roads, and has a population of about eighty. The village is in a farming sectio~ which is rich in various minerals.

The name was given to the post-office in 1883 in honor of Merrill Day Frank, then only two years of age. Joseph Frank of Bir~ingha.ll'!, Ala., wrote me soffie years ago that he was a chief clerk in the railway mail service at the time when the post-of~ice was established, and chose the name in honor of his daughter. The little g.:.rl, follo';l'ing a custom which is net ur.~ommon in the Souta, had received a family name at her chris~ening, instead of one of the names ~,hich are supposed to 'be especially r·ese:r-il'ed for girls, being r..amed for her grand.father, :Merr·ill T:.t:c,mas Castle'bury. The latter ,1as named for Merrill Collier of Gwin:1ett County, Georgia. My efforts to follow the name to its source alic-

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Arkansas

California

Georgia

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ited a letter from Judge John Collier of Atlanta, who told me that Merrill Collier was named for one of a fa~­ily of Merrills in Carrollton, Carroll County, Georgia. w.-W. Merrill, and his sons George and Henry, were, he said, successful lawyers in Carrollt~n many years ago. Of their aBcestPy I save Be infe;pmatieft, (S~ r.639)

In some cases where places wh1ch seem to have been named for Merriils are found on State maps, closer in­vestigetion yields negative results. On a certain mep of A:-kansas appears Merrell, in Clay County. The.po.st- · master of a ne131~horing town, answering a letter of in~ quiry, said:

In Reply To Your Letter I Will Say There Is Not, Any Place Here By The Name Menchened In Your, Letter But There Is SoTI:e People Living In Thi·s, Vicinity By The Name 0~ Me~ell .•••

I pursued my inqil1ries no further.

Merrillv:i.lle, Cal., is a village, with post-o:ff'ice, in Lassen County, in·the northeastern part of the State. The population !s 142. It was named in 1874, in honor of Capt. Charles-Alfre~9 Merrill {Henryl, Samuel7, Thom­as6,~, John4,.3, Nat.ha.niel2 ), presiaient. of the Lassen Coun­ty Land and Cattle cocpany, who fcrm·.1.:i.ete:i the pro jec:. of tapping Eagle Lake and conduct,ing the water by a "tun­nel and flume to a desert area thirty miles distant for the purpose of !rrigation. The undertaking became in­volved in litigation, and was never completed. Merrill­ville is four miles below Eagle La.ke, in a territory rich in timber. The nearest railroad station is at Susanv!lle, on the Southern Paclf!c Railroad, fifteen miles c.istant.

A map of northern California shows Merrill, in Sier­ra County, near the Nevada line. A postmaster in the vicinit.y writes that this Merri!.l is a lumber camp, long dese~ted, and that the source of the name is unknown.

Merrillville is a township in a farming section of Thomas Cou..-ity ~ southern Georgia, with a post-offj.ce and a sta·::.jon of the Atlanta, Birmingham & Atlantic Railr~•ad. The population, according to the census of 1920, was

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1204. Of these none bear the name Merrill. The town­s~ip was g1ven its name in ieoo, in honor of Joee.ph-Ha.n­soll' Merrill of Thomasville, Ga., attorney !'or the-~raiL­road company, who was ~nstrument.al. in securtng the build­itg of the railroad, and the est.abli-ahm&nt of' a station at this. point-. Joseph-Ransell9 :?d&?'rill 1s a son of ,Joseph;Styless Merrill (Lemuel7 , Joseph6, St.evenss .. Abel •,l, ) .

There was i'ormerly a village known as Merrell in Greene County~ northern Georgia. Henry7 Merrell (An­drew6, BildadS~ Eliakim•, Isaac3, John2 ) settled there about 1850> organized a cotton manu:facturing comp!l.Ily, and erected mills. Owing to business difficulties incident to the CiYil War the factory was abandoned in 1863, and the village has ceased to exist. The pla~e is now known as Long ~~oals. Henry' Merrell was borr. 8 Dec. 1816, in Utica, N.Y., and died 28 Jan. 1883, in Cainden, Ark.

. - . . ... - . .. Merrillville, Ind., is a village in Ross townsr..ip, Ind.iana

Lake County, about twenty-five miles from Chicago. The population of the village in 1916 was estimated at 209. William and Dudley Merrill set'.:.led there in 1837, and. we!:"e joined later by their brothers John-F. and Lewis-B., and by their father Oliver Merrill. They are said to have come from Corinth, Vt. From.the~ the village received its name. Some of their descendants were liv-ing re~ently in the village. The land in the vicinity is valuable for farming purposes. There is a station of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad of Indiana at this point.

M'errill, Iowa, is a village, with post-office, in Iowa Plymouth township and Plymouth County, eighteen miles north of Sioux City. The population in 1916 was esti-~ated at 620, the people being interested in grain and dairy industries. At this point there is a station of the Illinois Central, the Great Northern and the Chicago. St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railroads. The name was given to the place in honor of Sherbur':1.e-Sanborn:r Merrill (S,v. (>· 't-1..sj (Moses 6 , Jonathans, John~3, Nathaniel2 ) of Milwaukee. Mr. Merrill was a pron:.i.nw-t rai.1..r~ n:.arJ.a.gat' in the . ..No:i:-t.hl':.P..st for twenty y:ears prior to his d~at.h in 188..5.

Maryland

Michigan

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Merrill, in Aroostook County, Maine, received its name from Capt. W!ll!amf Merrill (Lev!S, Israel', Jamesl, Abel~) of Portland, who pW"chased the southeast quarter of Township No. 6, Range 4, 7 June, 1842, for $1932. The township received the name of Merrill P1antation at its organization in J.876, and was incorporated as a town in 1911. Its populP.t!on in 1920 was 361. William­George7 and Edwarc-Thomas 7 Merrill, sons of captain Mer­rill, settled on the land which he purchased, and some of their descendants now l~_ve in that vicinity. Lum­bering and potato-rai~ing ~.re the chief industries.

Merri~J. 1 s Corner is a vjll~ge in Brownfield, Oxford Coun~y, Ma!ne. It ~ecei~ed i~s name about 1810 from Nathanielt> Merr!ll (I'iathan:r.e1s, John4,j, Jathan1el2 ), a farme1· who lived there. None of his descendants have lived in the vtl!age in recent years.

Merri:.l Hill in Auburn, Maine,· received its name from El1as5 Me~~ill {Daniel4 , Moses~, Dan1el2 ), who, in 1791, bought five hundred acres of land there from various settlers. Elia~s Merrill's sons El!~e', Jabez6 , Daniel~ .aR4.Marshf'ield~ all occupied portions of this land.

"-~ J"'---6--Merrill is a small village in a farming section on

the Savage River, a tributary of the Potomac. It is in the eastern part of Garret~ County, the westernmost county in Maryland. Ths region is mountainous, Big Savage Mountain of the Alleghany Range casting its shad­ow at daybreak over the quiet settlement. A post-office was esta~lished at this point abcut 1900. The place was g!ven :.ts name in honor of F,~jas Merrill, who was born :.n 1838 in Garrett county, ~d., and died 28 Aug. 1909. He was a farmer, and li-ved in Merrill. His father, John Merrill, was born in 1814 1n Frostburg, Md., and died in 1860. Andrew-Jackson Merrill of P:!.edmont, West Virginia, a bro~.her of El:!.ac, wr!tes that he th::.ri.ks John Merrill's father was N~cholas, and that Nicholas was a native of Massachusetts. Most of this branch cf the family are members of the Churcn of the Brethren, commonly known as D-:ir.Jcards, a.~d·two brothers of Elias Merr!ll were ministers of that church.

Merrf..l!, Sag:i.naw County, Mich., is_ a village of 505 inhabita;.1-r,f> in Jcnec,f5..eld township; on the_ .Perf. Ma.r11uctt3 Railroad, twen:.y miles west of Saginaw. The oc.cupar.:.on

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of the inhabitants is chiefly farming and lumbering. The name was given to the place about 1860 in honor of Nathan­Westons Merrill, at that time superintendent of the rail­road upon which it is sit.uated. Mr. Merrill was a native of St. Albans, Maine, ,a son of James-Levi7 Merrill {Levi6, Jamess, Joseph", Daniel3,2 ). He d!ed lSApril., 1903., at his home in Saginaw., aged 67.

Merrill is a village of 328 inhabitants in George Mississippi County., sout~ern Mississippi. It is a station of the Gulf., Mobile & Northern Railroad, at the point where the road crosses the Pascagoula River. The place was given the name in 1898 in honor of Frank-Babson Merrill., who built the Mobile, Jackson & Kansas City Railroad (now the Gulf, Mobile & Northern), and became its president. Lum-bering., farming and stock-raising are the chief industries. Mr. Merrill now operates a sawmill at this point, but makes his home in Mobile, •Alabama, fifty miles dist ant.

Mr. Merrill wrote that he is a son of Joshua-Eabcock Merrill (1811-1894) of Barnstead., N.H • ., and grandson of Samuel Merrill (1788-1827) of Amesbury¥ Mass. Sanuel6 Merrill ( Isaacs,• ~ Abraham3,2 ) was born 28 Jan. 1782., and lived in Amesbury, and he had a brother Joshua. Mr •. Merrill wrote that. his father was named for an uncle Joshua. He was inclined to the belief that his father was a son of this Samuel 6 , an error with regard to the date of Samuel Merrill's birth having in some way found its way into his family papers.

Merrill~ Stillwater County, Montana., is a station on the Northern Pacific Railroad fifty miles west of Billing.s~ It is on the Yellowstone River, about sixty miles from the northeastern corner of the Yellowstone National Park. It is a shipping point.for Montana range cattle. The place was named in honor of Gen. Lewiss Merrill., who was in com­mand of the Seventh U.S. Cavalry, stationed in the Yellow­stone Valley in 1877, protecting the men engaged in the construction of the road. (See pages 13-16.j

Merrill's Corner is a village in Fa.rm.in.gt-on, Stra..f£ord County, N.H- Isaac7 Merrill (Joseph6, Jacobs, Isaac•, Abraham3, 2), a nati'°'e of ./l.mesbury, Mass., settled there about 1830 and established a country stora, and this fact gave th~ Q~e to the neighborhood. The post-office for-

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merly ma1nta1ned there has been discontinued, llllll being delivered by rural c~!'ier f'rom RocheS'Tter.

Merrill, N.Y., is in Clinton County, in the nort.hern Adirondacks. It is a small village in the southern part of the town of Ellenbu~Sh- It ts chiefly known as a Summer r~sc•rt, but sn!!le i'4!-reing and lumbering is done by the inhabitants. Twc brothe::-s, Enoch 6 and Paull Merrill (pa,i:_s, &~och•, Jo~~rh', Abel2 ), natives of Gil­manton, N.H., set,tled in B<=!:i.mon":., Franklin County,, N.Y., early in the nineteenth cen~t:ry and engaged in f'arming. Paul's ~on, Darius-War~en7 Merrill, went up Chateaugay Lake eight miles t,o the site of' !.he present- village 01' Merrill about 1858, and built a log cabin on the shore of the lake. Here he entertained soortsmen from the cities, and grad~ally increaeed n~s accomodations imtil,, at his death in 1887, h:!.s house would accomodate sixty guests. The family name in recent years has been com­mon in Belmont and Merrill village. The village of Merrill is four miles from Lyon Mountaj.n station on the Delaware & Hlldson Railroad.

Besides the village of Merrill there are in the State of N~w York two places known as Merrtllsville. In the town and co,mt.y ~f Franklin, twenty miles south from the village of Merrill, is Merrillsv1:1e, a farming vil­lage in the Adirondacks. Jc,r ... '1.1 N.erri].:i. ( John6,S,-',3 ,Nath­aniel2) removed in 1835 from Chelcea,, Vt., with his four grown-up sons, and ~ade the first clearing in the fcreRt in that vic!.nity. In 1633 he caused a post-office to be established there under the n~..me of Merrillsville, and it rem'.l.ined more than forty years, when it was re­moved to Loon Lake, a Summer resort two miles distant. John' Merrill was a native of Concord, N.H. Re died at Merrillsville 19 Oct. 1872, aged 89. The village is six miles :!:':-om Loon Lake station on the Delaware & H".ld­son Railroad. A number of' the descendants of John7 Mer­rill now live i~ the town of Franklin.

In Madi~on County, N. Y., 135 miles southwest .of M~r­rillsv:.lle :!.n Frr.nklin County, .is another village cf ~:.r.e same name, !n the town of ~enox. T~e inhabitants o~ this Merrillsville, who in 1916 numbe::-ed about 105, have been ch!efly in~er-es~ed in hop-growing and farming. The name wae s·:ven tu the plac~ half a century ago or more by Ge::-rit Sm:i.th, ~.be noted kbolitlonist., who lived in :;:'e-te!'bC"r·o i~ the f.&!lle County, in hon~r of' Solomo:i Jler­rill, who, bef~~e 1330, was cne of' the first settlerB

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t:t:.ere,. and who lived there more than thirty years. o~on Merrill ·went West with his b:-other Allen, and il'! Wisconsin. A post-o:f:fice call.ed Merrj.llsville established in 1891, but it has beeu disccntin~ed, being delivered by a r..tral. carrier from Oneida.

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Merrill, Oregon, is a town of four hundred inhabit­ants in Klamath County, at the ext.reme southern edge of the State. The nearest railroad station is Klamath Falls, twenty-two miles dista:it. Farming and sheep and cattle raising are the chie:f industries. The village was laid out in 1894 by Nathan-Smith Merrill, and was named in his honor. In 1919 Mr. Merrill wrote that he lived in Mer­rill, and was a :farmer. He was born 22 Aug. 1636, near Hillsboro, N.H. He was a sen of Nathan Merrill, who was born 8 Jan. 1806, in Nashua, N.H., and grandson of Capt. Uathan Merrill o:f Hollis, !LH., a drover.

Merrell.town is a smal.l village in Travis County, Tex., sixteen miles north of Austin. It has borne the name since about 1850. Nelson7 Merrell settled on Brushy Creek in what is now Williamson County, Texas, in 1837. He was born 1n Connecticut in 1810, the son of Erastus6 Merrell { Stephens , · Benj amin4, John 3/l) • The family had migrated to Concord, Ohio, in 1818 .. In 1839 Nelson Merrell raised a company o:f "rangers II for the pro'tect.ion of the infant city o:f austin, which had just been select­ed as the capital of the Republic o:f Texas, and he was chosen captain of the company. Hostile Indians still roamed the woods in the immediate vicinity. Nelson Mer­rell moved to ~alnut Creek, in Travis county, in 1846. A post-office was established at this point, and he was appointed postmaster, the place being given the name Mer­relltown. After the Civil War he moved to Brushy Creek, and his descendants now live at Rou.nd Reck, in the same vicinity. The post-office at Merrell.town ha3 oeen cis­continued, a rural delivery route from Round Rock serY­ing the community in its stead.

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Merrill's Spur, Cache county; Utah, is a station on Utah the Oregon Short Line 2ailroad and en the Ogden, Logan & Idaho Electric Railway, at the ~orthern edge of the State. Its mail service is thro~gh ~he o:ff~ce at Riohmond, one n:ile distant. The statior. was na.r.:ied for Mar·rin8r--Wood Merrill in the last decade o:f the laet century. ( See page 6 4-4-)

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Merrill, the County seat of Lincoln County, Wis., is a thriving city having, acco1-ding to the census of 1920, a population of 8068. Merrill town has o.n additional population of 909. The chief indust.?-y of. the place i3 the manufacture of lumber, which is shipped in large qu~n­tities. It is on the Wisconsin River, and a lumber' 'boc•m at this point has a capac!ty for 100,000,000 feet of loss. An abundance of hardwood timber sroils in the vicinity. Two ne~spapers ~re published in the cit~. The ~own was originally named Jenny, but this name was changed to Mer­rill in 1880 in honor of Sherburne-s.7 Merz-ill of Milwat1-kee, general manager of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul P.ailway. The Wisconsin Valley Division of this road passes through the cit,y. It w~s said a few years ago that there were no persons n~msd W.er~ill living in the city.

Merrillan, Wis., is a village in Jackson County, at the junction of the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Oma­ha and the Green Biiy & Wester·n Railroads. Its popula­tion in 1920 was 628. It :1.s devoted to lumber interests, and is the center of a good farming section. Leander­Gage7 :Merrill and his ~rother Benjamin-Hammond7 Merrill, sons of Humphrey6 (.NathanieP , Humphrey"-, James3 , J .. bel.2 ) , went to Wisconsin in 1849, and settled in 1871 upon some pine land which they had purchased in the present to?.n of Merrillan. They built a saw-mill and invested heavily in other improvements. The name of the town is derived from the fact that there were many copartnerships in which the senior member was a Merrill-- 11Merrill & Loom.is," 11Merrill & Ice, 11 etc.--and the repetitions of11Merrill- and 11

suggested 11Merril.lan" as a name.

Merrill Park is a station on the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway in the city of Milwaukee. It is two miles from the union station of the company in that city, and within a few rods of the late residence of &~erbu..."T.c­SJ Merrill, formerly ge~eral manager of the compz.ny, in whose honor it was n8Jll.eQ. (.see page 119.)

CHAPTER .XI

Some Eighteenth Cent-~ry Migrations

In--the- sevente&nth century., after, the great migra­ticn which brought.Nathaniel Merrill and his elder broth­er from Old England to·the infant.New England colony, few extended journeys were undertaken by any of the Merrill kin. The chief migration in that time was the journey of John~ Merrill to Hartford., which has already been re­ferred to at some length in this Memorial. (See pages 78-&.4.)

In the eighteenth century., however., the foundations of many towns -were laid., especially in.New Han:pshire and ~aine., by 3ounger sons., or other adventurous spirits.,· who sou3}lt homes where primeval conditions lent attrac­tion. The descendants of Nathanielt. -Merrill among these pioneers in many cases established branches of the family which have preserved a certain measure of individuality to the present day. It is the p:1rpose of this chapter to tell the part which was played in thes~ co:i::nunities, in their earliest years, by Merrills 'who deseended from the original Newbury stock.

Many interesting stories migi:.t be told of the era of exploration ar.d settlem.ent in the Great West., --but the available data concerning migrations of Merrills into that region are meager., and such facts relate generally to individuals of later generations than th~se whose­lives form the chief subject of this book.

This chapter., long as it is, is very incomplete. I hav~ been strongly tempted to o~it it altogether, but it may serve a usefu.l purpose in aiding someone to connect his own line with the earlier ge~erations or the Merrills in America, and 'f'or this reason I give it a place in this Memorial.

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Among the 119 signers of a petition, in 1721, for the grant of a township on the Merrimack River at a place known by the Indians as Penacook was John Merrill. This John• Merrill (John', Nathe.niel~) was a native of New­bury, Mass. He lived for a time at York, Me., and then removed to Haverhill; Mass., where he married and settled dowr.. (See page 213.)

Four years elapsed before the petition was granted by the government of the Massachusetts Bay Province, and no effective effort was made to begin settlement of the new plantation until 1727. In the early Spr~ng of that year a party of the proprietors and their servants, for­ty-five or fifty persons-in al.l, arrived, and set about the work of laying: out.roads, clearing·land-and building log cabins. John·•· Merrill. ;vas among the number~ Therl:?­after John Kerrill made improvements from time to time, and in June, 1730, his wife and four young children ar­rived, prepared to spend their lives in the backwoods settlement thus established. ·

Under date of 31 March, 1730, the Proprietors---

"Voted, That John Merrill shall have the-ferry at Penny Cook, and that said Merrill shall have twenty acres of land near the ferry of said town. • • • The said Merrill shall have four-- pence for a horse, two pence for a man, four pence for a beast • "

A modern iron brid,3e, on the road leading from Con­cord to Pembroke, marks the site of the ancient ferry. John Merrill's homestead was on the hillside, not far fro~ the ferry, near the junction of what in later year~ were Turnpike and Water Streets, north of the gas works of the present day.

On the organization of the church in Penacook, in December, 1730, John Merrill was chosen the first deacon. A plantation or town government was not regularly estao­lish~d until January, 1732/3, and at that time Deacoc Merrill was chosen a member of the-first board of select­men, and also one of the· assessors. Aside from such facts as these, which were duly entered in the formal records of .the church and ·the town, no account has come down to us of events in the life of the community in ·· those earliest years. Many of the events may have seem­ed of considerable moment·at the time, but their fate hes been oblivion. ·

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The children o~ Dee.con Me?'l"iU, and those of the oth­er settlers, were in need o:f schooling. In 1735 he was given authority by the town to engage a teaooer, and seven years later he was appointed a membeP of a commit7 tee to erect the first· schoolhouse in town. The :first meeting house in the town was a rude log structure, and no doubt t~e schoolhouse was architecturally similar.

The "Plantation·of Penacook0 became the "Town of Rumford" in 1734, and Rumford became Concord in 1765.

In his later years Deacon John• Merrill was the storm­center o:f a not·ed lawsuit. In November, 1750, the Pro­prietors of the common lands in the town of Bow, a.town­ship adjoining Concord on the south, brought an action of ejectment against John....MerrU.l., t.he question at issue being the validit..y.-or'"'Ti certain grant by the gov:eri1111ezrt.: of New .Raltl)shir;s-~ The inhabitants of Rumf'ord claimed that. the original Proprietors of Bow had :forI"cited their rights, not having ·complied with the conditions of the grant, and that the land in question was included in the original grant by the Province of Massachusetts Bay to the Proprietors of Penacook. The controversy involved an old dispute regarding the boundary between the two Provinces. The suit against John Merrill was a test· case, and the Proprietors cf Rumt'ord voted to defray the cost of the defence.

The case was heard, in the first instance, in the courts of New Hampshire, and it is not surprising that the judgment favored the plaintiffs. Thereupon, in 1753, the ~ord Proprietors sent agents to England to present the case before the King in Council. The Gen­eral Court of Massachusetts Bay was urged to defmd the rights of those claiming under-the Penacook grant, and at once voted to do so,. twice granting money toward the expense of carrying the appeal to England.

The services of Lord Mansfield, the most eminent lawyer of tis day in England, were secured to present tne case cf John Merrill before the King in Council, and he entered upon the-task with zeal. Further delays intervened, however, but in June, 1755, the case was finally decided in :favor of the Rumford :farmers, and John Merrill remained in possession of his home and farm to the end of his days.

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pioneers in other communities, and his descendants in later generations have attained distinction in Maine and California, and in many States which lie between these geographical extremes.

Conway, N.H. Thomas5 M~rrill, son of Deacon John of Concord, was one of tr..ree men who, with their families, began, in 1766, a settlement in North Conway, N.H. He was a native of Haverhill, Mass.; lived in concord, N.B., and vicinity foz· a number of years; served as a lieutenant in the French and Indian war, and passed the later years of his life as a farmer and country squire under the shadow of the White :Mour.tains. ( see page z.r.; lf ) ·

The charter of Conway was dated 1 Oct. 1765. It nained more than sixty grantees, Tho~ass Merrill being included in the number. Thomas Merrill took up his res­idence in the town the following year, but settlers did not increase rapidly in numbers, and it was not until March, 1770, that a town meeting was held to effect a permanent organization. Possessing a better education than most of his fellow-townsmen, Thomas Merrill was cho­sen the first town clerk, and a member of the first board of selectmen, and he was many times reelected to both offices. ·

In 1769 the inhabitants of Conway and adjacent towns felt the need of having a j~stice of the peace near at hand. They accordingly petitioned Governor Wentworth as follows: "We would humbly beg liberty to let your Excellency know that we should be glad and rejoice if your Excellency Should appoint to that office Lieut. Thomas Merrill of said Conway.a The Governor's Council recommended him as a "Suteable person to be in the Gom­mition for y8 Peace,n and he was duly appointed.

Thomas3 Merrill's home was on the intervale, on the south side of the Saco River. He owned large tracts of land on both sides of the stream, and in 1771 his sons Thomas 6 , William6 and Amos6 took possession of adjoining farms along the river. Enoch&, and later Jonathan6, also took up farms in the same neighborhood. Their des­cendants a generation or two later were to be found in various places in western Maine.

In 1775 a census of Conway showed 273 white inhabit­ants and two negro slaves. The remoteness of the set­tlement from the more populous sections of the Colony.

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is shown by the fact that in the same year an arrange­ment was made by which a me.s~ar once each m~nth shoul,d. carry the mail to the little backwoods community.

ThomasJ Merrill died 2 July, 1788, and was buried in the ancient cemetery near the center of the town.

The charter o:f Plymouth, N. H. , was granted in 1763. Pl.ymout.h.>N- H. Cn the original copy-are engrossed the names of sixty­two grantees,· including Moses M~rre11· and Thomas Merrell.

Thomas5 Merrill ( John••·', Nathaniel.I) was described as of Pembroke, N.H., at the time of the grant. He sold his rights under the charter in 1765, and settled in Con­way, N.H. (See page 128.)

Moses• Merrill (Moses', Daniel:) was born in Salis­bury, Mass., and lived at different times in Haverhill, Mass., and New Gloucester, M13. He also disposed of his right, without becoming a resident of Plymouth. (See page 262.)

Jacobs Merrill, son of M.6.ses•, was born in Salisbury, Mass., and lived as a young man in Newbury. {See page 360) Both towns lay at the mouth of the :Merrimack, and, as was quite natural, young Jacob for a time·:rollowed the sea. But to his young wife the unknown hazards of life with her husband in the great northern wilderness were less terrible than the perils of the ocean, and he was per­suaded to undertake the life of a backwoods farmer. He lacked experience in husbandry, and he and his growing family suffered many privations through the first years of their agricultura~ experiment.

In 1764 and 1765 s~ttlers had been arriving in Plym­outh, and early in 1766 Jacob Merrill joined the colony. It is said that ~is third child (and eldest daughter) Elizabeth was borr. there, 15 April, 1766. His home­stead was beautifully situated in the northern part of the town, on the northern shore of Baker River, a mile above the point where Baker River flows into the Pemi­gewasset.

In July, 1766, the first town government was organ­ized. Little is known of the life of Jacob Merrill as a pioneer. In 1768 he was a member of a committee of the town eharged with the duty of buildir.g a meeting house, and in 1~78 he was chosen a member of the board

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of selectmen. The same year he was appointed a member of the Committee of Safety---the perils of the Revolu­tionary period making such a committee necessary. For ~any years he held a commission as a justice of the peace, and was known as 'Squire Merrill when such a title car­ried weight in the community.

cJacob Merrill of Newburyport" bought an "original right" of Dr. John Brown in i766, and by subsequent pur­chases he extended his landed possess ions up Beech Hill,· and northward into Campton. This land furnished :faru.s for several of his children. In 1903 five of these farms, in Plymouth and Campton, were occupied by his des­cendants, the home farm of JacobJ being owned by Deacon lu.fred cook, a great-grandson,

Twelve of Jacobf ~errill's thirteen children married and left descendants, the .number of his grandchildren bearing the Merrill narr:~ being sixty-two. The facily has been noted for its musical ability, and the members in succeeding generations were prominent in church choirs and as instrun.entalists in Plymouth and vicinity. (*)

Warren, l'J.H. Warren, !LH., is a mountainous little town in Grafton County, its northern boundary crossing the foothills of mighty Moosilauke. The first permanent white settler of the town was Joseph Patch, who, in 1767, as a youth of less than twenty-one years, gratified his love for the woods by building a hunting camp beside Hurricane.. Brook·· and settling down to an easy life of hunting, trapping and fishing. Moose, deer, bear and wolves abounded, while beaver, otter, sable, m1nk and other fur-bearing animals fell easy victims to his skill as a trawer.

A hundred and forty years be:fore the vrord "pacifist" found a place in a dictionary of the English language, Stevens! Merrill was an outspoken opponent of war. He did not lack personal courage, but he was out of accord

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was born in marren, N.H., in 1790,· but removed to Plym­outh in 1813, where his eleven children were born. He was a lumber mer~hant~ and lived at different tim~s in Boston, in California, and in B~rlington, Iowa, where he died in 1863. (See page 56S)

Many facts concerning the Merrills of Plymouth and Campton are given .1.n St-P...arns' excellent .. History of Plymouth, 0 (1906), vol. II, pp.442,-457.

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with the trend of political ·events, and 1n 1775 was vio­lently opposed to the war in which the colonists engaged. Re was a native of' Newbury, Mass., a son or Abel• Merrill (AbelJ,a). (See page 37S)

As a young man Stevens Merrill moved to what is now Atkinson, N.H., and he was living there when young .Joseph Patch came that way on one or his trips down-country to barter rurs ror supplies which the·rorest could not ·rur­nish. Stevens Merri1l's daughter Anna, a spirited black­eyed girl withrosy'cheeks, attracted the young woodsman, and she was s~ill a gir1 in her 'teens when he won her promise to share his simple home•in the far northern wil-derness. ·

With the departure or the youthful bride the country of the White Hills did not seem· so re·mote or :forbidding to those who.dwelt in the more populous surroundings of Atkinson. Soon Stevens Merrill, with his numerous fam­ily, made the long journey toward the· north, and in 1775 bought land and built a log cabin beside the Asquamchu­~auke (or Baker) River, not far from the farm of his son-i~l~. .

Stevens5 Merrill is described by his great-grandson, William Little, author of the "History of Warren," as "a straight, medium-sized man, with a-lean face, a thin straight nose and blue eyes. • • ·~ He was stern of aspect and slow in speech, and the children were afraid of him. He was irif"lexible, had a mind and will of his own, and could not be bent from his purpose." Warren was incorporated in 1779. In 1780 there were twenty­five taxpayers in the town, and Stevens Merrill paid much the largest amount of all.

'Squire .Jonathan6 Merrill, son of Stevenss, "was six feet tall, of a lordly mien, straight as an arrow, and had an eye like a hawk •••• Like his father, he was a ~uaker of the strictest sect; wore a broad-brimmed hat, and a long drab coat ornamented with great wooden buttons. 11 He was a man of ability, and had considerable influence in the growing community. He had married be­fore leaving the Atkinson home, arid after reaching_War­ren made his home-for a time in the ·cabin of his brother­in-law, where Stevens7 Merrill, later the richest man in the town, was born in 1776. ·

A younger brother of Stevens5 Merrill, Joshua5 of Hampstead and Sandown, N.H., followed shortly after to ~"" />· 377)

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Warren, and_ built his habitation of logs in the southwest part of the town. He was a farmer and: a tailor as well. 11He was small-sized, straight, lithe and agile, and with-al was an excellent horseman. 'As straight as Uncle Joshua,' was a speech common among the settlers."

When dressed to make calls on his neighbors Joshua5

Merrill. "wore a very short-waisted coat o:f dark color, with short tail-flaps, a- wide-rimmed hat---rim ·full ten inches wide---hip breeches fastened at the knee with buckles, color dark; long stockings, blue and white, and fastened by a loop to one of the breeches buttons, and buskins of wool or leath~r, tied with sheep-skin strings ov~r his thick, double-soled ox-hide shoes. His jacket was of the same material as his coat and breeches, with large flaps overt~~ pockets, and for cold weather he had a great coat with very long cape and no waist, buttoned with four or five 'matheman buttons.'. The sleeves had very wide cuf'rs, eight or ten inches at least, and two great buttons on each_. When he had this suit on, and was ~ounted on his great black stallion which he used to ride, he would dash through the woods along the stony bridle-path like a wild Arab. He was known all over the country round, and everybody would say, 'There goes ?ar­mer Joshua, the politest and best-dressed man in the State. 111

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It is related that. on the 17th of June, 1775, Stevens Merrill, Joseph Patch and others in Warren heard the sound .of cannonading far away in the south. A week later the few settlers in the town were electrified at hearing from a travel~r the story of the Battle of Bunk­er Hill, fought on that fateful 17th of June 120 miles away.

A backwoods cabin is a fitting retreat for the pac­ifist. But the mountain hamlet to which Stevens Merrill had gone was not far enough away to escape the sounds of military activity, for the patriots in town outnumbered the loyalists two to one. Excitement was at fever heat, and preparations for defence were hastened with zealous enthusiasm. Arnold's expedition to Canada failed, and there was general appreh~nsion that the King's troops would attempt an invasion from the north. At this junc­ture muskets were purchased by the Committee of Sa:fety for distribution among the settlers, but Stevens Merrill, ~uaker, refused to accept one.

(*) The quotations are from Little 1 s very unconven­tional "History of Warren," (Manchester, 1870.)

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passive. Loyal to the flag under which he was born, and learning that a British detachment would be at a certain point beyond the Connecticut River seeking supplies, he and his son Jonathan bought all the cattle they could find in the community and drove the herd to the appointed pl ... ce, traveling ·by night. . Four days later the- two Q.ua­kers :were back in Warren counting the British gold which their adventure had earned.: It was years before their neighbors learned what had become of the herd of cattle.

An episode related by the ~istorian of warren gives a side-light on th& conditions of li:fe which surrounded the early settlers. Clearing land to make it Sl 1 table for faming purposes involved great labor, and the work of building fences added not a little to the task. As a result., cattle were alloeed to seek pasturage in the woods. One day the cattle of Stevens'J Merrill were lost, but after a long search he found all except one ox and a heifer. Finally he heard the ox lowing at some distance in the woods, and he knew there-was trouble.

He hurried to Joseph Patch's and secured a pitchfork, and thus armed he went at top speed in the direction of the sound of distress. In the meadow near Patch Brook he found the ox, which was bravely seeking to protect the heifer rrom the attack of a bear,-but the heifer was bleeding from severe wounds int'licted by the bear's teeth and claws. The doughty pacifist at once took part in the fray, and after a hard fight, in which, the historian assures us, the ox willingly assisted, the bear was driven from the field in defeat. Stevens Merrill said it was the largest bear he ever saw.

Others of the family connection made homes for them­selves in Warren before.the first settlers had passed from the scene.· Abel6 Merrill (John5) and Amos Little had married sisters in Plaistow, t!.H., and jointly took up a tract of land on Beech Hill, in the southwestern part of Warren. Abel6 Merrill was a nephew of Stevenss . ( See page 56'7)

The road which the early settlers in the ncoos countryn had cut from Boscawen to Haverhill, XZ .H., was still,. in 1789, little better than a bridle path in many places. The trail became more faint as it approached Warren, and at last the traveler•s only aids in finding the way were "spots 0 on the trees, made by earlier travelers wi~h their axes to mark the road. The brothers-in-law made the long

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northward journey in that year. Their wives rode on horseback. ·Tamar Merrill carried her personal effects and two children, aged five and three years respectively, fastened behind her on the horse, and in her arns carried a child a year old.

Arriving at their destination the two young men built a log cabin on the line which.should mark the boundary between their farms. Stone chimneys at opposite ends of the house gave each sister her own fireplace. A large flat stone, over which they had built, served for a floor. Abel Merrill had taken with him two sides of leather,. and his first use :for.these was to cover a portion of the roof of his part or the. cabin. In due .. time he built a good frame house.

Abel Merrill prospered, and was able to give his• children a good education. Two of his sons were edu­cated at Dartmouth.· He gave to seven of his sons $500 apiece on attaining their majority, and to his four daughters who grew up he gave $250 each on coming of .age, besides all the flax and wool which they wished to spin and weave .for their wedding portions. (*) Eight of his thirteen children survived him, with more than fifty ~randchildren.

Other early settlers in ~arren were Nathaniel6 and Samuel 6 Merrill, sons of Rev. :rirathaniel.S , and nephews of Stevenss and Joshua5. ( See pages S,0,571) All left nu­merous descendants, and many times in later years a ma­jority of the members of the board of selectmen bore the Merrill name. Patch Brook flows into Hurricane Broc•k near the site of Joseph Patch's first camp in Warren, while Patch Hill and Merrill Brook, in the northern part of the town, aid in perpetuating the memory of some of the early s~ttlers.

Corinth, Yt. The foot-t·rails, marked by "blazed" trees, which served the earliest settlers on their journeys into the wilderness, were succeeded by bridle-paths, and the~e in time became cart-paths. The mar~h of improvement had reached this stage wnen. Joshua IS Merrill ·c JohnJ, Abel",3.2) moved from Kingston, n. H. , to Corinth, Yt. ( See page 5'6<;) In February, 1795, his wife and infant child took their places on the ox sled, wrapped warmly in blankets, no doubt, the sled being coTered with canvas, after the fashion of the "prairie schooners 11 of more recent times,

(*) Authority: Letter from Rev. John-LeverettMerrill, 20 July, 1904 ..

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and the long journey began. Room was found on the sled for a goodly store of household effects.

It was more than eighty miles, as the crow flies, to Warren, where Joshua's·brother Abel lived. But the jour­ney was not so direct, nor so rapid, as the flight of the crow, and the travel~rs found a visit of a fortnight with the Warren relatives a welcome change from the monotony of their slow progress over the snow-covered road.

Corinth had been settled in 1777J and since 1780 had had an or3anized government. • Joshua had bought a farm in the eastern part of the town, and upon it stood a log cabin which was awaiting its new tenants.

After a welcome rest in Warren the migrant family re­sumed their places on the ox sled for the remaining twen­ty-five miles of their journey. The log cabin was their home until 1806, when they took poosession of a large and convenient frame house. Joshua became a justice of the peace, selectman and lister, and, with his family of six­teen children, contributed his full share to the prosper­ity of the town. A century after his arrival in Corinth his great-grandson, Rodney-E.9 Merrill, was living on the farm which Joshua had purchased. (*) ·

Between Wells and Biddeford, in York County, Maine, the coast region was successively known as Cape Porpoise, Arundel and Eennebunkport. It was first settled by white men in 1629, but owing to its exposed situation suffered mu~h from attacks by Indians, and the white man's occupation was not continuous. The town was first incorporated, as "Cape Porpoise," in 1653. It was rein­corporated, as nArundel," in 1717, and received its pres­ent name in 1821. (ff)

About 1725 Abel' and John' Merrill (John3 , Dan1el2)

settled in Arundel. Their sisters Ruth4 (Whitten),Nancy+ {Carr), and Mary+ (Burnham), with their husbands, also lived in the town. Abel' Merrill in a short time re-

(*) ~uthorities: Letter from Rev. John-Leverett Mer­rill, 27 July, 1904; Child's Orange County Gazetteer. A few years after Joshua5 Merrill settled in Corinth, Peter6 Merrill (PeterS.,,3, Nathaniel2 ) moved there from Windham, :rr.H. ~and kept a store, and his sons lived there, with their famili~s. (See page~~~)

(,.._) The reader should bear in mind that Maine was~ part of Massachusetts -::.ntil 1820.

Kennebunkpor•t, (Arundel),Me.

(See p.260)

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moved to Wells, but John• was living 1n Arundel in 1726, when he was granted one hundred acres "on the Country Raad in Arundel, as it is laid from Wells Township to Saco across Bedeford. the uper way." It was stipulatei that he, and others who received grants at'the same time, should 11settle on said Land according to the Commetys Directions in a Defencable manner, and give bond to Pre­form the same." ( *)

John Merrill built a homestead, ·and made it "De:fenc­able," for the Kennebunkport history states that he main­tained a garrison house near Goff's mill. Such defences were greatly needed, for the Indian wars continua:! for many years after his advent in the town.

A spoon mould which belonged to John+Merrill, or to his son JahnJ:of Arundel and Topsham, was in possession of Mary-Jane7 Merrill (1817-1906) · of Brunswick, Me.,at her death. (See page 92.) Miss Merrill kindly let me take it in 1905: in order that I might cast in it some pewter spoons. "J. Merrill n · is cut. in the mould, in such- a way that each spoon bears the name in raised letters in the handle. A spoon cast in this mould· ·is seven and a half inches long, and weighs two and a half ounces. I have eaten many a plate of bean porridge with one of these spoons, in true old New England style. (See page 58.) (iHE-) ·

John5 Merrill, son of John~, was born in Ar­undel 29 Jan. 1733/4. (See page 357) As a young man he had little opportunity for educa­tion, but managed to learn somethingofsurveying, and was employed by Sir William Pepperell of Kittery, and later by Governor Bowdoin of Massa­chusetts, to survey their lands in the District

of Maine. In his capacity as surveyor John Merrill had seen much of the unoccupied lands of Maine, and finally he concluded to settle in Topsham. He built a log house there in 1760, and this served as his home until 1785,

(*) Bradbury's History of Kennebunkport (1837), pp. 128-9. . ·

(_..) A mould for spo.ans of the same size and pattern is now in the possession of my cousin Clarence-Erskine Kelley ef the Harvard College faculty.· Mr. Kelley rs father, Giles-Merrill Kelly of Haverhill, was a grandson of Rev. Gyles5 Merrill. (See page 8.) In a Kelly gen-

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when he built a commodious homestead near the s!te o:f the log cabin. This second dwelling was occupied by his descendants :for more than a century.

A plan of Topsham in 1768 shows that at that time John Merrill owned :four lots, aggregating about three hundred acres. In that year_ he purchased also an. island in the Androscoggin River at Topsham, which has since been known as Merr111 1s Island. · ·

When the _town.was incorporated, in 1764, John Merrill was chosen a member o:f the :first board of selectmen, and he was many times. reelected., He was a member of the Committee o:f Correspondence and Sa:fety in 1775, and served several times as a justice of the Court of General Ses­sions. As a member of the General Court of Mass achu-set ts, before the separation of Maine, he visited Boston on horseback, and·returned with a square-topped chaise. This was a strange conveyance in those days :for use on the primitive roads which the settlers laid out through the pine-tree forests, and people from all around came to see it.

John Merrill was studious, and sought to correct the deficiencies of his earlier schooling by reading. He sent to Boston for.many books, including what was said to be the first encyclopedia ever owned in the District of Maine. For many years he was the principal surveyor in Lincoln County. He died-at the age of ninety-four. 11 The 'old squire' settled all dispu"tes, drew the deeds, married the young, counselled the old, and in his de­clining years witnessed in his son, Col. Abel Merrill, all these qualities in a more extended sphere." (See page S3J)

Miss Mary-Jane 7 Merrill, granddaughter of John5 Mer­rill, wrote, 17 May, 1905: "I remember very distinctly hearing Dr. McKean, son of the first President of Bow­doin College, say, 'Your grandfather was the man of both Brunswick and Topsham.' ••• The farmwas one of the loveliest in town, to me the loveliest---my child­hood's home a paradise. After brother Obed's death it

ealogy which was written by Giles-Merrill Kelly, and pub­lished in 1886, it 1s related (at page 25) how the Kelly mould was made by Samuel Kelly about the middle of the eighteenth century, ~rom fifty copper pennies. Samuel Kelly was a great-grandson of John Kelly, a contemporary of Nathaniel1 Merrill in Newbury. S.M.

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passed into brother William's hands, and he sold it,. much to ~y sorrow. I have never seen it since, nor do I wish to. I have never recovered from the shock. 11 Miss Me:-­rill died in 1906 at the age of eighty-nine years. She spent the l~t years·of her life in Brunswick, two miles from the old homestead.·

In the fourth and fifth decades of the eighteenth century a number of the Merrills of Newbury migrated east­ward, and settled in Falmouth and North Yarmouth, Maine. In both towns those bearing the family name became rela- • tively more numerous, before the end of the centul_'y,_than persons bearing the name have ever been in any other towns in the country. (*) In these towns the Merrills were · not pioneers, however •

. Falmouth had been the site of various settlements in 1632, and intermittently through the remainder of the sev­enteenth century. But wars with the Indians and the French repeatedly proved disastrous, .and resulted in.the extinction of the remote settlements on Casco Bay. The territory of Falmouth remained practically uninhabited ;after the destruction of the town by the French and In­

dians in 1690, until about 1716, when settlers began to· return. In 1719 the town was regularly organized,_-and thereafter its growth was slow but constant.

John• Merrill (Nathan!, Abel2 ) moved to Falmouth about 1732, followed soon after by his brother Richard•. (See pages 272, 276.) JamesJ (Abel~) moved to New Casco, a village in the eastern part of Falmouth, in 1738, and his six sons left numerous descendants in the town. (See page 209.) Edmond• Merrill (Daniel3,Z) also joined the Fal­mouth colony not many years later, living in the western part of the town. ·(see page 258.) At this time the town included the territory now known as Portland, Cape Eliza­beth and Westbrook, as well as that of the modern Falmouth.

The descendants of these Merrills in Old Falmouth were very numerous. A story used to be told of a traveler who

(*) The numerical str.ength-o:f the Merrills in Maine is indicated by the fact that the General catalogue of Bow­doin College published in 1916 contains the.names of 82 Merrills who have been connected with·the· institution since its foundation. No other name but Smith is repre­sented in the catalogue by so large a number of individ­uals.

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;.as driving int,o town 2 and mee1'.mg a man oil the road he asked, ·

"llhere does Mr. Merrill.live?"

"Merrill? .,; · asked the wayf"az-er in surpr is;, "why.• they're all M-Merrills in this t-t-town, except m-me, and m-my name's M-Merrill Noyes!r.

Perhaps Merrill Noyes was addicted to exaggeration, as well as .to stammering.

An old newspaper cl~pping in my possession mentions •The Musical Society in Falmouth," which was organized 1n 1807, and which was the .earliest organization_o~ the kind in what is now Portland. The seventeen original members included Moses Merrill, Jr., Eph!'aim Merrill,Jr., Ebenezer Merrill, Jeremiah Merrill, Humphrey Merrill,Sr., Jacob Merrill, Jr., and Giles Merrill.

1n many States of the Union Merrills are living today who trace their descent through one or another of these Falmouth branches of the family.

North Yarmouth, like Falmouth,.had its troubles with the Indians and their French allies. . It was twice set­tled and abandoned, but about 1721, after·more than forty years' absence, the heirs of the former English occupants began to take possession again, and since that time the occupation has been uninterrupted, though the Indians con­tinued to be troublesome until after 1756.

Samuel' Merrill (Moses3, Daniel~) settled in North Yarmouth in June, 1737, removing thither from Salisbury, Mass. (See page 263.). He was probably the first bear­ing the family name t·o live in the town. John+ Merrill (Nathanl, Abel2 ) is supposed to have moved to North Yar­mouth f'rom Falmouth, and his sons Stephen and Enoch are said to have been born there. (See page 272.) His sons Benjamin, John, Abel~and Jacob all lived in North Yar­mouth, and lef't many descendants.

Merrill Road was in the part of North Yarmouth which by successive town incorporations became Freeport in 1789 and Pownal in 1808. The road took its name from Josiah6 Merrill {Jacobs, Jo:t,.n•, Nathan3, Abelz), who was the first settler who improved land in that section. {See page 5'61) He had previously lived in tt-e part of North Yarmouth which

North Yarmouth,

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is now CUmberland. He bought his farm, consisting of fifty acre~ on the west side of Merrill Road, half a mil~ from the Freeport line, in 1788. He was unmarried, but at once set about clearing his land, and built a log hou3e near the western edge of the property. In 1790 he mar­ried Eunice Merrill of Falmouth.

The log house was their home for fifteen years, and there six of their children were born. But Josiah Mer­rill had built at the wrong end of _his farm. · ·The high­way bounded his farm on the east, and in 1805 he built a large one-story frame house on Merrill Road, and thither removed his family. · He was a quiet substantial citizen, and his wife was an industrious woman, of high standing in the church and the community. In later y~ars his son Dan1el7 managed the farm. · · ·

Josiah 6 Merrill 1s children were all singers~ A writer in "Old Times in North Yarmouth" (page 592) relates that it was no unusual thing, about 1835, "to see the family of nine children seated in the singing-gallery, with the oldest son the leader and the youngest son as the perform­er on the bass-viol. Four of these sat in the church choir for more than half a century."

.. William6 Merrill, a younger brother, settled near

Josiah 6 about 1805, and here raised a family of ten children. ( *)

The territory which was given the name North Yarmouth in 1680 has been repeatedly subdivided,.Harpswell being set off in 1758, Freeport in 1789, Pownal in 1808, Cumber­land in 1821, and Yarmouth in 1849. Ezekiel7 Merrill (Ezekie16~S, Moses•~, Daniel 2 ) was born in 1796 in Hebron, Me., but lived on a Yarmouth farm. (See page 544-) His . son Joseph-Edward 8 Merrill of Newton, Mass., in 1904 erected in Yarmouth a beautiful "Merrill Memorial Library" in honor of his parents.

(*) Authority: "Old Times in North Yarmouth" (pub­lished 1880-1884), pages 589-592, 1135-1138. 'At page 992 a writer gives the '.'Muster Roll of Capt .• .P,eter. Mer­rill's Company of Foot," 28 August, 1804, of which com­pany Peter Merrill wa:s captain and Reuben Merrill en- . sign. Twenty-one of the ·ninety-four enlisted men were also Merrills.

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A grant of a township was made in 1736 by the Gen- New er~l Court o~ the Massaccuset~s Bay Province to sixty Gloucester, inhabitants of Gloucester, Mass., and the.territory thus Me. granted later became kno~n as New Gloucester. Me. In 1737 a road was cut· from North Yarmouth leading into the. new town, but act,1al settlement was slow. The propri-etors repeatedly oi'f'ered money, in su:ns rang~ng f:-om £10 to £30, to induce settl.ers to make their homei:: on the tract, but the fear of India.~ raids discouraged home-building. -

It was not until 1742 that an attempt was made.at per­manent occupancy of any of _the granted farms, and this ef­fort was soon abandoned because of trouble w!.th the Indl­ans, the military authorities ordering the settlers to va­cate the territory. The beginning of the French and In­dian War ended.the colonization project for the time. The houses were burned-,an::l o.11 improvements lapsed, and for a number of .years.the tract remained deserted~

In the ~inter of 1753-4 a block-house was erected by the proprietors, and armed with two swivel guns. Here for six years a handful of settlers lived, secure in the protection or the thick timber walls, and with an armed garrison constantly on duty~ _There were occasional In­dian raids in the neighborhood, and in 1755 the crafty ?.edmen attacked the block-house, captured two men and killed another. In 1760, however, when the French and Indian War was drawing to a close, the sett:ers began building new log houses on their scattered farms, and thereafter the white men remained in undisputed posses­sion of the rertile acres of New Gloucester.

The proprietors' meetings had hitherto been held in Gloucester on Cape Ann, but in 1763 (Nov. 22) a meeting was held at the block-house in New Gloucester to organize a township. Such organization orten preceded by some years the incorporation of the town by the General Court. Samuel 4 Merrill (Moses 3 , Daniel~) was chosen moderator and treasurer of the new town, and Daniel 4 Merrill, his brother, was chosen a member of the prudential committee and board of assessors. (See pages 263, 264.) Samuel• had lived in Salisbury, Mass., and in North Yarmouth, Me., before removing to New Gloucester. A third brother, Mose_s 4 Merrill (See ,page 262), sett1ed in New Gloucester about 1763, and remained th.ere twenty years or more, but spent the last years of his life in Haverhill, Mass., where his son, Rev. Gyless Merrill, was pastor of the North Parish Church. (See pages 8, 9, 362)

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Ezekiel5 and Moses5 Merrill, sons of Moses-' (Moses3 , Daniel2 ), also settled in New Gloucester in the earliest years of the town ( see pages 361,363 ) , and their older brother Jacobs was a pioneer in the settlement of .Plym­outh, N.H. (See page 129.). Ezekiel5 Merrill late!' re­moved to Shepardsfield, now known as Hebron, Maine,where he was one of the earliest white.residents. His four sons, Jabez 6 , Gyles 0 , Ezekiel6 ,and· Mcises$, lived in He­bron, and left descendants. · (See pages S't-2-S'1-~)

Others of the family who settled in New Gloucester in the first decade or two after the organization of its government were James-' Merrill (I~athan3 , Abel.2 ), with his six children (_see page 27.4), and Peters and John5Merrill, sons of. John 4 (Johnl, Abrahama). - (See pages 245,-Jlf0)

new Gloucester was incorporated in 1774. The first town election was held at th~ meeting house ·12 Sept.l.774, and Moses and Samuel Merrill, with Simon Noyes, :were cho­sen selectmen and assessors, Moses Merrill, Jr., tithing­man, and Deacon Daniel Merrill sealer of weights and meas­ures.

For a century and a quarter a community of Shakers has occupied a village and large tract of farm land in West New Gloucester, near Sabbath Day Lake. -In 1782 Shaker evangelists visited the town, seeking converts, and soon Nathans, Jamess and Edmonds Merrill (James•, Nathan3 , Abel2 ) joined the society. (See pages 38'6,38'7)

In the Summer of 1784 a party of twenty-five Shakers from Gorham and New Gloucester chartered a vessel of twen­ty-eight tons to make a pilgrimage to visit A.~n Lee, the founder of' the sect, at her home near Albany, U.Y. "James Merrill, Sen., Nathan Merrill, Molly Merrill and Raichael Merrill" were members of' the party. The vessel in wr..ich the journey was made was called the Shark, and it belong­ed to Greenfield Pote of Portland. (See page 288.) She sailed to New York, and thence up the Hudson.

"It is stated that Mother Ann saw them in vision be­fore they arrived at Niskenna [Watervliet], and tole the

(*) The uses made of the New Gloucester meeting house were not altogether ecclesiastical. At the outbreak of the Revolution two casks of gunpowder, three hundred flints and two hundred pounds of bullets were purchased by the town, and concealed behind the great sounding board in the sacred edifice.

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little family there to prepare for them, which they did, and when the party arrived they were·met at the door with the words, 'Welcome .here; we were expecting you. Mother saw you some days ago, and told .us to prepare for you.'~. (*) Ann Lee died a -f'ew days a-f'ter this vis:!.t. Returning, the vessel' reached Portland early one Sunday morning,and the entire company went to the house of Edmund Merrill in Falmouth, three miles distant, for breakfast.

The formal organization of the New Gloucester society of Shakers-was· in 1794, and Nathans Merrill was appointed one of the -f'irst trustees.

The first white settler of Lewiston, .Me., was Faul Lewiston,. Hildreth, a native of Dracut, Mass. After a brief resi- Me. dence in New Gloucester he settled, with his wife and in-fant child, on the east bank of the Androscoggin, - near Twenty-Mile Falls, Lewiston, in the Summer o-f' 1770. His wife was Hannah0 Merrill (Daniels, Samuel°', AbelJ,2 ). (See page 373) The destruction of. their·· cabin by fire three or four months later compelled these pioneers to return for the Winter.to New Gloucester, .but.the following Spring found them again in Lewiston. -, "The life of Hannah Hil-dreth during the first·-year of her residence on the .Andros­coggin was sufficiently excit-ing. . She and her child faced the perils o-J:. wild animals and wj:lder ·Indians, -•and on one occasion they were alone,. without food, for four days, fifteen miles from the nearest white settlement. Her reward was fifty acres of land; - This gift--the first grant of land made within the borders of the town--was in recognition of the ~act that she was the first white woman to make her home there. But it was not long be­fo~e they had many neighbors in a growing community. Paul Hildreth established the first ferry in Lewiston. He removed to Gardiner about 1802.

The Narraganset War was a brief episode of the war against King Philip, chief of the Wampanoags, and it was fought in 1675. The Massachusetts soldiers who took part in the campaign were promised, in the event of suc­cess, grants of land in addition to their usual service pay, but for many years the terms of the promise were not complied with:· At last, in 1734, a grant of land

(*) aPortland in the Past,a by William Gould, (Port­land, 1886), pp. 330-331.

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on the east side of the Saco River in Maine, some te~ miles above its mouth, was made to 120 proprietors, the proprietors being soldiers of the Narraganset War, or their representatives. The township-was given the n?.me Narraganset No. 1, (*) and by this name it was known un­til, at its incorporation in 1772, it received the name Buxton.

Settlement was begun in 1742, but little progress in this direction had been made when, in 1744, war between England and France broke out, and the few settlers were· forced to abandon their farms and take refuge in the more easily defended towns along the coast. In 1750, the war having ended, some of the settlers returned, and there­after nothing happened to cause.them to desert their homes •.

Capt. Thomas Bradbury of Biddeford was one of the pro­prietors of Narraganset No. l. He was a native of Sal­isbury, Mass., and married Sarah-+ Merrill (Moses3 ,. Dan­iel~). (See page 197.) His daughter Elizabeth married Samuel5 Merrill of Salisbury., a great-grandson of Daniel:. Merrill through John 3 and Thomas+. ( See page 35"'i ) Capt . Bradbury was noted as an·--Indian fighter., and -in 1748 and 1749 had command of a block-house on·Saco River., opposite the southern extrem~ty of the present town of Buxton. But Capt. Bradbury did not become a resident of Narraganset No. l until about 1763.

Samuel5 Merrill had been a soldier at the block-house, under his father-in-law's command, in 1748. He was liv­ing in Narraganset No. l on the 17th of May., 1751, for on that day he was one of the signers of a petition for a meeting of the proprietors of the Plantation. Capt.Brad­bury had purchased two lots of land in the Narraganset township, paying for them£600,old tenor. One was des­cribed as Lot l, Range D, 1st Division, and the deed re­cites that a dwelling house stood upon it. This "was probably the first dwelling house in the town worthy of the name_,. (...,) Capt. Bradbury gave a deed of this. farm to his son-in-law, under.date of .22-Nov. 1753, and here

( *) There were seven "Narraganset II townships. 1Jo. 2 is now Westminster, Mass.; No. 3., Amherst., N.H.; No. 4, Goffstown, ILH.; No. 5, Bedford, N.H.; No. 6, Templeton, Mass.; No. 7, Gorham, Me. .. •

(iHE-) "Buxton Centennial," (Portland, 1874), p. 236.

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Samuel5 Merrill spent the remainder of his long life, dying in 1822 at the age of ninety-three years. The ~omestead was near Salmon Falls, and in 1872 a portion of the farm was in poss.ession of Ansel9 Merrill, great­great-grandson o:f Samuel5 Merrill.

In 1754 Samuel Merrill was a second time a petition­er for a proprietors' meeting, this time the fear of at­tack by the Indians impelling the proprietors to provide for the.erection of a fort, the structure "to be forty feet square bilt with Pillasaders or Stockades three feet & one hal:f in the ground & ten feet above the Ground & Said Stockades to be Sett Double & a Good flanker or watch box at two opposite Corners of Said fort. 11 By good :for­tune no attack was made by the Indians in the course of the seven years' war, from 1754 to 1761. · Once Indians were seen in the vicinity, and all the inhabitants has­tened to the garrison, "who were aided and assisted on this occasion by the coolness and decision of Lieut. Sam­uel Merrill.•(*)

Samuel5 Merrill was a man of prominence in the commu­nity. In 1761 at a meeting of the proprietors it was "Voted that the proprietors give to Samuel Merrill the old meeting house for said props meeting in Said merrills· · dwelling.house on Lords days heretofore.". He was repeat­edly chosen surveyor of roads, and after the incorpora­tion of the town he was frequently elected selectman. His military service continued as late as the Revolution, and he served as a lieutenant at the battle of Bunker Hill, in the company commanded by Capt. Jeremiah Hill. (~) Ten o:f his children lived to grow up; and they left many descendants in Buxton. His name was handed down in the successive generations, Rev. Samuel-Hill Merrill, the genealogist (see pages 1-4), and Governor Merrill of Iowa (see page 53~), among others, receiving the name Samuel as part of their inheritance.

The first permanent settler of Greene, Maine, was Greene,Me. BenjaminS Merrill (Samuel4 , Moses3, Daniel2 ) he having removed thither ~rom North Yarmouth in 1775. (See pages36~-365-) Benjamin Ellingwood, a squatter, had been living

(*} "Buxton.Centennial," p. 53.

(,...) "Buxton Centennial," pp. 163,272. uel6 was a member of the same company.

His son Sam-

Fryeburg, Me.

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in the territory now known as Greene for a year or two· when Benjamin Merrill came and determined to make his home there. On the first of Uovember, 1775, Ellingwood sold his house and improvements to the new-comer for

£168,15s. Of the purchase price £77,14s. was paid in cash, various notes and other articles making up the bal­ance, the last article mentioned in the account bein3 a quart of rum, which was valued at six shillin3s.

Benjamin Merrill at once took his wife and five chil­dren to Greene, a yoke of oxen transporting his household effects, and a cow accompanying the party on their jour­ney of twenty miles or more. For eleven years the log cabin built by Ellingwood served f-0r a habitation, but in 1786 a frame house succeeded it. Greene was incor­porated in 1788. Benjamin> Merrill was a member of the first board of selectmen and an assessor, and his son Benjamin6 was the first town clerk. (See the History of Androscoggin County, of which Georgia-Drew Merrill was editor, [Boston, 1891], page 500.)

Gen.,Joseph Frye was a brave officer of the French and Indian War. In 1762, in recognition of his military service, the General Court of Massachuset.ts granted him a township six miles square, the territory to be selected by him on either side of Saco River, in the District of Maine. General Frye promptly made choice of the tract now known as Fryeburg.

The Indians of this neighborhood had been pacified nearly forty years earlier as a result of the battle known as "Lovewell's fight" {8 May, 1725). In this en­gagement, fought near the site of Fryeburg village, thirty-four Massachusetts rangers were pitted against eighty warriors of the Pequawket tribe. Each party suf­fered a loss,in killed and wounded, amounting to two­thirds or more of its fi@lting strength, and both lead­ers, Captain John Lovewell and Faugus, the Indian sachem, were killed. It was a severe reverse for the white men, but it ended for all time the military power of the Pe-quawkets. ·

In the Summer of 1762 pioneers arrived from Concord, N.H., eighty miles distant, and set about clearing land and building log houses on the present site of Fryeburg village. Their families remained at their former homes, awaiting the completion of cabins and other conveniences

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of a pe_rmanent settlement • In the Fall most of the pio-neers returned to Concord, but NathanielS Merril.l. ( John.f,3, ( See page 2.'i;J Nathaniel2 ), being unmarried, remained through the Winter, with John Stevens and a negro known as Limbo, to continue preparations for a settlement, and to care for the cattle which had been taken to the valley of the Saco. An abun-dant stock of hay for. the cattle was secured, fran the intervales beside the river.

The families of the settlers began to arrive in the Summer of 1763. :Nathaniel. .Merrill was one of the own­ers of the :"Seven Lots II at Fryeburg village.. _ He was a farmer and a skilled .surveyor, and lived on the lot oppo­site the modern site of the academy. Fryeburg Academy, it may be mentioned, in 1802 enjoyed the distinction, then not duly appreciated, of having for its preceptor Daniel Webster. The great Expounder of the Constitution had received his college diploma a few months before.

· Nathaniel Merrill had been one of Rogers ' Rangers in the French and Indian War, and had received a wound in the head from a musket ball while in the service of the Colony. He married, in 1764, Ann Walker of Con­cord, and raised a sturdy family of seven sons and seven daughters, the sons being men of consequence in Brown­field, Conway and Portland. The average age attained by the parents and their fourteen chi-ldren was sixty­nine years.

Fryeburg received its act of incorporation in 1777, and on the 31st of March in that year the first town meeting was held. At this meeting Nathaniel Merrill was chosen a member of the board of selectmen. He was known as "Squire" Merrill, and was often intrusted with public duties. In 1786 he was a delegate to a conven­tion held in Portland to seek the separation of Maine from the jurisdiction of Massachusetts; in 1787 he was a member of a committee to draft a plan for the first meeting house in the town.

Nath~riel Merrill spent the last years of his life Brownfield, in Brownfield, Maine, a town which adjoins Fryeburg on Me. the south. He became one of the owners of the mills on Shepherds Brook, at Brownfield Center, and his de-scendants __ were numerous in the community for many years. Merrill's Corner is in the southwest part of the town. "The Merrills have long been gone, but the Corner still bears the name." ("Reminiscences of Brown.field," by Mrs. E.A.G. Stickney, 1901.)

Andover, Me.

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When the country-side was aroused, as by an electric shock, by the Lexin~on. alarm, EzekielS Merrill (Roger•, Nathanjel3 , Abel2 ),of Wei;t Newbury, responded., and served for a few days as a corporal in the ?iewbury -company of minute-men. (See page Jqq.) .After this brief service he removed his young family for saf'ety's sake to Pelham, N.H., and again enlisted as corporal, takin~ part in the Saratoga campaign wh:f.ch ended with Burgoyne s surrender.

War in thoRe days, for the hardy yeomen of" New Eng­land$ was not a business requiring many months of int'en­sive trainin3, as it has become in these later times. Like most o:f the "embattled farmers". of the Continental army Ezekiel Merrill was by turns soldier and tiller of the soil, serving :four brief enlistments in' the field, in the !:evolution., alternating with _s·easons of agricultural labor.

After the war many veterans of the conflict were loth to settle down in ease in the commonplace surroundings of their former homes. The spirit of' adventure was not fully satisfied. Like many others Ezekiel Merrill.looked to the backvroods for a congeni·a1 home. He was a cheer­ful., generous-hearted man, fair-haired, with handsome face and ruddy complexion, athletic and self-reliant. He had only a smile for all the hardships and all the dan­gers of military campaigns, and he was ready with the same smile to meet whatever might befall in the lonely life of the pioneer.

Gen. Joseph Frye·had founded, on. the Saco River, the town now known as Fryeburg. This place was for a time the last outpost of civilization, and thither, in 1785, Ezekiel Merrill took his family. Gen. Frye had explored the country farther north, and he told in glowing terms of the fertile intervales of the Ellis River, a small tributary of the Androscoggin. A company was according­ly formed to lay out a town on the Ellis River, and Eze­kiel Merrill was one of the number.

With his brother-in-law, Mic~ael Emery, he spent much time clearin3 land and .building the necessary log struc­tures for the beginnings of' a farm, and in March, 1787, his family and household effects were taken over the rough woods road, heavy with the Winter's snow, as far as Beth­el. Sixteen hand sledges~ drawn by the men and the larg­er boys, carried the younger children and the necessary supplies and utensils for beginnin3 housekeeping anew.

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a Bethel was about thirty miles north of Fryeburg, but

it was still many miles short of their ultimate destina­tion. The family remained in Bethel a year, while the father and his older sons made further preparations for establishing their home in Andover.

Finally, 18 April, 1788, the last stage of the jour­pey was undertaken. Seven birch canoes, with stalwart Indians of the Pequawket tribe handling the paddles, glided down.the Androscoggin, bearing all the members of the famiLy and such supplies and other articles as they would need in their new home. The little fleet went with the current as far as the mouth of the Ellis River, where they camped for the night. The next day they paddled up the latter stream, the entire distance trav­ersed by canoe being thirty miles.

Their new home was on the east side of the west branch of the Ellis River. Their nearest neighbors, aside from the Indians, were at Bathel, but Bethel lack­ed most of the advantages afforded by country villages. The nearest church, school, doctor and lawyer were at Fryeburg, nearly sixty miles away.

The cabin which received the family had a log floor and pole partitions·, a stone fireplace and a log chim­ney plastered with clay. Lacking glass, small open­ings in the walls admitted light, the openings being closed with shutters when necessary to exclude the cold. With a. few of the simplest tools various articles of furniture were construoted, but nails were lacking, and wooden pins.were made to take their place. Cedar splits furnished roofing, and material for doors.

Some game was secured for food, the first season, and many fish. For lack of a mill for grinding corn, mortars were made by hollowing out the stumps of trees, and excellent hominy was produced by pounding the corn with wooden pestles. The Indians were friendly, and the squaws taught the farmer's wife many primitive arts, especially those relating to preparing food from the roots and herbs which abounded in the woods and beside the streams. Potatoes, corn and beans were planted soon after their arrival, and in the Fall Roger, the oldest son, now fourteen years old, carried a load of corn by canoe to Bethel, where a small mill had been built, arid returned with the meal, thus securing the Winter ·s~ore of grain before ice made navigation of the river impossible.

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The splendor of a military uniform appealed to the Indian fancy, and Corporal Merrill bartered his disused regimentals for a large stock of :furs .... 1111th these he went.:to Bethel-by~canoe,-·and to Fryeburg with a hired horse, obtaining there, by exchange, groceries,cloth and other needed articles. Mrs. Merrill learned :from the Indians how to make moccasins, and these served instead of shoes.

Ezekiel Merrill seems to have lacked time, or taste, for hunting, and little meat was secured :for food the first Winter in Andover except crossbills. These little birds were trapped or snared in considerable numbers in the Indian manner, and furnished many a welcome meal.

Metalluk, an .lndian::of .the 0 St: ·Francis .tribe of, Can­.. ·· ada:, . \Vas living ~in : the ~neighbor hood, far from. hi~ :{ribal . associates,. and ·between hi'm and• Roger a· clo-se :fri.endship

.•· sprang •up~. . .. Reiger ,WS.$:: :a,,hardy ·.and ·energet:i'c~-_boy.,,· eager · to- master the' ·arts.:of'.;·:hunting and woodcraft·, 'and Metalluk

was.:an able t.'eache,r.. a-. When,·the snow · was d,eep_-arid. crust­.. ed =the twc,· would go.: torth on. snowshoes• a:fter·moose.. As .· soon- as they fou~d-: s~m~-· of . the great animals· in· their Win­ter: ·11yards" · 1 t was - easy work to kill enough to provide a year's supply of meat. The meat was easily cured .. by dry­ing and smoking, .. 1:>y methods commonly practised by _the In-dians.· · ·

:For many_. years .. aLl:. t_he . clothing of the· f'.amily· was .. home-made. .Hol'Iie-'tan:ned deer- and moo'se-skin ·at :f'irst furnished- an excelLent.' substitute for: cloth: ··later·· home­spun' wool, and . line.?l t'ciok- the. place of: the skins of ani­mals~ Even the buttons, in the early years- in:Andover, were of domestic manu:facture, little disks of leather proving a good substitute for harder materials.

The first Winter Ezekiel Merrill nswamped" a rough road to Bethel, over which a handsled might be drawn~ Ee made snowshoes, .sleds,. and the various articles ·needed in sugar.;.making, ·clea~ed, land and cut firewood; and' ma~e preparations for building a barn .. He brought three large iron kettles over. his new road from Bethel,.and in the Spring was able to make a·large store of highly;..prized maple sugar.

Two of :Szekiel Merr1l)}s. eight children weri:r born. in Newbury and· five· in Pelham. . The youngest,· Susa.n6, :born 13 · ·July, 1790; wa.s . the -· :first --white child·. born . in . Andover.

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TWo friendly women of the Pequawkets were the only attend­ants upon the mother in her confinement. School advan­tages.f:o_J'.!___the _growing_i'amfly~were-,--Of'-course:,--entirely­lacking. To meet this.need Ezekiel Merrill took his eld­est daughter in his canoe, with a bale of valuable pelts,

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and paddled down ·to Bethel. Securing a horse on which the young.girl could ride, together with the peltry, he walked from'Bethel to Fryeburg. Arriving in Fryeburg arrangements were made for Sarah Merrill to attend school, and the furs were given in payment of her living expen­ses. Sarah in turn, on returning home, was to teach the younger children. Later, when the season's work was done, Roger joined his sister at school, making the journey alone, on foot. •

Several other settlers arrived in 1790, but the town was not incorporated until 1804, when it received the name East Andover. "East" was prefixed to avoid con­fusion with Andover, in Essex County, Massachusetts, but in 1820 the prefix was dropped.

In 1791 the first frame house ir. Andover was built by Ezekiel Merrill. It occupied a beautiful location, and was still standing, in a good state of preservation, in quite recent years, being still known as "Merrill House." It was the square two-story farm house of fam-

152 A -~RILL U""ll"~r·r .1V14!1fi '' , •• _. ..... ■• ,,._ .. -----....... -.... -----------·--····· -... ·-·. -. --··-·---... -. ---.... -..... ·-·----·· ........ ···--.::·: iliar type, with large chimney in the center~ • ·The nails used in its construction were made by hand· in 'Bethel r:; Peregrine Bar-tlett, .EzJ:,Jn_el ~.!~:--"!"1!.! ~s--~.son;..in-law"~"''- .:.:~:., h~oUse·~rn the early years was always open to travelers, without charge. "The great hall was often full of Indi­ans, sleeping all across the floor, with their heads to the fire, as 1s their custom, while white visitors were lodged in the guest-chambers."(*)

Andover's population has remained small, numbering 767 in 1920. In recent years few descendants of its first settler, bearing the Merrill name, have been resi­dents of the place. The traveler may reach the town by a stage ride of sixteen miles from Rumford, on the Maine Central Railroad.

{*) Most of the facts here given relating to the set­tlement of Andover, Me., are from a paper written by the late Miss Agnes Blake Poor of Brookline, Mass., to be read before Hannah Goddard chapter, D.A.R., 9 ~ec. 1897. Miss Poor was a great-granddaughter of EzekielS Merrill. She said that many of the particulars were taken from the papers of her uncle, Silvanus Poor, Jr .• , "a local anti­quarian of great diligence and ability. 11 Miss Poor died 28 Feb. 1922, aged seventy-nine. The illustration on the previous page is drawn from a water-color in the pos­session of the Poor family.

GENEALOGICAL RECORD

lbn, book raurds tb,· dt.-.c,·nd.;11I.\ of ;.;\.Ub.JJ11d I V""vltrnll, u:bo di.:d in N,-.1:b11r;•. M:z« .. 16 M.z;_ 1654-,;. !11 all ca«-.< -:.,:b,·N .J li11t of d,·suul is J!i'::,·11 i11 p.irtulh(sis . . n "'D:mid ~ Merrill (John', Nath:m '. Abel')", 11 ,:, to be mui,r.<lood tb.zt Natlunicl 1 r,pr,smts th,: Jirs/ ,i;mtratio11.

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PART II

INTRODUCTION

A.THb.I~IEL• M.ERRILL's descendants, now living in the United States and bearing.in some form the fam­ily name, according to my esti­mate number about 24,000. This estimate is based on the ratio

of Merrills (Merrells, etc.) to per­sons bearing other names in recent directories of Boston, Philadelphia, Cincinnati, San Francisco and New Orleans. (See pages 25-26.) ~ssum­ing that the same ratio is maintain­ed throughout the United States· an estimate of the number of Merrills in the entire country is easily made.

~ wide correspondence with Merrills everywhere whose addresses have been gathered from very miscellaneous sources leads me to assume that ninety-three percent of the J..merican Merrills are of the Newbury stock. Subtract­ing, therefore, seven percent from the total number of Merrills in the country, the approximate number of living Merrills (Merrells, etc.) descendec from Nathaniel1 is as­certained. This result is of course inexact, but it

Numecical Strength

would be difficult to make a more precise computation. (*)

In the following pages I have aimed to bring the record of Nathaniel Merrill's descendants in the male line down to about 1820. In many lines the data !n hand are very incomplete---in many they are entirely lacking: nevertheless the records here given will in

(.-~) The "'l'wentieth Cent.ury Biographical Dictionary

Scope of the Present. Work

of NDtable I:.mericans," published in 1904, eont.ains sketch­es of thirteen Merrills and one Merrell. Data cont.ained

153

System of Tabulation

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The biographical sketches in these pages of Merrills who have been active and prominent in recent years are extremely brief, and for many purposes are inadequate. The correspondent who "condensed" for my use a biograph­ical sketch of a certain Merrill of his acquaintance in­to about five hundred words, will be surprised, and per­haps offended, to see that I have reduced his "condensed" sketch to thirty-five words. These sketches aim to do little more than to identify the individuals in question, and to give the connecting links by which their relation­ship to Nathaniel1 of Newbury is shown.

The arrangement in the following pages is what is known as the "Register system," a system adopted many years ago for use in the New England Historical and Gene­alogical Register. In enumerating the children in each family group as far as the sixth generation the name of each son who is known to have left descendants is pre­ceded by a serial number above and below which is a hor­izontal line (e.g. 721). Each of these serial numbers refers forward to acorresponding number in the middle of the line where the individual appears as the head of a famil~- Similarly a serial number at the head of a family group refers back to a corresponding number at the left in the record of the previous generation.

In all cases where superior figures are used to de­note generation numbers, the first generation is under­stood to be represented by Nathaniel' Merrill of Newbury. Thus, Daniels Merrill (John;.,Nathan3,Abel 2 ) signifies that this Daniel Merrill was descended from Nathaniel• Merrill through his son Abel 2, his grandson Nathan 3

1 etc.

In the case of double dates, such as "7 Feb.1682/3", the reader should bear in mind that the later of the two years conf'orms to present-day usage. These dates are

in this Memorial show that these fourteen men all trace their anc~stry to the Newbury pioneer. Desce.ndants of' other emigrant ancestors bearing the same famil..y. name 1 it is true, a.i-e. active ·in ·American affairs today, and some have att.aiaed dis~in~t.J.on# but they are in a smai1 minor­it.y.

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all prior to 1752, and double dating applied only to days between Jan. 1 and March 25 in each year. ( *)

Errors in dates cannot in some cases be avoided. Such errors in the earlier years are due occasionally to the practice of double dating; in other cases dates of birth and baptism are confounded; in still others dates of pub­lishment and marriage lead to confusion.

In the Newbury records Merrill is spelled in ten or a dozen different ways: in "Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War" the family name appears under twenty-two different forms. Enoch 4 Merrill ( Jo-seph 3 ,~bel 2) signed his name Merril in 1750 and Merriel in 1786 (see page 282). What other modes of spelling he may have followed at other times I cannot say. It would obviously be futile to attempt in a work of this kind to write the family name in each case as it was spelled by the individual himself: accordingly I have spelled the name Merrill in all cases in these pages, except when, in the later .generations, there is known to have been a definite and uniform practice of spelling it otherwise. (See pages 23, 451.)

In spelling christian names I have endeavored to con­form to individual usage, even when Eleazar has been spelled "Eleazer, 11 Barz illai "Barzilla" or "Barzi11 e" and Ernest "Earnest." Christian names of women offer greater difficulty. A girl may be Elizabeth at her bap­tism, Betty at her marriage, and Betsey in the record of her death. Similarly Mary may appear as Molly or Polly, Sarah as Sally, Susanna as Susan, Hannah as ~nna or Nan­cy, Margaret as Peggy, Martha as Patty, etc.

Spelling of Nam.es

Five sons of Nathaniel 1 Merrill gave the family a vigorous start in the second generation; twenty-four young men in the third generation, all leaving descend­ants, added impetus and multiplied the branches of the family tree. In the fourth generation eighty-four heads of families are known to have left children, and thus the Merrill name has increased numerically and spread to all parts of the country.

Five Branches of the Family

(*) If the reader wishes to pursue further the sub­ject of Old Style and New Style dating he will find 1~ discussed at length in 1'The .Mayflower Descendant," vol. 1, pages 17-23.

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Abraham 2, the only one of Nathaniel' Merrill's sons

who lived to be an octogenarian, had more children than any of his brothers, but he is represented today by much the smallest number of Merrill descendants. Abel 2 , on the other hand, died at the age of forty-five--a younger man than any of the others at the time of death--but his known descendants are much more numerous than those of either of the other sons of the pioneer.

Wide disparity in the number of present-day descend­ants in the five branches. of the family, as indicated by the number of heads of families in the sixth generation, is shown below:

6th Gen.

Nathaniel 2 53 John :z 86 Abraham·2 22 Daniel 2 85 Abel 2 138

The short line in the case of the ~braham? branch is believed to represent fairly the relat.!:ve number o'f: des­cendants, for this section of the family has produced its full proportion of interested students of the family history, and they have freely contributed material for the present work.

The number of descendants of nathaniel' Merrill in the seventh generation, male and female, who bore the Merrill name and whose names are given in these pages, is 2414. It is to be understood, however, that my rec­ord of the seventh generation 1s by no means complete. These are divided among the five branches of the family as follows:

Seventh Generation

Descendants Descendants Descendants Descendants Deooendant.e

of Nathaniel2 •

of John 2 • • of Abraham 2 ·

of Daniel 2,

Qf Abel 2

337 547 138 514 878

Total • 2414

An excess of males over females among the children born to Merrill fathers in the seoond, third and fourth generations is quit.e noticeable.

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Second generation Third generation Fourth generation Fifth generation

Males 5

25 114 358

Females l

18 82

327

In the fifth generation the predominance of males over females among the births is very little in excess of the proportion prevailing at the present day throughout the United States •. In the third and fourth generations, how­ever, the excess of males above the present normal ratio is about twenty-seven percent. This fact is reflected in the strong numerical foothold which the family early gained in New England.

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First Generation

I'

NATHANIEL1 MERRILL was one of the earliest settlers of Newbury ,Mass ~-,in 1635. He was the ancestor of a vc.st majority of t.hose who now bear the Merrill name in this•country: it is believed, indeed, that less than one percent. of the Merril.ls in America can trace their pedigree t~ a:ny other emigrant ancestor ..

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1'iathaniel1 Merrill and his older brother John were · born in England. The regis.ters of, Tiherstead, a parish lying t:b.ree · mil.es south of Ipswich, in Suffolk Cour.ty, England, ·contain the fqllowing entries:

1599, Aug.16.

1601, M~y ~-

Jor...n Merrell' s~n of Nath; Merrell &: Mary his wife.was baptised.

· !~athanae;(l Merrell· son cf Nath! Merrell. l: Mary his wife. was baptised.

·'There are reasons for believin~ that these entries are the re~orli of baptism of ·John ~<:i, Nathaniel1 Merrill of Newbury. These reasons will be given at length in anot1?,er place~ (~;_;_ f?· 30, <+-o-trtJ

1-Tathaniel1 ·Merrill and his brother J'ohn settled in Newbury in the Sprir~g of 1.635, having :i;ia~sed a year or two at Ipswic:t., Mass.,.(then ~a.lled Agawam) with most of the Newbury settl~rs. In 1638 Nathari.ielt became one of the "proprietors" ,of Newbury.

It is supposed that Nathaniel1 Merrill was married before leaving England. No record is frJund of his marriage in .bmerica. If the marriage took place here it was probably at Ipswich, in the short time before the settlement •in 1-iew'tu.ry. . His. wife I s name was Susan-na. Savage, in the "Genealogical Dic-tionary cf i~ew England" (published in 1861), says that Nathaniel 1 Mer-rill mar.ried Susar1.na Jordan. In tr.is he was no doubt following. Goff.in I s· 11Fj story of Newbury". (published in 1845), and the statemect has bee~ frequently copied.

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1st GENERATION After the deatl1 of Nathaniel1 Merrill his widow mar-ried Stephen Jordan_(or Jourdain) •. NathanieJ?Merrill, son of Natl1anie1t and Susan.'la Merrill, gave a deed,under date of 16 Aug.1661, to Peter Godf'rey of 1lewbuzy ,in which the phrase occurs, 11 af'ter the decease c,f my mother Susan­na Jordan, 11 and cut of this fact the error regarding the maiden name of Nathaniel 1s wife grew.

Stephen Jordan came to America in March, 1653/ 4, in the ship Mary and John, and settled in Ipswich. Ee re­moved after 1649 to Newbury. The date of his removal was probably about 1653,- in which year he sold land in Ipswich. He died in Newbury 8 Feb.1669/70. · Susanna Jordan died 15 Jan.1672/3, in i:rewbury, administration on her estate being granted to her son Abel2 Merrill. Stephen Jordan had two daughters by a prior ma.?T iage. They had married, in Ipswich, Robert Cross and John An­drews respectively. It is supposed that no children were born to Stephen and Susanna Jordan, none being men­tioned in the settlement of the estate of either.

The conjecture has been advanced, and it has even been stated as a fact, that the wife of Nathaniel1 Mer­rill was Susanna Wilterton (or Wolterton.)

John2 Merrill, one of the older sons of Nathaniel\ went to Hart:ford,Conn.,before 1657, while still a minor, and it is said was adopted by Gregory Wilterton. Savage, in his 11'.renealogical Dictionary, 11 said that· Gregory Wil­terton "had good estate, large tan works, and no chil-dren. 11

- Gregory Wilterton made his will 17 July,1674, and died soon after> leaving legacies to a number of per­sons, including relatives in Ipswich, England. Savage adds: 11.Most of his estate was given to John Mer.r- ills, because he had adopted him." The same statement of adoption is repeated in the "Memorial History -of' Hart­ford County. 11

These facts lend plausibility to the theory that Gregory Wilterton was a brother of Susan.~a Merrill.-· It was a long journey from Newbury to-Hart:ford; means of communication were meagre, and both communities were in their infancy. It seems unlikely that John2 , as a very young man, would have made such. a journey, separa­ting himself for a lifetime from home and kin, ~nless to make a home wit!;. other kin in the place. where he went to live.

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Gregory Vlil terton of. Hartford v.-as childless: Su- 1st GIDIERATI01J sar.na Merrill of Newbury- v;as a widow with five sons and a daughter, most of them in their mL!ority. It would have been natural for Gregory Wilterton under these circumstance·s to write to his kinswoman in the Massa-c~usetts Bay Colony and offer a home a.~d modest for-tune to one of the boys. But Gregory Wilterton may have been a more distant relative, or merely a friend. Until other evidence is brought forward the conscien-tious genealogist must say that the maiden name of Nathaniel 1 s wife is uz,.Jmown.

Nathanielt Merrill died 16 March, 1654/5. His will was dated 8 March, 1654/5, and was probated 27 March, 1655. It is not to be assumed from the tact that the testator signed with his mark that he had not learned to write. lie lay on his deathbed, and died eight days after executing the instrument. John Merrill, his brother, si3ned the will as a witness, and there is no reason to doubt that Nathaniel had enjoyed equal advantages of schoolin3.

Children of Nathaniel1 and Susanna Merrill, the last five of whom were born in Newbury:

2 i. Nathaniel-z ,b.prob.1633/4; d.l Jan.1682/3.

3 ii. John2 ,b.about 1635; d.18 July,1712.

4 iii. Abraham2 ,b.1636 er :).637; d.28 Hov.1722.

iv. Susanna2 ,b.1640; d.10 Oct.1690,in Suffield, Conn.; lived in Bradford (now Haverhill), Mass.,in 1667, in Haverhill from 1668 to 1674, then in Suffield; m.15 Oct.16G3, in Newbury,John Burbank, son of John and Ann Burbank of Rowley ,Mass. ; he I:l. ( 2) Sarah

,who d.19 Aug.1691, and (3) Mehitable ; he d.l June,1709. Children:

Mary, oap.24 June,1666,in ~owley. Timothy, bap.30 May,1668,in Haverhill;

mentioned in the will of his grand­father,Jop..n Burbank,in 1681,as living with Capt.S~ltonstall.

(Burba."lk)

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John,b.Aug.1670,in Haverhilll; d.25 Mar. 1729; m.21 Dec.1699,Mary Granger.

Ebenezer,b.21 Mar.1673/4,in Haverhill; lived in Suf'rield; m.9 Oct.1698 (or 1699),Rebecca Pritchard (widow).

5 v. Dan1el3 , b.20 Aug.16{2; d.27 June,1717.

6 vi. Abel~, b.20 Feb.1643/4; d.28 Oct..1689-.

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NATHANIEI..2 MERRILL (Nathanielt) spent his life in Newbury,Mass.,but whether he was born in England, or in America arter his father 1s migration, is not known. lie died l Jan.1682/3. In a "List of their names who have taken the oath of J._llegiance at I-Jewberry, 1676, 11

on file with the Essex County court papers at Salem (vol.30,p.56),his age is recorded as 40 years, while the age of his brother Abra.~am is given as 41 years. It is believed,however,that Nathaniel -.as the oldest of the children, a belief based on the fact that he was r.amed as executor of his father 1 s will, and ~as therefore probably of age in March, 1655.

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iiathaniel3 Merrill married, 15 Oct .1661, Jeanna Ninia.r... The name is written i::inny in the original record. In Coffin I s "History of Newbtu-y" and Eoyt 's "Old Families of Salisbury and Ac:.esbury 11 it is given as Kiri-ney, and in Savage's :,Genealogical Dictionaryn as Kenney. There is no record of other Ninnys,Xin­neys er Kenneys in Ne~bury in the early years of the settlement, but there were Ker...neys at Salem and else­where in the county. Iiinian also appears as an early family name, but not frequently. Individuals at t~at time were indifferent uith regard to the uniform spel­ling of family_names, and clerks naturally were no more accurate in making records. General Lewis Mer­rill was convinced that the name was Ninian. Joanna Merrill died 8 Feb.1717/18, aged about 90.

The estate of Kathaniel2 l\Ierrill ;-1as inventoried at :t 520, 7s. at his death, and. his debts aoounted to .t:46,9s.8d. ~e owned land in Haverhill, which he gave to his sons I-iathaniel and Peter.

Children, born in l:e-;rbury:

7 i: · John3 ,b.16 Feb.1662/3; d.15 May,1705.

8 ii. Nathaniel3 ,b.8 Feb.1664/5-; d.4 July,1738.

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iii. Peter3 ,b.20 Aug.1667; d.20 Mar.1696/7.

iv. Joanna3 , b·.5 Aug.1669; d.2 IiOV .1669.

v. Joanna 3 ,b.14 Oct.1670; d.30 Oct.1670.

vi. Hannah 3 ,b.12 July,1672; m.1895,william Moulto~.

vii. Mary 3 ~ b.:18 Sept.1675; m.2 June,1697, James Freese (or Frieze),son of James and Elizabeth Freese of Amesbury; he was b.16 Mar.1666/7; lived in I-l'ew·bury. Children:

Hannah; d.10 Feb.1717/18,in Gloucester, Mass.; m. (pub.15 Dec .1716) Thomss Haskell of Gloucester.

Elizabeth, b.9 Oct.1702.

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JOffi~ 2 MERRILL (Nathaniel1 ) was born about 1635. in

Newbury,Mass.,and died 18 Ju.ly,1712,in Rartford,Conn. Ee settled in Hartford as early as 1657,in which year he became an owner of land there~ It is probable that he went to Hartford before coming of age, for he is said to have been adopted by G~egory ~ilterton of that town. (See 1.) ·He was admitted a freeman 20 May, 1658. He was a tanner, and lived on the south side of Elm St.,on the second lot west from the corner of Main St. After some years he removed to the West Division of the town, now West-Hartford, where he made large purchases of land in 1683 and the following years. In 1684~1694 and 1700 he was a 11to.;nsman, ·'or selectman, and he was a deacon of the Second Church. Re married, 23 Sept.1663,Sarah ~atson,daugr..ter of John and Margaret (Smith) Watson of Hartford. Ris eight sons and two daughters,and the daughters 1husbands.were all living at his death. Children, born in.Hartford:

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i. Sarah3,b.1S Sept.1654; m.22 Sept.1687,Deacon Samuel Kellogg of Hartford,son of Lieut. Joseph and Joanna Kellogg of Eadley,Mass.; he was b.28 Sept.1662,and d.1717. Children:

Samuel,b.27 Aug.1688; live~ Colchester, Conn.; m.11 May,1711,Hannah Benton.

Margaret,b.Jan.1690. Abraham,b.1692; d.1718; m.1718,Miria~

C6ok. . John,b.16 Dec.1694. Isaac,b.17 Jan.1697; d.3 July,1787; cap­

tain; first representative frorr. I-:en Hartford in the Connecticut Assembly: m.26 Dec.1717,Mary ~ebster; his son !~oah m. C:lemenceS Merrill ( Joseph"- , Abraham3 ,John~),and his dau.Sarah m. Williams Merrill (Jonathan4 ,Daniel3 , Jo:b...nz . )

Jacob,b.17 Apr.1699. Benjamin:bap.22 June:1701; m.9 Nov.1721,

Abigail Sedg~ick. Joseph,b.13 Apr.1704. Daniel, b .Apr .1707; m. 27 1ic"Jv .1729 ,Deborah

Moor.

ii. riathanie13 , b.15 Jan.1656/7; cl.unm • .Apr.1725; lived Hartford; insane.

iii. Johnl,b.7 Apr.1569: d.1748. ... '

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(Kello52;)

( See 53.)

( See 453.)

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2G GZ1IB:RATIOK 11 iv. Abraha~3 ,b.21 Dec.1670; d.6 Nov.1747.

12 v. Daniel3 ,b.15 ~T.Ule,1673; d.1750.

(Turner)

13 vi. ~1lterton3 ;b.28 June,1675; d.14 May,1755.

vii. Susanna3 ,b.20 May,1677; m.John Turner; lived Hartford. Children:

Abigail; d.in inf'ancy. Abigail,b.18 Apr.1697; m.6 June,1717,Thom­

as Eichards of Waterbury,Conn. Susanna;b.10 Dec.1699; m.(1)20 Nov.1716,in

Eartford,Samuel Reynolds,son of John Rey­nolds of Preston~Conn.; m.(2)19 ~ov.1723, Thomas Richards of ~aterbury.

John,b.5 ·Aug.1703; m.Abigail Richards. Sarah; d.in inf'ancy. Caleb; d.in infancy. Caleb,b.15 Mar.1707/8; m.20 Dec.173S,?.achel

Merry,dau.of Cornelius Merry. Sarah>b.18 Au3.1710. Stephen; d.in infancy. Ann,b.29 May,1715.

f Stephen:b.2 Feb.1717/18. ,Sybil, b.2 Feb.1717/18. Elizabeth:b-11 Mar.1721/2.

14 viii.Abel3 ,b.25 Jan.1S79/80; d.18 Aug.1759.

15 ix. Isaac3 ,b.11 Mar.1681/2; d.1742.

15 x. Jacob3 ,b.27 Mar.1686; d.1725.

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.ABRAHAM 2 MEP.RILL (Nathaniel1 ) was born in 1636 or 2d GENERATIOK

1637 in Newbury,Mass.,and died 28 Nov.1722. He ~as a weaver,and liveci in the ·north part of the town., (nc,-:.- (Sui- M· 1?'5-90) W:est :-:-e:w:t,....,;py) ~near the mouth of Artichoke River. He was a deacon or the Congregational Church in.Newbury, and was active in the party opposing Rev.Thomas Parker. being one of the founders of the Episcopal Church. He married (1) 18 Jan.1660/1,Abigail Webster;~aughter of (*) John and Mary (Shatswell) ~ebster,of Ipswich,who died 12 Aug.1712,aged 70,and (2) in September,1713,Sarah Bond of Salisbury (widow),daug.~ter of Robert Clements of Haverhill. Children, born in i~ewbury:

i. Abigail3 ,b.13 Aug.1665; d.9 Oct.1708; m.Han­aniah Ord~ay,son of James and Ann (Emery) Ordway; he was b.2 Dec.1665 in Newb~ry,and d.June, 1758; lived :Newbury. Child~en: (Ord;ray)

Rebecca,b.22 Dec.1690. I Joanna,b.15 Apr.1698. Abigail,b.2 Aug.1693. Elizabeth~b.2 Feb.1701/2. Nathaniel;b.3 July,1695. Mary;b.July,1706.

ii. Mary3 ::,b.5 July,1667; d.11 Oct-.1703; m.22 Dec. 1685,Jonathan Thurlow,son of Francis and Anne (Morse) Thurlow of Newbury; he was b. 14 Mar.1660/l;and d.22 Sept .1703; lived Newbury.· Children: . . (Thurlo~)

Elizabeth,b.20 Nov.1686. !Mary,b.l July,1698; d.youn3. Abra.11am,b.20 Oct.1688. Jonathansb.29 Aug.1699. Francis;b.20 Apr.1692. Frudence,b.4 Sept.1701. Richard,b.20 June,1694. John,b.4 Mar.1702/3. Abigail.:b-10 Feb.1695/6;

m.John·sawyer,Newbury.

iii. Elizabeth3 ,b.26 Apr.1669; was living in 1712; m.2 Oct.1693,in Newbury,Joseph Emery,son of John,Jr.,a.~d Mary (Webster) Emery; he was b-23 Mar.1662/3,and d.22 Sept.1721; lived Andover,Mass. Children:

Joseph,b.29 Apr.1696; m.AbigailiMerrill ( Abraham J.:a.) ( See 17.)

Elizabeth,b.28 Sept.1698; m.Robert Pease of Andover,Mass.,and Enfield,Conn.

Mary; m.31 Dec.1722,Joseph Parker. Sarah; m.Tiilliam Bussell (Russell?) Abigail,b.Nov.1705; m.Abel(or Abiel)Frye.

Their son Simon Frye {1737-1822) was a State Senator a.id Councillor of Massa-

(*) Hannah ~ebster,sister Emerson,a.~d was the mother of heroine of the famous exploit killed, in 169~ by their three

~ •b- . , . - 11·. ,., 1 O.:. .t:'. 15-ai.:., rnarriec =:ic,.ae Rannal1 Duston of naveri1ill, in which ten Indians were Englisl1 capti•.res.

(Erner~;)

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(Long)

(Morse)

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Hannah,b.10 Dec.1710; d.unm.1746.

iv. Hannah3 ,b.9 Jan.1670/1; was living in 1712; m. 26 Aug.1695,in Newbury,Shubael Long, son of Dea.Robert and Alice (Stevens) Long; he was b.14 Apr.1661,and d.1731; lived in Newbury. Children:

Robert,b.20-May,1696. . Abigail,b.31 Jan.1697/8; d.18 Jan.1776; m.

(as second wife)Joseph Emery. (See above.) John,b.2 Nov.1701. Samuel.

v. AbrahamJ,b.20 Sept.1672; d.26 Sept.1744.

vi. Johnl,b.15 Oct.1673.

19 vii. Jonathan3,b.19 Jan.1675/6.

m5' viii.David 3 ,b.20 Feb.1677/8.

ix. Sarah3 ,b.9 Oct.167S; m.(pub.7 Oct.1693 )Joseph Morse,son of Benjarr:in and Ruth (Sawyer)Morse of Newbury; he was b.10 Feb.1671/2,and d.9 Sept.1745,in Casco,Me.,while in the army; lived in Newbury and Methuen,Mass. Children:

Sarah,b.30 Dec.1697. Meribah,b.22 June, Joseph,b.30 Apr.1700. 1714. Abigail,b.17 July,1706. Amos,b.6 Sept.1716. Esther,b.5 Jan.1708/9. Moses,b.3 Nov.1722. Mary,b.5 Aug.1711. William,b.1726.

x. Susanna3 ,b.6 Dec.1681; d.15 Dec.1681.

xi. Prudence 3 ,b.l Oct.1683; d.5 May.1718; m.25 Nov. 1702,John Bartlett,son of John and Mary(Rust) Bartlett of Newbury; ~e was b.24 Jan.1682/3; lived Amesbury,Mass. Children:

Prudence,b.10 Sept.1704. Mary,b.18 Aui.1706. Dorcas,b.13 Feb.1715. Hanna.~,b.29 Apr.1718.

{*) Coffin 1s "History of Newbury" gives the name of Robert Long's wife as Alice Stevens; according to Hoyt 1s "Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury" it was Alice -Short.

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DANIEL::! ME..t'ffiILL (Nathaniel\ }was born 20 Aug.1642, in Newbury,Mass.,and died 27 June,1717,in Salisbury, Mass.,whither he removed between 1696 and 1701. He was a carpenter,and had the military rank of sergeant. He married (1) 14 May,1667,Sarah Clough,daughter of John and Jane Clough of Salisbury. (John Clou3h and wife Jane were passengers on the ;,Elizabeth" from London in 1635.) Sarah Clough was born 28 June,1646,in Salis­bury,and died there 18 Mar.1705/6. Danielz Merrill married (2) 23 May,1708,in Salisbury,Sarah,daughter of Abraham and Sarah (Clement) Morrill, and widow of (l) Philip Rowell and (2) Onesiphorus Page,Sr. She was born 14 Oct.1650,in Salisbury,and died 11 Sept.1731,in Amesbury. Children,born in Newbury:

IT

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i.

ii.

iii.

Daniel3 ,b.8 Mar.1671/2; d.before 29 Sept.1725.

John3,b.7 Oct.1674; d.17 Jan.1756.

&l.rahl,b.15 Oct.1677; m.12 May,1696,William Morse,son of Benjamin and Ruth (Sawyer) Morse of Newbury; he was b.23 Jan.1673/4, . was deacc,n of the First Church of Newbury~ and d.10 May,1749; lived newbury. Children;

Daniel,b.26 Apr.16S7 •. Riith.b.4 Mar.1698/9; :n.(pub.4 May,1717)

Sa~uel• Merr·ill (Abel3, 2 .)

Peter,b.5 Oct.1701. Benjamin,b.8 Aug.1703. William,b.17 Oct.1704. Sarah,b.l Oct.1706. Martha;b.17 Mar.1708/9. Ann.b.15 Apr.1711. Moses,b.1'7 Mar.1713/14. Miriam,b.25 Dec.!716.

iv. Ruth3,b,7 Feb.1680/1; d.29 Jan.1710/11; m. (pub.22 Apr.1701) Onesiphorus Page,son of Onesiphorus and Mary (Haux,:orth) Page of Salisbury; he was b.10 Feb.1678/9; was a soldier 1710; lived Salisbury. Children:

Daniel,b.19 Mar.1701/2; bap.25 July;l708. Nehemiah,b.7 Apr.1703; d.youn3. Abigail,b.11 Aug.1704; prob.m.9 Jan.

1723/4,Reuben Morrill. Nehemiah,b.10 Sept.1708, Jabez.bap.4 Feb.1710/11.

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Moses3, b.3 Sept.1683; d.17 Jan.1756,

Martha,,c.3 Sept.1683; z.16 Junes1702,in Salis-bury,John True,son of Capt.Henry and Jane (Bradbury) True of Salisbury; he ~as b.23 Feb.167879,and was living in 1736; he was a deacon of the Salisbury Church. Children:

Jemima,o.11 Feb.1702/3. John,b.12 Jan.1703/4. Jacob,b.9 Aug.1705. Ezekiel,b.l. June,1707. D'aniel,b.19 July,1709. Ruth.,,b.27 Nov.1711; m.-22 Jan.1735/S~Ben-

jamin Baker of Salisbury. Ann, b. 4 Mar .1712/13; d .24 May., 1713. Moses,b.12 July,1714. Thomas,b.30 June,1717. Mary,b.18 June,1723.

24 vii~ Stephen3 ,b.16 Sept.1688; d.before 4 June,1755.

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t.BEL2 MER.~ILL (Nathaniel') was born 20 Feb.1643/4, in Newbury,Mass.,and died there 28 Oct.1689. ne ~ar­ried,10 Feb.1670/1,Priscilla Chase,daughter of Aquila and Ann {Wheeler} Chase of Newbury. She 1vas born 14 March$1648/9. Eis real estate,accordL."13 to the in­ventory filed at t~is death, was valued at ..i 157; per­sonal estate; .fl80;18s. Children,"i:lorn in ?lewbury:

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25 i. A"bel3., b.28 Dec .1571; d.6 Feb .1759.

ii. Susanna3,b.14 I:rov.1673; m.28 Jan.1691/2,Ben-. . M <=- .f' D ..., . . d R t· Jamin 1ors-,son o_ ea • ..::>enJamin an • u n (Sawyer) Morse of 1:ewbury; he was b.24 1-:.ug. 1658,and d.25 Oct.1743; uas a ~eaver, and lived in I-rewbury. Children.

Abel,b.5 Oct.1692; was livinz 1742; m. (1)3 June,1714,at Bradford,Mass.;Grace Parker; m.(2) ; lived. C, t 1- H nes er,.,. ~

Ruth,b.25 Sept.1694; m.15 Nov.1716,Abra­ham Chase,son of John and Lydia (Challis) Chase of Newbury. .

Priscilla,b.22 Apr.1697; d.jef.1742; m.6 JulY,1718,Nathaniel Ordway.

Judi th, b.13 t!ar.1699/1700; livin:£ 1742; m. March.

Stephen,b.30 Mar.1701; d.bef.1742; m. Sarah Hopkinson; lived Newbury.

:Mary,b.8 Sept.1703; living 1742; m.. • Pearson.

Hannah,b.17 Aug.1706; living 1742; m. Rogers.

Susannasb.25 Feb.1710/11; d.bef.1742; ffi. Perrin.

Benjamin,b.25 Mar.1713/14; living 1742; m.Abigail Dudley.

26 iii. l;athan3,b.3 Apr.1676; d.1742.

27 iv. Thomas 3,b.l Jan.1678/9; d.18 Sept.1756.

v. Jose~~s,b.12 July,1681; d.20 Sept.1747.

29 vi. IIathaniel3 ,b.-6 Feb.1683/4; d.22 Feb.1742/3.

vii. Priscilla3 ,b.13 July,1686; d.31 May,l.767, in Falmouth,:Me.; m.8 Dec.1704,in New"l;lury, Capt. Nathaniel Noyes; he d.2 July,1770,in Fal­mouth, aged 89 years; lived in Falmouth.

30 viii.James 3 ,b.27 Jan.1688/9; d.16 Mar.1757.

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JOE."?-J 3 MER..~ILL (l~atbanie1~) was born 16 Feb.1662/3~ in Newbu.ry,Mass.,and died 15 May,1705. He was a house carpenter. About 1697 he removed from Newbury to Brad­ford,Mass.,and about 1700 tot.he West Parish of Haver­hill:Mass. He left an estate valued at£152,7s.,but cis debts amounted to £158,12s. Ee. married Lucy Web­ster~daug..~ter of John and ~_nn (Batt) Webster. She was born 15 Dec.1664,in Newbury,and was living in Haverhill in 1718. (William M.Sargent appears to be in error in the Maine Historical and Genealogical Recorder [vol.III-; p.179] in saying that Johri3 Merrill married as a second wife "Mary • " Administration on the estate of John Merrill was ·granted to nLucy Merrill, n his widow, 9 July,1705.) Children,the first five of whom uer6 born in Hewbury:

31 i. Nathaniel•,b.26 July,1687; d.25 Aug.1737.

32 ii. Abel",b.prob.1690; d.29 Mar.1753,aged 64.

iii. Lucy"; m.Be!!jamin Stanley; lived in Hav~rhill in 1718.

iv. Abigail4 ; m.23 Mar.1715,in Haverhill,Joseph Eastman of Salisbu.ry,Mass.,son of Capt.John and Mary(Boynton) Eastman; he was born 23 Ju.~e,1692; lived in Salisbury. Children:

Samuel,b.21 Nov.1715. Thomas,b.8 May,1717; d.young. Jonathan,b.23 Nov.1718. Joseph,b.20 May,1720. Abigail,b.16 Mar.1722/3. Bnoch,b.l Jur:e,1725. Stephen,b.15 Mar.1726/7. Mary,b.2 Apr.1728.

33 v. John 4 ,b.3 Apr.1696; d.1773.

3~- vi. Stephen•,b.11 Sept.1700~ d.28 Apr.1746.

:;-~ 6J ~-1,,.,a-,...,.,. "t J.:,,,(.,. 3 '1u,-r,;U,,..

(<ft"V¥"" c.. ~ /)~ 3J'-- l70~)

(Eastman)

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3d Gfil-l"E.~TIOH (35) vii. Enoch 4 ,b.23 .Jan.1701/2; lived i."l Stratr..~,ii.5.(?) and probably had a family.

(Hutchins)

36 viii.Natr..an 4 ,b.15 Apr.1704.

ix. Har..na..~ 4 ,b.i~ Eaverhill,where she d.9 Ju.ne,1745; m.4 Jan.1715/16,Samuel Eutchins,son of Joseph an~ Joanna (Corliss) Hutchins of Eaverhill; he was b.22 Aug.1682; lived in Eaverllill. Children:

Samuel,b.17 Sept.1716; m.Mary Richardson; lived in ?.averhill.

Hannah,b.l Mar.l.717/18. Nathan,b.Apr.1722. Abigail,b.l Ju.ne,1724.

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NAT.dA:NIEL 3 MERRILL (:riathaniel z) was born 8 Feb. 3d GENERATIOI<T 1664/5,in Newbury,Mass.,and died 4 July,1738,in Eaver-hill,Mass. Ee removed from Ne~bury to Haverhill in 1698,and settled in the.West Parish cf the town. He married (1).Rebecca Brown,daughter cf Isaac ar..d Rebec-ca Brown. She died 9 Dec.1689. He married (2) Sarah IToodrean,daug.1ter of Ed~ard and Mary (Goodridge) Wood-ma."l of Newbury. She was born 18 July, 1665. Children:

37 1. Nathariiel4 ,b.23 Nov.1688; d.8 Apr.1749.

38 ii. Pet~r 4 ,b.1689.

iii. Eannah 4 ,b.30 _Dec.1692; d.young.

iv. Sarah•,b.26 Oct.1694; d.10 July;l748; ~.1714, Nathaniel Clement,son of John and Elizabeth (Ayer or Ayres) Clement; he was b.in June, 1689,in Haverhill; lived Haverhill. Children:

Acia.~,b.27 May,1715. (Clement) Elizabeth;b.6 Mar.1716/17. Nathaniel,b.16 Oct·.1719. Sarah, b.2 Mar.1721/2. · . Jeremiah,b.15 June,1724. Samuel,b.8 Apr.1726.-David,b.23 May,1728; d.young. John,b.l July,1730. David, b.8 i~c,v .1734; d.1738.

v. Mary 4 ; m.1717,John Ladd,son of Samuel and Martha {Corliss) Ladd of Haverhill; he was b.22 Jur.e,1694; lived Haverhill. Children:

John,b.14 Feb.1717/18; d.1741. {Ladd) Timothy,b.l Nov.1719. Lydia,b.8 Dec.17217 m.Josiah Gage. Nathar.iel,b.5 Apr.1724; m.(l) Abigail Bod-

will,and (2) Mary Hervey; lived Methuen, Mass.

Abigail,b.12 July,1726; m.Samuel Roberts. Mary,b.31 Oct.1728. Rebecca,b.3 Jan.1731/2. Martha,b.7 July,1737. Willirun,b.24 Jan.1738/9.

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3d GEI;ERATIO!{ vi. ?.ebecca•; was living in 1738; m.3 Dec. 1724,in Ha7erhill,Josia..~ Gage, (~r,b.son_of Daniel and Martr.a [Burbank] Gage o~ Brad:ford,Mass.) ; lived in Eaverhill.* Children:

(Gage) Lydia,b.3 Oct.1725.

(Pae;e)

Nathaniel,b.2 Apr.1725. MehitaiJle,b.4 Sept.J,730 • .tunos, b.26 Mar.1732;'3. Rebecca,b.20 June,1734. A

~ Vli. Samuel~ ,b.2 Aug.1702; d.25 Apr.1742.

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41

viii.Elizabeth 4, b.2 j.Jov.1704, m.22 Oct.1727 ,in Ea­verhill,Caleb Page; lived-Eaverhill. Chil-dren;

Caleb,b.12 Feb.1728/9. J · ' ., 1 " · - 1 730 eremian,o._~ ~u~-- •

_Mary,b.1S Aug.1732. Deborah,b.25 June,1735; d.young. Elizabeth,b.16 Feb.1737/8. Achsab,b.22 ?eb.1739/40.

John 4 ,b.12 Feb.1706/7; d.3 July,1741 ..

Josepl1 4 ,b.3 Jt1ly,1709.

xi. Benjamin 4 ,b.4 July,1710; d.same day.

42 xii. Stephen~,b.1706(?); d.19 Aug_.1785.

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PETER 3 }'1P.;:RILL (.Nathaniel2) vas born 20 Aug.1667, 3d GENERATION

in !iewbury,Mass.,and died there 20 Mar.1696/7. He lived i~ Newbury,and for a time in Haverhill,Mass. He married Mary Brown,daughter of·Is~ac and Rebecca Brown,. who after his death married,26 D~c.1700,John sawyer.· C~ildren,born in Newbury:

i. Mary 4 ,b.l3 Jan.1692/3; d.unm.7 De~.1712. . .

43 ii. Pete;r 4 ,b.~O M~.1695/6_;. d.bet.1744 and 1756.

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:~d GENERATION JOHNS MERRILL· {John2 ) was born 7 Apr.166S;in Hart:ford,

(Olmsted)

Conn.,and died between 9 May,an1 6 June,1748,in West Hart­ford. He was lmown as Lieut.John Merrill. liis estate at his death was valued at a little more than z450. · He married,29 Sept.1694,Sarah Marsh,daughter o:f John and Sarah (Lyman) Marsh,and she survived r.im. She was bap­tised at the Second Church in Ea.rtford 16 Feb.1673/4. Childr·en, born in Hartfor·d and West Hartford:

44 i. John4 ,t.29 Sept.1695; d.1762.

ii. Sarah4 ,b.13 Jan.1696/7; d.bef.1748; m.27 June, 1723,Stephen Olmsted; he m.(2) Hannah Hull, and d.14 Cct.1776,aged 82. Ghildr•en of Sar·ah (Merrill) Olmsted;

Irene,b.16 Apr.1724; m.7 Feb.1758,her cou­sin Johns Merrill ( JohrJ.4,3,~). (See 44.)

Sarah,bap.29 May:1726; d.young. -Roger,bap.9 June,1728; d.6 June,1800; m.9

Feb.1758,Eunice Marsh>who d.24; May,1807. Damaris_bap.4 Oct.1730.

45 iii. Ebenezer4 ,b.18 Dec.1698; d.1789.

iv. Elizabeth4 ,bap.27 Apr.1701; prob.d.you.ng.

46 v. Nathaniel4 ,b.15 July,1702; d.28 Oct.1772.

vi. Anne 4 ,b.16 Nov.1704; was living in 1748; m. Matthew 3-illet; lived Ifew Hartf'or·d,Cor1n.

47 vii. Calec 4 ,b.14 July,1707; d.24 Sept.1735.

viii.Lydia4 ,b.24 Nov.1709; living unm.in 1748.

48 ix. Aaron 4 ,bap.6 .May,1711; d.Sept.1747.

49 x. Cyprian~,bap.11. Oct.1713; d.1758.

50 xi. Benjamin/ ~- 17 /6.

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.ABRI>..EAM3 M'EP.RILL (John2 ) was bor:c. 21 Dec.1670,in 3d GEI·IBP..ATI01·~ Eart:ford,Conn.,and died 6 !iov.1747. Ee lived in Hart- -ford and West :Hartford, and was a deacon of· the West Hartford church. He married,16 Apr.1699,Prudence Kel­logg,daughter of Lieut.Joseph and ·Abigail (~erry) Kel­logg of Radley,Mass. She was born 14 Oct.1675,and died 21 Sept.1747. Children, bapt5.secl in Hartford:

i. P.i:·u.dence• 1 b.22 Dec.1700; d.l Feb.1793,from falling into the fire; m. (1) 30 June,1720, Ebenezer Sedg;;ick,son of Capt.Samuel and Mary (Hopkins) Sedgwick; he was b.25 Feb. 1695,and d.2 Dec.1759; she m. (2) 28 July, 1767;Col.David Whitney of Canaan,Conn.; lived in Hartford. Children:

Abraham;b.27 Apr.1721; lived ~est F.art~ (Sedgwickj ford and Wintonbury,Conn.; m. Abi I::race.

Abigail,b.2 Dec.1722; m.Elis~a Seymour of Eartford.

Prudence,b.14 Sept.1724; ~ • .Amos Kellogg. Mary,b.29 Apr.1726; m.1746,Johr.:. Ensign.~

Jr., of Salisbury, Conn.· Tcar-kful,b.7 Apr.1728; d.young. ElizabAtr-,b.17 June,1731; ~.Elisha En­

sign of Hartford. Ebeni:.zer,b.14 Mar.1734/5.

52 ii. Abraham 4 ,b.3 De~.1702; d.26 Oct.1788.

iii. Abigail4 ,b.16 Jan.1704/5; m.18 Jan.1734/5, in West F.ar·t-i'ord, Jor.n Smith; i7eaver, of Farmin~ton,Conn.; lived in P.armington.

53 iv. Joseph4 ,b.28 Mar.1707; d.13 Oct.1788.

v. Margaret•,b.6 June,1709; m.24 Jan.1734/5, Samuel !!ash,son of Lieut .John and Eliz- (~ P· 2 2.9) abeth (Kellogg) Ifash of Hadley ,Mass.; lived in Far~ington and Goshen,Conn.; had eleven childrer..

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30 GEll.ERATIO1i

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vi. Elizabeth~,b.2 Oct.1711,; d.young •.

vii. Jerusha•,b.19 :rrov.1713. {It is possible that the name was Joshua,instead of Jerusha.)

viii.Joanna•,bap~Apr.1716.

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Dfi{IEL3 MER..~ILL (John~) was born 15 June,1673,in 3d GE1"E?..ATION Eartford,Conn.,and died in 1750. lie lived in West Hartford,and was a deacon of the Second Church in-Hart-ford. By the standard of those days he was very wealthy, leaving property valued at $50,000. To his son Jonathan he gave by will, be.sides other property ,his 11negro girl Phebe,uand to Israel his negro Peter. He married {l) 18 Jan.1697/8,Susanna Pratt,daughter of John and Hep-zibah {Wya:tt) Pratt,who was born 2 Oct.1680; and ('2)17 Feb.17Z677,Mindwell King of ?lindsor,Conn.,who survived him. Children,b"orn in Hartford-:

i. Daniel~,b.l Jan.1698/9; d.16 Feu.1698/9.

ii. Susanna4 ,bap.25 Aug.1700; m.EbenezP.r Steele, son of John and (Bradfo.l) Steele; he was b.1696. Children:

John. I Huldah. Mary. ! Melatiah·i !laniel. J Bradford. Susanna-. l Elisha.

iii. Moses 4 ,b.25 Dec,1702; d.4 Aug.1776.

55 iv. Jonathan4 ,b.15 June,1705; d:1788.

v. Ruth4 ,b.5 Jan.1707/8.

vi. Mary4 , b-.25 Mar .1710; d.young.

vii ... Eepzibah'4-,b.14 Apr.1712; d.28 Aug.1788; m.5

(Steele)

Mar~l730,Thomas Seymour,son of Capt.Thomas (-IHf-) and Ruth {I-.orton) Seymour; he v1as b.29 July, 1705,and d.i8 Mar.1767; lived Hartford. Ch.:

Jared,;,.13 Ju.ne,1731. (s~,,,_,-J Eunice, b. 6 May, 1732-. David,b.13 Oct.1733; d.1770. Thomas, b .17 Mar .1734/5; d. 30 July, 1829-. Gaorge,b.23 Sept.1736; d.young. Repzibah,b.27 May,1738. Ruth,b.7 Feb.1739/40. Ranna..11., b. 25 Mar .1741/2. Gecrge,b.S Nov.1743. Caroline,b.28 Aug.1745.

(~6) viii.Daniel~,bap.25 Apr.1714; possibly settled at Clinton, Cor.n.

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Mary~,bap.19 Jan.1717/18.

58 xi. Hezekiah•,bap.11 Sept.1720; d.14 Apr._1760 •.

xii. Rachel4 ,bap.4 Nov.1722; m. Shepherd.

(*)The will cf Daniell- Merrill mentions a. grand.son, Dar:iel Easton,the child of a deceased daughter,indicating the married name of either Ruth' or Maryf

(+HE-) Thomas Seymour,husband of Eepzib_an• Merrill, was a lawyer of prominence in Hartford. He 3I"aduated at Yale College in 1724. Their son Thomas Seymour graduated at Yale in 1755; was King's Attorney for Hartford Cou~ty fron; his father's death until the Revolution; was lieuter-­a.nt-c olonel of militia; represented naI·t:ford in the Gen­eral Assembly eighteen years,and was a member of the House of Assistants ten years; was elected first Mayor of Hartford in 1784,a.~d served until 1812; chief judge of the Hartford Gounty court from 1798 to 1803. For three years the younger Thomas was the oldest living gradu~te of Yale College,ar.d three of his sons graduated at the same institution. Eis grandson Thomas H.Seymour was Gov·ernor of' Connecticut 1850-53,&"'ld United States Minister to Russia 1853-57. Gen.Truman Seymour,U.S.A., (West Point 1846) was another grandson.

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'i-UTERTON3 MERRILL (Jo:b..n 2 ) was born 28 June,1675, 3d GENERATION in Eartford,.Conn.,and died 14 May,1755,having lived in Hartford all his li:fe. Gregory Wilterton of Hartrord, (s- M>· ?S'- s, 3 ) who is ·supposed to have been a connection of the family, a~ his death,in July,1674,laft the larger portion of his estate to Johri~ Merrill,and John~ Merrill named his next-born son in honor o:f his benefactor. WiltertonJ Merrill ,1as on~. or the original proprietors of tl~e town of Winchester,Conn.;, in 1744, out he never lived tl1ere. He married (lj 1 Jan.1702/3,P.uth Pratt,daughter of John and Eepzibah Pratt of Hartford; she was born 21 Dec. 1677; he married (2) 20 Jan.1708/9,Hannah Waters;daugh-ter of Bevil Waters of Hartford; she died 8 May,1730, aged 49, and he married (3) Elizabeth ,who survived cim. Children:

i. Ruth4~bap.10 July,1704; d.before 1731.

ii. Samuel4 ; d.unm.Jan.1742/3,in ~artford.

iii. Hannah 4 ,bap.7 Feb.1713/14; m.Daniel Butler of Hartford,son of Thomas and Abigail But-. ler,who .was bor~· 11 Oct.1704.

59 iv. Gideon 4 ;·d.9 Sept.1757.

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3d GENERATION ABEL3 MERRILL (John2) ,1as born 25 Jan.1679/80,in

(Seymour)

Eartford,Conn.,and died 16 Aug.1759,in West Hartford, where he spent most of his life •. He married;S.Mar.1711, Mabel Easton,daugh~er of John Easton of Hartford. She was born 17 Jan.1683. Children:

i. Thankful4 ,b.25 Mar.1712,in Hartf'ord; m.23 Apr. 1740,in West Hartford,Bevil Seymour (as sec­ond wife); lived in Wethersf'ield,Conn. Children: .

Abel,b.13 Feb.i740/l. George,b.16 July,1742. Mabel, b.5 June .1744. · Elias,b.28 Apr.1746. Ashbel,b.25 Jan.1748. Tha.nkful,b.5 Apr.1750. Roswell,b.20 July,1752. Lois,b.10 Oct.1754.

ii. Mary 4 , b.7 !~ov.1713; m.1733,Josep.b. 1 Merrill {Abraham;, John:l). (See 53.)

60 iii. Thomas 4 ,b.25 Nov.1715.,in West Hartford.

( 61) iv. Abel 4 , b.25 Jan.l 717 /18, in West Hartford.; d.10 May,1776; lived New Hartf'ord,Con .. 11.; served as n:ajor in the Revolution; member Genera:. Asseffibly 1765-1775. Family,if any;not traced.

62 v. Elija..~ 4 ,b.9 May,1720,in West Hartford.

vi. Susanna 4 ,b.7 July,1722,in West Hartford; m.6 Feb.1746,Zebulon~ Merrill (Ja.cobJ,John2 ).

(See 68.)

63 vii. -Nehemia.."1 4 , bap. 20 Sept .1724, in West Hartf'ord; d.7 Jan.1810.

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ISAAC 3 MR.:ffiILL (John::) was born 11 Mar.1681/2,in Eartford,Conn.,and died in 1742 in West Hartford. He moved from Hartford to West Hartfor~ after 1719. He married,2 May,1706,Sarah Cook,daughter of Noah and Sarah (:r!ash} Cook of. Uorthampton,Mass. Children, the first six of whom at least were born ±n Hartford:

64 i. Noah4 ,c.8 May,1707; d.1739.

65 ii. Timothy•,b.22 Mar.1708/9; d.Nov.1778.

iii. Isaac4 ,b.9 Mar.1711/12; -d.young.

66 iv. Eliakim4 ,bap.8 Aug.1714.

v. Joseph4 ,bap.2 Dec.1716; d.without issue before 1749. .

3d Gfill"ERATION

vi. Sarah 4 ,bap.24 May,1719; m.8 May,1746,Matthew Clark,Jr.,of Farrnington,Co~-~.; lived in Farm­ington.

vii. Esther 4 ;bap.19 Nov.1721. (An Esther Merrill m.2 Dec.1756,in Farmington,Conn.,Lot Norton.)

vii_i.Isaac 4 ,bap.21 Jan,1728; d.befcre settlement of his father's estate in 1749.

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3d GE?IERATION JACOB3 :MERRILL (John 2 ) was born 27 Mar.1686.,in liart-ford,Cor.n.,where he li7ed until 1719,when he removed to ~est Hartford. He died in 1725. Ee married,10 May,1710~ Abigail Webster,daughter of Jor..n and Sarah (Mygatt) Web­ster. Abigail Websterrs brother Daniel was grandfather of Noa.~ Webster,the lexicographer. lier great-grandfather, John Webster,was Governor ~f Connecticut in 1656. (*) Children:

i. Lucy•,b.16 Feb.1710/11; d.young.

67 ii. Jacob 4 ,b.19 Nov.1712; d.13 Mar.1771.

68 iii. Zebulon 4 ,b.5 June,1716~

(69) iv. Elisha 4 , b.25 Dec.1718.

70 v. Asa 4 ,b.16 Feb.1720/1; d.1767.

vi. A~igail4 ,b.5 Apr.1723; m.l Oct.1741,in West Rartford,Asa Hopkins.

(71) vii. Joshua4 ,bap.7 Feb.1724/5.

(*) 'ilhitmore ( "American Genealogist::) is clearly in error in saying that Governor John Webster was grand­father of Abigail and Daniel. See "Webster 'G.eneaJ..ogy,-11

•

by Noah Webster,1836.

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1J3.RAHAM3 M~ILL {Abraham2 ) was born 20 Sept.1672, 3d GIDl"ER..~TIOW i~ Newbury,Mass.,and died 26 Sept.1744,in Amesbury, Mass., whither he removed ab.out 172:0. He was a deacon. (Su. P· 8'8') He married (published 7 Oct.1696,in Newbury) Abigail Bartlett,daughter of Sa.mu.el and Elizabeth (Titcomb) Bartlett of Newbury. She was born 14 Apr.1674,in New-bury,and died 11 July,1728,in Amesbury. Children:

i. Abraham 4 ,b.23 Aug.1698.

ii • Abigail 4 , b. 5 May, l 701, in ?Je,,bury; d .13 Jan. 1736; m.4 Aug.1730,her cousin Joseph Emery of ~.ndover,Mass.,son of Joseph and Eliza-beth (Merrill) Emery,who removed to Pem- (See 4., broke,N.H.,and there died 12 July,1776; after her death Joseph Emery m.(2) his cousin Abigail Long,dau.of Shubael and Hannah (Merrill) Long,who d.18 Jan.1776, (See 4.) in Pembroke. Children of Joseph and Abi-gail (Merrill) Emery:

Elizabeth; m.Samuel Eames (or Eades) of (Etr.ery) Haverhill ,Mass.

Jacob; d.16 Mar.1777; grad.Harvard Col­lege 1761; pastor Cong:church Pembroke; m.Elizabeth Cushin8,dau.of Rev.James Cushing of Haverhill,Mass. Three ch.

iii. Elizabeth4 ,b.2 May,1705,in I{ewbury; m.(l) 10 Oct.1728,Nathaniel Whittier of Haverhill, Mass.,~ho was b.8 Dec.1700,and d.28 June, 1740; m.(2} 3 Dec.1741, Jonathan Marsh; lived Haverhill. Children:

John_b.22 Aug.1729; d.Dec.1735. {Whittier) Abigail,23 Aug.1731; d.Dec.1735. Elizabeth,b.3 July,1733; d.Dec.1735. liathaniel,b.28 Nov.1735. John,b.6 Apr.1738.

73 iv. Isaac•,b.25 Feb.1707/8; d.Feb.1787.

v. Jacob•,b.10 Feb.1710/ll; d.3 June,1735; tradition says accidentally shot.

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vi. Lydia4 ,b.23 Dec.1713,in Ne~bury; d.3 Mar.1737/8, in Haverhill; m.31 Mar.1736,in Amesbury,Jacob Ela (or Ely),son of John and Rachel (Page) Ela of Haverhill; he was b.l Feb.1711/12,and d.2 May,1752; he m.(2) t Nov.·1738,Edna (Lit­tle) Gale; lived Haverhill. Child:

Abigail,b.1737; d.l S~pt.1743.

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JOHNJ MERRILL (Abraham-:) was born 15 Oct .1673, in 3d GE1TERATION Newbury.,i.[ass.,and lived on the old homestead of his father,near the mouth of Artichoke River. He was a farmer and boatman on the Merrimack River. He was one of the founders of the .Episcopal Church in Newbury, and (Sc.,. f'?,63, ~7-ff'l) one of' the wardens ·of.the church in 1714. He made his ~ill 3 Nov.1749,and it was proved 3 May,1756. It is probable that he died in 1756. He married (1) (pub-lished 10 Aug.1708,in Newbury),Deborah Hazeltine,daugh-ter of Nathaniel Hazeltine of Haverhill,Mass. She died 21 Jan.1727/8,in Newbury. He married (2) in April,1729,in Newbury,Margaret Lowell,who survived him. Children,born in Newbury:

i. Debora...~4 ,b.12 July,1709; d.bef.1750,leaving children; m.(pub.30 Sept.1727,in Newbury), Thomas Brown,3d.,of Newbury; lived Newbury.

. ; l. .••

iii.

Ruth 4 ,b.7 Jan.1710/11; was living in 1761; m • (1) Christopher Annis,son ~f Joseph and Dorothy Annis of liewbury; he was b. in Aug. 1704; she m.(2) 28 Oct.1756,Samuel Davis; lived in Newbury. Children:

Ruth, b.12 July,1733; d.12 Aug.1736. Mary, b.24 No~.1735; was ·living in 1771;

prob.never married. Ruth,p.8 Oct.1738; m.25 Iiov.1760,Samuel

Emery. Dorothy,~.11 Apr.1742; d.young. Dorothy,b.31 Mar.1744; m.12 July,1768,

Nathan Ordway.

Abigail4 ,b.14 Sept.1712; was living in 1749; m.6 Mar.1733/4,in Newbury,Joseph Downer of :rrewbury; lived in Newbury. Child:

Andrew,b.7 Jan.1734/5.

iv. Elizabeth 4 ,b.4 May,1714; d.2 Nov.1728.

v. Deliverance 4 ,b.18 Mar.1715/16; d.18 Jan.1759; m.15 May,1739,in Newbury,Thomas Williams, son of Thomas and Mary (Lowell) Williams of

..

(*) According to Eoyt ts "Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury" he was son of" Richard and Ruth (Rogers) Williams,and was b.9 Aug.1709.

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(Annis)

(Downer)

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3d.GENERATION Newbury; he was b.24 June,1710; lived in

(Williams) Hampstead,!i.E. Children:

Sarah,b.26 May~l740. Ruth,b.23 Mar.1741/2. Ruhamah:b.29 Aug.1744. Thomas,b.20 Feb.1746/7. Mary,b.23 July,1749. Moses,b.11 July,1751. Hannah,b.2 Jan.1755. · John,b.30 Nov.1756.

74 vi. John4 ,b.13 Jan.1717/18; d.Nov.1759.

75 vii. Henry•,b.27 June,1719; d.4 Jan.1804.

viii.Sarah 4 ,b.22 Oct.1721; d.25 Nov.1727.

i1:. Nathaniel" ,b.6 l-!ay,1724; d.10 July,1724.

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JOi1AT".r1.Al~ 3 :M::.:?.RILL (;.braham2 ) was born 19 January, 3d. GJ:RERATIOl:J 1675/6,in !Jewbury.,Mass. lie lived in Eaverhill,Newbury~ -~esbury and Bradford,Mass. ,~d Plaisto'l'T ,li.R. :in the last of whic~ places it is probable that he died. Ee married Mary Brown,who died 13·May,1758,in Pl~istow. Children:

i. Sarah4 ,b.20 May.1702,in Haverhill; d.10 Sept. 1764; m.17 Sept.1723,Abner Rarriman,son of Matthew .and Elizabeth (Swan) Earrima.,, ~ho was b.23 Aug.1699; lived in Plaistow. Children: .

Sarah,b.1731; m.Richard. .. Kimball. (3arriman) Anne,b.21 Apr.1743,in Plaistow.

ii. Mary 4 ,b.17 Sept.1704,in Newbury; m.22 00t. 1724,in Raverhill,Josiah Heath,Jr.

l~ii.

1 V.

Abrahrun4 ,b.29 May,1707,in Newbury.

I~athaniel4 ,b.29 May,1707; d.1742.

v. Jud1th4 ,b.12 Sept.170S,in Amesbury; m.7 Apr.· 1731,John Goodwin; lived in Plaistow.

vi. Prudence 4 ,b.l May,1715~in Amesbury.

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3d G:SNERATIOH DAVID 3 MERRILL (Abraham2 ) was born- 20 Feb.1677/8,in Newbury ,Mass. T"ne time of his c!eath can be approximately inferrec from the fact that administration was granted on his estate 7 Mar.1760. · Re was described as· a joiner. He married-,18 Dec .1706,Mary Morse,daughter of r.e aeon 3enjan:in and Ruth (Sawyer) Morse of Nev.bury,who was born 15 r:.ay,1686,in JJewbury,and died 10 Aug.1755. Children, born in liewbury:

78 i. David4 , b.l May ,l 708;. d.l June,1789·.

ii. Stephen4,b.24 Feb.1709/10; d.before 4 Jan.1762, without issue. · ·

iii. Benjamin~,b.3 Apr.1712; d.unm.about 1746.

(79) iv. Moses 4 ,b.17 Feb.1713/14. Eis share of his father's estate was given to his "legal rep­resentatives, "showing the death of Moses4

prior to 4 Jan.1762. 17ho his representatives were is not indicated.

ffi)· v. Eliphalet4 ,b.7 Oct.1717.

vi. W.ary4 1 b. 9 May, 1721; m.13 May ,1742, in i-Jewbury,

William Barker of Andover;Mass.; lived in A."ldover.

81 vii. Abral1am4 ,b.3 Jan.1722/3; d.25 Apr.1791.

3°~..,.,;A.,. 4/; IUj 11a:.t:-.-c 4Z 2)-,,:4_ 3

ht__,_: U. •

( d'rzn.a.. ~. ';f"'· /70'1. S- p. tfllj

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DAI-IIEL3 MER..~ILL (Daniel:%) was born 8 Mar.1671/2, 3d GENERATION in Newbury,Mass. He ~arried Esther Chase,daughter of Aquila and Esther (Bond) Chase of' Newbury. She was (S~ P· q 1) born 18 Nov.1674,and died in 1751. To his widow,joint-ly ~ith his son Peter,administration on his estate was granted 29 Sept.1725. All the children appear to have been living 2 Oct.1751. Daniell Merrill was a member of the Congregational Church in West Newbury. Children, born in Newbury:

82 i. Joseph~,b.28 May,1694; c.17 Mar.1771.

83 ii. Daniel4 ,b.3 Apr.1696; d.1784.

iii. Abigail 4 ,b.29 Oct.1698; m.26 Dec.1723,in New­bury,James Hills; lived l!ottingham. West (now Hudson) ,ILH.

iv. Judith 4 ,b.17 Mar.1700/1; m.{pub.l Mar.1728/9, in Newbury) Gideon Downer; lived Newbury. Children:

84 v.

Daniel,b.26 Dec.172S. Stephen,b.7 Feb.1740/1.

Peter 4 ,b.8 Apr.1703; d.17 Dec.1777.

vi. Sarah4 ,~.12 Sept.1705; m.(pub.5 Oct.1728,in Newbury) Seth Bartlett; lived Newbury. Children:

Seth,b.23 May,1731. Nathan,b.Sept.1749.

85 vii. Benjamin4 ,b.30 Apr.1708; 6.after 10 Mar.1768.

86 viii.Thomas 4 ,b.24 June,1710.

87 ix. Enoch4 ,b.29 Dec.1712.

88 x. Edmond4 ,b.28 Mar.1715; d.2 Aug.1807.

89 xi. Moses 4 ,b.5 Apr.1719; d.before 13 Mar.1789.

~ctniel/,merri// ~~~ "/; a.:,~ 4/ ~QA<;J. 3111.~U.

~~ 3.a.cl ~ ~ 3 (°"6J"'). /72./.

(Downer)

(Bartlett)

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JOHN~ MERRILL (Daniel2 ) was born 7 Oct.1674,in 3d GENERATION Newbury,Mass.,and died·l7 Jan.1756,in Salisbury,Mass., where he passed most of his life. He is described as a house carpenter,was a soldier in 1710,and was a dea-con of the church in Salisbury. The inventory at his death showed real ·estate to the amount of .£343,6s.8d.; personal estate, .f51,5s.10d. He married Mary Allen, daughter of Capt.John and Mary (Pike) Allen of Salis~ bury,who was born 27 Dec.1681,and who survived him. Children,born in Salisbury:

90 1.- Abel4 ,b.4 Jan.1702/3.

91 ii. John4 ,b.14 Apr.1704; d.8 Apr.1784.

iii. Mary 4 ,b.2C Sept.1705; d~young.

92

iv. Daniel•,b.17 May,1707; d.5 Apr.1709.

v. Thomas4 ;b.18 Dec.1708; d.3 Feb.1791.

vi. Daniel4 ,b.16 Mar.1709/10; prob.d.young.

vii. Ruth 4 ,b.26 July,1711; m.John Whitten; lived Arundel (now Kennebunkport),Me. Children:

JoJ:-,.n; m.Hannah Walker. (Fchitten) Israel; m.Sarah Fairfield; served in the

Revolution. Samuel; m.Hanna.~ Poindexter; served in

the Revolution. Paul; served in the Revolution. Humphrey; m.Hannah Lassell. Lydia; m.Moses Wadlin. Sarah; m.Daniel Davis. Phineas. Joseph; m.AP.na Burnham. Mary; m.Samuel Waterhouse. Hannah; m. Knight. Ruthz m. Clay. Martha; m. Gordon. Anna; m.(l)Capt.English,and (2)John Burbank.

viii.Hannah4 ,b.l Dec.1712; was living 1753; m.5 Sept._ 1734,Jonathan Osgood,son of Richard and Hanna.~ (Dalton) Osgood of Salisbury; he was b.26 Hov. 1711,and d.9 Mar.1796;; lived Salis~ury.

~/,,7.J!Ae-ctr'i/4 ~~,,,,.;J,.. °tJ '4y~ 1 J'o/,,,,.311tt~·/,(.

('<FMT>t,\. 4.;., w:IL, a~ 20 ~..&. t?s3)

3d GENERATION

(Morse)

A m:&1.ILL :MEMORIAL

i::. Gideon•, b.23 Mar .1713/14; d.18 Feb .1716/17.

}~. Nancy 4 ,b.17 Feb.1715/16; d.before 1753; m.7 Dec. 1733.in Salisbury.Hezekiah Carr; lived Arun­del; left children.

xi. Humphrey4 ,b.4 June,1717; d.29 Aug.1717.

Humphrey4 ,b.14 Mar.1718/lS; estate administered 23 Ma;-·, 1746. - -

xiii.Martha4 ,b.9 May,1721; m.22 Dec.1743;in Salis­bury,Anthony Morse,son of ~.nthony and Judith (Moody) Morse of ?Jewbury,who was b.9 Apr. 1721; lived Salisbury. Children:

Humphrey.b.2 Oct.1744. Anthony,~.21 Mar.1746. Judith.,b.15 Jan.1748. Caleb,b.8 Mar.1750. John,b.3 June,1751. Joanna,b.25 July,1752. Moses,b.15 Jan.1755. Anna,b.26 Sept.1757.

xiv. Mary 4 ,b.17 July,1724-; \'las living 1753; m.17 Jan.1745,in Salisbury,Joseph Burnham; lived Arundel.

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MOSESl MERRILL (Daniel2 ) was born 3 Sept.1683,in Newbury,Mass.,and died l7 Jan.1756,in Salisbury,Mass., where he had lived from hi.s boyhooc. His home was in a section then known ·as· :'Pitch Pine plain, 11 a mile and a half from East Salisbury village, on the road leading to Seabrook. Ee ·and his wife Mary joined the Congre­gational Church in Salisbury 21'May,1710, and he became a deacon of the church. His wife died 15 Dec.1760. Children., born·. in Salisbury:

i. Apphia4 ,b.25 Dec.1704; m.2 Mar.1724/5,Eben­ezer Collins of East Kingston,N.H. Chil­dren:

3d GENERATION

(s- p. 93)

Jonathan. (Collins) Robert;· :,captain;:: lived Sandown,N.H. Benjamin. Ebenezer. Sarah; m.Joseph Hoit. Mary; m.Moses Stevens. Mercy;·rn.Daniel Sanborn. Apphia; m.James Fogg; lived Kensington

and Deerfield.,N.H. ·

ii. Sara.~4 ,b.7 Apr.1706; m.16.Apr.1724;in Salis­bury,Capt.Thomas Eradbury,son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Stockman) Bradbury of Salisbury, who ~as b.16 Aug.1699; lived Salisbury un­til about 1744,and then removed to Bidde-ford,a.11d afterward. to aEarraganset .,No.l" (Sc... />f'·/'fit--S)

(now 3uxton),Me. Capt.Bradbury was one of the first. settlers of Bu:~ton, and vras a dis­tinguished soldier and Indian fighter. He commanded,1n 1748-9,at the block-house on the west sidB of the Saco ?.iver,near Union Falls. Children:

~lizabeth;b.1727; m.Lieut.Samuel5 Merrill, (Bradbury) (Thomas 4 ,JoJ:-..n3;Daniel2 ). (See 891.)

Jacob,bap.15 Sept.1728; m.Abigail Cole of Bid<ieford.

~oses,b.Feb.1730; m.Mary Page. Samuel,b.173";.,. Thomas,b.1735; m.Ruth Page of Salisbury;

lived Bw=ton; lieutenant in Revolution. William,b.1738; m.Susanna Hopkinson;

lived Buxton.

~- :TL -I~·-·" i a...j~ 1 'hr.O?..G,, 3 ht.e,,-r-,U. ,;, jrr»t t,,.;, w,.·/1, JaXJ 3t> ,}l:IVH. /?SS".

3d GE1-!ERAT roi;

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Sarah,b.1739; m.1753,Joseph Leavitt of Bux-ton. ·

Mary;bap.1744,in .Salisbury; m.5 !~ov. 1767. Samuel Sands of Buxton. ·

Benjami~,bap.Apr.1744,in Biddeford; d.1834; m.9 July;l767,Mary Elden of Buxton; re­moved to Ohio in 1800.

Mercy,bap.1746; m.John Appleton of Buxton. Jabez,bap.1749,in Bidde:ford.

iii. Moses4 ,b.28 Dec.1707; d.9 Apr.1795.

i'I. Mary 4 ,b.25 Oct.1709; d.17 Feb.1726/7. . .

v. Samuel4 ,b.20 July:1711; d.12 July,1801.

vi. Mercy4 ,b.4 !-Iov.1713; m.l Feb.1735/6,Samuel Clar!-:; lived Hampton,ILH.

vii. 3etty 4 .,b.18 I•Jov.1715; :n.10 Dec.1741,Rumphrey" Merrill ( James3 ,Abel2 )· of Falmouth,Me.; lived Falmouth. (See 122.J

viii.Jacob 4 ;b.25 Sept.1719; d.25 May,1721.

(%) 1:;. Benjamin 4 ,'b.16 Fe:,.1720/1. (S-tA-f'• 64-oJ

97 x. Daniel•,b.27 Apr.1723.

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STEPH.EN3 MERRILL (Daniel2 ) was born 16 Sept.1688, 3d GE1'ERATION in Newbury,Mass. His will was dated 15 July,1747,and it was admitted to probate 9 June,1755. Ee carried (1) 20 July,1710,Mary Carr,daughter of' James and Mary (Sears) Carr of Newbury and Salisbury,Mass.,who was born 15 Dec. 1678,in Newbury,and died 27 June,1744,in Salisbury. (*) Ee n:arried (2) in Salisbury, Mary Hardy of Kensington, N.H.,ilho died 4 N-ov.1747,in SalisbiJ.ry. Ea was a farmer~w~.e-r. and lived in Salisbury, where his children were born, as f'ollovrs:

98 i. Daniel~ ,b.15 Apr.1711.

gg ii. Stephen•,b.29 Jan.1712/13; d.24 Nov.1793.

iii. Aaron 4 ,c.2 Jan.1714/15; d.16 Sept.1716.

iv. Elizabeth~,b.3 July,1717; m.25 May,1740, Thon:as Ednamds.

(100) v. Aaron 4 ,b.l0 Aug.1719; lived Amesbury,Mass.; shipwright; bougr..t land in Oct.1744,at Web­ster Point,bou.nded by the Merrimack and Pon'ow ?.ivers,t·or a sr..ip-yard; m.24 May,1744, in AII:esbury, Betty Mu.ggridge (or Moggaridge) of Salisbury, prob.a widow, ,,ho d.11 July; 1773,in Salisbury, and he prob.m.{2) Rhoda Osgood. Whet...~er be had children is not as­certair:ed.

vi. Joshua~,b.20 Feb.1720/1; d.unm.30 Dec.1737, in Salisbury.

vii. Ezra4 ,b.24 Apr.1723; d.unffi.19 June:1745,at Cape Breton, ·while in military service.

(i:-) Hoyt, "Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury," p.86,queries wr.ether the Mary Carr who married Stephen' Merrill was not a daughter of' William and Elizabeth {Pike) Carr of Salisbury. This Mary Carr was baptised 3 July,1692. William ar.d James Carr were brothers.

g:-~-:1.,. i ,z,.j1tAT- 1 st4,f>/4u. 3 m(,,-ri·a. (<inn-... /,;,,, c,,-.·U..)

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ABEL 3 MT:'.P.RILL (Abel 2 ) r;as born 28 Dec.1671,in r~ew­bury,Mass.,and died S Fe'b.1759,in West Newbury. He ,-,as a deacon of the Congregational Church in West New­bury. He married,19 Juue,1694,in Newbury, Abigail Stevens, daughter of Thomas and Martha (Bartlett) Ste­vens of Amesbury, who was born 22 Jan,1673/4, and died 24 lfay,1757. (See 29.) Children,born in Newbury ( and West :rle;;bury} =-101 i~ Samuel4 ,b#l3 Sept.1695; d.14 Mar.1763.

102 ii. Abel' ,b.20 Mar.1697/8; d.25 Dec.1783.

iii. Abigail~,b.22 Jan.1699/1700; m.10 Jan.1722/3, in Newbury,John Kent,Jr.,son of John and Sarah (Little) Kent of tJe,1bury, who was b. 27 Feb.1702/3; lived Newbury. Childrei~:

Jo1'.n,b.29 nov.1723. Abigail,b.15 Aug.1726; d.youns. Abel,b.26 Au3.1729. Abigail,b.31 May.,1732. Daniel,b.27 Dec.1734.

103 iv.. Thomasi ,b.29 .July;l702; d.29 .t;.pr.17·74.

v. Martha',b.3 De~.1704; m.18 Aug.1726,in Eei7-bury,Joshua March of Newbury; lived New­bury. Children:

Merrill,t.25 June,1727; d.youn.g. Joshua,b.23 May,1729. Anne;b.25 Au3.1731; d.young. Merrill,b.26 Apr.1733; d.youn;. Hugh;b.12 Apr.1735; d.youn;. John,b.18 Aug.1738. Martl"la,b.19 Nov.1740.

104 vi. John4 ,b.25 Jan.1705/3; d.2 Apr.1794. "-·;2 '7-.),. /768"; vii. Priscilla 4 ,b.l Mar.170S lO;Am.20 May,1729,in

Newbury,Dr.:;;zek:iel Chase of Groton,son of Tho:r.as and Sarah (Hovey) Chase; lived I•:ot­ting.11.am West (now Hudson},r-I.Fi. Children:

Ezekiel,b.28 Aug.1730. Abigail,b.26 Sept.1732. IJathaniel,b.27 Mar.1736; d,young. Sarah; 'J .14 :\-!ar.1737 /8. Martha, b.16 Mar.1743/-1. Priscilla,b.28 Sept.174S; ct.young.

105 viii.Nathar..iel4 ,b.l Mar,1712/13; d.17S6.

3d GENERATI0:t-!

(Kent)

(March)

(Chase)

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NATHANJ MERRILL (Abel 2 ) w.;:.s born 3 Apr.1676,in New­bury,Mass.,anC diec in 1742 intestate. He lived in that part of the town which was afterward incorpor~teG as West Newbury. In a deed :from his brother ?is.thaniel in 1721 both are C:escribed as weavers. He was a "snow­shoe man" 1n 1706 {'see Currier's History or Iiewbury , page 541). He marrieC,6 Sept.169S,Hannah Kent,daughter of John anl Sarah (WooC:man) Kent of Newbury.who was born 10 Sept.1679, and ciec 3 Feb.1735/6. ChilC:ren,born in Newbury:

i. Hannah~,b.7 July,1700; c.unm.before 1743.

t06 11. John 4 ,b.30 Nov.1701; c.1775, Falmouth,Me.

107 -108 -109

111. Prisc1lla 4 ,b.28 Oct.1703; m.5 Dec.1722,in New­bury,Hen.:-y Knight,we2.ver,of Ne~.ed Newbury,~~ss.,and Falmouth,Me.

iv.

v.

vi.

vii.

Henry Kni5ht was a son of Capt.Richard and Elizabeth (Jaques) Knight,anC was born 6 July,1697,in Newbury. Children:

Nathan,b.10 Jc.n.1724/5; prob.settled in Gray,M(?.

Hannah,b.5 Au~-1727; m.Jo~eph Pride. Samuel,b.30 Aug.1729; C.bef.1790; captain;

m.,1750;Mary,~au.of Lieut.Geor3e Kni:;.~t. Mark,b.l July,1731; m.Mary Johnso~. Henry, b. 5 Mar.1733/4; m., 1755,Me~1-:t,s.ble

Sawyer. Sarah; m.Zachariah Sawyer. Merrill; m.Sarah Priscill~,bap.1740.

Nathan 4 ,b.1 MQy,1706; c.22 Nov.1745,Newl:ury.

James 4 ,b.5 Jan.1707/8; c.a June,1750.

Stephen 4 ,b.6 June,1711; ~-1756.

Mary 4 , b .13 May; 1713; m. 27 Oct .1731, in r:ewbury; Jonathan Morse,"joiner"; liveC Newbury. Children:

Jonathan,b.22 Mar.1732/3. Eli.;,Jhalet,b.11 May,1734. Joseph. Sarah. Stephen,b.16 Feb.1747/8.

3e GE?\TERATI'JiJ --------

(Morse)

3d GENERATION viii Sarah4; m.29 Ju.ly,1730,in Newbury,Eclmwld Tit-

comb,shipwright,son of Edmund anc'! Elizabeth (Greenleaf) Titcomb of Newbury; he w&s born 26 Mar.1710; lived Ncwbury,Mass.,an~ Fal­mouth,Me. Chileren:

(Titcomb) Ec:mun~,p.20 May.1736; m.(l) Martha Sweet, and (2) Mary Whittier.

Elizabeth,b.27 Oct.1739; d.13 Jnn.1806; m·.Ac:ams 4 Merrill (James 3 ,Abel2 ). (Sea pa;c 286.)

Im ix. rticharcl+,b.10 May,1718; m.Priscilla Merrill.

x. Joseph~; lived Fzumouth,Me.

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THOMAS3 MERRILL (Abel2) was bo~n l Jan.1678/9,in 3d GENERATION

Newbury ,Mass., and died 18 Sept .1756, in .south Hampton, 'S.e.... /'· 107

) N.H. He lived in Salisbury,Mass·.,near the place where l• the chain bridge over the Merrimaclt: was later erected. "~~.....u" In 1716 he removed to South Hampton,or to that part of Salisbury which by·the establishment o:( the line be-tween the two Provinces in-1741 became<South Rampton. He married,16 Mar.1704/5,in Newbury,Judith. Kent,daugh-ter of John and· Sarah {Woodman) Kent of Newbury,w¾lo was born in 1682,and died 2 Sept.1751·, in South Hampton. Children:

111

112

m

i. Juditn•,b.14 Sept.1706,in Newbury; d.8 Oct. 1775,in South Hampton; m.2 May,1728,in Salis­bury,Jonathan Flanders,son of John and Eliz­abeth (Sergeant) Flanders of Salisbury,who was-.b .22 Oct.17015; lived Soutl1 Hampton.

ii.

iii.

iv.

v.

Children: . . Abra,b.9 June,1729; m.John Welch; lived (Flanders)

East Kingston,Canterbury and Sanbornton, N.H.

Merrill,b.24 May,1731; d.unm.aged 95,in Hopkinton,N.H.

Parker,b.13 June,1733; d.~ged 86; lived South Hampton. ·

: Judith,b.1735; m.Daniel Jones. Christopher,b_ .. 1737; d.aged 45; married,

and lived in South Hampton. Tamzen,b.1739; m.Jacob Jones. Jonathan,b.3 May,1741; d.aged 90; mar-

ried,and lived in Kensington,N.H. Nathaniel,b.1743. Hannah,b.1745; d.unm. Richard-Currier:b.1748; d.180l;married;

family lived in Hopkinton,N.E.

Nathaniel4 ,b.16 Feb.1707/8; d.17 Oct.1754.

Abel•,b.28 Aug.1709; d.Apr.1791.

Thomas',b.5 Jan.1710/11; d.11 Jan.1801.

Sarah•,b.14 July,1712; m.25 Nov.1731,Richard Currier,son of Richard Currier of Amesbury; he was b.12 Feb.1708,and d.in 1768; lived South Hampton. Children:

;Fa,,</k·~& '1, -4..<.~n.J:IN'K. °i .:Tk,,.,.,:v, 3 ~-a.. (~"'- kv, ·t.r-·U., o.dJ I <fv6. I 71f-9)

3d GENERATION

( currier)

206

Sarah:b.1732; d.1735. Ri.chard,b.1733; d.1735. Judith,b.1736.

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Nathan,b.1737; m.Miriam Hoyt. Harriet,b~l739. Richard,b.l742;d.~: · James,b.1744; m.Mary Bartlett. Hannah,b.1746; m. · Batchelder. Ruth,b.1749; m.Robert Stuart. Barnard,b.1752; m.Abigail John,b.1753-; m.Betsey Bartlett. Ri~o~o,b.1754; m.Mary CUrrier,dau.of Challis

Currier; !Jvz,-v- c/4.

vi. Nathan 4 ,b.31 Jan.1713/14; d.unm.24.Nov.1736.

ll4 vii. Joseph4 ,b.12 May,1716; d.25 Nov.17?2.

viii~Hannah4 ,b.26 Oct.1717; d.2 Feb.1719/20.

115 ix. James4 ,b.6 May,1719; d.1798.

x. Hannah 4 ,b.20 July,1720; d.22 Aug.1757; m.26 Feb.1743/4,Anthcny Morse of Falmouth,Me.

116 xi. Eliphalet4 ,b.l4 Feb.1722/3; d.11 Apr. 1803.

xii. 11uth4 ,b.25 Sept.1724; m .• 28 Sept.1743,Philip Currier; lived South Hampton.

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28 -JOSEPH:; MERRILL (Abel2 ) was born 12 July, 1681, in 3d GENERATIOl

Newbury,Mass.,a.nc;l died 20 Sept_.1:747,in Stratham,N.H., where the later -years o:f his 11i'e- Vfere passed.. Ee was known in Stratham as Ensign·Joseph Merrill,to distin-guish him :froit Joseph• Merrill, "shoemaker," {Daniel3,.Z) . ( See 82.) Joseph 3 Merrill married (1) 16 ·Feb.1707,in Newbury,Ann Wiggins o:f Haverhill,who died 28 Dec.1741,in Stratham, and (2) Sarah Children,born in Newbury:

1. Ann4 ,b~7 Nov~l708; m~ Thomas. Her father mentioned in his will grandsons Twiss Thomas and Joseph~Merrill Thomas.

(117)ii. Joseph 4 ,b.15 July,1710; prob.d.12 Jan~l741/2; lived Stratham.

118 iii. Enochf,b.17 Jan.1711/12; d.10 Jan.1787.

iv. Susanna4 ,b.l Sept.1715; (m.10 Sept.1731,John Collins?); not mentioned in her father's Vlill.

Elias 4 ,b.13 Nov.1717; prob.d.2 Oct.1763; lived Stratham. Joseph' mentioned in his will a grandson Elias and granddaughter Lydia. They were children of either Elias4 or Joseph 4 •

(ft~ ,,nA'riil :;-cA,,.~ ~ ~A4ZWA--< ~ r~/._ 3 fhu-r-:.a.

(-;;:,-,,.,,,,._ 1.-v., r,.,,:IA., Jo.lt..J /lf- J1t°"f, 17~7)

3G GEMERATION ~-

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29,

NATHANI_EL3 MERRILL (Abel2 ) .was born 6 Feb.1683/4.,in Newbury,Mass.,and lived in the part of the town which is now West Nowbury. He died 22 Feb.1742/3 •. F.e was a· weaver. He married,28 July,1709,Hannah Stevens.,daughter of Dea.Thomas and Martha (Bartlett) Stevens of Amesbury. (See 25.) Child., born in Newbury:

I2o Roger4 .,b.10 Mar.1712/13; d.12 May,1791.

Possibly Nathaniel' Merrill had a second child.,James., born 11 Sept.1715. If so,it probably died in infancy.

;r,,.,.,,.:~ 6t ~7,v.;t,.- 1, ha:d..~ 3

»t-.n.U. J1£'~-,.,,i£/e ~r,~ (':f- c.. ~. 172.1)

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JAMES~ MERRILL (Ab~l~). was born· 27 Jan.'1688/9, in Ne\"ibury,Mass.,and die·d 16 Mar.1757,in Falmouth,Me •. He lived in Newbury unt.il about 1725,and then removed to Stratham,N.H.,whence,in 1738,he removed to New Casco (Falmouth),Me. He owned a large farm on the northeast side of·the Presumpscot River,which he bought from Gen. ~aldo. In 1739 he was admitted to the First Church in Falmouth,and was selectman several years from. 1741. In his will he is. styled "gentleman. 11

, He married,23 Nov. 1714, in Newbury ;Mary Adams ,.daughter of Robert and Re­becca (Knight) Adams of Newbury. · (See 11A Genealogical History of• Robert Adams of 1Jewbury,Masi.,,and His Des­cendants, '.1 by Andrew N • .Adams (j;lub.1900 .] There is some conflict cf authorities with regard to the parentage of Mary Adams,and the dates of her birth and marriage.) Children;

121 i.

122 ii.

Israel'' , b .27 July, 1715, in ·11ewbury.

Humphrey4 ,b.18 Jan.1717/18,in Newbury; d.l Jan.1815.

iii. Rebecca4 ,b.4 Nov.1720,in Newbury; m.John Calley (or Cawley)_ of Falmouth.

3d GENERATION

(Su-. f· /38')

(S""' n,c,t; ,..:..,..._.,,.a;.. J-f>,.!i.e. 6 2.2.)

iv. Priscilla4 ,b.7 Jan.1721/2,in Newbury; m.24 0ct.1742,Richard4 Merrill (Nathan3,/.,bel2 ). (See I10.)

123 v. Adams4 ,b.4 Dec.1728,in Stratham,N.H.; d.26

124

125

Dec.1802.

vi. James 4 ,b.l3 Apr.1731,in Stratham; d.16 Nov. 1806.

vii. Joshua• ,b.15 Mar.1732/3,in Stratham; d.21 Sept.1808.

viii.Mary 4 ,b.14 Jan.1735/6,in Stratham; m.29 Sept. 1750, Capt. Samuel Noyes, ,,ho ,1as b .15 Mar .. : 1725; lived Falmouth and Gray,Me. Children:

Sarnuel,b.25 June,1752; m.27 Jan.1780,Eliz-abeth Barton; seven children.

James; m.Mary Barton; nine children. Amos. Silas; m. (l} Lucy Clarlc; m. (2) P.achel

Bucknam;· eight children.

Oi'oyes)

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3d GENERATION Israel; m.Mary Prince; :four childri-}n. Dolly; m.Amos Prince; two children. Priscilla; m.Benjamin Prince; · :four chil-

dren. · .Susan; m.Josiah Skillings; fourteen chil­

dren.

ix. Dorothy4 ,b.10 Dec.1738,in Stratham; d.una:.

x. Susanna 4 , b .11 Jan .1739 / 40, in Falmouth,Me ~ ; m. (pub.22 June,1761,) Moses Adams,son o:r Johri and Elizabeth (Morse) Adams, who was b .5 ?Tov 1737,in Newbury; lived Falmouth. Children:

(Adams) James,b.1765; d.27 Apr.1843,in Portland;· m.Hannah Weymouth; three children.

Israel; m.20 Sept.1792,Elizabeth Swett; eight children. ·

Sabrina; m. 1'1't~ Haskell of North' Yar~ ruouth,Me.

Isaac,b.10 Aug.1774; d.11 Mar.1852; n:.Pris cilla Skillings; eight children.

Moses, b.16 Apr.1776; d.26 Nev .1859; lived a:

Portland; m.Sarah._Skill ings; :four chil­dren.

126 xi. Silas• ,b.6 July,1743 •

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Fourth Generation 3T

NATF..JiJ~IZL• N.E?..RILL (John 3 ,Nathaniel2 ) was born 26 July, ·1667,in Newbury,Mass.,and died 25 Aug.1737,in the Vlest Par­ish of Haverr.111,Mass.,whither he removed from Newbury. He was a =ooper. Ee married,10 June,1718,Ruth Walling­ford,whc survived him. S~e married,(2) in 1744,Benjamin 'iood of Dracut ,Mass., and removed to Chelrr.sf'ord ,Mass. Children, born in Haverl:ill:

i. Annas.,.o.18 Mar.1718/19; d.6 July,1781; m.23 rov. 1739,Lieut.Daniel Poore,son of Jonathan and Rebecca (Hale) Poore of Newbury; lived Plais­tc\': (now Atkinson) .,.N.H.; .l'....:,.a ~-

152 ii. Daniel5 ,b.13 Jan.1720/1.

153 iii. Nathaniel5 ,b.14 Jan.1722/3.

iv. Ruth 5 ,b.9 June.;1725; d.8 Sept.1736,of "throat distemper.a (Sec 38,footnote.)

v. Lucy 5 ,b.3 Jan.1727/8; d.20 June,1742.

154 vi. James5 ,b.5 Mar.1729/30; d.13 Mar.1817.

vii. Sarah5 ,b._5 June,1732; m.John Page.(?)

viii.Jeremiah5,b.17 Nov.1734; d.3 Sept.1736,of "throat distemper. 11

( See 38, footnote.)

ix. Jeremiah 5 ,b.12 Dec.1737; posthumous,and named by ~-is fathcr 1s will.

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4th GENERATION .ABEL 4 MEP~qILL {John 3 ,Nathaniel~) was born,probably

(s ..... p.'J./1+)

(*)

f:l. <f/. . .-:.1.,.,..,,,. f]_.,k-• .s.- 61, f'J.;.l .. ,...- a,,.;)

r]h -J (:!.o-v~·'7) '8~, W""' b.lf.>'k-. 1726 - 7,

,,.,. 31 ()~. /7$3. -

rfu..,,..~~ JqOJ., p. 63)

in 1690, in ?Jewbury,Mass. ,and died 29 Mar.1753.,in Methuen, Mass., aged 64 years. He lived in Haverhill,.Mass., and later in Methuen. He marrie~ (1) Sarah Bodwell,who died in February,1737,aged 41,a~d {2) 12 Sept.1739,Elizabeth Hibberd,who died 21 June,1795. Children,born in Methuer.:

162

167

i.

ii.

iii.

iv.

v.

vi.

Sarah5 ,b.25 Mar.1715':· .. ··; d.without issue a:fter 1770; m.25 Apr.1752,in Methuen,Richard swan.

John 5 ,b.29 May,1716; d.1756.

Mary 5 ,b.24 May,1718; m.Zebediah Kees (or Keyes). IS i>c....1"1 If-.J,

Phebe 5 ,b.3 July.,1722; m,._Zebediah Barker.,Jr.;3~.

Ann 5,b.21 Jan.1725/6; m.Joseph Stevens.

Elizabeth 5 ,b,22 Feb.1727/8; m.(l) Benjamin Pierce of Chelmsford,Mass.,;;ho was b.25 Nov. 1726,and d.16 June,1764; m.(2) Bowers.

•vii. Enoch 5,b.21 Apr.1731; d.28 Aug.1778.

viii.Susanna 5 ,b.3 Oct.1733; m.Philemon Barker.,4

ix. Ruth 5,b.29 Jan.1741/2; m.ililliam Webber of Pelham,N.3:.

170 x •. Abt.1 5 ,b •. g, July,1743; d.l J:.u~.1778.

-----------( *) Frar.klin Pierce (1804-1869),President of the

United States,was a grandson of Elizabeth 5 Merrill. He was a descendant of Thomas 1 Pierce of Charlestown,Mass., through Thomasz,stephen3,Stephen 4 ,Benjamin5?md Benjamine. BenjaminS Pierce married El.izabeth 5 Merrill,and they·had three sons and six daug..~ters. Of the sons only two;Ben­jamin6 and Merri116,grew to manhood. Benjamin6Pierce (1757-1839) enlisteG in the Revolutionary army at the outbreak of the war,\";":len 17 years old,fought at Bunker

.Hill,a.~d served to the close of hostilities. He was later a general in the N'ew Hampshire militia:and was elected Governor of the State in 1827 and 1829. Ee was father of Presiden~ Franklin Pierce.

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JOHN'" MERRILL ( Job.nl ,Nat:haniel .! ) was born 3 Apr. 4th '3-ENERATION 1696,in Ne\1bury.,Mass.,and died in 1773 in cc,ncord.,i.;. E. F.e lived ir. 1718 in York.,Me.,and from there removed to Haverhill.,Mass • .,where he married. About 1730 he was one of the first settlers in Concord,N.E.,and establish-ed tl::.e first ferry there across the Merrimack F.iver. (Su- M· t:z.6-7) His home was 11 0n the hill at the lower end of Main St,. at the junction of the roads." Dec.17, 1730,he was cho-sen deacon of the Congregational Church. In many ~ays he was a prominent citizen of Concord. Ee married,15 Jan.1722/3,Lydia Eaynes,daughter of Thomas and Hannah (Harriman) Hayr...cs of Haver~ill. She was born 7 Aug. 1705,and died in Concord. Children,the first four of whom were born in Haverhill,the rest in Concord:

181 i. Thomas> ,b.5 Feb.1723/4; d.1789.

182 ii •. Jor..ns .,b.25 Nov.1725; d..1760.

183 iii. Mosess,b.27 Sept.1727; d.1767.

iv. Lydia5 ,b.30 Nov.1729; m.Amos (or Asa) Foster; lived Pembroke ,H.F..

v. Hannahs,b.7 Nov.1731; d.7 Aug.1732.

!So vi. Jonathan 5,b.l0 Feb.1732/3; d.1796.

vii. Hannah 5 .,b.20 Feb.1735/6; m.(l) 11 Y.ay,1769; Richard Eastman of Concord and Conway,N. H.; four ch.; she m.(2) 22 Feb.1790,Joseph Odell of Gon~ay.

187 viii.Nathaniels ,b.4 Nov.1738; d.15 .;une.,1824:.

i~. Sarah5 ,b.24 Apr.1741; m.Daniel Chandler.

x. ~.nnes,b.20 Dec.1743; d.7 Mar.1803; m.Ben­jamin Farnum; lived Concord.

xi. Abigail5 ,b.9 Dec.1746; m.Tappan Evans; lived Warren,N.R.

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4tn GEl'iERATION STEPHEl-l-" MERRILL (Jor.nl ,Nathaniel::) was born 11 Sei)t. 1700,in Raverhill,Mass.,and died 28 Apr.1746,in Methuen, Mass. In 1718 he was living in York,Me.;with his broth­er John,but returned to Baverhill,an~ later removed to Methuen. He married Abiah Children:

i. Deborab.5 , b.16 Apr.1728, in Metl:uen;. m.8 Mar. 1749,as second wife,Zebediah Barker,whose first wi:fe was her cousin Phebe s Merrill {Abel 4 , Johnl,l{athaniel~) . (See 32.) 1"§

ii. Hannahs,b.6 Mar .• 1729/30,in Bradf'ord,Mass.

iii. AbiahS ,b.13 Mar.1731/2,in Methuen; m.June~l750, Philip Nelson o:f Plaistow,N.H.,who d.6 Oct. 1756. · .

. iv. Mollys,b.14 Feb.1745/6,in Methuen.

, U"" T""R ILL ; .. c ":'HQP. T , T .h. .!.VJ-:.-:,. ~uJ;t,&ll -~

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NATFJ.1t4 M'ti;;:::ILL (John3 ,!~athaniel~) was born 15 Apr.1704,in naverhill,Mass.,~here he continued to live. He married (1) 8 Apr.1728, 1:ary Goodin (.~r Goodwin),who died 21 May,1738; (2) 25 March,1742.1, _.

Damaris Lancaster of liavcrhill,who died 24 Feb. 1743/4; and (3) 19 July,1744; Susanna Staples of Haverhill. Children:

i. Daniel5 ,~.28 Oct.172S; d.same day.

ii. Abigail5 ,b.ll Dec.1730.

iii. Elizabeths,b.26 Dcc.1732; m.20 Jan.1757, Ebenezer Whittier. Three children.

iv. Enoch5 ,b.9 Feb.1734; d.26 Aug.1736.

v. Mary5 ,b.25 Mar.1738;, · d.2 May,1738.

vi. MaryS,b.2 Dec.1742.

fvii. DamarisS,b.S Feb.1743/4;

lviii.Sarahs, b.S Feb. 1743/4;

ix. Nathan 5 ,b.8 Oct.1745.

x. DamarisS,b.2 Aug.1747.

d.17 Feb.1743/4.

d.11 Feb.1743/4.

xi. Susanna5,'b.27 Sept.1750; d.8 ~!:ay,1751.

xii. John 5,b.l Mar.~752.

xiii.Susannas,b.25 June,1754.

xiv. Hannahs,b.17 Hov.1757.

4th Gfil.."ERAT IOI~

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4th GEi,Z?..ATIOr, N;_TH/l..NIEL4 ME:-:RILL (I·:athaniel3 ,1;atb.aniel:: )was born 23 l!ov.1688,in i'few'bury,Uass.,and died..81,.pr.174S- Ee 1 i ved in Haverhill ,Mass., and later in,· that part of: Kil­lingly, Con.1., r.hi ch was incorporated in 1785 as the town of' Thompson •. He married JJary Belknap,who was born in. 1694,and died 16 Nov.1786,in Thompson. Chilcren, the first four of whom were born in Baverhill,the others in Killingly:

i. Eannah5,b.29 Ja:n.1715/6; m.8-.;,,._.: .. Brighan:; lived Marlboro,Mass. Her son,Rev.Benjamin Brigham,was settled in Fitzwilliam,N-H.

ii. RebeccaS,b.31 Jan.1717/16; d.l Dec.1802; m. Simon Larned,son of William and Hama..~ (Bryant) Larned of Killingly,who was b.10 Feb.1720/1,and d.l Sept.1807; lived Thomp­son ; tt ... ,c..c.. o D'>'VI.

223 iii. Obadiah5,b.Q Aug.1719.

iv. MaryS,b.7 Apr.1721; d.16 May.1789; m. {l) l Oct.1740,Noa..~ Leavens,son of Joseph Leav­ens of' Killingly; five ch.; he d.175l;she m.{2) 14 Feb.1754,Isaac Larned of Oxford, Mass.

225 v. JohnS,bap.16 Dec.1722; d.1753.

226 vi •• Hehemia...115,bap.23 1;.ug.1724.

vii. Noah; 5 m. (1) 30 May,1754,Abigail Cooper,and (2) 12 ~pr.1759,Sarah Lee.

viii.SarahS,bap.7 June,1730; m.12 Jan.1748,Gideon Joslyn; li vcd Tyringhan::,Mass ., -..;) v_,.._.,,., n.l(.

ix. ElizabethS,bap.11 June,1732; m.2 Feb.176-4, Habakkuk Davison; lived Dou:;las,Mass •

x. neubenS,bap.30 June,1734; deacon of Baptist church; lived Killingly,Conn.,3rookfield, Mass., and Kingsboro, IJ. Y. ; m. 29 !Jov .1755, Abigail Torrey.

xi. ZillahS,bap.12 July,1739; d.28 Oct.1809; m.15 Jan.1756,Samuel Fuller; lived West Stafford,

. Conn.; grandmother of Rev.Dr.Samuel Fuller of Middletown,Conn.

xii. Sybil5 ,bap.7 Mar.1742; m.24 June~l762; James Larned of Killingly; lived Dudley,Conn.

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PETER 4 MERRILL (Uathaniel3 ~Hathaniel: ") .. as born 4th GENERATION' in 1689 in Haverhill,fuass.,and was living in 1738. Ee married,24 Jan.1721/2,Mary Haseltine,daughter of Nathaniel and Ruth (Plumer) Haseltine. Children, born in Haverhill:

i. Mary 5 ,b.22 Peb.1722/3; d.27 Oct.1736.

ii. Susanna,,b.9 Mar.1725/6.

iii. Hannah5 ,b.31 July,1727.

iv. Joseph 5,b.8 Jan.1729/30.

(*) Four children of Peter Merrill of Haverhill died of a "throat distemper," which prevailed in 1735, 1736 and 1737, including Mary, who died Oct. 27, 1736, aged 14. In less than two years and two months 256 children, four-fifths of whom were under 10 years of age, died in the town.--(Essex Antiqua­rian, vol. I. page 10.} More than half ef the children in the town who were under 15 years of a3e, died as a result of this epidemic.--(Chaso's History of Haverhill, page 306.)

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4th GZNE?..ATIOI: SAMUEL' N.E,:,..~ILL (!':athaniel:; sEathanielz) was born 2 Aug.1702,in Eavcrhill,Mass.,and died there 25 Apr. 1742. He lived on a farm on Scotland Eill in the West Parish of ~averhill. The farm was originally purcl1.ased by his father, 1rathanie1s , and 1 t was owned and occupied i~ succession by his descendants, Sam­uels,William6,~illiam7,and William-EdwinS. After the death of the last-named, several years ago, the property passed into the hands o~ strangers. Samuel4

married, 21 May,1732,in Eaverhill,Ru.th Eaton,daugh­ter of Jonathan and P.uth (Page} Eaton of Haverhill. She was born 17 Apr.1712. Children, bo~n in Haver­hill:

i. Ruth5;b.l Apr.1733; d.3 !Iov.1735.

ii. Sarah 5 ,b.27 Feb.1734/5; d.9 Dec.1801; m.28 Dec.1757,Asa Ladd of Haverhill; lived in Haverhill. ·

242 iii. Samuel5 ,b.7 Dec.1737; d.29 Dec.1801.

iv. David 5 ,b.4 Jci..n.1738/9; lived iiaverhill; m. Joanna 3ailey~dau.of Jeremiah and Mercy (3urbank) :2ailey,who survived him and m. (2) Eben Mitchell,and d.a.et.84 in Wilmots I;. H.

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JOHN4MER...~ILL (NathanielJ19 l'Jathaniel:: ) was born 12 4th GEliERATION i,'eb.1706/7,in Haverhill,Mass.,and died 3 July:1741. lie married Lydia Gagc-,daughter of Moses Gage of Erad­ford,Mass. Children, born in Haverhill.

1. ThomasS,brl727.

248 ii. Daniels ;b.2 June,1729; left descendants.

iii. sarahs,b.14 July,1730; d.13 !!ov.1737.

Wo" iv. EathanielS , b .26 Feb .1731/2; lives. in :ravcP };_ill,

v. MaFtha! ,b.27 Feb.1732j3.

vi. Mosess ,b.10 Sept.1735; d.2 .Sept.1736.

vii. J..bigailS , b .11 June, 1737.

viii.JohnS,b.2 July,1741.

ix. P.sa.5 ( ?)

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4th G-::::CTIATIOH JOSEPH" MER!l.ILL (!-:rathaniel3 ,Nathaniel2 ) was born 3 July, 1709; in Haverhill ,Mass. ~ie married,· 23 Sept. 1731,Ruth Corliss,daughter of John and Ruth (Haynes) Corliss of P.averb,ill! ~he was born 14 Oct.l.712,and · died in 1802. Children, born in Haverhill:

261

i. Joseph 5 ,b.31 Jan.1733/4; d- young.

ii. Mehitables ;b.27 Feb.1735/6; d.unm.(insane.) · -I •• -l.l • Josephs,b.18 Jan.1737/8; d-..26 Mar.1816.

~v. 3enjaoins,b.l739.

v. ElizabethS,b.1741.

vi. Ruth5 .,b.15 Mar.1743/4; m.Jesse Wilson of Pelham,N.H.

vii. John 5 .,b.7 Ma:',1746; lived Bath,N.H.; m. Ruth Cleveland.

26G viii.Nathaniel5 ,b.2 Mar.1747/8; d.3 May,1825.

ix. ~benezer.5

x. ~biga115 .,b.24 May,1750; m.Thaddeus Gage.

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STEPH:Sn• M:£RRILL (Naths.niol3 ,Nathaniel!!) was born 4th GENERA.TIO!-'. in 1706 in Haverhill,Mass.,and died 19 Aug.1785,in Boxford,Mass. He lived in Haverhill.,and,after 1767, in Joxford. He married,27 May,1731,in Amesbury;Mass~, Keziah Hardy,w:io clied 18 Jan.1783~aged 71. Children:

280 i. li.sas , b. 30 Juno:. 1732, in Haverhill; d. 3 I;"ov. 1815; lived Boxford; m.Bet~1iah , who d.28 Jan.1791,in Boxford:aet.abt.55.

ii. TimothyS,b.4 Feb.1733/4,in Haverhill.

iii. Elizabcth 5 ,b. 24 Oct.1736,in Methuen,Mass.; d.abt .1822; m •. 27 Jan.1758,Moscs Bailey; lived Peacham,Yt.; four children.

l. ..... . . Jesses,b.31 Dec.1736; d.l Jan.1816.

285 v. Richard 5 ,.b.4 Dec.1744; d.11 Dec.1799.

vi. Stephon 5 ,b.25 Jan.1749; a.young.

vii. Mehitable 5 ,b.14 June,1753; m.Asa Hardy.

® '141.lY.WI ~AA'-,, ·w-cv, ~ ~ 1 1>-.. J"t.- ~ s..,.,-.. O\A

(~) Vj'"c,,;l.cr . /.f.c ~ ~ ({ s..µ-. / 130.

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4th GENERP.TIOU :PETER4 MERRILL- {Feter3 ,:Nathaniel:? )was born 10 Mar. 1695/6,in Newbury,Mass .. ,and died between 1744 and 1756, having lived in Newbury;Haverhill and Methuen,Mass.(now Salem,!-i.H.) He married,25 Sept.1717,in Newbury, Sarah Haseltine,daughter of ?i'athaniel and. Ruth (Plumer) Has­eltine; she was born 15 Jar..1697/8. Cbil~n,the fit'st. four •f whom were born in NewburyJDavid in Hav&rh.i.ll, and the last four in Methuen:

. 291 i. Peters,t.10 Sept.1718.

W2 ii. Josiah5 ,b.10 Oct.1721.

293 iii. Jo:t,.nS,b.7 Mar.1723/4; d.bef.Dec.1792.

294 iv. Hathaniel5 ,b.25 Jan.1726/7.

295 v. David 5 ,b.25 Dec.1729.

vi. Marys, b.6 June.,1732.

vii. Sarah5 ,b.13 Mar.1733/4.

298 v1ii.Moses 5 ,~.5 Ja:n.1737/8.

ix. Hannahs, b.31 Au.g.1740;·-mJ-5 -~.1757, in Meth­uen,Jonathan -Ordway.

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JOE!~ 4 Jl/lt•:'-'.;{ILL (John3,Jor..n2 ) was born 29 Sept.loS5, 4th G:ENEP..AYIOII in cartford,Comn.,and died in 1762. In 1734 he removed from West Hartford to the new town of :r:;ew E:artford,Conn., being one of the first settlers there. His estate was inventoried at his d.eath at £ 22S, 9s .5c. Ee married. Lydia , Nho survived him. Children,baptised in.West Hartford:

.1.. Ruth 5 ;oap .3 Apr .1725; e. .p::-ob. 'before 17 62.

ii. Lydia5,bap.27 Mar.1728; livin~ unmar~iec at her father's ~eath.

iii. John5 ,bap.l r;ov.1730; cl.Fe':.:l.1808; liver: 1Tew Hartford; captain in the Revolution; m.'7 Feb.1758,in West nartfo~Q,his cousin Iren~ Olmsted.d.au.o!' Stephe::1 anc Sarah (Eerrill) Olmsted; :fJPOb • ::aEI ne e ::ileire::. ~

314 iv. Samuel 5 ,bap.25 June,1732; a.;:::;o :,~ar.1798.

v. ~annah 5 ~bap.15 Sept.1735; m.17 Sept.1757: Joh.11 1:iller; lived !;ew Hartford.

* ~-<-w~ ii-r~d..l.. E,cJ-1-01:; 7li a.i- ~1.,,,,, s- Jn~I(

~.,.~ ,;.,. 71v. 'h.~ 1/"c:,a~ 1 n4.) H~J ~ A~ ~ ~ l,J-r e.-n.

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4t:: GE1•;~'J1.TI0I: EE3!JSZER" MSP.::ILL (John); John2 ) was born .18 Dec .1696, in Hartford, Conn., anc: diec: in 1789 in ~ew Hartford, Cotl!'.l., whither he removeci from West B:artforc abou::. 17:36. Be· married (1) ,a.ne: (2). 9 Apr.1!730,Mary {Burn­ham) We~ster,widow of capt.Stephen ~ebster of ~artforc, and daughter of John and M~r~ (Olcott) B~rru:am; she was baptisec 19 Dec.1390. Children.born in West Hart for~:

i. Eannal15, ".:lap.10 ;rov.1728, d.30 Eov.1779; m.7 •. 1748. ""1 G 1 1 . .,.. C ... ,. LOV. ,...:.,Jenezer r swo a,son 0.1. aj;j1., • ..:iam-uel aric Elizabeth (Abel) Griswold of 1:Jor11ich. Conn.; lived r;orwich; six or seven cl1ilciren.

ii. J.myS,bap.25 Apr.1731; :n.27 Apr.1756, Justus Steadman; Jived Wethersfield,Conn., stx chil­dren.

iii. Sarahs,bap.31 Aug.1735; m.r.~oses 1iarsh.('?)

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!·L~THANI,.T 4 )lfl-::" ?tILL (Johnl ,.Jolm2.) was born 15 Jul~•; 4th G3NERATI0I: 1702,in ~artford,Conn.,and died 28 0ct.1772. Zis wife 1s father in 1730 gave him a house and ten acres of land on Euc~'s Hill,Waterbur~•:.Conn.,where l'le lived., anc where au· his chilcren were born. Later he moved to 0al~ville.a district partly in Waterbur:, :::.nd ;iartl~ in Watertowr:; wl1ere some of his chil~ren hac: precedec:. ;11m. }ie married, 16 Nov .1729 $ in Waterbur::, Esther Wa.r-ner, daus~ter of Dr.Ephraim and Est~er (Richards) war-ner of waterb't!I'y. She died 2 June,1795,a:ed 88. Children:.

332

333

334

i. Sarah;, b .14 July; 1730 i »..(I) Jc-,1..,,,o, 7.c,mU, (J..JlJ~ 'Brow...

ii .. Ephraim 5, b.S 0ct.1733.

iii. CalebS ,b.26 0ct.1735; d. 3 Ma~-, 1812.

iv. David 5 • b .30 Mar.1738 ~ d.l Dec.1821.

v. Daniel5 ,b.28 Feb.1742; was living 1789; lived Watertown,Conn.; m.

336 vi. John 5 ;b.14 Aug.1744; d,30 Dec.1811.

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4th GENERATIO!: C.ALEB 1 MERP.ILL (Jo.:ti..n',John=:)was born 14. July.,1707,in Hartford,Conn.,a~d died 24 Sept.1735. He lived in West Hartford. Se married,2 .P.u_z.1733,Mercy Sedgwick,daugt.ter of Capt. Samuel and :Mary (Hopkins) Sedgwick. She was born 16 Feb.1713,and died 16 June,1745. She married (2) Ebenezer Mix. Children of Caleb Merrill,born in West Hartford:

341 i.

11.

Abijah;,b.2 May,1734; d.20 Feb.1823. d. II}.,-,,, I 'i{os;

Mercy5,b.10 Apr.1735;"m.Isaac Goodwin of Hartford; ~~.,,.J fr, 71T'1'-n·1111t~, C-,...; 6 e-1.. .

.AARON·~ llfl.ERRILL (.!ohn:;,John~}was born in Hartford, Conn.,where he was baptised S May,1711. He lived in West F.artford,and died in Se~tember,1747. He married, 9 Apr.1740,Esther Richards,daughter of Samuel Richards; she was baptised in Hartford 21 June,1713,and died in West Hartford 29 I·Jov .1798. Chilc.ren, born in West :Sart­ford:

Aaron~,bap.24 Sept.1743; c.1791.

:352 ii. Ebenezer;,bap.28 July,1745; d.4 Mar.1827.

iii. EstherS,bap.13 Dec.1747.

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CYPRWJ ~ MER~ILL (Johnl ,John=) was ::>orn irr ford,Conn.,and was baptised there 11 Oct.1713. lived in west Hartford until 1753, then in 1iew ford, and died in 1758. Ee married Elizabeth Children, born in 1i;:est Rartforc:

361 i. Eldads ,bap.8 May,1743; l.1790.

ii. BettyS;bap.10 Nov.1745.

iii. DeborahS,b.Mar.1747~ tap.5 Apr.1747.

Eart­:Se

Hart-

iv. Beulal15 ,b.J~ne,1749: m.13 July,1769,r:ath­aniel Doud of Sa.~disfield,Mass.

v. Lucretia;,b.23 July,1751; m.29 July,1790, .ii.-::iraha.n ?illey of Winchester, Conn.; lived Hew Hartford.

335 vi. Cyprian 5,b.June,1753; ~ap.l July,1753; ~-21 Apr.1812.

357 vii. AaronS,b.Mar.1755; d.l Sept.1831.

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4th GEI:ER;.TIOE BE?:JA!'\1II·,: ~ ?/u'..H?.I!.l. (John 3 ,John:l)was born in West Eart-ford,Conn.;where he lived until about 1757,wher:. he re­rr.oved t, 1(e,·, Hartford. lie married,16 J;.pr.1740, Mary Brace. nis r.ame appears in his father's will;but no record ls found of his birth. Children: {*)

381 i. Stephen=,bap.9 Feb.1740/41.

ii. AnnS,bap.12 Dec.1742.

iii. ~uthi,bap.27 Jan.1743/4; d.youn3.

iv. 3lizabeth5,bap.16 Dec.1745; d • .26 I~ov.1829~ rn. 17 June,1770;Josiah Smith of ~ethersfieldJ Conr..; he d.28 Se~t.18~~-ased SJ.; lived Winsted,Conn.; seven children.

v. ZstherS;bap.13 Dec.1747.

'Z ,;:,,Ve; • ..,..., VJ.. Solomon1,bap.27 Aug.1749 .

vii. RachelS,bap.24 Mar.1751; d.young.

viii.RhodaS ,bap.9 Au6 .1752; m.i •. Ives i;i !?e.-. Hart.for<:

RachelS;bap.5 Aug.1753; m.Isaac Loomis.

xl. 2uthS;bap.17 Oct.1756; m. ir. ~Iew Eartford.

Cr.urchill

:cii • .3arah~,bap.8 Oct.1758;in !-Tew F.artford.

xiii.SimeonS,bap.15 June;1760; m.Ruth Webster in Wt::~t Em-tford..

;:;i 'l. Silas5, bap. 31 Aug .1761.

(;,) Joseph-Warren Merrell of Collinsville.Co;:in., wrote.in the genealogical department of the Hartford Tir::es, ~:arch 30; 1503; · I was in !-;ew Hartford tv:o years a:;c,to see J.:I.:Eerrill.an old. settler;and he pointed to the place ahere 3enjamin 6 Merrill used to live, and t olC: :ne _that :Senj amin 4 had :;.ineteen cl1ilc.reri. ·•

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~~RAHA:! 4 MEF.RILL (Abrahaml ,John2 )was :bOrn 3 Dec. 4th GE!IERATIOI~ 1702, in riart:rord,Conn.-,and died 26 Oct.1789 .. · He ... · lived in West Rartford,where he was a deacon of t~e church. He married, l Dec. l.725 .,Abigail IJash, daughter of Lieut.John and Elizabeth (Kellozg) !iash ·of gadley, Mass. She was born· 10 Apr.1702;and died 3 Apr.1782. Children,oorn in West Hartfoed:

i. ElizabethS,b.ll Dec.1727.

ii. Abigail5 ;b.3 Aug.1729.

iii. Prudence 5 ~b.7 Nov.1733; d.Ze~t.1818; m. Gideon Deming; lived Nest Hartford.

40~ iv. Aora..~am5,b.12 Nov.1737; d.29 May,1821.

405 v. Eleazar5 ,bap.4 Nov.1739.

(See 14)

* a,oJ..J. JI~ .. ~ (17'r7-J'$27) c.,-a,, « ~ ~ i,1,..J..,. n-,'1t'}f,,,,,.f ..

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JOS3PH'' .?1..K::-!I~L (Aoraha:n>,John~)was born 28 Mar.1?07, in Hartford,Cor.n.,and died 13 Oct.1788. Ee lived in West

. Hartf'ord. and in 1734 became one of the first settlers of Eew Hartford,Conn. Ee married. (1) in 1733:~ar~; 4 Merrill (Abel 3 ,John 2 );who C:icd in Hartford; (2) 31 Mar.1741/2, Abigail Stone of Guilford.,Co.::1:1.; ;1ho died 2 :May, 1768, in 1iew Hartford; and (3) in f'ebruary,176£;:Martha (Aller!) Chapins,widow oi David Chapins; she died 8 Feo.1788,ir. new Hartford. Children

i. ClemenceS,b.12 Sept.1734,in .:lest Hartford; n:. 18 Ifov,1754,in l-:ew Hartforc'.;Deacon Hoah Kellogg; lived New Hartford. {Sc.-c. f· JbS)

ii. MaryS,bap.3 Apr.1743; m.15 Mar.176l;Icha~:Jod5

Merrill ( l'7oah 4 ; Isaac3 , Joh"!~) . ( See 561 . } -· -

4-D'3 iii. Josephs, bap .11 Mar.1743/ 4; G. .4 Mar.1821; lived I·Tew Hartforci; was a lioutenant ~n the 2evo­lution; m.29 May,1768,in Nzw ~artford,!.:yC:1a Plower,dau.o:t 3lijah anc f,.bi5ail {::.e::,rinour) Flower of the ~:orth village ,1-Iew :aartford; she was b.25 A~r.1748,and d.13 ~eb.1821.

iv. Michael5 ,bap.24 Aug.1745; d.unm.5 Sept.1752, while with the ex~edition a3ainst Havana under Cen.!,yman.

v. Abi,:;ail; ;bap.23 Aug.1747; m.2 Eov.1767, Eli Andrus; lived New Hartford.

vi. Mercy 5 ,ba~).10 Dec.174S; :n.Capt.Titus ;ie.tson of :lorfolk, Com:., a Revolutionary o!'f icer.

vii. PrudenceS,bap.22 Mar.1752; d.3 Sept.1839; m. Asal'.1.el Humphrey of Eorfolt,Cont!, *

l,u,-o, fh-..; t1J.-1 c).. He 4 I 5 viii.FhinehasS ,·.:.ap.2 Mar.1755; d.31 ri~z.r.1828;11-.;e& I:Jew F.artford; was a. captain in the ~evol.1-tion; m.~,Anna Buell of Litchfield:Con~., who d.4 Sept.1855.a::d SO.

""""' "' ~ 1, ~.J,.,,..J. H -r""-<--i ~ s,,_1...~. c ..........

James; ::bap.15 Jan.1758; d.1843; lived .Sandis­field;l1'.ass.,a.11d Ballsto~ Spa,~~-Y., he mar­rled,but ~ad no children.

Joan.i~-.5,bap.5 .P.pr.1761; m.l Aug.1784,Jor:as sa;ford; lived Poultnay,it.,and Gallipolis, o:--,io .

. ~ic~ael> ,b.2: ~ay.1770; d.abt.1816.

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MOSZS4 ME~?.IL!. (Daniel3 .,Johnz)was born 25 Dec. 4tl1 GE!l:""EP..ATIOI~ 1702, in Eartford.,Con.l'l. ,and diecl 4 Aug.1.776. He lived ii'! west Eartford,and;after 1766.,in ~armington.,Conn. Ee oarrie~ (1) in West Hartford~Sarah Cook; (2) 20 rov.1740;Rachel ,who died 31 Oct.1763. in West Hartford;aet.48,and (3) ('ov.blished 12 Ja."l.176S,, in ~iest Hartford)3athsheba Grimes ( or Gra..riam) of. ( ~) Simsbury. Children:

ii. Laodamia5, ban .2 'E'eb.17~?/S; oL '-m.....,.17'/o: ,..__ s-.....t-s~_.,. "PH....;-. ; '->,JJ°e/..

iii. Mosess,oap.18 Ju.ly,1731; d.3 Apr.1794.

iv. J..llens, b.1734; d.11 Ju.ly,1771.

v. MaryS.,bap.26 July,1.741.

vi. Samuel5.,bap.3 Mar,3:755; d.2 Sept.1772.

436 vii. Ele.azar;S d.16 11ay,l769.

viii .Rachel ;Sm.Deacon Iioah Porter of Farminzton. Rachel {Merrill) Porter had three sons~ P.obert,Edward and Noah,and a daughter Sophia. Th~ sons we~e all clergymen. The ~roungest;2ev .l,oal1 Porter,D.D., was for more than sixty years pastor of the church·in f.'armi1-igton. At his house was held, Sept. 10,lBlO;the first meeting of the America."l Board of Comr.lissioners for I:oreign ;\!1ssions. His son ::ev .Dr .1:oah Porter was President of Yale College-1871-86. Sophia Porter mar­ried Tiev.Reman Humphrey;D,D.,President of Lmherst College 1823-45.

(*) It has been queried whether this third marria3e was not instead the first marria3e of !<ioses, Jr.

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4th GENERATION JONJ..THl .... "1 4 MERRILL (Dan1el3 , Johr..~) was ·born 15 June, 1705,in Hartford,Cor.n.,and died in 1788 1n· Canton,Conn. Ab~ut 1739 he removed from his home in West Hart.ferd to a farm in the western part of S1msbury,Conn.,adjoining !-iew Hartford. That part of Simsbury was incorporated as a town under the name of Canton in 1806. Si~ families of Indians accompanied h1m,and settled near his house. The place where they lived is still knovm as Indian Hill, al though the Indian familieShave long been e~:tinct. Jon­athan Is v;ife Is name is not Jrnewn. *·Children·:

i. Martha5 ,bap.28 Jan.1728.

11. Daniel 5 ,bap.15 Feb.1730.

453 iii. Williams,b.1732; d.1806. 7'!"'. . s ~ iv. Jonathan ,b.1734.

V • MaryS,bap.11 July,1736; d.1814; m.Samue1s Mer­rill ( John •\.,3,2 ) of West Eartford ancl New Hart­ford. ( See 314.)

456 vi. George 5,~.1738.

vii. SusannaS,b.1741; d.without issue 1810; m.29 Apr.1763,Dudley Case.

viii.Hepzioahs,:.l.1743; d.1817; m.(l) 1762,William Humphr~y;and (2J 3ylvanus Case; lived canton.

j J ,rr,, ,.jf,_ ,,_. ,.,. 'h'l.,,A-·r•ilf .;, l'J4A ,I. io I.. q;,/~ m _,.....·,.,_J '117 q,,ry ~u-rJ ·

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!SP..&:!. 4 MEEJ.ILL (Daniel3 ,John. 3 )was born in Hart- 4th G!::13..-CU.TI0H ford,Conn.,v.here he was baptised 15 J..pr.1715,and d.ied 15 Oct.1784,in West 5artforc. Ee lived on the home" stead farm~which he received u..~der his father's will, & and he owned a tanner~. Ze married (1) Bethia.i.~ •.. and (2) in 1741.11.bigail cac.wellrdaughter of Ti1omas and. Iiannah (.Francis) Cadwell. Abigail Cadwell was born 5 Jan.1722/3:in Hartford. Children:

474

476

1,,,77

i. Lois 5 ;bap.4 May,1740; m.1760,Abra..~am Eum­phre~r of Simsbury, Conn.

ii. ~b16ail 5 ,bap.15 May,1742-

iii. Rosanna 5 ,bap.20 Apr.1744.

iv.

v.

vi.

vii.

Samuel5 ,bap.19 Jan.1746; d.15 Apr.1797.

idariarnne 5 ,bap.28 Feb.1748; m.9 Mar.1769, Ichabod-Forbes of Hartford.~

Israel;s lived Hartford.

,~r 0 ct5 ,_ a'·o+ 1751:.- c,.· ,..( ,K.., •• 180:::? C,, ;:. - ; "..) • ._, • ,.., J • J.\..,G4..:.I ; V- •

itf -;z,,_,..____, s IJ1.«4'TilJ.. d... /ffos. ~ lari .... ,.,..... ., a..,.,,,

4J Jo .. aik- ~ ~~ (coL..) ctu-<6<->. :r½ h.-J o-.:,.. d,,,.:~.,,.--. A :to $,~ 4- 'J'h.~U. t.;,, ,~..,,,, tJev.r<-, ":I ~11., ".,.,., w1..o-lc

IF- '1 ,;(~ .:fy.:"'7 ~ ~~ i- ~ ~ ~ j-J.,,._ (,.J~l;­

~:,,..,,_ ....., /,,r~ ~fli. 1k, tvt~• - ~ ~ .,.{,( D~vr

~w~ e,.,r-~ ~q,,,. ,,_ .11.:. w..q eoff-,-;,~ ove £. 21 oo.

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~s-,J, aJ<-..,.,.,. b. J~a.,.,. 1'11.0,......;J d . .3 ~­

/7'1f/. SN- .,,-ev,,,, d""". ~ ;-Jti.- .... ) rn.~ (fw3t-) '1J,.;f"(.,,r.

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HEZEKii.H 4 ME2P.ILL (Daniel3, John:?) was torn in Hart~ ford,Cor.n.,and w~s baptised there 11 Sept.1720. He lived in Eartford,where he died 14 Apr.1760. He married,28 Apr.1746,Sarah Butler°1who survived him ahd married (2) ~aron Dull. Chilcren of Hezekiah and Sarah Merrill:

i.

4Sl ) .i.i. I

4'12 \.iii.

Daniel5 ,b.1748; d.unm.in Hartford,aged 43.

Hezekaah 5,b.18-July,1752; d.1801.

George-3utlers,b.18 July,1752; lived Hart:t·ord; m.Martha-Smith 1Jevins;dau.of Robert and Mar­tha (Smith) Nevins of Hartford;who d.30 r:ov. 1793, in !:ew York, ageG 37.

493 iv. Charless,b.:ept.1755; d.3 Jan.1805.

v. Jared 5 ,b.1758; d.unm.1778,in Hartford.

vi. ~annin3 5,b.1759; d.without· issue 10 o~t.1785; lived Philadelphia; merchant; united with the Quakers; m.~lizabeth •

GIDZo;:r4- ME!:~Ii:..r. (~=Jilterton3,John:?)was born in Hart­ford,Conn.,where he died 9 Sept.1757. He married,5 June, 1740,Mary :!3i3elow,dau3;r.ter of Joseph and Sarah (Spencer) Bigelow. 3he died 9 Mar.1750,aged 29. Children~born in HartforG:

501

504

i.

ll.

:;,ii.

iv.

v.

Samuels ,1741; d.unm.in 1761 in Hartford.

i:at~aniel 5 ,b.7 Fcb.1742; d.l Mar.1820.

Mary5,b.1745, m.12 Apr:1761,Elisha Steel.

Hannah 5, b .17 47; rn .8 Apr .1770, Sal!luel :·::erry.

Gideo~~,b.1749; d.27 June,1803.

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THOMAS4 MERRILL (.;.bel 3 ,JohnZ)was bern 20 1;ov. 4th GJ:Ei1.1lATIO~; 1715.in West Hartford,Con::i..:where he conti::i.ued to live. He died lS June,1814.of fever. (Accardi~. to his .gravestone in the :'lest Hartford cemetery he ,;~s 101 years olC: at :1is c:;.eath, ~ut tl1is is p1•o°J-abl •r a:: error.) It is saiC: his farm was a ;:iile sc:ua.re. lie married ( 1) 5 Oct .1755, in :;est Hartford,. I.iartha Wood, who cii ed 12 Jul:·, 1793, a3:ec 58; and ( 2) • . Childre~:

511

512

513

514

i.

ii.

iii.

:i.v.

v.

vi.

vii.

TitusS,bap.22 Au3.1756; ~.11 Aug.1785.

MabelS;bap.S Apr.1758; c.youn6 •

Thooas',bap.9 Dec.1759; d.2 Mar.1847.

Pollards,bap.27 3e~t.1761; d.1855.

JohnS,bap.2 Dec.1764; d.unma~ried.

Abel5 ,bap.25 Jan.1767; prot.G.1823.

Marth::,s,bap.14 Jul:',177:!.; C:.unm.30 ~:ov. 1858,in ~est liartford:aged 87.

vlii.Clarissa',~ap~24 ~e~.1776: d.unm.in West Kartford at an ~lvancet ase.

::::.aran .• 3 ,:~a_, .... 1 ... , ···ov 1,...77 · d ,·ou·1 7 .., - .., '-• • I , •:J •.::,•

4th GEIJ.ERATIOE ELIJ.P.E 4 M.:CR~ILL (,~-~el3 ,Jot.n=)was born 9 ;ray,1720,in West Hartforci,Conn. He lived in "'Jest Hartford and New Hartford,Conn.,and was a member of the General Assembly from t:ie latter town in 1781. He married,in We.;t Hart­ford.,~achel Welles. Children:

i. Rachel 5 ,bap.26 July_l752~ ii. 3lijah5 ,bap.1G June,1754; d.unm.; served in

the ?.evnlutionar~' War, was captured., and died on board a prison ship.

532 iii. AshurS(or· Asher)) b.28 June,1756; d.16 Lug.1827.

535 iv. Theodore 5 ,b.8 Jan.1761,in New Hartford; d.1832; lived New Hartford. untiJ.;1826,wl1en he r·emovt:c to Palermo,1:.':.; m.Cyn:t:.hia 3arney,who sur­vived· him and m.(2)· Simeon Merrill of Wal­cott,!·~. Y., formerly of Ee.rtford,Conn.

v. Mabel 5 ,bap 13 Mar.1763; m.Col.Moses Kellogg; · · lived r~ew Hartford. •

vi. Hanna.'1 5 , bap.10 Feb~l 765; m. Truman Kell 035; lived ~ew Hartford.

1-:..nc. perhaps: v1::.1.c:1arles 5 , b.1'7S9.

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NEHEMIAH~ MERRILL (Abel3 ,John2 )was born in West Hartford>Conn.,and was baptised 20 Sept.1724. He lived in New Hartford,Conn.,and died 8 Jan.1810. He was. a captain in the 18th regiment of Connecticut militia in 1776/7. In the records of the old New Hartford church,under date of 22 July,1783,appears this entry: uy:church made choice of Elijah Merrell, Capt.Nehemiah Merrill and Capt.Noah Kellogg to in­spect y~ morals of their brethren and to complain before yt Church of any scandalous persons--if they thought prop.er~~arter ye private steps had been taken to restrain them.~~-- Nehemiah. Merrill 1s wife: is called Lydia in the New Hartford record of .bi.rths.,·-but ·in· the-record of baptisms she is called Martha. Children:

1. Nehemiah5 ,bap.29 Sept.175i; lived New Hart-ford; m.. ·

ii. Lydia .. f, bap .28 Dec .1753; m.

iii. Isaia."l s, bap .30 May ,1756; d. young.

iv. Isai~5 ,bap.6 Nov.1757.

"554 v. Jareds,bap.31 Aug.1760.

vi. ThankfulS.,bap.5 Nov.1763. s . vii. Keziah .,bap.2 Aug.1767.

Yale.

viii.Sylvanuss,bap.6 May.,1770; d.23 Sept.1793.

~ j<n,,Jt..-w~ 'h-t~ '1 ~u.:a., Co-,.,,,..., tqr0't, t,4,.;t 'Jzd..,..,, ... ,;,.), +- n,,.e,,H-\·u m. (l}.t.y~.:a. K..,l,lorr, W'f._o w.v. &. u. /72-7 c.-J .I.. 16

e.,;t-.1776; a....J (2J. 21r >'h°""l.f?'ffo, 5--.d. u.a, 41' J?.~·,,..,-r-, c-.......

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64 -HOAR"' Mlli":~ILL ( Isa.:..c 3 , John 2 ) was born 8 May, 1707, in

:Iartfor·d,Conr:.,and died in 1739. His wi:f'i:, was Ssther ... {probably Gillet). He lived in ~est Hartford u~­til:,1734,wher: he removed to Hew Hartford,Cc,n.1.,,where he was one c,f the first settlers. He was chosen the first to,1n clerk, 'but died. before taicin3 the of'fi~e. H•1s :iras the first death among tl1e white settlers of' Hew Hart­frJrc.:. After his c~eath his widow rode on ~1orseba.ck to ::artforc1, where she zave birt:1 tc-J the 1r youn~est child. Stie returned to her home in the wilc':er:1ess, and lived t.,ere many years. In the 1:1ventC'Jry of Noah ';l;ferrill 1s estate are mentioned a dictionar~, and a number of Latin boo::s, articles not common amon.3 the ear:!.y settlers. Chilctren:

IchabodS,bap.15 Sept.1728; d.5 June,1812.

ii. EstherS,bap.8 Mar.1730; d.10 nov.1778; m.2 Dec.1756;Lot Rorton,son of Thomas and Eliz­abetl1 (Mc Ian) :,c-Jrtc,n C'Jf Farmington; he was b.6 Aug.1733,in Farmin:;ton.,a.nd cl.lS Apr.1810, in Salisbury,Conn.; lived Salisbury; had tl1ree cnildren.

iii. Joseph>,bap.30 Jan.1732; d.without issue 20 Mar.1817; lived ITew Hartford; deacon; m. '.,ary I,Ierrill C'Jf Z!ew Hartford.

i~. MehitableS_~a~.2S May,1734; m.William Seymou~.

v.i.. :~ post'.1umous chil6; prob.d.young.

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TIMOTHY 4 MERRILL (Isaacl ,John=)was born 22 Mar. 1708/9,in Hartford,Conn.,and died in November,1778. He lived in West Hartford,and is supposed trJ have once lived in Groton,Conn. He married (l) 9 Nov. 1738,Mary Kellogg of Colchester,Conn.; she died 15 Dec.1754,and he married (2) 23 Mar.1758,in Farming­ton,Conn.,Mary Griswold of Farmington,who was born in 1726 and died 9 Apr.1797. Children:

1. Timothys,b.21 July,1741; lived West Haven, Conn.; m. Plumb.

ii. Mary,,b.28 Sept.1743; d.1810; lived Farming­ton; m.John Thomson,Jr.,of Farmin~ton.

iii. Lucys,b.14 Jan.1746; d.11 June,1752.

iv. Isaac 5 ,b.l9 Jan.1748; was living 1817;lived Hartland, Vt.; m.. Gillet.

574 v. James 5 ,b.25 Sept.1751; d.16 Mar.1807.

vi. Rhoda 5 ,b.8 Dec.1758; d.at West Britain,Conn,; m.Reuben Gillet.

m vii. Jonathans,b.28 Nov.1760; d.21 Aug.1836.

577 vi1i.Ashbel 5 ,b.7 Scpt.1762,

ix. Lucy 5 ,b.20 Dec.1763.

x. RubyS,b,25 Nov.1765; d.July,1845,in Farm­ington; m.Darius Woodruff of Farminston, who d.Nov~l84l; lived West Hartford; had seven children.

580 xi. Enos 5 ,b.l Nov.1768; d.9 Aug.1858.

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4,th GENERATION :SLIAKIM 4 MEY'.RILL ( Is:?.ac 3 ,John2 ) ,1as born in Hartford., Conn,,and was baptised there 8 Au6 .1714. F.e removed to r;ew !iartford, Conn., where his children were born. G::::.1 4ron, /.le- 711.a,,-n•w K~~ ~.:.. u·tJr--.:

,591 i. .Slia1~im 5 ,bap.14 Fe'J.1741/~; c.24 Feb.1812,

5S2 il. Eliass,bap.24 June,1744.

iii. George5,bap.30 Mar.1746. c :-. r'·.

iv. Mar~' 5 , 1,20 Dec.1747; m.(perhaps) Cyprian .0·:el­lo.:; J.

V. 3ildad5 ,cap.28 Jan.174S/50; d.21 Nov.1815.

vi. Saral1 5 ,ba~.l Mar.1752.

5Cl7 vL .. Martin 5 ,bap.21 Apr.1754; d.11 Mar.1812; lived Eew Hartfcrd.

viii.Zelindas,~a~.23 Nov.1755.

ix. Esther 5 ,t:ap.12 Feb.1758.

x. Isaac 5 ,bap.27 Jan.1760.

xi. Betty 5 ,bap.13 Dec.1761.

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JACOB 4 MEP.RILL (Jacob3 ,John~)was ",Jorn 19 Nov. 4th GEIIBRATIO!! 1712,in F.artford,Conn.,and died 13 Mar.1771,from the ef:tects of a wound accidentally received from a pitch-fork. Ee lived in West Hartford. He married,17 Feb. 1755, in ~intonbury Parish,near Bloom:field, Con:·,. ,Mary Manley of East Rartford,who died 30 Mar.1792,in West Eartford,aged 63 years. Children:

i. Mary5,bap.14 Dec.1755.

ii. nuldah 5 ,bap.30 Jan.1757.

513 iii. Jacob 5 ,b.24 Sept.1758; d.18 1:ov.1837.

iv. JerushaS,ba9.24 Aug.1750; prob.m.Jonathan Skinner.

v. Charlotte 5 ,bap.21 Mar.1762.

vi. Abigail 5 ,bap.8 Apr.1764.

Gl6 vii. WilliamS,bap.7 Apr.1766; lived West Hert fsPd.; m. ( l) 13 ~,.,._ .11go, it, West ::a:rt~ fcrd 3 Rhobe (PJ:ada'?) ThoPnton o~ 1:e.rtfere.1 who d,10 Jan,17Qg; ~. (2) ·

viii.Asa 5 ,bap.19 Mar.1769; d.23 Mar.1796,without issue.

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Z:sEULON~ ME?.RILL (Jacobl ;.;o:nr..~)was born 5 June,1716, in F.artford,Conn. Ee lived in ·.iest Hart:ford until a'boi...t 1750, w:1en he removed to Ne-1 Hart:ford, conn. He was a r.iei::­ber of the General Assembly in 1775. F.e married, in :.lest nartford,Susanna 4 Merrill (Abel;,John~). The first three of his children ~ere baptised in West Bartford,and the remainir..g th~ee in :r.rew Hartford. Children:

i. Chloe! ,b.12 Aug.1746; m.24 Dec.1783,(as seconc wife) Caleb Watson; lived J;ew 1-:artford.

ii. Theodosias,b.9 Dec.1747; m.17 July,1771,Solo­mon Woodruff of Farmington,Con..".; llved in Farminston.

623 lii. Jerijah5,b.25 July,1749; d.13 June;l791.

iv. ~usannas,b.15 ~pr.1754.

vi. Seth 5,b.30 Mar.1760; d.unm.10 ::ay,1787,ic !'Te,.,. Eartfcrci.

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ASP. 4 M~'""'.RILL (Ja~ob 3 ,Jcnn:!)was born 16 Feb.1720/l;ir, West F.artford,Con,,.,anc. diec. ii"l 1767;having spent t.is life in West Hartford. Children,)orn in West ::Iartford:

i. Sarah 5 ,bap.1Z Oct.1746.

ii. Asa5,bap.15 Jan.174S; d.youn:.

iii~ Asa3,tap.24 Mar.1751.

iv. A0i~ail5 ,caJ.10 June:1753; proc.m.GideonS Mer­~~i1::_ ( G id.eo:1 ~ .- Wil terton3, JohnZ) • (See 504.)

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A3p_c._=.J.M 4 MEP.RTTJ, (Abrahaml ,Abraham .!)was born 23 aug.1698,in Newburyi,Mass. Ee married,5 Jan.1730/1, in Amesbury ,1~ass. ,nu.th Ring,daughter of F.obert I'1.in~ of Amesoury. Ee was a farmer;and lived in .A.mesbury, where his seven daughters were born. Children:

i. Abi3ail5 ,b.10 Oct.1731; ~-John Currier,Jr.

ii. ?.uth 5 , b .11 Jan .1733/4.

iii. Lydias,b.25 Jan.1733/7; m.4 June,1761, Jacob 3laisdell.

iv. Sarah 5 ,b.21 Feb.1738/9.

v. Elizabeth 5,~.17 June,1741.

vi. ~!!ary 5, b. 7 Au:;.1744.

'l"ii. :-Iar .. "lah s, b. 29 rilar .17 47.

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. 4th GENEilA'i'IOli ISAAC' MERRILL. (AbrahamJ ,Abraham 2 )was ,bc,rn 25 Feb. 1707/8,in 1~ewbury:,Mass. He lived in Amesbury,Mass.; 3e made his will 7 Feb.1787,and it was admttted to\probate 26 Feb.1787. His estate,according to the invent.OJ;.·,.,. : ·1alued. at £ 2735~7s .9d. He married,18 Nov.1735.,in Hav:­erhill ,Mass. ,Mehi table Hastings, wh& died 29 Nov.1795,. aged 78 years. Children:

i .. Elizabeth5 ,b.5 July,1737; m.3 :Mar.1764,Enoch. · Rogers; lived in :the West Parish o:f Amesbury/.

now Merrimac .,Mass. ·

672 ii. 5' . , Jacob ,b.10 Mar.·1739.

673 iii. Isaacs,b.27 May,1742.

iv. Joseph 5 ~b.22 Sept.1745; d.young.

v. Mathias5 ,b.19 Dec.1747; d.11 Mar~l790.,without issue; lived Amesbury; m.17 Cct.1771,Hannah Bartlett,who d.27 Jan.1832~

vi. Mehitable5 ,b.2 Oct.1750; d.young.

674 vii. Joseph 5,b.l Mar.1753; d.3 Feb.1814.

viii .Mehitable 5 , b.2 Mar.1756; m.24 Mar.1774,Moses Plummer; lived Amesbury,West Parish.

ix. John5 ,b.1758; lived Amesbury; m.10 Nov.1780, Patience Peaslee.

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JOHN 4 MER::?ILL (Johnl_,Abraham~) was born 13 Jan. 4th GENERATION .1717 /18, in Iiew1:>ury:,Mass., anq died tri:-ere, in November,

1759. An e 1Jidemic of . smail,t:>oJ: v1s1.ted Newbury in the winter of.17_59/60,and caus~d more than'.thirty···deaths. Jo.e~ording to tradition,,John4 Merrill contracted. the . disease by wearing a cap., whieh he found on .the bank of the Merrimack, and his was the first death. All the victims of the epidemic are buried together in Sawyer's Hill cemetery .Wewburyt_Jort. John• Merrill married, (published 19 Dec.1746. in Uewbury,) Ame Ordway,daughter of Pe_ter and Jemima Ordway 1of New­bury. Children, born in Newbury:

i. Peters,b.28 Jan.1747, d.23 Sept.1823; lived Newbury,Mass •. and Minot ar.d New Gloucester. Me.; m.Patty '.i'arbo::~: d.without issue.

6EIT ii. John5 ,b.14 Apr.1750, d.21 May,1821.

iii. Hannah5 ,b.13 Dec.1751, m.22 Apr.1773,Jcna­than _Chase, lived Minot,M~.

iv. Jemima5 ;b.15 Feb.1754~ m.25 J..ug.1774,Joseph Saunders of Amesbury; he was born in Port­ugal 15 r;ov.1743; lived Minot,Me.; eleven children.

v. Anna5 ,b.l757; d.unm.

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4th GSNERATIO!·~ HENff'l 4 MERRILL ( John3 ,Abraham:;) was born 27 June, l 71S, in Newburv.Mass .• where he died 4 Jan.1804.~ He married. (1) 9 Aprli,1745:in Newbury,Mary Peterson,daughter of D~. David and Elizabeth Peterson of Newbury; and (2) 5 May, 1748,Priscilla Lowell,daughter of Benjamin Lowell of New-bury. His wife Priscilla died in May, 1777, aged 49. Children,born in Newbury:

i. MollyS,b.14 July,1749; d.1784 in Newbury; m. Cutting Moulton; lived Newbury.

~ ii. HenryS;b.4 0ct.1751; d.3 Apr.1844.

iii. Priscilla5,b.· 21 Jan.1754; d.17 Sept.1814: rn. 25 Nov.1779,Samuel Chase.

694 iv._

v. Sally 5 ,b.ll Mar.1764; d.13 July,1822; m.1785, Na than 6 Mer rill ( Richarc~_s , Pa than4 , I: a than3 , Abel2

); lived Rumney ,H. H. ( See DmI.) ~ --

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AERAHPJ.11 4 M~11~ILL ( Jcmathan3 ,Abraham2 )was born 29 May,1707,Ln Newhury,Mass. He lived in Haverhill,Mass., 8.nd Plaistow and Derryf ield ( l1CJW Ma.nohester) ,r. H. Ser­geant. About 174R he settled at Merrill's Falls, or M::,rl"'ill's r:'erry,on the Merrimack, 11 just below the old B;r8.nit~, bridge. 11 Or. petition of Lbraham Merrill and Thomas George the town of DerPyf ie lcl was incorpc1ra ted in 1751. At the f'irst tow~ meeting he was chosen one of the surveyors of highways,and at several subse~uent to~n meetings was 0hoscn a selectman. Of more than fifty 1)ersons who i:1aid ta:;:es in 1758, 1759 and 1760 tow­ard the furd for building a meeting house 5 only one paid 2.n assessment his;her than the £ 73 which vrns Grcd i ted to ''Ser0 t.Abraham Miral.': He married,20 June:,17,34,Me­hitable Stevens of Haverhill. Children:

1. Mehitable5 ,b.19 April,1735,in Haverhill.

ii. SarahS,b.30 Qct.1736,in Haverhill.

iii. JcJhns ,b.9 f'cb~l738/S,in PlaisG(JVi; f::nlisted from D2rryfield,and served at Fort William Henry~ was ta~ed in Derryfle:d in 1760.

700 iv. A.tr&..hamS ,b.30 April)l74lpin Plaistow.

702 v. JrJ11athan:i ,b.26 Oct.1?43,in Plaistow.

Vl, Ruth 5 ,b.14 Aug.1746,in Derryfield.

vii. MaryS,b.11 June,1749,in D~rryfi2ld.

705 vlii.Davic1s,b.4 Yiov.1752: d.De-2.1831.

707 ix. Eathaniel5 ,b.15 Sept.1755,in Derryfit::ld.

x. Elizaboth5 ,b.17 Jan.1758,in DArryfield.

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NA'I'HA2-~I~L4' MI;::-:nE_.~ (JonathanJ,Abrahami)was born 29 May,1707,in Newbury 1 Mass.,being a twin brother of AbnJ.harCJ I above. Fe moved to that part of Haver hi 11, t:ass. ;which was inc(;Pporated 2.s Plaistow,r'.H. ,when thP present State line was established in 1741. He died in 1742. L:-:; marr·ied. in Haverhill, Hannah Goc)d­r1ir1, wl10 died 13 May;l758Jin Plaistow. Children;born :i..n Plaistc11:

i. Ja:ness; b.1730.

ii. Nathaniel 5 ,b.18 Jan.1731/2; lived Salem, N.. n. ; m. Snra:-1

iii. Mary5,b,27 Hov.1735.

lv. Jacoti5,b.23 Apr.1738.

7. Hannah5,b.19 Sept.1740; ~.(perhap~) £benezer

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4ti1 GI::rrz::-,.ATI01: n:.~lID-4 1C2.!:ILI. (DaviC:: 3 ,Abraham::)was born 1 };;ay,1708; in IJewl.lury,Ms.ss.,and diec. 15 June,1789. Ee moved to. Amesbury;Mass.,previous to 1730. :ie lived at Amesbur~; ferry,·· in t!1e house back o:f the one wher"' Josiah Bc.rt­let t [signer of the Declaration of Independence] '11as born; where the Old Ladies'Home is now situated.» He was known as Major,and was a delegate to a county con­ver:tion at Ipswich 22 .:::.pr.1776. 3e ;1as a deacon of the First Ccn.:;:regational C:h!.!rcl1. !ie married (1) 15 Jan. 1729/30,Eleanor 3laisdell,daughter of ~phrairn a~d Debo­rah (Sartlett) Blaisdell of ~~esbur~; she was born 7 ~eb. 1710,a.ncl died 26 Fet.1757. rie married (2) 31 Mar.1768, Christiana George, wid.o,;1 of Samuel George, Jr., and daughter of ,]'r;::n ar,cl Dorothy (Hoyt) 7/ells,who was born 21 June_ 17ZO. Children:

i. David> ,b.26 Oct.1730;d.ur.n:.5 Jan.1782,in I-rew Grenada,W.I.,where he had lived ten years or more;owninc a plantation at Fort Royal.

721 ii. Winthrop 5 ,;:i.31 Oct.1733; d.1781.

iii. Murys,::i.28 Jan.1735/6; d.7 Feb.1816:; ~.Deacon Obadiah Colby,who was born 9 Dec.1731,in 30s­ton,and died 29 Dec.1814:; eight children.

iv. Slizabeth5 ,b.5 July,1738; m.20 Jar..1757,Capt.

724: v.

Zbenezer Whittier; he ~as town clerk,treas­urer and selectman of Por.nalboro,Me.,and d. 28 Oct.18lO;aged 77; lived Amesbury,Mass., and Pownalboro ,Ue.; seven c:1ildren.

llelatiah 5 , b. 29 Jul:,' ,1741; d.25 J:.ug.1815.

vi. Bezaleel51 b.8 Nov.1745; d.May;l747.

·1tii. Sarahs,b.1747; n..7 Apr.1768;Abiel Cross.

vi ii .Bezaleel ~, b. 28 July, 1750; prob. d. ~roung.

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ELIPHA.LET ♦ MEP.RI!.L (David 3 ,AbrahamZ)was born 7 4th GENERATION" o~t,1717,in Newbury,Mass. Re lived in J1.lllesbury,Mass., Harepton Falls.U.H.~and Kensin3ton,E.H.,and ilas a joiner. Re married,10 July,1739,Lydia Clough. Chil-dren, the first t,vo of whom were born in Amesbury, the others in Xensington:

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i. Lydia5,b.20 Feb.1740; cl.unm.

ii. ~uth5,b.19 Feb.1742; m. (1) True Green, (2) Oliver Osgood; lived Salisbur:·,!Jass.

iii. Marys,b.27 Ja.~.1744; m.17 Jan.1768,Isaac ::'ell ows. Jr., of Kensington, r.ioved to i'Jal~e­field ,N .E.; I I J..

iv. 5enjaminS,b.2S Ma~.1746; d.25 Oct.183l;lived Seabrook,~.E.,and Salisbury,Mass.; m.18 Oct.1770,i~ Salisbury,Haz1nah Morrill,who . d.2 Oct.1826~a3ec 74. 6fi his torr.bstone in Salisbury is inscribed--'"In the Revolution he bravely fou3ht and bled in defence of his country, and fai tllfully discharged all duties as a soldi'.er. 11

v. Stephens,b.5 June,1748; d.30 July,1828; lived Wiscasset and Sd:;ecomb,Me.; m.Phebe Clif­ford,dau.of William Clifford of 3dge~or-b; she d.9 July,1832.

vi. Lsas, b.2 Dec .1_750.

vii. SimonS,b.10 Apr.1753; d.24 Apr.1840; lived Chester ancl Hampstead>l'I.E.; served at :Sun-ker Hill; .. . ,

:ars-t ., • urmised that Po _____ •• ~-.. iden name of there were in ~"e date of

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viii.SarahS,b.28 Sept.1755.

iz. Miriams ,ba~.25 June,1758; m. lived in Vermont.

x. Jeffiima~,b.24 (?) Apr.1758.

;~i. Lydia5, b.20 July ,l 7SO.

xii. 1!oses5; ship-master·; d.at sea;unrn.

Morgan;

ABR..!;_H;.JJ'~ MZR.2!11 (Da-.rid 3 ,A;:;raham2 )was born 3 Jan. 172G/3;in Newbury,Mass.,a~d died 25 Apr.17Gl. ne lived near the ferry in Ames':>ury ,Mass. I·Ie marriec:;." 17 Sept. 17 48 ,Rachel Lowell of Amesbury" ,1~10 died 28 Jc::...'1.1817; a3ed S4. Children:

i. Sarah:s,b.1750; cl. voun--=:. V -

762 iii. 3enjamins,b.l !-Tov.1755; cl.10 June~l834.

iv. MollyS,b.1763.

v. :::liphalet5 ,':J.25 JulJ,1764; &.without issue.

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JOSEPH 4 MRRRILL (Daniel3 ,Da.~1el~)was born 28 May, 4th GEI.IBRATION 1694,in :Newbury,Mass.,and died 1.7 Mar.1771,in Stratham, N.li.,vrhere he passed most of' his lif'e. lie was a shoe- /"s~ p.2.o?) maker. Ee married (1) Mary Palmer,who died 21 1~ug. 1...· 1744; and (2) Charity Rollins (or Rawlins). Children:

1. Moses ;S killed in the French and Indian war; unm.

771 ii. Joseph 5 ,b.14 Dec.1719.

772 iii. Daniel5 :b.l2 Dec.1721.

iv. MaryS,b.5 Feb.1723/4; d.6 Jan.1730/1.

·-J. Josiah 5 , b,. 7 June,1726; d.u.ri.m.10 May ,1745.

773 vi. Jamess,b.10 July,172S; d.2 Mar.1784.

vii. ElizabethS,b.10 May,1731; d.17 Aug.1792; m. (1) Elisha Leavitt,and (2) Samuel Leavitt.

viii.Molly 5 ,b.l5 July,1736; d.22 Sept.1742.

ix. ~liphalet5 ,b.26 Jan.1737/8; d.7 Oct.1742~

775 x. 3enjamin5 ,b.22 Dec.1739; d.30 Apr.1795.

xi. Mercy 5 ,b.28 Sept.1746; d.ll July,1750.

xii. Esthers,b.19 Nov.1748; d.4 Feb.1817.

xiii.Han:1ah 5 ,b.16 Nov.1753; d.10 Nev.1758.

·'!!: sc,k"~~ ,~ ac...q. ~ 31 ~~- 171+2, ~ ~ /.U,,J➔-1.2.si.cre-... cLr..Jk,, ~ St:;.,.;;d:;..--.. <r ~;~ 4.-p 71..cJ- ~f "6 ~ ~ ~ GO cl,,;,, ~.v3-<. ~ ~.)} 'p ,d.,...._d_ .4.o7-e,_ ti,,_ .,...,.,.r; 4-:_d_ t k v-:y 'n,o. ... J.. t,,:Jc,,. -t',,,,,._ di.µ.;;t..-·o.. cg -/ti,.. prc,,.-.1- t.· ◄• L.. ':

4th GE!{::P.J..TIOII -----. .DA1'TIEL4 MlliL~IL!. (Daniel3 ,Danie12 )was born 3 Apr.1696, in Newbury,Mass.,and spent his life in that town. lie died in 1784. Ee marrieci,20 May,1725,in Hewb'UIY, Sarah Moers ( or Horse-) :~ Children:

i. Joshuas,t.4 Feb.1725/S; d.unm.

781 ii. DanielS,0.18 Aug.1731; d.1788.

iii. Sarah3,b.3 Feb.1733/4; m.(l) 7 Feb.175O,in ~ewbury,P.ichard Pillsbury,and (~) Thomas !-ieV,'Tt~.

783 iv. Jor.atha.n 5 ,b.8 JuJ.y,1738; d.bef.5 Apr.1779~

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PETER4 MERRILL (Daniel3 ,Daniel2 )was born 8 Apr. 1703,in Newbury,Mass.,a.nd died there 17 Dec.1777.

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He was a weaver,and lived in Newbury. He was a me~­ber of the Episcopal Church in Newbury,and a deacon of the Belleville· Church,Ne~buryport. He married, (l) 8 Feb.1725/6,in· I'iewbury,Mary Bailey,and (2) 20 Mar.1729/30:Priscilla Annis,daughter of Joseph a..,d Dorothy P.nn1s o~ Newbury •. Children:

i. Marys,b.7 Nov.1726; m.16 Mar.1748/9,Jabez Bradbury.

ii. Judith5 ,b.18 Mar.1727/8; d.young.

iii. Hannahs,b.14 Feb.1728/9; m.Col.Peter :Noyes; lived at Back Cove,Deering,Me.

iv. Abigail5 ,b.26 Nov.1737; m.Capt.Joshua Knight.

v. PeterS,b.11 Nov.1739; lived Falmouth (now Portland),Me.; m.26 Nov.1767,Rebecca Ayer.

vi. Priscilla5 ,b.24 Apr.1743; m.George Knight; lived Falmouth,Me,

vii. Seths,b.24 Jan.1744j5; d.young.

viii.Esther5 ,b.17 Mar.1748/9; m.Edmund Chase; lived Minot,:Me.

797 ix. Annis 5 ,b.13 June,1750; d.10 May,1847.

x. Jacob5 ,b.22 Mar.1754; d.30 Sept.1824; lived Newbury,at the homestead of his father; served as lieutenant of infantry 1812; m. 8 Feb.1778,in Newbury,Mary Dow of Newbury, who d.21 Aug.1823,agod 73.

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3::rJAMil:~ NJ::i:L~ILL (Dc".niel3 ,De.r..iel z) r.-as born 30 ,.Apr. 1708, in I~e;.rbury ,Ms.ss., arid died in 1768 in .Andover ,Mass-~­Ee spent his life in Ner1bury and ~:.nc.over. Ee marri'ed (l) 23 Feb.1729/30~Ha.."1.:1ah Bartlett of 1•:ew'!)ury,who c'.ied 9 Apr. 1739,aged 33; anc (2) 4 Feb.1739/4:),~lizabetb. Dow of. An-dov·e :r·. Cl1ildren, l::or·n in :Newbury: · ·

i. Amoss ,b.11 Jan.1730/1; d..u...--im.1824; liveC: Che.s­ter,!·T.H.; serve~ in the Crown Point e:::p~~-i-­tion in 1757.

ii. i:.. ah5 ,._2- -· 11-2 ..ar.n , u, .0 1; OY. ., ; m • .Jonathan Hills .•

iii. A son; b.13 Oct.1735; c.youri3~

812 iv. ~tephenj,b-12 Jan.1736/7; d.20 Apr.~822.

v. Sar~~ 5 ,b.5 ~pr.1739; ra.Jesse Flummer.

vi. 3enjamin 5,b.22 Feb.1740/1.

vii. Edmond 5 ,b.7 July:1742; m.{1) 1771,Abigail Wor­cester,a.~d (2) Mary Merrill.

viii.JohnS,b.15 Feb.1743/4.

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xi ..

SlizabethS,b.22 Jan .. 1744/5.

MaryS,b.7 Apr.1747.

Sar:iuel 5 , 1:i .. 6 May, 17 49.

:Snochs,b.1750.

xiii .I:abbyS, b.1752.

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TEOMAS~ Mz,>..RILL (Daniel3 ,Daniel: )11as borr:. 24 June, ~p. .J-EkEE!ATION 1710, in i{ewbury ,i\rlass., T-there he _spent his life. Ee mar-rice Har.nar. · Children:

i.

iv.

v.

V •; - . vii.

Lydia 5 ,b.12 Nov.1740.

Aoel5 ,b.18 Jan.1741/2; d.your.:.

Abel5 , o.6 Jan.1743/4.

Thomass,o.4 June,1746.

~anna~5 ,b.lS July,1747; c.youn;.

•·- , 5 b 2 "' b 1 7 ""O na.nn8.i1 • • !.' e • _ .:, •

Sarah>°,b.17 Sept.1752.

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E1~0CH~ MEP3.ILL (Daniel3 ,Dar.iel2 )r1as born 29 Dec. 1712,in Newbury,biass.,and continued to 1-ive there. Ee married,19 Uay:1750;Sarah Lor:.g. Administration ;;as grarated to his widow 29 l~ov.1762,the estate by the inventory amounting to :£346,lls.8d. Children:

i. Sara.h;5-,rr..(l) l:athan Woc-;dman,and. (2) Joseph Sawyer; lived Newburyport; a.without issue.

841 ii. 3noch5 ,b.1753; d.28 Dec.1812.

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EDMOND4 MERRILL (Daniel' ,Daniel.:)was born 28 Mar~h, 1715,in Newbury,Mass.,and died 2 Aug.1807 in Falmoutij, Me.,aged 92. Re was a mille~ and lived in West Falmouth. He JI.arried,29 Sept.1748,Jane Noyes,daughter of Joseph and Jane (Dole) !~oyes of Falmouth. She was born 16 Jan. 1722/3. Children:

Daniel',b.15 July,1749; d.21 Feb.1824.

ii. Esther;,b.21 Mar.1752; d.young.

852 iii. Edmcnds,b.25 Mar.1754; d.16 Feb.1B36.

iv. JaneS~b.10 July,1756; m.Andrew Hall of Fal­mouth.

JS :f~.JSZ.b; v. Hannah 5,b.8 Jan.1758; d.isc:, m.Gen.James5

Merrill (Joshua 4 ,Jame~3J;.bel 2 ). (See 1315.)

vi. Simon5 ,b.21 June,1760; lived Vassalboro,Me.; m. Arethusa S1:;eat ; d. v; i thout issue.

855 vii. Peter5 ,b.15 Jan.1763; d.21 July,1815.

856 viii.Cutting5 ,b.31 July,1765; d.2 Jan.1849.

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MOSES• M::EL'iZILL (Daniel3 ,De.niel2 )was born 5 Apr. 4th Gfil:"ERATION 1719,in Eewbury,Mass. Ee made his will 18 Jan.1786, a."6. it "!:'las proved 13 Mar.~789. Ee lived :!.n tr.at part of ?:ewbury which in 1764 was incorporated as l'Zewbury­port. He was a :nember of the Episcopal Churc:h of New­"bury. Ee married:5 Apr.1743,Mary Plummer,daughter cf Samuel;Jr.,and Hannah Flummer of 1;ewbury. She was bc,rn 26 !-!ov .1723, and died about 1795. Cl::ildren;

i. Samuel5 ,b.11 :Mar.1744; d..unm.

861 ii. Thomass,b.24 Oct.1745; d.12 Feb.1822,

iii. Sarah5 ,b.9 Apr.1748; d.after 1797 unm.

1 v. James>, c. 25 Jan .1750: 11 ved i;ewbury; and re­n:oved to Marietta,Ohio,where he died: r::. Mary Kinney; has many des~endants in Ohio.

Abigail;,b.7 Aug.1755; m. Dow.

vi. Moses 5 ,b.7 3'eb.1759: d.,,ithout issue; said to have teen killed in battle; served in the navy under Paul Jones; captured;24 Dec.1776;0~ the brig Dalton,and. confined in the so-called Mill prisor.,at Plymouth, England.

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ABEL4 MEP..RILL (Jor.n3,Dll'--iel~-) ;;as born 4 Jan.1702/3, in Salisbury,Mass. Be settled in 1~u.ndel (now KennebUI".k­port),Me.,removed about 1725 to what is no~ Wells,Me.; and returned in 1738 to Ar-.inde"l, of .;hich tovm he was one of the proprietors;and where ~e was living in 1753. He and two other men were 0 killed while out a-:fisbi ng in a srr:all boat,by "black-fish. 11 Ee was a deacon of the Con-gregational Church. 3:e ir.arried llfary Harding. Only child:

871 Gideons,o.1728; d.Apr,1811.

91

J0n.i"i 4 Ml:!Rl~ILL (John3,Daniel2 ) was born 14 Aor.1704. in Salisbury,Mass.,and died 8 Apr.1784,in Arun1el (now· I{enne bur.kport) ,!.1e. ; whither he had ramoved about 1725. He ~arried Mary H~tchins,daughter cf Samuel and Sarah (March) nut~hins of .u-,mdel. She was bo~~ in Ki.t~e~y, Me. ,and diec in ./l..r..indel, Children: ·

l/6 Jn._..1'1'13.

bBl i. D · 1 5 "' ., ee · anie • _,s:er:.

882 ii. John 5 ,b.29 Jan.1733/4.-; d.2~ Mar.1828.

iii. Hanna11 5; d.17 Mar.1776; m.James Burnhar=;lived Arundel; her husband was killed in a skir­mish with the 3~itish at Goat Island, near Arundel,1782.

884 iv. Obed5 ,b.6 Feb.1738/9; d.18 J::ov.1822.

v. Anna;sm.Isaac Burnham; lived Arundel.

vi. Humphrey;5 d.young.

(*) The black-fish here mentioned was probably the "deductor,nor delphinus globiceps,a dolphin often found fifteen or twenty feet in length. They gather in herds and pursue schools of fish,sometimes into the nets of the fishermen.

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TiiOMAS4 MEP..RILL (Jor.nJ ,.Daniel: )was born 15 Dec. 1708,in Salisbury,.Mass •• and died there 3 Feb.1791. Ee carried,.18 July,1728,in Salisbury,Martb.a Cilley, daugcter of 3enoni and Eleancr (Get~hell} Cilley of Salisbury. She was born 21 May,1709,and died 2 Aug. 1773,in Salisbury. Children,born in Salisbury:

SamueJ.S ,b.8 Jan.1728/9; d.4 May,1822.

ii. RuthS~b-4 Aug.1730; m.Wymond Eaton.

iii. Eleanors,b.l Sept.1732; m.28 Feb.1753,Daniel Jackman; lived Salisbury.

v. 1;an~ys ,b.3 !,ov.1737; m.:::benezer Eaton.

vi. Abel5 ,.b.5 Ncv.1739; d.7 Dec.1745.

vii. EannahS,.b.10 Feb.1740/1; m.Dudley Sanborn.

viii.Humphreys,b.27 F'eb.1742/3; d.24 Nov.1745.

ix. Martha 5 , b.15 May ,.1746 ;- m.15 Mar.1778 ,Edward ·c111ey. ·

.x. ~ . ~s b 7 A 17-4 d 7 1754 .:iara1. , • · pr - o :; • .Apr. _.

xi. MosesS ,b.1756; d.1755.

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262 A Mlo?.RILL MEMORIAL

94

MOSES 4 MERRILL (Moses3 ,Daniel2) was born 28 Dec .1707,

in Salisbury,Mass.,and died 9 Apr.1795,in Haverhill,Mass. He was a deacon of the Congregational Church in Salisbury, and lived at or nea:' his f'ather's homestead. About 1763 he removed to New Gloucester,Me.,having probably lived a short t1ree in Biddeford,Me.,a:fter leaving Salisbury. Be­fore 1790 he removed to Haverhill. Be married,(l) 11 Dec.1729,Sarah True,daughter o-f' Jabez and Sarah (Tappan) True of Salisbury. She was born 2 Jan.1710/11,and died 9 June,1783,in New·Gloucester. He n:arried (2) 3 Nov. 1791,Mary (Bartlett) Clement,widow o-f' Deacon Benjamin Clement of Haverhill. She died 31 July,1805,aged 85. Ghildren,born in Salisbury:

i. MaryS,b.30 Sept.1730; d.17 Jan.1823; m.18 June, 1756,Daniel Moody of Salisbury,who d.18 Nov. 1815,aged 85; lived Salisbury; threechildr·en.

9I2 11. Jacob 5,b.31 May,1732; d.19 Sept.1812.

iii. Janes,b.23 Nov.1734; d.young.

913 iv. Ezekiels ,b.10 Sept.1736; d.l Jan.1822.

914 v. Gyless,b.12 Mar.1738/9; d.27 Apr.1801.

915 vi. Moses5 ,b.18 May,1741; d.June,1821.

vii. Sarahs,b.18 Aug.1743; d.5 Dec.1760.

viii.Benja.min 5 ,b.26 Apr.1746; d.young.

ix. JabezS,b.3 Apr.1748; d.young.

x. JabezS,b.9 Dec.1749; d.20 Aug.1751.

xi. Samuel5 ,b.11 July,1756; d.16 Dec.1760.

A MERRILI, M,;;;;'IORIAL 263

SAMU21.4 MEP.RILL (Moses3 ,Daniel:) ,1as born 20 July; 4th GE!-:ERATI0I: 1711. in Salisbury ,Mass., and died 12 July ,1801, in I-Tew Gloucester,Me. In June,1737,he removed t.o North Yar-mouth,Me.,froo Salisbury. After six years he returned to Salisbury and spent eight years t~ere,removin3 again to North Yarmouth about 1751. fi:9 .;ent to iiew Glouces- (S,c,.e.. p,p./39./'l-t-2) ter to live before 1783. He was a farmer. Ee married, 10 Dec.1734,in Salisbury,Anna Evans,who died ~0 April, 1772, in r;orth Yarmouth. C:B:: another account she died in December,1795;in Ne~ Glcucester,aged ao.) Cr.iloren:

i. SarahS,b.5 Jan.1735/6,in Salisbury.

92~ ii. Sa.~uel~ ;b.21 May.1739; d.20 July,1800.

923 iii. Benjamin5 sb.17 Feb.1740/1; d,7 Apr.1824.

iv. Judah> ,b.8 Dec.1742; m.26 Dec.1765;in New Glcucester,Mary Sawyer.

v-. P_"l.nas ·,b.28 Oct.1744,in Salisbury.

926 vi. Johns ,b.12 Dec.1746.

vii. Ma1•yS ,b.20 Feb.1748/SJ·in Salisbury.

. . . t. • • "' 18 0 t 17 - 1 . ,. th Y t"' · VJ.l.l. ..... anna.n>, ,... • c • ::,_., l.n J.·:or . armou .~; o.. l .Juna,17S4,in Kew Gloucester; m.(l) 25 Dec.1771,in New Gloucester,Perkins Ev-eleth; m.(2) 26 Sept.1782,Ezekiels Merrill (Moses4, Moses3 ,Daniel: ) . (See 913.) . -

ix. Elizabeth5 ,b.26 Dec.1753,in 1;orth Yarmouth.

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264

97

DAI•;IEL4 ME?2.ILL {MosesJ ,Da.niel2 ) :was born 27 Apr. 1723,in Salisbury,Ma.ss.,and died 19 Aug.1809. About 1764 he removeC: to !l!ew Gloucester,Me. ,;.here he became the first deacon of tl1e Congre5atic:•nal Church.~ He mar-ried, ( l) Elizabeth Clough.and {2) Anr..o. • His children were born in Salisbury,except the last two,r.ho were by the second wife,and were born in ?l'ev Gloucester. Children:

941 i. Josephs,b.5 Nov.1744; d.bef.1788.

ii. Rhoda5,b.22 Jan.1746/7; f~Ph&ps m,2~ L~~-179~, i~ ilo; GlousesteF,Jsnat~~r Prirfte

. iii. Benjarr.inS,b.13 Mar.1747/8; d.6 May,1782; liveJ

Iiew G-lcucester; m.(l) 13 .a.ug.1772,in 1:·Tev; Gloucester,Sarah Collins,~hc d.in 1773 1 age~ 20; rn. (2) 10 Sept.1779, in 1~ew Gloucester, Dorcas (Sawyer) Eubbard,who d.18 June;l782; prot.r..o issue.

944 iv. Eliass,b.l Feb.1750; d.18 Oct.1802.

q46 v. Jabezs,b.25 June,1753~ lived New Gloucester; m.9 Nov.1775,Hannah Sawyer.

vi. Mosess,b.1758; d.young.

qso vii. Levi 5 ,b.1759.

viii.Mosess,b.Sept.1760; ~-u~~-

ix. Anna5 ,b.28 !iov.17S~; i-... JJ...,,_f-.c-J 73Q>,\.--y, ~-; 7d...

qs4- x. Daniel 5 ,b.20 Apr.1767.

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DA1,IEL4 MERRILL (S~ephen:; ,Dar..iel:: )was born -15 Anr.1711,in Sa.J.isbur-~,Mass.,where he continued to live. He married,22 Dec.1736,in Sal.isbury,Ear..nah Hoyt,daugb.ter of Benjamin and ·Han.."lah (Pillsbury) Hoyt; she was born 5 May,1710. Children~-

i. Joshuas,o.6 Nov.1737; supposed to have lived in Sakerstown (Poland),Me.,1770, and in liew Gloucester,Me • .;1771 and 1765.

ii. Hannah5 ,b.17 Dec.1738; m.Isaac Morrill.

963 iii. Daniel5 ,b.4 Jan.1740/1; d.19 Aug.1809.

iv. Marys,b.30 Jan.1744/5.

v. Robert5 ,b.16 July,1747; lived Deerfield, ILE.; m.(pub.11 Feb.1769,in Salisbury,) Hannah Melcher of Hampton Falls,N.H.

vi. Rhoda5 ,b.27 June,1749.

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99

4th GENERATION STEPHE1I• MER.,'{ILL {Stephen3 ,Daniel.:) was born 29 Jan. 1712/13,in Salisbury,Mass.,and died there 24 Nov,1793,of consumption. He was a currier. In the Revolution he served as captain. Re married,21 May,1740,Joama French, daughter of Joseph French of Salisbury. She died 26 Jan, 1807. Children,born in Salisbury:

i. SarahS,b.23 Feb.1740/1; d.22 July,1772; m~l5 June,1762,MelatiahS Merrill {David~,David3 , Abraham 2 ~) Three children. (See 724.)

972 ii. Ezras,b.29 Apr.1746~

iii. MaryS,b~23 Dec.1748; d.unm.

973 iv. Abiathars,b.21 Sept.1751; d.1829.

974 v~ Aarons,b.10 Apr.1754; d.24 July,1833.

vi. Betty5 ,b.27 Dec.1757; m.Philip Greely.

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101

Sl!MUEL i MER.."qILL {Abell ,Abel2 ) was born 13 Sept. 4th GENERATION

1695,in Newbury,Mass.,and died 14 Mar.1763,in Notting-hari West (now Eudscn),N.E. Re lived in Newbury until about 1748,when he removed to Nottingham West. He mar-ried, (1) (pub.4 May ,1717, in Newbury,) Rut~ Morse,daugh-ter of William and Sarah (Merrill) Morse. (Sarah3 Mer-rill,who ~arried William Morse,was a daughter of Daniel2

Tuierrill. See 5.) Ruth Morse was born 4 Ma.r.1698/9. Samuel 4 Merrill married ( 2) Susanna Hambl~.t, ,1ho sur- S't' vived him. Children:

i. Ruth 5 ,b.4 Jan.1720/1; d.Dec.1729.

991 ii. Daniel5 ,b.3 July,1722.

992 iii. Samuel 5 ,b.14 Mar.1723/4; d.16 Sept.1758.

iv.

v •.

l . ) Vl. •

I ,vii.

Joshua 5,b.30 July,1726; d.Dec.1736.

Sarah 5,b.7 Mar.1728/9; m.,11s2,S,,.,....-l Hills.

Abel 5 ,b.19 Dec.1731; d,Jan.1736/7.

Wiliiams, b.19 Dec .·1731; d.Jan.1736/7.

viii.Abigails ,b.29 Jan.1734/5; m.,17s3,S-. ... ..l Marsh.

995 i::. Williarn 5 ,b.7 Apr.1740.

By the second wife:

IsaacS,b.20 Aug.1754,in Nottinghao West; lived Notti~gham West; deacon; m~25 Feb.1779,0lives Merrill (Rev .I"Jathaniel 4 ,Abel3 ,Abel 2 ), who was b.4 Dec.1751. (See 105.)

*· -:Ji.. '),J;. 1, ~ ~~ ?'>'1.--n~y t.,r-cv, S htevr. /'JSZ.

102

4th GENERATI0i{ .P.BEL4 A-lEP.P.ILL (Abel' ,Abel' )was born 20 Mar .• 1698, in 1:ewbury,Mass.,and died 25 Dec.1783,in Atkinson, Il.R. After the birth of his· children he removed from Kewbury to that part 01· Plaistow ,N.H., which w~s incorporated as Ati::inson in 1767 ;l!;,. Ee was a deacon of the Plaistow church. Re married,12 Dec.1720,iluth Kelly,who was born 15 Apr.1704,and died 16 Apr.1781,in Atkinson. Children:

i. Abels ,b.12 Sept.1722; d.11 May,1792,~.; lived Atkinson; school te!:icher·.

ii. Jonathans,b.15 Feb.1723/4; d.2 Mar.1723/4.

iii. Abigail> , b. 4 July, 1725; n:. 25 Sept .1750 ,Nathar:­iel Kr..ight: lived Atkinson. &

iv. ·sarahs ,b.7 May,1727; m.7 Nov.1751,John Enigl:t; lived .Atl:inson. A

v. EstherS,b.16 Mar.1728/9; d.3 July,1736.

1003 vi. Stevenss ,b.10 June,1731; d.4 Aug.1801.

vii. Jonathan5 ,b.23 June,1733.

viii.RuthS,b.12 Sept.1735; d.25 Sept.1735.

1005 ix. John 5 ,b.15 Aug.1737; d.15 Jan.1797.

1006 :c. Joshuas,b.27 May,1739; d.,15 Nov.1836.

1007 xi. Caleo~,b.11 Feb.1740/1; d.14 Aug.1826.

1008 xii. !,Tatr..aniel5 ,b.6 Mar.1742/3; d.17 Oct.1791.

xiii.~uth5 ,b.1E Mar.1745/6; d.23 May,1746.

~ a.i,.,,c_ ~ Jn~, .... , .. ;«. ~.,..,J -t- llo-lk,,,._7 1,.,,._,_ WIA.t-(,w:n.,1/./,,,)-u.,J, 11.. //., a.4r,...,.f- 17'1-I, c..-...J ~ec...;,,_.,_J ~ f.:..,, ~~, 1'-<../A,f,/JVU!j 1Jt:... t; fi'I _;,,-tD-r.J ( n.u-w ~~.

A n~ ~ ~ k--y,_r~ iJ.U>.v> at no.rt..~ o...J Sar,,rrJ. (s~by) ~-

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103

T".:!OMJ-.34 !IG:Z..~ILL (J.bel3 ,Abel=) ";las born 29 July, 4th GEI•,E':·.J,.TIO::: 1702,in He1:,1:>ury,Mass.,ar:d died 29 Apr.1774-~in the por-tion of Ro-..ley ,Mass., whilch is no,;; Georgetown. ( He lived. "about half a mile below tho old meeting house (s4.,L />· 5? 3) in Georgetown.") He was living in Amesbury,Mass., near the present chain bridge, when the first !'our of his chilc~en were born,his other children -0eing born in East Bradford,now Groveland,Mass.,whence he re-moved to Rowley. He married,19 Jan.1727/8,in New-bury,A'bigail Bartlett,who d.29 Oct.1784,in P.owley. Child.ren: ·

i.

ii.

iii.

iv.

DanieJ.5 ,b.23 Mar.172S/30; d.15 Apr.1730.

Abigail5 ,b.5 May,1731; m.~1illiam Searle.

Marys,b.13 Feb.1732/3; d.16 Aug.1780; m.19 May, 1757 ,Moses Atlcinson, son of Deacon Ich­abo~ and Priscilla (Bailey) Atkinson of Mew'bury; he was b.22 Sept.1734,and m.(2) Sarah Hale; he d.after 7 Dec.1807,pro'b. childless; he was a shoemaker,and lived in Iieubury.

Abel 5 ,b.l7 Jan.1733/4;-d.10 Apr.1737,in Bradford.

Martha5 ,b.16 Jar,..1736/7; d.14 Feb.1736/7.

Sarah5 , b.18 Jan.1735/7; ~.14 Feb.1736/7.

1023 vii. Thomas 5 ,"b.6 Mar.1737/8; d.26 Dec.1620.

viii.Sarah5 ,b.10 Feb.1740/1; m.Dea.Joseph Knight

ix.

x.

A-• 5 •·i

lxii.

John5 ,~.22 Jan.1741/2; d.2a·sept.1764,in Rowley,unm.

Han·-:ahs,b.19 Dec.1744; d.5 Nov.1785,unm. lived !lowley.

Lois5 :b.25 Mar.1748; d,12 Aug.1783,unm.; lived Rowley.

Ezekiel5 ,b.25 Mar.1748; d.15 Apr.1748.

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(See 120)

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104

JOH1·J• MERRILL (.lbel3 ,.Abel.:.) 'ivas born 25 Jan.1705/6, in Eeriaury,Mass.,and died 2 J..pr.1794. He ,1as a deacon of the Congregational Church in West 1lewbury. He mar­riec: l Jan.1729/30,Ruth F.ale,dau.ghter of Ezekiel.Bale of Eewbury,and older sister of Mary Eale;who married Roger"' Merrill (l~athaniel3 ,Abel2 ). Ruth (Hale) Merrill was born 22 Sept,1712,and died 7 Nov.1796. Their married life extended over sixty-four years. Of their sons only one surv:tved them. Children:

i. Eze£iel$ ,b.25 Sept.1731; d.15 Oct.1731.

ii. Jor..ns,b.30 Sept.1732; d.Sept.1735.

iii .• Anne.5, b. 13 Apr.l 734; m. ( 1) Timothy Sivett., and (2) (before 18 May,1779) Hezekiah Hutchins.

iv. J,. daughter,b.15 Feb.1735/6; d.Oct.1736.

v. Ruth 5,b.ll Sept.1737; m.(l) 6 .:May.,1756,Jo!'..n Sanders,Jr.~and (2) {after 18 May,1779) . . • • . 31a.

vi. Martha;,b.20 IJov.1739; m.Richard Dole.

vii. John 5 ,b.29 N'ov.1741; d.Feb.1741/2.

viii.BettyS,b.17 Jar...1742/3; m.Joseph,tittle,Jr.

i~. Hannah~,b.16 Mar.1744/5; m,Thomas Brown.

x. Abi3ai1 5 ,b.25 Sept.1747; d.14 June,1780; m. Zechariah Baker.

xi. PeterS,b.1748; d.bef.18 May,1779,(the date of his father's will.) ·

xii. Lydia5 ,b.17 Jan.1749/50; m.

l03S xiii.J..bel 5 ,b.4 July,1752; d.l July,1834.

xiv. Jemima5 ,b.1754.

xv. Sarah 5 ,b.30 Oct.1755; m.Obadiah Hills.

.Baker.

105

NAT".dANIEL• MERRILL (Abell ,Abcl2 } was born 1 Mar. 4th GENERATI01'! 1712/13,in Newbury,Mass.,and died~in 1796. Ee grad-uated at Harvard College in 1732. He was ordained and settled as pastor of the second church (Congregational) in Nottin3ham,Mass.,in 1737. By a change in the Pro-vincial boundary in 1741 the toun came into New Hamp-shire,and from 1746 until 1830 it was known as Notting-ham West. In 1830 the name was changed to Hudson. Mr. Merrill had a large and devoted followin3 in the church through a pastorate of fifty-nine years. He married, 11 July,1738,Elizabeth Sargent,daughter of Dr.?rathaniel and J)cn-0_~ - (Bradstreet) Sargent of Pcrtsmouth,Ii.H. She died in April,1795,aged 80. Children:

1051 i.

ii.

NathanielS ,b.25 Sept.1739; d.16 Oct.1785. . d.. 'l.3 a/_.-. J'i;Ot: ""'· £j,t..__;..,. C.-..,,ior, /-·;

Bet ty-BradstreetS ., b. 6 Sept .17 41; e;, Ti!!ieU-1.y t,,:~;,.. 11.o1ti.~J..-- w~r- --.,") We.rrer.; a, without is sue • s-.¥:t, n. If.; s- c/4...

iii. MaryS.,b.28 Aug.1743; d.13 Jan.1746.

1052 iv. John 5 .,b.26 Oct.1745.

/05lf- V •

vi.

Abel 5 ,b.23 Dec.1747; lived Concord,N.H.; -ffn Ruth (Raaloy) Gha!MlOFlaia.

d.ll.f-J-,17 S'S; DorothyS,b.11 Feb.1748/9;Am.Rev.~illl.am-E.lljot,

a Bapt.ist- .c.l.ergymaJ:J..i_ ]le. .was -~. in Dec .17 48, son of John and Sarah Elliot of Bradford, Mass.,and Nottingham West;.&:.,.~ J/Jtcvn~..,,h.H.;6 c/4.

vii; Olive 5 ,b.4 Dec.1751; m.Isaacs Merrill (Sam-uel4 ,f-..bel3 ,Abelz) • (See 101.)

viii.Sarahs,b.31 Oct.1753; m.(l} Asa Hildreth,and (2) Timothy Wa~ren.

xi.

BenjaminS,b.13 Apr.1756; d.28 Apr.1756. d. I eu,..,,_l'if34-;

Ruth5 ,b.13 Apr.1755;~m.William Parham; lived. Tyngsboro,Mass.

Molly 5 .,b.1758; d.25 Oct.1651; m.Benjamin Morse.

1059 xii. Theodore 5 ;b.1760. ----------------

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TI>6

JOHcl"• MER?.ILL (!?athanl ,Abel2) was born 30 Nov.1701;

in Hewbury 9 and clied in 1775 in Falmouth,Me. About 1732 .1:e reTI:cved from l~ewbury. to Falmouth. Ee married, 15 May, 1725, in Newbury ,k.ri-~e Knight of Hewbury. Chil::lren:

1072

1. Hannahs ,b.19 May$1726; m~26 Feb.1743/4;Anthony Morse. ..

.:..J. • 3enjaoinS,t.22 Feb.1727/8.

iii. Johns,b.3 Jan.1726/S; d.1752,without issue; livee North Yarmouth: m.(pub.17 Aug.1751,in Falmouth,) Bethia Wyman,who m.(2) 13·Sept. 1754, Jol"-"l Small.

iv. Abigail5 ,b.23 Sept.1731,i:1 Newbury; m.Zdmond Butler; lived Falmouth.

v. Nathan 5 ,b.28 Mar.1733.

vi. AnnaS,b.11 Dec.1735; m.

1076 vii. Abel' ,b.22 Oct.1736.

Easkell.

1077 viii.Jacobs,b.in Falmouth; (1) ~...:.:.. K~u

•Winslow,widow of

lived rror~h Ya~~uert1:-r--i:,; , and ( 2) Rosam u (Davis)

Gilbert Winslow; shed. 20

J. •••

Ao

Oct .1823. ..

Stephens,b.1742,in North Yarmouth; d.27 ~ug. 1803; lived Falmouth; m.Sarah Thompson.

1079 x. Daniel5 ,b.12 Aug.1745.

Enoch 5 ,.b.in North Yarmouth; lived Falmouth (now PortlanG) ,il'Ie.; m.25 Kov.1773,Priscilla Thcr.:pson.

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NATEAlr~ MER.~ILL (Nathan 3,Abel:i.) was born 1 May, 4th GENERATION. 1706,in Newbury,Mass.,and died 22 Nov.1745,in Newbury. He married,22 Nov.1731,in Salisbury,Dorothy carr,who after his death married,23 June,1763,in Newbury,Jacob Mirick. Children.,born in Newbury:

1091 i. R. h ds . ,. ic ar ,o.o Nov.1732; d.about 1791.

ii. Natha.i,;, b. 2 Feb.1734/5; d.you:r:g.

1092 iii. Moses5 , b.9 June,1737; d.before 1795.

iv. Joseph 5,b.17 Oct.1739; d.young.

v. J" Sb1A onn, ._-± June,1742; d.young.

1093 vi. James5,b.3 ?Jov.1744; d.1821.

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JAMES~ .],!.ER.."qILL {1~athan3 ,.Abel2 ) was born 5,Jan.1707/8, in l~ewbury,Mass.,and died 8 June,1790,in 1-lew G-loucester, b:e: About 17 44 he removed from !•rewbury to Falmouth,Me. He married;2 Oct.173"3,in Newbury;Hannah Bailey of ?Jew-bury. Children: ·

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1105

1106

i. Sarahs,c-.16 O.::t.1735; m.Thomas Pote; lived Ne,; Gloucester;Me.; she and her husband were prominently cori..nected r.ith the I.Jew Gloucester Shakers -until their ~eatb.

ii. Judah5 ,b.7 Nov,1738; d.young.

iii. !fa than s , b • 8 July, 1742 ; d.6 Oct.1818,

iv. Har.nah 5 ,b.4 Jan.1743/4; m.(1) J.Staples;and (2) James Gowen of Falmouth; lived Falmouth.

v. Jamess,b.6 Apr.1745.

vi. Edmond5,b.19 Apr.1748; d.21 July,1830.

vii. Josephs,b.19 Jan.1755.

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STEPHEN 4 MERRILL (Nathanl,Abel.:) was born 6 June, 4th GENERATION 1711,in IJe11bury,Mass.,a."1d died in 1756 at Fort William Henry,while 1n the army. He lived successively in New­bury,Kingston,N.H.,and Tewksbury,Mass. Ee married,4 Nov.1731,ir.. Newbury,Elizabeth Bailey of Newbury. Children:

i. Ha.'1.nah5 ,b.27 Sept.1732,in Newbury.

mo ii. David>,b.2 Apr.1734,in Newbury; m.Polly Watson.

iii. John (or JonathanP ,b.5 Apr.1735,in Ilewbury.

iv.

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vi.

Elizabeth3 ,b.3 Dec.1737,in Kingston.

Nathan>,b.1743 in Tewksbury; lived in Maine; a Baptist clergyman.

Stephens,b.1745 in ~ewksbury; d.9 Feb.1751.

vii. Mollys,b.1748 in Tewksbury; m.24 May,1776, Newman Scarlett:

viii.Susanna5 ,b.1750 in Tewksbury; ~.9 May,1771, Jonathan Frost,Jr.

1::. Joseph3 ,b.1752 in Tewksbury; d.25 Apr.1753.

x. Sarahs,b.1754 in Tewksbury.

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RICF...ARD• MER..'R.ILL {!•!athan3 ,Abel~) was born 10 May, 1718,in Newbury,Mass. In early life he removed to Fal­mouth,Me.,and later to New Boston (now Gray).,Me. He married.,24 Oct.1742,in Falmouth, Priscilla4 Merrill ( Ja.rtes'.> .Abel2 ). Children, born ;ii."'1..· Falmouth:

i. Pr1scilla5 ,b.13 Aug.1743.

ii. Richards,b.3 Sept.1745; lived New Eostor. (now 'Gray),Me.; m.1773.,Elizabeth Perigo.

iii. Mark 5 .,b.8 Nov.1747; dro~ned at New Boston; d. without issue.

iv. Mary>,b.5 Dec.1749.

v. Sarah5 ,b.12 Aug.1752.

vi. Stephen 5 ; d.unm.

vii. Abels; lived New Portland,Me.

viii .Jo:r,.n 5 ; m. .A.dams.

ix. Hannah5 ; lived New Boston; m.Reuben l'!oble.

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N.ATF.J. .. NI3L • ME.-::raILL ( Thomas3 .,Abel~ ) was born 16 4th GE?i'ERATION Feb.1707/8,in Salisbury,Mass.,and died 17 Oct.1754, in South :a:ampton,!-I-.H., whither he removed from Salis-bury about 1745. Ee was a deacon of the Congrega-tional Church in South Eampton. Ee marrie1,{l) 27 Feb.1728/9,in Salisbury~Eannah French,and (2) 22 Dec.1747,in Amesbury,Dorothy Edwards (widow),who died 29 ~ug.1784. Children:

i. Richard5 ,b.l0 Oct.1730; d.young.

ii. Elizabeths,b.14 May,1733; m.23 Aug.1750, Jacob Fowler.

iii. Marys,b.17 May,1735; d.17 June,1735.

1132 iv. Richards ,b.29 Aug.1738; d.14 Oct.1795.

1133 v. Nathaniel 5 ,b.18 June,1740.

1134 vi. Benjamins,b.26 June,1744.

vii. Dor~thys,b.22 July,1751.

viii.Judiths.,b.14 Apr.1753.

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./J3EL~ MEP..RILL ( Thomasl ,Abeli) was born 28 Aug.1709, in Salisbury,Mass.,and died in April,1791. Ee ~as a ship carpenter,and live.d in Amesbury,Mass.,until 1738,az:d then in that par·t of Iiev;bury which, in 1764, was incorporated as ?Jev:bu:t•yport. He n:arried,5 Feb.1729/30,Anne Bagley. Children:

i. Sarah5 ,b.15 Jan.1731/2; m.19 Dec.1751,Mayhew Greenleaf.

ii. Thomas5 ,b.21 June,1735; d.at sea •Without issue; lived Chester,N.E.

iii. Anne 5 ,b.l0 June,1740. 7 l~ Dee,1797,s,~u@l ~~1 •.

iv. Mary 5,b.8 Apr.1750; prob.d.young.

v. Christopher5 ,b.30 0ct.1754; d.unm.

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TEOMAS~ MERRILL (Thomas3 ;Abel:?) ;7as bor:1 5 Jan. 4th GS!-:ZRATIOi'! 1710/11,in Salisbury,M<2.ss.,and died 11 Jan.1601,in South Hampton.,N.E. lie married,(l) (pub.21 Oct.1731, in Salisbury,) Har..nah Bagley of Amesbury,sister of ,'*.i A.r.:.ne,who married.Abel4 ,his brother. It is said that (Seell2.) Thomas-+ Merrill was twice married. Margaret Johnson, widow,was married 22 Aug.1776,in Salisbury,to "Thomas Merrill, "but whether this was Thomt:.s4 or his son Thomass is not known. She died 25 r~ov .1803; in Salisbur:'.)'. Thomas• Merrill lived in the early po.rt cf his life in the north part of Newbury,Mass. He removed to Kings­to:1,N.E.,and later to South Hampton. Children:

i. Abel5 ,b.14 Nov.1732; d.27 Feb.1736/7.

ii. Orlando 5 .,b.4 Dec.1734; d.24 Jan.1736/7.

1151 iii. Nathans,b.17 Dec.1736; d.10 Jan.1801.

iv. Judith5 ,b.9 i:ov.1738; m.3 Jan.1758,1'7illiam Sampson; lived South Hampton,but removeG to Vermont. to,--.,-.-~"---..:.

v. Lydia5 ,b.12 Nov.1740; d.9 Dec .1816,unm.

1153 vi. Abel5 ,b.18 Jan.1742/3; d.after 1820.

vii. Hannah 5 ; d.young.

viii.Thomas 5 ,b.4 Jan.1745/6; d.15 Nov.1790,in Ray­mond,N.H.; lived Chester or Raymond; perhaps m.22 Au3.1776,Mrs.Margaret Johnson. (See above.)

·u. Sarah5 ; m.Joshua Titcomb of Ne~. UvP.d Hewburyport.

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JOSZPn+ I1r::~'1ILL (T~1eimasl •. Abel2) 7/as born 12 May,1716,

in Salisbury,Mass.,and died 25 Nov.1772,in .Hampton,l'i.H. He married,16 Jan.1739/40,in Amesbury,Mary Jewell of Amesbury. (Mary Je~ell,daughter of Samuel and Sarah [Ring] Jewell of Amesbury,was born 8 Apr.1718; Mary Jewell,dau:shter of Joseph and Anna [~uimbyj Jewell of Amesbury,was born 1 Dec.1717; which of the two married Joscpl1. ~ Merrill is not known. San:uel and Joseph J t:laell were brothers.) Child:

Miriam 5 ,bap.31 July,1743.

JAMi:S.;. ?1:Z!.:.~ILL (Tho!!!as3,Abel2) was born 6 May,1719,

in Salisbury,r~rass,,and died in 179B in Brentwood,N.H. :ie lived in Salisbury,and in South Eampton,N.H.,vrhere he was a member of the Congregational Church,and later he removed tc Brentwood. He married,18 Jan.1739/40,Mary Osgood,daughter of Joseph and Apphia (Pillsbury) Osgood. She was born 6 June,1720. Children:

i. ApphiaS,b.30 Oct.1741,in Salisbury. -

ii. Mary,,b.28 July,1743,in South Hampton.

1173 iii. JamesS ,b.16 Aug.1745; d.1790.

1174 iv. I-Iathans,b.11 July,1747; d.21 Sept.1828.

1175 v. Levis ,b.30 Jan.1748/9; d.1818.

vi. Dudley5 ,b.12 Dec.1751; lived Raymond,:E.H.,ar:.d Corinth,Vt.

vii. Winthrop 5 ,b.16 oc·t.1755; lived Exeter,M.H., 1779 and 1780,then Meredith,!LH.; m.l Sept. 1779,in Exeter,Data Steele.

281

SLIPHA.LET 4 M3?.RILL (Thomas3,Abel=) was born 14 Feb. 4th GENERATION 1722/3:in South Eampton,N.H.,and died there 11 Apr.1803. 1e rias a deacon of the Congregational Church. He served as a captain in the Revolution,and in 1767,and from 1775 to 1782,was a member of the Provincial Assembly or State Legislature. He married,7 June,1744,Mary C:lough,daugh-ter ~f Caleb Clough. She was born in 1726,and died 9 July,1809,in South Hampton. Children,born in South Hamp-ton:

1181 i. Josephs> b.4 Mar.1744/5; d.10 1'Iay ,1817.

1182 ii. I:liphalet3 ,~.10 Dec.1743; d.22 June,1824.

iii. MaryS,b.11 Sept.1749; d.4 Jan.1803,in 1-.rnesbury, Mass.; m.22 i;ov.1770,Isaac Barnard; lived Amesbury.

118~ iv. ThomasS,b.25 Oct.1751; d.19 Oct~l830.

v. Sarah5,b.22 :Mar.1754; d.14 Aug.1806,in Gilman­tor.,!~.H.; m.True Perkir:.s.

vi. :Nathaniel5,b.2 June,175S; d.7 Nov.1792,in South Hampton,u."l!n.

vii. Enos>,b.9 June.,1760; d.9 I-Jov.1784,in South Eampton,unm.

1186 viii.Parker 5,b.22 Aug.1762; d.l Nov.1822.

ix. LydiaS,b,27 May:1765; d.28 Oct.1822; m.7 Apr. 1781,Moses Tuxbury.

1188 x. John 5,b.20 Aug.1767; d.l~ Apr.1839.

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4th GENER.A.TIO!-; E!~OCH4 MER..~ILL ( Joseph3 ,Abel~ ) was 'born 17 Jan1,1ary, 1711/12,in Newbury,Mass.,and died 10 Jan.1787. Ee lived in Stratham,1;.H. He married {1) Mary Whitney,who died 26 June,1755; {2) Abigail ,who died 6 July, 1757;and (3) Sarah Pratt. Children,born in Stratham:

1201 i.

ii. j ii . iv.

.v.

VJ.

Thomas3,b.30 Jan.1741/2; d.18 Feo.1822.

SusannaS;b.6 Sept.1744; m. no.,J,. Barker. JoSc,pk; l,;,,-~;11 St"-ro.:tl,-:

. Marys,b.20 Jan.1747/8.

AnnaS,b.29 Jan.1749/50; d.1825 in Cornish~Me., unm.

(?) Sarahs ,b.13 Feb.1752; m.rrcah Barker; lived

cornis~"- ~

.EnochS,b.11 Mar.1755; d.21 Apr.1841; lived Stratha.rr:,and removed to Francisborough (now Cornish).,.Me.; m.1785,in Stratha:n,Lydia John­son;da~.of David Johnson of Eam?ton,N.li.; had two children,both daughters.

Bean.

ix; .. . Elias5 , b.13 llov.1761; said to have lived in Ver·a:ont •

. x. LydiaS, b.8 Fe~.1764.

12G9 .:a. ,";i::;t;ins 5, b. 23 July, 1765; d. Jan .1839.

1210 .xii.. Paul5 , b.14 May, 1767.

::iii.. Phebe> ,b.S Oct.1770.

xi~ Levi5 ,b.15 Sept.1772.

xv. Sarnuel5 , b .10 Jar. .1775.

::vl. Mel1itable5 ,b.22 Ju...."lesl777.

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,ROGER"' MER..~ILL (Nathaniell ,Abel::) was born 10 Mar. 4th GENERA.TIO!-: 1712/13,in Newbury,Mass.,a.~d died 12 May,1791,in West Ne~bury. Re lived in West Newbury,where he was a dea-con of the Congregational Church,and a man of consid-erable means. He married (1) 10 Mar.1730/1,in Newbury, Mary Eale,daughter of Ezekiel Hale of Newbury. She was bo!'n 21 Mov.1714,in 1-iewbury,and d:i:ed 21 Dec.1773,in West :Newbury. Ee married (2) 3 Oct.1774,in Aoesbury, Mass. ,Sarah Jonston (widow), who c.ied 16 Mar.1801,aged 93. [The second wife married (1) Moses Sargeant of Amesbury,(2) Rev. Jonston of West Newbury, and (3) Roger Merrill.] Children, born in :rJewbury:

1221 i. ?Jathaniel 5 , b .13 Apr .1732.

ii. Hannahs,b.9 July,1733; m.14 Apr.1757,Eben­ezer White of Plaisto,v ,N .H.; lived Plaistow.

iii. Mary 5 ,b.31 Mar.1735; d.9 May,1736.

iv. Edna 5 ,b.23 Feb.1735/6; d.21 Sept.1802; m.8 Oct. 1759,Dr.James Brickett of Haverhill,Mass., ~ son cf James and Susanna Brickett; he was b. 16.Feb.1737/8,in Newbury,and d.9 Dec.1818, in Haverhill; he was. a lieutenant-colonel at EurJcer Hill,where he was woundad; com­missioned brigadier-general 11 July,1776; a successful physician.

v. Marys.b.27 Mar.1738; d.30 Uov.1775; m.13 Jan. 1757.in Ne~bury,JonathanS Merrill (Daniel~3.z); lived Newbury. (See 78~.)

vi. ElizabethS,b.30 Oct.1739; d.11 Dec.1739.

vii. Priscillas,b.7 Jan.1740/1; d.10 Dec.1743.

viii.Rogers,b.7 Feb.1742/3; d.21 Feb.1742/3.

ix. Rogers,b.20 Aug.1745~ d.17 Sept.1745.

x. Priscilla5 ,b.31 Aug.1746; d.21 Dec.1773·; (the 11Genealogy of Desc enda..""ats of Thomas Hale;: [1889] ,p.177,states that Priscilla Merrill died in Haverhill in 1794;) u:. 31 May, 1770,

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284 Ji. MERRILL MEMORIAL ---. --. -. ----- .. --. ----. -.. -------. -------------. ----------------------------.. ------.----------Dar.iel Bartlett,son of Daniel and Ali~e (Sar­gent) 3artlett of Newburyport; he was b. 28 .11.rr..e. 1744, in Newbury ,and was a farmer; his granjfather,Deacon Daniel Bartlett,was an uncle of Jos~ah Bartlett,a signer of the Declaration of Independence; lived in Maine(?)

1226 xi. Ezekiel~ ,b.9 Dec.1748; d.16 Mar.1830.

1227 xii. Jor..nS, b.3 Apr.1750; d .21 May, 1821.

xiii.Joseph5,b.10 July.,1751; d.10 ll"ov.1751.

xiv. Roger 5,b.7 Oct.1753.

xv. Elizabetns,b.10 Dec.1756; m.Jonathan Tuxbury.

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IS~L~ Y.ERRILL (James3 ,Abel~) was born 27 J~ly,1715: in [ewbury,Mass. ,and lived in Falmouth,Me. Ee a:.arried, 20 Aug.1743;Abia Calley;daughter of Richard Calley of Strathac,N.R. After his death she married (2) in 1753, Da"1rid Torrey ,and lived in Deer Isle,Me. Children, born in Falmouth:

i. Israels, b .31 Aug.1744; ccr·dwainer.

ii. AbiaS,b.8 May,1746; m.Maj.David Bradish.

iii. Nicllolas 5 ,b.l Se;,t.174'7; d.in the west Ir.dies; blacksc:.ith; m.1772;Sarah Harris. (S.c... P· bit-ft)

1244 iv. Le_vis,b.27 Jan.1748/9; d.10 Aug.1787.

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HUMPHRE'L"' ME."1RILL (James3 .,J..bel~ ) was born ·18 Jan. 4th GE~TERATION 1717/18,in Newbury.,Mass • .,and died 1 Jan.1815. He lived in New Casco,a village in Falmouth.,Me.,having settled there in 1738. He was a deacon of the Congregational Church,and for twenty years was a selectman of the town. In the Revolution he was a subaltern officer in the.com-pany of his brother;Capt.Joshua Merrill. He married, (1) 10. Dec.1741,in Salisbury,Mass.,Betty• Merrill (Moses3 , (See 23.) Daniel 2 ).,and (2) 18 .June,1783,Mary (Noyes) VJeare,widow :It' of Deacon Joseph Weare of Falmouth,and daughter of Nathan Noyes of Falmouth. Children,born in Falmouth:

i. Salomes,b.9 Dec.1742; d.19 Sept.1780; m.5 Sept. 1765,Col.Isaac Parsons of New Gloucester,Me.; she was the second of five wives; lived New Gloucester; eight children.

1252 ii. Moses5 ,b.30 Dec.1743; d.18 Apr.1834.

iii. Elias 5 .,b.26 Jan.1744/5; d.without issue.

1253 iv. liumphrey 5 ,b.28 June,1748; d.24 Jan.1825.

1254 v. Nathaniel5 ,b.11 Aug.1750; d.5 Feb.1825~

1255 vi. Amos 5 ,b.2 May.,1752; d.1838.

1256 vii. Jacob 5 ,o.27 Jan.1755; d.18 Feb.1835.

viii.Elizabeth5 ,b.1758; d.3 Nov.1816; m.19 Apr. 1781.,Ephraim Lunt,son of Benjamin Lunt;-fA=­~r9•zb•2ry; seven children. (Se.c. ._1;..""" ~~e)

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.ADAMS 4 MERRILL (Jamesl,Abel2 ) was born 4 Dec.1728,in Stratham,?-!.H. ,ancl died 26 Dec .1802,havir..g spent most of his life in Falmouth,Me. He married,f¼,- 19 Nov.1757; Iea~olla iiteee:,~ed (£,,Elizabeth Titcomb,daug.~ter of Edmu.~d and Sarah (Merrill) Titcomb. Elizabeth (Titcomb) Merrill was born 27 Oct.1739,and died l~ Jan.1806. Children,oorn in Falmouth:·

1272

1273

1274

i. Susannas,b.5 Oct.1758; m.Abijah.Locke; lived Falmouth; one child.

ii. Israel5 ,b.3 Mar.1760; d.18 Mar.1848,without issue; lived Falmouth; m.19 Feb.1794:Apphia Lunt; ,2..u"u * 7lt,.. tR,.,.,,.~.

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Nathans,b.21 Dec.1761; d..10 Feb.182'6.

Sarah 5 ,b.7 Oct.1763; d.l Dec.1849,without issue; m.Benjamin Prince.

:?.eubenS ,b.2 Aug.1765; d.30 Jul~•,1818.

Benaiah5 ,b.25 May,1767.

Elizabeth5 ,b.ll Jan.1776; d.30 Mar.1828,in Falmouth; m.23 Apr.1793,PeterS Merrill (Edmond4 ,Daniel3 ,Daniel2 ). (See 855.)

1276 viii.William5 ,t.6 Aug.1778; d.26 Sept.1843.

1277 ix. Samuel 5 ,b.l4 Feb.1780; d.11 Nov.1866.

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JJJJ::s~ !~G,:~qIT,T, (James3 ,f.,,belz) ,:as 0orn 13 Apr.1731, in Stratham,1LH. $and died 16 Nov.18O6,having lived in Falmouth,Me. In 1779 he served in the unfortunate ex­pec;.ition to ·the Penobscot. He is callee Major Jaraes Mer!'ill on his tombstone. Re married,24 Jan,1754, Abigail Sracket;who was born in 172~and died in 1806. Gl1ildren, borr.. in Falmout:t,.: 2., >t\""Y• 17-z..,. 6 "--·

i. · Joseph5 ,b.1754: m.Lucy !Ioyes.

1292 ii. Adams 5 ,b.1755; d.about 1825.

iii. Josiah 5 ,b.1756; d.youn3. <J.. 2.rf-?z.w. ,n,;

iv. iv":ary 5 ,b.1759;J\m.Benjamin Pettingill~ si;~ children.

1294 v. Jamess ,b.4 I•;ov.1761; d.1854.

vi. Hannah 5 ,b.1764; m.Moses Swett: seven children.

vii. Zachariah 5 ; d.abroad,without issue. d.. I</ a.f-. J'i,Z 9;

viii.Abigail5 ,b.1767;Am.Benaiahs Merrill (Adams 4 ,

James 3 ,.Abelz). (See· 1274.)

1297 ix. Robert-Adams 5 ,b.8 Jan.1774; d.23 ~pr.1853.

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125

JOSHUA4 MERRILL (James3:Abe12) was born 15 Mar~~,

1732/3,in Strathan:,IJ.H.,but lived in Falmouth,Me.,where he died 21 Sept.1808. He was a captain in the Revolu­tionary army. Ee married (published 1 Nov.1755) Mary riiinsloi7,daughter of !la than and Charity (Hall) Winslow, who lived in that part of Falmouth which afterward be­came Westbrook. Mary Winslow was born in Falmouth in 1739, and:1was considered the handsomest girl in CUmber­land County." She died in 1832 in Falmouth. Children:

1311 i. Joshua 5 ,b.9 Feb.1758; d.10 :Nov.J:837.

ii. Eleanors,b.14 May,1759; d.22 i:rov.1833; m.22 July,1777,Se~ard Forter,son of ~ehemiah and Sarah (Waters)Porter of Weymouth,Mass.; 11.e was b.5 Aug.1753,and d.12 Dec.1800; lived Freeport,:Me.; 13 cJ...

1313 iii. EliasS,b.21 June,1761; d.21 Oct.1824. l,.17&4-; J.. 2-?. tlfr.17'1D;

iv. CharityS;J\m.Josia..'"J. r!oyes; three children.

1315 v.

vi.

James s; d. Jan .1820, aged 5 6. (s<.,C. f--t"....ili. I'· 't-11) d..3J-f.,,lfrll-1,~ 8'2.;

SalomeS;Am.9 Jul;y,1783,Jamess Merrill (James+, James3,Abel 2

); lived Falmouth. (See 1294.)

1317 vii. Hezekiahs,b.22 Feb.1768.

viii.Dorcas 5 ,b.2 May,1772; d.abt.1847; m.William Pote,a sea captain,son of Capt.Greenfield and Jane (Grant) Pote; lived Freeport; .five children.

ix. Samuels; d.young.

x. Sybil 5 ,b.21 Feb.1779; d.17 Jan.1841; m.August, 1794,Abia Chamberlain,a blacksmith,son of Kathaniel anc Eleanor (Whitman) Chamberlain of Pembrol-:e,Mass.; he was b.3 Nov.1768,and d.22 Rov.1856,at Cape Elizabeth,Me.; lived Scarboro,Me.; seven children.

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126

SILAS-~ MERRILL ( Jan:es l ,Abelz ) 1,1as born 6 July, 1743,in Falmoutr-,Me.,and spent his life there. lie married ( 1) Susanna :Knight, and ( 2) Hanm:.h Mat.hews. Children,born in Falmouth:

i. Susanna;,b.3 Dec.1767; m.Benjamin Rideout of Cumberlanc.,Me.;two children.

ii. Judith5 ,b.7 Feb.1771; d.5 Apr.1815; m.Jona­than Moody; six children.

iii. Marthas,b.26 May,1772; d.3 Feb.1824; m.Tim­othy Weymouth; lived Gray,Me.; six ch.

iv. Priscillas,b.20 July;l773; d.youn;.

v. Hannah 5 ,c.10 Feb.1775; m. (as second wife) Jonathan Moody. (See above.)

vi. Sarahs,b.5 Jan.1777; d.Dec.1837,in Sanger­ville,Me.; m.Jacob Jewett; one child.

vii. Priscilla 5,b.17 Oct.1778; m.Reuben Ride·out; nine children.

viii.Dorothy 5,b.27 Sept.1780; m.David Tuxbury; two cl1ildren.

Silas 5 ,'b.5 Jan.1782; d.youn3.

Joshua 5 ,b.5 Jan.1782; d.young •.

Marys,b.4 Oct.1784; m •. (l)(as second wife) Timothy Weymouth (see above); m.(2)Edmund Merrill; 11 ved Gra;.,.-; eig.rit children.

1339 ~~ii. Samuel5 ,b.19 Sept.1786; d.25 Sept.1862.

xiii.Elizabeth5 , b.26 Ncv.1788; d.young.

1340 xiv. Luther 5,b.15 Mar~l791; d.6 Apr.1823.

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FIFTH GENERATION

fbis book r,cord, tb, dtsw1da11/s of :J{alb~1i,i 1 {Merrill, 'Who died in Ne-.obu,y, Mass.. 16 Mar. 1654-5. In all cases where a litie of descmJ is gfom in parentbtsi.<, as "Daniel• Merrill (John<, Nathan•, Abel 2 )", it is lo be 11nderstood that Nathaniel 1 represents the first gnierali®.

Tbe .<ySlem of tabzuati"on mzPTo:rtd in Ibis book is ,xpla,i,ed .:zt pa_~,• I :.4.

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Fifth Generation 152

DANIELS MER.'tlILL (Nathaniei• ,John3 ,Nathan1el2) was

born 13 Jan.1720/1,in Haverhill,Mass.,and lived in Brad­ford and.Haverhill. He married Abigail Carleton. Chil­dren:

i. NathanielG,b.26 Aug.1749,in Bradford.

ii. Lydia 6 ,b.l0 May,1751,in Haverhill.

iii. John6,b.8 Nov.1752,in Haverhill.

(See notesat pages 300.~13)

NATHANJEL 5 MERRILL (Nathani~l• ,Johnl ,Nathaniel2 )was born 14 Jan.1722/3,in Haverhill,Mass. He lived in a part of Plaistow,N.H.,whieh is now 1n the town of Atkin­son. It is believed he lived in northern New Hampshire late in.life, and that he died in Haverhill,N.H. He married,16 Aug.1744,in Plaistow,Ruth Harriman. Chil­dren,born in Plaistow: .

i. Sarah6,b.l Sept.1746.

11. Ruth6 ,b~29 July,1748.

iii. Jeremiah6 ,b.23 July,1750.

iv. James6 ,b.25 Jan.1753.

v. Joab-Harriman',b.13 May,1755.

vi. Nathaniel6,b.7 Aug.1757; d.26 Apr.1759.

vii. Lucy 6 ,b.21 Mar.1760.

viii.Anna6,b.21 Feb.1763.

DESCENDANTS of

NATHANIEL~

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5th GENERATION JAMES5 MEP..RILL (Nathaniel4 ,John>,Nathaniel2 ) was born 5 Mar.1729/30,in Haverhill,Mass.,and died 13 Mar. 1817. He lived 1n Plaistow {riow Atkinson),N.H.,on a rarm which remained :for several generations in the pos­session or Merrill descendants. He married,15 Mar.1759, in Haverhill,Molly Emery.daughter o:f Joshua and Sarah (Smith) F.mery o:f Haverhill. She was born in 1742: and died 11 May,1833. ChildI'en:

1355

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I357

i.

11.

111.

iv.

v.

James 6 ,b.26 Feb.1760; d.unm.21 Jan.l839;lived in Atkinson.

Nathan1el6 ,b.3 Mar.1762; lived Brad:ford,Vt,

Joshua 6 ,b.13 Feb.1764; lived Salem,N.H.

John•,b.6 Sept.1766; lived Derry,N.H.

Sarah6 ,b.6 Nov.1768; m.28 Jan.1789,Evan Jones; lived Methuen,Mass.

vi. Ruth 6,b.27 Jan.1771; d.unm.6 Jan.1833.

vii. Emery 6 ,b.24 Aug,1772.

viii. Jeremiah 6 , b. 6 Nov .1774;. 11 ved Corinth, vt.

ix. Samuel',b.11 Feb~l776.

x. Jesse 6 ,b.18 July,1778; d.18 Mar.1854,W'ithout issue; grad.Dartmouth College 1806; lawyer; lived Pitts:field,N .H. ,and Brad:ford, vt·.; m. Elizabeth Clark.

xi. Hezekiah6 ,b.10 Sept.1782; lived Atkinson; m. Betsey Orr; d. without issue.

1363 xii. Caleb6 ,(1784-1841}; lawyer,Pitts:field,N.H.

xiii.Amos 5 ,b.22 Jan.1qas; d.without issue 9 June, 1823; lived Atkinson; m.(l)Sarah currier, (2)E Kimball.

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JOHNS MERRILL· (Abel 4, John' ,Nat.haniel2 }was bcrn 29 5th GEl\TERATION May, 1716, L"l Methuen,Mass., and died in 1756. He lived in Methuen. He married (1) Mary Hibbard,and (2) Hannah Dodge. · Children:

i. Sarah6,b.28 Mar.1743; ~.(perh.) Peter Harris. 6 . ii. Jonathan ,b.27 Aug.174~.

iii. Mary 6 ,b.30 May,1747; d.young.

iv. Mary 6 ,b.30 June;l749; m.20 Oct.1768,Stephen Currier of Methuen.

By the second wife--

1373 v. John6 ,b.19 Nov~l751; d~28 Mar.1828.

vi. Judith 6 ,b.21 Mar.1754.

vii. Joseph~Whiting 6,b.27 Oct.1756; d.1772.

167

ENOCHS MERRILL (.Abel~ ,John3 ,Nathanie_l~)was born 21 Apr.1731,in Methuen,Mass.,and died 28 Aug.1778. He lived in Methuen. The inventory of his estate showed£1823,3s. He married,25 Oct.1759,Jemima Sprague,who died,his widow, 28 Apr.1812,in Pelham,N.H.,aged 82. Children;

i. Sarahf,p.28 July,1760; m.Ebenezer Pingree; lived Scarboro;Me.

1378 ii. Jonathan 6 ,b.10 Apr.1762; lived Methuen.

iii. Jemima6 ,b.l4 July,1764; m.Joseph How; lived Methuen.

iv. Susanna6 ,b.27 Mar.1767; rr..Jam~s Williams; lived Methuen.

v. Nancy 6, b .15 Eov .1770.

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5th GENERATION ABELS MK:RILL (Abe14 ,Johnl,Nathaniel•)was born 4 July,1743,in Methuen,Mass.,and died 1 Aug.1778.. He lived in Methuen,and was a deacon. The inventory. of his real estate amounted to.&1004,17s.2d. He married, (1) . Elizebeth Young,who died 17 Dec.1772,and (2) 18 Aug.1773, in Methuen,Hannah Wright of Bradf"ord,Mass. Children:

i. Elizabeth,,b.27 Dec.1770; d.24 Oct.1778.

ii. Hannah 6 ,b.27 Nov~l772; d.21 Oct.1778 •.

iii. Lydia6 ,b.1S July,1775; d.5 Nov.1778.

iv. Abel 6 ,b.12 Feb.1777; d.13 Nov.1778.

lfil

THOMAS$ MERRILL (John 4 ~John3 ,Nathaniel2 )was. born 5 Feb.1723/4,in Haverh111,Mass.~and died 2 July,1788, in Conway,N.H. He lived in Concord,Hopkinton,and,from 1766, in Conway,N.H. (See pages 121.-9.) In tl1e French and Indian War he served as a lieutenant. He married,{l),in 1747,Phebe Abbot,daughter of James and Abigail (Farnum) Abbot cf Con~ord,who was born 22 Nov.1727,and died in 1755; (2) Mehitable (Harriman) Johnson or Flaist·ow,N.H.; (3) 2 Apr.1765:;Abigail (Goodhue) Ambrose,daughter of Deacon Satr;uel Goodhue of Stratham,N.H.; (4) 9_ Oct.1780, Elizabeth (Abbot) CUmmings,widow of Ebenezer Cummings of Hollis,N.H.,and daughter of Benjamin and Abigail (Abbot) Abbot,whc was born 8 Nov.1738,and died 12 Oct. 1789. (See J.:,age 363.) Children: .-

1390 i. Thomas 6 ,b.14 Sept.1748; d.1821; lived Conway.

ii. William 6 ; d.unmarried. William 6 and his brothers Thomas 6 and Amcs 6 bought· adjoining farms or. the Saco River,conway.

1392 iii. Enoch6 (1751-1838); m.Mary AII:brose.

1394 iv. ~os6 ; m.Lois Willey • .

v. Phebe 6; m.Ccl.Abiathar Eastman of Conway; no

children.

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By the second wife--

1397 vi. Stephen•; .,.Betsey Bailey.

vii. Mehitable'; m.Rcllin Crocke~; ten children.

By the third wife--

5th GE:t-i"'ERAT ION

viii.Jonathan-AltbroseS; farmer,Ccnway; m.24 Feb.1792, Lydia' Merrill,daughter of his uncle Nathaniel5

Merrill (see page 297); no children.

By the fourth wife--

1402 ix. Johnf,(1782-1855); physieian,Portland,Me.

x. Benjamin6 ,b.15 Mar.1784; d.unm.30 July,1847; graduated at Harvard College 1804; LL.D., Harvard,1845; was a prominent lawyer in 'Salem,Mass.

JOfil~S MER..~ILL {John 4 ,Jchn3 ,Nathaniel2 )was born 25 Nov.l725>in Haverhill,Mass.,and died in 1760 in Bow,N.H. He lived in Concord,Pembroke and Bow,N.H. He married Rebecca Abbct,daughter of Capt.Nathaniel and Penelope (Ballard) Abbot of Concord. She was born 27 May,1731. She survived him and married (2) Jacob Doyne of Pe~broke, and died in Thet~ord,Vt. Children,born_in Concord:

1. Rebecca6 ,b.16 Aug.1751.

ii. Lydia',b.19 Feb.1753.

iii. Penelope6,b.5 Oct.1754.

1406 iv. John 6,b.l4 June,1756; lived Concord and Bow.

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5th GENERATIOI, MOSESJ MEP.RILL {Johnf,John3 ;Nathari1el-2)was born 27 Sept.1727,in Haverhill,Mass.,and died in 1767. He lived in Concord and· Pembroke,N.H. He married,in 1748,Dorcas Abbot,daughter cf Capt.Nathaniel and Penelope {Ballard) Abbot of Concord. She was born 11 Nov.1728,in Andover, Mass. Children,born in Concord;

1. Fenelope',b.13 Dec.1749.

ii. Mosesf,b.19 Nov.1751; d.10 Apr.1752.

JONATHANs MERRILL (John 4 ,.Jo:t,.nl,.I,:athaniel2 )was born 10 Feb.1732/3, in Concord,XJ.H • .,and died 2 ./l~pr.1794, in Sanbornton,H.H. He removed :from Concord to Alexandria, N.H.,as early as 1773,and,about 1782,removed to a por­tion of IJew Chester which is now in the town of Bristol, N.H. He married Mary Farnum (or Farnham) of Concord, who was born 8 Aug.1737,and diee 14 Feb.1805,.in Sanborn­ton. Children:

i. John',b.6 Oct.1760; d.young.

ii. Jonathan',b.23 Dec.1761; d.16 Mar.1763.

iii. Mary 6,b.31 Dec.1763.

iv. Sarah 6 ,b.26 Apr.1766.

v. Lydia°',b.23 Nov.1767.

1411 vi. John6 ,.b.9 Mar.1769; d.13 May,1631.

vii. Lucy 6 ,b.7 Feb.1771.

1412 viii.Jonathan6 (1772-1820); lived Bristol,N.H.

1413 ix. Moses~(l774-1841); lived Alexandria,R.H.

1414 x. Stephen 5 (1776-1860); lived Sanbornton,N.E.

1416 xi. Ephraim 6(1779-l844); lived Bristol,N.H.

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IlW

NATHANIEL$ ME;:".RILL ( John4 ., JohnJ ,:r-;athaniela )was born 5th GEI-:EP.ATION 4 Nov.1738,in Concord.,N.H. ;and died 15 June.,1824. He l.ived in Fryeburg.,Me.,from 1763,and later in Brownfield, Me.,and was a farmer. (See page 147.) He married., 13 Feb.1764,Ann Walker.,daughter of Isaac Walker of Concord. She was born 7 Aug.1747,and died 4 Mar.1820.~n Brown-field. The average age attained by Nathaniel and Ann Merrill and their fourteen children was 69 years. Children:

1421 i. Nathaniel.6 (1767-1828); lived Brownfield.

1422 ii. John'(l769-1836); lived Portland.,Me.

111. Sarah•.,b.2 May.,1771; d.14 Apr.1842; m . .,1799, Enoch 7 Merrill, son of her cousin Enoch I Mer­rill (see page 4Jq); nine children.

iv. Lydia 6 ,b.19 Feb.1773; d.6 Nov.1855; m.24 Feb. 1792,Jonathan-Ambrose' Merrill (see ~age 295); no children.

1424 v. Isaac'{ 1775-1843); lived North Conway,!\. H.

1425 vi. Moses 6 (1777-1870); lived Brownfield.

1426 vii. James-Walker 6 (1779-1842); lived Portland.

1427 vi1i.$amuel6 {1780-1824)t blacksmith.

ix. Polly 6 ,b.25 Jan.1783; d.17 May,1802,unm.

x. Nancy 6 ,b.19 June,1785; d.7 Oct.1838,unrn.

xi. Ruth 6,b:7 Nov.1787; d.26 Jan.1871; ffi. 25 Aug.1840,Joseph Colby.

T435' xii. Thomas-H. 4,b.29 Apr.1789; d.1868; physician.

x111.Betsey 6,b.14 Nov.1790; d.l Apr.1876; m.16 Feb. 1822,Amos Eastman; lived Conway.

xiv. Jud1th 4,b.28 Feb.1793; d.8 Sept.1868; m.22 Oct.1812,Capt Walter Edgecomb; lived Brown­field.

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5th GENERATIOii OBADIAH 1 MERRILL (Nathaniel' .,NathanielJ .,Nathaniel~) was born 9 Aug.1719,in Haverhill,Mass. He lived· .in Kil­lingly, Conn. ,and Chesterfield and Grantham.,N.H. ·He mar­ried,28 Dec.1749,Hannah Joslyn,daughter of Israel and Sarah (Bayley) Joslyn of Thom;,son,Conn. Children, the first six or whom were baptised in Killingly:

1. Sabra1 ,bap.30 Dec.1750; m. ::hildren.

. Young; four

11. Hannah•,bap.ll Oct.1752; a.aged more than 90, · at Saratoga,N.Y.; m.Jcseph White.

iii. Lavin1a~,b.19 Oct.1753; d.Aug.1833; m. Dr. Elkanah Day; two children. ·Their son.Syl­vester Day was a surgeon in the U.S.Army forty-seven years. Gen.Hannibal Day, U.S.A., was a descendant.

iv. Mary',bap.12 Nov.1758.

v. Sarah 6,bap.3 May,1761; m.Henry Larned.

vi. Sybil6 ,bap.26 June,1763.

1446 vii. John 6,b.abt.1759; d.abt.1838; lived Grantham.

1449 viii.Obadiah 6; lived Irasburg,Vt.,and Warren,Pa.

1453 ix. Abelcs(l775-1847); lived Stowe,"\Tt.

x. Corinna'; m. Aldrich.

JOHI~ 5 ME!"..RILL (Uathan1ei "',Nathaniel 3 ,Nathaniel 2)was baptised 16 De~.1722,in Killingly,Conn:,and died in 1753. He lived in Stafford~Conn. He married Sa~ah F'tlller of Ashf'ord,Conn.,wha sur-~ived him and died in Ashf'ord,aged about 90. Children:

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1. Stephen•,

ii. Jesse•.

111. Maryl; ~.Jonathan Alden, a descendant in the sixth generation from John and Priscilla AldenJwho figure in "The Courtship of Miles Standish."

~

5th G:SNI:RP.T Ior:

!r;;;i:.ro,;T.AHI ME~:1ILL (Nathaniel 4 ,Nathaniel' ,Nathaniel2 ) was born in Killingly,Conn.,and was baptised 23 Aug.1724. He married,29 June,1748,Mercy Hallowell. Children:

1. P.holiab6 ,bap.7 Ja.n.1753.

11. · Hallowe11•, bap. 7 Jan.1753; d .young.

1459 iii. Hallowell1 ,bap.1754; d.1818; lived Wells,Vt.

iv. Nathaniel',bap.6 hug.1758.

242

SAiViOt.L1 MERRILL (Samuel' ,!~athaniel3 ,Nathaniel 2 )was born 7 Dec.1737,in Haverhill,Mass.,and died 29 Dec.1801. He was a farmer and lumberman,and lived at the Scotland Hill homestead. In 1769 he built a hcuse which was occu­pied by his descendants until the death of his great­grandscn William-Edwin 8 Merrill. During the Revolution he served on the Committee of Safety,and he commanded a company of Massachusetts troops at Burgoyne's surrender. He married,25 Oct.1759,Abigail Eaton,daughter of Samuel and Mehitable (Harriman) Eaton of Plaistow,N.H~ She was bo~n 8 Aug.1736,and died 22 May,1816,in Haverhill. They had nine sons:

1471 i. Samuels(l761-1833); lived Haverhill and Methuen.

1472 ii. Jesse~(l762-1840); lived Peacham, Vt.

5th GE?IE."'.ATION

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iii. James•,b.5 Oct.1764; accidentally drowned in Merrimack River 4 Oct.1788; unm.

1473 iv. Jonathan1(176S-1805); m.Susanna Adams.

1474 v. 3van1 (1768-1821); colonel in War of 1812.

1475 vi. David'(l771-1824); m.Dorothy Clark.

1476 vii. "11111am 6(1773-1843); lived Haverhill.

1477 viii.John-Hancock•{1775-1826); m.Elizabeth Carleton.

1478 ix. Horatic~(l 778-:1850); m.Rebecca McGaw.

DAl,IEL S MERRILL ( Jor.n ♦, Nathaniel J ,Nathaniel 2 ) was born 2 June,1729,in Haverhill,Mass. He removed to Lu­nenburg,Mass.,thence to Fitchbur.3,in 1766 to Ashburn.ham, Mass.,and,in 1772,to Deerfield,Mass. He married {l) 3 Apr.1749,in Eradford,Mass.,Abigail. Carleton {?),who died 3 June,1764, and he married (2) 27 Sept.1766, Eunice Fellows,daughter of Samuel and Eunice Fellows. She was born 26 May,1736. Children:

1485 1. Moses 1 ; lived in Shelburne,Mass.,and in N.H.

ii. Abiga116,b.24 Sept.1756.

iii. A child,6 b.15 Sept.1758.

iv. $ Asa ,bap.12 Oct.1760.

By the second wife--

1488 v. Daniel4 ,b.7 May,1767; m.Ruth A~es.

vi. Samuel6 ,b.l9 Oct:1768.

vii. Billy 6,b.5 Dec.1770.

Note.--A question,not yet satisfactorily answered, has arisen regarding three Daniels Merrills. Daniels Merrill 152 of Haverhill,Mass.,1s believed to have mar-

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ried Abigail Carleton and to have liad three children. 5th GE!'ffiRATION (See page 291.) Daniell Merrill 248, a native of Ha-verhill, .is also said to have married ~bigail Carleton. Which statement is in error I cannot say. (See also note at page 373)

~

NATHANIELS MERRILL ( John4 ,Nathaniel I ,~athaniel.2) was born 26 Feb.1731/2,in Haverhill,Mass. At an early age he moved to Pelham,N.H.,and later to Westminster and Shelburne Fal.ls,Mass. He married (1) 7 Nov.1754,Anna Baldwin,and (2) Children:

i. Nathaniel5 ,b.9 Mar.1755.,in Pelham.

ii. James 6,b.l5 Nov.1756,in Pelham.

1495 111. Thaddeus•,b.22 Feb.175B; lived Shelburne.

iv. Anna 5 ,b.4 Feb.1760; d.aged 13.

1497 v. John6 ,b.12 Sept.1763; d.abt.1845.

vi. Benjamin6 ,b.2 Aug.1767.

vii. Joseph'_,_b.17 July,1769,in Pelham.

By the second wife-­

viii.Asa6,bap.26 July.,1779,in Shelburne.

Long; lived Sbelburne.

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mrr 5th GE?IBRJ..TIO?l JOSSJ>HS ME!UULL (Joseph•,?lathaniel~ ,Nathaniel2 ) was

born 18 Jan.1737/8,in F.averhill,Mass.,and died 26 March, 1816. He lived in Methuen,Mass.,and Bethel,Me. He mar­ried Ruth Hibbard,who died 6 Mar.1618. Children,born in Methuen:

1. Ruth 6; m.Thomas Hazeltine.

ii. Ab1gail 6 ; m.Joseph Hazeltine.

1506 iii. John 6 (1772-1852); m.Hannah Sanborn.

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NATF.JJJIEL 5 MERRILL (.Toseph4 ,Nathaniel3 ,Nathanielz) was born 2 Mar.1747/8,in Haverhill,Mass.,and died,3 May, 1825. He lived in Eath,ILE.,Newbury,Vt.,and Haverhill, R.H. In 1816 he moved to Piermont,N.E.,and lived with his grandson,George Hibbard.· He was a member of the New Hampshire Legislature, served as a lieutenant in the Revolution, and later was a major of militia. He was tall and broad-shouldered, and weighed about 175 pounds. He had a remarkably stror.g voice, and "could converse with Maj.Joshua Hale of' Newbury, who was similarly gift­ed, with perfect ease when they were a mile apart. 1' -­

(Whitcher' s :'History of Haverhill," p.591.) He married (pub.22 June,1771) Sarah Hazen,daughter of Capt. John and Anna (Swett) Hazen of Haverhill,N.H. She was born 12 Mar.1754,and died 7 Feb.1819. Children, all but the first two of whom were born in Haverhill,N.H.:

i. Sarah6 ,b.5 :May,1772; d.24 Feb.1842; m. Col. Aaron Hibbard of Bath.

ii. Elizabeth•,b.3 Mar.1774,in Newbury; d.4 Feb. 1855; m. Capt .Moses Swasey Of: rlewbu.ry, Vt.

iii. Abigail 6 ,b.29 Jan.1776; d.2 Apr.1778.

iv. Mary {or Polly) 6 ,b.16 Mar.1778; d.7 Oct.1838; m.!Jathaniel Runnells of Piermont.

v. ,Anna (er Nancy) 6 ,b.7 Feb.1780; d.6 Dec.1850; m.Qbadiah Swasey of Haverhill,!;.H.

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vi. Abigail~,b.16 June,1782; d.2.Apr.1818. 5th GENERATION

vii. Charlottel-,b.lSJuly,1784"; d.19 Aug.1817; m. Maj. Isaac :Pearson of Haverhill,N.H.

viii.Lucinda 6 ,b.20·.Jan.1787; d.15 Dec.1809; m.Abner Bayley of Newbury, Vt •.

xi.

Ruth'·,b.1789; d.Sept.1854; m.James Morse of Corinth,Vt. ·

Hannah5 ,b.1789; d.13 Feb.1855; m.John Page of Haverhill,!~.H.; he was U.S.Senator 1836-7, and Governor of New Hampshire 1839-42; their son John A.Page was Treasurer of Vermont six­teen years,and_lived in Montpelier.

Mehitable 6 ,b.l792; d.22 Mar.1812; m. Thomas Morse. · ·

xii. Nathaniel6 ,b.1795; d.22 Mar.1817.

x11i.Louisa4 ,b.1797; d.23 Dec.1821; m.Samuel Page of Haverhill,N.H.

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ASAs ~.RILL (Stephen4,Nathaniel1 ,Nathaniel2 ) was born 30 June,1732,in Haverhill,Mass.,and died 3 i:ov.1815. He lived in Boxford,Mass.,and served as a lieutenant in the Revolution. He married Bethia ,who died 28 Jan.1791,in Boxford,aged about 55. Children:

1. Stephenf,b.11 Nov.1754; sergeant in the Revo­lution; m.3 June,1777,Dorcas Peabody.

11. Sarah6 ,b.3 Jan.1759; m.(pub.18 Sept.1784)Moses Cross.

iii. El1zabeth6 ,b.4 Jan.1766; m.Oct.1786, Samuel Tenney of Bradford,Mass. ·

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5th GEKE.t?ATION JESS-i::J MEE'..P.ILL (Stephen• ,Nathaniel.J ,.Nathaniel a) was born 31 Dec.1739 (1 Jan.1739~),in Andcver,Mass.,and died 1 Jan.1816,in Orford,N.H. He was a farmer,and lived in Salem,r,.H. ,and,from 1802,in Orf'ord. He married,5 May, 1763,Phebe Pearl. Children:

1516 1. T1mothy6,b.21 . Sept.1764; ·lived Sal.em.

1517 11. Richard 6 ,b.ll Apr.1766; m.Abigail Ball.

iii. Stephenf,b.1766;. d.1768.

iv. Phebe',b.26 Mar.1770; d.1772.

v. Phebe',b.1772; d.1778.

vi. Elizabeth',b.7 Jan.1774; m.John Hall; 10 ch.

vii. Jesse 6,b.1777; d.1778.

v111.Dorcas 4,b.10 Aug.1780; m.John Gage; 7 ch.

ix. . ' . abigail ,b.1782; d.1784.

~ICH.Afill ~ M3:1.~ILL ( Stephen 4 ,Nathaniel.s·,Nathani~l ~) was born ·4 Dec.1744,in Andover,Mass.,and died 11 De.c. 1799.­His home was in Bradford,Mass. He married Dorothy (per­haps Hackett). Child (perhaps others):

Benjamin6 ,b.6 Mar.1779; d.4 Jan.1848,in Derry, N.-a.; rn.16 Apr.1809,Sarah-!-Winship Parker.

PETER 5 MP.~R.ILL ( Peter 4:Peter 3 , Nathaniel 2 ) was born 10 Sept .. 1718, in Newbury ,Mass. Ee 11 ved in Methuen,Mass .

(now Salem,K.H.) ,and was a blacksmith. He married r'iehit­able I(elly .. who was born 18 kug.1716. Cr..1ldren:

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1527 i. Amosl(l739-1822); m.Lydia Giles·.

ii. Timothy5,b.S July,1742; lived Windham Village; N.H ..

iii. Judith5 ,b.l3 Feb.1744; d.1764.

iv. Mehitable 1 ,b.16 Apr.1747; d.31 Jan.1816.

v. F.uth 6,b.Jan.1749; d.13 Nov.1757.

1530 -vi •. Peter 6 (1752-1826); moved to CorinthiVt.

vii. Sally 5 ,b.20 May,1755; d.13 Jan.1828.

viii.Zilpha 6 ,b.17 Apr.1757; d.19 Oct.1794.

5th GENEr:ATior:

JOSIAH5 MERRILL {Peter4 ,Peter3,Nathaniel=)was born 10 Oct.1721,in Newbury,Mass. lie was a tanner and lived in Newbury. lie served in the expedition a;z;ainst-Louis­burg in 1744. Ee married,30 Oct.1746,in Salisbury,Mass., Hannah Graves of Salisbury. Child {perhaps others):

Spencer 6 ,b.6 Aug.1749.

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JOHE l MBRRILL .(.?eter• ,Feter 3 ,Nathaniel 3 }was born 7 Mar.1723/4,in Newbury,Mass.,and died before Dec.17$2. He lived in Methuen,Mass.{now Salcm,~.n.) He marTied Deborah ~illiams,daughter of Samuel and teborah (Throop) Williams. She was born 26 Sept.1725,at Lebanon, Conn. Children:

i. Peter6 ,b.23 Sept.1747.

· ii. Daniel4 ,b.12 July,174~.

iii. John6 ,b.l0 Ji.ug.1751; lived 3ath,1!.E.{?)

iv. Phineas 6 ,b.l2 Jan.175~.

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5th G-ENEP..ATIOI! 1538 v. Enoch6,b.26 July,1756; lived· Salem1 N.H.

vi. Ruth5,b.13 Nov.1761; d.l Mar.1853,; m.3 May, 1786,John Clark,son of Samuel and HannR.b Clark; lived Salem,N.H.; seven children.

l540 vii. Jos1ah8 ( 1763-1837); lived Windham,:N .H.

viii.Esther•~b.16 Mar.1765.

ix. Martha•,b.21 July,1770; m.16 Oct.179l;Daniel Heath .of ~alem; lived Bradf"ord, Vt. ,and Rav'31·­hill,N~H.; f"our children.

1542 x. · J crurt.han6,b .. i 723.; .. rem<>.v.e.d,_t..q_ T 1 nmou.th, Vt •

NATHA.l~IEL 5 MEr..RILL (Peter•,Peter',Nathanie12 ) wes born 25 Jan.1726/7,in Newbury,Mass.,and lived in M~thu­en,Mass.(now Salem,N.H.) on a farm near Pol.ic.y . .Po~d. Hu married Sarah Peaslee. Children: · ·

1545 i. Josephf(l750-1825); m.Anna Ober.

1547 ii. Perley6 ,b.25 Aug.1754; m.Esther Currier.

iii. Elizabeth6,b.2 Apr.1756; m. lived Carver,Mass.

iv. Daniel-Peaslee 6 ,b.9 Sept.1758; lilred Salem; m.Lois Robinson.

v. Sarah6 ,b.2 July,1762; m.Richard Messer; lived Methuen.

l55I vi. Nathar..i.er,(J.'265-1.839); .lived__Ac.wo!'th,1;.H.

vii. Hannah 6 ,b.5 Aug.1767.

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DbVID J MER?.I!,L (Peter ♦ ,Peterl ,Nathaniel 2 ) '17as born 5th GEN'S'Rl..TI0!4 25 Dec.1729,in Haverhill,Mass ,and lived in Methuen, Mass.,(now Salem,N.F..) He married,2 Aug.1752,Sarah Cole. Children:

i. Susanna•,b.15 Oct.1753.

ii. Sarah•,b.25 Mar.1755.

1554 iii. David 4 ,b.30 bpr.1760; lived Hopkinton,N.H.

MOSES 5 Mfilt~ILL (Peter 4 ,Peter3 ,Nathaniel~) was born 5 Jan.1737/8,iri Methuen,Mass. He lived in Haverhill, Mass.,and Salem and Hopkinton,N.H. He married,15 May, 1760,Hannah Greenough. Children:

i. Samuel-G.~b.8 Apr.1762 7 in Salem; prob.died young.

ii. Sarah6 ,b.1763,in ~alem.·

1562 iii. Moses 6 ,b.1764; d.1862,in Stanstead,Quebec.

iv. Judith 0 , b .1765~

v. Hannahi».

vi. Phebe 6 ,b.1771.

vii. William 6 ; lived Landaff,1~.H.

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DESCE!!DANTS OF JOHN 1

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5th GERE.RATION SA.v.tJELS MERRILI· (John•,John1.,John 9 ) was baptised 25 June~l732,1n West Hartford,Corin.:and died 30 Mar.1798. He lived in Irew Hartford,Conn.,"near the.east end of the bridge in the !:orth Village." He man-ied,in March,1758, Marys Merrill, who died in 1814. ( See page 232.) Chil-dren: · ·

1600 i. John6 (1762-1848); lived Barkhamsted;Conn.

ii. Samuel6 ,b.1767; removed to new York,and af'ter­ward to Illinois.

iii. Polly 6 ; m.Chauncey Mix of 1-!'ew Hartford.

EPHR} .. .TI-.f 5 MERRILL ( Nathaniel 4 , John;, John 2 ) was born 9 Oct.1733,in Waterbury,Conn.,where he spent his life. He married,26 Dec.1753,Jerusha Thompkins,daughter of Edmond and Ha~-~ah Thompkins of Waterbury. Children.

i. Elizabeth 6 ,b.12 r;ov.1754.

1606 ii. Jephtha~(l756-1838); lived Goshen,Conn.

iii. Noah~,b.10 Mar.1759; a.11 May,1818,in Litch­field.,Conn.; lived Norfolk, Conn.; a soldier in the Revolution.

iv. Ephraim 5 .. b.5 .Oct.1761; lived Norfolk.,Conn.; a soldier in the Revolution.

v. Sarah~,b.8 July,1763.

vi. Aaron°.,b.6 July,1765.

1611 vii. Roswell~(l773-1817); lived Castleton.,Vt.

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CALEB 5 MERRIL!. (!,rathan1e1•,Johnl;John~) was born 5th CEN!:RATION 26 Oct .1735; in Waterbury, Conn.; and died 3 :May, 1812. He · lived on Bunker Hill in Waterbury, and later on West Side Hill~ He was a farmer,and at one time operated a 6rist mill one mile south of Waterville. He married, 5 Nov.1753;Susanna Thompkins,daughter of Edmond and Hannah Thompkins of Waterbury. She was born in 1734 and died 10 Dec.1818. Children:

I615 1. Ichabcd5 {1754-1829); m.Sarah Frisbie.

1616 ii. Mathan1el'(l756-1823); rem.to Jefferson,:••.Y.

iii. ~achel5 >b.30 Jan~l759; m.Jared Hickox.-•

~ iv. Elijah-Thompkins 6 (1761-1845); m.Chloe Scott.

v. Esther6 ,b.9 Apr.1764: m.P..masa Scoville,son of Asa Scoville.

vi. Azor (Asat) 4 ,b.8 July,1766; d.15 Aug.1766.

vii. Suse (Susan?) 6 ,b.9 Mar.176S; m. logg.

viii Sarah',b.7 Jan.1771;· m.Eldad Bradley.

Kel-

ix. Caleb 4,b.20 Nov.1773; d.Fab.1844; lived ~ater­bury,and later Greene,Chenango County, N.Y.; d.Oxford,N.Y.; had several sons.·

x. Lydia 4,b.21 Oct.1774; d.l Oct.1820; m.,18 May, 1802sl.nsel Lewis; he was b.18 July,1772; ele'll'en children.

DA•:ID 5 M!f'-.RILL (!-!athaniel°' ,John3 ,John:i) was born 30 Mar.l73B>in Waterbury,Conn.,and died 1 Dec.1821. Ee lived in Goshen,Conn.,where he married;26 Kov.1761, Esther Bowe,daughter of Jeremiah Howe of Goshen. Chil­dren:

5th G-ENEI'.ATIO?,

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1. n~eda1 {a son),b.22 Aug.1762.

1625 ii. Earzillai6 {1764-l850); Fabius;Onondaga co.N.Y.

iii. Esther6 ,b.22 Nov.1766.

iv. Amy {or Anne) 6 ,b.l6 Apr.1769; m.Thaddeus Beach; eight children.

JOH!{; MERRILL (IJathaniel • ,John1 ,John1 ) was born 14 Aug.1744,in Waterbury:Conn.;and died 30 Dec.1811. He lived in Water:town,Conn.(Oakville),where he was a large land owner. He marri~d Sara..~ ,who died 10 Mar. 1823,aged 77. Child:

Chloe 0 ; d.18 Dec.1841; m-14 Mar.1785, David Buckingham of Watertown,son of Thomas Buck­ingham; he died 6 Feb.1832; five children.

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ABIJAH 5 MER..~If..L Caleb\John3 ,John~) was born 2 May, 1734,in West Hartford,Conn.,and died 20 Feb.1823. He lived in West Hartford,and,after about 1764;in Tyring­ham (now Monterey),Mass. He served as. a captain in the :1evolution. He married {1);6 Jan .. 1755,in Farmington, Conn.,Sarah Barton. She died 27 Nov.1777,and he mar-ried ( 2) • 4 June : 1778, Hannah Chadwick ( of Lee, Mass. •i ) who died 4 Dec.1827,agcd 78. Children:

1. Lucy~,b.11 June,1758; d.25 Sept.1835; m.Capt. John Stearns o~ Tyringham,Mass4,and Bruns­wick,Ohio; eleven children.

1630 li. Ab1jah 6 ,b.5Feb.1762.

1631 iii. Caleb-Barton 6 (1764-1842}; m.Sarah Jackson.

iv. Rhoda 6 ,b.29 Oct.1767.

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v. Mary•,b.27 Sept.1769; d.the same day.

vi. Mary•,b.ll Oct.1772; d.the same day.

vii. John 6 ,b.12 Dec.1779; d.young.

viii.Hannah,,b.6 June,:1""'81; m.25 Jan.1807,Thomas Garfield of Tyringham.

Ii!34 ix. William-G. 6 (1785-1654}; South Lee,Mass.

I636 x. John1 (1788-1878); m.Hannah Howk.

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EBENEZEP. 5 MERRILL (Aaron',JohnJ,Joh.~3 ) was born in West Hartford,Conn.,and was baptised 28 July,1745. He married:6 Oct.1766,Sarah liart,daughter of James and Thankful (North) Hart of 1;orthington (now J.von) ,Conn. She was born 15 July,1743,and died 22 Feb.1813;in Ad­dison,Vt. Ebenezer Merrill lived in West Hartford until 1769,then in Canaan,Conn. Before his death he removed to Addison,Vt. He died 4 Mar.1827. Children, the first two of whom were born in West Hartford,the others 1n Canaan:

1645 i. Corel6 (1766-1849); lived Addison.Vt.

ii. Rufus 6 ,b.2 Feb.1769; d.21 June.1787.

iii. Olive-Pona•,b.2 Apr.1771; d.2 May,1831, in Shoreham,Vt.

iv. Esther-Pond 6 , b.14 July ,1773; d .10 ?iov .1793.

v. Sarah4 ,b.1775; d.2~ Sept.1777~

1648 vi. Aaron 1 (l776- ); m.Nancy Farrand.

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vii. Sarah1 ,b.20 Mar.1781,in Addison,Vt.; d.14 May, 1811,in Troy~N.Y.; m.5 Dec.1802,Renry Swart­wout; three children.

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5th GENERATION ELDAD 5 MEP.RILL (Cyprian} JohnJ, 'Johna) was born in West Hartforc!,Conn.,and was baptised 9 May.,1743. · He died in 1790. He livecl in ?:-ew fiartford.,Conn.,and was a physician. He married,17 Dec.1778,in New Hartford, Han­nah Ames. Children:

1. Eldad 5 ,b.1780.

ii. Selah',b.23 May,11;0; lived New Hartford; m. Lydia Steele,dau.of William and Hannah (Web­ster) Steele.

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CYPP.IA!-; 5 M:S:RRILL (Cyprian•.,john 3 .,John2 ) was born in June,1753,in West Hartford,Conn.,and was baptised 1 July, 1753. He died 21 Apr.1812,having spent most of his life in Kew Hartford~ Conn. He married who died 17 July:1828.,aged 59. Children:

(

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1. Eli~halet-Loomis 5 ,b.177SA

ii. Enoch 5; b .1781.

iii. r;ormand 6 , b .1784.

iv. Betsey 6 , b .1787.

v. Sybil6 ,b.1787.

vi. Clara'.

vii. Pruda 6 ~ b.1793.

viii.Sally6 ,b.1793.

ix. Hiram 6 .,b'.1797.

x. Truman 6 ,b.17S8.

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AAROl~s ME-'CffiILL (Cypr1an+,Johnl,John2 } was born in 5th GE'NERATION March,1755,in West Hartford,Conn.,and died 1 Sept.1831. He 11 ved in ?~ew F.artford, Conn. He married Annis }l.~p/:t.r.f3/, who died 26 Oct.1834,aged 80. Children:

!6SS 1. Cyrenus-Eisse11°,b.1775; lived New Hartford.

ii. Medad-Warner 4,b.l777.

iii. Elizabeth 6,b.1777; lived in Ohio.

iv. Prosper6 ,b.1781; d.unm.

v • Tt:Uman •, b .1 785 ; d. young~ ·

vi. Debcy 6 ,b.1790; lived in Connecticut.

vii. RoxyD,b.1790; lived in Indiana.

viii.Polly5 ,b.1791; lived in Braceville,Ohio.

ix. Almira 6,b.1794; d.1867 in Ohio:unm.

x. Cynthia6 ,b.1795; lived in Ohio.

xi. Luman-Humphrey 6 ,b.17S7.

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STEPHfil,S ~RI!.L (Benjamin•,Johnl,John 2 } was born in West Hartford,Conn.,and was baptised 9 ~eb.1740/41. He lived in New Hartford,Conn. He married in Octoberi 1774,Ann Flower in New Hartford. Children;

i. Mehitable 6 ,b.25 May,1777.

ii. Phineas 6 ,b.25 hUg.1778.

1663 iii. Phineas-Flower 6,b.l July,1780.

1664 iv. Erastus 6(1782-1866); m.Lu~inda Bushnell.

v. Anna',b.23 July,1784.

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vi. r:ewbury•,b.8 nov.1789.

vii. Anna 6 ,b.9 Oct.1792.

viii .Polly'• b. 29 Oct .1797.

SOLOMOl! s M~?.l1ILL (Benjamin 4 ,John 3,John2) was born

in West Hartford,Conn.,and was baptised 27 Aug.1749. He lived in New Hartford. He married Children:

1. Webster',b.July,1779.

11. A daughter,b.5 Aug.1781 •

• iii. Rachel ,b.11 Sept.1785.

iv. Allen 6 ,b.Sept.1787.

v. Solomon 6 ,b.8 Nov.1789.

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ABRAHM'i 5 MERRILL (Abraham 4 ,Abraham 1 ,John2 ) was born 12 Nov.1737,in West Eartford,Gonn.,and died 29 May,1821. He lived in West Hartford until about 1778,and later in Amherst,Mass. Ee married (1),31 Dec.1761,Joanna 3race of West Hartford,who was born in December~l739,and died 7 Aug.1818. He married (2),17 Dec.1818,Huldah Rowe of Amherst (widow),who died 11 Aug.1822,aged 86. Children:

i. Jerusha 6 ,b._20 Mar.1763.

!615 ii. Calvin 6 , b.4 Aug .·1765; m.Orinda Rowe.

1676 iii. Chauncey 6,b.1767; lived New Britain,Conn.

iv. Ab1ga11~,b.3 Sept.1769.

v. Joanna'°,b.17 May,1772.

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vi. Abiga11 4.,b.9 Apr.1775.

vii. Elizabeth6.,b.9 Nov.1777.

ELEAZER 5 MEP..RILL (Abraham4 ,Abrahaml .,John•) was born in West Hartford,Conn • .,and was baptised 4 Nov,1739. He was described as of Pittsfield,Mass • .,in 1768. He lived in Newington.,and later in Litchfield,Conn.,and was a soldier in the Revolution. Shortly after the war he joined the Susquehanna Land Company in the purchase of land in nortr.eastern Pennsylvania from the Indians. He and his sons Solomon-Woodruff~ and Eleazer 6 settled on the land,and named the place Litchfield. "The old log barn is still standing,and the well-sweep is in use. The orchards.,planted with seed brought from Connecticut, are still bearing fruit. The descendants of Solomon6

and Eleazer' hold a reunion every year in a grove two miles from Athens,Pa • .,on the last Thursday in August. Athens is only a short distanc·e from Litchfield .• " (See "John Brown and His Descendants 11 [St.Paul,1912), pages 82-88.) Eleazers Merrill married,19 Nov.1767,in Farm­ington.,Conn.,Rebecca Woodru:ff of ~armington. Children:

5th GENERATION

1683

I6S4

i.

ii.

iii.

Abraham 6 ,b.20 Oct.1768; d.24 Apr.1853.

Solomon-Woodruff6 (1770-1844); m.Abigail Stoddard.

Eleazer6 (1772-1855); m.Nancy Booth.

1686

iv.

v.

vi.

Rebecca 6 ,b.ll May,1774; d.1847; m.Daniel Doane.

Abijah6 (1777-1854); lived Painesville.,Ohio.

Theodore 6 ,b.12 Feb.1779.

vii. Joshua6 ,b.9 Oct.1781; m.Sophia

viii.Ruth',b.24 Feb.1789; m.,1808,Horace Merriam.

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408 -5th GENI:!'.ATIOK JOSEPH s ME!\RILL (Joseph• ,Abraham l, John 2 ) was born

in New Hartfc,rd,Conn.,and was baptised 11 Mar. 174.'J/4. He lived in New Rartford,where he was a farmer and shoe­maker,and died 4 Mar.1821. Ee served as a lieutenant in the Revolution. He married,29 May,1768,Lydia Plower, daughter of Elijah and Abigail (Seymour) Flower of the Horth Village,1/ew Hartford. She was born 25 Apr.1748, and died 16 Peb.1821. Children:

i. Lydia6 ,b.3 hpr.1777; d.2 Oct.1843; m.20 Jan. 1801,Harvey Sada of Windsor,Conn.; removed to Austinburg,Ohio. Eight children.

ii. Sylvia 6; m.Rev.Moses Gillette.

iii. Parnal 6 (1782-1860); m.Rev.Fredericlc Marsh of Winchester,Conn.

iv. Jerusha 5; m.Daniel Lyman.

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PHil{SHJ..S 5 i\'iE~RILL (Joseph 4 ,Abraham 3, John::.) was born in 1,ew Eartford,Conn.,and -was baptised 2 Mar.1755. He lived in New Hartford,and died 31 ¥.ar.1828. He served as a captain in the Revolution,under Col.Jeremiah Wads­worth of Hartford. Re married,in March,1780,~nna Buell, daughter of Capt.~rchelaus Buell of Litchfield,Conn. She was born 27 Mar.175S,and died 4 Sept.1855. Children:

i. Candace 6 ; m.,1800,Joseph-M.Gilbert; Michigan.

ii. Harriet-Buell 6 ,b.31 Mar.1784; d.17 Sept.1827; m.15 Mar.1804,Rog~r Mills,lawyer; he was b. 6 Sept.1773,and d.29 ?-:ay,1844. Ten chil­dren.

1710 iii. I-!orman 6 (1788-1861); m.i:.nna Marsh.

1712 iv. James 6,b.19 Dec.1792; m.Julia Holcomb.

v. Benry-Buell 6 ,b.30 July,1800; d.Jan.~1809.

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MICHAELS MEF.RILT. (Joseph•,Abrahaml,John 2) was born 5th G:'.N::::!'..ATIOK

26 May, 1770, in !~ew Hartford, Conn., and died about 1816 in Philadelphia. He lived in Great Barrin.3ton,Mass., but went West>and finally settled in Philadel~hia. He was a physician. He married (1),3 May,1752, Tryphena (Merrill) ~errill,widow of JerijahS Merrill. (See ;age :,37.) She died in 1800,aged 31. He married (2) ................. , who after his death removed to Stillwater,N.Y. Children:

i. .Maria•, b.26 May,17.93; d.l J..ug.1883; m.about 1817 Ansel Goodwin; removed about 1828 to Volney (now Palermo),N.Y. Five children.

ii. Addison-Jay 6 •

iii. Andrew'·

MOSES 5 MERRILL (Moses 4 ,~aniel3 ,John 2 )was born in West Hartford,Conn.,and was baptised 18 July,1731 ■- He died 3 Apr.1794,in West Hartford. He lived in West Hartford and Farmington, Conn. -lie married ( l) ...

•••• ••••••• •••••••••• J

who died 15 Sept.1772. The records say that she and her three children all died of "putrid fever 11 (typnus). He married (2), (published 5 Sept.1773,in West Hartford), Waitstill Heath of·Hartford,who was born in 1744. After his death she married ( 2), 11 Dec .1794,Amos T..awrence of Hartford;removed to.Champion,?i.Y.,and died there 19 Feb. 1826. Children;

i. Samuel~; a.young.

ii. LucretiaS; d.youn6 .

ili. Elizabeth6 ; d.ycung.

1730 iv. Samuel6 (1774-1853); lived Sandisfield,Mass.

v. Mary 6 ,b.29 Feb.1776; m.Samuel Rowley.

vi. Waitst1116 ,b.l8 June,1776; m.Nicholas Lewis; lived Champion,r. Y. ; r.c issue.

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5th GE~1ERATIOI~ 1732 vii. Miner 4{1781-1860} i lived Champion,N.Y.

1734 viii.Moses-Cook 1(1785-1839)j m.Philena Crandall.

ix. Zlizabeth 6,b.1790; d.youns.

J..LLE?: 5 ·MERRILI (Moses,. ,Daniel 1 ,John~} was born in 1734 in West Hartford,Conn.,and died 11 July,1771. He lived in Farmington,Conn. His death was caused by an accident at the raising of a meeting-house in Farming­ton. He ~ed,4 May,1766,in ~armineton,Mary Andrus

{or Andrews). Children:

i. Allen'.

17 40 ii. Seth 6 ; 11 ved in New Britain, Con;'".

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fil.EAZERj MERRILL (Moses 4 ,Daniel.',John~} was born in Farmin.gton,Conn.~and died ·16 May,176S. He lived in Farminston and Simsbury,Conn. He married,29 May, 1765, Lois Foote,daughter of Lieut.Samuel and Lois (Loomis) Foote. She was born 5 Apr.1746. She married (2)in Oct. 1770,John Wells of Farmington. It is related that John Wells was a guest at the wedcling of Eleazer Merrill and Lois Foote. When he o~fered his conzratulations the groom said, 11Go thou and do likewise, John! n "I{o, :, re­plied John, "I'm goin6 to wait for your widow." John was as good as his word,and his oldest child was named Eleazer-Merrill Wells. ~leazer 5 and his son Eleazer 6

Merrill died of pneumonia within three days of ea~h other. Children of Sleazer and Lois Merrill:

i. Eleazer 6 ,b.9 I~ov.1766; d.19 May,1769.

ii. Lois 6 ,~.12 Mar.1769; m.8 June,1787.F.ezekiah Steele·, lived 7i.., ,,..,.1-v-,,.. r.r ....

•• ~ a O ; • • • J. •

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. WILLIAMS ME!mJT.T, (Jonathan4 ,Daniel3 ,John2 ) was born/5th GENF.RATI0J'J in 1732 in West Eartford,Conn.,and died in 1806. He lived at his father's homestead in Canton,Conn.,and was a.farmer. F.e married Sarah Kellogg,daughter of Deacon Isaac ~ellogs of New Eartford,and granddaughter of Sarah 3

Merrill·. ( See page 165.) Sarah Kello3g was born in 1735 ~ and died in 1801. Children.

i. Sarah 6 ,b.1752; m.1775.0liver Eronscn of Guil-· ford,Conn.; lived Simsbury; their son Greene­C.Bronson (1789-1863) was attorney-3eneral, chief justice of the Supreme Court .and jus­tice of the Court of .b.J:)peals of ?Jew York.

ii. Isabel6 ,b.l755; d.1786; m.Ashbel Benham.

iii. Rhoda$,b.1757; d.1792; m.Pliny Case.

T760 iv. Daniel4(1759-l82S); m.Diadama ~ills

v. William 6 ,b.1761;- d.1830;- m.(1) Elizabeth Wil-cox, (2) Thede Brown.

vi. Sybil6 ,b.1763; m.Asa Cowles.

vii. Margaretd,b.1765; m.Williare r.oberts.

viii.Isaac 6 ,b.1767; d.young.

1764 ix. Isaac6 (1768-l846); m.Elizabeth Seymour • .

x~ Candace~,b.1771; m.Bates Willey.

JONA.TiiAK) M3~RILL (Jonathan4 ,Daniel3 ,John2 ) was born in 1734 in West Hartford,Conn.,and lived in Canton,Conn. He married,10 June,1762,Hannah Dou.gl.as,daughter of Sam­uel .and Mary Douglas of New Hartford,Conn.,who was born in 1741. Children:

1. Rachel6 ,b.April.1763; m.(l) James Hill.

Miller, ( ~)

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5th GENERATION 1770 ii. Jonathan 6 (17o4-l842); m.J._senath Tuller.

1772 iii. Benajah 4 ,b.June,1766; m.Lucretia Henderson.

(+) iv. Abi',b.Jan.1769: d.1848; m.:1786,Jonathan Bar­bour (1763-1817).son of John Barbour; 13 ch.

v. Hannah',b.Mar.1772; d.16 Feb.1816; m. Roswell Barnes; he was b.1770:and d.16 Nov.1821; four children.

vi. Susanna•,b.Nov.1773; m.

vii. George 6 ,b.Dec.1778; d.1842; m.

GEORGE 5 MEP..RILL (Jonathan• ,Daniel3 , John~) was born in 1738 in West nartford,Conn.,and lived in Canton,Conn. He is said to have died in New York while confined on a prison ship in the Revolution. Ee married,25 Apr.1765, Sarah Case. Children:

i. Hannah 6 ; d.1806; m.Chauncey Pettibone.

ii. 5; m.Edward Dill.

iii. Shubael 5 •

474

S/>.MUEL 5 Ni.ERP.ILL (Israel• ,Daniel 3 , John~) was born in West Hartford,Conn.,-and was baptised 19 Jan.1746. He died 15 Apr.1797,having spent his life in West Hartford.

(*) Heman-Humphrey Barbour (1820-1875),judge of the Hartford Probate Court,was zrandson of Jonathan and Abi (Merrill) Barbour. Judge Barbour wrote "My Wife and My Mother,n (published 1864),as a memorial to his wife, Frances-Elizabeth (Merrill) Barbour ( see page 4.53'.) ~and his mother,?Jaomi (Humphrey) Barbour. An appendix con­tains much genealogical matter relatin3 to the Merrill and other families. Naomi (Humphrey) Barbour was a sis­ter of Rev.Dr.Heman Humphrey {see page 231).

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He mar_ried (1) ,30 ?~ov.1766lSabra Flower,daughter of Nathaniel and Huldah (Steele) Flower of Rartfor9,who died 3 Apr.1776,in West Eartford. lie married (2),18 Dec .1777, Sarah Steele (widow),. Children ( perhaps others}:

i. Lois6 ; m.Dr.E. Elmore; lived Bergen,Genesee. County,N.Y.

Sedgwick.

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ISRAEL 5 MEmtILL (Israel" ,Daniel3 ,John~) was born about 1752 in West Hartford,Conn.,and died about 1816. He lived in Rartford,Conn.,and was twice married. Children:

1790 i. Epaphras6 (1780-1822); liv.ed. Champion, N.Y. -

ii. Sally6 ,b.21 Apr.1783;-d.10 Mar.1824; m. Ira Carter. :

iii. Hymen',b.1784; d.1812,unm.; lived Champion, Jefferson- County,N.Y.

By the second wife--

1794 iv. Nathan 6 (1786-1859); m.Nancy Taylor.

v. lienry4 ,b.about 1789; blacksmith; m. . ..... ····· ........ . Field; d.without issue.

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JAREDS ME?.RILL (Israel .. ,Daniel3 , John 2 ) was bcr n in 1754 in West Hartford,Con~.,and died 7 May,1832,in Byron, Genesee County,K.Y. He was a house-b~ilder. He lived in Simsbury,Conn.,from about 1775; moved to Whitestown, Oneida County,N.Y.,about ·1791; subsequently to Verona, N.Y.,and in 1811 to Byron. He married Abi3a11 Phelps,

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5th GErrn:nATION daughter of Capt.David Phelps of Simsbury (now East Granby),Conn. She was born 16 Nov.1754,and died 17 Dec. 1831. Children,the last two of whom were born in Whites~ town,the others in Simsbury:

1. Hamilton'; d.aged 5 years.

ii. Polly'; d.aged more than 70; m.Alexander Enos; 11 ved in Ohio;,..., cJ,..

iii. Abigail 6 ,bap.29 June,1777; d.May,1851; m.,18 Mar.1798,Ephraim Fairbank; lived Truxton, N. Y.; Jo-,,,...,. c-4..

lsol iv. Levi0 (1779-1842); farmer,Byron,N.Y.

1802 v. Samuel6 (1780-1678);.11ved Salt Lake City,Utah.

l""l:mo vi. Asa6 (1785-1873); lived Verona and Eyron,N.Y.

1808 vii. Erastus'; d.abt.1865; lived Byron.

1811 vi11.Daniel'(l79·1-1818); lived Bergen,N.Y.

ix. Electra1,b.18 Apr.1794,in Whitestown,N.Y.; d. 18 Mar .1859; m. Warren Warn; 11 ved Byron; r...,.,. cl,,.

1814 x. Ary-Phelps~(l797-l873); lived Byron.

~

HEZEKIAH s MERRILL (Hezekiah ,4, ,Daniel 3 , John~) was born 18 July,1752,in Hartford,Conn.,and died in 1801. In 1784 he was chosen first. treasurer of the newly-incorporated City of Hartford. He was an a~othecary and bookseller "at the sign of the Unicorn and Mortar." In 1792 he was chosen first cashier of the Hartford Bank,serving until 1799. He married,7 Oct.1778,Catherine Collier. She was born in 1761 and died in 1849. Children:

1.

11.

. s . Hezekiah ,b.10 Jan.1780; d.unm.

Dan1el 6 ,b.20 Jan.1782; d.unm.

iii. George',b.2S Oct.1783; d.unm.

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iv. Charles 8 ,b.14 Sept.1786; d.unm.

v. Catherine 1,b.3 Oct.1787; m.Thomas-Y. Seymour of Hartford; one child.

vi. Calvin',b.24 Aug.1789; d.16 June,1790.

vii. Calvin 4 ,b.29 Apr.1791.

viii.Jason 4 ,b.4 Mar.1794.

ix. Sarah-Butler 6 ,b.l Feb.1796; d.3 Dec.1888; m.in August,1818,Gen.Nathan Johnson,son of Elisha Johnson; he was b.24.0ct.1779,and d.12 Oct. 1652; lived Hartford; eight children. (See page 78,note.)

GEORGE-BUTLER; MERRILL (Hezekiah~,Daniel3 ,Jchn~) was born 18 July,1752,in Hartford,Conn.,and died there 15 June,1826. He lived in Hartford. He married Martha-. Smith· 'Nevins ,daughter of Robert ar.d Martha (Smith) Nev­ins of Hartford. She died 30 Nov.1793,in New York,aged 37. Children:

5th GENERATION

1. Martha-Smitn~,b.4 Dec.i7B5; m.14 Feb.1810,Tim­othy Gorham of Iiew Haven> Conn. Their daughter was the mother of Malvina-Belle Ogden of Cin­cinnati,who,in 1862,m.Philip-D.Armour of Ch1-cago,founder of the Armour Institute of Tech­noJ '."·gy.

ii. Harriet 6 ,b.6 Mar.1788.

iii. Sydney 4 ,b.ll Dec.1790.

iv. Mary-Smith$,b.21 Mar.1793; d.30 Aug.1882.

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5th GEKE:'..ATIO}, CHARLESs MERRILL (Hezekiah4 ,r.aniel3 ,John•)was born in September,1755;in Hartford,Conn.,and died 3 Jan.1805. He lived in Hartford. Re married (1) Christian Marsh, daughter of Hezekiah and Christian (Edwards) Marsh of Hartford. She was born 8 Aug.1755,and died 5 Nov.1778. He married (2) lS Nov.1780,in Hartford,Hannah White, daughter of Edward and Hannah (Pelletreau) White. She was born 22 Feb.1760,and died 4 Nov.1843. Children:

i. Christina5 ,b.3 July,1777; d.5 July,1821; m. John Root,a prominent lawyer of Buffalo,!-!. Y.; he d.16 Sept.1846,aged 76; no children.

11. Sarah 6 ,b.l4 Oct.1778; d.8 Dec.1778.

iii. Jared 0 ,b.·6 Nov.1781; lost at sea 1805,unrnar • . iv. Manning 6,b.18 Aug.1783; d.3 Jan.1810,unmar.;

seaman.

v. Betsey 6 ,b.23 Jan.1786; d.4 Mar.1852; m. Paul Jennings of Southampton,L.I.,N.Y.

vi. Oliver 6 ,b.l June,1788; d.20 July,1826,unmar.; served in the Wa~ of 1812.

vii. Emily 6 ,b.3 Oct.1790; d.9 Mar.1873,unmar.

1835 viii.Frederick-Bull6 (1792-1866); m.Sophia Ransom.

ix. Mary 6,b.7 Apr.1795; living in 1867; m.(l) ........... . Harris,and (2) Eeves; lived Buffalo; five children.

x. Sarah 6 ,b.3.l July,1798; d.17 Aug.1878,unmar.

1837 xi. Charles6 (1800-1893); m.!,ancy Whitney.

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NATHANIEL 5 MERRILL (Gideon4 ,Wilterton3 ,Johnz) was born 7 Feb.1742,in Hartford,Ccnn.,and died 1 Mar. 1820. He lived in ~est Eartford,New Hartford and Lit~hfield,

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Conn.,and Cherry Valley,Otsego County,N.Y.,and was a farmer. He served three years in the Revolution. He married Hannah Belden of Wethersfield,Conn. She was born 5 Apr.1744,and died 25 Mar.1809. Children:

i. Nathaniel 6 ,b.5 Oct.1762; served in the Revo­lution.

ii. Hannah 6 ,b.9 Jan.1765; d.19 Aug.1845; m.l Jan. 1788,Elisha Moses; lived Mt.Morris, K.Y.

1855 iii. Truman6 (1766-1656); lived Pittstown,[.Y.

1856 iv. ~;:iuel.5 (1768-1834); lived Kingston.Ontario.

v. James 4 ,b.23 Scpt.1769; d.9 Apr.1791,at Lan­singburg,N.Y.

vi. Allen5 ,b.~ July,1771;-d.21 Oct.1771.

1858 vii. Allen'(l772-1849); m.Tammy Smith. 6 • . viii.Mary ,b.15 May,1774; lived Litchfield,N.Y.

1860 ix. Asher 6 ~b.19 Mar.1776; lived Cherry Valley,N.Y.

x. Ebenezer 4 ,b.6 Apr.1778; d.Jan.1821.

x1. Ethan (or Kathan) 6 ,b:20 Feb.1780; d.1808 or 1809,in Greenbush,N.Y.

xii. Percy 6~b.24 Dec.1781,in New Hartford; d.19 May,1847; m.15 Nov.1797,Thomas Barber of West Simsbury,Conn.; lived Garrettsville, Ohio.

1863 xiii.Charles'{l783-1858); m.Anna Crampton.

xiv. Dorothy 6 ,b.7 Nov.1785; lived Ohio; m. · .............. . Myers.

xv. Candace'~b.l Mar.1788; d.15 Mar.1788.

xvi. Candace',b.12 Nov.1790,in West Hartford; d. 2~ Nov.1875; m.22 Mar.1812,John-P.Marks

(1790-1872); lived ~oseboom,Otsego co., N.Y.; thirteen children.

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5th GEIIERATION

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504

G IDEOI·I' MERRILL ( Gideon±.,Wilt.ert..on3,John2 Jwas·born· · rn:-17·49 in Hartford;Conn.,and died 27 June,1803. He lived in West Hartford. He married,l Aug.1776,in ~est Hartfcrd,Abigail Merrill. (See page 242.) She died in 1804. Children:

-

i. Abigail 1 ,b.19 Dec.1777; d.28 Mar.1851; m. l Jan.1800,Capt.Seth Gates (1775-1847),son of Joshua Gates of Preston,Conn.; lived Litch­field,Herkimer County,and Sheldon,Wyoming County,N.X .. ; .. f.our. children. Seth Gates d.

-.10 Nov·. iB.4? ;in.. ~'ii arcs aw,, It.:~ .• ,, aged. ZZ. .: ·Their sori -Seth-Merrirl cra:t;es ·c 1800-i877) was el_ec_ted to __ Cc,ngress,in .,183_~):and;:.1810,:· and was prominent:. in ~he· ·an·ti-slavery cause. His son Merrill-Edwards Gates was President of Rutgers College_ l882-;1890-,and .of Amherst College· 1890::.._99 .: . •. . . . .

1867 ii .. f_sa•; d.abt~l80fr; m~Clar1ssa: Wilcox.

1872 iii. Pierpont" (1787-;;;1852); ''.lived .Utica,:;-;; Y: - ',. ·- . . . ...., ., .. ' .. . . .. .

iv. Arden 6 , b~l790; kiJ.:Led ... 25 .. July ,.1814,-at ,0the -bat-- -· . - . I . . . . . - . ..

t:le or Lundy ~s 'Lane.; Li.ved-2:i;1arsaw,.1:~Y;0 ; m. in June,1814; 0

•• ., •• Brace,dau.cf Ca9t. Orange Brace; Capt:.Erace was killed in the same enga£!en;ent;-no children.

1874 v. James 0 (1792-1852); lived Rome,N_Y.

vi. Celia-:Ann•,b.16 May-;1797; d-11 Jan.1878; m. Horatio Buell ( 1797"'."1875); lived Sheldon, ri'. Y. ;wauke:;an,Ill- ,and Berlin,Wis.; · 8 ch .

. '5IT

TITUSS M~RILL (Themas·,.: ,-Abell ,Jof.n 2 ) was born ir. West Hartford;Conn.,and was baptised 2~ Aug.1756. He died 11 A.ug.1785,1:lavine; lived. J.n .. West. Hartford~at his father's hotuestead". Re ma·rried~26 I:ov .1778, ·Anna Bel­ding,aaughter of Timothy Belding of:,.West ... :a:artford. She was baptised 12- Feb".1758: .. _ Ch1ldren:

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1878 1. T1mothy'(1779-1846); m.Lydia Kellogg.

1879 ii. Marvin4 (1781-l853); lived south Norwalk,Conn.

I880 iii. Valentine 6 (1783-l854); m.Lydia Sisson.

1881 iv. Orson',tap.20 June,1785; d.Nov.1827.

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5th GENERATION

·: · -TH0MAS.5 ___ MERRILL .• ( Thomi:is4 ,Abel 3 , John 1 ) .. was born in We-st Hartford;Ccrin~;arid was baptised 9 Dec.1759. He ('!3vn, 3~.t7s-,) died 2 Mar .• 1847 ,having spent his life in West Hartford. He carried;inAugust,17BO;E11zabeth Ensign,daughter of Elijah Ensign.of West Hartford. She was baptised 20 Jan .1760, arid·· died·· 25 Mar .1805. Children:

ISS4 i.

ii •.

iii .

iv.

Thomas6 ( 1781-1848); ·r'i ved Sherburne ,:r-r. Y;

E11~~',b~l0 Sept.1782; d.6 May,1848; m.26 Sept~ 1802 ~-Abner Austin; 11 ved Hudson: and Jefferl:lon,lJ. Y.; eleven children.

. _ __ _ .. _ . ·,1.. 2<i?J-, IV:'!il; Catherine 5 , b. 5 July~ 1784 ;.I\ m; 6 Sept .1804 ,Aza­. riah.Root of Sheffield,Mass.; two children.

. . ._ : ... _ . . .. . d.// s..µ: lff64-; Flavia6 ,b~22 Jar1.1786;/\m.John-Flavel Fairchild,

son of Abijah and" Sarah ( Howell) ?ai1~child; lived Cazenovia,N.Y.; four children. Charles­Stebbins Fairchild,Secretary of the Treasury 1867~1889~was their grandson.

1866.v. Sidnei~(l788~1a19); li~ed_ Sc1tuate,Mass.

1887 vi. Myron'(l789-1873); _lived Binghamton,N.Y . ..

~ v11. Titusr.(1791-J&'S"S); lived Sherburne,1;-.Y.

188~ vi1i.Elijah-Ensign~(l793-l~S7); m.Isabel White.

ix. Chester~~b.ll_Feb.1794; drowned 1798.

x. Celia 5 ;b.17 Mar.1798-; d~28. July,1860; m.Hamil­ton Collyer; lived Binr,,;hamton,N.Y.; one dau.

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328

cl.. , o~. JSfi'S; xi. Cynthia:..noot•, b~5.gept .1800 ;"m.26. Oct .1819,

George Kellogg of Sheffield,Mass.; moved to Eriarl'.a-,:abou"tr--1-825-;--s-even·~childrerr; ·

xii. John•,b.25 Mar.1805; d.the same day.

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POLLARD 5 MERRILL ( Thomas,. ,Abel .J, John2 ) was born in Jest Hartford,Conn.,and was baptised 27 Sept.1761. He died in 1855. He 11 ved in West Hartford, where .he mar­ried, 29 0ct.1796,Susanna Brace,daughter of Henry Brace. Children:

1892 i. Pollard6 ,bap.11 Dec.1799; m.Mary Brace.

ii. Lavinia6 ,b.l Sept.1802; m.1822,Edward Steele, son of Joel and Lydia (Ensign) Steele;lived West Hartford; eight children.

iii. Sarah-Ann 6 ,b.20 Mar.1805; d.27 Feb.1884; m. Martin Goodwin,son of Morgan and Rowena (Wheeler) Goodwin; lived West Hartford,and later Clintonville,o.,and Detroit,Mich.; three children.

iv. Mary-Williams 6 ,b.3 July,1808; d.unmarried.

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ABEL 5 MERRILL (Thomas 4 ,Abel3 ,John2 ) was born in ~est Hartford,Conn.,and was baptised 25 Jan.1767. He died 10 Ma;y, 1823. He lived in West Hartford, where he married,6 June,1791,Hannah Goodwin,daughter of Isaac and Mercy (Merrill) Goodwin of West Hartford. She was born in 1769,and died 13 Feb.1813. Children:

i. Florilla6 ,b.29 Feb.1792; d.5 Nov.1814.

ii. Julia~,b.7 Nov.1793; m.Mark Woodruff; lived West Hartford.

iii. Mercia',b.7 Apr.1797; d.13 Nov~l815.

iv. Ransley 4 ,b.29 Aug.1799; lived West Hartford; m.Harriet Francis.

v. Salome-~oodwin•,b.12 Sept.1802; m.Augustus-G. Hazard; lived West Hartford.

vi. George 6 ,b.30 Nov.1806; lived West Hartford; m.Emeline North.

vii. Charlctte',b.5 Sept.1809; m.Tillinghast Tomp­kins; lived West Hartford; two sons.

viii.John 4 ,b.19 Mar.1812; d;2 Dec;l812.

532

ASHER (or ASHUR) 5 MERRILL (Elijah 4 ,Abel3 ,John2 ) was born 28 June,1756,in ~est Hartford,Conn.,and died 16 Aug.1827. He lived in New Hartford,Conn.,and was a farmer. He married Caroline Phelps in Harwinton,Conn. She was born 2 Nov.1758,in Windsor,Conn.,and died 23 Jan.1835. Children:

1. Sally 6 ,b.4 May,1785; c.25 Nov.1823; m:June, 1809,Daniel Clark.

11. Aurelia 4 ,b.18 Feb.1781; d;25 Sept.1865,unm.; lived Nepaug,Conn.,with El1jah 6 •

iii. El1jah 6 ,b.15 Jan.1789; d.l Oct.1871,unm.; lived Nepaug,Conn.,' (a village in New Hart­ford).

1910 iv. Camaralzaman 6 (1791-1870); farmer,Nepau!.

v. Caroline 6 ,b.18 Apr.1793; d.6 Apr.1888; m.20 June,1821,Henry,son of Sylvester Seymour; five children.

vi. Anna 6 ,b.25 Mar.1795; d.28 De~.1869,unm.; lived with her brother Elija!'. 6 •

1912 vii. Asher~{l797-187l); m.Eliza Olmsted.

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5th GEHER.bTIOIJ THEODORE 5 M:&1RILL (Elijah4 ,Abel 3 ,Jc:,hn2 ) was born 8 Jan.1761,in New Hartford,Conn.,and died in 1832. He lived in New Rartford,and later in Palermo,N.Y. He mar­ried Cynthia Barney. She survived him,and married (2) Simeon Merrill of Wolcott,N.Y. Children,(all baptised in 1809):

i. Barney 6 •

11. Harlow 0 •

iii. Theodore'·

192]" iv. Villa.rs (or Vilas) 6 (1794-1883); m.Rachel-Hill Garret.

vi. Julius-Gardner 6 •

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JARED 5 MERH ILL ( Nehemiah 4 ,J..bel 3 , John 2 ) was born in New Hartford,Conn.,and was baptised 31 Aug.1760. He lived in 1iew Hartford until about 1813, when he movecl to Palerrno,!~.Y. His wife's name is not known. Children, all baptised in 1808 in New Hartford:

i. Lydia6 •

ii. Emily 6 •

iii. Temperance~.

iv. Nehemiah 6.

v. Sylvanus <t.

vi. Jared~.

vii. George-Washington 6.

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ICHABODs MER..~ILL (?loah 4 , Isaac 1 ; John 2 ) was born in 5th GENERATION West Hartford,Conn.,and was baptised 15 Sept.1728. He died 5 June,1812. He lived in !~ew Hartford,Conn.,where he married,15 Mar.1761,Marys Merrill. (See page 230.) Children:

i. Lucy 6 ,bap.Feb.1762.

11. Jeremiah 6 ,bap.29 July,1764.

iii. Noah 6 ,bap.8 Sept.1765.

iv. Esther 6 ,bap.3 Oct.1770

1950 v. -- Eli 6 ,bap.4 Oct.1772; m.Lydia Jones.

vi. Mary 1 ,bap.30 Apr.1775.

vii. Diadama 6 ,bap.20 Dec.1778.

viii.Isaacs,bap.16 Apr.1780.

574

J.AMES 5 MERRILL (Timothy 4 ,Isaacl,John~) was born 25 Sept.1751,and died 16 Mar.1807. He lived in Farmington, Conn.,and was a tailor,but he died in Castleton,Vt. He married,24 Nov.1774,Jerusha Seymour of Farmington,who was born 12 Aug.1754,and died 14 Oct.1827. She married (2),in 1812,in Bennington,Vt., Scott. Children:

1975 i. Orsamus-Cook 6 {1775-1865);lawyer,Bennington,Vt.

ii. Uel 5 ,b.24 Feb.1779; d.15 Aug.1811,in Savannah, Ga. ,unmarried.

1978 iii. Timothy 6 (1781-1836); lawyer,Montpelier,Vt.

iv. James-Seymour6,b.1B July,1786; d.9 Oct.1816, in Savannah,unmarried.

v, Erastus 6 ,b.l2 Jan.1790; d.5 Sept.1809,in Ben­nington.

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vi. Ferrand',b.25 Oct.1792; d.2 Oct.1809,in Ben­nington.

vii. Edwin 6 ,b.l9 Sept.1795; d.10 Nov.1816,in Ben­nington,unmarried.

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JONATHAf; 5 ME!"'.RILL (Timothy',Isaa.:: 3 ,John2 ) was born 28 Nov.l760>in West Hartford,Conn.,and died 21 Aug.1836. He was a farmer,and lived in Burlington,Conn.,and,after about 1796,in Castleton,Vt. He served in the Revolution. He married,22 Apr.1784,in Bristol,Conn.,.Ari.na Gillet of Bristol. Children:

1990 1. Enos 6 (1785-1858); lived Castleton,Vt.

1995 ii. Malachi6 ; d.abt.1850; lived Castleton.

iii. James 6 ; lived Castleton; d.unm.

iv. P.hoda 6; d.Apr.1870,unm.; lived Castleton.

v. Margaret 6 ; m. six children.

Shaw; lived Castleton;

vi. Mary-G.6 ; d.Sept.1854,unm.; lived Castleton.

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ASHBEL5 Y.EP~~ILL (Timothy 4 ,Isaac 3 ,John2 ) was born 7 Sept.1762,and died in 1793. He is said to have lived at "Green River,"Mass. (Perhaps the village of Green River in Hillsdale,Columbia County,N.Y.,is meant. The village is about two mile·s :from the Massachusetts line.) He probably lived also in Castleton,Vt. He married Abi­gail Hart. She died 12 Aug.1852,a~d 90. Children:

2001 i. Ashbel6 (1786-l867); m.Betsey Guernsey.

2003 ii. Chester6 (1789-1863); tee-and Fittsfield,Mass.

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iii. Achsa',b.1791; d.26 Sept.1817; m.Ozem Wood­ruff of Avon,Conn.; five children.

2006 iv. Eervey 4 ,b.Aug.1793; d.8 Feb.1858.

ENOS~ MEP.ll.ILL (Timothy 4 ,Isaac 3 ,John~) was born l r;ov.1768,and died 9 Aug.1858. He lived in Castleton, Vt.,and was a deacon of the Con;regational Church there from 1809 to 1858. He was a tanner and shoemaker. He married (1) 23 Nov.1789,Delight Higley,daughter of Brewster and Esther Higley. She was born 28 Aug.1769, and died 13 Oct.1800. He married (2) 22 Feb.1801, Jeanne Guernsey,daughter of Solomon and Sarah Guernsey. She was born 10 Aug.1781,and died 22 Mar.1823. He mar­ried (3) 5 Dec.1823,Susan (I-:oble) Willard of Tinmouth, Vt.,widow of Charles Willard. She was born 22 July, 1782,and died 3 May,1864. Children:

i. Lucy 6 ,b.14 May,1791; d.13 June,1873; lived Castleton; m.12 Jan.1812,Nehemiah Hoyt,Jr.; three sons.

'2ciE ii. Allison-Owen 6 (1793-1859); Mesopotamia,Ohio.

2017 iii. Selah-Higley 6(1796-1839}; lawyer,Castleton.

iv. Laura 6,b.30 Nov.1799; d.1838; m.18 Oct.1826, Henry Howe,principal of a school in Canan­daigua, N. Y. ; three children.

v. Emily',b.8 Feb.1802; d.6 Sept.1863; m.1822, Alvin Loveland; lived Castleton; five ch.

~ vi. Lucas-Guernsey 6 (1804-l890); Kenosha.Wis.

vii. Jane-Eliza6,b.7 Nov.1818; d.22 May,1899; m. Julius-D.Foote; lived New York City and Syracuse; she was a writer,and en3aged in charitable work in the tenement districts of New York; two sons.

~ viii.Timothy-Noble 6 (1825-1899); Republic,Mo.

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5th GENERATION ELIAKIM 5 MEP.RILL (Eliak1m•,Isaac 1 ,John~) was born in New Hartford,Conn.,and was baptised 14 Feb.1741/42. He died 24 Feb.1812,having spent his life in New Hart­ford. His wife's name is not known. Children:

i. Zelinda6 ,bap.1765.

ii. Charles 6 ,b.31 Jan.1768.

iii. Isaac•, b .11 rr.ar .1770.

iv. Titus 6 ,b.12 May,1771.

v. Salmonf,b.10 Oct.1773.

vi. Mary 6,b.17 Aug.1777.

vii. Nancy",b.29 Oct.1780.

vii1.Sabra 6,b.27 Oct.1785.

ELIAS 5 MERRILL (Eliakim 4 ,Isaac 3 ,Johnz) was born in r:ew Hartford,Conn. He was baptised 24 June,1744,in West Hartford. He married,in January,1766,in New Hartford, Lydia Andrus (or Andrews). Children:

i. Hannah6 ,bap.26 Oct.1766.

ii. Lydia 6 ,bap.1768.

iii. Olive 6 ,bap.1771.

iv. Elias 6,bap.1773.

BILDAD~ MERRILL (Eliakim 4 ,Isaacl,John2 ) was born in New Hartford,Conn.,and was baptised 28 Jan.1749/50. He died 21 Nov.1815. He lived in New Hartford until about

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1784 and then removed to Whitestown.near Utica,K.Y. He 5th GENERATION served in the Revolution. He married (1) 16 Jan.1774, in r:ew Hartford,Damaris Mi:.:,daughter of Isaac Mix. She was baptised 3 Jan.1757,in West Hartford,and died in January,1795,.in Trenton,1\.Y. He married (2) Hannah Lewis of Lenox,)-iadison County ,l•i. Y., who was born in 1764 and died in 1836. Children.

1. Irene6 ,b.30 Dec.1774; d.28 Sept.1776.

W40 ii. Bildad 6 (1777-185l); m.Lana Palmr::r. --2041 iii. Ira 6 ,b.l77S; lived Utica and Geneva,E.Y.

~042 iv. Isaac 6 (178l-1860); m.Lucina Strong.

v. Irene 6 ,b.8 Jan.1784; d.12 Oct.1813; m. Lowell; three children.

vi. Zelinda 6 ,b.l6 June,1786; d.10 Nov.1863; m. Hezekiah Hurlbert; seven children.

2044 vii. Andrew 6 (1792-l826); m.P.arriet Camp.

vili.Sarah 5 ,b.7 Apr.1794; d.12 ~pr.1794.

ix. Lewis~,b.23 Aug.l79S; d.27 Apr.1823.

597

MARTINS MERRILL (Eliakim 4 ,Isaac 3 ,John2) was born in

New Hartford,Conn.,where he was baptised 21 L~r-1754. He died 11 Mar.1812,having always lived in New Hartford. He married Rhoda Case. Children:

2050 1. !•;elson6 ,b.3 P.pr.1779 (•n; m.Polly Goodwin.

20o5 ii. Martin 6 (1801-1847); m.Hannah Goodwin.

JACOE 5 MERREL!., (Jacob-.,Jacob 1 ,Jor.n 2) •;.ras born 24

Sept.1758,in West Rartford,Conn.,and died 18 !'.ov.1837; in Kew Hartford,~-:. Y !ie lived in West Hartford, Conn.;

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5th GENERATION removed,about 1793,to Durham,Greene County,N.Y.,ana, in 1800,to Middle Settlement {New Hartford),Oneida county, N.Y. He was a farmer. He married,19 Oct.1783,in West Hartford,Anne Stanley,daughter of William and Jane.(~est) Stanley of Tolland,Conn. She was born 19 Oct.1763~ in Tolland>and died 7 Jan.1838,in New Hartford,?J.Y.Children:

1. Anne~,b.11 Mar.1786,in West Hartford.

2068 ii. Jacob-Manley 6 {1789-1866); Westmoreland,~.Y.

111. Mary~,b.16 Sept.1792.

iv. Diantha 6 ,b.24 May;l795,in New Durham.

~2 v. William-Stanley 6{1798-1880); Cincinnati,O.

vi. Lodema 6 , b. 31 Dec .1801, in Whitestown, N'. Y.

Zcr74 vii. Hiram-Huntin3ton 6 {1804-189l);m.Maria-Arm Nich-ols. ·

2076 viii .Ashbel-Stanley 6{ 1808-1890); Cinci:mati.

Note.--Rev.Dr.Edward-Huntington Merrell of Ripon, ~is.,wrote me,in 1892,that Jacob' Merrill (Jacob',John2 )

spelled the family name Merrill. Jacobs changed the spellin3 to Merrell,he said,and this form of the name has been retained by all of the descendants of Jacobs.

WILLIAM 5 ME? .... ~ILL ( Jacob 4, Jacob 3 , John~} was born 8

Mar.1766;in West Hartford,Conn.,and died 15 July, 1828. He lived in West Hartford and in Westmoreland, Oneida County,N.Y. He married {1),18 Peb.1790,in West Hart­ford,~uby Thornton of Hartford,who died 10 Jan.1799. He married {2),1 Sept.179S,P.ebecca Osgood,who was born 7 July,1773,in Eerlin,Conn.,and died 16 Dec.1836, in Ver­non,Onelda County,ILY. Children:

i. Fanny~,b.21 May,1792; d.18 July,1871,Millers­burg.

ii. Sophronia 6 ~b.4 July,1794.

iii. William-Sheldon 6 ,b.13 Sept.1795.

By the second wife--

iv. Ruby-G. 5 ,b.29 June,1800; m.Rev.D.F.Newton of New York City.

v. Horatio-o. 5 ,b.5 May;l802; d.25 Feb.1843, in Cincinnati.

vi. Harry-F. 5 ,b.14 Feb.1804; d.27 July,1884, in Cleveland,O.

vii. Cyrus-M. 6 ,b.8 Feb.1806; d.15 Mar.1882.

~085 viii .r:athan-Harlows(l808-l886); lived Munson,O.

ix. E.-Henry 6,b.9 Nov.1814,in ~est Hartford; d.21 Dec.1883,in Cleveland.

x. Charlotte-F. 6 ,b.13 Apr.1816,in Westmoreland.

xi. E.-Dwight',b.13 Nov.1818,in Westmoreland; d. 26 Nov.1878,in Orlando,Indiana.

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JERIJAH 5 MERRILL (Zebulon 4 ,Jacob 3,John 2 ) was born 25 July,1749,in West Hartford,Con~.,and cied 13 June,1791. He lived in Kew Hartford,Conn.,and was a soldier in the Revolution,serving under Capt.Nehemiah Merrill. (See page 237.) Ee married (1).,10 .h.ug.1780,in New Hartford, Eliz­abeth Marsh,daughter of Rev.Jonathan and Elizabeth (Shel­don) Marsh. She was born 10 ~ay,1749,and died 11 Aug. 1786swithout issue. He mar::-ied {2),20 Sept.1789,: in t-ew Hartford~Tryphena Merrill of Canaan,Conn.,who was born in 1769 and died in 1800. Child:

2095 Zebulon 5 (1790-1871); lived 1,epaug,Conn.

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DESCE:t-:"DANTS OF ABRAHAM::

5th GENERl,,TIO!; JACOB 5 MERRILL { Isaac 1 ,AbrahamJ ,Abraham 2 ) was born 10 Mar.1739,in Amesbury,Mass.,and spent his life there. He married,14 July,1768,in Hampstead,N.H.,Mary Ingalls. Children:

i. Sarah~,b.l Jan.1769; m.6 Feb.1797,Moses Cur­rier; lived Kewton,N.H.

2110 ii. Joseph6 (177l-1861); m.Lydia Martin.

2112 iii. Jacob~,b.4 Feb.1774; m.Sally Ring.

2114 iv. JohnG(l776- ); m.Margaret Kimball.

v. Molly6, b.22 Jan.1780; d.young.

vi. Judith•,b.1781; d.27 Oct.1862,unmar.

vii. Isaec•; killed by lightning 1802.

viii.Mehitable 6 ; d.22 Sept.1824,unmar.

~118 ix. Mathias 6 ; d.17 July,1844; m.Ruth Blaisdell.

2122 x. Ephraim 6 ,b.7 M&y,1791; m.Mary Currier.

673

. · ISJ.J.cs MZTIRILT., ( Isaac• ,Abraham 3 .,Abrclham~) was born 27 May,1742,in hmesbury,Mass. He spent his life in the town, living near the 1-:ew Hampshire line. He married Mary Children:

i. Levi6 ,b.26 Oct.1767; ~.iiannah Grover.

ii. Alice•,b.ll Jan.1769; m. (prob~) March,1807, Ezekiel Adams of Amesbury.

iii. Dorcas 6 ,b.3 Apr.1771; m.29 Dec.1795~ Edmund Grover of Methuen;Mass.

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iv. James 6 ,b.l6 Mar.1775.

v. Molly 6,b.29 June,1777.

vi. Isaac•,b.28 Aug.1779; m.(l) Lydia Dailey, (2) Dolly Bailey.

vii. Samue1 4 ,b.28 Jan.1782; lived Amesbury,near the Newton,N.H.,line. (See page 121.)

viii.Joshu~t,b.12 Feb.1786; m.6 ~ug.1809,Dolly Sil­loway.

ix. Elizabeth6 ,b.6 Apr.1789.

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JOSEPH5 MERRILL (Isaac 4 ,Abraham 3 ,Abraham2 ) was born 1 Mar.1753,in Amesbury,Mass.,and died 3 Feb.1814. He lived in Amesbury. He married Mary Bickham,who was born 5 Sept.1757,and died 11 June,1834. Children:

i. Betsey6 ,b.12 Apr.1783; d.22 Apr.1860.

ii. William 6 ,b.5 Sept.1784; d.Sept.1786.

iii. Polly~,b.24 May,1786; d.24 Aug.1850,unmar.

2140 iv. William 6 {1788-183l); m.Mary Fowler.

v. Hannah 6 ,b.3 May,1789; d.aged 91,unm.; lived Amesbury.

vi. Joseph&,b.3 Aug.1791; d.Apr.1840; lived Dan­vers,Mass.

2143 vii. Jacob 6 (1793-1865); lived Newburyport,Mass.

viii.Rebecca6 ,b.l6 Dec.1794; d.5 Rov.1824; lived Amesbury,unmarried.

ix~ Moses 6 ,b.23 Nov.1797; d.a.ged about 85}urunar.; lived Amesbury.

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681 -5th GENERATIO!~ JOFJZ 5 MERRILL (John•, John~, Abraham :i) was born 14

Apr.1750,in Newbury,Mass.,and died 21 May,1821.Ee lived in New Gloucester,Me. (See page 142.) In 1786 he was a delegate to a convention at Falmouth,Me.,to secure a peaceable separation of Maine from Massachusetts. He married.20 July,1773,at North Yarmouth,Me.,Mary ~oyall ( called "Molly, the witch·•); she 11as born 7 Apr.1751, in I-.orth Yarmouth, and died 18 Jan.1828. Children:

i. Hannah4 ,b.5 Nov.1775; d.1861; m.(l) !~ut-ting,(2) Amos Boutwell (or Boutelle); lived Pejepscot;Me.; ~our children.

2153 ii. Charles 6 ,b.1777; lived Minot and New Glouces­ter,:Me.

ii1. A..'1.na 6 ,b.29 Oct.1779; m.Nathan 1:ason (or Mason) of Minot,Me.

iv. Jeremiah•,b.29 Mar.1782; m.Nancy Nash.

v. Polly 6 ,b.19 Jan.1785; m.Jonathan Davis.

vi. Keziah6 ,b.6 June,1788; d.20 N'ov.1799.

vii. Joanna~,b.7 Sept.1793.

HENRY 5 MERRILL (Henry 4 ,John 3 ,J'~braham:Z) was born 15 Oct.1751,in Newbury,Mass.,and died 3 Lpr.1844. He lived i~ rewbury,on the farm which his great-grandfather, Abraham 2 Merrill ,or.nee a.."l.d occupied from about 1660. (See page 86.) Ee married {1),25 r;ov.1773;Rebecca Moul­ton;daus-,~ter of Samuel and Mary (Ordway) Moulton of New-

. bury. She died 10 Dec.1823,aged 73. He married (2);10 Jan.1824,Hannah Chase,datighter of John and Eannah (Plum­mer) Chase of ?lewbury. She died_ 30 Dec .1835.., aged 73. Children;

2162 i. Eardy 6 ( 1774--1855); lived Parsonsfield,Me.

ii. Abigail',b.26 June,1776; d.24 July,1813, in I;ewbury, unmarried.

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2165 iv. Jchn•(1780-l857); lived Parsonsfield,Me.

v. Paul6 ,b.5 Jan.1782; d.2 Jan.1813,in IJewbury, unmarried.

2168 vi. Satn'~el6 (1786-1882); m.Mary-A.Chase.

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vii. Mary6 ,b.27 Jan.1789; d.24 Jan.1876,in Haverhill, Mass.; m.28 June,1810,Joseph Jackman. ·

viii.Rebecca 6 ,b.5 May,1791; d.22 Nov.1811,unmarried.

ix. William~,b.26 Sept.1794; d.12 Nov.1871,in New­bury,u.nmarried.

STEPHEN 5 MERRILL (Henry4 ,John3 ,Abraham2) was born 22

Jan.175-7,in Newbury,Mass. He lived in.Newbury until 1791, then in Parsonsfield,Me. -He married,18 July, 1777, in Newbnry,Nancy Bailey of Tewksbury,Mass. Children:

1. Anna6 ,b.1778; d.25 Dec.1830; m.James Cram; lived Parsonsfield.

ii. Stephen6 ,b.l780; lived Parsonsfield; had a son John-True 7 Merrill (1826-1898) of Liver­more,Me.

iii. Mary 15 ,b. (or bap.) 12 June,1785; m ........................ . Page of Parsonsfield.

iv. David 4 , bap. Jan .1787; ~-1'1. Yn-:. lt'33 • ...,,,....., f'~~­

v. Betsey 15 ; m. W.,·ll .. :~ Fenderson.

vi . Sally & ; ,-,. , ~I.. .,(v-r-,:.l.. •

2176 vii. Henry6; lived Parsonsfield; m.(l) Isabella Morrill,(2) Aurelia Pray.

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5th GENERATION ABRAHAMS MERRILL (.Abraham 4 ,Jonathan3,Abraham2 ) was. born 30 Apr.1741,in Plaistow,N.H.,and lived in Derry­field (new Manchester) and Dunbarton,K.H. He married> 13 Feb.1777,Elizabeth,daughter of Thomas and Sarah Russ. Children,the first three born in Derryfield:

1. Thomas•,b.28 Dec.1778.

ii. Abrahamt,b.10 Oct.1781.

111. Susanna•,b.12 Oct.1785.

iv. Amos 6,b.in Dunbarton; m.Betsey K d.31 Dec.1842,aged 43 years.

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JOMATHAN 5 MERRILL (Abraham4 ,Jonathan3 ~Abraham:i)was born 26 Oct.1743,in Flaistow,N.H.,and died S July,1815. He lived in Derryfield (now Manchester) and Fisherfield (now Newbury),N.H. He married,29 Dec.1774,Abiah,daugh­ter of Samuel and Josephine Stevens. Children;born in Derryfield (perhaps others):

i. Mary 6,b.20 Sept.1775.

ii. Sarah 6 ,b.24 Jan.1777.

iii. Jonathan 6 •

iv. Abraham6.

v. Mehitable 4 •

2205 vi. Samuel6 (1786-1826); m.Fanny Bancroft.

vii. Jane6 •

DAVID 5 !v!ERRILL (Abraham• ,Jonathanl,L'braham2 ) was born 4 Nov.1752,in Derryfield (now Manchester),N.H.,and

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died in December,1831. He served in the Revolutionary 5th GENERATIOK army,1777-79,and became a lieutenant. He lived early in life in Derryfield and Fisherfield (now Newbury).N. H. In March,1800,with his wife and twelve children he started for Canada,his wife on horseback and the chil-dren on an ox wagon. They spent nearly four weeks in getting to Newport,Vt. There they boarded a scow, and were taken down Lake Memphremagog, making their home on the eastern shore,three miles below Georgeville,Quebec. In 1803·they removed to Stanstead,~uebec. The children all gx_-ew up,and had large families in that section. David 5 Merrill marr·ied Polly . Children:

i. Benjamin•,b.28 Sept.1782.

ii. Polly 4 ,b.7 Feb.1784.

22IS" iii. Israel6 (1786-1853); lived Stanstead.~ue.

iv. David 6 ,b.17 Mar.1788.

v. Stephen5 ,b.2 July,1790.

vi. !Jancy 6,b.ll Mar.1792.

(And six others.)

NATHANIEL5 MERRILL (Abraham•,Jonathanl,Abraham~)was born 15 Sept.1755,in Derryf"ield (now Manchester),N.li. Ee served in the army in 1777,1778 and 1779. Late in life he settled in liallsville,now East Manchester,where he died. He married (1) 20 Feb.1785,Mary Young,daughter of Israel and Mary Young,and (2) Anna Davis,widow of John Davis. Children,by the first wife:

i. Lovina',b.25 Apr.1786; d.3 Nov.1853; m.Joseph Vickery; he was drowned 20 Oct.1854,aged 44;

2234 ii. Israe16·( 1788-1854); m.Nancy Farmer.

iii. Mehitable 6 ,b.June,1790; d.1849; m.Fletcher Blodgett (1784-1864); lived Litchfield,S~t­ton and Newbury,N.H.; nine children.

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5th GEIIBRATION 2G38 iv. Ezekiel6 ; m.Mary Brown.

2243 v·. 1iathaniel6 ; m.Sally Ferry.

By the second wife--

vi. A daughter,b.23 Feb.1797; d.5 Mar.1797.

vii. Rebecca-Stevens 6 ,b.8 July,1796; m.12 Mar.18i7; Josiah Perry,brother of Sally Perry,above; four children.

-mr WINTHROP 5 MERRILL (David°' ,David3 ,Abraho.m2 ) was born

31 Oct.1733,in Amesbury,Mass.,and died in 1781. His home was at Amesbury Ferry. Re was a carpenter,and fur­nished the timber for the frigate Alliance. In 1776 he was a member of the Committee of Safety. He married, 3 Feb.1756,Hannah Youn3,daughter of William and Sarah (York) Youn.g. In 1804 she was livin3 in ~~rren,~.H­Children:

i. David 6 ,b.12 June,1757; a.without issue, 28 Aug.1775,while in military service.

ii. Sarah6 ,b.25 Aug.1759; d.6 Mar.1858; m.(l) 6 Jan.1784,Capt.Barnard Lowell of Warner,N.R.; a soldier in the Revolution,and later a mas­ter mariner,mak1ng his home in Amesbury; he d.28 Mar.1807; 8 ch.; she m. (2) in 1816, John Flanders of Boscawen,N.H.

iii. Anna (or Hannah) 6 ,b.l4 Nov.1761; m.13 Dec. 1787,Samuel Dole of Salisbury,a soldier in the Revolution,µ.,,, "'b c~~ -<>a-le..

iv. Eleanor•,b.20 Opt.1763; m.4 Mar.1784,Isaac Dalton; lived Warner,N.B.

2266 v. William-Young6,b.l2 Mar.1768; d.abt.1800; m. Mary Swett.

2268 vi. John 6 (1770-1865); m.Abigail Gilman.

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vii. Molly&,b.10 Feb.1772.

viii.Betsey•,b.30 July,1773.

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7'24

MELATIAH5 MERRILL {Dav1a•,navidl,Abraham~) was born 29 July,1741,in Amesbury,Mass.,and died 26 Aug.1815. He was a cordwainer,and lived at Zalisbury Point,Mass.(now a part of Amesbury),in a house which in recent years was still standing,in a good state of preservation. He served in the Revolution,in 1776,in the company of Capt.Oliver Titcomb. (701.327,Mass.Archives.) His estate inventoried $2877.38. He married (1) 15 June,1762,SarahS Me:rrill,who was the mother of all his children. She died 22 July, 1772. He married (2) 30 Mar.1773,Anna True,widow of Jacob True of Salisbury. She died 21 Sept.1802. He married (3) 17 Apr.1803,Jerusha Currier of Amesbury,who survived him. Children:

i. Stephen6,b.28 May,1764; d.13 Sept.1790.unmar.; settled in Buxton,Me.

2275 ii. William•{1767-1847); Buxton and Standish,Me.

2277 iii. Ezraf(l770-1854); lived Salisbury Point.

SIMON5 MER.~ILL (Eliphalet4 ,David3 ,Abra..-iam 2) was born

10 Apr.1753,in Kensington or Seabrook,~.E.,and died 24 Apr.1840,in Sandown,N.H. He spent most of his life on Walnut Hill in Chester and in Hampstead,N.H. Re served as a private at Bunker liill;was appointed ensign in No­vember,1776,and after the war held the rank of captain in the militia. He married (1) Betty Ingalls,who died in 1806,aged 43; (2) Polly Colby; (3) in February,1808, Mary Marston,who died 12 Apr.1855,aged 72. Children, all by the third wife:

i. Mary-C. 6 ; m.P.obert Rogers; no children.

ii. S1mon6; d.25 Oct.1894; m.Hannah-Worth Kelly

(See page 266.)

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(1814-1898),dau.of Rev.John and Abigail (Dearborn} Kelly of Hampstead; two dau.

iii. Austin-Guy6 ; m.Mary Canney; lived Derry,?;.H.; three daughters.

iv. George-Washingtont; m.Mary-A.Sleeper; four ch.

v. Betsey-J.6 ; m.Luther-W~Hall; two daughters.

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BE?;JAMIF. 5 MER.~ILL (Abrahan:" ,David3 ,Abraham2 ),1as born l ?Jov .1755, in Amesbury .,Mass., and died 10 Jun,e,1834. He lived in Amesbu.ry,and was a soldier in the Revolution. He married,30 Sept.1781,in Salisbury,Mass.,Sarah Sast­man of Salisbury.who died 22 Oct.1818. Children:

.

1. Ezekiel0 ,b.23 Mar.1782; drowned 13 Nov.1800, at seaj unmarried.

ii. Alice1 ,b.9 Dec.1784; d.15 Feb.1865; m.(l) in March,1807,Ezekiel Adams; he d.20 Apr.1809; two ch.; m.(2)in 1815,John-C.Long; lived Amesbury and Salisbury.

iii. Betsey 6 ,b.6 Feb.1787; d.young.

iv. Benjamin 6,b.l0 May,1789; d.?O Aug~l795.

v. Betsey 6 ,b.4 Oct.1791; d.19 Jan.1874; m. Eze­kiel Currier; lived Mcindoes Falls,Vt.

vi. Sally 6 ,b.25 Aug.1794; a.young.

vii. Sully 6,b.16 Oct.1796; lived Amesbury and Dan­ville,I;._H.; m.William Ba3ley.

viii.Benjamin 6 ,b.29 ·Dec.1799; d.2 Feb.1879,unmar.; lived Amesbury and Salisbury.

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JOSEPH5 .MEP..RILL (Joseph• ,Daniel3 ,Daniel2 ) was born 5th GENERATIOI; 14 Dec.1719,in Stratham,N.H.,and lived in Stratham and Newmarket,N.li. He married Mary .Hall. Children:

2310 i. John6 ,b.Apr.l744; lived Deerfield,N.H.

ii. P.hoda6 ,b.25 Feb.1746; m.Jonathan Colcord; 6

iii. Phinehas 4 •

2313 iv. Ji.saph 6 , b .29 Cct.1752; lived Unity ,I,.H.

v. Jemima1 ,b.14 Apr.1755.

1'f'rZ

DA1;IEL5 MERRILL ( JoseJh• ,Daniel3 ,Daniel 2 ) was born 12 Dec.1721,in Stratham,N.li. He lived in Stratham,

ch.

and on a farm one and a half miles west of Dunst~n Cor­ner,Scarboro,Me. He married {l) Elsie Leavitt,caughter of Benjamin and Elizabeth Leavitt of Stratham. She was born 25 July,1726,and died 28 May,1754. He married (2) Hannah Runnels,daughter of John and Grace (Fine)Runnels of Scarboro. She was born in 1734. Children,the first five of whom were by the first wife:

i. Josiar. 5 •

ii. Eliphalet 6•

2320 iii. Bradbury 5 (1749-1799); m.Anna Baxter.

2321 iv. Jose~h6 (1750-l820); lived Livermore,Me.

v. Betsey 6,b.ll Aug.1752; d.28 Aug.1832; m~Ford 6

Merrill. (See ne~t page.) Her tombstone gives her name as Elizabeth.

2324 vi. Levi6 ; d.1824; m.Jerusha Milliken; Saco,Me.

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348 A MERRILL · MEMO RIA!. ····················································-··········-······--············---··· ...

vii. Daniel•; d.unm.in old age.

viii.Polly'; d.in in~ancy.

ix. Charity•; lived with her brother Daniel; unm.

x. Sally 6 ,b.17 Oct.1776; d.6 Dec.1852; m.Daniel Thurston of s~arboro; he was b.18 July,1778, and d.6 Dec.1849; six children.

xi. Josiah•.

xii. Mary 5 •

xiii .Asa 6 •

xiv. Jonathan•.

773

JAMES 5 MERRILL, (Joseph•,Daniel3 ,Daniel:i) was born 10 July,1729,in Stratham,N.H.,and died 2 Mar.1784. He was a joiner and painter,and lived in Stratham. He mar­ried Sarah Ford,only child of Capt.John and Eleanor (Sanborn) Ford of Greenland,N.H. She was born in 1733 and died in June,1800. Children:

2340 1. Ford6{1753-1826); m.Betsey 6 •Merrill. (See page 347.)

ii. Asa&,b.11 Dec.1755; d.22 Nov.1758.

iii. sarah6 ,b.10 May,1758; d.22 Dec.1759.

2343 iv. Jesse6,b.June,1760; d.l Feb.1852; lived Free­dom,N.H.; m.Nov.1780,Betsey Fifield.

v. Sarah 6 ,b.9 Dec.1762; d.3 Apr.1862; m.1783, Simon Pottle .of Stratham. ·

vi. Eliphalet6 ,b.7 Apr.1765; d.7 Feb.1853; lived Deerfield and Northwood,N.H.; m.(l} Polly Smith,(2) Miriam Green. He was a Bapti~t minister and a successful revivalist. With his brother Phinehas he compiled a gazet­teer of New Eampshire,published in 1817. ·

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~ vii. Phinehas•(l767-l815); m.Phebe ~iggin.

vii1.Lucret1a6 ,b.7 Apr.1769; d.8 Apr.1769.

2351 ix. Lemuel6 (1770-l863); m.Hannah Thw1ng.

2353 x. Lev1 6 (1773-l847); m.Betsey Sawyer.

xi. Betsey',b.17 Oct.1775; d.21 Nov.1850; m.Sept. 1797,John Haines; lived Norridgewock,Me.; two children.

BENJAMIN 5 MERRILL (Joseph4 ,Daniel3 ,Daniel%) was born 22 Dec.1739.,in Stratham,N.H.,and died 30 Apr.1795. He married {l) 23 May,1765,Anna Robinson, who died 25 Mar. 1770, aged 27, and (2) 12 July, 1770, Sarah Fifield,who died 13 Apr. 1833, aged 73. Children:

1. Hannah 5 ,b.20 June,1766; d.31 Jan.1795; m.Abra-ham Tilton.

ii. Benjamin6 ,b.14 Nov.1767; d,22 May,1770.

iii. Elizabeth6 ,b.22 Oct.1769; d.29 May,1770.

iv. Annas,b.5 July,1771; m.Aaron Smith.

v. Elizabeth 6 ,b.29 Apr.1773; m.Samuel Doe.

vi. Polly 6 ,b.28 July,1775; d.24 Dec.1763.

~360 vii. Joseph6 , b. 9 July, 1777; m .Polly r,eal.

viii.Abigail6 ,b.24 Jan.1780.

ix. Benjamin 6 ,b.8 Jan.1782.

7Sl

DAUIELs MERRILL (Daniel• ,Daniel3 ,Danie12) was born

18 Aug.1731,in Newbury,Mass.,and died in 1788. He was

5th GENERATION

350 A MERRILL MEMORIAL. -----------------· .. ... . . . .... 5th GENERATION a cordwainer~and lived 1n Newbury and Rowley,Mass. He

was a soldier in the Revolution. He married (1) 11 Oct. 1753~1n Newbu.ry,Susanna Saunders.,daughter of James Saun­ders of Amesbury,Mass.,and (2) 27 Nov.1759,in Newbury, Molly Ossilloway>who survived him. Children:

2370 i. Enoch'(l750-1823); m.Martha Vlood.

ii. Joshua•.,b.2 Dec.1753; lived Biddeford,Me.

2373 iii. Jacob 6 ,b.abt.1756; d.1824-

iv. Sarah 6 ,b.17 Aug.1760.

v. MollyG,b.l June,1762-

vi. Anna6 ,b.26 Apr.1767; m.Daniel Flanders. A.­Jeannette Jaques and Florence-E.Jaques were attorneys-at-law in Ottawa,Ill.,some twenty years ago. One of the sisters wrote that they were descended from Nathaniel 1 Merrill through Anna6 Merrill. They were also des­cended from John1 Merrill through Hannah2 ,

who married Stephen SWett,the lines uniting again by the marriage of Charles Brown of Newburyport,son of Abigail (Swett) Brown,to Lydia Flanders,daughter of Anna' (Merrill) Flanders.

JONATHAN 5 MERRILL ( Daniel 4 ,Daniel 3 ,Daniel 2 )was born 8 July,1738,in Newbury,Mass.,and died before 5 Apr.1779. He lived at Brown's Spring in Newbury ,half a mile west of Artichoke River (now West Newbury). He was an ensign in Capt.William Davenport's company at the taking of Q.ue·bec.,in June,175S. lie married,l:3Jcr-n.:._l'75:r,in 1~ew­bury,Marys Merrill (Roger4 ,Nathaniel3 ;Abel~). Children:

i. Susanna6 ,b.8 Sept.1758; m.Carpenter Greenough.

Mary1 ,b.29 July,1760; lived (l) Mott,(2)

ii. Newburyport; m. Howard~ (3)

Peter Shaw.

2380 iii. Jonathan6 (1763-1829); ffi.Hannah Currier.

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iv. Edna6 ,b.12 Sept.1765; m.(l) Benjamin Somerby,/Sth Gfil.TERATIOK (2) Saul currier.

v. Benaiah6 ,b.ll Feb.1769; d.young.

vi-. Hannah 5 , b. 20 Mar-.1771; m .Franc is Gridley.

vii. Elizabeth', b-.4 Oct.1774; prob.d.young-.

797f

Allli!S 5 MERRILL (Peter4 ,bani el 1 ,Danlel:a ) .was 1r, rn 13 June,1750,in Newbury,Mass.,and died 10 May,1847. He serv-ed as a minute-man at Bunker Hill- His military service during the war aggregated three years. He lived in Newburyport ,Mas_s,., until about -1788, then in Ha-verhill, N.H.,and,af'ter 1797,in Lyman,N.H. He married~lO June, 1783, in Newbury ,Lydia-Goff-in-' Merrill {Moses s ,Nath an-., Nathanl ,Abel2 ) ,who was baptised 1 Aug.1762. ·children:

2395 i. Joseph-Annis6 (1784-184~); m.Hannah Jewett.

ii • .John5 ,.b-.7 May,1786; ·represented Bath in N.H. Legisla'ture; m.Hannah Estabrook; no ch.

iii. Samuel6 ,b.12 Jan.1788,in Newbury; :farmer,!,yman, N.H.; m.Hannah Davis of Falmouth,Me .• ; no ch.

iv.

v.

vi.

Mary-Coff'in6 ,b.30 Dec.1789,in Haverhill,?LH.; m.Willi&.m Powers; no children.

' . Lydia ,b.9 Dec.1791; m. James Stevens.

Susanna-Howard 6 ,b.17 Jan.1794; m.Joseph Estabroo~.

't"ii. Sally'6 ;b-.5 Apr-.1796,in Haverhill; m.Rev.Jacob Cla:rk,a Congregational minister; 1-1 ve:i Vt.

viii .Moses'6 ,b.13 July,1798,in Lyman; Methodist min­- ister; lived Cabot, Vt·~; in.Lucy Osgood.

ix. Jacob 1 ,b.16 Sept.1800; accidentally killed by a rolling 105,aged 21.

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.x. Priscilla 1,b.19 July,1802; m.Joseph Davis; lived Bath,N.E.

xi. Nancy~.,b.6 Aug.1805; m.Edward Ash.

STEPHEN' MER.~IL!. (Benjamin~ .,Daniel3 ,Daniel~ )was born 12 Jan.1736/7.,in Newbury.,Mass.,and died 20 Apr.1822. He lived in Chester.,N.H. Ee ·.married (1) 25 Sept.1754,Mary Brickett; and (2) Mary (Melvin) White.,widow of David White. She died 13 July.,1833,aged 88. Children:

i. Eleanor 6 ,b.5 i;ov.1757; m.Nathaniel .Hall; re­. moved to Goshen.,N.E.

ii. Stephen6.

iii. Barnarci5 .,b.10 Dec.1760; lived Chester.

iv. Rannah6 ; m. bornton.,?i. H.

Bartlett; removed to San-

v. Molly6 .,b.20 Apr.1764; d.1833; m.John Prescott.

By the second wife--

vi. Sarah6 ; d.1838; m.Archibald McDuf'fie.,Jr • .,who · d.182~,aged 86.

ENOCH 5 :MERRILL (Enoch4 .,Daniel3 .,Daniel2 ) was bom in 1753 in Newbury,Mass • .,and died 28 Dec.1812. He was a farmer.,and lived in Newburyport. The inventory of his estate showed $3_595 reaJ.-~nd $3460.49 personal property. He married,31 May.,1778;in Newbury.,Temperance Little, daughter of Stephen and Judith (Bailey) Little of New­bury. She was born 2 Apr.1757.,and died 11 June, 1842. Children: .

i. Mary 6 ,b.31 Jan.1779; d.28 Nov.1822,unmarried.

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2430

2431

---------------------· ii. ·Sarah',b.5 Mar.1780; d~30 July,1804; m. Apr. 5th GENERATION

1803,as s~cond wire,Moses Bailey; one ch.

iii. Benjam±n'(l781-1808); m.Eleanor Hale.

iv. Enoch1 ,b.2l Jan.1784; m.Mary Morse.

v. Judith6 ,b.18 Feb.1786; d.l May,1805,unmar.

vi. ·Joseph6 ,b.18 Dec.1787; d.Oct.1811,at sea,unm.

vii. Temperance~b.7 Aug.1789; d.16 July,1807,unm.

2435 viii.Abner6 (1791-1877); lived Ex~ter,N.~.·

ix. Hannah 5 ,b.24 July,1793; d.unm.; school teacher in Newburyport.

x. Elizabeth6 ,b.23 Mar.1796; d.14 July,1815,unm.

2438 xi. Moses6 (1799-l831); m..Sarah Chamberlin.·

DANIEL 5 MERRILL (Edmond" ,Dan1el3 ,Daniel~) was born 15 July ,1749, in West Falmouth,Me ._,and died 21 Feb.1824. He was a rarmer,and lived in Falmouth. He served as a lieutenant in the Revolution. He married,in December, 1777,Mary Davis,daughter of Thomas (or Timothy) ·Davis. She was born 29 Aug.1755,in North Yarmouth (now Free­port),Me.,and died 5 July,1843;in Falmouth. Children:

i. Esther6 ,~.5 Oct.1778; d.7 Nov.1790.

2444 i1. Davis6 (1780-1859); m.Asenath Prince.

iii. Thomas 6 ,b.8 Apr.1782; d.17 July,1811,at sea, unmarried.

iv. Elizabeth 6 ,b.9 May,1784; d.May,1876.

v. Hannah 6 ,b.7 Aug.1787; d.l Sept.1840; m.Noyes Prince.

vi. Timothy,,b.29 Oct.1789; d.l Jan.1871; lived Falmouth; m.Eliza Talbot.

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354 A MERRILL MEMORIAL

vii. Esther•,b.19 Sept.1792; d.7 Apr.1880; m.Peter Merrill. (~ p. s2. S)

2~~~ vi1i.Dan1el1 ,b.9 £u6 .l797; d.30 Apr.1883; m. (1) Dorcas Merrill,(2) Abigail Davis (widow).

852

EDMONDS MERRn.L (Edmond 4 ,Daniel3 ,Daniel::::.) was born 25 Mar.1754,in West Falmouth,Me.,and died 16 Feb. 1836. · He lived in Falmouth until about 1790,then in Cumber­land,Me. lie married Abigail Lord,daughter of Nathan Lord of Westbrook (formerly Falmouth),Me. She was born in 1763 and died 16 Dec.1829,in Cumberland. Children:

i.

ii.

iii.

2462 iv.

2463 v.

vi.

Ol1ver 5,b.3 June,1785; d.1868; m.Clarissa Poor.

Jane6,b.3 Sept.1786; d.1876; m.Israel True.

Eunice6,b.7 Mar.1788; d.1878,unmarried.

Daniel6 (1791-1871); m.Betsey-B.Murray.

Samueli(l793-1849); m.Hannah Warren.

Dorcas 6 ,b.15 Dec.1798; d.1881,unmarried.

2466 vii. Ebenezer6 {1801-1876); m.Sophronia Sweetser.

viii.Peter 6,b.l4 Aug.1803; d.1880,unmarried.

ix. Olive6 ; d.young.

x. Simon6 ; d.young.

PETER 5 MERRILL (Edmond4 ,Daniel3 ,Daniel2 ) was born 15 Jan.1763,in West Fala:outh,Me.,and died 21 July,1815. He lived in Falmouth until May,1806,~hen he removed to Sidr.ey,Me.,whence he removed to Vassalboro. After his death his family returned to Falmouth. He was a farmer

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and miller. He married,23 Apr.l:793,Elizabeth 5 Merrill 5th GENERATION (Adams~,James3,Abel2 ). {See page 286.) Children:

i. Sarah6 ,b.21 Jan.1794; d.unmarried.

2474 ii. Peter•,b.19 Apr.1796; m.Esther Merrill.

iii. 6 d.'i»t<u-. Ii? 9; Hugh-F. , b.3 Feb.1802; A m.Harinah Ilsley; >w c.J,.

856

CUTTING5 MERRIT~, (Edmond•,Daniel 3 ,Daniel2 ) was born 31 July,1765,in West Falmouth,Me.,and died 2 Jan. 1849. He was a farmer and miller,and lived in Sidney,Me. He married,12 Feb.179O,in Falmouth,Lydia Gilpatrick,daugh­ter of Floyd and Mary (Carl) Gilpatrick of Falmouth. She was born 18 Oct.1764,in Falmouth,and died 2 Aug. 1842,in Sidney. Children:

2481

~484

i. Theodore~(l79O-1863); m.Susan Bangs.

ii. Nathaniel 6 ,b.13 Feb.1792; m.Mary Poat.

iii. Leah~,b.16 Dec.1794; m;Silas Kinsley.

iv. Joh.~6 (1796-1882); m.Pamela Baker.

v. Jeremiah 5,b.17 Jan.1798; d.unmarried.

vi. Simon6 ,b.S Feb.18OO; m.Sally Rowell.

vii. LydiaG,b.27 Feb.18O4; d.young.

viii.Edmond 6,b.24 Apr.1811; d.unmarried.

TROMAS 5 MERRILL (Moses 4 ,Daniel3 ,Daniel2 ) was born 24 Oct.1745,in Newbury,Mass.,and died 12 Feb.1822. Re lived in Newburyport,and kept a taverr.. on State Street,"at the sign of the Bunch of Grapes." He married (published 25 Aug.177O) ,Hannah Butler of Newburyport. She eied 22 Aug. 1833,aged 86 years. Children: ·.

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5th GENERATION/2500 1. Thomas-Plumer•,b.25 Dec.1771;-Newburyport.

11. Hannahf,b.23 !iov.1773.

Wf iii. Robert5 , b.21 .Apr.1776. (Su..pa.,,_e.. 636) -iv. EzraS,b.10 Oct.1778.

v. Abigail 6 ,b.21 Feb.1781.

2504 vi. Paul~(l783-1818J; m.Eleanor Stevens.

vii. Margaret 1,b.12 Apr.1786.

vi1i.Dorcas 6 ,b.7 June,1789.

ix. Marge~y&,b.2 Sept.1792.

"S7I

GIDEON 5 MERRIL!: (Abel 4 ,John 3 ,Daniel 2 ) was born in 1728 in Arundel (now Kennebunkport),Me.,and died in Apr. 1811. He lived in Arundel,and served in the Revolution. He married,13 Jan.1751,Dorothy ~ildes,daughter of Jacob and Ruth (Foster) Wildes of Arundel. Children (besides several who died young):

2515 1. Abel 6 ;d.Apr.1837,aged 82; m.(l) Mehitable Bur­bank,(2) Huldah 0 (Dorman) Fletcher.

ii, Ruth6 ; m..Israel Burnham.

iii. Jemima&; m.Jonathan Smith.

2518 iv. Jacob'; m.Sarah Hlli'f.

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DANIEL 5 MERRI!..!. (John 4,John 3,DanieI:l) was born in Arundel (now Kennebunkport),.Me.,a:eel diee ifl: 1604-c He lived in Arundel. He was a captain in Col.Brewer's 12th Massachusetts regiment. He was present at the capture of Burgoyne,and served until ~he close of the war. He

-A MERRILL MEMORIAL 357 . ·---·-------- ........ ··-----·-----------·------------------------married Sarah Hutchins,daughter or Caleb Hutchins of 5th GENERAT10N Kittery,Me. Children (besides several who died young):

i.

11.

iii.

iv.

v.

i. 2.co-r>: ,.,.s1,-: Olive•A.m.Levi Hutchins.

Hannah•,!,. 30~./757. · e,.,o ;i,_.._, ,·760,·

Sarah•; m.Edward Nason. .I, 1,.u )r.6,-.1. :17:; "'-· <t 1i\.-. t"6!:>S'. ...;. W.,L,,L.,·

· Daniel•; m.(l) Sarah Washburne (widow) ,and Elizabeth Kimball.

(2)

b.ri. r,4--.1.1773; Ennice 0 ;.,..m.(l) /a-0r. Hues,(2) Simpson.

JOHN 5 MERRILL (John.+,John3 ,Daniel2 ) ·was born 29 Jan. 1733/4,in Arundel (now Kennebunkport),Me.,and died 24 Mar.1828. He lived 1n Arundel until 1760,when he re­moved to Topsham,Me. He was a surveyor and innholder, and a member of the Baptist Church in Topsham for forty years. (See pages 136-7.) He married,5 June,1755, in Arundel.Susanna Haley,daughter ~f Pelat1ah Haley of Kit­tery,Me. She was born 16 Jan.1738/9,and died 15 Mar. 1813,in Topsham. Children:

1. Jerem1ah6 ,b.14 Nov.1756; d.20 Nov.1756.

11. Humphrey 6,b.ll June,1758,in Arundel; d.May,1759.

iii. Pelatiah•,b~l7 Apr.1760,in Arundel; d.25 Sept. 1766.

iv. Susanna0 ,b.25 Nov.1768,in Topsham; d.23 Oct. 1853; m.23 Feb.1786,Andrew Walker of Arundel; eleven children. (*)

(*) :'He [Johns Merrill] was an indulgent father,and it is related that on one occasion,when his daughter Su­sanna was only seventeen years of ·age,he yielded to her solicitations and allowed her to make a visit to Boston. She accomplished the journey,riding the whole way on horseback,under the escort of the different mail-carriers on the route. The sight of a beautiful and graceful, as well as daring,young damsel galloping alon3 with her red

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358

v.

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Mary•,b.9 Apr.1770; d.May,1836; m. Stephen Purinton of Harpswell.Me.

2526 vi. John°(1772-1818); lawyer,Wiscasset.

vii. Joseph&,b.22 Jan.1774; d.21 Feb.1798,unmar.

2528 viii.Abel'(l776-1857); m.Lois Harding.

ix. Hannah 6 ,b.21 Sept.1778; d.26 Oct.1778.

x. Obed',b.29 Mar.1780; d.2 June,1782.

OBED 5 MERRILL (John4 ,John3 ,Daniel~) was born 6 Feb. 1738/9 sin Arundel ·(now Kennebunkport) ,Me·., and died 18 Nov.1822. He lived in Arundel. He married Judith Dur­rell,daughter of Benjamin and Judith (Perkins} Durrell of Arundel. Children:

2537 1. Humphrey 6 ; m.(l) Priscilla Hurf,(2) Isabella McCullough.

ii. Benjamin6 ; d.unmarried,aged 30.

1ii. John6 ; d.youn~.

2.53'1 iv. John 1 ,b.S Feb.177+; d.24 Dec.1853_; m.Eliza­beth Rickard.who was b.6 July,1787,and d. 19 May, 1858. (S-.. f>· 63b)

-c(. If ~-l"ts1'if;

v. Elizabeth6 ;Am.Peter Lewis.

vi. Mary 6 ; m.(l) Ezra Thompson,{2) John Emerson.

vii. Samuel 5 ; m.Agnes Carr.

cloak.fluttering behind her,created a sensation in all the settlements and towns through which she passed,and one ardent swain was so smitten by her attractions at that time that he did not rest until he ~ade her ac­quaintance, Re at once proposed,was accepted,and the next Spring they were married.:r--ilheeler's History of Brunswick,Topsham and Harpswell, page 772.

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viii .Susan•; 4.unmarried. f,,/7S-3; d.. 3f¥,r. lS"b'I-, c.c,..,,..

1x. Hannah'; d.1864; m.David-Wallace.

359

5th GENERATIOI~

x. James6; lived New York City; m . .................................... ; had a dau.,Mrs.Gamaliel Rowe of New York.

xi. Lydia6 ; •• Reube~ Littlefield.

SAMUEL5 MERRILL (Thomas' ,John3 .Daniel2 ) was born 8 Jan. 1728/9,in Salisbury,Mass.,and died 4 May,1822. Mter 1753 he lived near Salmon Falls,Buxton,Me.,of which town he was one of the first settlers. (See pages 144-5.) He was a lieutenant at the Battle of Bunker Hill. He married, 3 Mar.1747,in Salisbury,Elizabeth Bradbury,daughter of Capt. Thomas and Sarah' (Merrill) Bradbury of Salisbury,Mass., (See p.197.) and Buxton,Me. She was born 13 Apr.1727,and died 18 Jan. 1820. Children:

~ 1. Abel6 (1748-1828); m.Elizabeth Page.

2547 11. Humphrey 6(1750-1828}; ·m.Elizabeth McLucas.

111. Jane 6 ,b.12 July,1752,in Biddeford,Me.; d. 11 July,1843; m.14 May,1772,Ebenezer Wentworth of Buxton.

2549 iv. Samuel6 {1754-1838); m.Anna Eaton.

v. Marthae,b.1756; m.24 Jan.1779,Thomas Ridlon (or Redlon); lived Saco and Hollis,Me.;11 ch.

vi. Elizabeth6; d,L1mington,Me.; rn.8 May,1777, Joses Hopkinson.

vii. ~illiam 6 ,b,1756; d.1779,unmarried; served in the Revolution •

. . . Th & d viii. omas ; .young.

ix. Mary 6 ; d.young.

x. Sarah6 ,b.l Mar.1765; m.23 May,1782,Daniel Bry­ant of Saco,i,,le.

360 A MERRILL MEMOAIAt

5th GENERATION 2553 xi. John•(l767-1849); m.Rebecca Lane.

(

i t . l_

xii. Ruth',b.1773; d.22 Mar.1799; m.6 Apr.1794, Isaac Lane.

~

JOHIJ 5 MERRILL. (Thomas 4 ,Johnl,Daniel 2 ) was born 8 July,1735,in Salisbury;Mass. He lived in Salisbury,and was called "Captain." He married Sarah Adams,daughter of Archelaus and Mercy (Dow) Adams. She was born 19 Jan.1737/8,and died 10 ?lov.1815. Children:

i. John6 ,b.l7 July,1755; d.9 Aug.1760.

11. Martha',b.17 July,1755.

iii. Betty-Adams·6,b.18 Nov.1761; m.l Jan,1782,Capt. Joshua French •

2557 iv. John 6 ,b.18 Nov.l761; ra.Jane Eaton.

2558 v. Jabez',b.21 Mar.1764; lived Salisbury.

vi. Sarah 6 ,b.13 Apr.1771.

JACOB 5 MERRILL (Moses 4 ,Moses' ,Daniel 2 ) was born 31 May,1732,in Salisbury,Mass.,and died 19 Sept.1812. He lived in Newbury ,Mass., and,after 1766, in Plymouth,N .R., near the Campton line. (See pages 129-130.) He was a sailor,and afterward a farmer. He married,21 Nov.1762, in Newbury,Elizabeth Wyatt,who was born 26 Apr.1738,and died in 1833,aged 95. ch;ldren:

2577 i. Jacob 6 (1763-1841); lived Plymouth,N.H.

2578 ii. Enoch4 (1764-1841); m.Sarah Wells.

iii. Elizabeth',b.15 Apr.1766; d.30 Apr.1845; m.17 Jan.1788,CUtting Cook (1761-1836) of Camp­ton,son of Samuel Cook; twelve children.

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iv. Sarah 6 ,b.16 Oct.1767; d.1814; m.1791,Ephraim 5th Gfil..TEI:ATION Cook {1765-1818) of Campton,brother of Cut-ting Cook; eleven children.

v. Mary 6,b.16 Oct.1767; m.13 Sept.1790,Samuel Farley.

257~ vi. Samuel6 ,b.5 Oct.1769; m.Abigail Chase.

vii. Hannah6 ,b.31 Jan.1771; m.31 Mar.1796, James Pingree.

viii.Jane 6 ,b.5 May,1772; d.25 Apr.1851; m.1794,Capt. Henry Cummings (1768-1820) of Plymouth, son of Jonathan Cummings; six children.

2580 ix .. Moses 6 (1773-1849); m.Mehitable Otis.

2581 x. Giles 6 ,b.6 July;l776; d.21 Feb.1851.

xi. Daniel~; killed by a falling tree,aged 11.

xii. Abigail' ,b.16 M_ar.1780; d.22 Feb.1851; m.20 Aug.1801,Ansel 1-uinable of Campton.

2582 x1ii.Ezekiel6 (1782-1879); Plymouth and Rumney,N.H.

913

EZEKIEL' MERRILL (Moses• ,Moses3 ,Daniel 2 ) was born 10 Sept.1736,in Salisbury,Mass.,and died l Jan.1822. He lived in Salisbury and Gloucester,Mass.,and New Glouces­ter and Shepardsfield {afterward incorporated as Hebron); Me.,and died in Hebron. {See p.142.) He served in the French and Indian War in 1756. He married (1) 22 Nov. 1759,Abigail Morrill of SaJ.isbury,and (2) 26 Sept. 1782, Hanna.~ (Merrill) Eveleth of N~w Gloucester. (See p.263.) Children (all but Hannah by the first wife):

2585 i. Jabez 6 ,b.1760; d.abt.1849; m.Barbara Riggs.

2588 ii. Gyles'; d.25 May,1849; m.Judith Cotton.

iii. Sally6; m.Barnaby Strout of Durham,Me.

iv. Abigail'; m.John Woodman of Minot,Me.

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5th GENERATION 2591 v. Ezekiel6 (1769-1857); lived Hebron.

2593 vi. Moses 1(1773-1851); m.Celia Barrows.

vii. Ruth 6,b.1776; m.1794,Maj.Seth Mitchell o:f North Yarmouth,Me.; eight children.

Edgerly; lived Buxton,Me.

ix. Hannah 8; m.Benjamin Vining; Wales,Me.; no ch.

M4

GYLES 5 MERRILL (Moses',Moses 3 ,Dan1el~) was born 12 Mar.1738/9,in Salisbury,Mass.,and died 27 Apr.1801. Re lived in Haverhill,Mass.,and was a clergyman. (See pages .. . . 6-9.) He married, 13 Oct.1767, Lucy Gushing,

daughter o:f Rev. James and Ann (Wainwright) Cushing o:f Haverhill. Children:

1. Gyles 6 ,b.12 Oct.1768; d.29 Aug.1770, by accident.

ii. Lucy6,b.3 Sept.1770; d.15 Jan.1852; m.(1) 30 Aug.1787,Isaac Snow o:f Haverhill, who d.24 Aug.1788

1aged 27, and (2) 16 Apr.1794, Col.

Richard Kimball of Haverhill, who was b.14 June,1760,and d.7 Mar.1823; eight children.

t iii. Sarah 6,b.7 Nov.1772; d.7 Sept.1842; m.27 Mar.

1800,Aaron carleton,Jr.,of Raverhill,who d. 3 Feb.1842,aged 72; five children. (~)

(*) Sally' Merrill,a :few days bef.ore attaining the age o:f 17,gained a place in history by being thrown :from a chaise when the vehicle was driven to the side o:f the roa~to make way :for a carriage in which George Washington was making a tour o:f New England. It was during the first year o:f Washington's incumbency as President.

"I hope.young ladies,you are not injured? 11 inquired Washington,as Sally and her companion jumped to their feet.

Assured that they were unhurt,the Father of His

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iv. Mary•,b.18 Nov.1774; d.30 Jan.1859; m.16 5th GENERATION· Aug.1810,Dea.Jacob Kelly of Amesbury,Mass .• who d.l May,1843,aged 70; five children. (See page 136,note.)

2600 v. Moses•,b.12 Sept.1776; d.6 Dec.1864.

vi. Gyles 4 ,b.5 Mar.1779; d.23 Sept.1808,at Staten Island,N. Y., of yellow fever·,unm.; super cargo.

vii. Elizabeth6 ,b.l0 Mar.1781; d.24 Dec.1867, in Portland,Me.,at the home of·her. son, Dr. James-Merrill Cummings. She m.24 Aug.1809, Jacob-Abbot Cummings,son of Ebenezer and Eliz­abeth (Abbot) Cummings of Hollis,N.H. He was b.2 Nov.1772,and d.24 Feb.1820. He graduated at Harvard College 1801,was author of school textoooks,and a bookseller and publisher in Boston,of the firm of Cummings & Hilliard. John 6 and Benjamin' Merrill of Portland and Salem respectively were his half-brothers. (See pages 294-5.) Elizabeth' had two ch.

2601 viii.James-CUsh1ng6 (1784-1853); m~Ann Saltonstall.

ix. Samuel6 ,b.3 Nov.1786; ·d.24 Dec.1869,unmarried; grad.Harvard College 1807; lived Andover, Mass.; lawyer. (See page 9.)

~

MOSES s MERRILL (Moses• ,Moses' ,Daniel 2 ) was born 18 May,1741,in Salisbury,Mass.,and died in June,1821. He lived in East Kingston,N.H • .,and Biddeford and New Glouces­ter,Me. (See page 142.) For thirty-three years he was a deacon of the New Gloucester Congregational Church. He served as a captain in the Revolution. (*) He married,25

Country saluted them respectfully and continued on his way.--Chase 1s History of Haverhill, pages 442-3.

(*) Rev.Gyless Merrill of Haverhill.,Mass.,wrote in his diary,under date of 9 July,1775: "My Bro. Moses here with his Company in way to ye war." Capt.Moses Merrill lived then in East Kingston.

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5th GE?:ERATION Oct. 1763, Mary True of Salisbury, who died 6 May, 1808. Children:

2604 1. Samuel6 (1764-1839); m.sarah Campbell.

ii. Sally',b.abt.1768; d.16 Oct.1801; m.Edward Megquire; lived Poland,Me.; two children.

iii. Pollyl,b.abt.1770; d.Jan.1798; m.James Wins­low; lived New Gloucester; two children.

iv. Jabez•,b.1776; d.3 Jan.1781.

2608 v. Moses1(1779-1837); m.Polly Haskell.

2609 vi. Jabez~(l781-1838); lived Durham,Me.

vii. Betsey•,b.Aug.1783; d.6 May,1851; m.Ezekiel• Merrill of Hebron,Me. (See page S~3)

v111.Lucy 4,b.6 Apr.1785; d.9 May,1862; m.Samuel Downing;_ 11 ved Minot ,Me. ; no children.

2611 ix. Gyles 1 (1787-1864); m.Joanna Harding.

SAMUEL 5 MERRILL ( Samuel 4 ,Moses' ,Daniel 2 ) was born 21 May,1739,in North Yarmouth,Me.,and died 20 July,1800. He lived in North Yarmouth except a short time,including 1795,when he lived in Durham,Me. He was a farmer. He married Mary ,who survived him. Children:

i. Samuel 6 ,bap.29 July,1770.

ii. Nathaniel', bap_. 29 July, 1770.

2620 iii. Moses~,bap.2S July,1770; m.Rachel Cutter.

923

BENJAMIN s MER..~ILL (Samuel" ,Moses 3 ,Daniel 2 ) was born 17 Feb.1740/41,in IJorth Yarmouth,Me-,and died 7 Apr. 1824. He lived in North Yarmouth until November,1775,

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when he removed to Greene,Me.,the first permanent set- 5th GE?-.'"ERATION tler, (See pages 145-6.) He was a farlI!er,and was." se­lectman,assessor and tythingman. · He married Margaret Harris (called "Peggy" in the record),daughter of Amos and Hannah (Larabee) Harris of North.-Yarmouth. She was born 18 Mar.1737/8,and died 7 Dec.1821,in Greene. Chil-dren:

2624 i. Benjamin1 (1764-1826); town clerk.Greene.

ii. John•,b.29 Sept.1767; d.30 July,1817; liv~d Greene.

iii. Jeremiah~,b.15 Aug.1770; d.13 Apr.1776.

iv. Anna~,b.12 Sept.1772; d.29 Oct.1856; m. John .Pickett.

v. Levif,b.16 Feb.1775; d.13 Aug.1838; m.ll May, 1800,Hannah Merrill of Turner,Me. (See p.368)

m-JCHN 5 MERRILL ( Samuel 4 ,Moses·3 ,Daniel 2 ) was born 1.2

Dec.1746,in Salisbury,Mass-~and lived in New Gloucester, Me. He married (1) Anna ,who died 28 Ju.ne,1601, aged 55,and he married (2) .Ann Whitney. Children:

i. Eliza6 ,b.28 Sept.1768; m.William Pierce of New Gloucester.

2639 11. John-Ta~pan~b-18 Mar.1770; lived Poland,Me.

2640 iii. Samuel~(l771-1805); m~Lucy Haskell.

iv. Pollyd,b.2 Apr.l773; d.18 Feb.1795; m. John Forbes of North Yarmouth.

2642 v. Jacob',b.28 Feb.1775; m.Betsey Cotton.

"( vi. Anna' ,b.6 Mar.1777; d.9 Nov.1795,unmarried.

!vii. Sally 4,b.6 Mar.1777; d.the same day . .. viii.Sally 4,b.5 Dec.1776; m.J. Hooper of Paris;Me.

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5th GElraRATIO?f I 2644 ix. J'eremiah 1,b.14 July,1780; m.Priscilla Atwood.

Hannah .-, b .14 July; 1780; d. the same day.

Stephen•, b.12 Sept .1782; d. unmarried.

~ x.

xi.

xii. Hannah',b.J. Nov.1784; d.4 Apr.1800.

2647 xiii.Pa1ne1 (1803-l854);·1ived Turner,Me ..

xiv. William•; d.in Boston before 1854; buried in New Gloucester.

941

JOSEPH 5 MERRILL (Daniel 4 ,Moses' ,Daniel 2 ) was born 6 ?lov.1744,in Salisbury, Mass.,and died in September,1786,. in Turner .. Me. He lived in new Gloucester and Turner. It is said that he served in the defence of Boston in the Revolution~ He married,14 hpr.1766,in New Glouces­ter .. Me.,Elizabeth True,daughter of Jabez and Sarah (Eaton) True~ She was born in 1744 in Hanover,Mass., and died in September,1785,in Turner. I;;lizabeth·True's brother Benjamin married· Rhoda5 Merrill,sister of Jose_pht-,and her sister Rhoda married Eliass Merrill, brother of Joseph·S. Children, born in New Gloucester:

i. Sarah&,b.S Feb.1767; m.3 Au~.1795,Mcses Allen of New Gloucester; lie d.25 Feb.1817; 1 dau.

ii. Rhoda 6 ,b.4 Dec.176$; 1!1 .. 4 Feb.1796,Joseph Bon­ney of Turner,son of ·rchabod and Mary (Turn­er) Bonney of Pembroke,Mass.; six children.

iii. Elizabeth'\b .. 5 Oct.1771; d.14 June,1843; m.21 Apr.1791,Bennett P-ompilly of Turner,son of John and Appy (Meijers) Pompilly; he was b-11 June,1761,.in Du.xbury,Mass •. ,and d.5 Dec. 1834; nine c-hildren.

2658 iv. Joseph 6 (1773~1839); m.Jane Young.

v. Anna 6 ,b.29 Dec.1777; m.3 Nov-i803~ -seuben Thorpe of Turner; he d.17 Apr.1823; four ch.

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vi. Jabez-True1 ,b.13 Mar,1780; d.May,1859;lived North Turner; m.23 Apr.1801,Abigail Phil-lips of Turner. ·

{ vii. Jane 4,b.24 Aug.1782; m.24 Mar.1808,Abel Samp-J son of Turner. •

5th GE!fEF..ATIO?:

t viii.Benjamin 6 ,b.24 Aug,1782; not mentioned by Eliz­abeth• (Merrill) Pompilly in a list of her father's children,in family Bible; prob.d. young.

944

ELIAS' MERRILL (Daniel4 ,Moses3 ,Daniel:a) was born l Feb.1750,in Salisbury,Mass.,and died 18 Oct.1802,in Minot (now Auburn),Me. (See page 120.) He was shcrt,thickset and muscular,with black curly hair. All his sons,except Moses 6 ,resembled him in these respects. The younger son inherited a light complexion from his mother. Fer some years Zlias 5 lived 1n North Yarmouth and Uew Gloucester, Me. Re married (l),1n 1772,Rhoda True,daughter of Jabez and Sarah (Eaton) True; she died 27 Dec.1797,aged 50,and he married (2) Abigail Lanltsforq,who was born 30 Mar.1765, and who survived him and married (2),before 1805, John Harris. Children,born in North Yarmouth:

2670 i. Elias&(l773-1831); lived Minot; twice married.

11. Rhoda',b.18 Dec.1774; m.1792,Jonathan Prince; he was b.20 Mar.1771,and d.6 Apr.1856, in Minot; nine children.

2673 iii. Jabez 6 (i779-1855); m.Sarah Briggs.

2674 iv. Daniel6 (1780-1852); m.Susanna Townsend.

2675 v. Marshfield 0 (1782-184G); three times married.

2677 vi. James'(l784-1849); m.Ruth Batch.

vii. Sarah 0 ,b.l2 June,1789; d.12 June,1835; m.?ar­ker Stevens; lived Auburn; six childrer..

2681 viii.Moses 5 (17S9-1884); rn.Polly-L.Marston.

ix. Abigail6 (1801-1886};m.Thomas Harris;Portland.

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W6

5th GIDiERATION JABEZ 5 M~.RILL (Daniel 4 ,Mosesl ,Daniel 2 ) was born 25 June;l753,in Salisbury,Mass.,and was living in 1843. He lived in New Gloucester and Tu.rner,Me. He married, 9 Nov.1775,Hannah Sawyer. Children,born in Turner:

i. Martha',b.25 Oct.1776.

ii. Hannah',b.11 July,1778; m.Levi 6 Merrill of Greene,Me. (See page 365.)

iii. Anna 6 ,b.l May,1780; m.11 Sept.1801, Abraham Markham of' Turner.

2692 iv. Jabez•,b.9 Apr.1782; m.Tile' Merrill; Turner.

v. Moses 6,b.23 Mar.1784.

vi. Dorcas•,b.27 Apr.1786; m.30 Apr.1810, John Phillips; four chiidren.

vii. Mary 5 ,b.28 May~l788.

~

LEVI 5 MER.~ILL (Daniel+,Moses 3 ,Daniel2 ) was born in 1759 in Salisbu.ry,Mass.,and lived in Turner,Me.,where he died 14 Mar.1825. He married,in 1779,Sylvia Leavitt, daughter of Jacob and Sylvia (Bonney) Leavitt of Turner. She died 14 Mar.1826. Children:

i. Saraiah6,b.5 Dec.1779; m~OO Apr.1805,Rhoda Triboe of Minot,Me.

ii. Levi6 ,b.6 Jan.1781; d.5 June,1862~in Turner; m.11 May,1800,Hannah Merrill of Turner.

iii. Lucy 6 ,b.9 Oct.1782; m.22 Jan.1807,John Bailey of Turner.

iv. Tabitha6 ,b.16 Au3.1784; m.11 Mar.1804,Nathan­iel Robinson.

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v. T1le 6,b.13 May,1786; d.2 Jan.1851; m.Jabez 6 5th GENERATION Merrill. (See previous page.)

2702 vi. Luther'(l.788-1877) ;, m.Deborah Pratt.

vii. Calvin 6,b.10 Mar.1790. . .

viii.Jacob 5 ,b.12 Apr.1792.

ix.

x.

xi.

xii.

Joanna6;b.21 Mar.1794; m,14 Mar.1817,Ira Lind­say of' Turner.

. 6 . . Theodocius ,b.3 May,1796; "died in the army."

Humphrey',b.18 Sept.1798; d\25 Oct·.1949; m.14 Apr.181~,Linnet Dillingham; one daughter.

Alvah •, b.27 :Nov.1800; m.18 Apr.1824,Hamah Richmond; six children.

xii1.Sylvia 5 ,b.28 Nov.1802; m.Salmon Richmond.

954

DANIEL' MERRILL (Danie1•,Mo;es 3 ,Daniel2 )1was born 20 Apr.1767,in New Gloucester,Me., He married (1) 11 Aug.1790,Charity Record,who died,in 1791,aged 25,and (2) 19 July,1792,0live Record of Bucktown (now Buckfield), Me. Children:

. 2711 1. Daniel5 (1794-1826); lived Buckfi~ld,Me.

ii. Irvin6 ,b.19 Feb:1801; m.Eleanor Bray; nine ch.

963

DANIEL 5 MERRILL (Dan1el4 ,Stephen3 ,Danie12) was born

4 Jan.1740/41,in Salisbury,Mass.,and died 19 Aug.1809. He lived in Salisbury. He married,12 Jan.1764,Susanna

370 A MERRILL MEMORUL

5th GENERATION Hackett,who was born in 1745 in Salisbury,and died there 15 Dec.1820. Children:

2724

272'7

2728

i. Dan1el 6 ,b.13 Jan.1765-

ii. Dorothy (or Dolly) 6 ,b.29 Sept.1766; d.25 Sept. 1832; m.,as second wife,Robert Morrill; lived Salisbury; no children.

iii-

iv.

v.

El1zabeth1 ,b.8 Mar.1769; d.young.

Joseph 5 (1773-1823); m.Polly True.

Hannah 6 ,b.22 May,1776; d.9 Sept.1860;m.David Dow; lived Seo.brook,1~.H.

William1(1779-1830); m.Mary Chase.

Samuel6 (1781-1856); m.Eunice Downs.

viii.Ruth6 ,b.7 Apr.1787; d.11 !Jov.1835; m..Oliver Brown; lived Seabrook.

vi.

vii.

972

EZRA3 MER..'ltILI. (Stephen• ,st·ephen3 ,Daniel-:) was born 29 Apr.1746,in Salisbury,Mass.,where he spent his life. He married,9 Nov.1775,in Salisbury, Molly Stevens. Children:

2742 i. Thomas 6 (1776-1824); Baptist clergyman in Maine.

2744 ii. Ezra6 (1779-1860); m.Phebe Sanborn.

iii. Stephen 4 ; d.young.

2746 iv. Benjamin6 (1783-1858); moved to Solon,Me.; m~ Rachel Dunell.

2748 v. Joseph 6 ,b.31 Dec.1786; m.Lydia Davis.

A MERRILL MBMORIAL 371

973

ABIATHARJ MER..~ILL (Stephen•,Stephenl,Daniel~) was 5th GENERATIOii born 21 Sept.1751,in Salisbury,Mass.,and died in 1829. He lived in Salisbury,Mass.,and later in Pittsfield, N.H.,"on a :f'arm about one mile :from Wild Goose Pond." He married C-1) 5 June,1771, Molly Eaton of' Salisbury, and ( 2) Weare (widow} ·. Children: ·

2759 i. Aaron&,b.26 Apr.1775; d.23 Sept.1837; m.Abigail Jenness.

2760 ii. Elisha',b.1777; m.Nancy Adams.

iii. Abiathar•; d.unmarried.

2764 iv. Stephen 6 ,b.abt.1785; d.24 Apr.1860; lived in Pittsfield.

AARON 5 MERRILL (Stephen 4, Stephen 3 , Daniel 2 ) was born 10 Apr.1754,in Salisbury,Mass.,and died 24 July,1833. He lived 1n Salisbury until about 1778,then at Hampton Falls,N.H. He was a tanner and currier. He served as a lieutenant in the Revolution,and was at Bunker Hill. (s"'" nc,,y..l-{'""-J~) For eight years he served as selectman,and was a mem-ber o:f' the New Hampshire Legislature in 1813 and 1815-1816. He married,3 Oct.1775,Mercy Leavitt, daughter of Amos and Elizabeth_(Varrell) Leavitt of' Hampton, N. H. She was born 10 Feb.1756,and died l Jan. 1826. Chil-dren:

2771 i. John'(l776-1830); m.Polly Wedgwood.

ii. Maryf,b.30 June,1778; d.Dec.1858; m.31 May, 1804,Moses Wells of' Ipswich,Mass.; lived Hampton Falls.

iii. Moses•,b.18 Jan.1780; d.Nov.1830; m.Betsey Locke.

iv. Sally 5,b.4 Mar~l782.; d.unmarried.

5th GENEnATION

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v. Betsey 6 ,b.2 Dec.1784; d.2 Mar.1866,unmarried.

vi.· Hannah 5 ,b.5 Oct.1786; d.20 Aug.1842; m. Dear­born Lane of Hampton Falls.

2777 vii. Aaron 6 (1789-1858); m.Cynthia Sanborn.

viii.Eunice 6 ,b.12 Dec.1790; m. Eben Morrill of Salisbury.

2780 ix. Wingate 4 (1793-l872); lived Danvers,Mass.; m. Hannah Chapman.

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DESCENDANTS OF .ABEL 2

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DANIEL5 MERRILL (Samuel4 ,Abel3 ,Abel2 ) was born 3 5th ~ENERATION July,1722,in Newbury,Mass. As early as 1746 he re-moved to Nottingham West (now Hudson),N.H.,and later to Rollis,N.R. Re served as an ensign in the .Revolu-tion. He married (1) 1 Nov.174·3,Thomasine Chase,daugh-ter of Stephen and Sarah (Hale) Chase of Newbury. She was born 23 Dec.1723,and died 30 Jan.1755,in Notting-ham West. He ~arried (2) 23 Oct.1755,Mary Hale,daugh-ter of Dea.Henry Hale of Nottingham .West. Children:

i. Ruth6 ,b.20 March,1745.

ii. Hannah6 ,b.26 May,1747; m.Paul Hildreth,first white settler of Lewiston,Me. {See p.143.)

iii. Moses 6 ,b.24_Dec.1752; d.unmarried.

iv.· Sarah6 ,b.23 Jan.1755; lived-Hollis.

By the second wife--

v. Margaret 6 ,b.15 N"ov.1756; d.yo'U:'1!.~f7a,.,._,,.177'f;J-/oll,.,._

2801 vi. Samue16 ,b.l Jan.1759; m.Mary Lake.

2802 vii. Daniel 6 (1761-1852); m.Phebe Dow.

2803 viii.Henry 6,b~l7 July,1763; m.Beersheba Winn.

f ix. Mary 6, b.7 Dec.1765 • . ( x. Ruth 6 , b. 7 Dec.1765.

xi. Betty 6 ,b.17 April,1768.

280o xii. W11Liam 6;b.15 Feb.1770; m.Polly Smith.

xiii.Abigail6 ,b.13 May,1772; d.unmarried.

xiv. Margaret 6 ,b.l Feb.1776; m.JonathanFriend.

!iote. --It has been asserted that the Daniel Merrill

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5th GE?lERATION who was father of the last ten children here enumerated was Daniels (Natha.'liel' .,.Jor.i.n3.,Nathan1el~). (See p.291.) All the known facts.,including the meager data furnished by the published histories of Hudson and Hollis: ini'lu­ence me to leave the matter in the shape in which it here appears. (See Webster.,Ristory of Hudson [1913]., pp.176.,305; Worcester., History of Hollis [1879].,p.381.)

SAf"'!UEL S MERRILL ( Samuel 4 .,Abel 3 .,Abel~) was borr. 14 March.,1723/4.,in Newbury.,Mass • .,and died 16 Sept.1758. He lived.,in 1746.,in Nottingham West (now Hudson).,N.H . .,but removed to Hollis.,N.H. He is said to have been killed in the French and Indian War. He married (1) l Jan. 1746/7.,in Newbury.,Tabitha Flanders,and (2) 8 Aug.1748, in Nottingham West.,Rebecca Blodgett.,who was born 3 Feb. 1728,the daughter of Joseph and Dorothy (Perham) Blodg­ett. Children:

i. Abel~.,b.7 Oct.1747.

i 1. Tabitha 6 ., b. 29 Nev .17 49; m. JO S,_ft:- /'7"72,~ HMla.r,

iii. Rebecca~,b.24 Nov.1751.

iv. Ruth 6 ,b.16 March.,1754.

v. P.achel:S •

vi. Tamzine 5 (Thomasine). b.12 June.,1758; d.28 Oct.1764.

WILLIAM 5 MERRILL ( Samue 14 .,Abel 3 ,Abel~ ) was born 7 April,1740.,in Newbury.,Mass. He was a minute-man in the Revolution. After the war he lived in Haverhill,N.H. He married,about 1778.,Anstina Whiteman.,daughter of Christian William Whiteman of Ashburnham.,M:ass. ,a Germi?.n. She was born 24 July.,1758. Children:

i. Stephen~.

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11. Richard 6 ; had a son Jesse7, b.about 1808.

111. Hester6 ; m. 'ftilloughby.

2812 iv. Joshua6 (1791-1851); Greenfield,Ohio; m.Rhoda Crosson.

5th GENERATION

ISAAC' MERRILL (Samue1• 1 Abel3 ,Abel2) was born 20 Aug.

1754,in Nottingham West (now Hudson),N.H.,and died 17 Mar. 1835. He lived in Nottingham West,and was a deacon. He married Olives Merrill,daughter of Rev.Nathaniel• Merrill. She was born 4 Dec.1751,and died 17 June,1828. (See page 271. ) Children:

i. Samuel6 ,b.30 July,1779.

ii. Isaac•,b.16 Mar.1781; removed about 1855 from Hudson to Weathersfield,Vt.; had a son Rich­ard7.

iii. John 4,b.17 May,1783.

iv. Susanna 6, b •. 28 Aug .1785 ;· d. abt .1855, Hudson.

v. Clive6,b.l Jan.1788; d.abt.1855,Hudson.

1663

STEVENS 5 MERRILL (Abel• ,Abel3 .,Abel2) _e;.---_ ~-- --/~

was born 10 Junc,1731,in Newbury,Mass., -'~~ /'/~ and died 4 Aug.1604. Ee lived in New­bury,Mass.,Plaistow,N.H.,and,from 1775, in Warren.,N.H.,of which latter town he was one of the first settlers and oneof the wealthiest citizens. (See pages 130-33.) He became a Baptist,and later a ~uaker. He married,(l) (pub.14 Dec.1751),in Newbury,Sarah Chase, who was born 13 Mar.1731,and died 30 Apr.1794,in Warren; and (2),in Warren,Mrs.Mary Noyes of Kingston,N.H.,who died 24 Aug.1804,without issue. Children:

2830 i. Jonathan6 (1752-1830); m.Susanna Eaton.

ii. Sarah6 ,b.23 Sept.1754; m.Ezekiel Dow;Plaistow.

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iii. Anna',b.28 Dec.1756; d.4 Mar.1835;_m. Joseph Patch of Warren; eight children.

iv. Susan 6 ,b.June,1759,1n Plaistow; d.15 Nov.1833; lived Warren; a deaf-mute.

v. ,Mary~,b.13 May,1762,in Plaistow; d.10 Dec. 1823; m.Samuel Knight,Warren; eight children.

2832 vi. Joseph6 (1764-1839); m.Sally Copp.

vii. Ruth•,b.6 Mar.1767; d.23 Sept.1842; m.Caleb Homans of. Warren; seven children.

viii.Caleb 6 ,b.4 Apr.1769; killed 8 June,1808,by a falling tree; lived Warren; a deaf-mute.

ix. Bet.sey•, b.15 May,1772; m.Joseph Knight.

x. Hannah•,b.9 Oct.1775; d.21 Nov.1806; lived Warren; a deaf-mute.

1005

JOHN 5 MERRILL (Abel4 ,A.bel 3 ,Abel2 )was born 15 Aug. 1737,in Newbury,Mass.,and died 15 Jan.1797. He lived in Atkinson,N.H.,and was a deacon of the Congregational Church. He married,17 Sept.1761,in Hampstead,N.H.,Mary (Emerson) Stevens,who was born in August,1736,in Hamp­stead,and died 21 Jan.1815,in Atkinson •. Children:

i.

2841 ii.

iii.

2S43 iv.

v.

vi.

of Hannah6 ,b.22 Aug.1762; ~-(1) James Smith p·1aist_ow ,and { 2) Joshua Poor.

Abel6 (1763-1838);Warren,N.H.; m.Tamar Kimball.

Stevens 6 ,b.22. Jan.1767; d.Dec.1845,unmarried; lived Atkinson; a.deaf-mute.

Joshua6 (1769-1844); lived Corinth,Vt.

Molly 6,b.30 Sept.1771; d.22 Oct.1793.

Ruth6 ,b.7 Aug.1774; m.John Davis; lived Atkin-son,on the homestead farm of John 5 Merr:i.11.

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1006

JOSHUA5 MERRILL (Abel4 ,Abel3 ,Abel2 ) was born 27 5th GENERATION May,1739,in Newbury,Mass.,and died 15 Nov.1836,in Bos-ton. He lived in Newbury,Mass.,and Hampstead,Sandown, and,from 1775,Warren,N.H. (See pages 131-32.) He was a farmer and·tailor. In 1810 he sold his farm to his nephew Abel~ (JohnS),and went West with his son Joshua', but after. his wife's death removed to Beston and lived with his daughters. He became so nearly blind that his grandchildren used to lead him about the streets of Bos-ton,but his sight returned,and he was able to thread a fine needle. Tradition says he lived to be 100 years old,but his death is recorded as above in the Bible of Abel 6 (Johns). He married,19 Feb.1760,in Hampstead, Mehitable Emerscn,who was born 6 Sept.1741,in Hampstead. Children:

i. Ruth5 ,b.23 Nov.1760,in Hampstead; d.18 June, 1764.

ii. Abigail5 ,b.6 Nov.1762; d.l Apr.1764.

iii. Mehitable 0 ,b.l June,1764,in Sandown; d.29 Mar.1798; m.William Whiteman of Warren; five children. ·

iv. Ruth6 ,b.8 Apr.176G.

v. Hannahli,b.28 Apr.1771.

vi. Joshua6 ,b.17 July,1776,in Warren; removed ''vlest."

1007

CALEB 5 MERRILL (Abel4 ,Abel3 ,Abel2) was born 11 Feb.

1740/41,in Newbury,Mass.,and died 14 Aug.1826. He lived in Bluehill,Me. He married (1) and (2) 17 May,1803,Elizabeth (Candage) Day,widow of James Day. She was born in 1758 a:nd died 4 Apr.1830. Child (perhaps others by the first wife):

Isaac 5 (1804-1881); lived Bluehill; m.(l} Louisa Clough, (2) Joanna S.Hinckley.

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(Su.. p, 573)

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1008

NATHANIEL 5 MERRILL (Abel 4 ,Abel3 ,Abel:a) was born 6 Mar.1742/3,in Nottingham West (now liudson),N.H.,and died 17 Oct.1791. He graduated at Harvard College in 1767, and was a Congregational minister. He preached at Bos­cawen.,N.H • .,from 1768 to 1774,and removed to Poultney,Vt., where he died. He married,20 Jan.1768,in Rowley,Mass., Hannah Hobson,who survived him and returned to Rowley. Children:

2S55 1. Nathanie16 ,b.1769; \Varren.,ri.H. ;m.Betsey Favor.

ii. Daniel".

iii. Washington•.

iv. Hannah•.

v. Betsey•.

2Sso vi. Samuel5 (1778-1863); m.Hannah Elliott.

1023

THOMAS 5 MERRILL (Thomas 4 .,Abel3 ,Abel2 ) was. born 6 Mar.1737/8.,in East Bradford (now Groveland).,Mass • ., and died 26 Dec.1820. He lived in Georgetown.,at his father's homestead. In 1898 the house was still occupied by Mer­rills. During the Revolution he served on the Committee of Safety. He married.,25 Mar.1762.,in Wenham.,Mass • .,Sarah Friend of Wenham. She was born 22 Jan.1741/2,and died 7 Jan.1813.,in Rowley. Children:

~~70 i.

287I ii.

2872 iii.

iv.

v.

2873 vi.

John1 (1763-1616); lived Rowley.,Mass.; m.Mehit-able Hale.

Daniel6 (1765-1833); clergyman; m.susanna Gale.

Moses 4 (1767-1804); m.Betsey Keyser.

Thomas 6,b.19 Feb.1770; d.23 Mar.1770.

Martha6 .,b.16 May.,1771; d.26 Nov.1771.

Samuel6 (1773-i855); m.Olive Keyes.

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2S7i vii. Thomas'(l775-185l); m.Susanna Johnson. 5th GEIIERATIOf

viii.Joseph 1,b.2 June,1777; d.4 May,1848; gradua-ted Dartmouth College 1806; lived Gorham, Middlesex and Junius,N.Y.; Congregational minister; m.(l) 18 Dec.1808,Hannah (Platt) Birdseye; (2) 21 Oct.1822,Margaret Shepherd;(3J 13 May,1828,Philomela Billings.

~ ix. Benjamin 4(1780-1853); Rowley; m.Eunice Dodge.

2877 x. Nathaniel6 {1782-1839); clergyman,Lyndeboro,N.H.

xi. SarahE,b.25 May,1785; d.25 Sept.1867; m.11 June, 1807, John Palmer, Jr •.

2879 xii. James 6 (1788-1841); m.Judith Spofford.

1039

ABELS MERRILL (John',Abel3 ,Abel~) was born 4 July,1752, in West Newbury,Mass.,and died 1 July,1834. He l_ived in West Newbury. He married,4 Jan.1776,in Newbury,Anna Emery, daughter of Moses and Lydia (Emery) Emery of Newbury. She died 28 May,1840,aged 84. Children:

i. John 6 ,b.9 Nov.1776; d.while a freshman at Dart­mouth CQllege.

ii. Susanna6 ,b.17 Nov.1778; m.26 May,1799,Simeon Welch of Plaistow,N.H.,son of Col.Joseph and Hannah (Chase) Welch; eight children.

iii. Nathan6 ,b.3 Apr.1781; d.aged three years.

iv. Sarah 6 ,b.13 Jan.1795; m.Stephen Chase cf Plais­tow; nine children.

v. Lydia-&ery 6 ,b.4 Apr.1801; d.17 Jan.1884; ffi.19 May,1825,John Poor,who d.12 Oct.1866; 7 ch. (S- p.Sbs)

ios1

NATHANIEI. 5 MERRILL (Nathaniel 4 ,Abe-13 >Abel 2 } was born 25 Sept.1739,in Nottingham \\est,Mass.(now Hudson,N.H.), and died 16 Oct.1785,of consumption. He lived in Notting-

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5th GEI{ERATIO!i ham West. He was appointed an ensign in the militia in · 1764. In 1777 he volunteered for service in Stark's ex­pedition to Bennington,Vt.,but owing to illness was com­pelled to send a substitute. In the records of ?~ct ting­ham West he is called !:athaniel Merrill tertius~ ~Tathan­ielS Merrill (Roger-',Nathaniel3,Abel2 ) being called Nathaniel Merrill,Jr. He married,25 Feb.1767,in r;otting­ham W'est,Olive Lund of Dunstable (now Nashua),N.H. She was born 26 Mar.1741,and died 22 Oct.1820. Children:

2900 i. Benjamin6 (1768-1849); m.Sarah (?lumraer) Caton.

ii. Olive~,b.6 Dec.1769; d.13 June,1771.

iii. Mary 6,b.l Apr.1771; d.l Feb.1773.

iv. Jonathan 5 ,b.2 May,1773; d.ll Oct.1778.

v. Sarah~,b.6 Mar.1775; d.10 Oct.1778.

2902 vi. Oliver 4(1779-1826); m.Mercy Merrill.

vii. Asa~,b.4 Nov.1781; d.23 Apr.1857; farmer,Hud­son; m.13 Apr.1820,Delilah Butler,dau. of Jonathan and Sarah {Tarbox) Butler of Pel­ham,N.H.; she was b.16 Nov.1787,and d.29 Nov.1847; no children.

1052

JOH?{ 5 MERRILL (Nathaniel 4 ,Abel 3 ,Abel:A) was born 26 Oct.1745,in Nottingham West (now Hudson),N.H.,and died 3 Feb.1821. He was a farmer. Between 179~ and 1805 he removed from Hudson to Tyngsboro,Mass. He served in the Revolution,at the time of the Lexington alarm,and was a sergeant in the Bennington campaign. His musket will be preserved in the Hill Memorial Library in Hudson. It now belongs to Otis-Addison 8 Merrill of East Pepperell,Mass., grandson of Benjamin6 Merrill above. (See page 57~.) John 3 Merrill married,12 Feb.1797,Sarah Fletcher. Chil­dren:

i. John',b.l Apr.179$; d.3 Sept.1886,unmarried; farmer,Tyngsboro.

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3d/ u,..rr:.,, ~~..,..) ~ ~~.L 'h-t.~u.. o-d S1.4Jlia-...~ ~u., P-,-., ~ 11-.,.. UAU cf -SQ.AAA,_,(_ '}')It,~ ··"'J nct/i~t...a- W.ul: wr- wit-.._.✓,,,,,,) 6-r n_d,lt.__,:_.,,(_, rt.~, J-r., -> J1.,aJ;.~, s.,._ .s. m.

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2908 ii. Nathaniel1 (1801-1877); farmer, Tyngsboro. - 5th GENERATION

iii. Daniel6 ,b.Nov.1803; drowned in Merrimack P.iv.

ffio iv. Samuel6 (1805-1891); farmer,Tyngsboro.

2913 v. William 6(1811-1876); m.Mary-A.Cutter.

1054

ABEL' MER..~ILL (Nathaniel4 ,Abel3 ,Abel~) was born 23 Dec.1747,in Nottingham West (now Hudson);N.H.,and is said t,e, l=l:a:r.te removed late in life to Concord,N.H. He was in the Continental army 1779-82. He was li•11Rg !Fl 179~ ... c:t.wi.S~.,8'2.o,.z.C..-c.,,,J. He married,5 June,1770,Ruth Winn.~ Children:

1. Abigail-Marsh6,b.8 Mar.1771.

ii. Ruth•,b.26 July,1772.

iii. Sarah6 ,b.16 Aprilyl776.

iv. Tab1tha 6 ,b.12 Sept.17~9.

v. Lydia 8 ,b.4 April,1781.

1059

" ~..:11.. w.·..,,.,. w-,v, wr:JvW "t 'Yl.a.fli_,. W.:,z;,,, ~ J.,.,.._ '1, ~r-r:,,tr a,,..;} }11.Q,,/y ( Hu .. tt.) fl~~ 1 flctt.:"...,/.a.- W=I::

THEODORE 5 MERRILL (Nathaniel4 ,Abel3 ,Abel:s) was born in 1760 in Nottingham ~est (now Hudson),N.H.,where he continued to live. He died at an advanced age. He mar­ried,13 Nov.1783,Mercy Fletcher. Children:

i. Mercyt,b.26 Dec.1784; d.16 July,1850; m.25 Feb. 1807, 011 ver' Merrill. ( See page S1<j)

2920 ii. John 6 ,b.15 May,1789; m.Rebecca Coburn.

iii. Betsey 6,b.8 Apr.1796; m.(l) Levi Butler, (2) S Livingston.

iv. Jacob 4,b.ll Sept.1803; lived Linden,Ills.; ~. B Reed.

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1072

5th GENERATION BENJAMINJ MERRILL (John4 ,Nathan1 ,Abela) was born 22 Feb.1727/8,in Newbury,Mass.,and lived in Falmouth and North Yarmouth,Me. He married,(pub.6 Nov.1751,in Fal- · mouth),Mrs.Sarah Brown of North Yarmouth. Children:

2935 1. Abner1 (17~2-1814); lived Greene,Me.

11. Molly1,b.20 Aug.1754; prcb.m.George Gerrish.

iii. Anna 5 ,b.25 Sept.1756.

iv. Benjamin 6,bap.26 Aug~l764.

1076

ABEL' MERRILL (John 4 ,Nat.han3 ,Abels) was born 22 Oot. 1736,in Falmcuth,Me. He lived in North Yarmouth,Me.,and was a farmer. He married,22 Nov.1759,in Newbury, Mass., Abigail Knight of Newbury. She was born in 1738. Chil­dren:

. .

1. El1iabeth•,b.15 Aug.1760.

11. Hannah 5 ,b.ll May,1762; m.23 Oct.1781,William Reed,who was b.2 Apr.1757; four children.

iii. John 1 ,b.29 July,1764.

iv. Lydia•,b.13 July,1766.

v. Ann 5 ,b.20 Sept.1768.

vi. Jane 5,b.9 Apr.1770.

vii. Deborah 6 , b.16 ·Apr.1772.

viii.Enoch~,b.24 Apr.1775.

ix. Abel6 ,b.4 Nov.1778.

x. Abiga11 5 ,b.l Feb.1760.

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1077

JACOB 5 Mw:'RILL (John 4 ,Nathan 3,Abel~) was born in 5th GEUEP..A.TION 1738 or 1739 in Falmouth,Me.,and lived in Cumberland and North Yarmouth,Me. He married (l) ~CJl,.Kyo;_,J.;c . ~ and (2) Rosanria (Davis) Winslow,widow of Gilber~ Wins-low. She died 23 Oct.1823. Children:

mo i •. Josiah~(l765-1846); North Yarmouth (Pownal),Me.

ii. Eun1ce 6 ,b.27 Sept.1767.

iii. Joanna 6 ,b.6 May,1770.

~ iv. Jacob6,b.10 May,1772; lived North Yarmouth.

2964 v. William6,b.ll Aug.1776; m.Hannah Gould.

vi. Abigail 6 ,b.30 May,1779.

vii. Benjamin6,b.25 Nov.1781.

viii.Nathan-Noyes 6 ,b.28 Nov.1784.

ix. John 6 •

1079

DANIEL 5 MERRILL (John 4 ,Nathanl,Abel~) was born 12 Aug.1745,in Falmouth,Me.,and lived in Falmouth and Gor­ham,Me. He married~l2 Jan.1775,Dorcas Crockett. Chil­clren,born in Gorham:

29fil 1. John 6 ,b.1775; m.Lydia Chamberlain.

ii. Nancy6,b.21 Apr.1777; m.Francis Hunt; lived Readf'ield,Me.

iii. Pr1sc1lla 6 ,b.23 June,1778; c.Joseph Roberts; lived Gardiner,Me.

~ iv. Daniel 6 ,b.26 Jan.1780; Gorham and Gardiner.Me.

v. Samuel6 sb.12 Jan.1782; d.without issue; lived Hallowell,Me.; m.Abigail Plummer. -------

~ £""-NV!·e&. K,.,:Jl.k ~ °' J-.,,..1J.L:- "t w.·a.:~ ..........> S:vred.. ( <f,-r1<) K.,,;..rt,r= w.u,,:f>..,,.,.. K ,..;.r.c W=, -=t br-o-Jt:,_ ,z ~ K~ r..rlu, ~- Joi.-. 4~ 1 ';fa.J..-.,xJ/. (a.c..... P· 2.72.).

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vi. Dorcas•,b.1784; m.William Edwards; lived Gard­iner.

vii. seward6 .,.b.5 Mar.1786; d.1791.

2984 viii.Nahum 6 ~b.21 June,1788; m.Martha Davis.

ix. Charity 6.,.b.2I Aug.1790~ d.13 Jan.1830; m.Sam­uel Lombard.

~986 x. Seward 6 .,.b.21 July.,.1793; lived Scarborc,Me.

xi. Betsey&.,.b.4 July.,.1795; d.1801.

2988 xii. Gardner 6(179S-1835); m.Clarissa Parker.

xii1.Stephen 6 .,.b.l5 Apr.1800; d,young.

xiv. Harri·et 6 ,b-21 Aug.1803; m.Lorenzo Towle.

1091

RICHARD 5 MER.~ILL (Nathan' ,!{athan' ,Abel 2 ) was born 6 Nov.1732,in Newbury,Mass • .,.and died about 1791. He lived in Newbury,and was a housewright. In 1778 he was serv­ing as a soldier in the Revolution. He married,24 Dec. 1755,Mary Pillsbury of Newbury •. Children:

i. Mary 6.,.b.6 Oct.1756; m.Daniel Bailey of Newbury.

ii. Dorothy~,b,12 Sept.1758; m.Jonathan Johnson; lived Campton-~.H.

3001 iii. Nathan 6(1761-l836); lived Rumney,N.H.

iv.

~ v.

l vi.

Eunice 6 .,.b-21 Apr.1763; m.AJ:nos Chase of Ames­bury. {See page 86,note.)

P..hoda 6 ,b.27 Sept.1765; m. lived Haverhill.,.N.H.

Whipple;

Hannah 6 , b.27 Sept,1765; d •. 20 Sept.1839; m. Charles Cox; lived Holderness.,.N.E.

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vii. Sarah6,b.9 Apr.1768; m.Edward Keyes; lived Rumney,N.H.

385

3002 v111.Joseph6 (1770-1842); iived Holclerness,N.H.

ix. Anna 1 ,b.10 Jan.1773; m.William 6 Merrill (see below); lived Freeport,:Me.,and Rumney,N.H.

x . . Lydia 6,b.2 June,1776; m.Jeremiah 6 Merrill (see below); lived Freeport.

xi. Lois 6 ,b.21 Sept.1778; m.Jonathan Hull; lived Plymouth,N.H.

1092

MOSESS MERRILL (Nathan4,NathanJ,Abel2 ) was born S June,1737,in Newbury,Mass.,and died before 1795. He lived in North Yarmouth and Freeport,Me. He married, 7 Apr.1756,Phebe Coffin, daughter of Abner and Mary (Rawlings) Coffin of Newbury. She was born in July, 1734. Children:

N.oses 6 ,b.5 July,1757.

f ii. Joshua6,twin brother of Joseph; lived Lewis­ton,Me.

l iii. Joseph6 ,twin brother of Joshua; ct.without issue -in tl'.e Revolutionary War.

3008 iv. Jacob 6 ,b:1760; m.Hannah Litchfield.

3010 v. Richard 6 ; lived Freeport and Byron,Me.

vi. Lyd1a-Coffin 6 ,bap.l Aug.1762; d.aged 84; m. AnnisS Merrill. (See page 351.)

vii. Jeremiah 6 ; d.25 Sept.1800; lived Freeport; m. Lydia 6 Merrill (see above).

~ viii.William6; m.Anna 6 Merrill (see above).

ix. Joseph 6 ; lived Freeport.

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1093

5th GENERATION JAMESS MERRILT.. (Iiathan• ,Nathan' ,Abel2) was born 3

Nov.1744,in Newbury,Mass.,and died in 1B21. lie moved to Campton,N.H.,in 1778,where he was one of the early settlers,and an influential citizen. He married Betsey Eailey,who died in 1804. Children,the first three of whom were born in Newbury:

i. Lydia 4 ; m.Samuel Johnson; moved to Holland, N.Y.,1820; eleven children.

11. Alice 6,b.29 Nov.1775; d.30 Sept.1864,Holland, !LY.; m. (1) Daniel Baker of Campton; nine children; m.(2) Harvey Johnson.

iii. Betsey~,b.18 Aug.1777; d.15 Oct.1858,Holder­ness,N.H.; m.George Loud; eleven children.

3017 iv. James 5 (1779-1640); m.Sally·Foss;

v. Joseph 6 ,b.1781; d.1802.·

1102

NATHA1-r 5 :MERRILL (James 4 ,Nathan 3 ,Abel2 ) was born 8 July,1742,in Newbury,Mass.,and died 6 Oct.1818. He lived in New Gloucester,Me.,and was one of the original mem­bers of the Shaker community there,and a trustee of ;the society. (See pages 142-3.) He married (1) 14 Jan.1768, in Falmouth,Deborah 1-Tebber,granddaughter ·of Michael v:eb-ber; and (2) Rachel Campbell. Children: .

3025 i. Amos 6 ( 1766-1842); m.Mary Twombly.

ii. James 6 •

iii. Deborah 6.

3028 iv. Edmond6 (1775-1856}; lived New !}loucester.

v. Nathan 6.

vi. Rachel 15.

Vii. William 6.

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ll04

JJ.MES 5 MERRILL (James~,NathanS,Abel2 ) was born 6 5th GSNEf.ATI0N Apr.1745,1n Falmouth,Me.,and lived in New Gloucester, Me. (See page 142.) He married,2 Sept.1767,in Falmouth, Sarah Lunt. Four of r..is children joined the Shakers. Children:

1. . Molly 6 ; m.Joseph Fuller.

ii. Hannah 6.

iii. Judith 6 •

iv. Lucy 6 • -

v. Amos 6 •

1105

EDMOND 5 .MEP.RILL (James 4 ,Nathan3,Abel2 ) was born 19 Apr.1748,in Falmouth,Me.,and died 21 July,1830. He lived in New Gloucester,Me •. (See page·142.) Re was one of the first members of.the Shaker family there, and for some time was "elder b~other." \then his children were grown up he withdrew from the society,and settled on a neighboring farm. His wife remained with the Shakers. He married,in 1771,in Falmouth,Char~ty Proctor. Chil­dren;

1. Cynthia6 ,b.1772; d.11 July,1841; a member of the Shaker community.

3038 ii. James 6 (1775-1837); m.Phebe Purington~

iii. Phebe 6 ,b.3 Feb.1778; d.9 Mar.1857; m.Edmond6

Merrill • ( See page SW)

3041 iv. William6 (1780-1839); m.(l) Mary Blaisdell; (2) Lydia Purington.

3043 v. Joshua6 (1784-l842); m!(l) Mary Frost; (~) Lois Witr.am.

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1106

5th GENERATION JOSEPH s MERRILL ( .Tames• ,Nathan J ,Abel~) . was born 19 Jan.1755,in Falmouth,Me.,and lived in New Gloucester,Me. He married { 1), 1 May, 1778, Susan Mathews, who died 8 May, · 1785; and (2),in January,1786,Miriam Barbour of Gray,Me. Children:

i. Susanna6 ,b.20 Nov.1779; m.Samuel Watson of ~ . -..zray ,Me.

ii. John 6 ; d.young.

iii, John 6 ,b.l7 Aug.1782; d.18 Aug.1806,unm.

iv, Hannah 6 ,b.8 May,1785; m.Stephen Watson of Gray. ·

v. Will1am 6,b.12 Feb.1787; d.12 May,1787.

vi. Mary 6 ,b.14 Feb.1788; m.John Law of Gray.

vii. Esther 6 ,b.15 Jan.1792; m.Asa CUshman of Minot, h. . .

3048 viii.Joseph 6 ,b.3 Apr.1794; m.Jane Dunham.

ix. Dorcas 6 , b. 6 Oct.1796; d.unm.

3050 x. Roberts,b.24 Mar.1799; m.Mary Myrick.

xi. Emma 6 ,b.22 Mar.1804; d.2 Aug.1840,unm.

3053 xii. James~,b.7 oct.1807; m.Caroline sawyer.

1110

DAVID 5 MERRILL (Stephen4 ,Nathan 3 ,Abel2) was born 2

Apr.1734,in Newbury,Mass.,and died 11 Aug.1811,in Tewks­bury,Mass. With the Tewksbury contingent-he took part in the battle of Lexington. He married,18 Nov.1756, Mary Watson,who died 7 Nov.1815,aged 77. Children,born in Tewksl:.ury:

3060 i. David6 ,b-5 Sept.1757; m.Martha Taylor.

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ii. Enoch6 ,b.l2 Junt.:,1759; d.1776,of smallpox, "in public service."

111. Molly 6,b.25 May,1761.

389

iv. Rebeccaf,b.10 Oct.1763; m.27 Nov.1788,Edward Page.

v. Anna 6 ,b.21 Feb.1766; m.l Jan.1789,Benjamin Farley,Jr.,of F.ollis,N.H.

vi. Lucy6,b.4 July,1768; m .. 19 June,1788,Nathaniel ·Leviston.

1113

N.ATHAN 5 MERRILL (Stephen•,Nathanl,Abel~) was born in 1743 in Tewksbury,Mass. He was a Baptist clergyman,and lived in Maine. According to "Descendants.of George Barbour" (Boston,1907),vol~v.,p.1662½, a Rev.Nathan Mer­rill married Abigail Sanders and l!ved in Gray,Me. (See also Morse Genealogy,Part II [N.Y.,1905],pp.76,162-3.) By the same authority he had a daughter:

Abigail6 ,b.15 Apr,1769; d.abt.1845; m.19 Mar. 1786,in Gray~Levi, son of Nathan Morre; he was born l May,1763,in Uxbridge,Mass.,lived in Gray,served in the Revolution in 1781, and died 28 Jan.1640; twelve childr~n.

1132

RICHA.~5 ME?.RILL (Nathaniel~,Thomas3 ,Abel~) was born 29 Aug.1738,in Salisbury,Mass.,and died 14 Oct.1795. He lived in South liampton,N.H.,until 1763,and then in Hop­kinton,N.H. lie married,30 Cct.1758,Joanna Davis of Con­cord,N.H. She was born in 1737 and died 6 Apr.1806,in Hopkinton. Children:

i. Nathaniel6 ,b.30 Mar.1761.

ii. Hannah6,b.16 Mar.1763.

iii. Judith 6 ,b.25 Dec.1765.

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iv. sarah~,b.20 May,1768.

3076 v. Parker 6 ,b.7 Oct.1770; m.Rebecca Kimball.

vi. Richard•,b.17 May,1775.

1133

NATHANIEL1 MERRIL!.. (Nathaniel4 ,Thomas 3 ,Abela.) was born 18 June,1740,in Sal!sbury,Mass.,and lived in Hop­kinton,N.H. He married,13 May,1766,Sarah Colby (widow) or Hopkinton. Children:

1. Samson6 ,b.4 Oct.1767.

11. James 6 ,b.23 Feb.1769.

iii. Sarah~,b.16 Nov.1770.

iv. Betty~,b.30 May,1772

v. Nathaniel 6 ,b.19 Dec.1773.

vi. Abraham 6 ,b.12 Aug.1775.

vii. Esther 6 ,b.l5 July,1777.

1134

BENJAMIN" 5 MEF.RILL ( Nathaniel 4 , Thomas l ,Abel 4 ) was born 26 June,1744,in Salisbury,Mass.,and died in Enf'ield,N.H. He married,23 Oct.1766,Lydia (prob.Currier). He lived in Hopkinton,N.H.,but removed to Enfield,where he joined the Shakers. Children:

i. Dorothy 6 ,b.7 Feb.1768.

ii. Jonathan 6 ,b.30 Apr.176S.

iii. Benjamin 6 ,b.2 Feb.1772.

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ll5l

NATHANS MERnILL (Thomas•,Thomasl,Abel2 ) was born 5th GENERATION 17 Deo.1736,in South Hampton,1{.H.,and died 10 Jan.1801. He lived in Newbury,Mass.,near the Merrimack. This part of Newbury was,in 1851,annexed to Newburfport. He was a shi!X)uilder,and,ln 1770,built the "Jews raft," a solid timber vessel,so built in order to avoid timber duties in.England. The vessel was taken across the ocean under sail in twenty-six days,and broken up. (•) Nathan Merrill married,25 Dec.1760,Edna Griffin,daugh-ter of Jonathan and Edna Griffin of Newbury. She was born 12 Oct.1740,and died 22 Aug.1809. Children:

1. Mary6,b.l9 Aug.1761; m.Enoch Tappan.

'3'IIo ii. Orlando-Bagleye(1763-1855); ship-builder.

3i1i iii. Nathan6 (1765-1849); m.Mary Carr.

iv. Edna&,b.10 Apr.1767; m.John Moulton.

v: Love 6,b.4 May,1769; m.James Carr,Jr.,of Dan­vers,Mass.

'3II2 vi. Jonathan 6,b.l3 Mar.1771; m.Sally Pearson.

vii. Moses 6 ,b.12 Jan.1774; m.Elizabeth Russell.

viii.Sarah 6,b.25 Apr.1776; d.unm.

3115 ix. William 6,b.2l Feb.1779; m.Elizabeth Coffin.

x. Betsey 6,b.l0 Oct.1781; d.unm.

3117 xi. Thomas 6,b.8 Aug.1783; m.Abigail-Coffin Dutton.

xii. Hannah 6,b.10 Jan.1786; m.James Carr,Jr.

1153

ABEL5 MERRILI (Thomas 4 ,ThomasJ ,Abel 2 ) was born 18 Jan.1742/3,and died after 1820. He was born in South Hampton,N.H.,but lived in Newbury,Mass. He married,(l)

(*) See New Engiand Historical and Genealogical Register, xxv.,p.129.

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5th GENERATION 6 Aug.1771,in Newbury,Sarah Lunt, and (2) 18 Oct.1779, in Uewbury,Elizabeth Pillsbury. Only child which reach­ed maturity:

Sarah -s, b.25 Mar.1774; m.Tristram Cof:Cin of Newbury.

1173

JAMES 5 MERRILL (James 4 ,ThomasJ,Abel2) was born 16

Aug.1745,in South Hampton,N.H.,and died in 1790. He lived in Raymond,N.H. He married Abigail Bean. She mar­ried (2),in 1803,Jedediah Prescott,Jr.,of Mt.Vernon,Me. Children of James and Abigail Merrill:

i. Molly 6,b.3 Nov.1766; m.Aaron Whittier;removec •~est=1prior to 1800.

11. James 6,b.10 Mar.1769.

iii. Abig.i.il 6 ,b.29 Mar.1771; m.J'oseph True,m-ceA"",]nq_

iv. Nathan1el 6 ,b.25 .Apr.1774.

v. Elizabeth 6 ,b.5 May,1777.

vi. Joseph&,b.7 Sept.1779; d.22 Nov.1859; lived Vienna and Canaan,Me.; carpenter,and after­ward Methodist clergyman; m.Abigail CtUTie~ of Chester,N.H.

d.. 2.G S,,1:r-.J'iU6; vi 1. Sarah~, b .16 July, 1782;" m. /1t.o-,= But terf ie ld.

cl.. 2 J""""· l'if' 4-3: viii.Anna1 (o~ Nancy) ,b.22 July,1785;.,.__1:1:Nathaniel

Whittier of Vienna,Me.;~~ ~-

1174

NATHAN 5 MERRILL (James•,Thomasl,Abel2) was torn 11

July,1747~in South Hampton,N.H.,and died 21 Sept.1828. He lived in Poplin (now Fremont),N.H.,~here he kept an in.'1. He married, 15 Mar .1770, in Hampstead ,N .H. ,Susan Hazeltine. CbiJdren,born in Poplin:

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El1phalet6 ,b.1769; lived Washington,Vt. 5th GE!iERATION

ii. Mary~,b.1771; lived Fremont; d.unm.

ID'5 iii. Ephraim 6(1773-1855); lived Falmouth,Me. -3136 iv. John6,b.10 Dec.1782; m.Sarah Hunt.

v. • Susan6 ,b.1786; lived Fremont.

vi. Betsey 6 ; m.William Tilton.

Vii. Thomas 6 ; d.unm.

1175

LEvI 5 MERRIL!., {James-..,Thomas',Abel~) was born 30 Jan. 1748/9,in South Earnpton,N.H.,and died in 1618. He lived in Raymond,N.H.,but removed,in 1778,to that part of $hap­leigh,Me.,which,in 1830,became the town of Acton. He mar­ried,in 1772,Hannah Bean,daughter of Benjamin Bean of Ray­mond • Children:

3141 1. Lev16 ; lived in Somerset County,Me.

ffi4 11. John6,b.1775; lived Harmony,Me.;m.Betsey Dorr.

3147 iii. Benjamin 5 ,b.June,1786; m.Susanna Grant.

iv. Asa6 ; lived in Ohio.

v. Seth6 ; lived in Ohio.

vi. Sarah6 •

vii. Hannah 4.

viii. James 6 ; lived in Ohio.

1181

JOSEPH 5 MERRILL (Eliphalet 4 ,Thomas 3 ,Abel~) was born 4Mar.1744/5,1n South Hampton,N.R.,and died 10 May,1817. He spent his life in South Hampton. He married,22 June, 1768,Anna Barnard. Children:

5th GENERhT IOI~

39 4 A MER.."qILL MEMORUL ·-------------·----------·-------------------------------------------------··········-·-

1. Ezekiele,b.8 June,1769; m."1n Jewell.

11. sarah 6 ,b.8 May~l771; m.17 Mar.17Sl,T1mothy Flanders.

iii. Joseph~,b.9 Mar.1773; m.Miriam Currier.

iv. Benjam1n$,b.15 Apr,1775; m.Dorothy Currier.

v. Elizabeth6 (Eliphalet~),b.28 Sept.1777.

vi. Ann 6,b.4 Jan.1780.

vii. Molly 6 ,b.7 Aug.1783.

viii.Enos 6 ,b.7 Jan.1785; d.13 Feb.1801.

ix. Hannah 6 ,b.10 Oct.1788.

x. Nathaniel~, b .10 May, 1791.

3185 xi. Parker 6(1794-1861}; lived South Hampton.

1182

ELIPHALET 5 MERRILL (Eliphalet 4 ,Thomas3,Abel2) was

born 10 Dec.1746,in South liampton,N.H.,and died 22 June, 1824. He lived in South Hampton and Deerfield,N.H. He married (1),8 Oct.1778,Anna Wells; and (2),20 Dec.1779, Martha Prescott,daughter of Philemon and Elizabeth (Tay­lor) Prescott. Martha Prescott was born 27 Jan. 1760-Children:

3190 i. Caleb,s(l781-1~57); m.I;ancy-Willey Batchelder.

3191 ii. Eliphalet 6 ,b.20 Feb.1783.

iii. Elizabeth 6,b.2 Oct.1786.

iv. Polly 6,b.9 June,1789

v. Nathaniel6 ,b.12 Sept.1793; a.without issue.

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ll84

THOMAS! MERRILL (El1pha1et-., Thomas 3 ,Abel 2 ) was born 25 Oct.1751,in South Hampton,N.H.,and died 19 Oct.1830,in.Weare,N.H. He lived in Andover,Mass., unt11·1785,and then removed to Deering,N.H.,where he was one of the pioneers. He married,4 May,1779,Lydia Abbot,daughter of Thomas and Lydia {Blunt) Abbot of Andover. She was born 10 Apr.1757,and died 12 Nov. 1826,in Deering. Children:

3201 1. Thomas-Abbot5(1780-1855); Middlebury,Vt.

11. Nathaniel5 ,b.24 No~.1782; d.16 July,1816,unm.; lived South Hampton.

3203 ii1.·Enos6(1786-1836}; ~.Annie Gregg.

iv. John6 ,b.31 Oct.1790.

v. C~arlotte-L. 6 ,b.19 Jan.1800; d.22 Mar.1828.

1186

PARKER s MERRILL . ( Eliphalet 4 , Thomas 3 ,Abel 2 ) was born 22 Aug.1762,in South Hampton,N.H.,and died 1 Nov.1822. He spent his life 1n South Hampton. He married,1n 1792, Betsey True,whd died 17 Feb.1843,aged 73. Children:

3212 i. Thomas-True6;b.19 Aug.1797; d.11 July,1871.

3213 11. William6 (1799-1851); m.Susan Jewell.

iii. Betsey5,b.22 Apr.1802; d.11 June,1885,in South Hampton; m.Thomas-Jefferson Good­win of Newton,N.H.; four children.

3215 iv. Amos 6 (1806-1878); m.Mary Taylor.

1.188

JOHN 5 MERRILL (El1phalet4 ,Thomas3,Abel2 ) was born 20 Aug.1767,in South Hampton,?;.H. ,and died 14 Apr.1839; in East Weare,N.H. He spent his lire in South Hampton

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5th GENERATION and at Barnard Hill,East Weare. He married (1),21 Jan. 1796 ,Ann Perkins, who died .16 Dec .1810,aged 33,;_ and. (2) Elizabeth Currier (widow). Children: · ·

3220 1. Nathan&(l797-1857); lived Portsmouth,N.H. ,and' Boston.

11. John 6 ,p.22 Feb.1799; d.unm.; lived Westford, Mass.

322::: iii. Enos 6 (1802-1896); m • .Harrlet Cross.

iv. George-Washington 9,b.30 Sept.1809; lived Low-ell and Boston,Mass. ·

v. James-Monroe 6 ,b.19 June,1819; lived East Weare,N.H. ,and Charlestown;Mass. ·

vi. William-Rowe11 6 ,b.4 Sept.1821; lived Boston.

1201

THOMAS 5 MERRILL (Enoch• ,Joseph3 ,Abel:a) was born 30 Jan.1741/2,in Stratham,N.H.,and died 18.Feb.i822,.1n Nobleboro,Me. He went to the vicinity of Nobleboro when sixteen years old. About 1768 he married and set­tled on a farm of two hundred acres in the center of Nobleboro,on the west shore of Pemaquid.Pond. He married Sarah Blackstone,daughter of Benjamin and Sarah (Rollins) Blackstone of Nobleboro.· She was born 10 Jan.1750,and died 7 Oct.1835. Children:

3264 i.

ii.

iii.

~266 iv.

3267 v.

3269 vi.

William 6 (1770-1852}; m.Lucretia Blackstone.

Mary 6 ,b.4 May,1772; d.3 July,1837,unm.

Sarah6 ,b.21 Aug.1774; d.6 Nov.1842; m.James Curtis of Bristol,Me.; two children.

Enoch6 (1776-1856); m.Sarah Rollins.

John 6 (1778-1856); m.Sybil Mason.

Joseph6 (1781-1854); lived Damariscotta,Me. 7

and Lynn,Mass.

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3270 vii. Thomas~(l783-1859); m.Jane Barstow. -3272 vi11.Benjamin&(l786-1863); m.Patience Rollins.

3273 ix. Samuel~(l789-1844); m.Jane Teague.

x. Susanna6,b.16 Sept.1791; d.28 Sept.1830; m. Washington Knowlton of ?~obl~boro; 8 ch.

xi. Nancy 6 ,b.ll May,1794; d.14 Jan.1874; m.John Linscott of IJqbleboro.

xii. Abigaile,b.19 Sept.1796; d.11 Sept.1882; m.

5th GENERATION

William-Pierce Harrington of Nobleboro; 4 ch.

1209

WIGGINSS MERRILL (Enoch',Joseph3,Abel2) was born 23

July,1765,in Stratham,N.H.,and died in January,1839. He lived in Gilmanton,N.H.,and Belfast and Charleston,Me. He married,25 Mar.1790,in Gilmanton,Jemima Dow. Chil­dren:

1. Sarah~,b.Oct.1790; m.Thomas Kimball.

3285 ii. Wiggins 6 ,b.9 July,1792; m.Margaret Bogart.

iii. Fanny 6 ,b.25 June,1794; m. York; lived Belfast ,Me.

3287 iv. John-Dow6 (1796-1886); lived Berlin,Mass.

v. Arnelia-DeGrass~,b.1798; d.1802.

vi. Samuel-Cole~,b.28 Oct.1802; d.1822 in the West Indies.

3290 vii. Adams-Hughes~( 1805-1888); m.Persis-P .Greenleaf.

viii.Ammi-Cu.tter6,b.6 July,1808; drowned,1817,in Belfast.

ix. Julia-Ann6,b.4 Mar.1811; d.May,1876; m.Nesmith McClure; lived Jackson.Me.

x. Seth-William 6 ,b.13 Apr.1813; lived Brownville, Me.; m.Lucy Glidden.

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1210

5th GENERATION PJ..UL 5 MERRILL (Enoch' ,.Toseph3 ,Abel~) was born 14 May,1767,in S~ratham,N.R.,and lived in Gilmanton,N.R. Ee married Abigail Melcher. Children:

i.

3300 ii.

iii.

3302 iv.

v.

John6 ; li~ed Gilmanton; m.Hannah Osborne.

Enoch6 (1792-1855); lived Belmont,N.Y.

Sally6 ; m.John Kelley; lived Orono,Ke.

Paul6 (1796-1877); lived Belmont,N.Y.

Maria6 ; m.Francis Russell; lived Meredith Bridge,N.H.

3305 vi. Samuel 6 ; Old Town,Me.; m.Sally Kelley.

3308 vii. Bela-c. 6 ; d.Nov.1880; m.Sarah Pickron.

viii.Joseph 6 ; lived Gilmanton; m.Margaret Osborne.

1221

NATHANIEL 5 MERRILL (Roger• ,I~athan1el 3 ,Abel 2 ) was

born 13 Apr.1732, in Newbury ,Mass. About 1762 he removec: to Nottingham ~est (now Hudson),N.H.,and occupied a farm which at one corner adjoined that of Rev.Nathaniel4 Mer­rill (Abel3~). In the records of Nottingham ~est he is called Nathaniel Merr111,Jr. He removed later to Free­port,Me. He married,17 Nov.1755,Mary Sa.rgent,daughter of Dr.Nathaniel Sargent of Portsmouth,N.H. (See page 271.) Children,the first three of whom were born in Newbury,and the others ·~n Nottingham West~

i. Nathan1el5 ; d.young.

ii. Dorothy 6 ~b.24 Mar.1759,in Newbury; m.Elijah Stetson.

3331 iii. Roger 6 (1761-1852); m.Dorothy Cushing.

3332 iv. Thomas6 (1763-1826); Portland arid Windham,Me.

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v. Mary$,b.4 Sept.1765; m.John Sylvester of Freeport.

vi. Betty-Bradstreet 6 ,b.16 Mar.1768; m.Jonathan Byron.

3334 vii. Ezekiel~,b.19 Oct.1770; lived Freeport.

1226

5th GENERATION

EZEKIEL' MERRILL (Roger•,Nathaniel3 ,Abel~) was born 9 Dec.1748,in Newbury,Mass.,and died 16 Mar.1830,in An­dover,Me. He removed from Newbury to Pelham,N.H., in 1776,and to Andover,Me.,in 1789,where he was the first white settler. (See pages 148-152.} He was a soldier in the Revolution. He is described as having a sanguine temperament,with fair hair and ruddy complexion. He mar­ried,l June,1773,in Newbury,Sarah Emery,daughter of Mo­ses and Lydia Emery of Newbury. She was born 1 Jan.1753, in Newbury,and died 4 Mar.1848,in Andover. Children:

3341 1. Roger6 (1774-1847); lived Brunswick,Me.

'5342 ii. Moses6(1775-1867); m.D~rothy Bragg.

iii. Sarah~,b.10 Mar.1777; m.Peregrine Bartlett of Bethel,Me.; 19 =ch. ( See page 151.)

iv. Anna-Moody6,b.26 Aug.1779; d.27 Nov.1848;lived Andover; m.(l) Samuel Poor,son of Benjamin and Phebe (Varnum) Poor; (2) Abner Rawson; (3) Daniel Gould; three children by the first marriage.

v. Mary 6,b.3 ~Feb.1781; d.17 July,1841; m.18 Feb. 1802,Dr.Silvanus Poor of Andover; seven chil­dren. Their son John-Alfred Poor (1808-1871) of Portland was a lawyer and journalist and an active promoter of railroad development in Maine. Another son,Henry-Varnum Poor (1812-1905) of Brookl1ne,Mass.,graduated at Bowdoin College in 1835,and was compiler of "Poor's Manual of' the Railroads of the United States." (See page 152,note.)

3344 vi. Ezekiel6 (1782-1853); m.Phebe-Varnum Farrington.

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vii. Lydia6,c.19 Mar.1785; d.29 Aug.1875; m.13 Mar, 1812,Isaac-Winslow Talbot,son of David and Esther (Winslow) Talbot of Turner,Me.; 3 ch.

viii.Susan~b.13 July,1790; d.l May,1868; lived Rumford,Me.; m.17 Mar.1817,Nathan Adams,son of Nathan and Elizabeth (Poor) Adams; 6 ch­(See page 150.) Her son John-Milton Adams (1819-1897) of Deering,Me.,was a lawyer,and later for many years editor of the Fortland Argus.

1227

JOHN 5 MERRILL ( Roger 4 ,Nathaniel' ,Abel 2 ) was born 3 Apr.1750,in Newbury,Mass. 7 and died 21 May,1821. He lived in West Newbury. He married (pub.25 Jan.1771,in NS'l­bury) Mary Little,daughter of Edmund Little of Newbury. She was born 9 May,1750,and died 18 .Jan.1828,·in West Newbury. Children:

1. Lydia6,b-28 July,1772; d.28 Sept.1852; m.Dr'. Daniel-Noyes Poore (1758-1837) of West New­bur~. Their son Benjamin was father of Maj. Ben: Perley Poore (1820-1887) of West New­bury and Washington,a journalist and prolif­ic writer· of history and biography.

1·1. Sarah 0 ;- d •• young ..

1244-

LEVI5 MERRILL (Israel 4 ,James3,Abel2 ) was born 27 Jan.1748/9,in Falmouth,Me-~and died 1o·Aug.1787,in Port­land,Me •. He lived in Falmouth. He was a sergeant in the company of his brother-ib-law,Capt.David Bradish,in 1775. He married,25 Nov.-1773,.Mary Smith,daughter of Thomas and Sarah (Newman}" Smith of Newbury. She was born in 1757 and died 6 A'ug.1796. She married (2) 6 Dec.1789,John Mussey. Children of Levi and Mary Mer­rill:

3366 1. William 6 (1780-1854);· lived Portland.

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3367 11. Thomas 8 ,b.12 Nov.1782; m.Sophia Smith. -iii. Leonard-Sm1th 6,b.Apr1l,l785; d.at sea 30 Nov.

1807,without issue.

1252

5th GENERATION

MOSES5 MERRILL (Humphrey•,James 3 ,Abel 2 ) was born 30 Dec.1743,in Falmouth,Me.,and died 18 Apr.1834. He lived in Falmouth. He enlisted,17 May,1777,as sergeant in the Fifth Massachusetts Regiment. He married (1) Sarah Carll, and (2) in September,1777,Jane (Hutchinson) Noyes,who. died in January,1841,in Falmouth. Children:

3376 1.

ii.

111.

iv.

v.

Vi.

Oziase,b.16 Dec.1770; m.Esther Lunt.

Darax1a 6,b.l5 Dec.1771; m.3 July,1794,0liver Knight o:f Falmouth; seven children.

Sarah6,b.2 Apr.1772; d.ll July,1818; m.Robert-Adamss Merrill o:r Falmouth. (See page 409.)

Humphrey6,b.23 Mar.1773;. d.23 Dec.1774.

Arethusa6,b.9 Dec.1775; d.20 Aug.1779.

Eunicel,b.3 Sept.1778; m.Samuel 5 Merrill; six children. (See page 407.)

vii. Paul-Ell1s 6 ,b.12 Aug.1781; d.7 Mar.1854,in Port­land,without issue; ship-master; m.Huldah Gordon •.

v1ii.Betty 6,b.22 Mar.1783; d.unm.

ix. Mary1 ,b.12 May,1785; d.unm.

x. Ebenezer 6 ,b.5 May,1787; d.28 July,1810,urur..

xi. Fanny6 ,b.2 Sept.1790; d.4 Mar.1847,unm.

33~0 xii. Freder1ck 6 ,b.26 Feb.1793; m.Mary-A.Merrill.

~ s~ CNf-U. w- A J~,U:-r 1 l1X_,.:.f ~.

s1.... ~i:,.,; 8" ~- /776, ~r~ 2s. ~s 'fn..~U. ~~ ~ "' ~-.,;z :..,. ~ P~ot

t..~"Jiq-,.., 17?9.

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1253

HOMPHREY 1 MERRILL (Hl:IIlphrey.f ,James3,Abel 2 ) was born 28 June,1749,::.n Falmouth,Me.,and died 24 Jan.1825. He lived in Falmouth,where he was a selectman,besides hold­ing ether offices. He married,17 Dec.1776,in Falmouth, Hannah Lunt,daught~I· of' Ilenj;u:ii.n and m.,._,..., (Dole} Lunt of llTe·nbury,Mass-. She was born 9 Jan.1754,in nev1rl;:~.u::y, and died 19 Mar.1839,in Falmouth. Children:

3387 1.

ii.

Elias 6 (1777-1859);m.(l)Betsey Locke,(2) lJolly Locke.

ApJ?hia 6 ,b.20 Apr.1779; m.(lJ Joshua Ilsley, l2) Nat .:miel Patrick; seven children.

iii. Mary 6,b.5 Nov.1780; d.u.nm.

3388 iv. Moses 6(1782-1853); lived Baltimore,Md.

v. Isaac 6,b.24 Jan.1784; d.unm.

3390 vi. Encs 6(1786-186l);clergyman;m.Hannah Abbot.

vii. Hannan.6,b.24 Dec.1787; d.unm.

viii.Solomon 6,b.16 July,1789; d.without issue.

3392 ix. Alexander 6,b.13 Ju.ne,1791; m.Elizabeth Knight.

x. Dorcas 6,b.l0 June,1793; m.Nathaniel Ilsley; no children.

xi. Israel 6 ,b.12 Jan.1797; m.Mary Richards; d. without issue.

1254

NATP'.AMIEL 5 MERRILL ( Huuiphrey 4 , James 3 ,Abel 2 ) was born 11 Aug.1750,in Falmouth,Me.,and died 5 Feb.1825.lie lived in Falmouth and Cumberland,Me. He ~arried (1) 1 May, 1774,Elizabeth Davis,daughter or Timothy and Margaret (Davis) Davis,;and (2) Judith Brackett. Children:

1. Amos6 ; d~young.

~:~ $ ~/,(_ ~.,.J ff,--~ t: 3/ l>~.1775,-,

/~,u,rj!:: .:.... c~ w~- 7Z-c~· ~.z,~-r-e.,t,...t-c-~+-

ii. Moses 6 ; d.young.

iii. Jacob 4 ,b.1778,1n North Yarmouth; d.young.

iv. Margaret 6 ,b.Cumberland; bap.5 Mar.1780; m. Daniel Young; lived Norway,Me.; four ch.

v. Mary 6 ; m.Asahel (or Asaph) Churchill; lived Buckf'ield,Me.; five- children.

By the second wife-­

vi. Jacob 6; lived Cincinnati.

6th GENERATION

vii. Elizabeth6 ; m.Grant Prince,Cumberland; one ch.

3400 vii1.Nathaniel 6 ,b.1787;~.{l)Hannah True,(2)Eliza Lane.

3401 ix. Humphrey 6, b.-9 May, 1789; m. Esther Hammond.

~ x. Isaac 6,b.Jan.1791; m.Hannah Black.

xi~ Judith~,b.16 Oct.1792; d.5 Apr.1866; m.John Blanchard; 11 ved Blanchard, Me • ( See p. 5"3 O )

xii. Lucy 6; m.(as second wif_e) Grant Prince (see above).

3405 xiii.David 6 ; lived CUmberland.

3407 xivL Andrew 6 ; d.13 Oct.1852; m.Mary Cummings.

1255

AMOS 5 MERRILL ( Humphrey 4 , James3 ,Abel 2 ) was born 2 May, 1752,in Falmouth,Me.,and died in 1838. He lived in Fal­mouth,and was a ship-builder. Re served as a sergeant in the expedition to the Penobscot in 1779. He married,4 Apr. 1781,Lucy CUmmings. She was born in August,1747,1n Tops­field,Mass.,and died 14 May,1814. Children:

3410 1. Humphreye(l782-1852); m.Salome Haskell.

11. Lois 6 ; d.unm.

iii.,iv. Ruth 6 and Arnos 6 ,who d.youn.g.

5th GENERATION

,:.j:

(S6J- ......,t. -r- I'· 2.'66)

404 A MERRILL MEMORIAL ······················-···········-······--··············-·····--···•#····-····--·-·-······-----

1256

JACOBS MERP.ILL (Humphrey.f, James' ,Abel 2 ) was born 27 Jan.1755,in Falmouth,Me.,and died 18 Feb.1835. He lived in Falmouth,and was a ship-builder. In Nov.1775, he served in Capt.James Merrill's company of Massachusetts militia fortifying Falmouth,and enlisted,17 Mar.1778,in Capt.Jesse Partridge's company,Col.Greaton's regiment. He married (1) Z% ma~.178-aElizabeth Lunt,daughter of Benjamin Lunt.'1f 1ieweaPy,Mass. She was born 2 June, 1758,and died 16 ~uly,1815. He married (2) 31 Dec.1817, Abigail (Noyes) Dunbar,daughter of Timothy Noyes and widow of Samuel Dunbar. She was born in January,1785, and died 26 Oct.,1.862. Children;

1. Salome 6,b.2S Jan.1782; d.Oct.1857; m.1803, Peter Marston; lived Falmouth; six children.

ii. ClarissaG,b.25,June,1783; d.20 Mar.1815; m. Aaron Webber; no children.

iii. Ephraim 6,b.10 Dec.1784; d.7 June,1815,unm.

iv. Jeremiah~,b.14 July,1786;.d.13 Oct.1865; lived Falmouth; m.Charity-Noyes 6 Merrill; no chil­dren. ( See page 408)

3415 v. Giles 6 (1768-l849); lived Falmouth; builder.

vii. Joanna 6 ,b.25 July,1790; d.March,1851,unm.

viii.Reuben6 ,b.13 June,1792; d.young.

ix. Elizabeth6 ,b.ll June,1794; d.20 Feb.1868; m. Isaac 6 Merrill. (See page 4-0S)

x. Ezra 6 ,b.l Apr.1796; d.young.

xi. Mary-Newman 6 ,b.'15 Feb.1799.; d.a1.bt.1838; lived Falmouth; m.Robert Noyes.

By the second wife--

xii. Samuel-N. 6 ,b.Mar.1819; d.12 Oct.1849; lived Falmouth; sea-captain; m.Eliza-A.Bucknam. Child; Anna 7 •

. ® J~ 5 '17.L~/.{ ~.; U...3~ ,,t--t; 22. ~- /7S/. :r1w,

ck;.j;,,_ I ~ lh.. ca.1:..,' "'I lk:rlti °b I,.,;,, d,,,;.t,J.,--. I Q.,, ~ j-<-"1--I a,re

J.,-.,- t..;., '&Ires:., IA.lhtt._ ~ .U.. ~vr ~ ~ 2 111.~. rgo7_ .s. »t..

A MERRILL MEMORIAL 405 ························---------------------------------------····--·-·-··-··------·----·······

xii1.Charles 6 ,b.1821; d.26 Dec.1891; lived Port­land; sea-captain; m.Almira-D.Bennett. Children: Adelia7; Clarissa7.

[

xiv.

. xv.

xvi.

Caleb-Steadman 6 ,b.Feb.1825; d.5 Oct.1849,unm.; lived Falmout~.

William-Noyes6rb.Feb.1825; d.6 Oct.1850; lived Falmouth; m.Lydia Webber. Child: Estella 7 •

5th GENERATION

Eunice6,b.3 Nov.1827; d.4 May,1919; m.1851, · Emery Jones ( 1827-1908); lived South Freeport,

Me.; six children. As a "Real Daughter 11 of the Revolution she was a member of Elizabeth Wadsworth Chapter, D.A.R.,of Portland. Mr. Jones was a skilled carver of figure-heads in the old days when wooden ships were built in Maine.

1272

NATHAN 5 MERRILL (Adams 4 ,James 3 ,Abel2) was born 21

Dec.1761,in Falmouth,Me.,and died 10 Feb.1826. He spent his life in Falmouth. He mar~ied (1) 21 Dec.1790, Elizabeth Titcomb,who died 11 Dec.1807,and (2) 13 June, 1809,Mary Lunt,who died 5 Aug.1842. It is said that (s~ ,,..,t.a,.,i"p. 2~~ some of his children joined the Shak!rs. Children,all by the first wife:

3445 i. Isaac~; rn.Elizabeth~Merrill~ (See page 404.)

ii. Olive 6 ; d.unm.

ii 1 • Almira 6 ; ·d. unm.

iv. /( Israel .. ; d .unm.

v. Nathan S; d.unm.

vi. Betsey~; m. Pope. ~1-.1~11-~.~ 35;

vii. Deerin3 6 ;Alived Falmouth; m.Abigail Davis. Child:

Elizabeth-Susan 7 ; m.John-Pope7Merrill. (S~ P· 623)

406 A J4ERRILL MEMORIAL ·------··········································-····-·························---------

1273

5th GENmATION REUBEN 5 MERRILL (Adams• ,JamesJ ,Abel~) was born 2 Aug.1765,in Falmouth,Me.,and died 30 July,1818.He lived in Falmouth. He married Clarissa Jones,who died ~/3~ 1867,in Falmouth,aged 96. Children:

3453 i. Reuben~,b.27 Oct.1795; m.Frances Pope.

3456 11. Nathaniel-Edwin 6 ; m.sarah Thompson.

iii. Miranda6 ; m.Josiah Hobbs; seven children.

3459 iv. Adams 6,b.15 Feb.1804; m.Clarissa Pope.

3462 v. Albert-.r. 6 ; m.(l)Marian Stevens,(2) ................................ .

vi • Moses 6 ; m. Sarah Merrill ; three children, w~~ 'J1ra,,'fl...,,. - a:..,..,"'~ iA., -n-. ., 18-66, 'JIJ'I.QA'it,. .L,J/,_. 1Jtu-riti..

1214

BEN.A.IAH 5 MERRILL (Adams 4 ,James 3 ,Abel~) was born 25 May ,1767, in Falmouth,Me., where he spent his 11:fe. * He married Abigail5 Merrill (see page 2.'S:-7). Children:

i. Edward6 ; d .'t!fi,m 2o h,c,t-. /'if r~, a...,.,,,J ·G.

3469 ii. Joseph 6 ; m.Lucy Noyes.

iii. Eliza 6 ; m.Reuben Prince; five children.

iv. Adams 6 ; d.1802.

v. Benaiah 6 ; d.1819,unm., a.r.,c,J 23.

vi. Mary 6 ; d.1818.~. ct.'(~ 12..

vii. Josiah 6 ; d.l8SQ,22n1P 2)1,t,-,,./~, ~ If(.

viii.Abigail 6 ; m.Silas-M.Rideout; three children.

3474 ix. Benjrur.in~; m.Ruth Merrill.

3477 x. Adams 6 ; m.Eveline Kimball.

A MERRILL MEMORIAL 407 ·················-----············-------------------·-·--------·-····----------·------------------

1276

WILLIAMS MERRILL (Adams 4 ,James3,Abel2) was born 6 5th GENERATION

Aug.1778,in Falmouth,Me.,and died 26 Sept.1843. He lived in Falmouth,Cumberland and North Yarmouth,Me; He mar-

. ried,17-Nov.1801,in North Yarmouth,Lydia Sturdivant, daughter-of David and Jane (Greeley) Sturdivant of North Yarmouth. She died 4 May,1852. Children:

1. Joseph-s. 6 ,b.7 Sept.1802; a.young.

3502 11. Greeley5,b.ll Mar.1805; m.Eunice Merrill.

3504 iii. Reuel 6 (1808-1875); m.Lucy-Moody Knight.

iv. Almira 6 ,b.19 Dec.1810; m.James Blanchard; f'ive children.

v. Jane-G.e,b.20 Dec.1813; d.l Mar.1905,unm.

3508 vi. Peter-Adamst,b.4 Apr.1816; m.Henrietta Buxton.

3509 vii. Reuben 6 (1818-1875); m.Hannah-Elizabeth Blan­chard.

1277

SAMUEL 5 MERRILL (Adams 4 ,James3 ,Abel2 ) was born 14 Feb.1780,in Falmouth,Me.,and died 11 Nov.1866. He lived in Falmouth and Thomaston,Me.,but removed "West~ with his family. He married Eunice 6 Merrill (see page 401). Children:

( i.

13516 ii.

Josiah-Hutchinson6 ,b.8 Oct.1806; 4~{u-,;~-~"~­

Paul-Ellis~,b.8 Oct.1806; m.Sophia Wildren.

iii.

iv.

v.

vi.

Horatio 5 ; wJWu;r;JC.:.tW &; ~.:-......

Elizab·eth 6 i ol. ';fJ.-ouZt, ~ .....

Huldah 6 ; m.Finley McDermid; one child; t:.,J ~ Ju,.~.

Constantia 6 ; m.(as second wife) Finley Mc-Dermid; lived in the West; four children.

® Sa..........v! 5 ht~U c.n,,,.)- W~ ~ 1%37. J,h. t.:,u..J .;... ~­-~ W~ ....

408 A MERRILL MmORIAL ·--------·····----------·············-··--·--·----·-······································---·~

1292

5th GENERATION ADAMS.5 MERRILL (James4 ,James 3 ,Abel 2 ) was born in 1755 in Falmouth,Me.,and died about 1825 in Bedford,N.­H. He removed to Bedford from Falmouth in 1809. He married Hannah Underwood,daughter of Jonathan and Hln~ nah (Greeley) Under.wood. Children,born in Falmo~th:

i.,ii.,iii.,iv. Four eldest children who d.young. • 2.6 3-,.. IS-Off:

v. Rebecca 5 ; m.,,,Rev.bavid McGregor,for thirty years a Presbyterian minister in Bedford, and later a teacher in Falmouth; no ch.

3530 vi. Joseph-Monroe 6; d.1863; removed to Virginia.

3533 vii. Rufus6; lived Bedford and -Manchester,N.H. 1,.31 J-, 17'19; tL 6 J;._. /'l'blf;

v,iii.Hannah-Girty6;Am.(l) Alfred Foster of Bedf'ord, (2) Samuel Swett; four children by the first marriage. ·

1294

J.AMES 5 MERRILL (James•,James 3 ,Abel2 ) was born 4 Nov. 1761,in Falmouth,Me.,and d1edu-i~oel854. He lived in Fal­mouth. He married,9 July,1783,SalomeS Merrill. (See page 288.) Children: ·

3541 i. Zachariah 6 , b .1783; d .1869; m .Dorothy Skill ings.

11. Mary 6,b.1786; ar~07.

iii. AsenathG,b.1794; d.28 Oct.1822; m.Col.Giles 6

Merrill. (See page 62Z) tia.,,.--

i v. Charity-Noyes6,b.1796; d.J.876; m.Jeremiah 6

Merrill. (See page 404.)

v. Dorcas6,b.1797; d.1837 in Falmouth; m.Daniel Merrill. ChilePeF. Feawiek, Eff!eli~~, Jaeee1 Jc eoilh, .".tE:a, Blloa. (s-. f>, s'2.. 7)

3547 vi. Leonard 6(1803-1880); m.Mary-Jane Davis.

3549 vii. Benjamin-Frari..kl.in6{1805-1868);lived Falmouth.

· (~' 9~s 'J'h.~/1. ~.re), S-JJ-1-.,;tl. 2S s..µ: 1?79, .:... CAft: Cc,{,/,'s

c.-.f,-, CY/; C,-(. 'hti-hJ,.A.J:. ~~ :_.. ~ t.c,,../Jo,~ q>~c.ot" ~,'ti,,,.,,.

A MERRILL MEMORIAL 409 ~--------------------------------------------------------·········------·

1297

ROBERT-ADAMS! MERRILL (James• ,James 3 ,Abel 2 ) was 5th GE?:ERATION born 8 Jan.1774,in Falmouth,Me.~and died 23 Apr.1853. He lived in Falmouth,between,Presumpscot Falls and Fal- (Ta.,.-,.,....,.,..,.,...,;)t.,..,._) mouth Corner. He married (1) ·g Mar.1797,in Falmouth, Sarah~ Merrill (see page 401),and.(2) in December,1844, Charlotte Drinkwater of CUmberland,Me.,who died 15 Feb. 1856. Children:

t.. 2 7 C%4,cq. I 7 '17; cl. 2 tr f11.<vr. I S-6 2. : 1'. Salome 6 ;"m.Lemuel Hicks; four children.

ii. Emily6; m:Jo_shua Merrill: (Su. p. 6-z.q)

111. Matilda6; d.~ l3a,f-,.l'n-f. 141...JZO,u,,t-.

iv. Sarah-Jane 6 ; m~Chax-les Hicks,; four children.

v.

vi.

Ermina-Ellis 6 ;

James-Arthuri; Libby •.

d .ye1tri,5- l'i )-4.JS't 7. o..1/...) ,2.

c..,1.,., d..272J~.tS36,o..'i..J 3s; .,._,J m.(l) Achsa Libby,A{2) -Eliza .

vii. William-Miltimore 6 ; m.Margaret Davis.

viii.Lorenzo-Gordon 6 ; m.(l)· Mary Lu:fkin,(2.1. .................. . Pettengill (widow).

ix. Rufus-Nelson 6 ; m.Frances-Ellen Barbour. - s., rt,.,._~ -"6-c: --

x. Henry-Whitman 6 ; d.unm. .

xi. Matilda 6 ; m.Erastus Thompson.

xii. Reuel-Drinkwater 6 •

1311

JOSHUA5 MERRILL (Joshua4 ,Jamesl,Abel2) was born 9

Feb.1758,in Falmouth,Me.,and died 10 Nov.1837. He lived ~ in Falmouth,and was a ~aster mariner. He was a deacon cf the Congregational Church, and was a selectman. He married,16 Dec.1783,Mary T'nompson,daughter of Joseph and Sarah Thompson or Falmouth. She was born 30 July,1762, and died 27 Jan.1845,in Fal~outh. Children:

®~1...,.,c.. s ht~ll <2.L--t"ve-J ~ C~t-. ~ ~ .:.... tt.,,_

1'CM~c..rt' ~~t;_c,,,_, / 71</.

5th GErlERATION

410 A MERRILL MndORIAL ····························································---------···············-·-······

1. Emma5,b.ll Aug.1785; d.29 Jan.1861; m.Ephraim' Merrill. (See page sqs)

3586 ii. Joseph•,b.31 Aug.1787; m.Ab1gail-Mat1lda Pope.

3590 111. Joshua6,b.3 Mar.1796; m.Emily Merrill.

iv. Mary-Ann 6,b.7 Nov.1798; m.27 Oct.1818, Capt. George Turner; seven children.

3595 v. Edward-_Preble 6 .,b.l5 Nov.1805; m.Mary Strout.

1313

· ELIASs MERRILL {Joshua•; James 3 ,Abel 2 ) \Vas born 21 June,1761.,in Falmouth,Me.,and died 21 Oct.1824. He lived in Portland,Me.,and for many years was Register of Deeds for Cumberland County. He married,9 Mar.1783,in Port­land,Elizabeth Fullerton.,daughter of William and Am (Deering) Fullerton of Portsmouth. Children:

i. William-Fullerton&,b.2 Sept.1784; d.unm., sailing easter,U.S.N.,1012-15.

ii. Henry',b.19 Oct.1787; d.29 Dec.1869,without issue; custom house officer ,Portland·; m. Almira Deering.

iii. Nathaniel 6 ,b .• 4 Oct.1789; d.30 Nov.1799.

iv. Eliza6,b.15 Sept.1792; d.8 July,1794.

v. Eliza~,b.2 Sept.1794; d.l Jan.1798. cl.. I f{(;,3:

vi. Mary-Ann 6,b.l Nov.l797;Am.Samuel Chadwick.

vii. Charles6,b.28 Sept.1800; d.20 May,1804.

viii.Eben-D. 6 ,b.6 Nov.1802; d.4 Oct.1836,unm. c:(.2.Zap-,.l'itfs'3",~ Cl.:.~;

ix~ Harriet-D. 6 ,b.26 Mar.1807;/\m.Henry Barbour.

3603 x. Elias 6 (1810-l877);·11ved Eastport and Bangor, Me.; m.Emma-Augu.sta Hobbs.

@ lAJ~ - "if~~• )1,,_~ w-a.,, ~ m,:vi/:iA ,,,.,_•_..

J~ i, . "~cl t;- h-~ le,.;,, l:/r- .:.:. ;Ir,. lveu- 1 lf1'Jz. ,,, ~ ~0-,,,. '1, ~ fr,-t·-.Jc..t'c-t" 0,.. wtv:c.J. .{. w...,, -4..swv,x.,.

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1315

JAMES5 MERRILL (Joshua•,James 3 ,Abel:) was born 5th GENERATieN about 1764 1~ Falmouth,Me.,and died in January,1820, it' aged 56. He lived in Falmouth,and was a major-general in the Massachusetts ~ilitia in 1813. He married Han-nah5 Merrill. (See page 258.) Children:

3610 1.

ii.

Joshua~(l780-1860); removed to Detroit,Mich. d. SJ.,.-, f'ir6'f:

· Nancye,b.16 Jan.1783;/\m.Dr.William Sanborn; ten children. ,l,.:\J..; v7trt-t- H,tA-t-->t, ~ c:J..

iii. Lucy 6,b.26 Sept.1784; d.unm.

iv. Dorothy 6,b.22 Sept.1786; m.Hugh Prince;6 ch.

~ v. Pete~ 6(1788-1846); lived Portland,Me.

36!3 vi. Seward E-, b. 23 May, 1790; m .Dolly Prince. -

36I4 vii. Charles 6 (1792-l872); removed to Detroit.

viii.Alm1ra 6 ,b.5 Feb.1794; d.12 June.,1835; m .• An­drew Bradf'ord of Portland;he d.1827; 2 ch.

1317

HEZEKIAH5 MERRILL (Joshua4 ,James 3 ,Abel2 )was born 22 Feb.1768.,in Falmouth.,Me. He lived in Freeport,Me • .,where he built the first mill. He was a miller and ship-car­penter. He married,in 1790,in Freeport,Charlotte Pote, daughter of Capt.Greenfield and Jane (Grant) Pote of Free­port. She was born in 1773 in Falmouth. Children:

i. Sophia6 ,b.15 Jan.1792; d.March,1867; m.in 1819., Thomas Higgins of West Bath,Me.; five ch.

3621 ii. Greenfield-Pote 6 (1794-1876); lived Freeport.

iii. Josiah6 ,b.9 Dec.1797; d.1798.

iv. Samuel 6 ,b.l Jan.1800; d.1827,unmarried.,in Honduras.

3625 v. Josiah-W.6 b.2 June.,18ll;m.Catherine-A.Litch­field.

. ~ .l. t4.. e..c.-...t-y ~ 1/V.e..,J- cF-t....~ .;, ... -fo.-1,,;,n- i~k.J:

"~) r; 1/i.,.. ~.1 "b ilJ-c°'f·• ~- J- h1c.-r-nU., t,.,.lw cl.:J .V.c.c:. rs, l'3"2c, Q..e:J:-. 63.'' J~sht_e.f'-"M.·u. it..tA-"~ .:.... Tt;,. 'Re.,wx,,,z;.;,.,,,,177s--1779_

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1339

5tli GENERATION 5AMOEL.S MER.,-qlt,L (Silas• ,James',Abel2) was borrf.19

Sept.1786,in Falmouth,Me.,and died 26 Sept.1862~Re 1;1,.·•1d. in Falmouth,and was a ship-smith. He married Lucreti ·, • Patrick,daughter of Floyd Patrick. She was born'. 20 •FE:,. 1797,and died 2 Oct.1862 •. Children:

3651 1. · S1las-iVhiton6(1816-1890); builder,Bostori.

ii. Daniel-:-Patr~ck 5, b.1819; d.2 Jan.1_845,urim.

3652 iii. Jacob-Jewett6 (1821-1880);m.Emily-Jane Hall.

iv. Mary-Elizabeth-Moody 6,b.6 Apr.1824; m.Silas Rideout cf Cumberland, Me.

v. 'Luther-Moore6, b.10 Feb.1826; d.7 Ifov.1850,in Boston,unm.

1340

LUTF.ER 5 MERRILL (Silas"., James l ,Abel 2 ) was born 15 Mar.1791,in Falmouth,Me • .,and was drowned 6 Apr.1823, while ra.f'ti03 logs. His home was in Falmouth,where he was a farmer a.nd lumberman. . Ee married Eliza Bowie. Children:

1. David 6 ; m.Hannah Jewett,dau.of Jacob and Sarah5 (Merrill) Jewett. (See page· 289.) Probably no children.

ii. Hannah-Susan 6 ;m.Leonard Cummings of Gray,Me.

iii. Samuel6 ; prob • ...nm.

iv. Lucr-f':tia. 6-; m ~-John .Her-rey ,0:f .,And.over ,.Me.

6TH AND LATER GENERATIONS

Descendants Qf NATHAJ.VIEL 2 ·

-This book m:ords Jb1 desa,u:la11Js of :J(aJbam~/1 &n-rtU, 'tllbo died in Nmbury, Mass~ 16 Mar. 1654-5. In all cases 'tllbere a li11e of descmJ is gr:m in parenthesis, as ~Daniel• Merrill (John•, Nath:m•, Abel')", it is lo be understood that Nath:miel 1 rep,esn:Js the first ge,,eratio11.

'The SfSlnn oftalmlation nnpll?Ped i11 Ibis book i.< ncpla,ittd a/ /'tlf!( I t;4.

6th AND LA.TER GEEE.~TIONS 413

Sixth an.d Later Generations

1350

NATHA!~IEL 0 MERRILL (JB.U;.es>,l;athaniel ♦ ,John3,Nathan­iel2) was born 3 Mar.1762,in Plaistow (now Atkinson),K. H. About 1795 he removed to Bradford,Vt. Ee married, 8 Dec.1789,Mary Little,daughter of Benjamin and Hepzibah (Poore) Little. She m.(2) ~illiam W'ood of Ganaan,N.H. Ccildren of Nathar.iel 6 Merrill:

Mar~-Emery 1,b.l4 Nov.1793; d.unm. Mehitable-'Emery7 (1796-1856); m.Zenas Whittier. Ezekiel-Little 7 , b .14 Apr .1802; hatter ,Frazi.klin,N. H-;

m.Sarepta Currier; 5 children.

1356

JOSHUA 6 MERRILL (James 5 ,Nathaniel 4 ,John; ,Nathaniel 2 )

was born 13 Feb.1764,in Atkinson;N.H. HEt was adopted by John Johnson of Salem,1;.H., whose wifl!I} Hannah (Emery) was Joshua 6 Merrill's aunt. He was lrnown as Maj. Joshua Merrill,and lived in Salem. He married Mehitable Dow, daughter of Abraham and Susanna (Hoyt) Dow. Childron:

John-Johnson 7 ,b.2 Sept.1792; d.20 Feb.1877; lived Salem,N.H.,and Groveland,Mass.; re.(l) Betsey Eaton (1794-1853),and (2) Eliza Morse (widow). Children-­

Joshua5,b.18!5; m.(l) Hannah Evans,(2) Abigail-B.Evans; 6 ch. .

Phineass (1818-1658); m.Almira-Helen Caverly;l dau. Mehitable-Dow&,b.1820; m • .Rui'us-Trask Slocomb. Elizabeth-Eaton 1 ,b.1624; m.Samuel Huse; 1 dau. Varnum-Lyer 1 ,b.1828; ~.Sarah-Maria Page; 1 dau. John-Johnsons,b.1831; m.Annie-Elizabeth Morrill. Mary-Brigham 8 ,b.1834; m.Charles-0.Huntington.

Hannah 1 , b.2 Apr.1794; m .Brickett Bradley ,HavE'lrhill ,Ms.

DES ~END~"'TS of

NATHAl: IEL :z

Abraham-Dow 7,b.7 Mar.1796; d.29 Apr.1878; m.(1) 14 (a) Feb.1817,Nancy Morrison (1796-1860),dau.of Robert and Agnes (Betton) Morrison of ~indham,N.E.,and (2) Abigail-T.F.art of Salem,Mass. Children--

414 A MER,."qII,L MEMORIAL

DESCENDANTS of (b)

Martha-Mehitable 3 (1817-1850); ~.samuel-R.Allen;3 ch. John-Milton1 (1819-1681); clergyman; 9 ch. Jacob-s.a,b.1821; manfr.paper hangings,Bost~n. Diantha-T. 3 ,b.2 Cct.1824; d.2 Mar.1827. ~illiam-B. 3 ,b.15 Aug.1826; m.Mary-B.Dyer; 2 cau. Joshua 3 ( 1828-1904); m •. Amelia-S .Grigg; 6 ch. Abraham-H. 8 ,b.8 Mar.1631; m.Martha-A.B.Forbes;2 dau. Rufus-s.s ,b.5 July,1833; m.Mary-A.Stoddard; 6 ch.

NATHAKIELZ

( b) ( i:-)

(b) Mehitab1e1,b.l Nov.1797; d.abt.1876; m.Leonard Emerson,

Haverhill,Mass.

(a) Rev.Abraham-Dow 7Merrill was a pastor of Method­ist churches in Massachusetts,Rhode Island and Vermcnt. He was a skillful musician,and wrote the music of the hymn--

"Joyfully,joyfully onward I move, Bound for the land of bright spirits above.n

His portrait is given in Morrison's Histor~ of Windham, N.H.,p.645.

( b) Jor.n-Milton a, William-B. 3 ,Joshua a anc Rufus-s. 8

Merrill,sons of Abraham-Dow 7 ,became prominently connect­ed with the Downer Kerosene Oil company of Boston.Joshua 3

Merrill,president of the company,was a chemist,and was the inventor of important improvements in the methods of refining oil. lie has been called the father of the oil industry in the United States.

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JOHN 6 N.ERRILL (James5 ,Nathaniel-+ ,.Johnl ,Nathaniela) was born 6 Sept.1766.,inAtlcinson.,N.H.,and lived in Derry, N .H. He married,20 Dec ~1798,Elizabeth G,:,rdon. Children:

Parker 7,b.31 Aug.1801; d.19 Apr.1802. John-E. 7 ,b.22 May,1803.

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CALEB 6 MERRILL (James S.,Nathaniel 4 .,John 3,Nathaniel2 ) was born 22 May.,1784.,in Atkinson,N.H.,and died 1~ Dec. 1841. Havin3 graduated rrom Dartmouth College in 1808, and studied for the bar,he settled in Pittsfield., N. H., where he practiced law. In 1841-43 he was treasurer of

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~erri~ac County. lie married,8 June,1818,Nancy-Te~pl~ Jnderhill ,daughter of Lieut .Josia.11. and Ar.r.a (Mel v.tn) Un­derhill. She was born 17 Nov.1795,in Ghester·,N.H.,and died 3-J Dec.1875. She married (2) John-L.Thorndike of' Pittsfield. Children of Caleb 6 Merrill:

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James-A.-Emery7,b.29 Mar,1819; d.21 May,1844,unm. (a} George-Lewis' (1820-1895); 11).~Mary Young; four ch. (a) Caroline-Graham 1 ( 1822-1850) ; m. 9<--~,,,,_·..J, tJ. {J/,_;t;·. Ann-Mel vin7 ( 162£:-1897); i:.Edward Prichard ,!3rad:ford, Vt ..

{a) James-Alfreo-Emery 7 Merrill and George-Leris' Merrill graduated at Dartmouth College in 1839 and 184C respectively,and became lawyers. The for:ner practiced in Manchester,N.H.,and the latter in Janesville,Wis., and Farlbault,Minn.

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JOH!; 6 MS?.I'.ILL ( John5 ,Abel", Jchn3 ,Nathaniel 3 ) was borr: 19 Nov.1751,in Methuen,Mass.,and died there 28 Mar.1828. He married (1),9 ltay,1775,Elizabeth Tippets (or Tibbetts), v,ho died 6 July,1791,ar.d (2) ,29 Mar.1792;DorothyPingree, daughter of Meses Pingree. She died 4 Oct.1841,aLz:ed 89. Childrer~, born in Methuen:

John7 ,b.10 May;l777; d.15 Dec.1838; lived Methuen; m. 28 Jan.1808,Sally Pir.gree o:f Littleton,N.H. ,wl10 was b.6 r;ov.1790,and d.18 Sept.1836. Children-­

Sallya,b.4 Jan.1809. Washin3ton 3 (1810-1878); m.Abiah-Gile Kelley. (a) Mosess,b.26 Jan.1812; d.30 Aug.1830. ?.etseys,b.16 July,1815. ~orothy-?ingree&,b.7 Mar.1819.

Elizabeth 7 ,b.8 Mar.177S. Nathaniel 7 ,b.7 Sept.1780. Phete 7 ,b.12 Nov.1783; d.3 Nov.1802. Moses 7 ,b.l::: :May,1785; d.14 Apr.1849; lived ~ethuer.; c:i.

(1) Hannah Gage,who d.18 Y.ay.1832,ar:d (2) Mary Orr.e, who d.17 Jan.1639,aged 3~; gix sons and two dau~hters, all of whom died under the age of 24.

Daniel 7 ,b.11 June,1789; d.2~ July,1a2s. Persis-Fir.7,ree 7 ,t.20 Jur.e,1793.

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( a) w~.1-Merrtll of Methuen was a farmf?r and ~turer. His son Moses·g Merrill,Fh.D~, ( lS:33-1902), was head master for ;nany years of the famous old Boston Public Latin School. Dr.Merrill .graduated from Harvard College in 1856. Anot.iler son,John-Kelley9 Mer­rill (1836-1883),was for twelve years principal cf the Brown Grammar School in Chicago. He 3raduat~d at ·Dart­mouth in 1858. :: :: Charles-Washingtont0Merrill of San Francisco,metallurgist and minin3 erigineer,president of the Merrill Company,is a son of Sylvester9 Merrill (Washington 8 ). He was born 21 Dec.1869,!n Ccncord,N.H. He is. the inventor of many improvements in metallurgi­cal processes and apparatus. His son Jack-L.•1Merrill, a student at the University of California,was appointed in 1924 to a Rhodes scholarship,for study at 0xford,Eng.

J0NAl'HAiV 6 UERR1LL (Enoch' ,Abel' ,John' ,Nathaniel 2 )

was born 10 Apr.1762,in Methuen,Mass.,where he spent his life.He married,6 Oct.1789,Rebecca How. She died 15 Apr.1848,aged 81. Children:

Enoch 7 ,b.l Dec.1790; d.27 Dec.1790. Enoch 7 ,b.12 Jan.1793; lived Andover,N.H.; m.(l)

,(2) Harriet-D.Bodwell; had a son John8 •

Rebecca 7 ,b.16 Feb.1795; m.William Carleton,Methuen. Jonathan 7 ,b.12 July,1797; m.Margaret Clark; 8 ch. Hannah 7 ,b.6 Nov.1799. Daniel 7 ,b.26 Sept.1802. Mima 7 ,b.l May,1806; m.Elijah-C.Emerson of Methuen.

(a) Maj.George-Sargent 5 Merrill (1837-1900),son of Jonathan 7 of Methuen,was editor and proorietcr of the Lawrence (Mass.) American from 1860 to i892. He was a captain in the Civil War,and later a major of artillery 1n the militia. In 1881 he was commander-in-chief cf the Grand Army of the R~public for the United States. He was appointed postmaster of Lawrence by Pre~ider.t Lincoln 1n 1861,and held the office twenty-four years. From 1887 to 1897 he was State Insurance Commissioner of Massachusetts. : : : : Winfield-George 9 Merrill (1861-1898),only son of Maj.George-S.Merrill,graduated at Brown University in 1882,and was editor of the Law­rence Telegram. He was deputy fire marshal of Mass.

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THCM.'1.S 6 MER.~ILL ( Thomas s, Jchn-•,J ,:r-Tathaniel 3 ) was corn 14 Sept.1746.,in Concord,N.H.,and diec1 in May,1821. He was a farmer,and lived in Conway,N.H. (See page 12a) He. was a soldier in the Revolution. He married Har.nah .Ambrose,daughter of Jonathan and Abigail (Goodhue) Am-brose of Exeter,N.H. Children:

Sarnuel7 ,b.20 Jan.1777; d.l ~an.1852; farmer and justicA of the peace.,Frankfort (now Winterport).,Me.; m. (1) Sarah Mason,who died in 1804,and (2) Nancy Reed (1785-1849). Children--

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Henrys (1804-1845); tanner; m.Mary ~hitney; 6 ch. (a} Ambrose-Prentisss (1807-1854); m.aaroline Gleason. (b) Adaline-P. 8 b.l Aug.1809; d.15 Aug.1810. Albert 5 (1812-1876); m.Amelia ~uimby; no ch. (c) Adaline-Maria 1 (1817-1881); m.Capt.Robinson Grant. Chandler-Reed$ (1821-1878); m.Hannah Thompson; 9 ch. (d)

Abigai1 7 (1778-lS'~)m.Daniel Jacl~son ot' Eaton,N.H.; 14 ch., three of whom were clergymen.

Har.nah 7 (1780-1842); m.Wm.Chamberlin ot' Jefferson,N.H. Thomas 7 ( 1782-1846) ; farmP,r and merchant, Conway.; m.

Lydia 7 Merrill ( see page 421). Children--Lois S (1808-1858); m.James Marden.,Lancaater,N.H. Catherines (1811-1868); m.1863,Merrill Perkins. ~narles-A.&(1813-1864); m.Caroline Kilgore. El1jah-Washin~ton 8 (1816-1892);m.Mary-C.7fhitcher. (~) Elvira-G.5,b.1820; m.Rolon Crocker of Conway. iiarriet 8 ,b.1822; m.Thos.-S.Edmands,Chelmsford,Mass. ~livg 8 (1822-1880); m.Rev.James-S.Pere3rine; Ohio. Hannah-C.'(1825-1851); m •...•••........•..•..........•.•.•.....•..... Lydia-Ann 3 (1831-1861); m.Samuel Merrill of Conway;

remov~d to California. Nathaniel7 ,b.10 July,1788; d.l Au6 .1870; farmer,Gray,

Me.; m.Olive-Hart Plaisted (1794-1843) of Portsmouth, lJ .H. ; b ch.

Jonathan 7 ,b.29 Nov.1790; d.May,1821; lived Bridgton, Me.; m.Ruth (Jewell) Jordan; 3 ch.

Catherine 7 ; a.young. Nancy 7 ,b.24 Aug.1796; m.William ?la!sted,Jefferson,N.H. (f)

( a) Henry-F:rar.Jclin ~ Merrill ( 1833-1907), son of Henry 3

Merrill,served three years in the Civil var,and removed to San Francisco in 1869. He er~aged in mining and S"lrved as registrar of the ·Jr.:.i t.ed States Land Ot'fice at Susar,­ville, Calif. He l2ter liv~d at Redwood ~ity. :: ::

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Albert-Henry 10 Merrill,eldest son of Henry-Franklin 9 , is a fruit-grower at Mountain View and Sar. Juan,Calif.,and has been a member of the California Legislature.Another son, Frederick-Thomas14 ~errill,is a retired merchant of Portland,Cregon,where he served in the City Council for several years. A third son,Frank-WhitneytoMecrill,is a manufacturing printer, being senior member of the Ben Franklin Press ir. San Francisco. :: :: George-ArthurtP Merrill ,youngest son of Henry-Franl~lir. 9 Merrill, gradua­ted in 1886 from the College of Mechanics of the Uni­versity of California, and since 1894 has been principal of a group of endowed institutior.s in San Francisco­the California School of Mechanical Arts, the Wilmer­ding School of Industrial Arts and the Lux School of Industrial Training. He is the author of several text­books on mechanics and kindred subjects •. He lives in Redwood City,of which place he was Mayor from 1908 to 1918.

Charles-Alfred 9 Merrill (1837-1901),brother of Hen­ry-Fraru~lin 9 Merrill, was a sea captain prior to his set­tlement in California early in the '60s. He published a daily newspaper ir. San Francisco for a few years,bnt the principal work of his life was in connection with a large irri~ation project in Lassen County,Calif. (See page 118.) He was the author of the Lassen County Des­ert Land Act, from which the national desert land act was framed.

. ( b) Rev .Ambrose-Prentiss s Merrill was born in Franl{­fort,Me. ,and was a member of the second class that grad­uated from Wesleyan University {1834). lie studied the­ology at the Andover Seminary, but was ordained an Epis­copal clergyman ir. 1840. Ee was a teacher and mission­ary in Mississippi for a number of years. He died in Wayland,Mass.,without issue.

(c) Albert 8 Merrill graduated at Bowdoin College in 1837. He was a lawyer in Eath,Me.,and later in Port­land.

(d) Chandler-Reed 8 Merrill was captain cf Company K,15th Maine Volunteers,in the Civil War,and later was a hotel proprietor in Jacksonville,Fla. His son sam­uel9 Merrill (1846-1904) ·while a resident of Denver painted many scenes along the Denver & Rio Grande Rail­road for that company, and later engaged in the hotel business in San Diego,Calif.

(e) Rev.Elijah-Wash1ngton 8 Merrill (1816-1892) grad­uated at Wesleyan university in 1842,and was a teacher for a number of years in Michigan and Minnesota. He was Superintendent o~ Public Schools of the Territory of

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Minnesota in 1852; was ordainAd a Congre3ationali~t min­ister in 1864,and died in Minneapolis. His son Rev. Charles-Wilbur" Merrill (1845-1922) graduated at Seloit College ir.._1870. :: :: Paul-Willard"'Merrill,Ph.D.,an astronomE:'r on the staff of ~!cunt Wil~on ObsP-rvatory, 3raduated a~ Stanford university in 1908 and joined the Mount Tilsor, staff in 1919. He is a sor~ of Rev. Charles­Wilbur9 Merrill, and was born in MinnP.a:)ol is lf, Aug .1887.

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(f) Gen.Harris-Merrill Plaisted (1828-1898) was a $Ono~ William and Nancy 7 (Merrill) Plaisted. Gen.PlaistP.d was editor of the r:ew Age in Au:;usta,Me. He rP-cei ved thA brevet rar..Ic of major general of volunteers in March,1865, fer services in the Rebellion; was Attorney-General of ~aine in 1873-75; was a Republican Member of CongPess in 1875-77, and Governor of Maine in 1881-S3,be1ns elP.cted on the Greenbaclc-Labor ticli;:et.

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ENOCH 6 MERRILL (Thomass ,Jchn••1 ,Rathaniel2) was born

26 !~ov.1751,in Concord,!LH. ,and died 26 Uay,1638. :&. was a farmer in Conway,N.H.,(see page 128),and was a lieuten­ant in the Revolution. He married,in 1772,Mary Ambrose, daughter of Jonathan and Abigail (Goodhue) Ambrose of E.xeter,!(.R. She was born 11 Nov.1755,and ciiec 27 March, 1814. Children:

Enoch 7 , b.27 Nov.1773; d.27 Mar.1855; f'armer,Albany,r:.P..; lieutenar..t; member ::.E.Le~islature two terms; m.1799, Sarah" Merrill (see pa::;e 297). Ghildren (order of birth uncertain)--

Polly6 (1S02-1884); m.Eber.ezer Wentworth,Browr.field. Rufuss (1803-1891); m.Sophia-Barl~er ;Jest; 5 nh. (a) Lydias (1806-1883); m.(l)David AmbrosP.;(2)j.Greeley. ?fathar.ielis ; d.yclin::; (drowned). Enoch 8 ; d.1820. William 3 ; d.young. Ann-Wall,er8 ; n:.Joseoh Bickford,Cor.wa:;; 3 ch. Florella0 ; d.1880; m.Otis Eastman (1508-1905); 6 ch. Sarah 8 ; m.Jesse Bicl~ford; r.o ch. Dolly 8 ; m.Austiu Guernsey,Goncord,K.H.; 1 ch.

Phebe 7,b.28 Sept.1775; c!.15 Oct.1~51; m.Xathar.iel 6 Mer­rill of Brcwnfield,Me. (see pa3e 4~7).

Polly7 ,b.ll Nov.1778; d~23 Sept,1853; m.1802,Tilliam-H. Broughton of Conway; 9~h-

James7~1781-1862); :::or.way; re.1810,Polly S.".:.erturne;r.o ch.

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Sally-Ann1,b.19 Mar.1782; d.31 Mar.1863; m.Moses6 Mer: rill rJf Brownfield ( see pag::: 42'! ) •

Josiah7,b.March,1784; d.September,1786. Josiah-Goodhue:,b.4 Sept.1787; d.18 AU5.1872, Lynn,

Mass.; ordained Congregational clergyman 1814; held various pastorates in Maine; m.Dec.1810,Harriet Jones,c"au.of' Ephra1a: and Judith (Philbrick) Jones of Standish,Me.; she was b.9 Mar.1790,and d.12 Feb. 1865. Ch1ldren,most of whom were born in ~tisfield, Me.:

Harriet-Newell8 ,b.28 Sept.1815; d.Cape Elizabeth. Caroline-Paysons,b.17 Apr.1817; rn.W~.Hodges. Josiah 8 ,b.31 Jan.1919; d.11 Mar.1894; m.Fhilome-

dia-H.Converse; 6 ch. Her.ry-Martyn 5 ,t.9 Feb.1821; d.18 /ug.1838,Chio. Augusta-Illsley 8 ,b.3 Au3.1823; d.29 ~ct.1840. James-Ambrosea,c.1824; d.28 June,1832,Eliot,Me. Hannah-Elizabeth 8 (1826-1880); m.Dr.Benj.F.Green. Edward-Paysons (1828-1880); Chelsea,Mass. Phebe-Moody 8 ,t.13 Apr.1830; d.28 Nov.1904,ur.m. Helena-7-er.berg~ (1833-1853) ;m.Capt.Benj.A.Dod.3e. Charles-Freeman 8 ,b.10 Oct.1834; d.27 Dec.1853.

Mehitable7 ,b.3 Apr.1790; n:.1817,Henry Sherburne, Stephen7,b.14 Cct.1793; d.23 June,1860; lived Kittery

and Biddeford,Me.,ar.d Wolfboro,K.H.; m.(l) 17 Sept. 1621,Mary-Hoit Gilman (1790-1841) of Epping, f. H.; (2) in 1842,Clarissa Eastman (1799-1869);"5 ch.

Henry-Ambrose7,b.13 July,1795; d.25 Sept.1872; rn.(l) 17 June,1823,Abi::;ail-Russell Hill; (2) i.n 1838, Abi3ail Garlar.d; 6 ch.

(a) Rufus 8 Merrill was a bookseller and publisher of bool<s for children in Goncord,N.H. Seven of his nine children died in infan~y.

(b) Josiah 5 Y.errill 3raduated at Dartmouth GollegP. in 1841 and became a Congregational clergyman. He was born in Ctisfield,Me.,and died ir. Lyr.n,Mass. :: :. Her.ry-Ferdir.ar.d 9 Merrill,now of Gambridge,Mass.,is a sora of Rev.JrJsiahS Merrill. He 1:ent to China on grad­uation from Harvard in 1874,and entered the Chinese Im­perial Maritime r.ustoms Service. In 1887 he was ap~ pointed or.e of the aommissioners of custo~s, and re­mained in the service until lSl6,havin3 spent about forty years in China,Formosa and Corea. He is a fel­low of the Royal Geographical Society of Lor.don.

Charles-Eudsor.-Sayre 10 Merrill,son of Frederick-J.9

Mo.rrill (Josiah 8 ),3raduated at the Massachusetts IF.-

.... 6th_A1·:D LATER GENERATIONS. 421 ........ -- -- ...... ----... -- ... -...... ---... -- .. --........ ·• ....... --.. -............... --.............. --..... -- . ··-· -.......... . stitute of Technology in 1912 as a civil engineer, and served with the American engineers in France in the world War. He is now treasurer of the Textile Produ~ts Corporation,livin~ in Milton,Mass. His brother Henry­Ferdinand«8Merrill,2d,graduatP.d at the I■atitute of Te~h­nology in 1914, and went to Chir.a the following year, being now a construction engineer at Shan5hai for the Standard Oil Company of New York.

(c) Stephen 7 Merrill was a farmer,and, after 1629,a Congregational clergyman. His son Donatus 8 (1624-1853) 6raduated at Bowdoin College 1n 1846,was a ministP-r,and preached in i?estbroo!{,Me. ,and Woodburn, Ills.

(d) Henry-Ambrose7 Merrill graduated from the Ban-gor Theological Seminary and held various pastorates in Maine. His son Henry-Nettleton5 Merrill (1827-1905)was born in Norway,Me.,graduated from Bowdoin College in 1854 and spent his life in the practice of law in Haver­hill,Mass. At his death he was Justice of the District Court of I,:orthern Essex~ Harry-Rust9 Merrill ( 1867-1889), only son of Henry-Nettleton 5 Merri.ll,died cf consumpticn when a student in Harvard Co.l.J..ege. His sc.hiOJ.arship placed him amens the leaders of his c]..a&s...

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.AMOS 6 MER.."qll,L ( Thomas s ,John4,3, r:athan1el 2 ) lived or. a farm on Saco River in Conway,N.H. (See page 128.) Ee married Lois Willey. Children:

Amos 7 ; m.Nancy•Milliken. Children: Henry-G.8,Ben­jamin8,Daniel-B,8,Mary-Ann8.

Lydia7; d.Dec.1859; m.Thomas 7 Merrill of Conway. (See page 417.)

Eetsey 7 ; m .. Barnard Chubbocl~; 4 ch. Phebe7; m.Jacob Berry; 5 ch. Mark 7 ; m.Harriet Broughton. Children: Atby-Ar.ns,

MarthaB,Elizabeth 8 ,Laura-Anns,ormons. Samuel-W. 7 ; m.Martha Greer.. Children: Mehitables,

Jeremiahs, Silas s, Saralv-.T.an..cis. Sara..-;7; m.John Bl-oug.,.'"lton; 4 ch, Al be rt 7 ; rn • Err· i 1 y Eas tn:an. Cr-1.J..cL~n.: Le~ •:..En;.P..Line e ,

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~TY.i:IBI, 6 .Mi..~RlLL ( Thomass ,.John•,J ,Nathaniel.:) lived in Conway,!:.E. He married Betsey Bailey. Children, born in Conway;