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Merrill John
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  • Birth  16 Feb 1663/64  Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender  Male 
    _UPD  26 JUL 2009 23:00:57 GMT-5 
    Died  15 May 1705  Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Person ID  I5077  Alan Donald Vibber
    Last Modified  08 Dec 2009 
     
    Father  Merrill Nathaniel,   b. Bef 25 May 1634, Lawford, Essex, England, U.K. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 01 Jan 1682/83, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother  Ninian Joanna 
    Married  15 Oct 1661  Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID  F2140  Group Sheet
     
    Family  Webster Lucy,   b. 19 Dec 1664, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married  1687  Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Children 
     1. Merrill Lucy or Lucie or Luci,   b. 1691, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID  F2135  Group Sheet
     
  • Notes 
    • 21. JOHN8 MERRILL (NATHANIEL7 +MERRILL, NATHANIEL6 *MERRILL, NATHANIEL5, JOHN4 *MERRELL , THE YOUNGER, JOHN3 *MERYELL, JOHN2, THOMAS1) was born February 16, 1663/64 in Newbury, Essex, Mass, and died May 15, 1705 in Haverhill, Essex, Mass. He married LUCY WEBSTER 1687 in Haverhill, Essex, Mass, daughter of JOHN WEBSTER and ANNE BATT.

      Notes for JOHN MERRILL: From " A Merrill Memorial" by Samuel Merrill, Cambridge, MA 1917-1928

      John(3) Merrill (Nathaniel(2)) was born 16 Feb 1662/63 in Newbury, MA, and died 15 May 1705. He was a house carpenter. About 1697 he removed from Newbury to Bradford, MA., and about 1700 to West Parish of Haverhill, MA. He left an estate valued at &150,7s., but his debts amounted to &158,12s. He married Lucy Webster, daughter of John and Ann (Batt) Wetster. 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 Main Historical and Genealogical Recorder{Vol.III.,p.179} in saying that John Merrill married as a second Wife "Mary???." Administration on the estate of John Merrill was grandted too "Lucy Merrill," his widow, 9 Jul 1705.) Children, the first five of whom were born in Newbury.

      Children of JOHN MERRILL and LUCY WEBSTER are: i. NATHANIEL9 MERRILL, b. July 26, 1687, Newbury, Essex, Mass; d. August 25, 1737, Haverhill, Essex, Mass; m. RUTH WALLINGFORD, June 10, 1718, Haverhill, Essex, Mass.

      Notes for NATHANIEL MERRILL: From "A Merrill Memorial" by Samuel Merrill, Cambridge, MA 1917-1928

      Nathaniel(4) Merrill (John(3), Nathaniel(2)) was born 26 Jul 1687 in Newbury, MA and died 25 Aug 1737 in the West Parish of Haverhill, MA, whither he removed from Newbury. He was a cooper. He married, 10 Jun 1718, Ruth Wallingford, who survived him. She married (2), in 1744, Benjamin Wood of Drucut, MA, and removed to Chelmsford, MA. Children born in Haverhill.

      ii. ABEL MERRILL, b. 1690, Newbury, Essex, Mass; d. March 29, 1753, Newbury, Essex, Mass; m. (1) SARAH BODWELL, Bef. 1714; m. (2) ELIZABETH HIBBARD, September 12, 1739, Methuen, Essex, Mass.

      Notes for ABEL MERRILL: From "A Merrill Memorial" by Samuel Merrill, Cambridge, MA 1917-1928

      Abel(4) Merrill (John(3), Nathnaiel(3)) was born, probably in 1690 in Newbury, MA and died 29 Mar 1753 in Methuen, MA, aged 64 years. He lived in Haverhill, MA, and later in Methuen. He married (1) Sarah Bodwell, who died in FEb 1737, aged 41, and (2) 12 Sep 1739, Elizabeth Hibberd, who died 21 Jun 1795. Children Born in Metheun.

      iii. LUCI MERRILL, b. 1691, Newbury, Essex, Mass; d. Unknown; m. BENJAMIN STANLEY, Bef. 1716, Haverhill, Essex, Mass. iv. ABIGAIL MERRILL, b. 1693, Newbury, Essex, Mass; d. Unknown, Salisbury, Essex,Mass; m. JOSEPH EASTMAN, March 23, 1714/15, Salisbury, Essex, Mass. v. JOHN MERRILL, b. April 3, 1696, Newbury, Essex, Mass; d. 1773, Concord, NH; m. LYDIA HAYNES, January 15, 1722/23, Haverhill, Essex, Mass.

      Notes for JOHN MERRILL: From "A Merrill Memorial" by Samuel Merrill, Cambridge, MA 1917-1928

      John(4) Merrill (John(3), Nathaniel(2)) was born 3 Apr 1696 in Newbury, MA, and died in 1773 in Concord, NH. He lived in 1718 in York, ME and from there removed to Haverhill, MA, where he married. About 1730 he was one of the first settlers in Concord, NH, and established the first ferry there across the Merrimack River. His home was "on the Hill at the lower end of Main St. at the junction of the roads." Dec 17 1730, he was chosed deacon of the Congregational Church. In many ways he was a prominent citizen of Concord. He married , 15 Jan 1722/23, Lydia Hayes, daughter of Thomas and Hanna (Harriman) Hayes of Haverhill. She was born 7 Aug 1705 and died in Concord. Children, the first four were born in Haverhill, the rest in Concord.

      vi. HANNAH MERRILL, b. 1698, Bradbury, Essex, Mass; d. June 9, 1745, Haverhill, Essex, Mass; m. SAMUEL HUTCHINS, January 4, 1715/16, Haverhill, Essex, Mass. vii. STEPHEN MERRILL, b. September 11, 1700, Haverhill, Essex, Mass; d. April 28, 1746, Metheun, Essex, Mass; m. ABIAH (.....) MERRILL, Bef. 1728, Metheun, Essex, Mass.

      Notes for STEPHEN MERRILL: From "A Merrill Memorial" by Samuel Merrill, Cambridge, MA 1917-1928

      Stephen(4) Merrill (John(3), Nathaniel(2)) was born 11 Sep 1700 in Haverhill, MA and died 28 Apr 1746 in Methuen, MA. In 1718 he was living in York, ME with his brother John, but returned to Haverhill and later removed to Methuen. He married Abiah (Merrill).

      viii. ENOCH MERRILL, b. January 23, 1701/02, Haverhill, Essex, Mass; d. Unknown, Stratham, N.H.. ix. NATHAN MERRILL, b. April 15, 1704, Haverhill, Essex, Mass; d. Unknown; m. (1) MARY GORDIN, April 8, 1728, Haverhill, Essex, Mass; m. (2) DAMERIS LANCASTER, March 24, 1741/42, Haverhill, Essex, Mass; m. (3) SUSANNAH STAPLES, July 19, 1744, Haverhill, Essex, Mass.

      Notes for NATHAN MERRILL: From "A Merrill Memorial" by Samuel Merrill, Cambridge, MA 1917-1928

      Nathan(4) Merrill (John(3), Nathaniel(2)) was born 15 Apr 1704 in Haverhill, MA, where he continued to live. He married (1) 8 Apr 1728, Mary Goodin (or Goodwin), who died 21 May 1738; *2) 25 Mar 1741/42, Damaris Lancaster of Haverhill, who died 24 Feb 1743/44; and (3) 19 Jul 1744, Susanna Staples of Haverhill.
     
  • Sources 
    1. [S266] http://www.jmerrill.net/HISTORY.HTM (Reliability: 2).

  

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