Merrill, Daniel

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BIRTH: VITAL RECORDS OF NEWBURY, 2 vols. (Salem, MA, 1911), 1:314 (FHL #974.45/N1 V28v).
MAR #1: Ibid, 2:322.
MAR #2: VITAL RECORDS OF SALISBURY (Topsfield, MA, 1915), 417 (FHL #6014153). Wife is called "wid. Sarah Page," apparently the widow of Onesipherus Page, who died at Salisbury, 28 Jun 1706 (Ibid, 604). Onesipherus Page and widow Sarah Rowell were married, 31 Jul 1695 (Ibid, 449). Sarah was previously the wife of Philip Rowell who was kiled by the Indians at Amesbury, 7 Jul 1690 ("Journal of John Pike," COLLECTIONS OF THE NEW HAMPSHIRE HISTORICAL SOCIETY, 3[1832]:44 [FHL #844660]). Philip Rowell and Sarah Morrill were married at Amesbury, 5 Jan 1670 (VITAL RECORDS OF AMESBURY [Topsfield, MA, 1913], 464 [FHL #974.45/A1 V2a]).
DEATH: VITAL RECORDS OF SALISBURY, 587.

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Daniel married Clough, Sarah on 14 May 1667 in Newbury,Essex,MA. Sarah (daughter of Clough, John and Joan) was born on 28 Jun 1646 in Salisbury,Essex,MA; died on 18 Mar 1705/1706 in Salisbury,Essex,MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Daniel married Morrill, Sarah on 29 May 1708 in Salisbury,Essex,MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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CHR: "Transcripts of Suffolk Parish Registers," Wherstead, 1590-1683, pp. 705-37 (transcript, n.d.), 722 (FHL #992004 item 5).
MAR: No mar rec found. A wife Susanna is named in Nathaniel's will, below. Children of Nathaniel Merrill and wife "Susan" were baptized at Lawford, Essex, 1634-38.
DEATH: Date of death is found in the inv of Nathaniel's estate. See the will of Nathaniel Merrill of Newbury, 18 Mar 1654, proved 27 Mar 1654, inv 23 Mar 1654/5 (THE PROBATE RECORDS OF ESSEX COUNTY 3 vols. [Salem, MA, 1916-20], 1:204-205 [FHL #974.45 P2p]).

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Nathaniel married (Wolterton?), Susanna about 1633. Susanna was born about 1610 in England; died on 25 Jan 1672/1673 in Newbury,Essex,MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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BIRTH: Date and place of birth are approximations. Her son John Merrill was chief beneficiary in the will of Gregory Wolterton of Hartford, 17 Jul 1674. Mary Lovering Holman makes Susanna a sister of Gregory in ANCESTRY OF CHARLES STINSON PILLSBURY, 2 vols. (Privately printed, 1938), 2:1037-1040 (FHL #929.273 P646h). However, Donald Lines Jacobus believed the relationship was more remote. See Jacobus, "Gregory Wolterton's Connections," TAG, 32(1956):197-99 (FHL #973 D25aga).
MAR #1: No mar rec found. A wife Susanna is identified in the will of Nathaniel Merrill of Newbury, 8 Mar 1654, proved 27 Mar 1655, THE PROBATE RECORDS OF ESSEX COUNTY, 3 vols. (Salem, MA, 1916-20), 1:204-206 (FHL #974.45 P2p).
MAR #2: No mar rec found. Adm of estate of Susanna Jordan of Newbury, 25 Mar 1673, was granted to Abel Merrill, "her youngest son." (THE PROBATE RECORDS OF ESSEX COUNTY, 1:322). The will of Stephen Jordan of Newbury, 5 Apr 1667, proved 29 Mar 1670, does not mention wife's name, but inv 8 Feb 1669, mentions debts to 3 of Susanna's sons (PROBATE RECORDS OF ESSEX COUNTY, 2:187-88). Hence, Susanna married 2nd to Stephen Jordan.
DEATH: VITAL RECORDS OF NEWBURY, 2 vols. (Salem, MA, 1911), 2:630 (FHL #974.45/N1 V28v). Also see estate recs, above.

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Notes:

BIRTH: Date and place of birth are approximations. Nathaniel is identified in the will of his father, John Merrill of Wherstead, 2 Dec 1600, proved 11 Dec 1600, Archdeaconry Court of Suffolk, reg wills, 38:242 (FHL #096939).
MAR: C. Partridge, ed, "A Transcript of the Parish Registers of Belstead" (transcript, 1940), 229 (FHL #993222). Only the year of mar is given in this transcript. For complete date, see Belstead extracts in Samuel Merrill, A MERRILL MEMORIAL (Cambridge, MA, 1917-28), 40 (FHL #929.273 M552m).
BUR: "Transcripts of Suffolk Parish Registers," Wherstead, 1590-1683, pp. 705-37 (transcript, n.d.), 722 (FHL #992004 item 5).

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Nathaniel married Blacksoll, Mary on 27 Feb 1592/1593 in Belstead,Suffolk,Eng. Mary was buried on 1 May 1624 in Wherstead,Suffolk,Eng. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

MAR: C. Partridge, ed, "A Transcript of the Parish Registers of Belstead" (transcript, 1940), 229 (FHL #993222). Only year of mar given. For complete date, see Belstead extracts in Samuel Merrill, A MERRILL MEMORIAL (Cambridge, MA, 1917-28), 40 (FHL #929.273 M552m).
BUR: "Transcripts of Suffolk Parish Registers," Wherstead, 1590-1683, pp. 705-37 (transcript, n.d.), 722 (FHL #992004 item 5).

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Notes:

BIRTH: John is identified in the will of his father, John Merrill of Wherstead, 13 Dec 1551, proved 29 Jan 1551/2, Archdeaconry Court of Suffolk, reg wills, 16:229 (FHL #096916). Date and place of birth are approximations.
MAR: No mar rec found. A wife Prudence is identified in his own will, below. It is not certain that she is the mother of the children, as she could be a later wife.
BUR: "Transcripts of Suffolk Parish Registers," Wherstead, 1590-1683, pp. 705-37 (transcript, n.d.), 722 (FHL #992004 item 5). Also see the will of John Merrill of Wherstead, 2 Dec 1600, proved 11 Dec 1600, Archdeaconry Cout of Suffolk, reg wills, 38:242 (FHL #096939).
OCC: Yeoman

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John married Prudence. Prudence was buried on 22 Dec 1609 in Belstead,Suffolk,Eng. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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MAR: No mar rec found. Prudence is identified in the will of her husband. She is possibly, but not certainly, the mother of John's children.
BUR: C. Partridge, ed, "A Transcript of the Parish Registers of Belstead" (transcript, 1940), 15 (FHL #993222).

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