Jacob A Merrill

21. JACOB8 MERRILL (JOHN7 *MERRILL, NATHANIEL6, NATHANIEL5, JOHN4 *MERRELL, THE YOUNGER, JOHN3 *MERYELL, JOHN2, THOMAS1) was born March 27, 1686 in Hartford, Hartford, Conn, and died 1725 in Hartford, Hartford, Conn. He married ABIGAIL WEBSTER May 10, 1710 in Hartford, Hartford, Conn, daughter of JOHN WEBSTER and SARAH MYGATT. She was born Bef. October 10, 1686 in Hartford, Hartford, Conn, and died Aft. 1740 in Hartford, Hartford, Conn.

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

Jacob(3) Merrill (John(3)) was born 27 Mar 1686 in Hartford, CT, where he lived until 1719, when he removed to West Hartford. He died in 1725. He married, 10 May 1710, Abigail Webster, daughter of John and Sarah (Mygatt) Webster. Abigail Wetster's brother Daniel was grandfather to Noah Webster, the lexicographer. Her great-grandfather, John Webster, was Governor of Connecticut in 1658. *

• Whitmore ("American Genealogist") is clearly in error in saying that Governor John Webster was grand-father of Abigail and Daniel. See "Webster Genealogy," by Noah Webster, 1836

Children of JACOB MERRILL and ABIGAIL WEBSTER are: i. LUCY9 MERRILL, b. February 16, 1710/11, Hartford, Hartford, Conn; d. August 23, 1712, Hartford, Hartford, Conn. 96. ii. JACOB MERRILL, b. November 19, 1712, Hartford, Hartford, Conn; d. March 13, 1771, West Hartford, Hartford, Conn. 97. iii. ZEBULON MERRILL, b. June 5, 1716, Hartford, Hartford, Conn; d. Unknown, West Hartford, Hartford, Conn. 98. iv. ELISHA MERRILL, b. December 25, 1718, Hartford, Hartford, Conn; d. Unknown, Canaan, Litchfield, Conn. 99. v. ASA MERRILL, b. February 16, 1720/21, West Hartford, Hartford, Conn; d. 1767. vi. ABIGAIL MERRILL, b. April 5, 1723, West Hartford, Hartford, Conn; d. Unknown; m. ASA HOPKINS, October 1, 1741, West Hartford, Hartford, Conn; b. Bef. 1723, West Hartford, Hartford, Conn; d. Unknown. vii. JOSHUA MERRILL, b. Bef. February 7, 1724/25, West Hartford, Hartford, Conn; d. Unknown, West Hartford, Hartford, Conn.