41. NATHAN8 MERRILL (ABEL7 +MERRILL, NATHANIEL6 *MERRILL, NATHANIEL5, JOHN4 *MERRELL, THE YOUNGER, JOHN3 *MERYELL, JOHN2, THOMAS1) was born April 3, 1676 in Newbury, Essex, Mass, and died 1742 in Newbury, Essex, Mass. He married HANNAH KENT September 6, 1699 in Newbury, Essex, Mass, daughter of JOHN KENT and SARAH WOODMAN. She was born September 10, 1679 in Newbury, Essex, Mass, and died February 3, 1735/36 in Newbury, Essex, Mass.

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

Nathan(3) Merrill (Abel(2)) was born 3 Apr 1676 in Newbury, MA, and died in 1742 intestate. He lived in that part of the town which was afterward incorporated as West Newbury. In a deed from his brother Nathaniel in 1721 both are described as weavers. He was a "snowshoe man" in 1706 (see Currier"s History of Newbury, p. 541). He married 6 Sep 1699, Hannah Kent, daughter of John and Sarah (Woodman) Kent of Newbury, who was born 10 Sep 1679, and died 3 Feb 1735/36. Children born in Newbury.

Children of NATHAN MERRILL and HANNAH KENT are: i. JOSEPH9 MERRILL, b. Abt. 1700. ii. HANNAH MERRILL, b. July 7, 1700, Newbury, Essex, Mass; d. Bef. 1743, Newbury, Essex, Mass. 157. iii. JOHN MERRILL, b. November 30, 1701, Newbury, Essex, Mass; d. 1775, Falmouth, Cumberland, Me. 158. iv. PRISCILLA MERRILL, b. October 28, 1703, Newbury, Essex, Mass; d. Unknown, Falmouth, Cumberland, Me. 159. v. NATHAN MERRILL, b. May 1, 1706, Newbury, Essex, Mass; d. November 22, 1745, Newbury, Essex, Mass. 160. vi. JAMES MERRILL, b. January 5, 1707/08, Newbury, Essex, Mass; d. June 8, 1790, New Glouchester, Maine. 161. vii. STEPHEN MERRILL, b. June 6, 1711, Newbury, Essex, Mass; d. 1756, Fort William Henry.. 162. viii. MARY MERRILL, b. May 13, 1713, Newbury, Essex, Mass; d. Unknown, Newbury, Essex, Mass. 163. ix. SARAH MERRILL, b. Abt. 1715, Newbury, Essex, Mass; d. Unknown, Falmouth, Cumberland, Me. 164. x. RICHARD MERRILL, b. May 10, 1718, Newbury, Essex, Mass; d. Unknown, New Boston, Maine.