Abel Merrill

47. ABEL9 MERRILL (JOHN8, NATHANIEL7 +MERRILL, NATHANIEL6 *MERRILL, NATHANIEL5, JOHN4 *MERRELL, THE YOUNGER, JOHN3 *MERYELL, JOHN2, THOMAS1) was born 1690 in Newbury, Essex, Mass, and died March 29, 1753 in Newbury, Essex, Mass. He married (1) SARAH BODWELL Bef. 1714. She was born 1694 in Haverhill, Essex, Mass, and died February 1736/37 in Methuen, Essex, Mass. He married (2) ELIZABETH HIBBARD September 12, 1739 in Methuen, Essex, Mass. She was born Abt. 1710, and died June 21, 1795 in 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.

Children of ABEL MERRILL and SARAH BODWELL are: i. SARAH10 MERRILL, b. March 25, 1715, Methuen, Essex, Mass; d. Aft. 1770; m. RICHARD SWAN, April 25, 1752, Essex, Methuen, Mass; b. Abt. 1715; d. Unknown. ii. JOHN MERRILL, b. May 29, 1716, Methuen, Essex, Mass; d. 1756, Methuen, Essex, Mass; m. (1) MARY HIBBARD, September 30, 1742, Methuen, Essex, Mass; b. Abt. 1716, Methuen, Essex, Mass; d. Abt. 1750, Methuen, Essex, Mass; m. (2) HANNAH DODGE, April 3, 1751, Essex, Methuen, Mass; b. Abt. 1716; d. Unknown. iii. MARY MERRILL, b. May 24, 1718, Methuen, Essex, Mass; d. Unknown; m. ZEBEDIAH KEES, November 22, 1736, Methuen, Essex, Mass; b. Abt. 1718; d. Unknown. iv. PHEBE MERRILL, b. July 3, 1722, Metheun, Essex, Mass; d. 1747, Metheun, Essex, Mass; m. ZEBEDIAH BARKER, JR., December 15, 1743, Metheun, Essex, Mass; b. January 8, 1719/20, Metheun, Essex, Mass; d. 1780. v. ANN MERRILL, b. January 21, 1725/26, Methuen, Essex, Mass; d. Unknown; m. JOSEPH STEVENS, March 22, 1749/50, Methuen, Essex, Mass; b. Abt. 1726; d. Unknown. vi. ELIZABETH MERRILL, b. February 22, 1727/28, Methuen, Essex, Mass; d. Unknown; m. BENJAMIN PIERCE, August 2, 1746, Bristol, Metheun, Mass; b. November 25, 1726, Chelmsford, Mass; d. June 15, 1764. vii. ENOCH MERRILL, b. April 21, 1731, Methuen, Essex, Mass; d. August 28, 1778, Methuen, Essex, Mass; m. JEMIMA SPRAGUE, October 15, 1759, Methuen, Essex, Mass; b. 1731, Pelham, N.H.; d. April 28, 1812, Pelham, N.H.. viii. SUSANNA MERRILL, b. October 3, 1733, Metheun, MA; d. Unknown; m. PHILEMON BARKER, Abt. 1750; b. Bef. 1733; d. Unknown.

Children of ABEL MERRILL and ELIZABETH HIBBARD are: ix. RUTH10 MERRILL, b. January 29, 1741/42, Methuen, Essex, Mass; d. Unknown; m. WILLIAM WEBBER; b. Bef. 1742; d. Unknown. x. ABEL MERRILL, b. July 4, 1743, Methuen, Essex, Mass; d. August 1, 1778, Methuen, Essex, Mass; m. (1) ELIZABETH YOUNG, 1770, Methuen, Essex, Mass; b. Abt. 1750; d. December 17, 1772, Methuen, Essex, Mass.; m. (2) HANNAH WRIGHT, August 18, 1773, Methuen, Essex, Mass; b. Abt. 1750, Methuen, Essex, Mass; d. Unknown.