Deacon John Merrill

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About Deacon John Merrill

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50. JOHN9 MERRILL (JOHN8, NATHANIEL7 +MERRILL, NATHANIEL6 *MERRILL, NATHANIEL5, JOHN4 *MERRELL, THE YOUNGER, JOHN3 *MERYELL, JOHN2, THOMAS1) was born April 3, 1696 in Newbury, Essex, Mass, and died 1773 in Concord, NH. He married LYDIA HAINES January 15, 1722/23 in Haverhill, Essex, Mass, daughter of THOMAS HAINES and HANNAH HERRIMAN. She was born August 7, 1705 in Newbury, Essex, Mass, and died Unknown in Concord, NH.

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.

Children of JOHN MERRILL and LYDIA HAINES are:

  • i. THOMAS10 MERRILL, b. February 5, 1723/24, Haverhill, Essex, Mass; d. July 2, 1788, Conway, N.H.; m. (1) PHEBE ABBOT, 1747, Concord, N.H.; b. November 22, 1727, Concord, N.H.; d. 1755, Concord, N.H.; m. (2) MEHITABLE HARRIMAN, Aft. 1756; b. January 14, 1725/26, Plaistow, N.H.; d. Abt. 1764; m. (3) ABIGAIL GOODHUE, April 2, 1765, Stratham, N.H.; b. Abt. 1730, Stratham, N.H.; d. Abt. 1779; m. (4) ELIZABETH ABBOT, October 9, 1780; b. November 8, 1738, Hollis, N.H.; d. October 12, 1789, Conway, N.Y..
  • ii. JOHN MERRILL, b. November 25, 1725, Haverhill, Essex, Mass; d. 1760, Bow, N.H.; m. REBECCA ABBOT, Abt. 1750, Concord, N.H.; b. May 27, 1731, Concord, N.H.; d. Aft. 1760.
  • iii. MOSES MERRILL, b. September 27, 1727, Haverhill, Essex, Mass; d. 1767; m. DORCUS ABBOT, March 1747/48, Pembroke, N.H.; b. November 11, 1728, Andover, Mass; d. Unknown.
  • iv. LYDIA MERRILL, b. November 30, 1729, Haverhill, Essex, Mass; d. Unknown; m. AMOS FOSTER, Abt. 1750; b. Bef. 1729; d. Unknown.
  • v. HANNAH MERRILL, b. November 7, 1731, Concord, NH; d. August 7, 1732.
  • vi. JONATHAN MERRILL, b. February 10, 1732/33, Concord, NH; d. April 2, 1794, New Chester, N.H.; m. MARY FARNUM, Abt. 1759; b. August 8, 1737, Concord, N.H.; d. February 14, 1805, Sanbornton, N.H..
  • vii. HANNAH MERRILL, b. February 20, 1734/35, Concord, NH; d. Unknown; m. (1) RICHARD EASTMAN, May 11, 1769, Concord, NH; b. June 21, 1739, Salisbury, Essex, Mass; d. Bef. 1790; m. (2) JOSEPH ODELL, February 22, 1790, Conway, NH.
  • viii. NATHANIEL MERRILL, b. November 4, 1738, Concord, N.H.; d. June 15, 1824, Brownfield, Maine; m. ANN WALKER, February 13, 1764, Concord, N.H.; b. August 7, 1747, Concord, N.H.; d. March 4, 1820, Brownfield, N.H..
  • ix. SARAH MERRILL, b. April 24, 1741, Concord, NH; m. DANIEL CHANDLER.
  • x. ANNE MERRILL, b. December 10, 1743, Concord, NH; d. March 7, 1803; m. BENJAMIN FARNUM, Bef. 1763, Concord, NH; b. Bef. 1743; d. Unknown.
  • xi. ABIGAIL MERRILL, b. December 9, 1746, Concord, NH; m. TAPPAN EVANS, Warren, NH.

ancestry.com:

'John Merrill

Born in Massachusetts, USA on 1693

to John Merrill and Lucy Webster.

John married Lydia Haynes and had 10 children.

He passed away on 1773 in New Hampshire, USA.

Family Members

Parents

John Merrill 1662-1705

Lucy Webster 1654-1722

Spouse(s)

Lydia Haynes 1700-1729

Children

Thomas Merrill 1724-1789

John Merrill 1730-1760

Moses Merrill 1728-1783

Lydia Merrill 1729-Unknown

Hannah Merrill 1740-1732

Jonathan Merrill 1732-1796

Nathaniel Merrill 1738-1824

Sarah Merrill 1737-1810

Anne Merrill 1735-1803

Abigail Merrill 1746-Unknown


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Deacon John Merrill's Timeline

1696
April 3, 1696
Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
1723
February 5, 1723
Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
1724
February 5, 1724
Haverhill, Mass
1725
November 25, 1725
Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
November 25, 1725
Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
1727
September 27, 1727
Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
September 27, 1727
Haverhill, Mass
1729
November 30, 1729
Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States
November 30, 1729
Haverhill