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John Merrill

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Suffolk, England
Death: September 12, 1673 (73-74)
Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Immediate Family:

Son of Nathaniel Merrill and Mary Merrill
Husband of Elizabeth Merrill and Annis Merrill
Father of Hannah Swett
Brother of Unknown Daughter Merrill; Mary Merrill; Matthew Merrill; Martha Merrill; Frances Merrill and 11 others

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9. JOHN6 MERRILL (NATHANIEL5 *MERRILL, JOHN4 *MERRELL, THE YOUNGER, JOHN3 *MERYELL, JOHN2, THOMAS1) was born August 16, 1599 in Wherstead, Suffolk, England, and died September 12, 1673 in Newbury, Essex, Mass. He married (1) ANIS BISHOP January 24, 1628/29 in Wherstead, Suffolk, England. She was born 1604 in Wherstead, Suffolk, England, and died 1630 in Lawford, Essex, England. He married (2) ELIZABETH VINCENT July 15, 1633 in Little Wenham, Suffolk, England. She was born Abt. 1610 in Wherstead, Suffolk, England, and died September 12, 1673 in Newbury, Essex, Mass. Notes for JOHN MERRILL: John Merrill and his family came before or by 1636 when he received a house lot in Ipswich, surrendered when he moved to Newbury by 1638, soon after it's settlement in 1635 by Ipswich families. Child of JOHN MERRILL and ANIS BISHOP is: 12. i. HANNAH7 MERRILL, b. 1630, England; d. April 04, 1662, Newbury, Essex, Mass.


He and his brother, Nathaniel, came to Ipswich, Mass. in 1633, and settled in Newbury abt. 1636.


John was baptized August 16, 1599.

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John Merrill's Timeline

1599
August 16, 1599
Wherstead, Suffolk, England
August 16, 1599
Wherstead, Suffolk, England
1599
Suffolk, England
1630
1630
Ipswich, Suffolk, England (United Kingdom)
1633
1633
Age 34
immigrated to US w/bro Nathaniel
1670
September 8, 1670
Age 71
Newbury, Essex, MA
1673
September 12, 1673
Age 74
Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony

1670. John [6] Swett, by the will of his maternal grandfather, John Merrill, dated 8 September 1670 and proved 30 September 1673, was to receive his grandfather's estate after the death of his grandmother Elizabeth Merrill, with two provisions: "if ye sd Jno. Swett die without lawfull heires begotten of his owne body ye sd land is to returne unto ye next heire" and "Alsoe my will is yt my grand child Jno. Swett shall pay unto his two brothers and two sisters tenn pound apeice in one yeare after my wifes decease in case ye children bee of age." [Essex County Probate Files, Docket 18,267] His two brothers and two sisters were the other four children of Stephen Swett and Hannah Merrill: Hannah 1651, Stephen 1653, Elizabeth 1655, and Joseph 1657.

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