Nathan Merrill

Marriner Wood Merrill was born in Sackville, New Brunswick, the tenth of thirteen children born to Sarah Ann Reynolds and Nathan Merrill.

Biography

MERRILL: Nathan [Alexander - SIC] Merrill born 25 Sep 1794 Sackville, NB, d. 16 May 1851, s/o Thomas Hazen Merrill and Hannah Ward [SIC - Sarah Ward] : m. 9 Feb 1814 Sarah Ann Reynolds b. 24 Apr 1792 at Sackville, d. 1 Feb 1876, d/o Joseph Reynolds and Hannah Reed: they settled at Sackville, Westmorland County:

Children:

• 1) Abigail Elizabeth Hazen Merrill b. 22 Nov 1815, d 14 Aug 1872, m. 16 May 1833 Horatio Nelson Bulmer:
• 2) Mary Ann Merrill b. c1816:
• 3) Rebecca Lewis Merrill b. 1 Jun 1817, d. 30 May 1885, married Stephen Banfred Atkinson:
• 4) Levina Merrill born 4 Mar 1819, d. 18 Oct 1877, m. 1840 George Nelson Bulmer:
• 5) Joseph Reunals Merrill b. 4 Dec 1820, d. 21 Jul 1886, m. Matilda Teed:
• 6) Lucy Ann Merrill b. 13 Mar 1823, d. 18 Dec 1898, m. John Richardson: +
• 7) Ruth Crane Merrill b. 2 Feb 1825, d. 21 Jul 1881, m. 1846 Rufus Smith Bulmer:
• 8) Celia Merrill b. 9 Nov 1826, d. 2 Aug 1829:
• 9) Thomas Hazen Merrill b. 28 Aug 1828, d. 29 Aug 1884, married Mary Daisley:
• 10) Edward Bulmer Merrill b. 27 Sep 1830, d. 1852 at Panama:
• 11) Mariner Wood Merrill b. 25 Sep 1832, d. 6 Feb 1906 in Utah, m. 11 Nov 1853 in Utah Sarah Ann Atkinson:
• 12) Alford Dixon Merrill born 11 Aug 1834, d. late 1890’s in NS, m. Isabelle Estabrooks:
• 13) Bedford Merrill b. 6 Oct 1836, d. 22 Oct 1836:
• 14) Rhoda Snell Merrill born 26 May 1838, died in Apr 1922, m. Alexander McQuarrie.

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Note his mother was Hannah Read b.1858. (??) (seen as Sarah Ward: https://archive.org/details/utahpioneerapost00merr/page/19/mode/1up

No source seen for middle name Alexander.

References

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marriner_W._Merrill
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/60984810/nathan-alexander-merrill
• Mariner Wood Merrill & Family by Melvin Clarence Merrill (1937) page 18 Archive.Org
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Merrill-2372
  • Sources: MC1/Merrill, 100 pages: the file contains copies of Merrill Family Bulletin: see also MC80/1149 Robert A. Jones’ Thomas and Nathan Merrill early settlers of Cumberland Township, Nova Scotia, pages 21-26: see also MC80/2080 Helen M. Petchey’s John Francis Teed: Dorchester’s master-builder, see in appendix under heading, “Merrill”.