Rev Nathaniel Jewett Merrill

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Rev Nathaniel Jewett Merrill

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Lyman, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States
Death: circa August 14, 1912 (90-98)
Wilbraham, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States
Place of Burial: Wilbraham, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Rev Joseph Annis Merrill, Rev and Hannah Merrill
Husband of Rosina Merrill and Georgiana Merrill
Father of Rose Philips Welch; Annis Pinkham Merrill; Nathaniel Pinkham Merrill; Georgiana Pinkham Merrill; Amos Binney Merrill and 1 other
Brother of Reverend John Wesley Merrill; Esq Annis Merrill; Joseph Merrill; Esq Amos Binny Merrill; Rev David Kilburn Merrill and 4 others

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About Rev Nathaniel Jewett Merrill

Our g-grandfather served as a Methodist minister at both the Wilbraham and Monson Methodist Churches. Methodist minsters were 'circuit' ministers at that time in history. Moving from church to church. We did manage to find records of him serving at a parish out towards Boston at one point as well. Parents: Joseph Annis Merrill & Hannah Jewett Merrill

Rev. Nathaniel Jewett Merrill.

A graduate of Wesleyan Academy in 1837. In 1838 he became a faculty member of the Lousiana State College at Jackson, LA. He remained in the south until 1841 having started the Merrill Academy in New Orleans with his brother Amos Binney Merrill.

In 1839 he married his first wife, Miss Rose Phillips of New Orleans, who lived only a year. Shortly after her death he returned to New England where he studied at the Old Concord Theological Seminary. He graduated in 1843 and soon after joined the New England Conference (Methodist), remaining a member until his death.

Rev. Nathaniel Jewett Merrill married Georgianna Pinkham in 1843. They had six children. Rose Philips (Merrill) Welch, Amos Binney, Annis Pinkham, Nathaniel Pinkham, Georgiana Pinkham (Merrill) Sigsbee, and Caroline "Carrie" Augusta (Merrill) Delabarre.

Rev. Merrill pastored many churches throughout Massachusetts until 1803.

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Rev Nathaniel Jewett Merrill's Timeline

1817
August 25, 1817
Lyman, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States
1844
March 15, 1844
Charlton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States
1848
April 29, 1848
Greenfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts, United States
1850
August 8, 1850
1852
August 30, 1852
Waltham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
1854
September 6, 1854
Spencer, Worcester, MA, United States
1860
November 14, 1860
Greenfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States
1912
August 14, 1912
Age 94
Wilbraham, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States