Susanna MERRILL

Susanna married Benjamin MORSE on 28 Jan 1691/2. Benjamin (son of Deacon Benjamin MORSE and Ruth SAWYER) was born on 24 Aug 1668 in Newbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts ; died on 25 Oct 1743. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Abel MORSE was born on 05 Oct 1692 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 20 Apr 1763 in Chester, Rockingham Co., New Hampshire.
2. Ruth MORSE was born on 25 Sep 1694 in Haverhill, Massachusetts; died before 1733.
3. Priscilla MORSE was born on 22 Apr 1697 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 29 May 1735 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Death: Abt 1688

Notes:

Excerpt from "A Merrill Memorial Vol. 1": Abel Merrill was the youngest in the second generation of Newbury Merrills, and dying at forty-five years of age, his ws the shortest life. His descendants, however, are more numerous, and more widely scatteres, than those of most of his brother. At the doath of his father he was only eleven years of age. In 1668 he took the "Oath of ffidelitie" to the government, and in September, 1678, he took the oath of allegiance, his age being then recorded as thirty-two years, although it would appear that he was at that time two years older.
In 1682 a Baptist church ws formed in Newbury, and Abel Merrill was one of the original members. Under the name of "
Abil Merell" he appears to have been a soldier in the company of Capt. Thomas Noyes in 1688.
The tax list of 1688 shows that Abel Merrill was in that year assessed on one house, five acres of "Plow Lands" in Newbury, one horse, five cows, six young cattle, ten sheep and four swine. At his death he was an owner of land in Haverhill, his interest being appraised at oe35. This was no doubt his undivided share in land which he and his brother Daniel purchases in 1673 and 1674. He died intestate.

Abel married Priscilla CHASE on 10 Feb 1670/1 in Newbury, Essex Co., Mass.. Priscilla (daughter of Aquila CHASE and Anne WHEELER) was born between 14 Mar 1648 and 1649 in Newbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Will: Between 08 Mar 1654 and 1655

Notes:

Excerpt from "A Merrill Memorial vol. 1": Nathaniel Merrill was one of the earliest settlers of Newbury, Mass., in 1635. He was the ancestor of a vast majority of those who now bear the Merrill name in this country: it is believed, indeed, that less than one percent of the Merrills in America cantrace their pedigree to any other emigrant ancestor.
Nathaniel Merrill and his older brother John were born in England. The registers of Wherstead, a parish lying three miles south of Ipswich, in Suffolk County, England, contain the following entries:

1599, Aug. 16 John Merrell son of Nath??Merrell & Mary his wife was baptised.
1601, May 4, Nathanaell Merrell son of Nath?? Merrell & Mary his wife was baptised.

Nathaniel Merrill and his brother John settled in Newbury in the Spring of 1635, having passed a year or two at Ipswich, Mass., (then called Agawam) with most of the Newbury settlers. In 1638 Nathaniel became one of the "proprietors" of Newbury

Nathaniel married Susanna JORDON. Susanna died between 15 Jan 1672 and 1673. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: 1674; Member Newbury Church

Other Events and Attributes:

• Will: 10 Dec 1670

Notes:

Excerpt from "A Merrill Memorial Vol. 1": Priscilla Chase was a daughter of Aquila Chase, who had come from Cornwall, England, and settled in Hampton, New Hampshire, about 1639. Aquila Chase possessed some skill as a mariner, and for this reason he ws induced by the inhabitants of Newbury, by a grant of land, to join the settlement at the mouth of the Merrimack in 1646. This grant was made "on condition that he do goe to sea and do service in the towne with a boate for four years." His service was probably confined to short coastwise and fishing cruises. Through ten of his eleven children, who grew up and married, Aquila Chase is ancestor of a very numerous family.

Aquila married Anne WHEELER. Anne (daughter of Lieut. John WHEELER and Agnes YEOMAN) was born in 1621 in Salisbury, England; died on 21 Apr 1687 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]