Abel MERRILL b. 20 Feb 1643/44 Newbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts d. 28 Oct 1689: Darlene's Family Genealogy

1644 - 1689 (45 years)

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Name	Abel MERRILL [1, 2, 3]
Birth	20 Feb 1643/44	Newbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts [1, 2]
Gender	Male
Death	Abt 1688 [2]
Death	28 Oct 1689 [2]
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.
Person ID	I39392	Main Tree
Last Modified	2 Sep 2012

Father	Nathaniel MERRILL, b. 04 May 1601, Wherstead Parish, Suffolk County, England d. Between 16 Mar 1654 and 1655 (Age 52 years)
Mother	Susanna JORDON d. Between 15 Jan 1672 and 1673
Family ID	F07298	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Priscilla CHASE, b. Between 14 Mar 1648 and 1649, Newbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts

Marriage 10 Feb 1670/1 Newbury, Essex Co., Mass. [1, 3]

Children

	1. Abel MERRILL, b. 28 Dec 1671, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA d. 06 Feb 1759, West Newbury, Massachusetts (Age 87 years) [Birth]
	2. Susanna MERRILL, b. 14 Nov 1673, Newbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts
	3. Nathan MERRILL, b. 03 Apr 1676, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA d. 1742 (Age 65 years) [Natural]
	4. Thomas MERRILL, b. 01 Jan 1678/9, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA d. 18 Sep 1756, South Hampton, New Hampshire (Age 77 years) [Birth]
	5. Joseph MERRILL, b. 12 Jul 1681, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA d. 20 Sep 1747, Stratham, New Hampshire (Age 66 years) [Natural]
	6. Nathaniel MERRILL, b. 06 Feb 1683/84, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA d. 22 Feb 1742/43 (Age 59 years) [Birth]
	7. Priscilla MERRILL, b. 13 Jul 1686, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA d. 31 May 1767, Falmouth, Maine (Age 80 years) [Birth]
	8. James MERRILL, b. 27 Jan 1688/9, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA d. 16 Mar 1757, Falmouth, Maine (Age 68 years) [Birth]

Family ID F07306 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 9 Jul 2021

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[S02871] Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury Massachusetts, Vol. 1.
[S01657] A Merrill Memorial Volume 1 by Samuel Merrill.
[S00074] John Carroll Chase & George Walter Chamberlain, "Seven Generations of the Descendants of Aquila and Thomas Chase", (Name: Name: Derry, New Hampshire, 1928;;).