John Merrill

1599 - 1673  (~ 74 years)

• Name	John Merrill
  Christened	16 Aug 1599	Wherstead, Suffolk, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Land	1636	Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts   [1]
  John Merrill was granted land in 1636 in Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts. He surrendered the land upon his removal to Newbury.
  History	1638	Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts   [1, 2]
  John Merrill was admitted as a freeholder.
  Freeman	13 May 1640	Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts   [1, 2, 3]
  Office Held	1665	Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts   [1]
  He was elected a Selectman.
  Office Held	1668	Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts   [1]
  He was appointed the Surveyor of Highways.
  Religion	1670	Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts   [1, 3]
  John Merrill joined the Newbury Church.
  Will	8 Sep 1670	Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts   [3]
  Inventory	Sep 1673	Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts   [1]
  John's estate was inventoried and valued at £379 12/.
  Died	12 Sep 1673	Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Probate/Proved	30 Sep 1673	Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts   [1, 3]
  Person ID	I1267	Roy Family Genealogy | Roy Line, Boudreau Line
  Last Modified	14 Oct 2018

  
  

  Father	Nathaniel Merrill,   bur. 17 Mar 1626/27, Wherstead, Suffolk, England
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Mary Blacksoll,   bur. 1 May 1624, Wherstead, Suffolk, England
  Relationship	Birth
  Married	27 Feb 1592/93	Belstead, Suffolk, England   [1]
  Family ID	F1153	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth,   b. England ,   d. 14 Jul 1682, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts
  Married	Yes, date unknown  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Children	+ 1. Hannah Merrill,   b. 1622, England ,   d. 4 Apr 1662, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts  (Age 40 years)  [Birth]
  Last Modified	14 Oct 2018
  Family ID	F1151	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Christened - 16 Aug 1599 - Wherstead, Suffolk, England Land - John Merrill was granted land in 1636 in Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts. He surrendered the land upon his removal to Newbury. - 1636 - Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts History - John Merrill was admitted as a freeholder. - 1638 - Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Freeman - 13 May 1640 - Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Office Held - He was elected a Selectman. - 1665 - Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Office Held - He was appointed the Surveyor of Highways. - 1668 - Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Religion - John Merrill joined the Newbury Church. - 1670 - Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Will - 8 Sep 1670 - Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Inventory - John's estate was inventoried and valued at £379 12/. - Sep 1673 - Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Died - 12 Sep 1673 - Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Probate/Proved - 30 Sep 1673 - Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts  = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [S809] Merrill, Samuel. A Merrill Memorial, An Account of the Descendants of Nathaniel Merrill, An Early Settler of Newbury, Massachusetts, (Cambridge, Massachusetts: by author, 1928). [S72] Pope, Charles Henry. The Pioneers of Massachusetts 1900, (Boston: Charles H. Pope, 1900). [S621] Hoyt, David W. The Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury, Massachusetts, with some Related Families of Newbury, Haverhill, Ipswich, and Hampton volume I, Reprint 1897, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1982). [S638] Coffin, Joshua. A Sketch of the History of Newbury, Newburyport and West Newbury, 1845 Reprint, (Hampton, New Hampshire: Peter E. Randall, 1977).