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6. i. JACOB, b. Sept. 13, 1763.
7. ii. ENOCH, b. Oct. 18, 1764.
iii. ELIZABETH, b. April 15, 1766. m. Cutting Cook (see).
iv. SARAH, b. Oct. 16, 1767. m. Ephraim Cook (see).
v. MARY, twin, b. Oct. 16, 1767. m. Sept. 13, 1790, Samuel Farley.
8. vi. SAMUEL, b. Oct. 5, 1769.
vii. HANNAII, b. Jan. 31, 1771. m. March 31, 1796, James Pingrey.
viii. JANE, b. May 5, 1772. m. Henry Cummings (see).
ix. MOSES, b. April 5, 1773. m. Mehitable Otis and lived in Campton. Nine children.
. x. GILES, July 6, 1776.
xi. DANIEL, d. in childhood.
xii. ABIGAIL, b. March 16, 1780. m. August 20, 1801, Ancil Annable, of Campton. She d. Feb. 22, 1851.
10. xiii. EZEKIEL, b. Oct. 7, 1782.
6. JACOB MERRILL, son of Jacob 5, b. Sept. 13, 1763, was a carpen- ter and one of the builders of the old meeting-house on Ward Hill. In his time nearly every man was a farmer even if he had other employment. His farm was a part of the paternal acres. He m. March 25, 1790, Mary Bean, dau. of Elisha Bean (see). She d. Sept. 21, 1813. He m. second, Nov. 28, 1815, Sarah (Hobart) Wyatt, widow of John Rogers Wyatt, and dau. of Peter Hobart (see). He d. April 18, 1841.
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11. i. JACOB, b. March 29, 1791.
ii. MARY, b. July 15, 1793. m. John Dearborn (see).
iii. SARAII, b. Nov. 23, 1795. m. Amasa Hawkins, of Centre Harbor. Their only child (1) Sarah Ann, b. June 1, 1821. m. Oliver Spalding (see).
iv. RELIEF, b. Nov. 30, 1797. m. Jacob Cook (see).
12. v. DAVID, b. April 10, 1801.
vi. Lucy, b. March 27, 1803.
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vii. MIRIAM, b. April 23, 1805. m. - Brown, of Centre Harbor. Res. Ripton, Vt., and Middlebury, Vt.
13. viii. ISAAC MILTON, b. May 19, 1807.
ix. DANIEL, b. August 8, 1816. d. Dec. 3, 1816.
14. x. LEMUEL, b. Feb. 22, 1818.
7. ENOCH MERRILL, son of Jacob 5, b. Oct. 18, 1764. m. Oct. 12 1786, Sarah Wells, dau. of Winthrop Wells (see). He removed from Plymouth to Campton, 1791, where he d. August 18, 1841. She d. July 24, 1839.
15. i. ENOCH, b. Nov. 23, 1786.
ii. DANIEL, b. June 9, 1788. m. Elizabeth G. Lovejoy. Mass.
Res. Boston,
16. iii. WINTHROP, b. April 3, 1790.
iv. SARAH, b. August 18, 1792. m. Elisha T. Bowman, Portland, Me.
v. BENJAMIN, b. April 18, 1794. unm.
vi. INFANT, b. May 3, 1796. d. young.
vii. HANNAH, b. Oct. 24, 1797. m. Daniel Gould (see).
viii. HARDY, b. Oct. 10, 1799. d. young.
ix. MOODY, b. Nov. 24, 1801. unm.
17. x. GILMAN, b. May 13, 1803.
18. xi. HARDY, b. July 5, 1805.
8. SAMUEL MERRILL, son of Jacob 5, b. Oct. 5, 1769. m. April 5, 1794, Abigail Chase, b. Concord, August 12, 1774, dau. . of Caleb and Joanna Chase. About 1795 he removed to Campton. Subsequently he lived in Hanover and in Sharon, Vt. He d. in Sharon, Vt., Jan. 28, 1843. His wife d. in Campton, August 3, 1817. Fourteen children.
i. ABIGAIL, b. May 11, 1795. d. May 13, 1795.
ii. BETSEY, b. June 10, 1796. unm. d. Feb. 13, 1864.
iii. NANCY, b. Jan. 22, 1798. unm. d. Feb. 7, 1830.
iv. WASHINGTON, b. Dec. 24, 1799. d. 1816.
v. CHARLOTTE, b. Sept. 10, 1801. m. Nov. 23, 1831, Horace Pixley, of Sharon, Vt., where she d. April 1, 1844.
vi. SUSANNA, b. Jan. 4, 1803. d. Jan. 5, 1803.
vii. PAULINA, b. April 15, 1804. m. Porter Storey, of Kirby, Vt. m. second, Caleb Parker, of St. Johnsbury, Vt. She d. May 28, 1875.
viii. SAMUEL, b. Nov. 11, 1805. m. Lucy Greeley, of Hanover. m. second, Ellen Smith, of Norwich, Vt. He d. March 14, 1885.
ix. MOSES, b. July 10, 1807. m. Mary Ward, of Syracuse, N. Y. He changed his name to Moses Chase. He lived in Aurora, Ill.
X. JACOB, b. March 8, 1809. m. Maria Freeman, of Sharon, Vt. He d. June 26, 1850.
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xi. MARY, b. Feb. 14, 1811. m. James Parker, of Sharon, Vt. She d. April 4, 1878.
xii. CALEB, b. March 25, 1813. d. Jan. 25, 1814.
xiii. EMILY WILD, b. August 16, 1815. m. Joseph Newton, of Lowell, Mass. She d. Feb. 13, 1900.
xiv. DIANTHA ABIGAIL, b. July 29, 1817. m. March 7, 1844, Harrison Gilman, a native of Tunbridge, Vt. Res. in Sharon, Vt., where he d. Jan. 11, 1858. Mrs. Gilman is living in Lebanon. She and Jacob Osborne, son of Giles, are the only surviving grand- children of Jacob 5.
9. GILES MERRILL, son of Jacob5, b. July 6, 1776. m. April 1, 1802, Judith Cook, dau. of Lieut. Moody Cook, of Campton. He was a farmer and a wheelwright, an honest man and a valued citizen, and a supporter of worthy objects. He removed, 1805, to Rumney, where he d. Feb. 21, 1851. Judith, his wife, d. June 14, 1814. He m. second, Mehitable Elliot, dau. of Ezekiel Elliot, of Thornton.
i. GILES, b. Plymouth, Nov. 20, 1802. m. 1836, Ruth B. Page, of Wentworth. She d. 1848. m. second, Betsey Lake, who d. Jan. 16, 1858. He lived in Rumney. His son, Samuel Eames Merrill, res. Campton.
ii. JUDITH, b. June 23, 1817. m. William G. Cook (see). She d. Dec. 10, 1884.
19. iii. EZEKIEL ELLIOT, b. Rumney, Oct. 7, 1819.
iv. JACOB OSBORNE, b. Rumney, Sept. 5, 1822. m. August 27, 1851, Lydia Bartlett Morrison, dau. of Ebenezer and Eliza (Bartlett) Morrison and grand-dau. of Dea. Ebenezer Bartlett (see). She d. Jan. 1, 1891. He is a successful merchant and manufacturer. Res. Chelsea, Mass. Four children : (1) Adaline Eliza, b. April 11, 1853. m. Hiram H. Henry. (2) Judith Eveline, b. April 6, 1856. Wellesley College. m. Rev. Joseph P. White, South Killingly, Conn. (3) Emma, b. June 21, 1858. d. young. (4) Eben Giles, b. April 7, 1863. Massachusetts Institute Technology. d. in Nebraska.
v. GEORGE WASHINGTON. d. young.
10. EZEKIEL MERRILL, son of Jacob 5, b. Oct. 7, 1782. Was a car- penter and wheelwright of Plymouth. In 1807 he removed to Rumney, where he had a grist mill, but he returned to Plymouth, 1813, where he res. until 1862, when he removed to Hill, where he d. July 28, 1879. He m. August 1, 1804, Jane Bradbury, b. March 11, 1782, dau. of Ephraim and Molly Bradbury, of Moultonboro. She d. Dec. 22, 1817. He m. second, March 18, 1818, Mary Pervier, of Andover, b. Jan. 25, 1789. d. Oct. 13, 1859. Eight children by first and six by second marriage.
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i. EZEKIEL, b. June 24, 1805. m. 1828, Hannah Choate Poole. She d. 1858. He d. April 25, 1868.
ii. CHARLES, b. August 2, 1806. d. March 10, 1810.
iii. WILSON, b. April 24, 1807. d. Jan. 16, 1808.
iv. JANE, b. May 3, 1809. m. Jeremiah Green.
V. JABEZ BRADBURY, b. Feb. 7, 1811. m. Anne Cullom, who d. July 14, 1847. m. second, Mary Sarah- He d. June 14, 1855. vi. SABRINA, b. Nov. 16, 1812. d. June 19, 1828.
vii. JOSEPH WELD, b. May 11, 1814. m. Mehitable Melville. m. sec- ond, Hannah Melville. Lived in Somerville, Mass. d. March 26,1897.
20. viii. ISMENIA SIMONDS, b. Dec. 23, 1816. m. Horace P. Eaton.
ix. BENJAMIN PERVIER, b. March 10, 1819.
x. ELBRIDGE GILMAN, b. Feb. 23, 1821. d. Oct. 2, 1828, killed by being run over by a cart.
21. xi. ARTHUR LIVERMORE, b. March 3, 1823.
xii. EZRA WILMARTH, b. Feb. 9, 1825. Lived in Philadelphia, Pa.
xiii. MARY ANN, b. Sept. 26, 1826. m. Jan. 28, 1849, Richard Barker, a carpenter and builder, of Worcester, Mass., and superintendent Worcester and Shrewsbury Narrow Gauge R.R. Three children :
(1) Walter Clifford, b. Jan. 11, 1856. d. Dec. 7, 1857. (2) Hattie Adaline, b. July 4, 1859. (3) Arthur Herbert, b. August 19, 1861. xiv. SABRINA, b. Sept. 28, 1829. d. April 10, 1832.
11. JACOB MERRILL, son of Jacob 6, b. March 29, 1791. Lived in Plymouth and in Holderness. He was a repairer of clocks and watches. Selectman, 1867-1868. He m. Oct. 13, 1814, Anna Dear- born, dau. of Michael Dearborn (see). He d. July 27, 1869. She d. August 25, 1853.
i. DANIEL COOK, b. Jan. 22, 1815. d. Feb. 6, 1819.
22. ii. HIRAM, b. March 25, 1817.
iii. EMILY, b. April 23, 1819. unm. d. April 20, 1901.
iv. CYNTHIA, b. Oct. 4, 1821. unm. d. Oct. 10, 1884.
v. HARRIET ATWOOD, b. Feb. 17, 1824. unm. d. August 18, 1863.
vi. NANCY DEARBORN, b. Jan. 15, 1826. m. Dec. 25, 1849, Edmund Kimball Cox, b. March 21, 1825. She d. in Littleton, Jan. 2, 1875.
vii. HENRY MILNER, b. Oct. 7, 1829. d. May 11, 1832.
viii. HENRY MILNER, b. May 30, 1832. d. Oct. 29, 1896.
ix. MARY ANN DEARBORN, b. Oct. 18, 1835. d. July 28, 1852.
12. DAVID MERRILL, son of Jacob 6, b. April 10, 1801. Owned a sawinill on the highway leading to Beech Hill, with a house near by. Subsequently he occupied the Hawkins house. He played the bass viol in the church. He m. Nov. 11, 1824, Clarissa Wyatt, dau. of John Wyatt (see). He d. Feb. 26, 1866. She d. April 2, 1872.
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i. ALVAR MCQUESTEN, b. April 16, 1825. m. Jan. 6, 1853, Martha A. Parker. He is a carpenter and farmer. Res. Fitzwilliam.
ii. SYLVESTER, b. Feb. 26, 1827. unm. d. Plymouth, Sept. 12, 1851.
iii. DAVID, b. Nov. 13, 1828. d. Dec. 16, 1848.
iv. HOBART, b. Feb. 20, 1830. unm. d. Plymouth, Jan. 2, 1854.
v. RALPH METCALF, b. April 20, 1832. m. Amanda Moulton. He was a carpenter of Laconia, where he d. August 3, 1888.
vi. ELIZA ANN LITTLE, b. Dec. 14, 1834. d. Plymouth, Nov. 28, 1855.
24. vii. MARTIN, b. April 20, 1836.
viii. AMANDA GEORGE, b. April 12, 1838. m. Feb. 20, 1864, Joseph B. York (see).
ix. ROCKWOOD GIDDINGS, b. Nov. 16, 1840. m. Annie A. Huckins, dau. of Joseph and Almira ( Prescott) Huckins (see). He was principal musician Co. B, 15th N. HI. Infantry ; mustered out with the regiment, and d. in Bridgewater, August 25, 1863. She m. second, Walter D. Blaisdell (see).
X. LUCRETIA, b. April 7, 1844. m. March 6, 1867, Cortez C. Hawkins (see).
13. ISAAC MILTON MERRILL, son of Jacob 6, b. May 19, 1807. Was a carpenter of Plymouth. m. March 30, 1828, Abigail Hobart, dau. of David Hobart (see). She d. May 9, 1841. He m. second, Esther Shepard, of Holderness. He d. Oct. 12, 1882. She d. March 27, 1879.
i. ABIGAIL, b. July 24, 1829. m. William Carver, of Plymouth, Mass.
ii. LAVINIA E., b. April 27, 1831. d. May 20, 1831.
iii. PETER H., b. April 9, 1833. d. Plymouth, Feb. 27, 1859.
iv. JOHN M., b. Nov. 14, 1835. IIas been employed many years in armory at Springfield, Mass. Now Bridgeport, Conn.
v. AMANDA EDMUNDS, b. April 15, 1839. in. Dec. 25, 1862, Andrew Bartlett. m. second, Sept. 24, 1877, Francis H. King. Res. Roxbury, Mass.
vi. SON. d. young.
14. LEMUEL MERRILL, son of Jacob 6, b. Feb. 22, 1818. m. August 26, 1839, Abra B. Merrill, dau. of Enoch Merrill (see). He lived on a part of the ancestral farm where John E. Merrill now res. He d. Dec. 10, 1855. She m. second, 1859, Gilman Sanborn, b. April 5, 1816, son of Joseph and Sally (Pearson) Sanborn. He lived in Alexandria and Bristol. She d. in Bristol, April 30, 1866.
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i. OSCAR F., b. 1840. Removed to the West.
ii. LEVI, b. 1842.
iii. ANGELINE, b. 1844. m. Calvin A. Lewis (see).
iv. SIMEON, b. 1848. unm.
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15. ENOCH MERRILL, son of Enoch 7, b. Nov. 23, 1786. m. Sally Holmes, who d. May 18, 1876. He was a farmer of Campton, where he d. Nov. 5, 1849. Ten children.
i. RAWSON, b. Dec. 11, 1813. He was a janitor of the court house in Boston many years. He m. May 27, 1847, Sarah A. Hidden, of Boston. He d. May 12, 1860. She d. Dec. 12, 1889. One child : (1) Fanny.
ii. IRA, b. June 11, 1815. m. Sarah Kimball. He was a machinist, and res. in Springfield, Mass. He d. Jan. 16, 1903.
iii. ELMIRA, b. Nov. 17, 1817. unm. Lived in Beverly, Mass.
iv. WILLIAM, b. Dec. 5, 1819, was a carpenter, and lived in Newbury- port, Mass. IIe served three years in 46th Mass. Volunteers. He removed, 1901, to Lawrence, Mass. He m. Dec. 25, 1852, Edna Stanwood. Ile d. Feb. 20, 1904.
v. ABRA, b. Nov. 17, 1821. m. Lemuel Merrill (see). m. second, Gil- man Sanborn, son of Joseph and Sally (Pearson) Sanborn, of Bristol. She d. April 30, 1866.
vi. POLLY BLODGETT, b. April 17, 1825. m. Jan. 1, 1845, Francis M. Cook. They lived in Salem and in Beverly, Mass. Ile d. Jan. 26, 1896. Five children.
vii. DAVID, b. May 26, 1828. Was a farmer of Campton, where he d. July 1, 1864. unm.
25. viii. WALTER RUSSELL, b. March 26, 1831.
ix. JAMES FREEMAN, b. Jan. 16, 1834. m. July 16, 1862, Harriet Ann Worthen, b. Feb. 13, 1839, dau. of Jacob Shepard and Mary B. (Mason) Worthen, of Holderness. 15th N. HI. Infantry. He is a farmer of Campton. One child : (1) Mary Luella, b. Feb. 29, 1868.
X. ANN MARIA, b. April 19, 1838. unm. Res. in Plymouth.
16. WINTHROP MERRILL, son of Enoch 7, b. April 3, 1790, was a shoemaker and farmer. He lived in Campton, where his children were born and where he d. April 1, 1865. He m. March 23, 1815, Martha Noyes, dau. of Crisp Bradbury Noyes (see). She d. in Rox- bury, Mass., May 28, 1876.
i. CAROLINE, b. April 10, 1815. m. 1836, Edwin Page, of Boston, Mass. She d. 1881. Three children.
ii. HARRIET, b. March 9, 1817. m. 1850, Ralph Hosford. She d. March 13, 1902. Four children.
iii. GEORGE, b. Feb. 22, 1819. d. Sept. 25, 1820.
iv. GEORGE WHITFIELD, b. June 8, 1821. m. Jan., 1846, Sarah A. Leighton. m. second, Mary S. Leighton. m. third, Betsey Em- mons. He lives in Natick, Mass. Seven children.
v. ELIZA, b. March 7, 1823. d. Sept. 1, 1824.
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vi. ELIZA, b. March 14, 1825. m. 1843, Eben Macfarland, of Newton, Mass. Three children.
vii. JEREMIAH NOYES, b. April 11, 1827. m. 1854, Martha Maria Bur- gess, dau. of William G. and Deborah Burgess. He d. in Boston, Mass., Dec. 9, 1854. She m. second, Moody Merrill (see).
viii. JONATHAN GLINES, b. June 21, 1829. m. 1852, Mary Elizabeth White. He d. Wollaston, Mass., June 24, 1893. One child.
ix. CHARLES, b. May 3, 1831. m. 1859, Alwilda Palmer. He d. New Orleans, La., Jan, 9, 1874. Two children.
X. MARTHA ANN, b. July 2, 1833. m. 1854, Hilton P. Langley. She d. Boston, Mass., May 14, 1860. Two children.
xi. MOODY, b. June 27, 1836. Was a prominent lawyer of Boston, Mass., and engaged in substantial public and business enterprises. Repre- sentative, 1869-1871; senator, 1873-1874; presidential elector, 1880. He d. at Silver City, New Mexico, Dec. 24, 1903. He m. May 10, 1860, Martha Maria (Burgess) Merrill, dau. of William G. and Deborah (White) Burgess, and widow of Jeremiah Noyes Merrill (see). She d. June 8, 1892. (1) Winthrop Minot, b. July 20, 1863. Boston Latin School, 1877; Ilighland Military Academy, 1880; Harvard Law School, 1881. m. at San Francisco, Cal., Nov. 15, 1886, Esther Ciprico. He is president of the Rocking- ham Brick Company, with office in Boston, Mass. ; president of Silver Valley Water Works, of Silver City, New Mexico, and gen- eral manager of Silver City Water and Electric Company. Mem- ber of School Committee, lieutenant colonel, staff of Gov. Douglas. Res. Boston, Mass.
xii. ALBERT, b. June 5, 1838. m. Caroline A. Crowell. He d. Boston, Mass., June 20, 1898. Two children.
xiii. EDGAR, b. March 9, 1841. m. May 11, 1870, Abbie Jane Sanborn. b. Oct. 9, 1847. dau. of Thomas P. Sanborn. She d. March 6, 1876. Hle m. second, Nov. 29, 1882, Dora Ann Brown, b. Jan. 31, 1847, dau. of Abraham Brown (see). He has res. in Plymouth, 1865-1870, and continuously since 1879. He is a farmer near the line of Campton. Two children. (1) Herbert Marcellus, b. Sept. 13, 1871. Plymouth High School, 1888. (2) Martha Elizabeth, b. Oct. 14, 1873. m. Feb. 14, 1899, Weldon Palmer Shute. Res. Plymouth.
xiv. HENRIETTA, b. Feb. 6, 1843. m. June 16, 1870, James Sheldon Barrows, of Roxbury, Mass. He d. July 18, 1904.
17. GILMAN MERRILL, son of Enoch 7, b. May 13, 1803, lived in Campton a few years, removing to Plymouth, 1834. He d. about 1880. He m. Jan., 1834, Nancy E. Stevens, dau. of Samuel Stevens (see).
i. CATHERINE, b. 1837.
ii. SARAH, b. 1845.
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18. HARDY MERRILL, son of Enoch 7, b. July 5, 1805, was a farmer of Campton, owning a part of the farm of the pioneer Jacob5. He m. Feb. 14, 1830, Elmira Noyes, dau. of Chris B. Noyes (see). She d. March 16, 1892.
i. HENRY, b. Dec. 12, 1830. unm. Served in 5th N. Y. Infantry and United States Artillery as musician. He d. Campton, July 11, 1888.
ii. ALFRED, b. July 5, 1833. d. Jan. 4, 1857.
iii. SARAH MARIA, b. June 8, 1836. m. Sept. 11, 1855, Almon H. Cook, son of Col. Moody Cook, and grandson of Lieut. Moody Cook (see). He was an intelligent farmer of Campton, where he d. May 1, 1901.
iv. MARY ELIZABETH, b. April 16, 1838. m. Joseph Pulsifer Stickney.
v. EDWARD PAYSON, b. Dec. 16, 1839. d. Nov. 11, 1862.
vi. NATHAN LYMAN, b. Feb. 16, 1842. 12th N. II. Infantry. m. Emeline Worthen, dau. of Bartlett Worthen. He d. August 29, 1872.
vii. BENJAMIN NOYES, b. March 24, 1844. With a desire to prepare for the ministry, he entered college, and d. an under-graduate, August 5, 1874.
viii. GEORGE FREDERICK, b. May 18, 1846. Pursued study of the law in office of Leverett & Blair. He d. Plaquemine, La., April 6, 1874.
ix. ELMIRA JENNIE, b. Nov. 10, 1848. d. Oct. 20, 1853.
19. EZEKIEL ELLIOT MERRILL, son of Giles 9, b. Oct. 7, 1819. Lived in Rumney until 1861, when he removed to Plymouth, and engaged in the manufacture of lumber several years. Later he was a farmer on the farm now of his son. He m. Dec. 28, 1848, Mary Cook, dau. of John Cook, of Campton. He d. March 6, 1900.
i. JOHN ELLIOT, b. Rumney, Sept. 22, 1849. A farmer in Plymouth. m. May 19, 1898, Susan Emma Ellison, dau. of John H. Ellison (see). (1) Elsie Emma, b. March 16, 1899.
20. BENJAMIN PERVIER MERRILL, son of Ezekiel 10, b. March 10, 1819. Was a dentist in Plymouth many years. He worked and practised with Caleb Wood in Plymouth, graduating in the meantime from Boston Dental College, 1872. He opened rooms in Russell building and pursued his business there many years. He was skilful, and familiar with the improvements of the times. He was a member of the official board of the Methodist Episcopal Church over forty years, and superintendent of the Sabbath school twelve years. He m. Nov. 14, 1844, Adaline Towle Johnson, dau. of Henry Johnson,
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of Wentworth. He d. Feb. 4, 1901. She d. April 25, 1902. Their two children d. in infancy.
21. ARTHUR LIVERMORE MERRILL, son of Ezekiel 10, b. March 3, 1823. m. July 2, 1846, Mary Elizabeth Quimby, b. Sanbornton, Sept. 29, 1825, dau. of Asahel and Mary (Abbot) Quimby. She d. Feb. 7. 1849. m. second, Dec. 26, 1849, Elizabeth Caroline Kelly, b. Rumney, May 19, 1826, dau. of Wiseman and Elizabeth (Hadley) Kelly. He was a wheelwright in Rumney, and after 1856, was twelve years em- ployed at the factory of the Abbot-Downing Company, in Concord. Subsequently he was a manufacturer of piano stools, mouldings, and cabinet wares. He d. in Concord, Nov. 5, 1875.
i. MARY LOUISA, b. Feb. 3, 1849. m. May 5, 1880, Sylvester Wheet, b. June 21, 1836, son of Joshua R. and Huldah K. Wheet.
ii. FRANK ARTHUR, b. Sept. 1, 1857, was educated in the public schools at Concord, and was a student at the Chandler School at Dart- mouth. He subsequently pursued a special course of study in civil engineering with Charles C. Lund, of Concord. He entered the employment of the Concord & Montreal Railroad, and now is assist- ant chief engineer of the Boston & Maine Railroad. He m. March 24, 1897, Grace Kimball Farnum, b. Concord, August 30, 1873, dau. of Andrew Scribner and Rebecca Kimball (Rowell) Farnum. (1) Rebecca Kimball, b. July 13, 1900.
iii. EDWARD EUGENE, b. Concord, Sept. 18, 1859. d. August 15, 1861.
22. HIRAM MERRILL, son of Jacob 11, b. March 25, 1817. Was a painter, res. in Holderness. He m. 1840, Nancy Jane Ellison, b. July 11, 1814, dau. of John Ellison, of Holderness. She d. Sept. 14, 1863. He m. second, Ellen F. (Brown) Hunt. He d. Feb. 4, 1895.
i. GEORGE HEBER, b. Dec. 21, 1841, a farmer of Holderness. He m. 1869, Mary (Griffin) Clifford. She d. April 24, 1884. (1) George I., b. 1870. (2) Gertrude Mabel, b. 1872. m. Lester E. Morri- son. Res. Concord. (3) Maud Florence, b. Sept. 15, 1877. m. Nov. 23, 1893, Smith Worthen. Res. Holderness. (4) Charles Edward, b. May 3, 1883. (5) Fred, b. 1886.
ii. HORACE GOODRICH. d. young.
iii. CHARLES WESLEY. d. young.
iv. ELLA JANE, b. Feb. 11, 1850.
v. HIRAM JUDSON, b. May 11, 1852. m. Lucy Chamberlain. Res. Holderness.
vi. EUGENE ELMER, b. Dec. 18, 1863. Res. Holderness.
23. ALVAH MCQUESTEN MERRILL, son of David 12, b. April 16, 1825. m. Jan. 6, 1853, Martha A. Parker, b. Nov. 15, 1831, dau. of
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Reuben and Mary (Vilas) Parker, of Concord, Vt. He was a carpenter, and res. many years in Woodstock, and after a residence in this town he removed, 1895, to Fitzwilliam. He d. August 5, 1902.
i. FRANK A., b. Sept. 7, 1854.
ii. KIRK EUGENE, b. Oct. 9, 1856. d. April 24, 1864.
iii. KATIE AMANDA, b. Sept. 10, 1859. m. May 11, 1880, Rev. Charles Eldridge Davis, Free Baptist, pastor East Randolph, Vt.
iv. ANNA MAY, b. Jan. 12, 1868. Plymouth High School, 1886. m. April 20, 1892, Chester Herbert Phillips, b. May 27, 1868, son of Winslow and Susan (Bent) Phillips, of Fitzwilliam.
24. MARTIN MERRILL, son of David 12, b. April 20, 1836. Res. in Plymouth. He was a carpenter and farmer. He m. Nov. 24, 1859, Emily Corliss, dau. of Gen. Cyrus Corliss (see).
i. DAUGHTER, b. April 8, 1865. d. April 9, 1865.
ii. RENA EMILY, b. June 26, 1866. State Normal School, 1885. m. George D. Harriman (see).
25. WALTER RUSSELL MERRILL, son of Enoch 15, b. Campton, March 26, 1831. He was a carpenter and lived in Plymouth. He enlisted on the quota of Plymouth in 6th N. H. Infantry, August 11, 1862. He was mortally wounded at Fredericksburg, Dec. 13, and d. Dec. 21, 1862. He m. March 24, 1859, Almira R. Corliss, dau. of Gen. Cyrus Corliss (see). She m. second, Richard K. Sawyer (see), and third, Charles O. McQuesten (see).
26. ABEL MERRILL, the fifth son of Nathaniel 1 and Susannah (Wilterton) Merrill, and brother of Daniel2, b. Newbury, Feb. 20, 1643/4. m. Feb. 10, 1670/1, Priscilla Chase, b. Newbury, March 14, 1648/9, dau. of Aquila and Anne (Wheeler) Chase. He lived in Newbury, where his eight children were born. He d. Oct. 29, 1689, when widow Priscilla was appointed administratrix.
27. DEA. ABEL MERRILL, son of Abel 26, b. Dec. 28, 1671. m. June 19, 1694, Abigail Stevens, b. Jan. 22, 1673/4, dau. of Dea. Thomas and Martha (Bartlett ) Stevens, of Amesbury. She d. May 24, 1757. He d. Feb. 6, 1759.
28. ABEL MERRILL, son of Dea. Abel 27, b. March 20, 1697/8. m. Dec. 12, Ruth Kelley, b. April 15, 1704, dau. of Jonathan and Esther (Morse) Kelley, of Newbury and Amesbury. She d. April 16, 1781. He d. Atkinson, Dec. 26, 1783. His son Nathaniel was the Rev. Nathaniel, of Boscawen.
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29. STEVENS MERRILL, son of Abel 28, b. June 10, 1731. m. 1751, (pub. Dec. 14) Sarah Chase, b. Newbury, Mass., March 13, 1731. He removed from Newbury, Mass., to Plaistow, and later to Warren, where his wife d. April 30, 1794. He m. second, Mary Noyes, who d. August 24, 1814. He d. 1804.
30. JOSEPH MERRILL, son of Stevens 29, b. Sept. 24, 1764. Lived in Warren. He m. Sarah Copp, b. Hampstead, March 25, 1767, dau. of Joshua and Sarah (Poor) Copp, of Hampstead 'and Warren. Their eleven children were b. in Warren. Late in life they removed to the home of their son in Plymouth. He d. March 29, 1839. She d. April 9, 1839.
31. STEVENS MERRILL, eldest son of Joseph 30, b. Warren, April 24, 1790. Removed to Plymouth, 1813. Hem. June 9, 1814, Mehit- able Worthley Wells, dau. of Col. Samuel Wells (see). He was an active, vigorous man and a gentleman of the old school. In 1829 he visited Mobile, Ala., seeking new markets for the lumber of the Pemigewasset valley, and for many years in Plymouth he was an im- portant factor in the lumber and other local interests. He was a deputy-sheriff and representative, 1829, but public affairs did not often invite his restless energies from his chosen business pursuits. After 1835 he was in Boston much of the time. In 1849 he went to Cali- fornia with his son Joseph, and five years later he settled in Burling- ton, Ia., where he d. June 28, 1863. His wife, a woman of strong and resolute mind, d. Jan. 10, 1886.
i. WILLIAM AUGUSTUS, b. May 14, 1815, settled in Alabama, where he m. 1836, Martha Merriweather.
ii. SAMUEL WELLS, b. Sept. 17, 1817, removed to Alabama to engage in teaching. Having conducted a school one day he fell sick and d. Sept. 16, 1838.
iii. CATHERINE WEBSTER, b. Feb. 22, 1819. m. Charles J. Russell (see).
32. iv. GEORGE ALFRED, b. Nov. 5, 1820.
v. STEVENS ANSON, b. May 7, 1822. d. Dec. 17, 1822.
vi. SARAH ELIZABETH, b. Nov. 1, 1823. m. Arthur Merrill, son of Benjamin and Sarah (Haynes) Merrill, of Warren and Haverhill (Arthur 8, Benjamin 7, Alice 6, John 5, Abel 4, Abel 3, Abel 2, Na- thaniel 1). He was in Boston several years in insurance. Return- ing to Haverhill, 1869. Ile d. Nov. 27, 1870. She res. with her son, at Palatka, Fla. (1) George Alfred, b. Nov. 23, 1849. Dartmouth College, 1872. m. Oct. 31, 1876, Ellen Clark, of Lexington, Mich. Res. Chicago, Ill. He is manager Chicago
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office of Mutual Mercantile Agency, of New York. (2) Joseph Arthur, b. Oct. 3, 1851. unm. d. at Palatka, Fla. (3) Tim Blaisdell, b. Sept. 2, 1853. m. 1877, Genevieve Ilawes, dau. of Dr. Jonah Hawes, of Burlington, Ia. He res. Palatka, Fla. (4) Frederick Tid, b. July 8, 1852. unm. d. Helena, Mont. (5) Grace Elizabeth, b. Dec. 26, 1863. d. August 22, 1864.
vii. STEVENS WICLIFE, b. Nov. 7, 1825. m. April 13, 1853, Lauretta Bliss, b. Bradford, Vt., Oct. 8, 1832, dau. of Capt. Ellis and Mary (Worthen) Bliss. He was a clerk a few years for Russell, Web- ster & Co., and after a short residence in Bradford, Vt., he settled in Carthage, Ill., where he has been city clerk twenty-five years. (1) Iowa Bliss, b. Nov. 15, 1854. d. Jan. 8, 1855. (2) Edmund Bliss, b. July 5, 1857. Res. Denver, Col. Now in claim department Colorado & Southern R.R. m. Sept. 12, 1893, Montana Groff. (3) Mary Graham, b. Dec. 5, 1858. d. Oct. 29, 1859. (4) Charles Carroll, b. March 31, 1860. m. Nov. 17, 1886, Adelaide Tebelmon. She d. Nov. 4, 1889. m. second, Oct. 30, 1895, Mae Mccullough, who d. Jan. 12, 1897. He is a passenger agent New York Central R.R. Res. Chicago, Ill. (5) Caroline Dean, b. Sept. 16, 1861. Stenographer. Res. Carthage, Ill. (6) George Alfred, b. Nov. 28, 1867. m. August 10, 1891, Mary Josephine Dwyer. He res. Cedar Rapids, Ia. Train despatcher, B., C. R. & N. R. R. (7) Graham Foote, b. Nov. 24, 1872. m. Nov. 23, 1898, Lucile Bryant. Res. Fort Scott, Kans.
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