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JOSEPH SMITH MEADER7 (Elisha6, Paul5, Joseph4, Daniel3, Nathaniel2, John1) born Mar. 7, 1818; married Hannah Critchett. During the early part of his married life he lived in East Boston, Mass., engaged in the trucking business. Later he went to Cali- fornia where he settled in the Sacramento Valley, owning considerable real estate, which was washed away by a disastrous freshet. He never returned East, but his two children, Julius Mortemer8 and Francena Susan8, remained East. The former lived for a time when a boy with his uncle in Haverhill, and the latter lives unmarried in East Boston.
PAUL NASON MEADER7 (Elisha6, Paul5, Joseph4, Daniel3, Nathaniel2, John1) born Warren June 27, 1824; married, first, Dec. 5, 1848, Elizabeth Gage, daughter Isaac and Abigail (Merrill) Carleton, born Bath Nov. 26, 1823, died Oct. 18, 1874. She was edu- cated in the Haverhill district schools, and at Newbury Seminary and was a successful teacher previous to her marriage. Married, second, Apr. 22, 1876, Mrs. Luthina L. Wilmot, daughter of Samuel and Merab (Royce) Howe, born Benton Feb. 7, 1840, died Mar. 15, 1878; married, third, Phebe A., daughter of Samuel and Merab (Royce) Howe, born Benton Feb. 14, 1843, died Feb. 11, 1903. He died Mar. 2, 1899. Mr. Meader was a farmer, and was also engaged in potato starch manufacture and in the lumber busi- ness. He and his first wife were devoted members of the Free Baptist Church and Mrs. Luthina and Mrs. Phebe A. Meader were consistent members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Meader in his early political affiliations was a Free Soiler, but on the birth of the Republican party espoused its principles, and for the remainder of his life his affiliations were for the most part with the Republican party, though in his later years party ties held him loosely. He lived on the farm on Colby Hill till 1866, greatly improv- ing it and erecting new buildings. He removed to the Daniel Morse farm on County road, and about 1870 removed to North Haverhill owning successively the Solon Swift and the James Glynn farms. His four children were born on Colby Hill, Haverhill:
1. MARLIN SILAS MEADER8 b. Nov. 30, 1849; m. Dec. 20, 1870, Ellen Frances, dau. of Joshua and Mary Cary Carr, b. Dec. 15, 1849; he d. Feb. 12, 1913. Mr. and Mrs. Meader supplemented their common school education by attendance at the sem- inaries in Tilton and Newbury, Vt. Mr. Meader was a farmer and except for a few years spent in Florida, lived in No. Hav., later on the Jarvis farm. He pur- chased the David Whitcher farm where his widow now resides with her s., Carl. Mr. and Mrs. Meader were both devoted members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In politics he acted with the Republican party. They had two chil .:
(1) FRED MARLIN9 b. Hav. Jan. 28, 1876; graduated Wesleyan Univ. 1902, Johns Hopkins Univ. Medical Department 1909; instructor in pathology, Syracuse University until 1914, when he was placed in charge of Commu-
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nicable Diseases in the New York State Department of Public Health; m. Sept. 20, 1905, Emma Sophia, dau. of Jacob Cornelius of Buffalo, N. Y., b. Hamburg, N. Y., Feb. 14, 1874. They reside in Albany, N. Y. They have two chil .: Carleton Cornelius10 b. Syracuse, N. Y., Nov. 7, 1909; Alice Ellen10 b. Syracuse Mar. 1, 1913.
(2) CARL MERTON9 b. Nov. 14, 1880; m. Dec. 8, 1904, Mina Josephine, dau. Daniel and Josephine (Brown) Whitcher of Winona, b. Dec. 8, 1880, edu- cated at New Hampton Institution, and N. H. State Normal School, and previous to her marriage engaged successfully in teaching. He was edu- cated at the Moody School, Mt. Hermon, and at New Hampton Institution, graduating there in 1901. Both are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Reside on the home farm, which is well supplied with up-to-date appliances and machinery. Granger, Odd Fellow and Republican.
2. ARTHUR MERRILL8 b. Jan. 3, 1855; d. Mar. 3, 1858.
3. ABBIE SUSAN8 b. July 14, 1856; educated at Drew Female Seminary, Carmel, N. Y., Montebello, Newbury, Vt., and New Hampton Institution. Spent several years in successful teaching. Has been deeply interested in W. C. T. U. work from almost the beginning of the organization, and is at present engaged in rescue work, at the State W. C. T. U., Mercy Home, East Manchester; unm .; Baptist; believes in equal suffrage.
4. MOSES ARTHUR MEADER8 b. Oct. 3, 1858; m. Aug. 26, 1896, Katherine, dau. Dr. William and Caroline B. (Lang) Child of Bath, b. Sept. 22, 1860; educated Hav. Academy and Oberlin College, O .; successful teacher for 13 years; member D. A. R. and Grange. Mr. Meader was educated at New Hampton Institution; has been engaged in mercantile affairs; treasurer and manager of the No. Hav. Cream- ery; owns the Swasey farm, a part of the historic John Hazen farm. The farm- house is the oldest in Haverhill, built by John Hazen in 1769. Granger, Odd Fellow, Mason, Progressive. Resides on farm on Brier Hill. One child: Dorothy Elizabeth9 b. June 14, 1897; student in Northfield Seminary, Northfield, Mass.
DANIEL WEBSTER MEADER7 (Elisha6, Paul5, Joseph4, Daniel3, Nathaniel2, John1) born Warren June 13, 1832; married Jan. 9, 1858, in Old Forge, Pa., Lydia A., daughter of Elias and Zuba (Millen) Swartz, born Scranton, Pa., Feb. 4, 1836, died July 3, 1895. Mr. Meader when a young man was employed in railroad construction by his brother, Samuel, in Connecticut. Later went to California for a time but returned and about 1863 purchased the Reed Bacon farm where his father and mother lived with him till their death. Later engaged in starch manufacture at North Haverhill, and since the death of his wife has resided with her niece in Harrisville. He served his town two years as selectman, and was supervisor of check list ten years. Democrat; Odd Fellow and Granger. Died Harrisville Feb. 24, 1917. Two children:
HERMAN EDGAR8 b. Piston, Pa., Jan. 6, 1859; d. Oct. 3, 1859. EDWIN HERBERT8 b. Piston, Pa., July 2, 1860; d. Mar. 16, 1861.
ELISHA KNIGHT MEADER7 (Elisha6, Paul5, Joseph4, Daniel3, Nathaniel2, John1) born Warren Dec. 4, 1834; married 1862 Mary E., daughter Franklin and Hannah (Gale) Kezer (published Dec. 1, 1862), born Nov. 15, 1839, died July 15, 1864. At the age of 20 he went to California returning in 1862. Soon after his marriage he again went to Cali- fornia expecting to return soon for his wife, but she was stricken with diphtheria and passed out of life. He returned for a short time to New Hampshire, but so far as is known, he is still on the Pacific Coast.
MOSES BLOOD MEADER? (Elisha®, Paul5, Joseph4, Daniel3, Nathaniel2, John1) born Benton Nov. 1, 1837; married Apr. 15, 1865, Mary A., daughter Timothy Reed and Mary (Chase) Bacon, born Wardsboro, Vt. He spent some years in California when a young man in the employ of his uncle, Moses Avery6, but after his return he married and engaged in farming. Odd Fellow; Republican.
GEORGE MEADER6 (Paul5, Joseph4, Daniel3, Nathaniel2, John1) married Sarah Morrill (maiden name Smith), a cousin of the wife of his brother Elisha6. He came to Haverhill and lived for a time with his brother Elisha, and later removed to Lisbon. He died in
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Rhode Island where his son George had settled. He had three children: Abel? died a young man in Bradford, Vt .; Elecra7; George7. The latter married Josephine - and lived in Rhode Island.
MOSES AVERY MEADER® (Paul5, Joseph4, Daniel3, Nathaniel2, John1) born Dec. 18, 1802; died Oct. 13, 1890; married, first, Sarah Blood; second, Nov. 10, 1837, Olive Sinnot of Harpswell, Me. He lived for a time in Haverhill on the Pond road, later in Lisbon. He was one of the early emigrants to California, when gold was discovered, but engaged there in agriculture instead of mining and accumulated a handsome property. He had two children by his first wife, Angeline7 and Sarah7. Angeline married Thomas Hart. They had three daughters: (1) Sarah Jane8 married - McKenzie; (2) Emma8 mar- ried - Hinds, and (3) Ella8 married Hazard Root.
MERRILL
Several families bearing the name of Merrill have from time to time lived in Haverhill, and the name is a common as well as important one in the history of the town. The different branches or families in Haverhill have a common ancestry, nearly all, if not indeed all, tracing their descent to Nathaniel Merrill* who, with his brother, John, emigrated from England as early as 1633. He first settled in Ipswich, Mass., but re- moved to Newbury in 1634 or the following year. He was of Huguenot descent and the original spelling of the name was Merle. As his ancestors fled from France because of their fidelity to the reformed faith, they naturally cast in their lot with the Puritans of England. As the patronymic Merle means blackbird, the early generations of the family in France used a seal on which is displayed three blackbirds.
NATHANIEL MERRILL1 married 1634 Susanna Willerton (Williston, Welterton), who after his death, Mar. 16, 1654-55, married, second, Stephen Jordan. She died Jan. 12, 1672. Their seven children born in Newbury, Mass .:
1. JOHN2 b. 1634; d. July 8, 1712; m. Sarah Eaton.
2. ABRAHAM2 b. 1636; m., 1st, Jan. 18, 1660-61, Abigail Webster; 2d, Sept. 2, 1713, Sarah Bond.
3. NATHANIEL2.
4. SUSANNAH2 b. 1640; d. 1690, m. Oct. 15, 1663, John Burbank.
5. DANIEL2 b. Aug. 20, 1642; d. June 27, 1717; m., 1st, Sarah Clough; 2d, Sarah Morrill Page.
6. ABEL2 b. Feb. 20, 1643-44; d. Oct. 28, 1689; m. Feb. 10, 1670-71, Priscilla Chase. 7. THOMAS2 b. 1648.
NATHANIEL MERRILL2 (Nathaniel1) born about 1638; died Jan. 1, 1682-83. Lived in Newbury, Mass .; married Oct. 15, 1661, Joanna Kinny. She died Feb. 8, 1718, aged about 90 years. Nathaniel2 subscribed the Oath of Allegiance 1668. Inherited by will the farm of his father. Seven children born in Newbury:
1. JOHN3 b. Feb. 16, 1662-63; d. May 15, 1705; m. Lucy Webster.
2. NATHANIEL3.
3. PETER3 b. Aug. 20, 1667; d. Mar. 20, 1696-97; m. Mary Brown.
4. JOANNA3 b. Aug. 5, 1669; d. Nov. 2, 1669.
5. JOANNA3 b. Oct. 4, 1670; d. Oct. 30, 1670.
6. HANNAH3 b. July 12, 1672; m. William Moulton.
7. MARY3 b. Sept. 18, 1675; m. James Freese.
NATHANIEL MERRILL3 (Nathaniel2, Nathaniel1) born Feb. 8, 1664-65; died July 4, 1738; married, first, Rebecca Brown, died Dec. 9, 1689; married, second, 1691, Sarah, daughter Edward and Mary (Goodridge) Woodman. Twelve children; by first marriage:
1. NATHANIEL4 b. Nov. 23, 1688; d. Apr. 18, 1749; m. Mary Belknap.
2. PETER4 b. 1689; m. Mary Flanders.
* Rev. J. L. Merrill in Wells' History of Newbury, p. 635.
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By second marriage :
3. HANNAH4 b. Dec. 30, 1692; d. young.
4. SARAH+ b. Oct. 26, 1694; d. July 10, 1748; m. Nathaniel Clement.
5. MARY4 m. John Ladd ..
6. REBECCA4 m. Josiah Gage.
7. SAMUEL4.
8. ELIZABETH4 b. Nov. 2, 1704; m. Caleb Page.
9. JOHN4 b. Feb. 12, 1706-07; d. July 3, 1741; m. Lydia Gage.
10. JOSEPH4 b. July 3, 1709; m. Ruth Corliss.
11. BENJAMIN4 b. July 4, 1710; d. July 4, 1710.
12. STEPHEN4 b. 1706 (?); d. Aug. 19, 1785; m. Keziah Hardy.
Nathaniel Merrill lived in Newbury till 1698, where he moved to a farm in Haverhill West Parish, which he had inherited and where his five younger children were born.
SAMUEL MERRILL4 (Nathaniel3, Nathaniel2, Nathaniel1) born Aug. 2, 1702; died Apr. 25, 1742; married May 21, 1732, Ruth, daughter of Jonathan and Ruth (Page) Eaton, born Apr. 17, 1712. Her mother was Mary, daughter of Thomas Whittier who built, in 1688, the Whittier homestead in Haverhill, where his descendant, the poet, was born. They lived in Haverhill, Mass., where their four children were born:
1. RUTH5 b. Apr. 1, 1733; d. Nov. 3, 1735.
2. SARAH5 b. Feb. 27, 1734-35; d. Dec. 9, 1801; m. Asa Ladd.
3. SAMUEL5.
4. DAVID5 b. Jan. 4, 1738-39; m. Joanna Bailey.
SAMUEL MERRILL5 (Samuel4, Nathaniel3, Nathaniel2, Nathaniel1) born Dec. 7, 1737, Haverhill, Mass .; died Dec. 29, 1801; married, Oct. 25, 1759, Abigail, daughter Samuel and Mehitable (Harriman) Eaton of Plaistow, N. H., born Aug. 8, 1736, died May 22, 1816. Lived on the farm inherited by his grandfather, Nathaniel, in Haverhill West Parish. Was captain in Massachusetts militia in 1776. Captain in Maj. Gage's com- mand which marched to reinforce the Northern Army in Sept. 1777. Was present at surrender of Burgoyne. Nine children born in Haverhill, Mass .:
1. SAMUEL6 b. 1761; d. 1833; lived in Methuen, Mass.
2. JESSE® b. Oct. 8, 1762; d. Oct. 8, 1840; m. Priscilla Kimball; lived in Peacham, Vt.
3. JAMES6 b. 1764; d. 1788.
4. JONATHAN6 b. 1766; d. 1805; lived in Haverhill, Mass.
5. EVAN6 b. 1768; d. 1821; lived in Haverhill, Mass. Commissioned colonel in War of 1812.
6. DAVID6.
7. WILLIAM6 b. 1773; d. 1843; m. Elsie Howe; lived in the old homestead.
8. JOHN HANCOCK6 b. Nov. 24, 1775; d. Oct. 1, 1826; m. Elizabeth Carleton; lived in Pembroke, N. H.
9. HORATIO6 b. 1778; d. 1850; lived in Lowell, Mass.
DAVID MERRILL6 (Samuel5, Samuel4, Nathaniel3, Nathaniel2, Nathaniel1) born May 8, 1771, Haverhill, Mass .; died Nov. 19, 1824, Haverhill; married Dorothy, daughter Daniel and Rebecca (Hunt) Clark, born Lebanon, Conn., Feb. 8, 1778; died Haverhill Jan. 31, 1840. Came to Haverhill from Peacham, Vt., in 1804. Lived at North Haver- hill on what was afterwards the town farm. Eight children born Peacham, Vt., and Haverhill :
1. ABIGAIL7 b. Feb. 14, 1801; d. Nov. 27, 1843; m. Isaac Carleton. (See Carleton.)
2. SCHUYLER7.
3. EDWARD S.7 b. June 10, 1805; was hotel keeper, Andover, Mass.
4. SAMUEL E.7 b. Nov. 8, 1807; d. May 3, 1839.
5. CHESTER7 b. July 8, 1810; d. Oct. 22, 1831.
6. DAVID7 b. Nov. 7, 1813; m., 1st, Betsey Harris; two chil .: Henry who d. in the army, and Francis.
7. BERINTHA R,7 b. Mar. 4, 1817; d. Jan. 7, 1854; m. Solon Southard. (See Southard.) 8. JOHN H.7 b. Apr. 1820; d. Oct. 7, 1820.
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SCHUYLER MERRILL7 (David6, Samuel5, Samuel4, Nathaniel3, Nathaniel2, Nathaniel') born Peacham, Vt., Dec. 14, 1802; died Haverhill Aug. 7, 1892; married at Haverhill Sept. 18, 1828, Esther E., daughter David Mead of Walpole, born Apr. 10, 1810; died at Haverhill Oct. 25, -. They lived in Haverhill, then for some years in Peacham, Vt., later returned to Haverhill. He lived for some years on what was formerly the town farm, now owned by W. H. Ingalls. Nine children born in Haverhill and Peacham, Vt .:
1. CYNTHIA CLARK8 b. Nov. 13, 1829, at Hav .; m. Harry M. Patridge. (See Patridge.)
2. JOHN HENRY8 b. at Hav. Aug. 28, 1832; d. Mar. 31, 1912; m. Dec. 25, 1874, Winnie Gray of Canada. Lived just above No. Hav. Village. No chil.
3. SOPHIA MEAD8 b. Peacham, Vt., Dec. 28, 1834; d. Apr. 30, 1859; m. Feb. 3, 1856, Nathaniel F. Ames of Barnet, Vt.
4. FRANKLIN SOUTHARD8 b. Peacham, Dec. 10, 1836; d. of starvation in Libby Prison June 28, 1864; m. Nov. 2, 1859, Eunice Wells of Illinois.
5. ESTHER8 b. Peacham Apr. 3, 1839; d. Sept. 3, 1841.
6. SAMUEL EATON8 b. Peacham, Feb. 24, 1842.
7. SCHUYLER F.8 b. Feb. 13, 1844; d. Jan. 12, 1858.
8. DAVID CHOATE8 b. Apr. 4, 1846; m. Mary Ellen Southard of Hav., living (in 1913) in Chattanooga, Tenn.
9. ESTHER AZORA8 b. Nov. 7, 1851; m. Aug. 19, 1875, Wesley P. Glover of Hav., s. of Seth and Almira Glover.
SAMUEL EATON MERRILL8 (Schuyler7, David6, Samuel5, Samuel4, Nathaniel3, Nathan- iel?, Nathaniel1) born Feb. 24, 1842, at Peacham, Vt .; married Sept. 13, 1866, Sarah Jane, daughter of William and Elsie (Davis) Eastman, born Haverhill Aug. 31, 1845, died Dec. 5, 1883, at Tampa, Fla. He served in Second New Hampshire Volunteers in the War of the Rebellion. (See Military Record.) About 1882 he went to Florida, but after a few years returned North and, in 1914, resided in Natick, Mass. Five children all born in North Haverhill:
1. HARRIET DAME9, graduate of normal school.
2. ALICE BROOKS9 m. Nov. 27, 1902, Walter P. Merryman, photographer. Resides 138 Cedar Street, Haverhill, Mass. Two chil .: Rebecca Eastman10 b. May 31, 1904; John Bradbury10 b. Jan. 26, 1907.
3. WILLIAM SHERIDAN9 m. July 10, 1897, Mary Bullock of Boston, Mass .; contractor and builder, Natick, Mass. Four chil .: Eaton10 b. Boston Oct. 26, 1899; d. 1902; Esther10 b. Boston Sept. 28, 1901, d. 1903; Florence10 b. Boston Aug. 16, 1903; Le Verne10 b. Boston Apr. 11, 1906.
4. LESLIE EATON9 m. Oct. 24, 1904, Elsie Watson of Haverhill, Mass. Resides Bar- berton, O. Superintendent Valve Mfg. Co. Two chil .: (1) Winslow Eaton10 b. Springfield, Mass., Oct. 21, 1905; (2) Sarah Elizabeth10 b. Nov. 29, 1912.
5. JOHN ROSCOE9 m. Oct. 19, 1910, Nellie, dau. Edwin and Elizabeth (Sanborn) Hall, Haverhill, Mass. He is a shoe manufacturer. Resides Haverhill, Mass. Two chil .: (1) Sarah Eastman10 b. July 31, 1911; (2) Samuel Eaton10 b. Sept. 23, 1912.
JOSEPH MERRILL4 (Nathaniel3, Nathaniel2, Nathaniel1) brother of Samuel4, born Haverhill, Mass., July 3, 1709; married Sept. 28, 1731, Ruth Corliss. Lived in Haver- hill, Mass., where their nine children were born. Children: 1, Joseph5 died young; 2, Mehetabel5 died unmarried; 3, Joseph5 lived in Maine; 4, Benjamin5; 5, Elizabeth5; 6, Ruth5 born Mar. 15, 1743, married Jesse Wilson of Pelham; their son, Nathaniel, came to Haverhill 1801 (see Wilson); 7, John5 married Ruth Cleveland, lived in Bath; 8, Abigail5 married, first, Poole who was drowned at the Narrows in the Connecticut River; married, second, as second wife of Col. Thomas Johnson of Newbury, Vt., died Dec. 2, 1774; 9, Nathaniel5.
NATHANIEL MERRILL5 (Joseph4, Nathaniel3, Nathaniel2, Nathaniel1) born Mar. 2, 1747; died Piermont 1825; married (published June 22, 1771) Sarah, daughter Capt. John Hazen of Haverhill, born 1754, died Feb. 7, 1819. He was a grantee of Newbury, but came first to Bath about 1770. Later he went to Newbury, then to Haverhill after the War of the Revolution. He held a commission as major in the militia and rendered
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valuable service in the war. A man of great energy and sturdy common sense he took an important part in the affairs of the town in which he lived. He was one of the select- men of Haverhill for twelve years, between 1784 and 1806, and represented the town four times in the state legislature, 1794, '95, '96 and 1806. He owned the farm on the Plain which early in the last century was purchased by James Eastman and which has been owned by his descendants since. It was a part of the famous Hay farm. He is believed to have been the owner of the first chaise in town. He was possessed of a remarkably strong voice, and could converse with Major Joshua Hale of Newbury, who was similarly gifted, with perfect ease when they were a mile apart. They had no need of a telephone. He was not a member of the church, though a constant attendant. Rev. Ethan Smith said of him: "He knew more than any man I ever met, who hadn't more education than he had." He lived in Haverhill till 1816, when he removed to Piermont where he died in 1825. Major Merrill had a family of thirteen children, twelve of whom were daughters, and through his daughters his descendants are numerous though none bear his name. His only son and namesake died soon after reaching his majority. Thirteen children born in Newbury, Vt., and Haverhill:
1. SARAH b. May 5, 1772; m. Oct. 14, 1789, Col. Aaron Hibbard of Bath; d. Feb. 24, 1842.
2. ELIZABETH b. Mar. 3, 1774; m. Mar. 10, 1793, Moses Swasey of Newbury; d. Feb. 4, 1855.
3. ABIGAIL b. Jan. 29, 1776; d. Apr. 2, 1778.
4. MARY POLLY b. Mar. 16, 1778; m. Nathaniel Runnells of Piermont; d. Oct. 7, 1838.
5. ANN NANCY b. Mar. 16, 1780; m. Obadiah Swasey. (See Swasey.)
6. ABIGAIL b. June 16, 1782; d. Apr. 2, 1818.
7. CHARLOTTE b. July 15, 1784; m. Isaac Pearsons; d. Aug. 19, 1817. (See Pearsons.)
8. LUCINDA b. Jan. 20, 1787; m. (pub. Feb. 22, 1808) Abner Bayley; d. Dec. 15, 1809. 9. RUTH b. 1789; m. James Morse of Corinth, Vt .; d. Sept. 1754.
10. HANNAH b. 1789 (twin to Ruth); m. Gov. John Page of Hav. (See Page.)
11. MEHETABEL b. 1792; m. Thos. Morse; d. Mar. 22, 1812.
12. NATHANIEL b. 1795; d. Apr. 29, 1817.
13. LOUISA b. 1797; m. Samuel Page of Hav. (See Page.)
MERRILL FAMILY CAPT. BENJAMIN
NATHANIEL1 married Susannah.
ABEL2 born Feb. 20, 1644, Newbury, Mass.
ABEL3 born Dec. 28, 1671, Newbury, Mass .; married Sarah Hazelton.
ABEL4 born Mar. 20, 1698, West Newbury, Mass .; settled in Atkinson.
JOHN5 born Aug. 15, 1737, one of the earliest deacons of the Congregational Church.
ABEL6 born Atkinson Nov. 19, 1673; married Tamar, daughter of Benjamin Kimball, a captain in the Continental Army. Removed to Warren in 1789 and took a leading part in the affairs of the town and county; was selectman, representative to General Court, state senator, judge of Court of Common Pleas. Thirteen children.
CAPT. BENJAMIN MERRILL7 (Abel6, John5, Abel4, Abel3, Abel2, Nathaniel1), eldest of the thirteen children of Abel6, born Plaistow Oct. 9, 1784; married Sarah Haines, born in Rumney June 4, 1787, died Jan. 6, 1843. He died Nov. 28, 1835. Lived in Warren; came to Haverhill in 1814. Nine children born in Warren and Haverhill:
1. ABEL K.8 b. Warren Apr. 4, 1809.
2. HARRIET8 b. Warren Nov. 2, 1810; m. Timothy K. Blaisdell. (See Blaisdell.)
3. SARAH8 b. Warren Feb. 3, 1813; m. Rev. Alfred Goldsmith.
4. CHARLOTTE& b. Hav. Dec. 5, 1814; m. Dr. Phineas Spalding. (See Spalding.)
5. LOUISA& b. Hav. Dec. 30, 1816; m. John L. Bunce. (See Bunce.)
6. ELEANOR8 b. Hav. Dec. 22, 1818; d. unm. Apr. 13, 1837.
7. HENRY8 b. Hav. Oct. 29, 1820.
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8. ARTHUR8 b. Hav. Dec. 15, 1823. Educated at the academy, and engaged in the life
insurance business in Boston. His health failing, he returned to Hav. and d.
Nov. 27, 1870.
9. WILLIAM FRANCIS8 b. Hav. May 7, 1827; m. Julia, dau. of John Wright of Brooklyn, N. Y., d. Educated at the academy, and after teaching a short time went to Boston as clerk in a dry goods house, and about 1850 went to New York, first as clerk, then as partner in a cloth and woolen jobbing business. Later he engaged in banking and brokerage business until compelled to retire on account of ill health. Lived in Brooklyn till his death; active in church and city matters; a member of Dr. Storr's Church. The Dea. Merrill Memorial Chapel is a gift of his to the Hav. Congregational Church.
DEA. ABEL KIMBALL MERRILL8 (Capt. Benjamin7, Abel6, John5, Abel4, Abel3, Abel2, Nathaniel1) born Warren Apr. 4, 1809; married, first, in New Haven, Conn., Mary, daughter of John Leverett of Windsor, Vt., born June 2, 1808, died Feb. 24, 1843; mar- ried, second, in Newburyport, Mass., July 23, 1844, Abigail Leverett, sister of first wife, born Oct. 14, 1811, died Haverhill Sept. 21, 1875. He died Marlboro Nov. 26, 1878. Five children:
1. JOHN LEVERETT9 b. Hav. May 29, 1833.
2. BENJAMIN9 b. Hav. Mar. 25, 1835.
3. SARAH ELIZABETH9 b. Aug. 8, 1836; lives in Lisbon.
4. MARY ELEANOR9 b. Hav. Sept. 1838; d. Mar. 26, 1843.
5. CHARLES H.9 b. Hav. June 16, 1845.
Deacon Merrill fitted for college at the academy, entered Dartmouth in the class of 1828, intending to devote himself to the ministry, but, health failing, he left college at the end of his junior year, and returning home engaged in mercantile business. He was a prominent and useful citizen; town clerk for many years; superintendent of the Con- gregational Sunday School, and deacon for nearly fifty years. A man of devoted piety and great purity of character, he was recognized throughout the state for his influence in church matters; delegate from New Hampshire to the National Council of Congregational Churches which met in Boston, in 1855.
HENRY MERRILL8 (Capt. Benjamin7, Abel6, John5, Abel4, Abel3, Abel?, Nathaniel1) born Haverhill Oet. 29, 1820; married, first, Apr. 1842, Mary J. Weeks of Salisbury, Vt., born 1821, died Oct. 14, 1866; married, second, Mar. 10, 1869, Helen C., daughter Bailey C. and Clarissa Currier, Topsham, Vt. He died Mar. 29, 1896.
REV. JOHN LEVERETT MERRILL9 (Abel K.8, Benjamin7, Abel6, John5, Abel4, Abel3, Abel?, Nathaniel1) born Haverhill May 29, 1833; graduated Dartmouth 1856, Princeton Theological 1859; married Sept. 11, 1860, Mary L., daughter John A. and Nancy (Clark- son) Murphy of Chanaford, Pa .; died Reading, Mass., Jan. 30, 1913. Three children:
1. MARY L.10 b. Jan. 18, 1862; teacher.
2. ANNIE C.10 b. Dec. 27, 1867; d. July 8, 1868.
3. CHARLES C.10 b. Mar. 3, 1872; grad. Dartmouth 1894; Yale Theological Seminary 1897; ordained pastor Congregational Church, Steubenville, O., 189 -; assistant secretary Vermont Domestic Missionary Society, in office with his uncle, Rev. C. H. Merrill, D. D., St. Johnsbury, Vt., 1916 -.
Mr. Merrill filled with great acceptance and usefulness pastorates of Presbyterian and Congregational churches in Chanaford, Pa., Acworth, Marlboro, Rindge, and in Newbury, Vt., resigning the last in 1901, after ten years' service, on account of advancing years and impaired health.
REV. BENJAMIN MERRILL9 (Abel K.8, Benjamin7, Abel6, John5, Abel4, Abel3, Abel?, Nathaniel1) born Mar. 25, 1835; grad. Dartmouth, scientific department, 1858; Princeton Theological Seminary 1864. Pastorates in Barton, Md., Pembroke, Ausable Forks, N. Y., and Swanzey, till he died Nov. 16, 1888. Two children buried in cemetery at Corner: May Rose10 1874, four years; Bennie10 two years.
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