Deacon Abraham Merrill

1636 - 1722  (86 years)

• Name	Abraham Merrill
  Relationship	with Robert Alan Roy
  Birth	About 1636  [1, 2]
  Occupation	say 1656 (Age 20)  [2]
  He was a weaver.
  Married	18 Jan 1661 (Age 25)	Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts   [1, 2, 3]
  Abigail Webster, the daughter of John and Mary (Shatswell) Webster. She was born between 1641 and 1642 in Ipswich, Massachusetts. She died on Friday 12 August 1712 in Newbury, Massachusetts. Abigail's gravestone inscription in Sawyer Hill Cemetery, Newburyport, Massachusetts, reads: HERE LYES THE BO DY OF ABIGAIL MERRILL THE WIFE OF DEA CON ABRAHAM MERRILL WHO DIED AVGVST YE 12 1712 AGED YERES 70 Issue: 1. Abigail Merrill (1665-1708) 2. Mary Merrill (1667-1703) 3. Elizabeth Merrill (1669-____) 4. Prudence Merrill (1669-____) 5. Hannah Merrill (1671-____) 6. Abraham Merrill (1672-1744) 7. John Merrill (1673-____) 8. Jonathan Merrill (1676-____) 9. David Merrill (1678-c1760) 10. Sarah Merrill (1679-____) 11. Susanna Merrill (1681-____) 12. Prudence Merrill (1683-1718)
  Freeman	30 Sep 1662 (Age 26)	Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts   [2]
  History	1678  [1]
  	He took the Oath of Allegiance.
  Offices Held	1679 (Age 43)	Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts   [2]
  He was appointed a Tithingman.
  Offices Held	1684 (Age 48)	Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts   [2]
  He was elected a Selectman. He held the office again in 1686.
  History	1690	Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts   [2]
  	When Indian danger was immanent, the selectman of Newbury ordered his house to be designated a garrison house, and fortified.
  Married	Sep 1713 (Age 77)  [2]
  Sarah Clements, the daughter of Robert Clements. She was born in Haverhill, Massachusetts. Sarah, married first, _____ Bond.
  Death	28 Nov 1722  [2]
  Siblings	5 Siblings
  1. Deacon John Merrill,   b. 1632 to 1634   d. 18 Jul 1712, Hartford, Windsor County, Vermont  (Age 80 years)   2. Deacon Abraham Merrill,   b. About 1636   d. 28 Nov 1722  (Age 86 years)   3. Nathaniel Merrill,   b. 1638, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts d. 1 Jan 1682/83, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts  (Age 45 years)   4. Susannah Merrill,   b. 1640   d. 10 Oct 1690, Suffield, Hartford County, Connecticut  (Age 50 years) + 5. Sgt. Daniel Merrill,   b. 20 Aug 1642, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts d. 27 Jun 1717, Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts  (Age 74 years) ▻ Sarah Clough,  m. 14 May 1667 ;   Sarah Morrill,  m. 23 May 1708 + 6. Abel Merrill,   b. 20 Feb 1643/44, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts d. 28 Oct 1689, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts  (Age 45 years) ▻ Priscilla Chase,  m. 10 Feb 1670/71
  Person ID	I18373
  Last Modified	27 Mar 2019

  
  

  Father	Nathaniel Merrill,   c. 4 May 1601, Wherstead, Suffolk, England d. 16 Mar 1654/55, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts (Age ~ 53 years)
  Mother	Susannah,   b. 1599, Ipswich, Suffolk, England d. 25 Jan 1672/73, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	After 16 Mar 1625
  Age at Marriage	He : 23 years and 10 months - She : ~ 26 years and 3 months.
  Family ID	F1344	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Married - 18 Jan 1661 - Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Freeman - 30 Sep 1662 - Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Offices Held - 1679 - Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Offices Held - 1684 - Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts History - 1690 - Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S621] Hoyt, David W. The Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury, Massachusetts, with some Related Families of Newbury, Haverhill, Ipswich, and Hampton volume I, (Providence, Rhode Island: Snow & Farnham, 1897). [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). [S638] Coffin, Joshua. A Sketch of the History of Newbury, Newburyport and West Newbury, (Boston: Samuel G. Drake, 1845).