Deacon Abraham Merrill

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: say 1656; He was a weaver.
• Married: 18 Jan 1661, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts; 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, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts
• History: 1678; He took the Oath of Allegiance.
• Offices Held: 1679, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts; He was appointed a Tithingman.
• Offices Held: 1684, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts; He was elected a Selectman. He held the office again in 1686.
• History: 1690, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts; When Indian danger was immanent, the selectman of Newbury ordered his house to be designated a garrison house, and fortified.
• Married: Sep 1713; Sarah Clements, the daughter of Robert Clements. She was born in Haverhill, Massachusetts. Sarah, married first, _____ Bond.