Deacon Abel Merrill

1671 - 1759  (87 years)

• Name	Abel Merrill
  Birth	28 Dec 1671	Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1, 2, 3]
  Married	19 Jun 1694 (22 years)	Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1, 2, 3]
  Abigail Stevens, the daughter of Thomas and Martha (Bartlett) Stevens. She was born on 22 January 1673/74 in Amesbury, Massachusetts. She died on Tuesday 24 May 1757 in West Newbury, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Samuel Merrill (1695-1763) 2. Abel Merrill (1698-1783) 3. Abigail Merrill (1700-____) 4. Thomas Merrill (1702-1774) 5. Martha Merrill (1704-____) 6. John Merrill (1706-1794) 7. Priscilla Merrill (1710-1768) 8. Nathaniel Merrill (1713-1796)
  Death	6 Feb 1759	West Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [3]
  Siblings	5 brothers and 2 sisters
  1. Deacon Abel Merrill,   b. 28 Dec 1671, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 6 Feb 1759, West Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 87 years)   2. Susanna Merrill,   b. 14 Nov 1673, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. + 3. Nathan Merrill,   b. 3 Apr 1676, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 1742, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 65 years) ▻ Hannah Kent,  m. 6 Sep 1699   4. Thomas Merrill,   b. 01 Jan 1678/79, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 18 Sep 1756, South Hampton, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, U.S.A.  (Age 77 years)   5. Ensign Joseph Merrill,   b. 12 Jul 1681, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 20 Sep 1747, Stratham, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, U.S.A.  (Age 66 years)   6. Nathaniel Merrill,   b. 6 Feb 1683/84, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 22 Feb 1742/43, West Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 59 years)   7. James Merrill,   b. 27 Jan 1686, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 16 Mar 1757, Falmouth, Cumberland County, Maine, U.S.A.  (Age 71 years)   8. Priscilla Merrill,   b. 13 Jul 1686, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 31 May 1767, Falmouth, Cumberland County, Maine, U.S.A.  (Age 80 years)
  Patriarch & Matriarch	John Merrill   (2 x Great Grandfather)  Anne Wheeler   d. 19 May 1688, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   (Grandmother)
  Person ID, Branch	I18378
  Last Modified	28 Mar 2019

  
  

  Father	Abel Merrill,   b. 20 Feb 1643/44, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 28 Oct 1689, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 45 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Priscilla Chase,   b. 14 Mar 1648/49, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
  Relationship	Birth
  Family ID	F3652	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Deacon Abel Merrill(1671 – 1759) 2Abel Merrill(20 Feb 1643/44 – 1689) 4Nathaniel Merrill(1601 – 16 Mar 1654/55) 8Nathaniel Merrill( – 17 Mar 1626/27) 16John Merrill 17Prudence( – 1609) 9Mary Blacksoll( – 1624) 18 19 5Susannah(1599 – 25 Jan 1672/73) 10 20 21 11 22 23 3Priscilla Chase(14 Mar 1648/49 – ) 6Aquila Chase(1618 – 1670) 12 24 25 13 26 27 7Anne Wheeler( – 1688) 14 28 29 15 30 31

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 28 Dec 1671 - Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Married - 19 Jun 1694 - Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Death - 6 Feb 1759 - West Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [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). [S638] Coffin, Joshua, A Sketch of the History of Newbury, Newburyport and West Newbury, (Boston: Samuel G. Drake, 1845). [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).