Nathaniel Merrill

1665 - 1738  (73 years)

• Name	Nathaniel Merrill
  Birth	8 Feb 1664/65	Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony   [1, 3, 4, 7]
  First Marriage	say 1687 (21 years)  [1, 4, 5, 7]
  He married first Rebecca Brown, daughter of Isaac and Rebecca (Bailey) Brown. She was born about 1670 and died 9 December 1689 in Newbury. Children: 1. Nathaniel Merrill (1688-1749) 2. Peter Merrill (1689-____)
  History	17 Oct 1691 (26 years)	Plymouth Colony merged with Massachusetts Bay Colony forming the Province of Massachusetts Bay
  Moved To	1698 (32 years)	Haverhill, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay   [7]
  Will	6 Jun 1738 (73 years)	Haverhill, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay   [4, 6]
  Death	4 Jul 1738	Haverhill, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay   [3, 4, 7]
  Burial	Aft 4 Jul 1738	West Parish Cemetery, Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. West Parish Cemetery, Haverhill, Massachusetts   [3]
  Probate/Proved	31 Jul 1738 (73 years)	Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay   [4, 6]
  Patriarch & Matriarch	John Merrill   (2 x Great Grandfather)  Joanna Ninian,   b. Abt 1638   d. 08 Feb 1717/18, Newbury, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay  (Age 80 years)  (Mother)
  Person ID, Branch	I26191
  Last Modified	16 Aug 2025

  
  

  Father	Nathaniel Merrill,   b. 1638, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 1 Jan 1682/83, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 45 years)
  Mother	Joanna Ninian,   b. Abt 1638   d. 08 Feb 1717/18, Newbury, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay (Age 80 years)
  Family ID	F1371	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Spouse / Partner	Sarah Woodman,   b. 18 Jul 1665, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 6 Jul 1738, Haverhill, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay (Age 72 years)
  Marriage	1662  [2, 4, 8, 9, 10]
  Age at Marriage	He : ~ 10 months - She : ~ 5 months.
  Children	1692 to 1709  [4, 7]
  1. Hannah Merrill (1692-____) 2. Sarah Merrill (1694-1748) 3. Mary Merrill (c1698-____) 4. Rebecca Merrill (c1700-____) 5. Samuel Merrill (1702-1742) 6. Elizabeth Merrill (1704-____) 7. Stephen Merrill (1706-1785) 8. John Merrill (1707-1741) 9. Joseph Merrill (1709-____) 10. Benjamin Merrill (1709-1709)
  Family ID	F9695	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Aug 2025

  
  

• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Nathaniel Merrill(8 Feb 1664/65 – 1738) 2Nathaniel Merrill(1638 – 1 Jan 1682/83) 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 3Joanna Ninian(Abt 1638 – 08 Feb 1717/18) 6 12 24 25 13 26 27 7 14 28 29 15 30 31

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 8 Feb 1664/65 - Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony Moved To - 1698 - Haverhill, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay Will - 6 Jun 1738 - Haverhill, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay Death - 4 Jul 1738 - Haverhill, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay Burial - Aft 4 Jul 1738 - West Parish Cemetery, Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Probate/Proved - 31 Jul 1738 - Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S638] Coffin, Joshua, A Sketch of the History of Newbury, Newburyport and West Newbury, (Boston: Samuel G. Drake, 1845). [S1827] Coffin, Joshua, List of Some Descendants of Edward Woodman who Settled at Newbury, Mass. A. D. 1635, (Newburyport, Massachusetts: Union Job Office, 1855). [S14] Ancestry.com, Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current® http://findagrave.com, (Lehi, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Memorial ID 177597107 Nathaniel Merrill IV . [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). [S645] Hoyt, David W., The Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury, Massachusetts, with some Related Families of Newbury, Haverhill, Ipswich, and Hampton volume II, Reprint 1902, (Providence, Rhode Island: Snow & Farnham, 1902). [S914] Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015). [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). [S91] Torrey, Clarence Almon, New England Marriage Prior to 1700, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1985). [S396] Woodman, J. H., A List of the Descendants of Mr. Joshua Woodman, who settled at Kingston, N.H., about 1736, (Brunswick, Maine: J. Griffin, 1856). [S398] Woodman, John A., Genealogy and History of the Descendants of Mr. Edward Woodman who settled at Ould Newbury Province of Massachusetts Bay in 1635, (Ocala, Florida: by author, 1995).