Individual Details

Abial was left without parents at the age of three months. How he survived is recounted by Davis (Vol 3, p. 287): 'Edward Clark was appointed administrator of the Mercer estate and entered an inventory Oct. 10, 1671. In May, 1671, Clarke drew up a petition to the Supreme Judicial Court, stating that Theophilus Shatswell had left his daughter Hannah practically nothing and that, as he had named her joint executrix with her mother, it had been supposed that she would have the homestead and other lands after her mother's death, but that the other heirs opposed this, stating that the lands were entailed on their children. He sets for the plight of the baby Abial, whose parents had died leaving him penniless. He asks for advice and direction. In 1683, Haniel Bosworth, who had been appointed Abial's guardian, asked that the estate be settled on Abial and that Israel Ela be appointed guardian and administrator in his stead. Having grown to manhood Abial himself was appointed administrtor of the Shatswell estate in 1704, his two aunts having renounced their rights, and it is pleasant to learn that there remained, apparently for his undisputed possession, his grandparents' home and other property worth 190 pounds.' Name: Mercer, Abiel Date: Sept. 1683 Town: Haverhill Type: gdn Vol./page: IX:98

Birth	27 Dec 1670	Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
Residence	4 Oct 1683	Guardian, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage	3 Jan 1694/95	Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, United States - Abigail Mash
Event-Misc	1720	Messer's Ferry, Methuen, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
Death	6 Aug 1756	Methuen, Essex, Massachusetts, United States

Spouse	Abigail Mash (1670 - 1761)
Child	Richard Mercer (1695 - 1765)
Child	Thomas Messer (1698 - )
Child	John Messer (1700 - 1745)
Child	Nathaniel Mercer (1704 - 1775)
Child	Theophilus Mercer (1707 - 1757)
Child	Abigail Mercer ( - )
Child	Hanah Mercer ( - 1756)

Father	Richard Mercer (1649 - 1671)
Mother	Hannah Shatswell (1651 - 1670)