Individual Details
Nathaniel MERRILL
(1 May 1601 - 16 Mar 1654/55)
Events
| Birth | 1 May 1601 | Wherstead, Suffolk, England |  | ||
| Baptism | 4 May 1601 | Wherstead, Suffolk, England | | ||
| Marriage | Say 1630 | Susanna (wife of Nathaniel Merrill and Stephen Jordan) (UNKNOWN) | | ||
| Arrival | By 1634 | Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay, British America | | ||
| Miscellaneous | 1635 | was one of the earliest settlers - Newbury, Massachusetts Bay, British America | | ||
| Removed | 1635 | Newbury, Massachusetts Bay, British America | | ||
| Miscellaneous | 1638 | became one of the "proprietors" - Newbury, Massachusetts Bay, British America | | ||
| Death | Bef Mar 1655 | | |||
| Will | 8 Mar 1654/55 | | |||
| Death | 16 Mar 1654/55 | Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America | | ||
| Probate | 27 Mar 1655 | | |||
| Alt name | Nathaniel MERRILL 1 (Clough numbering) | ||||
| Burial | Burying Ground of the First Settlers, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America | |
Families
| Spouse | Susanna (wife of Nathaniel Merrill and Stephen Jordan) (UNKNOWN) (1610 - 1672) |
| Child | Nathaniel MERRILL (1634 - 1682) |
| Child | John MERRILL (1635 - 1712) |
| Child | Abraham MERRILL (1636 - 1722) |
| Child | Susanna MERRILL (1640 - 1690) |
| Child | Daniel MERRILL (1642 - 1717) |
| Child | Abel MERRILL (1643 - 1689) |
| Father | Nathaniel MERRILL (1571 - 1626) |
| Mother | Mary BLACKSOLL (1574 - 1624) |
| Sibling | Frances MERRILL (1597 - ) |
| Sibling | John MERRILL (1599 - 1673) |
Endnotes
1. "New England Marriages to 1700 [Torrey]," database index with images, New England Historic Genealogical Society, AmericanAncestors (https://www.americanancestors.org/DB1568/i/21175/1030/426896292: accessed 20 December 2022), "MERRILL, Nathaniel (1601-1655) & Susanna WILTERTON?/?WOLLERTON (-1673), m/2 Stephen JORDAN; ca 1630?, in Eng?, 16 Mar 1635?; Newbury; citing many sources.
2. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, index and digital images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 21 December 2022), Nathaniel Merrill II, memorial #6879067.
3. Samuel Merrill, A Merrill Memorial: An Account of the Descendants of Nathaniel Merrill, an Early Settler of Newbury, Massachusetts (Cambridge, MA: self-published, 1917–1928), pp. 159-162; online page images, Ancestry, North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61157/ : accessed 19 December 2022) > M > Merrill > "A Merrill Memorial: An Account of the Descendants of Nathaniel Merrill, An Early Settler of Newbury", images 168-171 of 735.
4. "England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database index (no images), Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/9841/: accessed 20 December 2022) , Nathl. Merrell, bapt 4 May 1601, Wherstead, Suffolk, England.
5. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, index and digital images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 21 December 2022), Nathaniel Merrill II, memorial #6879067.
6. "New England Marriages to 1700 [Torrey]," database index with images, New England Historic Genealogical Society, AmericanAncestors (https://www.americanancestors.org/DB1568/i/21175/1030/426896292: accessed 20 December 2022), "MERRILL, Nathaniel (1601-1655) & Susanna WILTERTON?/?WOLLERTON (-1673), m/2 Stephen JORDAN; ca 1630?, in Eng?, 16 Mar 1635?; Newbury; citing many sources.
7. Samuel Merrill, A Merrill Memorial: An Account of the Descendants of Nathaniel Merrill, an Early Settler of Newbury, Massachusetts (Cambridge, MA: self-published, 1917–1928), pp. 159-162; online page images, Ancestry, North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61157/ : accessed 19 December 2022) > M > Merrill > "A Merrill Memorial: An Account of the Descendants of Nathaniel Merrill, An Early Settler of Newbury", images 168-171 of 735.
8. Samuel Merrill, A Merrill Memorial: An Account of the Descendants of Nathaniel Merrill, an Early Settler of Newbury, Massachusetts (Cambridge, MA: self-published, 1917–1928), pp. 159-162; online page images, Ancestry, North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61157/ : accessed 19 December 2022) > M > Merrill > "A Merrill Memorial: An Account of the Descendants of Nathaniel Merrill, An Early Settler of Newbury", images 168-171 of 735.
9. Samuel Merrill, A Merrill Memorial: An Account of the Descendants of Nathaniel Merrill, an Early Settler of Newbury, Massachusetts (Cambridge, MA: self-published, 1917–1928), pp. 159-162; online page images, Ancestry, North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61157/ : accessed 19 December 2022) > M > Merrill > "A Merrill Memorial: An Account of the Descendants of Nathaniel Merrill, An Early Settler of Newbury", images 168-171 of 735.
10. Samuel Merrill, A Merrill Memorial: An Account of the Descendants of Nathaniel Merrill, an Early Settler of Newbury, Massachusetts (Cambridge, MA: self-published, 1917–1928), pp. 159-162; online page images, Ancestry, North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61157/ : accessed 19 December 2022) > M > Merrill > "A Merrill Memorial: An Account of the Descendants of Nathaniel Merrill, An Early Settler of Newbury", images 168-171 of 735.
11. Samuel Merrill, A Merrill Memorial: An Account of the Descendants of Nathaniel Merrill, an Early Settler of Newbury, Massachusetts (Cambridge, MA: self-published, 1917–1928), pp. 163-4; online page images, Ancestry, North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61157/ : accessed 18 December 2022) > M > Merrill > "A Merrill Memorial: An Account of the Descendants of Nathaniel Merrill, An Early Settler of Newbury", images 172-3 of 735.
12. Samuel Merrill, A Merrill Memorial: An Account of the Descendants of Nathaniel Merrill, an Early Settler of Newbury, Massachusetts (Cambridge, MA: self-published, 1917–1928), pp. 66-69; online page images, Ancestry, North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61157/ : accessed 19 December 2022) > M > Merrill > "A Merrill Memorial: An Account of the Descendants of Nathaniel Merrill, An Early Settler of Newbury", images 74-77 of 735.
13. David W. Hoyt, The Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury, Massachusetts with some Related Families of Newbury, Haverhill, Ipswich, and Hampton, collated publication of all 13 parts (1897-1916; reprint, Providence, RI: n.p., n.d.), p. 243, 1 Nathaniel Merrill; searchable digital images, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/cu31924025963772 : accessed 19 December 2022.
14. Samuel Merrill, A Merrill Memorial: An Account of the Descendants of Nathaniel Merrill, an Early Settler of Newbury, Massachusetts (Cambridge, MA: self-published, 1917–1928), pp. 159-162; online page images, Ancestry, North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61157/ : accessed 19 December 2022) > M > Merrill > "A Merrill Memorial: An Account of the Descendants of Nathaniel Merrill, An Early Settler of Newbury", images 168-171 of 735.
15. "Massachusetts, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991," database index with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/9069/: accessed 20 December 2022) > Essex > Probate Records, 1638-1673, images 219-221, pp. 207-211, will probate and inventory of Nathaniel Merrill; citing Massachusetts County, District and Probate Courts.
16. James Savage, A genealogical dictionary of the first settlers of New England showing three generations of those who came before May, 1692, on the basis of Farmer's Register, vol. 3 (Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1861), p. 199, "Merrill, or Merrills"; page images, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/genealogicaldic03savarich : accessed 14 January 2022).
17. Samuel Merrill, A Merrill Memorial: An Account of the Descendants of Nathaniel Merrill, an Early Settler of Newbury, Massachusetts (Cambridge, MA: self-published, 1917–1928), pp. 66-69; online page images, Ancestry, North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61157/ : accessed 19 December 2022) > M > Merrill > "A Merrill Memorial: An Account of the Descendants of Nathaniel Merrill, An Early Settler of Newbury", images 74-77 of 735.
18. David W. Hoyt, The Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury, Massachusetts with some Related Families of Newbury, Haverhill, Ipswich, and Hampton, collated publication of all 13 parts (1897-1916; reprint, Providence, RI: n.p., n.d.), p. 243, 1 Nathaniel Merrill; searchable digital images, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/cu31924025963772 : accessed 19 December 2022.
19. Samuel Merrill, A Merrill Memorial: An Account of the Descendants of Nathaniel Merrill, an Early Settler of Newbury, Massachusetts (Cambridge, MA: self-published, 1917–1928), pp. 159-162; online page images, Ancestry, North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61157/ : accessed 19 December 2022) > M > Merrill > "A Merrill Memorial: An Account of the Descendants of Nathaniel Merrill, An Early Settler of Newbury", images 168-171 of 735.
20. "Massachusetts, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991," database index with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/9069/: accessed 20 December 2022) > Essex > Probate Records, 1638-1673, images 219-221, pp. 207-211, will probate and inventory of Nathaniel Merrill; citing Massachusetts County, District and Probate Courts.
21. "New England Marriages to 1700 [Torrey]," database index with images, New England Historic Genealogical Society, AmericanAncestors (https://www.americanancestors.org/DB1568/i/21175/1030/426896292: accessed 20 December 2022), "MERRILL, Nathaniel (1601-1655) & Susanna WILTERTON?/?WOLLERTON (-1673), m/2 Stephen JORDAN; ca 1630?, in Eng?, 16 Mar 1635?; Newbury; citing many sources.
22. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, index and digital images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 21 December 2022), Nathaniel Merrill II, memorial #6879067.
23. James Savage, A genealogical dictionary of the first settlers of New England showing three generations of those who came before May, 1692, on the basis of Farmer's Register, vol. 3 (Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1861), p. 199, "Merrill, or Merrills"; page images, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/genealogicaldic03savarich : accessed 14 January 2022).
24. Samuel Merrill, A Merrill Memorial: An Account of the Descendants of Nathaniel Merrill, an Early Settler of Newbury, Massachusetts (Cambridge, MA: self-published, 1917–1928), pp. 66-69; online page images, Ancestry, North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61157/ : accessed 19 December 2022) > M > Merrill > "A Merrill Memorial: An Account of the Descendants of Nathaniel Merrill, An Early Settler of Newbury", images 74-77 of 735.
25. Samuel Merrill, A Merrill Memorial: An Account of the Descendants of Nathaniel Merrill, an Early Settler of Newbury, Massachusetts (Cambridge, MA: self-published, 1917–1928), pp. 159-162; online page images, Ancestry, North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61157/ : accessed 19 December 2022) > M > Merrill > "A Merrill Memorial: An Account of the Descendants of Nathaniel Merrill, An Early Settler of Newbury", images 168-171 of 735.
26. "Essex County, Massachusetts Probate Records Supplement, 1644 - 1691," database index, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/3357/: accessed 19 December 2022), Nathaniel Morrill, d. 1655, prob. Mar 1655, Newbury; citing Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA, USA.
27. "Massachusetts, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991," database index with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/9069/: accessed 20 December 2022) > Essex > Probate Records, 1638-1673, images 219-221, pp. 207-211, will probate and inventory of Nathaniel Merrill; citing Massachusetts County, District and Probate Courts.
28. James Savage, A genealogical dictionary of the first settlers of New England showing three generations of those who came before May, 1692, on the basis of Farmer's Register, vol. 3 (Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1861), p. 199, "Merrill, or Merrills"; page images, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/genealogicaldic03savarich : accessed 14 January 2022).
29. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, index and digital images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 21 December 2022), Nathaniel Merrill II, memorial #6879067.