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Benjamin Merrill 1709–1779 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 20 June 1709

Birth Location: Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA

Death Date: 15 January 1779

Death Location: Clinton, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA

Father: Thomas Merrill

Mother: Priscilla Chase

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In 1709, Benjamin Merrill entered the world in Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA, born to Thomas Merrill And Priscilla Chase. Benjamin Merrill passed away in 1779 in Clinton, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA.

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Biography

  • In 1709, Benjamin Merrill entered the world in Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA, born to Thomas Merrill And Priscilla Chase.
  • Benjamin Merrill passed away in 1779 in Clinton, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA.

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Benjamin Merrill's Ancestors

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Benjamin Merrill
1709–1779
Birth Place: Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA
Parents
Thomas Merrill
1648–1711
Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Priscilla Chase
1648–1697
Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States of America
Grandparents
Nathaniel (Merrill) Jr
1601–1654
Wherstead, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
Susannah ((Wilterton)) Wolterton
1605–1672
of Wherstead, Suffolk, England, Great Britain
Benjamin (Aquila Chase) Sr
1618–1670
Cornwall, Chesham, Buckingham, England
Ann Wheeler
1628–1670
Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA
Great-Grandparents
Nathaniel I
1571–1626
Mary Blaxall
1574–1624
Aquila Chase
1580–1643
Martha Jelliman
1588–1643
Thomas Wheeler
1589–1654
Anne Halsey
1591–1659
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Merrill
1545–
Prudence Bird
1548–1609
Robert Blackwell
1525–1604
Joan Baldike
1539–1615
Richard Chase
1542–1611
Joan Bishop
1543–1597
Thomas Wheeler
1563–1635
Rebecca Sayre
1572–1653
Thomas Halsey
1564–1678
Phebe Barrett
1566–1649

Benjamin Merrill's Timeline

2 Records

1709
20 June 1709
Birth of Benjamin Merrill in Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA
Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA
1779
15 January 1779
Age 70
Death of Benjamin Merrill in Clinton, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA
Clinton, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 20 June 1709
    Event Place: Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 15 January 1779
    Event Place: Clinton, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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