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Daniel Merrill 1642 – 1717 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 20 August 1642

Birth Location: Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States

Death Date: 27 June 1717

Death Location: Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States

Father: Nathaniel Merrill

Mother: Susannah Wolterton

Spouse(s): Sarah Clough

Children(s): John Merrill

Daniel Merrill was born in 1642 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, the child of Nathaniel Merrill and Susannah Jordan Wolterton. Daniel Merrill married Sarah Clough, and had children including John Merrill. Daniel Merrill passed away in 1717 in Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.

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Biography

  • Daniel Merrill was born in 1642 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, the child of Nathaniel Merrill and Susannah Jordan Wolterton.
  • Daniel Merrill married Sarah Clough, and had children including John Merrill.
  • Daniel Merrill passed away in 1717 in Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Daniel Merrill's Ancestors

Self
Daniel Merrill
1642 – 1717
Birth Place: Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
Parents
Nathaniel Merrill
1601 – 1654
Church of England, Wherstead, Suffolk, England, Great Britain
Susannah (Jordan) Wolterton
1599 – 1673
Ipswich, Ipswich Borough, Suffolk, England
Grandparents
Nathaniel Merrill
1568 –
of Wherstead, Suffolk, England, Great Britain
Mary Blacksoll
1574 –
Church of England, Wherstead, Suffolk, England, Great Britain
Stephen (Gregory) Wolterton
1585 – 1674
Susanna Sheppard
1587 – 1672
of Wherstead, Suffolk, England, Great Britain
Great-Grandparents
RICHARD WOLTERTON
1550 – 1618
Sarah Bensley
Edward Sheppard
KATHERINE BECKHAM
1572 – 1608
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Wolterton
1520 – 1605
Ann Hagg
1530 – 1614

Daniel Merrill's Descendants

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Daniel Merrill (20 August 1642 – 27 June 1717) m. Sarah Clough (28 June 1646 – 18 March 1706)
  1. 1. John Merrill (7 October 1674 – 17 January 1756) m. Mary Allen (27 Dec 1681 – 17 January 1756)
    1. 1. Ruth Merrill (26 July 1711 – 1754) m. John WHITTEN (1704 – 05 Jun 1787)
      1. 1. Samuel Whitten (ABT 1735 – 24 JUL 1819) m. Hannah Poindexter (1734 – 1780)
        1. 1. James Whitten (1765 – 2 Nov 1844) m. Sarah (Sally) Whitten (19 May 1771 – 30 Jun 1857)
      2. 2. Humphrey Whitten (1737 – 5 Aug 1795) m. Hannah Lassell (1750 – 5 Aug 1795)
        1. 1. Sarah (Sally) Whitten (19 May 1771 – 30 Jun 1857) m. James Whitten (1765 – 2 Nov 1844)

Daniel Merrill's Timeline

2 Records

1642
20 August 1642
Birth of Daniel Merrill in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
1717
27 June 1717
Age 75
Death of Daniel Merrill in Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 20 August 1642
    Event Place: Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
    Record Source:
    [1] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015
    [2] U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 27 June 1717
    Event Place: Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
    Record Source:
    [1] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015
    [2] U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

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