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Jonathan Merrill 1705 – 1788 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 15 Jun 1705

Birth Location: Hartford County, Connecticut

Death Date: 22 Sep 1788

Death Location: Canton, Hartford, Connecticut

Father: Daniel Merrill

Mother: Susannah (USA)

Spouse(s): Mary Perry, Mrs Merrill

Children(s): Martha (USA), Daniel (USA), Mary Kelly, William (USA), Susanna (USA), Hepzibah (USA), Martha (USA), Daniel (USA), Mary Kelly, William (USA), Jonathan Merrill, George Merrill, Susanna (USA), Hepzibah (USA)

Jonathan Merrill was born in 1705 in Hartford County, Connecticut, the child of Daniel Merrill and Susannah Pratt (USA). Jonathan Merrill married Mary Perry, Mrs Jonathan Merrill, and had children including Martha Merrill (USA), Daniel Merrill (USA), Mary Kelly, William Merrill (USA), Susanna Merrill (USA), Hepzibah Merrill (USA), Martha Merrill (USA), Daniel Merrill (USA), Mary Kelly, William Merrill (USA), Jonathan Merrill, George Merrill, Susanna Merrill (USA), Hepzibah Merrill (USA). Jonathan Merrill passed away in 1788 in Canton, Hartford, Connecticut.

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Biography

  • Jonathan Merrill was born in 1705 in Hartford County, Connecticut, the child of Daniel Merrill and Susannah Pratt (USA).
  • Jonathan Merrill married Mary Perry, Mrs Jonathan Merrill, and had children including Martha Merrill (USA), Daniel Merrill (USA), Mary Kelly, William Merrill (USA), Susanna Merrill (USA), Hepzibah Merrill (USA), Martha Merrill (USA), Daniel Merrill (USA), Mary Kelly, William Merrill (USA), Jonathan Merrill, George Merrill, Susanna Merrill (USA), Hepzibah Merrill (USA).
  • Jonathan Merrill passed away in 1788 in Canton, Hartford, Connecticut.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Jonathan Merrill's Ancestors

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Jonathan Merrill
1705 – 1788
Birth Place: Hartford County, Connecticut
Parents
Daniel Merrill
1673 – 1750
Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Susannah (Pratt) (USA)
1675 –
Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
Grandparents
John Merrill
1636 – 1712
Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
Sarah (Margaret) Watson
1636 – 1687
Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States of America
Great-Grandparents
John Watson
1616 – 1650
Margaret Smith
1617 – 1683
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Watson
1570 – 1606
Elizabeth Holme
1583 – 1638

Jonathan Merrill's Descendants

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Jonathan Merrill (15 Jun 1705 – 22 Sep 1788) m. Mary Perry (1705 – ) m. Mrs (Jonathan) Merrill
  1. 1. Martha (Merrill) (USA) (January 1728 – )
  2. 2. Daniel (Merrill) (USA) (1730 – )
  3. 3. Mary Kelly (1732 – 16 Oct 1771) m. Samuel Leete (Jun 25 1726 – Feb 20 1751)
    1. 1. Lucy (Kelly) Leete (07 Jan 1763 – 1793)
    2. 2. SAMUEL LEETE (6 September 1768 – 12 February 1842) m. Sarah Case (4 Dec 1768 – 17 Oct 1838) m. Sarah Case (04 Dec 1762 – 17 Oct 1838)
      1. 1. William Leete (1791 – 2 July 1859)
      2. 2. Absenath Leete (1791 – )
      3. 3. Lucy Leete (1793 – )
      4. 4. Mary Leete (About 1799 – )
      5. 5. SAMUEL LEETE (14 Jan 1799 – 04 Oct 1870) m. Sarah Leet (abt 1802 – 22 April 1891)
        1. 1. Joseph Leet (abt 1828 – 15 March 1900)
        2. 2. Eugene Leet (abt 1837 – 3 August 1913)
        3. 3. Francis Leet (abt 1842 – 30 March 1918)
      6. 6. Samuel Leete (25 January 1799 – 14 October 1870)
      7. 7. Flora Douglass (abt 1800 – April 1870) m. James Douglass (abt 1799 – 16 December 1886)
        1. 1. William (H) Douglass (1823 – 29 August 1897)
        2. 2. Justus (Gideon) Douglass (1825 – 27 September 1863)
        3. 3. Seymour (James) Douglass (1826 – 4 December 1896)
        4. 4. Flora (A) Douglass (abt 1831 – November 1866)
        5. 5. Maria (Lucille) Douglass (23 June 1835 – 18 April 1866)
        6. 6. Douglass
        7. 7. Cora Douglass
      8. 8. Sarah Leete (Abt. 4 May 1800 – )
      9. 9. FLORA (L) LEETE (Abt. 1801 – Apr 1870) m. James Douglass (abt 1799 – 16 December 1886)
        1. 1. William (H) Douglass (1823 – 29 August 1897)
        2. 2. Justus (Gideon) Douglass (1825 – 27 September 1863)
        3. 3. Seymour (James) Douglass (1826 – 4 December 1896)
        4. 4. Flora (A) Douglass (abt 1831 – November 1866)
        5. 5. Maria (Lucille) Douglass (23 June 1835 – 18 April 1866)
        6. 6. Douglass
        7. 7. Cora Douglass
      10. 10. Jerome Leete (18 Mar 1804 – 16 Mar 1875) m. Louisa Eggleston (15 Mar 1812 – 16 Jul 1889)
        1. 1. Albert (N) Leet (14 Aug 1830 – 07 Jul 1838)
        2. 2. MARY (JANE) LEETE (18 Jul 1832 – 27 Sep 1893) m. Horace Root (abt 1830 – )
        3. 3. Walter Thomas (abt 1835 – )
        4. 4. Isaac (Newton) Leet (16 May 1836 – 16 Jun 1889) m. Mary (Ruth) Brown (4 Mar 1838 – 21 Jan 1916)
        5. 5. Anna (M) Leet (Abt. 1838 – )
        6. 6. ANNA (M.) LEETE (06 Aug 1838 – )
        7. 7. CAROLINE (UDORAH) LEETE (21 Jun 1840 – 1886) m. David (H) Geddes (May 1842 – )
        8. 8. Sarah (E) Leet (abt 1841 – )
        9. 9. Fayette Leet (abt 1847 – )
        10. 10. GEORGE (WALLACE) LEETE (15 Mar 1849 – 02 Jul 1850)
        11. 11. Charles (S) Leet (abt 1851 – )
        12. 12. Martha (J) Leet (abt 1853 – )
        13. 13. Emma (C) Leet (abt 1856 – )
        14. 14. Elsie (Ella) Leet (abt 1859 – )
        15. 15. John Thomas (abt 1864 – )
      11. 11. Julius (Case) Leete (11 Feb 1812 – 11 Jan 1899)
      12. 12. WILLIAM LEETE (1791 – 02 Jul 1859) m. Sarah Douglass m. Susanna Leet (abt 1792 – 20 December 1867)
        1. 1. Frank (G) Leet (9 Jul 1842 – 30 Mar 1918)
        2. 2. Caroline (H.) Eighmey (6 July 1820 – 22 April 1893)
        3. 3. Julia Leet (abt 1830 – 13 January 1907)
      13. 13. MARY LEETE (04 May 1800 – )
      14. 14. SARAH Leete (04 May 1800 – )
      15. 15. ASENATH LEETE (22 May 1803 – )
    3. 3. Amos (Kelly) Leete (10 May 1769 – 03 Jan 1852) m. Casemilla Mills (1771 – 1829)
      1. 1. George Leete (1815 – 1843)
  4. 4. William (Merrill) (USA) (10 March 1732 – 1806)
  5. 5. Susanna (Merrill) (USA) (1742 – 1810)
  6. 6. Hepzibah (Merrill) (USA) (1743 – 1817)
  7. 7. Jonathan Merrill (1734 – )
  8. 8. George Merrill (1738 – )

Jonathan Merrill's Timeline

3 Records

1705
15 Jun 1705
Birth of Jonathan Merrill in Hartford County, Connecticut
Hartford County, Connecticut
1788
22 Sep 1788
Age 83
Death of Jonathan Merrill in Canton, Hartford, Connecticut
Canton, Hartford, Connecticut
1788
1788
Age 83
Jonathan Merrill - Probate in Farmington, Connecticut, USA
Farmington, Connecticut, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 15 Jun 1705
    Event Place: Hartford County, Connecticut
    Record Source:
    [1] American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI), Godfrey Memorial Library; Middletown, Connecticut; American Genealogical Biographical Index; Volume Number: 116
    [2] North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, Book Title: A Merrill Memorial: An Account of the Descendants of Nathaniel Merrill, An Early Settler of Newbury
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 22 Sep 1788
    Event Place: Canton, Hartford, Connecticut
    Record Source:
    [1] Volume: 134
    [2] Connecticut, U.S., Hale Collection of Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1629-1934, Connecticut State Library; Hartford, Connecticut; The Charles R. Hale Collection of Connecticut Cemetery Inscriptions
    [3] Connecticut, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1609-1999, Probate Files Collection, Early to 1880; Author: Connecticut State Library (Hartford, Connecticut)
    [4] North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, Book Title: A Merrill Memorial: An Account of the Descendants of Nathaniel Merrill, An Early Settler of Newbury
    [5] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Probate
    Event Date: 1788
    Event Place: Farmington, Connecticut, USA
    Record Source: Connecticut, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1609-1999, Probate Files Collection, Early to 1880; Author: Connecticut State Library (Hartford, Connecticut)

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