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Abigail (Eaton) Merrill (1736 - 1816)

Abigail Merrill formerly Eaton
Born in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colonymap
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Daughter of and
Sister of , , , [half], [half], [half] and [half]
Wife of — married 25 Oct 1759 (to 29 Dec 1801) in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colonymap
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Died at age 79 in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, United Statesmap
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Biography

Abigail Eatton was born 8 Aug 1736 in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony.[1][2]

She was the daughter of Samuel Eatton and Meheteball Harriman.[1][2]

She was "of Plaistow" [NH] when she married Samuel Merrill 25 Oct 1759.[3][4][5]

Their children born in Haverhill include:[5]

  • Samuel, b 6 Jan 1761
  • Jesse, b 7 Oct 1762
  • James, b 2 Oct 1764
  • Jonathan, b 15 Dec 1766
  • Evan, b 8 Dec 1768
  • David b, 8 May 1771
  • William, b 8 Jun 1773
  • John Handcock, b 24 Mar 1775
  • Horatio, b 18 Aug 1778

Death

Abigail died 22 May 1816 and is buried in the Second West Parish Cemetery, Haverhill, Essex, MA[6][7]

Sources

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1V-B8PB : 18 October 2022), Abigail Eatton, 8 Aug 1736; citing Birth, , Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009726.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Massachusetts Vital Records Project: Essex, Haverhill Births p 106 which states:
    EATTON, Abigail, d. Samuel and Meheteball (Harriman), Aug. 8, 1736.
  3. ↑ Vital Records of Haverhill, MA, p221
  4. ↑ Massachusetts Vital Records Project: Essex, Haverhill Marriages p 100 which states:
    EATON, Abigail, of Plaistow, and Samuel Merril, Oct. 25, 1759.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1V-R6ZZ : 18 October 2022), Samuel Merrill and Abigail Eaton, 25 Oct 1759; citing Marriage, , Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009726.
  6. ↑ Massachusetts Vital Records Project: Essex, Haverhill Deaths p 444 which states:
    MERRILL, Abigail wid, Samuel, Esq., May 22, 1816, a. 79 y. G. R. 7.
  7. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #35063222.

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