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Elizabeth (Merrick) Webster (1772 - 1866)

Elizabeth Webster formerly Merrick
Born in Methuen, Essex, Massachusetts Baymap
Ancestors ancestors
Daughter of and
Sister of , , , and
Wife of — married 10 Dec 1796 in New Hampton, Strafford, New Hampshire, United Statesmap
Descendants descendants
Mother of and
Died at age 94 in New Hampton, Belknap, New Hampshire, United Statesmap
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Biography

ELIZABETH MERRICK,[1] born at Methuen, 4 Mar 1772[2] daughter of Jacob Merrick and Judith Barker;[3] Elizabeth died at New Hampton, New Hampshire, 12 Aug 1866;[4] married at New Hampton, 10 Dec 1796,[5] BAILEY WEBSTER, born at Salem, New Hampshire, 1 Dec 1773 son of Nathan Webster and Hannah Bailey;[6] Bailey died at New Hampton (burial at Bristol, New Hampshire), 1818.[7]

Elizabeth Merrick and Bailey Webster resided at Hopkinton and New Hampton, New Hampshire.

In 1810, the household of Bailey Webster was six persons at New Hampton: one male 26 to 44, two females 26 to 44, two males under 10, and one female under 10.[8] In 1820, widow Elizabeth Webster headed a household of four persons at New Hampton: one female 45 and over, two males 10 to 15, and one female 16 to 25.[9]

On 24 November 1826, Jacob Webster of New Hampton with his wife Joanna, in consideration of two hundred dollars, quitclaimed to Ira Webster of New Hampton his fourth-part share of a tract of land in New Hampton from the estate of Bailey Webster. On 16 November 1824 (two days before her marriage), Harriet Webster of New Hampton quitclaimed her fourth-part share to Ira Webster for payment of two hundred and fifty dollars.[10]

In 1860, Elizabeth Webster was living at Alexandria in the home of her son Ira and his wife Mary.[11]

Children

There are records of four children of Elizabeth Merrick and Bailey Webster.

i IRA WEBSTER, b. at Hopkinton, 29 Aug 1800; d. at Bristol, NH, 10 Jan 1869; m. 12 Nov 1829, MARY WELLS, b. at Bridgewater, NH, 13 Mar 1793 daughter of Peter and Hannah (Blake) Wells;[12] Mary d. at Bristol, 22 Feb 1866.

ii HARRIET WEBSTER, b. at New Hampton, 10 Nov 1802; d. at Alexandria, NH, 28 Mar 1849; m. at New Hampton, 18 Nov 1824, JONATHAN FERRIN, b. at Alexandira, 7 Apr 1798 son of Enos and Judith (Corliss) Ferrin;[13] Jonathan d. at Temple, NH, 18 May 1882. Jonathan married second Parshandatha Ray Sanborn.

iii JACOB WEBSTER, b. at New Hampton, 29 Aug 1805; d. at Caledonia, MN, 26 Oct 1873; m. at Bristol, NH, 23 Mar 1826, JOANNA LOCKE, b. at Bristol, 6 Apr 1807 daughter of Benjamin and Hannah (Favour) Locke; Joanna d. at Caledonia, 1 Nov 1892.

iv BAILEY WEBSTER, b. at New Hampton, 1 Mar 1808; d. after 1850 when living at Lafayette, LA;[14] m. 1st at Bristol, 22 Oct 1829, SUSANNAH CUMMINGS, b. at Bridgewater, NH, 23 Jun 1811 daughter of Andrew and Hannah (Crawford) Cummings. Bailey seems to have marriage second MARGARET who was not identified but born in Louisiana about 1830 (census record). In 1850, Bailey Webster born in New Hampshire, aged 40, was living in Lafayette with Margaret, aged 20, and daughters Harriet aged 2 years and Nancy aged 3 months.

Sources

  1. ↑ Family summary provided courtesy of Patricia Abbott from Abbott, The Descendants of Richard and Joanna Barker of Andover
  2. ↑ Merreck, Elezebeth, d. Jacob and Judath, Mar. 4, 1772. Methuen Vital Records, volume 1, p 82; https://archive.org/details/vitalrecordsofme02meth/page/82/mode/2up
  3. ↑ Merrick, Genealogy of the Merrick-Mirick-Myrick Family of Massachusetts, p 155; https://archive.org/details/genealogymerric00merrgoog/page/154/mode/2up
  4. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/63275786/elizabeth-webster: accessed 01 November 2023), memorial page for Elizabeth Merrick Webster (4 Mar 1772–12 Aug 1866), Find a Grave Memorial ID 63275786, citing Homeland Cemetery, Bristol, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA; Maintained by Lauren Marie Westgate Hargrave (contributor 47241104).
  5. ↑ "New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLHH-N6J : Mon Oct 23 16:49:52 UTC 2023), Entry for Bailey Webster and Elizabeth Merrick, 1796.
  6. ↑ "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FL5D-2WL : Wed Oct 04 15:02:23 UTC 2023), Entry for Bailey Webster and Nathan Webster, 1 December 1773.
  7. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/63275660/bailey-webster: accessed 01 November 2023), memorial page for Bailey Webster (1 Dec 1773–1818), Find a Grave Memorial ID 63275660, citing Homeland Cemetery, Bristol, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA; Maintained by Lauren Marie Westgate Hargrave (contributor 47241104).
  8. ↑ Year: 1810; Census Place: New Hampton, Strafford, New Hampshire; Roll: 25; Page: 669; Image: Nhm252_25-0654; FHL Roll: 0218686
  9. ↑ Fourth Census of the United States, 1820; Census Place: New Hampton, Strafford, New Hampshire; Page: 926; NARA Roll: M33_61; Image: 257
  10. ↑ New Hampshire Land Records, Strafford County, 129:497, 129:500
  11. ↑ The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M653; Residence Date: 1860; Home in 1860: Alexandria, Grafton, New Hampshire; Roll: M653_670; Page: 146; Family History Library
  12. ↑ The 1841 will (probate 1842) of Peter Wells of Bristol includes a bequest to his daughter Mary Webster wife of Ira Webster; New Hampshire Probate, Grafton County Volume 24, p 385
  13. ↑ Stearns, History of Plymouth, New Hampshire, Volume 2, p 263
  14. ↑ The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: Lafayette Ward 1, Jefferson, Louisiana; Roll: 232; Page: 126a
  • Abbott, Patricia A. In Press. The Descendants of Richard and Joanna Barker of Andover Through Six Generations: Including Male and Female Lines of Descent from Generation One to Generation Six. Emerald Isle, NC: Patricia A. Abbott.
  • Merrick, George Byron. 1902. Genealogy of the Merrick-Mirick-Myrick Family of Massachusetts. Madison, WI: Tracy, Gibbs & Company.
  • Stearns, Ezra Scollay, and Moses Thurston Runnels. 1906. History of Plymouth, New Hampshire: Vol. I. Narrative--Vol. II. Genealogies. Printed for the Town by University Press.




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