Lois Merrill was born on August 7, 1770, in Sharon, Connecticut, the daughter of Sabra and Samuel. She married Eliakim Elmer on January 18, 1789, in her hometown. They had seven children in 22 years. She died on April 27, 1831, in Le Roy, New York, at the age of 60.
7 August 1770 • Sharon, Litchfield, Connecticut [1][2]
Marriage
18 January 1789 • Lois married Eliakim Elmer in Sharon, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States [2]
Children
Eliakim and Lois had children:
Samuel Merrill Elmore 1790–1868
Julia Curtice Elmore 1795–1883
Solyman Elmore 1798–1799
Solyman Elmore 1801–1882
Jonathan Jenner Elmore 1805–1892
Sabrina Elmore 1808–1891
Albert Elmore 1812–1883
Death
27 April 1831 • Le Roy, Genesee, New York, USA [2]
Sources
Godfrey Memorial Library, comp.. American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 1999.
Original data: Godfrey Memorial Library. American Genealogical-Biographical Index. Middletown, CT, USA: Godfrey Memorial Library.
Name: Lois Merrill
Birth Date: 1770
Birthplace: Massachusetts
Volume: 116
Page Number: 407
Reference: A recd. Of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the founding of a nation. Ed. By Ezra S. Stearns. New York, 1908. (4v.):137
Elmore, Theodore James Family Memorials in Prose and Verse (Published 1880 by Morning News Steam Printing House; Savannah, GA) Part 3, Section 1, Page 302-3.
ELIAKIM ELMORE, (fourth generation), fourth son of David Elmore, and brother of William Curtis Elmore, b. Sharon Conn., April 30, 1764. On January 18, 1789, m. Lois Merrill (who was b. Hartford, Conn., August 7, 1770), and d. LeRoy, N.Y., April 12, 1834.
Acknowledgments
Merrill-1826 was created by Robert Elmore through the import of Elmore.ged on Jan 8, 2015.
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However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
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