Daniel Merrill (1673 - bef. 1750)

Born 15 May 1673 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Susanna (Pratt) Merrill — married 18 Jan 1698 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut Colony

Husband of Mindwell (King) Merrill — married 17 Feb 1737 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut Colony

Descendants

Died before 7 Aug 1750 before age 77 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut Colony

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Biography

18 January 1697/8 married Susannah Pratt^[1]

"MERRILL, Daniel (1673-1750) tr 1/wf Susanna PRATT (1680-); 18 Jan 1697/8; Hartford"^[2]

Had wives Susannah Pratt^[1] and Mindwell King^{[citation needed]}

Was Deacon of the Second Church and very wealthy, leaving property valued at $50,000 . To his son Jonathan he gave by will, besides other property, his "negro girl Phebe" and to Israel "his negro Peter". ^[3]

No record of their deaths has been found.^[4]

Children

Children of Daniel and Susannah (Pratt) Merrill:^[1]

1. Daniel, b. 1 January 1699, d. in February 1698^[5]
2. Susanna, b. 18 August 1700
3. Moses, b. 25 December 1702
4. Jonathan, b. 15 June 1705
5. Ruth, b. 5 January 1707
6. Mary, b. 25 March 1710
7. Hepsibah, b. 14 April 1712

Research Notes

First son Daniel died early and it is possible another son born 1714 was named Daniel^[6]. It is also possible that Mary b 1710 died young and another daughter born 1717 was named Mary^[7]. Loosely sourced name for son 1716-1784 shows Josiah (vs Israel).

Slaves

• Peter
• Phebe

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Whittelsey, Charles B. The Ancestry and the Descendants of John Pratt of Hartford, Conn. Hartford, CT: The Case, Lockwood & Brainard Company, 1900. Page 13-14, 19.
2. ↑ Torrey, Clarence Almon. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1985. Page 504.
3. ↑ A Merrill Memorial An Account of the Descendants of Nathaniel Merrill, an Early Settler of Newbury, Massachusetts Vol 1 by Merill, Samuel. Reprint. Originally published: Cambridge, Mass. Page 181
4. ↑ Chapman, Rev. Frederick William. The Pratt family: or, The descendants of Lieut. William Pratt. Hartford, CT: Case, Lockwood & Co.,1864. Page 310, 313.
5. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch ([1] : 7 January 2020), Daniell Merrill in entry for Daniell Merrill, 1698.
6. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/tree/pedigree/landscape/LK69-TV3
7. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/tree/pedigree/landscape/LK69-TV3

• Merrill, Samuel. A Merrill Memorial An Account of the Descendants of Nathaniel Merrill (Cambridge, Mass., 1928) Vol. 1, Page 182. See handwritten note at bottom of page.
  • Daniel Merrill's will dated 26 Dec 1745, proved 7 Aug 1750. Inventory £10,698. 7s
• Early Hartford Vital Records, Collections of the Connecticut Historical Society (The Connecticut Historical Society, Hartford, 1912) Vol. 14, Page 595. Birth record.