Rachel (Ball) Baker (abt. 1640 - abt. 1716)

Born about 1640 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay

Wife of Cornelius Merry — married 11 Aug 1663 in Northampton, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died about 1716 at about age 76 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Rachel Ball married Corneilus Merry on August 11, 1663 in Northampton.^[1][2]

In the "History of Northfield, Mass.," by J. H. Temple and George Sheldon, there is a short genealogy of the family of Cornelius and Rachel Merry, of which the following is an exact copy: "Cornelius Merry; from Ireland; had a grant of land at Northampton in 1663; was in the 'Falls Fight' in 1676; an engager for Newfoundland in 1671; a settler (at Northfield) in 1673 and 1685; married Rachel Ball August 11th, 1663; died before 1716." Their children were:^[3]

John, born May 17, 1664, died January 5, 1665^[4]

John (zd), born November 9, 1665^[5]

Sarah, born January 16, 1667^[6]

Rachel, born August 30, 1670^[7]

Cornelius, date of birth not stated

Leah, born August 16, 1681^[8][9]

Hannah, born December 2, 1684^[10]

Cornelius Merry died about 1701. In December of 1702 Rachel Merry remarried to John Baker in Hartford.^[11]

Rachel likely died around 1716 when her son Cornelius and his wife Bethia are listed as selling the property of Cornelius and Rachel in Northfield.

"1716. In the course of this year, the Ralph Hutchinson heirs sell their lands to Joseph Petty of Coventry, Ct. : Cornelius Merry's heirs sell to Robert Cooper of Deerfield ; and the Joseph Parsons lot is sold to Lt. Jona. Hunt of Northampton."^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1621-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). pg. 197 Citing Rachel Ball marriage to Cornelius Merry. AmericanAncestors.org $
2. ↑ New England Marriages to 1700. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. citing pg. 1031 for the marriage of Cornelius Merry and Rachel Ball. AmericanAncestors.org $
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Temple, J. H., and George Sheldon. A history of the town of Northfield, Massachusetts: for 150 years, with an account of the prior occupation of the territory by the Squakheags: and with family genealogies. Salem, MA: Higginson Book Co., 1875. Citing pg. 168 archive.org
4. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHFR-2G7 : 4 December 2014), Cornelius Merry in entry for John Merry, 17 May 1664; citing Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, v 1 p 95; FHL microfilm 14,766.
5. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHFR-P5H : 4 December 2014), Cornelius Merry in entry for John Merry, 09 Nov 1665; citing Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, v 1 p 95; FHL microfilm 14,766.
6. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHFR-HQL : 4 December 2014), Cornelius Merry in entry for Sarah Merry, 15 Jan 1667; citing Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, v 1 p 96; FHL microfilm 14,766.
7. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHF5-L8J : 4 December 2014), Cornelius Merry in entry for Rachel Merry, 30 Aug 1670; citing Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, v 1 p 98; FHL microfilm 14,766.
8. ↑ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1621-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). pg. 18 citing birth of Leah Merry to Cornelius and Rachell. AmericanAncestors.org
9. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHF5-26L : 4 December 2014), Cornelius Merry in entry for Leah Merry, 16 Aug 1681; citing Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, ; FHL microfilm 14,766.
10. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHF5-YVT : 4 December 2014), Cornelius Merry in entry for Hannah Merry, 02 Dec 1684; citing Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, ; FHL microfilm 14,766.
11. ↑ Vital Records from The NEHGS Register. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (Compiled from articles originally published in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register.) Citing Rachel Merry marriage to John Baker in Dec. 1702. AmericanAncestors.org $

• Baker, Fred G., "The Descendants of John Baker (ca. 1640-1704) of Hartford, Connecticut, through Three Generations", Connecticut Nutmegger (Connecticut Society of Genealogists, Glastonbury, Conn., 2011) Vol. 44, Page 195: Shows her name as "Rachel Ballard".