Born in Rowan County, North Carolina, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Boyd McCrary
and Nancy Anna (Merrill) McCrary
Sister of
Hugh McCrary [half], Phebe (McCrary) Brevard, Elijah N McCrary, Benjamin McCrary, Joseph Joel McCrary and John Franklin McCrary
Wife of
William Merrill
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Wife of
Eli Merrell Sr.
— married
about 1808 in Buncombe, North Carolina
Descendants 
Mother of
Eli Merrell Jr. and Benjamin Merrell
Died
at about age 49
in Daviess County, Missouri, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 10 Nov 2013
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Biography
Nancy was born in 1781. She first married William Merrill. [1] According to her father-in-law, John Merrill's will, her marriage to William Merrill produced a son, Abner. [2]
On 1 Jan 1811, she married William's cousin Eli Merrill. [3]
Eli took his family West to Missouri in the early 1820s. Nancy passed away in 1830 in Merrillsville, MO.
Sources
- ↑ U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 (https://search.ancestry.com/cig-bin/see.dll?indiv=try&h=804812&dnt=WorldMarr_ga)
- ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/22861124/john-merrill
- ↑ US and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 (http://search.ancestry.com/collections/7836/records/804815)
- AFN: 2K5N-TJ4
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Nancy by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Nancy:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Nancy by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Nancy:
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~1.56%
Linda Nichols
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A807281 [compare], Ancestry member LindaNM5
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~1.56%
Cleve Willis :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch CK6009117 [compare], Ancestry member willis362529
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~0.78%
Mark Borckardt :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A976284 [compare], Ancestry member Numismatician
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~0.78%
Don Eaves :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Raysa Richard :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch YF9158317 [compare]
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