Born
1744
Falmouth, Cumberland, Maine, USA. [8][9]
Died
01 SEP 1817.
Plantation #1 (Peru), Oxford, Maine, USA. [10][11][12][13]
Residence
1790
Falmouth Town, Cumberland County, Maine[14]
1794
Listed as First Settler of Peru, Maine. Merrill cleared land in the northern half of Peru the Summer of 1794./Falmouth, Cumberland, Maine, USA.[15]
1800
Holmanton Plantation (now Dixfield/Mexico area), Cumberland, Maine, USA. [16]
1810
Lunts Grant or No. 1 West Of Androscoggin River; 3 Males 16-25, 1 Male over 45, 2 Females 16-25, 1 Female over 45/Lunts Grant, Oxford, Maine, USA. [17]
Buried
SEP 1817.
Knight Cemetery Inscription: "In memory of Mr. Merrill Knight who died Sept. 1, 1817 in his 72nd year." Plaque: "In memory of Merrill Knight first settler and founder of Peru: erected in the Sesquicentennial year 1971 by Peru Citizens."/Peru, Oxford, Maine, USA. [18][19]
File @M91@.
File @M911@.
↑ Source: #S346 Book Title: A Merrill Memorial: An Account of the Descendants of Nathaniel Merrill, An Early Settler of Newbury, Massachusetts File @M5171@
↑ Source: #S50 Year: 1800; Census Place: Holmanton, Cumberland, Maine; Series: M32; Roll: 6; Page: 197; Image: 197; Family History Library Film: 218676 File @M5174@
Source: S2 Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.; Repository: #R1
Source: S50 Ancestry.com 1800 United States Federal Census Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010; Repository: #R1
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Merrill by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
Norvin Knight :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 37 markers, haplogroup R-M269, FTDNA kit #B579772 +
Y-Chromosome Test, MitoYDNA ID T13554[compare]
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Merrill: