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Merrill Knight Sr. (1744 - 1817)

Merrill Knight Sr.
Born in Falmouth, Cumberland, Mainemap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married 1760 in Falmouth, Cumberland, Mainemap
Descendants descendants
Died at about age 73 in Peru, Oxford, Mainemap
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Biography

Merrill Knight, Sr.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

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@.

Probate: Oxford, Maine, USA. [20]

File @M91@. @M218@. @M311@. @M911@.

Sources

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  5. Source: #S303 File @M5173@
  6. Source: #S346 Book Title: A Merrill Memorial: An Account of the Descendants of Nathaniel Merrill, An Early Settler of Newbury, Massachusetts File @M5171@
  7. Source: #S50 Year: 1800; Census Place: Holmanton, Cumberland, Maine; Series: M32; Roll: 6; Page: 197; Image: 197; Family History Library Film: 218676 File @M5174@
  8. Source: #S261
  9. Source: #S303 File @M5173@
  10. Source: #S261
  11. Source: #S12
  12. Source: #S314 INDEX TO WILLS & PROBATE RECORDS; Author: Maine. Probate Court (Oxford County); Probate Place: Oxford, Maine File @M5172@
  13. Source: #S303 File @M5173@
  14. Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Maine
  15. Book Title: History of Peru (c)1912
  16. Source: #S50 Year: 1800; Census Place: Holmanton, Cumberland, Maine; Series: M32; Roll: 6; Page: 197; Image: 197; Family History Library Film: 218676 File @M5174@
  17. Source: #S27 1810 U.S. Federal Census Merrill Knight 0 0 3 0 1 | 0 0 2 0 1 0 File @M218@
  18. Source: #S261
  19. Source: #S12
  20. Source: #S314 INDEX TO WILLS & PROBATE RECORDS; Author: Maine. Probate Court (Oxford County); Probate Place: Oxford, Maine File @M5172@
  • Source: S12 Ancestry.com Web: Maine, Find A Grave Index, 1700-2012 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT. USA; Date: 2012; Repository: #R1
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  • Source: S303 Ancestry.com U.S., Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast, 1704-1930 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014; Repository: #R1
  • Source: S314 Ancestry.com Maine, Wills and Probate Records, 1584-1999 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2015; Repository: #R1
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  • 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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