John
Merrill
Sr.
Born in Hopewell Township, Mercer, New Jersey
Ancestors 
Son of William Merrill III
and Mary (Cornell) Merrill
Husband of
Catherine (Rhodes) Merrill
— married
1780 in Buncombe, North Carolina, United States
Descendants 
Father of
William Merrill, John Merrill Jr., Mary (Merrill) Maxwell, Catherine Margaret (Merrell) Edney, Nancy (Merrill) Patton and Joseph Merrell
Died
at age 75
in Buncombe, North Carolina, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 5 Jul 2013
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Biography
Private John Merrill Sr. served with North Carolina Militia during the American Revolution.
John Merrill Sr. is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A077965.
John Merrill was a Private in the North Carolina Militia, Continental Line, Revolutionary War. Pension: S7220. [1]
He married Catherine Rhodes, they had ten known children. Named in the DAR patriot index are Jacob, Mary, Sarah and Catherine M with their spouses.
Burial Date: 1833 Place: , Buncombe, North Carolina, Merrell-Patton G [2]
Sources
- ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/), "Record of John Merrill", Ancestor # A077965.
- ↑ Find A Grave [1]
See Also: Ancestral File Number: 3QSP-5T
Acknowledgments
Thank you to David Townsend for creating WikiTree profile Merrill-1260 through the import of cornell_flakey.ged on Jun 28, 2013. User ID: 7B6AD6BB7B6E412F91E850F4B77D15F5CABE Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by David and others.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John 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:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John 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:
- Gerry Merrill
:
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 67 markers, haplogroup G-CTS4803, FTDNA kit #414331
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~1.56%
George Garren :
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch GA2089408 [compare]
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~0.78%
Jan (Runyon) Foley-Runyon :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Wilma Stark :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A661819 [compare], Ancestry member tonlcaud1
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~0.78%
William Cole :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A105306 [compare], Ancestry member wecole28
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~0.78%
Catherine (Teed) Roberts :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Cindy Adkins :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T957458 [compare], FTDNA kit #177237
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~0.39%
Keithta Kerr :
AncestryDNA
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