Joseph
Merrill
Born in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Ancestors 
Son of Daniel Merrill Jr.
and Esther (Chase) Merrill
Brother of
Daniel Merrill III, Abigail (Merrill) Hills, Judith (Merrill) Downer, Peter Merrill, Sarah (Merrill) Bartlett, Benjamin Merrill, Thomas Merrill, Enoch Merrill, Edmond Merrill and Moses Merrill SR
Husband of
Mary (Palmer) Merrill
— married
16 Dec 1718 in Stratham, New Hampshire
Husband of
Charity (Rollins) Merrill
— married
after 1744 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Died
at age 76
in Stratham, Rockingham, New Hampshire Colony
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Biography
Joseph was born 28 May 1694. His parents were Daniel MERRILL 1671-/1725 and Esther CHASE 1674-ca 1751.[1][2]
Joseph Merrill Married Mary Palmer at Stratham, New Hampshire, on 16 Dec 1718.[3].[4]
These are Joseph's grandparents: Daniel MERRILL 1642-1717 Sarah CLOUGH 1646-1706 Aquila CHASE, Sgt. 1652-1720 Esther BOND 1655-1720/
These are Joseph's great-grandparents: Nathaniel MERRILL 1601-1655 Susanna WOLLERTON ca 1610-1672 John CLOUGH 1613/1616-1691 Jane [CLOUGH] ca 1620-11/1680 Aquila CHASE ca 1618-1670 Anne WHEELER ca 1627-1687 John BOND 1624-1674 Esther BLAKELY ca 1630-1698/
According to the Merrill Newsletter, records indicate that this Joseph is buried in the cemetery behind the [1771] Stratham Community Church. A monument containing his name & the names of other family members marks the gravesite.
Sources
- ↑ Newbury - Births - Massachusetts Vital Records Project Online database of images and transcriptions courtesy of John Slaughter.
- ↑ Merrill, Samuel. A Merrill Memorial, An Account of the Descendants of Nathaniel Merrill (Cambridge, Mass., 1928) Vol. 1, Page 193 & Page 253
- ↑ Transcripton made by Stratham town clerk in 1906 of marriage record of Joseph Merrill and Mary Palmer, in New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947, database, FamilySearch, "Index to Marriages, Early to 1900", Marchand to Marvin, image 1146 of 4879; FHL microfilm 1,001,283
- ↑ Samuel Merrill, A Merrill memorial: an account of the descendants of Nathaniel Merrill, an early settler of Newbury, Massachusetts (Cambridge, Mass., 1917-1928) (Ancestry. com, https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/11010/dvm_GenMono000282-00183-1/347, subscription required), page 772 (image 353)
- Thurston, John H. and Thurston, Walter M. "Ancestry of Walter M. Thurston giving some account of the families of CARROLL, DE BEAUFORT, MERRILL, MOORE, MOSBAUGH, PEARSON, PINE, POORE, REYNOLDS (Runnels), VAN KRUYNE and VON BAUER'," Saint Paul MN: Thurston & Son, Printers., 1894. [1]
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 17 March 2021), memorial page for Joseph Merrill (28 May 1694–17 Mar 1771), Find a Grave Memorial no. Find A Grave: Memorial #91331767, citing Stratham Cemetery, Stratham, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, USA ; Maintained by BeNotForgot (contributor 46974545) .
Massachusetts Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988
New Hampshire Marriage Records Index, 1637-1947
North America Family Histories, 1500-2000
The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, 1847-2011
Acknowledgments
Thank you to Michael Sakelarides for creating Merrill-1374 on 2 Sep 13. C
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