Rufus Merrill (1793 - 1868)

Born 7 Nov 1793 in Saco, York, Maine, United States

Ancestors

Died 3 Sep 1868 at age 74 in Saco, York, Maine, United States

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Biography

Lived on his father Levi's homestead. Source quotes Levi's grandson Levi (husband of Syrena) on pg 78:

"We think that the old homestead where my grandfather lived, is the same as that given to Pine by Runnels. Rufus MERRILL lived there, and left it to his son G[eorge]. H[enry]. who was so unfortunate as to lose one hand by the bursting of a gun, thus rendering him unfit to work the farm, so he sold it to strangers. My father [Asa] and his brothers Phineas and Edward owned farms adjoining it. I own and live on what was once my father's, all the rest having passed into the hands of strangers. Possibly it was all one farm once.^[1]

Married Jane Googins on 1 Oct 1816 in Saco, York County, Maine.^[2]

His mother Jerusha living with Rufus, Jane, George, Susan and Sarah per 1850 census^[3] Buried in Dunstan Cemetery, Scarboro, Maine^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ 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]
2. ↑ "Saco Record of Births-Marriages & Deaths 1840-1880/First book of records of the town of Pepperellborough, now the city of Saco," City of Saco, March 18, 1895, [2], 5/4/2020, 007596918, Family Search database with images.
3. ↑ "US Census," 1850, Saco, York, Maine, database with images, Family Search, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DBL3-SG9?cc=1401638&wc=95RD-K6L%3A1031308201%2C1032214901%2C1032704901, 5/8/2020.
4. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #53014136

• *"US Census," 1860, Saco, York, Maine, database with images, Family Search, [3], 5/8/2020.
• Merrill, Samuel, "A Merrill Memorial: An Account of the Descendants of Nathaniel Merrill. An Early Settler of Newbury, Massachusetts. Vol I & 2,", 1917-1928, [4], Accessed: 16 April 2020.