Sarah (Ward) Merrill (1762)

Born 1762 in Ft. Lawrence, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Descendants

Biography

Birth: 1766 - Ft. Lawrence, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada. Death: After 1828 - Roma. Parents: Jonathan Ward, Tabitha Ward (born French). Siblings: Stephen Ward, Mary Jane Ward, Jesse Ward, Henry Burton Ward, Lydia Ward, Nathaniel E. Ward, unknown Ward, unknown Ward, & Sarah Ward. Husband 1: Thomas Hazen Merrill. Husband 2: Reuben unknown. Children: Susan Susanna Phinney (born Merrill), Sarah Merrill, Elizabeth Merrill, Abigail Merrill, Hannah Merrill, Nathan Alexander Merrill, Lavina Merrill.

Probably the same person as Westcott-1546 (merged) and Read-2506. This needs resolving.

1) Hannah Ward b. c1767, m. (1st) Mr. Reynolds, m. (2nd) Thomas Hazen Merrill

Note: birth must have been 1762 or earlier as that is when her mother died.

Research Notes

This may be completely wrong. Thomas Hazen Merrill was married to Hannah Read. familysearch has him married to her half sister Sarah Hannah Ward.^[1] However, Sarah Hannah and Hannah may be the same person, just with wrong dates. Further research is required before joining this couple.

There's much to be sorted out and the following book seems to be a good start. https://archive.org/details/utahpioneerapost00merr/page/19/mode/1up

1st families:

MERRILL: Thomas Hazen Merrill born c1760 possibly in Maine, m. c1780 Hannah Ward born c1760 d/o Jonathan Ward and Tabitha French: settled first in Fort Lawrence, NS then in 1794 moved to NB and settled in Sackville, Westmorland County: Children:

• 1) Susan Merrill b. 4 Aug 1781, m. Caleb Finney or Phinney:
• 2) Sarah Merrill born 22 Jul 1783, married David Stone:
• 3) Elizabeth Merrill b. 4 Dec 1785, m. Ralph Foster or Forester s/o George and Margaret Forester of Fort Lawrence, NS:
• 4) Abigail Merrill born 16 Jan 1789, married Richard Lowerison:
• 5) Hannah Merrill b. 12 Apr 1792, married 12 Aug 1813 Benjamin Smith s/o John and Jane Smith of Fort Lawrence:
• 6) Nathan Alexander Merrill born 25 Sep 1794 at Sackville, d. 16 May 1851, married 9 Feb 1814 Sarah Ann Reynolds: settled at Sackville and had thirteen children:
• 7) Lavina Merrill b. 27 Nov 1799.

Sources: MC1/Merrill, 100 pages: file contains copies of the Merrill Family Bulletin: Jonathan Ward b. 1730, d. 1827 at Sackville, NB, and wife Tabitha French born c1733 New Haven, CT: see also MC80/1149 Robert A. Jones’ Thomas and Nathan Merrill early settlers of Cumberland Township, Nova Scotia, pages 15-16: see MC80/2080 Helen M. Petchey’s John Francis Teed: Dorchester’s masterbuilder, see in appendix under heading, “Merrill”.

MERRILL: Nathan Alexander Merrill born 25 Sep 1794 Sackville, NB, d. 16 May 1851, s/o Thomas Hazen Merrill and Hannah Ward: m. 9 Feb 1814 Sarah Ann Reynolds b. 24 Apr 1792 at Sackville, d. 1 Feb 1876, d/o Joseph Reynolds and Hannah Reed: they settled at Sackville, Westmorland County: Children:

• 1) Abigail Elizabeth Hazen Merrill b. 22 Nov 1815, d 14 Aug 1872, m. 16 May 1833 Horatio Nelson Bulmer:
• 2) Mary Ann Merrill b. c1816:
• 3) Rebecca Lewis Merrill b. 1 Jun 1817, d. 30 May 1885, married Stephen Banfred Atkinson:
• 4) Levina Merrill born 4 Mar 1819, d. 18 Oct 1877, m. 1840 George Nelson Bulmer:
• 5) Joseph Reunals Merrill b. 4 Dec 1820, d. 21 Jul 1886, m. Matilda Teed:
• 6) Lucy Ann Merrill b. 13 Mar 1823, d. 18 Dec 1898, m. John Richardson: 7) Ruth Crane Merrill b. 2 Feb 1825, d. 21 Jul 1881, m. 1846 Rufus Smith Bulmer:
• 8) Celia Merrill b. 9 Nov 1826, d. 2 Aug 1829:
• 9) Thomas Hazen Merrill b. 28 Aug 1828, d. 29 Aug 1884, married Mary Daisley:
• 10) Edward Bulmer Merrill b. 27 Sep 1830, d. 1852 at Panama:
• 11) Mariner Wood Merrill b. 25 Sep 1832, d. 6 Feb 1906 in Utah, m. 11 Nov 1853 in Utah Sarah Ann Atkinson:
• 12) Alford Dixon Merrill born 11 Aug 1834, d. late 1890’s in NS, m. Isabelle Estabrooks:
• 13) Bedford Merrill b. 6 Oct 1836, d. 22 Oct 1836:
• 14) Rhoda Snell Merrill born 26 May 1838, died in Apr 1922, m. Alexander McQuarrie.

Sources: MC1/Merrill, 100 pages: the file contains copies of Merrill Family Bulletin: see also MC80/1149 Robert A. Jones’ Thomas and Nathan Merrill early settlers of Cumberland Township, Nova Scotia, pages 21-26: see also MC80/2080 Helen M. Petchey’s John Francis Teed: Dorchester’s master-builder, see in appendix under heading, “Merrill”.

Thomas and Nathan are both in the 1820 census. Mariner Wood Merrill was an early pioneer of Utah. He's the subject of the above reference.

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L627-5CX

• PANB 1st Familes (Ward)