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   Nathaniel MerrillGender: MaleBirth: May 4 1601 - Wherstead, EssexMarriage: Mar 16 1634 - Newbury, MADeath: Mar 16 1654 - Newberry, Essex, MAFather: Nathaniel MerrillMother: Mary BlacksollWife: Susan JordanChild: Abraham Merrill

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   Nathaniel Merrill IIBirth name: Nathaniel Merrill IIGender: UnknownBirth: May 1 1601 - Wherstead, Suffolk, EnglandChristening: May 4 1601 - Wherstead, Suffolk, EnglandResidence: Death: Mar 16 1655 - Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United StatesBurial: 1655 - First Burying Ground, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA  Additional information: LifeSketch:NATHANIEL MERRILL JR. was born 4 May 1601, in Wherstead, Suffolk, England, to Nathaniel Merrill Sr. (1570-1626) and Mary Blacksoll (1574-1609.) He Married Susannah Wolterton (Wilterton), 23 September 1633, in Wherstead, Suffolk, England. He was an immigrant ancestor of a large number of Merrill’s in America.een 1635 and 1639. A Merrill Memorial, by Samuel Merrill, Cambridge, MA, 1917-1928: “It seems mostly likely that Nathaniel and John Merrill arrived together in Ipswich (then called Agawam), MA, supposedly on the ship Hector in 1633, and that Nathaniel later returned to England to get his wife and children, arriving in Ipswich a second time in 1638/39.” . In July 1638, his brother John arranged for a home site of four acres in Newbury for his unnamed “brother,” indicating that Nathaniel was not able to take care of this himself. Undisputed is the fact that the brothers and their families were among the earliest settlers in Newbury.”errill’s daughter, Susanna, was not baptized until 12 Dec 1638, in Lawford, Essex, England. This tells us that Nathaniel had not left for America with his family until late December 1638 or early 1639. In 1638 the English government started restricting its citizens from freely immigrating to the new continent with its abundance of land for all, something unknown in England. The fact that brother John arranged for a home site of four Acres in Newbury for his unnamed “brother” would indicate that the brother was not there by 23 July 1638 but was arranging to come. (Source: “A Merrill Memorial,” by Samuel Merrill, Cambridge, MA, 1917-1928.)w bear the Merrill name in this country: it is believed, indeed, that less than one percent of the Merrill’s in American can trace their pedigree to any other emigrant ancestor.nd his older brother John were born in England. The registers of Wherstead, a parish lying three miles south of Ipswich, in Suffolk County, England, contain the following entries:. John Merrill son of Nath. Merrell & Mary his wife was baptized.ied before leaving England. No record is found of his marriage in America. If the marriage took place here it was probably at Ipswich, in the short time before the settlement in Newbury. His wife’s name was Susanna. Savage, in the Genealogical Dictionary of New England, 1861, says that Nathaniel Merrill married Susanna Jordan. In this he was no doubt following Coffin’s History of Newbury, published in 1845, and the misstatement has been frequently copied. Susanna Merrill did marry Stephen Jorden after Nathaniel’s death in 1655.Merrill’s in the USA. His brother John and wife had a daughter but no sons.nor, and it is said was adopted by Gregory Wilterton. Savage in his Genealogy Dictionary, said that Gregory Wilterton “had good estate, large tan works, and no children.” Gregory Wilterton made his will 17 July 1674, and died soon after, leaving legacies to a number of persons, including relatives in Ipswich, England. Savage adds: “Most of his estate was given to John Merrill, because he had adopted him.” Gregory Wilterton was probably a brother of Susanna Merrill.ce of the Clerk of Courts at Salem. The will was executed 8 March 1655; Nathaniel Merrill died 16 March 1655; the will was proved 27 March 1655:ewbury in the countie of Essex being ficke of body but through gods mercy of perfect memory do here make my last will and testament, ith an assured hope of a joyfull resurrection, and my body when it shall please the lord to take me out of this fraile life to bee buryed in the burying place of Newbury, and for my worldly goods I giue and dispose of as followethifers and all my household goods, And out of this estate so giuen to my wifeath unto my son Nathaniell (whom I appoint as my true and lawfull heire) all my land and freehold after my wiues decease, and All the working tooles & Implements of husbandry and all the cattell and stocke besids And out of this stocke I appoint that my son Natthaniell shall pay theise legacyes as followeth, that is I giue unto my son John when he shalbee of the age of two and twenty years the summe of fiue pounds, And also I giue and bequeath unto my son Abraham at the age of two and twenty year fiue £, and I giue and bequeath unto my sonne Daniell also at the age of one and twenty years fiue £ also at the age of one and twenty years, And I appoint my son Nathaniell to be my sole executor and all my debts & funeral rites being discharged I appoint him to haue all the rest of my goods & chattels undisposed and I desire my brother John merill ande nthony Somerby to be the ouerseers of this my last will & testament.e thousand six hundred fifty foureacyesep-father was Gregory Wilterton/Wolterton and her mother Susanna Sheppard. She married (1) Nathaniel Merrill Jr., 23 September 1633, in Wherstead, Suffolk, England. (2) Stephen Jordan, 16 Aug 1661, Newbury, Massachusetts.be the sister of Gregory Wolterton of Hartford, Connecticut. Later research shows that she probably is the daughter of Gregory’s wife, Susannah (Unknown) by a previous marriage. (A Merrill Memorial, by Samuel Merrill, Cambridge, MA, 1917-1928.)ed, under date of 16 Aug 1661, to Peter Godfrey of Newbury, in which the phrase occurs, “after the decease of my mother Susanna Jordan,” and out of this fact the error regarding the maiden name of Nathaniel’s wife grew.been natural for Gregory Wilterton under these circumstances to write to his kinswomen in the Massachusetts Bay Colony and offer a home and modest fortune to one of the boys. (A Merrill Memorial, by Samuel Merrill, Cambridge, MA, 1917-1928.)st son, March 25, 1673. An inventory of her estate included debts to the Merrill sons. Her second husband also owed the Merrill sons.thaniel Merrill III, bapt. 25 May 1634, Lawford, Essex, England; md. Joane Ninian, 15 Oct 1661, Newbury; d. 1 Jan 1683, Newbury. At death his inventory was £520; 3 sons, 4 daughters. bapt. 16 Feb 1636, Lawford, Essex, England; md. Sarah Watson, 23 Sep 1663, Hartford; d. 18 July 1712, Hartford, Connecticut. (Adopted by Gregory Wilterton, and became his heir. It had been assumed that Gregory was Susanna’s brother, but “later research shows that she probably is the daughter of Gregory’s wife, Susannah Unknown by a previous marriage. He was admitted a freeman, 20 May 1658. He was a tanner, and lived in Hartford. In 1683 he made large purchases of land. I 1684, 1694, and 1700 he was a “townsman,” or selectman, and he was a deacon of the Second Church. They had 8 sons and 2 daughters. weaver; and lived in Newbury. He was a deacon of the Congregational Church in Newbury, and was active in the party opposing Rev. Thomas Parker, being one of the founders of the Episcopal Church.usannah Merrill was bapt. 12 Dec 1638, in Lawford, Essex, England. Her parents were Nathaniel Merrill Jr. (1601-1654) and Susannah Wolterton (1605-1673.) She lived in Bradford (now Haverhill), MA, in 1667; in Haverhill from 1668 to 1674, then in Suffield. She married John Burbank, 15 Oct 1663, in Newbury. ewbury. In 1682, a Baptist church was formed in Newbury

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