Merrill, John
Birth Name | Merrill, John |
Gender | male |
Age at Death | more than 76 years, 3 months, 25 days |
Events
Event | Date | Place | Description | Notes | Sources |
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Birth | before 1635/6-03-13 (Julian) |
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Baptism | 1635/6-03-13 (Julian) | Lawford, Essex, England |
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Death | 1712-07-18 | Hartford, Hartford, CT |
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Parents
Relation to main person | Name | Birth date | Death date | Relation within this family (if not by birth) |
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Father | Merrill, Nathaniel | before 1601-05-04 | 1654/5-03-16 (Julian) | |
Mother | , Susanna | 1672/3-01-25 (Julian) | ||
Merrill, John | before 1635/6-03-13 (Julian) | 1712-07-18 | ||
Brother | Merrill, Abraham | 1636 | 1721 | |
Brother | Merrill, Nathaniel | before 1634-05-25 | 1682/3-01-01 (Julian) | |
Sister | Merrill, Susanna | 1640 | 1690-10-10 | |
Brother | Merrill, Daniel | 1642-08-20 | 1717-06-27 | |
Brother | Merrill, Abel | 1643-02-20 | 1689-10-28 |
Families
  |   | Family of Merrill, John and Watson, Sarah | ||||||||||||
Married | Wife | Watson, Sarah ( * 1641 + ... ) | ||||||||||||
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Narrative
An undocumented source gives his birth date as Feb. 16, 1635/6.Was in Hartford, Hartford Co., CT by 1657, and may have beenthere earlier under the care of Gregory WILTERTON, who willed inJul. 1674 a large portion of his estate to John. Admitted asfreeman May 20, 1658, and worked as a tanner. Removed to WestHartford about 1683 and active in town affairs and a deacon ofSecond Church.