Genealogy of Patty Rose
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| Notes for Dr. Abel MERRILL | ||||||||||
| - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Abel, Newbury, 20 Feb 1644, s. of Nathaniel and Susannah (Jordan) Merrill; m. 10 Feb. 1671, Priscilla, d. of Aquila Chase, had Abel, Susanna, Nathan, Thomas, Joseph, Nathaniel, Priscilla, and James [ref 20] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - MERRILL, Abel Chase, Priscilla 10 February 1671 Newbury, Mass. [ref 15] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Abell Merrill married Priscilla Chase Feb 10, 1670 in Newbury, Essex Co., MA [ref 23:0886202 item 3] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ABEL,2 b. Feb. 20, 1643-4[NE]; m. Feb. 10, 1670-1, PRISCILLA2 CHASE. [ref 36:245] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ABEL2 MERRILL (Nathl.1), of Newbury, b. 1644; m. Feb. 10, 1670-1[NE], PRISCILLA2 CHASE; oath fid. and al. 1668 and '78. Wid. Priscilla ap. adm. est. March 25, 1690; est. div. Nov., 1697. Children [ref 36:245] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Abel Merrill, son of Nathaniel and Susanna Merrill, was born February 20, 1643/4, married February 10, 1670/1, Priscilla Chase, and died October 28, 1689, all in Newbury. He took the Oath of Fidelity in 1668 and the Oath of Allegiance in 1678. Apparently he lived with his mother and stepfather Stephen Jordan and took responsibility for their affairs as indicated in the estate papers of both, He was a soldier in the company of Capt. Thomas Noyes in 1668. he died intestate and Edward Woodman and Benjamin Morss presented an inventory of �347:18:0 on November 22 1689, the widow Priscilla Merrill being the administratrix and filing her account November 1, 1697. [ref 46:2-594] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ABEL2 MERRILL (Nathaniel1) was born 20 Feb. 1643/4, in Newbury, Mass., and died there 28 Oct. 1689. He married, 10 Feb. 1670/1, Priscilla Chase, daughter of Aquila and Ann (Wheeler) Chase of Newbury. She was born 14 March, 1648/9. His real estate, according to the inventory filed at his death, was valued at �167; personal estate, �180,18s. Children, born in Newbury: Abel, Susanna, Nathan, Thomas, Joseph, Nathaniel, Priscilla, James. Abel2 Merrill was the youngest in the second generation of Newbury Merrills, and, dying at forty-five years of age, his was the shortest life. His descendants, however, are more numerous, and more widely seattered, than those of most of his brothers. At the death of his father he was only eleven years of age. In 1668 he took the "oath of ffidelitie" to the government, and in September, 1678, he took the oath of allegiance, his age being then recorded as thirty-two years, although it would appear that he was at that time two years older. The settlement of the estates of Stephen Jordan, who died 8 Feb. 1669/70, and of his wife, Susanna Jordan, who died 15 Jan. 1672/3, indicates that Abel2 Merrill lived in close relationship with them in their later years. The inventory of the estate of Stephen Jordan, his stepfather, mentions: his debts which he oweth To Abell merrill for dayes works done for mowing & makeing hay & planting & hillings g & cutting wood dr 3-13-0 besids attendance vpon him both night & day for theis 3 last years which if it be made vp ten pounds he would be a looser. Due to Daniel merrill 1-16-0 To Nathaniell merrill 2-10-0 Abel2 was administrator of the estate of his mother, Susanna Jordan. In the papers on file in the Probate Office, showing the settlement of the estate, appear these entries: Due to Abell merrill for wintering two cowes 3 winters & 2 calues vntill they were three yer Old 7-4-0 for cutting & makeing 3 load & halfe of hay 0-18-0 Priscilla Chase, whom Abel Merrill married, was a daughter of Aquila Chase, who had come from Cornwall, England, and settled in Hampton, New Hampshire, about 1639. Aquila Chase possessed some skill as a mariner, and for this reason he was induced by the inhabitants of Newbury, by a grant of land, to join the settlement at the mouth of the Merrimack in 1646. This grant was made "on condition that he do goe to sea and do service in the towne with a boate for four years." His service was probably confined to short coastwise and fishing cruises. Through ten of his eleven children, who grew up and married, Aquila Chase is ancestor of a very numerous family. In 1682 a Baptist church was formed in Newbury, and Abel Merrill was one of the original members. Under the name of "Abil Merell" he appears to have been a soldier in the company of Capt. Thomas Noyes in 1688. The tax list of 1688 shows that Abel2 Merrill was in that year assessed on one house, five acres of "Plow Lands" in Newbury, one horse, five cows, six young cattle, ten sheep and four swine. At his death he was an owner of land in Haverhill, his interest being appraised at �35. This was no doubt his undivided share in land which he and his brother Daniel purchased in 1673 and 1674. He died intestate. Gen. Merrill Quoted Gen. Lewis Merrill, writing, 2 Sept. 1884, to Rev. Samuel-Lewis7 Merrill (Andrew6, Bildad5, Eliakim4, Isaac3, John2) of Springfield, Mass., said: "The persistence of family traits in character and appearance is very striking in the Merrill stock. I have never found one of whom I was ashamed, and have known very few in whom I could not detect the facial and gestural marks of the race. They have uniformly, in my experience, been a sober-minded, honest and capable people, a little too much disposed to introspection and self-criticism, but never content to be unlearned; not enough push and 'cheek,' by which they often allow inferior men to take the places in which they belong. I think the family shows a larger proportion of well-educated men than any of the old New England stock of which I know. In all my extended correspondence with them the rarest thing is to find one who does not show in his letters that he has fair literary culture." In another letter, written 10 Sept. 1884, referring to Nathaniel1 Merrill, he said: "I know of no parallel in the number of descendants from a single individual." [ref 52:97,171] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - An Inuentory of ye Estate of Abell Merrill Late of newbury who Deseased october the 28th in ye yeare of our Lord 1689: taken this 22d of nouember 1689 To a Dwelling house and Barne and out houseing & eight acres of land & orchard 0120-00-00 to a Rate Lott about 12 acres in ye upper Comon 0012-00-00 to Land att hauerhill 00035-00-00 to two oxen and 5 Cows 0029-00-00 to 4: Cattel coming 3 years old 0012-00-00 to 2 yearlins & 5 Calues 0008-00-00 to one horse one mare & a young Colt 0009-00-00 to thirtey 5 sheep 00014-00-00 to nine small swine 0002-14-00 to one plough one chene 14s and 4 axes 16s and 5 hows 10s 0002-00-00 to one saw 3 augurs one square and 3 Chissels and other small tools 0001-10-00 to two siths 2 Bitle Rings and 3 wedges 0000-10-00 to one gun and one sword and one pike 0002-00-00 to one feather Bed & 3 Couerlids and two blankets and bolstar pillow Curtins 10-00-00 to one small feather bed & 3 Douerlids 0003-00-00 to one flock bed 2 Couerlids and two blankits one bolster one pillow 004-00-00 to one old flock bed one pillow and 5 payr of sheets 0006-00-00 to table linin and napkins 0001-00-00 to his wearing Clothes 00010-00-00 to one Bible and other small books 0000-16-00 to brass and peuter and Iron which is household goods 0007-00-00 to andirons and tings and spitt and fiar shouel 0001-00-00 to one Cobord 2 Chests and boxes and one table 0003-10-00 to Chears and Cradle and trays and other wooden ware 0001-03-00 to one Loome and seauen slays and six harness 0006-00-00 to earthen ware and Glasses 0000-12-00 to money 12s and 68 pound of wooll and 20 pound of hops 0006-12-00 to Corn inglish and Indian 00015-00-00 to barrels and tobs and hemp and flax and sadle and pillian 00003-10-00 to prouitions beeffe porke Cheese and butter 00010-00-00 to thirtey pound of tobaco 00000-10-00 to three spining wheels 00000-15-00 to yarne 00003-00-00 Debts Due to ye Estate 00005-16-00 347-18-00 ?? s D Debts Due from ye Estate 4- 7-10 Edward woodman, Benjamin Morss Who were ye prizers In the twelfth item, "Bitle Rings" refer to the iron rings used to bind the head of a beetle, or heavy mallet. "Slays," in the twenty-fifth item, are the reeds of a loom, used in weaving; "harness" is a part of the loom mechanism. English corn, in the twenty-eighth item, means wheat, rye, barley and oats, in distinction from Indian corn, or maize. Distribution of the Estate The eight children of Abel2 Merrill were all minors at his death, the youngest, James3, being less than a year old. Priscilla Merrill, the widow, filed her account as administratrix in the Probate Court 1 November, 1697. The charges against the estate included the following entries: It keeping 4 children 8 yrs. each 35-00- 0 It keeping 1 ditto @ 5 yrs It allowd. ye Admx. for her Trouble 5-00-00 Distribution of the estate was ordered as follows: The Balla. of the psonall Estate as aboue being 135.8.2 & the Real Estate as aboue being 167.0.0 is Diuided as Followth. viz It the Widow 1/3 of the Real During life & after her decease to revert to the Children of the decd. as the law directs & to the sd. Widow 1/3 of the psonall Estate for Euer Widow 1/3 55-13- 4 45: 2- 9 Abell Merrill 24-14- 9 20- 1- 4 Nathan 12- 7- 5 10- 0- 7 Thomas 12- 7- 5 10- 0- 7 Joseph 12- 7- 5 10- 0- 7 Nathll 12- 7- 5 10- 0- 7 James 12- 7- 5 10- 0- 7 Susanah 12- 7- 5 10- 0- 7 Priscilla 12- 7- 5 10- 0- 7 167- 0- 0 135- 8- 2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | ||||||||||
| Notes for Priscilla CHASE | ||||||||||
| - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Priscilla, b. 14th March, 1649; m. 10th February 1671 Abel Merrill. [ref 18:4:80] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Priscilla, b. 14 Mar 1648-9, m. 10 Feb 1670-1, Abel Merrill. [ref 22] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Priscilla, 14 Mar. 1649, m. 10 Feb. 1671, Abel Merrill [ref 20] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Priscilla, born March 14, 1649, married, February 10, 1671, Abel Merrill [ref 29:1833] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - PRISCILLA,2 b. March 14, 1648-9[NE]; m. Feb. 10, 1670-1[NE], ABEL2 MERRILL (Nathl.1) [ref 36:92] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Priscilla Chase, daughter of Aquilla and Anne (Wheeler) Chase, was born in Newbury on March 14, 1648/9, and married there February 10, 1670, Abel Merrill. [ref 46:2-595] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Prisilla Chase birth 14 Mar 1648 Newbury Essex /d Aquilla [ref 76] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | ||||||||||
| Last Modified 28 Jul 2004 | Created 4 Jan 2005 |