MERRILL
m.1. ?
2. Ann ______
will 3 Dec. 1528-12 Mar. 1528/9 Wherstead,
Saint
Mary's Church- Wherstead
It is interesting that St. Mary's has a bell
in its tower that was cast at
On some of the web sites I have seen a Thomas
Merrill as the father of John who died in 1529, however, I have yet to see any
evidence for this. Besides, with this family's devotion to the name
"John", one would expect that his name would have been John and not
Thomas!
In the name of god
Amen, the iij daye of
Decemb in the yere of our lord god mlcccccxxviij
I John Moryell of Wherstede wthin the
Countye of
Suff husbondman beyng seck and ffebill of bodye
hooll and pfyght of rememberaunce make this my
psent testament and last will under this maner of
of fourme and condicion folowyng
Inprimis I bequeth my soule to allmyghtie
god to our blessed Ladye saynt
Marie and to all the glorious company of hevyn my
bodie to be buried wthin the cherch yerde of Wherstede
aforesaid unto the which highe Aulter for my tythes
and oblacons forgoton & unpaid I bequeth iijs. ii ijd.
Item I bequeth likewise unto the highe
Aulter of
Belstede cherch iijs. iiijd.
Item I geue un to Syr John ffulchehm my
gostlie ffather and vicar of
Wherstede xs. for a trentall to syng it where it shall
please hym for my soule and all Crystyn soulys
Item I geve and bequeth unto John meryell
my oldest
son my tenement in Belstede wt all my londes wt
in the said towne both fre and bonde in fee symple
upon this condicion that the said John my son shall
paye or cause to be paid unto Anne my wiff Im
mediatlie aftr my decease the yerelie ferme of
the said tenement and londes the space of ij yerys
and also to pay or cause to be paide unto John
meryell his brother xxs. out of the said tent
and londes as the said John shall nede it to his
fynding to lernyng And ovyrthat I will the
said John my oldest son shall kepe or cause to be
kepte an obite wtin the cherch of Whersted the
terme and space of v yerys next folewyng aftr
my decease and evy obite to be kept to the valewe
of viijs. starling money
Item I geve and bequeth unto the said John
my oldest son all my bargayn and
pte of Goodylsforde woode and also my Cartys plowys
and tomberellys wt. all the utensells to them belongyng
(Except horsys and Oxsen) payeng unto his brother
John vjs. viijd. to receyve them att the fest of
Saynt mychaell next aftr my decease
Item I will yf the said John my yongest
son depte the worlde
or he have receyved the foresaid xxs. of myn
tenement and londes before specified that than the
said xxs. to be paide to Anne my wiff un to the which
Anne I geve and bequeth all my stuffs and utensills
of houshold.
Item I geve and bequeth unto Julyan
and Elyn my doughters un to evy of them xxs.
starling mony to be paid att the daye of the
mariage of eyther of them And yf eyther of my
said doughters depte the worlde or they com to
mariage than I will the survyv of eyther of them
shall haue other parte and if they both departe the
worlde or the com to marriage than I will the said
xls. be don in dedys of charite by the discrecion
of myn executors for my soule and all cristen soulys
Item I geve unto Johan meryell my sonnys
doughter
a combe of barly
The Residue of all my gooddes not be
quethed this my will pformyd and dettys paid I geve
and bequeth un to Anne my wyff
Item I will that myn executors shall
occupie my parte of my ferme that
I dwelle in un to the most profight for the pformaunce
of this my last will and testament whom I ordeyn
and make John moryell my oldest son and Thomas
Belchm my brother in lawe they to receyve my detts
and pay my detts and pforme this my psent testament
and last will unto the which Thomas for his labor
and payn I bequeth vjs. viijd.
These beyng wittnesses
John Goldynghm priest Syr John ffulchehm, Vicar
of Wherstede Edmunde Wyng of Belstede wt other.(1)
With having two sons named John this usually
implies that they had two different mothers. The question is: is the John who
made his will in 1551 John I or II? John I is appointed one of the executors
and had a daughter Joan so this implies that he was of age and married at the
time of his father's will. With only one grandchild named I would guess that
John I was newly married. If we look at the discussion below we can assume that
John I was born probably before 1505. So, I would bet that our ancestor is John
I.
Issue-
· 2I. JOHN-
probably b. before 1505 (or at least 1507), will 13 Dec. 1551- 28 Jan. 1551/2
Wherstead
· II. Julia-
· III. Eleanor-
· ?2IV. John- probably born after 1507
Ref:
(1) Arch. Suffolk- Book 10,
fol. 40
b. probably before 1505
will 13 Dec. 1551- 28 Jan. 1551/2 Wherstead,
In Dei Nom Amen. The
xiijth. day of Decembre
in the yere of or. lorde god a mccccclj
I John Meryell beyng of the towne of Whersted of hole mynde and good memory make and orden thys my last wyll
ffyrst I bequethe my sowle to Almyghtye
god, and my body to be buryed at the churche of Whersted before named
Itm I bequethe unto my eldeste son John my
howse wyth all my londe that there unto parteyneth bothe free and copye, &
notwythstandyng
I wyll that Kateryne my wyef shall have
her dwellyng in the sayde howse wyth my sone John before named and also to have
the occupyeng of the one halfe of the aforsayde londe so long as she kepeth her
a wedowe beryng the one halfe of all maner of coste and charges for the sayde
tyme, but and yf she chaunce to mary, then I wyll that my sone John before
named shall have the sayde howse and the londe before named into hys howne
hands payeng to Kateryne my wyef xls. yerely enduryng her lyef. forthermore I
wyll that Kateryne my wyef shall have all my howsholde stuffe
Itm I geve unto these my chyldren Wyllyam
Myghell Thomas and John my yongest sone Mary Margett, Alyce Katheryn and Agnes
to every of them xxs.
The resydue of my goods not bequethed nor
geven moveable or onmoveable I geve to Kateryne my wyef and to my eldest sone
John and all suche dettyes as be atteynyng unto me to be equally devyded
betwyxte them dyschargyng and fulfyllyng my legacyes and bequests whome I also
make myne executours and Wyllyam Meryell and Myghell my sones supvysours upon
the same
In wytnes herof be these here folowyng
Rycharde Clarke Jarome Alderman Nycholas
Looks like this John also had a John I and
John II! Where the oldest son John was given his bequests at the time of his
father's death and that the testator's sons William and Michael were
supervisors of the will, this implies that they were all of age. I think we
have to avoid making the assumption that his daughters were unmarried because
he didn't list their last names. No grandchildren were named which may or may
not be significant. So, his eldest son John was probably born before 1526,
however, he could have been born a considerable time before then and had a
family, we just don't know. Looking at the grandchildren named in the will of
John the testator of 1600 and their dates of marriage we can state that the
eldest grandson, John, was born probably before 1567. This would make John the
testator of 1600, the son of John the testator of 1551, born probably before
1546. My guess would be that our ancestor is John II, the younger son of John
the testator of 1551. OR... we are missing a generation and the testator of
1600 is actually a grandchild of John I who died intestate. But, these folks
seem to have been people of some means and I doubt that given the estate
involved that there wouldn't have been an estate going through probate if this
were the case... so I'll still put money on John who died in 1600 being John
"the younger", son of John who died in 1551. Of course this all
implies the assumptions of men not marrying before the age of 21 and assuming
two years between children and that the listing of children in a will is by
order of birth... and that a possible "missing" generation didn't
live outside the area (hence no probate records in Suffolk or the PCC)... and
you know what they say about the word "assume".
Issue-
· ?3I. John- b. probably before 1526
· II. William- b. probably before 1528
· III. Michael- b. probably before 1530
· IV. Thomas-
· V. Mary-
· VI. Margaret-
· VII.
· VIII. Katheryn-
· IX. Agnes-
· 3X. JOHN- will
2 Dec.- 11 Dec. 1600 Wherstead,
Ref:
(1) Arch. Suffolk- Book 16,
fol. 229
b. probably before 1546
m. PRUDENCE ______
will 2 Dec.- 11 Dec. 1600 Wherstead,
In the name of god Amen the second day of
December in the three and ffourtith yeere of the Raigne of our Sovaigne Ladie
Elizabeth by the grace of god of Englaund and Irelaund Queene Defender of the
ffaith &c.
I John Merrell the elder of whersteade in
the Countie of Suff: Yeoman being sicke in bodie and yet of pfect memorie
praised be almightie god remembring that all mankind is mortall and the time of
death is uncertaine for the satisfaccon of my mind and the quiet of my wife and
children & a remembraunce of some other have and doe hereby make and
declare my last will & testament in manner & fforme as hereafter
ensueth that is to say ffirst and most principallie in most humble manner I
comend my Soule into the hands of almightie god my maker redeemer and Sanctifier
trusting by and through the merrits and obedyence of my lord and Saviour Jesus
Christ that my soul shall possesse and enioy eternall life & salvacon And
as for my bodie I bequeath to the earth to be buried by the discretion of my
executors.
Itm I will and bequeath to the poore
people in wherstead aforesaid fourtie shillings to be distributed among them
wthin one quarter of a yeere next after my decease.
Itm I give and bequeath to Prudence my
wife in pte of recompence of hir dower my parlor and larther howse pcell of my
dwelling howses wth. the bedding and furniture in the same and the pasture and
stover somer and winter for a Cowe upon my lands in litle belsted and whested
aforesaid from time to time to have and to hold to hir the said Prudence for
terme of hir natural life keeping hir sole and unmarried.
Itm I give and bequeath to hir the said
Prudence in further recompence of hir dower one anuitie or yeer lierent of five
pounds of lawfull englishe mony to be going out of all my lands and Tennemts in
little Belsted wherested and Sprowtonne to have and to hold to my said wife for
terme of hir life at two termes in the yeeres usuall that is to say at the
ffeast of thaunncacon of the blessed virgin Saint Marie and Saint michaell
tharchaungell by even porcons the ffirst payment to begin at such of the said
ffeasts as shall happen next after my decease and yf yt shall happen the said
yeerelie Rent to be behind unpayed in pte or in all over or after any of the
said ffeast dayes in wch the same ought to be paid that then and at all times
after yt shalbe lawfull to and for the said prudence into the said lands and
Tennements or any pcell thereof to enter and Distraine and the Distresse or
Distresses there fownd to lead drive carrie away and Detaine untill the said
Prudence of the said yeerelie rent wth. the arrearages thereof shalbe fullie
satisfied and paid.
Itm I will geve & bequeath to John my
sonne the moytie of my dwelling howses & the moytie of all my launds
Tennemts. and heriditamts. as well free as bond
Itm I will give and bequeath to Michaell
my Sonne thother moytie of my said dwelling howses and of all the said lands
Tennements and heriditamts as well free as bond to have and to hold to the said
michall my Sonne his heires and assynes fforev.
Itm I will and bequeath to Nathaniell
merrell my Sonne ffourtie pounds of lawfull english mony to be paid to him in
fforme ffollowinge vizt. wthin one yeere next after my decease xiijli. vjs
viijd. And wthin two yeeres next after my decease other thirteene pounds six
shillings and eight pence and wthin three yeeres next after my decease other
thirteene pounds six shillings and eight pence in full paymt of the said
ffourtie pounds.
Itm I will and bequeath to Thomas my Sonne
thirtie pounds of lawfull english mony to be paid to him in fforme ffollowing
vixt. wthin one yeere next after my decease tenne pounds and wthin two yeeres
next after my decease other tenne pounds and wthin three yeeres next after my
decease other tenne pounds in full payment of the said thirtie pounds
Itm I will and bequeath to the said Thomas
my lease and terme of yeres of and in the messuage called Ampsons in wherstede
aforesaid & of & in the lands thereunto belonging.
Itm I will and bequeath to Marie Merrell
daughter to the said Nathaniell tenne pounds to be paid to hir at hir age of
eighteene yeeres.
Itm I will and bequeath to Martha merrell
one other of the daughters of the said Nathaniell other tenne pounds to be paid
to hir at hir age of eighteene yeeres.
Itm I will and bequeath to John Merrell
Sonne to the said Nathaniell tenne pounds to be payed to him at his age of one
and twentie yeeres And yff any of the said children of the said Nathaniell
shall Dept this life before such time as he or she is to receive the said
porcon bequeathed by this my will, then I will that the pte and porcon of him
or hir so Deceasing shalbe Distributed to and among the survivors of them.
Itm I will and bequeath to Thoms merrell
Sonne of Thoms Merrell my Sonne tenne pounds to be paied to him at his age of
one and twentie yeeres.
Itm I will and bequeath to Anne Merrell
daughter to the said Thoms my Sonne other tenne pounds to be paied to hir at
hir age of eightene yeeres, And yff eyther of those two children shall depte
this life before he or shee shall receive the said porcons bequeathed then I
will that the pte & porcon of him or hir so Deceasing shall remaine to the
Svivour of them.
Itm I will and bequeath to Willm Smyth my
Svaunt twentie shillings & to Thomas Smyth his brother tenne shillings
Itm I will and bequeath to Edward Kettle
of ffreston Clerke xxs,
Itm I will and bequeath to eytch of my
said sonnes Nathaniell and Thoms all such goods of mine as they have in thier
sevall custodies And I remytte and forgive and eyther of them all such Debts as
they or eyther of them doth owe unto me
All the Residue of my debts goods and
Cattals whatsoev my Debts payed my legacies pformed and my funrall expences
discharged I will and bequeath to my said Sohnes John and Michaell, whome I
ordaine name and costitute my Executors of this my last will & Testament,
And I appoint my loving friend Cristopher Wright supraviser of the same
Testament nevthelesse my will and meaning is that yff anie Default shalbe made
in the payment of any legacie before bequeathed to any of my Sonnes or anie of
thier Children that then the ptie from whome anie such legacie shalbe wtholden
shall enter into have and hold all my said lands and Tennemets and the same
occupy and enioy untill such legacie shalbe satisfied and paid.
Itm I will & bequeath to the said
Thomas my Sonne my brasse pott sometime sharpes and a hundreth of bourd, And
thus Revoking and renowcing all formr wills and Testamts by me made I ratifie
and Confirme this and in Testimonie thereof have hereunto put my hand &
Seale in the psence of Raulffe Scrivner and Cristopher wright michaell Raynold
and John Raynold.
By me John merrell (1)
Issue-
· II. Michael-b. probably before 1569, m. 7
Mar. 1602/3 Belstead, Margaret Scrivener, bur. 20 Aug. 1616 Belstead
· 4III.
NATHANIEL-b. probably before 1571, m. 27 Feb. 1592/3 Belstead, MARY
BLACKSOLL (bur. 1 May 1624 Wherstead), bur. 17 Mar. 1626/7 Wherstead
· IV. Thomas- m. 15 July 1595 Wherstead, Rose
Pearson
Ref:
(1) Arch.
Suffolk- Book 38, fol. 242
Parish regsiters for Wherstead and Belstead
4III.
NATHANIEL (JOHN 1, JOHN 2, JOHN 3)
m. 27 Feb. 1592/3 Belstead,
bur. 17 Mar. 1626/7 Wherstead,
Issue-
· II. Mary- bpt. 23 Feb. 1594/5 Wherstead
· III. Martha-
· IV.
· V. John- bpt. 16 Aug. 1599 Wherstead, m.1. 24
Jan. 1628/9 Wherstead, Annis Bishop, 2. 15 July 1633 Little Wenham,
· 5VI.
NATHANIEL- bpt. 4 May 1601 Wherstead, m. SUSANNA WOOLERTON (m.2.
Stephen Jordan (d. 8 Feb. 1669/0 Newbury, MA), d. 15 Jan. 1672/3 Newbury, MA),
d. 16 Mar. 1654/5 Newbury, MA
· VII. Michael- bpt. 3 Apr. 1603 Wherstead
Ref:
Wherstead and Belstead Parish Registers
5VI.
NATHANIEL (JOHN 1, JOHN 2, JOHN 3, NATHANIEL 4)
bpt. 4 May 1601 Wherstead,
m. SUSANNA ?WOOLERTON (m.2. Stephen Jordan (d. 8 Feb. 1669/0 Newbury,
MA), d. 15 Jan. 1672/3 Newbury)
d. 16 Mar. 1654/5
will 8-27 Mar. 1654/5
The "Merrill Memorial" states that
Nathaniel and John settled in Newbury in 1635 after having moved from
John and Susanna were probably married in
The "Merrill Memorial" states that
John and Nathaniel bore the arms "Argent, a bar Azure, between three
peacocks' heads erased Proper", however, I have not seen any evidence for
their right to these arms.
Witness by those psents that I
Nathaniell Merrill of Newbury in the Countie of
I first bequeath my soule into the hands of my blessed Redeemer with an assured hope of a joyfull resurection, 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 give and dispose of as followeth
Impr I give and bequeath unto Susanna my
wife five akers of plowable land lying next my Brother John land and halfe the
marsh dureing her naturall life and a cow and three heifers and all my
household goods,
And out of this estat so given to my wife
I give and bequeath unto my daughter Susanna five pounds when she shalbe at the
age of twenty yeares
Then I give and bequeath unto my son Nathaniell
(whom I appoint as my true and lawfull heire) all my land and freehold after my
wives 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
Nathaniell shall pay theise legacyes as followeth, that is
I give unto my son John when he shalbee of
the age of two and twenty yeers the summe of five pounds,
And also I give and
bequeath unto my son Abraham at the age of two and twenty yeare five pounds,
And I give and bequeath
unto my sonne Daniell also at the age of one and twenty years five pound
And I give and bequeath
to my son Abell five pounds also at the age of one and twenty years,
And I appoint my son Nathaniell to be my sole executor and all my debts & funerall rites being discharged I appoint him to have all the reast of my goods & chattels undisposed and I desire my brother John merill and Anthony Somerby to be the overseers of this my last will & testament.
In witnesse whereof I
have set my hand. The marke
march the eight in the yeare one
NM
thousand six hundred fifty foure
of Nathaniell Merrill
upon ye estate
but if gods p'vidence should by losses & crosses ^ more then
ordinary: then proportionably to be abated in the legacyes
Wittnes Richard Knight
Anthony Somerby
John
Merrell
pved in court held at ypswich
the 27 of (1) 55 by the oath of John
merrill & Anthony Sumerby
p me Robt. Lord cleric
An Inuentory of the lands goods and
Chattells of Nathaniell merrill of Newbury who deceased march 16 1654/55
Impr ten akers of vpland and thre akers of
marsh with the preuiledge of afrehold or Comonage vallued at................20-
0-0
It one cow and
acalfe........................................................................................................................................................................4-15-0
It three heifers of three yeare old and 2 calues vallued
at.......................................................................................................12-10-0
It two steers of two yeare old & two heifers vallued at .............................................................................................................11-
0-0
It three yearelings vallued
at............................................................................................................................................................4-
0-0
It one old cart & wheels and sled and an old
harcw...................................................................................................................1-
0-0
It 2 spades a mattock a beetle 4 wedges a crosscut saw & a hand saw & 4
axes and 4 hooes wth other small tooles..2- 0-0
It 3 old tubs a fanne [a tool for winnowing grain] an Iron staple & ring
& 2 prongs [hay forks] & shouell................0-10-0
It his weareing
apparel......................................................................................................................................................................2-
0-0
It ten bushells of malt & barly 5 bushells of wheate & nine bushels of
rye & about 35 bushells of Indian corne........10-16-0
It two muskets and 2 swords with match & powder & other appurtenances
therto belonging............................................2-0-0
It in oats &
pease................................................................................................................................................................................0-10-0
It sixe small swine................................................................................................................................................................................3-
0-0
It 2 flock beds [beds filled with wool waste] & bolsters & 2 small
feather pillows & two couerlets &
old blankets & 2 paire of sheets
old...............................................................................................................................................4-
0-0
It 2 old Ketles 2 skillets & a smal braspot & Iron
pot................................................................................................................1-10-
It an old warming pan fireshouell gridIron tongs & other small Iron things
& a spit........................................................0-12-0
It 4 small pewter dishes & askimmer dishes &
spoones............................................................................................................0-12-0
It a truckle bedsted [trundle bed] 2 buckets and a pre of cottrells
[hooks used to hang pots over the fire] & other small
things.................................................................................................0-10-0
It a small cart rope & halfe bushell & a
pecke...........................................................................................................................0-
5-0
It a small cubbord & 2 chests........................................................................................................................................................0-16-0
It one drinke vessels 2 wheels one powdring tub: [tub to corne meat]
ten milke trayes & 3 cheesfats [cheese presses] & other
lumber............................................................................................2-
0-0
Sum is 84- 6-0
his debts for Rent due to mr
Cutting.....5- 0-0
and besids in small debts........................2- 0-0
A true Inuentory taken march 23th 1654:55
by us
Daniell P Thurstons marke
Richard Knight Nicholaus Woodman(1)
Issue-
· 6I. NATHANIEL-
bpt. 25 May 1634 Lawford,
· II. John- bpt. 13 Mar. 1635 Lawford, Essex,
m. 23 Sept. 1663
· III. Abraham- bpt. 9 Apr. 1637 Lawford,
· IV. Susanna- bpt. 12 Dec. 1638 Lawford,
Essex, m. 15 Oct. 1663 Newbury, John Burbank (m.2. Sarah ______ (d. 19 Aug.
1691, d. 1 June 1709), d. 10 Oct. 1690 Suffield, CT
· V. Daniel- b. 20 Aug. 1642 Newbury, m.1. 14
May 1667, Newbury, Sarah Clough (b. 28 June 1646
· VI. Abel- b. 20 Feb. 1643/4 Newbury, m. 10
Feb. 1670/1 Priscilla Chase (b. 14 Mar. 1648/9 Newbury), d. 28 Oct. 1689
Newbury
Ref:
"A Merrill Memorial"- Vol.I,
pp.66-73, 159-62
"The Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury"- David Hoyt, Vol. 1, pp.243-5
(1) "History of
Newbury"- p. 92
6I.
NATHANIEL (JOHN 1, JOHN 2, JOHN 3, NATHANIEL 4,
NATHANIEL 5)
bpt. 25 May 1634 Lawford,
m. 15 Oct. 1661 Newbury, JOANNA NINIAN (b.c.1628, d. 8 Feb. 1717/8
Newbury)
d. 1 Jan. 1682/3 Newbury
will 1 Dec. 1682-10 Apr. 1683
Nathaniel is listed as one of those who took
the oath of allegiance at Newbury in 1678.(1)
On 19 Apr. 1678 Nathaniel Merrill of Nubery
purchased an acre of meadow in
In the name of god amen:
I Nathanuel Marrill of newbury in masathusith: newingland: being sensabel of my owne mortallity and haveing att this time my Rationall undarstanding and memory dou make this as my last will and testament: commiting my sole to god and my body to the dust: in hopes of a Joyfull Resarection: and as for my worldly goods I despose of them as folloeth:
I give to my belovid wife gone [Joan]: all
my dwelling howsing and barne with all my upland and meddow: and marshlands
that I have with in the township of newbury/ and my fre howld: and privilidgis
in all commans et: as allso all my stok of cattell and shep: and swine: and
howssald goods: with all: other mowfabels: all which to be for the benefet of
my wife duoring her widdohowd: but if my wife marry again: then: she shall have
no Right to all above said gieven her: but onely har thards as the law douth a
low: or thre pound ayear to be peaid har as by this my will appoyentid:
Item: I geve to my son John marrill: my
dwelling howssing and barne and orchard: and all my lands: bouth meddows and
upland: with my fre howld: and Rights and privilidgis: in all comon lands liing
and being with in the township of newbury: to him and his lawfull eares of his
owen boddy lawfully begotten: to be the lawful inherytance of my son John and
to be posesid of it at his mothars death: or at the day of har marriage: if she
marry again: and then my will is that my son John peay to his mothar yearly:
thre pound a year duaring har life: providid my wife Renowns har thards
Item Igeve to my othar tow sons: nathanuel
and petar: all my land and meddow and privilidgis thar unto belongin: the
which: is and lieth with in the town and bownds of hauerhill: equally to be
devided betwen them:
Itam I geve to my tow daftars twenty pound
a peces to be paide by my son John marrill within fieue yeares aftar he douth
in hearrit his portion gevin him by this my will: all soo I geve my tow daftars
the one halfe of my howsald goods: at the deth of my wife: or when my wife
shall marry again: and the othar half of my howsald goods: I leve with my wife
for she to despose of to my children as she shall se mete
allsoo I dow appoyent
my wife: gone marrill to be the executor of this my will: to pay all my debtes
and Reseue all my debtes: and to tak care that this my will be parformid: soo
far as it can be duering har life all so my will is that if ethar of my tow
daftars dy be fore thear portion is due to har as by this my will geven: then
the othar which sarviee shall have the hoal geven to boath of them: allso if my
son John dy without Isshue: that then that by this my will geven to him: shall
be the in heritance of my sons that sarviee and I dou hear by declear this to
be my last will and testament as witnis my hand and seail: this furst day of
desembar 1682
the
mark
X
of nathanul maril
witnisis to the sining and seailing hear
of
Tristram Coffin
Invintory of the estate of nathanuel
marril latate of newbury taken this 18: dy of Jeneary: 1682 by us the
subscribars
Lb s d
to 21 akars of upland and housing and frehould.....................100 00 0
to 12 akars of marsh: 72lb: to ten shep: 3lb-10s-
0d- to a mare: and 7 swine...........................................................080
10 0
to 2 oken and fowar cowes and tow steares: 34lb:
to 3 cattell and a
calf....................................................................042 00
0
to pork 40s: to land and orchard at hauerhil 120lb-0s-0d..122 00 0
Among the other articles enumerated are: 2
guns, 40s; "a sward and bulits and powdar," 9s; "a parsel of
wowlling cloth," 40s; "yearne," 40s; a warming pan, 13s; "a
sas pan and a cettell," 5s; "12 pare of shetes and 8 napkins,"
13lb 2s; "13 pillocasis," 4s8d; "3 towils," 3s; "2
blinkets," 25s; "a fathar bead," 6lb; "2 pillos," 12s;
"waring aparrill," 51b; "carpendars tules and a ax," 18s;
"barly and indean corne," 16lb; "a saddell and Pillion and Pillion
cloth," 21b 5s.
The total of the inventory
was £520.7s. The debts chargeable to the estate amounted to £46.9s.8d.
Issue- all children b. in Newbury
· 7I. JOHN- b. 16
Feb. 1662/3, m. LUCY WEBSTER (b. 15 Dec. 1664
Newbury, living in 1718), d. 15 May 1705
· II. Nathaniel- b. 8 Feb. 1664/5, m.1. Rebecca
Brown (d. 9 Dec. 1689 Newbury), 2. c.1691 Sarah Woodman (b. 18 July 1665
Newbury), d. 4 July 1738
· III. Peter- b. 20 Aug. 1667, m.c.1692 Mary
Brown (b.c.1673, m.2. 26 Dec. 1700 Newbury, John Sawyer), d. 20 Mar. 1696/7
Newbury
· IV. Joanna- b. 5 Aug. 1669, d. 2 Nov. 1669
Newbury
· V. Joanna- b. 14 Oct. 1670, d. 30 Oct. 1670
Newbury
· VI. Hannah- b. 12 July 1672, m. William
Moulton
· VII. Mary- b. 18 Sept. 1675, m. 2 June 1697
Newbury, James Freese (b. 16 Mar. 1666/7 Amesbury)
Ref:
(1) Essex
County Records- Vol.30, p.56
(2) Norfolk County Records- Book III, fol. 76 and 124
"The Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury"- David Hoyt, Vol. 1,
pp.244-7
"A Merrill Memorial"- Vol.I, pp.74-7, 163-4
7I. JOHN (JOHN 1, JOHN 2, JOHN 3, NATHANIEL 4, NATHANIEL
5, NATHANIEL 6)
b. 16 Feb. 1662/3 Newbury, MA
m. LUCY WEBSTER (b. 15 Dec. 1664 Newbury,
living in 1718), d. of John and Ann (Batt) Webster
d. 1 May 1705 Haverhill
Adm. 9 July 1705
The Newbury tax list of 1688 shows that John
owned one house, five acres of plowable land, three acres of meadow, one horse,
one yoke of oxen, one cow, and eight sheep.(1)
John was a house carpenter.
He moved to Bradford in 1697 and then to the west parish of
His estate was valued at £152/7 with debts of
£158/12.
Issue-
· I. Nathaniel- b. 26 July 1687 Newbury, m. 10
June 1718
· II. Abel- b.c.1690, m.1. 15 Nov. 1714
· III. Lucy- m. Benjamin Stanley
· IV. Abigail- m. 23 Mar. 1715
· V. John- b. 3 Apr. 1696 Newbury, m. 15 Jan.
1722/3
· VI. Stephen- b. 10 Sept. 1700
· VII. Enoch- b. 23 Jan. 1701/2
· VIII. Nathan- b. 15 Apr. 1704
· 8IX. HANNAH-
m. 4 Jan. 1715/6
Ref:
(1) NEHGR- Apr.
1878, pp. 156-64
"A Merrill Memorial"- Samuel
Merrill,
"The Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury"- David Hoyt, Vol. 1,
pp.246-7
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