Subject: Re: Merrill family - Arthur H Merrill
Date: Mon, August 1, 2011 10:00a

Question: Alison Dana wrote:

 I'm looking for the parents of Arthur Howard Merrill, born Oct 1863 in Gilford, NH and died in Norwich, VT on 6/26/12.

Answer: Allison:

We have your Arthur H who d. 1912 June 26 in Norwich, Windsor, VT in our database. The only problem is that we have his name as Arthur Henry, not Arthur Howard, and he was b. in Hanover, Grafton, NH, right across the CT river from Norwich, not Guilford NH. His parents, Alvin J and Ester D Kinne are listed in Hanover in the 1850, 1860, and 1870 census, and Arthur, 6, is listed with them in 1870. Arthur m. 1892 Apr 20, Ada M Foss of/in Hanover.  Arthur H (9)'s lineage is Alvin J (8), Nathaniel (7,6), Richard (5), Nathaniel (4), Thomas (3), Abel (2), immigrant Nathaniel (1). More details are available.

What is your source for the Arthur Howard name and the Guilford bp?

Let us introduce ourselves. We are Howard and Jean Merrill.  For thirty years we have been trying to database the Merrill/Merrell family nationwide from the original immigrants down to the present day for all immigrant lines.  So far we have info on over 60,000 Merrill males plus their wives and daughters in our database, but we estimate there have been well over a 100,000 so we have a long way to go, and need and appreciate all the help we can get, particularly with the later generations.  We use this database strictly to try and help folks trace their Merrill roots. Be assured that no info on living individuals will become internet accessible from us. While our database is not internet searchable, we will be glad to search it for anybody and share what we find at no cost.  All we ask is that folks share their Merrill data with us so that we can expand our database and do a better job of helping solve Merrill lineage problems.

We would be very interested in how you descend from Arthur H.

Howard and Jean Merrill

Subject: Re: Merrill family - Merrill from France?
Date: Mon, August 1, 2011 1:58p

Question: Debbie Merrill Johnson wrote:

Is it true that some merrills were from France?

Answer:Debbie: 

There is no creditable evidence that any of the major Merrill lines in the US came from France.  Certainly the story that they were DeMerels that fled the St Bartholomew's Day massacre must be considered a family myth. There is no evidence to support it.

Howard and Jean Merrill

Subject: Re: Merrill family - Katherine Elizabeth Merrill
Date: Mon, August 26, 2011 6:08a

Question: Camilla Rockwood wrote:

Dear Howard and Jean,

You've helped me with a Merrill query in the past; I don't have a question this time, but I thought of you just now when I put up a blog post about the life of my great-great-grandmother, Katherine Elizabeth Merrill, here: http://wp.me/p1pPHc-kH. I just thought there was a small chance you might be interested in seeing it. Hope that you continue to find the Merrill work an interesting challenge.

With best wishes, Camilla Rockwood (Edinburgh)

Answer: Camilla: 

Thank you for sending the blog on your great great grandmother. We don't have anything additional on her. Her name was spelled Catherine in 1850, 60, 70, 80, and 1910 but Katherine in 1920 and Kate in 1900. We had trouble finding her in 1900 because her last name was spelled Lynsley.

thanks again for thinking of us,

Howard and Jean