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Samuel
Merrill, 1928, reprint 1983
The
Wills of Three John Merrells - Chapter IV,
pp32-47
Wherstead
and Belstead
Search
of the Wherstead and Belstead registers discloses the
following entries:
| Wherstead |
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1593/4
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Jan.21.
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…..
Merrell, dau. of Nath! Merrell & his wife was
buried. |
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1594/5
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Feb.23.
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Mary
Merrell, dau. of Nath! Merrell & Mary his wife
was baptised. |
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1596.
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Sep.21.
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Matthew
Merrell dau. of Matthew Merrell & Mary his wife
was baptised. (Sic.) |
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1598.
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(
)
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Francis
Merrell dau. of . . . . . Merrell & Mary his wife
was baptised. |
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1599.
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Aug. 16.
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John
Merrell son of Nath! Merrell & Mary his wife was
baptised. |
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1601.
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May
4.
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Nathanaell
Merrell son of Nath! Merrell & Mary his wife was
baptised. |
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1602.
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Aug.
23.
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Rose
Merrill dau. of Thomas Merrill & his wife was
baptised. |
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1603.
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Apr.
3.
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Mychell
Merrell, son of Nathaniel Merrell & his wife was
baptised. |
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1605.
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Mar. 29.
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Elizabeth Merrell dau. of Thomas Merrell & his
wife was baptised. |
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1628/9
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Jan.
24.
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John
Merrill & Anis Bishope married. |
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1595/6
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Jul.
15.
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Thomas
Merrill & Rose Pearson married. |
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1598.
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Aug.
1.
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Fraunces
Merrell, dau. of Nath! Merrell & Mary his wife
buried. |
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1626/7
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Mar.
17.
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Nathaniel
Merrill buried. |
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| Belstead |
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1602.
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Oct.
10.
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Mary
dau. of John & Susan Merrill baptised. |
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1603.
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Apr.
9.
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Elizabeth
dau. of Nichaelis Merrill & Margaret his wife. |
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1604.
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Aug.
4.
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Francis
Merrill, dau. of Michael Merrill & Margaret. |
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1607.
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Apr.
19.
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Michael
son of Michael Merrill & Margaret. |
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1608/9
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Feb.
19.
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John
son of Michael Merrill & Margaret. |
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1610/1
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Mar. 10.
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William
son of Michael Merrill and Margaret. |
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1615.
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Sep.
10.
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Anna
Merrill dau. of Michael Merrill & Margaret. |
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(Baptisms and burials, hiatus to 1653.)
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1583.
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Sep.
15.
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Robert
Andrew & Joane Morrell married. |
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1592/3
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Feb.
27.
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Nathanaell
Merrill & Mary Blacksoll married. |
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1601.
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Dec.
29.
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John
Merrill & Susan Plumley married. |
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1602/3
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Mar.
7.
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Michael
Merrill & Margaret Scrivener married. |
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1637.
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Jul.
3.
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William
Merrill & An. Bond married. |
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1609.
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Dec.
22
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Prudence
Merrill buried. |
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1616.
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Aug. 20.
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Michael
Merrill buried.
(Hiatus to 1622.)
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In
the light of this record of baptisms marriages and burials,
aided by the evidence of relationship contained in the
will given at pages 34-38, we may construct the above
pedigree. (To be completed
soon!)
John
and Nathaniel Merrell, who were baptised at Wherstead
16 Aug. 1599, and 4 May, 1601, respectively, and whose
names are underscored in red in the pedigree, seem to
be the John and Nathaniel Merrill who settled in Newbury,
Massachusetts. Their dates of baptism are quite consistent
with this theory, and they disappear from the records
of Wherstead and vicinity at the time when John and Nathaniel
appear in the records of Ipswich and Newbury in New England.
John was mentioned in his grand father’s will: Nathaniel
was unborn when the grandfather died. Such search as has
been made, however, fails to disclose marriage records,
or ships’ lists, or references in wills to kindred
beyond the sea, to prove that the John and Nathaniel of
Wherstead migrated to New England.
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