Descendants of William Merrill

 

Generation No. 3

 

WILLIAM MERRILL (PENELOPE, CAPTAIN BENJAMIN MERRILL and JEMIMA SMITH) was born 06 Mar 1781 in Randolph County, North Carolina, and died 1858 in Transylvania County, North Carolina.  He married ELIZABETH ASHWORTH 07 Sep 1785 in North Carolina.  She was born 07 Sep 1785 in Rowan County, North Carolina, and died May 1853 in Transylvania County, North Carolina.

 

Notes for WILLIAM MERRILL:

In Dec. 1809, he moved his family that then consisted of a wife, one boy and four girls to the lower end of Crab tree Creek on Little River which is now in Transylvania County. He soon had an estate of over 1000 acres. He made one  of the first grist mills in that area and it was located on the last falls on bullen's Creek which empties into Crab Creek.

    

Children of WILLIAM MERRILL and ELIZABETH ASHWORTH are:

                      

Child

Name

Birth

Death

Spouse Name

Marriage

Spouse Birth

Spouse Death

i.

JESSE MERRILL

27 Jun 1804, Buncombe County, NC

1833, Transylvania County, NC

SUSAN HUGGINS

1827, Buncombe County, MO

26 Jan 1806, Buncombe County, NC

 

ii.

NANCY MERRILL

06 Aug 1805, Transylvania County, NC

Dec 1843

STEPHAN SHIPMAN

1824, North Carolina

1801, Transylvania County, NC

1863, Transylvania County, NC

iii.

NELLIE MERRILL

01 Nov 1806, Buncombe County, NC

 

SAMUEL ALLISON

1826, North Carolina

Abt. 1799

Abt. 1870

iv.

MARY MERRILL

07 Jan 1808, Transylvania County, NC

1857

DAVID BARNETT

1827

1808

 

v.

ELIZABETH MERRILL

09 Apr 1809, Transylvania County, NC

11 Dec 1884, North Carolina

JOSEPH SHIPMAN

1829

1804, Buncombe County, NC

13 Apr 1890, Transylvania County, NC

vi.

MARGARET MERRILL

16 Jun 1811, Transylvania County, NC

 

JESSIE ASHWORTH

1831, North Carolina

09 May 1809, Buncombe County, NC

09 May 1904, Saluda, SC

vii.

SARAH MERRILL

27 Aug 1813, Transylvania County, NC

 

PORTER KILPATRICK

 1833, North Carolina

b. Abt. 1806

 

viii.

MARTHA MERRILL

15 Sep 1815, Transylvania County, NC

 

CHARLES PEARSON

 

Abt. 1808

 

ix.

RACHEL MERRILL

15 Sep 1815, Transylvania County, NC

1857

CHARLES JUSTIS

1835, North Carolina

Abt. 1808

 

x.

JOHN B. MERRILL

17 Jan 1818, Transylvania County, NC

22 Sep 1880, Transylvania County, NC

MARY CANTRELL

1837

Feb 1817, South Carolina

08 Aug 1874, Transylvania County, NC

xi.

WILLIAM MERRILL JR.

28 Nov 1819, Fallsville, Newton County, AR

 

SUE HOLLINGSWORTH

1840

Flat Rock, North Carolina

Cowskin Prarie, Scott County, Missouri

xii.

JOSEPH MERRILL

21 Jun 1822, Transylvania County, NC

1857

SALLIE OWENS

1846, Transylvania County, NC

1822, Transylvania County, NC

 

xiii.

BENJAMINE MERRILL

06 Apr 1824, Transylvania County, NC

17 May 1909, Transylvania County, NC

(1) CLARISSA SHUFORD

09 Nov 1854, Transylvania County, NC

27 Sep 1826, North Carolina

07 Jul 1874, Little River, NC

 

 

 

 

(2) ROSANNAH HADDEN

22 Apr 1875

12 May 1833

 

 

 

 

 

(3) LOUISA JANE HADDEN

03 Apr 1877

23 Apr 1835

 

 

 

 

 

(4) REBECCA LOUISE CAGLE

29 Jan 1880

29 Aug 1835, Transylvania County, NC

 

xiv.

JAMES RILEY MERRILL

11 Apr 1827, Transylvania County, NC

1866, Grundy, Missouri

(1) ELIZA ANN MOORE

22 Feb 1849

1811, Kentucky

30 Jan 1851, Grundy, Missouri

 

 

 

 

(2) MARY A. MCCOY

29 Aug 1854, Howard MO

29 Apr 1818, Booneville, KY