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:
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Child |
Name |
Birth |
Death |
Spouse Name |
Marriage |
Spouse Birth |
Spouse Death |
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i. |
27 Jun 1804, Buncombe County, NC |
1833, Transylvania County, NC |
SUSAN HUGGINS |
1827, Buncombe County, MO |
26 Jan 1806, Buncombe County, NC |
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ii. |
NANCY MERRILL |
06 Aug 1805, Transylvania County, NC |
Dec 1843 |
STEPHAN SHIPMAN |
1824, North Carolina |
1801, Transylvania County, NC |
1863, Transylvania County, NC |
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iii. |
01 Nov 1806, Buncombe County, NC |
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SAMUEL ALLISON |
1826, North Carolina |
Abt. 1799 |
Abt. 1870 |
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iv. |
07 Jan 1808, Transylvania County, NC |
1857 |
DAVID BARNETT |
1827 |
1808 |
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v. |
09 Apr 1809, Transylvania County, NC |
11 Dec 1884, North Carolina |
JOSEPH SHIPMAN |
1829 |
1804, Buncombe County, NC |
13 Apr 1890, Transylvania County, NC |
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vi. |
16 Jun 1811, Transylvania County, NC |
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JESSIE ASHWORTH |
1831, North Carolina |
09 May 1809, Buncombe County, NC |
09 May 1904, Saluda, SC |
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vii. |
SARAH MERRILL |
27 Aug 1813, Transylvania County, NC |
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PORTER KILPATRICK |
1833, North Carolina |
b. Abt. 1806 |
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viii. |
MARTHA MERRILL |
15 Sep 1815, Transylvania County, NC |
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CHARLES PEARSON |
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Abt. 1808 |
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ix. |
RACHEL MERRILL |
15 Sep 1815, Transylvania County, NC |
1857 |
CHARLES JUSTIS |
1835, North Carolina |
Abt. 1808 |
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x. |
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 |
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xi. |
28 Nov 1819, Fallsville, Newton County, AR |
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SUE HOLLINGSWORTH |
1840 |
Flat Rock, North Carolina |
Cowskin Prarie, Scott County, Missouri |
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xii. |
21 Jun 1822, Transylvania County, NC |
1857 |
SALLIE OWENS |
1846, Transylvania County, NC |
1822, Transylvania County, NC |
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xiii. |
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 |
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(2) ROSANNAH HADDEN |
22 Apr 1875 |
12 May 1833 |
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(3) LOUISA JANE HADDEN |
03 Apr 1877 |
23 Apr 1835 |
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(4) REBECCA LOUISE CAGLE |
29 Jan 1880 |
29 Aug 1835, Transylvania County, NC |
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xiv. |
11 Apr 1827, Transylvania County, NC |
1866, Grundy, Missouri |
(1) ELIZA ANN MOORE |
22 Feb 1849 |
1811, Kentucky |
30 Jan 1851, Grundy, Missouri |
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(2) MARY A. MCCOY |
29 Aug 1854, Howard MO |
29 Apr 1818, Booneville, KY |
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