Descendants of William Merrill
Generation No. 2
WILLIAM MERRILL (CAPTAIN BENJAMIN MERRILL and JEMIMA SMITH) was born Abt. 1753 in Jersey Settlement, Rowan County, North Carolina, and died 28 Jul 1803 in Alabama. He married SARAH SALLY HADEN 30 Apr 1778 in Goochland County, Virginia, daughter of WILLIAM HADEN and UNITY WYATT. She was born Abt. 1759 in Goochland County, Virginia, and died Aft. 1830 in Carroll, Tennessee.
Notes for WILLIAM MERRILL:
Served as a drummer under Capt. David Smith and Col. Griffith Rutherford in the First Regiment of Rowan militia between Aug. 1775 and the spring of 1776.
1790 census shows (Rowan County, NC)
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Name |
White males over 16 |
White males under 17 |
White females |
Other |
Slaves |
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William Merrill |
1 |
2 |
5 |
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2 |
From the book: Captain Benjamin Merrill and the Merrill Family of North Carolina by William Ernest Merrill, M.S.
William, the fourth son of Captain Benjamin and Jemima Merrill, married Miss Sally Haden, daughter of William Haden. On July 28, 1803, William Merrill and wife Sally and his son, Timothy Merrill, let John Burkhart, all of Rowan County, have eighty-seven acres on Swearing Creek, next to Benjamin Merrill and John Clafer. Timothy married Elizabeth Bradshaw, daughter of Robert Bradshaw. We have been unable to find any of the descendants of Wlliam and Sally Merrill.
Children of WILLIAM MERRILL and SARAH HADEN are:
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Child |
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Birth Info |
Death Info |
Spouse Name |
Marriage Info |
Spouse birth info |
Spouse Death Info |
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i. |
21 Apr 1778, Rowan County, NC |
30 Jan 1857, Greenville, Hunt County, TX |
ELIZABETH BRADSHAW |
30 Nov 1801, Rowan, North Carolina |
1784, Rowan County, North Carolina |
03 Apr 1842, Carroll County, Tennessee. |
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ii. |
PEGGY HADEN MERRILL |
04 Feb 1780. |
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iii. |
BETSY SMITH MERRILL |
26 Sep 1782. |
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iv. |
12 Nov 1787, Rowan County, NC |
26 Dec 1852, Ripley, Missouri |
(1) HANNAH CLAYPOOLE |
04 Jul 1808, Warren, Kentucky |
1791, Hardy, West Virginia |
Ripley, Missouri |
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(2) ELIZABETH WALLIS |
23 Jun 1840, Ripley, Missouri |
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