Descendants of William Merrill of Honington, Warwickshire, England

Generation No. 1

 

1.  WILLIAM1 MERRILL was born Abt. 1540 in Honington, Warwickshire , England, and died 30 Nov 1610 in Honington, Warwickshire, England.  He married ELIZABETH ?.  She died 30 Nov 1583 in Honington, Warwickshire , England.

    

Child of WILLIAM MERRILL and ELIZABETH ? is:

 

2.               i.    RICHARD2 MERRILL, b. Abt. 1575, Honington, Warwickshire, England; d. 30 Oct 1652, Honington, Warwickshire, England.

 

 

Generation No. 2

 

2.  RICHARD2 MERRILL (WILLIAM1) was born Abt. 1575 in Honington, Warwickshire, England, and died 30 Oct 1652 in Honington, Warwickshire, England.  He married (1) ELIZABETH WEST 12 Oct 1612, daughter of JOHN WEST.  She was born 08 Sep 1594 in Honington, Warwickshire, England, and died 19 Oct 1616 in Honington, Warwickshire , England.  He married (2) ELIZABETH HOBDAY 21 Sep 1618 in Honington, Warwickshire , England.  She was born Abt. 1598 in Honington, Warwickshire, England, and died 29 Jan 1630/31 in Honington, Warwickshire, England.

 

Notes for RICHARD MERRILL:

During the 1620's, Richard Merrill and business associate Richard Duppa were innkeepers and grocers.

    

Child of RICHARD MERRILL and ELIZABETH WEST is:

3.               i.    WILLIAM3 MERRILL, b. 30 Jan 1614/15, Honington, Warwickshire, England; d. 18 Sep 1687, Shipston, Warwickshire, England.

 

 

Generation No. 3

 

3.  WILLIAM3 MERRILL (RICHARD2, WILLIAM1) was born 30 Jan 1614/15 in Honington, Warwickshire, England, and died 18 Sep 1687 in Shipston, Warwickshire, England.  He married ALICE DUPPA 21 Sep 1637 in Whitchurch Parish, daughter of RICHARD DUPPA.  She was born 22 Mar 1616/17 in Shipston-on-Stour, Warwickshire, England, and died 14 Oct 1692 in Shipston-0n-Stour, Warwickshire, England.

    

Children of WILLIAM MERRILL and ALICE DUPPA are:

 

4.               i.    RICHARD4 MERRILL, b. 11 Jul 1641, Stretton-on-Fosse, Warwickshire, England; d. 12 May 1727, Northfield, Staten Island, NY.

 

                 ii.    ELIZABETH MERRILL, b. Dec 1643, Stretton-on-Fosse, Warwickshire, England.

 

                iii.    ALICE MERRILL, b. Mar 1644/45, Shipston-0n-Stour, Warwickshire, England.

 

                iv.    MARY MERRILL, b. 28 Jan 1646/47, Shipston-0n-Stour, Warwickshire, England; d. 28 Jan 1647/48, Shipston-0n-Stour, Warwickshire, England.

 

5.              v.    WILLIAM MERRILL, b. Tysoe, Warwickshire , England; d. May 1724, Hopewell, New Jersey.

 

 

Generation No. 4

 

4.  RICHARD4 MERRILL (WILLIAM3, RICHARD2, WILLIAM1) was born 11 Jul 1641 in Stretton-on-Fosse, Warwickshire, England, and died 12 May 1727 in Northfield, Staten Island, NY.  He married SARAH SUSANNAH WELLS 1669 in Tysoe, Warwickshire, England, daughter of PHILLIP WELLS and ELIZABETH.  She was born 16 Nov 1651 in Tysoe, Warwickshire, England, and died 21 Oct 1722 in Staten Island, NY.

    

Children of RICHARD MERRILL and SARAH WELLS are:

 

6.               i.    WILLIAM5 MERRILL, b. 13 Apr 1668, Tysoe, Warwickshire, England; d. Bef. 07 Oct 1710, Pitts Creek, Somerset County, Maryland.

 

                 ii.    MARY MERRILL, b. 13 May 1673, Tysoe, Warwickshire , England.

 

                iii.    ANNE MERRILL, b. 31 Jan 1675/76, Tysoe, Warwickshire, England.

 

7.             iv.    PHILLIP MERRILL, b. 17 Sep 1679, Tysoe, Warwickshire, England; d. 18 Apr 1739, Staten Island, New York.

 

8.              v.    RICHARD MERRILL, b. 06 Jul 1682, Staten Island, New York; d. 06 Sep 1760, Staten Island, New York.

 

9.             vi.    THOMAS MERRILL, b. Abt. 1684, Staten Island, New York; d. 12 Jan 1773, Staten Island, New York.

 

               vii.    JOHN MERRILL, b. Abt. 1688, Staten Island, New York; d. 25 Jul 1730; m. CHARITY SIMPSON; b. Abt. 1687, <Staten Island, New York>; d. Abt. 1759.

 

               viii.    CHARITY MERRILL, b. Abt. 1692, Delaware, New York; d. Abt. 1720.

 

                ix.    SUSANNAH MERRILL, b. Abt. 1692, Staten Island, New York; d. Abt. 1750; m. AERTE GISMOR; b. Abt. 1690; d. Abt. 1750.

 

                 x.    ELIZABETH MERRILL, b. Abt. 1695, Delaware, New York; d. 1750; m. WILLIAM MCCLEAN.

 

5.  WILLIAM4 MERRILL (WILLIAM3, RICHARD2, WILLIAM1) was born in Tysoe, Warwickshire, England, and died May 1724 in Hopewell, New Jersey.  He married GRACE ? Abt. 1687 in Staten Island, New York.  She died Abt. 1740 in New Jersey.

    

Children of WILLIAM MERRILL and GRACE ? are:

 

                  i.    ANN5 MERRILL.

 

                 ii.    THOMAS MERRILL.

 

10.            iii.    ELSJE ALICE MERRILL, b. Abt. 1690, Monmouth, New Jersey; d. Abt. 1756, Hunterdon County, New Jersey.

 

11.            iv.    WILLIAM MERRILL, JR., d. 25 Jun 1739, Hopewell , New Jersey.

 

12.            v.    BENJAMINE MERRILL, b. Abt. 1702, Hopewell, New Jersey; d. 1786, North Carolina.

 

                vi.    JOSPEH MERRILL, b. Abt. 1704, Hopewell, New Jersey; d. 1768, Kingwood, New Jersey; m. ANN ?.

 

Generation No. 5

 

6.  WILLIAM5 MERRILL (RICHARD4, WILLIAM3, RICHARD2, WILLIAM1) was born 13 Apr 1668 in Tysoe, Warwickshire, England, and died Bef. 07 Oct 1710 in Pitts Creek, Somerset County, Maryland.  He married ELIZABETH ? Abt. 1670 in Pitts Creek, Somerset County, Maryland.  She was born Abt. 1645.

    

Children of WILLIAM MERRILL and ELIZABETH ? are:

 

                  i.    MARY6 MERRILL, b. Abt. 1671, Pitts Creek, Somerset County, Maryland; m. THOMAS BAKER; b. 1671; d. 1730.

 

                 ii.    WILLIAM MERRILL, b. Abt. 1673, Pitts Creek, Somerset County, Maryland; d. 27 Nov 1750, Accomac County, Virginia; m. RACHAEL REBECCA BENSTON, 1727, Somerset, Maryland; b. 1706, Somerset, Maryland

 

                iii.    ELIZABETH MERRILL, b. Abt. 1675, Pitts Creek, Somerset County, Maryland; d. 17 Dec 1784, Worcester, Maryland.

 

                iv.    THOMAS MERRILL, b. Abt. 1677, Pitts Creek, Somerset County, Maryland; d. 1727, Accomac County, Virginia; m. HANNAH STOCKLEY; b. 1677.

 

                 v.    JOHN MERRILL, b. Abt. 1679, Pitts Creek, Somerset County, Maryland; d. 13 Aug 1760, Worcester County, Maryland; m. ?, 1714, Pitts Creek, Somerset, Maryland; b. 1679.

 

                vi.    FRANCIS MERRILL, b. Abt. 1681, Pitts Creek, Somerset County, Maryland.

 

               vii.    ARGALUS MERRILL, b. Abt. 1683, Pitts Creek, Somerset County, Maryland; d. Abt. 1739, Accomac County, Virginia.

 

               viii.    ESAU MERRILL, b. Abt. 1685, Pitts Creek, Somerset County, Maryland; d. 26 Sep 1750, Accomac County, Virginia; m. HANNAH STOCKLEY, 1729, Accomack, Virginia; b. 1677.

 

                ix.    JACOB MERRILL, b. Abt. 1687, Pitts Creek, Somerset County, Maryland; m. DEBORAH SCOTT, 1750, Somerset, Maryland; b. 1687.

 

                 x.    JOSHUA MERRILL, b. Abt. 1689, Pitts Creek, Somerset County, Maryland; d. 14 Apr 1766, Pitts Creek, Somerset County, Maryland; m. MARY PRYER, Abt. 1720; b. 23 Nov 1690, Somerset County, Maryland; d. 1745, Worcester County, Maryland.

 

                xi.    JOSEPH MERRILL, b. Abt. 1705, Pitts Creek, Somerset County, Maryland; d. 1783, Somerset, Maryland; m. ELIZABETH HOLLAND; b. 1716, Somerset, Maryland; d. 1784, Worcester, Maryland.

 

               xii.    PARTHENIA MERRILL, b. Abt. 1691, Pitts Creek, Somerset County, Maryland; d. 1761, Worcester County, Maryland; m. CHARLES HENDERSON, 1709, Somerset, Maryland; b. 1687, Pitts Creek, Worsester, Maryland; d. 1761, Worcester, Maryland.

 

              xiii.    COMFORT MERRILL, b. Abt. 1693, Pitts Creek, Somerset County, Maryland.

 

 

7.  PHILLIP5 MERRILL (RICHARD4, WILLIAM3, RICHARD2, WILLIAM1) was born 17 Sep 1679 in Tysoe, Warwickshire, England, and died 18 Apr 1739 in Staten Island, New York.  He married ELIZABETH BAKER 1724 in Port Richmond, Staten Island, New York.  She was born Abt. 1700 in New York, New York, and died Abt. 1759.

 

Children of PHILLIP MERRILL and ELIZABETH BAKER are:

 

                  i.    CATHERINE6 MERRILL, b. 04 Jul 1725, Staten Island, New York.

 

                 ii.    SUSANNAH MERRILL, b. 04 Jul 1725, Staten Island, New York; m. CHARLES ROLLENS, 1748.

 

                iii.    PHILLIP MERRILL, b. 12 Feb 1726/27, Staten Island, New York; m. JEAN COON, 1748; b. 1726, Somerset, New Jersey.

 

                iv.    NICHOLAS MERRILL, b. 24 Nov 1728, Staten Island, New York; d. 1795; m. LIDEA ?.

 

                 v.    MARY MERRILL, b. 17 Jan 1729/30, Staten Island, New York; m. NATHANIEL LACKERMAN, 15 Jul 1748, Staten Island, New York.

 

                vi.    ELIZABETH MERRILL, b. 08 Apr 1733, Staten Island, New York.

 

               vii.    CORNELIA NEELTJE MERRILL, b. 09 Mar 1734/35, Staten Island, New York.

 

 

8.  RICHARD5 MERRILL (RICHARD4, WILLIAM3, RICHARD2, WILLIAM1) was born 06 Jul 1682 in Staten Island, New York, and died 06 Sep 1760 in Staten Island, New York.  He married ELSIE DORLANDT 13 Feb 1700/01 in Port Richmond, Staten Island, New York.  She was born 10 May 1677 in Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States, and died 20 Feb 1761 in New York.

 

Children of RICHARD MERRILL and ELSIE DORLANDT are:

 

                  i.    JOHN6 MERRILL, b. Abt. 1700, Staten Island, Richmond Co., New York; d. 25 Jul 1730, Staten Island, Richmond Co., New York; m. GERTRUDE SIMONSEN, Staten Island, Richmond Co., New York; b. Abt. 1702, Staten Island, Richmond Co., New York; d. 1743, Staten Island, Richmond Co., New York.

 

                 ii.    ELSIE MERRILL, b. 1708, New York; d. Aft. 1756, Staten Island, New York; m. MATTHEW DECKER; b. Abt. 1704; d. Abt.  1766, Staten

                        Island, New York.

 

Notes for MATTHEW DECKER:

Will data:

Page 209.--In the name of God, Amen, November 12, 1765. I, MATTHEW DECKER, of Staten Island, being sick. I leave to my wife Elice all that estate given her by her father, Richard Merrill. All the rest of my estate to my son Matthew when he is of age, and I make him executor. 

Witnesses, John Merrill, John Egbert, Magdalen Merrill. Proved, February 25, 1766. 

 

                iii.    RICHARD MERRILL, b. 31 Jan 1711/12, Port Richmond, Staten Island, New York; d. 19 Dec 1797, Hunterdon County, New Jersey; m. EVE BENNETT, 10 Sep 1737, Staten Island, New York; b. 21 Jan 1713/14, Bergen, New Jersey; d. 16 May 1798, Staten Island, New York.

 

                iv.    SUSANNAH MERRILL, b. Bet. 1716 - 1724, Port Richmond, Staten Island, New York; d. Abt. 1754, Staten Island, New York.

 

More About SUSANNAH MERRILL:

Christening: 13 Sep 1724, Ref Dutch Ch, Port Richmond, Staten Island, New York

 

                 v.    LAMBERT MERRILL, b. Abt. 1721, Port Richmond, Staten Island, New York; d. Abt. 1755, Staten Island, New York.

 

More About LAMBERT MERRILL:

Christening: 01 Jan 1720/21, Ref Dutch Ch, Port Richmond, Staten Island, New York

 

 

9.  THOMAS5 MERRILL (RICHARD4, WILLIAM3, RICHARD2, WILLIAM1) was born Abt. 1684 in Staten Island, New York, and died 12 Jan 1773 in Staten Island, New York.  He married JENNE GEWAN.  She was born Abt. 1690 in <Staten Island, New York>, and died Abt. 1750.

 

Notes for THOMAS MERRILL:

Page 418.--In the name of God, Amen, January 12, 1773. I, THOMAS MERRILL, of Staten Island, being sick. All debts to be paid. I leave to my son Richard ?30. To my daughter Susanah my silver tumbler. To my daughter Sarah my silver salt cellar, and my bed and bedding. I leave to my sons, Thomas and John, all the rest of my estate, real and personal, and make them executors.

 

Witnesses, Samuel De Hart, Tyon Merrill, Aaron Van Name. Proved, April 2, 1773. 

    

Children of THOMAS MERRILL and JENNE GEWAN are:

 

                  i.    RICHARD6 MERRILL, b. Abt. 1715.

 

                 ii.    ANNATIS MERRILL, b. 1736; d. 1736.

 

                iii.    THOMAS MERRILL, b. 19 Apr 1732; d. 12 May 1798; m. EVA JONES; b. Abt. 1736.

 

                iv.    JOHN MERRILL.

 

                 v.    SARAH MERRILL.

 

                vi.    SUSANNAH MERRILL.

 

 

10.  ELSJE ALICE5 MERRILL (WILLIAM4, WILLIAM3, RICHARD2, WILLIAM1) was born Abt. 1690 in Monmouth, New Jersey, and died Abt. 1756 in Hunterdon County, New Jersey.  She married THOMAS CURTIS 1706 in Hopewell, New Jersey.  He was born 1685 in SpringfieldTwp, Burlington County, New Jersey, and died 28 Apr 1749 in Baptisttown, Kingwood, Hunterdon County, New Jersey.

 

Notes for ELSJE ALICE MERRILL:

Alice, the wife of Thomas Curtis was remembered by descendants as Alice Merrill, and the association between the two families in Hopewell suggests that she was an older daughter of William Merrill. Thomas Curtis was born in 1685 and died at age 64 on April 28, 1749.63 Both Thomas and Alice were founding members of the Baptist Church in Hopewell in 1715, and he served on a jury with William Merrill Sr. in 1721, and was a town officer with Benjamin Merrill in 1728. The Curtis family moved to Baptistown in Kingwood township about 1738, where Thomas became the founding pastor of the Kingwood Baptist Church, and is buried in the churchyard. He was survived by wife Alice, sons Thomas and Benjamin and daughters Mary, Ann and Jane, the wife of John Alderson

 

More About THOMAS CURTIS:

Burial: Old School Baptist Cemetery

Occupation: Reverend

    

Children of ELSJE MERRILL and THOMAS CURTIS are:

 

                  i.    ANN6 CURTIS.

 

                 ii.    MARY JANE CURTIS, b. 1706, Hunterdon County, New Jersey; m. REVEREND JOHN ALDERSON, 1721, Bethlehem, New Jersey; b. 09 Sep 1699, Parkhall, Grinton, Swaledale, England; d. 1780, Fincastle, Botecourt County, Virginia.

 

                iii.    THOMAS CURTIS, b. 24 Feb 1718/19, Hunterdon County, New Jersey.

 

                iv.    BENJAMIN CURTIS, b. 1720, Hunterdon County, New Jersey.

 

 

11.  WILLIAM5 MERRILL, JR. (WILLIAM4, WILLIAM3, RICHARD2, WILLIAM1) died 25 Jun 1739 in Hopewell, New Jersey.  He married (1) ANN PARKE 1697 in New Jersey, daughter of ROGER PARKE and ANNE PATISON.  She was born 1677 in Northumberland, England, and died 1728 in Trenton, New Jersey.  He married (2) PENELOPE JEWELL STOUT 1729 in Hopewell, New Jersey, daughter of JAMES STOUT and ELIZABETH ?.  She was born Abt. 1702 in Hopewell, New Jersey, and died 11 Jul 1776 in Hopewell, New Jersey.

 

Notes for WILLIAM MERRILL, JR.:

Wllliam Merrill Jr. was born perhaps 1680 and died accidentally June 25, 1739:

 

An habeas corpus being [held] before the Chief Justice at his chamber in Burlington ... ordered to be filed [that] the said William Merrell was the 25th of June ... killed with lightning at Sheriff Hunlake's door at Burlington. William Merrill Jr. had married twice. The name of his first wife is not certainly known. Ralph Ege, the historian of Hopewell, wrote:

 

Anna, daughter of Dr. Roger Parke, probably married William Merrell Jr., who was by trade a cooper, and they settled on a tract purchased for her by her father in 1697.  Elsewhere, however, Ege writes of the same woman, "It is not known that Annie Parke ever married."52 Three daughters of this first marriage are known, circumstantially:

 

Ann Merrill, 1707-1801, the wife of David Stout of Hopewell and Amwell.

Some have thought Ann Merrill Stout was a daughter of William Merrill Sr., but given her birthdate she would be his grandaughter.

Margaret Merrill "of William Merrail," baptised June 11, 1712 at Hopewell Chapel Church.  No further record.

 

Rachel Merrill, 1715-1745.

Nathan Stout, writing in 1825, says "John Stout married Rachel, daughter of William Merrill, in the year 1734." John Stout (1713-1790) was his father.  William Merrill Jr. married second, about 1729, Penelope Stout Jewell, daughter of James and Elizabeth Stout and widow of Thomas Jewell.  Thomas Jewell died in 1727 leaving widow "Nelly," three sons and several daughters, none of them named in the will.

 

When William Merrill died, Penelope Merrill refused to administer her husband's estate, and her letter to the lawyer is preserved in the New Jersey Archives, reading in part:

 

I am informed by my brother Benj'n Stout that you desire me to take an inventory of ye estate of Will'm Merrill deceased - which I do refuse to do or concern myself about that Estate which will only be a profitless trouble for me which I am not able to undergo.

Her Stout relatives were wealthy (and) no doubt looked after her family. She married again to Isaac Herrin of Hopewell, and was widowed for a third time in 1756. She died in July 1776 "in a good old age."

 

Notes for PENELOPE JEWELL STOUT:

She was the widow of Thomas Jewell. She was the graaanddaughter of  Richard and Penelope Van Princess Stout.  With Thomas Jewell, had 3 sons and three daughters.

    

Children of WILLIAM MERRILL and ANN PARKE are:

 

                  i.    WILLIAM6 MERRILL, b. 1700, Hopewell, New Jersey; d. 1740, Hopewell, New Jersey.

 

                 ii.    ANN MERRILL, b. 1707; m. DAVID STOUT; b. 1695.

 

                iii.    MARGARET MERRILL, b. 11 Jun 1711, Burlington, New Jersey.

 

                iv.    RACHEL MERRILL, b. 1715, Hunterdon County, New Jersey; d. 03 May 1795, Hunterdon County, New Jersey; m. JOHN STOUT, 1734, Hopewell, New Jersey; b. 1713, Amwell, New Jersey; d. 07 Jun 1790, Amwell, New Jersey.

    

Children of WILLIAM MERRILL and PENELOPE STOUT are:

 

                 v.    WILLIAM6 MERRILL, b. Abt. 1729, Hopewell, New Jersey; d. 1782, Rowan, NC; m. MARY CORNELL, Abt. 1750, vicinity of Hopewell, NJ; b. 1724, Hopewell, Mercer, NJ; d. 15 Aug 1813, Randolph County, NC.

 

More About MARY CORNELL:

Burial: 1813, Thomasville, Rowan, North Carolina, Old Merrill Cem

 

                vi.    BENJAMINE MERRILL, b. Abt. 1730, Hopewell, New Jersey; d. 19 Jun 1771, Hillsborough, Orange, NC; m. JEMIMA SMITH, 11 Dec 1750, HOPEWELL, HUNTERDON CO. NJ; b. Abt. 1728, HOPEWELL, HUNTERDON CO. NJ; d. 1803, Rowan, NC.

 

               vii.    THOMAS STOUT MERRILL, b. 19 Apr 1732, Hopewell, New Jersey; d. 12 May 1798, Montgomery, New York; m. DOROTHY THEODOCIA MORGAN, 1757, New Jersey; b. 11 Apr 1732, Hopewell, New Jersey; d. 12 Sep 1812, New York.

 

               viii.    PENELOPE RACHEL MERRILL, b. 1734, Hopewell, New Jersey; d. 1782, Hopewell, New Jersey; m. (1) JAMES STOUT; m. (2) RALPH HART; m. (3) THOMAS ANDERSON, 1750, Hunterdon County, New Jersey; b. 11 Jul 1731, Hopewell, New Jersey; d. 03 Jun 1768, Hopewell, New Jersey.

 

                ix.    ANN MERRILL, b. Abt. 1735, Hopewell, New Jersey; d. Abt. 1800; m. DAVID STOUT; b. Abt. 1730, Hopewell, New Jersey; d. Abt. 1790.

 

 

12.  BENJAMINE5 MERRILL (WILLIAM4, WILLIAM3, RICHARD2, WILLIAM1) was born Abt. 1702 in Hopewell, New Jersey, and died 1786 in North Carolina.  He married MARY WATERS Abt. 1722 in New Jersey.  She was born Abt. 1702 in Queens, New York.

 

Child of BENJAMINE MERRILL and MARY WATERS is:

 

                  i.    JOHN6 MERRILL, b. 1734, New Jersey; d. Bracken, Kentucky; m. SARA HOUGHTON; b. 1730, Hunterdon County, New Jersey; d. 22 Apr 1789, New Jersey.