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James Merrill[1, 2, 3]

Male 1689 - 1757  (68 years)


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  • Name James Merrill 
    Birth 27 Jan 1688/9  Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4] 
    Gender Male 
    Will 6 Apr 1753  [5] 


    •      In the Name of God Amen. I James Merrill of the town of Falmouth in the County of York in His Majestys Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England Gentn being Sensible of my own fraility & Mortality, but as yet of perfect Mind & Memory Thanks be to God, I do make this my last Will & Testament, First of all, I commend my Soul to God thrô Iesus Christ, and my Body to the Earth. Touching the worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me in this Life, I give demise & dispose of in the following Manner & Form.
           1. After my just Debts Legacies & funeral Charges are paid and discharged, I give & bequeath unto my loving & well beloved Wife Mary Merrill the Use & Improvemt & Profit of ye one third part of my real Estate during her natural Life and all the Household Goods to dispose of as She pleases.
           2. I give unto my four Grand Children ye Children of my Son Israel Merrill Decd Vizt Israel Abia Nicholas & Levi Fifty Acres of Land which I purchased of Brigadr Samuel Waldo which Fifty Acres of Land is to be on ye upper Side of the Land next toward Pesumpscot Falls, it is to extend the whole length of the Land, which Land is to be theirs at the Age of twenty one Years and not before.
           3. I give unto my Son Humphry Merrill ten Shillings lawful Money in one year after my Decease to be paid by my Executor he having recd a considerable already.
           4. I give unto my Daughter Rebecca Cauly ten Shillings, lawful Money in one year after my Decease to be paid by my Executor She having recd a considerable already.
           5. I give unto my Daughter Priscilla Merrill ten Shillings lawful Money in one Year after my Decease to be paid by my Executor She having recd considerable already.
           6. I give unto my Son Adams Merrill & to his Heirs and Assigns forever. Two thirds of all the real & personal Estate excepting the Household Goods already mentiond immediately after my Decease; And I give unto my Son Adams the other third part immediately after the Decease of his Mother above named that is all the Estate that I have excepting Fifty Acres that is already disposed of and what will be hereafter mentioned.
           7. I give unto my Son Iames Merrill the remaining part of the Land that I purchased of the above sd Waldo to be and remain to him & his Heirs & Assigns forever, his being the lower Side of the Land, and to extend ye whole length of Said Land the Said James paying Thirteen pounds Six Shillings & eight pence, where my Executors Shall cause it to be paid.
           8. I give unto my Son Ioshua Merrill his Heirs & Assigns Fifty Acres of Land out of the place that I now live on where he & my Executor Shall Agree, he the Said Joshua paying twenty six pounds thirteen Shillings & four pence lawful Money where my Executor Shall cause it to be paid.
           9. I give unto my Daughter Mary Noyes Six pounds thirteen Shillings & four pence lawful Money to be paid in one year after my Decease by my Executor She having had considerable already.
           10. I give unto my Daughter Dorothy Merrill twenty pounds lawful Money to be paid in one Year after my Decease by my Executor.
           11. I give unto my Daughter Susanna Merrill twenty pounds lawful Money to be paid in one year after my Decease by my Executor.
           12. I give unto my Son Silas Merrill Forty pounds lawful Money to be paid in one year after my Decease by my Executor.
           13. My Will is notwithstanding what is above given unto my four Sons. as above named Vizt Adams Iames Joshua and Silas that if either of my Said four Sons depart this Life without any Child lawful begotten of his Body, that then the other of my Said four Sons that Shall Survive Shall have it equally divided amongst them
           And my Will is and I do hereby nominate constitute and appoint my Son Adams Merrill to be the Executor of this my Will to receive all my Debts, and to pay all my Debts Legacys & funeral Charges, And I do ratify & confirm this & no other to be my last Will & Testament. I Witness & Confirmation whereof I the above named Iames Merrill have Set to my Hand & Seal the Sixth Day of April in the twenty Sixth Year of the Reign our Soverign Lord George the Second by the Grace of God of Great Britain France & Ireland King Defender of the Faith &c. Anno Domini 1753.
      Signed Sealed & Delivered by the Iames Merrill (a seal)
           above named Iames Merrill to be
           his last Will & Testamt in pres-
           ence of us Iames Wyman Nathan-
           iel Lock Nathan Noyes.
    Death 16 Mar 1757  Falmouth, York, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Probate 3 Oct 1757  [6] 
    Person ID I7281  Duane's Ancestors
    Last Modified 16 Jan 2020 

    Father Abel Merrill,   b. 20 Feb 1643/4, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Oct 1689, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 45 years) 
    Mother Priscilla Chase,   b. 14 Mar 1648/9, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1697 (Age > 49 years) 
    Marriage 10 Feb 1670/1  Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17] 
    Family ID F2982  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Adams,   b. 5 Mar 1700/1, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Marriage 23 Nov 1714  Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    Children 
     1. Mary Merrill,   b. 14 Jan 1735/6, Stratham, New Hampshire, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1835, Gray, Cumberland, Maine, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 98 years)
    Family ID F10550  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 Apr 2020 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 27 Jan 1688/9 - Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 23 Nov 1714 - Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 16 Mar 1757 - Falmouth, York, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1.  1.  [S18] Salisbury and Amesbury, 245, 00466.

    2.  2.  [S885] Maine Families in 1790, Vol. 9, 352, 00881.

    3.  3.  [S1122] Find A Grave, Memorial# 138380964, 00974.

    4.  4.  [S65] First Settlers of New England, Vol. 3., 199, 00192.

    5.  5.  [S455] US ME Wills 1640-1760, 810-812, 00349.

    6.  6.  [S455] US ME Wills 1640-1760, 812, 00349.

    7.  7.  [S939] First Settlers of New England, Vol. 1, 366, 00190.

    8.  8.  [S18] Salisbury and Amesbury, 243, 00466.

    9.  9.  [S937] Chase - Seven Generations, 34, 00098.

    10.  10.  [S144] Mass & Maine Families, Vol. 2, 594, 00368.

    11.  11.  [S378] Seven Hundred Ancestors, 68, 00474.

    12.  12.  [S764] Torrey 2nd, 46, 00766.

    13.  13.  [S988] Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, 138, 00218.

    14.  14.  [S259] NEHGS Register, 1:69, 00390.

    15.  15.  [S482] Torrey 1st, 504, 00395.

    16.  16.  [S1122] Find A Grave, Memorial# 138350476, 00974.

    17.  17.  [S210] Vital Records of Newbury, MA, Vol. 2, 95, 00599.