Person:Nathaniel Merrill (2)

Nathaniel - bap. May 25, 1634, Lawford, Essex, England; d. Jan. 1, 1682/3, Newbury, MA. Married in 1661 Joanna NINIAN (d. Feb. 8, 1717/8, Newbury, MA). Children: John married Lucy WEBSTER (ancestors of Pres. PIERCE); Nathaniel married first Rebecca BROWN, and second Sarah WOODMAN; Peter married Mary BROWN; Joanna died as infant; Joanna died as infant; Hannah married William MOULTON; and Mary married James FREESE.

1.   Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register. (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co, 1860-1862)
   3:199.

   NATHANIEL, Newbury, s. of the preced. m. 15 Oct. 1661, Joanna Kenney, had John, b. 16 Feb. 1663; Nathaniel, 8 Feb. 1665; Peter, Aug. 1667, Hannah, 12 July 1672; and Mary, 18 Sept. 1675; and he d. 1 Jan. 1683

2. ↑ Merrill line, in Holman, Mary Lovering. Ancestry of Charles Stinson Pillsbury and John Sargent Pillsbury. (Concord, New Hampshire: Privately Printed at The Rumford Press, 1938)
   2:1041.

   Nathaniel..d 1 Jan. 1682-83, Newbury;

3. ↑ Shepherd, Lawrence. Search for the Origins of Edward Shepherd. Heritage Quest
   24:95-6.

   In our examination of the parish register of Lawford, Essex, where we had located the baptismal records of John Shepard and three of his sisters, we also found the following events:
   
   1634 Nathaneel, the son of Nathaneele Merrelle and Susan his wife was baptized May 25.