. Genealogical and family history of the state of Maine;. probabl) incorrect. Her maiden namewas Woltcrton, or Willerton, and after Na-thaniel Alerrills death she married a secondhusband named Jordan, whence the descendants of Nathaniel and Susannah(Willerton) Merrill are numerous, and theyare true to the family motto. Many of themtake high rank as clergymen : others are prom-inent in railroad or financial circles. Eightchildren were born to the pioneer couple:John, 1635, married Sarah Watson, andmoved to Connecticut, where the name hasmultiplied; Abraham, 1637, married AbigailWe


. Genealogical and family history of the state of Maine;. probabl) incorrect. Her maiden namewas Woltcrton, or Willerton, and after Na-thaniel Alerrills death she married a secondhusband named Jordan, whence the descendants of Nathaniel and Susannah(Willerton) Merrill are numerous, and theyare true to the family motto. Many of themtake high rank as clergymen : others are prom-inent in railroad or financial circles. Eightchildren were born to the pioneer couple:John, 1635, married Sarah Watson, andmoved to Connecticut, where the name hasmultiplied; Abraham, 1637, married AbigailWebster; Nathaniel, 1638, see forward; Su-sanna. 1640; Daniel, 1642. married SarahClough, May 14, 1668; Abel. 1644, marriedPriscilla Chase, February 21, 1670; Thomas,1648. (H) Nathaniel (2), son of Nathaniel (i)Merrill, was born in 1638. He married, Oc-tober 6, 1661, Joanna Kinney. They lived inNewbury, Massachusetts, where their childrenwere born: John, February 16, 1663, mar-ried (first) Lucy Webster, (second) Mary ; Nathaniel, February 8. 1665, married. ?^2;s^.,t^=«i^^^\/^ CdM^^c£?t,«. STATE OF ^lAIXE. 1853 two wives whose christian names were Re-becca and Sarah; Peter, August, 1667, mar-ried Mary ; Hannah. July 12, 1672; and Mary, September 18. 1675. The hne di-vides with the sons of Nathaniel (2). RothJohn and Nathaniel (3) ]\Ierrill had a de-scendant, Ezekiel, and it is not known whichwas the great-grandfather of Samuel F. Mer-rill, whose sketch follows later. As the mat-ter is in doubt, both branches are given. (Ill) Nathaniel (3), second son of Na-thaniel (2) and Joanna (Kinney) IMerrill,was born in Newbury, February 8, 1665, anddied in Haverhill, July 4, 1758. He married Rebecca , who died in i68g, leaving a son Nathaniel (4), born November 23, (4) had a son, Roger, born in 1713. Roger ^lerrill married j\lary , and they had a son, Ezekiel, born December g. 1748. Allof this branch of the family were born at New-bury, Alassachusetts. There are now no Aler


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