Samuel Merrill

Samuel Merrill

Male 1780 - 1878  (98 years)

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  • Name Samuel Merrill 
    Born 24 Sep 1780  Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 25 Sep 1878  Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I4175  Speirs-Taylor
    Last Modified 30 Jan 2021 

    Father Jared Merrill,   b. 1754,   d. 7 May 1832, Byron, Genesee, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
    Mother Abigail Phelps,   b. 16 Nov 1754,   d. 15 Dec 1831  (Age 77 years) 
    Married Turkey Hill, Berlin, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1304  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Phoebe Odell,   b. 22 Apr 1788, Cambridge, Washington, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Jan 1862, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Teritory, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years) 
    Married 10 Sep 1802  Whitestown, Oneida, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Samuel B Merrill,   b. 4 Jan 1812, Smithfield, Madison, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Apr 1891  (Age 79 years)
    Last Modified 16 Jun 2016 
    Family ID F1303  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 24 Sep 1780 - Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 10 Sep 1802 - Whitestown, Oneida, New York, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 25 Sep 1878 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    Photo of Samuel Merrill
    Photo of Samuel Merrill
    Samuel Merrill in "Utah, Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah"

    FamilySearch.org

    Documents
    1802 Marriage Index of Saml Merrills and Odel
    1802 Marriage Index of Saml Merrills and Odel
    September 1802, First Presbyterian Church of Whitesboro, Whitestown, Oneida, New York

    Married: Sep 1802
    Saml Merrills and [] Odel of Whitestown

    FamilySearch.org, Records of the First Presbyterian Church of Whitesboro in the town of Whitestown, Oneida County, N.Y., 1794-1898, film 18024, img 15
    1811 Land Deed of Samuel and Phebe, Jared and Abigail Merrels
    1811 Land Deed of Samuel and Phebe, Jared and Abigail Merrels
    2 March 1811, Madison County, New York

    Grantors: Samuel Merrels and his wife, Phebe, and Jared Merrels and his wife, Abigail, of Smithfield
    Grantee: Nehemiah Huntington of Smithfield
    Cost: $450
    Tract: 78 acres

    FamilySearch.org, Deed records, 1806-1900 (Madison Co, NY), film 404292, img 178-179
    1820 US Census of Samuel Merrels Household
    1820 US Census of Samuel Merrels Household
    Bergen, Genesee, New York

    In the household of Samuel Merrels:
    3 males under 10
    1 male 10-16
    1 male 26-45
    2 females under 10
    1 female 10-16
    1 female 16-26
    1 female 26-45
    1830 US Census of Samuel Merrell Household
    1830 US Census of Samuel Merrell Household
    Alabama, Genesee, New York

    In the household of Samuel Merrell:
    1 male 10-15
    1 male 20-30
    1 male 50-60
    1 female under 5
    1 female 10-15
    1 female 15-20
    1 female 40-50

    Note: Samuel is living next to Justin and Orin Merrell, possible sons.
    1850 US Census of Samuel Merrill Household
    1850 US Census of Samuel Merrill Household
    Great Salt Lake County, Utah

    In the household:
    Samuel Merrill, age 67, Farmer, b. MA
    Phoebe Merrill, age 62, b. NY
    Phoebe Merrill, age 19, b. NY
    1860 US Census of Samuel Merrill Household
    1860 US Census of Samuel Merrill Household
    Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah

    In the household:
    Samuel Merrill, age 76, Farmer, b. MA
    Phebe Merrill, age 73, b. NY
    Ferdinand Merrill, age 31, Con laborer, b. NY
    Phebe L Jackman, age 27, b. NY
    Parmens Jackman, age 7, b. UT
    Ladora Jackman, age 5, b. UT
    Robert Jackman, age 1, b. UT
    1870 US Census of Samuel Merrill Household
    1870 US Census of Samuel Merrill Household
    Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah

    In the household:
    Samuel Merrill, age 90, No Occupation, b. MA
    Annie Merrill, age 46, Keeping house, b. Norway
    Feby Merrill, age 6, At home, b. UT
    Rebecca Merrill, age 3, At home, b. UT
    Rebecca Merrill, age 49, No Occupation, b. Sweden
    Herbert Merrill, age 36, Day Laborer, b. NY
    1878 Death Register of Samuel Merrill
    1878 Death Register of Samuel Merrill
    28 September 1878, Salt Lake County, Utah

    Name: Samuel Merrill
    Birth: Sep 1780
    Death: 28 Sep 1878
    Cause: Old age

    Ancestry.com, Utah, U.S., Death Registers, 1847-1966
    1878 Death Notice of Samuel Merrill
    1878 Death Notice of Samuel Merrill
    29 September 1878, Salt Lake Herald-Republican, Salt Lake City, Utah

    Samuel Merrill died, aged 98 years and 4 days. Funeral will be on Monday.

    newspapers.lib.utah.edu

    Histories
    'The Phelps Family of America' for David Phelps Family
    "The Phelps Family of America" for David Phelps Family
    Capt. David Phelps was born in Simsbury, CT on 26 Mar 1733-34. He married Abigail Griswold. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. He died 17 Apr 1811. He had 9 children.

    Abigail Phelps was the daughter of David Phelps and Abigail Griswold. She was born on 16 Nov 1754 in CT and died 17 Dec 1831 at the age of 77. She married Jared Merrill, son of Josiah [Israel] Merrill and Abigail Cadwell. They had 10 children (including Samuel Merrill).

    Ancestry.com, "The Phelps family of America and their English ancestors"
    'A Merrill Memorial' for Israel and Jared Merrill Families
    "A Merrill Memorial" for Israel and Jared Merrill Families
    Israel Merrill was born in Hartford, CT and died on 15 Oct 1784 in West Hartford, CT. He had two wives: Bethiah and Abigail Cadwell. He had 7 children.

    Jared Merrill was the son of Israel Merrill and Abigail Cadwell. He was born about 1755 and died 7 May 1832. He lived in Simsbury, CT and moved to Whitestown, Oneida, NY. Jared married Abigail Phelps, daughter of Capt David Phelps. They had 10 children (including Samuel Merrill).

    Ancestry.com, "A Merrill memorial : an account of the descendants of Nathaniel Merrill, an early settler of Newbury, Massachusetts"
    'Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah' for Samuel and Samuel B Merrill
    "Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah" for Samuel and Samuel B Merrill
    Samuel Merrill was the son of Jared Merrill and Abigail Phelps. He was born 28 Sep 1780 in Sansbury, NY. He married Phoebe Odell, daughter of Jones Odell and Lucy Weaver.

    Samuel B Merrill was the son of Samuel Merill and Phoebe Odell. He was born 4 Jan 1812 in Smithfield, NY. He married Elizabeth Runyan in 1836 in Michigan.

    MyHeritage.com, "Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah, 1913"