Albert Miller Milford and Cornelia Jane Linenkohl
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David Denton Linenkohl
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Donald Fredreick Linenkohl and Margie Whitaker
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Walter Zepp and Dorothy Winifred Linenkohl
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Felix Carl Linenkohl
Husband Felix Carl Linenkohl 1
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Gary Burton Linenkohl
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Grady Warren Linenkohl and Minnie Juanita Sheppard
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James Karl Linenkohl and Lucy Ella Rogers
Husband James Karl Linenkohl 1
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3 F Ada Louise Linenkohl (details suppressed for this person)
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8 M Donald Fredreick Linenkohl 1
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James Ludwig Linenkohl
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Kathryn Elaine Linenkohl
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Lois Eleanor Linenkohl
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Miriam Gayle Linenkohl
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Susan Edna Linenkohl
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Thomas Linenkohl and Sallie Mae Rogers
Husband Thomas Linenkohl 1
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1 M Felix Carl Linenkohl 1
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2 F Carrie Mae Linenkohl 1
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3 M Thomas Roy Linenkohl 1
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4 F Charlotte Inez Linenkohl (details suppressed for this person)
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5 M Grady Warren Linenkohl (details suppressed for this person)
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Thomas Roy Linenkohl and Ruth McNair
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2 F Dorothy Winifred Linenkohl 1
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3 M David Denton Linenkohl 1
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4 M Brinson Roy Linenkohl (details suppressed for this person)
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5 M Timothy Isaiah Linenkohl 1
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Timothy Isaiah Linenkohl
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William Edward Linenkohl
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Jeffery Liner
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Jody Stephen Liner
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Keven Liner
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Wallace Columbus Liner Jr
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Ebenezer Lines and Rebecca Sperry
Husband Ebenezer Lines 3
Born: 18 Aug 1684 - New Haven, New Haven County, CT
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Nathan Marsh and Hannah Lines
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Born: 7 Mar 1794 - Scotch Plains, NJ
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John Merriman and Hannah Lines
Husband John Merriman 3
Born: 28 Feb 1659 - New Haven, New Haven County, CT
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Mother: Joan Lines (1628-1709) 3
Marriage: 28 Mar 1682 - New Haven, New Haven County, CT
Other Spouse: Elizabeth Peck (1673-1709) 3 - 20 Nov 1690 - Wallingford, CT
Other Spouse: Elizabeth Brown (1671-1740) 3 - After 1720 - New Haven, New Haven County, CT
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Born: 21 Nov 1665 - New Haven, New Haven County, CT
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3 M George Merriman 3
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Nathaniel Merriman and Joan Lines
Husband Nathaniel Merriman 3
Born: 2 Jun 1613 - London, Middlesex County, England
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Marriage: Abt 1647 - Wallingford, CT
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Born: 20 Oct 1628 - New Haven, New Haven Colony, CT
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1 M Nathaniel Merriman Jr. 3
Born: Oct 1648 - New Haven, New Haven County, CT
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2 F Hannah Merriman 3
Born: 16 May 1651 - New Haven, New Haven County, CT
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Marr: 12 Nov 1668 - Wallingford, CT
Spouse: Joseph Benham Jr. (1659-1702) 3
Marr: 17 Aug 1682 - Wallingford, CT
3 F Abigail Merriman 3
Born: 18 Apr 1654 - Wallingford, CT
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Marr: 18 Jan 1670 - New Haven, New Haven County, CT
4 F Mary Merriman 3
Born: 12 Jul 1657 - New Haven, New Haven County, CT
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Marr: 9 Jun 1674 - New Haven, New Haven County, CT
5 M John Merriman 3
Born: 28 Feb 1659 - New Haven, New Haven County, CT
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Marr: 28 Mar 1682 - New Haven, New Haven County, CT
Spouse: Elizabeth Peck (1673-1709) 3
Marr: 20 Nov 1690 - Wallingford, CT
Spouse: Elizabeth Brown (1671-1740) 3
Marr: After 1720 - New Haven, New Haven County, CT
6 M Samuel Merriman 3
Born: 29 Sep 1662 - New Haven, New Haven County, CT
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Spouse: Elizabeth Peck (1673-1709) 3
Marr: Abt 1685 - New Haven, New Haven County, CT
7 M Caleb Merriman 3
Born: 16 May 1665 - New Haven, New Haven County, CT
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Marr: 9 Jul 1690 - Wallingford, CT
8 M Moses Merriman 3
Born: 1667
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9 F Elizabeth Merriman 3
Born: 14 Sep 1669 - New Haven, New Haven County, CT
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Marr: 12 Feb 1685 - Wallingford, New Haven County, CT
10 F Grace Merriman 3
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11 F Sarah Merriman 3
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NATHANIEL MERRIMAN IN NEW HAVEN 1640 TO 1670
BY Miss ALICE M. MERRIMAN Seventh in Descent from Nath a n i e l through hisson John
In attempting a sketch of our ancestor during hi s l i f e i n New Haven from1640 to 1670, it may not he ina ppro pr ia te t o picture briefly theconditions under whic h he w a s le d to s ettle here, since such a settingcan pe rhaps g iv e u s a glimp se of the character of the man.
Religious unrest had been working for a long time in E n g l a nd, and many,rich as well as poor, were ready to jo i n R e v . John Davenport, ex-vicar ofSt. Stephen's churc h , Cole m a n Street, London, when he left home andcountr y a nd arri v e d in Boston in June, 1637. To he sure we he ar m ost oft h e pr ominent ones, Theophilus Eaton, afterwa rds G overno r o f Ne w HavenColony, and others of his stat io n ; and whi le i t i s known that ourancestor did not co m e with this co mpany , ye t he must have left Englandon l y a few years in a dvance ; nev ertheless at a date nea r en ough for himto hav e been i nfluen ced by the same rel igiou s ideas and the sam edetermin ation t o come to a ne w count ry, wherein those id eas andcon viction s might. ha ve ful l sway. Davenport's imm ediate comp anions c ame,a s we know , not only from London h ut from th e near-by d i ocese ofCa nterbury. It would seem , however, th at our for ef ather mu st have been aresident o f London, fro m the wi ll whi ch ap pears indisputably to hav e beenmade b y his f ather Gor g e Merriman, a citizen and co oper of Londo n, o nOctober 3 1, 1 655.
Since the man in whose honor we are assembled was t h e o n l y NathanielMerriman living in New England in 165 5 , we c a n s carcely doubt that he wasthe son referred t o i n tha t wi ll ; hence it is not impossible that he may, in e arly l ife , hav e been one of Davenport's London pari shion ers. Th isfa ct a s well as his experience in the Peq uot wa r, and c onseq uenta cquaintance with this part of t he coun try, ma y very e asil y have led tohis decision t o join tho se who h ad begu n the f ormation of a colony at Quinnipiac.
We may picture to ourselves briefly the settlemen t i n 1 6 4 0 in that yearfirst called New Haven-when our a nces to r pe rh aps arrived here. East andWest Creeks, stre ams l on g Sinc e f orgotten, were then navigable, and over the fo rme r, at h ig h tide, vessels could be floated, i n the be d o f theprese n t railroad or old canal, as far a s Chape l Stre et. * Ahea d l ay aplain extending inland ab out tw o miles , at which di stan ce stood basalticrocks co lored w ith iron , and so promi nen t in the landscape tha t the Dut chhad cal led the place R oden bergh or Red Mount . On the w est of thi s plainwere broa d sal t meadows, bor dering wha t is now cal led West River, a ndexte nding inla nd almost t o West Rock ; on the east side w ere sti ll mor eextensive s alt meadow s spread out on eithe r side of ' t he Quinnipiac , orEast Ri ver, and also on bot h side s o f a stream flowi ng into i t a shortdistance abov e it s outlet , the presen t Mill Rive r. The meadows on theQu i nnipiac exte nded muc h further t o the north than thos e o n West River.The se sa lt meadows , extensive and ric h in pro vender, had doubt le ssgreatly i nfluenced the com pany in sel ecting this pla c e for theirse ttlement.
The first business of the planters had been to la y o u t t h e town in ninesquares, the central one having b ee n re serv e d as the market-place. Theremaining eight sq uar es ha d be e n divided into house-lots and assigned tot he p lanter s sev er ally, in proportion to the size of th e fami ly an d alsot o th e amount which each planter had i nveste d in th e enterp rise , thefuture citizens having ap parentl y groupe d themsel ves a ccording topersonal acquai ntance a nd friend ship in th e moth er country. In January ,1640, ar rangement s were mad e for th e division of the " neck," tha t is, thel and betwee n Mill an d Quinnipiac Riv ers, the sa lt meadows , as well a s theuplan d of the cent er. Every "f ree planter " had some l and in th e "neck,"so me in the mea dows, and so me in the upl and, taxe s bein g fixed at thefo llowing rates : all the upla nd in th e fi rst division, wit h all themeado ws in the plant ation, w a s taxed at 4d. pe r acre yearly; a ll the landin th e sec ond d ivision, tha t is, the farm land , at 2d.
To encourage colonization, thirty-two of the compa n y w e r e gratuitouslysupplied with house-lots, these pla nt er s ha vi ng no rights of commonageand being drawn by l ot . Th is di vis ion evidently took place in 1641, sincei n Ma rch o f tha t yea r we find our ancestor mentioned a s thir d in or der"a s thei r lots were drawn," and he rece ive d a small lo t on w hat i s nowEast Water Street. We ma y pe rhaps imagin e his ma rriag e at about thistime, altho ugh n o specific re cord of i t ha s thus far been discover ed.Bes ides his hom e on East Wa ter S treet, we may also l ocate h is farm inFai r Haven, sinc e in 1 648 "Nathaniel M errima n et al. desir e to have theirl and o n ye east side , betwi xt the red roc k & Mr. Davenport s farm, " and onNo vember 2 0th of that yea r the Court ordere d that t his la nd shoul d beassigned to h im.* The followin g year (Mar c h 10, 1649 ) he and four othe rsasked that the y might hav e " some lan d and meadows to se ttle vp farms one the eas t side , nex t the sea, beyond th e Cove River." Thi s mus t have been i n the vicinity of Morr is Cove. The farme r s already settl e d near byobjected an d a committee wa s appo inted to inve stig ate. Two months la ter,the petiti oners ask ed the Cour t fo r a decision on thi s about thi s time herece ived cert ain "me adow" and farm la nd, whic h he was to divid e withM athias Hit chcock and Isaa c Whit ehead.
Although a church service was strictly observed fr o m t h e f irst, it wasnot until June 4, 1639, that a meet in g w a s hel d "to consult aboutsettling civil governmen t ac cord in g to G od, and about the nomination ofperson s tha t migh t h e found , by consent of all, fittest in al l resp ectsfo r th e foundat ion work of a cburch."11 At th is meet ing i t was v oted thatt he right of suffrage shoul d be con ferre d on chur ch member s only. [ Thereare sixty -three si gner s for this " fundamenta l agreement," and i n the lastp aragr aph it is sta ted that al l who are subse quently rece ived a s plantersshal l also subsc ribe to th e same conditi ons. Be low the names o f theorigina l signe rs, appear, i n two colu mns, forty-eigh t others, whic h w eredoubtless p laced ther e later on; and h ere appears f o r the first tim e thename o f Nathaniel Merrim an, also t hat o f Richard Me rriman.** Th is is theonly cas e in whic h the nam e of Rich ard Merrima n occurs in the colo nialhi story of Ne w Englan d, which giv es rise to the quer y whe ther the name,b ein g somewhat ille gible in the origina l , may not reall y b e that ofsomeone e lse.
In 1644, we read that Nathaniel Merriman received t h e o a t h of fidelityat the General Court held at New Hav e n o n t h e 1st day of July.* ThisGeneral Court was the c on trol lin g b ody ()f the new settlement, and thefact tha t o ur an cest or w as made thus early one of its members p rove s himt o hav e bee n a citizen "in good and regular st andin g," i n both c hurc h andstate, as well as a man of u sefuln ess i n the comm unity . Further extractsfrom the Re cords c onfir m the latte r idea . On May 25th, 1646, we re ad that" Nathan iel Merriman " and o thers were freed fro m attendin g the Co urt tohelp Mr . Malbo n get goods a sho re. Also o n June 11 , 1649: "Mr. Ev ansdesir ed liberty fo r Thomas Mo ris & Nath aniel Merriman t o depar t ye court, to go to d o a little wo rk to a vessel wh ich lay s loade n & was read y to goaway, a nd they had libert y." On N ove mber 29tb, 16 49, also, Natha nielMerriman and Wi lliam Ru s sell are chos en as assessor s "in ye room ofThoma s Muns o n & Francis Br owne."
We may judge somewhat of Nathaniel's social positi o n b y t h esereferences, as well as from allusions to - h im sel f an d h is wife asregards their seats in church . A you ng m an wa s gi ven no prefix to hisname until be b ecam e a maste r work man ; then, if he were an artisan o r ahusb andman, a s we hav e se en was the case with our wo rthy for ebear, hem ight be a ddres sed by the honorary tit le of Goo dman and hi s wife mig ht bec alled Goodwife or G oody. A ma n who employ ed laborer s but di d not workwit h them was di stinguished b y the titl e of Mr. T his latte r term ofrespe ct was given t o elders, m agistrates , teac hers, merchants , and men ofwea lth, whethe r engaged i n m erchandise or li ving in retireme nt fromtrade . Social ra n k was strikingl y manifested in th e "seating o f themeet ing-h ouse." The G overnor and Deputy- Governor wer e give n the fron tform ent ire; others occupie d places behin d t hem accordin g to soc ialstanding. In thi s way we can s e e a gradual ris e in ou r forefather'spositi on: at the f irs t seating his nam e do es not appear at all ; but astim e goe s on, and there fol l ow a second and a thi rd seatin g, he i s givenfirst a pla c e at the side, and the n is ad vanced t o a seat, with six othe rs, in the middle "a lley " or aisle ; while his wife , known f irst asGoodwife Me rr iman, is assi gned seat No . 6 "in the si de seats all al o ng, "together wit h "Goodwi fe Barnes, Jno. Be nham's wif e a nd Edwa. Camp'swif e." Thi s was on February 11t h, 165 5; a t the next seating , on Fe bruary20, 1661, we fin d "S iste r Merriman" assigne d sea t No. 8 "in the longseat s f or wom en," with Goodwife M ans field, Goodwife Hitchco ck, Goo dwif eHarrison, Sister Bar n es, and John Johnson' s wife. Doub tl ess the youngpeople s a t in the gallery, a s only the hea d s of families are men tio ned inthe seatin g.
In 1653, Nathaniel sold his home on East Water Str e e t t o " FrancisBrowne" "and all his lands web belonge d t o h im o n y e east side againstDragon point." At thi s time , h e undo ubte dly went to live on his farm. Sixyea rs late r, i n 1659 , a la nd-question of unusual interes t and impo rtanc earos e withi n the limits of the town, wh ich was no t settl ed unt il after the Revolution. It wa s a serious di fferenc e of opi nion betw een thedwellers i n the New Have n town-pl ot and th e inhabita nts of the ou tlyingfarms wh o wished t o establis h villages o f their o wn. Attendanc e at churchwa s of cours e rigorously d emand ed of all; bu t at so pea t a distance as Fair Haven or E a st Haven, it p roved a ver y difficult matte r. Hence thefa rm ers asked th e privileg e of establishing su bordinate v illage s, having their own c hurches and constable s, so a s to have t he ess entials ofre ligious and civic gove rnme nt close at han d . To this the d wellers of thetown stre n uously objecte d o n account of th e loss to them in "rate s " ortaxes. A t own me eting was cal led at which the boun dari es of the pr oposedvil lages of Fa ir and East Haven w ere des cribed, an d the condit ions setf orth that the vil lagers sho uld pa y rates as did ot her pla ntations; alsot hat every lan dhol der in the village s houl d pay rates i n the village, ev e n if not a resident. Mr . Da venport wa s by far the large s t landholderin Fair Haven , b ut he sp oke at length in fa vo r of the petitioners, makin g the po int that they shoul d "pr event sin in the farms" a n d tha t the"Sabbath" ough t to b e sanctified, but with th e fa r mers living at suc h adistanc e, it could not be kep t a s a d ay of rest. A fu rther sugges tion wasthat the chil d ren wer e debarred fro m school privil eges.
The "city fathers" opposed the measures of the farm e r s , a s has happenedsometimes since; and here our ances t o r to ok p art in the contention,bringing upon himself t h e c ritic ism f rom Levermore of being "the spitefulman. " I t se ems t o me, h owever, that this censure is a bit h ar d on hi m,sinc e ther e was certainly perfect fairness i n h is poin t of vie w; an d fromsome characteristics tha t I ha ve happe ned to ob serv e in a few of hisdescendants , I ca n ventur e to say tha t hi s complete conviction o f right,c ombined w ith his vehem enc e of manner, may hav e furnishe d the groun d forthis stat emen t. His part in t he controve rsy is thu s described :
" He threw a firebrand into the midst by saying th a t a t t h e first therewere many of them looked upon as m e n t o liv e b y their labor. They hadsmall lots given the m , bu t whe n 'th e Town for their support gave themthes e lo ts, i t wa s upon c ondition that they should inhabi t them . And n owth e Town wou ld call them off their farms .' He w as answe red t hat then th efarmers came to town wi th thei r familie s on th e last day o f the week, and'stay ed til l after th e Sabbath, ' and that 't he farms were gi ven the m thatcor n and cattl e might be raise d; yet now t hey nee d come fro m the town.'"
Our historian leaves us in the dark as to the outc o m e o f t his specialmeeting; but since the question wa s n o t deci de d until more than a hundredyears later, o f cour s e we mus t c onclude that it amounted to little el setha n a n expressi on o f opinion-evidently a decided one . It m ay q uitepossibl y b e that the annoyance thus exper ience d had i ts bearing o n hi ssubsequent removal to hel p foun d the tow n of Wallingf ord , although tenyears late r he wa s stil l a "freeman in th e to wn of New Haven," an d,again , afte r settling in Walling ford , it is recorde d that h e continu ed tobe one of the pro priet ors of Ne w Haven. Ho wever, i n 1669, thirty-eightmen , of who m Nat haniel's nam e is four th on the list, signed a n agreeme n tto found th e village o f Wallingford.
During his residence in New Haven, he held various p u b l i c positions. Theclose proximity of the Indians mad e m il it ar y protection necessary fromthe first, and "eve ry m al e fr o m sixteen to sixty years of age" waspresse d int o ser vice . I n 1642 the total number thus subject t o mili tarydu ty wa s 21 7, as there were thirty-one watche s of se ven me n each . Thec ompany was divided into four s quadrons , eac h command ed b y a sergeant.
The squadrons were trained in succession, one on eac h S a t u rday, with a"general training" every fifth week o n Mo nd a y f or the whole company. Wefind that, having for merl y be e n a s ergeant to the artillery company, onMay 9 th, 1 662 , h e was c hosen ensign.* In 1665 he was confirm ed a s thef irs t sergean t of the train band f (that is, m ilita ry comp any) , and inJa nuary, 2666, he was chosen t o serv e on th e jury.
Two or three months later we note a real estate transa c t i o n, in that hebought of Isaac Whitehead "all his pa r t o f l an d given by the town;" andhe also sold to Joh n Mo ss " hal f th e aforementioned land and meadowexceptin g th e home stea d."
To go back a few years, we find that in 1660, when t h e r e a rose a generalquestion as to the boundaries betwe e n N e w Hav en and Connecticut colonies,which later assum e d ve r y import ant proportions, it is stated thatNathani e l Merr im an and ot hers "with the help of Montowese, a n In dian, y ela te proprie tor, shall set out the bounds w ith l asting m arke s, * * of a parcel of land towards "Con nectic ut." In t he "C entury of Me riden," theearly part o f whic h is writte n by G eorge M. Curt is, one of hisdesce ndants , we find thi s pictu re: "As soon a s spring has re ally co me, wemay in f ancy se e these men, cla d in leathe rn doubl et and breeches , accompa nied by the dusk y warrio r Montowe se, striding alo ng the ro adleading to 'Con nect icut,' cro ssing the bridg e lately bui lt over theQumnip i ac, and set ting their face s towards th e north. * * Fir st, w e noteth e sturdy form o f Nathaniel Me rriman, a vet eran of t he Pe quot war of1636 , and destined l ater, as c aptain of dra go ons, and accompa nied by hisson Na thaniel , Jr., to play h i s part in the gr eat swamp fort fig ht o fKing Philip's wa r." *
As regards Nathaniel Merriman's children born in New H a v e n , records seemto differ somewhat. On the New Have n Re gi st e r of Vital Statistics, theyare given as follow s:
Births: Hanah dau. of Nathaniel, May 16, 1651. Abiga i l d a u . ofNathaniel, Apr. 18, 1654. Maw dau. of Nathani el , Ju l y 1 2, 1657. John sonof Nathaniel, Feb. last, 165 9 . Samu e l so n of Nathaniel, Sept. 29, 1662.Caleb son o f N athanie l , May , 1665. Sons of Nathaniel [among record s of 1667. El iz abet h dau. of Nathaniel, Sept. 14, 1669 . Death : John so n o fNath aniel, Sept. 26, 1651.
Of these we find baptisms as follows: John, Abigai l , a n d M ary, all onJune 27, 1661; Caleb , June 25, 1665.
Again:
Nathaniel's father George made his Will, Oct 31, 16 5 5 i n L o ndon and in itstates:
"I do give unto my son Nathaniel Merriman, now resi d e n t i n New England,the sum of ten pounds of lawful Eng li s h m oney ..."
Nathaniel came from London to Boston in The Whale , o n M a y 2 6, 1632. In1637 he fought in the Pequot war a nd i n 16 4 0 wa s listed as one of theoriginal planters o f th e New H av en co lony. In 1669, along with 38 men,sign ed a n agreeme n t regard ing the settlement of Wallingford , CT . He wasall ot ted 6 acr es on the northeast corner an d 6 a cres on th e nor thwestcorn er of the present Main an d War d St.
For more information see "Reunion of Descendants of Nat h a n i el Merriman"by Donald Lines Jacobus 1913.
General Notes for Child Nathaniel Merriman Jr.
He was made a freeman of New Haven in Oct 1669 and h a d l a n d assigned tohim the following year in Wallingfor d . H e w a s killed in the King Philip'swar Dec 19 1675 i n t he a tta c t on the Indian fort in Rhode Island. On Jun e168 5 th e to w n of Wallingford voted 10 acres of land t o hi s broth ers . He left no issue.
John Lines
Husband John Lines 3
Born: Abt 1585 - Badby, Northamptonshire, England
Christened:
Died: After 1612
Buried:
Marriage:
Wife
Born:
Christened:
Died:
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Children
1 F Joan Lines 3
Born: 20 Oct 1628 - New Haven, New Haven Colony, CT
Christened:
Died: 8 Dec 1709 - Wallingford, New Haven County, CT
Buried:
Spouse: Nathaniel Merriman (1613-1694) 3
Marr: Abt 1647 - Wallingford, CT
Josiah Lounsbury and Ruth Lines
Husband Josiah Lounsbury
Born: 1700 - Rye, New York
Christened:
Died: 1782
Buried:
Father: Richard Lounsbury II ( -1716)
Mother: Abigail Thomas (1674- )
Marriage: 7 May 1724 - Bethany, CO
Wife Ruth Lines
Born: 27 Oct 1701 - New Haven, Conn
Christened:
Died: 3 Apr 1788
Buried:
Father: John Lines (1676-1718)
Mother: Hannah Cooper (1681-1772) 3
Children
1 M Timothy Lounsbury I
Born: May 1743
Christened:
Died: 1828
Buried:
Spouse: Hannah Smith ( -1828)
