Pioneer Families - MERRIL
Extracted From
Chapter XVII
Early history of the town of Hopkinton :
history of East Village (Nicholville) and vicinity,
diaries of Elisha Risdon and Artemas Kent,
soldiers of the Civil War,
genealogical record of sixty of the pioneer families
Carlton E. Sanford
Boston: Bartlett Press, 1903
[Transcribed by Dave Swerdfeger]
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IN this chapter is given the genealogical records of many of the pioneers of the town, of all that I have been able to gather sufficient data and information to make a fairly full record. The preparation of these records has required much time, labor, correspondence, persistence and patience. Had I had in the beginning a full comprehension of the tedious labor required, I now feel sure I should not have undertaken it. That there are some errors in dates and possibly a few in names I am quite satisfied, since considerable of my information came from elderly people who wrote feebly and indistinctly. I think it will be readily understood, if the reader will bear in mind that it is in continuous order; that the first, second, third and fourth generations are each carried slightly to the right, and that each generation always has the same indentation. DYER L. MERRIL b. June 10, 1809, Tunbridge, Vt.; d. June 4, 1891, Nicholville, N.Y.; m. Susan C. Lamson, May 8, 1837; b. November 11, 1818; d. November 19, 1893, Nicholville, N.Y. They came to Hopkinton about 1837. He was a large, powerful man, a good neighbor and highly respected citizen. Mrs. M. was also equally respected as a wife, mother and neighbor. I knew them well. (See sketch among pioneer settlers.) Had seven children:
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