Brief Life History of Benjamin
Benjamin Merrill was born on 11 December 1759, in Hopewell Township, Hunterdon, New Jersey, British Colonial America. He married Mary Baker "Polly" Hart on 11 January 1789, in Hopewell, Mercer, New Jersey, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters.
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- 1820 United States Federal Census
- New Jersey, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1643-1890
- 1800 United States Federal Census
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Name Meaning
Welsh and English: from a female personal name of Celtic origin, found in Welsh as Meriel and Meryl and in Irish as Muirgheal, earlier Muirgel (‘sea-bright’).
English: habitational name from one or more of the many places whose names derive from Middle English mirie, merie, murie ‘merry, pleasant’ (Old English myrge) + hill, hell, hull ‘hill’ (Old English hyll), including two places called Merry Hill in Staffordshire and a third in Hertfordshire.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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