When Levin Payne Merrill was born in 1810, in Worcester, Maryland, United States, his father, Samuel Merrill, was 35 and his mother, Nancy Payne, was 29. He married Amanda Elrod on 29 November 1832, in Bracken, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Cynthiana, Harrison, Kentucky, United States in 1860 and Milford, Bracken, Kentucky, United States in 1880. He died in Harrison, Kentucky, United States, and was buried in Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, United States.
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War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
Historical Boundaries: 1825: Bracken, Kentucky, United States
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
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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