Thaddeus Merrill Jr (1781 - 1855)

Born 1781 in Rowe, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Achsah (Severance) Merrill — married 6 Aug 1801 (to 2 Aug 1855) in Shelburne, Franklin, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 2 Aug 1855 at about age 74 in Shelburne Falls, Shelburne, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Thaddeus,7 Merrill (Thaddeus,6 Nathanel,5 John,4, Nathaniel,3-1), the son of Thaddeus,6 and Chloe (Smead) Merrill, was born in Rowe, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States in 1781; He married Achash, daughter of Martin and Lucy (Whitney) Severance, in Shelburne, Franklin, Massachusetts on 6 August 1801; He died in Shelburne, Franklin, Massachusetts on 2 August 1855.

Thaddeus and Achsah raised a family of 13 children between 1801 and 1824 in Shelburne. Thaddeus was a stonemason. He lived, worked and died in Shelburne and was buried there at Arms Cemetery. His tombstone is inscribed “Died 2 Aug 1855 Aged 75 YEARS” (calculated birth is 1780, note: his parents married on 7 Dec 1780).

Thaddeus was survived by Achsah and ten of their thirteen children.

Children

1. Joel (1801-1850)
2. Ira (1803-1866)
3. Tirza S. (1805-1890)
4. Caleb Strong (1806-1883)
5. James Lloyd (1808-1885)
6. Levi (1810-1891)
7. David (1812-1906)
8. Thaddeus (1815-1815), d.y.
9. Thaddeus (1816-1893), m. 1844 Mary Cable; m. 1852 Experiene Christiana Haradon
10. Martin Severance (1818-1887)
11. Solemen Fellows (1820-1853)
12. Caroline Hannah (1822-1853), m. 1840 John Schuyler Haradon, s. of John
13. Nathaniel (1824-1895)

Timeline

• 1780, 7 Dec - Thaddeus Merrill of Rowe married Chloe Smead of Greenfield in Greenfield, Franklin, Massachusetts
• 1781 - Thaddeus Merrill, Jr is born in Rowe, Hampshire, Massachusetts between 7 Dec 1780 and 6 Oct 1782, the date of his brother Ebenezer's birth. A birth record for Thaddeus, Jr has not been discovered. His parents raised their family in Rowe, his mother died there in 1827, and his father died there in 1838.
• 1801, 06 Aug - Thaddeus, Jr married Achsah Severance at Shelburne. ^[1]
• 1801 to 1824 - births of 13 children in Shelburne, Massachusetts
• 1815 - birth and death of infant son Thaddeus (The First)
• 1816 - birth of son Thaddeus (The Second), husband of Experience C Haradon.
• 1816 to 1819 - military service
• 1822, 22 Mar - birth of daughter Caroline Hannah Merrill, wife of John Schuyler Haradon
• 1855, 02 Aug - died at Shelburne at age 75.
• 1855 - buried at Arms Cemetery, Shelburne, headstone inscribed 'AGED 75 YEARS' ^[2]

Research Notes

• Thaddeus could not have been born in 1777 as some suggest, his parents married on 7 Dec 1780.
• Eleven of thirteen known children of Thaddeus Merrill (1781-1855) in "A Merril Memory" by Samuel Merrill 1983 ^[3]
• Merrill family marriage dates and locations are detailed in the Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 database at NEHGS, see Vol 1 (Shelburne), page 124 of 199

Sources

1. ↑ 1801 Marriage for Thaddeus Merrill in "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH75-LJQ : 16 August 2021), Thadeus Merrill, 6 Aug 1801; citing Marriage, Shelburne, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007580138.
2. ↑ 1855 Burial for Thaddeus Merril in "FindAGrave.com at https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=66165878
3. ↑ Nathaniel Merrill, 7th Generation, in "A Merrill Memorial," by Samuel Merrill, Volume 2, Section [1495] pg 440, archive.org, text online, https://archive.org/details/merrillmemoriala02merr/page/440/mode/2up