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Benjamin Smith Merrell

Birth
Rowan County, North Carolina, USA
Death
Sep 1850 (aged 75–76)
Jennings County, Indiana, USA
Burial
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Son of Samuel Merrell and wife, Susannah York Merrell, of Rowan County NC.
Grandson of American Revolution patriot, Capt Benjamin Merrill, Regulator hanged for high treason by the British in Hillsborough NC in June 1771 , and his wife, Jemima Smith Merrill, of Rowan County NC.

First married Elizabeth Garrett on 3 Mar 1795 in Rowan County NC. She died with their child a year later in childbirth.

Second married Rachel Lewis "Lucy" Durham in Rowan County NC in 1798.

They were parents of 2 sons and 6 daughters.
Son of Samuel Merrell and wife, Susannah York Merrell, of Rowan County NC.
Grandson of American Revolution patriot, Capt Benjamin Merrill, Regulator hanged for high treason by the British in Hillsborough NC in June 1771 , and his wife, Jemima Smith Merrill, of Rowan County NC.

First married Elizabeth Garrett on 3 Mar 1795 in Rowan County NC. She died with their child a year later in childbirth.

Second married Rachel Lewis "Lucy" Durham in Rowan County NC in 1798.

They were parents of 2 sons and 6 daughters.


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