Stephen M. Lawson
Stephen M. Lawson (steve@lawson.net) is an amateur genealogist and Internet acquaintance. Deane Merrill and Stephen are related by two separate paths.
Stephen Lawson maintains an outstanding Web site http://sml.simplenet.com which describes his relationships with about 70 notable cousins.
Path #1: 9th cousins, as follows:
Nathaniel Merrill (1601-1654/5)abhxy m. Susannah _____ ( - )abhxy
Nathaniel Merrill (1633/4-1682/3)abhxy John Merrill (1635/6-1712)abx
Nathaniel Merrill (1664/5-1738)abhxy Wilterton Merrill (1675-1755)b
John Merrill (1706/7-1741)ah Gideon Merrill (1716-1757)b
Daniel Merrill (b.1729)ah Nathaniel Merrill (1742-1820)b
Joseph Merrill (1773-1844)ag Allen Merrill (1772-1847)b
Moses Whitney Merrill (1817-1859)ad Elizabeth Merrill (1819-1865)b
Cordeanio Harley Merrill (1840-1908)adf William Clemeth Morey (1840-1912)b
Charles Arthur Merrill (1875-1968)acd Minnie Elsie Morey (1877-1959)b
Deane Whitney Merrill (1908-1987)acde Iva Melvina Freeman (1913-1991)b
Deane Whitney Merrill Jr. (1938- )ac Stephen Martin Lawson (1938-)b
Path #2: 9th cousins once removed. Same as path #1, but replace in column 2:
text to replace in column 2: modified text in column 2: Wilterton Merrill (1675-1755)b Sarah Merrill (1664-abt.1719)bx Gideon Merrill (1716-1757)b John Kellogg (1694-1725)b Nathaniel Merrill (1742-1820)b Sarah Kellogg (1719-1792)b Hannah Belden (1744-1809)b
Nathaniel Merrill (1742-1820) and Hannah Belden (1744-1809), who were married to each other, were second cousins once removed.
sources:
a. GENDEX database dwmerrill or GENSERV database mern6na. Host: Deane Merrill, merrill@crocker.com. Author: Jonathan Merrill, jonmerrill@aol.com.
b. Stephen Lawson's (Steve@Lawson.net) Web home page http://sml.simplenet.com.
c.Personal recollection, Jonathan Merrill, jonmerrill@aol.com.
d."Memoranda on My Family and Their Relatives" by Charles A. Merrill, c. 1955 (included in "The Ancestors and Descendants of Deane Whitney Merrill and Harriet Mary Ray" by Deane Whitney Merrill, 1975, 1976, 1977).
e.handwritten account of wedding by DWM.
f. Marriage Certificate, dated June 25, 1859 at Deerfield, Massachusetts (given to Jonathan A. Merrill by second cousin Mary Gay Talcott in 1995),
g. B4F15, p. 189 Mass. S16B, p. 56, 57, 116, 170, 171 (LDS Archive Record from Salt Lake City).
h. "A Merrill Memorial - An Account of the Descendants of Nathaniel Merrill, an Early Settler of Newbury, Mass." compiled by Samuel Merrill in 1928 and distributed to various libraries around the U.S. (14 copies).
x. GENDEX database dwmerrill10. Host: Deane Merrill, merrill@crocker.com. Author: Melissa Ives McDermeit, dnmmac@dave-world.net.
y. GENDEX database ekingman. Author: Eric Kingman, clumber@ici.net.
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