Ancestry of
Franklin Pierce

14th U.S. President

Abel Merrill

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• • Great-grandfather of Franklin Pierce — 4th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 10 
  • Father:
  • John Merrill 
  • Mother:
  • Lucy Webster   
  • Birth Date:
  • ABT 1690 
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  • Death Date:
  • 19 Mar 1753 
  • Death Location:
  • Methuen, Essex, Massachusetts 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Sarah Bodwell
  • Marriage Date:
  • 15 Nov 1714 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts 
  • Child:

  Elizabeth Merrill (Ahnentafel No:5 )

• Additional marriages for Abel Merrill

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  • Spouse:
  • Elizabeth Hibbard
  • Marriage Date:
  • 12 Sep 1739
  • Marriage Location:
  • Methuen, Essex, Massachusetts

• Sources for Abel Merrill

  • ¹ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Methuen, Vol. 1, p. 326, Death record for Abel Merrel.
  • ² Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Methuen, Vol. 1, p. 231, Marriage record for Abel Merril and Elizabeth Hibbard.
  • ³ The American Genealogist, 1979, Vol. 55, p. 142.
  • ⁴ Brogan, Hugh and Charles Mosley, American Presidential Families, New York: Macmillan Publishing Company (1993), 419, 421.