1706 :: Death of Sarah Merrill nee Clough

On this date in our family history . . . the 18th day of March . . . in the year 1706 . . . Sarah Merrill nee Clough dies in Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts . . . the daughter of John Clough and his wife, Jane, this Sarah is a 5th great-grandma to Phoebe Merrill . . . who is maternal grandma to Elizabeth Marilla Henry nee Smith (1912-1932) . . . who is the maternal grandma of the Keeper of this family history blog . . .

• Title :: Genealogical and family history of the state of Maine, Volume 3
  
• Authors :: Henry Sweetser Burrage, Albert Roscoe Stubbs
  
• Editor :: George Thomas Little
  
• Publisher :: Lewis historical publishing company, 1909
  
• Original from :: Harvard University
  
• Digitized :: Sep 18, 2006
  

1655 :: Nathaniel Merrill

On or about this date in our family history . . . the 16th day of March . . . in the year 1655 . . . Nathaniel Merrill dies in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts . . . this Nathaniel is a 6th great-grandpa to Phoebe Merrill . . . who is maternal grandma to Elizabeth Marilla Henry nee Smith (1912-1932) . . . who is maternal grandma to the Keeper of this family history blog.



Genealogical and Family History of Western New York
A Record of the Achievements of Her People
in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Building of a Nation
By William Richard Cutter:  

1559 :: Sir Anthony St. Leger

On or about this date in our family history . . . the 16th day of March . . . in the year 1559 . . . Sir Anthony St. Leger dies . . . it is said of his death that . . . he returned to Ulcomb in Kent, the seat of his ancestors, where he died in 1559. . . . this Sir Anthony is currently believed to be a 12th great-grandpa of Josephine Wingfield Henry nee Davis (1842-1899) . . . who is a 2nd great-grandma to the Keeper of this family history blog. . . .




The Irish Nation Its History and Its Biography By James Wills

1664 :: Marriage of Sarah and Joseph

On this date in our family history . . . the 1st* day of March . . . in the year 1664 . . . Sarah Jackman becomes the bride of Joseph Palmer in Essex County, Massachusetts . . . this Sarah and Joseph are 5th great-grandparents to Phoebe Merrill . . . who is maternal grandma to Elizabeth Marilla Henry nee Smith (1912-1932) . . . who is maternal grandma to the Keeper of this family history blog . . .

*Note that various transcriptions show varying dates, but after looking at the original documents, it become obvious that the transcriptions are all erroneous. 

• Title :: Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of Boston and eastern Massachusetts, Volume 3
• Editor :: William Richard Cutter
• Publisher :: Lewis historical publishing company, 1908
• Original from :: Harvard University
• Digitized :: Sep 20, 2006