1Ezra S. Stearns, William F. Whitcher, and Edward E. Parker, Genealogical and Family History of the State of New Hampshire: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the . . ., Vol. 1, p. 136 (1908)
"(IV) Nathaniel (3), eldest child of John and Lucy (Webster) Merrill, was born July 26, 1687, in Newbury, and resided in Haverhill. His will, made in 1837, mentions his wife Ruth (Wallingford) and Children: Daniel Nathaniel, James, Anne, Lucy and Sarah.".
1Lydia B. (Phinney) Brownson and Maclean W. McLean, Lt. John1 and Elizabeth (Freeman) Ellis of Sandwich, Mass., NEHGR Vol. 119, pp. 260-262 (Oct 1965).
"2. LT. MORDECAI2 ELLIS (Lt. John1), born in Sandwich 24 March 1650/1, died there intestate 5 feb. 1709/10 (Sandwich V.R. in Mayflower Descendant, vol. 29, p. 22).
He married about 1679 SARAH --------- who died his widow in Sandwich 25 Oct. 1716 (ibid., p. 23).
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Children, probably all born in Sandwich:
8. i. JOHN,3 b. about 1680.
9. ii. JOSIAH, b. about 1682.
iii. SARAH, b. about 1684; d. probably in Sandwich before 22 April 1751; m. there, 8 June 1704, Joshua3 Blackwell, b. there 12 Dec. 1682, d. there in 1751, son of Joshua2 and Mercy Blackwell. Five children (see THE REGISTER, vol. 117, p. 295-296, October, 1963).
iv. MARY, b. about 1686; m. about 1713 THOMAS CLARKE, b. 25 Dec. 1685, son of Dea. Thomas and Susannah (Miller) Clarke. His half-sisters, Rebekah and Anna Clarke, m. Mordecai3 Ellis (#10 below) and Gideon3 Ellis (#25 below). All three shared in the distribution of the estate of their father, Dea. Thomas Clarke, 27 April 1727 (Plymouth County Probate, vol. 5, p. 235).
Children (surname Clarke): 1. Mariah, b. 20 April 1714. 2. Sarah, b. 16 Sept. 1716. 3. Thomas, b. 18 June 1718. 4. Rebekah, b. 28 June 1720. 5. Susannah, b. in 1723 (Mayflower Descendant, vol. 12, p. 12).
10. v. MORDECAI, B. ABOUT 1688.
vi. REBECCA, b. about 1690; d. before 14 Oct. 1726; m. in Sandwich, 15 Aug. 1717, SAMUEL 4 TUPPER, b. there 4 May 1692, d. there 18 Aug. 1772, son of Israel3 and Elizabeth (Gifford) Tupper.
Children (surname Tupper): 1. Mordecai, b. 9 Sep. 1718; m. 8 Jan. 1754 Abigail Cobb. 2. Samuel, b. 20 Feb. 1719/20; m. in Dartmouth, 27 Oct. 1751, Joanna Hathaway. 3. Elizabeth b. 22 Oct. 1722; d. after 12 May 1772; m. 10 Oct. 1745 Benjamin4 Ellis (#36 below). 4. Rebecca, b. 14 Oct. 1724, bapr. 14 March 1724/5; m. 12 Dec. 1752 Elkanah Morton.
vii. ELEAZER, b. about 1692; d. in 1749; m. 14 Sept. 1732, his second cousin, DEBORAH3 LANDERS, b. in Sandwich 4 Dec. 1702, daughter of Thomas2 and Deborah (Freeman) Landers. If there were children by the marriage, they did not survive.
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11. viii. WILLIAM, b. about 1694.
12. ix. SAMUEL, b. about 1696.
13. x. BENJAMIN, bapt. 12 June 1700.".