Mindwell Merry

Notes:

A 300 year record of descendants of Cornelius Merry of Northampton,
Massachusetts and Northfield, Massachusetts, by Irwin Merry.

Gives the following:
probably born in Northampton, Mass.
!Married Isaac Lane of Hartford, Conn., 17 Dec. 1708.

Sources:
Amer. Geneal. Book 22, p. 240
New Eng. Reg. v. 14, p. 67
Ancient Winsor, Conn. 1635-1891. v.2
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Notes:

!of Northampton, Mass and Northfield, Mass.

!Salt Lake index file
!no 882 book 21 p. 31
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!From "History of Northampton, Massachusetts", as quoted in "A 300 year
record of descendants of Cornelius Merry of Northampton, Massachusetts
and Northfield, Massachusetts", by Irwin Merry (in Merry file) :

!"At a ...meting there was then granted to Cornelius the Irishman three
akers of land..."

!"Cornelius Merry was a servant of John Lyman, to whom he was
indentured."

!"When Northfield was first settled, he removed to that place...the owner
of considerable land."

!"He was actively engaged in King Philip's war, and participated in the
"Fall's Fight."

!"In 1666, the court ordered "Cornelius Merry to be whipt 20 stripes for
abusing the authority in this country and the English by seditious
speeches." "His master, John Lyman, agreed to pay that sum, and 2s.
costs, and the court ordered Merry to serve his master 12 days more
after his term of apprenticeship had expired."

!His son, Cornelius, sold the Northfield, Mass. estate of his parents in
1716 after their deaths.
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!"The Hosmer heritage : ancestors and descendants of the emigrant
Thomas Hosmer (1603-1687), by Ronald Roberts.

!Cornelius was granted land in Northampton, Mass. in 1663. He was a
participant in the Falls fight, one of the major battles of King Philips
War. After the war [sometime after 1676], he removed from
Northampton. (Savage. Gene. Dictionary of N.E. III, 1861, p. 200)

!In Ireland, the name remained fairly concentrated in the counties of
Tipperary and Waterford. What little movement occurred took place
primarily in the adjacent counties of Cork and Kilkenny.
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One source said he died before 1716 Hartford,Middlesex,Massachusetts, USA

Cornelius married Rachel Ball 11 Aug 1663, Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States. Rachel was born Abt 1644, Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States; died Bef 1716, Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Ball/Ballard.