Cornelius Merry
Abt 1641 - 1701 (~ 60 years)-
Name Cornelius Merry Born Abt 1641 , , , Ireland 
Gender Male Died 1701 Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States [1] Person ID I7375 Molloy-Remde Family Tree Aug 23 Last Modified 5 Jun 2022
Family Rachel Ball, b. Abt 1644, Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States , d. Bef 1716, Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States (Age ~ 71 years) Married 11 Aug 1663 Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States Children 1. John Merry, b. 17 May 1664, Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States , d. 5 Jan 1665 (Age 0 years)2. John Merry, b. 9 Nov 1665, Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States , d. 9 Aug 1702, East Hampton, Suffolk, New York, United States (Age 36 years)3. Cornelius Merry, b. 9 Nov 1666, Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States , d. 9 Aug 1760, West Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States (Age 93 years)4. Sarah Merry, b. 15 Jan 1668, Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States 5. Rachel Merry, b. 30 Aug 1678, Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States , d. Bef 18 Jan 1737 (Age < 58 years)6. Leah Merry, b. 1674, Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States , d. 5 Jun 1767, Litchfield, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States (Age 93 years)7. Mindwell Merry, b. Abt 1682, d. 3 Nov 1732 (Age ~ 50 years) 8. Hannah Merry, b. 2 Dec 1684 Last Modified 7 Sep 2023 Family ID F2965 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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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
- !of Northampton, Mass and Northfield, Mass.
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Sources - [S109] Thomas Graves, 1645 Settler of Hartford, Connecticut and Hatfield, Massachusetts and his Descendants, Graves, Kenneth Vance, (Wrentham, Mass. : K.V. Graves, c1985), 929.273 G783gk.
- [S109] Thomas Graves, 1645 Settler of Hartford, Connecticut and Hatfield, Massachusetts and his Descendants, Graves, Kenneth Vance, (Wrentham, Mass. : K.V. Graves, c1985), 929.273 G783gk.