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Male Elijah MERRELL Click to view Elijah MERRELL in the family tree

Elijah was born in 1763 in Jersey Settlement, Rowan, Nc.  Elijah's father was Benjamin MERRILL JR and his mother was Jemima SMITH.  His paternal grandparents were William MERRILL JR and Penelope (Jewell) (Merrill)(Heria) STOUT; his maternal grandparents were Andrew Jr. SMITH and Ann (Anna) MERSHON. He had six brothers and eight sisters, named Samuel, John, William, Andrew, Charles, Jonathan, Nancy, Anna, Penelope, Anna, Nancy, Ellen, Ellien and Penelope.  He was the seventh youngest of the fifteen children.  He died at the age of 27 in 1790.

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