Notes for MARTHA DRAKE :

Thru Martha Drake's family, a direct relationship to her 14th Great-Grandfather Edward III (13 November 1312 - 21 June 1377) King of England (from1327 until his death) exists

Children of JOHN SMITH and MARTHA DRAKE are:

i. CHRISTOPHER7 SMITH, d. Unknown.

ii. LEVI SMITH, d. Unknown.

iii. ABIGAIL SMITH, d. Unknown.

7. iv. JOHN SMITH V, b. 31 Dec 1792, West Center Harbor, New Hampshire; d. 15 Sep 1866, Meredith, New Hampshire.

Generation No. 7

7. JOHN7 SMITH V (JOHN6, CHRISTOPHER5, BENJAMIN4, JOHN3, JOHN2, JOHN1) was born 31 Dec 1792 in West Center Harbor, New Hampshire, and died 15 Sep 1866 in Meredith, New Hampshire. He married MARY 'POLLY' MUDGETT 25 Dec 1817 in New Hampton, New Hampshire, daughter of BENJAMIN MUDGETT and LYDIA HUCKINS. She was born 16 Jan 1798, and died 30 Jun 1869.

John Smith

Notes for JOHN SMITH V:

John Smith, Jr., was one of the best farmers in the state, and later sold the farm to Jacob Merrill. He moved to Meredith Village.

Source: Annals of Meredith, NH, published in 1932.

John Smith and his bride, Mary, bought a farm in West Center Harbor, where his labors earned him a comfortable living. Mr. Smith sold his produce in profitable sales trips to Newburyport, Massachusetts, supplementing his farm goods with stocking yarn made at the John Busiel mill in Laconia.

In 1854, John Smith and family sold the Center Harbor farm and bought a lot at

Mary Mudgett Smith

 the northwesterly corner of Main and New Hampton (now Waukewan) Streets. He also bought a house in Holderness, dismantled it and hauled the pieces to Meredith where he reassembled it. Moving day was November 1, 1854, son Benjamin's 21st birthday.

Source: "Filling The Void - History of the Meredith Public Library" by Rudy VanVeghten, published 1989.

Marriage Certificate for John Smith V shows bride as Miss Polly Mudgett. Residence of groom New Hampton, residence of bride New Hampton. Intention filed December 17, 1817, date of marriage December 25, 1817.

Source: NH Vital Statistics Research November 20, 2000

More About JOHN SMITH V:

Burial: Unknown, Old Yard

Children of JOHN SMITH and MARY MUDGETT are:

i. GEORGE8 SMITH, d. Unknown; m. ELLEN ADAMS; d. Unknown.

ii. ESTHER SMITH, d. Unknown.

Notes for ESTHER SMITH:

Esther Smith died young

iii. LIVINA SMITH, d. Unknown.

Notes for LIVINA SMITH:

Livina Smith died young

iv. ABBIE SMITH, d. Unknown; m. STEPHEN HOW; d. Unknown.

v. PRISCILLA SMITH, d. Unknown; m. (1) UNKNOWN EASTMAN; d. Unknown; m. (2) COTTON DOWNING; d. Unknown.

8. vi. MARY 'BESSIE' HEUSSEY SMITH, b. 20 Mar 1823, Center Harbor, New Hampshire; d. 08 Nov 1908, Meredith, New Hampshire.

9. vii. HULDAH P. SMITH, b. 1829; d. 1915.

10. viii. JOHN SMITH VI, b. 1831; d. 1908.

11. ix. BENJAMIN M. SMITH, b. 01 Nov 1833, West Center Harbor, New Hampshire; d. 16 Mar 1912, Wenham, Massachusetts.

12. x. HANNAH SMITH, b. 1842; d. 1908.

Generation No. 8

8. MARY 'BESSIE' HEUSSEY8 SMITH (JOHN7, JOHN6, CHRISTOPHER5, BENJAMIN4, JOHN3, JOHN2, JOHN1) was born 20 Mar 1823 in Center Harbor, New Hampshire, and died 08 Nov 1908 in Meredith, New Hampshire. She married JACOB LEE MERRILL, son of DAVID MERRILL and SARAH LEE. He was born 24 Mar 1818 in Holderness, New Hampshire, and died 01 Jul 1889 in Meredith, New Hampshire.

More About MARY 'BESSIE' HEUSSEY SMITH:

Burial: Unknown, Meredith Village Cemetery, Meredith, New Hampshire

Occupation: Housewife

Notes for JACOB LEE MERRILL:

Mary Smith Merrill

From the the 1830 US Census for Holderness, New Hampshire, provided by Ed Merrill of West Franklin, New Hampshire, in September 2000, for David Merrill:

Number Age Group Probable Name, Birth, and Age in 1830

1 M 10-15 (Jacob Lee - 1818, 12)

1M 20-30 (William Elliot - 1809, 21)

1M 60-70 (David - 1769, 61)

1F 10-15 (Hepzabah - 1820, 10)

2F 15-20 (Julia A. - 1814, 16 and Eliza - est 1816, 18)

1F 50-60 (Sarah - 1778, 52)

Following information came from 1850 US Census for Holderness, New Hampshire, provided by Howard Merrill on December 29, 2000, for Jacob Merrill:

Jacob L 32 Farmer Estimated birth 1818

Mary 28 Estimated birth 1822

Julia 6 Estimated birth 1844

Mary L 2 Estimated birth 1848

Following information came from 1860 US Census for Center Harbor, New Hampshire, provided by Howard Merrill on December 29, 2000, for Jacob Merrill:

Jacob L 42

Mary 37

Julia A 15

Mary L 11

John 4

Benjamin 22 birth 1838 (Not in the 1850 Census as a 12 year old and we don't know who he is)

Following information came from 1870 US Census for Center Harbor, New Hampshire, page 3, for Jacob Merrill:

Jacob L. Merrill Age 52 Male Farmer Estimated birth 1818

Mary Age 47 Female Housewife Estimated birth 1823

John Age 14 Male Child Estimated birth 1856

George Age 8 Male Child Estimated birth 1862

(Note: Julia was married in 1861 to Amos D. Webster and would likely be living with him for the 1870 Census. This family entry was not researched.)

From the Annuals of Meredith published in 1932 page 320, we find mention of Jacob Lee Merrill with no dates. We also find David Merrill, 1769-1859, married to Sarah H. Lee, 1778-1847 from Ossipee Mountain.

From the Death Certificate for Jacob L. Merrill at the New Hampshire Vital Statistics Office provided to me by Ed Merrill on September 11, 2000, we have Jacob L. Merrill's death in July 1889 in Meredith at age 71 years, 3 months, 7 days. This puts his birth in April 1818. His father is David Merrill born in Plymouth, and his mother is Sarah Lee born in Moultonboro.

From Genealogy Forum:

Re: Jacob L. Merrill of Holderness, NH

Posted by: Howard and Jean Merrill Date: January 20, 1999 at 12:51:46

In Reply to: Re: Jacob L. Merrill of Holderness, NH by Mike Markle of 1296

Mike:

From 'Meredith NH Cemetery Inscriptions" collected by Mary E Neal Hannaford, 1931, Jacob Lee d. 1889 July 1, age 71; Mary Smith, his wife d. 1908 Nov. 8, age 85. Both are buried in the Meredith Village Cemetery.

Would appreciate it if you would share what you know of Jacob Lee's descendants.

Howard and Jean

Follow ups:

Re: Jacob L. Merrill of Holderness, NH Mike Markle 1/24/99 (0)

Re: Jacob L. Merrill of Holderness, NH

Posted by: Howard and Jean Merrill Date: January 18, 1999 at 22:58:38

In Reply to: Jacob L. Merrill of Holderness, NH by Mike Markle of 1296

Mike:

See today's posting "Re David Merrill 1769-1859" . Your Jacob Lee is the son of above David Merrill. Jacob Lee m. Mary Smith of Center Harbor. They are listed in the Holderness census of 1850,1860 and 1870. They had 4 known children: Julia A, Mary L, John S, and George D.

'A Merrill Memorial' has nothing on your Jacob Lee but does have info on what we believe are his grandparents Jacob (5) and Elizabeth Wyatt.

We would be very interested in any information you have on the Merrill surname descendants of your Jacob Lee down to the present day.

Howard and Jean

Re: Jacob L. Merrill of Holderness, NH

Posted by: Mike Markle Date: January 15, 1999 at 22:12:43

In Reply to: Re: Jacob L. Merrill of Holderness, NH by Ronald Paul Blais of 1296

Ron, Thanks for the tip. We live in Nevada so will try to make a call to the librarian. Do you know if this book is found in most large library genealogy areas?

Mike

Jacob Lee Merrill

More About JACOB LEE MERRILL:

Burial: Unknown, Meredith Village Cemetery, Meredith, New Hampshire

Cause of Death: Ruptured Heart

Occupation: Farmer

Children of MARY SMITH and JACOB MERRILL are:

13. i. JULIA A.9 MERRILL, b. 1844, Meredith, New Hampshire; d. 25 Aug 1928, Meredith, New Hampshire.

ii. MARY LOUISE MERRILL, b. 21 Jul 1848, Meredith, New Hampshire; d. Unknown; m. JOHN HAINES KNOWLES, 01 Jan 1867; d. Unknown.

14. iii. JOHN SMITH MERRILL, b. 1854; d. 1928.

15. iv. GEORGE DAVID MERRILL, b. 25 Jul 1861, Center Harbor, New Hampshire; d. 05 May 1924, Lakeport, NH.

9. HULDAH P.8 SMITH (JOHN7, JOHN6, CHRISTOPHER5, BENJAMIN4, JOHN3, JOHN2, JOHN1) was born 1829, and died 1915. She married HIRAM BIXBY. He was born 1828, and died 1903.

Child of HULDAH SMITH and HIRAM BIXBY is:

i. WILLIAM9 BIXBY, d. Unknown.

10. JOHN8 SMITH VI (JOHN7, JOHN6, CHRISTOPHER5, BENJAMIN4, JOHN3, JOHN2, JOHN1) was born 1831, and died 1908. He married ALMATIA BLAKE, daughter of DAVID BLAKE and PHOEBE KNOWLES. She was born 23 Sep 1831 in Center Harbor, New Hampshire, and died Unknown.

Notes for JOHN SMITH VI:

According to Richard Amon (October 30,2000), John and Almatia are buried in Malden, Massachusetts. There are 10 people buried in the family plot. He believes they had a lease six daughters.

More About ALMATIA BLAKE:

Burial: Unknown, Malden, Massachusetts

Child of JOHN SMITH and ALMATIA BLAKE is:

16. i. MABLE9 SMITH, d. Unknown.

11. BENJAMIN M.8 SMITH (JOHN7, JOHN6, CHRISTOPHER5, BENJAMIN4, JOHN3, JOHN2, JOHN1) was born 01 Nov 1833 in West Center Harbor, New Hampshire, and died 16 Mar 1912 in Wenham, Massachusetts. He married MARY GRINALD 1859, daughter of J. L. GRINALD. She was born 1832, and died 1904.

Benjamin M. Smith

Notes for BENJAMIN M. SMITH:

When Ben was a teenager, the Boston, Concord and Montreal Railroad announced plans to run a rail line to Laconia, Weirs, Meredith Village, Winona and points north. John Smith bough 100 shares of stock in the railroad company , and to insure the railroad's success, he and other investors had to buy additional stock, until Mr. Smith had $6,000 invested.

At about the same time, young Ben, then 16, apprenticed with his uncle in South Deerfield, New Hampshire, to learn the shoemaking trade. Eventually, the Boston, Concord and Montreal Railroad faltered, and the stock had to be sold at a great loss.

After his marriage to Mary Grinald, he resumed his sales route to the North Shore, and soon his business was so prosperous, he was selling not only yarn, but also manufactured hosiery and handkerchiefs. Ben became known as "The Yarn Man." He bought property where Lang Street School and the Inter-Lakes Day Care Center now sit. He built his house on the Inter-Lakes Day Care Center property which is known as the Bixby House.

For a hobby, Ben was an avid horticulturist, and several new strains of strawberries and other fruits were produced in his gardens. Later in life, he bough and enjoyed a summer home on Massachusetts Avenue in Meredith. He retired in 1909 and died at the age of 77 in Wenham, Massachusetts, on March 16, 1912.

Benjamin Smith gave the public library to Meredith, New Hampshire, in 1901 in honor of his parents, John Smith and Mary Mudget Smith. In 1873, Center Harbor was broken away from Meredith. This was taken to court and upheld.

Source: "Filling The Void - History of the Meredith Public Library" by Rudy VanVeghten, published 1989.

Notes for MARY GRINALD:

Mary's father was Benjamin's boss who ran a grocery in Meredith.

Source: "Filling The Void - History of the Meredith Public Library" by Rudy VanVeghten, published 1989.

Children of BENJAMIN SMITH and MARY GRINALD are:

i. RALPH9 SMITH, d. Unknown.

ii. UNKNOWN SMITH, d. Unknown.

12. HANNAH8 SMITH (JOHN7, JOHN6, CHRISTOPHER5, BENJAMIN4, JOHN3, JOHN2, JOHN1) was born 1842, and died 1908. She married MOSES GILMAN WEBSTER. He died Unknown.

Child of HANNAH SMITH and MOSES WEBSTER is:

i. IDA ROBERTA9 WEBSTER, d. Unknown; m. CLARENCE WARD; d. Unknown.

Generation No. 9

13. JULIA A.9 MERRILL (MARY 'BESSIE' HEUSSEY8 SMITH, JOHN7, JOHN6, CHRISTOPHER5, BENJAMIN4, JOHN3, JOHN2, JOHN1) was born 1844 in Meredith, New Hampshire, and died 25 Aug 1928 in Meredith, New Hampshire. She married AMOS D. WEBSTER 1861 in Meredith, New Hampshire. He was born 1832, and died 04 Apr 1909 in Meredith, New Hampshire.

Notes for JULIA A. MERRILL:

Julia Merrill died on Pine Street, Meredith. Source: Annals of Meredith, NH, Published 1932.

More About JULIA A. MERRILL:

Burial: Unknown, Meredith Village Cemetery, Meredith, New Hampshire

Notes for AMOS D. WEBSTER:

Amos Webster was a Civil War Veteran.

Source: "Filling The Void - History of the Meredith Public Library" by Rudy VanVeghten, published 1989.

More About AMOS D. WEBSTER:

Burial: Unknown, Meredith Village Cemetery, Meredith, New Hampshire

Children of JULIA MERRILL and AMOS WEBSTER are:

i. FRED E.10 WEBSTER, b. 1867; d. 1955.

ii. MARY E. WEBSTER, b. 1888; d. Unknown; m. HARRY L. BROWN; b. 1861; d. Unknown.

14. JOHN SMITH9 MERRILL (MARY 'BESSIE' HEUSSEY8 SMITH, JOHN7, JOHN6, CHRISTOPHER5, BENJAMIN4, JOHN3, JOHN2, JOHN1) was born 1854, and died 1928. He married ROXIE A. CROWELL 11 Mar 1883, daughter of NEWMAN CROWELL and NANCY BROWN. She was born 1859 in Campton, New Hampshire, and died Unknown.

Notes for JOHN SMITH MERRILL:

John Merrill lived and died on Mile Hill, out of Meredith. Source: Annals of Meredith, NH, published 1932.

From a cemetery inscription at the Meredith Village Cemetery, Meredith, New Hampshire, his dates were 1854-1928. Source: Howard Merrill, December 29, 2000.

More About JOHN SMITH MERRILL:

Burial: Unknown, Meredith Village Cemetery, Meredith, New Hampshire

Occupation: Farming

More About ROXIE A. CROWELL:

Burial: Unknown, Meredith Village Cemetery, Meredith, New Hampshire

Children of JOHN MERRILL and ROXIE CROWELL are:

i. FIRST10 MERRILL, b. Bef. 1887; d. Unknown.

17. ii. RALPH CROWELL MERRILL, b. 24 May 1888; d. Unknown.

15. GEORGE DAVID9 MERRILL (MARY 'BESSIE' HEUSSEY8 SMITH, JOHN7, JOHN6, CHRISTOPHER5, BENJAMIN4, JOHN3, JOHN2, JOHN1) was born 25 Jul 1861 in Center Harbor, New Hampshire, and died 05 May 1924 in Lakeport, NH. He married MARY BIRD 25 Feb 1883 in Meredith, New Hampshire, daughter of THOMAS BIRD and MARY MCCUE. She was born 03 May 1862 in Isle of Malta, British Province, and died 26 Jun 1925 in Lakeport, NH.

Notes for GEORGE DAVID MERRILL:

When George and Mary (Bird) Merrill bought land behind the Mail Dock in 1906, they began the saga of the Merrill family on Bear Island, Lake Winnipesaukee, New Hampshire. In addition to building many of the cottages on the island, George Merrill also provided food, ice and boat services to several generations of island residents.

As the only house on the island with plaster and wallpapered walls, the Merrills' was unique. According to their granddaughter, Mildred Fay Rand, "A well and pump graced the side yard in the center of Hattie's flower beds and people came from along the shore with their jugs to pump water. The playroom was on the third floor. The property next door was the 'Men's Camp.' The workmen employed by my grandfather in his carpentry business lived there and cooked their meals, though occasionally Hattie prepared food for them in her kitchen. The haying field was behind the hen house and vegetable garden. Cattle were brought over by barge from Lovejoy Sands in the spring and taken back in the fall. Milk cost 18 cents a quart, but you had to buy ice and groceries to get it!"

About halfway down the shore lived Dr. George Saltmarch of Lakeport, who was Mary's doctor. Molly Worden from Pine Island, just a stone's throw away, was her midwife. Molly assisted Mary when all nine Merrill babies were born; only one did not live. Arthur was the eldest, then Hattie, Gertrude, Fred, David, Edgar, Helen, and Nellie. All grew up helping with chores, and George taught his carpentry skills to each of his sons who helped him in the business.

WW 1 interrupted the family enterprise when David and Fred were inducted into the Army. David was never sent overseas, but Fred served in observation balloons over the English Channel. He was once shot down, but not seriously injured. Both returned home to help their father, and in time, David married Faith Wood and daughter Hattie married Park Stone Fay.

Source: "Bear Island Reflections" published by Bear Island Conservation Association, Lake Winnipesaukee, New Hampshire 1989.

George was a deacon and member of Freewill Baptist Church, Meredith, NH.

From Genealogy Forum: Re: Jacob L. Merrill of Holderness, NH Posted by: Mike Markle Date: January 19, 1999 at 23:13:19 In Reply to: Re: Jacob L. Merrill of Holderness, NH by Ronald Paul Blais of 1297

Hello Ron, Thanks for the offer, I will take you up on it. My grandfather, Jacob Lee Merrill was born in Holderness in 1818. In the census of 1870 in Center Harbor, he was 52 yrs. He was married to Mary Smith. My grandfather was George D. Merrill, b. 7/25/1861 and died in Laconia on 5/5/1924. I really need the death certificate of Jacob Lee. Would also like the name of his wife, Mary Smith. We have little access to good genealogical info here in Nevada. Thanks, Mike

More About GEORGE DAVID MERRILL:

Burial: Unknown, Bayside Cemetery, Lakeport, NH, Lot 3/064

Occupation: Carpenter

Mary Bird Merrill

Notes for MARY BIRD:

In 1883, at age 21, Mary Bird married farmer George Merrill who was 22 years old, who was a skilled carpenter, and the couple settled on Bear Island, in the center of Lake Winnipesaukee, living in the only house on the island with plaster and wallpapered walls. They had eight children - a ninth was stillborn - including Susan Jean Fay's grandmother Hattie, who was the oldest, and Rachel Meghan Markles great-grandmother Gertrude, who was born in 1887. The couple was well-known in the community - all the children grew up helping with chores and George taught his carpentry skills to each of his sons to help him in the business.

According to Bear Island Reflections published by the local Conservation Association: When George and Mary Merrill bought land behind the Mail Dock in 1906, they began the saga of the Merrill family on Bear Island. In addition to building many of the cottages on the island George Merrill also provided food, ice and boat services to several generations of island residents.

The article quotes the couples great-granddaughter Mildred Fay Rand (1907 - 2012), who said: A well and pump graced the side yard in the center of daughter Hattie's flower beds and people came from along the shore with their jugs to pump water. The playroom was on the third floor. The property next door was the Men's Camp.

The workmen employed by my grandfather in his carpentry business lived there and cooked their meals, though occasionally Hattie prepared food for them in her kitchen.

The haying field was behind the hen house and vegetable garden. Cattle were brought over by barge from Lovejoy Sands in the spring and taken back in the fall. Milk cost 18 cents a quart, but you had to buy ice and groceries to get it!

Sadly both George and Mary (Bird) Merrill died young: George was 63 years old when he died in 1924. Mary was the same age when she succumbed to heart disease the following year. But their eight children went on to marry and settle across America, spawning a generation to include Rachel Meghan Markle (Duchess of Sussex).

Mary was a member of Freewill Baptist Church, Meredith, NH.

Perhaps the most interesting part of our family history, is Mary Bird's origins on the Mediterranean Island of Malta - -

There have been several spellings of Mary's maiden name. According to Hattie Bird (1865 - 1945) and John McManany's marriage certificate, Mary's mothers maiden name was Cayne, and she lived in Laconia in 1892.

From research done by Fiona Fitzsimons and Helen Moss, genealogists with The Irish Family History Center in Dublin in July 2018, Mary's maiden name was either McCue or McHugh from Belfast, Ireland. This research report was reported in the 15 July 2018 Sunday Independent (www.independent.ie).

This research presents marriage records showing Mary McCue (McHugh) was living at Merrion Strand in Dublin when at 31, she married 30 year old Thomas Bird, a private in the 22nd (Cheshire) Regiment of Foot, in Saint Mary's Church of Ireland church in Donnybrook in Dublin on Monday, January 23, 1860. It included a marriage record from the church. [The 22nd (Cheshire) Regiment of Foot was formed in 1689 by Henry, The Duke of Norfolk. They fort in the American Revolutionary War against the 13 Colonies. They were sent to Boston in 1775, and evacuated from Boston to Halifax. Then onto the New York and New Jersey campaigns of 1776. Its Light Infantry Company participated in the Philadelphia Campaign of 1777 and later the Southern Campaigns in the 1780s, eventually surrendering with Cornwallis at Yorktown. During World War 1, on 24 August 1914 the 1st Battalion suffered 771 casualties at Audregnies in Belgium during the closing stages of the Battle of Mons. The reconstituted battalion served throughout World War I on the Western Front, winning 35 battle honors. During World War 2 they fort in France before being evacuated at Dunkirk.] Thomas had served in the army in India in the previous decade and he was living in a barracks near Donnybrook in Dublin at the time of the marriage. Thomas' regiment had only recently returned from India after 10 years. They arrived in Dublin in August, 1859 and were stationed in Beggars Bush Barracks. [In 2019, Beggars Bush Barracks is on Haddington Road in the inner southern suburbs of Dublin, Ireland. The barracks were bordered to the east by Shelbourne Road, which used to be the western bank of the River Dodder.] Mary's father's name was listed in the marriage register as Francis McCue with an occupation of farmer. Thomas' father was listed as a laborer.

Soon after they married, in June 1860, the regiment was sent to Malta. Thomas and Mary caught a train from Kingstown, present day Dun Laoghaire, to Queenstown, now Cobh, where they boarded the steam ship Olympus. On board the voyage to Malta were 573 members of the regiment, including 16 drummers, and 66 women and 67 children.

The regiment was stationed on the Mediterranean island until 1866. The couple had at least two children: Mary and Hattie (Harriett). In March 1866, the regiment was sent to Canada. The long journey to New Brunswick, Canada, may have taken its toll on Thomas who died in July 1866, aged 36. There's Mary at 39 years old with 2 children (Mary and Hattie) and a dead husband in Canada alone in May 1867. Mary then married a widower, William White, a soldier in the same regiment as her husband Thomas. Two years later (1869), the regiment was transferred to Cork but Mary and William decided to remain in Canada.

Mary and William settled on a farm in Manners Sutton, York, NB, Canada, and Mary at age 41 gave birth to two more children. (Manners Sutton, York, NB is on Route 3 half way between Fredericton and Calais West of St John, NB.) Their daughter Alexandrine died at age 10. Alexandrine's baptism listed Mary's maiden name as McKeg. Their son William Thomas was born in 1873 when Mary was 44. In the 1871 Canadian census in New Brunswick, Mary White and her two daughters (Mary and Hattie) from her marriage to Thomas Bird and a new daughter by William White - Alexandrine, are listed as Irish and Roman Catholic. Her husband William was listed as English and a shoemaker who was a member of the Anglican Church.

In 1883, daughter Mary at age 21 married 22 year old George Merrill in New Hampshire. Finally, the well-travelled Belfast woman, Mary White, died of pneumonia, age in her mid-50s after 1892. Her son William Thomas died at 17 in Lakeport, New Hampshire, in 1890. His death record states his mother's maiden name was McCue and that she was born in Belfast.

In 1892, Hattie (1865 - 1945) at age 27 married John McMenany and listed her mother's maiden name as McCague. On the US census from 1930, Hattie stated her mother was born in Northern Ireland.

There are different spellings of Hattie's name to include Harriette. From the NH archieves - - Hattie Bird married John Mc Menany on Dec 26, 1892. They were both 27. He was a teamster and she was a Mill Operator. John was born in Charleton, Mass; and Hattie in Malta. Both first marriages. John's father was Patrick Mc Manany a resident of Cambridge, Mass; and his mother Bridget Mc Carun (?? not sure of spelling) born in Ireland and dead at the time of the marriage in 1892. NH archive records show Hattie's father was Thomas Bird born in England and dead at the time of the marriage in 1892; and mother Mary McCue/McHugh/McCague/Cayne (born in Ireland) living in Laconia.

Originally reported on 23 September 2017 in The Mail On Sunday by Claudia Joseph was the fact that Mary worked as a Royal Household staff member in the Windsor Castle Weekly Disbursement Book in 1856 as M. Bird. Not apparently so, as in 1856 at age 27 she did not carry the Bird last name. It still may be possible, but with a different last name. Additionally, the marriage certificate for her daughter Mary to George Merrill spelled her last name as McCague. Lorna Moloney (working independently on US records) found a woman with the name Mary McCague who was born in Ballinasloe, Co Galway, in 1829 and there was a certain likelihood it could be the same person, but it was always subject to verification which has not occurred.

More About MARY BIRD:

Burial: Unknown, Bayside Cemetery, Lakeport, NH, Lot 3/064

Emigration: 1881, New Brunswick, Canada

Occupation: Housewife

Marriage Notes for GEORGE MERRILL and MARY BIRD:

Mary Bird and George Merrill were married on February 25, 1883, by Justus Erskin of Meredith, Minister of the Gospel in Meredith, NH, reported at Center Harbor, NH.

Children of GEORGE MERRILL and MARY BIRD are:

18. i. ARTHUR GEORGE10 MERRILL, b. 10 Feb 1884, Center Harbor, New Hampshire; d. 20 Dec 1949.

19. ii. HATTIE EDITH MERRILL, b. 25 Jun 1885, West Center Harbor, NH; d. 04 Apr 1962, Dover, New Hampshire.

20. iii. GERTRUDE MAY MERRILL, b. 16 Jun 1887, Meredith, New Hampshire; d. 11 Feb 1938.

iv. FRED MERRILL, b. 01 Sep 1889; d. 14 Jun 1964, Meredith, New Hampshire; m. DOROTHY 'DOTTIE' ALMENDE; b. 01 Jun 1901; d. 02 Dec 1973, Meredith, New Hampshire.

Notes for FRED MERRILL:

Over the years, the Merrills built a number of houses on the west shore of Bear Island, each with the same basic simple design. These cottages are still recognizable today, even though various owners have made different additions. In 1927, Fred Merrill built the Bulkley house, which had the distinction of being the first on Bear Island to have had indoor plumbing.

When you needed a cabin, dock or boat house, you simply told Fred of your desire and he obliged. In 1931, Dr. John Merselis commissioned Fred to build on land he had purchased in 1923. Sketching what he had in mind on the back of an ordinary envelope, Dr. Merselis gave it to Fred that fall. When the family returned the following spring, the cabin was ready for occupancy, and they have summered there ever since.

In addition to building houses, the Merrills supplied much that was necessary for island living. Dave, the meat cutter, minded the grocery store that they opened at the Mail Dock and Fred, the mechanic, assumed responsibility for kerosene for lamps, and gasoline for boats, as well as maintenance of rental boats berthed in a nest of boat houses by their dock. These boats all had two cylinder McDuff engines with petcocks on top which had to be primed with gasoline. The flywheel rotated by hand at times could be very balky. Fred was an expert in starting these engines. He'd lean against the side of the boat, give the flywheel a gentle roll with his foot--and away it went.

At the time Fred Merrill had the ice route, the Bear Island postmaster was Adelaide Brown.

Source: "Bear Island Reflections" published by Bear Island Conservation Association, Lake Winnipesaukee, New Hampshire 1989.

More About FRED MERRILL:

Burial: Unknown, Bayside Cemetery, Lakeport, NH, Lot 8 78

Occupation: Carpenter

Notes for DOROTHY 'DOTTIE' ALMENDE:

"A lot of comings and goings took place over there [on Bear Island]," recounts Mildred Fay Rand, Fred Merrill's niece. "People came all the way from New York and Boston for some high entertainment. One of the 'imported guests' was a Ziegfeld Follies girl, Dorothy Almende, and Fred caught us all by surprise--he married her! We had expected him to marry someone else to whom he was already engaged."

"That summer we returned to the island to discover that Fred, probably in his early 40s, had married a chorus girl!" Louise Griscom recalls. "Maybe Dottie's make-up was a bit overdone, but she made Fred a loyal and loving wife. Gradually the color of her bright red hair changed to a less conspicuous henna. Islanders recovered from shock and became very fond of her."

Dottie was a Ziegfeld Follies girl who came to visit Lake Winnipesaukee. Her brother-in-law, David Merrill (and his wife Faith Wood) did not like her background and left Bear Island and "moved to Laconia because they could not live and work with a showgirl" according to Mildred Fay Rand, Fred Merrill's niece.

Dottie and Fred took vacations when the lake froze over, but as they grew older, they never left the island. Weeks and Smith's store delivered groceries from Meredith once a week in winter, and on that day, Dottie always baked a cake and served it with coffee to the delivery man who would bring them up-to-date on the latest town gossip. In the winter of 1945, the Merrill's chimney caught fire, and though no serious damage occurred, Fred became ill shortly thereafter and never recovered. When Fred and Dottie moved to Meredith, where he eventually died.

Dottie was the Postmistress of Bear Island, beginning June 15, 1944, to the Post Office's closing in June 15, 1954.

Source: "Bear Island Reflections" published by Bear Island Conservation Association, Lake Winnipesaukee, New Hampshire 1989.

More About DOROTHY 'DOTTIE' ALMENDE:

Burial: Unknown, Bayside Cemetery, Lakeport, NH, Lot8 78

v. NELLIE MERRILL, b. 1892; d. 1905.

Notes for NELLIE MERRILL:

Nellie died as a teenager at 13 or 14 years old. She was born in 1892 according to the 1900 Census report showing her as 8 at the time of the 1900 Census.

More About NELLIE MERRILL:

Burial: Unknown, Meredith Cemetery, Meredith, NH

vi. FEMALE STILLBORN MERRILL, b. 30 Jun 1895, Laconia, New Hampshire; d. 30 Jun 1895, Laconia, New Hampshire.

Notes for FEMALE STILLBORN MERRILL:

This Female Stillborn Merrill is listed as the 6th child.

vii. DAVID LEE MERRILL, b. 10 Dec 1896; d. Unknown; m. FAITH WOODS, 23 Jul 1917; b. 1907, England; d. Unknown.

Notes for DAVID LEE MERRILL:

On David Lee Merrill's September 4, 1917, marriage certificate from the NH archieves, David listed his mother as Mary White born on the Island of Malta. This makes sense in that he probably knew her from her marriage to William White.

David and Faith had no children.

More About DAVID LEE MERRILL:

Burial: Unknown, Massachusetts

21. viii. EDGAR G. MERRILL, b. 24 Jan 1903; d. 08 Oct 1973.

ix. HELEN N. MERRILL, b. 21 Sep 1906; d. 29 Dec 1930.

Notes for HELEN N. MERRILL:

At 24, she committed suicide by walking in from of a train. She died on the B & MRR railroad tracks in Lakeport, NH, hit by the Montreal-Boston Southbound express. The newspaper report said she was "despondent", but Mildred Fay Rand believes her despondence was caused by her being pregnant.

More About HELEN N. MERRILL:

Burial: Unknown, Meredith Cemetery, Meredith, NH

16. MABLE9 SMITH (JOHN8, JOHN7, JOHN6, CHRISTOPHER5, BENJAMIN4, JOHN3, JOHN2, JOHN1) died Unknown. She married CHARLES HODSDON PAINE. He died Unknown.

More About MABLE SMITH:

Burial: Unknown, Meredith Village Cemetery, Meredith, New Hampshire

Notes for CHARLES HODSDON PAINE:

WFT Vol 137 Tree 663, per R Amond Aug 29, 2005

More About CHARLES HODSDON PAINE:

Burial: Unknown, Meredith Village Cemetery, Meredith, New Hampshire

Child of MABLE SMITH and CHARLES PAINE is:

22. i. ETHEL10 PAINE, d. Unknown.

Generation No. 10

17. RALPH CROWELL10 MERRILL (JOHN SMITH9, MARY 'BESSIE' HEUSSEY8 SMITH, JOHN7, JOHN6, CHRISTOPHER5, BENJAMIN4, JOHN3, JOHN2, JOHN1) was born 24 May 1888, and died Unknown. He married LULA GRACE. She died Unknown.

Notes for RALPH CROWELL MERRILL:

Ralph Merrill is listed as 2nd child in New Hampshire Vital Records according to Howard Merrill December 29, 2000.

Notes for LULA GRACE:

The house on Willey Slide (Route 302 east of Franconia Notch near Mount Washington) was occupied by Grace family descendants when it slide into oblivion. Leslie Grace married Elizabeth ('Lizzie') B. Willey and was residing there.

Child of RALPH MERRILL and LULA GRACE is:

23. i. DONALD JOHN11 MERRILL, b. Private.

18. ARTHUR GEORGE10 MERRILL (GEORGE DAVID9, MARY 'BESSIE' HEUSSEY8 SMITH, JOHN7, JOHN6, CHRISTOPHER5, BENJAMIN4, JOHN3, JOHN2, JOHN1) was born 10 Feb 1884 in Center Harbor, New Hampshire, and died 20 Dec 1949. He married (1) EDITH THURSTON Bef. 1919, daughter of RICHARD THURSTON and MARIA RAY. She was born 25 Sep 1883 in Nantucket, Massachusetts, and died 03 Mar 1919 in Lakeport, New Hampshire. He married (2) LORENA M. PEASLEE Aft. 1920. She was born 1896 in Lakeport, New Hampshire, and died 06 Dec 1954.

Notes for ARTHUR GEORGE MERRILL:

In 1932, the world's heavyweight boxing champion, Jack Sharkey, trained on Meredith Neck near Loon Island and lived next door to Arthur Merrill. Later, Jack Delaney, a less successful prize fighter, also stayed there.

Source: "Bear Island Reflections" published by Bear Island Conservation Association, Lake Winnipesaukee, New Hampshire 1989.

More About ARTHUR GEORGE MERRILL:

Burial: Unknown, Meredith Cemetery, Meredith, NH

Occupation: Contractor

More About EDITH THURSTON:

Burial: Unknown, Bayside Cemetery, Lakeport, NH

Cause of Death: Acute nephritis (kidney failure) from child birth

More About LORENA M. PEASLEE:

Burial: Unknown, Bayside Cemetery, Lakeport, NH, Lot

Child of ARTHUR MERRILL and EDITH THURSTON is:

i. ALICE11 MERRILL, b. Abt. 1919; d. Unknown; m. WILLIAM 'BILL' CHASE; d. Unknown.

Children of ARTHUR MERRILL and LORENA PEASLEE are:

ii. RICHARD 'DICK'11 MERRILL, b. Abt. 1923; d. Unknown.

iii. GEORGE PEASLEE MERRILL, b. 05 Jan 1925, Laconia, New Hampshire; d. 06 Jan 1925, Laconia, New Hampshire.

More About GEORGE PEASLEE MERRILL:

Cause of Death: Encephalitis

19. HATTIE EDITH10 MERRILL (GEORGE DAVID9, MARY 'BESSIE' HEUSSEY8 SMITH, JOHN7, JOHN6, CHRISTOPHER5, BENJAMIN4, JOHN3, JOHN2, JOHN1) was born 25 Jun 1885 in West Center Harbor, NH, and died 04 Apr 1962 in Dover, New Hampshire. She married PARK STONE FAY, son of BRIGHAM FAY and IDA HEMENWAY. He was born 05 Jul 1883 in Lake Village, New Hampshire, and died 16 Nov 1951 in Laconia, Belknap New Hampshire.

Notes for HATTIE EDITH MERRILL:

Park Stone Fay, also a carpenter like Hattie's father, George Merrill, preferred an independent status. Instead of joining George Merrill, he handled all the boats and work at Beaver Island. Park, Hattie, and their five children had a cottage near The Gulf on what was then called Mansfield's Point, where George Merrill laid the stone steps leading from the dock to the Fay's' house. In the side yard, a tent was built to hold the overflow of children and friends. It was the children's job to gather rocks from the lake for the stone mason, Mr. Zibley of Center Harbor, to build the living room fireplace.

Source: "Bear Island Reflections" published by Bear Island Conservation Association, Lake Winnipesaukee, New Hampshire 1989.

Hattie filled in as cook on the railroad work train that Park Stone Fay used to get to construction sites.

From New Hampshire Vital Records (as reported by Howard Merrill on December 29, 2000) her name is Harriette Edith Merrill b. June 25, 1885.

Through Hattie Merrill's family, the Merrills and Fays share a maternal Great Grandmother who was convicted of Witchcraft. Hattie Merrill is Mary Ellen Perkins' 6th Great Granddaughter. Mary Ellen Perkins was tried and convicted of Witchcraft at the Salem Witch Trials in1692.

Mary Perkins Witch Trial Information

Source: "The Family of John Perkins of Ipswich, Massachusetts", by Geo. A. Perkins, M.D., Salem, 1882

"In 1692, Jacob Perkinss sister Mary Perkins Bradbury was placed on trial for witchcraft. At the time, she was living in Salisbury, Massachusetts. Richard Carr's father had been a suitor of Mary before she married Thomas Bradbury. This led to a fifteen year disagreement with Mary and he probably influenced his sons and his son's friend in their testimony. Her reply to the indictment was as follows:

"I plead not guilty. I am wholly innocent of such wickedness through the goodness of God that hath kept me hitherto. I am the servant of Jesus Christ, and have given myself up to him as my only Lord and Saviour, and to the diligent attendance upon him in all his holy ordinances, in utter contempt and defiance of the Devil and all his works, as horrid and detestable; and have endeavored to frame my life and conversation in accordance with His holy word and in that faith and practice, resolve, by the help and assistance of God, to continue to my life's end. For the truth of what I have to say as to the matter of practice, I humbly refer myself to my brethren and neighbors that know me, and to the searcher of all hearts, for the truth and uprightness of my heart therein, human frailties & unavoidable infirmaties excepted, of which I bitterly complain every day."

All of the depositions against Mary were recorded in Seargent Thomas Putnam's handwriting except one. Richard Carr and Zarubabel Endicott testified that they had seen a blue boar come from and re-enter her yard and window. This was spectral evidence. Samuel Carr, Richard's brother also testified that he had seen Mary perched on the capstan of a ship at sea when things were going badly. William Carr testified that there was nothing he knew against Mary and referred to a broken love affair between the families.

Mr. and Mrs. Bradbury were prominent citizens and signatures of 118 of her friends and neighbors of a statement

"Concerning Mary Bradbury's life and conversation, we, the subscribers, do testify, that it was such as became the gospel: she was a lover of the ministry, in all appearance, and a diligent attender upon God' holy ordinances, being of a courteous and peaceable disposition and carriage. Neither did any of us (some of whom have lived in the town with her above fifty years) ever hear or ever know that she ever had any differences of falling-out with any of her neighbors, man, woman or child, but was always ready and willing to do for them what lay in her power night and day, though with hazard of her health or other danger. More might be spoken in her commendation, but this for the present."

This written testimony was not enough, as she was convicted anyway. By this time the Court of Oyer and Terminer had agreed not to execute any who plead guilty, but Mary had pleaded not guilty. She was convicted of witchcraft on 9 Sep 1692 and sentenced to be executed on 22 Sep 1692. It is not known how she escapted.

The last convicted witch execution took place on 22 Sep 1692. In the following month, the new Governor Phipps was appointed and put an end to the Court of Oyer and Terminer that had been doing the sentencing. Any remaining convicted witches (those that had plead guilt) had their sentences commuted by the governor. This was the end of the trials. On 17 Dec 1711, the governor and council authorized payment to twenty-three persons condemned at Salem. Marys descendants received twenty pounds in compensation."

Excerpts from : Bradbury memorial.

Records of some of the descendants of Thomas Bradbury, of Agamenticus (York) in 1634, and of Salisbury, Mass. in 1638, with a brief sketch of the Bradburys of England. Comp. chiefly from the collections of the late John Merrill Bradbury, of Ipswich, Mass. Page 63 - regarding Mary (Perkins) Bradbury at the Salem Witch Trails - During the trial of Mrs. Bradbury, July 28, 1692, upon the charge of being a witch, her aged and devoted husband bore testimony to her high character and the purity of her life in the following terms:

"Concerning my beloved wife, Mary Bradbury, this is what I have to say: We have been married fifty-five years, and she hath been a loving and faithful wife unto me unto this day. She hath been wonderful laborious, diligent and industrious in her place and employment about the bringing up of our family which have been eleven children of our own, and four grandchildren. She was both prudent and provident, of cheerful spirit, liberal and charitable. She being now very aged and weak, and grieved under aflictious, may not be able to speak much for herself, not being so free of speech as some others might be. I hope her life and conversation among her neighbors has been such as gives a better or more real testimony than can be expressed by words."

Rev. James Allen testified as follows: "I, having lived nine years at Salisbury in the work of the ministry, and now four years in the office of pastor, to my best notice and observation of Mrs. Bradbury, she hath lived according to the rules of the gospel amongst us; was a constant attender upon the ministry of the word, and all the ordinances of the gospel; full of works of charity and mercy to the sick and poor; neither have I seen or heard anything of her unbecoming the profession of the gospel."

Upham, the historian of the Salem witchcraft, says of Mrs. Bradbury: "The position as well as character and age of Mary (Perkins) Bradbury, entitled her to the highest consideration in the structure of society at that time. This is recognized in the title Mrs. Uniformly given her. She had been noted through life for energy, business capacity, and influence: her husband Thomas Bradbury had been a prominent character in the colony for more than fifty years."

The character of the evidence used against Mrs. Bradbury may be judged by the following: "The deposition of William Carr, who testifieth and saith that about thirteen years ago, presently after some difference that happened to be between my honored father, Mr. George Carr, and Mrs. Bradbury, the prisoner at her bar, upon a Sabbath at noon, as we were riding home by the house of Capt. Thomas Bradbury, I saw Mrs. Bradbury go into her gate, turn the corner of, and immediately there darted out of her gate a blue boar, and darted at my fathers horses legs which made him stumble; but I saw it no more. And my father said, "Boys, what did you see?" And we both said, "A blue boar!" This venerable woman was about eighty years of age when she was arrested for the crime of bewitching John Carr so that he became crazed and prematurely died. The testimony of William Carr at the trial, went to show that his brother fell in love with Jemima True, but the proposed match being opposed and broken off by the father of young Carr, on account of his youth, he became melancholy and at times insane. He further stated that he was with his brother and cared for him in his last sickness, and that his brother died peaceably and quietly, and never spoke anything to the harm of Mrs. Bradbury or anybody else.

Mrs. Bradbury was defended by Major Robert Pike. She was convicted with four others who were executed September, 1692. Mrs. Bradbury escaped punishment, but by what means, does not appear.

From Wikipedia

Mary (née Perkins) Bradbury (baptized September 3, 1615 - December 20, 1700) was tried, convicted and sentenced to hang as a witch in Salem, Massachusetts in 1692. However, she managed to evade sentence until the trials had been discredited, and died in 1700, aged 85.

Mary Perkins was daughter of John and Judith (née Gater) Perkins, baptized in 1615, at Warwickshire, England. Her family immigrated to America in 1631, sailing on the LYON from Bristol. In 1636 she married Thomas Bradbury of Salisbury, Massachusetts, considered one of its most distinguished citizens, land agent for his great-uncle Ferdinando Gorges and son of Elizabeth Whitgift, whose uncle John Whitgift was Archbishop of Canterbury under Elizabeth and James.

In the notorious witch trials of 1692, Mary Bradbury was indicted for (among other charges):

Certaine Detestable arts called Witchcraft & Sorceries Wickedly Mallitiously and felloniously hath used practiced and Exercised At and in the Township of Andivor in the County of Essex aforesaid in upon & against one Timothy Swann of Andivor In the County aforesaid Husbandman - by which said Wicked Acts the said Timothy Swann upon the 26th day of July Aforesaid and divers other days & times both before and after was and is Tortured Afflicted Consumed Pined Wasted and Tormented.Witnesses testified that she assumed animal forms; her most unusual metamorphosis was said to have been that of a blue boar. Another allegation was that she cast spells upon ships. Over a hundred of her neighbors and townspeople testified on her behalf, but to no avail and she was found guilty of practicing magic and sentenced to be executed. Through the ongoing efforts of her friends, her execution was delayed. After the witch debacle had passed, she was released. By some accounts she was allowed to escape. Others claim she bribed her jailer. Another account claims that her husband bribed the jailer and took her away to Maine in a horse and cart. They returned to Massachusetts after the witch hysteria had died down. Mary Bradbury died of natural causes in her own bed in 1700, aged 85.

Her family friend, and her son-in-law's father, Major Robert Pike, was in command of all the forces of Norfolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony and those located in present-day Maine. As early as 1650 he was what would now be called a trial justice and in 1672 an associate judge of the courts of Norfolk Co. In political life a member of the General Court when 32 and of the Governor's Council from 1682-96, when having reached the age of 50 years he retired to the private life of the farm.

Mary Perkins Bradbury and Thomas Bradbury had eleven children:

Wymond Bradbury (1637-1669), married Sarah Pike, daughter of Major Robert Pike

Judith Bradbury (1638-1700), married Caleb Moody

Thomas Bradbury (1640-1718)

Mary Bradbury (1642-1724), married John Stanyan

Jane Bradbury (1645-1729), married Henry True

Jacob Bradbury (1647-1669), died in Barbados

William Bradbury (1649-1678), married Rebecca Wheelwright

Elizabeth Bradbury (1651-unknown), married Rev. John Buss

John Bradbury (1654-1678)

Anne Bradbury (1656-1659)

Jabez Bradbury (1658-1677)

Note: Some Wikipedia dates differ from other research.

More About HATTIE EDITH MERRILL:

Burial: Unknown, Bayside Cemetery, Lakeport, NH, Lot 3/054

Cause of Death: Heart Failure

Notes for PARK STONE FAY:

Resided 34 years in Lakeport, New Hampshire and 14 years in Dover, New Hampshire. He worked for the railroad as head of a construction section gang in Dover. His wife Hattie filled in as cook on the work train.

Birthday shown as July 6, 1883, on grave stone, but NH Vital Records say July 5, 1883.

Shown as 1st child. Born when his parents lived in Gilford, NH.

1920 Census Record taken January 7, 1920, shows Park S. Fay (occupation railroad carpenter, age 36) lived at 96 North Street, Lakeport, Laconia, New Hampshire, with: Harriet (wife age 34), Wilbur M. (son age 15), Mildred (daughter age 12), Lillian (daughter age 10), and Gilbert P. (son age 1).

More About PARK STONE FAY:

Burial: Unknown, Bayside Cemetery, Lakeport, NH, Lot 3/054

Cause of Death: Probable prostrate cancer

Occupation: Railroad construction worker for Boston and Main Railroad

Children of HATTIE MERRILL and PARK FAY are:

24. i. WILBUR MERRILL11 FAY, b. 25 Jun 1904, Everett, Massachusetts; d. 02 Feb 1959, Rochester, New Hampshire.

25. ii. MILDRED MIRRIAM FAY, b. 22 Apr 1907, Lakeport , New Hampshire; d. 06 Mar 2012, New Hampshire.

26. iii. LILLIAN FAY, b. 13 Jan 1909, Lakeport , New Hampshire; d. Sep 1987, Miami, Florida.

27. iv. GILBERT PARK FAY, b. 14 Dec 1918, Laconia , Belknap, New Hampshire; d. 08 Sep 1994, Manchester, New Hampshire.

28. v. GEORGE BRIGHAM FAY, b. 01 Apr 1921; d. 23 Sep 1973, Massachusetts.

20. GERTRUDE MAY10 MERRILL (GEORGE DAVID9, MARY 'BESSIE' HEUSSEY8 SMITH, JOHN7, JOHN6, CHRISTOPHER5, BENJAMIN4, JOHN3, JOHN2, JOHN1) was born 16 Jun 1887 in Meredith, New Hampshire, and died 11 Feb 1938. She married FREDERICK GEORGE SANDERS 05 Sep 1907 in Gilford, NH. He was born 1873, and died 1944.

Notes for GERTRUDE MAY MERRILL:

This Female Merrill is listed as the 5th child on the secondary record of birth from the NH Vital Records Office.

This Female Merrill is listed as the 3rd child in the Town Annual Report for Year Ending 1887 of Meredith, NH. The child was born in Meredith. Because the Bear Island Reflections lists Gertrude as the third child, we assume this birth record is for Gertrude.

More About GERTRUDE MAY MERRILL:

Burial: Unknown, Bayside Cemetery, Lakeport, NH

Cause of Death: cancer

Children of GERTRUDE MERRILL and FREDERICK SANDERS are:

i. RALPH W.11 SANDERS, b. 1909, New Hampshire; d. Unknown.

ii. ROBERT D. SANDERS, b. 1910, New Hampshire; d. Unknown; m. GLADYS IRENE EMERSON; b. 1904, Gilford, NH; d. Unknown.

iii. CARL NED SANDERS, b. 1913, New Hampshire; d. Unknown; m. JULIA HELEN COVEY; b. 1914, Granville, NY; d. Unknown.

29. iv. DORIS MAY SANDERS, b. 04 Apr 1918, New Hampshire; d. 21 Jul 2003, Pasadena, California.

21. EDGAR G.10 MERRILL (GEORGE DAVID9, MARY 'BESSIE' HEUSSEY8 SMITH, JOHN7, JOHN6, CHRISTOPHER5, BENJAMIN4, JOHN3, JOHN2, JOHN1) was born 24 Jan 1903, and died 08 Oct 1973. He married MADELINE LAPLANTE. She was born 02 Jul 1903, and died 11 Nov 1975.

More About EDGAR G. MERRILL:

Burial: Unknown, Bayside Cemetery, Lakeport, NH, Lot 3/064

Military service: CM3 US Navy

More About MADELINE LAPLANTE:

Burial: Unknown, Bayside Cemetery, Lakeport, NH, Lot 3/064

Children of EDGAR MERRILL and MADELINE LAPLANTE are:

i. DOROTHY11 MERRILL, b. Private; m. UNKNOWN ALSOP, Private; b. Private.

ii. EDGAR D. MERRILL JR, b. 27 Feb 1924; d. 13 Apr 1985; m. EDITH D, Private; b. Private.

More About EDGAR D. MERRILL JR:

Burial: Unknown, Bayside Cemetery, Lakeport, NH, Lot 3 079

22. ETHEL10 PAINE (MABLE9 SMITH, JOHN8, JOHN7, JOHN6, CHRISTOPHER5, BENJAMIN4, JOHN3, JOHN2, JOHN1) died Unknown. She married ARTHUR CRAFTS. He died Unknown.

Children of ETHEL PAINE and ARTHUR CRAFTS are:

30. i. PROTECTED11 NAME, b. Private.

ii. DR. HOWARD CRAFTS, b. Private; m. LINNA UNKNOWN, Private; b. Private.

Generation No. 11

23. DONALD JOHN11 MERRILL (RALPH CROWELL10, JOHN SMITH9, MARY 'BESSIE' HEUSSEY8 SMITH, JOHN7, JOHN6, CHRISTOPHER5, BENJAMIN4, JOHN3, JOHN2, JOHN1) was born Private.

Child of DONALD JOHN MERRILL is:

i. JOHN12 MERRILL, b. Private.

24. WILBUR MERRILL11 FAY (HATTIE EDITH10 MERRILL, GEORGE DAVID9, MARY 'BESSIE' HEUSSEY8 SMITH, JOHN7, JOHN6, CHRISTOPHER5, BENJAMIN4, JOHN3, JOHN2, JOHN1) was born 25 Jun 1904 in Everett, Massachusetts, and died 02 Feb 1959 in Rochester, New Hampshire. He married HAZEL EVANGELINE CAREY 02 Jul 1928 in Rochester, NH, daughter of HARLEY CAREY and ALICE BALDWIN. She was born 07 Nov 1905 in Laconia, NH, and died 03 May 1984 in Laconia, NH.

Notes for WILBUR MERRILL FAY:

Wilbur Fay handled the northeast route for ice deliveries and also delivered groceries from the Bear Island store on Lake Winnipesaukee.

According to Fred Bulkley, "Ice was cut from the lake in the winter, covered with sawdust and stored in the big ice house at the shore line. It was my job to haul the 300 pound blocks of ice from the ice house and saw them into 75 pound pieces which sold at 50 cents each, delivered. The ice route ran four days a week in the morning, along northwest Bear and Pine and to the Beaver Islands in the afternoon. The Merrills' nephew, Wilbur Fay, handled the northeast route and also delivered groceries from the store."

Source: "Bear Island Reflections" published by Bear Island Conservation Association, Lake Winnipesaukee, New Hampshire 1989.

In the early 1940's, Wilbur bought the Ice House on Smith's Cove, and opened Fay's Boat Yard which is one of the largest on Lake Winnipesaukee today (Aug 2000).

More About WILBUR MERRILL FAY:

Burial: Unknown, Bayside Cemetery, Lakeport, NH, Lot 3/054

More About HAZEL EVANGELINE CAREY:

Burial: Unknown, Bayside Cemetery, Lakeport, NH, Lot 3/055

Occupation: Teacher

Children of WILBUR FAY and HAZEL CAREY are:

31. i. JANET-LEE12 FAY, b. 19 Dec 1932, Concord, New Hampshire; d. 07 Oct 2018, Mentor, Ohio.

32. ii. MERRILL P. FAY, b. Private.

25. MILDRED MIRRIAM11 FAY (HATTIE EDITH10 MERRILL, GEORGE DAVID9, MARY 'BESSIE' HEUSSEY8 SMITH, JOHN7, JOHN6, CHRISTOPHER5, BENJAMIN4, JOHN3, JOHN2, JOHN1) was born 22 Apr 1907 in Lakeport , New Hampshire, and died 06 Mar 2012 in New Hampshire. She married (1) PHILLIP C. RAND. He was born 24 Mar 1915, and died 02 Jun 1992 in Center Harbor, NH. She married (2) FRANK HAROLD DESMOND 31 Oct 1931 in Laconia, New Hamphsire, son of TIMOTHY DESMOND and ANNIE GORMAN. He was born 30 Apr 1900 in Chelsea, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA, and died 1952 in Glencliff, Grafton, New Hampshire.

Notes for MILDRED MIRRIAM FAY:

Mildred Fay lived on Lake Winnipesaukee on the east shore of Center Harbor on Alpine Park Road until the early 2000's. She died at 104 years of age!

Mildred Fay Rand, R.N. 3/6/2012 Dover, NH OBITUARY

March 11th, 2012 Posted in Dover, N.H. - Mildred Fay Rand, R.N., of 201 Watson Road and formerly of Whittier Street, died March 6, 2012 at the Watson Fields Assisted Living Facility. Mrs. Rand was born April 22, 1907 in Lakeport, N.H., the daughter of Park S. and Hattie (Merrill) Fay. She was a graduate of Laconia High School and received her training as a nurse from the Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital in Hanover in 1926.

As a young graduate, she was employed in Paris, France as a nurse to the children of the United States Ambassador. Her later professional career included supervisory responsibilities at the Yale-New Haven Hospital in New Haven, CT, and the Laconia Hospital. She served as the school nurse at the New Hampton School in the 1950s, and taught nursing to University of Connecticut students in Manchester, CT in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Survivors include two sons, Frank H. Desmond and his wife Nella, of Maryland, David P. Desmond and his wife Cindy, of Moultonborough, six grandchildren, and eight great-grandchildren.

In addition to her parents, Mrs. Rand was predeceased by her husband, Philip C. Rand, her first husband, Frank H. Desmond, a son, Richard R. Desmond, and a granddaughter, Theresa Desmond.

A celebration of her life will be held for family and friends at the family lot at Bayside Cemetery, Laconia, at a later date.

More About MILDRED MIRRIAM FAY:

Occupation: Registered Nurse

More About FRANK HAROLD DESMOND:

Burial: Unknown, Bayside Cemetery, Lakeport, NH

Children of MILDRED FAY and FRANK DESMOND are:

33. i. FRANK12 DESMOND, b. Private.

34. ii. RICHARD 'DICK' DESMOND, b. 01 May 1937; d. 12 Dec 2003, Boston, Massachusetts.

35. iii. DAVID DESMOND, b. Private.

26. LILLIAN11 FAY (HATTIE EDITH10 MERRILL, GEORGE DAVID9, MARY 'BESSIE' HEUSSEY8 SMITH, JOHN7, JOHN6, CHRISTOPHER5, BENJAMIN4, JOHN3, JOHN2, JOHN1) was born 13 Jan 1909 in Lakeport , New Hampshire, and died Sep 1987 in Miami, Florida. She married JOHN DAVID SAWYER, son of DAVID SAWYER and BETSEY KNOWLES. He was born 1911, and died 1979 in Miami, Florida.

More About LILLIAN FAY:

Burial: Unknown, Bayside Cemetery, Lakeport, NH

More About JOHN DAVID SAWYER:

Burial: Unknown, Bayside Cemetery, Lakeport, NH

Children of LILLIAN FAY and JOHN SAWYER are:

36. i. BETSEY12 SAWYER, b. 22 Aug 1936; d. 28 Mar 2021, El Cajon, California.

37. ii. NANCY SAWYER, b. Private.

27. GILBERT PARK11 FAY (HATTIE EDITH10 MERRILL, GEORGE DAVID9, MARY 'BESSIE' HEUSSEY8 SMITH, JOHN7, JOHN6, CHRISTOPHER5, BENJAMIN4, JOHN3, JOHN2, JOHN1) was born 14 Dec 1918 in Laconia , Belknap, New Hampshire, and died 08 Sep 1994 in Manchester, New Hampshire. He married THELMA VICTORIA GAMBLIN 24 Aug 1946 in Rochester, New Hampshire, daughter of JOHN GAMBLIN and LOTTIE SHARP. She was born 24 May 1924 in Pearsonville, New Brunswick, Canada, and died 14 Jan 2016 in Elliot Hospital, Manchester, NH.

Notes for GILBERT PARK FAY:

Gilbert attended local schools in Lakeport and graduated from Laconia High School in 1936. He was a 1938 graduate of Wentworth Technical Institute of Boston and had been employed by New England Telephone Company for 33 years, retiring in 1980.

He was a World War 2 Army Air Corps veteran, having served in North Africa as a fighter aircraft mechanic. He was a member of the New England Telephone Pioneers, the Humane Masonic Lodge in Rochester, and the Warren Chapter Order of Eastern Star of Wolfeboro. He was also a volunteer for the Winter Special Olympics of New Hampshire, and an avid skier holding membership in the Worldwide "Over 70" Ski Club. He was a member of St. Andrew Episcopal Church of Manchester, New Hampshire.

Gilbert Fay was cremated and his ashes were scattered on Canon Mountain, New Hampshire, on the Lower ry ski slope. He is remembered with a marker at the Bayside Cemetery, Lakeport, New Hampshire.

More About GILBERT PARK FAY:

Burial: Unknown, Bayside Cemetery, Lakeport, NH, Lot 3/054

Occupation: Telephone Repair Foreman

Notes for THELMA VICTORIA GAMBLIN:

Thelma Victoria Fay, 91, of Hooksett, NH, died peacefully on January 14, 2016, after a period of declining health. She was born in New Brunswick, Canada on May 24, 1924, she was the daughter of John and Lottie Gamblin, who immigrated to the United States in the 1930s.

She graduated from Spaulding High School, Rochester, as well as Wentworth-Douglass Hospital School of Nursing, as a registered nurse. Early in her career, Thelma was a registered nurse at several New Hampshire hospitals. Until her retirement, she was a phlebotomist with the American Red Cross in NH and VT.

She was married forty-eight years to Gilbert P. Fay. He died September 8, 1994. She was also predeceased by her sister, Jean Murdock in 1999.

More About THELMA VICTORIA GAMBLIN:

Naturalization: 25 Jan 1945, A-150115, Holton, Me

Occupation: Registered Nurse

Children of GILBERT FAY and THELMA GAMBLIN are:

i. COLONEL, USAF, NC SUSAN JEAN12 FAY, b. Private; m. COLONEL, USAF KENNETH WAYNE BARBI, Private; b. Private.

38. ii. KAREN GAIL FAY, b. Private.

39. iii. JOHN GILBERT FAY, b. Private.