Merrow, Henry

Published: 16 Jan 2015, Updated: 09 May 2019
Page contributors: Margaret “Meg” Curry, Dr. Andrew Millard, Teresa Rust

Henry Merrow, #64 on George S. Stewart’s Captured at Dunbar List¹

IMPORTANT UPDATE! (Jul 2018)
According to, Christopher Gerrard, Pam Graves, Andrew Millard, Richard Annis, and Anwen Caffell, in, Lost Lives, New Voices: Unlocking the Stories of the Scottish Soldiers at the Battle of Dunbar 1650, (England: Oxbow Books, 2018),² on page 251, Henry is categorized as:

Probable [that he is a Dunbar prisoner transported on the Unity]

Merrow [Merre?], Henry. Residences: Woburn, MA and Reading, MA. Appears: 1661. B.c.1625?. D.1685. [Exiles; DR; SPOWS; Ch.7 & 8; App.B]³⁴¹⁵⁶

For explanations of the category, abbreviations and references see List of Dunbar prisoners from Lost Lives, New Voices.

Surname Variations: Merrow, Merow, Merey, Merre

First Generation in the New World

1. HENRY¹ MERROW, was born in Scotland, c.1625 and died at Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts on 5 Nov 1685. He married at Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts on 19 Dec 1661, widow, JANE (LINDES) WALLIS.

Biographical Notes: See, Margaret “Meg” Curry’s Henry Merrow Sketch.

Children of Henry and Jane (Lindes) Merrow:
2. i. DANIELL² MERROW, m. ELIZABETH STIMPSON
2. ii. JOHN² MERROW,
2. iii. HENRY² MEROW, Jr., b.1662; m. MIRIAM BROOKS
2. iv. SARAH² MERROW,
2. v. HANNAH² MERROW, b. at Reading, Massachusetts on 5 March 1668/9
2. vi. SAMUEL² MERROW, b. at Reading on 9 Oct 1670; m. MARY PAGE
2. vii. MARY² MERROW, b. at Reading on 22 Apr 1673
2. viii. ELIZABETH² MERROW, b. at Reading on 20 Jul 1674
2. ix. JOSEPH² MERROW, b. at Reading on 31 Dec 1675
2. x. DEBORAH² MERROW, b. at Reading on 11 Oct 1677
2. xi. JANE² MERROW, b. at Reading on 15 Oct 1680

Second Generation

2. i. DANIELL² MEROW, m. ELIZABETH STIMPSON.

2. ii. JOHN² MERROW,
2. iii. HENRY² MEROW, Jr., b.1662; m. MIRIAM BROOKS.
2. iv. SARAH² MERROW,
2. v. HANNAH² MERROW, b. at Reading, Massachusetts on 5 March 1668/9

2. vi. Dr. SAMUEL² MERROW, was born at Reading on 9 Oct 1670 and died at Rochester, New Hampshire about 1740. He married at Reading, before 1673, MARY PAGE.

Biographical Notes:
Dr. Merrow also lived in Oyster River Parish in Durham, New Hampshire.~Submitted on 6 Sep 2018, by Meg Curry a descendant of Henry Merrow through Dr. Samuel Merrow.

2. vii. MARY² MERROW, b. at Reading on 22 Apr 1673
2. viii. ELIZABETH² MERROW, b. at Reading on 20 Jul 1674
2. ix. JOSEPH² MERROW, b. at Reading on 31 Dec 1675
2. x. DEBORAH² MERROW, b. at Reading on 11 Oct 1677
2. xi. JANE² MERROW, b. at Reading on 15 Oct 1680

Sources and Notes:

“By 1660, Nicholas [Wallace] had died or left the scene; Jane had remarried. Her new Scots husband was Henry Merre of Woburn, a former war prisoner from the Battle of Dunbar, who had arrived in Massachusetts in 1651 on the Unity.[73] Merre appeared in Middlesex County Court in Cambridge in April, 1662, to answer for “his cruell beating [of] John Wallis, his wives child, ab[ou]t 4 years old.” He was sentenced to pay a considerable bond, 20 pounds. Apparently Merre reformed in his role as stepparent, and was “released from his bond for…good Behavior” at the next court session.[74]” From American Ancestors.org “Scots for Sale”

Henry Merrow at Geni.com

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1. Stewart, George Sawin. The Bartlett Collection. New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts. /george-sawin-stewart-documents/ [↩] [↩]
2. Gerrard, Christopher M.., et al. Lost Lives, New Voices: Unlocking the Stories of the Scottish Soldiers at the Battle of Dunbar 1650. Oxbow Books, 2018, p. 251. [↩]
3. Stackpole, Everett Schermerhorn. Scotch Exiles in New England. 1922. Coll. 733 & 831, Collections of the Maine Historical Society, Portland ME. [↩]
4. Rapaport, Diane. Working List of Early New England Scots. 2015. [↩]
5. “Dunbar Prisoners of War Profiles.” The Scottish Prisoners of War Society, Teresa Rust, 18 Feb. 2019, scottishprisonersofwar.com/battle_of_dunbar_pows_america/. [↩]
6. Gerrard, Christopher M.., et al. Lost Lives, New Voices: Unlocking the Stories of the Scottish Soldiers at the Battle of Dunbar 1650. Oxbow Books, 2018. Ch. 7, 8, Appendix B, p. 257-284. [↩]