Samuel Merrill was one of five children born to Joseph Merrill & his wife, Sarah Welsby. He was born in Nantwich, County Chestershire England. In 1830 he married Martha Wiston. Together this couple would have six children. From England they migrated to Painseville Ohio. From there they went north to Ontario Canada, only to return to Ohio ten years later. In 1880 they came to Lancaster County Nebraska. These fine people are a set of my 4th, paternal great grandparents.