American military officer, gunsmith and planter (1731–1771)
Benjamin Merrill
Dow by Joshua Reynolds, 1771
Born
c. 1731 Hopewell, New Jersey, Great Britain
Died
19 June 1771 (aged c. 40) North Carolina, Great Britain
Years of service
1771
Battles/wars
Regulator War
Battle at the Yadkin River
Battle of Alamance (POW)
Captain Benjamin Merrill (c. 1731 – June 19, 1771) was an American military officer, gunsmith and planter who served in the militia of Rowan County, North Carolina. He sided with the Regulator Movement during their 1766–1771 uprising. He was captured following the conflict ending Battle of Alamance on May 16, 1771, and shortly thereafter ordered to be executed as a rebel and traitor by Governor William Tryon.
Captain BenjaminMerrill (c. 1731 – June 19, 1771) was an American military officer, gunsmith and planter who served in the militia of Rowan County, North...
Regulators after Husband's departure before the Battle of Alamance. Captain BenjaminMerrill had about 300 men under his control and would have assumed control...
fled the field. Delays prevented the 300 reinforcements under Captain BenjaminMerrill from arriving in time. Some of the Regulators remained behind to continue...
Herman Husband, James Hunter, James Few (POW), Charles Harrington; BenjaminMerrill (POW) – Executed American Revolution 1765–1783 North America American...
following the defeat of the Regulators: James Pugh, Robert Matear, BenjaminMerrill, Captain Messer, and two others. Alamance Battleground State Historic...
offense by the General Assembly. The executed men included James Few, BenjaminMerrill, Enoch Pugh, Robert Matear, "Captain" Robert Messer, Bryant Austin...
counties for the purpose of capturing a force of Regulators under BenjaminMerrill known to be operating in the area. Waddell reached Salisbury and attempted...
Rowan County by a larger force of Regulators formed under Captain BenjaminMerrill. Realizing their forces were outnumbered, Tryon's men fell back to...
was founded around 1755 by settlers from New Jersey. Among them was BenjaminMerrill, a local leader in the Regulator movement from 1765 to 1771, who was...
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leaders of the movement, including Captain Robert Messer, Captain BenjaminMerrill, and Captain Robert Matear, were captured and hanged. The demand for...
Charles E. Merrill Co., 1892. Franklin, Benjamin. The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin. Philadelphia: H. Altemus, 1895. Franklin, Benjamin. The Autobiography...
Benjamin McLane Spock (May 2, 1903 – March 15, 1998) was an American pediatrician and left-wing political activist. His book Baby and Child Care (1946)...
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill. Binger, Carl (1966). Revolutionary Doctor / Benjamin Rush (1746–1813). New York: Norton & Co. North RL (2000). "Benjamin Rush, MD:...
Scott Merrill is an American architect. He is a principal at Merrill, Pastor & Colgan Architects. He was the recipient of the Driehaus Prize in 2016. He...
birth: December 14, 1938; Place of birth: Ohio, United States of America Merrill, Brian (2006). On This Date A Day-By-Day Look at Historical Events. Lulu...
Benjamin Jeremy Stein (born November 25, 1944) is an American writer, lawyer, actor, comedian, and commentator on political and economic issues. He began...
Merrill Singer (b. October 6, 1950 McKeesport, Pennsylvania, USA) is a medical anthropologist and professor emeritus in Anthropology at the University...
on the Netflix series 13 Reasons Why; and the recurring role of Chris Merrill in the Hulu series Castle Rock. He additionally has appeared in TV series...
Illinois. "Col. Merrill Drops Dead". Pittsburg Dispatch. December 15, 1891. p. 1. Retrieved April 18, 2015 – via Newspapers.com. Thomas, Benjamin Franklin;...
is a recipe and cookware website. Founded in 2009 by Amanda Hesser and Merrill Stubbs, formerly of the New York Times, its website is intended as a platform...
Archived from the original on March 3, 2006. Retrieved May 23, 2011. Denison, Merrill (1955). The Barley and the Stream: The Molson Story. McClelland & Stewart...