The origin of the name Merrill is English and the Coat of Arms contains A gold shield with a red pale engrailed, voided of the field between two blue fleursde lis. The Crest is A peacock's head erased proper
Spelling variations include: Merrill, Meyrill, Merell, Merells, Meyrell and many more.
First found in Cornwall where they were seated from very early times and were granted lands by Duke William of Normandy, their liege Lord, for their distinguished assistance at the Battle of Hastings in 1066 A.D.
Some of the first settlers of this name or some of its variants were: John Merrill, who settled in Boston Mass in 1630; Peirce Merrill settled in Virginia in 1655; John Merrill settled in the Barbados in 1663; Moses Merrill settled in Boston in 1822.
