Oakland County Patriot Profile

Caleb Barton Merrill

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  • Revolutionary War Patriot Caleb Barton Merrill (1764-1842) served in the Massachusetts Continental Line as a private in the Ninth Regiment in Captain Thomas Hunt's Company of Light Infantry under Colonel Henry Jackson and later in the Second Regiment in Captain Robert Bradford's Company under Colonel Ebenezer Sprout. Caleb Barton Merrill was born in Tyringham, Berkshire County, Massachusetts on April 25, 1764. He married Sarah Jackson and together they had several children. They moved to Springfield Township, Michigan in 1841. Caleb Barton Merrill died July 2, 1842, and is buried in the Lakeview Cemetery in Clarkston, Oakland County, Michigan.

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