BENJAMIN MERRELL ABOUT 1730 HOPEWELL, MERCER, NEW JERSEY	Had a plantation in North Carolina and was a Gunsmith who used river water power for boring operations
History of Captain Benjamin Merrell	Captain of 300 regulators and was taken prisoner on his way to the battle of Alamance, the first battle of the American revolution
	Before he was hung by the British for treaon, he professed his faith in Christ and heaven and sang a psalm
	Petitioned that some part of his estate be apared for his widow and ten children