Merrick, Tilly, 1755-1836

Tilly Merrick, storekeeper of Concord, Mass., was Treasurer of the Union Turnpike Corporation. He owned Union Turnpike shares No. 206-215. The Corporation was formed in 1804 to build a turnpike (a predecessor of Route 2) from Concord to Leominster, connecting the Cambridge and Concord Turnpike and the Fifth Massachusetts Turnpike. Petitions were entered with the courts of Worcester and Middlesex counties and the road laid out in Worcester in 1805, in Concord in 1806. (The road became free in Worcester County in 1829, in Middlesex County in 1830.).

From the description of Tilly Merrick Union Turnpike Corporation papers, 1805-1814. (Concord Public Library). WorldCat record id: 35578552

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