- Born in 1694
- Baptized on March 27, 1694 in Valenciennes, at église Saint-Jacques
- Deceased before May 11, 1749
Parents
- Guillaume Merlin (1667 - 1726), sieur d'Estreux, échevin de Valenciennes, greffier civil de Valenciennes
- Jeanne Duquesne (c. 1675 - 1716)
Family
- Married on July 2, 1715 in Valenciennes, at église Saint-Nicolas, with Nathalie Desfontaines (1692 - 1723), issuing
- Joseph (1716 - 1717)
- Joseph (1717 - 1718)
- Guillaume-Marie (1718 - 1794)
- Bertrand (1719 - 1722)
Françoise-Nathalie (1720 - 1722)- Marie-Albertine (c. 1721 - 1723)
- Jeanne (1723 - 1723)
- Married on March 13, 1725 in Lille, at église Sainte-Catherine, with Elisabeth Huvino (1703 - 1733), issuing
- Lamoral (1728 - 1745)
- Robert-François (1729 - )
- Joseph (1730 - )
- Françoise-Robertine (1732 - )
- Christine (1733 - 1733)
Occupations
- conseiller du Roi en son conseil provincial du Hainaut
- conseiller au parlement de Flandre (1722 - )
- chanoine de l'église métropolitaine de Cambrai (aft. 1733 - )