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Joseph Meriam
(Abt 1600 - 1 Jan 1641)
Joseph is the brother from whom most present Meriams descend.
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Some Merriams and Their Connection with Other Families by Rufus N Meriam, Worcester, Mass; Private Press of Franklin P Rice.
1888. Reprinted from the Proceedings of The Worcester Society of Antiquity for 1887.
p 12, Some Meriams: William seems to have had three wives; Sarah ______, Elizabeth Breed and Ann Jones. He settled in Lynn and had 8 ch.
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Joseph perhaps born in 1600 in England
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p. 12 Some Meriams:
Joseph took the freeman's oath Mar 14, 1638-9, the day after his bro. Robert, while George did not take it till Jan 2, 1641.
Joseph died Jan 1, 1641
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Merriam Genealogy in England and America, Charles Pierce Merriam, 1900:
p 33-34
With brother Robert, Joseph with others chartered a vessel and taking freight and passengers to help pay the expenses of the voyage. The ship was named Castle of London. They arrived in the port of Charlestown in New England July 1638.
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Merriam Genealogy in England and America, Charles Pierce Merriam, 1900:
p. 34-35
Joseph lived in Concord, having a comfortable homestead for a "planter."
He was soon received to the church, and, in accordance with the method of the time, was admitted to the freemanship or citizenship of the Colony of Massachusetts Bay on the 14th of the firat month, March, 1638-9, nine months after his arrival.
His life in the colony was brief. He died on the first day of January 1640-1, leaving a will.
His oldest son William was not yet of age. And he made provision for the support of an unborn child his wife was expecting.
p.36
The widow Sara married second, Lieut. Joseph Wheeler. of Concord. She died March 12, 1670-1 Children listed on p 36
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Joseph Merriam (1600 - 1641)
Joseph
Merriam
aka Merryam, Mirriam, Meriam
Born 1600
in Tudeley, Kent, England
ANCESTORS Son of William Merriam and Sarah (Burges) MerriamBrother of William Merriam, Joan (Merriam) Day, Margaret Merriam, Susan Merriam, Sarah Merriam, George Merriam and Robert MerriamHusband of Sarah (Goldstone) Wheeler
— married about 1623 (to 1 Jan 1641) in Tudeley, Kent, EnglandDESCENDANTS Father of William Merriam, Sarah (Merriam) Wheeler, Joseph Merriam, Thomas Merriam, Elizabeth (Merriam) Hinchman, Hannah Merriam and John MerriamDied 1 Jan 1641
in Concord, Massachusetts Bay Colony
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Joseph Merriam migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1620-1640). (See The Great Migration (Series 2), by R. C. Anderson, vol. 3, p. 244)
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1 Biography
1.1 Emigration
1.2 Children
1.3 Death & Will
2 Sources
Biography
"Joseph Merriam (ca 1600-1641), from Eng. to Charlestown, Mass., 1638; m. Sarah Goldstone"[1]
Joseph was the son of William and Sara (Burges) Merriam of Kent England,[2] the eldest of three brothers: Joseph, Robert, and George who came to Concord.[3] They emigrated from Hadlow, Kent county, England early in the history of Concord.
Like his father, Joseph was a clothier and is referred to as such in the 1637 will of his brother-in-law, Robert Goldston: " To Sara the wife of Joseph Merryam of Tewdly, Clothier, my sister, Ten shillings . . . and to Hanna Mirriam my goddaughter the daughter of the said Joseph one pair of fine sheets." [4]
Joseph inherited property from his father's estate in 1635 and was responsible for an annuity for his mother:
"Item I will to Joseph Mirriam my son and to his heirs and assigns for ever All my Lands and Tenements lying in Yalding in the said County of Kent with their and every of their appurtenances charged with the before mentioned Annuity of three pounds willed to my said wife as aforesaid to be paid unto her "...[5]"(II) Joseph, son of William and Sara Merriam, and the eldest as mentioned in his father's will, was probably born in the county of Kent about the year 1600. Like his father he was a clothier or cloth maker and merchant, and there is reason to suppose he was possessed of considerable property when he set out for the new world. He settled in Concord, Massachusetts, in June, 1638, and was soon after admitted to the church, and was made a freeman of the Colony of Massachusetts Bay. Joseph Merriam married in England, about the year 1623, Sara, the daughter of John and (probably) Frances Jefferie Goldstone of the county of Kent. They had seven children, all of them born in England except the youngest, who was a posthumous child, born at Concord, Massachusetts, six months after the death of his father. The children were: William, Sara, Joseph, mentioned below; Thomas, Elizabeth, Hannah and John. Joseph Merriam died at Concord, Massachusetts, January 1, 1640-1, after a residence of less than three years in America. His widow afterwards married Lieutenant Joseph Wheeler, and died March 12, 1670-1."[6]Emigration
"Joseph, planter, came as an "undertaker" in the Castle, arriving at Charlestown in July, 1638. Settled at Concord. Suit in Plym. court for money in 1639. Wife Sarah; Ch. John, b. 9 (5) 1641."[7]
Joseph, a clothier, was a man of some substance and was a joint "undertaker" (investor) in the the cost of the voyage. A year later, on August 26, 1639, Joseph and another partner, Thomas Rucke, sued William Hatch of Scituate. Ruck claimed that Hatch took advantage of his sea sickness and weakness to "overreckon, misreckon, account short and mischarge". William Hatch's brother, Thomas Hatch, was also named in the suit.
"Rucke avers that Hatch had already settled with Meriam and quotes the following memorandum which he had seen in 'a little paper booke of the said Joseph Meriams':"'July 13th 1638. One after pt of the profitts of the freight of the Castle and of provisions left in my hands comes unto wch I doe owe unto Joseph Meriam 15 1 14 s. William Hatch.'" [8] According to Robert Charles Anderson's "The Great Migration", Hatch was a contentious man and was named in many suits.[9]"The papers in the case were sent to Plymouth Court with a letter from Gov. Winthrop to Gov. Bradford, asking that justice be done between the parties, 22(6), 1639."[10]
Children
Joseph Merriam and Sara Goldston's first six children were mentioned in the will of Sara's brother, Robert Goldston, on April 10, 1637:[11]
"I give & bequeath unto William, Sara, Joseph, Thomas, Elizabeth and Hannah the six children of the said Joseph Mirriam by the said Sara his now wife to either of them the like some of Six pound apeece to be paid them likewise within five yeares next after my decease."
William b. England
Sara b. England m. Thomas Wheeler
Joseph b. England d. Apr. 20, 1677
Thomas b. England
Elizabeth b. England m. Thomas Henchman d. 1705
Hannah b. England
John b after the death of his father at Concord, July 9, 1641
Death & Will
"He d. 1 (11) 1640-1. Will prob. Suff. 26 (8) 1642. Wife to have whole estate for the bringing up of all the ch. until they are 21 years of age; she may sell the house and provide a lesser one. Est. to be appraised when the oldest ch. is 21, and wife to have one third; the same if she marries. Brethren Mr. Thomas Flint, Simon Willard and Robert M. overseers."[12]"I Joseph Merriam the 29th the 10 month in the year of Our Lord 1640 of Concord being weake bodie. but blessed be God of good memory and sense inwardly do commit my soule to God in Jesus Christ & my body to the earth from whence it came.-Item. To wife Sarah all my whole estate towards & for the bring up of all my children. Power to her to sell my house I now live in, it being larger and bigger than she shall stand in need of. The overplus of providing a lesse house be disposed in some way for the good and benefit of my wife and children. Wife to bring up all the children till they are one & twenty
the sonnes and daughters at that time or at the day of marriage. When my oldest child shall be one & twenty, the estate to be prised wife Sarah to have one third. If she marries to have one third. Wife whole executor & with her my well beloved brethren Mr. Thomas fflint Simon Willard put in trust. Testified upon oath to be the last will of Joseph Merriam.
28 : 6. 1642, by George ffowleCapt cop nolis die anno InperadictoRich : BellinghamIncrease Nowell [13]That this will of Joseph Merriam is his owne will & freely consented to he being reasonable apprehensive of the same we whose names are underwritten do testify thisSimon WillardGeorge FfowleThis note was taken upon oath this 26 of 7 month 1642.Thomas Flint "[14]
Massachusetts, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 1999
Godfrey Memorial Library, comp. : American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) Middletown, CT, USA: Godfrey Memorial Library.
U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 Louisville, Kentucky:
Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900 (NARA microfilm publication M804, 2,670 rolls). Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Reco;
New England Historic Genealogical Society : Massachusetts, Town Death Records, 1620-1850
U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700
Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988Sources
↑ Frederick A. Virkus, The Compendium of American Genealogy, Vol. 1, p. 813
↑ Ezra S. Stearns, A recd. Of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the founding of a nation, New York, 1908. (4v.) 1927. link
↑ Frank R. Holmes, Directory of the Ancestral Heads of New England Families, 1620-1700, clxii, pub. 1923, Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., Baltimore, MD.
↑ Charles Henry Pope, The Merriam Genealogy in England and America, 1905, page 33. link
↑ The Merriam Genealogy..., p. 30, 31. link
↑ Stearns, op cit., link
↑ Charles H. Pope, The Pioneers of Massachusetts, 1900, p. 311; link
↑ The Merriam Genealogy, page 33-35. link
↑ Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume 3. Boston: New England Historical and Genealogical Society, 2003, p. 244.
↑ Merriam Genealogy, op cit
↑ The Merriam Genealogy, 1905, page 33. https://archive.org/stream/merriamgenealogy00pope#page/32/mode/2up/search/josephlink
↑ Pope, op cit., p. 311. link
↑ N. E. Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 2, pp. 184-5.
↑ Chas. L. Newhall, Record of my ancestry,1899. (222p.) Pages 154, 155
See also:
Meredith B. Colket, Jr., Founders of Early American Families: Emigrants from Europe, 1607-1657, Cleveland: General Court of the Order of Founders and Patriots of America, 1975. 366p. Page 194.
Brian Donahue, The Great Meadow: Farmers and the Land in Colonial Concord (Yale Agrarian Studies Series), 2007, 344 pages.
Ellery Bicknell Crane, Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worcester County
Lucius R. Paige, Lucius R.. List of Freemen of Massachusetts. Boston, MA, USA: New England Historical and Genealogical Society, 1849. ("Freeman", March 14, 1638) (Available on Ancestry.com)
Clarence A. Torry, New England Marriages Prior to 1700, Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004.
Charles Edward Banks, Topographical Dictionary of 2885 English Emigrants to New England, 1620-1650, indexed and published by Elijah Ellsworth Brownell. Philadelphia: Bertram Press, 1937. 295p. Reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1957. Repr. 1987, Page 79.
Filby, P. William, ed., Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2006
Thomas Lechford, Note-book Kept by Thomas Lechford, Esq., Lawyer: In Boston, Massachusetts Bay, from June 27, 1638, to July 29, 1641, Boston: J. Wilson and son, 1885, under the auspices of the American Antiquarian Society. link Available from Google Books (accessed 6 nov 2018). Includes several references to lawsuits, some against William Hatch, relating to the voyage of the ship, Castle of London.
Joseph came to America in 1638 with his wife,sara and his son,William and other children.He sailed on the ship Castle of London.Surviving in Massachusets for only 2years.posted 25 Mar 2012 by Audrey (Di Lorenzo) Neva [thank Audrey]Login to add a memory.Sponsored Search by Ancestry.comSEARCH RECORDS
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Leave a message for others who see this profile.Login to post a comment.M ColeDaughter Mary does not seem belong. It looks like she is intended to be the wife William Taylor and connected to these parents because her name has sometime been said to be Mary Merriam. Any objections to disconnecting her?posted Feb 12, 2021 by M Cole Katherine (Alvis) PattersonMerriam-30 and Miriam-13 appear to represent the same person because: Same manposted Dec 05, 2018 by Katherine (Alvis) Patterson Katherine (Alvis) PattersonMerriam-30 and Miriam-13 do not represent the same person because: in porcessposted Dec 05, 2018 by Katherine (Alvis) Patterson Jillaine SmithMiriam-13 and Merriam-30 appear to represent the same person because: Repropose get this merge. Definitely intended to be same man. Merrimack is spelling at birth.posted Dec 05, 2018 by Jillaine SmithNancyann LarsenI believe Merriam-30 and Miriam-13 are the same person because birth and death are sameposted Dec 04, 2018 by Nancyann Larsen Jillaine SmithJames, the Lechford notebook is a great source. It provides details of early colonial New England that we'd never otherwise have. Thanks for posting it.posted Nov 07, 2018 by Jillaine Smith J Stewart EsqNot sure if it i_s "OK" to add to Sources, so I'll add here: Note-book Kept by Thomas Lechford, Esq., Lawyer: In Boston, Massachusetts Bay, from June 27, 1638, to July 29, 1641_.
by Thomas Lechford (published by J. Wilson and son, 1885 - Boston (Mass.) -- under the auspices of the American Antiquarian Society. I have seen excerpts from this note-book, but this is the whole book. URL: https://books.google.com/books?id=_posAAAAIAAJ Available from Google Books (accessed 6 nov 2018)
This "Note-Book" includes several references to lawsuits, some against William Hatch, relating to the voyage of the ship, Castle of London.
posted Nov 06, 2018 by J Stewart EsqChris HoytYes it is. Thanks Anneposted Apr 18, 2018 by Chris Hoyt Anne BIs this the guy that Anderson says came on the Castle in 1638? He settled in Concord. Yes it looks to be the same person. IN which case yes his wife and child born in England should also be PGMposted Apr 18, 2018 by Anne BChris HoytNo ship list, their arrivals are not confirmed?posted Apr 18, 2018 by Chris Hoyt Jillaine SmithYes, if they also came to New England by 1640.posted Apr 18, 2018 by Jillaine Smith
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Some Merriams and Their Connection with Other Families by Rufus N Meriam, Worcester, Mass; Private Press of Franklin P Rice.
1888. Reprinted from the Proceedings of The Worcester Society of Antiquity for 1887.
p 12, Some Meriams: William seems to have had three wives; Sarah ______, Elizabeth Breed and Ann Jones. He settled in Lynn and had 8 ch.
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Joseph perhaps born in 1600 in England
========
p. 12 Some Meriams:
Joseph took the freeman's oath Mar 14, 1638-9, the day after his bro. Robert, while George did not take it till Jan 2, 1641.
Joseph died Jan 1, 1641
===========
Merriam Genealogy in England and America, Charles Pierce Merriam, 1900:
p 33-34
With brother Robert, Joseph with others chartered a vessel and taking freight and passengers to help pay the expenses of the voyage. The ship was named Castle of London. They arrived in the port of Charlestown in New England July 1638.
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Merriam Genealogy in England and America, Charles Pierce Merriam, 1900:
p. 34-35
Joseph lived in Concord, having a comfortable homestead for a "planter."
He was soon received to the church, and, in accordance with the method of the time, was admitted to the freemanship or citizenship of the Colony of Massachusetts Bay on the 14th of the firat month, March, 1638-9, nine months after his arrival.
His life in the colony was brief. He died on the first day of January 1640-1, leaving a will.
His oldest son William was not yet of age. And he made provision for the support of an unborn child his wife was expecting.
p.36
The widow Sara married second, Lieut. Joseph Wheeler. of Concord. She died March 12, 1670-1 Children listed on p 36
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Joseph Merriam (1600 - 1641)
Joseph
Merriam
aka Merryam, Mirriam, Meriam
Born 1600
in Tudeley, Kent, England
ANCESTORS Son of William Merriam and Sarah (Burges) MerriamBrother of William Merriam, Joan (Merriam) Day, Margaret Merriam, Susan Merriam, Sarah Merriam, George Merriam and Robert MerriamHusband of Sarah (Goldstone) Wheeler
— married about 1623 (to 1 Jan 1641) in Tudeley, Kent, EnglandDESCENDANTS Father of William Merriam, Sarah (Merriam) Wheeler, Joseph Merriam, Thomas Merriam, Elizabeth (Merriam) Hinchman, Hannah Merriam and John MerriamDied 1 Jan 1641
in Concord, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Profile managers: Puritan Great Migration Project WikiTree [send private message], Bob Fields [send private message], Mitchell Watson [send private message], Audrey Neva [send private message], and Elizabeth S [send private message]Profile last modified 13 Feb 2021 | Created 25 Sep 2010This page has been accessed 4,020 times.
Joseph Merriam migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1620-1640). (See The Great Migration (Series 2), by R. C. Anderson, vol. 3, p. 244)
Join: Puritan Great Migration Project
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Contents
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1 Biography
1.1 Emigration
1.2 Children
1.3 Death & Will
2 Sources
Biography
"Joseph Merriam (ca 1600-1641), from Eng. to Charlestown, Mass., 1638; m. Sarah Goldstone"[1]
Joseph was the son of William and Sara (Burges) Merriam of Kent England,[2] the eldest of three brothers: Joseph, Robert, and George who came to Concord.[3] They emigrated from Hadlow, Kent county, England early in the history of Concord.
Like his father, Joseph was a clothier and is referred to as such in the 1637 will of his brother-in-law, Robert Goldston: " To Sara the wife of Joseph Merryam of Tewdly, Clothier, my sister, Ten shillings . . . and to Hanna Mirriam my goddaughter the daughter of the said Joseph one pair of fine sheets." [4]
Joseph inherited property from his father's estate in 1635 and was responsible for an annuity for his mother:
"Item I will to Joseph Mirriam my son and to his heirs and assigns for ever All my Lands and Tenements lying in Yalding in the said County of Kent with their and every of their appurtenances charged with the before mentioned Annuity of three pounds willed to my said wife as aforesaid to be paid unto her "...[5]"(II) Joseph, son of William and Sara Merriam, and the eldest as mentioned in his father's will, was probably born in the county of Kent about the year 1600. Like his father he was a clothier or cloth maker and merchant, and there is reason to suppose he was possessed of considerable property when he set out for the new world. He settled in Concord, Massachusetts, in June, 1638, and was soon after admitted to the church, and was made a freeman of the Colony of Massachusetts Bay. Joseph Merriam married in England, about the year 1623, Sara, the daughter of John and (probably) Frances Jefferie Goldstone of the county of Kent. They had seven children, all of them born in England except the youngest, who was a posthumous child, born at Concord, Massachusetts, six months after the death of his father. The children were: William, Sara, Joseph, mentioned below; Thomas, Elizabeth, Hannah and John. Joseph Merriam died at Concord, Massachusetts, January 1, 1640-1, after a residence of less than three years in America. His widow afterwards married Lieutenant Joseph Wheeler, and died March 12, 1670-1."[6]Emigration
"Joseph, planter, came as an "undertaker" in the Castle, arriving at Charlestown in July, 1638. Settled at Concord. Suit in Plym. court for money in 1639. Wife Sarah; Ch. John, b. 9 (5) 1641."[7]
Joseph, a clothier, was a man of some substance and was a joint "undertaker" (investor) in the the cost of the voyage. A year later, on August 26, 1639, Joseph and another partner, Thomas Rucke, sued William Hatch of Scituate. Ruck claimed that Hatch took advantage of his sea sickness and weakness to "overreckon, misreckon, account short and mischarge". William Hatch's brother, Thomas Hatch, was also named in the suit.
"Rucke avers that Hatch had already settled with Meriam and quotes the following memorandum which he had seen in 'a little paper booke of the said Joseph Meriams':"'July 13th 1638. One after pt of the profitts of the freight of the Castle and of provisions left in my hands comes unto wch I doe owe unto Joseph Meriam 15 1 14 s. William Hatch.'" [8] According to Robert Charles Anderson's "The Great Migration", Hatch was a contentious man and was named in many suits.[9]"The papers in the case were sent to Plymouth Court with a letter from Gov. Winthrop to Gov. Bradford, asking that justice be done between the parties, 22(6), 1639."[10]
Children
Joseph Merriam and Sara Goldston's first six children were mentioned in the will of Sara's brother, Robert Goldston, on April 10, 1637:[11]
"I give & bequeath unto William, Sara, Joseph, Thomas, Elizabeth and Hannah the six children of the said Joseph Mirriam by the said Sara his now wife to either of them the like some of Six pound apeece to be paid them likewise within five yeares next after my decease."
William b. England
Sara b. England m. Thomas Wheeler
Joseph b. England d. Apr. 20, 1677
Thomas b. England
Elizabeth b. England m. Thomas Henchman d. 1705
Hannah b. England
John b after the death of his father at Concord, July 9, 1641
Death & Will
"He d. 1 (11) 1640-1. Will prob. Suff. 26 (8) 1642. Wife to have whole estate for the bringing up of all the ch. until they are 21 years of age; she may sell the house and provide a lesser one. Est. to be appraised when the oldest ch. is 21, and wife to have one third; the same if she marries. Brethren Mr. Thomas Flint, Simon Willard and Robert M. overseers."[12]"I Joseph Merriam the 29th the 10 month in the year of Our Lord 1640 of Concord being weake bodie. but blessed be God of good memory and sense inwardly do commit my soule to God in Jesus Christ & my body to the earth from whence it came.-Item. To wife Sarah all my whole estate towards & for the bring up of all my children. Power to her to sell my house I now live in, it being larger and bigger than she shall stand in need of. The overplus of providing a lesse house be disposed in some way for the good and benefit of my wife and children. Wife to bring up all the children till they are one & twenty
the sonnes and daughters at that time or at the day of marriage. When my oldest child shall be one & twenty, the estate to be prised wife Sarah to have one third. If she marries to have one third. Wife whole executor & with her my well beloved brethren Mr. Thomas fflint Simon Willard put in trust. Testified upon oath to be the last will of Joseph Merriam.
28 : 6. 1642, by George ffowleCapt cop nolis die anno InperadictoRich : BellinghamIncrease Nowell [13]That this will of Joseph Merriam is his owne will & freely consented to he being reasonable apprehensive of the same we whose names are underwritten do testify thisSimon WillardGeorge FfowleThis note was taken upon oath this 26 of 7 month 1642.Thomas Flint "[14]
Massachusetts, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 1999
Godfrey Memorial Library, comp. : American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) Middletown, CT, USA: Godfrey Memorial Library.
U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 Louisville, Kentucky:
Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900 (NARA microfilm publication M804, 2,670 rolls). Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Reco;
New England Historic Genealogical Society : Massachusetts, Town Death Records, 1620-1850
U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700
Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988Sources
↑ Frederick A. Virkus, The Compendium of American Genealogy, Vol. 1, p. 813
↑ Ezra S. Stearns, A recd. Of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the founding of a nation, New York, 1908. (4v.) 1927. link
↑ Frank R. Holmes, Directory of the Ancestral Heads of New England Families, 1620-1700, clxii, pub. 1923, Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., Baltimore, MD.
↑ Charles Henry Pope, The Merriam Genealogy in England and America, 1905, page 33. link
↑ The Merriam Genealogy..., p. 30, 31. link
↑ Stearns, op cit., link
↑ Charles H. Pope, The Pioneers of Massachusetts, 1900, p. 311; link
↑ The Merriam Genealogy, page 33-35. link
↑ Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume 3. Boston: New England Historical and Genealogical Society, 2003, p. 244.
↑ Merriam Genealogy, op cit
↑ The Merriam Genealogy, 1905, page 33. https://archive.org/stream/merriamgenealogy00pope#page/32/mode/2up/search/josephlink
↑ Pope, op cit., p. 311. link
↑ N. E. Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 2, pp. 184-5.
↑ Chas. L. Newhall, Record of my ancestry,1899. (222p.) Pages 154, 155
See also:
Meredith B. Colket, Jr., Founders of Early American Families: Emigrants from Europe, 1607-1657, Cleveland: General Court of the Order of Founders and Patriots of America, 1975. 366p. Page 194.
Brian Donahue, The Great Meadow: Farmers and the Land in Colonial Concord (Yale Agrarian Studies Series), 2007, 344 pages.
Ellery Bicknell Crane, Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worcester County
Lucius R. Paige, Lucius R.. List of Freemen of Massachusetts. Boston, MA, USA: New England Historical and Genealogical Society, 1849. ("Freeman", March 14, 1638) (Available on Ancestry.com)
Clarence A. Torry, New England Marriages Prior to 1700, Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004.
Charles Edward Banks, Topographical Dictionary of 2885 English Emigrants to New England, 1620-1650, indexed and published by Elijah Ellsworth Brownell. Philadelphia: Bertram Press, 1937. 295p. Reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1957. Repr. 1987, Page 79.
Filby, P. William, ed., Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2006
Thomas Lechford, Note-book Kept by Thomas Lechford, Esq., Lawyer: In Boston, Massachusetts Bay, from June 27, 1638, to July 29, 1641, Boston: J. Wilson and son, 1885, under the auspices of the American Antiquarian Society. link Available from Google Books (accessed 6 nov 2018). Includes several references to lawsuits, some against William Hatch, relating to the voyage of the ship, Castle of London.
Joseph came to America in 1638 with his wife,sara and his son,William and other children.He sailed on the ship Castle of London.Surviving in Massachusets for only 2years.posted 25 Mar 2012 by Audrey (Di Lorenzo) Neva [thank Audrey]Login to add a memory.Sponsored Search by Ancestry.comSEARCH RECORDS
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Leave a message for others who see this profile.Login to post a comment.M ColeDaughter Mary does not seem belong. It looks like she is intended to be the wife William Taylor and connected to these parents because her name has sometime been said to be Mary Merriam. Any objections to disconnecting her?posted Feb 12, 2021 by M Cole Katherine (Alvis) PattersonMerriam-30 and Miriam-13 appear to represent the same person because: Same manposted Dec 05, 2018 by Katherine (Alvis) Patterson Katherine (Alvis) PattersonMerriam-30 and Miriam-13 do not represent the same person because: in porcessposted Dec 05, 2018 by Katherine (Alvis) Patterson Jillaine SmithMiriam-13 and Merriam-30 appear to represent the same person because: Repropose get this merge. Definitely intended to be same man. Merrimack is spelling at birth.posted Dec 05, 2018 by Jillaine SmithNancyann LarsenI believe Merriam-30 and Miriam-13 are the same person because birth and death are sameposted Dec 04, 2018 by Nancyann Larsen Jillaine SmithJames, the Lechford notebook is a great source. It provides details of early colonial New England that we'd never otherwise have. Thanks for posting it.posted Nov 07, 2018 by Jillaine Smith J Stewart EsqNot sure if it i_s "OK" to add to Sources, so I'll add here: Note-book Kept by Thomas Lechford, Esq., Lawyer: In Boston, Massachusetts Bay, from June 27, 1638, to July 29, 1641_.
by Thomas Lechford (published by J. Wilson and son, 1885 - Boston (Mass.) -- under the auspices of the American Antiquarian Society. I have seen excerpts from this note-book, but this is the whole book. URL: https://books.google.com/books?id=_posAAAAIAAJ Available from Google Books (accessed 6 nov 2018)
This "Note-Book" includes several references to lawsuits, some against William Hatch, relating to the voyage of the ship, Castle of London.
posted Nov 06, 2018 by J Stewart EsqChris HoytYes it is. Thanks Anneposted Apr 18, 2018 by Chris Hoyt Anne BIs this the guy that Anderson says came on the Castle in 1638? He settled in Concord. Yes it looks to be the same person. IN which case yes his wife and child born in England should also be PGMposted Apr 18, 2018 by Anne BChris HoytNo ship list, their arrivals are not confirmed?posted Apr 18, 2018 by Chris Hoyt Jillaine SmithYes, if they also came to New England by 1640.posted Apr 18, 2018 by Jillaine Smith
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Events
| Birth | Abt 1600 | England |  | ||
| Death | 1 Jan 1641 | Concord, Massachusetts Bay, British America | |||
| Marriage | England - Sarah Goldstone | ||||
| Occupation | clothier |
Families
| Spouse | Sarah Goldstone ( - 1670) |
| Child | Joseph Meriam (1628 - 1677) |
| Child | William Meriam (1624 - ) |
| Child | Meriam ( - ) |
| Child | Elizabeth Meriam ( - ) |
| Child | Sarah Meriam (1626 - ) |
| Child | John Meriam (1641 - 1703) |
| Child | Thomas Meriam ( - 1637) |
| Child | Hanna Meriam ( - ) |
| Father | William Miriam ( - 1635) |
| Mother | Sara ( - ) |
| Sibling | George Meriam (1603 - 1675) |
| Sibling | Susan Meriam ( - ) |
| Sibling | Margaret Meriam ( - ) |
| Sibling | Joane Meriam ( - ) |
| Sibling | Sara Meriam ( - ) |
| Sibling | Meriam ( - ) |
| Sibling | Robert Meriam (1610 - 1681) |
Notes
Birth
Merriam Genealogy in England and America, Charles Pierce Merriam, 1900:p 32