Individual Details
Joseph Meriam
(Abt 1628 - 20 Apr 1677)
Came to America with his parents in 1635 to 1638 timeframe., , His tombestone is the oldest in Concord (age 47), Hill Burying Ground Concord MA
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Merriam Genealogy in England and America, Charles Pierce Merriam, 1900:
p 44
Born in England about 1629; grew up in Concord, Mass., but removed when adult to the neighboring town of Cambridge, the part called "The Farms," which afterward became the parish and town of Lexington. He was admitted to the church, and was made a freeman ( or citizen), May 22, 1650. He married at Concord, July 12, 1653, Sarah, daughter of Dea. Gregary Stone, who made a bequest to her in his will, dated Nov. 22, 1672. He accumulated something of a property for the subsequent division. He died 20 April 1677, "aged 47" says the record on his gravestone, the oldest now extant in the ancient "hill Burying Ground" in Concord. The widow died April 5, 1704.
The property remained undivided many years after his death, and was distributed in a kindly and equitable manner.
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Joseph Merriam (abt. 1630 - 1677)
Joseph
Merriam
aka Miriam
Born about 1630
in England
ANCESTORS Son of Joseph Merriam and Sarah (Goldstone) WheelerBrother of William Merriam, Sarah (Merriam) Wheeler, Thomas Merriam, Elizabeth (Merriam) Hinchman, Hannah Merriam, John Merriam, Mary Wheeler [half] and Rebecca (Wheeler) Prescott [half]Husband of Sarah (Stone) Merriam
— married 12 Jul 1653 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, New EnglandDESCENDANTS Father of Sarah (Merriam) Ball, Lydia Merriam, Joseph Merriam, Elizabeth (Merriam) Wood, John Merriam, Mary Merriam, Robert Merriam, Ruth (Merriam) Stow and Thomas MerriamDied 20 Apr 1677
in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony
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Contents
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1 Biography
1.1 Excerpt from Ezra Stearns' "A record of the achievements..."
1.2 Excerpt from "Merriam Genealogy in England and America"
1.3 Children
1.4 Burial
1.5 Note
2 Sources
Biography
Joseph Merriam was born in 1629 in Kent, to Joseph Merriam, Sr, and Sarah Goldstone. He emigrated with his family to Massachusetts Colony before 1638, when his father was named a Freeman.[1][2] He married Sarah. Stone on July 12, 1653, in Concord, Massachusetts.[3][4] They had nine children in 18 years. He died on April 20, 1677, in Concord, Massachusetts,[5] at the age of 48, and was buried there.
Excerpt from Ezra Stearns' "A record of the achievements..."
":Joseph (2), son of Joseph (1) and Sarah (Goldstone) Merriam, was born in England about the year 1629. He migrated with his people to Concord, Massachusetts, but removed when adult to Cambridge, living in the part called "The Farms," which afterward became the parish and town of Lexington. He was admitted to the church, and was made a freeman, May 22, 1650. He accumulated something of an estate, and like his father, died in early middle life. Joseph Merriam married at Concord, July 12, 1653, Sarah, daughter of Deacon Gregory Stone. There were nine children: Sarah, Lydia, Joseph, Elizabeth, John, Mary, Robert, Ruth and Thomas, the subject of the succeeding paragraph. Joseph (2) Merriam died April 20, 1677, and his grave-stone is the oldest now standing in the ancient "Hill Burying Ground" at Concord, Massachusetts. His widow died April 5, 1704."[6]
Excerpt from "Merriam Genealogy in England and America"
Joseph 3 (Joseph," William), born in England about 1629; grew up in Concord, Mass., but removed when adult to the neighboring town of Cambridge, the part called " The Farms," which afterward became the parish and town of Lexington. He was admitted to the church, and was made a freeman (or citizen), May 22, 1650. He married at Concord, July 12, 1653, Sarah, daughter of Dea. Gregory Stone, who made a bequest to her in his will, dated Nov. 22, 1672. He accumulated something of a property for the times, as appears from the inventory of his estate and from the subsequent division. He died 20 April, 1677, "aged 47," says the record on his gravestone, the oldest now extant in the ancient " Hill Burying Ground " in Concord. The widow died April 5, 1704.
The property remained undivided many years after his death, and was then distributed in a kindly and equitable manner. We quote a portion of the instrument in which all was definitely arranged, giving in full the opening part which relates to the mother.
Whereas Joseph Miriam belonging to the Towne of Cambridge in the County of Middx in New England Twenty two years Since died Intestt. Who left Sarah his Relict Widow Together with many Small Children, Eight of which are yet Surviveing. And there haveing never yet been a Legall Division of this Estate. Therefore Sarah Miriam his R widow, as also his Children Namely Joseph Miriam J no Miriam Robert Miriam & Thomas Miriam Together with his Daughters ( & with ye Consent of their husbands) vizt Sarah Flecher, Elizabeth Wood, Mary Stearns, & Ruth Stow Do all mutually agree & Determine to make a Division of the Said Estate both Reall and prsonall in Manner & form as followth :Imprms: They Do all agree that Sarah Miriam the Relict Widow Shall have the free use of the houseing and lands hereafter Expressed, all during the term of her naturall life vizt : The new End of the Dwelling house from top to bottom also the lower room of the oldhouse next to ye new aforesaid, and the use of ye halfe of the Cellar the one halfe of the Bam and halfe of the cowyard and free liberty to cutt halfe her fire wood on ye land of her sonn Jno Miriam and the other halfe to gett it off from the land of her son Robert Miriam That is to say — the West land. And further she is to have about an Acre and an halfe of the Land by the Dore also in ye pound three acres and an halfe. Also in the Common field Two acres & an halfe of plow Land, also mowing Land in the Common field all that which She hath had ye actuall Improvement of of late Together with Two acres and three quarters of Land in the Orchard, as also the free use of what moveable Estate she hath in her possession, to be at her own Disposall and what of that she shall not [have] disposed of at her Death, that to be equally divided amongst all the Children.Then follow detailed descriptions of the several shares, hardly needful toAnd as an Addition to what the said Eight children have had settled upon them in time past It is as followeth : be copied.Signed November 29, 1700, by the eight children and Isaac Stearns, Nathaniel Stow, Samuel Fletcher and Isaac Wood.[Mdx. Probate Records, 10, 507.]" [7]
Children
Children of Joseph and Sarah Stone Merriam. [8][6]
Sarah, b. 2 Aug. 1654; m. 14 June, 1688, Eleazer Ball, who d. 15 Nov. 1698; she m. (2) 7 June, 1699, Samuel Fletcher; she d. 29 April, 1703.
Lydia, b. Aug. 3, 1656; d. 29 Dec. 1690.
Joseph, b. May 25, 1658
Elizabeth, b. May 20, 1660; m. Isaac Wood.
John, b. Aug. 30, 1662.
Mary, b. June 14, 1664; m. Isaac Stearns.
Robert, b. Feb. 17, 1667.
Ruth, b. 1670; m. Dec. 3, 1690, Nathaniel Stow; she d. July 14, 1718.
Thomas, b. 1672.
Burial
Inscription:
Joseph MeriamAged 47 YearsDied the 20thof April1677
Burial: Old Hill Burying Ground, Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Plot: 63/3[9]Note
9 May 1630 stated as birth in Massachusetts.[citation needed] Obviously Massachusetts is wrong.
Sources
↑ Massachusetts Applications of Freemen, 1630-91 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000. Paige, Lucius R.. List of Freemen of Massachusetts. Boston, MA, USA: New England Historical and Genealogical Society, 1849.
↑ The Pioneers of Massachusetts, by Charles Henry Pope, p. 311, pub. 1900. https://archive.org/stream/pioneersofmassac00pope#page/310/mode/2up
↑ New England Historic Genealogical Society. Massachusetts, Town Marriage Records, 1620-1850
↑ Record of my anc. By Chas. L. Newhall. Southbridge, 1899. (222p.)ds:155
↑ Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
↑ 6.0 6.1 Genealogical and family history of the state of New Hampshire: a record of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the founding of a nation; comp. under the editorial supervision of Ezra S. Stearns...assisted by William F. Whitcher...and Edward E. Parker.... Ed. By Ezra S. Stearns. New York, 1908. (4v.) Vol. 4 p. 1927
↑ Merriam Genealogy in England and America, p. 44, 45. https://archive.org/stream/merriamgenealogy00pope#page/44/mode/2up/search/joseph
↑ Merriam Genealogy in England and America, p. 44, 45. https://archive.org/stream/merriamgenealogy00pope#page/44/mode/2up/search/joseph
↑ Joseph Meriam (1630-1677) on Find A Grave: Memorial #22546526 retrieved 24 January, 2018
Massachusetts Applications of Freemen, 1630-91 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.Original data: Paige, Lucius R.. List of Freemen of Massachusetts. Boston, MA, USA: New England Historical and Genealogical Society, 1849. (father named Freeman in 1638)
Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).
Merriam Genealogy in England and America, p. 44, 45. by Charles Pope. https://archive.org/stream/merriamgenealogy00pope#page/44/mode/2up/search/joseph
Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data: Massachusetts County, District and Probate Courts.
New England Historic Genealogical Society. Massachusetts, Town Marriage Records, 1620-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999. ("MERIAM, Joseph & Sara Stone, 12 Jul, 1653.")
Record of my ancestry By Chas. L. Newhall. Southbridge, 1899. (222p.)ds:154, 157, https://archive.org/stream/recordofmyancest00newh/recordofmyancest00newh_djvu.txt
Torrey, Clarence Almon. Torrey’s New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Baltimore, 1985)
Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 (Generations Network, Inc., Provo, UT, USA, 2004)
Tolman, George. Concord, Massachusetts Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1635-1850 (Beacon Press, Boston, Mass., 1895) Page 432.
Chris HoytLikely birth Tudely, Kent :NEHGR: Vol 50P. 506-10
Robert Goldstone of Tonbridge, Kent in his 1637 will names his sister Sarah, wife of Joseph Merriam of Tewdly, Kent, and their children, William, Joseph, Sarah, Thomas,Elizabeth, and Hannah in his will, so at that time they were of Tewdly.
William Piper bachelor of Tewdly, as witness to her baptism, left 20s to Elizabeth Merriam, daughter of Joseph Merriam in his 1632 will.
1633 Joseph Merriam was a witness to the will of George Dann of Tewdly. Dann was brother-in-law to Robert Goldstone.
posted Oct 08, 2018 by Chris Hoyt J Stewart EsqSee Note 1.5 in Biography. Proposed source for Joseph's residence in England (and perhaps place of birth). Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society, volume 9, 1894, page 260. Available through Google Books URL (accessed 7 Oct 2018):
https://books.google.com/books?id=u2BIAAAAYAAJ&dq=concord%20%22american%20antiquarian%20society%22%20john%20mckinstry%20merriam&pg=PA253#v=onepage&q=concord%20%22american%20antiquarian%20society%22%20john%20mckinstry%20merriam&f=false [Part of this text is quoted in _Merriam Genealogy in England and America,_ The "Concord" article in the _American Antiquarian Society Proceedings_ is the original source for the quotation.]
The reference to English birthplace begins on page 260.
posted Oct 08, 2018 by J Stewart Esq
edited Jan 16, 2020 by J Stewart Esq
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Merriam Genealogy in England and America, Charles Pierce Merriam, 1900:
p 44
Born in England about 1629; grew up in Concord, Mass., but removed when adult to the neighboring town of Cambridge, the part called "The Farms," which afterward became the parish and town of Lexington. He was admitted to the church, and was made a freeman ( or citizen), May 22, 1650. He married at Concord, July 12, 1653, Sarah, daughter of Dea. Gregary Stone, who made a bequest to her in his will, dated Nov. 22, 1672. He accumulated something of a property for the subsequent division. He died 20 April 1677, "aged 47" says the record on his gravestone, the oldest now extant in the ancient "hill Burying Ground" in Concord. The widow died April 5, 1704.
The property remained undivided many years after his death, and was distributed in a kindly and equitable manner.
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Joseph Merriam (abt. 1630 - 1677)
Joseph
Merriam
aka Miriam
Born about 1630
in England
ANCESTORS Son of Joseph Merriam and Sarah (Goldstone) WheelerBrother of William Merriam, Sarah (Merriam) Wheeler, Thomas Merriam, Elizabeth (Merriam) Hinchman, Hannah Merriam, John Merriam, Mary Wheeler [half] and Rebecca (Wheeler) Prescott [half]Husband of Sarah (Stone) Merriam
— married 12 Jul 1653 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, New EnglandDESCENDANTS Father of Sarah (Merriam) Ball, Lydia Merriam, Joseph Merriam, Elizabeth (Merriam) Wood, John Merriam, Mary Merriam, Robert Merriam, Ruth (Merriam) Stow and Thomas MerriamDied 20 Apr 1677
in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony
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Joseph Merriam migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1620-1640).
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Discuss: PGM
Contents
[hide]
1 Biography
1.1 Excerpt from Ezra Stearns' "A record of the achievements..."
1.2 Excerpt from "Merriam Genealogy in England and America"
1.3 Children
1.4 Burial
1.5 Note
2 Sources
Biography
Joseph Merriam was born in 1629 in Kent, to Joseph Merriam, Sr, and Sarah Goldstone. He emigrated with his family to Massachusetts Colony before 1638, when his father was named a Freeman.[1][2] He married Sarah. Stone on July 12, 1653, in Concord, Massachusetts.[3][4] They had nine children in 18 years. He died on April 20, 1677, in Concord, Massachusetts,[5] at the age of 48, and was buried there.
Excerpt from Ezra Stearns' "A record of the achievements..."
":Joseph (2), son of Joseph (1) and Sarah (Goldstone) Merriam, was born in England about the year 1629. He migrated with his people to Concord, Massachusetts, but removed when adult to Cambridge, living in the part called "The Farms," which afterward became the parish and town of Lexington. He was admitted to the church, and was made a freeman, May 22, 1650. He accumulated something of an estate, and like his father, died in early middle life. Joseph Merriam married at Concord, July 12, 1653, Sarah, daughter of Deacon Gregory Stone. There were nine children: Sarah, Lydia, Joseph, Elizabeth, John, Mary, Robert, Ruth and Thomas, the subject of the succeeding paragraph. Joseph (2) Merriam died April 20, 1677, and his grave-stone is the oldest now standing in the ancient "Hill Burying Ground" at Concord, Massachusetts. His widow died April 5, 1704."[6]
Excerpt from "Merriam Genealogy in England and America"
Joseph 3 (Joseph," William), born in England about 1629; grew up in Concord, Mass., but removed when adult to the neighboring town of Cambridge, the part called " The Farms," which afterward became the parish and town of Lexington. He was admitted to the church, and was made a freeman (or citizen), May 22, 1650. He married at Concord, July 12, 1653, Sarah, daughter of Dea. Gregory Stone, who made a bequest to her in his will, dated Nov. 22, 1672. He accumulated something of a property for the times, as appears from the inventory of his estate and from the subsequent division. He died 20 April, 1677, "aged 47," says the record on his gravestone, the oldest now extant in the ancient " Hill Burying Ground " in Concord. The widow died April 5, 1704.
The property remained undivided many years after his death, and was then distributed in a kindly and equitable manner. We quote a portion of the instrument in which all was definitely arranged, giving in full the opening part which relates to the mother.
Whereas Joseph Miriam belonging to the Towne of Cambridge in the County of Middx in New England Twenty two years Since died Intestt. Who left Sarah his Relict Widow Together with many Small Children, Eight of which are yet Surviveing. And there haveing never yet been a Legall Division of this Estate. Therefore Sarah Miriam his R widow, as also his Children Namely Joseph Miriam J no Miriam Robert Miriam & Thomas Miriam Together with his Daughters ( & with ye Consent of their husbands) vizt Sarah Flecher, Elizabeth Wood, Mary Stearns, & Ruth Stow Do all mutually agree & Determine to make a Division of the Said Estate both Reall and prsonall in Manner & form as followth :Imprms: They Do all agree that Sarah Miriam the Relict Widow Shall have the free use of the houseing and lands hereafter Expressed, all during the term of her naturall life vizt : The new End of the Dwelling house from top to bottom also the lower room of the oldhouse next to ye new aforesaid, and the use of ye halfe of the Cellar the one halfe of the Bam and halfe of the cowyard and free liberty to cutt halfe her fire wood on ye land of her sonn Jno Miriam and the other halfe to gett it off from the land of her son Robert Miriam That is to say — the West land. And further she is to have about an Acre and an halfe of the Land by the Dore also in ye pound three acres and an halfe. Also in the Common field Two acres & an halfe of plow Land, also mowing Land in the Common field all that which She hath had ye actuall Improvement of of late Together with Two acres and three quarters of Land in the Orchard, as also the free use of what moveable Estate she hath in her possession, to be at her own Disposall and what of that she shall not [have] disposed of at her Death, that to be equally divided amongst all the Children.Then follow detailed descriptions of the several shares, hardly needful toAnd as an Addition to what the said Eight children have had settled upon them in time past It is as followeth : be copied.Signed November 29, 1700, by the eight children and Isaac Stearns, Nathaniel Stow, Samuel Fletcher and Isaac Wood.[Mdx. Probate Records, 10, 507.]" [7]
Children
Children of Joseph and Sarah Stone Merriam. [8][6]
Sarah, b. 2 Aug. 1654; m. 14 June, 1688, Eleazer Ball, who d. 15 Nov. 1698; she m. (2) 7 June, 1699, Samuel Fletcher; she d. 29 April, 1703.
Lydia, b. Aug. 3, 1656; d. 29 Dec. 1690.
Joseph, b. May 25, 1658
Elizabeth, b. May 20, 1660; m. Isaac Wood.
John, b. Aug. 30, 1662.
Mary, b. June 14, 1664; m. Isaac Stearns.
Robert, b. Feb. 17, 1667.
Ruth, b. 1670; m. Dec. 3, 1690, Nathaniel Stow; she d. July 14, 1718.
Thomas, b. 1672.
Burial
Inscription:
Joseph MeriamAged 47 YearsDied the 20thof April1677
Burial: Old Hill Burying Ground, Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Plot: 63/3[9]Note
9 May 1630 stated as birth in Massachusetts.[citation needed] Obviously Massachusetts is wrong.
Sources
↑ Massachusetts Applications of Freemen, 1630-91 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000. Paige, Lucius R.. List of Freemen of Massachusetts. Boston, MA, USA: New England Historical and Genealogical Society, 1849.
↑ The Pioneers of Massachusetts, by Charles Henry Pope, p. 311, pub. 1900. https://archive.org/stream/pioneersofmassac00pope#page/310/mode/2up
↑ New England Historic Genealogical Society. Massachusetts, Town Marriage Records, 1620-1850
↑ Record of my anc. By Chas. L. Newhall. Southbridge, 1899. (222p.)ds:155
↑ Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
↑ 6.0 6.1 Genealogical and family history of the state of New Hampshire: a record of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the founding of a nation; comp. under the editorial supervision of Ezra S. Stearns...assisted by William F. Whitcher...and Edward E. Parker.... Ed. By Ezra S. Stearns. New York, 1908. (4v.) Vol. 4 p. 1927
↑ Merriam Genealogy in England and America, p. 44, 45. https://archive.org/stream/merriamgenealogy00pope#page/44/mode/2up/search/joseph
↑ Merriam Genealogy in England and America, p. 44, 45. https://archive.org/stream/merriamgenealogy00pope#page/44/mode/2up/search/joseph
↑ Joseph Meriam (1630-1677) on Find A Grave: Memorial #22546526 retrieved 24 January, 2018
Massachusetts Applications of Freemen, 1630-91 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.Original data: Paige, Lucius R.. List of Freemen of Massachusetts. Boston, MA, USA: New England Historical and Genealogical Society, 1849. (father named Freeman in 1638)
Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).
Merriam Genealogy in England and America, p. 44, 45. by Charles Pope. https://archive.org/stream/merriamgenealogy00pope#page/44/mode/2up/search/joseph
Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data: Massachusetts County, District and Probate Courts.
New England Historic Genealogical Society. Massachusetts, Town Marriage Records, 1620-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999. ("MERIAM, Joseph & Sara Stone, 12 Jul, 1653.")
Record of my ancestry By Chas. L. Newhall. Southbridge, 1899. (222p.)ds:154, 157, https://archive.org/stream/recordofmyancest00newh/recordofmyancest00newh_djvu.txt
Torrey, Clarence Almon. Torrey’s New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Baltimore, 1985)
Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 (Generations Network, Inc., Provo, UT, USA, 2004)
Tolman, George. Concord, Massachusetts Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1635-1850 (Beacon Press, Boston, Mass., 1895) Page 432.
Chris HoytLikely birth Tudely, Kent :NEHGR: Vol 50P. 506-10
Robert Goldstone of Tonbridge, Kent in his 1637 will names his sister Sarah, wife of Joseph Merriam of Tewdly, Kent, and their children, William, Joseph, Sarah, Thomas,Elizabeth, and Hannah in his will, so at that time they were of Tewdly.
William Piper bachelor of Tewdly, as witness to her baptism, left 20s to Elizabeth Merriam, daughter of Joseph Merriam in his 1632 will.
1633 Joseph Merriam was a witness to the will of George Dann of Tewdly. Dann was brother-in-law to Robert Goldstone.
posted Oct 08, 2018 by Chris Hoyt J Stewart EsqSee Note 1.5 in Biography. Proposed source for Joseph's residence in England (and perhaps place of birth). Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society, volume 9, 1894, page 260. Available through Google Books URL (accessed 7 Oct 2018):
https://books.google.com/books?id=u2BIAAAAYAAJ&dq=concord%20%22american%20antiquarian%20society%22%20john%20mckinstry%20merriam&pg=PA253#v=onepage&q=concord%20%22american%20antiquarian%20society%22%20john%20mckinstry%20merriam&f=false [Part of this text is quoted in _Merriam Genealogy in England and America,_ The "Concord" article in the _American Antiquarian Society Proceedings_ is the original source for the quotation.]
The reference to English birthplace begins on page 260.
posted Oct 08, 2018 by J Stewart Esq
edited Jan 16, 2020 by J Stewart Esq
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Events
| Birth | Abt 1628 | England |  | ||
| Marriage | 12 Jul 1653 | Sarah Stone | | ||
| Death | 20 Apr 1677 | Concord, MA | |||
| Burial | Concord, MA |
Families
| Spouse | Sarah Stone (1631 - 1704) |
| Child | John Meriam (1662 - 1727) |
| Child | Sarah Meriam (1654 - 1703) |
| Child | Lydia Meriam (1656 - 1690) |
| Child | Elizabeth Meriam (1660 - ) |
| Child | Ruth Meriam (1670 - 1718) |
| Child | David Meriam (1674 - 1744) |
| Child | Jonas Meriam (1676 - ) |
| Child | Joseph Meriam (1658 - 1727) |
| Child | Mary Meriam (1664 - ) |
| Child | Robert Meriam (1667 - ) |
| Child | Thomas Meriam (1672 - 1738) |
| Father | Joseph Meriam (1600 - 1641) |
| Mother | Sarah Goldstone ( - 1670) |
| Sibling | William Meriam (1624 - ) |
| Sibling | Meriam ( - ) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Meriam ( - ) |
| Sibling | Sarah Meriam (1626 - ) |
| Sibling | John Meriam (1641 - 1703) |
| Sibling | Thomas Meriam ( - 1637) |
| Sibling | Hanna Meriam ( - ) |
Notes
Birth
Born abt 1630. His tombstone says 47 years old; died in 1677===================
Merriam Genealogy in England and America, Charles Pierce Merriam, 1900:
p36