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Sarah (Stone) Merriam (1633 - 1704)
Sarah
Merriam
formerly Stone
Born 5 Feb 1633
in Nayland, Suffolk, England
ANCESTORS Daughter of Gregory Stone and Lydia (Unknown) StoneSister of Lydia (Cooper) Fiske [half], John Cooper [half], John Stone [half], Daniel Stone [half], David Stone [half], Elizabeth Stone [half], Elizabeth (Stone) Potter and Samuel StoneWife of Joseph Merriam
— married 12 Jul 1653 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, New EnglandDESCENDANTS Mother of Sarah (Merriam) Ball, Lydia Merriam, Joseph Merriam, Elizabeth (Merriam) Wood, John Merriam, Mary Merriam, Robert Merriam, Ruth (Merriam) Stow and Thomas MerriamDied 8 Apr 1704
in Lexington, Middlesex, Massachusetts
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Sarah (Stone) Merriam migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1620-1640). (See The Great Migration (Series 2), by R. C. Anderson, vol. 6, p. 550)
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Contents
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1 Biography
1.1 Children
1.2 Burial
2 Sources
Biography
Sarah Stone, the daughter of Gregory Stone and his second wife Lydia, was baptized at Nayland February 8, 1632/3. On July 12, 1653 she married Joseph Merriam in Concord.[1]
"Sarah, bapt. 8 Feb. 1632/33; came to New England in 1635 with her parents; m. at Concord Mass., 12 July 1653, Joseph Merriam, b. in co. Kent, England, abt. 1629, son of Joseph and Sarah (Goldstone) Merriam, and brought to New England by his parents in 1638. they settled in Cambridge Farms (Lexington), Mass., where he d. 20 April 1677, aged 47 years according to his gravestone in Concord, the oldest extant; she survived him many years, dying at Cambridge Farms (Lexington), 8 April 1704, aged 71 years. Children, b. at Cambridge Farms, now Lexington (Merriam): 1. Sarah b. 2 Aug. 1654. 2. Lydia b. 3 Aug. 1656. 3. Joseph b. 25 May, 1658. 4. Elizabeth b. 20 May 1660. 5. John b. 30 Aug. 1662. 6. Mary b. 14 june, 1664. 7. Robert b. 17 Feb. 1667/68. 8. Ruth b. abt. 1670. 9. Thomas b. abt. 1673; m. Mary Harwood."[2]Children
Children of Joseph and Sarah Stone Merriam. [3][4]
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
Sarah was buried in the Old Burying Ground in Lexington, Middlesex, Mass. Her tombtstone Inscription reads: "HERE LYES Ye BODY OF SARAH MIRIAM WIFE TO JOSEPH MIRIAM AGED 71 YEARS DIED APRIL Ye 5th 1704".[5]
Sources
Find A Grave: Memorial #88057419
The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England 1634-1635, by Charles Robert Anderson, Volume 6. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011, pp. 550-1.
Gregory Stone Genealogy: Ancestry and Descendants of Dea. Gregory Stone of Cambridge, Mass., 1320-1917, by Joseph Gardiner Bartlett, p. 65-66, pub. 1918. https://books.google.com/books?id=ZxsVAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q=joseph%20Merriam&f=false
Merriam Genealogy in England and America, p. 44, 45. https://archive.org/stream/merriamgenealogy00pope#page/44/mode/2up/search/joseph
A recd. Of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the founding of a nation. Ed. By Ezra S. Stearns. New York, 1908. (4v.) 1927 http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044011909892;view=1up;seq=665
Tolman, George. Concord, Massachusetts Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1635-1850 (Beacon Press, Boston, Mass., 1895) Page 8
↑ Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England 1634-1635, Volume 6. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011, pp. 550-1.
↑ Gregory Stone Genealogy: Ancestry and Descendants of Dea. Gregory Stone of Cambridge, Mass., 1320-1917, by Joseph Gardiner Bartlett, p. 65-66, pub. 1918.
↑ Merriam Genealogy in England and America, p. 44, 45. https://archive.org/stream/merriamgenealogy00pope#page/44/mode/2up/search/joseph
↑ A recd. Of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the founding of a nation. Ed. By Ezra S. Stearns. New York, 1908. (4v.) 1927http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044011909892;view=1up;seq=665
↑ Find a grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=MER&GSpartial=1&GSbyrel=all&GSst=21&GScntry=4&GSsr=1281&GRid=88057419&
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Sarah (Stone) Merriam (1633 - 1704)
Sarah
Merriam
formerly Stone
Born 5 Feb 1633
in Nayland, Suffolk, England
ANCESTORS Daughter of Gregory Stone and Lydia (Unknown) StoneSister of Lydia (Cooper) Fiske [half], John Cooper [half], John Stone [half], Daniel Stone [half], David Stone [half], Elizabeth Stone [half], Elizabeth (Stone) Potter and Samuel StoneWife of Joseph Merriam
— married 12 Jul 1653 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, New EnglandDESCENDANTS Mother of Sarah (Merriam) Ball, Lydia Merriam, Joseph Merriam, Elizabeth (Merriam) Wood, John Merriam, Mary Merriam, Robert Merriam, Ruth (Merriam) Stow and Thomas MerriamDied 8 Apr 1704
in Lexington, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Profile managers: Puritan Great Migration Project WikiTree [send private message] and Victoria VanAllen [send private message]Profile last modified 16 Aug 2020 | Created 13 Sep 2010This page has been accessed 1,495 times.
Sarah (Stone) Merriam migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1620-1640). (See The Great Migration (Series 2), by R. C. Anderson, vol. 6, p. 550)
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Contents
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1 Biography
1.1 Children
1.2 Burial
2 Sources
Biography
Sarah Stone, the daughter of Gregory Stone and his second wife Lydia, was baptized at Nayland February 8, 1632/3. On July 12, 1653 she married Joseph Merriam in Concord.[1]
"Sarah, bapt. 8 Feb. 1632/33; came to New England in 1635 with her parents; m. at Concord Mass., 12 July 1653, Joseph Merriam, b. in co. Kent, England, abt. 1629, son of Joseph and Sarah (Goldstone) Merriam, and brought to New England by his parents in 1638. they settled in Cambridge Farms (Lexington), Mass., where he d. 20 April 1677, aged 47 years according to his gravestone in Concord, the oldest extant; she survived him many years, dying at Cambridge Farms (Lexington), 8 April 1704, aged 71 years. Children, b. at Cambridge Farms, now Lexington (Merriam): 1. Sarah b. 2 Aug. 1654. 2. Lydia b. 3 Aug. 1656. 3. Joseph b. 25 May, 1658. 4. Elizabeth b. 20 May 1660. 5. John b. 30 Aug. 1662. 6. Mary b. 14 june, 1664. 7. Robert b. 17 Feb. 1667/68. 8. Ruth b. abt. 1670. 9. Thomas b. abt. 1673; m. Mary Harwood."[2]Children
Children of Joseph and Sarah Stone Merriam. [3][4]
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
Sarah was buried in the Old Burying Ground in Lexington, Middlesex, Mass. Her tombtstone Inscription reads: "HERE LYES Ye BODY OF SARAH MIRIAM WIFE TO JOSEPH MIRIAM AGED 71 YEARS DIED APRIL Ye 5th 1704".[5]
Sources
Find A Grave: Memorial #88057419
The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England 1634-1635, by Charles Robert Anderson, Volume 6. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011, pp. 550-1.
Gregory Stone Genealogy: Ancestry and Descendants of Dea. Gregory Stone of Cambridge, Mass., 1320-1917, by Joseph Gardiner Bartlett, p. 65-66, pub. 1918. https://books.google.com/books?id=ZxsVAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q=joseph%20Merriam&f=false
Merriam Genealogy in England and America, p. 44, 45. https://archive.org/stream/merriamgenealogy00pope#page/44/mode/2up/search/joseph
A recd. Of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the founding of a nation. Ed. By Ezra S. Stearns. New York, 1908. (4v.) 1927 http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044011909892;view=1up;seq=665
Tolman, George. Concord, Massachusetts Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1635-1850 (Beacon Press, Boston, Mass., 1895) Page 8
↑ Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England 1634-1635, Volume 6. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011, pp. 550-1.
↑ Gregory Stone Genealogy: Ancestry and Descendants of Dea. Gregory Stone of Cambridge, Mass., 1320-1917, by Joseph Gardiner Bartlett, p. 65-66, pub. 1918.
↑ Merriam Genealogy in England and America, p. 44, 45. https://archive.org/stream/merriamgenealogy00pope#page/44/mode/2up/search/joseph
↑ A recd. Of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the founding of a nation. Ed. By Ezra S. Stearns. New York, 1908. (4v.) 1927http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044011909892;view=1up;seq=665
↑ Find a grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=MER&GSpartial=1&GSbyrel=all&GSst=21&GScntry=4&GSsr=1281&GRid=88057419&
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Events
| Birth | 1631/32 | ||||
| Marriage | 12 Jul 1653 | Joseph Meriam |  | ||
| Death | 5 Apr 1704 | Cambridge, Middlesex, MA | |
Families
| Spouse | Joseph Meriam (1628 - 1677) |
| 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 | Gregory Stone (1592 - 1672) |
| Mother | Lydia Cooper (1611 - 1674) |