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MERRIAM, Joseph

Male 1658 - 1727  (69 years)


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  • Name MERRIAM, Joseph   [1
    Born 25 May 1658  Concord, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Alt. Birth 25 May 1658  Cambridge, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Died 31 May 1727 
    Notes 
    • Joseph Merriam resided in that part of Cambridge called "The Farms", and afterward the town of Lexington; was one of the subscribers to the first meeting house in the parish. He owned land there before 1699, when he sold a tract to Samuel Stone. Was elected tithingman at a town meeting. He sold his homestead to Thomas Cutler, land and buildings, 6 acres, bounded with lands of Stephen Davis, Thomas Mead, and the Concord line. He died May 31, 1727. the estate was settled by the widow Charity, who rendered an inventory, July 15, 1727, the estate being appriased at L 286 : 19 : 0. Benjamin Whittemore, of Concord, was surety on her bond of administration. She afterward married Andrew McClure of Oxford.

      Pope Book, page 51 (12).
    Person ID I5297  SEQUOIA
    Last Modified 21 Nov 2014 

    Father MERRIAM, Joseph,   b. Abt 1628, Tudeley, , Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Apr 1677, Concord, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 49 years) 
    Mother STONE, Sarah,   b. Abt 1633, Nayland, , Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Apr 1704, Cambridge Farms (Lexington), Middlesex Co, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 71 years) 
    Married 12 Jul 1653  Concord, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1753  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family MERRIAM, Charity ? (Wife Of Joseph),   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Children 
    +1. MERRIAM, Joseph,   b. 1717, Lexington, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. MERRIAM, Sarah,   b. Abt 1726,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 30 Sep 2012 
    Family ID F3817  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 25 May 1658 - Concord, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsAlt. Birth - 25 May 1658 - Cambridge, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts, United States Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S255] GENEALOGY: MERRIAM GENEALOGY IN ENGLAND AND AMERICA, Pope, Charles Henry - 1906, (Reprint compiled by John Merriam Kingsbury through Bullbrier Press - 1986), Page 45 (12) (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S781] VITAL Record: Massachusetts, USA - Cambridge, (http://ma-vitalrecords.org/) (Reliability: 2).