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Merriam Family Tree
Genealogy Pages
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Abt 1628 - 1677 (~ 49 years)
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Name |
MERRIAM, Joseph [1] |
Born |
Abt 1628 |
Tudeley, , Kent, England |
Gender |
Male |
Also Known As |
MERIAM, Joseph [2] |
Residence |
About 1629 |
Concord, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts, United States |
Residence |
About 1650 |
Cambridge Farms (Lexington), Middlesex Co, Massachusetts, United States |
Afterwards this became the parish and town of Lexington. |
Residence |
About 1660 |
Lexington, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts, United States |
Died |
20 Apr 1677 |
Concord, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts, United States |
Buried |
Old Hill Burying Ground, Concord, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts, United States [2] |
Notes |
- Joseph Merriam grew up in Corcord, Massachusetts 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 accumulated something of a property for the times, as it appears from the inventory of the estate and from the subsequent division. The property remained undivided many years after his death and was then distributed in a kindly and equitable manner.
Hill Burying Ground - Oldest Grave in Cemetery at Concord, Massachusetts
MIRIAMS SETTLEMENT OF AGREEMENT
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
theire 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 foUowth :
Imprms: They Do all agree that Sarah Miriam the Relict Widow Shall
have the free use of the houseing and lands hereafter Expressed, all dur-
ing 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 Comon fleild Two acres
& an halfe of plow Land, also mowing Land in the Comon ffeild all
that wch 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 wt 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.
And as an Addition to what the sd Eight children have had settled
upon them in time past It is as followeth :
Then follow detailed descriptions of the several shares,
hardly needful to 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.]
Pope Book, page 44 (6).
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Person ID |
I5046 |
SEQUOIA |
Last Modified |
26 Oct 2021 |
Father |
MERRIAM, Joseph, b. Abt 1600, , , Kent, England , d. 1 Jan 1641, Concord, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts, United States (Age ~ 41 years) |
Mother |
GOLDSTONE, Sara, b. 1602, Tonbridge, , Kent, England , d. 12 Mar 1671, Concord, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts, United States (Age 69 years) |
Married |
Abt 1623 |
Tudeley, , Kent, England |
Family ID |
F2307 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family |
STONE, Sarah, b. Abt 1633, Nayland, , Suffolk, England , d. 5 Apr 1704, Cambridge Farms (Lexington), Middlesex Co, Massachusetts, United States (Age ~ 71 years) |
Married |
12 Jul 1653 |
Concord, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts, United States |
Children |
| 1. MERRIAM, Sarah, b. 2 Aug 1654, Concord, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts, United States , d. 29 Apr 1703, Chelmsford, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts, United States (Age 48 years) |
| 2. MERRIAM, Lydia, b. 3 Aug 1656, Cambridge, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts, United States , d. 29 Dec 1690, Lexington, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts, United States (Age 34 years) |
+ | 3. MERRIAM, Joseph, b. 25 May 1658, Concord, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts, United States , d. 31 May 1727 (Age 69 years) |
+ | 4. MERRIAM, Elizabeth, b. 20 May 1660, Cambridge, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts, United States , d. 12 May 1717, Concord, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts, United States (Age 56 years) |
+ | 5. MERRIAM, Deacon John, b. 30 Aug 1662, Concord, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts, United States , d. 21 May 1727, Lexington, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts, United States (Age 64 years) |
+ | 6. MERRIAM, Mary, b. 14 Jun 1664, Cambridge, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts, United States , d. Yes, date unknown |
+ | 7. MERRIAM, Robert, b. 17 Feb 1667, Concord, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts, United States , d. 20 Feb 1717, Lexington, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts, United States (Age 50 years) |
+ | 8. MERRIAM, Ruth, b. 1670, d. 14 Jul 1718, Concord, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts, United States (Age 48 years) |
+ | 9. MERRIAM, Thomas, b. 1672, Concord, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts, United States , d. 16 Aug 1738, Lexington, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts, United States (Age 66 years) |
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Last Modified |
30 Sep 2012 |
Family ID |
F1753 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Born - Abt 1628 - Tudeley, , Kent, England |
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| Residence - About 1629 - Concord, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts, United States |
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| Residence - Afterwards this became the parish and town of Lexington. - About 1650 - Cambridge Farms (Lexington), Middlesex Co, Massachusetts, United States |
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| Married - 12 Jul 1653 - Concord, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts, United States |
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| Residence - About 1660 - Lexington, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts, United States |
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| Died - 20 Apr 1677 - Concord, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts, United States |
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| Buried - - Old Hill Burying Ground, Concord, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts, United States |
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