Born in Oxford, Worcester, Mass.
Ancestors 
Daughter of Samuel Eddy
and Elizabeth (Bellows) Eddy
Wife of
Joshua (Merriam) Meriam Jr
— married
2 Jan 1759 in Oxford, Worcester, Mass.
Mother of
John Merriam
Died
at age 27
in Oxford, Worcester, Mass.
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| Created 23 Mar 2017
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Biography
- "Joshua (Joshua,5 John,5 Joseph,3 Joseph,2 William1), born at Oxford, Aug. 18, 1734; married, first, Jan. 2, 1759, Abigail, daughter of Samuel Eddy. She died Nov. 28, 1768, in her 28th year. He married second, Nov. 14, 1769, Mrs. Hannah Lowell. She died Oct. 10, 1799, aged 71 years. He married third, March 2, 1802, Anna Stockwell, of Sutton.
- Children :
- 209 i. Jonathan, b. March 4, 1760.
- ii. Abigail, b. July 18, 1761 ; m. (i) Nov. 15, 1787, William Forbes; she m. (2) John Plummer, of Thompson, Ct. ; she m. (3) Josiah Prentice."
- iii. Lydia, b. Feb. 15, 1765; m. March 30, 1791, Jonathan Nichols, son of John Nichols, of Charlton.
- Child : Thomas Nichols, became a captain.
- 210. iv. John, b. Nov. 6, 1768.
- Children :
Sources
- ↑ Merriam genealogy in England and America by Pope, Charles Henry, 1841-1918; Merriam, Charles Pierce, 1856-; Dickinson, C. E. Gildersome-; Merriam, James Sheldon, 1829- , Published 1906, p. 94. https://archive.org/stream/merriamgenealogy00pope#page/94/mode/2up
- American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI)
- Ancestry Family Trees
- Massachusetts, Compiled Marriages, 1633-1850
- Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988
- North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000
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