Born in Oxford, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay
Ancestors 
Son of Joshua Merriam
and Susanna (Gleason) Merriam
Brother of
Susannah (Meriam) Eddy, Ruth (Merriam) Burnett, Lydia (Merriam) Gleason, James Merriam, Martha (Merriam) Conant and Asa Merriam
Husband of
Abigail (Eddy) Merriam
— married
2 Jan 1759 in Oxford, Worcester, Mass.
Father of
John Merriam
Died after
after age 67
in Oxford, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Profile last modified
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Biography
- "Joshua (Joshua,5 John,5 Joseph,3 Joseph,2 William1), born at Oxford, Worcester, Massachusetts, Aug. 18, 1734 [1]; 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
- ↑ Systematic History Fund, Vital Records of Oxford, Massachusetts, To the end of the year 1849 (Published by Franklin P. Rice, Worcester, Massachusetts 1905)(Free e-book)(Records are also available at ma-vitalrecords.org) p. 77
- ↑ 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
- Genealogy of the des. Of Thom. Gleason of Watertown, Ms. By Lill. May Wilson. Haverhill, Ms, 1909. (549, 120p.): 78
- Massachusetts, Compiled Marriages, 1633-1850
- 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
Acknowledgments
- Thanks to Ann Johnson for starting this profile.
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