Joshua Lincoln Merriam (1783 - 1869)

Born 6 Apr 1783 in Oxford, Massachusetts, United States [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Lucy (Hatstat) Merriam — married about 26 Oct 1819 in Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

Died 7 Feb 1869 at age 85 in New Salem, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States

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NOTE: That the last names "Merriam" and "Meriam" have both been used when referring to this family this era and before.

Biography

• Joshua L. Merriam was born in Massachusetts in 1783. He died in Massachusetts in 1869 and is buried in Center Cemetery, New Salem, Franklin County, Massachusetts.

• Joshua Merriam is found in the 1865 Massachusetts census, living with wife Lucy and a son. He is 82 at this time, a farmer born in New Salem, MA and living in New Salem, MA.

A record of the death of this Joshua L. Merriam says he died in New Salem, Franklin, MA February 9, 1869 and that his parents were Asa Merriam and Mary Lincoln Merriam.

Source 4: A reference to the birth of a William Merriam born April 7, 1769 in Oxford, Worcester, Massachusetts to parents Ebenezer Merriam and Phebe (Locke) Merriam. Also says he died about 1816. It also gives the names of his two wives and says his second wife married this Joshua Lincoln Merriam after William's death.

(\T) William, son of Ebenezer (2) and Phebe (Locke) Merriam. was born in Oxford, ^Massachusetts, April 7, 1769, and died in New Salem, Massachusetts, about 1816. He married (first) August 27, 1795, Ruth Eddy, of W'ard; married (second) about 1801, Lucy Hatstadt, born in New Salem. January 7, 1783, died January 9, 1880, daughter of George Z. and Beulah (Martin) Hat.stadt. She survived her husband and married (second) Joshua Lincoln Merriain. Her father came to America during the revolution, and was a soldier in the British army. William Merriam had ten children, one by his first and nine by his second wife: i. William Eddy, born December 15, 1796. 2. Norman. October 2, 1801. 3. Cyrus, July 17, 1803. 4. Lewis, June 4. 1805. 5. Lucy, June 21. 1807.

Source 5: The 1855 Massachusetts state census finds this person given as 72yr old "Lincoln" Merriam living in New Salem, Franklin, Massachusetts with his wife, 72yr old Lucy, two of Lucy's sons from an earlier marriage and what is likely Cyrus' (one of Lucy's sons) wife.

Source 6: A book of Merriam family genealogy gives this Joshua Lincoln Merriam as Merriam #214 profiled in that book, and gives his dob as April 6, 1783 in Oxford, Worcester, Massachusetts, and that he died in New Salem Franklin, Massachusetts February 7, 1869. It also gives details of his marriage to Lucy and gives the names of the three children they brought into this world. On another page it gives his parentage and the names of his siblings.

Sources

• "Massachusetts State Census, 1865," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-D169-Q65?cc=1410399&wc=M6PX-WWL%3A27784001%2C27809601 : 1 June 2018), Franklin > New Salem > image 5 of 15; State Archives, Boston.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 01 November 2020), memorial page for Joshua Lincoln Merriam (6 Apr 1783–7 Feb 1869), Find a Grave Memorial no. 54193320, citing Center Cemetery, New Salem, Franklin County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by karen jennings (contributor 47062067)

"Massachusetts Town Deaths Index, ca. 1640-1961", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHDB-RQ1 : 23 October 2020), Joshua L. Merriam, 1869.

Genealogy & Family History of the State of Maine; Little, George Thomas, Lewis Historical Pub. Co., New York, 1909; pg. 333 (May not paginate correctly).. Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/genealogicalfami00litt/page/335/mode/1up?q=Lucy+Hatstat

"Massachusetts State Census, 1855," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-6823-41Q?cc=1459985&wc=M6PF-TZ3%3A42490101%2C42510101 : 1 April 2016), Franklin > New Salem > image 8 of 16; State Archives, Boston.

Merriam genealogy in England and America : including the "Genealogical memoranda" of Charles Pierce Merriam, the collections of James Sheldon Merriam, etc. by Pope, Charles Henry, 1841-1918; Merriam, Charles Pierce, 1856-; Merriam, James Sheldon; Charles H. Pope, pub.; Boston, MA; 1906 pg. 148. Internet access: https://archive.org/details/merriamgenealogy00inpope/page/148/mode/1up?q=Asa+Lincoln+Merriam