Saturday, October 11, 2014

Surname Saturday - MERRIAM (England to colonial Massachusetts)

It's Surname Saturday, and I'm "counting down" my Ancestral Name List each week.  


I am in the 8th great-grandmothers and I'm up to Ancestor #1051 who is Sarah MERRIAM (1626-1677) 
[Note: the earlier great-grandmothers and 8th great-grandfathers have been covered in earlier posts].

My ancestral line back through two generations in this MERRIAM family line is:


1. Randall J. Seaver

2. Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983)
3. Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002)

4. Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942)
5. Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962)

8. Frank Walton Seaver (1852-1922)
9. Hattie Louise Hildreth (1857-1920)

16. Isaac Seaver (1823-1901)
17. Lucretia Townsend Smith (1827-1884)

32. Benjamin Seaver (1791-1825)
33. Abigail Gates (1797-1869)

64. Benjamin Seaver (1757-1816)
65. Martha Whitney (1764-1832)


130.  Samuel Whitney (1719-1782)
131.  Abigail Fletcher (1720-1783)


262.  John Fletcher (1692-1749)
263.  Mary Goble (1694-1734)

524.  Samuel Fletcher (1657-1744)
525.  Elizabeth Wheeler (1664-1744)


1050.  Thomas Wheeler, born before 08 December 1621 in Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England; died 24 December 1704 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.  He was the son of 2100. Thomas Wheeler and 2101. Ann Halsey.  He married 14 October 1648 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.
1051.  Sarah Merriam, born about 1626 in Hadlow, Kent, England; died 01 February 1677 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.  

Children of Thomas Wheeler and Sarah Merriam are:
*  Sarah Wheeler (1649-1718), married 1669 John Smedley (1646-1717).
*  Joseph Wheeler (1651-1677).
*  Ann Wheeler (1653-1677).
*  John Wheeler (1655-1736), married (1) 1678 Sarah Stearns (1661-1727), (2) 1728 Sarah Farwell (1662-1762).
*  Mary Wheeler (1658-1668).
*  Thomas Wheeler (1662-1695).
*  Elizabeth Wheeler (1664-1744), married 1682 Samuel Fletcher (1657-1744).
*  Timothy Wheeler (1667-1718), married 1692 Lydia Wheeler (1675-1720).
*  Rebecca Wheeler (1670-1710).
*  Ruth Wheeler (1673-????), married 1696 Joseph Warren (1670-1740).

2102.  Joseph Merriam, born about 1600 in Hadlow, Kent, England; died 01 January 1641 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.  He was the son of 4204. William Merriam and 4205. Sarah Burges.  He married about 1623 in England.
2103.  Sarah Goldstone, born about. 1604 in Tonbridge, Kent, England; died 12 March 1671 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.  She was the daughter of 4206. John Goldstone and 4207. Frances Thompson.

Children of Joseph Merriam and Sarah Goldstone are:
*  William Merriam (1624-1689), married 1653 Elizabeth Breed (1634-1691).
*  Sarah Merriam (1626-1677), married 1648 Thomas Wheeler (1621-1704)
*  Joseph Merriam (1628-1677), married 1653 Sarah Stone (1633-1704).
*  Thomas Merriam (1630-1637).
*  Elizabeth Merriam (1633-1704), married 1653 Thomas Henchman (1630-1703).
*  Hannah Merriam (1636-????), married 1656 John Buss (1599-????).
*  John Merriam (1641-1724), married 1663 Mary Cooper (1645-1711).

Information about the Merriam family was obtained from:

Charles Henry Pope, Merriam Genealogy in England and America (Boston Mass. : Charles H. Pope, 1906 )

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