Surname Saturday -- GOLDSTONE (England to colonial Massachusetts)

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

I am working in the 9th great-grandmothers by Ahnentafel number, and I am up to Ancestor #2103 who is Sarah GOLDSTONE (1604-1671). [Note: the earlier great-grandmothers and 9th great-grandfathers have been covered in earlier posts.]

My ancestral line back through two generations in this GOLDSTONE 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 (1621-1704)
1051.  Sarah Merriam (1626-1677)

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.

Children of Joseph Merriam and Sarah Goldstone are:
*  William Merriam (1624-1689), married 1653 Elizabeth Bread (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 (1645-1731).

4206.  John Goldstone, born 1574 in Tonbridge, Kent, England; died 12 March 1671 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.  He married about 1597 in Kent, England.
4207.  Frances Jefferie, born 1572 in Pemburie, Kent, England; died in  .  She was the daughter of 8414. John Jefferie and 8415. Jane LNU.

Children of John Goldstone and Frances Jefferie are:
*  Robert Goldstone (1598-1637).
*  Roger Goldstone (1600-????).
*  Frances Goldstone (1602-????), married 1620 George Dana (1620-????).
*  Jane Goldstone (1603-????) married 1620 Benjamin Johnson (1595-????).
*  Sarah Goldstone (1604-1671), married (1) 1623 Joseph Merriam (1600-1641); (2) 1642 Joseph Wheeler (1610-1681).
*  Elizabeth Goldstone (1606-1637), married 1622 Thomas Dana (1590-????).

Information about the Merriam and Goldstone families was obtained from:

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

I have done no independent research on these families.

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