Joseph MERRIAM
Freeman 14 Mar 1639. Came to America on ship with brother, were clothiers. Will was proved 16 Oct 1642 in Concord, MA.
From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 5 JAN 1998.
He was a Freeman 22 May 1650. Is buried in "Hill Burying Ground", Concord MA. His was the first grave in this cemetary, date 20 April 1677. Have a photograph of the gravestone and cemetary.
From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 5 JAN 1998.
From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 5 JAN 1998.
He married Sarah Goldstone 1623 at Kent, England, Eng . Sarah Goldstone was born at of Tudeley, Kent, England 1602 daughter of John Goldstone and Frances Jefferie .
They were the parents of 8
children:
William Merriam
born 1624.
Sara Merriam
born 1626.
Joseph Merriam
born 1629.
Thomas Merriam
born 1631.
Elizabeth Merriam
born 1633.
Hanna Merriam
born 1635.
John Merriam
born 9 Jul 1641.
Hannah Merriam
born 14 Jul 1645.
Joseph Merriam died 1 Jan 1641 at Concord, Ma, Massachusetts .
Sarah Goldstone died 12 Mar 1670 at Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts .