Surname index

Direct Descendants of William to George Washington Merriam 
1   William Merriam b: Bef 1598 in Kent, England  d: November 27, 1635 in England 
.  +Sara    :
..... 2   Joseph Merriam b: 1600 in Kent, England  d: January 01, 1640/41 in Lynn, Mass. New England 
.........  +Sara Goldstone   d: March 12, 1670/71 in Lynn, Mass. New England Father: Mother:
............ 3   Joseph Merriam b: Abt 1629 in England  d: April 1677 in Concord Mass. USA 
................  +Sarah Stone  m: July 12, 1653 in Concord Mass. USA  Father: Mother:
................... 4   Thomas Merriam b: Abt 1672 in Concord, Mass.USA  d: August 16, 1738 in Lexington, Mass.USA 
.......................  +Mary Harwood b: 1675 in Concord,  Mass. USA m: December 23, 1696 d: September 29, 1756 in Lexington, Mass.USA Father: Mother:
.......................... 5   Isaac Merriam b: July 05, 1714 in Lexington,Mass.USa  d: April 19, 1741 
..............................  +Sarah Davis  m: September 01, 1736 in Bedford Mass  Father: Mother:
.................................. 6   Isaac Merriam b: September 02, 1736 in Concord Mass. USA  d: December 01, 1825 in Brandon , Vermont 
..................................  *2nd Wife of Isaac Merriam:     
.....................................  +Eleanor Munroe b: in Lexington, Mass.USA m: April 10, 1759 d: July 19, 1797 Father: Mother
:........................................ 7   David Merriam b: January 02, 1760 in Concord, Mass  d: February 15, 1849 in Brandon Vermont 
.............................................  +Phebe Foster b: April 29, 1764 m: November 21, 1782 in Ashburnham Mass. d: April 07, 1794 in Brandon, Vermont, USA Father: Moses Foster Mother:
................................................ 8   George Washington Merriam b: October 04, 1787 in or Dec. 9 1787 Walpole, New Hampshire. not Brandon, Rutland Vt  d: July 1871 in Empire City, Cherokee Co. Kansas, USA 
......................................... 7   Joshua Merriam b: November 11, 1775 in Brandon, Vt.  d: May 16, 1823 in Malone, N.Y. 
                                             +Sally Kendall  m: December 07, 1797 
(Excerpts from Merriam Genealogy in England  and America by Charles Pope )

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Descendants of George Washington Merriam Son of David Merriam and Pheobe Foster
       
1   George Washington Merriam  b: October 04, 1787 in Brandon, Rutland Vt  d: July 1871 in Empire City, Cherokee Co. Kansas, USA 
.  +Polly Mary Cheney b: August 18, 1775 in or  born 1790 in Dudley Mass, USA m: Abt 1808 in Chatham, Kent Co Canada or Granville NY d: Bef 1861 Father: Thomas Cheney JR. Mother: Eunice
Children of George W. & Polly (Cheney) Merriam
........ 2  Cyrus P. Merriam b: 1808 in Probably Vermont, USA  d: December 11, 1882 in Eckfrid twp. Middlesex Co. Ontario. Buried Eddie Cemetery 
.  …….+Margaret McBean b: April 20, 1815 in Nairnshire, Scotland m: September 20, 1837 in Ekfrid Twp, Middlesex Co d: February 27, 1883 in Middlesex Co. Ontario buried Eddy Cemetery Father: Alexander McBean Mother: Margaret Eddie
........ …….3   Alexander Prentis Merriam b: 1843 in Upper Canada (Lived in Shelby, Tennessee in 1880 census)   
............  +Julia b: 1848 in LA   
................... ….4   Thomas Cyrus Merriam b: 1874 in AL   
........ 2   Salem Merriam b: 1812 in 1814 in Brandon Addison Vermont see Desc. of Geo W Merri  d: April 28, 1853 in buried Maple Leaf Cemetery, Kent Co.Chatham Twp. 
............  +Sarah Hooper b: 1827 in Chatham, Kent Co. ON m: 1836 in Detroit Wayne Mich. d: 1906 Father: John Hooper Mother: Jane Roe
........ 2   George Washington Merriam  b: March 31, 1816 in Brandon, Vermont, USA baptized  Dec 25 1855 Chatham ,Kent Co  d: October 11, 1906 in Harwich Twp, Kent Co 
. ………. +Catherine Elizabeth Glassford b: October 25, 1822 in Harwich Twp. Kent Co. m: December 31, 1839 in Harwich Twp. Kent Co. d: 1906 in Harwich Twp. Kent Co.
........ 2   David Merriam b: Abt 1822 in Raleigh Twp. Kent Co Upper Canada   
. ……... +Martha A. Ellison b: Abt 1825 in Raleigh Twp. Kent Co Upper Canada m: March 08, 1849 in Raleigh Twp, Kent Co.,Ontario 
........ 2  Sarah A. Merriam b: 1829 in Kent Co, Ontario  d: 1903 
.  ……..+Joseph Cheney b: Abt 1827 m: April 21, 1849 in Trinity United Church, Glencoe Ekfrid Twp., Ont. 

Descendants of Salem Merriam       
  1   Salem Merriam,  b: April 25, 1814 in Brandon , Vermont  d: April 28, 1853 in buried Maple Leaf Cemetery, Kent Co.Chatham Twp. 
.  +Sarah Jane Hooper b: 1827 in Chatham, Kent Co. ON m: 1836 in Detroit Wayne Mich. d: 1906 Father: John Hooper Mother: Jane Roe

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Genealogist this page Kit CuttingChris Merriam-Leith , Bruce Austin & Gloria Hassen has info on this family. Sandra has information on Cheney family and Sarah A. Merriam.