According to Merriam Genealogy in England and America by Charles Pope ( From Bull Brier Press) John Hudson Merriam's parents are Joseph and Clarissa ( Hudson) Merriam they moved to Niagara Falls NY abt 1818. He was a cabinet maker and farm implements manufacture as was John. There is more about Joseph's family in the above book but we are tracing the Canada side. There is evidence of Joseph age 70, and Clarissa age 65 living with John in the Village of Chippawa, Welland Co.Upper Canada in 1851 census and in Nissori Twp W. Middlesex Co. Upper Canada  in 1861.
Merriam Family Papers would love more information on this Family.

Descendants of Joseph Merriam
       
1   Joseph Merriam Born: September 18, 1782 in Pittsfield, Mass. USA  Died: March 15, 1866 
.  +Clarissa Hudson Born: June 20, 1787 in of Kinderbrook NY Married: January 11, 1804 Died: December 13, 1869 Father: Mother:
........ 2   Edward Brown Merriam Born: October 09, 1808  Died: July 21, 1820 
........ 2   Caroline Elizabeth Merriam Born: March 27, 1815   
............  +Sayer Beach  Married: July 05, 1830 in Drummondville, ON  Father: Mother:
........ 2   Sarah Maria Merriam Born: April 19, 1817   
........ 2   Henry Douglas Merriam Born: March 29, 1819  Died: July 16, 1821 
........ 2   John Hudson Merriam Born: May 31, 1821 in probably Kinderbrook, NY lived in Chippawa Upper Cannada  Died: Bef 1901 in Ontario Canada 
............  +Penelope Brooks Born: July 09, 1830 in of Lundys Lane, Niagra Married: July 01, 1849 in American Presbyterian Church, Drummondville Canada West  Father: Isaac Brooks Mother: Ann Salisbury
................... 3   Francis Merriam Born: October 20, 1850   
................... 3   Charles W. Merriam Born: January 01, 1853  Died: November 12, 1876 
................... 3   Norman S. Merriam Born: October 05, 1855  Died: June 10, 1870 
................... 3   Eliza E. Laula Merriam Born: August 18, 1857   
................... 3   Mary Ella Merriam Born: October 08, 1859 in Chippawa,Welland ONT   
.......................  +Harry William Hobson Born: November 29, 1854 in Township of Thorald Married: October 05, 1880 in Chippawa, Welland ONT  Father: Robert Hobson Mother: Eliza J. Clow
.............................. 4   Harry M. Hobson Born: September 03, 1881   
.............................. 4   Laulu May Hobson Born: April 19, 1883   
.............................. 4   Lloyd Hobson Born: March 05, 1889   
................... 3   Clara E Merriam Born: November 07, 1863   
........ 2   James Hervey Merriam Born: August 04, 1824 in Niagara Falls NY or Canada West   
............  +Lucinda M. Brooks Born: in Conneaut, Ohio Married: December 02, 1851 in Coneaut, Ohio  Father: Mother:
................... 3   Joseph H. Merriam Born: May 31, 1856 in Canada or Conneaut, Ohio   
.......................  +Jennie Stevenson Born: in PA   Father: Mother:
.............................. 4   James Robert Merriam Born: 1879 in Ohio   
................... 3   Florence M. Merriam Born: December 24, 1852 in Conneaut, Ohio   
................... 3   William Merriam Born: June 23, 1858 in Conneaut, Ohio  Died: March 28, 1859 
........ 2   Edward Douglas Merriam Born: December 11, 1827 in Niagara Falls NY or Canada West   
............  +Phebe A. Keyes Born: in Conneaut, Ohio Married: May 02, 1855  Father: Mother:
................... 3   Charles Keyes Merriam Born: January 17, 1857 in Conneaut, Ohio   
................... 3   Carrie Eliza Merriam Born: June 16, 1859 in Conneaut, Ohio  Died: April 15, 1860 
................... 3   Carrie Maria Merriam Born: December 22, 1862 in Conneaut, Ohio   
................... 3   William Henry Merriam Born: December 24, 1855 in Conneaut, Ohio   
........ 2   Charles Wesley Merriam Born: January 01, 1831  Died: May 03, 1855 

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