MERRIAM, Joseph [1st]

1677 - 1750  (73 years)

• Name	MERRIAM, Joseph   [1]
  Suffix	[1st]
  Born	20 Aug 1677	Concord, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts, United States
  Gender	Male
  Also Known As	MERIAM, Joseph  [2]
  Birth Place Historical Name	Concord, Massachusetts Bay Colony, BRITISH AMERICA
  Occupation	Locksmith
  Died	10 Dec 1750	Concord, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts, United States   [3, 4]
  Buried	Old Hill Burying Ground, Concord, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts, United States   [2]
  Notes	According to the program for the Meriam's Corner Exercise, April 10, 2010, Joseph Meriam built the house which now stands today (2011) at Meriam's Corner. For more information on the Meriam House, please see son Nathan's record. Biographical Note: On March 19, 1727, The General Court approved the petition of forty English families to purchase 7,500 acres from the Nipmuc tribe at a place called Hassanamisco, now Grafton, Massachusetts, so named for the Duke of Grafton. The Court approved the petition on the condition that they build a place of worship and a school for the instruction of English and Indian children. In 1728 each petitioner and Nipmuc Indian received 80 acres of upland and 8 acres of meadow in Hassanamisco. On October 28, 1729, Joseph Merriam (b 20 Aug 1677) of Concord, received 42 acres, which he purchased on behalf of his son, Joseph Meriam. [5, 6]
  Person ID	I4670	SEQUOIA
  Last Modified	26 Oct 2021

  
  

  Father	MERRIAM, John,   b. 9 Jul 1641, Concord, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts, United States ,   d. 2 Feb 1723/24, Concord, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts, United States  (Age 82 years)
  Mother	COOPER, Mary,   b. 7 Nov 1645, Cambridge, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts, United States ,   d. 5 Mar 1730/31, Concord, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts, United States  (Age 85 years)
  Married	21 Oct 1663	Concord, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts, United States   [7]
  Family ID	F1551	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	BROOKS, Dorothy,   b. 18 Oct 1685, Concord, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts, United States ,   d. 28 May 1774, Concord, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts, United States  (Age 88 years)
  Married	24 Mar 1704/05	Concord, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts, United States   [4]
  Children	+ 1. MERRIAM, Dorothy,   b. 5 Apr 1706, Concord, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts, United States ,   d. 25 Jul 1791  (Age 85 years) + 2. MERRIAM, Mary,   b. 5 Jul 1707, Concord, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts, United States ,   d. 20 Nov 1790, Concord, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts, United States  (Age 83 years) + 3. MERRIAM, Deacon Joseph [2nd],   b. 16 Sep 1709, Concord, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts, United States ,   d. 5 May 1797  (Age 87 years) + 4. MERRIAM, Samuel,   b. 26 Aug 1712, Concord, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts, United States ,   d. 4 May 1769, Concord, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts, United States  (Age 56 years) + 5. MERRIAM, Nathan,   b. 12 May 1720, Concord, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts, United States ,   d. 11 Nov 1782, Concord, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts, United States  (Age 62 years) + 6. MERRIAM, Josiah,   b. 13 Feb 1726, Concord, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts, United States ,   d. 23 Apr 1809, Concord, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts, United States  (Age 83 years)
  Last Modified	7 Dec 2014
  Family ID	F1601	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 20 Aug 1677 - Concord, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts, United States Married - 24 Mar 1704/05 - Concord, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts, United States Died - 10 Dec 1750 - Concord, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts, United States Buried - - Old Hill Burying Ground, Concord, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts, United States  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos

  Photo: MERIAM HOUSE - Nathan Meriam House, built 1705 This is the house that currently stands at Meriam's Corner, Minute Man National Historical Park, Concord, Massachusetts, USA.

  
  

  Documents

  DOCUMENT: MERRIAM, Joseph; d 10 Dec 1750 Deed of land from Joseph Merriam to his son, Joseph Merriam, in the town of Hassanamisco(Grafton), Worcester Co, Massachusetts. Dated 27 Nov 1733. Courtesy of The Westborough Digital Repository

  
  

  Headstones

  Gravestone: MERRIAM, Joseph, d 10 Dec 1750 in Old Hill Burying Ground, Concord, MA

  
  

• Sources

  [S255] GENEALOGY: MERRIAM GENEALOGY IN ENGLAND AND AMERICA, Pope, Charles Henry - 1906, (Reprint compiled by John Merriam Kingsbury through Bullbrier Press - 1986), page 47, 56 (19) (Reliability: 3). [S142] WEBSITE: Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=meriam&GSfn=joseph&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=21&GScnty=1181&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=22551350&df=all& (Reliability: 2). [S163] CEMETERY: MASSACHUSETTS, Concord - Old Hill Burying Ground, (Concord, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts, USA). [S511] VITAL Record: Massachusetts, USA - Concord , (http://ma-vitalrecords.org) (Reliability: 2). [S414] HISTORY: Massachusetts, USA - Grafton, Worcester County, Frederick Clifton Pierce, (Published by the author), https://archive.org/stream/cu31924028820582#page/n51/mode/2up (Reliability: 3). [S421] PROGRAM: Meriam's Corner Exercise, April 10, 2010, Page 4 (Reliability: 3). [S511] VITAL Record: Massachusetts, USA - Concord , (http://ma-vitalrecords.org), https://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Middlesex/Concord/Images/Concord_011.shtml (Reliability: 2).