MERRIAM, Josiah b. 13 Feb 1726 Concord, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts, United States d. 23 Apr 1809 Concord, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts, United States: Merriam Family Tree

Merriam Family Tree
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1726 - 1809 (83 years)

Name	MERRIAM, Josiah [1]
Born	13 Feb 1726	Concord, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts, United States [2]
Gender	Male
Also Known As	MERIAM, Josiah [3]
Residence	Concord, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts, United States
Occupation	yeoman
Died	23 Apr 1809	Concord, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts, United States [4]
Buried	Old Hill Burying Ground, Concord, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts, United States [3]
Notes	"When the alarm was given in Concord that the British soldiers were coming, Josiah Meriam, with his sons Josiah, Jr., and Timothy, went to the village, and were later among the forces at the North Bridge, and probably crossed the meadows and appeared again at the encounter near the house. Joseph, Josiah's youngest son, then seven years old, remained at home, as he always said, 'to take care of the women', and soon went with them to a place of refuge behind the hill. The British soldiers entered the house, helped themselves to whatever breakfast they could find, taking the unbaked pies from the oven..." [5]
Person ID	I5236	SEQUOIA
Last Modified	26 Oct 2021

Father	MERRIAM, Joseph [1st], b. 20 Aug 1677, Concord, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts, United States , d. 10 Dec 1750, Concord, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts, United States (Age 73 years)
Mother	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]
Family ID	F1601	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family WHEELER, Lydia, b. 5 Oct 1724, Concord, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts, United States , d. 30 Aug 1802, Concord, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts, United States (Age 77 years)

Married 17 Jun 1746 Concord, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts, United States [6]

Children

+	1. MERRIAM, Lydia, b. 1 May 1747, Concord, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts, United States , d. 26 Mar 1839 (Age 91 years)
	2. MERRIAM, Mary, b. 2 Sep 1749, Concord, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts, United States , d. 17 Jun 1754, Concord, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts, United States (Age 4 years)
	3. MERRIAM, Rebecca, b. 12 Sep 1751, Concord, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts, United States , d. 18 Jun 1754, Concord, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts, United States (Age 2 years)
+	4. MERRIAM, Sarah, b. 19 Apr 1753, Concord, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts, United States , d. 9 Mar 1825, Concord, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts, United States (Age 71 years)
+	5. MERRIAM, Josiah, b. 27 Jun 1755, Concord, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts, United States , d. 22 Nov 1832, Concord, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts, United States (Age 77 years)
+	6. MERRIAM, Timothy, b. 29 Sep 1757, Concord, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts, United States , d. 17 Sep 1835 (Age 77 years)
+	7. MERRIAM, Anna, b. 10 Apr 1760, Concord, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts, United States , d. 28 Dec 1784, Concord, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts, United States (Age 24 years)
	8. MERRIAM, Oliver, b. 10 Apr 1762, Concord, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts, United States , d. 18 Sep 1784, Concord, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts, United States (Age 22 years)
+	9. MERRIAM, Elizabeth, b. 13 Jul 1764, Concord, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts, United States , d. Yes, date unknown
	10. MERRIAM, Rebecca, b. 18 Dec 1765, Concord, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts, United States , d. Yes, date unknown
+	11. MERRIAM, Joseph, b. 22 Jul 1767, Concord, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts, United States , d. 23 Mar 1856, Concord, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts, United States (Age 88 years)

Last Modified 15 Jul 2014

Family ID F1638 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Event Map

	Born - 13 Feb 1726 - Concord, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts, United States
	Residence - - Concord, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts, United States
	Married - 17 Jun 1746 - Concord, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts, United States
	Died - 23 Apr 1809 - Concord, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts, United States
	Buried - - Old Hill Burying Ground, Concord, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts, United States

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Photos

Photo: MERIAM, Josiah, b 13 Feb 1725/26 - Site of Josiah Meriam House, built about 1663.
This house once stood at Meriam's Corner, situated closer to the Lexington Road, Minute Man National Historical Park, Concord, Massachusetts, USA.

Sources

[S255] GENEALOGY: MERRIAM GENEALOGY IN ENGLAND AND AMERICA, Pope, Charles Henry - 1906, (Reprint compiled by John Merriam Kingsbury through Bullbrier Press - 1986), pages 57, 75 (51). (Reliability: 3).
[S236] BIRTH Record: Massachusetts, USA, (www.familysearch.org) (Reliability: 2).
[S142] WEBSITE: Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/171336339/josiah-meriam (Reliability: 2).
[S511] VITAL Record: Massachusetts, USA - Concord , (http://ma-vitalrecords.org) (Reliability: 2).
[S273] GENEALOGY: Massachusetts, Concord, Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society, MERRIAM, John McKinstry, Vol. 9, Worcester, MA , April 1894, pp. 253-269. (Reliability: 3).
[S786] GENEALOGY: History of the Wheeler Family in America, Compiled in 1904 by: WHEELER, Albert Galliton Jr. , (https://archive.org/details/genealogicalency00amer), Page 151 (Reliability: 2).