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MERRIAM, Burrage

Male 1739 - 1776  (37 years)


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  • Name MERRIAM, Burrage   [1
    Born 27 Oct 1739  Wallingford, New Haven Co, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender Male 
    Education 1762 
    Yale College (graduate) 
    Ordained 27 Feb 1765  Rocky Hill, Hartford Co, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Pastor of the Congregational Church 
    Religion Meriden, New Haven Co, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Received into the Meriden Church at 
    Died 30 Nov 1776  Stepney, Hartford Co, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    • Stepney Parish was a small section of Wethersfield, CT (Hartford County), until the townsfolk elected to be incorporated. This was in the 1840's. Afterwards, Stepney became known as Rocky Hill, CT.
    Buried Center Cemetery, Rocky Hill, Hartford Co, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Person ID I5250  SEQUOIA
    Last Modified 14 Oct 2021 

    Father MERRIAM, John,   b. 26 Oct 1697, Lynn, Essex Co, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 May 1772, Meriden, New Haven Co, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years) 
    Mother BURRAGE, Mary,   b. 1701,   d. 5 Dec 1756, Meriden, New Haven Co, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 55 years) 
    Married 22 Nov 1732 
    • Intent filed 8 Oct 1732 at Lynn, Massachusetts [6]
    Alt. Marriage 22 Nov 1735  [7
    Family ID F14191  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family RICE, Hannah,   d. 29 Jan 1816 
    Married 12 Sep 1765  Meriden, New Haven Co, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Children 
    +1. MERRIAM, Asahel,   b. 27 Oct 1771, Rocky Hill, Hartford Co, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Jun 1808, Rocky Hill, Hartford Co, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 36 years)
     2. MERRIAM, Burrage,   b. 22 Sep 1773, Wethersfield, Hartford Co, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Dec 1776  (Age 3 years)
    Last Modified 29 Dec 2012 
    Family ID F1671  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 27 Oct 1739 - Wallingford, New Haven Co, Connecticut, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOrdained - Pastor of the Congregational Church - 27 Feb 1765 - Rocky Hill, Hartford Co, Connecticut, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsReligion - Received into the Meriden Church at - - Meriden, New Haven Co, Connecticut, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 12 Sep 1765 - Meriden, New Haven Co, Connecticut, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 30 Nov 1776 - Stepney, Hartford Co, Connecticut, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Center Cemetery, Rocky Hill, Hartford Co, Connecticut, United States Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S255] GENEALOGY: MERRIAM GENEALOGY IN ENGLAND AND AMERICA, Pope, Charles Henry - 1906, (Reprint compiled by John Merriam Kingsbury through Bullbrier Press - 1986), pages 63, 84 (67). (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S588] BIRTH Record: Connecticut, USA, (www.FamilySearch.org), https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F745-S8R (Reliability: 2).

    3. [S559] Personal Knowledge of: BARTH, Steven, (http://confessionsofanantiquehome.blogspot.com/2012/07/home-history-part-ii.html), from Biographical Sketches of the Graduates of Yale College, Volume II, May, 1745 to May, 1763 (Reliability: 2).

    4. [S559] Personal Knowledge of: BARTH, Steven, (http://confessionsofanantiquehome.blogspot.com/2012/07/home-history-part-ii.html) (Reliability: 2).

    5. [S142] WEBSITE: Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=24969633 (Reliability: 2).

    6. [S828] VITAL Record: Massachusetts, USA - Lynn, (http://ma-vitalrecords.org/), http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Lynn/Images/Lynn_M251.shtml (Reliability: 2).

    7. [S944] Personal Knowledge of: MERRIAM, Edmund A. III (Reliability: 2).
      Date as recorded on his family tree

    8. [S113] HISTORY: Connecticut, USA - Historic Record of the Town of Meriden, Gillespie, C Bancroft.
      Actual Text, "Burrage Merriam & Hannah Rice m. 12 Sep 1765 - by Rev. Theophilus Hall - Notes: ye Revd Burrage Merriam of Stepna to Mrs. Hannah Rice"