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Merriam Family Tree
Genealogy Pages
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 1778 - 1854 (76 years)
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| Name |
MERIAM, John [1, 2] |
| Born |
19 Feb 1778 |
Oxford, Worcester Co, Massachusetts, United States  [3, 4] |
- John's birth date is estimated by death date and baptism date. Also Tom Greene had day as 19th
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| Christened |
12 Apr 1778 |
Oxford, Worcester Co, Massachusetts, United States [5] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
26 Sep 1854 |
Beverly Twp, Wentworth Co, Ontario, Canada [6, 7] |
| Buried |
Sheffield Cemetery, Sheffield - Beverly Twp, Wentworth Co, Ontario, Canada [7] |
| Notes |
- Research on John Meriam's descendants was done by Kit Cutting and Fred Merriam jointly over a period of years. Additions by others to this research are noted. More information may be obtained by contacting Kit Cutting through www.merriamfamilytree.org.
History of John Meriam: John Meriam made a long trip by wagon train in about 1802 from New York State to Wentworth County, Upper Canada. John was born in 1778 in Oxford, Mass. to Persis Meriam and unknown father. He had been living with his mother and stepfather, Abner Claflin, in Sandisfield, Mass., helping Abner in his work. The family story is told that some cousins talked him into traveling to Westchester, NY where he joined a group of people going into Canada West. Also traveling west with the same wagon train was the family Sylvanus Cornell.
John was born in 1778, and at 23, was ready to make his own way in the world. He settled on a farm near Sheffield, Beverly Twp., Wentworth Co., Canada about 1802. In 1812, he married Clarissa Cornell, Sylvanus's daughter, who was about 15.
He organized the first Sabbath School in Sheffield. John was one of two assessors in Beverly in 1816 and was in the assessment roll that year.
Clarissa and John had a large family of 10 children. Some of the children stayed in Wentworth County, but others moved to Middlesex or Waterloo Co. John and Clarissa are both buried in Sheffield Cemetery. Some of John's descendants later changed their names by adding an extra r.
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| Person ID |
I7546 |
SEQUOIA |
| Last Modified |
5 Aug 2022 |
| Father |
MERIAM, Name ? (Partner Of Persis), d. Yes, date unknown |
| Mother |
MERRIAM, Persis, b. 16 Aug 1751, Oxford, Worcester Co, Massachusetts, United States , d. Yes, date unknown |
| Family ID |
F2650 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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CORNELL, Clarissa, b. 18 Jan 1797, Hillsdale, Columbia Co, New York, United States , d. 29 Mar 1850, Beverly Twp, Wentworth Co, Ontario, Canada (Age 53 years) |
| Married |
Abt 1812 |
Waterloo, Waterloo Co, Ontario, Canada |
| Children |
| | 1. MERIAM, Tully, b. 10 Apr 1813, Beverly Twp, Wentworth Co, Ontario, Canada , d. 9 Sep 1820, Beverly Twp, Wentworth Co, Ontario, Canada (Age 7 years) |
| | 2. MERIAM, Elijah, b. 25 Feb 1815, Beverly Twp, Wentworth Co, Ontario, Canada , d. 31 Jul 1834, Beverly Twp, Wentworth Co, Ontario, Canada (Age 19 years) |
| + | 3. MERIAM, William Charles, b. 6 Sep 1817, Beverly Twp, Wentworth Co, Ontario, Canada , d. 5 Mar 1897, Beverly Twp, Wentworth Co, Ontario, Canada (Age 79 years) |
| + | 4. MERIAM, Mary, b. 13 Oct 1819, Beverly Twp, Wentworth Co, Ontario, Canada , d. 2 May 1884 (Age 64 years) |
| + | 5. MERIAM, Catherine, b. 14 Mar 1822, Beverly Twp, Wentworth Co, Ontario, Canada , d. 26 May 1903, Washington, Oxford Co, Ontario, Canada (Age 81 years) |
| | 6. MERIAM, John Wesley, b. 10 Feb 1824, Beverly Twp, Wentworth Co, Ontario, Canada , d. 23 Sep 1898, Waterloo, Waterloo Co, Ontario, Canada (Age 74 years) |
| + | 7. MERRIAM, Sarah, b. 9 Sep 1826, Beverly Twp, Wentworth Co, Ontario, Canada , d. 6 Sep 1912, Iron Bridge, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada (Age 85 years) |
| + | 8. MERIAM, Bruin, b. 29 Mar 1829, Sheffield - Beverly Twp, Wentworth Co, Ontario, Canada , d. 22 Feb 1894, West Williams Twp, Middlesex Co, Ontario, Canada (Age 64 years) |
| + | 9. MERIAM, Sylvanus Oliver, b. 10 Apr 1832, Beverly Twp, Wentworth Co, Ontario, Canada , d. 1880, West Williams Twp, Middlesex Co, Ontario, Canada (Age 47 years) |
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| Last Modified |
30 Sep 2012 |
| Family ID |
F2641 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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 | Born - 19 Feb 1778 - Oxford, Worcester Co, Massachusetts, United States |
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| Christened - 12 Apr 1778 - Oxford, Worcester Co, Massachusetts, United States |
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 | Married - Abt 1812 - Waterloo, Waterloo Co, Ontario, Canada |
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 | Died - 26 Sep 1854 - Beverly Twp, Wentworth Co, Ontario, Canada |
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 | Buried - - Sheffield Cemetery, Sheffield - Beverly Twp, Wentworth Co, Ontario, Canada |
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| Sources |
- [S218] Personal Knowledge of: KENNEDY, Lauri (Mead).
- [S123] MARRIAGE Record: Massachusetts, USA - Oxford Town Records (Reliability: 2).
Actual Text:" Meriam John, son of Persis Bap Apr 12 1778 " Church Record
- [S130] VITAL Record: Massachusetts, USA - Oxford, (http://ma-vitalrecords.org).
- [S254] GENEALOGY: Genealogy Page - Cornell Family, ([http://www.mindspring.com/~tvcornel/gene.html]).
- [S130] VITAL Record: Massachusetts, USA - Oxford, (http://ma-vitalrecords.org), http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Worcester/Oxford/Images/Oxford_B077.shtml (Reliability: 2).
- [S144] CEMETERY Project: CANADA GENWEB , (http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cancemet/ON/), http://geneofun.on.ca/names/photo/1069909 (Reliability: 2).
- [S142] WEBSITE: Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28492625/john-meriam (Reliability: 2).
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