Clymer Weir Cox Genealogy » Lt. John Cooper Merriam (1666-????)

Personal data Lt. John Cooper Merriam 


Household of Lt. John Cooper Merriam

(1) He is married to Sarah Wheeler.

They got married on July 22, 1691, he was 25 years old.


(2) He is married to Sarah Spalding.

They got married on February 16, 1692, he was 26 years old.


Notes about Lt. John Cooper Merriam


Lieut John Meriam
Birth: 3 Sep 1666 Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Death: 30 Nov 1748 (aged 82) Littleton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial: Old Burying Ground, Littleton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Plot:
Memorial #: 16532312
Bio: Son of John and Mary (Cooper) Meriam.

*"John married Sarah Wheeler on July 22, 1691. She died Aug. 2, 1692. He married 2nd Sarah Spaulding of Chelmsford on Feb. 16, 1692-3. [He bought land off Thos Powers in Nashoba 1714,] and on 24 Feb 1736-7, then being an inhabitant of Littleton, he sold his real estate in Concord. He died in Littleton [30 Nov] 1748. He had but one child."

One son named John. Littleton VR pg 527 says "b. at Concord 16 Dec 1693,**, only child of John". **Concord B.M.D says p. 36 "John Miriam the son of John Miriam & Sarah his wife was Borne July ye 26th 1692".
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*Littleton Vital Records, pg 527
Inscription: Here lies Buried
ye Body of Lieut
John Meriam
who departed
this life
Novmbr ye 30th
AD 1748
In ye 83rd year
of his age.
Family Members
Parents
John Meriam 1641-1724
Mary Cooper Meriam 1645-1731
Siblings
Joseph Meriam 1677-1750
Created by: Denise (46820671)
Added: 6 Nov 2006
URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/16532312/john-meriam
Citation: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/16532312/john-meriam: accessed 06 September 2022), memorial page for Lieut John Meriam (3 Sep 1666œ30 Nov 1748), Find a Grave Memorial ID 16532312, citing Old Burying Ground, Littleton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Denise (contributor 46820671) .

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Ancestors (and descendant) of John Cooper Merriam

JOSEPH BURGESS (MA) MERRIAM
1600-1641
SARAH (MA) GOLDSTONE
1602-1671
JOHN FISKE (MA) COOPER
1617-1691
ANN (MA) SPARHAWK
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John Cooper Merriam
1666-????

(1) 1691

Sarah Wheeler
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(2) 1692

Sarah Spalding
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Historical events

Day of marriage February 16, 1692

  • Stadhouder Prins Willem III (Huis van Oranje) was from 1672 till 1702 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1692: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 13 » Massacre of Glencoe: Almost 80 Macdonalds at Glen Coe, Scotland are killed early in the morning for not promptly pledging allegiance to the new king, William of Orange.
    • March 1 » Sarah Good, Sarah Osborne and Tituba are brought before local magistrates in Salem Village, Massachusetts, beginning what would become known as the Salem witch trials.
    • June 2 » Bridget Bishop is the first person to be tried for witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts; she was found guilty and later hanged.
    • June 10 » Salem witch trials: Bridget Bishop is hanged at Gallows Hill near Salem, Massachusetts, for "certaine Detestable Arts called Witchcraft and Sorceries".
    • September 22 » The last hanging of those convicted of witchcraft in the Salem witch trials; others are all eventually released.
    • October 12 » The Salem witch trials are ended by a letter from the governor of the Massachusetts Bay Province.

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