Born in Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Ancestors 
Daughter of Nathaniel Harwood
and Elizabeth (Unknown) Harwood
Sister of
William Harwood, Nathaniel Harwood, Peter Harwood, James Harwood, John Harwood and Mary (Harwood) Meriam
Wife of
Thomas Merriam
— married
23 Dec 1696 in Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Descendants 
Mother of
Mary (Merriam) Locke, Thomas Merriam, Lydia (Merriam) Eaton, Nathaniel Merriam, Simon Meriam, David Meriam and Isaac Merriam
Died
at age 80
in Lexington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
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Biography
Mary was born in February 5, 1676[1] to Nathaniel Harwood and Elizabeth (Cheevers) Harwood.
She married Thomas Merriam December 23, 1696.
They had four children: Thomas Merriam, Simon Meriam, David Meriam, and Isaac Meriam.[2]
She died September 29, 1756 at the age of 81.[3] She was buried in the Old Burying Ground in Lexington, Massachusetts in plot C.55
There’s evidence that she married a second time to a THOMAS POWERS but the dates don’t match up...[4]
Sources
- ↑ * BIRTH Record: Massachusetts, USA, (www.familysearch.org), https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC9M-F4C (accessed December 10, 2018)
- ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 04 December 2018), memorial page for Mary Harwood Meriam (1675–29 Sep 1756), Find A Grave: Memorial #16639583, citing Old Burying Ground, Lexington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Bill Boyington (contributor 46800933).
- ↑ VITAL Record: Massachusetts, USA - Lexington, https://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Middlesex/Lexington/Images/Lexington_D187.shtml
- ↑ website: https://www.anamericanfamilyhistory.com/Powers%20Family/HarwoodMaryPowers.html (accessed December 4, 2018)
Other Sources
- GENEALOGY: MERRIAM GENEALOGY IN ENGLAND AND AMERICA, Pope, Charles Henry - 1906, (Reprint compiled by John Merriam Kingsbury through Bullbrier Press - 1986), page 54 (15) (Reliability: 3).
- website: http://www.merriamfamilytree.org/getperson.php?personID=I5408&tree=MFT001 accessed: March 6, 2017
- website: http://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/harwood/1264/ accessed: March 6, 2017
- VITAL Record: Massachusetts, USA - Cambridge, (http://ma-vitalrecords.org/) (Reliability: 2). (Actual Text: has "both of Concord in Concord")
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J (Kelley) Grohsmeyer
There may be two Mary Harwoods: one who married Thomas Powers and one who married Thomas Merriam
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Rejected matches › Mary (Harwood) Meriam (1676-1756)
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