Born in St. Paul's Parish, Baltimore County, Maryland
Ancestors 
Daughter of Charles Merryman Jr.
and Jane (Long) Knight
Sister of
William (Merriman) Merryman, Elizabeth (Merryman) Cross, Charles Merriman III, Ann (Merryman) Richards, Mary (Merryman) Hall and Robert Knight [half]
Wife of
Henry Stevenson
— married
19 Jun 1735 in Baltimore County, Maryland
Descendants 
Mother of
Jemima Stevenson, Henry Stevenson, Ruth Stevenson, Mary (Stevenson) McGuire and William Stevenson
Died about
at about age 59
in Baltimore County, Maryland [uncertain]
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Biography
Jemima, daughter of Charles Merryman and Jane Long married Henry Stevenson in 1735, Baltimore County, Maryland.[1] Her birth date is 1710. [2][3]
Jemima was named in the estate settlement for her father Charles Merryman, 1739, Baltimore County, Maryland. [4]
Children:
- Ruth Stevenson, b 15 Sep 1735 --died young
- Jemima Stevenson b 7 Jan 1736 (1737 new style)
- Henry Stevenson b 2 March 1739
- Charles Stevenson b 14 Dec 1740
- Mary Stevenson married 1779 Thomas Maguire
- Anne Stevenson married Richard Taylor
- Josias Stevenson
- Ruth Stevenson, b 20 Jan 1748
- William Stevenson b 1 Jan 1750/51
Sources
- ↑ Maryland, Church Records, 1668-1995, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4NC-1ZL), Henry Stevenson and Jemina Merryman, 19 Jun 1735; citing Marriage, St. Paul'S Protestant Episcopal Church, Baltimore (Independent City), Maryland, United States, various libraries, churches, historical and national societies, private and public records; FHL microfilm 13,696.
- ↑ Barnes, Robert. Descendants of Edward and Mary Stevenson of Baltimore County, Maryland. Hall of Records, Annapolis, MD. June, 1966. Page 3, 12.
- ↑ Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties. use this link then type "Jemima Merryman" into search box and you will see a family group sheet with sources.
- ↑ Charles Merryman 17.187 A BA £86.15.7 Aug 3 1739 Payments to: William Hall who married a daughter (unnamed, her portion), Benjamin Richards who married a daughter (unnamed, her portion), Joseph Cross who married a daughter (unnamed, her portion), Charles Merryman (son, his portion), Jemima Merryman (daughter, her portion), Ketdemie Merryman (daughter, her portion), accountant (1/3). Executrix: Jane Knight, wife of Benjamin Knight.
- https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us ; Jemima Merryman.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jemima by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Jemima:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jemima by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Jemima:
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~0.78%
Mary (Haygood) Hall
:
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T297766 [compare], FTDNA kit #201083
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~0.78%
Beverly (Davis) Ahrens :
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~0.39%
Victoria English :
23andMe, GEDmatch M761960 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch KB7698994 [compare], Ancestry member GeorgiaGenealogist
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~0.39%
Robert Parks :
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch AZ2889318 [compare], Ancestry member lauraparks86rn
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MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch AZ2889318 [compare]
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~0.39%
Pam Vrooman :
23andMe
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AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
Casey Campbell :
AncestryDNA
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