George Merriman (abt. 1585 - bef. 1656)

Born about 1585 in Witney, Oxfordshire, England [uncertain]

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Died before 19 May 1656 before about age 71 in London, England

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Biography

George was born in Witney, Oxfordshire, the son of Gregory Merryman. He passed away before 1656.

Occupation: Cooper

Two conflicting records implying the birth of George. Mansfield Merriman believed they could both be true, if the apprenticeship perhaps had the wrong dates.

• Birth c 1585: Found in the Court minutes of the Worshipful Company of Coopers (London) held Thirsday the xixth day of Jene 1606. "This day Raphaell Warter brought into this Court one George Merryman the sonne of Gregory Meryman of Whytney in the county of Oxon Weav and psented him heare has desired this Company to take notice of an Indenture of Appnticep dated the xviiith day of ffebruary 1598 whereby the said George was bound unto him for ix yeares from the day of the date of said indenture and submitted himself to the censure of the table for binding him forth of his howse who in regard of his posstye and subission forgave his fyne and tooke onely of hym in the respect of the pntemt ... xx d."^[1]

• Birth before 1572: 19 Jan 1593/4 and 13 April 1594, applications made by George Merryman for lease on a house in Singleton and a tenement in West Smithfield.^[2]

In the records of the Court of the Worshipful Cooper Company: 4 Oct 1610 George paid 3s 4d for "his hubley by Taxhall worter." George paid 20p for apprentice John Roman 27 July 1635 (for eight years) and 20p for apprentice William Myles 16 Nov 1638 (for eight years). His dues was marked in arrears 1656 and 1658, one being crossed off with red ink. George had died in 1656.^[3]

The Will of George Meriman, citizen and cooper of London, 31 October 1655 was proved 19 May 1656. "I do give unto my son Nathaniel Merriman, now resident in New England, the sum of ten pounds of lawful English money; and unto my daughter Elizabeth Norman, who I have already advanced in marriage with Master John Norman, I give twenty shillings to buy her a ring in remembrance of my love. My servant Henry Allison to serve out the remainder of his time of apprenticeship with my son John Merriman.The residue to son John who I do hereby make and ordain full and sole executor &c."^[4]

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Sources

1. ↑ Merriman, Mansfield. Reunion of Descendants of Nathaniel Merriman at Wallingford, Conn., June 4, 1913 (Donald L. Jacobus, New Haven, Conn., 1914)p.132
2. ↑ Merriman, Mansfield. "Reunion" p. 129
3. ↑ Merriman, Mansfield. "Reunion" p. 129
4. ↑ Waters, Henry F. "Genealogical Gleanings in England." New England Historical and Genealogical Register 53:21 Link at Archive

• Edwards, William Hopple. Genealogical and Ancestral Notes (Meriden, Conn., 1953) Series II, Page 3: Merriman Family