Phebe (Merriman) Bartholomew (1720 - 1799)

Born 27 Mar 1720 in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut

Ancestors

Wife of Moses Munson — married 18 Jul 1739 in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut

Wife of Josiah Bartholomew — married 9 Apr 1752 in Branford, New Haven, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 25 Sep 1799 at age 79 in Goshen, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States of America

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Biography

Phebe Merriman, daughter of Moses Merriman and Martha (Beach) Merriman, was born 27 Mar 1720 in Wallingford, Connecticut.^[1][2]

She married twice. She first married Moses Munson 18 July 1739, in Wallingford ^[1][2] Moses died in 1750 and administration of estate was granted to Phebe Merriman 4 Nov 1751.^[3]

Phebe Munson married Josiah Bartholomew 9 Apr 1752 in North Branford.^[1][4] Josiah died, intestate, before 1 Aug 1786, in Cornwall (town next to Goshen). Phebe, Jesse and Isaac Merriman requested, on that date, that the court grant administration to Tryal Tanner, which was duly granted. Distribution of the widow's thirds was made to Phebe on 11 May 1787.^[5]

Phebe was admitted to the Northford Congregational Church 7 June 1752. She came from the church at Wallingford.^[4]

Phebe's gravestone at the Old Middle Street Cemetery, Goshen, reads: In memory of Mrs Phebe Bartholomew confort to M^r Jofiah Bartholomew who died Sept^r 25th 1799 in the 80th year of her age.^[6]

Moses Munson and Phebe Merriman had six children all born in Wallingford.^[1]

1. John Munson was born 2 August 1740
2. Thomas Ensign Munson was born 5 April 1742
3. Margaret Munson was born 14 April 1744
4. Caleb Munson was born 22 May 1746
5. Hannah Munson was born 17 May 1748
6. Moses Munson was born 13 August 1750 and died in 1751

Josiah Bartholomew and Phebe Merriman had children born in Branford, and baptized in nearby Northford.

1. Isaac Bartholomew bpt 19 Aug 1753^[4]
2. Moses Bartholomew b. 3 Sep 1755;^[7] bpt. 5 Oct 1755.^[4]
3. Oliver Bartholomewr b 20 Oct 1757;^[7] bpt. 4 Dec 1757^[4]
4. Phebe Bartholomew b. 31 Jan 1760;^[7] bpt 2 Mar 1760^[4]
5. Jesse Bartholomew b. 15 Mar 1762^[7] bpt. 18 Apr 1762.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Jacobus, Donald Lines (compiler). Families of Ancient New Haven, Vol I-VIII. and Index Vol IX New Haven: 1931. Reprint, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1974, 1981, 1997. Originally published as New Haven Genealogical Magazine, Volumes I-VIII. Rome, NY and New Haven, CT 1922-1932. pp. 1154, 1299, 1300.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Connecticut Vital Records to 1850 "Wallingford" (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.) From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928.
3. ↑ Connecticut County, District and Probate Courts. Probate Packets, Monson, M-Moss, Joseph, 1683-1880. Moses Munson Wallingford 1751 #7274 New Haven Probate District. Accessed at Ancestry ($)
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6} Connecticut. Church Records Index. Northford Congregational Church 1750-1926. Connecticut State Library, Hartford, Connecticut. 1968
5. ↑ Connecticut State Library (Hartford, Connecticut); Probate Place: Hartford, Connecticut. Probate Packets, Barrell-Beach, T, 1743-1880. Josiah Bartholomew, Cornwall 1786 #383.
6. ↑ Photo of gravestone Find a grave 85267812. Phebe Merriman Bartholomew. Old Middle Street Cemetery, Goshen, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3} White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55. Branford. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002.

• Brooks, Mary. God's Acre, Old Middle Street Burying-Ground, 1745-1905, in Goshen, Connecticut (Mattatuck Press, Waterbury, Conn., 1905) Page 66