Olive (Wheeler) Merriam (1727 - 1806)

Born 1 Jan 1727 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Nathaniel Merriam — married 27 Dec 1748 in Bedford, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Died 25 Nov 1806 at age 79 in Bedford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Olive was born at Concord, Massachusetts on January 1, 1727/8, daughter of Jonathan Wheeler and his wife Sarah . ^{[1] [2]}

She married Nathaniel Merriam at Bedford, Massachusetts on December 27, 1748 ^[3] who was born at Concord on May 7, 1720, son of Samuel and Sarah (Wheeler) Merriam. ^{[1] [4]}

He died at Bedford on May 9, 1802. His widow Olive died there on November 25, 1806 at the age of 79.^{[3] [4]}

Children

1. Samuel born at Bedford November 5, 1749 ^[3]; died November 25, 1782; married at Lexington on February 21, 1785, the widow Alice Hadley, daughter of Simon and Amittai (Fassett) Newton. ^[4]
2. Sarah born at Bedford October 10, 1753; married Zebulon Converse of Rindge, New Hampshre May 8, 1773. ^{[3] [4]}
3. Olive born at Bedford March 1, 1763. ^{[3] [4]}

Research notes

Concord Births

MERIAM, Nathaniel, s. Samll and Sarah, May 7, 1720. (p. 100)

WHEELER, Olive, d. Jonathan and Sarah, Jan. 1, 1727-8. (p. 118) ^[1]

Bedford Marriages

MERIAM, Nathaniel and Olive Wheeler, Dec. 27, 1748. [Nathanael. CR] (p. 90)

Merriam, Samuel and Alice Hadley, Feb. 21, 1785, in Lexington. (p. 90)

Merriam, Sarah and Zebulon Convasse, May 8, 1773. [Meriam, and Zebulon Converse. MR]. (p. 90)

Bedford Births

MERRIAM, Olive, d. Nathaniel and Olive, Mar. 1, 1763. (p. 40)

MERRIAM, Samuel, s. Nathaniel (Meriam) and Olive, Nov. 5, 1749. (p. 40)

MERRIAM, Sarah, d. Nathaniel and Olive, Oct. 10, 1753. (p. 40)

Bedford Deaths

MERRIAM, Nathaniel, Mr., May 9, 1802. [infirmities of age, a. 82. CR] (p. 130)

MERRIAM, Olive, w. Nathaniel, Nov. 25, 1806. [wid. paralytic stroke, Nov. 24, a. 79. CR] (p. 130) ^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Tolman, George, Concord Massachusetts Births, Marriages and Deaths 1635-1850, T. Todd Printers, Printed by the Town, Concord, Massachusetts
2. ↑ Wheeler, Albert, G. , The Genealogical and Encyclopedic History of the Wheeler Family in America, American College of Genealogy, 1914
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5} Vital Records of Bedford Massachusetts to the Year 1850, NEHGS, Boston, Massachusetts, 1903
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4} Pope, Charles H., compiler, Merriam Genealogy in England and America: Including the "Genealogical Memoranda" of Charles Pierce Merriam, the Collections of James Sheldon Merriam, Etc., Boston, Massachusetts, 1906