Oliver/4a Merriam

M, #8244, (5 June 1722 - 29 May 1751)
Oliver/4a Merriam|b. 5 Jun 1722\nd. 29 May 1751|p825.htm#i8244|Ebenezer/3 Merriam|b. say 1679\nd. before May 1777|p321.htm#i3207|Elizabeth/3a Brooks|b. 18 Jan 1680/81\nd. say 1740|p197.htm#i1969|John/2 Merriam|b. 9 Jul 1641\nd. 2 Feb 1723/24|p286.htm#i2858|Mary/2 Cooper|b. 11 Sep 1645\nd. 5 Mar 1731|p225.htm#i2246|Gershom/2a Brooks|b. circa 1634\nd. 1686|p195.htm#i1947|Hannah/2 Eccles|b. say 1647\nd. 2 Jan 1716/17|p195.htm#i1948|
Father*Ebenezer/3 Merriam1 b. s 1679, d. b May 1777
Mother*Elizabeth/3a Brooks1 b. 18 Jan 1680/81, d. s 1740
Appears on charts:Descendants of Capt. Thomas/1a Brooks
Descendants of Gershom/2a Brooks
Last Edited30 Jul 2009
       Oliver/4a Merriam was born 5 Jun 1722 at Concord, MA.1 Graduated Harvard College, 1749.2,3 He died at Concord 29 May 1751 at age 28, "leaving his estate to his father, his brother Ebenezer and Elizabeth Rigsby, a member of his father's household."2

Source Citations/Notes:

  1. [S185] Concord BMD, 105, Oliver Meriam b.
  2. [S185] Concord BMD, 415, Oliver Meriam, A.B., d. (c.r.).
  3. [S820] Charles Henry Pope, Merriam Genealogy, 55, Ebenezer (18.), Oliver (iii.).

Martha Lane

F, #8246, (1 October 1694 - 18 January 1733/34)
Martha Lane|b. 1 Oct 1694\nd. 18 Jan 1733/34|p825.htm#i8246|Col. John Lane|b. say 1660\nd. 17 Jan 1714/15|p1880.htm#i18796|Susanna Whipple|b. say 1668\nd. 4 Aug 1713||||||||||||||
Father*Col. John Lane1 b. s 1660, d. 17 Jan 1714/15
Mother*Susanna Whipple1 b. s 1668, d. 4 Aug 1713
Appears on charts:Descendants of Capt. Thomas/1a Brooks
Descendants of Mary/2a Brooks
Descendants of Rebecca/3a Wheeler
Descendants of Col. James/4a Minot
Last Edited22 May 2008
       Martha Lane was born 1 Oct 1694 at Billerica, MA.1 She married, as his 1st wife, 14 Nov 1716 at Concord, Col. James/4a Minot of Concord, son of Dr. James/3 Minot and Rebecca/3a Wheeler, with whom she had 3 children.2 She died at Concord 18 Jan 1733/34 at age 39.3
     "A [Minot] brother and a sister married a brother and sister by the name of Lane," says Shattuck.4

Family

Col. James/4a Minot b. 17 Oct 1694, d. 6 Feb 1759
Children
  • Maj. John/5a Minot5 b. 31 Aug 1717, d. 31 Jul 1802
  • Rebecca/5a Minot6 b. 15 May 1720, d. 8 Oct 1761
  • James/5a Minot7 b. 20 Jan 1726/27, d. 2 Aug 1773

Source Citations/Notes:

  1. [S300] Billerica VR, 122, Martha Laine b.
  2. [S185] Concord BMD, 89, James Minott/Martha Lane m.
  3. [S185] Concord BMD, 127, Mrs. Martha Minott d.
  4. [S106] NEHGR, 1:174 (1847), Lemuel Shattuck, "The Minot Family."
  5. [S185] Concord BMD, 91, John Minott b.
  6. [S185] Concord BMD, 99, Rebeckah Minott b.
  7. [S185] Concord BMD, 116, James Minott b.

Elizabeth/4 Wilder

F, #8250, (circa 1705 - 13 September 1779)
Elizabeth/4 Wilder|b. circa 1705\nd. 13 Sep 1779|p825.htm#i8250|Ephraim/3 Wilder|b. 16 Apr 1677|p6684.htm#i66837|Elizabeth Stevens|b. say 1680||Lt. Nathaniel/2 Wilder|b. 3 Nov 1655\nd. 31 Jul 1704|p6684.htm#i66835|Mary/2 Sawyer|b. 4 Jan 1652|p6688.htm#i66880|||||||
Father*Ephraim/3 Wilder1,2 b. 16 Apr 1677
Mother*Elizabeth Stevens1 b. s 1680
Appears on charts:Descendants of Capt. Thomas/1a Brooks
Descendants of Mary/2a Brooks
Descendants of Rebecca/3a Wheeler
Descendants of Col. James/4a Minot
Last Edited28 Jun 2009
       Elizabeth/4 Wilder was born circa 1705 at Lancaster, MA, and there baptised in 1708.3 She married (1), as his 2d wife, Tilley/2 Merrick of Brookfield, son of Thomas/1 Merrick and Elizabeth Tilley, with whom she had 3 children.4,2 Her husband's will, 13 Mar 1732, bequeaths her "the full of what the law of this province for widdows made & provided for," and names her joint executor with her father Ephraim of Lancaster.2 She married (2), as his 2d wife, 9 Oct 1735 at Brookfield, Col. James/4a Minot, son of Dr. James/3 Minot and Rebecca/3a Wheeler.5,6 He died at Concord 6 Feb 1759.7 She married (3), 9 Apr 1763 at Littleton, Rev. Daniel/4 Rogers of Littleton, son of Daniel/3 Rogers and Sarah Appleton.8 She died at Littleton 13 Sep 1779.9,10

Family 1

Tilley/2 Merrick b. 20 Oct 1667
Children
  • Mary/3 Merrick11 b. 1 Sep 1723
  • Elizabeth/3 Merrick12,13 b. circa 14 Feb 1726, d. 28 Jan 1746
  • Tilley/3 Merrick14 b. 20 Sep 1730, d. 7 Mar 1768

Family 2

Col. James/4a Minot b. 17 Oct 1694, d. 6 Feb 1759
Children
  • Martha/5a Minot15 b. 1 Feb 1737/38, d. 18 Jun 1739
  • Martha/5a Minot16 b. say 1740
  • Ephraim/5a Minot17 b. 17 Jun 1742, d. 14 Sep 1794

Family 3

Rev. Daniel/4 Rogers b. 17 Oct 1706

Source Citations/Notes:

  1. [S354] R.D. Wheeler, The Wheeler Genealogy, 1:73, citing A Genealogical Record of the Minot Family (1897).
  2. [S590] Worcester County wills, Tilley Merrick, 1:25-27, transcribed on Worcester County Will Board at http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ma/….
  3. [S354] R.D. Wheeler, The Wheeler Genealogy, 1:73, citing Lancaster VR, 173; Genealogical Record of the Minot Family (1897).
  4. [S354] R.D. Wheeler, The Wheeler Genealogy, 1:83.
  5. [S266] Brookfield VR, 370, Maj. James Minot/Mrs. Elizeb Mirick m.
  6. [S354] R.D. Wheeler, The Wheeler Genealogy, 1:73, citing Genealogical Record of the Minot Family (1897).
  7. [S185] Concord BMD, 195, Honble James Minot Esq d.
  8. [S203] Littleton VR, 268, Rev. Daniel Rogers/Mrs. Elisebeth Minot m.
  9. [S203] Littleton VR, 46, Elizabeth Rogers d.
  10. [S354] R.D. Wheeler, The Wheeler Genealogy, 1:73.
  11. [S266] Brookfield VR, 157, Mary Mirick b.
  12. [S185] Concord BMD, 170, mrs Elisabeth Mirick d.
  13. [S266] Brookfield VR, 157, Elizebeth Mirick b.
  14. [S266] Brookfield VR, 157, Tilly Mirick b.
  15. [S185] Concord BMD, 146, Martha Minott b.; 143, d.
  16. [S354] R.D. Wheeler, The Wheeler Genealogy, 1:73 and 84, citing Register, 1:259.
  17. [S185] Concord BMD, 155, Ephraim Minott b.
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