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Family Sheet

HUSBAND
Name: George Merriman Note Born: 1559 at Witney, , Oxfordshire, England Married: Abt 1612 at London, , Middlesex County, England Died: 1656 at London, , Middlesex, England Father: Gregory Merriman Mother: Mary (mariae) Ring
WIFE
Name: Hannah Born: Abt 1560 at Witney, , Oxfordshire, England Died:
CHILDREN
Name: Nathaniel Merriman Born: 2 Jun 1613 at London, , Middlesex County, England Died: 13 Feb 1694 at Wallingford, , , CT Wife: Joan Lines
Name: John Merriman Born: 1614 at Saint Olave S, Hart Street, London, Middlesex, England Died: Aft 1655
Name: Elizabeth Merriman Born: 1615 at Saint Olave S, Hart Street, London, Middlesex, England Died: Aft 1655 Husband: John Norman
NOTES
1). Nathaniel s father George made his Will, Oct 31, 1 6 5 5 i n L ondon and in it states I do give unto my son Nathaniel Merriman, now resi d e n t i n New England, the sum of ten pounds of lawful En gl i s h mone y... He worked as a cooper. This was a metal working occup a t i o n that made therims for wagon wheels and for barre l s a n d th e like. His will GEORGE MERRYMAN. Sonne of Gregory Merryman of Whytn e y i n t h e County of Oxon Weav. He wasapprenticed to Rap ha el l Wart e r and became a Cooper of London. ? The son who went to London. Ex. from Records of the Coopers Company, London C o u r t day on Thirsday the XIXth day of June 1606.....Th i s d a y R aphellWarter brought into this Court one Georg e M erry ma n th e sonne of GregoryMerryman of Whytney in t he C ount y o f Oxo nWeav. and presented him hearehas desi red t his C ompa ny t o take notice of an Indenture of Appr entice gdate d th e XViij th day of ffebruary 1598 whereb y the sai d Geor ge wa s boundu nto him for Ix yeares fro m the day o f the da te o f the sai d indenture. N.B. If George M. was 10 years old at the date of t h e I n d enture he wasborn 1587 8. 4th Oct, 1610. Rec d o f Geo r g e Merryman for his publey ? by Taxhall ?Ra phae ll Wa rt e r iii iiii. 27th July 1633 Recd of G eorg e Merrym a n fo rprenticing John Rowan foreight yeart s.... ....XXd. 16t h Noe 1638. Recd of George Merryma n for p renticin g Wil lia m Myles foreight years.........X Xd. 5 Feb. 1655 . Joh n Mer riman had turned over to hi m HenryA llison...... Former ly app rentice of George Merri man. N. B. This dat e mean s 1656, a nd shows that Goerg e Merrima n died befor e 5Feb. i n that yea r. Ex. Genealogical Gleanings in England, by Henry F. Wa t e r s ,VVol 2, p.1445 B. M. 2100, c. George Merriman, Citizen and Freeman of Coopers Comp a n y , L ondon. HisWill dated 31 Oct, 1655, Proved P.C.C . , 1 9 Ma y, 1 656 Berkley 175 . I do give unto my son N at hani ell M errim an, now resident in New England,the su m o f te n pound s of Lawful English money and unto my da ught erEli zabeth N orman, w hom I have already advanced i n marr iage w ith Maste rJohn Nor man, I give twenty shilli ngs t o buy he r a ring i n remembran ce ofmy love. My serv ant He nry Allis on to serv e out the rem ainder of his tim eof app renticeshi p with my s on John Merrim an. The resid ue to so n John whom I do hereb y make and ordai n full an d sole exe cutor, etc. Marke of George Merriman. From this it appears that George Merriman had at leas t t h r e e childrenliving in 1655, viz, 1. Elizabeth, m. John Norman. 2. John Merriman, who carried on his father s busi n e s s o f Cooper, inLondon, and was sole executor of hi s Fa th er s W ill and took over hisfather s apprentice, H enr y All iso n. 3. Nathaniell Merriman, who removed to America abo u t 1 6 3 2 and settled inthe Colony of New Haven, later ta ki n g a p er minent part in the developmentof what is no w th e S tate o f C onnecticut. His Signature appears among the Planters in the New H a v e n C olony to thefundamental agreement dated 4 June, 1 63 9. He left several sons and was the founder of the Ameri c a n b r anch of theMerriman Family. He died at Wallingto n , Co nn. , o n 13th Feb., 1693 4, andhis Will, dated 6t h Ju ne, 1 692 , wa s proved in New Haven Probate Court. Information in regard to the American branch is to b e f o u n d in 1 Adams History of the Adams, Evarts an d Me rr im an s. 2 American Ancestory, Vol. IX. See als o page s 12 14.

						

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