John MERRIAM

1779 - 1854  (75 years)

• Name	John MERRIAM
  Birth	19 Feb 1779	Oxford, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
  Gender	Male
  _UID	46254F9A05F94AD5B702A23BD44A66A32E55
  Death	26 Sep 1854	1654344, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I2521	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	25 Feb 2015

  
  

  Family	Clarissa CORNELL,   b. 18 Jan 1797, Hillsdale, Columbia, New York, United States d. 29 May 1850, Beverley Twp, 1654344, Ontario, Canada (Age 53 years)
  Marriage	1812
  Children	1. Sarah MERRIAM,   b. 9 Sep 1826, Ontario d. 6 Sep 1912, Iron Bridge, Aigoma District, Ontario, Canada (Age 85 years)   2. Bruin MERRIAM   3. Sylvanus MERRIAM   4. William C. MERRIAM
  Family ID	F897	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	25 Feb 2015

  
  

• Notes

  From Ancestry - [D. Frerk--S.Verhey Fam.FTW] [2550171[1].FTW] Wenthworth Co. Township Beverly Ref HM-142 http://www.merriamfamilypapers.com/page67.html John Merriam of Wentworth County Ontario This is the Family of John and Clarissa (Cornell) Merriam. John was the son of Persis Merriam, father unknown. Like all Merriam families they start spelling their mane with one R. Some of the lines change it to two R's so check the index for both spellings. John came to Wentworth County, western Upper Canada from Oxford Mass. around 1800 and settled in Sheffield, Ontario. Their sons, Bruin and Sylvanus of the family moved to Sylvan Ontario. William C Merriam to Byron Ontario. All the research on Bruin, was done by Kit Cutting and Fred Merriam's, plus some of the other children. The research for the time before the came to Canada is from Bob Green's chart of the family Additional Info from Kit Cutting and Fred Merriam jointly over a period of years. History of John Meriam: John Meriam made a long trip by wagon train in about 1802 from New York State to Wentworth County, Upper Canada. John was born in 1770 (9?) in Oxford, Mass. to Persis Meriam and unknown father. He had been living with his mother and stepfather, Abner Claflin, in Sandisfield, Mass., helping Abner in his work., The family story is told that some cousins talked him into traveling to Westchester, NY where he joined a group of people going into Canada West. Also traveling west with the same wagon train was the family Sylvanus Cornell. John was born in 1779, and at 23, was ready to make his own way in the world. He settled on a farm near Sheffield, Beverly Twp., Wentworth Co., Canada about 1802. In 1812, he married Clarissa Cornell, Sylvanus's daughter, who was about 15. He organized the first Sabbath School in Sheffield. John was one of two assessors in Beverly in 1816 and was in the assessment roll that year. Clarissa and John had a large family of 10 children. Some of the children stayed in Wentworth County, but others moved to Middlesex or Waterloo Co. John and Clarissa are both buried in Sheffield Cemetery. Some of John's descendants later changed their names by adding an extra r.