Gordon, I've collected a little information about the Merriam family as the result of an earlier error in which I thought I had a connection. Fortunately, I still have the material, so will share what I have. There is an Isaac Merriam listed in the "History of Cambridge, Massachusetts," Supplement and Index by Mrs. Mary Isabella Gozzaldi on page 504. The following is taken from that citation: "Isaac (Thos., Jos., Jos.) b. 5 July 1714, [m. Sarah Davis (Eleazer) at Bedf. 1 Sept. 1736; d. 19 Ap. 1741, wid. m. (2) Nathaniel Bell of Concord, d. Groton, 25 May 1799, a. 88, H. Lex.] 609 M. Adm." I have a second source: "The Ancestry of Franklin Merriam Peabody," compiled by Sidney Augustus Merriam that takes the line further back. On page 47, there is a listing for Thomas Merriam, son of Joseph and Sarah (Stone) Merriam, b. 1672. I can not verify that this Thomas is the father of Isaac, but he is the grandson of Joseph and Mary (Sheafe) Merriam. The father/grandfather sequence of two Josephs matches the Cambridge record. If this is your line, then the next generations go as follows: 1. William, b. 1564, married Sarah (?), was the son of: 2. William, d. abt 1565/66, married Alyce (?), was the son of: 3. Richard Meryham, d. 1548, married Unknown, was the son of: 4. Stephen, b. bef 1467, d. abt 1507, married Juliane (?), was the son of: 5. William, d. abt 1478, married Benedict (?). I suspect you will want to get copies of these two sources. I hope this is helpful. Gordon Kirkemo kirkemo@olywa.net >______________________________X-Message: #2 >Date: Sat, 4 Apr 1998 10:25:00 -0600 >From: "Gordon Bowker" <gbowker@netrover.com> >To: <NHHILLSB-L@rootsweb.com> >Message-Id: <199804041526.KAA21307@river.netrover.com> >Subject: MERRIAM family >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > MERRIAM ---looking for the ancestors and descendants > of ISAAC MERRIAM,c.1714-1741, Concord, ME, m. > SARAH DAVIS. Can you help me? Thanks Gordon Bowker > > >