Person:Mansfield Merriman (1)

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Mansfield Merriman
b.3 May 1752 Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
d.Abt 1790 Southington, Hartford, Connecticut, United States (probably)
Parents and Siblings
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m. Bef 1752
  1. Mansfield Merriman1752 - Abt 1790
  2. Chauncey MerrimanAbt 1755 -
  3. Jemima Merriman1764 - 1842
  4. Caleb Merriman1768 - 1838
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Mansfield Merriman1752 - Abt 1790
  • W.  Unknown (26317)Bef 1755 - Aft 1790
m. Bef 1775
  1. Mary Merriman1775 -
  2. Patience Merriman1780 -
  3. Wadsworth Merriman1784 -
  4. Dervilla Merriman1786 -
  5. Anna Merriman1788 -
  6. Jemima Merriman1790 -
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Facts and Events
Name[1] Mansfield Merriman
Gender Male
Birth[1][2][3][4] 3 May 1752 Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Marriage Bef 1775 Estimate based on date of birth of eldest known child (Mary).
to Unknown (26317)
Death[1] Abt 1790 Southington, Hartford, Connecticut, United States (probably)

"In Timlow's Sketches of Southington[2] the name Norman Mansfield Merriman is given to the eldest child of John and Mabel Merriman, and this was copied in the book Merriman Reunion and Genealogy[3] published at New Haven in 1914. Recent investigation shows that the word Norman is an error, for it cannot be verified by any record. On the Farmington books (Land Records, VIII,6) his birth record is as follows:

Meriman Mansfield son to John Meriman Junr Born May 3d 1752

Evidently some copyist mistook the first word of this record for Norman, for sometimes the Christian name is given first, although the usual form is like that just stated. Also the name Norman cannot be found on the Southington records, although the name Mansfield Merriman is there given as the father of five children born between 1780 and 1790. Again, the will of John Merriman mentions 'my son Mansfield Merriman, dec'd.' These facts show that the name Norman has no validity and it should not hereafter be prefixed to the first Mansfield Merriman who was fifth in descent from Richard Mansfield and fourth in descent from Nathaniel Merriman."[5]

References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Merriman, in Jacobus, Donald Lines. Families of Ancient New Haven. (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1974)
    5:1169.

    "Mansfield (Merriman), b 3 May 1752 (Farmington Vital Records), d c. 1790; …"

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 24. Norman Mansfield, in Timlow, Heman Rowlee. Ecclesiastical and Other Sketches of Southington, Connecticut. (Hartford, Conn. : Press of the Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co., 1875)
    clxxi.

    "24. … Norman M. Merriman, son of John (20), b. May 3, 1752; m. _____. He was commonly known as 'Mansfield Merriman.’"

  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 20. John4 Merriman, in Merriman, Mansfield, and Donald Lines Jacobus. Reunion of Descendants of Nathaniel Merriman at Wallingford, Conn. June 4, 1913, with a Merriman Genealogy for Five Generations. (New Haven, Conn.: Donald L. Jacobus, 1914)
    155.

    "Norman Mansfield (Merriman),5 born 3 May 1752; enlisted in the Revolution in 1780. Children: Mary6 1778, Patience 1780, Wadsworth 1784, Dervilla 1786, Anna 1788, Jemima 1790."

  4. ↑ Farmington Vital Records [NEHGS], in Connecticut, United States. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records
    108.

    "Merriman, … Mansfield, s. John, Jr., b. May 3, 1752 [LR8:6]"

  5. ↑ Merriman, Mansfield. Merriman Bulletin. (New York: Mansfield Merriman, 1915, 1917)
    2:2-3.
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