Family:Benjamin Munroe and Mary Merriam (1)

Parents: Benjamin Munroe and Lydia Stone Capt. Benjamin Munroe b. 24 Jan 1722/23 Weston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States d. 23 Mar 1804 Lincoln, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States	Mary Merriam (add)

m. Aft 8 Mar 1745

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Marriage Banns^[1]	8 Mar 1745	Lexington, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage`^?`	Aft 8 Mar 1745

Children

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References

↑ Lexington, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Record of births, marriages, and deaths to January 1, 1898. (Boston, Massachusetts: Wright and Potter Printing, 1898)
134.

Munroe, Mun-row, Roe
"Benjamin, m. Mary ---, 1745 (?)."
Weston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Town of Weston, Births, Deaths and Marriages, 1707-1850: 1703-gravestones-1900, church records, 1709-1825. (Boston: McIndoe Bros., 1901)
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The Intentions of Marriage Between Benjamin Munroe ju'r of Weston & Mary Marriam jun'r of Lexington Were Entred March 8th. 1745.
There are two Mary Merriams born in Lexington of an appropriate age: Mary, d/o Thomas and Tabitha, b. 15 Jun 1727, and Mary, d/o Joseph and Mary, b. 28 Jun 1728. The first one is named "Mary Whitney" in her father's will (i..e, married David Whitney, see Source:Pope, Charles Henry. Merriam Genealogy in England and America, p. 70). This makes it likely that Benjamin's wife is the younger one, which may be exactly what the "jun'r" in the intentions were intended to show. However, neither the Merriam Genealogy, nor Source:Hudson, Charles. History of the Town of Lexington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, from Its First Settlement to 1868 show any marriage for this Mary.