Person:Joseph Merriam (5)

Name^[1]	Joseph Merriam
Gender	Male
Birth^[1]	Abt 1630
Marriage	12 Jul 1653	Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United Statesto Sarah Stone
Death^[1]^[2]	20 Apr 1677	Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Concord (Massachusetts). Town Clerk. Vital records, 1640-1905. (Genealogical Society of Utah: Microfilm of records at town clerk, 1998)
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Joseph Meriam , aged 47 years, (died) April 20, 1677.
↑ Shattuck, Lemuel. A history of the town of Concord: Middlesex County, Massachusetts, from its earliest settlement to 1832; and of the adjoining towns, Bedford, Acton, Lincoln, and Carlisle; containing various notices of county and state history not before published. (Boston, Massachusetts: Russell, Odiorne, and Company, 1835 (Cambridge [Mass.] : Charles Folsom, printer))
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"Burying-Grounds were laid out at an early period, but the date is unknown. The monument on the Hill Burying-Ground, containing the inscription, "JOSEPH MERRIAM, AGED 47 YEARS, DIED THE 20 OF APRIL, 1677" is the oldest in town.