Person:Samuel Merriam (8)

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Samuel Milo Merriam
b.11 Jun 1817 Mason, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States
d.18 Sep 1884 Otsego, Allegan, Michigan, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. Bef 1798
  1. Samuel Merriam1798 - 1879
  2. Lucy Merriam1800 - 1846
  3. Benjamin Wheeler Merriam1803 - 1884
  4. Moses Merriam1805 - 1885
  5. Aaron Brooks Merriam1806 - 1879
  6. Laura Merriam1808 - 1850
  7. Grovenor Merriam1810 - 1862
  8. George Merriam1812 - 1849
  9. Edward Addison Merriam1814 - 1819
  10. Isaac Lewis Merriam1815 - 1879
  11. Samuel Milo Merriam1817 - 1884
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Samuel Milo Merriam1817 - 1884
  • W.  Esther (add)
m. Bef 1847
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Facts and Events
Name[6] Samuel Milo Merriam
Gender Male
Birth[1] 11 Jun 1817 Mason, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States
Marriage Bef 1847 Based on birth of eldest known child
to Esther (add)
Death[2] 18 Sep 1884 Otsego, Allegan, Michigan, United States
Questionable Information Found
It is unlikely that this is the child of Samuel and Lucy (Wheeler) Merriam. See note.
References
  1. ↑ New Hampshire, United States. New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900. (New Hampshire Division of Vital Records Administration)
    [1].

    Child's Name: Samuel Milo Meriam
    Date of Birth: June 11 1817
    Place of Birth: Mason
    Sex: Son
    Father: Samuel Meriam
    Mother: Lucy
    Clerk of: Mason

  2. ↑ Michigan. Secretary of State. Death Records, 1867-1897. (Lansing, Michigan)
    [2].

    Return of Deaths in the County of Allegan for the Year ending December 31st A.D. 1884
    No.: 229
    Date of Death: Sept 18 1884
    Name: Samuel M Merriam
    Sex: Male
    Color: White
    Condition: Widower
    Age: 67 y. 17 d. [birth calculates to about 1 Sep 1817]
    Place of Death: Otsego
    Cause: Unknown
    Birthplace: New hampshire
    Occupation: Farmer
    Parents: Dead / Dead
    Residences of Parents: [blank]

  3.   Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. 1850 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration Publication M432)
    line 13.
  4.   St. Lawrence, New York, United States. 1860 U.S. Census Population Schedule
    line 18.
  5.   Allegan, Michigan, United States. 1870 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration Publication M593)
    line 13.
  6. ↑ The birth record lists the parents as Samuel and Lucy, and the birth is just months before Lucy (Wheeler) Merriam dies, and two years after the previous child. So by all appearances, Samuel Milo appears to belong to this family. Except...
    1) There already is a son named Samuel (age 19).
    2) Samuel Milo is not named as by the judge in the distribution of the father's estate.
    Number 2 is virtually irrefutable. The most likely explanation is that Samuel Milo is an illegitimate child of one of the daughters. (The son Samuel has no known marriage until several years later.) The only daughter of an age possible to be the mother is Lucy who married 1822 to Curtis Lawrence. The birth record referenced by the New Hampshire index does not appear to be online, as the exact wording may possibly give further clues.
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