Brief Life History of Miriam
When Miriam Merry was born on 8 April 1705, in Chilmark, Dukes, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Samuel Merry, was 35 and her mother, Remember Luce, was 35. She married Benjamin Skiffe before 1741, in Tisbury, Dukes, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She died on 2 December 1781, in East Acton, Acton, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, at the age of 76.
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Sources (4)
- Miriam Merrey, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Probate records, 1690-1938 [Dukes County, Massachusetts]
- Samuel Merrey will, 1727 - Dukes Co. MA Wills 3:31
Spouse and Children
1691–1781 Male
1705–1781 Female
Children (3)
1741–1819 Female
1742– Male
1744–1824 Female
Parents and Siblings
1669–1727 Male
1669–1739 Female
Siblings (8)
1689–1771 Male
1692–1780 Female
1694–1754 Female
1697–1733 Female
1700–1764 Female
+3 More Children
Name Meaning
English: nickname from Middle English merie, mirie, murie ‘merry, pleasant’ (Old English myrge). Compare Merriman .
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Mearadhaigh, Ó Meardha ‘descendant of Mearadhach, a descendant of Meardha’, personal names derived from an adjective meaning ‘lively, wild, or high-spirited’. Where Irish dh has been Anglicized as g, there is possible confusion with Merrick .
French: variant of Mery 1.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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