William Merriam, Sr

1525 - 1565  (40 years)

• Name	William Merriam  [1]
  Suffix	Sr
  Birth	1525	Goudhurst, Kent, England   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	27 Jan 1565	Goudhurst, Kent, England   [2]
  Burial	Goudhurst, Kent, England   [2]
  Person ID	I29888	Master
  Last Modified	18 Apr 2018

  
  

  Family	Alice Apse   d. 1580
  Children	+ 1. William Merriam, Jr,   b. 1564, Goudhurst, Kent, England d. 23 Sep 1635, Hadlow, Kent, England (Age 71 years)
  Family ID	F7418	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	18 Feb 2018

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1525 - Goudhurst, Kent, England Death - 27 Jan 1565 - Goudhurst, Kent, England Burial - - Goudhurst, Kent, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Birth: 1525 Goudhurst Kent, England Death: Jan. 27, 1566 Goudhurst Kent, England William Merriam was born about 1525 at Goudhurst, Kent, England. He was probably the eldest son of Richard Merriam and his first wife. It seems that William first married a woman named Anne, who probably died in childbirth just before June 20, 1560, when she was buried in Goudhurst. The child also must have died soon after, for "a mayde of Wylliam Meriam" was buried there on July 18, 1560. On October 13, 1560, he married Alice Apse in Goudhurst. Her name is difficult to make out in the transcript of the marriage. It is not known what he did for a living, but he was probably a yeoman farmer. William made an oral will on January 27, 1566 and must have died the same day, because he was buried in Goudhurst on Janauary 28, 1566, in the churchyard of St. Mary the Virgin Church in Goudhurst. The overseer of his will was John Horsemonden, the husband of William's sister Deonys. William left two sons, only one of whom, William, lived to maturity. Alice, who was obviously still young, must have then married a man named Piper, because the 1616 will of Robert Pyper of Tonbridge mentions a William Merryam, "brother -in-lawe". That term was used in those days to mean step-brother as well. Spouse: Alice Apse Piper b. 1535-1580 est Children: William Merriam b. 1564-1635 Burial at St. Mary the Virgin Churchyard Goudhurst Tunbridge Wells Borough, Kent England William Merriam was born about 1525 at Goudhurst, Kent, England. He was probably the eldest son of Richard Merriam and his first wife. It seems that William first married a woman named Anne, who probably died in childbirth just before June 20, 1560, when she was buried in Goudhurst. The child also must have died soon after, for "a mayde of Wylliam Meriam" was buried there on July 18, 1560. On October 13, 1560, he married Alice Apse in Goudhurst. Her name is difficult to make out in the transcript of the marriage. It is not known what he did for a living, but he was probably a yeoman farmer. William made an oral will on January 27, 1566 and must have died the same day, because he was buried in Goudhurst on Janauary 28, 1566, in the churchyard of St. Mary the Virgin Church in Goudhurst. The overseer of his will was John Horsemonden, the husband of William's sister Deonys. William left two sons, only one of whom, William, lived to maturity. Alice, who was obviously still young, must have then married a man named Piper, because the 1616 will of Robert Pyper (step son of Alice) of Tonbridge mentions a William Merryam, "brother -in-lawe". That term was used in those days to mean step-brother as well.

  
  

• Sources

  [S991] Ancestry.com, Kent, England, Tyler Index to Parish Registers, 1538-1874, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), The Tyler Collection, The Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies; Kent, England, Tyler Index to Parish Registers, 1538-1874. [S764] Ancestry.com, UK and Ireland, Find a Grave™ Index, 1300s-Current, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.).