Her first husband was John Addison Smith and then she married John Merryman.
John Merryman was born 16 February, 1736/7, and died 14 Feby., 1814 (Epitaph). He removed from near Hereford, Baltimore county, to Baltimore Town about 1763 (Land Rec. B — L, 24), and resided on Calvert street, just south of Baltimore street. His name appears in a list of the leading citizens of Baltimore Town, 22 April, 1767 {Md. Arch., xxxii, 204). He was chosen a member of the "Baltimore Town Committee of Observation" 12 November, 1774, and was serving as such in 1776. On 28 Nov. 1778, he was commissioned one of the Justices for Baltimore county, residing in Baltimore Town (Md. Arch, xxi, 242), and was a Judge of the Orphans' Court of Baltimore county in 1784. His estate which he owned in Baltimore county, called "Hereford Farm," comprised
over 1000 acres in 1788. (Laws of Md., 1788, chap,
xxxvii.)
He married in St. Paul's parish 9 Decemher, 1777, Sarah (Bogers) Smith, widow of John Addison Smith. She died 21 August, 1816, aged 74 years, and was buried 23 August, 1816 St. Paul's Cemetery. The will of John Merryman, Sr., of Baltimore Town and " Hereford Farm," dated 19 January, 1813, and probated 23 February, 1814, mentions his wife, Sarah: four children, John, Jr., and Nicholas Bogers Merryman, Sarah Bogers Merryman, and Elizabeth Merryman: and a married step-daughter, Eleanor Addison Bosley. {Bolt. Wilh, Lib. 9, folio 417). The will of the widow, Sarah Merryman, dated 24 February, 1814, and probated 14 September, 1816, mentions her own children by a former husband, namely, Eleanor Addison (Smith) Bosley, William B. Smith; and four children by her husband, John Merryman, who are enumerated above. (Balt. Wills, Lib. 10, fol. 216).
Bio information provided by John Reeder.
John Merryman was born 16 February, 1736/7, and died 14 Feby., 1814 (Epitaph). He removed from near Hereford, Baltimore county, to Baltimore Town about 1763 (Land Rec. B — L, 24), and resided on Calvert street, just south of Baltimore street. His name appears in a list of the leading citizens of Baltimore Town, 22 April, 1767 {Md. Arch., xxxii, 204). He was chosen a member of the "Baltimore Town Committee of Observation" 12 November, 1774, and was serving as such in 1776. On 28 Nov. 1778, he was commissioned one of the Justices for Baltimore county, residing in Baltimore Town (Md. Arch, xxi, 242), and was a Judge of the Orphans' Court of Baltimore county in 1784. His estate which he owned in Baltimore county, called "Hereford Farm," comprised
over 1000 acres in 1788. (Laws of Md., 1788, chap,
xxxvii.)
He married in St. Paul's parish 9 Decemher, 1777, Sarah (Bogers) Smith, widow of John Addison Smith. She died 21 August, 1816, aged 74 years, and was buried 23 August, 1816 St. Paul's Cemetery. The will of John Merryman, Sr., of Baltimore Town and " Hereford Farm," dated 19 January, 1813, and probated 23 February, 1814, mentions his wife, Sarah: four children, John, Jr., and Nicholas Bogers Merryman, Sarah Bogers Merryman, and Elizabeth Merryman: and a married step-daughter, Eleanor Addison Bosley. {Bolt. Wilh, Lib. 9, folio 417). The will of the widow, Sarah Merryman, dated 24 February, 1814, and probated 14 September, 1816, mentions her own children by a former husband, namely, Eleanor Addison (Smith) Bosley, William B. Smith; and four children by her husband, John Merryman, who are enumerated above. (Balt. Wills, Lib. 10, fol. 216).
Bio information provided by John Reeder.
Her first husband was John Addison Smith and then she married John Merryman.
John Merryman was born 16 February, 1736/7, and died 14 Feby., 1814 (Epitaph). He removed from near Hereford, Baltimore county, to Baltimore Town about 1763 (Land Rec. B — L, 24), and resided on Calvert street, just south of Baltimore street. His name appears in a list of the leading citizens of Baltimore Town, 22 April, 1767 {Md. Arch., xxxii, 204). He was chosen a member of the "Baltimore Town Committee of Observation" 12 November, 1774, and was serving as such in 1776. On 28 Nov. 1778, he was commissioned one of the Justices for Baltimore county, residing in Baltimore Town (Md. Arch, xxi, 242), and was a Judge of the Orphans' Court of Baltimore county in 1784. His estate which he owned in Baltimore county, called "Hereford Farm," comprised
over 1000 acres in 1788. (Laws of Md., 1788, chap,
xxxvii.)
He married in St. Paul's parish 9 Decemher, 1777, Sarah (Bogers) Smith, widow of John Addison Smith. She died 21 August, 1816, aged 74 years, and was buried 23 August, 1816 St. Paul's Cemetery. The will of John Merryman, Sr., of Baltimore Town and " Hereford Farm," dated 19 January, 1813, and probated 23 February, 1814, mentions his wife, Sarah: four children, John, Jr., and Nicholas Bogers Merryman, Sarah Bogers Merryman, and Elizabeth Merryman: and a married step-daughter, Eleanor Addison Bosley. {Bolt. Wilh, Lib. 9, folio 417). The will of the widow, Sarah Merryman, dated 24 February, 1814, and probated 14 September, 1816, mentions her own children by a former husband, namely, Eleanor Addison (Smith) Bosley, William B. Smith; and four children by her husband, John Merryman, who are enumerated above. (Balt. Wills, Lib. 10, fol. 216).
Bio information provided by John Reeder.
John Merryman was born 16 February, 1736/7, and died 14 Feby., 1814 (Epitaph). He removed from near Hereford, Baltimore county, to Baltimore Town about 1763 (Land Rec. B — L, 24), and resided on Calvert street, just south of Baltimore street. His name appears in a list of the leading citizens of Baltimore Town, 22 April, 1767 {Md. Arch., xxxii, 204). He was chosen a member of the "Baltimore Town Committee of Observation" 12 November, 1774, and was serving as such in 1776. On 28 Nov. 1778, he was commissioned one of the Justices for Baltimore county, residing in Baltimore Town (Md. Arch, xxi, 242), and was a Judge of the Orphans' Court of Baltimore county in 1784. His estate which he owned in Baltimore county, called "Hereford Farm," comprised
over 1000 acres in 1788. (Laws of Md., 1788, chap,
xxxvii.)
He married in St. Paul's parish 9 Decemher, 1777, Sarah (Bogers) Smith, widow of John Addison Smith. She died 21 August, 1816, aged 74 years, and was buried 23 August, 1816 St. Paul's Cemetery. The will of John Merryman, Sr., of Baltimore Town and " Hereford Farm," dated 19 January, 1813, and probated 23 February, 1814, mentions his wife, Sarah: four children, John, Jr., and Nicholas Bogers Merryman, Sarah Bogers Merryman, and Elizabeth Merryman: and a married step-daughter, Eleanor Addison Bosley. {Bolt. Wilh, Lib. 9, folio 417). The will of the widow, Sarah Merryman, dated 24 February, 1814, and probated 14 September, 1816, mentions her own children by a former husband, namely, Eleanor Addison (Smith) Bosley, William B. Smith; and four children by her husband, John Merryman, who are enumerated above. (Balt. Wills, Lib. 10, fol. 216).
Bio information provided by John Reeder.
Gravesite Details
Due to the age of this cemetery and the graves located within, this was the only Merryman located. There were no other markers in the area specific to any member of the Merryman family.
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