MERRIAM CEMETERY
MIDDLETON MASSACHUSETTS

This family cemetery is partially well-maintained, but had some stone damage.
Many have exhortative inscriptions.  Those & other edittings are to ellipses.
Additions from state and local vital records are enclosed in square brackets.

Andrew Merriam
Died
April 15, 1863
Aged 83 years
& 22 days.
Annie Jane
Wife of
Andrew Merriam
Died Oct. 17, 1834
Aged 40 yrs.
...

Ann B.
Wife of
Andrew Merriam.
Died
Sept. 19, 1882,
Aged 84.

Andrew N. Merriam
died
Feb. 20, 1843.
AEt. 26 yrs.

Martha J.
Wife of
William Downie
Died
June 22, 1853.
AE. 29.
...

Edward Graham
Son of
Wm. & Martha
Downie.
Died Sep. 10, 1856
AEt. 5 years.

William C. Downie
A native
of Prestwick Scotland
Died in
Portsmouth N.H.
Sept. 1, 1868.
Aged 39.

Mary F.
Wife of
Francis Merriam.
Died June 23, 1848.
AEt. 23.
...

Fran[klin C.]
Son of
[Francis] & Hannah [B.]
Merriam
Died Jan. [4, 1851]
AEt. 3 mos.
...

Jennie A.
daughter of
F. P. & H. C. Merriam
died March 9,
1857,
aged 4 mos.
& 5 dys.

Horace B.
son of
W. A. & E. S.
Merriam
died Nov. 30, 1856
aged 1 yr. 4 mos.
& 19 dys.

Little Horace
died
March 28, 1862.
AEt. 3 mo's. 23 days.

Sarah Merriam
Died
March 18, 1864.
Aged 76 years.

... [fully eroded]

In memory of
Mrs. Lydia,
wife of Doct.
Silas Merriam,
who died
July 5, 1832.
AEt. 83.

In
Memory of
Dr. Silas Merriam.
Obt. Jan. 25, 1812.
AEt. 74.
...

Francis Peabody
Merriam
Born in Middleton
January 20, 1818
Died in Newton
November 9, 1904
His Wife
Hannah Blanchard
Crosby
Born on Roosevelt Island, ME
December 4, 1832
Died in Newton
December 17, 1912
Their Daughter
Mary Frances
Merriam
Born in Middleton
March 20, 1852
Died in Newton
November 1, 1917
...

Silas Merriam
Died Apr. 5, 1877,
Aged 57 yrs.
Laura E. Merriam
Wife of
Silas Merriam
Born Dec. 19, 1823,
Died Nov. 27, 1891.
...
Lucy P.
Daughter of
S. & L. E. Merriam
Died Jan. 26, 1861.
Aged 2 yrs.
Theodore F. Brett,
Born May. 3, 1844,
Died Feb. 8, 1942.
Annie M. Merriam
Wife of
Theodore F. Brett,
Born July 22, 1851.
Died Jan. 17. 1878.

James Nixon Merriam
Born June 20, 1822
Fell Asleep
Jan. 21, 1882
...
Hannah Williams Ober
His wife
May 27, 1825
March 23, 1913
...
Andrew Nixon Merriam
Only son of
James & Hannah Merriam
Born August 14, 1849
Died in Toronto Ontario
February 12, 1881
...

Stephen Wilkins
Died Apr. 13, 1868,
Aged [81] yrs.
& 3 mos.
...

Catharine M.
Wife of
Stephen Wilkins.
Died June 15, 1876.
Aged 86 yrs.
& 3 mos.

Alice Williams
Merriam
Wife of
Charles Moore
Born in Middleton 1854
Died in Detriot Mich. 1914
Charles Moore
1855 - 1912

Charles E. Proctor
1829 - 1880.

Susannah Estey
wife of
Charles E. Proctor
1838 - 1900

... [child's grave]

Joseph N. Pope.
Died
March 19, 1879.
Aged 79 yrs.
& 26 ds.
Formerly at Salem Mass.

Elizabeth B.
Wife of
Joseph N. Pope
Died
May 18, 1881.
Aged 63 yrs. 2 mos.

Salenda Averill
Born in Topsfield
Aug. 17, 1809.
Died in Boxford
Mar. 13, 1885.
Daughter of
Moses & Mehitable
Averill.

Lucy A.
Wife of
Francis E. Batchelder
Died Feb. 24, 1875.
Aged 35 yrs.
& 9 mos.

Jeremiah Estey
Died
Sept. 14, 1870.
Aged 89 yrs. 8 mos.
4 days.
...

Elizabeth,
Wife of 
Jeremiah Estey
Died
Mar. 19, 1863.
Aged 80 yrs.
24 days.
...

In memory of
Mr. Ephraim Wilkins
who died
Feb. 22, 1829, AEt. 45.
Also children of Ephraim
& Hannah Wilkins,
Polly D. Wilkins
died Jan. 7, 1814. AEt. 8 m.
Ephraim W. Wilkins
died Feb. [5], 1817 AEt. [8 m. 5 d.] ...
...

In
Memory of
Mrs. Hannah,
wife of
Mr. Ephraim Wilkins
Died Sep. 4, 1831.
Aet. 44.

In
Memory of
Miss Martha R.
Daughter of
Mr. Ephraim &
Mrs. Hannah Wilkins
Died May 6, 1832
AEt. 12.

In Memory of
Miss Polly D.
Daughter of
Ephraim & Hannah
Wilkins, who died
April 30, 1842,
Aged 24.

In memory of
Polly
Daughter of Mr. Richard
& Mrs. Rebecca Dixey
who died
May 7, 1817.
AEt. 31 ys. [& 5 ms.] ...
...

In memory of
Mr. Joseph Russell.
who died
July 16, 1844.
Aged 71.
Also of
Mary, his wife
who died
Jan. 1, 1844.
AEt. 69.
Also of Elijah, who died
Oct. 16, 1845.
Aged 5 yrs. & 4 mos.
And Elias Smith,
who died Oct. 24, 1845.
Aged 3 yrs.
Children of the above.
...

In memory of
Mrs. Abigail
wife of Doct.
Joseph Bradstreet
who died
April 22, 1829.
AEt. 95.

In memory of
Mrs. Sally
Wife of
Ezra Bradstreet,
who died
Feb. 15, 1829.
AEt. 48.

Jabez S. Nichols
Son of
Ezra Nichols, Esqur.
Died Feb. 21, 1823.
AEt. 11 days

...

Andrew N. Merriam
Died
Feb. 28, 1843.
AEt. 26.

Elias McIntire
Died
Sept. 16, 1860

...

...
Rebecca [(Merriam) Wilkins]
Died [Dec. 30, 1861]
AEt. [84 ys. 9 ds.]
...

...
Father
Col.
Amos Batchelder
Died
June 25, 1870,
Aged 75 yrs.
4 mos.
6 ds.
Mother
Mrs.
Betsey P. Batchelder
Died
March 28, 1851,
Aged
55 yrs.
22 ds.

Joseph Austin
Son of
Col. Amos Batchelder
& Betsey P. ...
died Feb. 8, 1823
AEt. 9 mos. & 2 ds.

John Estey,
Died
Nov. 2, 1834,
AEt. 92.

Hannah,
Widow of
John Estey,
Died Mar. 31, 1846,
AEt. 92.

Children of John &
Hannah Estey,
Buried in this part of
the cemetery.
John
May 16, 1774. May 13, 1839.
Samuel
Feb. 22, 1776. Aug. 2, 1856.
Israel
June 16, 1788. May 2, 1877.
Elizabeth.
Dec. 14, 1791. Aug. 28, 1873.
Flint
Aug. 6, 1794. Oct. 1885.

Joseph Long,
was drowned in
Middleton Pond
Dec. 27, 1845,
Aged 30 yrs.

...
AEt. 62 ys.
...

Nancy D.
wife of
John T. Bean
Died Apr. 2, 1859
AEt. 30 yrs. 10 mos.
& 13 dys.
...

Our Father,
James Stone,
Died
June 6, 1877.
Aged 76 yrs
& 2 mos.

Our Mother.
Nancy Derring.
Wife of
James Stone.
Died
Feb. 15, 1861.
Aged 61 yrs.

Dear Sister.
Naomi Stone.
Died
May 11, 1860.
Aged 30 years,
& 4 mos.

Transcribed by Barry Gates in 2005.

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