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Miriam Groom (Wheeler)

Also Known As: "Meriam (Wheeler) Blakeman Groom"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut
Death: October 04, 1693 (46)
Milford, New Haven, Connecticut
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Moses Wheeler; Moses Wheeler; Miriam Wheeler and Miriam Wheeler
Wife of James Blakeman; James Blakeman and Edward Groom
Mother of Mirium Northrup; Hannah Gilbert; Jane Russell-Clarke-Griffin; Miriam Northrup; Elizabeth Blakeman and 7 others
Sister of Elizabeth Blakeman Walker; Samuel Wheeler; Moses Wheeler, Jr.; Mary Fairchild; Johanna Fairchild and 3 others

Managed by: Floyd Brian Russak
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About Miriam Groom

James Blakeman Married 2nd to Merriam Wheeler, daughter of Moses Wheeler. b: 28 MAR 1647 in New Haven Co., CT •Married: 1667 in Milford, New Haven Co., CT . She married Edward Groom 2nd.

Children

  • 1. Jane Blackman b: 26 OCT 1668 in Stratford, Fairfield Co., CT
  • 2. Miriam Blackman b: 8 FEB 1670 in Stratford, Fairfield Co., CT c: 19 AUG
  • 3. Elizabeth Blackman b: 1673 in Stratford, Fairfield Co., CT
  • 4. Martha Blackman b: 1676 in Stratford, Fairfield Co., CT
  • 5. Zacariah Blackman b: 26 MAY 1678 in Stratford, Fairfield Co., CT
  • 6. Adam Blackman b: 1 JAN 1683 in Stratford, Fairfield Co., CT
  • 7. James Blackman b: 4 DEC 1686 in Stratford, Fairfield Co., CT

Notes

BLAKMAN, James, late of Stratford, will dated July 18, 1689, probated Nov. 7, 1689, mentioned his wife Meriam, (later widow of Greome), and children Zachariah, Adam, James, Elizabeth, Martha, Sarah Cunny, Mary Sexle, Hannah Gilbert, Meriam (wife of Joseph) Northrop, and Jane Russel. Overseers brothers Samuel Wheeler, Moses Wheeler, and Ephraim Stiles, and son in law Joseph Northrop. Witnesses Joseph Grifen and John Stiles. Page 294. Inventory taken Nov. 4, 1689, by Joseph Curtis, John Moss, and Ambrose Tomson, and filed Nov. 7, 1689, page 294. ABSTRACT OF PROBATE RECORDS AT FAIRFIELD, COUNTY OF FAIRFIELD, AND STATE OF CONNECTICUT. BY SPENCER P. MEAD, L. L. B. Volume 3, 1675 - 1690. Page 32.

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Sources

  1. Moses Wheeler, in Jacobus, Donald Lines. History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield. (New Haven, Conn.: The Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Company, 1930-1932), I:677. "Miriam Wheeler, b. (Stratford) 28 Mar. 1647; m. (1) abt. 1667, James Blackman; m. (2) Edward Groom."
  2. Connecticut, United States. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Stratford Vital Records:251 (edited version). 'WHEELER, ...Mirian, d. Moses, b. Mar. 28, 1647'
  3. Jacobus, Donald Lines. History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield. (New Haven, Conn.: The Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Company, 1930-1932), 1:83. 'Will of Miriam Groom of "Oronoge" dated at Milford, 4 Oct. 1693; eldest son Zachariah Blackman; sons Adam and James Blackman; Miriam wife of Joseph Northrop; Mary Groom; Martha Blackman; dau. Jane; ... Inv. at Stratford and Milford, 6 Nov. 1693.'
  4. The Genealogical and Encyclopedic History of the Wheeler Family in America Compiled by the American College of Genealogy, Under the direction of Albert Gallatin Wheeler, Jr., 1914
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Miriam Groom's Timeline

1647
March 28, 1647
Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut
1658
April 25, 1658
Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut
1661
April 21, 1661
1665
1665
Stratford , Fairfield, Connecituct
1668
October 26, 1668
Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
1670
February 8, 1670
February 8, 1670
Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut
1673
1673
1676
1676
Stratford, Fairfiled, CT