Family: Barnes, William / Merriman, Sarah /Meriam (F64235)

• Male Barnes, William

  
  

  Birth			LDS Ordinances	Date	Place
  Christening			Baptized (LDS)
  Death	drowned at sea in early manhood.		Endowed (LDS)
  Burial			Sealed P (LDS)
  Marriage	Sarah (Merriam) Barnes, his wife, was b. in Ashbur		Sealed S (LDS)
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  Female Merriman, Sarah /Meriam

  
  

  Birth		Ashburnham, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA	LDS Ordinances	Date	Place
  Christening			Baptized (LDS)
  Death	1832		Endowed (LDS)
  Burial			Sealed P (LDS)
  Other Spouse	Draper, William | F64233
  Marriage			Sealed S (LDS)
  Father	Merriman, Ignatius /Marion | F64236 Group Sheet
  Mother	Kendall, Mary | F64236 Group Sheet

  
  

• Notes

  Married: Sarah (Merriam) Barnes, his wife, was b. in Ashburnham, Mass. and m. William Barnes of Lexington, who was drowned at sea in early manhood. 20260122GHLn- William Draper Male 7 March 1742 – 7 March 1842 • LH2F-DS7 Sources (8) Collaborate (2) Memories (0) Notes W/Father & Wife in Francestown, NH History "WILLIAM DRAPER came from Dedham, Mass., to this town, about 1780, and settled on what is known as Driscoll hill. His father, William Draper, Sr. , came from England, and settled in Dedham, Mass. William, the son, was b. Mar. 7, 1742, and d. in Francestown on his birthday, Mar. 7, 1842, aged just one hundred years. Sarah (Merriam) Barnes, his wife, was b. in Ashburnham, Mass. and m. William Barnes of Lexington, who was drowned at sea in early manhood. She m., 2nd, Mr. Draper and lived to great age, dying in 1832. She was a witness of the battle of Lexington; saw the "red coats" march up and fire upon the American farmers; and later in the day saw the --red coats" flying for life in disgraceful retreat.