Jerusha Merriam

F, b. 21 February 1698, d. 27 December 1745
     Jerusha was born on Friday, 21 February 1698 in Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of William & Athelred [Berry] Merriam. Jerusha married Deacon Edward Parker, son of John Parker and Hannah Bassett, on 4 August 1716. Jerusha departed this life on Monday, 27 December 1745 in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut. She was buried in in the Old Graveyard at Cheshire.