Reuben Merriman

  General notes:

Silversmith

  Events in his life were:

• In Cheshire in 1810. His name first appears in Litchfield Land Records, 1827. Shops variously located next to the newly erected (1829) Third Congregational Church, and in 1842 one door east of Presbyterian Church. Advertised business as clock and watchmaker and had for sale watches jewelry, silverware, musical instruments, combs, etc. , to be "sold low to meet the times." He was listed as a watchmaker and jeweler in the 1856 Connecticut Buisiness Directory. ³

Reuben married Melia Byington. (Melia Byington was born about 1787 and died on 23 Jun 1856 in Litchfield CT.)