Merriam Genealogy in England and America

By Charles Henry Pope

1986 reprint of the 1906 edition with additions to missing lines and a new introduction; illus., indexed, paper covers. 522 pp. ISBN 0-9612610-1-3. $40

     Most American Merriams trace their name to the sons of William Merriam of England who emigrated to Concord, Massachusetts in the 1630s. This work follows the descendants of the three sons down to about 1900 so far as the author could determine them.

The Munger Book

By Jeremiah B. Munger

1991 reprint of the 1915 edition with a new introduction by Henry M. Munger. Illus., cloth; 614 pp.,
$50

     The author traces the descendants of Nicholas Munger, who settled near Guilford, Connecticut by about 1650, through the ninth or tenth generations with great care and diligence.