William Merry 1728 and Martha East 1729-1787

NOTE: there are TWO William and Martha families in Steeple Morden AND they named their children very much alike.

William Merry
Parents William Merry and Elizabeth Shardelow
Born abt 1728 Orwell, Cambridge, England
Christening 16 February 1728 Orwell, Cambridge, England

Married Martha East 17 Oct 1753 Steeple Morden, Cambridge, England

William and Martha marriage record

Died February 1794
Buried 23 February 1794 Cambridgeshire, England

William's Burial Record
Transcription: Burials in 1794
Febry 23d William Merry a Pauper

Sources
Christening: England and Wales Christening Index

Marriage: Marriages for Steeple Morden - Image #482 on FHL Film # 008048580 which is evidently on the same roll as FHL Film #990377

Burial: England, Cambridgeshire Bishop's Transcripts

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Martha East (-M- 6th great grand aunt)
Parents: Ralph East and Martha Dover
Christening 25 Jan 1729 Bassingbourne, Cambridge, England
Died 1787
Buried 4 Sep 1787 Steeple Morden, Cambridge, England

Martha East Merry Burial record

Sources
Christened: England, Select Birth and Christenings

Death Record from Steeple Morden Cambridgeshire Burial Records

Family Search
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CHILDREN

-M- 1st cousins 7x's removed

William Merry

Christening 12 July 1755  Steeple Morden, Cambridge, England

Not Married, no children
Died before 20 June 1761 - when the next William was born 
Buried
Sources
Christening: England Birth and Christenings for Steeple Morden - Image #431 on FHL Film # 008048580 which is evidently on the same roll as FHL Film #990377

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Martha Merry

Christening 5 Dec 1757 Steeple Morden, Cambridge, England

Married Aaron Wade 15 Oct 1786 Abington Piggotts, Cambridge, England

Aaron Wade and Martha Merry marriage record

Children: William, Mary

Died June 1830 Abington Piggotts, Cambridge, England

Buried 25 June 1830 Abington juxta Shengay, Cambridge, England

Martha's burial information

Sources

Christening: England Birth and Christenings for Steeple Morden - Image #431 on FHL Film # 008048580 which is evidently on the same roll as FHL Film #990377

Marriage Registers for Abington Piggotts page 116 Image #346 on FHL Film # 007812076 

Burial:

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William Merry

Christening 20 June 1761 Steeple Morden, Cambridge, England

William's Christening

Married Elizabeth Howard 2 April 1787 Litlington, Cambridge, England

William Merry and Elizabeth Howard marriage record
Transcription: William Merry, Bachelor and Elizabeth Howard, Spinster,
married by banns in this church 2 April 1787  

Children: Elizabeth, Susannah, William, MaryAnn
Died 1807 Litlington, Cambridge, England
Buried
Sources
Christening: England Birth and Christenings for Steeple Morden - Image #432 on FHL Film # 008048580 which is evidently on the same roll as FHL Film #990377

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John Merry
Born 1763 
Christening 14 Oct 1763 Steeple Morden, Cambridge, England

John Merry Christening

Married Sarah Robinson 15 Oct 1787 Cherry Hinton, Cambridge, England (age 24)

John and Sarah's marriage record

Children: Sarah, William, Susan, Mary, Sarah, John, Henry, Robert, Thomas, David
Died May 1827 Cherry Hinton, Cambridge, England  

Buried 31 May 1827 Cherry Hinton, Cambridge, England (age 63)

John Merry burial record

Sources
Christening Record

Marriage Record

Burial Record

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Ann Merry (twin to Mary)
Born 1765
Christening 20 Oct 1765 Steeple Morden, Cambridge, England

Ann and Mary's Christening

Married William Horsely 12 Oct 1785 Steeple Morden, Cambridge, England

Ann Merry and William Horsely
Note: William and Ann, according to this were both
from the Steeple Morden Parish. But, I can't find William
anywhere in the christenings. He may have just moved there.

Children: Richard, Mary, Sarah, Joseph, Thomas, John, William

Died 
Buried 
Sources
Christening Records for Steeple Morden - Image #433 on FHL Film # 008048580 which is evidently on the same roll as FHL Film #990377

Marriages for Steeple Morden - Image #490 on FHL Film # 008048580 which is evidently on the same roll as FHL Film #990377

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Mary Merry (twin to Ann)
Born 1765
Christening 20 Oct 1765 Steeple Morden, Cambridge, England

Mary and Ann's Christening

Married John Miller 2 Jan 1792 Abington Piggots, Cambridge, England

Marriage record part 1 page 118 (at the bottom)

Marriage record part 2 page 119 (at top)
Note that Aaron Wade (brother-in-law to Mary) was a witness

Children: William, Mary, Elizabeth, Richard, James, Thomas, Mary
Died Nov 1805 Abington Piggots, Cambridge, England
Buried 21 Nov 1805 Abington Piggots, Cambridge, England
Sources
Christening Records for Steeple Morden - Image #433 on FHL Film # 008048580 which is evidently on the same roll as FHL Film #990377

Marriage Registers for Abington Piggotts Image #347 on FHL Film # 007812076 

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Richard Merry
Born 1768
Christening 24 July 1768 Steeple Morden, Cambridge, England

Richard's Christening

Married Elizabeth Harne  28 Oct 1794 Arrington, Cambridge, England

Richard Merry and Elizabeth Harne marriage record
Note: I have seen a Richard Merry whose father is Thomas Merry on
ancestry.com who is also married to Elizabeth. However, in 1851 UK Census Richard
is a widower/pauper living with Catherine Wade and her grandson.

Children:

Died
Buried
Sources
1851 UK Census (Age 80, pauper, living with Catherine Wade and her grandson - possible daughter-in-law of his oldest sister, Mary)

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Thomas Merry
Born 1770
Christening 27 May 1770 Steeple Morden, Cambridge, England

Thomas's Christening

Married Elizabeth Grant 2 Aug 1796 Barrington, Cambridge, England

Thomas Merry and Elizabeth Grant marriage record

Children: Did not find any
Died
Buried
Sources
Family Search
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Lucinda Minerva Taylor and Samuel Boynton Paige

Civil War Participant: Union

Samuel Boynton Paige
Parents Osgood Paige and Nancy Boynton
Born 8 Jun 1841 Thornton, New Hampshire
Occupation: Farmer (1870)
Military:  Civil War 5 Sep 1862–13 Aug 1863 New Hampshire Company B 15th Infantry Regiment
Married Lucinda Minerva Taylor 26 Dec 1869 Ruby, Madison, Montana
Died 3 Feb 1923 Twin Bridges, Madison, Montana
Buried

Obituary
'The Madisonian,' Virginia City, 

Samuel and Lucinda's headstone

MT.
09 Feb. 1923:

Samuel Boynton Paige passed away on Saturday, February 3, 1923, at the home of his son, Bert Paige in Twin Bridges. So the Ruby valley loses one of its famous pioneers and a citizen of high honor, who came across the plains here 57 years ago.

Samuel Paige was born 82 years ago, on June 8, 1841 at Thornton, New Hampshire, and he lived at that place until he was 21 years old. The civil war called him into service and he went in 1862, down the Atlantic coast from New York to (where) he stationed on the Mississippi river, keeping ports open for union ships and soldiers. At the close of the war Mr. Paige joined a party that was making ready to bring two quartz mills to Montana. The journey was made with two trains, each having 20 teams of four yoke of oxen coming by way of the Bozeman trail and reaching Alder gulch in the fall of 1866. After working for two years in the vicinity of Virginia City, Mr. Paige moved into the Ruby Valley to establish a home in 1868. He has been engaged in farming and stock raising and has been identified with the development of western Montana, always for community welfare. He was a democrat in politics and served as county commissioner in the early eighties. At the time of his death he was commander of Frank Blair Post, G. A. R., at Virginia City, and a member of the I. O. O. F. Mr. Paige was married in 1869 to Minerva Taylor, who died in 1904. Of his four daughters and seven sons, three are dead. Those living are Ida of Salt Lake City, Alice of Twin Bridges, Bert of Twin Bridges, Oscar of Baker City, Ore., Wilbur, Warner, Charles and Henry of Ruby. His sisters surviving are Mrs. Arvilla J. Weeks of Laconia, N. H., Mrs. Azelia Bryant of Wolfsboro, N. H., and Mrs. Alice Eastman of Ruby, Mont. A number of grand children and great grandchildren also survive. The funeral was held Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock and the interment was in Taylor cemetery. Rev. Wiley Mountjoy conducted the service at the family residence and the American Legion of the valley paid military honors at the grave.
Sources
16 June 1860 US Census Thornton, Grafton, New Hampshire, page 38  (age 18)
1870 US Census Madison County, Montana, page 33, (age 28, Farmer)
1880 US Census Beaverhead Valley, Madison, Montana pg 365C Film 1254742 (age 39) 
1900 US Census Laurin, Madison, Montana page 269 Sheet 9A (age 59)
1910 US Census Ruby, Madison, Montana page 8 (age 68, widowed)
1920 US Census Union, Madison, Montana (widowed, age 78)
Military: US Records and War Files
Montana, Death Index, 1860-2007
Headstone and obituary:  https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/115662295/samuel-boynton-paige

Lucinda Minerva Taylor

Lucinda Minerva "Nerva" Taylor 
Twin to her brother William
Parents John Taylor and Eleanor Burkett
Note:  to see her with parents, click here: http://upperlevelgen.blogspot.com/2009/07/john-taylor-eleanor-burkett.html
Born 26 Apr 1852 Tahlequah, Indian Territory, Oklahoma

Died 6 Jan 1904 Alder, Madison, Montana

Buried Taylor Cemetery, Alder, Madison, Montana
Obituary: 
Lucinda Minerva Page was born on the 26th day of April, 1852, in what now forms the territory of Oklahoma. From there she removed with her parents to Salt Lake City, Utah, and from there to Virginia City, reaching Alder gulch on the 26th day of April, 1864 near which she has resided for the remainder of her life. On the 26th day of December, 1869, she was married to Mr. S. B. Page. They began housekeeping on the ranch which Mr. Page now occupies, and have lived there continuously with the exception of a short residence in Beaverhead county. On the 6th day of January, 1904, after an illness of but a few days, she departed this life. Mrs. Page was the mother of 11 children. Three of them have gone before her; eight are left with her husband to mourn her departure. Mrs. Page, the first to break the family circle, is survived by her aged mother and 11 brothers and sisters. William Taylor of the Ruby valley, a pioneer of Madison county, and her twin brother, has been her constant neighbor until separated by death's ruthless hand. Mrs. Page was one of the pioneers of Montana; at last she has crossed the great divide and has helped to blaze the trail into another land. During her lifetime she was a faithful and affectionate wife, a tender and devoted mother. The funeral rites were held at the home, interment taking place in the Taylor cemetery. 

Sources
1880 US Census Beaverhead Valley, Madison, Montana pg 365C Film 1254742 (married, age 28)  

Note:  claims she was born in Kansas
1900 Census Sheridan town, Madison, Montana Film 1254742 pg 365C (married, mother of 11 - 9 were living) Note:  her name is spelled Lusinda in this Census

Memorial and obituary: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/115590602/lucinda-minerva-paige
http://www.taylorassociation.org/TaylorDescendants/b1105.htm

CHILDREN

Nellie's headstone

Nellie A. Paige
Birth: 14 June 1871 Ruby Valley, Madison, Montana
Death: 14 Dec 1878 Ruby Valley, Madison, Montana
Obituary: 

DIED: On Ruby Valley, Madison County, Montana. December 14th, 1878, of diphtheria, Nellie A., eldest daughter of Samuel B. and Minerva Page; aged 7 years, 6 months, and 7 days.

Sources
Obituary: The Madisonian Newspaper, Virginia City, Montana Territory Saturday ~ December 21, 1878
Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20961415/nellie-a_-page
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Ida Nancy Paige
Born 18 Jul 1872 Alder, Madison, Montana 
Married 1) John Edwin Shorten 6 Jun 1892 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
2) Edmund Henry Wade 8 Aug 1928 Davis county, Utah
Died 21 Jan 1951 Sandy, Salt Lake, Utah
Buried Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah 
Note:  Plot: B-11-16SROD-5W, NO MARKER - though you can see her first husband's marker in the background
Sources
Marriage to Edmund: Utah, county marriages 
1880 US Census Beaverhead, Madison, Montana (age 8)
1900 US Census Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah page 3B (age 28)
Note:  listed as N Schorten
1910 US Census Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah (age 37)
1920 US Census Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah (age 44 - should be 47)
Note:  her brother Charles and his family are with her
1930 US Census Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah page 21B (age 57, with Wade)
Utah Death Certificate
Family Search 
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Memorial: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/86890667/ida-nancy-shorten

Marriage License for Bert and Florence

Albert George "Bert" Paige
Born  18 Dec 1874 Ruby, Madison, Montana
Occupation:  (1918) Book Keeper 
Married 1) Florence M Marshall 14 Feb 1904 Sheridan, Madison, Montana 
Children: Boynton, Lowell
2) Helen Bayer 
1934
Died 10 Feb 1956 Alder, Madison, Montana
Buried Sheridan Cemetery, Sheridan, Madison, Montana
Sources 
Book: Pioneer Trails and Trials - History of Madison County, Montana page 651-652, printed in 1977
Montana County Marriages
1880 US Census Beaverhead Valley, Madison, Montana pg 365C Film 1254742 (age 6)
WW1 Draft Registration Card  Twin Bridges, Madison, Montana 12 Sep 1918
Note: physical description: medium build and height, blue eyes, auburn hair 
1900 US Census Sheridan, Madison, Montana page 1B 
1910 US Census Twin Bridges, Madison, Montana (age 35)
1920 US Census Jefferson, Madison, Montana (age 45)
1930 US Census Jefferson, Madison, Montana (age 55, Widowed)
1940 US Census Union Township, Madison, Montana (age 65, Widowed)
Note:  Brother Warner living with him
Montana Death Index (age 80)
Family Search
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Memorial:  https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/191139341/albert-g-paige

Lilla's headstone

Lilla M. Paige
Born  23 November 1874 Ruby, Madison, Montana
Died 10 December 1878 Ruby, Madison, Montana
Obituary
DIED:
In Ruby Valley, on Tuesday Dec. 10th, 1878. Lillie, daughter of Samuel B. and Minerva Page, aged 3 years, 11 months, and 7 days.
Sources
Obituary: The Madisonian Newspaper, Virginia City, Montana Territory Saturday ~ December 14, 1878
Family Search 
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Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20961384/lilla-m_-page

Oscar Samuel Paige
Born 3 Jul 1876 Ruby, Madison, Montana
Occupation:  (1918) Farmer for Balput Guthrie Co.
Married Nellie K Marshall 1 Nov 1906 Virginia City, Madison, Montana

Oscar and Nellie headstone

Children: Catherine, Margaret, Samuel, Clifford, Elizabeth, Fern, Ralph, Paul, Jean
Died 22 Jul 1959 Union, Baker, Oregon
Buried Mt Hope Cemetery, Baker City, Oregon
Sources
WW1 Draft Registration Card in Baker, Baker, Oregon 12 Sep 1918
Note:  physical description:  medium height, medium build, blue eyes, grey hair 
Madison County Marriages
Oregon Death Index
1880 US Census Beaverhead Valley, Madison, Montana pg 365C  (age 4)
1900 US Census Sheridan, Madison, Montana  pg 365C  (age 24)
1910 US Census Ruby, Madison, Montana Page 7B (age 33)
1920 US Census Baker, Baker, Oregon page 14A (age 43)
1930 US Census Baker, Baker, Oregon page 4A (age 53)
1940 US Census Baker, Baker, Oregon page 6A (age 63)
Family Search 
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Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/136086713/oscar-s_-paige

Wilbur's headstone

Wilbur Sanders Paige
Born  25 Dec 1878 Ruby, Madison, Montana
Occupation:  (1918) Farmer
Not Married
No Children
Died 16 Dec 1952  Ruby, Madison, Montana
Buried Taylor Cemetery, Madison, Montana
Sources
WW1 Draft Registration Card in Ruby, Madison, Montana 
Note:  physical description:  Medium height, medium build, blue eyes, brown hair
1880 US Census Beaverhead Valley, Madison, Montana pg 365C Film 1254742 (age 2)
1900 Census Sheridan town, Madison, Montana Film 1254742 pg 365C 
1910 US Census Ruby, Madison, Montana page 8 (age 33, living with father)
1920 US Census Union, Madison, Montana (age 43, living with father)
1930 US Census Union, Madison, Montana page 6A (age 52)
Note:  living with brother Henry
1940 US Census Union, Madison, Montana (age 62)
Family Search
Headstone:  https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/115588353/wilbur-s-paige

Warner's headstone

Warner Louis Paige
Born 7 May 1879 Ruby, Madison, Montana
Occupation:  (1918) Farmer
Not Married
No Children 
Died 16 Oct 1957 Ruby, Madison, Montana
Buried Taylor Cemetery, Madison, Montana
Sources
WW1 Draft Registration Card in Ruby, Madison, Montana 12 Sep 1918
Note:  description:  medium height and build, blue eyes, auburn hair, injured back
1880 US Census Beaverhead Valley, Madison, Montana pg 365C Film 1254742 (age 1) 
1900 Census Sheridan town, Madison, Montana Film 1254742 pg 365C 
1910 US Census Ruby, Madison, Montana page 8 (age 31, living with father)
1920 US Census Union, Madison, Montana (age 41, living with father)
1930 US Census Union, Madison, Montana page 6A (age 51, living with brother Henry)
1940 US Census Union Township, Madison, Montana (age 60, living with brother Bert)
Family Search 
Headstone:  https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/115588491/warner-paige

Charles and Ada's marriage record

Charles Artherton Paige
Born  4 Feb 1882 Ruby, Madison, Montana
Occupation:  (1918) Garage Machinist for Pitcher and Sommers
Married Ada V Maginnis 16 Dec 1906 Virginia City, Madison, Montana
Children: Leah
Died abt 1965
Buried
Sources
Montana County Marriages
WW1 Draft Registration Card Twin Bridges, Madison, Montana 
Note:  physical description:  Medium height, slender build, grey eyes, dark hair
1900 US Census Sheridan town, Madison, Montana  pg 365C (age 18)
1910 US Census Ruby, Madison, Montana (age 26)
Note: incorrect middle initial
1920 US Census Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah (age 37)
Note:  staying with sister Ida
1930 US Census Union, Madison, Montana page 6A (age 52)
Note:  living with brother Henry
1940 US Census Union, Madison, Montana page 7A (age 57)
Note:  living with brother Henry
Family Search 
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Cleveland's headstone

Cleveland Paige
Born 23 May 1884 Ruby, Madison, Montana
Not Married
No Children
Died 6 Nov 1902 Laurin, Madison, Montana
Buried Virginia City Cemetery, Virginia, Madison, Montana
Sources
Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20961427/cleveland-paige
1900 Census Sheridan town, Madison, Montana Film 1254742 pg 365C 
Family Search 
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Alice and Charles Marriage Record

Alice Rose Paige
Born May 1886 Ruby, Madison, Montana
Married Charles F Herman 30 Sep 1908 Butte, Silver Bow, Montana (Divorced)
Children: Lois, Frank, Myron, Charles
Sources
Marriage License and Certificate
Montana County Marriages 
1900 Census Sheridan town, Madison, Montana Film 1254742 pg 365C 
1910 US Census Missoula, Missoula, Montana (age 23, living with in-laws)
1920 US Census Jefferson, Madison, Montana (age 33, mother-in-law living with them)
1930 US Census Jefferson, Madison, Montana (age 43)
Note:  first name spelled Alise in record
1940 US Census Twin Bridges, Jefferson , Madison, Montana, United States
Family Search 
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Henry William Paige
Born 5 Sep 1889 Ruby, Madison, Montana
Occupation:  (1918)  Farmer
Married Ethel Olive Block Richards 20 Sep 1919 Dillon, Beaverhead, Montana
Children: Edith, Donald, Emily, Catherine
Died 4 Oct 1976 Butte, Silver Bow, Montana
Buried 
Sources
WW1 Draft Registration Card in Ruby, Madison, Montana 5 Jun 1917
Note:  description:  medium height and build, blue eyes, auburn hair
SS Death Index
Montana Death Index
Family Search 
ancestry.com
1900 Census Sheridan town, Madison, Montana Film 1254742 pg 365C 
1910 US Census Ruby, Madison, Montana page 8 (age 21)
1920 US Census Union, Madison, Montana (age 31)
1930 US Census Union, Madison, Montana page 6A (age 40)
1940 US Census Union, Madison, Montana page 7A (age 50)
Memorial:  https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/158997882/henry-william-paige