2nd wife of George Merriman

The name of the wife of George Merriman, cooper of London, has been seen as Mrs. George, Anna West, Hannah unknown, Rebbeca. In Geni we admit her name is not known as of Sept 2015. It is possible she was a second wife but the ages of the children seem to indicate a single mother - this one.

From page 35 of "Reunion of descendants of Nathaniel Merriman at Wallingford, Conn. June 4, 1913 : with a Merriman genealogy for five generations"

While I had seen a statement that George was the name of Nathaniel's father I did not know upon what authority it was based. It was while looking up records in the British Museum that I found there an American book, published in Boston, which I had not seen before. It was Waters' Genealogical Gleanings in England. This mentions the will of George Merriman of London, made in 1655, in which the first bequest was one to "my son Nathaniel now resident in New England."
This shows clearly who was Nathaniel's father. But the will, which I read later at the Somerset house, where such records are kept, gives no clue to the birth or parentage of George himself.* It is a common thing in English wills to make a gift, sometimes very small, to each member of the family, and thus we frequently obtain considerable information from an examination of old wills. We have an illustration of this in George's will, who left a bequest not only to Nathaniel, but to each of his other two children, Elizabeth and John, and also a conditional one of three pounds to his apprentice. From the fact that his wife's name is not mentioned we may be quite sure that she was not then living. If George's father left a will, it undoubtedly mentions his name, but it seems probable that he did not make one, though so far as I know, a thorough search has not yet been made.
"The will was executed 31 Oct. 1655 and probated 19 May 1656. After the usual preliminaries, it reads as follows:

" I do give unto my son Nathaniel Merriman, now resident in New England, the sum of ten pounds of lawful English money, and unto my daughter Elizabeth Norman whom I have already advanced in marriage with Master John Norman, I give twenty shillings to buy her a ring in remembrance of my love. To my servant Henry Allison three pounds on this condition that he serve out the remainder of his time of apprenticeship with my son John Merriman. The residue to son John whom I do hereby make and ordain full and sole executor."

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• Updated from MyHeritage Family Trees by SmartCopy: Sep 11 2015, 22:29:56 UTC