Association of the Descendants of Henry Mershon, Inc. original minutes and other records, 1923-2006

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Titles vary for the minutes, programs, bulletins, newsletters, souvenirs, etc.

This compilation of manuscripts and bulletins contain the minutes, digests of minutes, papers, souvenirs, lists of articles submitted to the Association, the Association's financial statements, correspondence, reunion programs, notices, and bulletins published by the Association of the Descendants of Henry Mershon, Inc. These documents and bulletins include births, deaths, extracts of deeds, family histories, gravestone inscriptions, marriages, necrologies, obituaries, pedigrees, and other documents of genealogical value. These documents and bulletins are dated from summer 1923 through July 2006.

Bulletins for the interchange of genealogical data and history of the Mershon families in America. Focus is on the descendants of Henry Mershon II, who was born ca. 1672. Henry came with his father, Henri Marchand, probably from Caen, Normandy. They were Huguenot refugees. Henry was left with friends in New York while his father returned to France for the rest of the family. Around September 20th, 1684, Henry moved from New York to Maidenhead Township, near Lawrenceville, Hunterdon (now Mercer) County, New Jersey. He married Ann (Hougthon?) and had ten children: Henry, Ann, Elizabeth, Houghton, Sarah, Thomas, Mary, Andrew, Peter, and Rebecca. In 1738, Henry died and was buried in the cemetery on the hill at Lawrenceville (formerly known as Maidenhead), New Jersey. Henry Mershon II is buried in the cemetery on the hill at Lawrenceville, New Jersey. Later descendants also lived in California, Florida, Kansas, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, Washington D.C., and elsewhere.

Includes Marchan, Marchand, Marchant, Marshan, Merchand, Merchant, Mershon, and other variant spellings.

Also includes Anderson, Barton, Benkoski, Bone, Brockert, Carter, Corcoran, Coxe, FitzRandolf, Garrison, Green, Henry, Hill, Houghton, Kaster, Linton, Lyon, Major, Reeder, Ricigliano, Riviere, Secrest, Smith, Stockton, Stokes, Swearer, Trott, VanCleve, Yard, and other related families.

Also includes the newsletters or bulletins from vol. 1 no. 1 (Dec 1938) through [unnumbered issue] (June 2006). For more detailed description of the newsletter or bulletin holdings, see our catalog record for "Mershon news bulletin.".

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