Mershon news bulletin
(Periodical)

Annual

Annual.

Vol. 1 no. 1 (1938) - no. 8 (1948), 1989-

Editor: Stephen L. Mershon.

Published: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Wichita, Kansas.

Not yet available in PERiodical Source Index (PERSI) at this time. (8 Dec. 2005).

Issue number designations were discontinued during years 1949 through June 1989. Some issues were designated by year, only. Issue number designations repeat: [unnumbered] (June 1989) was followed by vol. 2 no. 1 (Feb 1990); some of the numbers were already used by earlier issues.

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.

Also available on microfiche.

Title varies: The Association of the Descendants of Henry Mershon newsletter; Association of the Descendants of Henri Mershon, Inc.; Annual bulletin (Association of the Descendants of Henri Mershon, Inc.); Le Marchand newsletter; Mershon Association newsletter; The Association of the Descendants of Henri Mershon, Inc. news letter; Huguenots a hardy people; Le Marchand : annual reunion; Mershon newsletter : the Association of the Descendants of Henri Mershon, Inc.; The Descendants of Henri Mershon family news letter; Newsletter : the Association of the Descendants of Henry Mershon; Mershon news bulletin.

The Mershon Association is also known as the Association of the Descendants of Henry Mershon. It was first organized in 1923, although Mershon families held reunions as early as 1876. Since 1923, annual reunions have been held at the Lawrenceville Presbyterian Church, erected in 1764 on the family's property at Maidenhead, Lawrence Township, New Jersey. The Association is comprised of descendants of Henry Marshan II and his wife, Ann and has several regional branches world-wide. For more information, see their Web site.