July, 2006

The Mershon Association is an organization open to all of the descendants, and their spouses, of Henry Mershon. The purpose of the Association is honor the memory of our common ancestor Henry Mershon II, to locate his descendants, to encourage bonding of these descendants by holding annual reunions, and to gather Mershon family history with the goal of someday publishing this history.The Mershon Association is an organization open to all of the descendants, and their spouses, of Henry Mershon. The purpose of the Association is honor the memory of our common ancestor Henry Mershon II, to locate his descendants, to encourage bonding of these descendants by holding annual reunions, and to gather Mershon family history with the goal of someday publishing this history.

When the Mershon Association was first conceived in 1923, it did not embrace the purposes stated above. Rather it was a crusade to rescue from oblivion the grave of the pioneer Mershon ancestor buried in the upper graveyard at Lawrenceville. Five Mershon men met for lunch in New York City to discuss what they could do concerning this matter. The outcome of that meeting was a resolution to hold another meeting, scheduled for September 18th of that year at the Trenton, N. J. YMCA.