[4] On 4 May 1850, he married Susannah Augusta Atkyns (née Greene) in St. Paul's Church, Auckland.

That council was abolished in 1853 by the New Zealand Constitution Act 1852, but Merriman's retirement date is not listed.

[9] He was elected by the house as its first Chairman of Committees on 21 June 1854 and he held this role for all three sessions of the 1st Parliament.

He was re-elected on 7 October 1857 and served until 12 September 1861, the date of dissolution of the third council.

[11] He was twice on its executive council, first from December 1856 (no end date given) and then from February to July 1857.

[12] Merriman had been ill for four months when he died at his residence in Parnell on 21 July 1865.