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1. == Biography == Ebeneezer was born in 1703 in Springfield, Mass. where he married [[Moore-4976|Mehitable Moore]] on 19 MAR 1726.He settled first in Canaan, Conn. where several of his children were born then moved to Oblong, NY, then later moved to Cazenovia, NY whereseveral of his children married, and he and his wife, Mehitable, are buried. <ref>Entered by Jackie Merrick, Feb 2, 2012</ref> === Birth === 11 SEP 1703 Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA<ref name="FDC">Edmund West, comp., Family Data Collection - Individual Records [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000. Birth year: 1703; Birth city: Springfield; Birth state: MA</ref><ref>Source: [[#S228]] </ref><ref>Source: [[#S11]] Page: Birth year: 1703; Birth city: Springfield; Birth state: MA. Data: Text: Birth date: 11September 1703Birth place: Springfield, Hampden County, MADeath date: Death place: Cazenovia, Madison County, NYMarriage date: 1725Marriage place:</ref><ref>Source: [[#S11]] Page: Birth year: 1703; Birthcity: Springfield; Birth state: MA. Data: Text: Birth date: 11 September 1703Birth place: Springfield, Hampden County, MADeath date: Death place: Cazenovia, Madison County, NYMarriage date: 1725Marriage place:</ref> === Death ===: Death 1742 Cazenovia, Madison, New York, USA<ref>Source: [[#S11]]Page: Birth year: 1703; Birth city: Springfield; Birth state: MA. Data: Text: Birth date: 11 September 1703Birth place: Springfield, Hampden County, MADeath date: Death place: Cazenovia, Madison County, NYMarriage date: 1725Marriage place:</ref> === Death === 09 JAN 1779 Cazenovia, Madison, New York, USA<ref name="FDC" /> Birth year: 1703; Birth city: Springfield; Birth state: MA</ref><ref>Source: [[#S11]] Page: Birth year: 1703; Birth city: Springfield; Birth state: MA. Data: Text: Birth date: 11 September 1703Birth place: Springfield, Hampden County, MADeath date: Death place: Cazenovia, Madison County, NYMarriage date: 1725Marriage place:</ref> === Marriage === 19 MAR 1726 Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA<ref>Source: [[#S232]] Page: Birth year: 1702; Birth city: Deerfield; Birth state: MA</ref><ref>Source: [[#S231]] Page: Birth year: 1703; Birth city: Springfield; Birth state: MA</ref><ref>Source: [[#S233]] Page: Birth year: 1702; Birth city: Deerfield; Birth state: MA</ref><ref name="FDC" /> Birth year: 1703; Birth city: Springfield; Birth state: MA</ref> == Sources == <references /> * https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/178936579 * Source: <span id='S11'>S11</span> Author: Edmund West, comp. Title: Family Data Collection - Individual Records Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.; Repository: [[#R1]]* Repository: <span id='R1'>R1</span> Name: Ancestry.com Address: http://www.Ancestry.com E-Mail Address: Phone Number: * Source: <span id='S228'>S228</span> Title: Massachusetts, Town andVital Records, 1620-1988 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.; Repository: [[#R1]] * Source: <span id='S231'>S231</span>Edmund West, comp., Family Data Collection - Individual Records [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.* Source: <span id='S232'>S232</span> Title: Family Data Collection - Individual Records Publication: Name: Edmund West, comp.. Family Data Collection - Individual Records [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA:Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.* Source: <span id='S233'>S233</span> Title: Family Data Collection - Individual Records Publication: Name: Edmund West, comp.. Family Data Collection - Individual Records [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA:Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000. * [http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=6917051&pid=130 Ancestry Family Tree] *"Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FC8R-P3G : 9 February 2018), Ebenezer Mirick and Mehitabel Moore, 19 Mar 1725; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 185,414, 185,415, 185,416. * Merrick Family Site <!-- Please edit, add, or delete anything in this text, including this note. Be bold and experiment! If you make a mistake you can always see the previous version of the text on the Changes page. -->
2. == Biography == Thomas was born about 1670. Thomas Merrick was a farmer, held minor offices, constable, fence viewer. == Sources == <references /> * Ancestry Family Tree http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=6917051&pid=132 <!-- Please edit, add, or delete anything in this text, including this note. Be bold and experiment! If you make a mistake you can always see the previous version of the text on the Changes page. -->
3. {{Puritan Great Migration|GM2|VI, R-S|497}} ==Disputed Origins==According to Robert Charles Anderson's "The Great Migration Directory", 2015, page 226, Thomas Merrick's origins are unknown. Anderson indicates that he immigrated in 1637, and there are records for him in Hartford and Springfield. Based on Anderson's information and WikiTree policy, Thomas Merrick's relationship to his parents [[Meyrick-4|John Meyrick]] and [[Bishop-985|Dorothy Bishop]], has been changed to 'Uncertain'. == Biography == Thomas Merrick, the immigrant ancestor of the Merrick family in America, was born about 1620, probably at Pembroke in Wales. He came to America on the James in 1636 with his three brothers and probably one sister.<ref>Genealogy of the Merrick-Mirick-Meyrick Family of Massachusetts</ref> According to one family story, the brothers separated, one going to Eastham, one to Newbury and one remained in Charlestown. His putative sister, Sarah Mirick, married John Atkinson at Newbury in 1646. Thomas first settled in Roxbury, then moved to Hartford, then up the Connecticut River to Agawam by 1638;<ref>Genealogy of the Merrick-Mirick-Meyrick Family of Massachusetts.</ref> Agawam soon became known as Springfield, Massachusetts. Thomas married Sarah Stebbins, the daughter of Rowland and Sarah Stebbins of Springfield, 14 Jul 1639. He and Sarah had 5 children:<ref name="beekman741">Beekman Patent, p. 741.</ref> # Thomas, , born 12 Apr 1641; died young.# Sarah, born 9 May 1643; married Eliakim Hitchcock of New York 4 Nov1667; died 1712. # Mary, born 28 Sep 1645; died 28 Jul 1646.# Mary, born 27 Aug 1647; married Samuel Foote of Hatfield, 30 May 1671. # Hannah, born 10 Feb 1649; married Benjamin Knowlton 30 Nov 1676. After Sarah's death, Thomas married second, Elizabeth Tilley, 21 Aug 1653 at Springfield.<ref>"Merrick... Thomas and Elizabeth Tilly, Aug. 21, 1653." and "Mirrick... [torn]mas [Thomas, written in a different handwriting] and Elisabeth Tilley, 21: 8m: 1653." Springfield Vital Records, Marriages, Book 1, p. 13</ref> It is not known to which of the Tilley families she belonged. Elizabeth and Thomas had 8 children:<ref name="beekman741"/> <ol start="6"> <li> Elizabeth, born 26 Aug 1654; died 11 Jan 1659.</li> <li> Miriam, born 1 May 1655; died 11 Oct 1684.</li><li> John, born 9 Nov 1658; married 1st, Mary Day, 11 Feb 1687; married 2nd Mrs. Rebekah Stebbins (widow), 14 Jan 1725; died 10 April 1748.</li><li> Elizabeth, born 4 Jul 1661; married Thomas Day of Springfield in 1685.</li> <li> Thomas, born 2 Jan 1664.</li><li> Tilley, born October 20, 1667.<ref>"Mirick... Tilly, s. Thomas, Oct. 20, 1667." Springfield Vital Records, Births, Book 1, p. 21 and "Mirick... Tilly, s. Thomas and Eliz:, Oct. 20, 1667."HR</ref></li><li> James, born March 2, 1669/70;<ref>"Mirick... James, s. Thomas and Elizabeth, Mar. 2, 1669/70." Springfield Vital Records, Births, Book 1, p. 22 and "Mirrick... James, s. Thomas and Elizabeth, Mar. 2, 1669/70." HR</ref>died September 8, 1765.<ref>"Merrick... James, Lt., a.95 y., Sept. 8, 1765." CR3 and "Mirick... James, Lt, Sept. 8, 1765."Springfield Vital Records, Deaths, Book 2, p. 57.</ref></li><li> Abigail, born 7 Sep 1673.<ref>"Mirick... Abigail, d. Thomas andEliz, Sept. 7, 1673." and "Mirick... Abigaill, d. Thomas, Sept. 7, 1673." Springfield Vital Records, Births, Book 1, p. 24.</ref> married Gershom Ferry, 5 May 1702.<ref>Source: [[#S407]] pp.266-269</ref></ol> Elizabeth Tilley Merrick died at Springfield 21 Aug 1684,<ref>"Mirrick... Elizabeth, w. Thomas, Aug. 21, 1684." and "Mirricke... Elizabeth,w. Thomas, Aug. 21, 1684." Springfield Vital Records, Deaths, Book 1,p. 51.</ref> and Thomas died there 7 Sep 1704.<ref>"Mirick... Thomas Senior, Sept. 7, 1704." Springfield Vital Records, Deaths, Book 1, p. 98.</ref><ref name="beekman741">Beekman Patent, p. 741.</ref> Thomas and his first wife, Sarah, were among the first settlers of Springfield; he is listed as a founder. Thomas was a prominent landownerand served in several public roles, from surveyor, to fence-viewer, to being on committees to build the church and allot public land; he was also sergeant of the town's militia. Thomas and his second wife, Elizabeth, are buried in the Springfield Cemetery.<ref>Genealogy of the Merrick-Mirick-Meyrick Family of Massachusetts.</ref> === Name === : Alt names: Meyrick, Mirack, Mirick, Mirrick, Myrick === Birth === : Birth: 1620 Wales : Alt birth: St. David's, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, Wales : Alt birth: Anglesey, Pembrokeshire, Wales === Immigration ===: 1636, on the ''James'', with his three brothers and one sister<ref>Genealogy of the Merrick-Mirick-Meyrick Family of Massachusetts</ref> === Residence === : Residence, 1636: Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts : Residence, 1637: Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut: Residence, 1638: Agawam (now Springfield), Hampshire (Now Hampden),Massachusetts === Death === : Death: September 7, 1704, at Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts : Alt death: 3 Dec 1719, at Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts === Burial === : Burial: Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts == Research Note == :No probate or will available at Ancestry. == Sources == <references />* Frank J. Doherty. ''The Settlers of the Beekman Patent, Dutchess County, New York: An Historical and Genealogical Study of All the 18th Century Settlers in the Patent'', ten volumes. 1990–2003. Pleasant Valley, NY. (The Settlers of the Beekman Patent, V.1-8. Online database:AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2013), * Vital Records of Springfield, Massachusetts. * The First Century of the History of Springfield: The Official Records from 1636 to 1736, Volume 2. Henry Martyn Burt, Springfield, Massachusetts, 1899. pp. 30, 68-70, 166, 194, 246, 256, 273, [https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=oeAWAAAAYAAJ link] or[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044011995750;view=1up;seq=44 see at hathitrust.com] * The Welsh Progenitors of the Merrick Family in America *Find A Grave Memorial# 47072606 * Savage.ged imported on 21 February 2011 * Beaman Family Tree.ged imported on 31 March 2011. * EBENSTEIN-GRANGER.GED imported on Aug 19, 2011 by [[Ebenstein-3 | Merryann Palmer]]. * Source: <span id='S407'>S407</span> Merrick, George B. ''Genealogyof the Merrick, Mirick, Myrick Family of Massachusetts'' <!-- Please edit, add, or delete anything in this text, including this note. Be bold and experiment! If you make a mistake you can always see the previous version of the text on the Changes page. --> ---- == Biography ==Thomas Merrick was likely born in Wales. His birthplace has been given as St. David's in Pembrokeshire. His birth year unclear - some sources say 1608 and others say 1620. 1620 is unlikely, because men had to be at least 21 to gain status as freemen, and most attained that status between about 25 and 30. Thomas could not have received land until he was a freeman. Since Thomas had married and received land by 1639, he had to have been born by 1618. He was also one of six men ordered toparticipate in a diplomatic mission to the Warranocke Indians "to know the reasons why they said they are afraid of us" in April 1638.<ref>Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume VI, R-S,p. 486.</ref>It is highly unlikely that this delicate of a task wouldhave been entrusted to a teenager. From the ''Genealogy of the Merrick Family of Massachusetts'':: "Thomas Merrick... came to America in the year 1636 with three brothers and probably one sister, Sarah Mirick, who married John Atkinson,at Newbury, 1646. The brothers separated, one going to Plymouth, later to Eastham, one to Newbury, and one remaining in Charlestown. ThomasMerrick is noted as having been in Roxbury in 1636... He was in Agawam [Springfield] on the 3rd day of January, 1638, according to the records of that plantation."<ref> ''Merrick genealogy'', p. 266.</ref> : "According to the records he was married to his first wife, Sarah, daughter of Rowland and Sarah Stebbins, July 14, 1639. She died after having borne him five children, and he married, 2d, Elizabeth Tilley, Aug. 21, 1653... By his second wife Thomas Merrick had eight children."<ref>''Merrick genealogy,'' p. 267.</ref> Elizabeth died on August 21, 1684 and Thomas died twenty years later on September 7, 1704. They are buried in Springfield.<ref>''Merrick genealogy'', p. 268.</ref> Children with first wife, Sarah (Stebbins) Merrick:<ref>''Merrick genealogy'', p. 268 and ''History of Springfield'', pp. 603-604.</ref> : 1. Thomas, born April 12, 1641; died young.: 2. Sarah, born May 9, 1643; married Eliakim Hitchcock, of New York [New Haven?] on November 4, 1667. : 3. Mary, born September 28, 1645; died July 28, 1646.: 4. Mary, born August 27, 1647; married Samuel Foote, of Hatfield onMay 30, 1671.: 5. Hannah, born February 10, 1649; married Benjamin Knowlton on November 30, 1676. Children with second wife, Elizabeth (Tilley) Merrick:<ref>''Merrick genealogy'', p. 268 and ''History of Springfield'', pp. 603-604.</ref>: 6. Elizabeth, born August 26 [or October 26], 1654; died January 11, 1659.: 7. Miriam [Merriam], born May 1, 1655 [or 1656]; died October 11 [or 4], 1684. : 8. John, born November 9, 1658, married Mary Day.: 9. Elizabeth, born July 4, 1661; married Thomas Day, of Springfieldin 1685. :10. Thomas, born January 2, 1664 [or 1663], married Hannah Dumbleton. :11. Tilley [Tilly], born October 20, 1667, married Sarah Cooley. :12. James, born March 2, 1670, married Sarah Hitchcock.:13. Abigail, born September 1 [or 7], 1673; married Gershom Ferry onMay 5, 1702. == Sources == * Ancestral File Number: MJP3-HW * [https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=2rU0AAAAMAAJ ''Genealogy of the Merrick-Mirick-Myrick Family of Massachusetts, 1636-1902'']. George Byron Merrick. Tracy, Gibbs & Company, 1902. * [https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=oeAWAAAAYAAJ ''The First Century of the History of Springfield: The Official Records from1636 to 1736, with an Historical Review and Biographical Mention of the Founders'', Volume 2]. Henry Martyn Burt, 1899. * Source <span id='S12'>S12</span> Repository: [[#REPO12]] Ancestral File (R), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998. Repository <span id='REPO12'>REPO12</span> Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150 USA. * <span id='S1'></span>Dexter, Franklin Bowditch. <i>[[Space:Biographical Sketches of the Graduates of Yale College|Biographical Sketches of the Graduates of Yale College]]</i> (Holt, 1885) [http://books.google.com/books?id=LektAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA431#v=onepage&q&f=true Vol. 1, Page 431]
4. == Biography ==John Meyrick, also a minister, was born in 1579. He married Dorothy, daughter of Mathew and Elizabeth (Young) Bishop. They had four sons: William, John, James, and Thomas, whose destiny was to be in the settlement of Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay Colonies and whose descendants contributed remarkably in the development of two nations. === Name === : Rev. John Meyrick === Birth === :: 1 JAN 1578/9 Pembroke, Wales === Marriage === :: ABT 1602 St. David's, Pembrokeshire, Wales ::: Wife: [[Bishop-985|Dorothy Bishop]] ::: Child: [[Meyrick-5|Thomas Meyrick]] ::: Child: [[Meyrick-6|Janet Meyrick]] ::: Child: [[Merrick-89|William Merrick]] ::: Child: [[Meyrick-7|William Meyrick]] ::: Child: [[Merrick-90|John Merrick]] ::: Child: [[Merrick-91|James Merrick]] ::: Child: [[Merrick-92|Thomas Merrick]] ::: Child: [[Meyrick-8|William Meyrick]] ::: Child: [[Meyrick-9|James Meyrick]] ::: Child: [[Merrick-79|John Merrick]] ::: Child: [[Myrick-42|John Myrick]] ::: Child: [[Meyrick-10|Thomas Meyrick]] ::: Child: [[Mirick or Merrick-1|Sarah Mirick or Merrick]] === Arrival === :: 1641 Charlestown, Massachusetts == Sources == <references />* <span id='BRCR'></span>''[[Space:Boston Records Commissioners Reports|Boston Records Commissioners Reports]]'' (Rockwell and Churchill, Boston, 1875) Vol. 6.::* [https://archive.org/details/recordsrelatingt06bost/page/174 Page174]: Roxbury Church Records. "1650 Month 6 day 25 Widdow Morrick dyed." * Ancestral File (TM) The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints* Hills, Leon Clark,. History and genealogy of the Mayflower plantersand first comers to ye olde colonie. Washington, D.C.: Hills Pub. Co., c1936-c1941.* Curfman, Robert Joseph,. The Paddock genealogy : descendants of Robert Paddock of Plymouth Colony, blacksmith and constable, 1646. Fort Collins, Colo.: Curfman, 1986.* Merrick, George Byron,. Genealogy of the Merrick-Mirick-Myrick family of Massachusetts, 1636-1902. Madison, Wis.: Tracy, Gibbs, & Co., 1902.* <span id='Filby'></span>Filby, P. William, ed. ''[[Space:Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s|Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s]]'' (Gale Research, Farmington Hills, MI, USA, 2012)
5. {{Puritan Great Migration}} [[Category: Springfield Cemetery, Springfield, Massachusetts]] == Biography == John Dumbleton ... Having come "in the service of William Whiting of Hartford"<ref>J. Savage in his Dictionary says of John Dunbleton, Springfield, 1649, that he came in the service of William Whiting of Hartford. Vol. 2, Page 79.</ref>Donald Lines Jacobus says John Dumbleton "first surfaced in New England as an indentured servant of Mr. William Whiting of Hartford, Conn., in 1639 or 1640."<ref>Hale,House pp 521-524</ref><ref name=TAG67>The American Genealogist. New Haven, CT: D. L. Jacobus, 1937-. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .) Vol. 67 p. 13.[https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/american-genealogist-the/image?pageName=13&volumeId=12962 subscribers$] </ref> J Dumbleton settled in Springfield Mass. in 1650. His home lot was parallel to the Connecticut River, on the road that was called 'Way to upper Wharf', and is now Cypress Street. It was 10 rods wide and. 50 rods deep, between Simon Beanan and Henry Chapin's lots. He received the following grants of land. - On Jan.22, 1651, 4 acres .On Feb. 16 1652, there was granted unto John Dumbleton by reason his other lot proved barren that he cannot subsist on, 14 acres next to John Lambe at Chickepey. At the town meeting Nov. 21, 1654, there was granted John Dumbleton together with four other men, to each of them, 3 acres of wet meadow opposite to their home lots, also to each of them a wood lot of' four acres. On Feb. 8, 1654 among the several grants were -- To Joim Dumbleton atthe cold spring at the Rear of the 3rd division, about one acre. On Jan.30, 1655 -- granted 3 acres in the wet meadow.. On March 5, 1650 he was granted a piece of meadow on the other side of Pauccatuck brooke, provided it exceed not ten acres of. meadow, and that he stay in town five years. .Feb 19, 1661 3 acres of the land. between Agawah flyer and the 3rd division. Feb. 1, 1665, there is granted to John 1)umbleton thirty acres of upland and swanp at Pacatuck on the north side of Theo. Millers. Jan. 11, 1668, Granted to John Dumbleton a piece of land., about six acres, more or less, next to the lot that was granted to James Taylor above the common fence on the west side of the River. On Maroh 5, 1665/6 he was one of the committee empowered. for the granting of lands. At a Town meeting June 21, 1675 John Dumbleton was chosen by vote of the town to Join with the selectmen to make the county rates, both forthe present and. for the year ensuing. At a meeting of the selectmen Feb. 7, 1661, consideration being had for the rate of Mr. Glover, the minister, they appointed a committee: to appraise the live stock of the plantation, and John Dumbleton, was on this committee of three. Likewise on Feb. 10, 1652, he was one of a committee of three appointed to appraise the estates and cattle. He was appointed fence viewer for "ye upper end of town from the meeting house upwards, Oct. 31, 1654 and, again in 1663 and 1669. He was appointed Feb. 19, 1661 to lay out highways, was chosen surveyor of thehighways, and was appointed with Thomas Hiller to measure thee lengthof the ground between the two rivers, where the fence must run and, to cast up and tell every man what their proportion of the fence is. In1630 he was appointed to see that the order concerning swine was enforced. While John Dunbleton was several times a fence viewer, he was also twice fined for defective fences. He was appointed to get posts for the new pond, and repair the old one in 1685 He was selectman 1655, 7, 1660, 6, 8, 1671, 3, 5, 7, 1681, 3, 5, 7, 9, 1891. John Dumbleton died in Springfield, Mass. in 1702. John Dumbleton had a grant of 86 acres land 1665, and 6 acres 1668. He was a committee with other men for the granting of lands that lie inthe Common and undisposed of land. He was on a committee of five men in 1681, chosen to make a just, equal impartial valuation of the town lands, and this to last for seven years. He was one of the four men chosen in 1680 to manage, plead and defend the cause depending about theCounty Highway on the other side of the river, at the next court heldat Northampton. He was on a committee chosen, the committee pro tempore for the seating of persons in the new meeting house, in 1678, and again on this committee in 1694. He was on the committee in 1667 to lay out the highway over Agawam River. John Dumbleton and his wife Mercy, were here in 1650. He died July 2 1602 and she died July 4, 1704. Children of John Dumbleton and Mercy lnunkn are: +Sarah Dumbleton. John Dumbleton died 27 Jul 1702. He married Mercy lnunkn. === Birth === BET. 1620 - 1625 England === Residence === BET. 1649 - 1652 Springfield, Hampden Co., Massachusetts, U.S.A. === Occupation === 27 MAR 1660 a juror == Sources == *{{FindAGrave|112539064}} <references /> <!-- Please edit, add, or delete anything in this text, including this note. Be bold and experiment! If you make a mistake you can always see the previous version of the text on the Changes page. -->
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7. [[Category: Puritanism, North America]] [[Category:17th Century American Immigration]] [[Category:Puritan Great Migration]] {{Puritan Great Migration}} == Biography ==Thomas Marshfield was born about 1601<ref name=GM>Great Migration 1634-1635, M-P. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010.) Originally published as: The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume V, M-P, p. 48 -54; by Robert Charles Anderson. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2007. Featured name Thomas Marshfield.[https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/great-migration-immigrants-to-new-england-1634-1635-volume-v-m-p/image?pageName=48 subscription site] </ref> or sometime between 1600 and 1605 at Exeter, Devon England.<ref name=TAG63_161-163>The American Genealogist. New Haven, CT: D. L. Jacobus, 1937-. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .) ''"The English Origin of Thomas Marshfield of Dorchester, Mass., and Windsor, Conn.; New Light on His Wife and Children"'' By Douglas Richardson. Vol. 63, p. 161-163.[https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/american-genealogist-the/image?pageName=161&volumeId=12792 subscription site] </ref>In 1633 he was at Exeter andby 1635 he was at Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay, serving as the agent for James Marshall, an Exeter merchant. With a corrected reading of Winthrop's Journal , Thomas is identified as arriving from Barnstable, Devonshire aboard the ''Regard'' in 1634. The revised entry for Nov. 13, 1634 is: "The ''Regard'', a ship of Barnstable, of about two hundred tons, arrived in 1634 with twenty passengers and about fifty cattle. Thomas Marshfield was on board and migrated on this ship.<ref name=GM /> John Winthrop wrote the following about him: "One thing I think fit to observe, as a witness of God's providence for this plantation. There came in this ship one Marisfeild, a poor godly man of Exeter, being very desirous to come to us, but not able to transport his family. There was in the city a rich merchant, one Marshall, who being troubled in his dreams about the said poor man, couldnot be quiet till he had sent for him and given him £50, and lent him £100, willing him withal, that, if he wanted, he should send to himfor more. This Marsfeild grew suddenly rich, and then lost his godliness, and his wealth soon after.<ref name=TAG74_225>"The American Genealogist. New Haven, CT: D. L. Jacobus, 1937-. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .) ''"A Further Note on Thomas Marshfield of Windsor, Connecticut"'' By Robert Charles Anderson. Vol. 74, p. 225.[https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/american-genealogist-the/image?pageName=225&volumeId=13222&rId=24783383 subscription site]</ref> He was accepted into membership of the First Dorchester Church beforeMay 6, 1635 as he became a freeman on that date. He was the third ina sequence of four Dorchester men. He was deputy for Windsor to the Connecticut General Court in 1637, 1638 which would indicate he had been a prominent man of high standing in England prior to his migration.<ref name=GM /> Thomas was granted 12 acres at Squantum Neck at Dorchester in Massachusetts Bay on January 18, 1635/6.<ref name=TAG63_161-163>The American Genealogist. New Haven, CT: D. L. Jacobus, 1937-. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 -.) ''"The English Origin of Thomas Marshfield of Dorchester, Mass., and Windsor, Conn.; New Light on His Wife and Children"'' By Douglas Richardson. Vol. 63, p. 161-163.[https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/american-genealogist-the/image?pageName=161&volumeId=12792 subscription site] </ref>He later moved to Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut by May 15, 1637 for at that time he was a witness to the Plymouth Company. Prior he had received a land grant and sold part of it on August 10, 1642 to Thomas Newell.<ref name=Jacobus>Jacobus, Donald Lines. ''"Hale House and Related Families"'' Genealogical Publishing Co.,Inc. Baltimore. 1978. pp 710 - 712.[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89066151523;view=1up;seq=732 see at hathitrust] </ref> On Oct. 14, 1642, Thomas was relieved of his entire estate to pay debts incurred, probably from a shipping venture begun in 1640 with HenryWOLCOTT, Samuel WAKEMAN and the WYLLYS family.<ref name=GM />The following is part of the October 14, 1642 record: "Whereas many sutes com into the Court agt Tho: Marshfield, and he is wthdrawn and non soluit, The Court hath appoynted Henry Woolcott & Tho: Ford to take into their chardge or custody all the estate, goods & chattells of the said Tho: Marshfields, as they shall be able to discouryt, and to dispose ofyt to the best aduantage for the vse of the creditors, and the same to accoumpt to the Court wn they shall be therevnto cauled."<ref name=Jacobus />Additionally he had been deeply involved in mercantile dealings with Governor Samuel Wyllys and his family as on May 6, 1641 GeorgeWyllys Junior wrote from Bristol England to his father the Governor that "Mr. marshfeild of windsore hath beene in a great of trouble hereand was inforced to make over his wholl estate to one mr tarrey for the paiment of his debts here and old accounts for the ships tht he andGoodman wakeman were undertakers in the last yeere so tht his coming is as yet somwt uncertaine and they wil not suppose gayne so much as supposed..." The Wyllys seemed to believe they had been deceived, although in what manner is unclear.<ref name=TAG74_127>The American Genealogist. New Haven, CT: D. L. Jacobus, 1937-. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .) ''"A Note on Thomas Marshfield of Windsor, Connecticut"'' by David L. Green. Vol. 74 (1999) p. 127.[https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/american-genealogist-the/image?pageName=127&volumeId=13222&rId=24783285 subscribers$] </ref> The courts meaning of the term "withdrawal" is unknown and there are several guesses about Thomas Marshfield's whereabouts after 1642. Anderson in ''"Great Migration"'' says he may have moved to Springfield where his wife and children later resided;<ref name=GM />Jacobus says he probably returned to England and died there;<ref name=Jacobus />Anderson says he died after he was sued on June 1, 1644 and before his widow appeared at court on May 29, 1649;<ref name=GM /> Savage states that no further records were found and 'Perhaps he was lost at sea;'{{citation needed}} and Ballou on page 273 says he "disappeared, leaving his family destitute."<ref>The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-.(Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2013.) Vol 87, pp. 270 - 273. (see footnotes on p.273.) ''"Nathaniel Patten of Dorchester, Mass., Early Planter and Boston Merchant"'' by Hosea Starr Ballou of Brookline, Mass. https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/new-england-historical-and-genealogical-register/image?pageName=270&volumeId=11739 subscription site] </ref> === Wife and Children ===Thomas Marshfield was married by about 1626; her surname is unknown but it is likely that her given name was Mercy.<ref name=TAG67_11-14>The American Genealogist. New Haven, CT: D. L. Jacobus, 1937-. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .) ''"Thomas Marshfield's Wife Mercy; Did Their Daughter Mercy Marry John Dumbleton? by Douglas Richardson. Vol. 67, page 11 -14.[https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/american-genealogist-the/image?pageName=11&volumeId=12962 subscription site] </ref>His wifeis mentioned in a New England record of December 1, 1640 at Springfield, where in she was accused of being a witch; again her given name was not included.<ref name=TAG63_161-163 /><ref name=GM />Their children were:#Samuel was born about 1625 - 1628 and died at Springfield on May 8, 1692. He married Hester Wright, daughter of Deacon Samuel and Margaret _____ Wright on February 13, 1651; she died April 3, 1664. Samuel and Hester had 6 children. He married (2nd) on December 28, 1664 to Catherine (Chapin) (Bliss) Gilbert who was the daughter of Deacon Samueland Cicely (Penny) Chapin and the widow of Nathaniel Bliss and ThomasGilbert. They had 4 children and she died February 4, 1712.<ref name=Jacobus /><ref name=TAG63_161-163 />#daughter, probably named Mercy<ref name=TAG67_11-14 /> was born about 1629; <ref name=GM />married by May 1649,<ref name=TAG63_161-163 />likely to John Dumbleton.<ref name=TAG67_11-14 />#Sarah. A record for Sarah, daughter of Thomas Marshfield was found indicating baptism on August 25, 1633 at St. Mary Arches, Exeter, Devon, England.<ref name=TAG63_161-163 /><ref name=GM />She married on October 12, 1649 to Thomas Miller, died at the hands of Indians at the burning of Springfield on October 5, 1675. She married (2nd) on January17, 1684 to Edward Foster who died February 22, 1719/20. Edward's 1st wife had been Hester Bliss.<ref name=Jacobus /><ref name=TAG63_161-163 />#(probably) Priscilla who died at Windsor on October 20, 1639.<ref name=TAG63_161-163 /><ref name=Jacobus /> No record has been found regarding a guardianship for the unmarried children. They may have been indentured to Windsor families since theirfather's wealth had been eliminated.<ref name=TAG74_127 /> === Research Notes ===''"The Mary and John Clearing House"'' inaccurately states that Thomas Marshfield, approx age 30; from Exeter, Devon, Eng.; sailed on ''"Mary and John"'' in 1630 with unknown wife, aged 28 and children: Sarahage 3; Samuel age 2; and Mercy age 1.<ref>''"The Mary and John Clearing House"''[http://www.maryandjohn1630.com/passengerlist_a.html see here] </ref>"The Mary and John passenger list is completely reconstructed often from guesses based on the migrants place where they settled. More people are credited with being on the Mary and John than the ship could possibly hold. Given that their daughter Sarah was born in England in 1633 and the first record of the family in New England isn't until 1635, the Mary and John supposition as the immigrant ship is clearly an old error." - Joe Cochoit == Sources == <references /> ===Acknowledgements===* WikiTree profile Marshfield-21 created through the import of JOSEPH~1.GED on Jul 14, 2012 by [[Stalnaker-102 | Joseph Stalnaker]].
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9. [[Category: Springfield Cemetery, Springfield, Massachusetts]] == Biography == == Sources == {{FindAGrave|113338836}} <references />
10. {{Puritan Great Migration}} [[Category:Accused Witches of New England]] == Biography ==Mercy (Unknown) Marshfield<ref name=TAG67>The American Genealogist. Vol. 67</ref>was born about 1605 in England. She and her husband, Thomas Marshfield, were married about 1626<ref name=GM>Great Migration featured Thomas Marshfield </ref> and she may have originated Exeter, co.Devon since she and her husband had a daughter, Sarah, baptized at St. Mary Arches, Exeter on August 25, 1633 and that is where the family was living just prior to their immigration to New England.<ref name=TAG63>The American Genealogist. Vol.63 </ref>The first New England records of her husband were found at Dorchester, Massachusetts in 1635 where he was granted 12 acres of planting ground on Squantum Neck.<ref name=TAG67 /> === Children<ref name=TAG63 /> ===#daughter<ref name=TAG63 />named Mercy was married to John Dumbleton by May 1649.<ref name=TAG67 />#Samuel was born about 1625 - 28 and died at Springfield, Massachusetts on May 8, 1692. He married February 13, 1651 to Hester Wright, daughter of Deacon Samuel and Margaret Wright of Springfield. Hester died April 3, 1664. Samuel married (2nd) on December 28, 1661 to Catherine (Chapin) (Bliss) Gilbert. Catherine was baptized at Berry Pomeroy,co. Devon in 1626; daughter of Deacon Samuel and Cicely (Penny) Chapin. She died February 4, 1712.#Sarah was baptized at St. Mary Arches, Exeter, co Devon on August 25, 1633. She died in Springfield on March 9, 1709. Married to Thomas Miller at Springfield on October 12, 1649 - he was killed by the Indians at the burning of Springfield on October 5, 1675. She married (2nd) to Edward (or Edmund) Foster who was possibly the Edward Foster who was baptized at Chipping Barnet, co. Hertford, England, on June 22, 1637; son of Edward and Dionis Foster. He died February 22, 1719/20. Edward's 1st wife was Hester Bliss who was born about 1640 and died at Springfield on June 12, 1683; daughter of Thomas and Margaret (Hullings) Bliss. Edward Foster testified that he came from "Barnett" in England on September 9, 1650. #Priscilla died at Windsor, Connecticut on October 20, 1639. By May 15, 1637 the family was living at Windsor, Connecticut where he had a land grant but sold part of it in 1642 to Thomas Newell probably because of serious financial problems. On October 14, 1642 the court "took into custody all of Thomas Marshfield's estate, goods and chattels to pay his debts," afterwhich he may have returned to England but it is far likely that he died for his wife was herafter known as "Widow Marshfield" when by 1649 she had moved to Springfield, Massachusetts.<ref name=TAG67 />Her husband had probably died shortly after his last appearance in the records of Windsor in 1642.<ref name=TAG63 /> A grant for a homelot in Springfield has not been found, indicating she may have moved to Springfield to join her married daugher whose husband had received a homelot grant.<ref name=TAG67 /> At court in Springfield in 1649 she, Widow Marshfield, was accused ofwitchcraft by Goodwife Parsons wife of Hugh Parsons. The accusation was that that Widow Marshfield had caused one of the Parson's childrenand one cow to die. It came out in testimony that this Widow Maarshfield was the same as wife of Thomas Marshfield who had previously lived in Widsor, Connecticut. At the time of these court proceedings, Widow Marshfield had three children, one of which was married and had a child. <ref name=TAG63 /><ref name=TAG67 /> Widow Marshfield brought the accusation to court to protect her good name and on May 30, 1649 the court ruled in her favor. Goodwife Parsons was order to pay L3 to the widow Marshfield or else be whipped twenty lashes. She payed the fine rather than the whipping.<ref name=TAG67 /> In a search for the name of widow Marshfield's son-in-law, the only man who seems likely to be him is John Dumbleton, whose wife Mercy hadnot previously been identified. Richardson in ''"Thomas Marshfield'sWife Mercy; Did Their Daughter Mercy Marry John Dumbleton?"'' found there were no other candidates except him who lived in the small town of Springfield and fit the profile he was looking for; all other men of that age were already accounted for. Since the Springfield vital records show no record of the daughter's marriage nor the birth of theirchild, the timeline for the events seem to be:#The eldest daughter, named Mercy, married her husband while still inWindsor.#The couple had their first born child in Springfield before the moveto Windsor.#They had their 2nd child named John, born at Springfield on January 2, 1650/1.<ref name=TAG67 /> Naming of the additional children of John and Mercy (Marshfield) Dumbleton is significant. There was a 2nd daughter by the name of Mercy; two sons named Samuel after Mercy Dumbleton's brother; a third daughter named Sarah (for Mercy Dumbleton's only sister Sarah (Marshfield). Sarah, Thomas and Mercy Marshfield's other daughter, as well as Samueltheir son, used similar naming patterns.<ref name=TAG67 /> The widow of Thomas Marshfield, Mercy Marshfield, died and was buriedat Springfield on September 30, 1654.<ref name=TAG67 />Her given nameappears in her death record according to the research of Douglas RICHARDSON in his article at The American Genealogist.<ref name=TAG67 /> == Sources == <references /> *The American Genealogist. New Haven, CT: D. L. Jacobus, 1937-. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .) ''"Thomas Maarshfield's Wife Mercy; Did Their Daughter Mercy Marry John Dumbleton?"'' Douglas Richardson. Vol. 67 (1992) pp. 11 - 14.[https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/american-genealogist-the/image?pageName=11&volumeId=12962 subscribers$]*The American Genealogist. New Haven, CT: D. L. Jacobus, 1937-. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .) ''"The English Origin of Thomas Marshfield of Dorchester, Mass., and Windsor, Conn.; New Light on His Wife and Children."'' Douglas Richardson. Vol. 63 (1988) pp. 161 - 163.[https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/american-genealogist-the/image?pageName=161&volumeId=12792 subscribers$]*Great Migration 1634-1635, M-P. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010.) Originally published as: The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume V, M-P, p. 48 - 54; by Robert Charles Anderson. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2007. Featured name Thomas Marshfield.[https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/great-migration-immigrants-to-new-england-1634-1635-volume-v-m-p/image?pageName=48 subscription site] :'''See Also:'''*The American Genealogist. New Haven, CT: D. L. Jacobus, 1937-. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .) ''"A Further Note on Thomas Marshfield of Windsor, Connecticut"'' By Robert Charles Anderson. Vol. 74, p.225.[https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/american-genealogist-the/image?pageName=225&volumeId=13222&rId=24783383 subscription site]
11. {{Massachusetts}} {{Unsourced}} == Biography == Elizabeth was born in 1620. She passed away in 1684. She was buried at the Springfield Cemetery, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts. One profile for Elizabeth indicated she was born in 1632 in Springfield, Massachusetts. Marriage to Thomas Merrick Aug. 21, 1653.<ref>"MERRICK... Thomas andElizabeth Tilly, Aug. 21, 1653."HR and "MIRRICK... [torn]mas [Thomas,written in a different handwriting] and Elisabeth Tilley, 21: 8m: 1653." Springfield Vital Records, Marriages, Book 1, p. 13.</ref> Children: (incomplete list): Tilly<ref>"MIRICK... Tilly, s. Thomas, Oct. 20, 1667."Springfield Vital Records, Births, Book 1, p. 21, and "MIRICK... Tilly, s. Thomas and Eliz:, Oct. 20, 1667." HR.</ref> : James<ref>"MIRICK... James, s. Thomas and Elizabeth, Mar. 2, 1669/70." Springfield Vital Records, Births, Book 1, p. 22 and "MIRRICK... James, s. Thomas and Elizabeth, Mar. 2, 1669/70." HR</ref> <ref>"MERRICK... James, Lt., a. 95 y., Sept. 8, 1765." CR3 and "MIRICK... James, Lt, Sept. 8, 1765."Springfield Vital Records, Deaths, Book 2, p. 57.</ref> : Abigail<ref>"MIRICK... Abigail, d. Thomas and Eliz, Sept. 7, 1673. HR and "MIRICK... Abigaill, d. Thomas, Sept. 7, 1673." Springfield Vital Records, Births, Book 1, p. 24.</ref> Death: Aug. 21, 1684.<ref>"MIRRICK... Elizabeth, w. Thomas, Aug. 21, 1684." HR and "MIRRICKE... Elizabeth, w. Thomas, Aug. 21, 1684." Springfield Vital Records, Deaths, Book 1, p. 51.</ref> Thomas' death: Sept. 7, 1704.<ref>"MIRICK... Thomas Senior, Sept. 7, 1704."Springfield Vital Records, Deaths, Book 1, p. 98.</ref> Possible information regarding Elizabeth's parentage from ''Descendants of John Porter'', p. 49:: Thomas Merrick... married (second wife) 1653, Elizabeth Tilley, daughter of William Tllley, [who came] from England in the ship "Abigail," in 1635, with his wife Alice.<ref>N.B. William and Nathaniel are theonly people surnamed Tilly/Tylly on the Abigail's 1635 passenger list. [http://www.winthropsociety.com/ships/abigail.htm (Winthrop Society)]. However, those lists were generated in England, and there was usually some shuffling of names before departure.</ref> Elizabeth was born about 1632. Elizabeth Tilley ... She passed away in 1684.<ref>A source for this information is needed.</ref> == Sources == <references /> * Ancestral File Number: 8JQP-N0 * [http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Hampden/Springfield/ The Vital Records of Springfield, Massachusetts]. * The Great Migration: Ships to New England 1633-35.[http://www.winthropsociety.com/ships.php#passname Winthrop Society. * [http://books.google.com/books?id=sJpIAAAAMAAJ ''The Descendants ofJohn Porter of Windsor, Conn. 1635-9: Volume 1'']. Compiled by Henry Porter Andrews. G.W. Ball, Publisher, Saratoga Springs, 1893. * <span id='S32'>S32</span>: Ancestral File, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, June 1998 (c), data as of 5 JAN 1998. Repository <span id='REPO6'>REPO6</span> Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84150 USA. * <span id='S1'></span>Dexter, Franklin Bowditch. <i>[[Space:Biographical Sketches of the Graduates of Yale College|Biographical Sketches of the Graduates of Yale College]]</i> (Holt, 1885) [http://books.google.com/books?id=LektAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA431#v=onepage&q&f=true Vol. 1, Page 431] === Footnotes ===
12. ==Biography== Dorothy Bishop Emigrant England Pilgrims === Name === : Dorothy Bishop === Marriage === :: about 1602 in St. Davids, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, Wales.:: John Merrick, born Jan 1, 1578/9 St. David's, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, Wales. :: Children:::# Thomas Merrick,b: ABT. 1620 St. Davids, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, Wales ::# Janet Meyrick b: ABT. 1601 Wales::# William Merrick, b: 1 JAN 1603 St. Davids, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, Wales::# James Merrick, b: ABT. 1612 St. Davids, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, Wales ::# John Merrick, b: ABT. 1614 St. Davids, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, Wales ::# Sarah Merrick, b: ABT. 1624 t. Davids, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, Wales == Sources == <references/>* <span id='BRCR'></span>''[[Space:Boston Records Commissioners Reports|Boston Records Commissioners Reports]]'' (Rockwell and Churchill, Boston, 1875) Vol. 6.::* [https://archive.org/details/recordsrelatingt06bost/page/174 Page174]: Roxbury Church Records. "1650 Month 6 day 25 Widdow Morrick dyed." * Ancestral File Number: 8JQQ-0N