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Thomas MERRICK b. 04/12/1664 d. 08/16/17431

Thomas MERRICK b. 04/12/1664 d. 08/16/17431 - Descendants

Thomas MERRICK1
1664-1743
Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts
Hannah DUMBLETON2
1670-1737
Springfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay
Hannah MERRICK3
1692-1716
Springfield, Mass.
Thomas MERRICK Jr4
1694-1733
Springfield, Massachusetts
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Miriam MERRICK5
1696-1728
Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts
Deacon David MERRICK6
1699-1757
Springfield, Mass
Ebenezer MERRICK7
1703-1779
Springfield, Hampden, Province Of Massachusetts Bay
  (unknown image type)
Mehitable MOORE8
1702-1742
Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts
Mehitable MERRICK9
1726-
Canaan, CT
Ebenezer MERRICK10
1728-1819
Canaan, Connecticut
William MERRICK11
1730-1805
Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts
  (unknown image type)
Ruth UNKNOWN12
1735-1804
Able MERRICK13
1756-1830
New York
Benjamin MERRICK15
1760-
New York State
Phebe MERRICK16
1760-
New York State
Ebeneezer MERRICK17
1760-
New York State
Lydia MERRICK18
1760-1834
Dutchess, New York
  (unknown image type)
William MERRICK19
1763-1844
Springfield, Massachusetts Bay
Sylvia COMSTOCK20
1774-1848
  (unknown image type)
Hannah MERRICK21
1765-
New York State
Moses MERRICK22
1765-
Balston Spa, New York
Ruth MERRICK23
1774-
Balston Spring, New York
Isaac MERRICK24
1776-
Balston Spa, New York
Stephen MERRICK25
1759-1841
New York
Rachel MERRICK26
1733-
Palmer, Hampden, Massachusetts
Hannah MERRICK27
1734-
Canaan, Litchfield, Connecticut
Ruth MERRICK28
1734-
Canaan, Litchfield, Connecticut
Ruth MERRICK29
1736-1780
Canaan, Litchfield, Connecticut
Thomas MERRICK30
1738-1813
Union, Broome County, New York
Charles MERRICK31
1740-1805
Cazenovia, Madison County, New York
  (unknown image type)
Mariam MERRICK32
1742-
Cazenovia, Madison County, New York
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1. == 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. -->
2. == Biography == ''This biography is a rough draft. It was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import and needs to be edited.'' == Sources == <references /> * Ancestry Family Tree http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=6917051&pid=131 <!-- 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. == Biography == Hannah was born in 1692. She was the daughter of [[Merrick-301|ThomasMerrick]] and [[Dumbleton-22|Hannah Dumbleton]]. She passed away in 1716. <ref>Entered by Jackie Merrick, Jan 16, 2013</ref> ''Do you have information about Merrick? Please contribute to her biography. Everything on WikiTree is a collaborative work-in-progress.'' == Sources == * First-hand knowledge of [[Merrick-236 | Jackie Merrick]]. <!-- Please change this if Jackie did not directly witness the events of 's life. Say why we believe these facts to be true, even if it's a second-hand source. --> === Footnotes === <references /> == Acknowledgments == Thanks to [[Merrick-236 | Jackie Merrick]] for starting this profile. Click the Changes tab for the details of contributions by Jackie and others. <!-- 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. -->
4. == Biography == Thomas was born in 1694, the son of Thomas Merrick and Hannah Dumbleton. He passed away in 1733. ''Do you have information about Merrick? Please contribute to his biography. Everything on WikiTree is a collaborative work-in-progress.'' == Sources == <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. -->
5. [[Category:Hampden County, Massachusetts]] == Biography == To be completed. == Sources == <references/>*[http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=29414747&pid=1905 Ancestry Member Family Trees] * "Massachusetts, Springfield Vital Records, 1638-1887," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XPJX-C6J : accessed 10 November 2015), Merryam Mirick, 01 Mar 1696; citing ,Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, Springield City Hall; FHL microfilm 185,414. Name: Merryam Mirick; Event Type: Birth; Event Date: 01 Mar 1696; Event Place: Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts; Gender: Female; Father's Name: Thomas Mirick; Mother's Name: Hanah. Entry writtenas: "Merryam Myrick the daughter of Thomas Myrick and Hanah his wife was borne the first of march 1696". * "Massachusetts, Springfield Vital Records, 1638-1887," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XPJF-GMZ : accessed 10 November 2015), Merryam Myrick, 01 Mar 1696; citing ,Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, Springield City Hall; FHL microfilm 185,414. Name: Merryam Myrick; Event Type: Birth; Event Date: 01 Mar 1696; Event Place: Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts; Gender: Female; Father's Name: Thomas Myrick; Mother's Name: Hanah. Entry writtenas: "Merryam Myrick the daughter of Thomas Myrick and Hanah his wife was borne the first of March 1696/7". == Research Notes == Note some duplicate profiles (since merged into Merrick-333) have thedate of birth as 05 Apr 1702 (see comments section to the right). == Acknowledgements == * WikiTree profile Merrick-333 created through the import of Dennis Family Tree.GED on May 23, 2012 by [[Lamb-1173 | Laurie Lamb]].* Thanks to [[Merrick-236 | Jackie Merrick]] for starting this profile.
6. == Biography == David was born in 1699. He was the son of [[Merrick-301|Thomas Merrick]] and [[Dumbleton-22|Hannah Dumbleton]]. He passed away in 1757. <ref>Entered by Jackie Merrick, Jan 17, 2013</ref> ''Do you have information about Merrick? Please contribute to his biography. Everything on WikiTree is a collaborative work-in-progress.'' == Sources ==* A Genealogical Record of the Descendants of Quartermaster Geroge Colton. 3rd Generation, p. 13. Pub. 1912. https://archive.org/details/genealogicalreco00colt * First-hand knowledge of [[Merrick-236 | Jackie Merrick]]. <!-- Please change this if Jackie did not directly witness the events of 's life. Say why we believe these facts to be true, even if it's a second-hand source. --> === Footnotes === <references /> == Acknowledgments == Thanks to [[Merrick-236 | Jackie Merrick]] for starting this profile. Click the Changes tab for the details of contributions by Jackie and others. <!-- 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. -->
7. == 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. -->
8. [[Category: Deerfield, Massachusetts]] == Biography == === Birth === :02 JAN 1702 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts === Death === :1742 in Cazenovia, Madison, New York === Marriage === :19 MAR 1726 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts == Sources == <references/>*A History of Deerfield, Massachusetts: The Times and the People by Whom It Was Settled, Unsettled and Resettled, Volume 2. By George Sheldon. Press of E.A. Hall & Company. Deerfield, Mass. 1896. *Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 *[http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=6917051&pid=129 Ancestry Family Tree] == Acknowledgements ==*WikiTree profile Moore-4976 created through the import of TheOlivers_2011-06-11_01.ged on Jul 9, 2011 by [[Oliver-773 | Rich Oliver]].
9. == Biography == Mehitable was born in 1726. She is the daughter of [[Merrick-168|Ebenezer Merrick]] and [[Moore-4976|Mehitable Moore]]. <ref>Entered by Jackie Merrick, Jan 21, 2013</ref> ''Do you have information about Merrick? Please contribute to her biography. Everything on WikiTree is a collaborative work-in-progress.'' == Sources == ''No sources. The events of Mehitable's life were either witnessed by[[Merrick-236 | Jackie Merrick]] or Jackie plans to add [[sources]] here later.'' === Footnotes === <references /> == Acknowledgments == Thanks to [[Merrick-236 | Jackie Merrick]] for starting this profile. Click the Changes tab for the details of contributions by Jackie and others. <!-- Please feel free to improve-upon information you see here. Be bold and experiment! If you make a mistake you can always see the previous version of the text on the Changes page. -->
10. == Biography == Captain Ebenezer Merrick was born in 1722 and died 1819. He had (at least) one daughter Hannah who married Captain Seth Briggs in Dummerston, Vermont. <ref>[https://archive.org/details/historyoftownofd00mans/page/n163 The ''History of The Town of Dummerston'' : the first town settled by Anglo Saxon descendants in the state] Mansfield, David Lufkin; Ludlow, VT : A. M. Hemenway 1884. (Page: 185)</ref> It is not clear when Ebenezer arrived in Dummerston, Vermont but he is mentioned in 1785 "Dec 24, Capt. Ebenezer Merrick made his 'Pitch of land,' 200 acres bought of Colonel Willard of WInchester; located onWest river road, north of the village. Merrick also made several other purchases of land in that locality and resold to first settlers." <ref> [https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=D9UbAQAAMAAJ&rdid=book-D9UbAQAAMAAJ&rdot=1 The Vermont Historical Gazetteer: A Magazine, Embracing a History of Each Town, Civil, Ecclesiastical, Biographical and Military] Abby Maria Hemenway, January 1, 1891 Carrie E.H. Page</ref> == Sources == <references /> * Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed December 5, 2017), "Record of Ebeneezer Merrick", Ancestor # A077738. * [http://www.Ancestry.com Ancestry Family Trees] * Family Data Collection - Individual Records Publication: Name: Edmund West, comp.. Family Data Collection - Individual Records [databaseon-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.
11. == Biography ==William Merrick was born June 18, 1730 to Ebeneezer and Mehitable Mirick (the name spelling is from the original document, though modern spellings are often used for this family) in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts.<ref>"Massachusetts, Springfield Vital Records, 1638-1887," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XPJN-55X : 9 February 2018), William Mirick, 18 Jun 1730; citing , Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, Springfield City Hall; FHL microfilm 185,414. [https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-D1ZQ-WTN?i=6&cc=2061550 Image]</ref> ===Research Notes===Interesting information on Miricks who fought in the US Revolution.[https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS3Q-C346-R?i=827&cc=2546162 Image]. Are any of these a part of this William's family?<ref>"United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG2M-JSDT : 18 March 2018), William Mirick, 1779.</ref> == Sources == <references /> * WikiTree profile Merrick-163 created through the import of TheOlivers_2011-06-11_01.ged on Jul 9, 2011 by [[Oliver-773 | Rich Oliver]].
12. == Biography == Ruth was born about 1735. Ruth Unknown ... She passed away in 1804. <ref>Entered by Jackie Merrick, Jan 20, 2013</ref> ''Do you have information about Unknown? Please contribute to her biography. Everything on WikiTree is a collaborative work-in-progress.'' == Sources == ''No sources. The events of Ruth's life were either witnessed by [[Merrick-236 | Jackie Merrick]] or Jackie plans to add [[sources]] here later.'' === Footnotes === <references /> == Acknowledgments == Thanks to [[Merrick-236 | Jackie Merrick]] for starting this profile. Click the Changes tab for the details of contributions by Jackie and others. <!-- Please feel free to improve-upon information you see here. Be bold and experiment! If you make a mistake you can always see the previous version of the text on the Changes page. -->
13. == Biography == Abel was born about 1750. He is the son of [[Merrick-287|Ebeneezer Merrick]] and [[Moore-7404|Mehitable Moore]]. <ref>Entered by Jackie Merrick, Feb 2, 2012</ref> ''No more info is currently available for Abel Merrick. Can you add to his biography?'' == Sources == * [[Merrick-236 | Jackie Merrick]], firsthand knowledge. Click the Changes tab for the details of edits by Jackie and others. <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. -->
14. == Biography == Mary Polly was born in 1750. She is the daughter of [[Merrick-287|Ebeneezer Merrick]] and [[Moore-7404|Mehitable Moore]]. <ref>Entered by Jackie Merrick, Feb 2, 2012</ref> ''No more info is currently available for Mary Polly Merrick. Can youadd to her biography?'' == Sources == * [[Merrick-236 | Jackie Merrick]], firsthand knowledge. Click the Changes tab for the details of edits by Jackie and others. <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. -->
15. == Biography == Benjamin was born about 1760. He is the son of [[Merrick-287|Ebeneezer Merrick]] and [[Moore-7404|Mehitable Moore]]. <ref>Entered by Jackie Merrick, Feb 2, 2012</ref> ''No more info is currently available for Benjamin Merrick. Can you add to his biography?'' == Sources == * [[Merrick-236 | Jackie Merrick]], firsthand knowledge. Click the Changes tab for the details of edits by Jackie and others. <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. -->
16. == Biography == Phebe was born about 1760. She is the daughter of [[Merrick-287|Ebeneezer Merrick]] and [[Moore-7404|Mehitable Moore]]. <ref>Entered by Jackie Merrick, Feb 2, 2012</ref> ''No more info is currently available for Phebe Merrick. Can you add to her biography?'' == Sources == * [[Merrick-236 | Jackie Merrick]], firsthand knowledge. Click the Changes tab for the details of edits by Jackie and others. <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. -->
17. == Biography == Ebeneezer was born about 1760. He is the son of [[Merrick-287|Ebeneezer Merrick]] and [[Moore-7404|Mehitable Moore]]. <ref>Entered by Jackie Merrick, Feb 2, 2012</ref> ''No more info is currently available for Ebeneezer Merrick. Can you add to his biography?'' == Note ==The Settlers of the Beekman Patent, V.1-8 at [http://www.americanancestors.org/PageDetail.aspx?recordId=236148376 NEHGS] has this family Vol 8. p. 743 == Sources == * [[Merrick-236 | Jackie Merrick]], firsthand knowledge. Click the Changes tab for the details of edits by Jackie and others. <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. -->
18. == Biography == Lydia was born in 1760. She is the daughter of [[Merrick-287|Ebeneezer Merrick]] and [[Moore-7404|Mehitable Moore]]. <ref>Entered by Jackie Merrick, Feb 2, 2012</ref> ''No more info is currently available for Lydia Merrick. Can you add to her biography?'' Mydia was born in 1760. She passed away in 1834. == Sources == <references /> * [[Merrick-236 | Jackie Merrick]], firsthand knowledge. Click the Changes tab for the details of edits by Jackie and others.<!-- 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. -->* https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/585618/person/6133338094/facts
19. [[Category: Merrickville, Upper Canada]][[Category:First Settlers, Lanark County, Ontario OPS]] == Biography == {{United Empire Loyalist | status = | date = }}{{One Place Study|place=Lanark County, Ontario|category=Lanark County, Ontario One Place Study}}The Merrick family prospered. William’s house was substantial and smacked of affluence. The Aaron Merrick house, which was built later bySamuel Langford, is still one of the outstanding stone houses built in Eastern Ontario. The Merricks had seven children. Charlotte, the eldest, was born in 1791 and married Elisha Collar of Merrickville; William Jr, my ancestor, was born on March 28, 1793, and married Judith Roche the William Roche Merrick & wife Jane c 1870 daughter of William and Ann Roche of County Cork Ireland; . Charles born on January 10, 1796, moved to Carleton Place, and then lost contact with other members ofthe family; Aaron born on October 1, 1800, married Mary Burritt of Easton Corners; Lavinia born on August 20, 1803, married Abel Ward of Smiths Falls, a town originally called Wardsville; Stephen, born on June4, 1807, married Margaret Ardele; and Terrance born on July 11, 1813,married Amelia Sherwood of Brockville. According to my count, Williamand Sylvia had forty-five grandchildren which, on its own, was a substantial contribution.<ref>[[Merrick-236 | Jackie Merrick]], firsthand knowledge.</ref> Captain William Merrick was a United Empire Loyalist from Massachusetts who received a Crown Grant. He acquired a sawmill from Rogers Stephens on the Rideau River in 1793. A small community called Merrick's Mills (also called Mirick's or Mirrick's Mills) grew up around the existing mill and the new ones he built. A post office named Merrickville was opened in 1829. William passed away in 1844. <ref>[http://www.ontarioplaques.com/Plaques/Plaque_Leeds38.html Founding of Merrickville]</ref><ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merrickville–Wolford Wikipedia]</ref> == Sources == <references /> : '''1803 Return of Inhabitants''' of the River Rideau: Including the townships of Wolford, Oxford, Marlborough & Montague (Upper Canada). : William Merrick - age 40 : William junior Merrick - age 10 : Charles Merrick - age 7 : Aaron Merrick - age 3 : Silvia Merrick - age 30 : Mabel Merrick - age 22 : Charlotte Merrick - age 12 : Parmelia Merrick - age 5 : Moses Merrick - age 30: "A true return of the River Rideau for the year 1803" signed by Daniel Burritt Jun, Town Clerk.: Lists of Inhabitants were also done in 1802, 1804, 1805, 1806 & 1807 but not all years had the ages.: Accessed at the Saskatchewan Genealogical Society library, Regina, Sask. : .........
20. [[Category:Lanark County, Ontario One Place Study]] [[Category:Montague Township, Upper Canada]][[Category: Union Cemetery, Merrickville, Ontario]][[Category:First Settlers, Lanark County, Ontario OPS]]{{One Place Study|place=Lanark County, Ontario|category=First Settlers, Lanark County, Ontario OPS}} == Biography ==:Sylvia (Comstock) Merrick was one of the first settler women in whatis today known as Lanark County. :Sylvia Comstock was born March 23, 1774.<ref>"Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV23-J63S : 11 July 2016), Sylvia Comstock Mirick, 1848; Burial, Merrickville, Leeds and Grenville United Counties, Ontario, Canada, Collar Hill Cemetery; citing record ID 60538022, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.</ref> She was the step-daughter of Ephraim Eyres, a Loyalist spy during the Revolutionary War. While he was imprisoned at Albany, NY, Sylvia's mother took their family to Lunenburg, Upper Canada. They were joined by Ephraim in 1784 at Stormont Township. :She met William Merrick in 1788 after his arrival from the United States, by way of Sorel, Province of Quebec. They married that same year, when she was fourteen years old. As the daughter of a United Empire Loyalist, Sylvia was entitled to a significant land claim. :They first went to Elizabethtown (now Brockville), where she remained while her husband looked at land for their homestead. William chosea spot north of the Rideau River, close to where a fellow Loyalist had settled, in Montague Township. He and his neighbour (some sources say cousin, others a partner) began to build a mill at a location on the river known today as Merrickville. :Sylvia (Comstock) Merrick joined her husband on the banks of the Rideau River in 1796, with their growing family. They had three childrenat this time, but would eventually have a family of seven. :Her husband died in 1844. Sylvia died in 1848. They are buried together in Union Cemetery, at the foot of Collar Hill. ===Birth and Early Life=== :Bork in born March 23, 1774, Her father died when she was young. (3)and upon the death of her father and her mother’s re-marriage she became the step-daughter of Ephraim Eyres. During the Revolutionary Wars, Ephraim Eyres was a Loyalist spy and for his efforts in support of the British he was captured and jailed in Albany NY. (1): It appears during his imprisonment, his wife was allowed “go forward” with some of her property and family perhaps as far as Lunenburg, Ontario (Stormont Township, near Cornwall). Following the peace settlement in 1783, Ephraim escaped prison or was released and he headed north to Canada arriving to join his wife in 1784 at Stormont which atthe time was a “staging area” for new United Empire Loyalists awaiting receipt of land claims and entitlements. (1) Meanwhile millwright William Merrick arrived in Canada at Sorel, Quebec during the summer of 1788 (2) and traveled up the St. Lawrence fromSorel to Lunenburg where the same year he encountered and married Ephraim’s daughter Sylvia Comstock. Perhaps with several of own children, Ephraim was anxious to get his step daughter off his hands for Sylvia appears to have been only 14 or 15 years old at the time of her marriage to 28 year old William !! (3) Merrick, who was a late arriving Loyalist with no apparent record of service on behalf of the British inthe American Revolution, had nothing but a basic property claim to look forward to, whereas Sylvia as the daughter of a British Revolutionary war hero was entitled to petition for a substantial land entitlement. Ephraim Eyres himself was granted property in Elizabethtown (1) and Sylvia and William followed to the burgeoning settlement which would become Brockville. But millwright William Merrick was determined to finda sight for a new mill and as early as 1790 he began to explore the country north of the St. Lawrence with a partner Roger Stephens (also a1776 war veteran with substantial land entitlements). Together they struck the Rideau from Irish Creek, traveled down river to the “GreatFall” a sight they chose for their first lumber mill and soon a grist mill. Meanwhile back in Elizabethtown Sylvia was occupied with a new family<ref>"Ontario Births and Baptisms, 1779-1899," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5MG-V5Q : 10 February 2018),William Merrick, 26 May 1793; citing SAINT ANDREW'S PRESBYTERIAN,WILLIAMSTOWN,GLENGARRY,ONTARIO; FHL microfilm 928,968.</ref> and by the time she joined Merrick at his new mill probably about 1796, she had given birth to three children, Charlotte, 1791, William Jr. 1793 and Charles, 1796. She was now 23 years old. While she had probably often traveled to her husband’s Merrick’s Mills it appears she continued to live in Elizabethtown, at least during the winters.(2). William Merrick died in 1844 and Sylvia followed a few years later (1848). They are both buried, together with their eldest child, Charlotte, and her husband, in Merrickville in the old cemetery at the foot ofCollar Hill. They were interred under Welsh style stone crypt and grave markers. Sylvia Comstock Merrick must certainly have been a remarkable woman. Aside from raising seven children, she was apparently of strong support to William, who was a dominant, strong-willed, determined and at times difficult individual. He was also opportunistic, generally allying himself with others who were in position to receive greater land grants and allocations than he was; all traits that made him successful as a pioneer and developer of Merrickville. But he probably was not the most gentle of men to live with. Sylvia and William Merrick had 7 children who survived to adulthood, and who as a family continued to build mills and develop the successful Village which became Merrickville. Sylvia was born in 1774. Sylvia Comstock ... She passed away in 1848. <ref>Entered by Jackie Merrick, Jan 22, 2012</ref> ''No more info is currently available for Sylvia Comstock. Can you add to her biography?'' == Sources == <references />* [[Merrick-236 | Jackie Merrick]], firsthand knowledge. Click the Changes tab for the details of edits by Jackie and others.*[http://www.merrickvillehistory.org/newsletters/newsletter-6-2.html Sylvia Comstock Merrick] : '''1803 Return of Inhabitants''' of the River Rideau: Including the townships of Wolford, Oxford, Marlborough & Montague (Upper Canada). : William Merrick - age 40 : William junior Merrick - age 10 : Charles Merrick - age 7 : Aaron Merrick - age 3 : Silvia Merrick - age 30 : Mabel Merrick - age 22 : Charlotte Merrick - age 12 : Parmelia Merrick - age 5 : Moses Merrick - age 30: "A true return of the River Rideau for the year 1803" signed by Daniel Burritt Jun, Town Clerk.: Lists of Inhabitants were also done in 1802, 1804, 1805, 1806 & 1807 but not all years had the ages.: Accessed at the Saskatchewan Genealogical Society library, Regina, Sask. : ......... *"Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV23-J63S : 11 July 2016), Sylvia Comstock Mirick, 1848; Burial, Merrickville, Leeds and Grenville United Counties, Ontario, Canada, Collar Hill Cemetery; citing record ID 60538022, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com. <!-- Please edit, add, or delete anything in this text, including this note. 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21. == Biography == Hannah was born about 1765. She is the daughter of [[Merrick-287|Ebeneezer Merrick]] and [[Moore-7404|Mehitable Moore]]. <ref>Entered by Jackie Merrick, Feb 2, 2012</ref> ''No more info is currently available for Hannah Merrick. Can you addto her biography?'' == Sources == * [[Merrick-236 | Jackie Merrick]], firsthand knowledge. Click the Changes tab for the details of edits by Jackie and others. <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. -->
22. == Biography == Moses was born in 1765. He is the son of [[Merrick-287|Ebeneezer Merrick]] and [[Moore-7404|Mehitable Moore]]. <ref>Entered by Jackie Merrick, Feb 2, 2012</ref> ''No more info is currently available for Moses Merrick. Can you add to his biography?'' == Sources == <references /> : '''1803 Return of Inhabitants''' of the River Rideau: Including the townships of Wolford, Oxford, Marlborough & Montague (Upper Canada). : William Merrick - age 40 : William junior Merrick - age 10 : Charles Merrick - age 7 : Aaron Merrick - age 3 : Silvia Merrick - age 30 : Mabel Merrick - age 22 : Charlotte Merrick - age 12 : Parmelia Merrick - age 5 : Moses Merrick - age 30: "A true return of the River Rideau for the year 1803" signed by Daniel Burritt Jun, Town Clerk.: Lists of Inhabitants were also done in 1802, 1804, 1805, 1806 & 1807 but not all years had the ages.: Accessed at the Saskatchewan Genealogical Society library, Regina, Sask. : ......... * [[Merrick-236 | Jackie Merrick]], firsthand knowledge.
23. == Biography == Ruth was born about 1765. She is the daughter of [[Merrick-287|Ebeneezer Merrick]] and [[Moore-7404|Mehitable Moore]]. <ref>Entered by Jackie Merrick, Feb 2, 2012</ref> ''No more info is currently available for Ruth Merrick. Can you add to her biography?'' == Sources == * [[Merrick-236 | Jackie Merrick]], firsthand knowledge. Click the Changes tab for the details of edits by Jackie and others. <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. -->
24. == Biography == Isaac was born about 1765. He is the son of [[Merrick-287|Ebeneezer Merrick]] and [[Moore-7404|Mehitable Moore]]. <ref>Entered by Jackie Merrick, Feb 2, 2012</ref> ''No more info is currently available for Isaac Merrick. Can you add to his biography?'' == Sources == * [[Merrick-236 | Jackie Merrick]], firsthand knowledge. Click the Changes tab for the details of edits by Jackie and others. <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. -->
25. [[Category:New York, Needs Biography]] {{Unsourced | New York}} == Biography == ''This biography is a rough draft. It was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import and needs to be edited.'' === Name ===: Name: Stephen /Merrick/<ref>Source: [[#S2]] Page: Ancestry Family Trees Data: Text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=6917051&pid=126</ref> == Sources == * WikiTree profile Merrick-166 created through the import of TheOlivers_2011-06-11_01.ged on Jul 9, 2011 by [[Oliver-773 | Rich Oliver]]. See the [http://www.wikitree.com/index.php?title=Special:NetworkFeed&who=Merrick-166 Changes page] for the details of edits by Rich and others. * Source: <span id='S2'>S2</span> Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.; Repository: [[#R1]] NOTEThis information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may haveremoved or changed information since this source citation was created.* Repository: <span id='R1'>R1</span> Name: Ancestry.com Address: http://www.Ancestry.com E-Mail Address: Phone Number: <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. -->
26. ---- == Biography == ''This biography was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import. It's a rough draft and needs to be edited.'' === Name ===: Rachael /Merrick/<ref>Source: [[#S134]] Page: Ancestry Family Tree</ref> == Sources == <references /> * Source: <span id='S134'>S134</span> Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com.Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.; Repository: [[#R1]] NOTEThis information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created.* Repository: <span id='R1'>R1</span> Name: Ancestry.com Address: http://www.Ancestry.com E-Mail Address: Phone Number:* Source: <span id='S229'>S229</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.; Repository: [[#R1]]* Source: <span id='S231'>S231</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.; Repository: [[#R1]]* 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.; Repository: [[#R1]]* 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.; Repository: [[#R1]] <!-- 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. -->
27. ---- == Biography == ''This biography was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import. It's a rough draft and needs to be edited.'' === Name ===: Hannah /Merrick/<ref>Source: [[#S134]] Page: Ancestry Family Tree</ref> == Sources == <references /> * Source: <span id='S134'>S134</span> Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com.Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.; Repository: [[#R1]] NOTEThis information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created.* Repository: <span id='R1'>R1</span> Name: Ancestry.com Address: http://www.Ancestry.com E-Mail Address: Phone Number:* Source: <span id='S229'>S229</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.; Repository: [[#R1]]* Source: <span id='S231'>S231</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.; Repository: [[#R1]]* 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.; Repository: [[#R1]]* 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.; Repository: [[#R1]] <!-- 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. -->
28. ---- == Biography == ''This biography was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import. It's a rough draft and needs to be edited.'' === Name ===: Ruth /Merrick/<ref>Source: [[#S134]] Page: Ancestry Family Tree</ref> == Sources == <references /> * Source: <span id='S134'>S134</span> Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com.Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.; Repository: [[#R1]] NOTEThis information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created.* Repository: <span id='R1'>R1</span> Name: Ancestry.com Address: http://www.Ancestry.com E-Mail Address: Phone Number:* Source: <span id='S229'>S229</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.; Repository: [[#R1]]* Source: <span id='S231'>S231</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.; Repository: [[#R1]]* 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.; Repository: [[#R1]]* 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.; Repository: [[#R1]] <!-- 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. -->
29. == Biography == Ruth was born in 1736. She passed away about 1780. == Sources == <references /> * Family name of Merrick
30. == Biography == === Name ===: Thomas /Merrick/<ref>Source: [[#S134]] Page: Ancestry Family Tree</ref> ''Do you have information about Merrick? Please contribute to his biography. Everything on WikiTree is a collaborative work-in-progress.'' == Sources == <references /> * Source: <span id='S134'>S134</span> Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com.Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.; Repository: [[#R1]] NOTEThis information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created.* Repository: <span id='R1'>R1</span> Name: Ancestry.com Address: http://www.Ancestry.com E-Mail Address: Phone Number:* Source: <span id='S229'>S229</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.; Repository: [[#R1]]* Source: <span id='S231'>S231</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.; Repository: [[#R1]]* 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.; Repository: [[#R1]]* 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.; Repository: [[#R1]] === Footnotes === <!-- 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. -->
31. ---- == Biography == Charles^ , son of (Ebenezer^, TJiomas^, Thomas'^) and Mehitable (Moore) Merrick, born 1740, at Cazenovia, N. Y. Married, 1764, Susanna Lawrence, of Stillwater, N. Y. Underwood's History of the Pollard Family says: "Charles and Susanna Merrick removed to Saratoga, N. Y., where they owned a farm known as the "deer lick," comprising the present site of the Springs. Later he returned to Cazenovia, where he purchased laud of John Luicklaen, the agent of the Hollands Company. === Name ===: Charles /Merrick/<ref>Source: [[#S134]] Page: Ancestry Family Tree</ref> == Sources == <references /> * Source: <span id='S134'>S134</span> Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com.Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.; Repository: [[#R1]] NOTEThis information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created.* Repository: <span id='R1'>R1</span> Name: Ancestry.com Address: http://www.Ancestry.com E-Mail Address: Phone Number:* Source: <span id='S229'>S229</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.; Repository: [[#R1]]* Source: <span id='S231'>S231</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.; Repository: [[#R1]]* 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.; Repository: [[#R1]]* 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.; Repository: [[#R1]] <!-- 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. --> _ Notes: I believe that Charles died in 1805. I am adding Sylvanus Merrick as his son and will add sources as I find them. I also think that his wife is Susanna Lawrence- 9438.
32. ---- == Biography == ''This biography was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import. It's a rough draft and needs to be edited.'' === Name ===: Miriam /Merrick/<ref>Source: [[#S134]] Page: Ancestry Family Tree</ref> == Sources == <references /> * Source: <span id='S134'>S134</span> Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com.Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.; Repository: [[#R1]] NOTEThis information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created.* Repository: <span id='R1'>R1</span> Name: Ancestry.com Address: http://www.Ancestry.com E-Mail Address: Phone Number:* Source: <span id='S229'>S229</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.; Repository: [[#R1]]* Source: <span id='S231'>S231</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.; Repository: [[#R1]]* 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.; Repository: [[#R1]]* 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.; Repository: [[#R1]] <!-- 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. -->