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1. == Biography == James Merrick, the son of [[Merrick-10|Thomas Merrick]] and [[Tilley-139|Elizabeth Tilley]], was born March 2, 1670. He married Sarah Hitchcock.<ref>The Settlers of the Beekman Patent, V.1-8 (Online database:AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2013), (Orig. Pub. by Frank J. Doherty, Pleasant Valley, NY. 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), page 741.</ref> James Merrick married Sarah Hitchcock on July 30, 1696. After Sarah died he married Abigail Root. He died September 8, 1765 and is buried at Old Meadow Cem, West Springfield, Hampden, MA.<ref>Find A Grave Memorial# 115682524.</ref> James was a selectman in 1715 and 1719, also constable, tithingman and fence viewer.(citation needed) See also Find A Grave Memorial #58118800 for James with his surname spelled Mirick. The #115682524 profile has been merged into the #58118800 profile on Find A Grave. == Sources == <references/>* <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]* <span id='S1'></span>Doherty, Frank J. <i>[[Space:The Settlers of the Beekman Patent|The Settlers of the Beekman Patent]]</i> (1990)