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1. == 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)
2. ==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
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4. [[Category: Surveyors]] [[Category:Farmers]] [[Category:English Immigrants to America]] {{Puritan Great Migration}} == Biography == : William Came on "James" 1636, Charlestown (Mass.) 1636, Plymouth 1636, Duxbury 1648, Eastham 1655, d there by 6 Mar 1688/9. Receiver of Excise. Lieutenant<ref>[[#S76|Colket]]: p.195</ref>:: `William Merrick, the oldest of the four brothers who reached Charlestown in the good ship 'James' in the spring of 1636, was born in Wales in 1603. Of his early life nothing is known. He was a farmer by occupation after reaching the colony; what trade or avocation he had followed in Wales is not known. That his instincts and tastes inclined him toward a military life appear in the fact that he served for six years, after his arrival in the colony, in the colonial militia under Captain Miles Standish. He was spoken of first as an Ensign, and later asa Lieutenant. That he gave all his time and attention to his militarydueits seems to be indicated by the fact that he was not married until 1642, which was at the end of his six years' term of service. He appears to have had property both at Eastham and Duxbury. He was probablymarried at Eastham, but the destruction of a part of the first book of records of that town renders it impossible to determine this fact definitely. He certainly lived in both Eastham and Duxbury, within the decade from 1637 to 1647, as some of his children were born at Eastham during that time, and yet he is reported as being a citizen of Duxtury. The records relate that he was a citizen of Duxbury in 1636; was allotted 5 Acres of land 'next the Glade at Powder Point;' in 1637 he wasallotted another 20 acres at Great Head; he was one of the original proprietors of Bridgewater. He was Surveyor of Highways in 1646, and Constable in 1647. He married at Eastham in 1642, Rebecca, whose surnameis not known. He became a legal voter in Eastham May 22, 1655, which is the time when he took up his permanent residence in that town, his other visits having probably been with his wife's family. He had ten children born to him by Rebecca, who died in 1668 at Eastham. `Paige, in his history of Hardwick, dwells upon the fact that he was so old as to seem rather the grandfather than the father of his own family. He says: 'William Merrick, the father, was a Lieutenant, residing in Eastham. In his will, dated December 3, 1686, and proved March 6, 1688/9, he is described as 'about 86 years of age,' by which it would seem thathe was about 43 years old when the first of his 10 children was born,and he might seem to be the grandfather of this family rather than the father, were it not that he names his wife, Rebecca and his children, Stephen and William, in his will.' '<ref>[[#S407|Merrick]]: pages not recorded. check</ref> : Ancestry :: The Welsh Progenitors of the Merrick Family in America :::::: That the Merricks of America are descended from the purest Celticstock, is established upon the best of authorities, to-wit, Burke's Peerage. Without attampting to refer to the original authorities from which the editors of the "Peerage" compile their family histories, an impossibility to any one not acquainted with the ancient Welsh language, and not in touch with the British Museum with its wealth of historical data, we may assume that whatever bears the imprint of "Burke" is historically correct. It is the accepted authority in all matters relating to the ancient families of Great Britain. We shall therefore content ourselves with quoting from "Burke's Peerage," edition of 1887, page 946, et seq., as follows: :::::: "The Meyricks are of the purest and noblest Cambrian blood, and have possessed the same ancestral estate and residence at Bodorgan, Anglesey, Wales, without interruption above a thousand years. They have the rare distinction of being lineally descended both from the sovereign Princes of Wales of the Welsh royal family, and from King Edward I.,whose eldest son was the first Prince of Wales of the English royal family. :::::: "Cadvan (Catamanus), descended from a long line of regal ancestors, was King of North Wales at the end of the 6th century, and had his palace at Aberffraw. He fought at Bangor Iscoed, and is supposed to have been killed there, and buried at Bardsey. His grandson - :::::: "King Cadwaladr, a chivalrous and illustrious Prince, founded thechurch of Llangwaladr, A. D. 650 - the parish church of Bodorgan, which is still the family seat, near Aberffraw, which became a sanctuary.He removed thither the romains of King Cadvan, which were reburied ina stone coffin. The lid of the coffin with the following original description, still legible, is now affixed to the wall inside the church.- "Catamanus Rex, sapientissimus, opinatissimus omnium Regum;" i.e. ...... :::::: note: get the rest of this for the record. **map**<ref>[[#S407|Merrick]] Page: p. 8-9</ref> : Event: :: Type: Will - abs :: 03 DEC 1686 Eastham, Barnstable Co., MA:: Note: The will of "Ensigne william merrick Senior of Eastham he being about Eighty Six years of Age and being often Sick and weake: yet now throw the mercy of God in Sum good measure of health, " was dated 3 December 1686 (This date was first written "1688", but the second "8" was changed to "6".) Wife Rebecca to be sole executrix. Gives to hiswife the whole use of the part of the housing and land "which I have reserved for her and my use, during her natural Life," after her deathsaid housing and land to go "to my Eldest son william mirick," he "paying five pounds to my Son Stephen." All the personal property to the widow, and at her death the son Stephen to have L5. What is "left at my wifes decease my will is that it be equally devided amongst all my Children my Grand Child Ruth Freeman to have an equal share amongst theRest of my Children. :::::: Witnessed by John Freeman, Sr., and Joshua Bangs, who made oath to the will on 6 March, 1688/9, at the Perogative Court at Barnstable. Recorded 6 March, 1688/9. The inventory was taken 17 February, 1688/9,by John Freeman and Samuel Knowles, and sworn to by the widow on 6 March, 1688/9, at the same court. Recorded 8 March, 1688/9 by Joseph Lothrop, Deputy Register.<ref>[[#S125|Mayflower Descendant]] Page: v. 10;January 1908; pp. 7 - 8.</ref> : Event::: Note: "William Merrick, born in Great Britiain, about 1600-3, diedat Eastham, Mass., (before 6 Mar.) 1588/9; married by 1642, Rebecca Tracy, born at Plymouth, [say 1626], survived her husband, daughter of Stephen and Tryphosa (Lee) Tracy. :::::: "He was in Plymouth by Oct. 1636, when he received a grant of land there and answered an action in court [Plymouth Colony records, 1:44-5]. His late marriage may be due to the probable fact that he came asan indentured servant,perhaps to work out the cost of his passage. Evidence of this is afforded by several records which show that the Colony arranged, between 1661 and 1666 for the purchase of land at Saconett [later Little Compton, R.I.] to accommodate the claim of former servants and others, 'due unto them by covenant.'. William Merrick was among those who thus became an original proprietor of Little Compton, though he never lived there [Plymouth Colony Records, 3:216; 4:18, 97, 128, 136; 5:125-6]. :::::: "He was propounded for freeman, 5 June 1651, but was not actuallysworn as a freeman until 1 June 1658, although he took the oath of fidelity at Duxbury in 1657. His original grant of five acres from Plymouth, Oct. 1636, was 'next to the glade on Powder Point,' and just a year later he received another twenty acres on 'Greenes Harbor Payth.' This placed his residence in the bounds of Duxbury, which became a separate town in 1637. He seems to have lived there at least until 1646, but after he moved to Eastham, the births of all his children, startingin 1643, were entered in the Eastham record. :::::: "He served on petit juries in 1643-5, 1648-9, 1652 and 1658; on grand juries in 1644, 1658 and 1684; as a surveyor of highways at Duxbury in 1646; probably as a Constable there in 1647; and as receiver of excise in Eastham in 1668. :::::: "His military service was of greater importance. He was a Privateunder Captain Standish in and probably before 1643, Sergeant in 1649,and Ensign for a considerable period before 1663, when he was made lieutenant of the Eastham company. He was retired from this rank the following year because of age. :::::: "The will of 'Ensigne william merrick Senior of Eastham he being about Eighty Six years of age and being often Sick and weake,' was made 3 Dec 1686 and proved 6 Mar 1688/9. He named his wife Rebecca; eldest son William; son Stephen' and 'all my Children my Grand Child Ruf freeman to have an equal share amongst the rest of my Children.' Witnesses: John Freeman, Sr., and Joshua Bangs [The Mayflower Descendant; 10:7-8]"<ref>[[#S406|Parke & Jacobus]] Page: pp. 35-36</ref> :: Type: Conflict :: Date: 1615:: Note: BIRTH: According to 'The Myricks of Westminster' by B. E. Nadeau, 1985, William was born about 1615, which conflicts with G. B. Merrick's 1603. I am accepting the newer information at this time, and since I am in correspondence with Mr. Nadeau, will attempt to query himon this.:: Note: Genealogical & Family History of the State of New Hampshire,v.2; pp.889-890. ::: ::: Mayflower Source Records; p.503.:: Note: 'William Merrick was an early resident of Eastham. He came over to this country before 1636; settled first within the limits of Old Duxbury, and had land granted him by the Colonial court near the path to 'Green Harbor' in 1637; also land granted him adjoining Mr. William Collier's, in 1630. In 1643, he was a juror for Duxbury, and in 1646 was a surveyor of highways. In 1648, he was on the jury that tried Mrs. Alice Bishop for the murder of her little daughter at Plymouth....In 1652, he was admitted a freeman, and not long after moved to Eastham. He was among the settlers there May 2, 1655, as appears by the ancient records of that township. He settled within the limits of the present town of Orleans, in that part called Skaket. Among his neighbors were Richard Knowles, John Freeman and Robert Wixon. The date of the earliest entry respecting granting of land to him at Eastham is not clear. In 1659, the records show that he had a lot granted him of about 4 acres adjoining 'Robard Wixon,' denominated a 'house lott' by the highway, with the small piece of meadow within his fence, showing he had improved the lot previous to the grant; also this year a tract of upland at Pocke, near 'Robard Wixon's' tract, containing a bout 15 acres, was granted him; also meadow at 'Little Namskaket,' 'Rock Harbor,' and at 'Boat Meadow;' together with another tract of 8 acres, as 'his great lot,' on the south side of the 'Cove.' In 1662, he was, with 'other ancient freemen and old servants,' chosen to look out for land for hisaccommodation, provided Saconet Neck was not purchased, in another locality. In 1666, he was allowed to purchase land. Mr. Merrick was appointed in 1663 Lieutenant of the trained band at Eastham, an office which had long been held by Lieut. Joseph Rogers. He was succeeded by Lieut. Rogers in 1664. Mr. Merrick at this date was beyond the age of 60,and was thereby disqualified by law to do military duty. He had been ensign of the trained band for some time. He is mentioned in the records as 'Ensign Merrick.' He held no other important office while a resident of Eastham. He was a surveyor in 1665, and receiver of excise in 1668. 'The date of his marriage does not occur in the Plymouth Colony records or the ancient records of Eatham. He undoubtedly was married in this country some few years after his arrival. His wife at the time of his death was Rebecca, but whether she was the mother of all of hischildren, the writer is not informed. He died at Eastham the last of the year 1688, or the beginning of 1689, as his will was presented forprobate at Barnstable in March, 1689. He was about 86 years old when he made his will, the year previous. Mr. Merrick, as far as is known, had 10 children: 6 sons and 4 daughters.'<ref>[[#S129|Smith]]: No. 32,pp. 12-14</ref>:: Note: William Merrick, born about 1600-3, perhaps in Wales, is said to have ocme to New England with the usual "three brothers" in the "James" in the spring of 1636. While proof of this statement has not been found, he was certainly here before October of that year, at which time he received a grant of land in Plymouth and answered an action inCourt there. Comment has been occasioned by the fact that he did not marry until 1642, after which date he had ten children, to whom his age made him sem more like a grandfather than a father and there has been voiced a suggestion that he may have been bound for six years of military service and not free to marry until it was completed, but no lawor ruling justifying such a theory has been seen. It seems much more probable that he came as a servant to some more prosperous colonist and was bound, therefore, to work for a term of years in return for the cost of his voyage, in which case he would have to wipe out this debt by "working out his freedom" before he would be able t omarry. Stong color is given to this theory, as well as evidence of the patience sometimes required before promises of grants of land were finally fulfilled, by certain interlocking facts shown in a series of actions by the Plymouth Court, as (a), on June 4, 16651, when "Libertie is granted unto some whoe were formerly servants whoe have land due unto them by covenant, to nominate some psons to the Court or to some of the majestrates, to be deputed in their behalfe to purchase a pcell of land for theire accomodations att Saconett" [then in Massachusetts but later Little Compton, Rhode Island]; (b), on June 3, 1662, when Captain Willett was appointed "to purchase the land of the Indians which is graunted unto such that were servants and others that were ancient freemen ... that the abovesaid servants and ancient freemen shall have liberty, in case they cannot procure Saconett Necke according to the graunt, to looke out some other place, undisposed of, for theire accomodation. Theire names are as followeth: ... William Merrick ..., (c), on June 7, 1665, when discussion occurred "conserning the land att Saconett, in reference unto the petitioners for it called ancient servants ..., (d), onJune 5, 1666, when "the ancient servants ... shall either bee accomodated att Saconett, according to a former graunt, or on the south-side of Weymouth ... [see map on p. 373] and in case they have it att the latter place, thet they shall have fifty acrees apeece ... betwixt thisdate and November next;" (e), on October 31, 1661, when William Merrick and another who had apparently been tentatively assigned to the Weymouth vicinity, "incase they be not accomodated with land amongst themwith whom they are listed neare the Bay line that they may looke out for accomodation elswher; or incase that Saconett can be purchased of the Indians, that then the said pties may have there portions of land there, if they please; and finally, (f), on July 4, 1673, when bounds were named at Saconett for the grant to the "old servants," a committee was appointed to locate thes elimits and a requirement was made thatthe "old servants ... shall make theire appeearance att Plymouth ont he twenty second of this psent July, then and theire to make out theire right, and also pay such dispursements as shall nessesarily be required, or otherwise loose theire right." :::::: Twenty-nine men, including William Merrick, comlied with this order on this date and thus became the original proprietors of what is now Little Compton, Rhode Island, although at this time no one had settled there, but few did for some years to come and it is quite certain that neighte William nor his immediate family ever did so. He owned lotnumber twelve and until 1681 or perhaps 1687 the proprietors' meetings were held at Duxbury because the majority of them still lived in that vicinity. :::::: A group of conflicting statements which are hard to harmonize andyet, fromtheir source, quite as hard to contradict, relate to the delayed acquisition of freemanship by "William Merrick" of which name there is no other adult than our William seen at that period. His name was included in a list of those "Ppounded to take up theire Freedom" [see Appendix, p. 853] on June 5, 1651; was still so listed on June 3, 1652, yet he was not admitted and sworn a freeman until June 1, 1658, although in the meanwhile he was counted among the legal voters of Eastham on May 22, 1655, and had taken the oath of fidelity at Duxbury in 1657. Since he had so lately become a freeman, the term "ancient freeman" [see (b)] could hardly have pertained to him, in reference to the personnel of the grantees of Saconett, and the logical deduction then is that he was one of the "old servants," meaning one who came over early. Nor need the term "servant" cause any great uneasiness in the minds of those who carry descent from such a one,for in those days any manof means who came to New England brought with him a group of young men or young women, or both, to aid in claring the land and in providingand keeping a home, and these were often young relatives or neighbors' children and frequently of the same or similar social standing as their employer. :::::: While seeming discrepancy of statement is found as to the place of residence of William, the matter is clarified by recognition of the fact that while he first appeared as a resident of Plymouth, received from that town a grant of five acres "next to the glade on Powder Point" in October, 1636, and another of twenty acres on "Greenes Harbor Payth" in October, 1637 [see map on p. 685], this placed him without removal on his part, in what became Duxbury in the latter year. In 1646 he was using two acres of meadow rented for two years from Abraham Pearse of Duxbury; on July 26, 1649, he and John Vobes paid four pounds sterling to George Partridge for five acres at "poulder point" and on that date he, called Sergeant, having "formerly been in partnership withJohn Vobes abovesaid in a house and parcel of upland Containing aboutfifteene acars bee it more or les," sold his portion to Vobes for L12sterling. As an inhabitant of Duxbury he automatically became a proprietor in 1645 in an extended grant made to that town, which by later subdivision became Bridgewater, but no evidence is found of his removalthereto. :::::: On October 5, 1636, William Bradford entered action of trespass against William Merrick and three others, asking L10 damages and receiving a verdict of L5 and costs. William started action against John Atwood for whom he had worked and together they agreed to submit their differences to arbitration with the result that Atwood was ordered to pay him L5 in full for "moweing, makeing and stacking his hey this yeareat Greenes Harbour Marsh, save that the said Mr Atwood is to pay those that helped him to loade it into the leighter what their wages shallcome too." :::::: The public service of William Merrick was not notable but it was sufficient to show that he had the confidence ofhis townsmen for he served on petit juries in 1643-5, 1648-9, 1652 and 1658; on grand juriesin 1644, 1658 and 1684; as a surveyor of highways at Duxbury in 1646;probably as a constable there in 1647 and as a receiver of excise in Eastham in 1668. He and John Doane took an inventory of the estate of Nathaniel Mayo in 1661 and he and John Freeman witnessed the will of Josiah Cooke, Sr., and testified to it in Court in 1673. Probably his greatest public service was rendered in a military way for he was a private under Captain Standish in and probably before 1643, a sergeant in1649, an ensign for a considerable period before 1663 and, as such, he was raised to the rank of lieutenant of the Eastham military companyin that year, though replaced the following year because of age disqualification. :::::: The date of removal of William and his family to Eastham has not been proved. The registration of the births of his entire family at Eastham would ordinarily suggest that as the native town of even the eldest, but his public service in Duxbury in 1646 and probably in 1647 makes it seem more probable that one or two of his children were born atthe latter place. The identity of his wife Rebecca, whom he married about 1642, has long been unknown but late developments show her, beyond reasonable doubt, to have been the daughter of Stephen Tracy [see Tracy, p. 801]. :::::: His will, dated December 3, 1688, and changed to 1686, gave his age as about eighty-six, made his wife Rebecca executrix and left his estate for her use during her life. It also provided that what was "left at my wife's decease my will is that it be equally divided amongst allmy children my Grand child Ruth Freeman to have an equal share amongst the Rest of my children." There has been an uncertainty felt in osme quarters as to the parentage of this Ruth Freeman but this document shows her mother to have been a deceased daughter of William Merrick, since Ruth herself received what wouldhave been her mother's share of the estate. Of his daughters, Sarah had married John Freeman (John, Edmond) but she had no child named Ruth and moreover she was still liingat the date of his will; no evidene is found of the marriage or even survival to maturity of Rebecca; Mary had married Stephen3 Hopkins, leaving only the daughter Ruth, who is positively stated by some, and believed by others, to have been the first wife of Edmond Freeman and the mother of this child Ruth Freeman. The record of this marriage has not been found nor that of the death of Ruth Merrick, but thegranddaughter Ruth Freeman is found in the family of Edomd3 Freeman (John2, Edmond1) and is the only person of that name in that generation. She is sometimes erroneously assigned to the second wife of Edmone3 but exhaustive study of these families justifies but the one conclusion as to themarriage of, birth of an only daughter to, and early death of Ruth (Merrick) Freeman. :::::: Rebecca, the widow of William Merrick, survivedhim and swore to the accuracy of the inventory of his property on March 6, 1688-9<ref>[[#S138|Dawes-Gates]]: pp. 581 - 586</ref>:: Emigrated from Wales to Charleston, Massachusetts in 1636, aboard the ship "James". === Name === : William Merrick<ref>[[#S768558122|Ancestry Family Trees]]</ref> :: Suffix: Lieut. === Birth === :: 1602/1603 Wales, Llanlleschydd, St David's, Pembrokeshire :: 1603 St Davids, Pembrokeshire, Wales, England === Christening === :: Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts === Arrival === :: 1636 Charlestown, Massachusetts === Ancestral File Number === :: 342V-3N === Marriage === : Wife: [[Tracy-208|Rebecca Tracy]] :: 1641/1642 Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts : Wife: [[Unknown-33597|Ruth Unknown]] :: abt 1684 :: 1642 Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts : Wife: [[Tracy-277|Rebecca Tracy]] : Child: [[Merrick-116|William Merrick]] : Child: [[Merrick-113|Stephen Merrick]] : Child: [[Merrick-107|Rebecca Merrick]] : Child: [[Merrick-118|Mary Merrick]] : Child: [[Merrick-117|Ruth Merrick]] : Child: [[Merrick-110|Sarah Merrick]] : Child: [[Merrick-119|Joseph Merrick]] : Child: [[Merrick-109|Benjamin Merrick]] : Child: [[Merrick-111|Benjamin Merrick]] === Death === :: 6 March 1689 Eastham, Barnstable, MA, === Burial === :: 1689 Eastham, Barnstable Co, Ma === Notes ===:: Immigrated from Wales with three younger brothers aboard the "James" in 1636. He was one of the original proprietors of Duxbury. Was a Lt. under Captain Standish for 6 years. One of the original proprietorsof Bridgewater. Sold Duxbury property and moved to Eastham in 1652. :: :: Children #Mary MERRICK b: 4 NOV 1650 in Eastham, Mass #Joseph MERRICK b: 1 JUN 1662 in Eastham, Mass #Isaac MERRICK b: 6 JAN 1659/60 in Eastham, Mass #Benjamin MERRICK b: 1 FEB 1663/64 in Eastham, Mass #William MERRICK b: 15 SEP 1643 in Prob. Duxbury #Stephen MERRICK b: 12 MAY 1646 in Eastham, Mass #Rebecca MERRICK b: 28 JUL 1648 in Eastham, Mass #Ruth MERRICK b: 15 MAY 1652 in Eastham, Mass #Sarah MERRICK b: 1 AUG 1654 in Eastham, Mass #John MERRICK b: 15 JAN 1655/56 in Eastham, Mass == Sources == <references /> See also:* <span id='S1'></span>Frost, Josephine C. ''[[Space:Ancestors of Amyntas Shaw and His Wife Lucy Tufts Williams|Ancestors of Amyntas Shaw and His Wife Lucy Tufts Williams]]'' (Not Published, 1920) [https://books.google.com/books?id=hrNRAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA45#v=onepage&q&f=true Page 45-46]* <span id='S32'></span>Ancestral File (TM): Author: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: Publication: June 1998 (c), data as of 5 JAN 1998 * Information developed from ''Find A Grave'' Memorial No. 51533529. * <span id='S125'></span>Mayflower Descendant* <span id='S129'></span>Smith, Leonard H. Jr., ''Consolidated Library of Cape Cod History and Genealogy'' (Owl Books, Clearwater, FL, 1990)* <span id='S138'></span>Dawes-Gates Ancestral Lines Abbreviation: Dawes-Gates Author: Mary Walten Ferris Publication: 1931* <span id='S406'></span>Parke, Nathan Grier II & Jacobus, Donald Lines. ''Ancestry of Lorenzo Ackley and his wife Emma Arabella Bosworth''(The Elm Tree Press, Woodstock, VT, 1960)* <span id='S407'></span>Merrick, George B., ''Genealogy of the Merrick, Mirick, Myrick Family of Massachusetts'' p. 13-14* <span id='S76'></span>Colket, Meredith B. ''Founders of Early American Families - Emigrants from Europe 1607-1657'', (General Court of the Order of Founders and Patriots of America, Cleveland, OH, 1975)* <span id='S768558122'></span>Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/2300270/person/-1846141794/facts* <span id='S12'></span>Ancestral File (R) The Church of Jesus Christof Latter-day Saints: Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998 * Research by Jackie Merrick* <span id='S1'></span>Stearns, Ezra S. <i>[[Space:Genealogical_and_Family_History_of_the_State_of_New_Hampshire|Genealogical and Family History of the State of New Hampshire]]</i> (Lewis Publishing Company, 1908) [https://books.google.com/books?id=cfoI0UIOCKQC&pg=PA889 Vol. 2, Page 889-90] * {{FindAGrave|34163176}} No Burial, no stone, no value
5. {{Unsourced|Wales}} == Biography == == Sources == <references /> : Source <span id='S-899753593'>S-899753593</span> : Title: Ancestry Family Trees: Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. : Source <span id='S12'>S12</span>: Repository: Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150 USA : Title: Ancestral File (R) : Author: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: Publication: Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998 : Ancestral File Number: MJP3-FK == Acknowledgments ==* This person was created through the import of Savage.ged on 21 February 2011.* This person was created through the import of Beaman Family Tree.ged on 31 March 2011.* This person was created through the import of OKMay6.ged on 11 May 2011.* WikiTree profile Myrick-150 created through the import of EBENSTEIN-GRANGER.GED on Aug 19, 2011 by [[Ebenstein-3 | Merryann Palmer]]. Seethe [http://www.wikitree.com/index.php?title=Special:NetworkFeed&who=Myrick-150 Changes page] for the details of edits by Merryann and others.
6. [[Category: Newbury, Massachusetts]] {{Puritan Great Migration}} == Biography == Merrick in his genealogy makes the Rev. John of St. David's the father of the four Myricks who came to New England, however, no proof is given and he admits that: "This is pure assumption, as no record of John's children has as yet been found... this writer bequeaths this, with many other unsolved riddles, to the successor whom he hopes and believes will some time revise, correct, and enlarge the present work".(<b>3</b>) Tradition states that James and his younger brother John (b.c.1614) came from St. David's, Pembrokeshire and that they arrived in America in 1636 on the "James" but, they are not listed on the shipping lists and no authority is given for this statement. James and John were early inhabitants of Charlestown, MA where John was granted a house lot in 1644. The grant to James has not been found but, he owned land there before 1649 since it is mentioned as a bound in that year. In 1655/6 the bounds of his and John's lands were finally settled. James was a cooper and fish-monger owning a wharf in Charlestown. John was also a cooper and he attached the wharf of Henry Kemble because Henry had taken a son of his and withheld a writing (John had apprenticed his son to Henry). James testified about 1653, aged forty years, that John Smith took mackerel at the house of Edward Johnson and on 22 May 1653 he again testified in court aged 40 years. Before 1657 James moved to Newbury where he remained for some years and where most of his children were born. On 13 May 1657 John Andrews of Charlestown purchased land there from "James Mirack, Cooper and Margerite his wife." After the birth of his last child in 1670 James moved to Boston but, returned to Newbury before 1681. Later his son James Jr. went to Boston to live. On 25 Oct. 1676 James Sr. of Boston sold to James Jr. his house lot in Newbury with all of the household goods for £40. James Jr. was also to receive from his brother the last year's rent of 40/. James Jr. of Newbury then sold the house to William Ellsby of Newbury for £40 15 June 1679. I James Myrick senior of Boston… doe resigne over all my right… that I have in a houselott… in Newbury… with all the household stuff therein… my said sonne James Myrick shall… have… the premises above mentioned…. James Myrick is to pay unto his said ffather JamesMyrick the full Sum of forty pounds… within two years… and to Demand of his Brother the last yeares rent, the sum of forty shillings” The deed is dated 25 Oct. 1676 and was witnessed by Josiah Cobham and John Fernside.(<b>1</b>) I James Mirick Junr of Newbury… for Forty Pounds… do… sell… unto William Ellsly of Newbury… that house & land wc I… bought of my ffather Mirick”. The deed is dated 15 June 1679.(<b>2</b>) In 1681 John Atkinson (daughter Sarah's husband) sued Sarah Stickney for slander in the Essex County Court. The testimonies in this case prove that Sarah was the daughter of James and not his sister as stated by some. James Meyrick / Mirick / Myrick / Merrick born in 1612 in St. Davids, Pembrokeshire, Wales to John "Sion"Merrick and Dorothy (Unknown) Merrick. He died on April 2, 1708 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA. AKA: "Mirick", "Merrick". (I suspect the James who died in 1708 is a different person. James the immigrant drops out of the records after 1681.) James Merrick / Meyrick Birth: 1606 in Wales Death: 1708 Parents:: :John Meyrick b. bef. 1606 :Dorothy (Bishop) Meyrick b. bef. 1606 === Burial === *Place: Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts == Immediate Family == === Parents === John "Sion" Merrick and Dorothy (Unknown) Merrick === Siblings ===Thomas Meyrick; Janet Meyrick; Ensign William Myrick; John Meyrick; John Mirick; Thomas Meyrick; Sarah Meyrick; Thomas Merrick, Sr and OwenMerrick === Spouse === * [[UNKNOWN-33598|Margaret UNKNOWN]] Marriage: 1652/1653 === Children ===Sarah Atkinson; amity Myrick; James Myrick, II; Abigail Myrick; Joseph Myrick; John Myrick; Isaac M. Myrick ; Timothy Merrick, Sr.; SusannaMyrick and Hannah Mirick. == Sources == <references /> *(<b>1</b>) Ipswich Land Records- Vol. IV, p. 344 *(<b>2</b>) Ibid- Vol. V, p. 29*(<b>3</b>) <i>Genealogy of the Merrick-Mirick-Myrick Family of Massachusetts 1636-1902</i>- George Byron Merrick, Tracy, Gibbs & Co., Madison, WI, 1902- pp. 95-6, 143-5 *<i>Ancestry of Charles Stinson Pillsbury and John Sargent Pillsbury</i>- Mary Lovering Holman, The Rumford Press, Concord, 1938- Vol. II, pp.727-8*<i>Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England</i>-Savage- Vol.III, p.218 *Source <span id='S12'>S12</span> and <span id='S32'>S32</span>: Ancestral File (R), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998*[http://www.geni.com/people/James-Merrick/6000000000618899163 James Merrick profile] on Geni.com* Ancestry Family Trees. Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.
7. {{Puritan Great Migration}} == Biography == === Birth === 1614 Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, , Wales<ref>Source: [[#S005281]]</ref> Alt: 1612 Bodorsyn, Anglesey, Wales<ref>Source: [[#S005274]]</ref> === Arrival === 1636 Charlestown, Massachusetts<ref>Source: [[#S005276]]</ref> === Death === 15 FEB 1677/78 Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States === Burial === Charlestown, Suffolk Co, Massachusetts == Sources == <references /> * Ancestry Family Trees. Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. * <span id='S005274'>S005274</span> American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI), Godfrey Memorial Library, comp. http://www.Ancestry.com * <span id='S005276'>S005276</span> Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Gale Research 2009.Original data - Filby, P. William, ed.. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. FarmingtonHills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2009. * <span id='S005281'>S005281</span> Family Data Collection - Births Edmund West, comp. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2001. *Merrick, George Byron. ''Genealogy of the Merrick---Mirick---MyrickFamily of Massachusetts 1636--1902.'' Madison, Wis.: Tracy, Gibbs &Co., 1902. Pages 95-101. <!-- 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. == Biography == ==Research Notes== The marriage of Sarah Mirrick[e] and John Atkin[son] is well documented.<ref name=marriage /> This marriage is recorded in Wikitree as belonging to [[Merrick-348|Sarah Merrick-348]] and [[Atkinson-37|John Atkinson-37]]. Merrick-348 was said to have been born in Charlestown, Massachusetts Bay about 1640. === Birth === : Date: 1640: Place: Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA<ref name="Recs forN. & J. Atkinson"/><ref name="Ancestry Trees - H. Chadwick"/> : Date: 1647: Place: Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA<ref name="Rec. forS. Myrick">Source: [[#S379]] Birth year: 1647; Birth city: Charlestown, MA. Record for Sarah Myrick</ref> === Death === : Date: 05 JAN 1705: Place: Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA<ref name="Ancestry Trees- H. Chadwick"/><ref name="Recs for N. & J. Atkinson"/> : Date: 1700: Place: Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA<ref name="Recs for N. & J. Atkinson"/><ref name="Rec. for H. Chadwick"/><ref name="Rec. for S.Clark">Source: [[#S152]] Record for Shatswell Clark</ref> : Date: 1681: Place: Massachusetts, USA<ref name="Recs for N. & J. Atkinson"/><ref name="Rec. for S. Clark"/><ref name="Rec. for H. Chadwick"/> : Date: DEC 1700: Place: Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA<ref name="Rec. for S. Myrick"/> === Baptism === : Place: Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA<ref>Source: [[#S478]] Record for Sarah Mirick</ref> === Marriage === : Husband: [[Atkinson-668|John Atkinson]] : Wife: [[Mirick-92|Sarah Mirick]] : Child: [[Atkinson-2750|Rebecca Atkinson]] : Child: [[Atkinson-2753|Thomas Atkinson]] : Child: [[Atkinson-2747|Joseph Atkinson]] : Child: [[Atkinson-2751|Samuel Atkinson]] : Child: [[Atkinson-2752|Theodore Atkinson]] : Child: [[Atkinson-2746|John Atkinson]] : Child: [[Coffin-1806|Stephen Coffin]] : Child: [[Atkinson-2742|Elizabeth Atkinson]] : Child: [[Atkinson-2744|Joanna Atkinson]] : Child: [[Atkinson-2749|Nathaniel Atkinson]] : Date: 27 APR 1664: Place: Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA<ref name="Recs for N. & J. Atkinson"/><ref name="Millenium File - S. Manning"/><ref name="Ancestry Trees - J. Atkinson"/> == Sources == <ref name=marriage>"Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29G-GQ33 : 5 November 2017), John Attkinson and Sar. Mirrick, 27 Apr1664; citing Marriage, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 877,468. </ref> * Source: <span id='S152'>S152</span> Ancestry Member Trees. User submitted. Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. '''Note:''' [http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=7221440&pid=1091422379 Additional tree mentioned], not cited as source for any specific data item. * Source: <span id='S200'>S200</span> Sons of the American RevolutionMembership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky : National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls.Online publication - Provo, UT, USA : Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. * Source: <span id='S316'>S316</span> Millennium File. Salt Lake City, UT, USA: Heritage Consulting. Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc., 2003. * Source: <span id='S370'>S370</span> ''New England Marriages Prior to 1700.'' Clarence A. Torry. Online publication - Provo, UT, USA : Ancestry.com Operations Inc., 2012. * Source: <span id='S379'>S379</span> Family Data Collection - Individual Records. Edmund West, comp. Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc., 2000. * Source: <span id='S475'>S475</span> American Marriages Before 1699. Provo, UT, USA : Ancestry.com Operations Inc., 1997. * Source: <span id='S478'>S478</span> Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 Online publication - Provo, UT, USA : Ancestry.com Operations, 2011. * Source: <span id='S486'>S486</span> Sons of the American RevolutionMembership Applications, 1889-1970. Online publication - Provo, UT, USA : Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. * Source: <span id='S720'>S720</span> [http://www.geni.com Geni WorldFamily Tree]. MyHeritage.com. * Source: <span id='S101'>S101</span> OneWorldTree. Provo, UT, USA :The Generations Network, Inc. (Ancestry.com). <references /> === Acknowledgments ===*Wikitree profile Mirick or Merrick-1 was created through the import of Savage.ged on 21 February 2011. Click the Changes tab for details of edits. *Wikitree profile Meyrick-19 created through the import of Beaman Family Tree.ged on 31 March 2011 by [[Beaman-20|Jeffrey Beaman]]. Click the Changes tab for details of edits by Jeffrey and others. * Wikitree profile Mirick-13 entered on Feb 2, 2012 by [[Merrick-236| Jackie Merrick]]. Click the Changes tab for details of edits by Jackie and others. *Wikitree profile Mirick-92 was created through the import of SusannaAtkinson.ged on Jun 15, 2014 by [[Chadwick-1021 | Henry Chadwick]]. Click the Changes tab for details of edits by Henry and others.
9. {{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]