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William Merrick

b. ABOUT 1602/03 · Wales  |  d. 6 Mar 1688 · Eastham, Barnstable Co., Massachusetts

Parents

Events

Birth
ABOUT 1602/03 · Wales
Death
6 Mar 1688 · Eastham, Barnstable Co., Massachusetts

Family

Spouse: Rebecca Tracy (1624–1688) · m. ABOUT 1642 · probably, Eastham, Barnstable Co., Massachusetts

Children:

  1. William Merrick (15 Sep 1643–30 Oct 1732)
    m. Abigail Hopkins (Oct 1644–) · 23 May 1667 · Eastham, Barnstable Co., Massachusetts
    Children: Rebecca Merrick (1668–1723); William Merrick (1670–1671); Stephen Merrick (1673–1732); Benjamin Merrick (1674–1749); Nathaniel Merrick (1675–1743); John Merrick (1680–1753); Joshua Myrick (1680–1736); Ruth Merrick (1684–1766); Samuel Merrick (–1714); Hannah Merrick
    m. Elizabeth Smith (Sep 1648–AFTER 8 Jan 1733) · AFTER 22 Apr 1691
  2. Stephen Merrick (12 May 1646–1705)
    m. Mercy Bangs (15 Oct 1651–) · 28 Dec 1670 · Eastham, Barnstable Co., Massachusetts
    Children: Stephen Merrick (1673–)
    m. Anna Wilbur
  3. Rebecca Merrick (28 Jul 1648–)
  4. Mary Merrick (4 Nov 1650–1694/01)
    m. Stephen Hopkins (Sep 1642–10 Oct 1718) · 23 May 1667 · Eastham, Barnstable Co., Massachusetts
    Children: Elizabeth Hopkins (1668–); Stephen Hopkins (1670–); Judah Hopkins (1677–1748); Ruth Hopkins (1674–); Samuel Hopkins (1682–1749); Nathaniel Hopkins (1684–1766); Joseph Hopkins (1688–1771); Benjamin Hopkins; Mary Hopkins (1692–)
  5. Ruth Merrick (15 May 1652–1680/81)
    m. Edmund Freeman (ABOUT 1654–11 Feb 1718) · Jan 1678 · Eastham, Barnstable Co., Massachusetts
    Children: Isaac Freeman (–1718)
  6. Sarah Merrick (1 Aug 1654–21 Apr 1696)
    m. John Freeman (Dec 1651–27 Jul 1721) · 18 Dec 1672 · Eastham, Barnstable Co., Massachusetts
    Children: John Freeman (1674–1678); Sarah Freeman (1676–1739); John Freeman (1678–1729); Rebecca Freeman (1681–); Nathaniel Freeman (1683–1735); Benjamin Freeman (1685–1758); Mercy Freeman (1687–1720); Patience Freeman (–1731); Susanna Freeman; Mary Freeman (1693–1729); Elizabeth Freeman
  7. John Merrick (15 Jan 1657–)
  8. Isaac Merrick (6 Jan 1661–)
  9. Joseph Merrick (1 Jun 1662–15 Jun 1737)
    m. Elizabeth Howes (–AFTER 17 Jan 1695) · 1 May 1684 · probably, Eastham, Barnstable Co., Massachusetts
    Children: Elizabeth Merrick (1685–); Mary Merrick (1687–); Joseph Merrick (1690–1721); William Merrick (1693–); Isaac Merrick (1699–); Phebe Merrick
    m. Elizabeth Freeman
  10. Benjamin Merrick (1 Feb 1665–)
    m. Rebecca Doane · ABOUT 1700 · Eastham, Barnstable, Barnstable Co., Massachusetts
    m. Rachel

Notes

!Will: MD 10:7-8. Dated 3 Dec 1686: "Ensigne william merrick Senior of Eastham he being about Eighty Six years of Age..." Wife Rebecca to be sole executrix. "To my Eldest son william mirick" he "paying five pounds to my Son Stephen." Inventory on 17 Feb 1688/9, Oath 6 March 1688/9. He was probably the son of Ensign William Merrick who was probably early in Duxbury, and a proprietor of Bridgewater. See Freeman 1:365. Savage says: In Duxbury 1640, was one of the original proprietors of Bridgewater, early removed to Eastham. Hills II:66 says: b. Wales about 1615, ... He seems to have been the oldest of the four brothers to reach Charlestown in the "James" in the spring of 1636, and was a soldier serving for six years in the Colonial Militia under Capt. Standish as an Ensign and Lieutenant. At the end of his service he married, very likely, in Eastham. He married late in life. This is from ["Merrick or Myrick Genealogy" in Bulletin of Cape Cod Genealogical Society, Vol. XIV No. 1, March 1988, Harwich, Mass, p.22-23]: "William Merrick, born in Wales 1601-5, the son of Rev. John Merrick, died 6 Mar. 1688 about 86 yrs. old. Three brothers came from Wales with him in 1636 -- John, James, Thomas. William married Rebecca Tracy, born between 1624-1627. She was teh daughter of Stephen2 Tracy and Tryphosa Lee, who were married at Leyden, Holland 2 Jan 1620/1. William was at Charlestown, MA 1636 and at Duxbury, MA 1640. Later removed to Eastham, MA. He married in 1642 at the end of six years of military service under Capt. Miles Standish as an ensign and later as a lieutenant. He certainly lived in Duxbury and Eastham within the decade from 1637 to 1647 as some of his children were born at Eastham during that time. [10 children listed]"