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GENEALOGY 


OF   THE 


'HERRICK-MIRICK-MYRICK 

FAMILY 


OF    MASSACHUSETTS 


16J6~1902 


BY 
GEORGE  BYRON  MERRICK 


MADISON,  WIS. 

TRACY,    GIBBS   &  COMPANY 

1902 


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"Tl^e  sarrie  feelir\g  ^l^ic]:\  iriade  nqe  rear  a  grave- 
stone to  iT)y  fathier,  lA^oiild  rqaKe  rqe  hjold  iri  rr\erri- 
ory  all  rriy  fatl^ers,  if  I  could,  even  to  Hdarri," 

—  JAMES  DflYIE  BUTLER,  DD.,  L.L.D. 


Gift 
Auth...' 
(Person) 


PREFACE. 


In  submitting  to  those  who  bear  the  name  of  Merrick  a  volume 
bearing  the  title  of  this  book,  the  author  would  anticipate  the 
criticisms  which  will  surely  follow  its  examination,  by  the 
declaration  that  no  one  can  possibly  know  its  shortcomings  as 
well  as  he  who  has  put  years  of  labor  into  the  endeavor  to  fit 
together  the  hundreds  of  fragments  which  serve  as  a  nucleus 
around  wliich  he  has  built  the  superstructure  which  he  now  pre- 
sents to  the  public  under  the  above  title.  From  nearly  every 
state  and  territory  of  the  United  States,  from  Canada,  Ireland, 
England,  Australia,  and  Hawaii  have  come  these  fragments — 
sometimes  the  name  of  the  writer  and  the  name  of  liis  father 
only,  without  dates  or  names  of  places  to  serve  as  guides  in 
locating  the  family  to  whicli  he  or  tiiey  belonged,  and  it  has 
been  the  work  of  the  compiler  to  trace  out  and  piece  together 
these  fragments,  so  far  as  was  possible,  and  marshal  them  into 
families  and  lines  of  descent.  In  many  cases  this  has  been 
accomplished;  very  often  it  has  failed,  as  a  mass  of  vmassigned 
names,  sometimes  of  one  generation  only ,  in  many  cases  of  sev- 
eral generations,  will  abundantly  testify.  The  compiler  has  no 
apology  to  make,  however,  for  these  failures.  Family  records 
have  not  been  kept,  or  if  kept  liave  been  lost  or  destroyed  by 
accident  or  lapse  of  time.  The  same  is  true  of  public  records. 
Outside  the  state  of  Massachusetts  very  little  attention  was  paid 
to  the  preservation  of  vital  statistics  in  the  early  years;  and 
even  in  that  state  very  many  records  have  been  worn  out  or  lost 
during  the  two  centurie  s  since  the  history  of  that  state  began  to 
be  written. 

It  would  be  folly  to  claim  absolute  correctness  in  names  or 
dates  in  this  compilation.  The  name  Merrick  has  been  spelled 
in  at  least  eight  different  ways  in  the  old  documents  which  enter 
into  this  work.  Other  names  of  people  connected  with  the  fam- 
ily by  marriage  have  been  found  spelled  differently  in  different 
documents.  Very  often  two  and  three  different  dates  of  birth, 
death  or  marriage  have  been  found  referring  to  the  same  event. 
In  such  cases  tlae  author  has  been  forced  to  decide  from  the  best 
authority  available ;  very  often  he  may  have  erred.  It  would 
be  miraculous  if  he  did  not  err  at  times.  Interested  parties  are 
at  liberty  to  decide  such  questions  for  themselves,  and  annotate 
the  record  according  to  such  judgment. 

The  endeavor  of  the  author  lias  been  to  follow  the  lines  orig- 
inating in  the  four  brothers  Merrick  who  landed  at  Charlestown, 
Mass.,  in  1636.     In  so  doing  he  has  not  attempted  to  follow  out 


iv  PREFACE. 

two  notable  lines— that  of  Samuel  Merrick,  who  came  to  Phila- 
delphia, Pa.,  in  1766,  when  a  child,  and  from  whom  came  Sam- 
uel Vaughn  Merrick,  the  well  known  engineer  and  engine 
builder;  and  that  of  Thomas  Duhurst  Merrick,  of  Maryland,  from 
whom  came  Hon.  Richard  Merrick,  the  great  law^yer  of  Wash- 
ington, and  Hon.  William  Matthews  Merrick,  Associate  Justice 
of  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  District  of  Columbia.  These  lines 
will  no  doubt  have  their  own  liistorians;  indeed,  a  member  of 
tiie  Philadelphia  family  is  at  this  time  engaged  in  compiling  a 
history  of  that  branch. 

The  County  Mayo,  Ii-eland,  branch  (Roman  Catholic),  is  rep- 
resented in  America  by  hundreds  of  Merricks,  whom  the  com- 
piler has  found  filling  positions  of  responsibility  in  many  of  the 
leading  cities,  notably  New  York  and  Boston.  They  are  in  poli- 
tics, trade  and  commerce,  and  Rev.  David  Merrick,  S.  J.,  of  New 
York  city,  occupies  the  pulpit  of  one  of  the  leading  Catholic 
churches  of  "uptown"  New  York. 

Again,  the  author  has  not  attempted  to  list  the  belongings  of 
the  early  heads  of  families.  Most  of  them  were  farmers,  and  in 
nearly  all  cases  were  owners  of  their  farms.  Many  were  sailors, 
and  followed  whaling  as  an  occupation,  especially  those  of  the 
Nantucket  branch,  and  were  part  owners  in  the  vessels  in  which 
they  sailed.  It  might  be  a  satisfaction  to  know  that  John  Mer- 
rick, born  1675,  died  possessed  of  a  copper  kettle,  valued  at  5s. 
6d. ;  but  it  is  of  far  greater  interest  to  know  that  John  Merrick 
was  your  ancestor,  six  or  eight  generations  removed,  and  that 
you  are  fairly  entitled  to  believe  that  the  record  of  such  descent 
here  presented  is  rea.sonably  correct.  With  this  thought  in  mind 
the  writer  has  striven  to  compile  a  coherent  sequence  from  each 
of  the  four  brothers  to  such  of  his  now  living  descendants  as  he 
has  been  able  to  locate.  In  tliis  endeavor  he  has  been  reasona- 
bly successful  in  many  cases ;  as  before  admitted,  in  many  other 
cases  he  has  found  it  impossible  to  so  connect  the  past  with  the 
present.  With  the  forth-putting  of  this  book  he  hopes  and  be- 
lieves that  such  an  interest  will  be  awakened  that  many  who 
are  not  here  included  will  take  up  the  search  and  continue  it 
until  the  "missing  links"  are  found.  He  trusts  that  the  records 
herein  contained  will  be  of  some  assistance  in  such  work. 

The  Merricks  have  been  pioneers  from  the  beginning.  Their 
business  was  to  hew  out  civilization  from  the  wilderness  and  in 
the  doing  of  it  they  neglected  to  write  their  own  histories  for 
the  benefit  of  the  generations  which  should  follow.  They  have, 
however,  left  their  impress  upon  the  nomenclature  of  our 
country,  indicating  a  certain  priority  either  of  settlement  or  of 
influence  in  tlie  community,  as  is  shown  by  the  following  list  of 
names  of  counties  and  towns  in  the  United  States  and  Canada: 


PREFACE.  V 

Merrickville,  Ontario,  Canada. 
Merrick  County,  Nebraska. 
Merrick,  Hampden  County,  Massachusetts. 
Myrick's,  Bristol  County,  Massachusetts. 
Myrickville,  Bristol  County,  Massachusetts. 
Merrick,  Queens  County,  New  York. 
Merrick's  Corners,  Oneida  County.,  New  York. 
Merrick,  South,  Queen's  County,  New  York. 
Merrickville,  Delaware  County,  New  York. 
Merrickton,  Queen  Anne  County,  Maryland. 
Mount  Merich,  Preston  County,  Virginia. 
Myrick,  Lafayette  County,  Missouri. 
Myrick,  Jones  County,  Mississippi. 
Merrick,  Point  Coupee  County, -Louisiana. 
Merrick,  Merrick  County,  Nebraska. 
Myrick's,  Shelby  County,  Texas. 
Myricks,  Etowah  County,  Alabama. 
Myricks,  Northampton,  North  Carolina. 
Meyrick,  Bedford,  Virginia. 

There  is  also  a  Cape  Mirik,  on  the  west  coast  of  Africa,  in 
longitude  16  W.,  lattitude  lQ}i  N. ;  but  whether  this  was  named 
for  one  of  our  Yankee  sailors,  or  for  one  of  the  freebooters  who 
sailed  from  Anglesey  in  search  of  Spanish  treasure  ships,  there 
is  now  no  way  of  deciding. 

In  closing  I  desire  to  acknowledge  my  indebtedness  to  the  late 
Reverend  James  Lyman  Merrick,  of  Amherst,  Mass.,  whose 
monograph  on  the  Thomas  branch  has  been  of  great  service  in 
the  compilation  of  this  work,  saving  a  great  amount  of  labor  in 
searching  the  t)riginal  records. 

To  the  late  Dr.  George  Washington  Merrick,  of  Adrian,  Michi- 
gan, I  owe  very  much  for  his  invaluable  assistance  in  tracing  the 
descendants  of  our  common  ancestor,  Joseph*,  down  to  the 
latest  generation,  in  all  its  branches.  I  also  wish  to  tender  my 
thanks  to  Mr.  Reuben  Myrick,  of  Richmond,  Indiana,  and  Miss 
Harriette  Noyes,  of  Westville,  N.  H.,  for  valuable  assistance  in 
tracing  the  James  branch;  to  Miss  Henrietta  Amelia  Mirick,  of 
Boston,  Mass.,  to  Mr.  George  Pritchard  Mirick,  and  his  brother. 
Reverend  Edward  A.  Mirick,  of  Drydeu,  N.  Y.,  for  original  re- 
search in  the  John  branch,  and  to  Mrs.  C.  L.  Alden,  of  Troy,  N. 
Y.,  for  important  additions  to  the  William  branch  records. 

To  Librarian  Isaac  S.  Bradley  of  the  State  Historical  Society, 
and  his  assistants.  Misses  Minnie  M.  Oakley,  Florence  E.  Baker, 
Emma  A.  Hawley,  Annie  A.  Nunns  and  Eve  Parkinson,  I  am  in- 
debted for  the  uniform  courtesy  with  which  my  many  calls  have 
been  responded  to ;  and  also  for  the  many  valuable  suggestions 


VI  PREFACE. 

they  have  given  me  in  my  search  for  data  relating  to  my  work. 
Many  others  have  given  valuable  assistance,  and  I  desire  that 
the  many  with  wliom  I  have  had  pleasant  correspondence,  will 
arrogate  to  themselves  full  credit  for  the  measure  of  service 
which  they  have  rendered. 

GEORGE  BYRON  MERRICK. 

Copies  of  this  book,  so  long  as  the  edition  lasts,  may  be  had 
only  of  George  B.  Merrick,  Madison,  Wisconsin.  The  price  at 
present  is  $.5.00  per  copy,  postpaid  to  any  part  of  the  United 
States.  The  author  reserves  the  right  to  advance  the  price  at 
his  pleasure. 


LIST  OF  ILLUSTRATIONS. 

1.  George  Byron  Merrick,         -  -  -     Frontispiece. 

2.  Coat-of-Arms,           -           -           -          Facing  page  1  • 

3.  BoDORGAN  Castle,          -           -           -             "  13 

.    Charles  Edward  Mirick,  )                              ,,  ,^„ 
Albert  Augustus  Mirick,  \ 

5.  South  Hill,  Residence  of  Charles  E.  Mirick,    "  129' 

6.  Laban  Harriman  Merrick,             -           -      "  189 

7.  James  Loren  Merrick,               -           -           "  206 ' 

8.  Samuel  Whepley  Merrick,            -           -      "  238"' 

9.  George  Whelpley  Merrick,     -           -           "  240 

10.  Ambrose  Newell  Merrick,             -           -      "  314 

11.  Judge  Edwin  Thomas  Merrick,            -           "  316 
13.  George  Graves  Merrick,    -           -           -      "  329  ^ 

13.  Rev.  Frederick  Merrick,          -           -           "  341. 

14.  Timothy  Merrick,     -          -           -           -      "  352 

15.  Edwin  Thomas  Merrick,            -           -           "  362  ^ 


CORRECTIONS. 

Pages  9  and  10.     Weslyan  should  read  Wesleyan. 

Page  13.  Inscription  under  Bodorgan  Castle  should  read  "Mey- 
rick  Family,"  instead  of  "Merrick  Family,"  as  printed. 

Page    28.  Supply  black  letter  number  20  before  Isaac*. 

Page  3G.  For  "Moses"  Haight,  who  married  Lois  Myrick,  read 
"Morris"  Haight. 

Page  163.  Esther  Powers,  b.  May  11,  1776. 

Page  167.  Eighth  line  from  top  read  "in  the  tone,"  instead  of 
"on  the  tone." 

Page  173.  Read  Frances  E.  Watts,  instead  of  Francis  E.  Watts. 

Page  281.  Miner  Merrick,  b.  1772  instead  of  1872. 

Page  233.  Read  Amador  county,  instead  of  Anador  county. 

Page  282.  Read  Lovisa  instead  of  Louisa. 

From  page  144  to  2G4  the  running  headline  should  read  "Merrick 
Genealogy — James. " 

From  page  268  to  282  the  running  headline  should  read  "Merrick 
Genealogy — Thomas. " 

Page  425.  Where  the  name  CAROLINE  BROOKS  Whitney  appears, 
in  two  places,  under  John  Smith^  and  Thomas  Henry 
Smith'',  it  should  read  Mary  Brooks  Whitney. 


THE  WELSH  PROGEmTORS 

OF   THE 

MERRICK  FAMILY  IN  AMERICA. 


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That  the  Merricks  of  America  are  descended  from  the 
purest  Celtic  stock,  is  established  upon  the  best  of  au- 
thorities, to- wit,  Burke's  Peerage.  Without  attempting 
to  refer  to  the  original  authorities  from  which  the  editors 
of  the  "Peerage"  compile  their  famil,y  histories,  an  im- 
possibility to  any  one  not  acquainted  with  the  ancient 
Welsh  language,  and  not  in  touch  with  the  British  Mu- 
seum with  its  wealth  of  historical  data,  we  may  assume 
that  whatever  bears  the  imprint  of  "Burke"  is  histori- 
cally 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  inter- 
ruption above  a  thousand  years.  They  have  the  rare 
distinction  of  being  lineally  descended  both  from  the  sov- 
ereign 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. 

Cad  VAN  (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  the  church  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  remains  of  King  Cadvan,  which 
were  re-buried  in  a  stone  coffin.  The  lid  of  the  coffin 
with  the  following  original  description,  still  legible,  is 
now  affixed  to  the  wall  inside  the  church. — ''Catamanus 
Bex,  sapientissimus ,  opinatissimus  omnium  Regum;^^  i.e. 


2  INTRODUCTION. 

"King  Cadvan,  th;  wisest  and  most  famous  of  all 
Kings."  Cadwaladr  began  his  reign  A.  D.  680,  and  was 
tiie  last  crowned  king  of  the  British  race.  He  died  at 
Home,  and  was  canonized.    He  was  succeeded  by  his  son — 

Idwal  Twrch,  who  was  succeeded  by  his  son — 

Rhodvi  Molwynog,  a.  D.  703,  whose  son — 

CONAX,  was  Prince  of  North  Wales,  A,  D.  720.  His 
only  daughter  and  heiress — 

EssYLT,  was  married  to  Mervyn  Vrych,  King  of 
Powys,  and  their  son — 

Rhodri  Mawr,  (Rhoderick  the  Great),  King  of  all 
Wales,  began  to  reign  A.  D.  843,  and  fell  in  battle  A. 
D.  876.  From  him  were  descended,  (besides  others,) 
Owen  Gwynnedd,  Prince  of  Wales,  A.  D.  1136,  and — 

Llowarch  ap  Bran,  Lord  of  Monau  (Menai),  and 
founder  of  the  H.  noble  tribe  of  North  Wales  and 
Pow3's.  They  were  brothers-in-law,  their  wives  being 
sisters.  Llowarch  ap  Bran  was  succeeded  by  his  son, 
Meredydd,  who  married  his  cousin,  Gwenillian,  grand- 
daughter of  Prince  Owen  Gwynnedd. 

Meredydd  ap  Llowarch,  ap  Bran,  of  Bodorgan,  whose 
descendant — 

Eva,  daughter  of  Meredydd  «^j  Cadwgan,  of  Bodorgan, 
his  only  child  and  heiress,  married  Einion  Sais,  the  direct 
descendant  and  representative  in  the  6th  degree  from — 

Cydapael  Ynnyd,  lord  of  Cydewain,  County  Mont- 
gomery, and  Judge  of  Powjs,  /.  e.  regent  under  the 
Prince,  of  Central  Wales,  called  Powys,  or  Powys-land. 
He  was  a  lineal  descendant  from  Urieu,  Lord  of  Rhigid, 
A.  D.  90,  who  is  claimed  to  be  a  direct  descendant  from 
Coel  Codebog,  a  British  king,  B^  C.  262.  Cydafael  mar- 
ried Arienweu,  daughter  of  Jarwarth,  the  eldest  son  of 
Prince  Meredydd  ap  Bleddvnn,  who  was  Prince  of 
Wales,  A.  D.  1063. 

In  the  year  1212,  when  the  country  was  threatened  by 
an  invasion  by  the  English,  Cydafael  seized  a  firebrand 
with  which  he  ran  from  mountain  to  mountain,  sum- 
moning the  people  to  arms,  whereby  he  gave  such  timely 
notice  that  the  invaders  were  repulsed.  For  this  service 
his  kinsman  Llewellyn  the  Great  granted  him  a  coat-of- 
arms,  viz: 

•Sable  (to  indicate  the  night)  three  firebrands,  or., 
fired  ppr."  This  coat  was  augmented  {temp.  Henry  V.), 
by  a  gi-ant  to  his  descendant,  Einion  Sais,  who  married 
Eva  of  Bodorgan,  of  a — 


INTRODUCTION.  3 

"Chevron  arg.,  charged  with  a  flenr-de-lis  g,'ules,  be- 
tween two  ehonghs,  sable,  respecting  each  other." 
And  a  crest  was  added,  viz: 

"A  castle  arg.,  surmounted  by  a  chough   (or  Bran) 
holding  in  dexter  claw  a  fleur-de-lis." 
This  in  allusion  to  castle  Dinas-Bran,  the  principal  fort- 
ress of   his   ancestor,  Prince  Bleddynn,    and  the  place 
where  Cydafael  held  his  court  as  Judge  of  Powys. 

Between  Cydafael  and  Einion  Sais  (omitted  by  Burke) 
the  line  was  through — 

Samuel,  sou  of  Cydafael; 

Madoc,  son  of  Samuel; 

Tydyr,  son  of  Madoc; 

Tor  WORTH,  son  of  Tydyr; 

Davydd,  son  of  Torworth; 

BiNiON,  son  of  Davydd.  Einion  Sais  was  usher,  or 
chamberlain,  of  the  Palace  of  Sheen  (Richmond)  to 
Henry  VI.  [temp.  1413 — 1471)  and  so  was  called  "Sais," 
i.  e.  "Saxon,"  on  account  of  his  being  so  much  in  Eng- 
land. He  fought  in  the  wars  of  Henry  V.,  by  whom  his 
coat-of-arms  was  augmented.  He  was  succeeded  by  his 
son — 

Heylin,  of  Bodorgan,  (Heylin  ap  Einiawn,  Esq.,  was 
living  1465)  whose  son  and  successor — 

Llewellyn  ap  Heylin  married  Angharad,  daughter  of 
William  ap  Evan,  another  decendant  of  Prince  Owen 
Gwynnedd.  Llewellyn  fought  at  the  battle  of  Bosworth 
(1485)  on  the  side  of  Henry  VII.,  and  his  two-handed 
sword  and  saltcellar  are  still  preserved  at  Bodorgan, 
where  also  his  saddle  was  a  few  years  back. 

Meyrick  ap  Llewellyn  (Meuric)  was  a  Captain  of  the 
Guard  at  the  Coronation  of  Henry  VIII.,  April  25,  1509. 
He  was  first  High  Sheriff  of  the  County  Anglesey,  which 
office  he  held  until  his  death.  From  him  the  name  "Mey- 
rick," signifying  "Guardian,"  is  derived  as  a  surname, 
in  pursuance  of  an  act  of  Henry  VIII.,  requiring  that  the 
name  of  every  man  at  the  time  should  be  borne  by  his 
descendants  as  a  surname,  there  being  no  surnames  be- 
fore that  time  in  Wales.  He  married  Margaret  daughter 
of  Roland,  Rector  of  Aberffraw,  Anglesey,  Wales.  His 
will  is  dated  30  Nov.,  1538.     His  children  were — 

(1)  Richard  Merrick,  Esq.,  of  Bodorgan,  Anglesey, 
Wales,  who  succeeded  Meyrick  ap  Llewellyn  as  High 
Sheriff  of  Anglesey  County. 

(2)  Rt.  Rev.  Roland  Merrick,  D.  D.,  Bishop  of  Ban- 
gor, Wales,  born,  1505. 


4  INTRODUCTION. 

(3)  Wiliara  Merrick.     Died  unmarried. 

(4)  Ov\ain  Merriek.     Died  unmarried. 

(5)  Rrv.  'Toliii  ]*I<'rri<'k,  Rector  of  Llandachya,  Wales. 

(6)  Kev.  Edmund  Merrick,  L-  L.  D.,  Ai'ch-deaeon 
of  Bantror,  Wales. 

(7)  Rev.  Reynault  Merrick,  Rector  of  Llanlechid, 
Wales. 

All  these  except  William  and  Owain  were  known  to 
have  married  and  left  descendants  in  the  male  line, 

Meuric's  three  daughters,  Alice,  Sionedd,  and  Agnes, 
were  also  married." 

Roland,  2d  son  of  Meyrick  ap  Llewellyn,  was  first 
Protestant  Bishop  of  Bangor,  and  was  buried  in  Bangor 
Cathedral ;  from  him  are  descended  the  Meyricks  of  Good- 
rich Court,  and  of  Bush.,  of  whom  are  the  Philadelphia 
branch  of  the  family  in  America. 

The  Charlestown,  Mass.,  branch  is  supposed  to  have 
been  derived  from  Rev.  John  Meyrick,  5th  son  of  Mey- 
rick ap  Llewellyn,  all  evidence  thus  far  obtainable  indi- 
cating that  source  for  the  four  brothers,  William,  James, 
John  and  Thomas,  who  settled  in  Massachusetts  in  1636. 
Motto  of  the  Welsh  Meyricks: 

''Heh  Dduw  heh  chlim:  Dduir  a  digony 
"Without  God  nothing;  God  and  enough." 

Of  "Castell-Dinas  Bran,"  noted  in  the  foregoing  as 
having  been  the  principal  fortress  of  Prince  Meredvdd  ap 
Bleddynn,  Prince  of  Wales  A.  D.  1063,  John  Timbs, 
authoj-  of  "Abbeys,  Castles  and  Ancient  Halls  of  Eng- 
land and  Wales,"  says: 

This  fortress,  of  which  there  remains  a  remarkably 
picturesque  ruin,  was  situated  on  an  artificial  plateau, 
on  the  top  of  a  conoid  hill,  which  rises  about  one  thou- 
sand feet  above  the  River  Dee,  in  North  Wales.  The 
hill  rises  so  suddenly,  and  is  so  completely  detached  from 
the  surrounding  heights,  that  it  frowns  savagely  down 
upon  the  quiet  glens  of  the  neighborhood,  and  seems  to 
overawe  the  valley  of  Llangollen,  above  which  it  stands. 
An  earlier  structure,  on  the  same  site,  is  said  to  have 
been  destroyed  by  fire  in  the  10th  century.  The  place, 
in  its  almost  inacctessible  seclusion,  afforded  a  secure  re- 
fuge from  the  infuriated  Welsh,  when  Gryffydd  ap  Madoc 
Maelor — his  sympathies  weaned  from  his  native  Wales  by 
his  English  wife— took  part  with  Henry  III.  and  Edward 
L  in  their  endeavors  to  subjugate  his  countrymen. 

There  is  a  tradition  that  the  present  castle  sustained  a 


INTRODUCTION.  5 

siege  at  the  eommeucemeut  of  the  15th  ceutiiry,  by  Owen 
Glyndower,  when  held  by  Thomas  Fitzalen,  Earl  of 
Arundel,  a  strenuous  supporter  of  the  House  of  Lancas- 
ter. "Dinas"  signifies,  beyond  all  doubt,  a  fortified 
place;  but  as  regards  the  signification  of  "Bran,"  there 
seems  to  be  a  great  difference  of  opinion.  Some  conjec- 
ture that  the  name  was  taken  from  Bran,  the  mountain 
stream  which  runs  at  the  foot  of  its  northern  slope.  It 
should  be  remembered,  however,  that  ''Bran,"  in  Welsh, 
means  "crow,"  and  the  castle  is  called  "Crow  Castle"  by 
the  inhabitants  of  Llangollen,  where  there  is  an  Inn  with 
that  sign.  In  Gough's  "Camden,"  it  is  noted:  "Dinas 
Bran  is  vulgarly  called  "Crow  Castle"  from  Bran,  a 
crow;  but  more  probably  derived  by  B.  Lhuyd,  from  the 
brook  Bran,  which  is  crossed  by  a  bridge  near  Llan- 
gollen." 

The  principal  approach  was  from  the  south-east, 
through  Llandin  farm,  just  below  which  a  bridge  once 
crossed  the  Dee  on  the  road  of  communication  between 
Castell-Dinas  Bran  and  Castell  Crogan  (Chii-k  Castle). 
This  road  doubtless  formed  a  connecting  link  in  the  great 
chain  of  Border  fortresses  in  the  Welsh  Marches. 

The  walls  were  built  chiefly  of  small  slaty  stones,  im- 
bedded in  a  good  mortar.  In  many  places  the  walls  of 
the  enciente  can  scarcely  now  be  traced,  and  it  is  only  at 
those  parts  which  appear  to  have  been  the  principal 
entrance,  and  the  "Keep,"  that  any  considerable  mass  of 
masonry  is  now  standing.  In  no  part  does  any  upper 
floor  remain;  indeed  the  only  portion  of  the  ruins  which 
is  not  open  to  the  sky,  is  a  chamber  with  three  small, 
circular  holes  in  its  vaulted  roof,  near  the  principal  en- 
trance, and  which  has  proved  an  enigma  to  all  recent 
engineers.  The  castle  was  in  ruins  in  Leland's  time 
(temp.  King  Henry  VIII.),  and  the  fragments  that  remain 
are  falling  rapidly  into  decay.  In  some  places  are  to  be 
found  mutilated  freestone  voussoirs,  bases  of  shafts, 
groins,  sills  and  corbels,  apparently  of  the  stone  of  the 
neighborhood  obtained  at  Cefu.  The  date  of  its  aban- 
donment is  unknown ;  and  in  the  time  of  Henry  VIII . , 
Leland  could  only  say  of  it:  "The  castelle  of  Dinas 
Bran  was  never  by gge  thing,  but  sett  al  for  strougth  as 
in  a  place  half  accessible  for  enemyes.  It  is  now  all  in 
ruins  and  there  bredith  every  yere  an  Egle — and  the 
Egle  doth  sorely  assault  hym  that  distroith  the  nest,  goyng 
down  in  one  basket,  and  having  a  nuther  over  his  head 
to  defend  the  sore  stripe  of  the  Egle." 


6  INTRODUCTION. 

To  connect  the  Merricks  of  America  with  the  Merricks 
of  Wales  is  a  task  presenting  no  insuperable  obstacles 
01-  (linicnlties,  to  one  having-  time  and  means  at  his  dis- 
posal to  cnabli!  him  to  visit  Wales,  and  with  such  aid  as 
he  could  readily  secure  there  unearth  the  records  of  mar- 
riajifes  and  births  l)etween  the  years  155G  and  1620.  The 
author  has  neither  time  nor  means  at  his  disposal,  and 
has  therefore  left  this  interesting  task  to  another  hand. 
No  people,  unless  it  is  the  Hebrew,  is  more  jealous  of 
its  genealogy  than  the  Welsh.  This  fact  is  proverbial. 
It  is  true  of  all  the  people — not  of  a  class  alone.  It 
ought,  therefore,  to  be  beyond  a  doubt  that  a  family 
having  among  its  members  so  many  churchmen,  whose 
duty  it  was  to  keep'these  records  for  others,  should  not  fail 
to  keep  the  record  of  their  own  people.  Rev.  Edward 
A.  Mirick  of  Dryden,  N.  Y.,  who  has  given  much  time 
and  study  to  this  question,  has  made  deductions,  based 
upon  ancient  Welsh  records,  family  history  and  tradi- 
tion, and  the  church  records  of  Wales  to  be  found  in  the 
libraries  of  this  country.     Mr.  Mirick  says: 

"I  do  not  claim  that  my  conclusions  are  historically 
correct  in  every  particular;  but  I  do  claim  that  nothing 
improbable  is  claimed.  Very  much  is  historically  proven. 
In  fact,  the  deductions  are  based  upon  recorded  facts  down 
to  the  4th  generation,  John.  From  that  point  we  have 
to  assume  possibilities,  if  not  probabilities  regarding  the 
children  of  John,  our  forefathers  of  the  New  England 
colonies." 

(See  Mr.  Mirick's  deductions,  introduction  to  John 
Mirick  branch.) 

The  following  is  a  literal  translation  from  the  ancient 
Welsh  of  one  of  the  records  to  which  Rev.  Edward  Mirick 
refers.  "Morfil,"  in  ancient  Welsh,  signifies  "whale," 
i.  e.  "Whale  Parish,"  of  which  this  is  a  partial  record. 
St.  Davids,  in  Pembrokeshire,  was  a  fishing  village,  and 
its  "Whale  Parish"  is  the  equivalent  of  "Walnut  Hills 
Church,"  or  any  cognomen,  based  upon  local  surround- 
ings. This  document  evidently  accounts  for  the  descent 
from  "Meyrick  the  Saxon,"  to  John,  whom  family  tra- 
ditions, entirely  unconnected  with  this  document,  and 
in  the  absence  of  any  knowledge  of  it,  have  claimed  as 
the  ancestor  of  the  American  brothers.  The  greatest 
obstacle  to  the  acceptance  of  this  John  as  the  father  of 
tht^  f(nir  brothers  is  based  on  the  fact  that  the  record 
here  gives  the  date  of  birth  of  Thomas  as  prior  to  1591. 
This  is  not,  however,  insuperable.     It  is  possible  that 


INTRODUCTION.  T 

the  Thomas  born  prior  to  the  closing  of  this  scrap  of 
record  may  have  died  and  a  child  born  later,  to-wit,  in 
1620,  have  been  given  the  name  of  the  dead  boy.  That 
is  the  case  in  many  instances  in  the  records  of  the  Amer- 
ican Merricks,  and  it  is  not  improbable  that  it  maj^  have 
been  the  case  in  this  instance.  While  the  record  follow- 
ing is  not  proof  of  the  parentage  of  the  four  American 
Merricks,  it  may  be  accepted  as  strongly  pointing  to  the 
fact.     The  translation  is  as  follows: 

TRANSLATION. 

From  Lewis  Boon's  Visitation,  of  Pembrokeshire. 

MoRFiL  Parish — Rev.  William  Mirick,  ap  Llewellyn,  son  of 
Heylin,  son  of  Einion  (the  Saxon),  of  Bodorgan,  Anglesey,  mar- 
ried Angharad.  daughter  of  William.  Their  son,  Meyrick,  mar- 
ried Margai'et,  daugliter  of  Roland,  son  of  Howel  of  Gaer  Geilog, 
Esquire.  Their  son,  Rev.  John  Meyrick,  minister  at  Llanllechyd, 
married  Sage,  daughter  of  James  Griffith,  son  of  Howel,  son  of 
Thomas,  son  of  David,  son  of  Griffith,  son  of  Gronwy  the  Red. 
(The  mother  of  Sage  was  Maud,  the  daughter  of  Morgan  Lloyd, 
son  of  leuen  Lloyd,  of  Bant  y  Streimon,  Esquire).  The  mother 
of  Sage's  father  was  Sage,  daughter  of  Thomas,  son  of  Griffith, 
son  of  Nikolas,  sister  to  fatlier  and  mother  of  Sir  Rys. 

The  children  of  Rev.  John  Mirick  and  Sage,  his  wife,  were: 
i.     William  Meyrick. 

ii.     Owen  Meyrick,  minister  at  Llangyile. 
iii.     Maud.     (She  married  Roland  Powel,  sou  of  John  Powel, 
Esqiure. ) 
Their  children  were :   i.  John  Powel ;  ii.  Jan  (Jane?) 

I. 
William  Meyrick   married    1st,  Janet,  daughter  of 
lenen,  son  of  John,  son  of  lenen,  son  of  Llewel- 
lyn of  Trevillier.     They  have — 
iv.     John  Meyrick. 

William  married  3nd,  Joan,  daughter  of  William, 
son  of  Rys,  son  of  Howel  Young.     They  have — 
V.     Owen  Meyrick  (1591). 
vi.     Robert  Meyrick  (1591). 
vii.     Janet  (1591). 

III. 
John  Meyrick,  marries   Dorothy,  daughter  of  Mat- 
thew   Bishop.      (Her    nn  ;her,    Elizabeth,    was 
daughter   of  Robert  You  ig,  brother  to  Bishop 
Young.)     (A  footnote  says   "Bishop  of  St.  Da- 
vids").    Their  children  as  noted — 
viii.     Thomas, 
ix.     Jan  (perhaps  Jane). 

(Signed) 

"Pr  me, 

"Wm.  Mevrick, 

"Klerk." 
"Dated  this  13th  day  of  October,  in  the  33rd  year  of  Queen 
Elizabeth's  reign,  and  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  1591." 


8 


INTRODUCTION. 


The  Eiiglisli  deeeiidants  of  Meyrick  ap  Llewellyn  had 
amoii}^  them  many  men  of  i)rominenee  in  the  church,  in  the 
army  and  in  letters.  Sir  Rhys  Merrick's  "Ancient  Arms 
and  Armour"  is  quoted  as  an  authority  the  world  over. 
Sir  John  Merrick  represented  England  at  the  Russian 
Court  as  Ambassador  in  1G17.  Six  were  knighted,  by 
different  sovereigns  of  England.  One,  Sir  Gelly  Mer- 
rif'k  was  knighted  on  the  field  at  the  siege  of  Cadiz,  for 
l)rilliaut  and  gallant  services  at  the  storming  of  that 
stronghold. 

Inliabiting  as  they  did  the  island  of  Anglesey,  it  is 
probable  that  many  younger  sons  followed  the  sea  for 
gold  or  glory.  It  is  stated  by  one  writer  that  Sir  Henry 
Morgan,  the  Buccaneer,  the  "scourge  of  the  Spanish 
Main,"  wrote  his  name  "Morgan  ap  Meyrick,"  Morgan 
the  sou  of  Meyrick.  Certainlj-,  later  generations  might  be 
credited  with  an  hereditary  love  of  the  ocean,  hundreds 
of  Merricks  having  followed  the  sea  as  an  occupation; 
and  no  less  than  a  score  of  them  were  lost  at  sea  from 
the  port  of  Nantucket  alone,  dying  a  "natural  death,"  as 
it  was  reckoned  by  the  hardy  whalers  of  that  seamans' 
paradise. 


COLLEGE  GRADUATES. 

That  the  men  and  women  bearing  the  name  of  Mer- 
rick in  its  various  forms  have  not  been  indifferent  to  the 
advantage  .which  a  liberal  education  affords,  is  made 
evident  by  the  following  list  of  persons  noted  in  this 
volume  who  have  been  graduated  from  one  or  more  of 
the  leading  institutions  of  learning  in  this  country.  It 
is  likely  that  this  list  might  be  multiplied,  were  a  thor- 
ough search  of  college  records  made-  The  appended 
list  was  made  as  the  names  appeared  in  compiling  this 
work: 


/I 

HARVARD. 

1773 
1776 

Tilley  Merrick; 
Pliny  Merrick. 

1860 

George     Clarence     Mer 
rick. 

1784 

Jolm  Merrick. 

1861 

Charles  Sewell  Merrick 

1814 

Pliiiy  Merrick. 

1870 

William  Merrick. 

1859 

John  Mudge  Merrick 

1893 

Robert  Michael  Merrick 

1894 

Charles  Irving   Merrick 

YALE. 


1725     Jonathan  Merrick. 
1731     Noah  Merrick. 
1783    Jonathan  Merrick. 


1853     Henry  Lewis  Merrick. 
1858    John  Dole  Merrick. 
1886    Solomon  G.  Merrick. 


INTRODUCTION. 


MASSACHUSETTS    INSTITUTE    OF   TECHNOLOGY. 


1890    George  E.  Merrick. 
1901     Fred  Ickes  Merrick. 


1903    Silas  Clarence  Merrick. 


WILLIAMS   COLLEGE. 

1850    Ambrose  Newell  Merrick. 

PRINCETON. 

1830    James  L.  Merrick. 

BOWDOIN. 


1807    John  Merrick    (honors), 
1838    David  H.  Mirick. 
1837    John      Mudge     Merrick 
(honors). 


1 847  George  Merrick  ( honors ) . 
1846    Samuel  Vaughn  Merrick 

(honors). 

1848  Charles  Fiske  Merrick. 


AMHERST. 


1830    James  L.  Merrick. 
1842    George  H.  Merrick. 
1860    Lucius  L.  Merrick. 


1814  Joseph  Myrick. 

1815  Lot  Myrick. 


1864  Edward  A.  Mirick. 
1879  Charles  S.  Merrick. 
1887     George  A.  Mirick. 


DARTMOUTH. 


1857     ElHott  T.  Merrick. 
1873    Joshua  T.  Merrick. 


MIDDLEBURY. 

1842    Osborn  Merrick. 

UNIVERSITY   OF    MICHIGAN. 

1866    Frank  W.  Merrick.  I    1878    Harry  Pierce  Meyrick. 

1873    John  A.  M-  <r;H-  I 

MOUNT   HOLYOKE. 

1841     Dorcas  M'i^^k.  ^'o6    Catherine  S.  Merrick. 

1849    Caroline  I     Merrick  Mabel  E  Merrick. 

V  aSSAI. 

1897    Florence  V,.  Merrick. 

UNIVERSITY   OF  Wl.iO'      ■ 

1901     Eldridge  'lerry  Merrick,  C.  E. 

BRO^VN  UNIVERSITy. 

1876    Origen  Hal i  Merrick  |    1890    Euge.  ,]    ir  Myrir>\- 

BOST(  N       XlVKR'-nv 

01    Frank  Wilbur  Merrick,  PJi.  D 

WESLYiVN  UNIVERSI''  ■  SH. ) 

1832    Edwin  Thomas  Merrick. 

WESLYAN  UNIVERSITY.      (OON-N-.) 
Frederick  Merrick. 


10  INTRODUCTION. 

WESLYAN  UNIVERSITY.       (OHIO.) 

1864     Frederick  Merrick.  ]    1864     Edward  Merrick. 

1895    Walter    Chapman    Merrick. 
1897    Frederick  Chapman  Merrick. 

MASSACHUSETTS  AGRICULTURAL  COLLEGE. 

1882    Herbert  Myrick. 

OTHER  COLLEGES. 

Clinton  Victor  Merrick. 

NEW  YORK  MEDICAL   COLLEGE. 

Frank  Worman  Myrick. 


RUSH  MEDICAL   COLLEGE. 

1851     George  CUntou  Merrick. 

CHICAGO  CONGREGATIONAL  SEMINARY. 

1869    Edward  Augustus  Mirick. 

NORTHWESTERN  UNIVERSITY. 

1884    George  Peck  Merrick. 

RACINE   COLLEGE.       (WIS.) 

1864    Cliarles  Stephenson  Merrick. 

SMITH  COLLEGE. 

1896    Hannah  GUdden  Myrick,  A.  B. 

:  JOHNS   HOPKINS  UNIVERSITY. 

1900    Hannah  Glidden  Myrick.  M.  D. 

Colby  college. 
1899    Hubert  James  I»Iyrick        I    Ebenezer  Mirick. 

WE^-LESLEY  COLLEGE. 

1892    Henrietta  A  nielia  Mirick,  A.  B. 

1892  Florence  Ilann?ii  Myrick.  B.  S. 
1898    May  Halbert  'lirick,  A.  B. 

,  .     UNIVERSITY  OF  IOWA. 

1893  Arth' .r  Eug  jne  Myrick,  A.  B. 

HA  INEMANN   HOMEOPATHIC   COLLEGE. 

1895    A'  ohur  F^igene  Myrick,  M.  D. 

WASHINGTON   UNIVERSITY. 

jouis  A  iibrose  Merrick. 


INTRODUCTION.  11 

MY  REMOTE  ANCESTOR. 

The  other  niglit  a  stranger  came 

To  trace  our  pedigree ; 
He  took  the  Bible  records  old, 

And  nodded  quick  with  glee ; 
His  surname  was  the  same  as  ours, 

And  many  years  had  he 
Been  fond  of  i^oring  over  books, 

Of  Genealogy. 

"This  record  clears  up  doubtful  points — 

Pure  Cambrain  stock  are  we, 
See,  in  Burke's  Peerage,  traced  at  length, 

Our  glorious  family  tree. 
Our  ancestors  were  men  of  note. 

And  here's  the  source,  you  see, 
Coel  Codebog,  a  Briton  king, 

262,  B.  C." 

He  showed  to  us  our  Coat-of-Arms — 

A  raven  with  a  key, 
A  tower,  a  scutcheon  black  as  night, 

With  firebrands,  one,  two,  tJiree. 
"Each  point  stood  for  some  noble  deed, 

Of  ancestors,"  said  he. 
"And  'tis  the  crest  that's  borne  to-day, 

By  lords  of  Anglesey." 

But  naught  care  I  for  Dukes  and  Earls, 

And  all  their  heraldry ; 
That  Briton  king,  he  is  of  far 

More  interest  to  me, 
A-roaming  with  his  mighty  club. 

Across  the  plains  so  free, 
Or  going  to  a  Druid  feast, 

And  dancing  on  the  lea. 

CODA. 

So  here's  to  you,  old  Codebog, 

Source  of  my  ancestry, 
You  wild  and  warlike  Briton  king, 

262,  B.  C. 

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WILLIAM  MERRICK,  OF  EASTHAM. 


FIRST   GENERATION. 

1.  William  Merrick',  the  oldest  of  the  four  brothers 
who  reached  Charlestown  in  the  good  ship  '\7ames''  in 
the  spring  of  1636,  was  born  in  Wales  in  1603.  Of  his 
early  life  nothing  is  known.  He  was  a  farmer  by  occu- 
pation after  reaching  the  Colony;  what  trade  or  avoca- 
tion 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  Cap- 
tain Myles  Standish.  He  was  spoken  of  first  as  an 
Ensign,  and  later  as  a  Lieutenant.  That  he  gave  all  his 
time  and  attention  to  his  military  duties  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  probably  married  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  ehildi-en  were  born  at  Eastham  during  that  time, 
and  yet  he  is  reported  as  being  a  citizen  of  Duxbury. 
The  records  relate  that  he  was  a  citizen  of  Duxbury  in 
1636;  was  alloted  5A.  of  land  "Next  the  Glade  at  Pow- 
der Point;"  in  1637  he  was  allotted  another  20A.  at 
Great  Head;  he  was  one  of  the  original  proprietors  of 
Bridge  water.  He  was  Surveyor  of  Highways  in  1646, 
and  Constable  in  1647.  He  married  at  Eastham  in  1642, 
Rebecca,  whose  surname  is  not  known.  He  became  a 
legal  voter  in  Eastham  Maj-  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  bj'  Rebecca, 
w^ho  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  East- 


5i. 

'6. 

11. 

111. 

14  MERRICK    GENEALOGY  —  WILLIAM. 

ham.  In  liis  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  that  he  was  about  43 
years  old  when  the  first  of  his  ten  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."  The  childi'en  of  William  and  Rebecca 
Merrick  were — 

William,  b.  September  15,  1(543. 
Stephen,  b.  May  12,  1646. 
Rebecca,  b.  July  28,  1648. 
iv.     Maey,   b.  November  4,   1G50;  m.  Stephen  Hopkins, 

son  of  Stephen  Hopkins  of  the  '•Mayflower." 
V.     Ruth,  b.  May  15,  1652;  m.   January,  1677,  Edmund 
Freeman,  son  of  Major  John  and  Mercy  (Prence) 
Freeman, 
vi.     Sarah,  b.   August  1,   1654;  m.   December  18,  1672, 
John  Freeman,  son  of  Major  Jolm  and  Mercy 
(Prence)  Freeman, 
vii.     John,  b.  January  15,  1656-7. 
viii.     Isaac,  b.  Januaiy  6,  1660-1. 
4.         ix.     Joseph,  b.  June  1,  1662. 
■yi    5.  X.     Benjamin,  b.  February  1,  1664-5. 


SECOND  GENERATION. 

2.  Ensign  William^,  son  of  {^YUliam'^)  and  Re- 
becca Merrick,  born  September  15,  1643,  at  Eastham, 
Mass.  Married  1st,  May  23,  1667,  Abigail  Hopkins, 
daughter  of  Giles  and   Catherine  (Wheldon)  Hopkins; 

she  born  October,  1644;   died ;  her  father,  Giles, 

was  son  of  Stephen  Hopkins,  who  came  in  the  "'May- 
flower.''^    William  married,  2nd.,  Elizabeth .    He 

was  admitted  a  legal  voter  of  Eastham,  1675.  About 
the  end  of  the  century  he  moved  to  Harwich,  where  he 
became  a  j^rominent  citizen.  The  records  of  Harwich 
carry  the  name  as  "Myrick."  On  October  16,  1700,  a 
church  was  gathered  at  Harwich,  consisting  of  eight 
male  members,  of  whom  William  Merrick  was  one.  On 
February  9,  1704,  the  wife  of  Ensign  William  Myrick 
was  also  admitted  to  the  church.  At  a  town  meeting 
assembled  March  20,  1701,  Ensign  William  Myrick  was 
elected  to  represent  the  town  as  agent,  as  occasion  might 
require,  "that  our  town's  bounds  may  be  fully  known." 
He  represented  the  town  in  General  Assembly  in  1719. 
In  1722  he  was  Surveyor  of  HighAvays  for  the  town.  In 
1725    he  is  reported  as  having  children  of   school   age. 


SECOND    GENERATION.  15 

He  died  October  30,  1732.  His  will  was  dated  May  5, 
1723,  and  was  proved  November  9,  1732.  His  children, 
all  bj'  his  first  wife,  Abigail  Hopkins  were —     ,   .,r. 

i.  Rebecca,  b.  November  28,  1668;  m/' Sparrow; 

died  before  1723. 

ii.  William,  b.  August  1,  1670;  died  March  20,  1671. 

6.  iii.  Stephen,  b.  March  26,  1673. 

7.  iv.  Nathaniel,  b.  — ~,  1675.  ^  j. 

,^.  V.  Hannah,  b.    ;  m.  John  Snow,  o^"  '  '^•'  ■  "■'      pO     ^ 

i22_ >  Ti.  Benjamin,  b.  — H-.r-j.  (,-;;-c.c/v  Don-e   :h  v-»<  A-4>a.,.c.w-- 

8.  vii.  John,  b ;  m.  Anna  Sears. 

9.  viii.     Joshua,  b.  —  ,  1680. 

ix.     Ruth,    b.    ,    1684:   m.    1st,    November    4,     1710, 

Samuel  Sears;  he  died  and  she  m.  2nd.,  Chilling- 
worth  Foster  (his  third  wife) ;  she  died  Febru- 
ary 18,  1766. 

3.  Stephen^  son  of  {William^)  and  Rebecca  Mer- 
rick, born  May  12,  1646,  at  Eastham,  Mass.  Married 
1st.  Mercy  Bangs,  dau.  of  Edward,  Dec.  28,  1671. 
Within  a  year  after  his  marriage  Stephen  joined  the  com- 
pany which  left  Plymouth  Colony  and  settled  at  New 
London  and  Norwich,  Connecticut.  Caulkin's  History 
of  Norwich  says  of  him: — "Stephen  Merrick  married 
Mercy  Bangs  Dec.  28, 1671,  he  being  25  and  she  20  years 
of  age.  Mercy  and  Apphia  Bangs  were  twin  daughters 
of  Edward  Bangs,  of  Plymouth  Colony,  and  were  married 
the  same  day — Apphia  to  John  Knowles.  Stephen  Mer- 
rick came  to  Norwich  in  1672,  where  he  bought  a  plan- 
tation. He  was  constable  in  1681,  and  county  sheriff  in 
1685."  The  annals  of  Norwich  Town  record  that  a  gate 
was  maintained  at  Town  charge  at  Stephen  Merrick's, 
on  Bean  Hill.  Mercy  (Bangs)  Merrick  died,  and  Stephen 
married,  2ud.,  Anna  Wilbore,  at  Taunton.  Mass.,  to 
which  place  he  had  removed,  at  just  what  date  is  not 
known.  He  became  one  of  the  leading  men  of  that  town, 
and  died  therein  1705,  leaving  a  large  property,  for  that 
time.  His  will  was  made  in  1696,  as  he  was  "about  to 
go  forth  and  fight  the  Indians."  In  his  will  he  gives  his 
wife  his  "plantation,  with  all  the  buildings,  stock,  etc., 
situated  in  Norwich,  Connecticut."  To  a  daughter, 
"200  acres  of  laud  in  Norwich. ' '  To  his  only  son,  Isaac, 
his  "plantation  etc.,  in  New  Jersey."  It  would  appear 
that  he  survived  his  Indian  campaign,  and  died  at  home 
in  Taunton  in  1705.     His  will  reads: 

In  the  name  of  God,  Amen.  I  Stephen  Marick  of  Taunton,  in 
the  County  of  Bristol,  in  the  Province  of  tlie  Massachusetts  Bay 
in  New  England,  being  of  sound  sence  &  memory  &  good  health 
of  body,  but  purposing  to  goe  forth  to  ivalk  in  the  present  expedi  - 


16  MERRICK   GENEALOGY  —  WILLIAM. 

Hon  on  foot  against  the  Indian  enemy,  do  make  this  my  last  will 
and  testament.  My  Soul  I  commit  to  God  hoping  in  his  mercey 
thro'  Christ  Jesus,  as  to  my  outward  estate  I  dispose  of  as  fol- 
loweth : — 

Imps.  To  my  only  "Son"  Isaac  Marick  haveing  allready  given 
&  granted  to  him  a  considerable  estate  by  deed,  bearing  date  the 
26  of  December  1694  made  unto  Samuel  Danforth  &  John  Free- 
man Jun.  [  .  ]  in  trust  for  that  &  other  concerned  in  the 
said  instrument  expressed,  which  is  signed  by  me  Stephen  Marick 
and  Anna  my  pre.sent  wife.  Doe  yet  furtlier  give  unto  my  sd 
son  Isaac  Marick  my  wearing  cloathes,  arms  and  all  sorts  of  tools 
and  tackUn  jn-oper,  either  for  husbandry  or  any  other  trade  & 
silver  buttons,  silver  buckles  &  staflfe  with  silver  head. 

Secondly,  As  to  my  beding  there  being  five  feather  beds,  I 
give  to  my  beloved  wife  Anna  that  bed  which  her  father  gave 
her  particularly  to  be  her  own  bed  before  his  death,  with  all  the 
furniture  belonging  thereto,  viz:  curtains,  vallences,  2  pair  of 
sheets  with  bolster  &  2  pillows  &  pillow    *    * 

To  my  daugliter  Mercey  I  give  one  bed  &  bedstead  furnished 
compleatly  as  the  afore.said  that  is  given  to  her  mother. 

To  my  daughter  Maiy,  allso  one  bed,  bedstead  with  furniture 
completed  as  those  above  mentioned. 

To  my  daughter  Sarah  in  like  manner,  one  bed,  bedstead  & 
furniture  as  ye  above  expressed.  My  said  daughters  as  they 
come  of  age  to  take  their  choice  of  the  sd  bedding  as  above  given 
to  them  &  the  bed  &  furniture  that  is  left  (after  they  have  made 
their  clioice)  to  be  &  belong  to  my  son  Isaac  Marick.  To  each 
of  my  sd  daughters  I  give  one  long  table  cloath  &  halfe  dozen  of 
napkins  when  they    *    *    of  age  &  more  if  my  wife  soe  cause 

Thirdlj-,  As  to  all  my  land  and  priviledges  lying  within  tlie 
Township  of  Norwich  I  give  it  to  my  three  daughters  &  their 
heirs  &  assigns  forever,  in  manner  as  foUoweth,  viz: — the  sd 
lands  computed  to  consist  of  five  parts. 

I  give  four  parts  to  my  two  daughters,  Mercy  and  Mary  to  be 
equally  divided  between  them,  and  the  remaining  fifth  part  I 
give  to  my  daughter  Sarah.  Allways  provided  that  in  case  of 
necessity  my  beloved  wife  Anna  shall  &  may  sell  any  part  or  the 
whole  of  my  lands  in  Norwich  aforesaid  and  in  such  case  my  said 
daughters  proportionably  to  abate  of  what  is  given  them  in  said 
lands. 

Fourthly,  My  land  on  the  east  side  Quinipaug  near  Norwich, 
being  220  acres,  I  leave  it  wholly  to  my  wif es  dispose  to  sell  it  if 
their  be  need  &  make  use  of. 

Fifthly,  To  my  son  Isaac  Mai-ick  I  give  all  my  lands,  rights, 
&,  interest  in  a  plantation  called  New  Passataqua  in  New  Jersey 
to  him  &  his  heirs  &  assigns  forever. 

Sixly.  To  my  cozen  Joseph  Wilbore  his  heirs  and  assigns  for- 
ever, I  give  ten  acres  of  land  lyeing  near  Prospect  Hill  in  Taun- 
ton, lyeing  adjoyning  to  lands  given  to  John  Wilbore  by  Joseph 
Wilbore  deceased,  in  his  last  will  and  testament. 

Seventhly.  I  give  my  cattell,  sheep,  swine,  horses,  both  in 
Taunton  and  at  Norwich,  household  stuff  and  moveables  with 
all  debts  due  to  me  both  here  and  at  Norwich  to  my  beloved  wife 
Anna  during  her  life  for  tlie  support  of  herself  and  familie  and 
after  her  decease  what  remains  unspent  to  be  equally  divided 
among  my  four  children  (excepting  what  is  above  expressed  to 
be  given  to  any  of  them  and  what  exceptions  are  "are"  now  to 
be  added). 


SECOND    GENERATION.  17 

Eightly.  To  John  Smith  my  prentice  boy,  I  give  the  sum  of 
five  pounds  besides  what  is  mentioned  in  his  indenture. 

Ninthly.  What  is  j'ett  coraeing  to  me  from  the  estate  of  my 
Hon'rd  father  William  Marick  deceased,  for  the  f ullfilling  of  his 
bequest  to  me  in  his  last  will  and  testament,  I  give  it  to  my 
daughter  Mercey  Marick  be  it  more  or  less. 

Tenthly,  To  the  beloved  Pastor  Mr.  Samuel  Danforth  I  give 
the  sum  of  five  pormds. 

Eleventhly.  My  meaning  &  will  is  that  my  svhole  estate  which 
I  am  now  possessed  of  whether  in  my  own  right  or  in  right  of 
my  wife  (excepting  what  is  above  mentioned  to  be  given  to  per- 
ticular  persons  in  this  \vill)  after  my  wife's  decease  be  and 
belong  to  my  said  four  children,  Mercy,  Mary,  Sarah  and  Isaac, 
to  their  heirs  and  assigns  forever  in  equal  parts. 

Lastly,  I  constitute  and  appoint  my  beloved  wife  Anna 
Marick  and  my  son  Isaac  Marick  to  be  my  executors  in  this  my 
last  will  and  testament. 

In  witness  whereof  I,  the  said  Stephen  Marick  have  hereto 
set  my  hand  and  seal  this  twenty  ninth  day  of  July  1696  declar- 
ing what  is  contayned  in  this  &  the  other  side  to  be  my  last  will 
and  testament. 

Stephen  Marick,     [Seal.] 

Signed,  sealed  and  declared  in  the  presence  of  us. 

Benja.  Church 
Thomas  Leonard 
Mary  M.  Staples  her  mark. 

Entered  May  ye  5  1705. 

By  John  Gary  Register. 

Capt.  Thomas  Leonard,  who  was  one  of  the  witnesses 
of  Stephen  Merrick's  will,  was  clerk  of  the  original  Iron 
Works  in  Taunton  where  annually  for  over  one  hundred 
years  they  dug  the  ore  and  made  "charcoal  iron"  which 
passed  as  currency  for  the  lack  of  monej'.  This  ore  was 
mined  within  half  a  mile  of  said  works,  and  yielded 
about  25  per  cent  iron  and  75  per  cent  useless  material 
— di'oss. 

In  an  old  ledger  of  the  ancient  Iron  Works  of  Taun- 
ton, in  1685-6-7,  Stephen  Merrick  occupies  two  pages  of 
items  comprising  a  variety  of  transactions  in  which  he 
received  "iron  as  money,"  and  the  dividend  of  his  share 
in  said  works  usually  in  iron,  as  it  is  recorded.  Dr. 
Benjamin  Church,  another  of  the  witnesses  to  Stephen 
Merrick's  will,  then  a  young  man,  later  became  a  Tory, 
and  in  1776  was  banished  by  the  Colonial  Court,  left  the 
country  for  England,  and  was  lost  at  sea. 

Stephen's  children,  all  by  Mercy  Bangs,  were — 

i.     Stephen,  b.  ,  1673;  died  j^oimg. 

ii.     William,  b.  ;  died  young. 

10.  iii.     Isaac,  b.  ,  1678,  Taunton,  Mass. 

11.  iv.     Mercy,  b.  ,  1680;  m.  John  Mason. 

v.     Mary,  b. ,  1685. 

vi.     Sarah,  b.  ,  1688 ;  m.  Nathaniel  Grossman. 


18  MERRICK    GENEALOGY  —  WILLIAM. 

4.  Joseph  '•'' ,  son  of  (  WiUinm  ' )  and  Rebecca  Mer- 
rick, born  Jnne  1,  1662,  at  Eastham,  Mass.  Married, 
^lay  8.  1C)S4,  Klizal)eth  Howes,  danerhter  of  Joseph  and 
Elizabeth  (Mayo)  Howes.  Joseph  Howes  was  born  in 
Enghind,  and  was  the  son  of  Thomas  and  Mary  (Burr) 
Howes.  Elizabeth  died  and  Joseph  Merrick  married  2nd. , 
Elizabeth  (Freeman)  Remiek,  daughter  of  Samnel  and 
Mercy  (South worth)  Freeman,  and  widow  of  Abraham 
Remiek.  She  b.  June  26,  1671;  she  had  two  daughters 
— Elizabeth  and  Mercy  Remiek.  Elizabeth  m.  Cornelius 
Knowles,  son  of  Samuel  and  Mercy  (Freeman)  Knowles. 
He  was  a  brother  of  Samuel  Knowles,  whose  son,  Seth, 
m.  Ruth  Freeman,  daughter  of  Nathaniel  and  Hannah 
(Myrick)  Freeeman.  Elizabeth  Mayo  (Howes),  was 
daughter  of  Rev.  John  Mayo,  of  Yarmouth,  Mass.,  for- 
merly of  Eastham.  Joseph  Merrick  was  a  legal  inhabi- 
tant of  Eastham  in  1695,  and  died  there  June  15,  1734, 
aged  75  years.   His  childi'en,  all  by  his  first  wife,  were — 

i.     Elizabeth,  b.  Jan.  ,  1685;  m. Young. 

ii.     Mary,  b.  July  7,  1687. 

iii.     Joseph,  b.  March  8,  1689;  m.  Oct.  21,  1716,  Eliza- 
beth Twining. 
12.        iv.     William,  b.  Jan.  26,  1692-3. 

V.     Hannah,  b.  ,  1695;  m.  Nathaniel  Freeman,  son 

of  Nathaniel  and  Mary  (Howland)  Freeman, 
vi.     Isaac,  b.  Aug.  12,  1697. 
vii.     Phoebe,  b.  ;  m.  Richard  Paine. 


THIRD  GENERATION. 

5.     Benjamin''    son    of     {William^,    William'^)    and 

Abigail  (Hopkins)  Merrick,  born ,  1674,  at  Eastham, 

Mass.  Married  1st..  Rebecca  Uoane,  dau.  of  Daniel 
Doane,  of  Eastham;  2nd.,  Rachael  Lincoln,  widow  of 
Thomas  Lincoln.  At  a  Town  meeting  assembled  March 
20,  1701,  at  Harwich,  Mass.,  Benjamin  Merrick  was 
chosen  as  Grand  Juryman.  In  1725  he  is  returned  as 
having  children  of  scfhool  age  in  Harwich.  His  children, 
all  by  his  first  wife,  were — 

i.     Nathaniel,  b.  Feb.  23,  1714-15;  m.  Elizabeth  Snow, 
ii.     Benjamin,  b.  May  2,  1719;  m.  Hannah  Chase. 

iii.     John,  b. . 

iv.    Isaac,  b. . 

V.    Rebecca,  b. . 

vi.     Abigail,  b. ;  m.  Dea.  Joseph  Mayo,  son  of  John 

and   Hannah    (Freeman)   Mayo;  he  b.  Dec.   23, 
1696;  their  sou  Joseph  m.  Sarah  Cobb. 


THIRD    GENERATION.  19 

6.  Stephen^,  son  otiWilUam'^,  WiUiam'^)  and  Abi- 
gail (Hopkins)  Merrick,  born  March  26,  1673,  at  East- 
ham,  Mass.  Married  November  21,  1706,  at  Eastham, 
Deborah  Snow,  daughter  of  Jabez  and  Constance  (Hop- 
kins) Snow;  Constance  Hopkins  was  daughter  of  Stephen 
Hopkins,  the  '' Mayflower' '  pilgrim.  He  was  a  brick- 
layer. Moved  to  Harwich,  where  he  worked  at  his  trade. 
In  1721  he  had  lands  "south  of  the  road,  at  the  foot  of 
the  Great  Lots."  In  1725  was  returned  as  having  chil- 
di-en  of  school  age.  He  died  at  Harwich,  March  11, 
1732.     Children— 

i.  JOSHUA,  b.  April  7,  1708. 

ii.  Snow,  b.  Jan.  15,  1709-10. 

iii.  Deborah,  b.  ,  1712. 

iv.  Samuel,  b.  Jan.  5,  1714-15. 

V.  Oliver,  b.  Dec.  14,  1716. 

13.        vi.  Thomas,  b.  Dec.  12,  1718. 

vii.  Simeon,  b.  April ,  1721. 

viii.  Jabez,  b.  Feb.  ,  1722. 

ix.  Jethro,  b.  Aug.  1,  1725. 

7.  Nathaniel^,  son  of    {William'^,    WiUimn'^)  and 

Abigail  (Hopkins)  Merrick,  born ,  1673,  at  Eastham, 

Mass.  Married  Alice  Freeman;  she  daughter  of  Samuel 
and  Mercy  (Southworth)  Freeman,  and  a  grand-daughter 
of  Samuel  and  Apphia  Freeman ;  also  of  Constant  South- 
worth,  (b.  about  1614;  d.  1679,)  and  of  Elizabeth  (Collins) 
Southworth;  Elizabeth  Collins  was  daughter  of  William 
Cd.  about  1651),  and  Jane,  his  wife.  Constant  South- 
worth  was  son  of  Edward  Southworth,  of  Wiugdon, 
England,  and  Alice  Carpenter,  who  afterwards  married 
Grovernor  Bradford.  Nathaniel  Merrick  resided  in  Har- 
wich; was  a  Captain  in  the  Colonial  Militia;  in  1722  he 
was  appointed  to  answer  for  the  town  of  Harwich  to  a 
presentment  for  not  having  a  sufficient  highway  between 
Yarmouth  and  Chatham ;  in  1725  he  is  returned  as  hav- 
ing children  of  school  age;  his  will  is  dated  October  18, 
1743,  and  he  died  at  Harwich,  November  13,  1743. 
Children — 

i.     William,  b. ;  m.  and  had  William  and  Gideon. 

ii.    Gideon,  b. . 

14.  iii.     Constant,  b.  about  1701. 

iv.     Benjamin,  b.  March  20, 1717-18;  m.  Elizabeth  Davis, 
1738. 

V.     Hannah,  b ;  m.  John  Snow. 

vi.     Mercy,  b ;  m.  Ebenezer  King . 

15.  vii.     Ruth,  b ;  m.  Thomas  Hinckley. 

viii.     Priscilla,  b. ;  m.  Elisha  Cobb. 


20  MERRICK     GENEALOGY  —  WILLIAM. 

16.  ix.     Alice,  b. ;  m.  Capt.  Benjamin  Ruggles,'Oct.  19, 

1736. 
X.     Sarah,  b.  July  5,  1720;  m.  Oct.  1744,  Abner  Lee,  of 
New  Rutland,  (Barre.) 

8.  John,  ^  son  of    {William  ^,  William^)  and  Abi- 
gail (Hopkins)  Merrick,  born ;    married  January 

28,  1703,  Ann  Sears,  daughter  of  Captain  Paul  and  Deb- 
orah (Willard)  Sears,  of  Yarmouth,  Mass-;  she  b. 
March  27,  1675,  at  Yarmouth.  She  died  November  14, 
1743,  in  her  71st  year.  Her  gravestone  is  yet  to  be  seen 
in  the  Truro  graveyard,  the  inscription  being  still  legi- 
ble. The.y  had  several  children,  the  name  of  but  one  of 
whom  is  known — 

17.  i.     John,  b. ;  m.  Frances  Clark. 

9.  Joshua  ^ ,    son    of    (  William  ^ ,     William  ^ )    and 
Abigail  (Hopkins)  Merrick,  born  about  1680.      Married 

,    1716,    Lydia    Mayo,  daughter   of  Thomas  and 

Barbara  (Knowles)  Maj'o.  (Patience  Brewster,  daughter 
of  Elder  Brewster,  of  the  ''Mayflower'^  married  Gover- 
nor Prence;  their  daughter  Hannah,  married  Nathaniel 
Mayo,  son  of  Rev.  John  Mayo;  Thomas,  their  son, 
married  Barbara  Knowles,  and  their  daughter,  Lydia 
Mayo,  married  Joshua  Merrick,  as  above).  He  died  in 
1740.     Their  children  were — 

i.  Thomas,  b.  Feb.  10,  1717. 

18.  ii.  Seth,  b.  May  13,  1720. 
iii.  Joseph,  b.  June  6,  1732. 
iv.  Abigail,  b.  July  10,  1724. 

V.  Lydia,  b.  Sept.  20,  1726. 

19.  vi.  Barnabas,  b.  ,  1728. 

•vii.  Hannah,  b.  Oct.  9,  1731. 

viii.  Mary,  b.  May  17,  1734. 

ix.     Bezaleel,  b.  Nov.  12,  1736. 

10.  Isaac*,  son  of  {Sicphen'^,  William^)  and  Mercy 
(Bangs)  Merrick,  born  1678,  at  Taunton,  Mass.  Mar- 
ried, 1st.,  Dighton,  daughter  of  John  and  Elizabeth 
(Williams)  Bird,  of  Dorchester;  she  b.  Nov.  10,  1687; 
died .  Isaac  married,  2nd.,  Mehitable .  Eliza- 
beth Williams,  mother  of  Dighton  Bird,  was  a  daughter 
of  Richard  and  Frances  (Dighton)  Williams,  who  were 
among  the  first  settlers  of  Taunton.  Isaac  Merrick  died 
at  Taunton  in  1748.  His  will,  dated  February  21st, 
1747,  is  as  follows: 


THIRD    GENERATION.  21 

In  the  name  of  God  Amen.  I,  Isaac  Marick  of  Taunton,  in  New 
England,  gentleman,  this  eighteenth  day  of  Febuaiy  in  the 
twenty-first  year  of  his  Majesties  Reign,  Annoque  Domine 
"1747,"  being  of  sound  memory  and  disposing  mind,  blessed  to 
God  therefore  and  knowing  that  it  is  appointed  to  man  once  to 
dye,  and  not  knowing  the  day  of  my  death,  think  it  my  duty  to 
set  my  house  in  order  and  therefore  first  of  all  I  give  my  soul  to 
God  in  Christ,  my  body  to  the  earth  to  be  decently  bm-ied  by  my 
executrix  hereafter  named,  hoping  and  trusting  that  God  through 
Christ  will  raise  the  .same  again  by  his  almighty  power  att  the 
Resurrection  of  the  just,  and  the  worldly  estate  God  has  given 
me  I  dispose  of  in  the  manner  and  form  following : 

Imps.  I  give  to  my  beloved  wife,  Mehitable  Marick  the  one 
half  of  all  my  indore  moveables  att  her  own  dispose  forever.  I 
also  give  her  the  other  half  of  sd  indore  moveables  to  improve 
duriDg  her  widdowhood  in  my  dwelling  house,  and  she  not  to 
alianate  or  dispose  of  any  part  of  said  last  half  mentioned. 

I  also  give  said  wife  one  third  part  of  my  live  stock  forever, 
and  the  other  two-thirds  to  improve  during  the  time  she  con- 
tinues my  widdow,  .said  wife  also  to  have  the  improvement  of 
all  my  utensils  or  husbandry  tools  during  her  widowhood  and  no 
longer ;  and  then  those  things  above  mentioned  that  is  given  her 
to  improve  to  be  divided  among  my  daughters  as  I  shall  here 
after  order.  I  also  give  said  wife  the  v%^hole  and  sole  improve- 
ment of  all  my  real  estate  during  the  time  she  continvies  mj^ 
widdow,  but  she  to  make  no  ship  nor  mast  of  the  wood  and  tim- 
ber on  the  land  but  from  time  to  time  to  cut  so  much  as  may  be 
necessary  for  fire  wood  and  the  repair  of  buildings  and  fences  but 
on  her  intermarriage  while  my  widdow,  then  to  be  endowed 
with  one-third  of  my  real  estate  as  the  law  directs  only. 

Item,  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  son  Isaac  Marick  of  Free- 
town all  my  lands  and  buildings  in  the  County  of  Bristol,  att 
time  of  wife's  decease  and  if  she  shall  intermarry,  I  give  him 
two  thirds  of  the  same  on  her  marriage  day,  the  said  Isaac  to 
have  and  to  hold  the  same  dviring  his  life,  and  att  time  of  his 
decease,  if  his  son  John  survives  him,  then  I  give  the  same  to 
said  John  during  his  natural  life,  att  the  time  of  said  John 
decease,  after  the  death  of  said  Isaac  and  said  John  leaving  issue 
lawfully  begotten  of  his  body,  then  the  one  half  of  said  whole 
real  estate  to  desend  to  the  issue  of  the  said  John,  their  heirs  and 
assigns  forever;  and  to  hold  the  same  in  fee  simple  and  the  otlier 
half  to  be  equally  divided  among  my  daughters,  hereafter  named 
or  their  legall  representatives  leaving  issue. 

To  the  children  of  Dighton  Richmond,  the  wife  of  John  Rich- 
mond, Jun.,  which  Dighton  is  late  deceased,  and  EHzabeth 
Winslow,  wife  of  William  Winslow  of  Freetown,  Rebecca  Hath- 
away, wife  of  Nicholas  Hathaway  of  said  Freetown,  Marcy,  wife 
of  Samuel  Ellis  of  Plj^mton,  to  have  and  to  hold  the  other  half 
their  heires  and  assignes  forever  of  said  real  estate,  viz : — eacli 
daughter  or  her  legal  representatives  one  quarter  part. 

Item,  I  give  to  the  children  of  said  Dighton  the  fourth  part 
of  ye  half  of  that  personal  estate  I  give  my  wife  to  improve 
during  her  widdowhood.  I  also  give  Elizabeth  one  other  quarter 
part  of  said  personal  estate.  I  also  give  Rebecah  one  quarter 
part  of  said  personal  estate.  I  also  give  to  said  Marcy  one  other 
part  of  said  personal  estate  given  my  wife  to  improve  during 
her  widdowhood ;  the  said  moveables  to  be  divided  among  them 


22  MERRICK     GENEALOGY  —  WILLIAM. 

att  my  wife's  marriage,  if  she  so  do,  if  not  att  time  of  her  de- 
cease. The  husbandry  tools  only  excepted,  which  my  daughters 
is  to  have  no  shear  in,  nor  wearing  apparil  or  armory. 

Item,  I  also  give  to  the  children  of  said  Dighton  deceased 
thirty  pounds  old  tenour. 

I  also  give  to  said  Elizabeth  thirty  pounds  old  tenour  and  to 
sd  Marcy  thirty  pounds  old  tenour,  to  be  paid  to  them  by  my 
son  Isaac  Marick  or  his  heirs  or  executors  or  administrators, 
within  two  years  after  juy  wife's  marrage  if  she  so  do,  or  within 
two  years  after  my  wife's  decease. 

She  dying  my  widdow,  said  Isaac  to  pay  the  same  in  publick 
bills  of  credit  of  the  old  tenour  att  the  rate  of  coyned  silver  att 
thirty  five  shillings  per  ounce  or  in  said  silver  as  she  shall  think 
best. 

Item,  I  giv  to  my  grand -daughter  Annah  Sumner,  the  daugh- 
ter of  my  said  daughter  Annah,  the  sum  of  four  shillings  old 
tenour  to  be  paid  her  by  my  executrix  within  twelve  months 
after  my  decease.  The  reason  I  give  her  no  more  is  the  consid- 
eration made  her  mother  att  time  of  marrage. 

Item.  I  give  to  my  said  son  Isaac  all  my  wearing  apparril  & 
all  my  military  utensels  and  armorey.  I  constitute  &  appoint 
iny  said  wife  to  be  sole  executrix  of  this  my  last  will  and  testa- 
ment and  she  to  receive  all  my  credits  and  have  all  the  money 
I  dye  seized  of  to  her  own  dispose  and  she  to  pay  all  my  just 
debts  and  I  do  utterly  disallow  and  revocke  all  former  wills  by 
me  made  as  wills,  as  testaments,  legacies  and  bequests,  and  all 
executors  by  me  before  named.  Ratifying  and  confirming  this 
and  no  other  t  >  be  my  last  will  and  testament. 

In  witness  whereof  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  and  seal  the 
day  and  year  first  before  mentioned. 

Isaac  Marick.     [Seal.] 

Signed,  sealed,  published  pronounced  and  declared  to  be  the 
last  will  and  testament  of  Isaac  Marick  in  presence  of  us. 

John  Wilbour 
Simeon  Tisdale 

Allowed  March  7  1 748  James  Williams 

Children — 

20.  i.     Isaac,  b.  ,  1712,  Taunton;  m.  Hannah  Hathaway. 

ii.     Dighton,  b. ;  m.  John  Richmond;  died  before 

1747. 

iii.  Elizabeth,  b. ;  m.  Jidy  7,  1743,  William  Wins- 
low,  of  Freetown;  b.  Sept.  24,  1718;  he  was  gt. 
gr.  son  of  Kenelm  VVinslow. 

iv.     Rebecca,  b.  ;  m.  Nicholas  Hathaway,  and  had 

Stepiien,  Elkanah,  Isaac,  and  Rebecca,  wlio  m. 
Henry  Paine. 
V.     Mary,  b   ;  m.  Samuel-Ellis. 

vi.     Anna,  b.    ;  m.   Samuel  Sumner  and  had  Anna 

Sumner,  who  m.  Daniel  Wilde,  and  they  had 
Hon.  Samuel  Sumner  Wilde,  of  Revolutionary 
fame,  who  for  thirty-four  years  sat  on  the  Su- 
preme Court  of  Massachusetts. 

11.  Mercy^,  dau.  of  {Stephen'^,  William^ )  and  Mercy 
(Bangs)  Merrick,  born ,    1780,  at   Eastham,  Mass. 


THIRD    GENERATION.  23 

Married  John  Masou.  John  Mason  made  his  will  Feb. 
4,  1735,  in  which  he  gives  his  wife  Mercy  Mason  all  his 
personal  estate,  and  to  his  three  daughters  minor  be- 
quests, including  a  family  Bible  worth  4£.  sterling. 
Also  bequests  to  grandsons  John  Cobb  and  Jonathan 
Shaw.  The  date  of  his  death  is  not  known,  but  prob- 
ably was  not  far  from  the  date  of  the  will.       Children— 

21.  i.     Mary   (Mason)    b. ,1704;   m.     Benjamin  Cobb, 

and  had  Captain  John  Cobb,  (in  Revolution) 
born  1727,  and  Abiah  Cobb,  b.  1726,  who  m.  Dr. 
Benjamin  Sweeting. 

ii.     Rebecca  (Mason)  b.  ;  m.  Samuel  Svimnei,  and 

died  July  26,  1771,  of  quick  consumption.  Sam- 
uel Sumner  had  m.  1st  ,  Anna,  dau.  of  Isaac  and 
Digliton  (Bird)  Merrick,  and  had  Anna,  who  m. 
Da'niei  Wilde;  they  had  Hon.  Samuel  Sumner 
Wilde.  Anna  Sumner  died  and  he  m.  2nd. 
Rebecca  Mason,  as  above,  by  whom  he  had  no 
children.  At  his  death  Rebecca  m.  Benjamin 
Cobb,  after  the  death  of  her  sister;  this  is  tradi- 
tion onl3^  and  is  not  verified.  His  will,  dated 
July  12,  3771,  speaks  of  his  wife,  Rebecca,  his 
only  dau. ,  wife  of  Daniel  Wilde,  and  liis  grand- 
son, Samuel  Sumner  Wilde.  This  grandson  was 
the  famous  Revolutionary  patriot,  b.  in  Taunton 
Feb.  5,  1771 ;  d.  in  Boston  June  22,  1855. 

iii.     Mercy   (Mason)    b. ;  m.    Jonathan   Shaw,    of 

Raynham,  grandson  of  John  Shaw  of  Plymouth, 
and  Phebe  (W^atson)  Shaw. 

12.  William  ^,  son  of  {Joseph""  William'^')  and  Eliza- 
beth (Howes)  Myrick,  born  Jan.  26,  1692-3,  at  Eastham, 
Mass.  Married,  Oct.  20,  1715,  at  Eastham,  Elizabeth 
Harding.  William,  the  father,  died  about  the  14th  day 
of  December,  1754,  at  Eastham.  His  will,  as  recorded 
in  volumne  9,  probate  Records  of  Barnstable  Co.,  Mass. , 
is  as  follows: 

In  the  name  of  God,  Amen,  I  William  Mirrick  of  Eastham  in 
the  County  of  Barnstable,  being  sick  and  weak  of  body,  but  of 
sound  and  disposing  mind  &  memory  blessed  be  God,  therefor. 
Do  this  fourteenth  day  of  December  in  the  twenty-eight  year  of 
his  Majesties  Reign  and  the  year  of  our  Lord  one  thovisand  seven 
hundred  &  fifty  four  make  and  publish  this  my  last  will  & 
testament  that  is  to  say. 

Imprimis.  My  will  is  that  all  my  just  debts  &  funeral  charges 
be  first  paid  out  of  my  Personal  Estate. 

Item.  I  give  &  bequeath  to  my  beloved  wife,  Elizabeth  in 
lieu  of  her  Dower  and  Power  of  Thirds,  one  third  part  of  all  my 
buildings  &  the  Improvement  of  one  third  of  all  my  other  Real 
Estate  during  her  natural  life,  I  also  give  to  my  said  wife  my 
young  mare  so  long  as  she  remains  my  widow  together  with  one 
third  of  my  Personal  Estate  forever  after  debts  &  funeral  cliarges 
paid  as  aforesaid. 


24  MERRICK    GENEALOGY  —  WILLIAM. 

Item.  I  give  &  bequeatli  to  my  oldest  son,  William  Myrick  all 
m}'  rights  in  my  Buildings  at  the  great  neck  so  called  which  is 
one  fifth  part  of  the  house  he  now  dwells  in  &  one  fifth  pai-t  of 
the  Barn  &  Corn  house. 

Item.  I  give  &  bequeath  to  my  son  Josiah  Myrick,  one  third 
part  of  my  house  &  barn  whei'e  I  now  live  together  with  my 
black  mare. 

Item.  My  oldest  pair  of  oxen  and  cart  &  plows,  chains  &  other 
farming  tools  I  give  to  my  two  sons  Josiah  &  Heman  equally 
between  them. 

Item.  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  son  Heman  Myrick  one 
tliird  part  of  my  house  and  barn  where  I  now  live  together  with 
all  my  Carpenter  or  Joyners  Tools  &  my  young  mare  if  ray 
wife  should  marry. 

Item.  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  three  sons  namely  William 
Myrick  Josiah  Myrick  and  Heman  Myrick  their  Heirs  &  Assigns 
forever,  equally  to  be  divided  between  them  all  the  Rest  of  my 
Real  Estate  lying  &  being  in  Eastham  &  elsewhere  in  this  Prov- 
ince, saving  what  land  I  have  at  the  great  neck  so  called  which 
came  by  my  said  wife  &  also  the  meads  which  came  by  my 
wife.  My  said  three  sons  Willm.  Myi-ick  Josiah  Myrick  &  He- 
man  Myrick  equally  imying  out  to  my  two  gran  sous,  sons  of  my 
son  Joseph  Myrick  deceased,  namely  Joseph  Myrick  &  John 
Myrick  four  [wunds  lawful  money  to  each  of  them. 

Item.  I  give  to  ray  three  sons  William  Myrick,  Josiah  Myrick 
&  Heman  Myrick  all  ray  wearing  clothes  equally  to  be  divided 
between  them. 

Item.  I  give  to  all  my  children  namely,  To  William  Myrick, 
Josiah  Myrick,  Heraan  Myrick,  Bettj'  Brown,  Hannah  Nicker- 
son,  Rebecca  Brown,  Mary  Mulford  and  Elizabeth  Myrick  and 
to  tlieir  Heirs  and  Assigns  forever  all  my  Land  and  meadow 
lying  at  great  neck  so  called  together  with  all  my  Personal 
Estate  not  heretofore  disposed  off  in  this  my  Will  Equally  to  be 
divided  between  them  after  my  Debts  &  funeral  charges  are 
paid  as  aforesaid. 

Item.  M}''  will  is  that  my  five  grandaughters  Daughters  of  my 
.son  Jo.sepii  Deceased  have  paid  to  them  out  of  my  Personal 
Estate  by  niy  Executors  one  shilling  Lawful  money  to  each  of 
them,  namely,  to  Bettj^  Meyrick  one  shilling  To  Rebecca  Mey- 
rick  one  shilling  To  Hannah  Meyrick  one  shilling  Mary  Myrick 
one  shilling  &  to  Elizabeth  Myrick  one  shilling. 

Item.  I  hereby  constitute  &  appoint  my  two  sons  William 
Myrick  and  Josiah  Myrick  sole  Executors  of  this  my  Last  will 
&  Testament  liereby  Revoking  all  other  and  former  wills  what- 
soever. Signed  sealed  Published  &  Pronounced  &  Declared  by 
tlie  said  William  Myrick  to  be  his  last  Will  &  Testament. 
In  presence  of 
Nathan']  Freeman 

Pliebe  Paine  William  Meyriok     (Seal) 

lier  X  mark 
Richard  Paine. 

The  records  give  the  birth  of  three  children  to  Wil- 
lium  and  Elizabeth;  the  names  of  the  other  children 
are  taken  from  the  will,  but  the  dates  of  birth  are  not 
given.     According   to  his  will,   four  of   his  daughters 


FOURTH    GENERATION.  25 

were  married;  the  records  give  the  dates  of  marriage  of 
two  of  these.  His  wife  survived  him.  His  children 
were: 

i.  William,  b.  Jan.  15,  ITlfi;  died, 

ii.  William,  b.  April  5,  1718. 

iii.  Betty,  b.  June  6,  1720;  m.  — —  Brown. 

22.  iv.  Joseph,  b.  ;  m.  and  had :  Betty,  Rebecca,  Han- 

nah, Mary  and   Elizabeth  Meyrick;   died  prior 
to  1754. 

23.  V.      JosiAH,  b. ;  m.  Rachael  Doane. 

vi.     Heman,  b. . 

vii.     Hannah,  b.  ;  m.  Hatsel  Nickerson,  March  22, 

1741. 

Tiii.     Rebecca,  b.  ;  ni.  Brown. 

ix.     Mary,  b.  ;  m.  John  Mulford,  Nov.  23,  1749. 

X.     Elizabeth,  b. . 


FOURTH  GENERATION. 

13.  Tiio:si AS*,  son ot  (Stephen^,  William'^,  William'^) 
and  Deborah  (Snow)  Merrick,  born  Dec.  12,  1718,  at 
Harwich.  Mass.  Married  Oct.  8,  1741,  Hannah  Hop- 
kins. Thomas  died  and  Hannah  married  2nd.,  Jabez 
Nichols.  [Note. — Thomas  and  Hannah  had  a  number 
of  children  and  among  these  tradition  says  was  one 
named  Giles,  born  between  1746  and  1750.  After  the 
most  thorough  search  the  record  of  the  bii'th  of  Giles  has 
not  been  discovered,  and  it  is  inserted  here  tentatively, 
and  in  the  hope  that  sometime  the  record  of  Thomas' 
children  will  be  discovered  and  the  line  from  Giles  be 
completed.  Mead  0.  Myrick,  of  Clinton,  N.  Y.,  and  his 
descendants  are  particularly  interested  in  this  verification. 
They  are  here  carried  as  having  been  descended  from  the 
traditional  Giles,  but  the  compiler  cannot  vouch  for  the 
correctness  of  the  assumption.] 

24.  i.     Giles,  b.  about  1745-50. 

14.  Constant \  son  of  (mdhameP,  Wmiam\  Wil- 
liam^) and  Alice  (Freeman)  Merrick,  born  about  1701,  at 
Harwich,  Mass.  Married  Sarah  Freeman,  dan.  of  John 
and  Mercy  (Watson)  Freeman  of  Rochester,  Mass.,  and 
sister  of  John  Freeman,  of  Hardwick;  pub.  Feb.  11, 
1726-7.  He  removed  from  Rochester  to  Hardwick  about 
the  year  1735,  and  resided  on  the  road  to  Barre  at  the 
place  marked  "F.  Fay,"  on  the  Ruggles  map  of  Barre. 
He  was  a  wealthj^  farmer,  and  a  very  prominent  citizen. 
Was  Captain  of  militia,  Selectman  11  years,  Assessor  9 


26  MERRICK     GENEALOGY  —  WILLIAM. 

years,  and  held  other  offices  of  trust  in  the  town.  Was 
a  Deacon  in  the  church,  and  very  active  in  the  work  of 
the  church.  He  died  March  17,  1792,  at  the  age  of  91 
years.  His  name  and  that  of  his  son  Constant  appears 
upwards  of  fifty  times  in  the  town  records  of  Hardwick. 
Chiklren — 

25.  i.     William,  b.  April  22,  1728. 

26.  ii.     Nathaniel,  b.  May  22,  1730. 

iii.     Sarah,  b.  Sei>t.  30,  1732;  m.  July  5,  1751,  Timothy 

Newton. 
iv.     Constant,  b.  Feb.  21.  1734-5;  clied  young. 
V.     Alice,  b.  Aug.  28,  1737;  m.  Zebediah  Johnson,  Nov. 

25,  1756. 
vi.     Constant,  b.  Sept.  13,  1740. 

27.  vii.     Elizabeth,  b. 

15.  Ruth*,  dan.  of  {Fathaniel^ ,WiUiam'^ ,  William'^) 

and  Alice  (Freeman)   Merrick,   born ,  at  Harwich, 

Mass.  Married  March  31,  1730,  Thomas  Hinckley,  son 
of  Thomas  and  Mercy  Hinckley;  he  b.  March  11,  1708-9. 
Ruth  died  and  Thomas  m.  2nd,  Lydia  Nickerson,  of 
Chatham,  March  7,  1765;  and  3rd,  Hannah  Severance, 
of  Harwich.  He  died  in  1769,  leaving  a  widow,  Han- 
nah and  minor  son,  Elijah;  his  widow  m.  perhaps  in 
1771,  John  Burgess,  of  Yarmouth.  Thomas  and  Ruth 
(Merrick)  Hin(;kley  had — 

28.  i.     Seth  (Hinckley),  b.  Sept.  2,  1730. 

ii.  Nathaniel  (Hinckley),  b.  about  July  30,  1738. 

iii.  Mary  (Hinckley),  b.  ,  1741. 

iv.  Ruth  (Hinckley),  b.  ,  1743. 

V.  Mercy  (Hinckley),  b. ,  1745. 

vi.  Isaac  (Hinckley),  b.  July  12,  1747. 

16.  Alice"* ,  dau.  of  (Nathaniel^ ,  William'^,  William^ ) 

and  Alice  (Freeman)  Merrick),  born ,  at  Hardwick, 

Mass.  Married  Captain  Benjamin  Ruggles,  at  Hard- 
wick, Mass.     They  had,  among  other  children — 

29.  i.     Mary  (Ruggles),  b.  May  7,  1736. 

(And  others. ) 

1 7.  John  •* ,  son  of  (John  ^ ,  William  ^ ,  William  ^ )  and 

Ann   (Sears)    Merrick,   born .     Married  Sei)tember 

11,  1729,  at  Harwich,  Mass.,  Frances  Clark.    Children— 

i.     John,   b.    May   3,    1731;  moved  to   Carmel,    N.  Y., 

about  17.16. 
ii.     Desiri:,   b.   Feb.   27,  1733;   m.  Nathaniel  Stone,    at 
Carmel,  N.  Y. 


FOURTH    GENERATION.  27 

iii.     Rebecca,  b.  Dec.  21,  1735. 
iv.     Phebe,  b.  Dec.  15,  1736. 

V.     David,  b.   Jan.  11,    1738;    m.   Hannah  ;  was  a 

captain  in  revolutionary  war. 
30.        vi.     Isaac,  b.  March  17,1740;   na.  Sarah  Hazen;  d.  1812, 
and  was  buried  in  the  old  cemetery  at  Carmel, 
N.  Y| 

Two  of  the  above  named  children  of  John  and  Frances 
Merrick  immigrated  to  Putnam  county,  New  York,  prior 
to  1755.  John  and  Isaac  are  named  in  the  records  of 
that  county,  with  dates  of  birth  which  definitely  distin- 
guish them.  A  David  Merrick  is  also  mentioned,  and 
he  was  probably  the  brother  of  John  and  Isaac.  Miss 
Emma  J.  Foster,  of  Carmel,  N.  Y.,  writing  Sept., 
1900,  says:  "Seth  Merrick  and  David  Merrick  were  ten- 
ants in  1762  of  lands  in  what  is  now  the  town  of 
Carmel.  Seth  Merrick  and  a  John  Merrick  signed  a  call 
inviting  Rev.  Mr.  Knibloe  to  become  the  pastor  of  the 
church  in  Carmel,  in  1755;  and  John  Merrick  and 
Elizabeth  Merrick  signed  articles  of  covenant  in  the  same 
church  in  1792.  There  w^as  also  an  Isaac  Merrick  in  the 
town,  born  1740,  died  1812,  who  married  a  Hazen;  he 
is  buried  in  the  old  cemetery  in  Carmel." 

18.  Seth^,  son  ot  iJoshiHi^ ,  William'^ ,  William'^)  and 
Lydia  (Mayo)  Merrick,  born  May  13,  1720,  at  Harwich, 
Mass.  Married  Jan.  14,  1743,  at  Harwich,  Elizabeth 
Brown.  After  the  death  of  Seth,  which  occurred  Oct. 
9,  1766,  at  Carmel,  N.  Y.,  Elizabeth  married Peter- 
man,  who  died;  she  then  married  John  Meyrick,  and 
died,  April  14,  1795,  at  Fredericktown  (now  Carmel), 
Putnam  county,  N.  Y.  Seth's  name  appears  upon  a  call 
to  Rev-  Ebenezer  Knibloe  to  become  pastor  of  the  church 
in  Carmel  in  1755;  he  is  mentioned  in  Morgan's  Field 
Book  of  Surveys  as  a  tenant  of  land  in  what  is  now  Car- 
mel as  late  as  April  12,  1762.     Children — 

31.        i.  Joshua,  b.  March  5,  1745,  Harwich,  Mass. 

ii.  Elizabeth,  b.  July  23,  1747,  Harwich, 

iii.  Lydia,  b.  Oct.  20,  1749,  Middletown,  Conn, 

iv.  Ruth,  b.  Aug.  12,  1751 ;  d.  April  4,  1753. 

V.  Joseph,  b.  April  20,  1754;  d.  Aug.  17,  1777. 

vi.  Ruth,  b.  April  7,  1756 ;  bapt.  June  27,  1756,  Carmel. 

vii.  Seth,  b.  Aug.  25,  1757. 

viii.  John,  b.  April  15,  1759;  d.  Dec.  15,  1759. 

ix.  John,  b.  May  8,  1760;  settled  in  the  northern  part  of 

Dutchess  county,  N.  Y. 

X.  Robert,  b.  Oct.  12,  1763. 

xi.  Samuel,  b.  June  5,  1766. 

3-M 


28  MERRICK    GENEALOGY  —  WILLIAM. 

1 9.  Barnabas*.,  sou  of  {Joshua  ^ ,  William  ^ ,  William  ^ ) 
and  Lydia  (Mayo)  Merrick,  boru  about  1728,  at  Harwich, 
Mass.  Married  Dec.  7,  1755,  Ellis  Bangs,  at  Harwich, 
Mass.  Nothing  definite  is  known  of  Barnabas  after  he 
left  Harwich,  but  as  several  of  his  sons  were  prominent 
in  the  settlement  of  Vermont  and  eastern  New  York,  it 
is  likely  that  he  also  moved  to  Vermont,  stopping  on 
the  way  at  Barre,  Mass.,  where  two  of  his  sons  found 
and  married  wives.  Mr.  Cyrus  Guardner  Mj'rick,  of  Le 
Seur,  Minn.,  writing  in  1899,  says  of  the  sons  of  Barna- 
bas: "Bezaleel  Myrick,  with  his  two  brothers,  Bar- 
nabas andZenas,  moved  from  Barre,  Mass.,  to  Bridge- 
port, Vermont.  Barnabas  married  Dolly  Russell  (at 
Barre),  sister  of  Sarah  Russell,  who  married  Bezaleel. 
Zenas  married  at  Bridgeport,  Vermont,  where  all  three 
left  families.  There  was  also  another  brother,  William 
Myrick,  who  was  County  Judge  of  Addison  county,  Ver- 
mont, for  several  years,  and  who  later  moved  to  Illinois." 
Children — 

i.    Joseph,  b.  Sept.  15,  1756,  Harwich. 

34.  ii.     Bezaleel,  b.  July  20,  1758,  Harwich. 

iii.     Mary,  b.  Oct.  13,  1760,  Harwich;  m.  1st,  ;  2nd, 

— — Gill;  3rd,  Gilead  Kimberly. 
iv.     LoviSA,   b.  March  29,  1763,  Harwich;  m.   Nov.  28, 

1782,  Darius  Stebbins;  d.  1854,  Monterey,  Mass. 
V.     Sarah,  b.  Jan.  12,  1765,  Harwich. 

35.  vi.     JosiAH,  b.  Sept.  26,  1766,  Harwich. 

vii.     Barnabas,  b.  ;  m.  Dolly  Russell,  at  Barre,  Mass. 

viii.     William,   b. ;  was  County   Judge  of  Addison, 

county,  Vermont,  for  several  years;  afterwards 
moved  to  Illinois. 
ix.     Cata,  b. ,  1776;  m.  Nathan  Piatt;  d.  1859. 

36.  X.     Zenas,  b.  ;  liv-ed  in  Vermont. 

xi.     ICHABOD    b. ;    lived  in  Vermont.     A    grandson, 

Ralph  Myrick,  of  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  Superinten- 
dent of  Dining  Car  service  on  Chesapeake  & 
Ohio  Railroad,  drowned  from  ferry  boat,  New 
York  Harbor,  1901. 


Isaac"*,    son   of    (Isaac/^,     Stephen'^,    William^)   and 

Dighton  (Bird)  Merrick,  born ,  1712,  at  Taunton, 

Mass.  Married,  1736,  Hannah  Hathaway.  He  was  one 
of  the  founders  of  the  First  Church,  Freetown.  It  wall 
be  observed  that  Isaac  and  Hannah  lost  four  children  in 
the  month  of  Dec,  1749,  three  of  them  dying  the 
same  daj-.  In  1881  Col.  Ebenezer  W.  Pierce  wrote  an 
article  for  the  New  Bedford  Standard  about  the  Merricks 
and  Hathaways,  in  which  he  says: 


FOURTH    GENERATION.  29 

"The  family  of  Isaac  Merrick,  who  married  Hannah 
Hathaway,  was  terribly  afflicted  with  sickness  in  the 
month  of  Dec.  1749.  The  childi-en  Dighton,  Mary  and 
Hannah  died  same  day  and  the  next  day  Isaac  died,  and 
thus  were  the  distressed  parents  deprived  by  death  of 
four  children  in  two  days.  Another  daughter  was  born 
to  these  parents  a  few  years  later  who,  on  Sunday,  Sept.  9, 
1750,  they  christened  Dighton  Merrick,  and  this  their  sec- 
ond daughter  of  that  name  became  the  wife  of  David 
Miller,  Feb.  1,  1770.  They  were  the  parents  of  Capt. 
John  Miller  of  Dartmouth,  Mass.,  and  also  of  Ebenezer, 
Job,  Isaac,  Merrick,  David,  Hannah,  Abigail,  and  Polly 
Miller,  several  of  whom  lived  in  Dartmouth,  and  the 
three  daughters  married  men  whose  surnames  were 
Macomber  and  thus  probably  many  of  the  lineal  descend- 
ants at  this  date  bear  the  name  of  Macomber.  Isaac 
and  Hannah  had  another  son  whom  they  named  Isaac, 
born  about  1749,  who  died  April  25,  1829." 

Isaac  Merrick's  will,  dated  Dec.  5,  1762,  is  as  fol- 
f  ollows : 

In  the  name  of  God  Amen.  I,  Isaac  Merick  of  Taunton,  in  the 
County  of  Bristol,  in  New  England,  yeoman,  this  fifth  day  of 
December  in  the  third  year  of  ye  reign  of  our  Sovereign  Lord 
George  the  Third,  King  &c.  and  in  ye  year  of  our  Lord  Chi-ist, 
1762.  Being  of  sound  memory  &  disposing  mind,  blessed  be 
God  therefor  but  labouring  under  sickness  and  indisposition  of 
body  and  knowing  that  it  is  appointed  for  man  once  to  die,  and 
think  it  is  my  duty  to  set  my  house  in  order  thei-efor,  do  there- 
fore make  &  ordain  this  to  be  my  last  will  &  testament  and 
first  of  all,  I  commit  my  Soul  to  God  in  Christ  relying  on  him 
above  for  Salvation  and  my  body  to  the  earth  for  decent  & 
Christian  burial  at  the  discretion  of  my  executors  hereafter 
named,  and  the  worldly  esttate  God  hath  blessed  me  with  all  in 
world  I  give  and  dispose  of  in  manner  and  form  following,  viz : — 

First.  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  well  beloved  wife,  Hannah 
the  one  third  part  of  ye  improvement  of  my  real  estate,  during  her 
natural  life  I  also  give  her  (after  just  debts  and  funeral  charges 
are  paid)  one  third  part  of  my  personal  estate  forever  and  this 
is  in  right  of  her  dower  out  of  my  estate. 

Secondly.  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  only  son  Isaac  Merrick, 
his  heirs  &  assigns  forever,  my  now  dwelling  house  and  land 
on  which  the  same  stands  &  adjoining  thereto  ^vith  all  my 
lands  in  and  near  ye  Pine  Swamp  in  ye  old  Township  of  Taunton, 
with  all  other  my  real  estate  decending  to  me  by  the  last  will 
and  testament  of  my  Honored  father  Isaac  Merick,  deceased, 
with  all  the  lands  decending  to  me  by  the  death  of  my  son  John 
Merick,  all  lying  in  the  County  of  Bristol;  he  said  Isaac  his  heirs 
&  assigns  to  have  &  to  hold  the  same  his  heirs  and  assigns 
forever,  as  an  absolute  estate  in  fee  simple,  my  meaning  is  sd 
son  Isaac,  his  heirs  &  assigns  shall  have  &  hold  all  the  real 
estate  I  shall  die  seized  of  either  in  possession  or  revertion,  to 


30  MERRICK     GENEALOGY  —  WILLIAM. 

his  heirs  and  assigns  as  aforesaid,  no  land  or  buildings  excepted, 
viz: — two  thirds  at  time  of  my  decease,  the  other  at  the  decease 
of  his  mother,  my  said  wife. 

"Fourthly",  I  give  Dighton  Merick,  Mary  Merickand  said  Isaac 
to  be  equally  divided  between  them,  the  whole  of  my  personal 
estate,  including  movables  within  doors  &  without  to  be  equally 
divided  between  them,  after  just  debts  are  first  paid  that  shall  be 
left  not  other  ways  disposed  of  in  this  will  to  be  equally  divided 
between  them,  as  all  my  money  goods  and  chatties  personal  to  be 
divided  between  sd  three  children,  Isaac,  Dighton  and  Mary. 

And  I  do  constitute  and  a^jpoint  my  said  wife  &  Thomas  Cush- 
man  excutors  to  this  my  last  will  &  testament  and  they  to  receive 
my  credits  and  pay  just  debts.  I  do  also  appoint  and  order  that 
said  Thomas  Cushman  b^  sole  guardian  to  my  said  three  children, 
Isaac,  Dighton  and  Maiy,  with  full  power  of  guardianship  as 
though  appointed  by  Law  in  all  respects  &  I  do  ratify  and  con- 
firm this  and  no  other  to  be  my  last  and  testament  and  do  revoke 
and  make  void  of  testaments  before  this  date  and  all  executors 
heretofore  named.  Ratifying  this  and  this  only  to  be  my  last 
will  and  in  testimony  &  in  consideration  whereof  I  have  here- 
unto set  my  hand  and  seal  the  day  and  year  first  above  written. 

Isaac  Marick.     [Seal.] 

Signed,  sealed,  delivered,  published,  pronounced  &  declared  to 
be  ye  last  will  and  testament  of  Isaac  Merick,  in  presence  of 
us  witnesses. 

Nathaniel  Carver 
Stephen  Maccomber  3d. 
Approved  Oct.  30  1765  James  Williams 

Children — 

i.     Dighton,  b.  July  25,  1737,  Freetown,  Mass. ;  d.  Dec. 

1749. 
ii.     Mary,  b.  June  5,  1739;  d.  Dec.  1749. 
iii.     John,  b.  Dec.  24,  1741;  d.  before  1762,  unmarried, 
iv.     Isaac,  b.  Nov.  18,  1744;  d.  Dec.  1749. 

V.     Hannah,  b. ;  d.  Dec.  1749. 

vi.    Mary,  b. , 

87.      vii.     Isaac,  b  about  1749. 

viii.     Dighton,  bapt.  Sept.  9,  1750;  m.  Feb.  1,  1770,  David 
Miller. 

21.  Mary^,  (Mason)  dan.  of  John  Mason  and 
( Mercy ^)  Myrick,  {Stephen^,  William'^)  born  1704;  mar- 
ried Benjamin  Cobb ;  she  died  and  Benjamin  married,  2nd, 
Rebecca,  surmised  to  have  been  Rebecca  (Mason)  Sum- 
ner, but  this  is  only  a  surmise.  His  second  wife  died 
April  6,  1789.  His  children  all  by  his  first  wife,  were — 
38.  i.     Abiah  (Cobb),  b.  1726;  m.  Dr.  Lewis  Sweeting. 

ii.     John  (Cobb),  b.  1727;  was  a  Captain  in  the  War  of 

the  Revolution, 
iii.     Benjamin  (Cobb),  b.  1729. 
iv.     Abig.vil  (Cobb),  b.  March  1731-3. 
V.     Mercy  (Cobb),  b.  1734. 
vi.     Mary  (Cobb),  b.  1738. 
vii.     Mason  (Cobb),  b.  1739;  d.  young, 
viii.     Rebecca  (Cobb),b.  1739;  d.  young, 
ix.     Silas  (Cobb),  b.  1743 
X.     Rebecca  (Cobb),  b.  1746;  m.  Samuel  Sumner. 


FOURTH    GENERATION.  31 

22.  Joseph*,  son  of  {William^,  Joseph"^,  William'^) 
and  Elizabeth  (Harding)  Myrick,  born  about  1722,  at 
Eastham,  Mass.  Married;  died  prior  to  1754,  vide  will 
of  his  father,  William   (which  see).     Childi-en — 

i.    Joseph,  b. . 

ii.    John,  b. . 

iii.     Betty,  b. 


iv.  Rebecoa,  b. 

V.  Hannah,  b. 

vi.  Mary,  b.  . 

vii.  Elizabeth,  b.  - 


23.  JosiAH*,  son  of  (William^,  Joseph"^,  William^) 
and  Elizabeth  (Harding)  Myrick,  born  about  1726,  at 
Eastham,  Mass.  Married  Oct.  18,  1754,  at  Eastham, 
Rachael  Doane.  He  was  an  inn  holder.  His  will  is 
dated  December  1,  1778,  and  proved  Feb.  9,  1779.  Fol- 
lowing is  copy  of  his  will: 

In  the  name  of  God,  Amen.  I,  Josiah  Myricks  of  Eastham 
in  the  County  of  Barnstable  in  the  State  of  Massachusetts  Inn- 
holder  Being  very  sick  and  weak  but  of  perfect  mind  and  mem- 
ory, Thanks  he  given  to  God  calling  to  mind  the  Mortality  of  my 
Body  and  knowing  that  is  appointed  for  all  men  once  to  die,  Do 
make  and  Ordain  this  my  last  will  and  Testament  that  is  to  say 
principally  and  first  of  all  I  Give  and  Recommend  my  soul  into 
the  Hands  of  Almighty  God  that  gave  it  and  my  Body  I  Recom- 
mend to  the  Earth  to  be  buried  in  A  Decent  Christian  Burial  at 
the  discretion  of  my  Executors  hereafter  named  nothing  Doubting 
but  at  the  General  Resurrection  I  shall  receive  the  same  again  by 
the  mighty  power  of  God  and  touching  such  worldly  Estate 
wherewiih  it  hath  pleased  God  to  Bless  me  in  this  life  I  Give  de- 
vise and  dispose  of  the  same  in  the  following  manner  and  form 
viz: 

First  I  give  and  bequeath  to  Rachael  my  dear  and  loving  wife 
the  use  and  improvement  of  one  half  of  my  dwelUng  house  and 
barn  and  corn  house  and  one  third  part  of  all  my  real  estate  in 
the  town  of  Eastham  and  in  the  town  of  Harwich  so  long  as  she 
shall  continue  my  widow  and  at  her  death  or  marriage  to  be 
equally  to  be  divided  to  my  four  sons,  William,  Heman,  Josiah 
and  Joseph  Myrick  to  them  their  Heirs  and  Assigns  forever. 

I  give  to  my  Dear  &  loving  wife  Rachael  Myrick  one  third 
part  of  all  my  personal  estate  to  dispose  of  according  to  her  will 
after  my  Just  Debts  and  funeral  charges  are  paid. 

I  Give  and  bequeath  to  my  Dear  and  loving  sons  to  them  their 
Heirs  &  assigns  forever  the  one  half  of  my  Dwelling  house  & 
Barn  and  corn  house  and  also  two  thirds  of  all  my  Real  Estate  in 
the  town  of  Eastham  and  in  the  town  of  Harwich  to  be  Equally 
to  be  divided  to  William,  Heman,  Josiah  and  Joseph  Myrick. 

I  Give  Likewise  unto  my  four  sons  above  named  after  my  Just 
Debts  and  funeral  charges  are  paid  two  thirds  of  all  my  Personal 
Estate  to  them  their  Heirs  and  assigns  forever,  to  be  equally 
divided. 


32  MERRICK     GENEALOGY  —  WILLIAM. 

Lastly,  I  likewise  constitute  and  ordain  my  Dear  and  loving 
wife  together  with  my  friend  Edward  Knowles  to  be  my  sole 
Executors  of  tliis  my  last  will  and  testament  and  I  do  hereby 
utterlj'  Disallow  Revoke  &  disannul  and  Every  former  Testa- 
ments wills  &  Legacies  and  Executors  by  me  in  any  wise  Before 
named.  Ratifying  and  confirming  this  and  no  other  to  be  my 
last  will  and  Testament  in  Witness  whereof  I  have  hereunto  set 
my  Hand  and  Seal  this  first  Day  of  December  one  thousand  seven 
hundred  and  seventy  eight. 
Signed  sealed  published  pronounced 
and  declared  by  tlie  said  Josiah  Myrick 

as  his  last  will  and  Testament  in  the        Josiah  Myeiok     (L.  S.) 
presence  of  us  who  in  his  presence 
and  in  the  presence  of  each  other  have 
hereunto  subscribed  our  names. 

Edward  Knowles 

Eleazer  Smith 
her 

Marther    x    Smith 
mark 

Date  of  proof  of  will  above,  Feby  9,  1779. 

Rachael,  the  mother,  survived  Josiah.     Theii*  ehildi'en 

were — 

i.  William,  b.  Sept.  22,  1755,  at  Eastham. 

ii.  Heman,  b.  March  15,  1757;  d.  March  14,  1759. 

iii.  Heman,  b.  April  28,  1761. 

iv.  Joshua,  b.  May  18,  1768;  d.  Mav  31,  1763. 

39.         V.  Josiah,  b.  Sept.  20,  1769. 

vi.  Joseph,  b.  Ajml  20,  1771. 

Dr.  Percy  Bryant,  of  Newcastle,  Maine,  is  a  direct 
descendant,  in  the  eighth  generation,  of  this  Josiah  My- 
rick. 


FIFTH  GENERATION. 

24.  Giles  Myrick^,  (traditional)  sou  of  {Thomas'^, 

Stephen^,    William'^,    William'^)    and M3 rick,  born 

1746-50.  Whom  he  married  is  not  even  a  matter  of  tra- 
dition in  the  family.  It  is  said  that  he  had  a  numerous 
family  of  children,  and  that  he  died  in  Ohio  at  a  date 
not  known.     His  reputed  child  was — 

40.  i.     Joseph,  b.  March  5, 1782;  m.  Tryphora  Butler,  Sept. 

9,  1810. 

25.  William^,  son  of  {Gonstant* ,  NafhanieP,  Wil- 
liam"^, William^)  and  Sarah  (Freeman)  Merrick,  born 
,  at  Harwich.    Married  Sept.  7, 1749,  Sarah  Billings , 


FIFTH    GENERATION,  33 

daughter  of  Samuel  Billings.  Sarah  died  prior  to  1778, 
as  noted  in  her  father's  will  of  that  date.  The  date  of 
death  of  William  is  not  known.     Children— 

i.     Gideon,  b.  Aug.  23,  1750. 

ii.     William,  b.  July  7,  1752;  m.  Nov.  15,  1798,  Hannah, 
dau.     of  Joseph  Nye,    and  d.    about   1803;  his 
widow,  Hannah,  m.  Aldrich  Worley,  of  Boston, 
pub.  July  8,  1805. 
iii.     Sarah,  b.  April  9,  1754. 

26.  Nathaniel",  son  of  (Constant*,  Nathaniel^, 
William^,  William^)  and  Sarah  (Freeman)  Merrick,  born 
May  22,  1730,  at  Harwich.  He  was  married  four  times 
— 1st,  to  Susannah  Lawrence,  daughter  of  Ebenezer,  by 
whom  he  had  five  children,  this  marriage  taking  place 
Feb.  13,  1755.  On  the  death  of  Susannah  he  married, 
2nd,  May  29,  1764,  Lois  Hammond,  of  Rochester,  Mass., 
by  whom  he  also  had  five  children.  His  third  wife  was 
Elizabeth  Haskell,  of  Rochester,  to  whom  he  was  mar- 
ried June  26,  1775,  and  by  whom  he  had  two  children. 
Elizabeth  died  Sept.  4,  1796,  and  he  married,  4th, 
Susannah  Taylor,  of  Athol,  Mass.  He  was  a  wealthy 
farmer,  and  a  trusted  citizen  of  his  town,  having  been 
elected  to  many  offices  of  trust  during  his  long  life.  He 
died  at  Hardwick,  Mass.,  Feb.  5,  1799.  His  children, 
all  born  in  Rochester,  Mass.,  were — 

i.     Elizabeth,  b.  Jan.  13,  1756 ;  m.  Jan.  19,  1775,  John 

Pratt, 
ii.     Susannah,  b.  Feb.  16,  1758;  d.  j^oung. 
41.        iii.     Constant,  b.  Jan.  7,  1760. 

iv.     Nathaniel,  bapt.  July  4,  1763;  d.  young. 
V.     Nathan,  b.  March  13,  1763. 

43.         vi.     Isaac,  b.  ,  1765. 

vii.     Susannah,  b.  Sept.  24,  1766;  m.  Nov.  20,  1785,  James 

Pierce, 
viii.     Phebe,  b.  Aug.  30,  1768. 
ix.     Sarah,  b.  Dec.    19,  1769 ;  m.  Nov.  30,  1788,  Heman 

Shurtleff. 
X.     Lois,   bapt.   May  1,  1773;  m.  June  10,  1803,  Stephen 
Nye. 

xi.     William,  b. ;  m.  Hannah  Nye. 

xii.     Almira,  b. . 


27.     Elizabeth^    dau.    of    (Constanf^,    Nathaniel^, 
William'^,    WilUam^)    and  Sarah     (Freeman)  Merrick, 

born ;   married  John  Pratt,  and  had  among  other 

children — 
43.  i.     John  (Pratt),  b, ;  m.  Ehoda  Eobinson. 


34  MERRICK    GENEALOGY  —  WILLIAM. 

28.  Seth^  (Hinckley),  son  of  Thomas  Hinckley  and 
Ruth'*  My  rick,  dan.  of  {^iathanieP ,  William^,  William^) 
born  Sept.,  1730,  at  Harwich,  Mass.  Married  Feb. 
2,  1755,  Sarah,  daughter  of  Judah  and  Rebecca  (Ham- 
lin) Berry;  died  April  18,  1831,  at  Hardwick,  Mass. 
Seth,  the  father,  died  April  21,  1797,  at  Hardwick. 
Children — 

i.  Samuel  (Hinckley),  b.  May  16,  1757. 

ii.  Seth  (Hinckley),  b.  June  21,  1759. 

iii.  Judah  (Hinckley),  b.  Dec.  15,  1761. 

iv.  Rebecca  (Hinckley),  b.  Feb.  15,   1764;  m.  Jonathan 

Childs.  Feb.  3,  1785 ;  he  lived  in  Barre. 

V.  Mark  (Hinckley),  b.  April  14,  1766. 

vi.  Ruth  (Hinckley),  b.  April  22,  1768. 

vii.  SCOTTAWAY  (Hinckley),  b.  April  10,  1771. 

44.  viii.  Barnabas   (Hinckley),    b.    Jan.    23,  1773;   m,  Mary 

Billings. 

29.  Mary^  (Ruggles),  dau.  of  Captain  Benjamin 
and  Alice^  Myrick,  {NatlianieV",  William'^,  William^) 
born  May  7,  1738,  at  Harwich.  Married  Feb.  20,  1758, 
Daniel  Billings,  sou  of  Samuel  and  Hannah  (Warner) 
Billings,  at  Hardwick,  Mass.  Daniel  Billings  was  a 
Lieutenant  of  the  Colonial  Militia,  and  a  selectman  for 
seven  yeai's  in  Hardwick;  he  died  Dec.  23,  1778.  Mary, 
the  mother,  died  June  8,  1835.  Mrs.  Isabel  F.  Hinckley, 
of  Bangor,  Me.,  writes  under  date  1898: — "Here  are  two 
daughters  of  Nathaniel*  Myrick,  Alice  and  Ruth,  who 
are  ancestors  of  my  children.  I  believe  that  Sarah 
Myrick,  daughter  of  William,  w^as  also  an  ancestor  of 
theirs,  through  their  grandmother's  grandfather,  Stephen 
Gorham:  but  of  this  I  am  not  certain."     Children — 

i.     Gideon  (Billings),  b.  Jan.  9,  1759;  m.  Polly . 

ii.     Mary  (Billings),  b.  April  12,  1761;  d.  young. 

iii.     Eunice  (Billings),  b.  July  7.  1768;  m.  Dec.  26,  1784, 

Robert  Dean;  d.  March,  1843. 
iv.     Daniel  (BiUings),  b.   July  9,   1765;  d.  in  Island  of 
Trinidad,    1808,  unmarried. 
V.     Barnabas  (Billings),  b.  A])ril  16,  1769. 

45.  vi.     Mary  (Billings),  b,  Sept.   25,    1771;  m.   Oct.  8,  1797, 

Barnabas  Hinckley;  d.  March  11,  1847,  at  Ban- 
gor, Maine, 
vii.     Timothy  (BiUings),  b.  July  3,  1774. 
viii.     Samuel  (Billings),  b.  June  4,  1779. 

30.  IsAAC^,son  of    {Joliu* .  JoJin^,    WilUani  ,    Wil- 

li(im^)  and  Frances  (Clark)  Myrick,  born ,  1740,  at 

Harwich,  Mass.     Emigrated  to  New  York  state,  settling 
in  Carmel,    Putnam    county,   where    he  married  Sarah 


FIFTH    GENERATION.  36 

Hazen,  daughter  of  Caleb  and  Sarah  (Hamlin)  Hazen; 
she  born  1742;  died  April  23,  1801,  at  Carmel;  her  grave 
is  still  distinguishable  in  the  old  cemetery  at  Carmel. 
Isaa  died  May,  1812,  at  Carmel.     Childi-en — 

i.    Elizabeth,  b. d.  in  childhood. 

ii.     Jemima,  b. ;  m.  Enoch  Green;  had  Allen  and 

Eliza  Green. 

46.  iii.     David,  b. ,  1768. 

47.  iv.    John,  b. ,  1770. 

48.  V.     Aristobulus,  b. ,  1774. 

49.  vi.      ISSAOHAR,  b. . 

50.  vii.     Samuel,  b.  1778. 

51.  viii.     Adah,  b.  Feb   22,  1780. 

ix.     Mary,  b. ;  d.  at  age  of  16,  unmarried. 

52.  X.     Naomi,  b.  1786. 

53.  xi.     Ezra,  b.  . 

54.  xii.     Sarah,  b.  March  13,  1788. 

31.  J0SHUA%  son  of  (Sefh'^,  Joshua^,  William^, 
William^)  and  Elizabeth  (Brown)  Meyrick,  born  March 
5,  1745,  at  Harwich,  Mass.     Married,  1st,  Oct.  23,  1774, 

Mary  Eliza  ;   she  died  Sept.  17,  1775;    he  married, 

2nd,  Mrs.  Jane  Stockton,  from  Massachusetts;  her 
maiden  name  unknown.  Miss  Emma  J.  Foster  of  Car- 
mel, N.  Y.,  writing  under  date  Sept.,  1900,  says:  — 
"One  Joshua  Merrick  occupied  a  farm  adjoining  our 
own  during,  and  previous  to,  the  Revolution.  Later  he 
seems  to  have  moved  to  the  south  part  of  the  town.  I 
assume  him  to  have  been  the  son  of  Seth  Merrick.  He 
was  an  adjutant,  serving  in  the  war  of  the  Revolution; 
his  wife  was  a  Stockton,  from  Massachusetts.  He  had 
a  son,  Samuel  S.,  who  married  a  daughter  of  Squire 
Abraham  Smith,  of  this  town  and  Ms  daughter  (grand- 
daughter of  Joshua)  married  General  Theodorus  Annan. 
A  son  of  Samuel  S.,  Abram  S.  Meyrick,  was  prominent 
in  journalism,  and  was  a  member  of  the  State  Prison 
Commission  of  New  Jersey."     Children — 

i.  Mary;  b.  July  13,  1777;  m.  D.  W.  Clark,  and  had 
six  children ;  lived  at  Esopus,  N.  Y. 

ii.  Fanny,  b.  April  36,  1779;  m.  Walter  Grason,  Sept. 
17,  1800;  moved  to  New  Jersey. 

55.  iii.     Samuel  S.,  b.  Aug.  35,  1780,  at Fredericktown,  N.  Y. ; 

m.  Sarah  Smith. 


32.  John ^  son  of  (Seth'^,  Joshua^,  William^,  Wil- 
liam^) and  Elizabeth  (Brown)  Meyrick,  born  May  8, 
1760,  at  Harwich,  Mass.  Married  March  18,  1787,  Lois 
Cook;  she  born  Aug.  24,  1768;  died  July  19,  1838.     He 


36  MERRICK     GENEALOGY  —  WILLIAM. 

died  July  20,  1834,  at  Washington,  N.  Y.  His  will  is 
dated  Jefferson  county,  N.  Y.,  June  25,  1832,  and  is  now 
in  the  possession  of  Mrs.  H.  R.  Edwards,  Roekford,  111. 
Children — 

56.  i.     Seth,  b.  March  18,  1788. 

ii.     Asaph,  b.  Dec.  29.  1789;  d.  June  34,  1790. 
iii.     Susannah,  b.  Oct.  16,  1791;  m.  Aug.  3,  1809,  Thomas 
Doty. 

57.  iv.     John,  b.  Aug.  31,  1794. 

V.      Sarah,  b.  July  36,  1796,  Washington,  Dutchess  Co., 

N.    Y. ;    m.    Oct.    35,  1815,    Henrv  Sheldon;   d. 

April  19.  1830. 

vi.     Lydia,  b.  Mav  37,1798;  m.    March  21,  1834,  Joseph 

Piatt,  at  AVashington,  N.  Y. ;  d.  Sept.  14,  1835. 

58.  vii.     Charles  Cook,   b.  April  26,  1800,  at  Wasliington, 

N.  Y. 
viii.     Lois,  b  March  11,1803,  at  Washington.  N.  Y. ;  m.  Oct. 
11,   1821,   Moses   Haight.      Theron   Haight   and 
Elizabeth  Haight  Carr  (Mrs.  Walter  Carr)  were 
living,  1898,  at  Waukesha,  Wis. 

59.  ix.     Robert,  b.  Dec.  36,  1803. 

X.  Elizabeth,  b.  Sep.  7,  1805;  m.  Jan.  13,  1831,  Seth 
Myron  Eggleston,  at  Washington,  N.  Y. ;  d.  at 
Cairo,  Green  Co.,  N.  Y. 

33.     Robert^,    son  of  iSeth'^,    Joshua^,     William'^, 
WiUiam^)   and    Elizabeth  (Brown)   Meyrick,  born  Oct. 

12,  1763;   Married ;  settled  in  the  northern  part  of 

Dutchess  Co.,  New  York;  was  in  Washington  town- 
ship, in  a  settlement  then  called  "Nine  Partners," — 
modern  name  unknown.  When  a  young  man  went  to 
Jefferson  county,  New  York;  about  the  year  1800  moved 
to  Paris  Hill,  Oneida  Co.  About  1837  moved  to  Caze- 
novia,  and  died  there  June  6,  1839,  at  the  home  of  his  son, 
Luther  Myrick — so  says  Judge  Milton  H.  Myrick,  of 
San  Francisco,  Cal.,  Sept.  1897.  He  had  a  large  family, 
the  names  and  records  of  but  two  of  whom  are  known — 

i.    Charles,  b. 


60.        ii.     Luther,  b   Deo.  23,  1794. 

34.  Bezaleel^  (or  Barzilla),  son  of  {Barnahas^, 
Joshua^,  WiUi<(m-,  William^)  and  Ellis  (Bangs)  MjTick, 
born  July  20,  1758,  at  Harwich,  Mass.;  married  July  10, 
1778,  Sarah  Russell,  daughter  of  William  and  Cath- 
erine (Bent)  Russell,  of  Barre,  Mass.;  she  born  Feb.  11, 
1759;  died  at  West  Point,  N.  Y.,  1849.  Bezaleel  was 
one  of  the  early  settlers  in  Bridgeport,  Vermont;  his 
farm  was  two  miles  from  Lake  Champlain,  opposite 
Crown  Point,  New  York,  which  is  2}^  miles  from  Cream 


FIFTH    GENERATION.  37 

Hill,  Vermont.  He  was  a  Captain  in  the  Revolutionary 
War,  enlisting  at  Barre,  Vermont,  May,  1775;  was  in 
the  battles  of  Bunker  Hill  and  White  Plains.  After  a  few 
years'  residence  in  Bridgeport  he  removed  to  Middlebury, 
Vermont,  aud  lived  with  his  son,  Nathan  Myrick,  until 
a  short  time  before  his  death.  At  the  time  of  his  death 
he  was  with  his  son  Barnabas,  in  Westport,  N.  Y. 
Physically  Captain  Myrick  was  a  giant,  being  six  feet 
four  inches  in  height,  and  broad  in  proportion,  with 
strength  and  endurance  in  proportion  to  his  size.  He 
was  a  farmer  by  occupation.  He  died  October  30,  1841. 
Childi-en — 

i.     Polly,  b.  Sept.  7.  1780. 

61.  ii.     Nathan,  b.  May  12,  1784,  at  Middlebury,  Vt. 

iii.  GuARDNER,  b.  Jan.  26,  1786;  moved  to  Westminster, 
Canada,  where  he  d.  leaving  a  family. 

iv.     Levi,  b. ;  moved  to  Westminster,  Canada,  where 

he  d   leaving  a  family. 

V.  Sarah,  b.  Dec.  10,  1788;  m. Allen;  d.  at  Shore- 
ham,  Vt. 

vi.     Ellis,  b.  March  11,  1791;  m.  Zophar  Corry. 

vii.     William,  b.  Jan.  8,  1793;  d.  July  29,  1834. 

62.  viii.     Barnabas,  b.  July  30,  1795,  at  Middlebury,  Vt. 

ix.  Ira,  b.  July  3,  1797 ;  drowned-  in  Lake  Champlain 
April  16,  1820. 

X.     LuOY,  b.  Nov.  .22,  1800 ;  m. •  Hunt,  in  Middlebury, 

Vt. ;  living  in  Bo.ston,  Mass.,  1899. 

35.  Captain  Josiah^,  son  of  {Barnabas^,  Joshua^, 
William'^,  William'^)  and  Ellis  (Bangs)  Myrick,  born 
Sept.  26,  1766,  at  Harwich,  Mass.  Married  Oct.  8,  1790, 
Martha  Prindle,  at  West  Haven,  Conn.;  she  died  Feb. 
26,  1840.  In  the  fall  of  1821  Captain  Josiah,  with  his 
wife,  his  son  Josiah  Harvey  and  wife,  and  two  unmarried 
sons,  moved  to  Twinsburg,  Ohio,  making  the  trip  in  six 
weeks  in  an  ox  cart.  He  remained  in  Twinsburg  about 
two  years,  when,  becoming  dissatisfied  with  the  country, 
he  started  on  his  return  trip  in  mid-winter,  with  horse 
and  sleigh,  his  wife  carrying  his  oldest  grandchild, 
George  Harvey,  then  only  six  months  old.  Before 
reaching  Connecticut  the  sleigh  had  to  be  exchanged  for 
a  wagon.  He  bought  a  farm  in  Seymour,  Connecticut, 
where  he  lived  until  his  death,  which  took  place  June  12, 
1845.  He  is  buried,  with  his  wife,  in  the  cemetery  at 
Derby,  Conn.     Children— 

63.  i.    Joseph,  b.  June  25,  1792,  at  West  Haven,  Conn. 

64.  ii.     Lovisa,  b.  Feb.  12,  1795. 

65.  iii.     Josiah  Harvey,  b.  April  1,  1798. 


38  MERRICK     GENEALOGY  —  WILLIAM. 

66.  iv.     Elias.  b.  Jan.  1,  1801. 

67.  V.     Charles  Dennis,  b.  ,  1804. 

vi.     Martha  Emeline,   b.  ,    1808;  m.   Harris  Sand- 
ford;  had  eight  children, 
vii.     George,  b  ,  1812:  died  1813. 

36.  Zenas'\    son   of     {Barnabas*,     Joshua^,     Wil- 
liam^,   William^)  and    Ellis  (Bangs)  Myrick,  born , 

at    Barre,    Vt.      Married   Eunice  .       Had    among 

others — 

68.  i.     WiLLARD  Franklin,  b.  July  11,  1809,  at  Addison, 

Addison  Co..  Vt. 

37.  Isaac",  son  of  {Isaac'^ ,  Isaac^,  Stephen^,   Wil- 
liam^)   and  Hannah    (Hathaway)    Merrick,    born , 

1749,  at  Freetown,  Mass.  Married  Ruth  Prav, ,  17 — ; 

died  1829.     Childi-en— 

09.  i.     John,   b.    Julj;  25,  1780;    d.  Aug.   1,    1851;  no  male 

line  now  living. 

70.  ii.     Isaac,  b.  March  2,  1784. 

71.  iii.     Ephraim.  b.  Feb.  8.  1786;  no  male  line  now  living, 
iv.     Ruth,  b.  Feb.  28,  1789. 

V.     Mary,  b.  March  6,  1791;  ni.  Daniel  Hathaway. 

38.  Abl\h^    (Cobb),   dau.   of   Benjamin  and    Mary 

(Mason)    Cobb,  born  ,   1726.     Married  Dr.   Lewis 

Sweeting.      Thej-   had  nine  childi-en   born  in    Norton, 
Mass. — two  in  Mansfield,  Mass. — the  last  two — 

i.  Zebadiah  (Sweeting),  b. . 

ii.  Abiah  (Sweeting),  b. . 

iii.  LuOY  (Sweeting),  b.  . 

iv.  Lewis  (Sweeting),  b. 


V.     Eliphalet  (Sweeting),  b. 
vi.    Anna  (Sweeting),  b. 


72.       vii.     Nathaniel    (Sweeting),  b.   ,   1758,   at   Norton, 

Mass. 

viii.     Whiting  (Sweeting),  b. . 

ix.     Mary  (Sweeting),  b. -. 

X.     Mason  (Sweeting),  b  . . 

xi.     John  (Sweeting),  b.  . 


39.  JosiAH^,  son  of  (Josiah'^,  William^,  Joseph^, 
William^)  and  Rachael  (Doane)  Myrick,  born  Sept.  20, 
1769,  atEastham,  Mass.  Married,  Sept.  24,  1789,  xMary 
Paddock  Clark,  at  Brewster,  Mass.;  she  the  daughter  of 
Kimball  Clark  and  Mary  (Paddock)  Clark,  and  born  Oct. 
2,  1765,  at  Brewster.  Soon  after  their  marriage.  Dr. 
Myrick  and  his  wife  moved  to  Newcastle,  Lincoln  [county, 


1. 

73. 

ii. 

74. 

111. 

75. 

iv. 

SIXTH    GENERATION.  39 

Maine,  where  he  soon  built  up  a  largfe  practice,  and  be- 
came one  of  the  leading  men  of  the  place.  He  followed 
his  profession  for  over  40  years,  dying  April  9,  1828,  at 
Newcastle.  Marv,  the  mother,  died  at  Newcastle  Sept. 
9,  1849.     Their  children  were— 

Mary  Paddock,  b. ;  d.  young. 

Lot,  b.  Jan.  8,  1792. 
JosiAH.  b.  Aug.  11,  1795. 

Arlitta,  b.  Dec.  27,  1799 ;  m.  Gushing  Bryant,  Sept. 
25,  1821. 

76.  V.     Julia  Ann,  b.  - — ,   1801;   m.  Augustus    F.   Lash, 

,  1830. 

—  Isaac  ^ ,   son    of  ;   married  Mercy  Knowles , 

she  born  April  2,  1755,  died  May  7,  1837;  he  died  June 
8,  1829.     Childi-en— 

77.  i.     Jesse,  b.  Sept.  4,  1779. 
ii.     Mercy,  b.  Aug.  15,  1781. 

iii.  Harding,  b.  July  31,  1783. 

iv.  Sally,  b.  June  26,  1787. 

V.  Isaac,  b.  June  22,  1789. 

vi.  Daniel,  b.  July  22,  1792. 

vii.  William,  b.  Feb.  21,  1796. 

viii.  John,  b.  Sept.  26,  1798. 

—  William^,  son  of ;   married   Sarah  Billings, 

daughter  of  Samuel  Billings,  Sept.  7,  1749;  she  died 
before  1778,  as  noted  in  her  father's  will  of  that  datd 
Childi'en — 

i.     Gideon,  b.  Aug.  22,  1750. 

ii.  William,  b.  July  7,  1752;  m.  Hannah  Nye,  dau.  of 
Joseph  Nye,  Nov.  15.  1798;  d.  about  1803.  His 
widow  married  Aldrich  Morley,  of  Boston,  pub. 
July  8,  1805. 

iii.     Sarah,'  b.  April  9,  1754. 


SIXTH  GENERATION. 

40.     Joseph^,    son  of  {Giles%    Thomas^,    Stephen^, 

William^,    William^')  and  Myrick,  born  March  5, 

1782,  in  Dutchess  or  Ulster  county.  New  York.  Set- 
tled in  Clinton,  Oneida  county,  New  York.  Married, 
Sept.  9,  1810,  Tryphora  Butler,  daughter  of  Rufus 
Butler;  she  born  July  20,  1789,  in  Oneida  countv,  N. 
Y.;  died  Sept.  25,  1864;  buried  at  Woodworth, 'Wis. 
Joseph  was  a  farmer,  and  very  well-to-do;  was  also  a 
tanner  by  trade;  he  died  Nov.  23,  1851.  Children — all 
born  in  Clinton,  Oneida  county,  N.  Y. — . 


1. 

78. 

ii. 

79. 

iii. 

iv. 

V. 

80. 

vi. 

vii. 

40  MERRICK    GENEALOGY  —  WILLIAM. 

Lydia  Ann,  b.  Sept.  16,  1811 ;  d.  Sept.  25,  1828. 
Seth  Butler,  b.  Mayl6,  1813;  d.  June  12,  1868. 
John  Jesse,  b.  March  9,  1815;  d.  Feb.  21, 1865. 
Giles,  b.  July  14,  1818,  d.  June  23,  1822. 

Wealthy  Jane,  b.  May  27,  1827;  m.   Harris; 

d.  Aug.  7,  1897. 
Mead  Obadiah,  b.  Dec.  7,  1824. 
Maby  M.,  b.  Dec.  7,  1824;  d.  April  7,  1849. 

41.  Constant^,  son  of  {Nathaniel^ ,  Constant^,  Na- 
thaniel^, William",  William^)  9indi  Susannah  (Lawrence) 
Myrick,  born  Jan.  7,  1760,  at  Hard  wick,  Mass.  Mar- 
ried March  8,  1781,  Sarah  Hopkins,  at  Hardwick,  Mass. 
Children — 

i.     Prince,  b.  Dec.  14,  1781. 

ii.     Barnabas,  b.  Jan.  2,  1783. 
iii.     Polly,  b.  May  3,  1787. 
iv.     Nathan,  b.  July  13,  17S9. 

V.     Levi,   b.  June   23,  1797,    in  Vermont;   ni.  Cynthia 
Kneeland,  1820. 

42.  Isaac®,  son  of  [Nathaniel^ ,  Constant^ ,  Nathan- 
iel^,  William'^,  William'^)  and  Lois  (Hammond)  Merrick, 
born  1765,  at  Hardwick,  Mass.  Married,  1st,  Temper- 
ance Hall,  1787;  she  died  May  17,  1804.  Isaac  married 
again,  but  died  without  issue  from  second  marriage.  He 
died,  Feb.  1806.     Children— 

i.  Nathaniel  Hall,  b.  Feb.  3,  1788. 

ii.  Jane,  b.  Jan.  5,  1790. 

81.  iii.  Isaac,  b.  Feb.  23,  1792. 
iv.  Sally,  b.  Jan.  15,  1794. 

V.    Clara,  b.  Aug.  6,  1796. 

82.  vi.     James,  b.  April  17,  1798. 

vii.     Temperance,  b.  Feb.  21,  1800;  d.  . 

viii.     Godfrey,  b.  Dec.  17,  1801. 
ix.     Temperance,  b.  Jan.  3,  1804. 

43.  John®  (Pratt),  son  of  John  and  Elizabeth^  Mer- 
rick Pratt,  CGoHstant,'^  Nathaniel^  ,  William'',  William^) 
born  Jan.  13,  1756,  at  Bennington,  Vt.  Married,  Jan. 
19,  1775,  Rlioda,  daughter  of  Joseph  and  Rhoda  (Hawks) 
Robinson,  of  Bennington,  a  descendant  of  Samuel  Robin- 
son, the  founder  of  Bennington;  she  died  May  25,  1832, 
at  S wanton,  Vt.  John  Pratt  was  descended  from  Thomas 
Pratt,  freeman,  of  Watertown,  Mass.,  1652.  He  died 
Oct.  11,  1814,  at  Swanton,  Vt.     Children— 

i.     Elizabeth  Serena  (Pratt),  b.  Sept.  2,  1814,  at  Swan- 
ton,  Vt. ;  d.  Oct.  12,  1814. 


FIFTH    GENERATION.  41 

83.  ii.     Polly    Jewett    (Pratt),     b.    April  14,    1816;    m. 

Charles  H.  Bullard;  d.  April  11,  1898. 

iii.     Calista  Maria  (Pratt),  b.  Dec.  11,  1817. 

iv.     Hiram  Robinson  (Pratt),  b.    March  2,  1822;  d.  Jan. 

29,  1823. 
V.     Hiram  Robinson  (Pratt),  b.  April  20,  1824;  m.  Char- 
lotte Brj'ant,  Nov.  1,  1849. 

vi.     Sophia  Robinson  (Pratt),  b.  Feb.  22,   1822;  d.  April 
29,  1828. 

vii.     John  Carleton  (Pratt),  b.  July  20,  1829;  m.  Julia 

Carr. 
viii.     Rhoda  Hawks  (Pratt),  b.  Sept.  24,  1834;  m.  April 
9,  1854,  James  Hathaway. 

45.  Mary*'  (Billings),  dan.  of  Daniel  and  Mary 
(Ruggles)  Billings,  born  Sept.  25,  1771,  at  Hardwick, 
Mass.  Married  Oct.  8,  1797,  Barnabas  Hinckley,  [44] 
son  of  Seth  and  Sarah  (Berry)  Hinckley.  Barnabas 
Hinckley  lived  in  Hardwick,  and  was  an  ensign  in  the 
colonial  militia.  He  died  March  2,  1807.  His  widow, 
Mary,  married  Luther  Paige,  Sept.  4,  1816,  at  Hardwick, 
and  died  March  11,   1849,  at  Bangor,  Me.    Children— 

i.     Seth  (Hinckley),  b.  June  24,  1798,  at  Hard^^^ck;  m. 
Autis  Gorham,  August  1822. 

84.  ii.     Daniel  Billings  (Hinckley),  b.  Sept.  13,   1800;  m. 

Mary  Ann  Gorliam,  1830. 

85.  iii.   Mary  (Hinckley),  b.  Jan.  24,  1803;  m.   1826,  Daniel 

Wheeler, 
iv.     Sally  (Hinckley),  b.  1806;  d.  Dec.  11,  1810. 

46.  David \  son  of  (Isaac^ ,  John^ ,  John^ ,  Wil- 
liam'^ ,     William^)    and  Sarah   (Hazen)    Merrick,    born 

,   1768,  at  Carmel,   N.    Y.     Married  Feb.   8,  1799, 

at  Carmel,  Mary,  daughter  of  Moses  and  Mary  (Brun- 
dage)  Fowler;  she  born  April  11,  1773;  died  March  19, 
1857.  He  died  Nov.  22,  1863,  aged  Bu.jtears;  buried  in 
"Baptist  Burying  Ground,"  Carmel,  N.  Y.     Children — 

i.     Addison,    b. ;  drowned    in   Lake   Gleneida,    in 

childhood. 

ii.     Elizabeth,  b. .  1800;  m.  1st.   Geo.   E    Cole;  m. 

3nd.  David  Kelley;  d.  Sept.  29,  1841. 
iii.     Henry,  b,  — — 1801;    m.    1st,    Marilda   Mead;  2nd, 
Amanda  Robinson;  had  children,  Lucelia  and 
Clara ;  d.  May  5,  1888. 

iv.     Clarissa,  b.  ;  m.    Nathaniel  Dunn  Shaw;  ch. 

Fowler,    Nathaniel   Dunn,    Mary,    Juliette  and 
Victoria  Shaw. 

V,     Hannah,  b   ;  m.  Hymon  Cole;  ch.  Addison  and 

Amanda  Cole. 

86.  vi.     Allen,  b.  Dec.  24,  1812,  Carmel,  N.  Y, 

vii.     George,  b. ;  m. Kelley;  ch.  Cecelia,  Sarah, 

and  others;  moved  to  Farmington,  la. 


42  MERRICK     GENEALOGY   —WILLIAM. 

47.     John®,  son  of  (Isaac^ ,  JoJm^ ,  JoJm^,  William'^, 

William^)  and  Sarah  (Hazen)  Merrick,  born ,  1770, 

at  Carmel,  N.  Y.  Married  Hannah  Merritt.  He  lived 
on  the  George  Hughson  place,  formerly  occupied  by  his 
uncle,  John°  Merrick,  in  Carmel.  He  died  May  14, 
1812,  aged  42  j-ears;  buried  at  Carmel,  N.  Y.  Children 
— all  born  in  Carmel,  N.  Y. — 

i.     Jane,  b.  Nov.  24,  1793;  d.  March  28,  1882,  at  Carmel, 
N.  Y.,  unmarried. 

Isaac,  b.  . 

Adah.  b.  Dec.  7,  179.5. 

Nehemiah,  b.  ;  m.  Abby  Adelia  Reed;  d.  Chau- 


87. 

11. 

88. 

111. 

88a. 

iv. 

89. 

V. 

VI. 

taiiqua  Co.,  N.  Y. 

Mary,  b.  . 

Edwin,  b.  ;  d.  in  Maj^ville,  N.Y.,  unmarried. 

48.  Aristobulus®,  son  of  Clsaae^ ,  John'^,  John^, 
William'^,  William^)  and  Sarah  (Hazen)  Merrick,  born 
Oct.  22,  1774,  at  Carmel,  N.  Y.  Married  Mary  Hawley; 
she  born  May  6,  1783;  died  Jan.  22,  1849.  He  died  Oct. 
17,  1850,  at  Carmel.     Children,  all  born  at  Carmel — 


i. 

Charles,  b.  - 

;  married ;  lives  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y 

11. 

Adeline,  b.  - 

— -;  unmarried. 

Ul. 

Emily,  b.  — 

— ;  unmarried.  0 

iv. 

Susan,  b.  

-;  unmarried;   lives  in  Brooklyn. 

V. 

Mary,  b. 

;    d.  Feb.  27,  1886. 

49.     IsSACHAR®,son  of  {Isaac^ ,  John'^ ,  John^ ,    Wil- 
liam'^,  William^)  and  Sarah  (Hazen)  Merrick,  born , 

at  Carmel,  N.  Y.  Married  Mercy,  daughter  of  Gen. 
James  and  Priscilla  (Cole)  Townsend.  He  lived  on  the 
Weeks  place,  formerly  occupied  by  his  uncle,  David ^ 
Merrick.     Children,  all  born  at  Carmel — 

i.     Charles,  b. 


ii.  Maria,  b. ;  unmarried. 

iii.  Alfred,  b. . 

iv.  Sarah  Ann,  b. ;  m.  Osmond  M.  Baxter,  of  Cold 

Spring,  N.  Y. ;  d.  1852. 

V.  William,  b.  . 

vi.  John,  b. ;  unmarried. 

vii.  Addison,  b. ;  unmarried. 

50.  Samuel'"',  son  of  [Isaac^ ,  John'^ ,  John^,  Wil- 
liam'^, William^)  and  Sarah  (Hazen)  Merrick,  born  1778, 
at  Carmel,  N.  Y.  Married  in  1802,  at  Somers,  N.  Y., 
Letitia  Weeks;  she  born  June  10,  1782;  died  Jan.  25, 
1831.     Children,  all  b.  in  Carmel- 


SIXTH    GENERATION.  43 

i,     Nanoy,  b.  1803;  m.  1st.,  Charles  Brower;    2nd.,   Ira 
Nichols. 

ii.     Orrin,  b.  . 

iii.     Eliza,  b.  1807. 
90.        iv.     Samuel,  b.  1811 . 

51.  Adah",  daii.  of  (Isaac^,  Jolin'^,  John^ ,  William^, 
William^)  and  Sarah  (Hazen)  Merrick,  born  Feb.  22, 
1780,  at  Carmel,  N.  Y.  Married,  May  15,  1798,  Thomas 
Smith;  he  born  Feb.  28,  1776;  died  Sept.  15,  1825. 
Childi'en,  born  in  Carmel — 

i.     Julia  (Smith),  b.  Aug.  23,  1800;  m.  Sept.   10,  1818, 

James  Eaymond ;  d.  1890. 
ii.     George  (Smith),  b.  April  16,  1803;  m.  Julia  Hazen, 
April  19,  1823;  died  April  2,  1876. 

52.  Naomi" ,  dau .  of  {Isaac'" ,  John* ,JoJi n ^ ,  William'^, 
William^)  and  Sarah  (Hazen)  Merrick,  born  1766,  at 
Carmel,  N.  Y.  Married  Foster  Finch;  he  born  1761; 
died  May  22,  1843.  Husband  and  wife  are  buried  in 
West  township,  Albany  county,  N.  Y.     Children — 

i.     Jane  (Finch),  b.  Aug.  10,  1787;  m.   John  Garrison; 

d.  May  10,  1867. 
ii.     Sarah  (Finch),  b.  Oct.  28,  1789;  m.  Michael  Lee;  d. 

May  7,  1845. 
iii.     James  (Finch),  b.  Nov.  21,   1791;  d.  Oct.    16,   1813, 

unmarried, 
iv.     Adah  (Finch),  b.  March  27,  1794;  m.  John  William- 
son ;  d.  Aug.  18,   1859. 
V.     Ira  (Finch),  b.  April  2,  1796;  m.  Nancy  Tabor;  d. 
April  27,  1891. 

vi.     Jemima  (Finch),  b.  ;  m.  David  Warwick. 

vii.     John  (Finch),  b.  ;  m.  Nancy  Wood,  near  Fair- 
fax C.  H.,  Va. 
viii.     Hannah  (Finch),  b.  Feb.  8,  1805;  m.  Erastus  Chap- 
man ;  d.  Sept.   19,  1878. 

63.     Ezra**,  son  of  {Isaac^ ,  John*' ,  John^ ,  William^, 

William^)    and  Sarah    (Hazen)  Merrick,  born ,  at 

Carmel,  N.  Y.  Married  Fannie  Hadden;  she  died  Nov,, 
1850.  Ezra  died  Aug.,  1851.  Children,  all  born  in 
Carmel — 

i.     James,  b.  April,  1807;  d.  March  31,  1873,  unmarried, 
ii.     DORINDA,  b.  March  7,  1809;   m.  Thorn    Wright;  d. 

Dec.  22,  1897. 
iii.     Eliza,  b.  Feb.,  1811;  d.  June,  1751,  unmarried. 

iv.    John,  b.   . 

V.     Albert,  b. . 


vi.     Isaac,  b.  ;  m.  Ruth  Ann  Bailey. 

4-M 


44  MERRICK     GENEALOGY  —  WILLIAM. 

vii.     David,  b.  ;  m.,  1st,  Harriet  Bailey;  ch.,  Augus- 
tus A.  and  Chester;  m.,  2nd,  Nellie ;  is  liv- 
ing in  Carmel,  N.  Y.  (1900),  at  an  advanced  age. 

54.  Sarah ^  daii.  of  {Isaac\  John'^ ,  John^,  Wil- 
lianr ,  William^)  and  Sarah  (Hazen)  Merrick,  born  March 
12,  1788,  at  Carmel,  N.  Y.  Married,  Nov.  17,  1808, 
James  Fowler;  he  born  Nov.  6,  1785;  died  Aug.  2, 
1824,  in  Herkimer  county,  N.  Y.    Children— 

i.     Ammon  (Fowler),  b.  Sept.  9,  1809;   m.  May  9,  1832, 
Charlotte  Crane;  d.  June  8,  1885,  in  Poughkeep- 
sie. 
ii.     Isaac  (Fowler),  b.  Sept.  19,  1811;  m.  Marj-  Fowler; 

d.  June  16,  1894,  at  Bedford,  N.  Y. 
iii.     Rebecca   (Fowler),    b.    Sept    14,  1813;  m.  Leonard 

Hallock ;  d.  March  4,  1884,  Jersey  City,  N.  J. 
iv.     William  Henry  (Fowler),  b.  Aug.  11.  1816;  d.  Feb. 

15,  1882.  Carmel,  N.  Y. 
V.     Mary   Elizabeth   (Fowler),  b.  March  21,  1819;   d. 

Feb,  17,  1882,  at  Carmel,  N.  Y.,  unmarried, 
vi.     Charlotte  Louisa  (Fowler),  b.  May  8,  1821 ;  d.  May 
15,  1888,  at  Lake  Mahopac,  N.  Y.,  unmarried. 

55.  Sajviuel  S.%  son  of  iJoshua\  Setli^ ,  JosJma^ , 
William^,  William^)  and  Jane  (Stockton)  Meyriek,  born 
Aug.  25,  1780,  at  Frederickstown,  N.  Y.  Married  Sarah, 
eldest  daughter  of  Abraham  and  Mary  Smith,  of  Put- 
nam Valley,  N.  Y.,  Dec,  1806;  she  born  Dee.  28,  1784; 
died  March  3,  1851.     Their  children  were— 

1.     Lucy,  b.  Oct.  24,  1807;  m.  Feb.  15,  1834,  Gen.  Theo- 

dorus  Annan,  of  East  Fishldll,  N.  Y. 
ii.     Jane,  b.  Feb.  5,  1809;  m.  Oct.  19,  1829,  John  Trow- 
bridge, of  Truxton,  N.  Y. 
iii.     Caroline,  b.  Jan.  8,  1811;  d.  Aug.  25, 1892,  at  Dobbs 

Ferry,  N.  Y.,  single, 
iv.     Polly  T.,  b.  Dec.  23,  1812;  m.  March  6,  1833,  James 

Seeley. 
V.     Catherine  Smith,  b.  March  27,  1815;  m.  1840,  Isaac 
Lounsbury. 
Margaret  Purdy,  b.  April  6,  1818. 
Eliza  Smith,  b.  Dec.  25,  1819;  d.  1898,  at  Kingston, 

N.  J. 
Helen,  b.  Jan.  8,  1822. 
Frederick  Clemons,  b.  July  30,  1824. 
Emily,  b.  July  16,  1827. 
Abram  S..  b.  March  15,  1830. 

56.     Seth« ,  son  of  (John ^ ,  Seth"^ ,  Joshua^,  William^, 
Williaiu^)   and    Lois  (Cook)  Mvrick,   born  March    18, 

1788,  at ,  N.  Y.    Married,  Oct.  4, 1809,  Polly  Elmore. 

He  died  about  1858,  at  Colesville,   N.  Y.,  and  his  wife 


Vl. 

vii. 

viii. 

91. 

ix. 

X. 

92. 

xi. 

SIXTH    GENERATION.  45 

Polly,  died  about  the  same  time,  and  at  the  same  place. 
The  name  of  but  one  of  their  children  is  known — 

i.  Horace  Elmore,  b.  1810;  m.  April  38,  1836,  Eunice 
H.  Fairchild,  at  New  Lisbon,  N.  Y. ;  he  d.  about 
1888,  at  Canton,  N.  Y. ;  his  wife,  Eunice,  d. 
April  38,  1896,  at  Bath,  N.  Y.  Nothing  is  known 
of  their  children,  if  auv. 


57.  J oim^ ,  son  ot  CJohn^,  Seth^,  Josliua^,  William'^, 
William^)  and  Lois  (Cook)  Myrick,  born  Aug.  21,  1794. 
Married,  Jan.  25,  1815,  Mary  Ann  Reynolds;  she  died 
Jan.  23,  1844,  at  Mt.  Upton,  Guildford,  Chenango 
county,  N.  Y.  John  married,  2nd,  Aug.  25,  1844,  Adelia 
Harris.  He  died  March  17,  1876,  at  Butternuts,  Otsego 
county,  N.  Y.     Children — 

93.  i.     Thomas,  b.  Nov.  18,  1815,  at  Washington,  N.  Y. 

ii.     John,  b.  Aug.  16,  1817,  at  Cairo,  N.  Y. ;  m.  July  10, 

1839,  Rosena  Park ;  had  one  child,  AdeUa. 
iii.     Daniel,  b.  Jan.  9,  1819,  at  Cairo,  N.  Y. 
iv.     Ira,  b.  April  13.  1831 ;  d.  Jan.  17,  1837. 
V.     Lois  Ann,  b.  July  33,  1834,  at  Cairo;  m.  Jan.  1844, 

William  Rockwell, 
vi.     Joshua,  b.  May  6,  1827,  at  Cairo;  ni.  Helen  Hyer. 
vii.     Amasa  Cook,  b.  March  3,  1845. 

viii.     Ann  Maria,  b. . 

ix.     Eliza,  b.  ;  m.  A.  Jay  Dixon. 


68.  Charles  Cook^,  son  of  {John^,  Seth/^ ,  Joshua^ , 
William'^,  WilUam^)  and  Lois  (Cook)  Myrick,  born 
April  26,  1800,  at  Washington,  Dutchess  county,  N.  Y. 
Married,  June  27,  1827,  Caroline,  daughter  of  Daniel  and 
Lucy  (Holmes)  Palmer;  she  died  1895.  Charles  Cook, 
when  16  years  of  age  took  a  severe  cold  while  working 
in  the  harvest  field,  being  caught  in  a  rain  storm  when 
heated,  resulting  in  a  fever  which  left  him  paralyzed  in 
his  lower  limbs,  so  that  he  never  walked  again,  using 
crutches  until  the  end  of  his  life.  In  this  condition  he 
learned  the  tailor's  trade,  at  which  he  worked  many 
years,  finally  going  into  business  for  himself.  He  was 
for  many  years  a  member  in  good  standing  in  the  Metho- 
dist Episcopal  church.  He  died  Nov.  16,  1876.  Chil- 
dren— 

i.     Caroline  Lyda,   b.   Dec.  14,   1827,  at  Washington, 

N.  Y. ;  m.  Dec.   14,    1856,    Oliver  E.  Taylor,    at 

Gilbertsville,  N.  Y. ;  has  one  son,  b.  Oct.  12, 1863. 

94.         ii.     Charles  Hiram,  b.  Jan.  11,  1830,  at  Washington, 

N.  Y. 


46  MERRICK     GENEALOGY  —  WILLIAM. 

59.  RoBERT^  son  of  {John^,  Seth^,  Joshua^,  Wil- 
liam"^, William^)  and  Lois  (Cook)  Myrick,  born  Dec.  26, 

1803,  at   Washington,  N.  Y.    Married,  ,  1825,  at 

Cato,  N.  Y.,  Nancy  Jeflfers  Winn  Winters,  daughter  of 
Thomas  and  Luc}''  (Morehouse)  Winters;  she  born  Dec. 
12,  1807;  died  Oct.  2,  1859,  at  Pierrepont  Manor,  N.  Y. 
Robert  died  Oct.  24,  1859,  at  Pierrepont  Manor,  surviv- 
ing his  wife  only  twenty- two  days.  Their  children 
were — 

i.     Thomas  W.,  b.  Oct.  13,  1836;  d.  Oct.  24,  1826. 
ii.     Lucy  Jane,  b.  Oct.  16,  1827,  atLoraine,   N    Y.  ;in. 

John  J.  Myrick. 
iii.     John,  b.  Oct.  4,  1829;  d.  Oct.  5,  1829. 
iv.     Nancy  L.,  b.  Sept.  30,  1830;  m.  Alexander  Williams. 
V.     Caeoline,  b.  Aug.  21,  1832;  m.  George  S.  Cady,  at 

Watertown,  N.  Y. 
vi.    William,  b.  April  3,  1834;  d.  Nov.  28,  1834. 
95.       vii.     Julia  Celestine,    b.  Feb.  7,    1836,     at    Pierrepont 
Manor,  N.  Y. ;  m.  March  24,  1864,  Hugh  R.  Ed- 
wards, at  Rockford,  111. 
viii.     Mary  A.,  b.  Oct.  31,   1838,  at   Loraine,  N.  Y.;    d. 
March  25,  1841. 
ix.     Alberta.,  b.  Oct.  18,  1840. 
X.     Cornelia,  b.  Jan.  14,  1843,  Loraine,  N.  Y. 
xi.     Francis,  b.  June  7,  1844;  d.  Aug.  21,  1848. 
xii.     Annita,  b.  Aug.  8,  1847;  d.  Sept.  9,  1849. 
xiii.     George,  b.  Oct.  20,  1851 ;  m.  Lizzie  Clendenning. 

60.  Luther^,  son  of  {Robert^,  SetJi^ ,  Joshiur ,  Wil- 
liam"-, William'^)  and  Elizabeth  (Shepard)  MjTick,  born 
Dec.  23,  1784,  in  Dutchess  county,  N.  Y.  Married,  June 
27,  1816,  Mary  Eliza  Hills,  daughter  of  Elisha  and  Polly 
(Hart)  Hills;  the  mother  of  Elisha  Hills  was  Abigail 
Soper,  and  she,  on  her  mother's  side,  was  descended 
from  Peter  Brown,  a  ''Mayfloiver'''  Pilgrim.  Luther  was 
a  clergyman  well  known  in  central  New  York  from  1825 
to  1843,  when  he  removed  to  Jackson,  Mich.  He  was 
one  of  the  early  abolitionists,  a  friend  of  Prof.  Charles 
G.  Finney  and  Gerrit  Smith,  as  well  as  of  many  other 
abolitionists  of  note.  He  published  two  papers — one 
religious  and  one  abolition.  One  was  called  'The  Union 
Herald."  He  died  June  6,  1839,  in  Michigan.  Chil- 
dren— 

Thomas  Shepard,  b.  Jan.  1817;  d.  1894. 

Milton  Hills,  b. ;  died  young,  in  1825. 

Esther  Eliza,  b. . 

Robert  Luther,  b. 


yo. 

1. 

11. 

97. 

HI. 

98. 

iv. 

99. 

V. 

VI. 

vu. 

Milton  Hills,  b.  May  38,  1826. 

Phoebe  Elizabeth,  b.  ;  d.  1855. 

Mary  Maria,  b.  ;  d.  1849. 


SIXTH   GENERATION.  47 

viii.  Charles  Nash  Finney,  b. . 

ix.  James  Kennedy,  b. ;  d.  1838. 

X.  Ellen  Sophia,  b.  . 

xi.  Frances  Harriet,  b. ;  d.  1857, 

61.  Nathan^  ,  son  of  ( Barzilla ^ ,  Barnabas'^ ,  Joshua^ , 
William'^,  William^}  and  Sally  (Russell)  MjTick,  born 
May  12,  1784,  at  Middlebiiry,'  Vt.  Married,  March  5, 
1815,  at  Shrewsbury,  Vt.,  Harriet  Russell,  daughter' of 
Nathan  and  Lida  (Jones)  Russell;  she  born  Dec.  17, 
1793,  at  Shrewsbury,  Vt.;  died  Jan.  1,  1882,  at  Shore- 
ham,  Vt.  Nathan  Mj'rick  was  a  merchant  at  Quebec, 
Canada,  at  the  breaking  out  of  the  war  of  1812.  He 
left  everything  and  started  at  night  for  the  American 
lines,  as,  had  he  remained,  he  would  have  been  drafted 
into  the  British  service  and  been  compelled  to  fight 
against  his  countrymen.  He  reached  the  American  lines 
and  joined  the  army,  and  fought  in  the  battle  of  Platts- 
burgh.  After  the  war  closed,  he  married  Harriet  Rus- 
sell, of  Shrewsbury,  and  they  traveled  on  horseback  to 
their  new  home  in  Bradford,  Vt.,  where  they  lived  one 
year  on  a  farm.  It  was  an  exceedingly  cold  year,  with 
frost  and  snow  until  June.  The  crops  were  a  failure. 
This  so  discouraged  him  that  he  decided  to  give  up  farm- 
ing, and  sold  out  and  moved  to  Middlebury,  where  he 
engaged  in  the  business  of  contracting  and  building. 
He  was  also  a  merchant  in  Middleburry,  and  owned  land 
opposite  the  college.  He  built  for  himself  a  large  house, 
where  he  lived  until  the  time  of  his  death,  which  took 
place  Jan.  10,  1864.  He  was  a  man  of  means,  shrewd, 
active  and  determined.  Their  children,  all  born  in 
Middlebury,  were — 

Cyrus  Guardner,  b.  April  26,  1815. 
Orin  D.,  b.  1817. 

Ira  Lorenzo,  b.  Jan.  29,  1820;  m.  1840,  at  Provi- 
dence, R.  I. .  Eliza  Tower,  and  went  to  Calif or- 
niaby  way  of  the  Horn.  Took  a  claim  in  the  gold 
fields,  where  he  remained  a  few  years  with  varj-- 
ing  success.  From  there  he  went  to  Chih,  South 
America,  where  he  went  to  the  diamond  mines, 
returning  to  New  York  in  after  years.  A  daugli- 
ter  married  a  titled  gentleman  from  Italy,  where 
she  now  resides, 
iv.  Albigence,  b.  Jan.  19,  1822 ;  d.  1848,  at  Sacramento, 
Cal. ;  unmarried. 
V.     Adaline,  b.  July  1826;  not  married. 


100. 

1. 

101. 

u. 

111. 

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48  MERRICK    GENEALOGY  —  WILLIAM. 

vi.     Nathan  '' ,  sou  of  Nathan*  Myrick;  never   married; 
was  a  broker  in  Boston ;  went  west  and  was  a 
clerk   in  a  store  for  his  cousin,  in  Minnesota, 
where  he    remained    one    year.     Not  enjoying 
trading  with  the  Indians,  who  were  his  princi 
pal  customers,  he  returned  to  Middlebury  and 
went  into  business  for  himself;  lived  with  his 
sister  Addie,  who  was  a  drawing  and  writing 
teaclier  in  th-^  graded  school  for  many  years. 
Emma  L.  Myrick  (Kellogg)  was  also  a  teacher 
of  writing  and  drawing, 
vii.     Eliza  H.,   b.  April  25,    1836;  d.   Feb.   1871;  unmar- 
ried. 
102.      viii.     Emeline   L.,    b.    July  14,   1840;  m.  Aug.   14,    1861, 
Ransome  Kellogg. 

62.  Barnabas",  son  of  {Bezaleel^ ,  Barnabas^,  Josh- 
ua^, Willimn'^,  William^)  and  Sarah  (Russsell)  Myrick, 
born  July  30,  1795,  at  Middlebury,  Vt.  Married  La- 
vinia  Bigelow,  of  Brandon,  Vt.;  she  died  about  1848, 
at  Brandon.  Barnabas  Myrick  was  the  owner  of  a  num- 
ber of  Mills  at  Westport — a  saw-mill,  a  woolen-mill,  and 
a  grist-mill — all  of  which  he  operated.  He  was  a  prom- 
inent citizen  of  the  community,  which  he  represented  in 
the  state  legislature  for  a  number  of  years-  He  died  in 
1841,  at  his  home  in  Westport.     Children — 

Ira,  b.  Dec.  2,  1820. 
Nathan,  b.  July  7,  1822. 

Louise,  b.  1824,  at  Westport,  N.  Y. ;  m.  Hiram  Buck- 
land;  d.  1896. 
iv.     Abbie   Lucinda,    b.    1829,  at  Westport,   N.  Y. ;   m. 

Stephen  Goodall,  1849;  d.  1875. 
v.     Andrew,  b.  about  1849,  at  Westport,  N.  Y.     He  was 
killed  by  Indians  at  Yellow  Medicine,  Minn. ,  1862 

63.  Joseph",  son  of  (Captain  Josiah^ ,  BarnaMs* , 
Joshua^,  William'^,  William^)  and  Martha  (Prindle) 
Myrick,  born  June  25,  1792,  at  West  Haven,  Conn. 
Married,  July  11,  1819,  at  Stowe,  O.,  Cornelia  Kel- 
sey,  daughter  of  Ashael  and  Anna  (Johnson)  Kelsey; 
she  born  Nov.  24,  1798,  at  East.  Berlin,  Conn.;  died 
July  21,  1889,  at  Linden,  N.  J.  Joseph  immigrated 
from  Connecticut  with  his  father  when  a  young  man, 
settling  in  Twinsburg,  Portage  county,  O.  He  was 
a  captain  in  the  Ohio  state  militia.  All  the  children 
were  born  in  a  log  house  in  the  forests  of  Ohio.  The 
family  removed  back  east  in  1832,  traveling  the  whole 
distance  by  watei- — from  Cleveland  to  New  Haven — by 
packet  di'awn  by  horses  from  Buffalo  to  Troy,  and  thence 


103. 

104. 

ii. 

iii. 

106. 

iii. 

107. 

iv. 

108. 

V. 

SIXTH    GENERATION.  49 

down  the  Hudson  River  and  up  the  Sound  to  New  Haven. 
They  were  about  two  weeks  making  the  trip.  Joseph 
died  March  25,  1838,  at  New  Haven,  Conn.     Childi-en — 

105.  i.     LoviSA,  b.  March  23,  1820. 

ii.     Mari-a.  Emeline,  b.  Aprill6,  1822;  m.  June  26,  1842, 
Linus  L.  Clarke,  at  New  Haven,  Conn. 
Walter  Joseph,  b.  March  19,  1824. 
Charles  Henry,  b.  July  3,  1826. 
Miles  Frederick,  b.  Feb.  11,  1829. 

64.  LoviSA%  dau.  of  {Caiptnhi  Josnth^ ,  Barnabas* , 
Josiali^ ,  William'^  WiUiani^)  and  Martha  (Prindle) 
Myrick,  born  Feb.  12,  1795,  at  West  Haven,  Conn. 
Married,  1819,  at  Orange,  Conn.,  Aaron  Clark,  junior, 
son  of  Aaron  and  Elizabeth  (Fowler)  Clark;  he  born 
Nov.  10,  1796,  at  Bethanj-,  Conn.  Aaron  Clark  was  a 
mill-wright  by  occupation;  was  a  member  of  the  state 
legislature  one  term;  deacon  of  the  Orange  church  for 
over  fifty  years;  was  an  honest,  honorable  and  upright 
man,  and  it  w^as  said  of  him  at  his  death  that  he  left  not 
an  enemj-  in  the  world.  He  died  at  Orange,  Conn.,  in 
1886;  Lovisa,  his  wife,  had  preceded  him,  dying  Jan. 
6,  1873,  at  Orange.  Their  children,  all  born  at  Orange, 
Conn.,  were — 

i.     Merritt   a.    (Clark),  b.    Nov.    4,    1820;   m.    Anna 

Smith,  at  Northfield,  Conn. ;  d.  March  9,  1882. 
ii.     Leverett  J.    (Clark),  b.  Sept.  9,  1822;  m.   Harriet 

W.  Hine;  d.  March  24,  1891. 
iii.     Betsey  J.  (Clark),  b.  July  5,  1824;  m.   Charles  E. 

Stuart, 
iv,     Martha  L.    (Clark),  b.  Feb.   10,  1827;  m.   William 

E.  Burns;  d.  March  21,  1886. 
V.     William  Fowler  (Clark),  b.  April  7,  1829;  m.  May 
Penfield,  at  Northfield,  Conn. 
109.        vi.     Joseph  Merrick  (Clark),  b.  Sept.  11,  1831. 

vii.     Mary  E.  (Clark),  b.  June  23,  1834;  m.  Clark  Stone, 

65.  JosiAH  Harvey''  Merrick,  son  of  (Captain 
Josiah'' ,  Barnabas'^ ,  Joshua^,  William'^,  William^)  and 
Martha  (Prindle)  Myrick,  born  1798,  at  West  Haven, 
Conn.  Married,  April  6,  1817,  at  West  Haven,  Melita 
Downs;  she  was  a  descendant  from  Governor  Treat, 
first  governor  of  Connecticut,  who  ruled  the  colony  for 
thirty  years.  His  daughter  married  Rev.  Samuel  An- 
di'ews,  second  president  of  Yale  College.  Mrs.  Melita 
(Downs)  Myrick  was  a  grauddaughter,  twice  removed, 
from  Rev.  Samuel  Andrews,  and  three  times  removed 
from  Gov.  Robert  Treat;   she  died  June  7,  1882,  at  New 


60  MERRICK    GENEALOGY  —  WILLIAM. 

Haven,  Conn.  Josiali  Harvey  changed  the  spelling  of 
his  name  from  Myrick  to  Merrick  between  1825  and  1830; 
he  died  at  Berlin,  Wis.,  in  1872.     Children— 

110.  i.     George  Harvey,  b.  1818,  at  West  Haven,  Conn. 
110a.       ii.     Sarah  Ann,  b.  1820,  at  Huntington,  Conn. ;  m.  Wil- 

Uam  B.  Bristol,  1838;  d.  Oct.  1889. 
iii.     Martha  Pkindle,  b.  Oct.  1823,   at  Twinsburg,   O. ; 

m.  Henry  F.  Andrus. 
iv.     JosiAH  Hart,  b.  April,  1828,  at  Seymour,  Conn. ;  d. 

Aug.  22,  1872,  at  Cincinnati,  O. ;  unmarried, 
V.     Mary  Eiieline,  b.  Jan.,  1830,  at  Seymour,  Conn.; 

m.  1st,  William  Thomas,  Sept.  1849;  2nd,   John 

Morton,  Oct.  18G4. 

66.  Blias^,    sou  of   {Josiali^%   Barnabas'^,   Joshua^, 
William^,    William^)    and   Martha    (Prindle)    Myrick, 

born  Jan.  1,  1804,  at  West  Haven,  Conn.  Married,  1st, 
Julia  Treat,  daughter  of  Joseph  and  Eunice  (Newton) 
Treat;  she  born  at  Orange,  Conn.;  2nd,  Grace  Ann 
Smith.  Elias  lived  for  some  time  after  his  marriage  at 
Orange,  Conn.,  afterward  moving  to  Derbv  Centre,  Vt. 
He  died  in  1869.     Childi-en— 

i.     Julia  Ann,  b.  Sept.  12,  1833,  at  Orange,  Conn. ;  m. 
Oct.  12,  1843,  at  Talmadge,  Ohio,  John  Caruth- 
ers;  d.  June  27,  1888. 
ii.     Mary  Jane,  b.  1834;  m.  Harvey  Mosher;  d.  June  8, 

1888. 
iii.    Emily  Smith,  b.  1836;  d.  1841. 
iv.     Martha  Ellen,  b.  1838;  d.  1841. 
V.     Elias  G.,  b.  1842;  m.  Marian  Sweeney;  one  child, 

Mildred  M. 
vi.     Olive  Josephine,  b.   1842;  m.  Feb.   14,  1868,  S.   H. 
Brigham;  has  four  children.     She  was  born  at 
Derby  Centre,  Vt. 

111.  vii.     Henry  Clay,  b.  1849. 

viii.     Sarah  E.,  b.  1852;  m.  Henry  Reece. 
ix.     Nelson   M.,   b.   Feb.   14,   1856,  at  Bui-nston,    Prov. 
Quebec. 

67.  Charles  Dennis",  son  of  (Captain  Joshili^ ,  Bar- 
nahds*,  Joshua^,  William''-,  William^)  and  Martha 
(Prindle)  Myrick,  born  Nov.  24,  1804,  at  West  Haven, 
Conn.  Married, ,  1825,  Lucinda  Johnson,  at  Sey- 
mour, Conn.     Children — 

i.     Jane  Lovisa,  b.  Jan.  1,  1828;  d,  young, 
ii.     Harriet,  b.   Feb.   1,    1830.  at  Seymour,  Conn.;  m., 
1st,  John  Lee;  2d,    John  Petterson;  3d,  Robert 
Kilgore;  4th,  George  Gouger. 
iii.     Martha,  b.  July  2,  18:58,  at  Twinsburg.  O. ;  m.,  1st, 
Cornelius  Quick;  2nd,  A.  J.  Rock. 
113.        iv.     Walter,  b.  March  15,  1841. 
113.         V.     Dennis  N.,  b.  Sept.  6.  1853. 


SIXTH    GENERATION.  51 

68.     WiLLARD  Franklin*^  ,  son  of  {Zenas^ ,  Barnabas^ , 

Joshua^,  William^,  William^)  and  Eunice  ( )  My  rick, 

born  July  11,  1809,  at  Addison,  Addison  county,  Vt. 
Married,  July,  1839,  in  Chicago,  111.,  Jane  A.  Hill,  daugh- 
ter of  David  and  Betsey  Hill,  of  Burlington,  Vt.  They  ' 
had  no  children,  but  an  adopted  daughter,  Mrs.  D.  W. 
Jackson,  with  her  family  of  four  daughters,  is  living  on 
the  old  homestead  in  the  southern  limits  of  Chicago. 
Willard  Merrick  was  one  of  the  early  settlers  of  Chicago 
in  1839. 

When  he  first  arrived  here  Mr.  Myrick  bought  a  squat- 
ter's claim  to  a  tract  of  land  known  as  canal  land,  the 
present  boundaries  of  which  are  Lake  Michigan  and 
South  Park  avenue,  and  Twenty-sixth  and  Thirty-first 
streets.  This  land  Mr.  Myrick  purchased  as  soon  as  the 
canal  commissioners  offered  it  for  sale.  Near  the  lake 
shore,  south  of  what  is  now  Twenty-ninth  street,  stood 
a  two- story  frame  dwelling,  used  as  a  hotel  and  called 
the  Empire  House.  After  his  marriage  Mr.  Myrick  and 
his  bride  took  possession  of  the  hotel,  changing  its  name 
to  the  Myrick  House,  and  offered  entertainment  to  the 
traveling  public,  which  moved  by  stage,  wagon  and 
horseback  in  those  days. 

When  the  couple  took  up  their  residence  in  the  hotel 
the  road  to  the  village  of  Chicago  ran  at  random  along 
the  lake  shore.  The  country  north  and  west  of  the  My- 
rick house  was  an  open  prairie.  The  nearest  house  to 
the  north  was  the  house  of  H.  B.  Clark  on  Michigan  ave- 
nue, between  Sixteenth  and  Eighteenth  streets,  which 
was  removed  to  make  room  for  St.  Paul's  Church.  There 
was  only  one  other  house  south  of  Van  Buren  street. 
On  the  west  there  were  no  houses  east  of  Bridgeport.  It 
was  not  an  uncommon  occurrence  in  that  early  day  for 
persons  starting  from  the  village  of  Chicago  for  the  My- 
rick house  on  dark  nights  to  get  lost  on  the  prairie.  On 
such  nights,  when  her  husband  happened  to  be  out,  Mrs. 
Myrick  would  put  a  light  in  an  upper  window  to  show 
him  where  his  home  was. 

He  was  a  lover  of  good  horses,  and  had  a  private  race 
track,  as  well  as  a  stockyard  on  his  place.  It  was  said  of 
him  that  he  was  one  of  the  few  men  who  were  absolutely 
honest  in  horse  trades.  His  wife,  Jane  Hill  Myrick,  was 
for  over  forty  years  a  conspicuous  figure  in  social,  relig- 
ious and  philanthropic  circles  in  Chicago.  During  the 
whole  of  that  time  she  was  one  of  the  directors  of  the 
first  orphan  asylum  dedicated  in  the  city  and  by  her  active 


62  MERRICK     GENEALOGY  —  WILLIAM. 

personal  interest  in  its  affaii-s,  and  the  liberal  donations 
which  she  made  to  its  support  she  was  recognized  as  one 
of  the  mainstays  of  that  institution.  Old  soldiers  will 
remember  her  as  one  of  the  leading  members  of  the  Sol- 
diers' Relief  Association,  which  during  the  war  main- 
tained the  Soldiers'  Rest  on  Randolph  street,  where  vol- 
unteers passing  through  the  city  for  the  front  were  cared 
lor.  The  relief  association  merged  into  the  Soldiers' 
Home  after  the  war,  and  for  many  years  Mrs.  Myriek  was 
a  member  of  the  board  of  managers  of  the  home.  She 
was  a  member  of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church,  and  up 
to  the  time  of  her  last  illness  was  indefatigable  in  carry- 
ing on  the  work  of  the  church. 

The  family  was  small,  but  every  day  there  would  be 
food  enough  cooked  for  twenty  or  thirty  persons,  and 
earlj^  in  the  morning  and  at  dusk  in  the  evening  could  be 
seen  a  procession  of  decrepit  men  and  women  and  chil- 
dren in  the  garb  of  jjoverty  passing  around  back  of 
the  Myriek  mansion  and  through  the  barn  to  receive 
what  was  supposed  to  be  broken  victuals  left  over  by  the 
family,  but  was  in  fact  good  nourishing  food,  heaps  of 
potatoes  and  a  profusion  of  beef,  cooked  specially  for  the 
poor  families  whose  wants  Mrs.  Myriek  had  discovered. 

Mrs.  Melissa  Blood,  of  Sioux  Falls,  Dak.,  is  a  sister 
of  the  late  Mrs.  Jane  (Hill)  Myriek,  who  died  June  17, 
1896,  at  her  home  in  Chicago. 

69.  John",  son  of  {Isaac^,  Isaac^ ,  Isaac^ ,  Stephen"' , 
William^)  and  Ruth  (Pray)  Merrick,  born  July  25, 
1780,  at  Freetown,  Mass.     Married .     Children— 

i.     Ruth,  b.  1806;  m.  William  Merrick;  (she  was  his  sec- 
ond wife.) 

ii.     Adoniram,  b.  . 

iii.     Clarissa,  b.  ;  m.  Benjamin  Coombs. 

iv.     Erastus,  b.  . 

V.     Barney,  b. . 

vi.     Marous,    b.  ;  never  married;   d.  Aug.  1895,    at 

Sailors'  Snug  Harbor,  Staten  Island,  N.  Y. 
A'ii.     Polly,  b.  ;  m.  Major  Jesse  W.  Nichols,  of  Dart- 
mouth, Mass. 

70.  Isaac '^,  son  of  {Isdac" ,  Isaac'* ,  Isnac^ ,  Stephen^, 
William^)  and  Ruth  (Pray)  Merrick,  ))orn  March  2, 
1784,  at  Assonnet,  Mass.  Married,  May  11,  1806,  at 
Assonnet,  Susan  Paine;  she  born  Sept.  19,  1782,  at 
Assonnet,  Mass.;  died  March  2,  1865,  at  New  Bedford, 
Mass.     Isaac  died  Feb.  16,  1838.     Children— 


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SIXTH    GENERATION.  53 

114.  i.     William,  b.  July  7,  1807. 

ii.     Harriet,  b.  July  7,  1811;  d.  Sept.  19,  1813. 

115.  iii.     John  Pliny,  b.  April  26,  1814. 

71.     Ephrl4lM®,    son    of    {Isaac^ ,    Isaac*,     Isaac^ , 
Stephen",    William^)  and    Rnth   (Pray)  Merrick,   born 
Feb.  8,  1786,  at  Freetown,  Mass.;   ran  away  to  sea  and 
changed  his  name  to  Monroe,  and  married,   under  that 

name,  Margaret .      They   had   a  family.      Ephraim 

Merrick  (Monroe)  died  many  years  ago,  just  as  the  ship 
on  which  he  was  a  seaman  was  entering  the  harbor  of 
Manila,  Philippine  Islands.     Children — 

i.     Harriet,  b.  ;  m.  Worden  Paine,    son    of  Job 

Paine,  of  Freetown,  Mass.  They  had  Mary  Vir- 
ginia, who  m.  Charles  Hawkins,  of  Fall  River, 
Slass. :  Pulcheria,  who  m.  Heniy  Clay  Cook,  of 
Fall  River;  Etta,  whom.  1st.  Captain  Estes;  2nd. 
George  Fox,  of  Birmingham,  England.  George 
Fox  was  the  English  partner  of  A.  T.  Stewart, 
of  New  York;  he  owned  a  fine  estate  in  Litch- 
field, Eng.,  formerly  owned  by  Sir  Michael  Bid- 
dulph.  The  Yeomanry  Guard  were  to  have  a 
three  days'  celebration  in  that  county,  and  Mr. 
Fox  loaned  his  house  to  the  Diike  of  Sutherland 
in  which  to  entertain  the  Prince  of  Wales  dur- 
ing the  meeting  of  the  Guard.  Mr.  Fox,  being  in 
feeble  health  at  the  time  went  to  London  with 
his  wife  to  avoid  the  excitement,  and  died  there 
three  daj's  after  his  arrival.  His  daughter,  Pul- 
cheria Fox,  married  the  second  son  of  Sir  George 
Armstrong.  Mrs.  Harriet  Paine  cUed  in  Litch- 
field, Eng.,  at  the  home  of  her  daughter,  Mrs 
Fox. 

ii.     A  son,    b. . 

72.  Nathaniel  (Sweeting),  son  of  Dr.  Lewis  and 
Abiah  (Cobb)  Sweeting,  born  1758,  at  Norton,  Mass. 
Married  Mary  Tyrrell,  daughter  of  Alexander  and  Mary 
(Tyrrell)  Tyrrell,  and  had,  in  Mansfield,  Mass.,  Lee, 
Mass.,  and  Whitestown,  (Oneida  Co.,)  N^  Y.,  the  fol- 
lowing— 

i.     Henry  (Sweeting),  b. . 

ii.    Polly  (Sweeting),  b. 


ill.    Nathaniel  (Sweeting), 


116.        iv.  Chloe  (Sweeting),  b.  in  Whitestown,  N.  Y. 

v.  Anna  (Sweeting),  b. . 

vi.  Phillip  Belin  (Sweeting),  b. . 

vii.  Almon  (Sweeting),  b.  . 

73.     Dr.  Lot\  son  of   {Josiah^ ,  Josiah* ,    William^, 
Joseph^,  William^)  and  Mary  Paddock  (Clark)   Myrick, 


54  MERRICK    GENEALOGY  —WILLIAM. 

born  Jau.8,  1792,  at  Newcastle,  Me.  Married,  March  8. 
1832,  at  Alna,  Me.,  by  Rev.  Mr.  Harris,  Elizabeth  Carl- 
ton ,  daughter  of  Judge  John  and  Mary  (Carlton )  Dole ;  she 
born  April  26,  1815,  at  Alna,  Me.;  died  Sept.  18,  1849. 
Her  father,  Hon.  John  Dole,  of  Alna,  was  for  many 
years  Judge  of  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas,  Lincoln 
county,  Me.  He  was  born  in  Shirley,  Mass.,  Dec.  25, 
1772,  and  died  in  Alna,  April  3,  1842;  he  married 
Elizabeth  Carlton,  of  Alna;  they  had  nine  childi'en;  he 
was  son  of  Amos  and  Molly  (Page)  Dole.  Lot  M^Tick 
was  a  physician;  practiced  in  Newcastle  imtil  shortly 
after  his  marriage,  when  he  removed  to  Augusta.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  Maine  Medical  Society  (extinct), 
repi-esentative  to  state  legislature,  1830.  Died  May  8, 
1863,  in  Augusta.     Children — 

i.     Angelletta  Barten,   b.    Dec.    22,    1832,   at   New- 
castle; d.  March  12,  1872;  unmarried. 

117,  ii.     John  Dole,  b.  Aug.  2,  1835,  at  Augusta. 

118.  iii.     Edward  Edes,  b.  April  25,  1837,  at  Augusta. 

74.  Josiah",  son  of  {JosiaJi^,  Joskili'^ ,  William'^, 
Joseph"^,  William'^)  and  Mary  Paddock  (Clark)  Myrick, 
born  Aug.  11,  1795,  at  Newcastle,  Me.  Married,  Feb. 
4,  1822,  at  Newcastle,  Hannah  Glidden,  daughter  of 
Joseph  and  Mary  (Waters)  Glidden;  she  born  Feb.  15, 
1797,  at  Newcastle;  died  Sept.  18,  1849,  at  Newcastle. 
Josiah  Myrick  started  in  business  in  Damariscotta,  Me., 
as  a  trader  and  shipl>uilder,  in  which  latter  occupation 
he  was  very  successful,  and  in  which  business  he  con- 
tinued until  his  death,  in  Newcastle,  Sept.  16,  1847. 
Selectman,  town  of  Nobleboro,  1840.  Their  childi'en 
were — 

i.     Mary  Paddock,  b.  March  17,  1823,  at  Newcastle;  d. 
April  19,  1828. 
110.         ii.     James  Howe,  b.  Dec.  27,  1824. 

120.  iii.     Arlitta  Bryant,  b.  June  2,  1829,  at  Newcastle;  m. 

Feb.   22,   18G6.  at  Dorcliester,  Mass.,   Benjamin 
Franklin  Ford. 
iv.     Mary  Hannah,  b.   June  14,  1831,  at  Newcastle;  d. 
Aug.  15.  1833. 

121.  V.     JosiAH,  b.  Feb.  17,  1833,  at  Nobleboro,  Me. 

122.  vi.     Hannah  Elizabeth,  b.  Nov.  28,  1839,  at  Nobleboro; 

m.  Jan.  20,  lSo9,  at  Newcastle,  Edward  Webb. 

75.  Arlitta" ,dau.  of  ( Dr.  Josiah^ ,  Josiah"^,  William^ , 
Joseph'^  WiUiaw^)  and  Mary  Paddock  (Clark)  Myrick, 
born  Dec.  27,  1799,  at  Newcastle,  Me.  Married,  Sept. 
25,  1821,  by  Rev.  Kiah  Bailey,  Major  Cushing  Bryant, 


SIXTH    GENERATION.  55 

of  Nobleboro.  Arlitta  Myrick  died  Dec.  18,  1861,  atNo- 
bleboro,  from  diphtheria.  During  a  prevailing  epidemic, 
while  ministering  to  the  wants  of  the  sufferers,  she  fell 
herself  a  victim  to  the  disease.  Major  Bryant  received 
early  education  at  Phillips  Exeter  Academy,  New  Hamp- 
shire; was  member  of  "Washington's  Whites"  while 
there.  Commissioned  Ensign  2d  Mass.  Inft.,  May  27, 
1816,  Lieutenant,  April  24,  1819,  and  Major,  July  13, 
1819.  Received  full  and  honorable  discharge  April  29, 
1822.  Engaged  in  shipbuilding.  Was  shipwrecked  off 
Cape  Hatteras  in  1837,  while  bound  for  New  Orleans  on 
the  brig  "i/ope."  His  vessel  was  lost  but  the  crew 
were  rescued  by  the  brig  ''Sarah  WiUiams,"  of  Boston. 
During  the  Civil  War  he  served  as  enrolling  officer  for 
the  town,  Nobleborough.  He  was  always  active  in  local 
and  state  politics  and  occasionally  served  on  town  and 
school  committees.  He  died  of  pneumonia  Oct.  6,  1863. 
He  was  an  only  son,  born  July  18,  1797.  His  father 
was  Nathaniel  Bryant,  gentleman,  a  ship-builder  who 
had  yards  at  Newcastle  and  Nobleborough, and  a  trading 
post  at  Jefferson,  Me.  He  built  many  vessels  for  the 
West  India  trade,  and  during  the  Napoleonic  wars  suf- 
fered heavy  losses  from  French  spoliations.  Selectman 
and  Treasurer,  Newcastle,  1794.  Served  on  various  town 
and  school  committees  for  many  years.  Justice  of  Peace 
for  Nobleborough.  In  1794  was  chosen  agent  to  defend 
the  town  of  Newcastle  when  threatened  with  prosecution 
"for  not  having  the  gospel  statedly  preached."  He  re- 
moved to  Nobleboro  in  1803.  Married  Betsey  Wall, 
of  Bristol,  Me.,  Oct.  1,  1795.  Children  of  Major  Cush- 
ing  Bryant  and  Arlitta  Myrick — 

133.  i.    Nathaniel  Gushing  (Bryant),  b.  March  37,  1833. 

124.         ii.     Joseph  Myrick  (Bryant),  b.  July  1,  1835. 

iii.     Edward  Livingston   (Bryant),  b.  June  3,  1838;  d. 

May  23,  1851;   unmarried, 
iv.     Helen  Maria  (Bryant),  b.  May  2,  1830;  d.   March 

23,  1833. 
V.    Charles  Carroll  (Bryant),  b.   Sept.   25,  1833,  in 
Nobleboro,    Me. ;  went  to  California  in  1855  in 
the  ship  "North  America"  where  he  m.  Belle 

C ,    a  young  woman  of  Spanish  parentage ; 

they  had  two  daugliters,  one  of  whom  was 
named  Mabel ;  both  died  of  diphtheria.  Charles 
C.  and  wife  are  living  at  Portland,  Oregon. 

76.  Julia  Ann",  dau.  of  (Dr.  JosiaJi\Josiah* ,  Wil- 
liam^, Joseph?i,  William^)  and  Mary  Paddock  (Clark) 
Myrick,  born"  1801,    in  Augusta,  Me.     Married,   1830, 


56  MERRICK    GENEALOGY  —  WILLIAM. 

Augustus  Frederick  Lash.  Prof.  Lash  was  graduated 
from  Bowdoin  College,  A.  B.,  1829,  and  in  1832  degree 
A.  M.  was  conferred  upon  him.  He  was  principal  of 
Lincoln  Academy,  Newcastle,  from  1829  to  1836,  and 
afterward  conducted  a  private  school  at  Wiscassett,  Me. 
He  was  born  May  10,  1801,  in  Waldoboro,  Me.,  and 
died  in  Newcastle,  Aug.  23,  1847.  Julia  Ann,  the 
mother,  died  of  injuries  received  b}'  being  thrown  from 
a  carriage,  April  19,  1836.     Their  children  were — 

i.     Augustus  Frederick  (Lash),  b.  1831;  contractor  in 

Boston, 
ii.     JosiAH  Myrick  (Lash),  b.  1833;  d.  July  20,  1837. 
iii.     Helen  Arlitta  (Lash),  b.  Aug.  1834;  d.  March  21, 

1842. 
iv.     Julia  Ann  (Lash),  b.  April  19, 1836;  d.  same  day. 

77,  Jesse'',  son  of  (Isaac^)  and  Mercy  (Knowles) 
Myrick,  born  at  Eastham,  Mass.  Married  Elizabeth 
Knowles,  1803;  she  born  Aug.  5,  1784;  died  Aug.  4, 
1855.  Jesse,  the  father,  died  1869.  All  the  children 
were  born  at  Easthain,  Mass-  Mr.  George  Whitney 
Myrick,  of  Melrose,  Mass.,  writing  under  date  of  1899, 
saj^s:  "I  do  not  know  where  Jesse  Myrick  was  born.  He 
lived  at  Eastham,  where  my  father,  Elisha,  was  born. 
He  moved  to  Harvard,  Mass.,  with  his  family,  about 
1825,  and  joined  the  Quaker  colony,  at  which  place  he 
died  about  1869.  My  grandfather  on  my  mother's  side 
was  Gustavus  Godbold;  I  think  he  was  born  in  Boston 
about  1800;  he  died  in  Chelsea,  Mass.,  in  1889."  Chil- 
dren of  Jesse  Myrick — 

i.  Joseph  Mayo,  b.  Dec.  2,  1804. 

ii.  Eliza,  b.  Oct.  IS,  1806. 

iii.  Susan  Knowles,  b.  July  13,  1808. 

iv.  Jesse,  b.  June  .'50,  1810. 

V.  Edwin,  b.  June  24,  1812. 

vi.  Daniel,  b.  Sept.  14,  1814. 

vii.  Lucy,  b.  Dec.  28,  1816. 

viii.  Sally,  b.  Feb.  9,  1819. 

ix.  Samuel  Harding,  b.  Dec.  20,  1820. 

X.  Elijah,  b.  Feb.  18,  1823;  d.  1889-90. 

125.        xi.  Elisha,  b.  Sept.  19,  1825;  d.  1892. 


SEVENTH  GENERATION. 

78.  Seth  BuTLER^  son  of  {J()seph\  Giles^  (?), 
Thomas'^,  Stephen''',  William'^,  William^)  and  Tryphora 
(Butler)  Myrick,  born  May  16,  1813.     Married  Lucinda 


SEVENTH    GENERATION.  67 

J.  Carpenter;  she  born  March  19,  1808.  They  moved 
to  Kenosha  connty,  Wis,  in  1837.  Seth  B.  was  a  hardy 
pioneer,  of  sterling  worth  and  integrity,  of  whom  it 
was  trnly  said  that  his  word  was  as  good  as  gold.  He 
was  one  of  the  first  settlers  in  the  town  of  Paris,  he  be- 
ing chosen  by  the  people  of  the  town  to  give  it  a  name. 
He  was  a  farmer,  and  amassed  considerable  wealth  in 
that  occnpation.  He  was  an  invalid  for  some  fifteen 
years,  unable  to  be  about,  and  during  a  part  of  that 
time  his  three  eldest  sons  were  absent,  serving  in  the 
Union  armv.     Their  children  were — 

126.  i.    Joseph  Jesse,  b.  Sept.  13,  1838. 

ii.     George  E.,  b.  Jan.  10,  1840;  d.  Aug.  31,  1841. 

127.  iii.     Seth  Butler,  b.  April  13,  1842. 

iv.  George  Washington,  b.  Sept.  3,  1844;  m.  Mary  J. 
Magill,  Aug.  20,  1868;  was  living  at  Capriona, 
Kan.,  1897. 

128.  V.     Mead  Obadiah,  b.  Jan.  10,  1847. 

vi.     Mary  M.,  b.  Aug.  4.  1840;  d.  Sept.  2,  1851. 
vii.     Charles  W.,  b,  Sept.  8,  1851;  d.  July  2,  1866. 

129.  viil.     Edwin  Josiah,  b.  March  31.  1858. 

79.  John  JESSE^  son  of  (Joseph^,  Giles^  (?), 
Thornas'^,  Stephen^,  William'^,  William'^)  and  Tryphora 
(Butler)  Myrick,  born  March  9,  1815.  Married  in  New 
York  state  and  removed  to  Kenosha  county.  Wis.,  in 
1855 ;  died  Feb.  21, 1895,  at  Woodworth,  Wis.    Children— 

i.    Mary  Jane,  b. . 

ii.     Giles  J.,  b.  . 


iii.     Cornelia,  b. 


80.  Mead  OBADIAH^  son  of  (JosepJi\  Giles^  (1) , 
Thomas'^,  Stephen^,  Willimn^ ,  William'^)  and  Tryphora 
(Butler)  Myrick,  born  Dec.  7,  1824,  in  New  York  state. 
Married,  June  24, 1852,  at  Clinton,  N.  Y.,  Mary  E.  Wood. 
He  is  a  prosperous  groceryman  in  Clinton,  N.  Y.,  in 
July,  1897,  and  furnishes  the  data  embodied  in  this 
sketch  of  his  family .     Children — 

i.     Mary  A.,  b.  1858;  m.  Francis  H.  Tompkins,  of  Ham- 
ilton, N.  Y. 
ii.     Harriette  A.,  b.  1860,  at  Clinton,  N.  Y. 
iii.     Sophia  M.,  b.  1862. 
130.        iv.     Juliette  A.,  b.   April  8,   1864;  m.  Prof.  Hiram  A. 
Vance,  of  Nashville,  Tenn. 
V.    Charles  M.,  b.  1865. 
vi.     Anna  A. ,  b.  1868 ;  m.  George  G.  Clarabut,  Rome,  N.  Y. 

81.  ISAAC\  son  of  (Isaac^,  Nathaniel,  Gonstanf^, 
Nathaniel,      William^,      William'^)     and    Temperance 


68  MERRICK     GENEALOGY  —  WILLIAM. 

(Hall)  Myrick,  born  Feb.  23,  1792,  at  Harwich,  Mass. 
Married,  March  4,  1819,  Lucy  Sears,  daughter  of  Eben- 
ezer  and  Hannah  (Gray)  Sears,  of  Yarmouthport,  Mass. ; 
she  born  March  22,  1798;  died  May  24,  1772,  at  Yar- 
mouthport, Mass.  Isaac,  the  father,  died  May  3,  1869, 
at  Yarmouthport.     Children — 

i.     Nathaniel,  b.  July  23,  1820;  d.  March  17,  1821. 
ii.     Mary  Jane,    b.    April  24,   1822,  at  Yarmouthport; 

living,  Jan.  — ,  1900. 
iii.     Lucy  Ann,  b.  March  17,  1825;  d.  Aug.  30,  1826. 
iv.     Lucy  Ann,  b.  June  20,  1828,  New  York  City ;  living 

Jan.  19,  1900. 

131.  V.     Isaac,  b.  Oct.  13,  1831,  Yorkville,  N.  Y. 

vi.  George,  b  May  9,  1834,  Yarmouthport,  Mass. ;  m. 
June  6,  1866,  Carrie  F.  Whitney,  at  Boston, 
Mass. :  d.  Dec  26.  1877.  Had  one  son,  Whitney, 
w^ho  d.  at  age  of  11.  George  Myrick  was  on  the 
staif  of  Gen.  Foster  during  the  war  of  the  Re- 
bellion, and  later  was  of  firm  of  Hitchcock, 
Myrick  &  Co.,  wholesale  grocers  in  Boston, 
vii.  Clarissa,  b.  Jan.  13,  1837,  at  Yarmouthport;  m. 
Aug.  10,  1869,  Winthrop  Sears,  of  Yarmouth- 
port;  living,  Jan.   1900. 

82.  James'',  son  of  (Jsaac'^ , N'atJianiel^ ,  Constant^, 
Nathaniel'^,  William'^,  WilUar)),^)  and  Temperance 
(Hall)  Myrick,  born  April  17,  1798.  Married  Rebecca 
Miller,  daughter  of  Matthias  and  Elizabeth  (Ackeu) 
Miller;  she  born  1804;  died  Oct.  23,  1843,  at  Westfield, 
N.  J.  James,  the  father,  died  Nov.  24,  1860,  at  Brook- 
lyn, N,  Y.     Children— 

i.  James  Randall,  b.  July  13,  1827;  m.  and  has  three 
children 

ii.  Samuel  M.  C,  b.  Aug.  24,  1828;  d. . 

iii.  Elizabeth  Jane,  b.  March  18,  1831;  single, 

iv,  Joseph  Acken,  b.  Nov.  15,  1833. 

v.  Azelia,  b.  July  19,  1835;  d.  single, 

vi.  Elizabeth,  b.  Dec.  15,  1837;  single, 

vii.  Rebecca,  b.  May  2,  1840;  m.  W.  A.  Anderson. 

132.  viii.  John  Reuchlein,  b.  Nov.  9,  1841. 

ix.     Azelia,  b.  Oct.  14,  1843;  d,  in  infancy. 

83.  Polly  Jewett''  (Pratt),  dau.  of  John^  and 
Rhoda  (Robinson)  Pratt,  born  April  14,  1816,  at 
Swanton,  Vt.  Married,  March  21,  1838,  at  Swanton, 
Vt.,  Charles  Hammond  Bullard,  son  of  Daniel  and 
Achsa  (Hammond)  Bullard;  he  born  April  13,  1811,  at 
Swanton  Vt.;  he  was  descended  from  Benjamin  Bullard, 
who  drew  land  in  Watertown,  Mass.,  in  1637,  (see  Abner 
Morse's   "Ancient  Puritans")   and    Thomas  Hammond 


SEVENTH    GENERATION.  69 

and  Rose  Tripp,  his  wife,  of  Lavenham,  England.  (See 
Bond's  "Watertown.'O  He  died  Aug.  1,  1871,  at  Swan- 
ton,  Vt.  Polly  Jewett  Pratt  died  April  11,  1898,  at  St. 
Paul,  Minn.     Children,  all  born  in  Swanton,  Vt. — 

i.     Mary  Caroline  (Bullard),  b.  Jan.  18, 1839;  m.  George 
Greene  Blake. 

ii.     Son ,  b.  Sept.  5,  1843;  d.  a  few  days  later. 

iii.     Alice   Calista    (Bullard),    b.    April    27,   1845;  m, 

Myron  C.  Dorman. 
iv.     John  Hamhond  (Bullard)  b.  Dec.  31,  1847. 
133.  V.     William  Hawks  (Bullard),  b.  Dec.  6,  1852;  m.  June 

8,  1880,  Clara  Failing,  at  Watertown,  N.  Y. 
vi.     Clara  Louise  (Bullard),  b.  May  14,  185G;  ni.  June 
17,  1890,   Charles  Gray  Lawrence,  at  St.   Paul, 
Minn. 

84.  Daniel  Billings'  (Hinckley),  son  of  Barna- 
bas'', and  Mary  (Billings)  Hinckley,  born  Sept.  18, 
1800,  atHardwick,  Mass.  Married,  1830,  Mary  Ann  Gor- 
ham,  daughter  of  Elnathan  and  Edith  (Farwell)  Gorham; 
she  born  Aug.  7,  1808;  died  July  10, 1883,  at  Bangor,  Me. 
Daniel  B.  was  an  iron  founder,  and  was  the  senior  part- 
ner of  the  well  known  firm  of  Hinckley  &  Egery.  He 
was  a  good  business  man,  and  accumulated  a  large 
fortune.  He  was  a  tall,  fine  looking  man,  and  was  pos- 
sessed of  a  genial  temperament  which  won  him  many 
friends  in  all  classes.  His  wife  had  a  singularly  sweet 
disposition,  and  was  a  pattern  of  the  domestic  virtues. 
Daniel  B.  died  Aug.  21,  1864,  at  Bangor.  They  had  six 
children,  all  born  in  Bangor,  except  the  first,  Daniel,  who 
was  born  in  Bucksport,  Me. 

i.     Daniel  (Hinckley),  b.  June  4,  1831;  m.  Eva  Blake; 
d.  Aug.  27,  1892. 
ii.     Frederick  (Hinckley),  b.  March  26, 1834;  d.  Nov.  29, 

1835. 
iii.     Frederick  (Hinckley),  b.  Nov.  25, 1835;  d.  June  18, 

1842. 
iv.     Samuel  Billings  (Hinckley),    b.  June  7,  1837;   d. 

Feb.  15,  1892. 
V.     Harry  (Hinckley),  b.  March  19,  1839;  d.  June  25, 
1842. 
184.        vi.     Frank  (Hinckley),  b.  July  9,  1844. 

85.  Mary''  (Hinckley),  dan.  of  Barnabas  and  Mary 
(Billings)  Hinckley,  born  Jan.  24,  1803,  at  Hardwick, 
Mass.  Married,  Nov.  23,  1826,  Daniel  Wheeler,  of  Hard- 
wick. They  had  four  children,  all  born  in  Hard^dck; 
soon  after  the  birth  of  the  last  child  they  moved  to  Ban- 
gor, Me.,  where  the  mother's  brother  of  Mrs.  Wheeler 

5-M 


60  MERRICK     GENEALOGY —  WILE.IAM. 

then  lived.  Daniel,  the  father,  died  in  Bangor,  Me.,  July 
13,  1886,  aged  65  years.  Mary,  the  mother,  died  in 
Brewer,  Me.,  Nov.  19,  1858.     Children— 

135.  i.     Mary  Ann  (Wlieeler).  b.  Sept.  20,  1837. 

ii.     Daniel  Hinckley  (Wheeler),  b.   June  7,  1829;  d. 
July  23,  1880. 

iii.  Susan  (Wheeler),  b.  Nov.  11,  1830;  m.  Nov.  28,  1850, 
Rev.  George  W.  Dunmore,  and  went  as  a  mission- 
ary to  Turkey.  After  some  years  they  returned, 
and  Mr.  Dunmore  was  killed  in  the  Civil  War, 
while  ser\dng  as  chaplain.  Susan  m.  Sept.  23, 
1867,  Wilham  C.  Crosby,  a  lawyer  of  Bangor. 
No  children. 

136.  iv.     Ad  aline  Billings  (Wheeler),  b.  Oct  24,  1833. 

86.  Allen'',  son  of  {David^ ,  Isaac^ ,  John^ ,  John^ , 
William'^,  William^}  and  Mary  (Fowler)  Merrick,  born 
Dec.  24,  1812,  at  Carmel,  N.  Y.  Married,  Feb.  13,  1833, 
at  Carmel,  Caroline,  daughter  of  Joseph  and  Jane  (Bal- 
lard) Hopkins;  she  born  Jan.  2,  1810,  at  Carmel,  N.  Y. 
Childi'en — 

i.     Amanda,  b.  Oct.  7,  1834;  never  married. 

137.  ii.     Harrison  H.,  b.  Jan.  23,  1841. 

87.  ISAAC^,  son  of    CJohn^,  Isaac/',  John^ ,    John^ , 
William'^,    William^)   and  Hannah    (Merritt)    Merrick, 

born ,  18  — ,  at  Carmel,  N.  Y.      Married, ,  18  — , 

Eliza  Barnes.     Children — 

i.     LUCRETIA,  b.  ;  m.  Delavan. 

ii.     James,  b. . 

iii.     Richard     Barnes     (Myrick),  b.  ;    m.    Carrie 

Knapp;  has  one  son,  Richard,  m.  Florence 
Mabie.  Richard,  the  father,  lives  at  Paterson, 
N.  J. 

iv.     Catharine,  b. ;  m.    Wilham  Tallmadge;    has 

one  daughter,  Lydia  Jane. 

V.     Susan  Raghael,  b.  ;  m.  Knickerbocker. 

vi.     Helen,  b.  ;  m.  William  Washburn. 

vii.    John,  b.  . 

viii.     William,  b.  . 


88.  ADAH',dau.  of  (John'^ ,  Isaac^ ,  John*,  John^ , 
William'^,  William'^)  and  Hannah  (Merritt)  Merrick, 
born  Dec.  7,  1795,  at  Carmel,  N.  Y.  Married  David 
Sunderlin;   lived  near  Lake  Mahopac,  N.  Y.    Children — 

i.     John  (Sunderlin),  b.  June  33,  1819;  d.  same  day. 
ii.     Hester  Jane  (Sunderlin),  b.  July  5,  1820;  d.  Aug. 
10,  1827. 


SEVENTH    GENERATION.  61 

iii.  Hannah  Elizabeth  (Sunderlin),  b.  Aug.  34,  1822; 
m.  April  10,  1845,  William  A.  Hopkins;  ch. 
Francis,  Emma,  Edwin  Mortimer  (Prof.  Eng. 
Lit.,  Kansas  State  University).  Hannah  Hop- 
kins still  living  in  Carmel,  N.  Y. 

iv.  Susan  (Sunderlin),  b.  April  20,  1825;  d.  Aug.  15. 
1827. 

V.  John  Jacob  (Sunderlin),  b.  Nov.  11,  1830;  d.  Aug. 
8,  1835. 

vi.  George  Edwin  (Sunderlin),  b.  Aug.  25,  1836;  m. 
Jan.  26,  1862,  Amanda  A.  Pinckney ;  one  child, 
Clara.     George  Edwin  still  living  in  Carmel. 

88a.  Nehemiah'',  son  of  {John''',  Isaac'"',  John*, 
John^,  William'^,  Williatn^)  und  Hannah  (Merritt)  Mer- 
rick, born  Sept.  3,  1806,  at  Carmel,  N.  Y.  Married, 
Oct.  24,1821,  at  Cold  Spring,  N.  Y.,  Abigail  Delia, 
daughter  of  Moses  and  Hannah  Reed;  she  born  Jan.  16, 
1814,  at  Middlesex,  Conn.;  died  1901,  at  Sherman,  N,  Y. 
Nehemiah  and  his  wife,  Abigail,  moved  from  Cold  Spring, 
N.  Y.  to  Chautauqua  in  1837;  the  trip  occupied  three 
weeks,  coming  by  canal  boat  from  Albany  to  Buffalo,  and 
from  the  latter  place  to  Barcelonia  by  boat  on  Lake  Erie. 
He  was  an  industrious  and  successful  farmer,  and  also 
engaged  in  mercantile  business  for  a  time  with  success, 
and  he  accumulated  quite  a  property;  he  was  honest  and 
upright  in  all  his  dealings,  and  his  word  was  taken  by 
all  who  knew  him;  he  was  much  respected  in  the  com- 
munity where  he  lived.  In  politics  he  was  a  strong 
abolitionist,  and  lived  to  see  what  he  most  desired — the 
slaves  emancipated.  He  was  always  interested  in  the 
welfare  of  the  community  is  which  he  lived,  and  his  in- 
fluence was  always  felt  on  the  side  of  right  and  morality. 
He  died  1876,  at  Sherman,  N.  Y.  Changed  spelling  to 
Myrick.     Children — 

137a.        i.     Sylvanus  Haight,  b.  June  5,   1833,    Cold  Spring, 

N.  Y.;  d.  June  26,  1895. 
137b.        ii.     Elmore,  b.  March  10,  1836,  Chautauqua,  N.  Y. 

iii.     Miriam  E..  b.  Dec.  9,  1840,  Chautauqua. 
137c.      iv.     Cornelius  Warren,  b.  May  31,  1846,  Chautauqua. 

89.  Mary\  dan.  of  {John'^,  Isaac^ ,  John*,  John^ , 
Williant'^,    William^)    and  Hannah    (Merritt)   Merrick, 

born .  18 ,  at  Carmel,   N.  Y.     Married  Elisha 

Lester.     Moved  to  Iowa.     Children — 

i.  Sylvanus  (Lester),  b. . 

ii.  Hannah  (Lester),  b.  . 

iii.  Jane  (Lester),  b. 

iv.  Lewis  (Lester),  b. . 

v.  Edwin  (Lester),  b.  . 


62  MERRICK     GENEALOGY  —  WILLIAM. 

90.  Samuel'  ,  sou  of  (Samuel^ ,  Isaac^ ,  John^ ,  John^ , 
William''-,  William'^)  and  Letitia  (Weeks)  Merrick, born 

,  1811,  at  Carrael,  N.  Y.     Married  Sarah  Campbell. 

Had  two  children — 

i.  ARCniBALD,  b.  July  15,  1840;  m.  Minnie  Marks;  no 
children;  d.  Jan.  11,  1897,  Little  Valley,  N.  Y. 

ii.     Elizabeth  Letitia,  b. ;  m.  Oliver  Miller;  had 

one  daughter,  Clara,  who  d. .  1900,  in  South 

Africa,  unmarried.  Elizabeth,  the  mother,  d. 
1887,  at  Little  Valley,  N.  Y.  Oliver  Miller  is 
still  a  resident  of  South  Africa. 

91.  Frederick  CLEMONS^  son  of  {Samuel 8 .^ ,  Josh- 
ua'",  Seth"^,  Joshua^,  William'^,  William^)  and  Sarah 
(Smith)  Meyrick,  born  July  30,  1824,  in  Putnam  countv, 
N.  Y.  Married,  May  15,  1849,  Harriet  A.  Pierce.  He 
was  a  lumberman  in  northern  Michigan;  died  March  10, 
1860,  in  New  York  city.     Children— 

i.     Alice,  b.  ;  m.  Frank  C.  Reynolds. 

ii.     Sallie,  b.  ;  m.  Frank  D.  Mead. 

iii.  Harry  Pierce,  b.  Aug.  27,  1857,  at  Pontiac,  Mich. ; 
graduated  from  University  of  Michigan  in  1878 ; 
entered  the  editorial  profession  before  gradua- 
tion, and  has  continued  in  that  work  ever  since; 
was  managing  editor  of  the  Milwaukee  Daily 
Sentinel,  the  leading  paper  in  Wisconsin,  from 
1884  to  1900.  Is  now  (Sept.,  1901)  managing 
editor  of  the  Milwaukee  Free  Press,  which  paper 
he  organized  and  established  Jime,  1901.  Never 
married. 

iv.     Frederick  Clemons,  b. ;  died,  aged  22  years. 

92.  Abram  S.^  son  of  {Samnel\  Joslma\  Seth* , 
Jos1ma'\  William \  William^)  and  Sarah  (Smith)  Mey- 
rick, born  March  15,  1830,  in  New  York  state.  Married, 
Dec.  25,  1884,  Jane  Gray,  daughter  of  John  and  Jane 
Gray,  of  Mapleton,  N.  J.;  died  Sept.  10,  1895.  Chil- 
di-en — 

i.     Emily  Gray,  b.  May  17,  1887. 
ii.     Charles  Burt  Elliott,  b.  Dec.  30,  1891. 

93.  TllOMAS^  son  of  {JoJm\  John^ ,  Seth'^ ,  JosJma\ 
William'-,  Tfv7/?V/m ' )  and  Mary  Ann  (Reynolds)  Myrick, 
born  Nov.  18,  1815,  at  Tower  Hill,  town  of  Washing- 
ton, Dutchess  county,  N.  Y.  Married,  Aug.  27,  1837, 
at  Washington,  N.Y.,  Hebsibah  B.  Pinkham,  daughter 
of  Samuel  and  Hannah  (Reynolds)  Pinkham ;  she  born 
March  10,  1816,  at  Washington,  N.  Y.,  and  was  living 


SEVENTH    GENERATION.  63 

t 

ill  1898.      Thomas,  the  father,   died  July  20,    1852,  at 
Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y.     Children— 

i.    George  Augustus,  b.  Aug.  31,  1888,  at  Guilford,  N. 

Y. ;  is  a  mechanic,  living  at  Hartford,  Conn. ;  is 

a  veteran  of  the  civil  war. 
ii.     Edward  W.,  b.  April  1,  1840,  at  Butternuts,  N.  Y. ; 

d.  Jan   3,  1845. 
iii.     Charles  Edgar,  b.  March  11,  1844,  at  Butternuts; 

d.  Sept.  7,  1845. 
iv.     John  Henry,  b.  June  30,  1846;  d.  July  4,  1846. 
v.     Phebe  Jane,  b.   June  30,  1S46  at  Poughkeepsie,  N. 

Y. ;  m.  Dec.   17,  1866,   Jacob  H.  Sinsabaugh,  at 

Port  Jervis,  N.  Y. 
vi.     Frank  Myron,  b.   Aug.   18,  1849 ;  m.  Dec.   9,  1885, 

Mary   Penney,   at  South  Dover,  Dutchess  Co., 

N.  Y. 
vii.     Louisa  T.,  b.    Aug.    18,  1849;  m.    1870,   Andrew  J. 

Myers,  of  Poughkeepsie. 

94.  Charles  Hiram^,  son  ot  (.Charles  Gook^ ,  John^, 
SetJi"^,  Joshua^  WilUam'^ ,  William'^)  and  Caroline  (Pal- 
mer) Myrick,  born  Jan.  11,  1830,  at  Washington,  N.  Y. 
Married,  March  1851,  Emma  Green.  Was  living,  1899, 
at  Butternuts,  N.  Y.     Children— 

i.     Ida  Elizabeth,  b.  Dec.  17, 1851 ;  m.  J.  Irving  Wallin ; 

is  living  (1899)  in  Eugene,  Ore. 
ii.     Charles  Rufus,  b.  June  1,  1857,  at  Gilbertville,  N. 
Y. ;  m.  Jennie  Wilds,  of  Butternuts,  N.  Y. ;  has 
four  daughters. 

95.  Julia  Celestine'',  dau.  of  (Bobert^,  Jolm^ , 
SetJi^,  Joslina\  WiUiam'^ ,  William'^)  and  Nancy  (Win 
ters)  Myrick,  born  Feb.  7,  1836,  at  Pierrepont  Manor, 
N.  Y.  Married,  March  24,  1864,  Hugh  Richard  Edwards, 
son  of  John  and  Elizabeth  (Richards)  Edwards,  at  Rock- 
ford,  111.;  he  born  Sept.  27,  1838,  in  Montgomeryshire, 
Wales.  He  served  four  and  one-half  years  during  the 
Civil  War  in  the  2nd  Illinois  Cavalry,  from  Winnebago 
county.  Is  now  a  retired  farmer  residing  in  Rockford, 
111.     Children— 

1.     Edwin  Hugh  (Edwards) ,  b.  March  12,  1867,  in  Byron, 
111. ;  is  a  teacher  by  profession,  and  was  located 
in  1897  in    Cleveland,    O.,    where   he  was  Pro- 
fessor of  Science  in  the  West  High  school.     He 
m.  July  25,   1895,  Mary  A.  Lloyd,  of  Syracuse, 
111. ;   tliey  have  one    daughter,  Julia  Alice  Ed- 
wards, born  Jan.  1,  1898. 
ii.     Inez  E.  Y.  (Edwards),   b.   Sept.  29,  1868,  at  Byron, 
111. ;  m.  Edward  Yeakel,  of  Rockford,  111.     He  is 
engaged  in  the    printing  business  in  Rockford 
(1897). 
iii.     George  Everett   (Edwards),  b.  Sept.  17,  1871 ;  d. 
Sept.  27,  1873. 


64  MERRICK    GENEALOGY  —  WILLIAM. 

96.  THOMAsSHEPARD'',son  of  (Rev.  Lutlier^ ,  Robert^ , 
Sethr^,  Joshua^,  William'^,  WUlmni^)  and  Mary  Eliza 
(Hills)  Myrick,  bom  Jan.,  1817,  at  Marshall,  Oneida 
county,  N.  Y.  Married  Hannah  B.  Sprag-iie,  at  Os- 
wego, N.  Y.;  she  still  living,  at  Oswego.  Thomas  Shep- 
ard  was  the  oldest  of  the  children  of  Rev.  Luther 
Mjriek.  From  early  manhood  to  the  close  of  his  life  he 
was  an  able  and  prominent  educator.  He  was  teaching 
at  Rochester,  N.  Y.  when  his  father  removed  to  Michi- 
gan, but  soon  after  followed  the  family  and  was  for 
several  years  identified  with  educational  matters  in 
that  state.  He  was  largely  influential  in  establishing 
the  graded  school  system  in  central  Michigan,  and  after 
some  years  of  successful  teaching  removed  thence  to 
San  Francisco,  Cal.  In  that  city  he  was  equally  promi- 
nent in  his  chosen  profession,  being  at  the  head  of 
the  San  Francisco  public  schools  during  a  period  of  sev- 
enteen years.  It  is  the  great  teachers,  not  great  buildings 
that  make  a  great  university;  so  it  is  the  enterprising, 
upright,  respectable,  educated  men,  who  give  worthy 
character  to  a  town.  Thomas  Shepard  Myrick  died  in 
1894,  at  Auburn,  Cal.,  leaving  one  son — 

i.     Robert  Sprague,  b. ,  1843,  at  Rochester,  N.  Y. ; 

he  is  living,  but  unmarried. 

97.  Esther  Eliza',  dau.  of  {lAitJier^Bohert^  Seth*, 
Joshua^,  William-,  William^)  and  Mary  Eliza  (Hills) 
Myrick,  born  Dec.  11,  1822,  in  the  state  of  New  York. 
Married,  Feb.  25,  1847,  at  Sandstone,  Mich.,  Richard 
Montgomery  Davis,  son  of  Theodore  Roosevelt  and  Sally 
(Atwood)  Davis;  he  born  Aug.  9,  1824,  in  New  York 
state.  Esther  Eliza  Myrick  was  graduated  from  Caze- 
novia  Seminary,  Cazenovia,  N.  Y.,  about  1840;  removed 
with  her  parents  to  Michigan  the  following  year,  and 
taught  school  until  her  marriage.  She  died  May  22, 
1887.  She  had  for  classmates  at  the  seminary,  Hon. 
Joseph  Hawley,  later  of  Connecticut,  and  Charles  Dud- 
ley Warner.     Children — 

138.  i.  Mary  Isabelle  (Davis),  b.  June  18,  1850,  Jackson, 
Mich. 
ii.  Luther  Lloyd  (Davis),  b.  Aug,  6.  1853 ;  he  was  gradu- 
ated at  University  of  Michigan  with  the  degree 
M.  D.,  D.  D.  S  ;  is  unmarried;  resides  in  Detroit, 
Mich.,  wliere  he  is  practicing  his  profession, 
iii.  Ella  Myrick  (Davis),  b.  March  2,  1866;  d.  Sept. 
1866. 


SEVENTH    GENERATION.  65 

98.  Robert   Luther',    son   of    {Luther^,   Robert^, 

Seth'^,   Joshua^,    William^,     William'^)  and  Mary  Eliza 

(Hills)   Myrick,  born  in  the  state  of  New  York,  about 

1824-5.       Married   Sarah  Gardner,    at  Jackson,    Mich. 

Had— 

i.     Robert  Luther,  b.  Jan.  1853,  at  Jackson,  Mich. ; 
ni.  Ida  Price. 

99.  Milton  Hills\  son  of  (Rev.  Lutlier\  Robert^, 
Seth'^,  Joshua^,  William'^,  William^)  and  Marv  Eliza 
(Hills)  Myrick,  born  May  28,  1826,  at  Marshall, "^Oneida 
county,  N.  Y.  Married  Mary  Ludlow,  at  Springport, 
Mich.;  she  died  at  Parma,  Mich.  (Date  unknown.) 
Judge  Milton  Hills  Myrick  was  the  fifth  child  and  fourth 
son  of  Rev.  Luther  Mj^rick;  he  is  lineally  descended 
from  three  of  the  ^'Majjflower"  Pilgrims — viz.:  Elder 
Brewster,  Stephen  Hopkins  and  Peter  Brown.  With  his 
father  he  removed  to  Michigan  in  1843,  settling  in  Jack- 
son, soon  after  coming  west.  During  the  few  years  he 
lived  in  that  state,  he  followed  his  trade,  that  of  prin- 
ter, but  removed  thence  to  California  in  1853,  and  soon 
began  the  study  of  law,  and  was  admitted  to  practice 
under  Judge  Shafter,  who  was  one  of  the  most  successful 
lawyers  of  California  in  the  early  days.  From  the  time 
Judge  Mj-rick  was  admitted  to  the  bar  he  has  risen  in 
his  profession,  occup3'ing  manj^  positions  of  great  trust. 
As  a  member  of  the  San  Francisco  bar  for  more  than 
thirty-five  years,  Judge  Myrick  stands  as  an  exemplar  of 
the  successful  lawyer  and  the  respected  and  influential 
citizen.  He  is  a  member  of  several  of  the  foremost  clubs 
of  the  city,  and  is  known,  wherever  his  name  is  known, 
as  one  of  the  greatest  lawyers  of  that  city.  In  his  offices 
in  Sansome  street,  he  has  one  of  the  finest  and  most  com- 
plete law  libraries  in  the  state.  In  evevy  profession  it 
is  the  man  of  strong  personality  and  high  moral  bearing 
who  becomes  a  power  in  the  community.  Such  citizens 
are  remembered  for  themselves  as  well  as  for  their  pro- 
fessional achievements;  their  lives  become  an  element 
for  good  in  the  community  in  which  they  live.  Such  a 
man,  and  such  a  life,  is  that  of  Judge  Myrick.  He  is 
still  living  in  San  Francisco.     His  only  child  is — 

i.     George  Ludlow,  b. ,  at  Springport,  Mich. ;  he 

is  living,  March  1901,  at  Sites,  Colusa  Co.,  Cal. 

100.  Cyrus Guardner, ' ,  son  of  ( Nathan^, BezaleeV , 
Barnabas'^,  Joshua^,  WilUamr^,    William'^)  and  Harriet 


66  MERRICK    GENEALOGY  —  WILLIAM. 

(Russell)  Myrick,  born  April  26,  1817,  at  Middlebury, 
Vt.  Married,  March,  1861,  Margaret  Keuchenraeister,  at 
Henderson,  Minn.;  she  born  Feb.  4,  1839,  in  Hesse 
Cassel,  Germany.  Cyrus  Guardner  is  a  civil  engineer, 
living  in  Le  Sueur,  Minn.,  in  Jan.,  1900.     Children — 

i.     Emma  Ad  ALINE,  b.  Mai-cli  26,  1862,  La  Sueur,  Minn.  ; 

na.  Jan.  1,  1886,  H.  Winterer. 
ii.     Florence,  b.  April 20, 1866,  Le Sueur;  is  ateacher  by 

profession, 
iii.     Harriet,  b.  Dec.  24,  1877. 

101.  Orin  D.'^,  son  of  (Nathan^ ,  Bezaleel^ ,  Barna- 
has'^ ,  JosJma^ ,  William'^,  William^)  and  Harriet  (Rus- 
sell) Myrick,  born  1817,  at  Middlebury,  Vt.  Married, 
1850,  at  Boston,  Mass.,  Mary  Waugh;  he  died  1872,  in 
Boston.     Children — 

i.     Frank,  b. .     Is  an  artist,  on  School  street,  Bos- 
ton, 1899. 

ii.     Orin,  b.  .     Is  a  lieutenant  in  the  United  States 

Navy ;  was  serving  on  the  gunboat  ' '  Gresham' ' 
at  the  breaking   out  of  the   Spanish-American 
war. 
iii.     Fanny,  b. . 

102.  Emeline  L.',  dau.  of  {Nathan^,  BezaleeV , 
Barnabas^,  Joshua'^,  William''-,  William^)  and  Har- 
riet (Russell)  Myrick,  born  July  14,  1840,  at  Mid- 
dlebury, Vt.  Married,  Aug.  14,  1861,  at  Middlebury, 
Rausome  Kellogg,  son  of  Daniel  and  Sarah  (Towner) 
Kellogg;  he  born  Dec.  25,  1835,  at  Shoreham,  Vt. 
Daniel  Kellogg' s  father  was  one  of  the  first  settlers  in 
Shoreham,  in  1766,  and  Daniel  was  the  first  white  child 
born  in  the  town.  The  family  was  living,  in  1899,  at 
Cream  Hill,  Vt.     Children — 

i.     Harriet  S.  (Kellogg),  b.  Sept.  4,  1883,  at  Shoreham, 

Vt. 
ii.     Emeline  F.  (Kellogg),  b.  Feb.  1,   1866;  m.  Oct.  30, 

1895,  at  Plattsburg,  N.  Y.,  Farnham. 

iii.     Addie  O.  (Kellogg),  b.  Sept.  28,  1874. 

103.  Ira^,  sou  of  {Barnabas^ ,  Bezaleel)^ ,  Barnahas^ , 
Joshua^',  William'',  William^)  and  Laviuia  (Bigelow) 
Myrick,  born  Dee.  2,  1820,  at  Westport,  N.  Y.  Mar- 
ried, March  2,  1843,  at  Peru,  N.  Y.,  Rosaline  Amanda 
Bigelow,  daughter  of  Jonathan  and (Clark)  Bige- 
low; she  born  Dec.  2,  1820,  at  Westport,  N.  Y.;  died 
March  18,  1899,  at  Elysian,  Minn.     Children  — 


SEVENTH    GENERATION.  67 

i.     Ira  BA.RNABAS,  b.  Jan.  20,  1845,  Westport,  N.  Y.  ;  d. 

1849. 
ii.    Florence  Imogens,  b.  June  12,  1846,  Westport,  N. 

Y. ;  m.  March  4,  1866,  Joseph  Kirby,  at  Le  Sueur, 

Minn, 
iii.     Sarah  Lavinia,  b.   Jan.  17,   1848,  Westport,   N.  Y.  ; 

m.  Jan.  3,  1877,  Stephen  Goodall,  Elysian,  Minn. 
iv.     SiDELL,  b.  Feb.  19,  1850,  We.stport,  N.  Y. ;  d.  1853. 
V.     Rush  Lynn,  b.   June  18,  1853,  La  Crosse,  Wis.;  m. 

July   1,    1883,    Waterville,    Minn.,    Selah    Jane 

Mehlhorn ;  living  at  West  Duluth,  Minn, 
vi.     Abbie  Louisa,  b.  Jan.  24,  1860,  Le  Sueur,  Minn. 

104.  Nathan''',  son  of  {Barnabas^ ^  Bezaleel^ ,  Bar- 
nabas'^, Joshua^,  William^,  William^)  and  Lavinia 
(Bigelow)  Myrick,  born  Jnly  7,  1822,  at  Westport,  N. 
Y.  Married,  1843,  Rebecca  E.  Ismon,  at  Charlotte,  Vt. 
Nathan  was  one  of  the  early  settlers  of  Wisconsin,  and 
the  first  settler  at  La  Crosse,  the  town  site  of  which  he 
bought  from  the  government,  and  laid  out  into  lots. 
The  sale  of  this  property,  together  with  heavy  lumber- 
ing interests  on  the  Black  River  brought  him  an  inde- 
pendent fortune.  For  an  extended  sketch  of  his  life  and 
public  services  see  below.  He  died  Aug.,  1901,  in  St. 
Paul,  Minn.     Children — 

i.     Matilda  M.,  b.  ;  m.  Shepard. 

ii.    William  N.,  b. . 

iii.     Frances  W.,  b. ;  ni.  Brown. 


NATHAN  MYRICK. 

The  first  white  settler  at,  and  the  original  proprietor 
of  the  town  of  "Prairie  La  Crosse,"  was  born  at 
Westport,  Essex  county,  N.  Y.,  July  7,  1822. 

His  ancestors,  paternal  and  maternal,  were  among 
the  first  settlers  of  Westport.  His  grandfather  was  a 
soldier  in  the  army  of  the  Revolution.  His  father  was 
a  merchant,  and  the  proprietor  of  several  mills — woolen 
mills,  saw  mills,  and  grist  mills,  and  he  represented  the 
county  in  the  legislature  of  the  state  several  years. 

Nathan  was  the  second  of  three  brothers.  The  young- 
est died  at  Westport;  the  next  was  killed  in  the  Sioux 
massacre  at  Yellow  Medicine  in  1862,  and  the  oldest  re- 
sides in  Minnesota.  Nathan  received  his  education  at 
the  Academy  at  Westport,  and  was  engaged  in  his 
father's  business  until  his  nineteenth  year,  when  he  left 
home  for  the  "Great  West,"  to  "seek  his  fortune,"  as 
the  saying  was  at  that  time.     In  June,  1841,  he  reached 


68  MERRICK    GENEALOGY  —  WILLIAM. 

Prairie  dii  Chieu,  and  was  employed  as  clerk  in  the  post- 
office  by  B.  W.  Brisbois,  where  he  remained  until  the 
November  following.  Conceiving  that  a  fortune  was 
not  to  be  made  in  the  position  of  clerk,  and,  acting  upon 
the  proverb.  "Nothing  venture,  nothing  have,"  he  pur- 
chased an  '  outfit"  of  goods  for  Indian  trading.  Secur- 
ing a  boat  of  about  forty  tons  burden,  and  assistants  to 
act  as  interpreters  and  laborers,  on  the  7th  of  November 
he  started  up  the  Mississippi,  using  poles  as  the  motive 
power.  On  arriving  at  La  Crosse,  he  was  struck  with 
its  peculiar  adaptibility  as  a  "town-site,"  and  deter- 
mined to  locate.  There  being  no  timber  suitable  for 
building  purposes  on  the  prairie,  and  not  having  a  team, 
he  built  his  first  house,  a  double  cabin,  on  the  island  op- 
posite, and  prepared  for  business.  The  agency  of  the  Win- 
nebago Indians  was  at  Turkey  River,  in  Iowa.  Although 
the  Indians  had  ceded  their  lands  east  of  the  Mississippi, 
yet  they  retained  a  quasi  claim,  and  were  jealous  of 
white  men  settling  so  far  north  as  Prairie  du  Chien. 
About  two  weeks  after  the  double  cabin  was  completed, 
the  Indians,  who  had  been  to  Turkey  River  to  receive 
their  annuities,  returned,  and  about  one  hundred  and 
fifty  encamped  on  the  island,  near  the  store.  The 
Indians  had  been  there  about  a  month  when  they 
made  an  attack  upon  the  store,  riddling  the  door  and 
windows  with  bullets.  Mj'rick  had  but  one  man 
with  him  at  the  time.  They  returned  the  fire,  for- 
tunately without  killing  any  of  the  Indians.  Daring 
the  fray,  Alexis  Bailey,  who  was  well  known  to  the  In- 
dians, returning  from  the  upper  country,  accompained 
by  several  teams,  appeared  upon  the  scene  and  put  an 
end  to  the  hostilities.  During  the  winter  following, 
Myrick  prepared  the  timber  uecessarj*,  shoved  it  across 
the  river  on  the  ice  on  a  handsled,  and  with  it  built  in 
Feb.,  1842,  the  first  house  on- Prairie  la  Crosse.  Mov- 
ing his  goods,  and  occupying  his  store,  he  became  the 
first  settler  at  that  important  point. 

The  original  plat  of  the  townsite  was  surveyed  by  Ira 
Brunson,  of  Prairie  du  Chieu,  in  the  summer  of  1842. 
In  1851  it  was  re-surveyed,  which  somewhat  changed  the 
orgiual  survey.  Myrick,  in  1843,  returned  to  Westport, 
and  married  Miss  Rebecca  E.  Ismon.  Proceeding  to  the 
city  of  New  York,  he  purchased  a  large  stock  of  goods, 
and  in  the  fall  returned  to  La  Crosse.  Mrs.  Myrick  was 
the  first  white  woman  who  graced  the  einbr^'o  city,  and 


SEVENTH    GENERATION.  69 

the  family  was  the  only  one  resident  for  about  one  year. 
The  first  interment  was  a  child  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Myrick, 
who  died  in  1845. 

Mr.  Myriek's  business  energies  could  not  be  confined 
to  Indian  trading.  He  early  engaged  in  lumbering  on 
Black  River,  built  a  saw-mill,  and  in  1844,  run  a  raft 
to  St.  Louis,  the  first  sent  to  that  market  from  La 
Crosse.  In  1843  and  spring  of  1844  quite  a  number  of 
Mormons  were  settled  along  the  Black  River,  engaged  in 
th  manufacture  of  lumber  for  the  Nauvoo  market,  leav- 
ing in  the  spring  of  the  latter  year.  In  the  fall  of  the 
same  year  ( 1844) ,  between  three  and  four  hundred  re- 
turned to  La  Crosse,  and  settled  in  what  is  now  known  as 
"Mormon  Cooley."  Mr.  Myrick  gave  employment  to 
most  of  them  in  the  pinery  on  Black  River,  and  in  cut- 
ting steamboat  wood,  etc.  They  remained  until  the 
spring  of  1845,  when  most  of  them  returned  to  Nauvoo, 
in  flat-boats,  which  they  built. 

During  the  year  1841,  two  or  three  steamboats  as- 
cended the  Mississippi  with  supplies  for  Fort  Snelling, 
and  the  lumbermen  on  the  St.  Croix.  In  1842  the  little 
steamer  ''Eock  River^'  was  run  from  Galena  to  Fort 
Snelling,  making  a  trip  once  in  two  weeks.  In  1844, 
Scribe  Harris,  of  Galena,  put  the  ''Otter''  in  the  trade, 
run  her  for  a  year  or  two,  when  she  was  superceded  by 
other  and  larger  boats. 

A  postofifice  was  established  at  La  Crosse  in  1844,  and 
Nathan  MjTick  received  the  appointment  as  postmaster, 
resigning  in  1846.  He  wassueceeded  byE.  A.  C.  Hatch, 
who  had  come  out  to  La  Crosse  from  Westport  early  in 
1843.  The  first  election  held  was  in  1844,  for  county 
commissioners.  The  whole  country,  from  Prairie  du 
Chien  to  the  St.  Croix  was  included  in  the  county. 
Nathan  Myrick  and  H.  L.  Dousmau,  of  Prairie  du  Chien, 
were  elected  commissioners. 

In  1847  occurred  the  heaviest  freshet  ever  known  be- 
fore or  since  along  the  Black  River.  Nearly  all  the  mill- 
dams,  booms,  etc.,  were  destroyed,  and  millions  of  feet 
of  logs,  timber,  and  manufactured  lumber  were  swept 
away.     Mr.  Myi-ick  lost  upwards  of  $25,000  in  this  flood. 

In  Jan.,  1848,  he  purchased  from  the  United  States 
the  town-site  of  La  Crosse.  In  the  spring  of  the  same 
year  he  settled  up  his  business,  and  moved  to  St.  Paul, 
which  was  his  residence  until  his  death  in  August,  1901. 
Idleness  was  not  in  consonance  with  his  training,  and  he 
was  engaged  in  business  on  the  frontier — still  pushing 


70  MERRICK     GENEALOGY  —  WILLIAM. 

west.  After  leaving  La  Crosse  he  had  his  trading  posts 
at  Watab,  Long  Prairie,  Traverse  de  Sioux,  Le  Sueur, 
Pembina,  and  at  other  places.  In  person  Mr.  Myrick 
belonged,  as  did  his  father  and  grandfather  before 
him,  to  the  "sons  of  Anak,"  being  six  feet  four  inches 
in  his  stockings-  Genial  in  his  manners,  brimful  of 
kindness  and  hospitality,  generous  to  a  fault,  often 
and  again  was  he  the  victim  of  misplaced  confidence. 
In  all  the  vicissitudes  of  his  varied  and  very  extensive 
business,  the  writer  of  this  sketch,  who  has  known  Mr. 
Myrick  for  nearly  thirty  years,  has  yet  to  learn  of  one, 
with  whom  he  has  had  dealings,  to  deny  him  the  title  of 
an  "honest  man." 

105.  Lovisa',  dan. of  (.Joseph'^ ,  JosiaJi^ ,  Barnabas*, 
JosJiua^,  William'^,  William^)  and  Cornelia  (Kelsey) 
Blyrick,  born  March  23,  1820,  at  Twinsburg,  0.  Mar- 
ried, Jan.  18,  1842,  at  New  Haven,  Conn.,  George 
Abbott,  sou  of  Eben  and  Sail}'  (Bronson)  Abbott;  he 
born  Aug.  8,  1811,  at  Middlebury,  Conn.     Childi*en — 

i.  Helen  Maria  (Abbott),  b.  May  13,  1844,  at  Middle- 
bury,  Conn. ;  m.  Jan.  23,  18G7,  at  Camden,  N.  Y., 
David  L.  Mann. 

139.  ii.     Anthony  Wayne  (Abbott),  b.  Aug.  2,  1846,  at  New 

Haven,  Conn. ;  in.  Sept.  3,  1879,  at  Camden,  N. 
Y.,  Irene  B.  Lamb. 

iii.  Elma  Caroline  (Abbott),  b.  Nov.  5,  1849,  at  New 
Haven,  Conn. ;  d.  Aug.  25,  1891. 

iv.  Frank  Merrick  (Abbott),  b.  Nov.  2.  1852,  at  Cam- 
den, N.  Y. ;  m.  June  24,  1891,  at  Syracuse,  N.  Y., 
Eugenia  Bay  lis. 
V.  George  Harrison  (Abbott),  b.  Feb.  8,  1855,  at  Cam- 
den ,N.  Y. :  m.  Oct.  19,  1892,  at  Pierrepont  Man- 
or, N.  Y. ,  Frances  M.  Webster. 

vi.  Marion  Cornelia  (Abbott)  b.  April  5,  1858,  at  Cam- 
den, N.  Y. ;  m.  July  13,  1881,  at  Camden,  N.  Y., 
William  H.  Stansfield. 

106.  Walter  Joseph^,  son  of  (Joseph^,  Joskth^, 
Barnabas'^,  Joshua^,  William^,  William^)  and  Cornelia 
(Kelsey)  Myrick,  born  March  19,  1824,  at  Twinsburg, 
O.  Married,  March  3,  1847,  at  Seymour,  Conn.,  Harriet 
Broadwell,  daughter  of  Lewis  and  Elizabeth  (Follett) 
Broadwell;  she  born  June  5,  18 — ,  at  Seymour,  Conn. 
They  had  one  son — 

140.  i.     Walter  Wilbert,  b.  Aug.  25,  1850. 

107.  Charles  Henry'  Merrick,  son  of  {Joseph^, 
Josiah^ ,  Barnabas*,  Joshua^,    William'^,  WilUatn^)  and 


SEVENTH    GENERATION.  71 

Cornelia  (Kelsey)  Myrick,  born  July  3,  1826,  at  Twins- 
burg,  O.  Married,  June  19,  1848,  at  North  Eaton,  Lo- 
rain county,  0.,  Myra  King,  daughter  of  Richard  and 
Elizabeth  (Ball)  King;  she  born  Aug.  15,  1825,  at 
Hinckley,  Eng.:  died  Nov.  10,  1899,  at  Cleveland,  0. 
Charles  Henry  Merrick  served  three  years  in  the  Union 
army,  from  1861  to  1864,  as  hospital  steward  of  the  8th 
Ohio  Infantry;  was  postmaster  at  North  Eaton,  O.,  in 
1859;  removed  to  the  state  of  Washington,  near  Seattle, 
and  was  appointed  postmaster  of  Dewamish,  Wash.,  in 
1888;  separated  from  his  first  wife  and  married,  Sept. 
17,  1882,  Helen  Mary  Finley,  at  Roseburg,  Ore.;  died 
Nov.  20,  1890.     Children— 

141.  i.     PacHARD  Lester,  b.  Dec.  28,  1854. 

ii.     Arthur  B.,  b.  Oct.  2,  1861;  d.  Nov.  6,  1864. 

108.  Miles  Frederick'',  son  of  (Joseph^,  Josiah^, 
Barnabas'^ ,  JosJiua^\  William,'^,  William^)  and  Cornelia 
(Kelsey)  Myrick,  (Merrick),  born  Feb.  11,  1829,  at 
Twinsburg,  0.  Married,  about  1850,  at  Orange,  Conn., 
Rebecca,  daughter  of  David  and  Eunice  (Beecher)  Ail- 
ing; she  born  June  4,  1828,  at  Orange,  Conn.;  died 
May  20,  1885,  at  New  Haven,  Conn.  Miles  Frederick 
worked  on  a  farm  when  he  was  a  boy ;  afterwards  learned 
the  carpenter's  trade  which  he  followed  for  many  years. 
At  one  time  he  was  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of 
woolen  goods  at  Orange,  Conn.,  in  partnership  with  the 
late  Timothy  Perkins  of  that  place.  He  opened  a  gro- 
cery store  in  New  Haven,  Conn.,  about  the  year  1860, 
and  carried  on  the  business  for  two  years,  The  last 
twelve  years  of  his  life  he  was  employed  as  bookkeeper 
in  a  large  insurance  agency.  He  died  July  11,  1893,  at 
New  Haven,  Conn.     Children — 

i.     George  Frederick,  b.  Sept.  24,  1853,  at  New  Haven, 

Conn. ;  never  married, 
ii.     Alice   Beecher,    b.  Dec.   1,1859,  at  New   Haven, 
Conn. ;  m.  Oct.  5,  1883,  at  New  York  City,  Amos 
J.  Cummings. 

109.  Joseph  Myrick  ( Clark)  son  of  Aaron  and  Lovisa 
(Myrick)  Clark,  born  Sept.  11,  1831,  at  Orange,  Conn. 
Married,  Dec.  10,  1856,  at  Derby,  Conn.,  Julia  A.,  daugh- 
ter of  John  Sidney  and  Maria  (Pardee)  Riggs;  she  born 
Dec.  18,  at  Woodbridge,  Conn.  Joseph  M.  Clark  lived 
in  Orange,  Conn.,  during  his  youth,  and  there  learned 
the  carpenter  trade.     In  early  manhood  he  entered  the 


72  MERRICK     GENEALOGY   —WILLIAM. 

employ  of  the  Derby  Lumber  Company,  at  Derby,  Conn., 
where  he  remained  for  over  forty  years,  as  superinten- 
dent of  the  door  department,  until  ill  health  compelled 
him  to  resign.  In  1896  he  removed  to  Shelton,  Conn. 
Children — 

i.     Wesley   Lockwood    (Clark),   b.    Oct.    24,  1857,    at 

Derby.  Conn. ;  m.  Feb.  6,  1879,  at  Derby,  Ida  M. 

Rockwell, 
ii.     Howard  E.    (Clark),  b.    Aug.    31,    1859,  at  Derby; 

m.  Nov.  27,  1887,  at  Hartford,  Conn.,  Mrs.  Annie 

Wilcox. 
iii.     Myrtie  M.    (Clark),  b.    Aug.    21,    1861,  at   Orange, 

Conn.;  m.  Nov.  25,  1885,  at  Derby,  Conn.,  Noyes 

D.  Baldwin, 
iv.     Joseph  L.  (Clark),  b.  Dec.  2.3,  1864. 
V.     FaxNNIE  Belle  (Clark),  b.  Dec.  19,  1868;  d.  Oct.  6, 

I8r)9. 
vi.     Bessie  Stuart  (Clfirk),  b.  March  31,  1874. 


110.  George  Harvey \  son  of  {Josiah  Harvey^, 
Josiali^ ,  Barnabas'^,  JosJma'\  William'^,  William^)  and 
Melita  (Downs)  Merrick,  born  May  10,  1818,  at  West 
Haven,  Conn.  Married,  Sept.  3,  1841,  at  Seymour, 
Conn.,  Jennette  Davis,  daughter  of  Daniel  Davis  of  Ox- 
ford, Conn.  She  born  Feb.  18,  1822.  George  Harvey 
died  1860.  Children  (all  born  in  Seymour,  formerly 
Humphrey ville.  Conn.) — 

i.     Marcus  Morton,  b.  Feb.  4,  1843;  m.  Sarah  H.  Swift: 
living  at  Austin,  111.,  in  1898 ; traveling  salesman 
for  Balding  &  Co.,  Chicago. 
142.         ii.     JossPHiNE  Lucia,  b.   April  lO,  1844;  m.  Rev.  H.  D. 
Northrup. 
Bernard  Hart,  b.  July  3,  1847, 
DeEtte  Augusta,  b.  June  2,  1851. 
Martha  Jennette,  b.  Jan.  8,  1855;  d.  Jan.  1,  1857. 


1 1  Oa.  Sarah  Ann  ^ ,  dan .  of  {Josiah  Harvey  *^ ,  Josiah  ^ , 
Barnabas'^,  Josiah^,  William'^,  William^)  and  Melita 
(Downs)  Merrick,  born  Jan.  28,  1820,  at  Seymour, 
Conn.  Married,  Oct.  11,  1838,  William  Bontecou,  eld- 
est son  of  Anthony  and  Julia  (Bontecou)  Bristoll,  of 
Milford,  Conn.;  he  born  April  3,  1815;  was,  for  twen- 
ty-four years,  a  merchant  in  Charleston,  S.  C,  and  in 
New  York  (;ity  for  twenty-two  years  more;  he  died  June 
28,  1883,  in  his  69th  year.  Sarah  Ann,  his  wife,  died 
Oct.  13,  1889,  in  her  69th  year.  Both  were  buried  at 
Milford,  Conn.     Their  children  were — 


143. 

iii. 

144. 

iv. 

V. 

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SEVENTH    GENERATION.  73 

i.  William  Merrick  (Bristoll),  b.  Sept.  3, 1839,  in  Mil- 
ford,  Conn.  Graduated  from  Yale  College  in 
1860,  and  became  a  teacher.  Enlisted  July  3, 
1863,  at  Milwaukee,  Wis.,  in  the  13th  Battery- 
Wisconsin  Light  Artillery;  became  junior  2nd 
lieutenant  Jan.  5,  1864;  senior  3nd  lieutenant 
Oct.  22,  1864,  and  jvmior  1st)  lieutenant  Jan.  30, 
1865;  was  appointed  depot  ordnance  officer  at 
New  Orleans  in  March,  1865,  and  at  the  time  of 
his  discharge  from  the  service,  June  14,  1866, 
was  assistant  chief  of  ordnance  of  the  military 
division  of  the  Gulf.  In  Sept.,  1866,  he  en- 
tered Andover  Theological  Seminary,  in  which 
he  took  a  two  years'  course.  He  was  called  in 
1868  to  be  Professor  of  Latin  in  Ripon  College, 
Wisconsin,  where  he  served  five  years ;  then  one 
year  in  same  position  in  Atlanta  University, 
Georgia.  In  1874  he  removed  to  Yankton,  Dak. 
Ter.  He  served  there  as  principal  of  the  Yank- 
ton Academy  one  year,  superintendent  of  city 
schools  seven  years,  and  professor  of  Latin  in 
Yankton  College  one  year.  In  1883  he  became  a 
resident  of  Minneapolis,  Minn.,  and  has  there 
served  the  same  real  estate  and  mortgage  loan 
house  for  upwards  of  fifteen  years  as  account- 
ant. He  married,  Dec.  1,  1870,  Rosa,  daughter 
of  Leavitt  Ira  and  Rhoda  Ann  (Randall)  Olds,  of 
Afton,  Minn.  They  have  had  no  children. 
ii.     Julia  (Bristoll),  b.  Dec'  12,  1844;  d.  the  same  day. 

iii.  Julia  Alice  (Bristoll),  b.  Sept.  5,  1846;  m.  Sept.  5, 
1873,  Lucien  White  Stillwell,  son  of  Louzon  and 
Mary  K.  Stillwell;  he  b.  in  Manlius,  N.  Y., 
March  24,  1844,  remo\'ing  to  Wisconsin  with  his 
parents  at  the  age  of  two  years.  He  was  in 
business  as  a  merchant  at  Cairo,  111.,  for  fifteen 
years,  and  since  1879  in  Deadwood,  Dak.,  five 
years  of  which  time  was  spent  as  book-keeper  in 
the  First  National  bank ;  for  the  last  eighteen 
years  as  a  dealer  in  Sioux  relics,  Bad  Land  fos- 
sils, curios  and  mineral  specimens  from  all  quar- 
ters. Their  children  are  Mary  Irene  (Stillwell), 
b.  Sept.  26,  1874;  Hugh  Alvin  (Stillwell),  b. 
April  30,  1881;  d.  in  boyhood;  Donald  Louzon 
(Stillwell),  b.  Dec.  7,  1883;  and  Nora,  d.  in 
infanc3^ 

iv.  Edward  James  (Bristoll),  b.  March  20,  1851 ;  d.  April 
16,  1886;  unmarried. 

v.     Charles  (Bristoll),  b.  Nov.  10,  1855;  d.  Oct.  18,  1869. 

vi.  MaryHanford  (Bristoll),  b.  May  29,  1857;  m.  March 
la,  1879,  Arthur  Henry  Davidson,  of  Milford, 
Conn.  Children— Florence  Hope  (Davidson), 
b.  March?,  1880;  Raymond  Bontecou  (Davidson), 
b.  1887. 

111.     Henry  Clay ^ ,  son  of  ( Elias  ^ ,  Josiah  ^ ,  Barna- 
6'^,    Joshua^,     William^,    William^)    and  Grace    Ann 


74  MERRICK    GENEALOGY  —  WILLIAM. 

(Smith)  Merrick,  born  July  10,  1849,  at  Barnston,  Pro- 
viueeof  Quebec.  Married,  Oct.  7,  1874,  at  Newport,  Vt., 
Emma  Bean.  Died  Nov.  26,  1893,  at  St.  Paul,  Minn. 
Children — 

i.     Forest  Elias,  b.  Sept.  9,  1875,  at  Fitch  Bay,  P.  Q. ; 
m.  Nov.  25,  1897,  at   Little  Falls,  Minn.,  Cora 
Foster. 
ii.    Ernest  Mortimer,  b.  July  5,  1879,  at  Georgeville, 
P.  Q. 

112.  Walter^,  son  of  (CJiarles  Dennis^,  Josiah^, 
Barnahas^ ,  Joshua^,    William^,    WiUiam^)  and  Lucinda 

(Johnson)   Merrick,   born  March   15,  1841,  at ,  la. 

Married,  Jan.  29,  1864,  at  Fort  Scott,  Kan.,  Lucinda 
Bryant,  daughter  of  Henry  R.  and  Jane  (Hall)  Bryant, 
by  whom  he  had  ten  children.  She  born  April  15,  1844, 
at  McLean,  111.;  died  about  1886.  He  married,  2nd, 
Hortense  McQuestion;  3rd,  Nov.  11,  1895,  Mrs.  Maggie 
Hall.  He  is  a  farmer  and  stock  buyer  of  means,  located 
(1900)  at  Pleasant  View,  Kan.     Children— 

i.     Sarah  A.,   b.  Nov.  6,  1864,  at  Ft.   Scott,  Kan.;  d. 

March  25,  18G8. 
ii.     Martha  J.,  b.  March  13,  1866,  Pleasant  View,  Kan. ; 

d.  March  13,  1872. 
iii.     George  Andrew,  b.  Feb.  4,  1868. 
iv.     Almira,  b.  Sept.   16,  1870;  m.  Dec.  7,  1887,  Critten- 
den Hall,  of  Pleasant  View,  Kan. 
V.     Albert,  b,  Oct,  5,  1872. 
vi.     Adelia,  b.   April    27,   1874;  m.    June   5,    1892,  John 

Cliurch . 
vii.     Charles  Franklin,  b.  Dec.  1,  1876. 
viii.     Orvill  V.,  b.  Jan.  4,  1879. 
ix.     Harriet  Ann,  b.  March  30,  1882. 
X.     Mary  May,  b.  Feb.  28,  1885. 

113.  Dennis  N.^,  son  of  (Charles  Dennis^ ,  Josiah^ , 
Barnabas'^ ,  Joshua^,  William'^,  William^)  and  Lucinda 
(Johnson)  Merrick,  born  Sept.  6,  1853,  at  Santa  Fe, 
Kan.  Married,  Sept.,  1874,  Sarah  Bryant,  of  McDonald 
count5%  Kan.     Children — 

i.     James,  b.  May  23,  1878,  Newton,  Mo. 
ii.     Effa  May,  b.  Feb.  9,  1881,  at  Vinita,  Indian  Ter. ;  m, 

Oct.,  1896,  George  Hills,  at  Vinita,  Indian  Ter. 
iii.     Laura,  b.   March    21,   1884,  Lowell,  Kan. ;  d.  Nov., 

1893. 
iv.     Jessie,  b.  Oct.  28,  1886,  Lowell,  Kan. 
V.     Albert,  b.  March  15,  1889. 
vi.     Ira,  b.  Feb.  9,  1892. 

vii.     Earl,  b.  Feb.  16,  1895,  Baxter  Springs,  Kan. 
viii.     Nora,  b.  Oct.  10,  1898,  Indian  Ter. 


SEVENTH    GENERATION.  75 

114.  William \  son  of  (Isaac^,  Isaac^ ,  Isaac*, 
Isaac^,  Stephen'^,  William^)  and  Susan  (Paine)  Merriek, 
born  July  7,  1807,  at  Assonet,  Mass.  Married,  May  4, 
1834,  at  New  Bedford,  Mass.,  Eliza  Perry,  daughter  of 
Edward  and  Naomi  (Allen)  Perry;  she  born  Sept.  4, 
1815,  at  Harwich,  Mass.  William  followed  the  sea  from 
early  to  middle  life,  in  the  coasting  and  West  India 
trade;  afterwards  became  a  ship  carpenter  at  New  Bed- 
ford; died  Jan.  9,  1885,  at  New  Bedford;  Eliza,  his  wife, 
died  Feb.  18,1864.     Childi-en— 

i.  William  Agustus,  b.  Sep.  26,  1836,  New  Bedford; 
m.  Dec.  1858,  at  New  Bedford,  Eliza  Staples;  had 
one  daughter,  who  ni.  John  W.  Dunham,  who 
was  living,  1898,  at  Campello,  Mass. 
ii.  Charles  Warren,  b.  May  80,  1839 ;  m.  and  has  a 
son,  Walter  W. ;  is  living  at  Lynn,  Mass.,  1899. 
iii.     Harriet  Elizabeth,  b.  April  24,  1844 ;  d.  Sept.   12, 

1862. 
iv.     Helen  Augusta,  b.  July  4,  1846;  d.   Sept.  4,  1846. 

145.  V.     Frederick  Laforest.  b.  June  17,  1848. 

146.  vi.    Joseph  Grafton,  b.  July  20,  1851. 

vii.     Walter  W.,  b.  Oct.  17,  1857;  d.  Feb.  20,  1859. 

115.  John  Pliny^,  son  of  (Isaac^ ,  Isaac^ ,  Isaac*, 
Isaac^,  Stephen" ,  William^)  and  Susan  (Paine)  Merrick, 

born  April  26,  1814,  at .     Married,  Nov.  11,  1841, 

Mary  Burt,  of  New  Bedford,  Mass.  He  died  Dec.  17, 
1889.     Children— 

i.     Josephine  Adelaide,  b,  Oct.   1845;  never  married, 
ii.     Emma  Jane.  b.  Nov.  1849;  never  married. 

116.  Chloe  (Sweeting),  dau.  of  Nathaniel  and  Mary 

(Tyrrell)    Sweeting,  born ,  in    Whitestown,  N.    Y. 

Married  George  Langford,  son  of  George  and  Abigail 
(Elliott)  Langford.  They  lived  in  Utica,  N.  Y.  Chil- 
dren— 

i.  Mary  (Langford),  b. . 

ii.  George  (Langford),  b. . 

iii.  Philip  (Langford),  b. ;  died  young. 

147.  iv.  Chloe  (Langford),  b. . 

V.  Dewitt  (Langford),  b. . 

vi.  Abigail  (Langford),  b. . 

vii.  MoREAU  (Langford),  b. . 

viii.  Marie  Antoinette  (Langford),  b. . 

ix.  Charles  Clinton  (Langford),  b. . 

X.  Nathaniel  Pitt  (Langford),  b. .     • 

XI.  Augustine  (Langford),  b. . 

117.  John  Dole'^,  son  of  (Dr.  Lot'^ ,  Josiah^ , 
Josiah*,   WiUiain'\   Joseph',     William^)   and  Elizabeth 

6-M 


76  MERRICK     GENEALOGY — WII^LIAM. 

Carlton  (Dole)  Myriek,  born  Aug.  2,  1835,  at  Augusta, 
Me.  Married,  April  24,  1867,  by  the  Rev.  Henry  W. 
Brown,  Pauline  J.,  daughter  of  Ebenezer  and  Eliza 
(Williams)  Fuller,  of  Augusta.  She  born  March  2, 
1836.  Major  Mjrick  was  graduated  from  Harvard,  A.  B. , 
1858,  and  commenced  the  study  of  law  there,  but  was 
interrupted  by  the  war.  He  was  admitted  to  the  Kenne- 
bec bar  in  Sept.,  1865.  He  entered  the  University 
Guards,  Cambridge,  Mass. ,  in  April,  1861,  and  served  until 
September.  Returned  to  his  native  state  and  was  com- 
missioned Second  Lieutenant  Co.  "K,"  1st  Maine  Cav- 
alry, Nov.  2,  1861;  First  Lieutenant,  Dec.  9,  1862; 
Captain,  July  1,  1863;  Brevet  Major  of  Vols.,  March  31, 
1865.  He  participated  in  the  battles  of  Frederick,  Fred- 
ericksburg, in  Stoneman's  raid,  reconnaissance  to  Little 
Washington,  marching  125  miles  in  31  hours.  At  battle 
of  Mine  Run,  led  charge  after  the  "Harris  Light"  had 
refused  to  advance.  Battles  of  Black  Creek,  Todd's 
Tavern,  Second  Squirrel  Church,  (horse  shot  under  him,) 
Williams  Station,  St.  Mary's  Church,  Deep  Bottom, 
(horse  shot  under  him,)  White  Oak  Swamp,  Dinwiddle 
Court  House  (brevetted  for  gallant  and  meritorious  ser- 
vices at  Dinwiddle) .  Mustered  out  at  Petersburg,  Va., 
Aug.  1,  1865.  Commissioned  First  Lieutenant  10th  U. 
S.  Cavalry,  March  7,  1867,  and  Brevet  Captain,  U.  S. 
A.,  same  date.  Resigned  and  received  full  and  honor- 
able discharge,  May  27,  1872.  On  retirement  from  the 
array  engaged  in  the  di'ug  business  in  Augusta.  Resided 
in  Fitchburg,  Mass.,  from  1873  to  1876.  Was  appointed 
State  Librarian  of  Maine,  bv  Governor  Connor,  Oct.  16, 
1878.  Died  Dec.  27,  1882^  at  Augusta,  Me.,  where  his 
widow  and  one  daughter  still  reside.     Daughter — 

i.     Eliza  Williams,  b.  Sept.  29,  1868 ;  graduated  from 
High  School,  Augusta,  1886. 

118.  Edward  Edes',  son  of  (Dr.  Lot^ ,  Josiah^, 
Josiah'^,  William^,  Joseph^,  William^)  and  Elizabeth 
Carlton  (Dole)  Myriek,  born  April  25, 1837,  at  Augusta, 
Me.  Married,  March  7,  1862,  Adelaide  R.,  daughter  of 
John  Hamilton;  she  born  in  Vassalboro,  Me.  Edward 
Edes  served  in  the  Fii-st  Maine  Cavalry  during  the  Civil 
War,  and  was  discharged  for  disability  Nov.  22,  1863. 
They  had  one  daughter — 

148.  i.     Mary  Smith,  b.    Aug.    14,    18G9,  at  Vassalboro;  m. 

William  J.  A.  Collins. 


SEVENTH    GENERATION.  77 

119.  James  Howe  ^ ,  son  of  ( Josiah ^ ,  Josiah  ^ ,  Josiali*' , 
Williatw\  Joseph'-,  William^)  and  Hannah  (Glidden) 
Myriek,  born  Dee.  27,  1824,  Newcastle,  Me.  Married, 
May  23,  1854,  Mary  Converse,  daughter  of  Edward  and 
Mary  (Converse)  Merrill,  of  New  Bedford,  Mass.;  she 
born  March  10,  1832,  at  Freeport,  Me.  (Her  parents 
moved  to  New  Bedford  when  she  was  six  months  old). 
James  H.  left  Newcastle,  Me.,  in  1846,  taking  up  his 
residence  in  Boston,  where  he  has  lived  since  that  time. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Hall  &  Myriek,  com- 
mission merchants  until  about  1860.  Shortly  afterwards 
he  established  a  business  in  Prince  Edward's  Island,  and 
erected  factories  at  Tignish  and  vicinitj^  for  canned 
goods.  He  also  has  a  market  for  produce  and  fish  at 
Charlottetown,  P.  E.  I.     Children— 

i.     Alice  Thacher,  b.  Feb.  22,  1855;  unmarried. 

14!)  ii.     Edward  Merrill,  b. . 

iii.  Mary  Converse,  b.  Aug.  17,  1862;  d.  Sept.  10,  1898. 
iv.  Cornelia  Howland,  b.  April  27,  1866;  m.  April  18, 
1899,  in  Dorchester,  Mass.,  by  Rev.  Charles  G. 
Ames,  George  Gardner,  son  of  Martin  and  Abbie 
Bradford,  of  Dorchester  They  have  one  dau. 
Mae  Bradford,  b.  Aug.  10,  1900,  Dorchester. 
V.  Hannah  Glidden,  b.  Aug.  31,  1871;  Smith  College, 
A.  B.,  1896;  Johns  Hopkins  University,  M.  D., 
1900 ;  intern  in  New  England  hospital  for  women 
and  children,  Roxbury,  Mass. 

120.  Arlitta  Bryant',  dau.  of  (JosiaJi^ ,  Josiah^, 
JosiaJi'^ ,  William'^,  Joseph",  William^)  and  Hannah 
(Glidden)  Myriek,  born  June  2,  1829,  Newcastle,  Me. 
Married,  Feb.  22,  1866,  in  Dorchester,  Mass.,  by  the 
Rev.  Edwin  B.  Webb,  Benjamin  Franklin,  son  of  Ben- 
jamin and  Nabb}^  (Simmons)  Ford;  he  born  Feb.  22, 
1823,  Marshfield,  Mass.  Mr.  Ford  was  emploj-ed  in  the 
Second  Auditor's  office.  United  States  Treasury,  for 
many  years,  but  is  now  retired.    Thej^  had  one  daughter — 

150  i.     Louise  Myriok  (Ford),  b.  March  11,  1867,  in  New- 

castle, Me. 

121.  Josiah '',  son  of  (Josiah^,  Josiah^,  Josiah*, 
William^,  Joseph'-',  William^')  and  Hannah  (Glidden) 
Myriek,  born  Feb.  17,  1833,  at  Nobleboro,  Me.  Mar- 
ried, May  1,  1858,  at  Portland,  Ore.,  Louise  Rae,  grand- 
daughter of  Dr.  McLoughlin,  one  of  the  prominent 
pioneers  of  Oregon.  He  was  a  mine  owner  and  operator 
in  Baker  county,  eastern  Oregon  in  1899.     Children — 


78  MERRICK     GENEALOGY — WILLIAM. 

i.     Ida  Rae,    b.   Feb.  IG,  1859,  at  Portland,  Ore. ;  un- 
married. 

ii.     JosiAH,  b.  . 

iii.     Elizabeth  Webb,  b.  April,  1863. 

iv.    WiNNiFRED  Glidden,  b.  Sept.  11,  1866. 

122.  Hanxah  Elizabeth^,  dan.  of  {Josiali^ ,  Josiah^ , 
Josiah* ,  William^,  Joseph'^,  William^)  aud  Hannah 
(Glidden)  Myriek,  bora  Nov.  28,  1838,  Nobleboro,  Me. 
Married,  Jan.  20,  1859,  by  the  Rev.  Mr.  Shaw,  Edward, 
son  of  Lewis  and  Hannah  (Rundlet)  Webb,  of  Newcastle; 
he  born  Feb.  28,  1833;  died  April  1,  1889,  in  San  Fran- 
cisco, Cal.  He  was  engaged  in  mining  in  California  and 
Oregon.     Children — 

i.     A  daughter,  b.  1869;  d.  same  day. 
ii.     Josephine  Myrick  (Webb),  b.  Jan.  16,  1873;  grad- 
uated from  Lincoln  Academy,  1892. 
iii.     Florence  Ford  (Webb),  b.  Sept.  26,  1880. 

123.  Nathaniel  Cushing  (Bryant),  sou  of  Major 
Cushing  Bryant  aud  Arlitta^  Myrick  (Josiah^ ,  Joskili^ , 
William^,  Joseph"^,  William^)  born  March  27,  1823,  in 
Nobleboro,  Me.  Married,  Sept.  19,  1860,  at  Charles  City, 
la.,  by  the  Rev.  Austin  D.  Bush,  May  Eliza,  daughter 
of  John  Mark  aud  Mary  (Yardley)  Southall,  of  Ashton- 
under-Tyne,  England.  She  died,  Aug.  2,  1899,  in  New 
York  city.  Nathaniel  Cushing  Bryant  received  his  early 
education  at  Lincoln  Academy  aud  high  school,  Au- 
gusta, Me.  At  the  age  of  14,  received  appointment  as 
midshipman  in  the  United  States  Navy,  by  Jonathan 
Cilley,  member  of  Congress,  aud  was  warranted  to  date 
from  Dec.  23,  1837.  His  first  cruise  was  on  sloop  of 
war  '^Erie,"  under  the  command  of  Farragut.  In  1842, 
was  ordered  to  Naval  School,  Philadelphia,  and  in  June 
of  the  following  year  passed  fourth  in  a  class  of  39, 
Passed  midshipman,  June  29,  1843.  Mediterranean 
squadron,  1844,  acting  master  of  sloop  '^Plymouth." 
During  Mexican  War  was  acting  master  of  sloop  '^Dale," 
and  ])articipated  in  capture  of  Muleje,  Oct.  1,  1847, 
bombardment  of  Guaymus  on  17th  of  that  month,  and 
laud  operations  about  Cochori  and  Bacochivampo.  Lieu- 
tenant, Aug.  7,  1850.  Steam  frigate  ''San  Jacinto," 
treaty  with  Siam,  1855.  During  early  part  of  Civil  War 
commanded  gun  boat  ''Cairo,"  Mississippi  flotilla,  and 
participated  in  operations  about  forts  Henry  and  Donel- 
son,  Clarksville,  Nashville,  Island  No.  10,  Fort  Pillow, 


SEVENTH    GENERATION.  79 

Fort  Wright;  commander,  July  16,  1862.  Detached  on 
sick  leave  in  October  following.  In  1864,  assigned  to 
special  duty  with  Admiral  Gregory,  and  in  March  of  that 
3'ear  to  West  Gulf  squadron.  Ordnance  Station,  Mound 
Citj-,  111.,  to  April,  1865.  His  last  cruise  was  in  1866. 
After  the  war  he  made  his  residence  in  Cedar  Falls,  la., 
where  he  died  Sept.  19,  1874.  He  was  admitted  to  St. 
Johns  Lodge,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  Boston,  May  29,  1854. 
Commander  Bryant  had  twenty-seven  years  of  active 
service,  fourteen  of  which  were  sea  duty.  He  was  placed 
on  the  retired  list  for  disability,  Sept.  26,  1864.  Chil- 
dren— 

i.  Percy  (Bryant),  b.  April  19,  1863,  in  Charles  City, 
la.  AUenist.  Received  his  first  degree  in  medi- 
cine before  he  was  21  years  old,  graduating  from 
the  Homeopatliic  Mechcal  College,  Chicago,  in 
March,  1883,  and  was  one  of  the  two  members 
of  his  class  to  receive  the  appointment  of  Intern 
to  the  Cook  County  Hospital,  where  he  served 
from  June  1,  1883,  to  April  1,  1885.  His  hospital 
training  showed  him  the  necessity  of  obtaining 
a  more  thorough  equipment  than  was  offered  by 
the  homeopathic  school,  and  in  Oct.,  1885,  he 
went  to  New  York  city,  matriculating  at  the 
Medical  Department  of  Columbia  University. 
The  followTing  year  he  was  appointed  ambulance 
surgeon  to  the  Chamber's  St.  Hospital,  New 
York  city,  one  of  the  largest  emergencj^  hospi- 
tals in  the  United  States,  serving  there  until 
Oct.,  1886.  Nov.  1,  1887,  received  degree  of  M.  D. 
from  Columbia,  and  in  February  following  was 
appointed  assistant  physician  to  the  New  York 
City  Asylum  for  the  Insane.  In  Feb.,  1889,  was 
appointed  3rd  assistant  physician  to  the  Buffalo 
State  Hospital,  serving  in  that  capacity  until 
Aug.  4,  1894,  when  the  death  of  Dr.  Andrews, 
the  superintendent,  and  the  promotion  of  Dr. 
Hurd,  assistant  superintendent,  made  a  vacancy 
in  the  latter  named  grade.  To  fill  it  a  civil 
service  examination  was  called  at  Albany  in 
December,  nine  candidates  competing.  Dr.  Bry- 
ant passed  first  on  the  list  and  received  tlie  ap- 
pointment. In  189()  went  to  Southern  Califor- 
nia on  account  of  ill  health;  Feb.  1,  1897,  he 
was  appointed,  from  the  civil  service  list,  medi- 
cal superintendent  of  ilauhattau  State  Hospital, 
New  York  city,  serving  there  until  April,  1900, 
when  he  resigned,  owing  to  failing  health,  and 
went  to  Ashville,  N.  C.  Was  commis-sioued 
captain  and  assistant  surgeon  74th  regiment,  N. 
Y.  N.  G.,  June  5,  1893,  and  resigned  Feb.  3,  1897, 
upon  removal  to  New  York.  Member  of  the  New 
York  State  Medical  Association;  the  American 
Medico-Psychological  Association ;  companion 
of  tlie  Loyal  Legion  (by  inheritance);  charter 
member  ot  Liberal  Club,   Buffalo;    unmarried. 


80  MERRICK    GENEALOGY  —  WILLIAM. 

ii.  Walter  (Bryant),  b.  Oct.  1,  1863,  Cedar  Falls,  la. ; 
graduated  from  University  of  Iowa,  C.  E.,  1885; 
went  to  Salt  Lake  City  in  1890,  and  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  firm  of  Sprague  &  Bryant  until  the 
death  of  the  former  the  year  following,  since 
which  time  he  has  been  in  business  alone. 

124.  Joseph  Myrick  (Bryant, )  son  of  Major  Gushing 
Bryant  and  Arlitta''  Myrick,  dan.  of  {Josiah^ ,  JosiaJi"^ , 
William^,  Joseph"^,  William^)  born  July  1,  1825,  at 
Nobleboro,  Me.  First  cruise  on  the  brig-  "iTojoe,"  with 
his  father,  and  was  sliip wrecked  off  Cape  Hatteras. 
In  1849  went  to  California  in  the  ship  ''Osceola,"  from 
Boston,  and  the  following  year  made  his  residence  in 
Marysville,  Cal.  Engaged  in  mining  and  commercial 
pursuits.  In  1854  went  to  Mexico  on  business,  and  on 
May  10,  of  that  year,  at  the  Port  of  Guaymus,  was 
shot  and  dangerously  wounded  in  the  neck  by  a  Mexican 
soldier.  Mr.  Bryant,  three  other  Americans,  and  an 
Englishman,  had  been  confined  in  a  dungeon  in  Guaymus 
for  two  months  suffering  great  privations,  and  were  about 
to  be  executed  for  some  alleged  political  offence.  They 
had  no  trial,  no  opportunity  to  defend  themselves,  and 
were  not  informed  of  the  nature  of  the  charges  made 
against  them.  As  they  were  escaping  from  the  barque 
' ' Etlielhert"  under  orders  to  proceed  to  Mazatalan  with 
the  prisoners,  the  Mexican  guard  fired  upon  them  with 
the  result  mentioned,  at  the  same  time  firing  into  a  boat 
from  H.  B.  M.  ship  ''Dido"  which  came  alongside  to 
deliver  a  letter.  The  Mexican  soldiers  were  promptly 
placed  under  a  guard  from  the  "Dido"  for  firing  upon  an 
English  ship,  and  owing  to  this,  as  well  as  to  the  cir- 
cumstance that  the  " Ethelhert"  was  flj'ing  the  British 
flag,  Capt.  Morsehead,  of  the  "Dido,"  offered  his  pro- 
tection to  the  prisoners  and  placed  them  on  his  ship.  It 
appears  that  the  Gov.  of  Sonora  Don  Jose  Maria  Yanes, 
under  whose  jurisdiction  the  matter  came,  had  been 
obliged,  in  the  absence  of  other  means  of  transportation, 
to  engage  the  English  vessel  to  transport  the  prisoners. 
Mr.  Bryant,  who  was  unconscious  from  his  wound,  re- 
ceived the  attention  of  the  ship  surgeon,  and  a  few  days 
afterwards  was  transferred  to  the  United  States  revenue 
cutter  "  Willimn  L.  Marc)/,"  at  Mazatalan,  and  taken  to 
San  Francisco.  In  1855  he  brought  a  claim  against  the 
Mexican  government  for  injuries  received  at  the  hands  of 
Mexican  officials;  the  case  was  tried  before  the  court  of 
claims,  and  Mexico  was  compelled  to  make  a  settlement, 


EIGHTH    GENERATION.  81 

and  give  full  and  ample  satisfaction.  In  1858  he  went 
to  British  Columbia  and  established  a  trading  post  on 
the  Frazer  River,  and  another  on  the  Thompson  River. 
Returned  to  the  United  States  in  1867.  In  1868  he  was 
appointed  by  President  Johnson  special  agent  of  the 
Treasury  Department  for  the  Puget  Sound  District. 
From  1871  to  1871  he  was  connected  with  the  consular 
service,  at  Callao,  Peru.  In  1875  he  went  to  Chili  as 
representative  of  California  products  at  the  International 
Exposition,  at  Santiago  de  Chili,  1876.  From  1877  to 
1880  was  connected  with  the  firm  of  J.  C.  Merrill  &  Co., 
of  San  Francisco,  operating  in  Central  America.  He  is 
now  retired  from  active  business.  Was  never  married. 
He  resides  at  this  time  in  San  Francisco. 

125.  Elisha\  son  of  (Jesse^,  Isaac^)  and  Elizabeth 
(Knowles)  Myriek,  born  Sept.  19,  1825,  at  Eastham, 
Mass.  Married,  1861,  at  Chelsea,  Mass.,  Mary  Ann 
Sweet  Godbold,  daughter  of  Gustavus  A.  Godbold;  she 
born  1827.     Children— 

i.     Louis  Herman,    b.    1862,    Chelsea,   Mass.;   living, 

1899,  in  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
ii.     George  Whiting,  b.    1865;  is  a  shoe  buyer  for  a 
large  wholesale  establishment  in  Boston  (1898) ; 
lives  in  Melrose. 


EIGHTH  GENERATION. 

126.  Joseph  JESSE^,son  of  (SetJi  Butler'',  Joseph^, 
Giles  '^  ( "? ) ,  ( Thomas^ ,  Stephen  ^ ,  William ^ ,  William  ^ )  and 
Lucinda  (Carpenter)  Myriek,  was  born  Sept,  13,  1838,  on 
a  squatter's  claim  in  what  was  afterwards  the  town  of 
Paris,  Kenosha  county,  Wis.  Lived  on  a  farm  with  his 
father  until  he  was  of  age.  When  the  first  call  for 
75,000  men  came  in  1861,  enlisted  in  Co.  "F,"  20th 
Illinois  Infantry,  June  13,  1861,  for  three  years.  Served 
full  time  and  then  re-enlisted  for  three  years  more.  Was 
in  the  battles  of  Belmont,  Fort  Henry,  Fort  Donelson, 
Pittsburg  Landing,  Shilo,  Jackson,  Raymond,  Champion's 
Hill,  Vicksburg,  and  about  forty  battles  and  skirmishes 
of  lesser  note,  all  for  $13.00  and  $16.00  per  month,  paid 
in  money  worth  less  than  fifty  cents  on  the  dollar.  After 
his  discharge  returned  to  Wisconsin  and  married  the  girl 
who  had  waited  for  him — Miss  Jane  A.  Arnold,  of  Wil- 
mot,  a  school  teacher.     In    December,    1868,   went   to 


82  MERRICK     GENEALOGY  —  WILLIAM. 

Dunn  county,  Wisconsin,  and  settled  on  a  two  hundred 
and  forty  acre  farm,  from  which  he  made  a  good  living 
up  to  the  time  of  this  writing,  and  expects  to  remain 
there  as  long  as  he  lives.  Had  thirteen  children,  nine 
of  whom  are  still  living,  and  all  of  whom  were  good 
children,  and  an  honor  to  their  parents. 

Joseph  J.  Mj'rick  is  a  kind  husband  and  father,  honest 
and  upright  in  all  his  dealings,  holding  the  confidence 
of  all  who  know  him.  He  is  public  spirited  and  liberal; 
a  loyal  Grand  Ai-my  man,  and  at  the  time  of  this  writing 
is  Commander  of  William  Evans  Post,  of  Menomonie, 
Wis.  He  was  married,  Dec.  18,  1864,  at  Newstead, 
Erie  county,  N.  Y.  His  wife  was  also  living  in  1899. 
Their  children  were — 

i.  Jesse  R.,  b.  Feb.  27,  1866,  in  Dunn  Co.,  Wis.;  m. 
Sept.  18,  1895,  Mabel  Luther;  she  d.  Nov.  16, 
1899;  he  is  a  teacher  by  profession. 

il.  Etta  M.,  b.  Nov.  16,  1867;  m.  Charles  C.  Owen, 
Sept.,  1896,  and  is  now  living  at  La  Crosse,  Wis. ; 
is  a  graduate  of  the  Normal  school. 

iii.  Sarah  L.,  b.  Aug.  28,  1871;  m.  Frank  G.  Gavin, 
June,  1895;  now  living  at  Wilmot,  Wis.,  where 
she  is  teaching. 

iv.     Mead  Ward,  b.  Jan.  8,  1874;  a  carpenter,  located  at 

Eau  Claire,  Wis. 
V.     Nelly  M.,  b.  Feb.  23,  1876;  d.  July  21,  1882. 

vi.  Margaret  M,,  b.  Dec.  8,  1878;  m.  Nov.  1897,  Wil- 
liam Skillings;  living  at  Dunnville,  Wis. 

vii.     Ida  Jane,  b.    Dec.    18,  1880;  at  teachers'  training 

school,  Menomonie,  Wis. 
viii.     HattieBess,  b,  Ajiril  12,  1883. 

ix.     Edwin,  b.  Dec.  31,  1885;  d.  Jan.  4,  1887. 
X.     Fred  E.,  b.  Dec.  81,  1885. 

xi.     Alice,  b.  March  16,  1888. 

127.  Seth  Butler^  son  of  {Setli  Butler'' ,  Joseph^, 
Giles ^  (?),  Thomas^,  Stephen'^,  William",  William^)  and 
Lucinda  (Carpenter)  Myrick,  born  April  13,  1842,  at 
Paris,  Kenosha  county.  Wis.  Married,  Feb.  24, 1869,  at 
Kenosha,  Wis.,  Cornelia  C.  Myriek,  daughter  of  John 
J.  and  Calista  W.  (Todd)  Myriek;  she  born  May  5, 
1850,  New  York  state.  Children,  all  born  at  Bristow,  la. — 

1.  Charles  J.,  b.  April  27,  1870. 

ii.  Ida  J.,  b.  Oct.  13,  1871;  d.  Sept,  4,  1873. 

151.        iii.  Sadie  E.,  b.  Jan.  2:],  1874;  m.  April  19,  1896,  Joseph 
J.  Goelz,  of  Bristow,  Iowa, 

iv.  Seth  M.,  b.  April  13,  1876. 

V.  Louie  B.,  b.  Jan.  10,  1879;  d.  Aug.  1.3,  1879. 

vi.  EDwin  H.,  b.  April  15,  1885. 

vii.  Henry  C,  b.  Aug.  12,  1890;  d.  March  22,  1891. 


EIGHTH    GENERATION.  83 

128.  Mead Obadiah\  son  of  ( Seth  Butler\  Joseph^, 
Giles''  (?),  Thomas'^,  Stephen''^,  William'^,  William^)  and 
Lucincla  (Carpenter)  Mj^'ick,  born  Jan.  10,  1847,  at  Paris, 
Kenosha  county,  Wis.  Married,  Sept.  7,  187G,  Sarah 
Strong.  From'l868  to  1875  Mr.  Myrick  taught  school 
winters  and  carried  on  his  farm  during  the  summer 
months;  since  1875  he  has  devoted  all  his  time  to  farm- 
ing the  homestead  near  Woodworth,  Kenosha  county, 
where  he  now  resides;  is  a  member  of  the  Congregational 
Church.     Children — 

i.  Myra  Lucinda,  b.  June  30,  1877. 

ii.  Nellie  Frances,  b.  June  24,  1880. 

iii.  LORIN  Mead,  b.  July  19,  1883. 

iv.  Mildred  Louise,  b.  June  5,  1892. 

129.  Edwin  Josiah*,  son  of  (Seth  Butler'^ ,  Joseph'^ , 
Giles'' i  1),  Thomas'^,  Stephen'',  William'^,  William^)  and 
Lucinda  (Carpenter)  Myrick,  born  March  31,  1853,  at 
Woodworth,  Wis.  Married,  May  20,  1874,  at  Richmond, 
111.,  Sarah  A.  Purdy,  daughter  of  William  H.  and  Julia 
A.  (Me Williams)  Purdy;  she  born  Sept.  17,  1856,  at 
Richmond,  HI.  Edwin  Josiah  moved  from  Kenosha 
county.  Wis.,  to  Capriona,  Nemaha  county,  Kansas,  in 
Sept.  1874.  He  is  a  farmer  by  occupation;  is  a  member 
of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  and  is  an  active  and 
unmovable  Republican  in  politics.  Children,  all  born  in 
Capriona — 

i.  William  Clyde,  b.  May  20,  1875. 

ii.  Nellie  E.,  b.  May  22,  1880. 

iii.  Edith  Pearl,  b.  Dec.  13,  1885. 

iv.  Edwin  Morton,  b.  Nov.  14,  1888. 

130.  Juliette  Amanda*,  dan.  of  (Mead  Ohadiah\ 
Joseph",  Glles^  (1) ,  Thomas\  Stephen^ ,  William'^ ,  Wil- 
liam')  and  Mary  E.  (Wood)  Myrick,  born  April  8,  1864, 
at  Clinton,  Oneida  county,  N.  Y.  Married,  Sept.  12, 
1894,  at  Clinton,  N.  Y.,  Prof.  Hiram  Albert  Vance,  son 
of  William  Matthew  and  Sarah  Amanda  (Potter)  Vance; 
he  born  July  23,  1860,  at  West  Frankfort,  Herkimer 
county,  N.  Y.;  was  prepared  for  college  at  Whitestown 
Seminary,  Whitestown,  N.  Y.,  and  at  Troy  Conference 
Academy,  Poultney,  Vt.;  was  graduated  from  Hamilton 
College  (A.  B.)  in  the  class  of  1888,  and  made  his 
Doctorate  (Ph.  D.)  at  the  University  of  Jena,  Jena, 
Germany,  1893;  was  instructor  in  History  and  assistant 
librarian,  Hamilton   College,    1888-9;   student  in    Ger- 


84  MERRICK     GENEALOGY  —  WILLIAM. 

many  on  leave  of  absence  1891-93.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  Modern  Language  Association  of  America,  and  the 
author  of  "Der  Spataugelsachsisehe  Sermo  in  Festis 
Sanctae  Mariae  Virginis,  etc.,"  (a  Doctor's  Tliesis) ; 
"Robert  Louis  Stevenson,"  a  study;  and  other  contri- 
butions to  magazines.  He  has  been  Professor  of  Eng- 
lish Language  in  the  University  of  Nashville  (Peabody 
Normal  College)  since  1889.     Thej'  have  one  child — 

i.     Julian  Myrick  (Vance),  b.  Aug.  23, 1898,  Nashville, 
Tenn. 

131.  Isaac ^ ,  son  of  (.Isaac ' ,  Isaac ^ ,  Nathaniel'^ ,  Con- 
stant'^ ,  Nathaniel^ ,  William ^ ,  William ^ )  and  Lucv  ( Sears) 
Myrick,  born  Oct.  13,  1831,  at  Yorkville,  N.  Y.  Mar- 
ried, June  7,  1877,  Bethi  W.,  daughter  of  Robert  and 
Mary  Cook,  of  Philadelphia,  Pa.;  she  born  April  4, 1847; 
died  Aug.  11,  1884,  at  Roxborough,  Pa.  Isaac  Myrick 
was  born  in  Yorkville,  N.  Y.,  but  went  to  live  in  Yar- 
mouthport.  Mass . ,  on  Cape  Cod,  when  very  young.  There 
he  engaged  in  the  printing  business,  later,  and  was  for 
years  editor  of  the  Yarmouth  Register,  one  of  the  oldest 
and  most  influential  papers  in  the  state.  He  removed  to 
Jamaica  Plain  about  the  year  1869,  and  engaged  in  the 
grocery  business  with  a  partner,  under  the  firm  name  of 
Norcross  &  Myrick.  Mr.  Norcross  retired  from  the  busi- 
ness a  few  years  prior  to  the  death  of  Mr.  Myrick.  Mr. 
Myrick  was  a  member  of  the  Eliot  Club,  and  was  at  one 
time  a  member  of  the  Jamaica  Club.  He  attended  St. 
John's  Episcopal  Church,  and  was  prominently  identi- 
fied with  the  work  of  that  parish.  He  died  Dec.  13, 
1899,  leaving  one  daughter — 

i.     Jennie,  b.  April  17,  1878;  m.  Aug.   30,  1900,  George 
S.  Gibbs,  of  Jamaica  Plain. 

132.  Col.  John  Reuchlin^,  son  of  {James'' ,  Isaac^ , 
Nathaniel^,  Constant* ,  NnthanieP ,  Williani^ ,  William^) 
and  Rebecca  (Miller)  Myrick,  born  Nov.  9,  1841,  at 
Westfield,  N.  J.  Married,  Jan.  22,  1867,  at  Carlton, 
N.  Y.,  Harriet  Augusta  Moore,  daughter  of  Henry 
Ransom  and  Ann  Eliza  (Gardner)  Moore,  of  Beloit, 
Wis.;  she  born  June  4,  1837;  died  April  16,  1892,  at 
Fort  McHenry,  Md.  John  Reuchlin  Myrick  is  Lieu- 
tenant Colonel,  Artillery  Corps,  United  States  Array; 
was  first  appointed  from  New  York,  Private  Co.  "B," 
13th  New  York  State  Militia,  Nov.  18,  1861;  discharged 


EIGHTH    GENERATION.  85 

Aug.  6,  1861;  2d  Lieutenant  and  1st  Lieutenant  3d  Artil- 
lery, Nov.  18,  1861;  Brevet  Captain,  Feb.  20,  1864,  for 
gallant  and  meritorious  services  in  the  battle  of  Olustee, 
Florida;  Brevet  Major,  Oct.  7,  1864,  for  gallant  and  meri- 
torious services  in  the  action  on  the  Newmarket  Road, 
near  Richmond,  Va. ;  Captain  38th  Infantry,  July  28, 1866, 
declined;  Captain  3rd  Artillery,  Dec  1,  1872;  Major  3rd 
Artillery,  Feb.  12,  1895;  Lieutenant  Colonel  Artillery, 
Oct.  16,  1899;  commanded  Ft.  Wadsworth,  N.  Y.  Har- 
bor during  Spanish  American  war;  with  Army  of  Occu- 
pation in  Cuba,  commanding  Cabana  Fortress  and  Moro 
Castle,  Havana,  Cuba,  Nov.  25,  1899,  to  Oct.  29,  1900. 
Children — 

i.     Hattie  Ann,  b.  May  30,  1868,  Newport,  R.  I. 
ii.     Helen  May,  b.  Miiy  7,  1872,  Charleston,  S.  C. 
iii.     Henry  Moore,  b.  Nov.  17,  1873,  David's  Island,  N. 

Y.  Harbor;   living   in    New  York  City,    doing 

business  at  No.  80,  Broadway. 

133.  William  Hawks  (Bullard),  son  of  Charles 
Hammond  and  Polly  Jewett  (Pratt)  Bullard,  born  Dec. 
6,  1852,  at  S wanton,  Vt.  Married,  June  8,  1880,  at 
Watertown,  N.  Y.,  Clara  Failing,  daughter  of  Walter 
and  Chloe  Caroline  (Holmes)  Failing;  she  born  April  25, 
1853,  at  Watertown,  N.  Y.  She  is  a  descendant  of 
Johann  Jost  Herkimer,  one  of  the  Palatines,  and  for 
whom  Herkimer  county,  N.  Y.,  is  named.  William 
Hawks  Bullard  is  a  jeweler  by  occupation,  and  is  living 
and  doing  business  in  St.  Paul,  Minn.     Children— 

i.  Polly  Caroline  (Bullard),  b.  May  3,  1881,  Elgin, 
111, 

ii.  Marjorie Louise  (Bullard),  b.  Aug.  19, 1883,  Water- 
town,  N.  Y. 

iii.  Elizabeth  Merrick  (Bullard),  b.  Feb.  18,  1888,  St. 
Paul,  Minn. 

134.  Frank^  (Hinckley),  son  of  Daniel  Billings  and 
Mary  Ann  (Gorhara)  Hinckley,  born  July  9,  1844,  at 
Bangor,  Me.  Married,  June  5,  1873,  at  Burlington,  Vt., 
Frances  Isabel  Hopkins,  daughter  of  Caspar  Thomas  and 
Almira  (Burtnell)  Hopkins;  she  born  July  23,  1854,  at 
San  Francisco,  Cal.  Her  father  was  a  California  pioneer 
(1849);  was  the  president  of  the  first  local  insurance 
company  ever  organized  in  California;  he  was  the  son 
of  Rt.  Rev.  John  Henry  Hopkins,  first  bishop  of  Ver- 
mont. Frank  Hinckley  has  never  entered  business;  his 
oldest  son,   Frank  Caspar,  graduated  from  Harvard  in 


86  MERRICK    GENEALOGY  —  WILLIAM. 

1896,  and  was,  in  1898,  engaged  on  the  United  States 
geological  survey  in  western  New  York.  The  family 
was  living  at  that  date  in  Bangor,  Me.,  where  all  the 
children  were  born — 

i.     Frank  Caspar  (Hinckley),  b.  July  30,  1874. 
ii.     Myra  (Hinckley),  b.  Nov.  20,  1877. 
iii.     Harold  (Hinckley),  b.  Oct.  31,  1879. 

135.  Mary  Ann*  (Wheeler),  dan.  of  Daniel  and 
Mary  (Hinckley)  Wheeler,  born  Sept.  20,  1827,  at 
Hardwick,  Mass.  Married,  May  11,  1859,  Horace  B. 
Chamberlain,  of  Brewer,  Me.  They  had  no  childi-en. 
Horace  B.  died  Dec.  7,  1861.  Mary  Ann,  the  widow, 
was  living,  1899,  in  Bangor,  Me.,  at  No.  36  Charles 
street. 

136.  Adaline  Billings^  (Wheeler),  dau.  of  Daniel 
and  Mary  (Hinckley)  Wheeler,  born  Oct.  24,  1832,  at 
Hardwick,  Mass.  Married,  Jan.  10,  1856,  Bben  R. 
Gardner,  of  Bucksport,  Me.     They  had  two  children — 

i.     Alice  Billings  (Gardner),  b.  June  13,  1857. 
ii.     Walter  Hinckley  (Gardner),  b,  Aug.  27,  1862;  m. 
June  20, 1888,  at  Bucksport,  Me.,  Augusta  Chapin 
Swazey,  daughter  of  Captain  Joseph  Swazey. 

137.  Harrison  H.^,  son  of  (Allen'' ,  David^ ,  Isaac^, 
John^ ,  John^ ,  William'^,  WilUnm^)  and  Caroline  (Hop- 
kins) Merrick,  born  Jan.  22,  1841,  at  Carmel,  N.  Y. 
Married,  Aug.  15,  1866,  at  Galion,  0.,  Dell  M.,  daugh- 
ter of  John  and  Mary  Martin;  she  born  May  14,  1840, 
at  Millsboro,  O.  Harrison  H.  Merrick  was  educated  in 
the  district  school  at  Carmel;  in  the  fall  of  1856  engaged 
in  the  jewelry  business  in  New  York  cit}'.  In  1866 
moved  to  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  and  engaged  in  same  business. 
In  1878,  in  order  to  extend  the  business,  engaged  in 
partnership  under  the  firm  name  of  Merrick,  Walsh, 
Phelps  Jewelry  Company,  in  which  he  remained,  eon- 
ducting  a  very  successful  business,  until  April  25,  1901, 
when  he  sold  his  interest  and  retired  from  active  business 
life.  He  and  his  wife  are  members  of  the  First  Church 
of  Christ,  Scientist,  in  Boston,  Mass.,  and  also  of  the 
First  Church  of  Christ,  Scientist,  of  St.  Louis,  where  they 
are  now  living.     Children — 

i.  Fred  A.,  b.  July  20,  1867,  St.  Louis,  Mo. ;  m.  July  10, 
1888,  in  New  York  city,  Ida  Suss ;  had  one  son, 
Allen  F.,  b.  June  29,  1889.  Fred  A.  died  April 
15,  1895,  in  New  York  city. 


EIGHTH    GENERATION.  87 

137a.  Sylvanus  Haight*  ,son  of  (N'eheniiah'^ ,  John^ , 
Isaac^ ,  Jolni'^ ,  Jolin'\  WilUmn' ,  William''-)  and  Abigail 
Delia  (Reed)  Myrick,  born  June  5,  1833,  at  Cold  Spring, 
N.  Y.  Married,' Sept.  12,  1854,  at  Sherman,  N.  Y.,  May 
Louise,  daughter  of  J.  E.  and  Mary  R.  Hawley;  she 
born  May  27,  1834,  at  Mina,  N,  Y.;  is  still  living. 
Sylvanus  Myrick  was  in  the  mercantile  business  in  the 
early  part  of  his  life,  in  New  York  and  Pennsylvania; 
was  one  of  the  early  operators  of  the  Pennsylvania  oil 
regions,  and  later  was  employed  as  inspector  in  the  de- 
velopment of  oil  lands.  Was  an  active  politician,  his 
genial  good  nature  making  him  scores  of  friends  wher- 
ever he  went.  During  the  last  eighteen  years  of  his  life 
he  resided  upon,  and  worked  the  farm  upon  which  his 
father  had  settled  when  he  first  went  to  New  York. 
Aug.  19,  1862,  he  enlisted  in  Co.  "E,"  112th  New  York 
Infantry ;  was  commissioned  first  lieutenant ;  commanded 
his  company  nearly  all  the  time  until  Dec.  19,  1863, 
when  he  resigned  on  account  of  disability.  He  died  at 
Sherman,  N.  Y.,  June  26,  1895.  Children,  all  born  in 
Sherman — 

1.     E.  Hawley,  b.  Aug.  1857;  d.  Sept.  26,  1871. 
ii.     Elbert  N.,  b.  Sept.  26,  1859;  m.  Effie  P.  Larkin. 
iii.     Samuel  H.,  b.  Jan.  3,  1863;  d.  April  11,  1881. 
iv.     Elmore  R..  b.   March  24,   1865;  m.    Nov.  26,  1891, 

Nellie  Farnum. 
V.     Emma  Louise,   b.   Jan.  4,  1868;   m.  Feb.  26,  1890, 

Frank  Titus, 
vi.     Hawley  E.,  b.  May  10,  1872. 

137b.  Elmore*,  son  of  {Nehemiah"' ,  Jolm^ ,  Isaac'\ 
John^ ,  JoIdv' ,  William'^,  William^)  and  Abigail  Delia 
(Reed)  Myrick,  born  March  10,  1836,  at  Cold  Spring, 
N.  Y.  Married,  Oct.  18,  1876,  at  Sherman,  N.  Y., 
Martha  E.,  daughter  of  Moses  and  Harriet  (Woodruff) 
Dutton;  she  born  Nov.  13,  1847,  at  Sherman,  N.  Y. 
Elmore  Myrick  and  wife  are  living  at  Sharpsburg,  Pa. 
Children,  all  born  at  Sharpsburg — 

1.  Howard  E.,  b.  Feb.  23,  1878. 

ii.  Delbert  Button,  b.  April  27,  1880;  d.  July  1,  1881. 

iii.  Scott  Emerson,  b.  March  29,  1884. 

iv.  Harriet  Abba,  b.  Feb.  27,  1887;  d    Sept.  1,  1896. 

V.  Chester  Roeblinq,  b.  Aug.  10,  1889. 

137c.  Cornelius  Warren*,  son  of  {NehemiaV , 
John^ ,  Isaac'",  Jolin^ ,  John^ ,  William'^,  Williatn^)  and 
Abigail  Delia    (Reed)   Myrick,   born  May  31,   1846,   at 


88  MERRICK     GENEALOGY  —  WILLIAM. 

Chautauqua,  N.  Y.  Married,  Oct.  18,  1876,  at  Sherman, 
N.  Y.,  Mary  Price,  daughter  of  James  and  Anna  (Price) 
Vincent;  she  born  Jan.  2,  1850,  at  Sherman,  N.  Y. 
Cornelius  W.  received  a  common  school  education;  en- 
gaged in  the  mercantile  business  a  portion  of  his  life; 
also  handled  real  estate  to  some  extent;  at  present  is 
serving  his  fourth  year  as  a  member  of  the  board  of  edu- 
cation of  the  Sherman  high  school;  has  been  secretary 
of  the  board  during  all  that  time.  Was  assignee  of  the 
defunct  Bank  of  Sherman,  whose  business  he  handled 
with  such  discretion  and  ability  that  he  was  enabled  to 
pay  its  creditors  85  per  cent,  of  their  claims.  He  and  his 
wife  are  now  living  at  Sherman,  N.  Y.     Children — 

i.  James  Warren,  b.  May  30,  1879;  d.  March  10,  1880. 
ii.  Preston  Reed,  b.  July  16,  1883,  at  Sherman,  N.  Y. ; 
graduated  from  the  Slierman  high  school  with 
class  of  1900;  received  a  diploma  from  the  Uni- 
versity of  the  State  of  New  York.  1901 ;  entered 
College  at  Oberlin,  O.,  Sept.,  1901. 

138.  Mary  Isabelle*  (Davis),  dan.  of  Richard 
Montgomery  and  Esther  Eliza  (Myrick)  Davis,  born 
June  18,  1850,  at  Blackman  Township,  Mich.  Married, 
May  15,  1882,  at  Jackson,  Mich.,  Francis  Miller  Dille, 
son  of  Sidney  HilliardaudCandace  (Talbot)  Dille;  he  born 
June  9,  1847,  at  Euclid,  O.;  he  is  descended  from  a 
French  Huguenot  family,  his  great  grandfather,  David 
Dille,  settling  in  Virginia,  and  coming  thence  to  Ohio. 
The  name  was  originally  spelled  "Doille."     Children — 

i.  lONE  Candace  (Dille),  b.  March  4,  1883;  she  is  now 
(1901)  in  the  Cincinnati  high  school;  at  the 
completion  of  her  course  there  she  will  enter 
Leland  Stanford  University,  Palo  Alto,  Cal. 

139.  Anthony  Wayne*  (Abbott),  son  of  George 
and  Lovisa  (Merrick)  Abbott,  born  Aug.  2,  1846,  at 
New  Haven,  Conn.  Married,  Sept.  3,  1879,  at  Camden, 
N.  Y.,  Irene  B.  Lamb,  daughter  of  Seele}' and  Hannah 
(Brodock)  Lamb;  she  born  Jan  3,  1851,  at  Vienna,  N. 
Y.     They  have  one  son — 

i.  George  Lamb  (Abbott),  b.  Oct.  31,  1887,  Camden, 
N.  Y. 

140.  Walter  WiLBERT®,  son  of  {Walter  Jospph'' , 
Joseph*^,  JosiaJi',  Bar)nih((s^ ,  JoHmli''\  William",  Wil- 
liam^) and  Harriet  (Broadwell)  Merrick,  born  Aug.  25, 


EIGHTH    GENERATION.  89 

1850,  at  Seymour,  Conn.  Married,  Oct.  21,  1874,  at 
Pomeroy,  0.,  Jeanette  Do wnie,  daughter  of  William  and 
Susan  (Crosbie)  Do  wnie;  she  born  June  1,  1852,  at 
Pomeroy,  O.  He  is  a  lawyer  by  profession,  and  is  prac- 
ticing at  Pomeroy  at  this  time — 1899-     Children — 

i.     Harriet  Kelsey,  b.  Dec.  2,  1875. 
ii.     Alice  Susan,  b.  Sept.  5,  1879. 

141.  Richard  Lester*,  son  of  {Charles  Henry'^ , 
Joseph^,  JosiaJi^ ,  BaDiabas"^ ,  Joshua^,  William'^,  Wil- 
liam^) and  Mvra  (King)  Merrick,  born  Dec.  28,  1854, 
at  Cleveland,  O.  Married,  Nov.  27,  1884,  at  Fitch- 
ville,  Huron  county,  O.,  Essie  Eliza  Johnson,  daugh- 
ter of  Ralph  and  Eliza  (Townsend)  Johnson;  she  born 
June  26,  1857,  at  Huron  county,  O.  Richard  Lester 
is  by  occupation  a  contracting  carpenter  and  millwright, 
and  is  living  and  doing  business  in  Cleveland,  0.,  in 
1900.     Children— 

i.     Irene  Townsend,  b.  Dec.  7,  1886,  Cleveland,  O. 

142.  Josephine  Lucia*,  dan.  of  (.George  Harvey'^, 
Josiah  Harvey'^ ,  Josiah^ ,  Baruabas* ,  Joshua'^,  William'^, 
WiUiam^}  and  Jennette  (Davis)  Merrick,  born  April  10, 
1844,  at  Seymour,  Conn.  Married,  May  30,  1862,  at 
New  York  City,  Rev.  H.  D.  Northrup.  They  are  living, 
1899,  at  1729  Arch  street,  Philadelphia,  Pa.     Children— 

i.     Henry  Merrick  (Northrup),  b.  May  1863,   London, 

Eng. ;  d.  1865. 
ii.  Herbert  Lincoln  (Northrup),  b.  Feb.  10,  1866,  Lon- 
don, Eng.;  m.  Feb.  1891,  at  Philadelphia,  Pa., 
Sara  Reeve.  Herbert  L.,  is  Professor  of  Anat- 
omy in  the  Hahnemann  Medical  College,  Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 

iii.  May  (Northrup)  b.  May  25,  1869,  New  York  City; 
m.  Oct.  1890,  at  Seymour,  Conn.,  Alfred  Hath- 
away. 

iv.  Edward  Raymond  (Northrup),  b.  Dec.  3,  1870,  Sey- 
mour, Conn.;  m.  June  1899,  at  Philadelphia.  Pa., 
Laura  IMerwarth.  Edward  R.,  is  a  practicing 
physician  in  Grand  Forks,  British  Columbia. 

143.  Bernard  Hart®,  son  of  {George  Harvey'' , 
Josiali  Harvey^ ,  Josiah^ ,  Barnabas'^,  Joshua'^,  William'^, 
Willia^n^)  and  Jennette  (Davis)  Merrick,  born  July  3, 
1847,  at  Seymour,  Conn.  Married,  Sept.  25,  1877,  at 
Stratford,  Conn.,  Emma  E.  Pendleton,  daughter  of  Jo- 
seph and  Eveline  Pendleton;   she  born  Sept.  24,  1857, 


90  MERRICK    GENEALOGY  —  WILLIAM. 

at  Stratford,  Conn.  Bernard  H.  is  a  prosperous  mer- 
chant, doing  business  (1899)  at  Stratford,  Conn.  Chil- 
dren— 

i.     Mabel  A.,  b.  April,  1879,  Stratford,  Conn, 
ii     George  Harold,  b.  Nov.  6,  1881. 
iii.    Mary  Emma,  b.  Jan.  1,  1888. 

144.  DeEtte  Augusta*,  dau.  of  {George  Harveij'^ , 
Josiah  Harvey^,  Josiah'^ ,  Barnabas^ ,  JoshH(r\  William-, 
TT^/?//rtmM  and  Jennette  (Davis)  Merrick,  born  June  2, 
1851,  at  Seymour,  Conn.  Married,  1st,  George  Fowler; 
2d,  at  Bridgeport,  Conn.,  Frank  Sperry.     Children — 

i.     Louis  G.  (Fowler),  b.  . 

ii.     Ethel  (Sperry),  b.  . 

145.  Frederick  La  Forest^  son  of  (William\ 
Isaac^ ,  Imac'^ ,  Isaac*,  Isaac'^ ,  Stephen''-,  William^ )  ?kn(\. 
Eliza  (Perry)  Merrick  was  born  in  New  Bedford, 
Mass.,  June  17,  1848.  He  received  his  education  in  his 
native  city,  and  started  on  his  business  career  in  the 
crockery  store  of  Samuel  Bennett,  of  New  Bedford,  af- 
terwards going  to  Fall  River,  Springfield  and  Boston, 
engaging  in  the  same  business.  He  became,  in  1888, 
the  western  manager,  in  Chicago,  of  the  Bradley  & 
Hubbard  Manufacturing  Company,  of  Meriden,  Conn., 
one  of  the  largest  brass  and  bronze  goods  manufacturing 
establishments  in  the  United  States. 

He  is  a  descendant  through  his  mother's  family  of 
Elder  William  Brewster  and  wife  Mary,  also  of  Stephen 
Hopkins,  his  son  Giles  and  daughter  Constance,  passen- 
gers in  the  '^Maijfloiver,"  1620.  He  also  descends  from 
many  of  the  early  settlers,  active  in  both  military  and 
civil  service  of  the  Colony  from  1620  down  through  the 
Revolutionary  War;  among  them  were  Thomas  Prence, 
governor  of  Plymouth  Colony  for  eighteen  years,  Ed- 
mund Freeman,  Major  John  Freeman,  Daniel  Cole, 
Thomas  Paine,  Richard  Williams,  the  "Father  of  Taun- 
ton," and  from  Seth  Allen,  his  Revolutionary  War  an- 
cestor. Springing  from  a  line  of  ancestry  that  dates 
from  the  Colonial  times,  he  has  inherited  the  sturdy, 
honest  principles  of  his  New  England  fathers.  None  of 
his  ancestors  came  to  this  country  later  than  1650,  so  far 
as  is  known. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Massachusetts  Society  in  Chi- 
cago, Illinois  Sons  of  the  American  Revolution,  and  So- 
ciety of  Colonial  Wars;   in  the  first  two  named  societies 


EIGHTH    GENERATION.  91 

he  lias  acted  in  an  official  capacity  for  several  j-ears.  He 
joined  the  Masonic  order  in  Springfield,  Mass.,  in  1875, 
and  has  always  retained  his  membership  in  his  early 
lodge.  He  married,  September  17,  1872,  Maria  E. 
Barnaby,  of  Fall  River,  daughter  of  Enoch  and  Lydia 
(Sanford)  Baruabj'.  She  descends  from  Richard  War- 
ren, Francis  Cooke  and  his  son  John,  of  the  ''May- 
flotver,"  and  from  a  long  line  of  ancestry  active  in  the 
service  of  this  couutr3^  She  is  a  member  of  the  ^^ May- 
flower^ '  Society  in  Illinois ;  a  member  also  of  the  Vassar 
Students'  Aid  Society,  in  which  college  she  was  a  stu- 
dent in  its  early  days,  and  where  her  daughter  was  edu- 
cated in  later  years.     Childi-en — 

i.     Florence  Barnaby,  b.  Sept.  29,  1873 ;  graduated  at 

Vassar,  1898. 
ii.     Howard  Sanford,  b.  Nov.  3,  1886 ;  d.  July  30,  1888. 

146.  Joseph  Grafton*,  son  of  ( William'' ,  Isaac^, 
Isaac^ ,  Isaac^ ,  Isaac'^ ,  SfepJien'^ ,  William^)  and  Eliza 
(Perry)  Merrick,  born  July  20,  1851,  at  New  Bedford, 
Mass.  Married,  June  26,  1872,  at  Springfield,  Mass., 
Mary  Lizzie  Whitman,  daughter  of  William  and  Eliza 
(Mutell)  Whitman;  she  born  March  12,  1856,  at  New 
Haven,  Conn.;  died  Dec.  21,  1895,  at  Springfield,  Mass. 
Joseph  Grafton  is  in  the  wholesale  grocery  business,  and 
a  member  of  the  firm  of  Sturtevant,  Merrick  &  Co., 
Springfield,  in  1898.     Children— 

i.     Alice  Etta,   b.  Sept.   21,    1873,  at  Springfield ;  m. 
June  9,  1897,    S.    W.  Burns,  of  Springfield. 

ii.  William  Grant,  b.  June  9,  1876;  educated  in  the 
public  schools  of  Springfield,  at  the  Wesleyan 
Academy  at  Wilbraham,  andstudied  under  Prof. 
Edward  Rice,  at  Springfield.  Has  had  exper- 
ience as  a  boolikee[)er;  two  years  in  the  news- 
paper business  as  repoi'ter;  at  present  (1898)  is 
senior  partner  in  the  firm  of  Merrick  &  Brown, 
retail  shoe  dealers,  Sjiringfield,  Mass. 

iii.     Fred  Grafton,  b.  March  2,  1879. 

iv.     Edward  Perry,  b.  Dec.  31,  1881. 
V.     Carl  Wesley,  b.  Aug.  2,  1884. 

vi.    Ruth  Carrie,  b.  Feb.  2,  1892. 

147.  Chloe  (Langford),  dau.  of  George  and  Chloe 
(Sweeting)  Langford,  born  at  Utica,  N.  Y.  Married 
James  Wickes  Taylor,  son  of  James  and  Maria  (Wickes) 
Taylor.  Their  childi-en,  born  in  New  York  state  and 
Ohio,  are — 

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92  MERRICK   GENEALOGY  —  WILLIAM. 


152.  i.     Mary  Langford  (Taylor),  b. 


ii.  Helen  Antoinette  (Taylor),  b. . 

iii.  Alice  (Taylon,  b.  . 

iv.  Harriet  Brace  (Taylor),  b. . 

V.  Elizabeth  (Taylor),  b. . 

148.  Mary  Smith^,  dau.  of  (Edward  Edes\  Lot^ , 
Josnih^,  Josiah'^,  William^,  Joseph'^,  William^)  and 
Adelaide  R.  (Hamilton)  Myrick,  born  Aug.  14,  1869,  at 
Vassalboro,  Me.  Married,  June  18,  1896,  at  Augusta, 
Me.,  by  the  Rev.  E.  E.  Newbert,  William  J.  A.  Collins, 
of  Hartford,  Conn.;  he  son  of  Maurice  and  Ann  Col- 
lins, born  March  2,  1867.  Mr.  Collins  is  manager  of 
the  Augusta,  Me.,  Beef  Company.     Children — 

i.     Edward  Myrick  (Collins),  b.  Sept.  29,  1897. 
ii.     William  Sturtev ANT  (Collins),  b.  Jan.  23,  1901. 

149.  Edward  Merrill^,  son  of  [James  Howe'^ , 
Josiah'^ ,  Josiah^ ,  Josiali^ ,  Willianv' ,  Joseph'^ ,  William^) 
and  Mary  Converse  (Merrill)  Merrick,  born  Nov.  6, 
1857,  at  Dorchester,  Mass.  Married,  April  15,  1884,  at 
Boston,  Mass.,  by  the  Rev.  Charles  Lombard,  Bessie 
Everett  Botume,  daughter  of  John  and  Elizabeth  Au- 
gusta (Lord)  Botume,  of  Wyoming,  Mass.;  she  born 
July  16,  1863,  at  Wyoming,  Mass.;  is  living,  1899,  at 
Dorchester,  Mass.,  where  he  is  in  the  mercantile  business 
with  his  father,  James  Howe  Merrick,  at  Tignish,  P.  E. 
I.,  in  manufacture  of  canned  goods.     Children — 

i.  James  Howe,  b.  June  20,  1885,  Wyoming,  Mass. 

ii.  John  Botume,  b.  July  25,  1887,  Tignish,  P.  E.  I. 

iii.  Roger  Merrill,  b.  March  8,  1889,  Boston,  Mass. 

iv.  Rachael,  b.  Feb.  24,  1891,  Wyoming,  Mass. 

V.  Franklin  Lord,  b.  Feb.  16,  1892,  Tignish,  P.  E   I. 

vi.  Elizabeth   Botume,   b.   June  7,    1893,   Tignish;  d. 
Nov.  16,  1893. 

150.  Louise  Myrick*  (Ford),  dau.  of  Benjamin  F. 
and  Arlitta  Bryant  (Myrick)  Ford,  born  March  11, 
1867,  at  Newcastle,  Me."  Married,  June  10,  1896,  at 
Newcastle,  Me.,  by  Rev.  Rupert  B.  Matthews,  William 
Defranshaw,  son  of  William  and  Sarah  Elizabeth  (Lewis) 
Lynch.  William  D.  Lynch  is  in  the  grocery  business  in 
Damariscotta,  Me.  His  father,  William  Lynch,  was 
born  in  Newcastle,  Me.,  May  26,  1830,  and  died  there 
Oct.  4,  1872.  In  1849  he  went  to  California,  and  was 
there  engaged  in  mining  for  five  years.  By  the  caving 
in  of  the  mine  in  which  he  was  working  he  sustained 


EIGHTH    GENERATION.  93 

fractures  of  both  bones  of  leg,  and  other  injuries;  two 
companions  working  with  him  were  killed.  He  returned 
to  Newcastle  and  engaged  in  mercantile  pursuits,  and 
brick  making.  He  also  followed  the  sea  for  some  years. 
His  wife,  Sarah  E.  Lewis,  was  born  in  Boothbay,  Me., 
July  27,  1834,  and  is  still  living.  Children  of  William 
D.  and  Louise  Ford — 

i.  Daughter,  b.  April  5,  1897 ;  d.  same  day. 

ii.  Muriel  Myrick  (Lynch),  b.  March  23,  1899. 

•  hi.  William  Franklin  (Lynch),  b.  July  16,  1900. 

iv.  JosiAH  Myrick  (Lynch),  b.  Sept.  32,  1901. 


NINTH   GENERATION. 

151.  Sadie  E.^  dau.  of  {Seth  Biitler\  Seili  Bidler\ 
Joseph^,  Giles^  ("0,  Thomas'^,  Stephen^,  WiUiam^. 
William^^  and  Cornelia  C.  (Myrick)  Myrick,  born  Jan. 
23,  1874,  at  Bristow,  la.  Married,  April  19,  1896,  at 
Bristow,  la.,  Joseph  J.  Goelz;  he  born  Jan.  5,  1873; 
he  is  a  blacksmith  by  occupation,  and  is  living  (1899)  at 
Mason  City,  la.     Children — 

i.     ViDA  C.  (Goelz),  b.  July  6,  1897. 

152.  Mary  Langford^  (Taylor),  dau.  of  James 
Wickes  and  Chloe  (Langford)  Taylor;  born .  Mar- 
ried Charles  L.,  son  of  Isaac  and  Hannah  (Snow) 
Alden.  They  are  living  (1899)  at  Troy,  N.  Y.;  they 
have  a  summer  residence  at  Little  Compton,  R.  I.  Chil- 
dren— 

i.     Antoinette  Spencer  (Alden),  b. . 

ii.     Mary  CuRRAN  (Alden),  b.  ;  d.  at  eight  years. 

iii.     John  Gale  (Alden),  b.  ;  d.  at  three  years. 

iv.     Chloe  Sweeting   (Alden),  b.  ;  d.   at  fourteen 

months. 
John  Gale  (Alden),  b. 


vi.    Langford  Taylor  (Alden),  b. 
vii.     Charles  Snow  (Alden),  b.  — 


JOHN  MIRICK,  OF  CHARLESTOWN. 


FIRST  GENERATION. 

The  deductions  noted  below  regarding  the  probable 
origin  of  John  Mirick,  of  Charlestown,  were  made  by  Rev. 
Edward  A.  Mirick,  of  this  branch,  from  family  tradi- 
tions, historical  gleanings  from  Burke's  Landed  Gentry, 
"Doon's  Visitation  of  Pembrokeshire,"  edited  bj"  Sir 
Samuel  Rhys  Meyrick,  and  from  other  sources.  The 
date  of  birth  of  Rt.  Rev.  Roland  Merrick  is  historical; 
the  other  dates  are  based  upon  a  computation  of  33  years, 
to  the  generation,  which  in  actual  comparison  of  a  long 
line  of  Miricks,  has  been  found  to  hold  good.  While 
many  of  the  conclusions  are  reached  by  deduction,  noth- 
ing is  stated  which  might  not  reasonably  be  considered 
as  not  only  possible,  but  very  probable.  His  deductions 
are  as  follows — 

First  generation.  Meuric  ap  Llewellyn,  Captain  of  the  guard 
at  the  coronation  of  Henry  VIII,  April  15,  1509.  His 
will  is  dated  1538.  His  castle,  atBodorgan,  Wales,  (Ang- 
lesej^)  is  still  in  the  Meyrick  family.  Burke's  Peerage  is 
authority  for  this  ancestor  of  the  Merrick  family. 

Second  generation.  Rt.  Rev.  Roland  Merrick,  second  son  of 
Meuric  ap  Llewellyn,  born  1505  at  Llangadwaladr, 
Wales.  His  mother  was  Margaret,  daughter  of  Roland, 
Rector  of  Aberffraw,  Anglesey,  Wales.  He  was  made 
Bishop  of  Bangor,  which  office  he  held  from  1559  to  1563, 
when  he  died.  Bangor  is  in  North  Wales,  just  across 
the  narrow  strait,  (Menai  Strait)  which  separates  the 
Island  of  Anglesey  from  the  main  land.  During  his  in- 
cumbency of  the  Bishopric  he  had  his  younger  brother, 
Rev.  Edmund  Merrick,  L.  L.  D.,  as  his  arch-deacon. 
According  to  "Doon's  Visitations"  Rev.  Edmund  was 
the  7th  and  youngest  son  of  Meuric  ap  Llewellyn. 

Second  generation.  Rev.  John  Merrick,  5th  son  of  Meuric, 
born  about  1513,  was  Rector  of  Llandegai  (Llandachya, 
Burke).  Llandegai  is  just  outside  of  Bangor,  about  l}i 
miles  north.  Llanleschid  is  5  miles  south  of  Bangor. 
Rev.  Reynault  Merrick,  a  younger  brother  of  Rev.  John 
Merrick,  was  Rector  of  Llanleschid.  The  family  of  Rev. 
Edmund  Merrick  became  extinct  in  the  18th  century. 
It  is  said  that  Rev.  John  Merrick  was  first  in  the  navy 
which  he  left  to  enter  the  ministry.  He  left  three  re- 
corded children,  to  wit: —  William,  who  became  a  minis- 
ter, and  was  afterwards  Rector  of  St.  David's,  Pem- 
brokeshire; Owain,  a  minister  at  Llangylle;  and  Maud, 
who  married  a  Powell. 

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FIRST    GENERATION. 


95 


Third  Generation.  Rev.  William  Merrick,  son  of  Rev.  John 
Merrick,  born  about  1546;  nephew  of  Rt.  Rev.  Roland 
Merrick,  Bishop  of  Bangor.  Rev.  William  was  at  Llan- 
leschid,  where  he  may  have  been  born.  Upon  the  death 
of  his  uncle,  Bishop  of  Bangor,  Roland,  he  was  trans- 
ferred to  another  living,  in  the  south,  i.  e.,  to  Morfil,  in 
Pembrokeshire.  He  was  Rector  of  St.  Davids,  a  little 
fishing  village  on  St.  Bride's  Bay,  in  the  extreme  south- 
west part  of  Wales  ,at  the  western  end,  or  mouth,  of 
Bristol  Channel.  "Morfil,"  in  Welsh,  signifies  "Wliale," 
which  is  indicative  of  the  occupation  of  the  inhabitants 
of  St.  Davids,  who  depended  very  largely  upon  the  fish- 
ing for  their  subsistence.  This  occupation  bred  sailors, 
and  among  the  descendants  of  the  west  coast  Merricks 
were  many  bold  and  able  seamen.  It  is  said  of  Pem- 
brokeshire that  it  is  the  least  Welsh  of  all  the  Welsli 
counties,  owing  to  tlie  planting  at  an  early  time  of  a 
Flemish  colony  on  its  shores,  which  was  antagonistic  to 
the  Welsh  manner  of  living  and  thinking. 

Fourth  Generation.  John,  i.  e.,  "Sion," — Welsh,  son  of  Rev. 
William  Merrick,  born  about  1579,  probably  at  St.  Da- 
vids, Pembrokeshire,  where  his  father  was  Rector. 
Nothing  further  than  the  fact  that  he  was  the  son  of 
Rev.  William  Merrick  is  at  this  time  known  of  Joliu.  It 
is  assumed  here  that  he  was  the  father  of  the  four  broth- 
ers who  came  to  New  England  from  Bristol,  England, 
in  the  ship  "James,"  in  the  spring  of  1686.  This  is  pure 
assumption,  as  no  record  of  John's  children  has  as  yet 
been  found ;  but  the  fact  that  in  several  families  of  the 
American  Merricks  there  is  a  tradition  that  the  father 
of  the  immigrants  was  named  John,  the  similarity  of 
the  family  (given)  names;  the  fact  that  they  sailed  from 
Bristol,  which  is  the  nearest  prominent  sea- port  to  St. 
Davids;  the  fact  that  one  of  the  brothers,  James,  was  a 
fish-packer,  and  another,  John,  a  block-maker,  occupa- 
tions common  among  the  sea-faring  population  of  St. 
Davids,  lend  strong  presumptive  evidence  to  the  assump- 
tion. 


Fifth  Generation. 


William,  b,  1603. 
James,  b.  1612. 
John,  b.  1614. 
Thomas,  b.  1620. 


Assumed  to  have  been 
sons  of  John  Merrick, 
of  St.  Davids. 


seems  to  be  good 


It  has  been  suggested,  and  there 
ground  for  the  suggestion,  that  the  John  Mh-ick,  who 
had  a  grant  of  land  at  Hingham  in  1637  (see  following 
pages),  and  who  died  at  Roxbury,  June  25,  1650,  leav- 
ing a  widow,  Elizabeth,  was  the  father  of  the  four  broth- 
ers of  Charlestown,  and  that  he  was  the  son  of  the  Rev. 
William  Merrick,  of  St.  Davids,  Pembrokshire.  This  is 
one  of  the  questions  which  must  be  settled  by  later  his- 
torians of  the  Merrick  family.  This  writer  bequeaths 
this,  with  many  other  unsolved  riddles,  to  the  successor 


96  MIRICK     GENEALOGY — JOHN. 

whom  he  hopes  aud  believes  will  some  time  revise,  cor 
rect,  and  enlarge  the  present  work. 

Miss  Henrietta  Amelia  Mirick,  daughter  of  Charles 
Edward^,  visited  Wales  in  Jnne  1901,  and  spent  a  day 
or  two  at  Bodorgan,  Anglesey,  the  seat  of  the  ancient 
Meyricks,  which  is  still  in  the  family,  at  present  repre- 
sented by  Sir  George  Meyrick.  The  following  is  taken 
from  her  journal  of  the  visit,  written  at  the  time: 

Bodorgan,  Meyrick  Arms  Hotel,  June  22,  1901. 

Here  we  are  in  the  town  of  our  ancestors,  standing,  or  sitting 
rather,  on  their  own  estate  which  we  have  spent  the  day  in  look- 
ing over  and  as  yet  have  barely  seen. 

To  begin  with,  we  had  an  uphill  ride  in  the  face  of  the  wind 
most  of  the  way  from  Bangor,  twelve  miles,  so  it  was  late  yes- 
terday afternoon  when  we  reached  thehttle  hamlet  of  Bodorgan. 
The  sign  on  this  inn  at  once  attracted  our  attention  and  we  de- 
cided to  stay  here  till  morning. 

The  village  itself  consists  of  little  more  than  the  railway  sta- 
tion, the  post  office,  a  small  .shop  or  two,  two  inns,  and  the  al- 
ways picturesque  stone  cottages  of  the  tenants  of  the  estate 
which  indeed  dot  the  landscape  as  far  as  one  can  see. 

We  have  a  delightfull}^  big  comfortable  room  here  at  the 
Meyrick  Arms,  which  belongs  to  the  estate,  and  excellent  ser- 
vice in  every  way.  To  our  great  disappointment  we  find  that 
tlie  Meyrick  family  are  at  their  town  residence  in  Hinton,  but 
we  have  seen  the  housekeeper,  Miss  Compton,  a  very  pleasant, 
middle-aged  woman  who  has  been  with  them  37  years.  Through 
her  kindness  we  were  shown  all  over  the  house,  gardens  and  con- 
servatories. 

It  is  a  lovely  place,  finer  and  more  extensive  by  far  than  I  had 
imagined.  All  the  country  for  miles  around  belongs  to  the  estate, 
and  thei'e  must  be  hundreds  of  acres  in  the  grounds  and  pleasure 
gardens  for  we  were  told  at  the  inn  that  the  rent-roll  is  at  least 
£60,000  annually. 

Yesterday,  on  leaving  the  Meyrick  Arms,  we  came  first  to  a 
beautiful  little  church  built  by  one  of  the  family  and  attended 
by  them  and  tlieir  tenants.  Further  on  is  the  outer  lodge  which 
forms  the  entrance  to  the  grounds. 

"Whenever  one  sees  woodland  in  Great  Britain  it  is  not  a  sign 
of  uncultivated  land,  as  with  us,  but  of  tlie  pleasure  grounds  sur- 
rounding some  gentleman's  estate.  So  in  this  case.  Entering 
the  gate  by  the  lodge  we  followed  the  winding  road  for  perhaps 
half  a  mile,  bordered  by  hawthorne  hedges  and  with  stately  trees 
close  beyond  as  far  as  one  could  see.  Then  the  second  lodge  and 
other  gates  and  more  of  tlie  same  beautiful  road,  hedge,  trees 
and  mossy  banks  for  another  mile,  and  we  were  in  sight  of  the 
house,  a  massive  .stone  bmlding,  largely  overgrown  with  ivy,  and 
containing  a  large  number  of  immense  rooms. 

We  introduced  ourselves  to  Miss  Compton  and  found  her  de- 
lightfully cordial,  at  once  in.sisting  on  bringing  us  refreshments, 
sending  a  maid  with  us  all  through  the  house,  and  later  sending 
for  the  head  gardner  to  show  us  the  grounds  and  gardens. 

It  was  not  a  favorable  time  to  see  the  interior  of  the  house, 
as  the  carpets  were  up  aud  the  furniture  and  pictures  wei-e 
swathed  in  linen  coverings,  but  we  saw  enough  to  enable  us  to 


FIRST    GENERATION.  97 

imagine  the  rest.  It  is  a  two  story  house  with  many  additions 
and  broad  piazzas,  all  of  stone.  The  tower  in  the  inner  angle  is 
the  oldest  part.  It  is  turreted  and  dates  back  more  than  a  thou- 
sand years.  The  hall  is  immense,  with  hard  wood  floor,  and  a 
fine,  broad,  marble  staircase. 

On  the  wall  facing  the  main  entrance  is  carved  the  coat  of 
arms,  and  just  below  hangs  the  two-handled  sword  of  Llewellyn, 
the  founder  of  the  house,  with  which  he  fought  at  Bosworth  on 
the  side  of  Henry  VII.  Passing  through  into  the  library  on  our 
right  we  found  ma.ssive  mahogany  furniture  and  walls  lined 
with  well  filled  bookcases,  while  above  these  were  fine  oil  paint- 
ings, many  of  them  family  portraits  of  beautiful  women  and 
courtly  men. 

Down  stairs  there  are  an  immense  dining  room,  sitting  room, 
morning  room,  drawing  rooms,  billiard  room.  Miss  Compton's 
private  sitting  room  and  other  apartments,  besides  the  library, 
the  hall,  and  all  the  kitchens  and  store  rooms. 

Up  stairs  is  an  endless  array  of  bedrooms,  each  with  its  pri- 
vate dressing  room  adjoining.  Here  also  are  the  day  and  night 
nurseries,  and  the  governess'  and  nurse's  rooms,  besides  others. 
The  ceilings  in  all  the  rooms  are  very  high,  but  do  not  seem  un- 
duly so  because  of  the  size  of  the  rooms.  Her  ladyship's  room, 
overlooking  the  Menai  Straits,  is  of  course  the  finest  of  all.  It 
is  circular  in  shape,  directly  over  the  large  drawing  room,  and 
just  the  same  size.  The  whole  front  of  it  is  occupied  by  the 
big  bow  window. 

Nearly  all  the  furniture  in  the  house  is  of  rich  old  mahogany, 
beautifvilly  pohshed,  and  dark  and  lustrous  with  age.  Every 
bed  room  has  a  large  wardrobe  of  this  wood,  as  large  again  as 
an  ordinary  closet,  and  with  a  fine  pier  glass  set  in  the  front  and 
reaching  to  the  floor. 

In  one  of  the  rooms  is  the  richly  caparisoned  saddle  used  by 
one  of  the  family  in  the  Napoleonic  wars.  The  side-board  in  the 
dining  room  is  filled  with  rare  china,  one  set  of  which  once  be- 
longed to  Napoleon. 

Outside  of  the  house  one  needs  a  guide  to  keep  from  getting 
lost.  We  visited  first  the  aviaiy,  containing  numbers  of  doves, 
a  large  owl,  many  canaries  and  other  birds,  then  made  our  way 
through  the  cleai'ings  and  labyrinth  of  wood  paths,  past  charm- 
ing brooks  and  a  little  lake,  down  to  the  stone  bath  hovise  on  the 
banks  of  the  Irish  Sea,  on  which  one  side  of  the  estate  borders. 
Here  is  a  fine  stone  pier  at  which  their  coal  is  landed,  shipped  by 
steamer  directly  from  Liverpool. 

We  were  loath  to  tear  ourselves  away  from  the  woods  and  wa- 
ter, but  the  gardens  called  us  also,  and  these  were  equally  hard 
to  leave  when  we  were  once  there.  It  would  be  difficult  to  name 
a  shrub  or  flower  which  does  not  grow  to  perfection  in  these 
gardens.  Fuchsia  and  heliotrope  trees,  roses  of  every  size  and 
hue,  myrtle,  rhododendron,  azalea,  and  even  the  old  fashioned 
flowers,  sweet  William,  phlox,  petunia,  cox-comb,  larkspur,  and 
many  others.  In  the  greenhouses  were  carnations  larger  than 
one's  hand,  whole  buildings  of  palms  and  smilax  and  ferns,  and 
hundreds  of  young  plants  just  potted  for  the  winter. 

All  the  fruits  except  apples,  strawberries,  cherries  and  other 
hardy  varieties  were  growing  under  cover,  carefully  trained  to  the 
best  advantage,  and  all  loaded  with  the  most  delicious  products  of 
nature  and  art.     We  walked  under  clusters  of  grapes  more  than 


98  MIRICK     GENEALOGY — JOHN. 

a  foot  in  length  that  would  challenge  comparison  with  the 
famed  grapes  of  Eschol,  and  just  beginning  to  ripen;  past  musk- 
melons  as  large  as  one's  head,  clinging  against  the  wall,  one  can 
not  imagine  how,  for  they  must  have  been  very  heavy.  The  figs 
were  especially  interesting,  as  they  were  the  first  we  had  ever 
seen  growing,  but  they  were  not  ripe  enough  to  taste. 

Our  Bodorgan  cousins  are  evidentlj^  fonder  of  vegetables  than 
many  of  their  compatriots,  for  almost  everything  in  that  line 
was  growing  lustily  in  the  kitchen  gardens, — peas,  beans,  radi- 
shes, lettuce,  cucumbers,  squash,  potatoes,  cauliflowei',  and  all 
the  other  staples  and  luxuries.  Immense  strawberries  and  cher- 
ries were  I'ipening  also  in  close  proximity.  Altogether  the  gar- 
dens and  greenhouses  cover  acres  of  ground,  and  it  would  take 
hours,  if  not  days,  to  see  them  in  detail.  We  had  to  content  our- 
selves with  a  hasty  glance  through  a  few  of  the  most  important 
for  it  was  Saturda.y,  and  we  had  to  get  back  to  Bangor  for  Svm- 
day,  which  is  emphatically  a  day  of  rest  over  here. 

The  views  from  the  house  are  charming.  In  front  a  series  of 
terraces  and  gently  rolling  ground  lead  to  the  arm  of  the  Irish 
Sea  which  borders  the  estate  on  the  east.  Away  beyond,  as  far 
as  the  eye  can  reach,  is  the  dim  outline  of  the  Snowdon  Moun- 
tains, extending  along  the  entire  eastern  and  southern  horizon 
line.  The  -winding  driveway  approaches  the  mansion  from  the 
north,  and  to  the  west  are  the  park  and  gardens. 

There  are  large  i^heasant  preserves  on  the  estate,  a  deer  park 
of  150  or  175  deer,  and  large  dairy  and  stable  accommodations, 
none  of  which  we  had  time  to  visit.  Between  80  and  40  men  are 
kept  constantly  at  work  on  the  grounds  and  park,  and  one  would 
think  it  would  require  at  least  that  number  to  keep  everything 
in  the  faultless  condition  in  which  we  found  it.  Not  a  loose  stick 
or  stone  was  anywhere  to  be  seen,  or  the  slightest  hint  of  any 
kind  of  disorder. 

There  were  but  three  house  servants  left  with  Miss  Compton, 
all  the  re.st  being  with  the  family  in  Hinton,  or  in  cliarge  of  tiie  two 
or  three  other  residences  owned  by  the  family,  and  which,  we 
gathered,  are  equal  to  the  ancestral  halls  in  magnificence  if  not 
in  point  of  interest. 

The  present  baronet.  Sir  George  Meyrick,  was  born  in  1855. 
and,  if  one  may  judge  from  photographs,  has  a  charming  wife 
and  four  fine  children.  George,  the  heir  presumptive,  is  sixteen, 
and  is  now  at  Eton  preyjaring  for  Oxford.  Eva  and  Mary  come 
next,  and  then  a  lovelj^  little  boy  of  five,  Richard,  whom  any  one 
would  love  instinctively.  I  liked  all  their  faces,  clean,  clear- 
cut,  high  bred,  and  intelligent.  The  relation  between  them  and 
their  tenantry  seem  peculiarly  close,  and  it  is  delightful  to  hear 
the  affectionate  way  in  which  every  member  of  the  family  is 
spoken  of  by  the  people  outside.  The  landlady  at  the  inn  told 
us  many  interesting  stories  of  them  which  were  supplemented 
by  Miss  Compton." 

Miss  Mabel  McDuffee,  who  accompanied  Miss  Mirick 
on  the  visit  to  Bodorgan,  sajs,  in  speaking  of  the  por- 
traits of  tlie  family: 

"They  are  all  finedooking,  sweet  and  attractive.  Sir  George 
has  a  .strong,  straight  profile,  like  most  of  his  ancestors,  and  lit- 
tle Dick  is  a  daiding  no  one  could  help   falling  in  love  with. 


FIRST    GENERATION.  99 

Down  at  the  Meyrick  Arms,  by  the  way,  is  a  large  painthig  of 
the  late  Sir  Fuller  Meyrick,  uucle  of  the  present  Sir  George,  and 
head  of  the  house  before  him.  It  is  a  picture  one  would  turn  to 
many  times  to  look  at — benevolent,  cultured,  half -sad,  with  the 
clear  brown  eyes,  straight  nose  and  firm  mouth  that  mark  the 
other  portrait's.     Sir  Fuller  never  married;  is  it  not  strange?" 

1.  The  eompilatiou  of  the  record  of  John  Mirick\ 
third  of  the  four  brothers  who  came  from  Bristol,  England 
in  the  ship  '^ James"  in  1636,  and  who  was  born  in 
Wales  in  1614,  has  involved  more  research  to  determine 
his  identity,  and  that  of  his  children,  and  has  developed 
more  perplexing  questions  calling  for  settlement,  than 
that  of  all  the  others  combined.  Some  of  the  questions 
raised  have  not  been  settled.  The  early  records  of 
Charlestown  contain  entries  made  under  the  head  of  John 
Mirick,  which  can  only  be  accounted  for  by  the  assump- 
tion that  there  were  two  John  Miricks,  immigrants  at 
about  the  same  time  from  the  old  country.  This  is  pos- 
sible, and  in  the  light  of  the  records  seems  very  probable; 
in  that  case  it  might  be  assumed  that  they  were  father 
and  son,  or  cousins.  But  after  assuming  that  such  was 
the  case,  there  arise  in  the  records  questions  which  are 
still  unsolvable  in  the  light  of  any  ev^idence  now  extant. 
The  compiler  assumes,  in  agreement  with  Miss  Henrietta 
Amelia   Mirick,    of   Boston,    a   descendant   from   John 

Mirick,  that  our  John  Mirick  married  Hopestill ,  in 

Charlestown  in  1641,  about  five  years  after  his  arrival  in 
this  country.  The  date  of  Hopestill' s  death  is  not  on  record, 
but  she  was  alive  in  1669,  and  was  then  admitted  to  the 
church  in  Charlestown  as  the  wife  of  John  Mirick,  and 
her  age  was  given  as  fifty  years.  She  certainly  could 
not  have  been  the  mother  of  any  John  of  marriageable 
age  in  1650  or  1655.  We  have  the  birth  of  her  son  John 
in  1655,  her  fifth  child;  he  married  Elizabeth  Trowbridge 
Feb.  9,  1682,  and  died  July  11,  1706. 

The  history  of  Hinghara  has  the  following,  relating  to 
a  John  Mirick,  lohat  one  is  an  open  question: 

"John  Mirick  had  a  grant  of  land  in  Hinghara  in  1637; 
he  had  a  son  John,  and  probably  a  widow  Elizabeth, 
who  died  at  Roxbury  '^%  Xm.  John  died  July  2,  1647. 
In  1649,  'Mo,  Elizabeth  Morick  of  Roxbury  granted  unto 
Thos.  Thaxter  of  Hingham,  in  consideration  of  xviij- 
pounds  sterling  by  him  paid,  twenty  Acres  and  halfe  of 
Arable  meadow  and  pasture  being  in  Hingham,  six  Acres 
thereof  arabel  abutting  on  the  sea,  lyeing  betweene  the 
lands  of  John  Palmer  &  Samuel   Parker,  one  peace  of 


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100  MIRICK     GENEALOGY  —  JOHN. 

vpland  of  ten  acres  abutting  (  )    Waj^mouth  River 

neere  to  John  (  )  meadow,  one  acre  and  halfe  of  meadow 
butting  on  the  sea  betweene  Widdow  Cutler  &  Thomas 
Joslins  vpkind,  and  foure  acres  planting  laud  butting  on 
the  sea,  &  Thomas  Hewitts  land  on  the  side  thereof,  and 
this  by  an  absolute  deed  of  sale  with  Warranty,  dated 
and  acknowledged  before  Tho.  Dudley  dept.  GOv." 

There  is  no  record  to  be  found  of  the  marriage  of  John 
Mirick  to  an  Elizabeth  who  died  a  widow  June  25,  1650. 
The  most  reasonable  explanation  is  that  such  John 
Mirick  was  married  in  England  or  Wales. 

Again,  the  records  of  Charlestown  have  the  follow- 
ing— 

'1655,  John    Mirick    and   Elizabeth    Wyborne, 

daughter  of  Thomas  Wyborne  of  Boston,  married  by 
Captain  Humphrey  Atherton,  at  Cambridge,  3rd  day,  2nd 
mo." 

This  still  further  complicates  matters,  as,  while  we 
have  found  an  Elizabeth  who  marries  a  John  Mirick,  the 
date  of  her  marriage  is  five  years  later  than  the  death  of 
the  widow  Elizabeth  Morick( Mirick)  of  Hingham,  which 
took  place  June  25,  1650. 

The  John  Mirick  whom  we  assume  to  have  been  the 
brother  of  James,  was  born  in  Wales  in  1614.  Was  ad- 
mitted a  citizen  of  Charlestown,  Feb.  14,  1641.  He  was 
a  cooper  and  block-maker  by  occupation.  As  stated  by 
the  surveyor's  field  notes,  he  had  a  shop  of  his  own  on 
the  water  front  in  Charlestown.     The  records  say  of  it: 

"1670 — Streets  surveyed. 

"There  is  a  way  to  low- water  mark,  issuing  out  of 
Fish  street,  and  passeth  on  betweene  John  Larkins  and 
the  shop  improv'd  by  John  Mirick,  down  hy  Joshua  Teel's 
Salt-house — the  way  betweene  Mirick  &  Larkin  is  thirty- 
seven  foote,  and  betweene  the  Salt-house  and  the  wliarfe 
is  twelve  foote." 

He  was  probably  possessed  of  considerable  property. 
He  died  Feb.  15,  1678-9.  His  will  was  proved  1678-9, 
and  his  estate  was  administered  by  his  brother  James,  of 
Newbury,  who  appears  to  have  also  retained  a  dwelling 
in  Charlestown.  The  will  cannot  be  found,  and  an 
official  and  definite  mention  of  his  children  is  therefore 
lost  to  his  historians.  The  best  judgment  of  the  com- 
piler of  this  history  assumes  that  the  names  of  the  chil- 
dren mentioned  in  the  Charlestown  records  and  Wyman's 
"Genealogies  of  Charlestown,"  as  given  below,  are  cor- 
rect. He  is  open  to  correction  if  other  and  better  evi- 
dence is  ever  developed.     The  children  so  named  were — 


SECOND    GENERATION.  101 

i      HOPESTILL,  b.  Feb.  20,  1642-3;  m.  Richard  Rosmor- 

gan,  Oct.  7,  1664;  d.  Feb.  14,  1691. 
ii.     Benjamin,   b.    June   22,    1644;  m.    Sarah   Orton,  of 
Charlestown. 

iii      Hannah,  b.   ,  164- ;  m.   John   Walker,   Aug.  1, 

1673;  d.  March  21,  1716. 
iv.     James,  b.  died  young. 
V.     John,    b.   1655;  m.   Elizabeth  Trowbridge,    Feb.    9, 

1682;  d.  July  11,  1706. 
vi.     Saeah,  b.  May  1,  1657;  m.  Thomas  Chapman,  1675. 
vii      Mercy,  b.  Dec.  30,  1658;  m.  John  Mousall,  April  24, 

1695. 
viii.     Abigail,  b.  Feb.  1660;  m.  Joseph  Allen,  of  Sudbury. 

ix.     Joseph,  b.  ;  m.  Sarah.  . 

X.     Amathia,  b.  ;  m.  Abel  Benjamin. 

xi.     Mary,  b.  ;  m. Devoy. 


SECOND  GENERATION. 

2.  Benjamin^,  son  of  iJohn^)  and  Hopestill  Mirick, 
born  April  22,  1644,  at  Charlestown,  Mass.  Married 
Sarah  Orton.  It  is  recorded  that  "Sarah,  wife  of  Ben- 
jamin Mirick,  long  absent  at  sea,  petitioned  for  license 
to  keep  an  inn."  She  died  Feb.  14,  1690-1.  Benjamin 
married,  2nd,  Elizabeth  Wyer,  prior  to  1694-5;  she  as 
widow  admitted  to  church  June  19,  1726.  Benjamin 
Mirick  was  bound  to  Henry  Kemble,  blacksmith,  for  nine 
years  from  Dee.  6,  1657,  he  being  then  thirteen  years  old. 
He  was  a  tailor  in  1678;  mariner  1701.  He  died  prior  to 
1726,  as  his  wife  Elizabeth  was  then  called  a  widow. 
Childi'en — 

i.     Benjamin,  b.  Jan.  30,  1674;  d. . 

ii.     Sarah,  b.  Sept.  21,  1678. 
iii.     Benjamin,  b.  Sept.  16,  1686. 


iv.     Mary,  b.  April  7,  1689;  d.  Sept.  23,  1690. 
V.     Nathaniel,  b.  May  23,  1696. 
4.        vi.     Edward,  b.  July  4,  1700. 

3.  JoHN^,  sou  of  (John^)  and  Hopestill  Mirick, 
born  1655,  at  Charlestown,  Mass.  Married  Elizabeth 
Trowbridge,  Feb.  9,  1682,  at  Newton,  Mass.;  she  born 
Oct.  12,  1660;  was  daughter  of  Deacon  James  Trow- 
bridge, who  was  born  in  Dorchester,  Mass.,  1636,  and 
died  May  22, 1717.  He  was  son  of  Thomas  Trowbridge,  of 
Taunton,  England,  who  settled  in  Dorchester  about  1634. 
Thomas  was  in  New  Haven,  Conn.,  1637.  He  returned 
to  England,  where  he  died  1672.  Elizabeth  died  1734, 
at  Newton,  Mass.,  aged  74  years.     John  Mirick  was  a 


102  MIRICK    GENEALOGY — JOHN. 

tanner  by  trade;  he  was  admitted  Freeman  of  Water- 
town  July  21, 1685.  Bond,  in  history  of  Watertown,  says 
that  John  Mirick.  of  Newton,  was  killed  by  Indians  in 
Groton,  Mass.,  July  21,  1706.  Paige,  in  history  of  Cam- 
bridge, says  that  John  Mirick  was  a  soldier.  Both  of 
these  references  may  have  been  to  another  John,  but 
may  have  referred  to  this  one.  His  will,  dated  April  29, 
1706,  says:  "Being  weak  in  body,  under  a  languishing 
sickness,"  names  his  brothers-in-law,  Jonathan  Fuller 
and  Richard  Ward,  and  his  kinsman,  Thomas  Wis  wall, 
his  executors;  gives  directions  about  bringing  up  his 
small  children.  His  estate  was  valued  at  £384.  15s.  7d, 
He  is  reported  to  have  died  July  11,  1706,  at  Newton. 
He  may  have  been  killed  by  Indians  at  that  date,  as 
claimed  by  Bond,  but  he  prot3ably  died  at  home,  in  his 
bed.     His  childi-en,  born  at  Newton,  were — 

i.  Thankful,  b.  April  24,  1G85;  m.  Jonathan  Wood- 
ward, June  8,  1720;  d.  Feb.,  1744. 
ii.  Rebecca,  b.  April  20,  1687;  m.  James  Livermore,  of 
Weston,  Oct.  5,  1718;  he  d.  Aug.  30,  1720;  she  m. 
2nd,  Josepli  Patterson,  Nov.  19,  1724.  (Bond's 
history  of  Watertown. ) 

5.  iii.     Samuel,  b.  March  1,  1690-1 ;  m.  May  14,  1718,  Mary 

Stratton;  m.  2nd,  Susan  Coolidge,  1741;  d.  April 
29,  1749. 
iv.     Sarah,  b.  May  6,  1692;  ni.  Captain  Jonathan  Fuller, 
of  Newton,  Oct.  3,  1717;  d.  Sept.  21,  1772. 

6.  V.     John,  b.  Nov.  30,  1694;  m.  Abigail  Harrington,  July 

17,  1718;  d.  March  7,  1764. 
vi.     Margaret,  b.  Oct.,   1695;   m.   William  Whitney,  of 
Watertown,  (his  second  wife)  April  25,  1717;  he 

b. ;   d.  Feb.  28,  1777-8,  at  Watertown;  they 

lived  at   Groton,   Mass.,  until  1720,  when  they 
moved  to  Plainfield,  Conn. 

7.  vii.     James,  b.  Oct.  26,  1696;  m.  Mary  Woolson,  Oct.  20, 

1725;  d.  Oct.  1774. 
viii.     Deborah,  b.  1698;  m.  Oct.  28,  1718. 
ix.     Elizabeth,  b.   Aug.    1699;    m.    Benoni  Woodward, 

Nov.  1716;  d.  1745. 
X.     Elisha,  b.  March  5,  1701. 

xi.     Lydia,  b.  July  7,  1704;  m.  James  Cheeney,  Sr.  1732; 
d.  Nov.  23,  1766. 


THIRD  GENERATION. 

4.  Edward^,  son  of  {Benjamin- ,  John^)  and  Eliza- 
beth (Wyer)  Mirick,  born  July  4,  1700,  at  Charlestown, 
Mass.  Married,  Nov.  10,  1724,  at  Charlestown,  Mary 
Sweetser;  she  admitted  to  church  March  24,  1727-8; 
died  Oct.  5,  1765.     Edward  was  a  cabinet  maker;   the 


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THIRD     GENERATION,  103 

date  of  his  death  is  not  found  on  record.     Their  children, 
all  born  in  Charlestown,  were — 

i.     Edward,  b.  Sept.  12, 1725;  d.  Sept.  8,  1745. 

8.  ii.     Benjamin,   b.  Feb.,   1727;  m.    Ann   Hopkins,  Dec, 

1749. 
iii.     Elizabeth,  b.  Aug.  30,  1729;  m.  Henry  Goold. 
iv.     Mary,  b.  Nov.  12,  1734. 
V.     Nathaniel,  b.  Oct.  9,  1743;  d.  Mav  30,  1744. 
vi.     Sarah,  b.  Oct.  4,  1744;  d.  Sept.  23,  1745. 

5.  Samuel'^,  son  of  {JoJin'^ ,  John^)  and  Elizabeth 
(Trowbridge)  Mirick,  born  March  1,  1690,  at  Newton, 
Mass.  Married,  May  14.  1718,  Mary  Stratton,  of  Water- 
town,  Mass.;  she  died  and  Samuel  married,  2nd,  Susan 
Coolidge,  1741.  He  died  April  29,  1749,  aged  59  years. 
Children — 

9.  i.  Samuel,  b.  April  21,  1719 ;  m.  Hannah  Coolidge,  1741. 
ii.  Mary,  b.  Jvily  15,  1721 ;  m.  Samuel  Smith,  Nov.,  1738. 
iii.  Sarah,  b.  Dec.  19,  1722;  m.  Ichabod  Robinson,  1744. 
iv.  Esther,  b.  Feb.  27,  1725;  m.  Samuel  Mason,  1745. 

V.  Anna,  b.  Aug.  3,  1729. 

vi.  Elizabeth,  b.  March  20,  1732;  d.  1744. 

vii.  Abigail,  b.   Dec.  23,  1734;  m.  George  Ward,  Jan., 

1755-6. 

viii  Hannah,  b.  Sept.  17,  1738;  d.  1744. 

ix.  Lydia,  b.  Jan.  7,  1740-1;  d.  1744. 

10.  X.  Jonathan,  b.  after  1719. 

6.  JoHN^,  son  of  (John",  John^)  and  Elizabeth 
(Trowbridge)  Mirick,  born  Nov.  3,  1693,  at  Newton, 
Mass.  Married,  July  17,  1718,  at  Watertown,  Mass., 
Abigail  Harrington;  she  born  March  1,  1689;  died  Oct. 
20,  1753.  John,  the  father,  died  March  7,  1764.  Chil- 
dren— 

i.     Abigail,  b.  April  10,  1719;  m.  Samuel  Abbott,  of 

Sudbury ;  published  Nov.  18,  1737. 
11.     Elizabeth,  b.   Dec.  16,  1720;  m.  April  6,  1737,  Na- 
thaniel Stimson. 

11.  iii.     John,   b.  Nov.    18,  1722;  m.    Feb.    29,  1748,    Keziah 

Stratton. 
Iv.     Rebekah,  b.  Feb.  16,  1724;  m.  May  16,  1744,  James 

Stimson ;  d.  July  17,  1745,  in  childbirth. 

V.     Mary,  b.  ;  m.  Abbott. 

vl.     Jerusha,  b.  Dec.  10,  1729;  never  married. 

7.  James^,  son  of  {JoJin^,  JoJin^)  and  Elizabeth 
(Trowbridge)  Mirick,  born  Oct.  26,  1696,  at  Newton, 
Mass.  Married,  Oct.  20,  1725,  MaryWoolson;  she  died 
at  Templeton,  Mass.,  Sept.    13,  1780.     James  was  dis- 


104  MIRICK    GENEALOGY  —  JOHN. 

missed  from  Groton  ehucli  to  Weston,  June  24,   1724; 
he  died  at  Weston,  Oct.  26,  1774.     Children— 

i.  Susanna,  b.  Aug.  5,  1726;  m.  July  35,  1750,  Deacon 
Tliomas  Upham ;  lie  b.  June  30,  1718,  Charles- 
town;  d.  Oct.  1780,  Weston;  Susanna  d.  Jan. 
22,  1772,  Weston. 

12.  ii.     Caleb,  b.  Sept.   30,  1728;  m.   Oct.    17,   1754,  Eunice 

Jones, 
iii.     Mary,    b.    May  27,    1731;  m.    April   11,   1754,  John 
Warren ;  he  b   March  2,  1733. 

13.  iv.     James,  b.  Jan.   6,   1733;  m.   May  27,  1762,  Dorothy 

Fairbanks. 

14.  V.     Elisha,    b.    Sept.  13,  1735;  m.  Jan.  6,  1762,  Persis 

Moore. 

15.  vi.     Isaac,    b.    Aug    7,  1738;    m.   June   1,    1769,    Lydia 

Brewer;  d.  July  24,  1821. 
vii.     JosiAH,    b.  Jan.    19,  1740-1;  m.  Dec.  7,  1772,  Ruth 
Norcross;  slie  b.  Sept.  3,   1742,  Watertown;  d. 
June  15,  1790. 


FOURTH  GENERATION. 

8.  Benjamin"*,  son  of  (Edivard^,  Benjamin'^ ,  John^) 
and  Mary  (Sweetser)  Myrick,  born  Feb.  20,  1727,  at 
Charlestown,  Mass.  Married,  Dec,  1749,  Ann  Hopkins, 
at  Charlestown,  and  died  within  three  years,  as  Ann 
Mvrick  was  admitted  to  the  church  as  a  widow,  March 
4,' 1753.  She  died  Sept.  16,  1796,  of  "palsie,"  aged  70 
years.  He  was  a  cooper  by  trade.  They  had  but  one 
child— 

16.  i.     Benjamin,  b.  Sept.  3,  1750;  m.  July  1,  1780,  Martha 

Bodge. 

9.  Samuel^,  son  of  {Samuel''^,  John'^ ,  John')  and 
Mary  (Stratton)  Mirick,  born  April  21,  1719,  at  Newton, 
Mass.  Married,  1741,  at  Newton,  Mass.,  Hannah  Cool- 
idge.  He  died  1744;  there  were  seven  deaths  in  the 
Mirick  family,  in  Newton,  in  that  year.  Samuel  and 
Hannah  had  one  child — 

i.     Abuah,  b.  Feb.  10,  1742;  d.  1744. 

10.  Jonathan^,  son  of  {SamueP,  John^ ,  John^)  and 
Mary  (Stratton)  Mirick,  born  after  1719,  at  Newton, 
Mass.  Married,  Oct.  26,  1749,  at  Waltham,  Mass.,  Abi- 
gail Brown;  she  died  1813.  Jonathan  Mirick  served 
with  the  "Minute  Men"  at  Lexington  and  Concord. 
Date  of  his  death  is  not  known.     Children — 


FOURTH    GENERATION.  105 

i.     Mary,  b.  Au.s:.  10,  1750,  at  Newton. 
ii.     Abigail,  b,  Nov.  6,  1751. 

iii.     Anna,    b.    Feb.  17,  1753;  m.  John  Seaver,   of  Cam- 
bridge, 1783 
iv.     Susannah,   b.    March  4,  1756;    m.  May  10,  1783,  at 

Watertown,  Richard  Everett. 
V.     Hannah,  b.  June  1,  1757. 

17.  vi.     Samuel,  b.  Feb.  6,  1759,  Newton;    m.   1784,   Martha 

Brewer. 
\-li.     Jonathan,  b.  May  31,  1761;  m.  a  Providence,  R.  I., 

girl,  and  went  there  to  live, 
viii.     Patty,  b. . 

11.  John*,  son  of  {John^,  John^ ,  Jolin^)  and  Abi- 
gail (Harrington)  Mirick,  born  Nov.  18,  1722,  at  Wes- 
ton, Mass.  Married,  Feb.  29,  1748,  Keziah  Stratton,  of 
Walthain,  Mass.    Children,  all  born  at  Weston,  Mass. — 

i.     Lydia,  b.    May  15,  1749, ;  m.  Nov.    29,  17G9,  Phineas 

Uphani. 
ii.     Joseph,  b.  March  10,  1751 ;  d.  Jan.  11,  1753. 

18.  iii.     Ephraim,  b.  Feb.  23,  1753;  m.  Oct.  26,  1775,  Deborah 

Gleason. 
iv.     Abigail,  b.  March  17,  1755;  m.  March  5,  1778,  Elias 

Bigelow. 

V.     Stephen,  b.  April  24,  1757;  m. Griffin. 

vi.     Eunice,  b.   May   7,    1759;     m.    Isaac    Hartwell,    of 

Princeton. 

19.  vii.     John,  b.  Aug.  5,  1762;  m.  Lois  Hobbs,  of  Princeton. 

20.  viii.     Sally  (Sarah),  b.  Aug.  14,  1763;  m.  James  Wilder, 

of  Sterling. 

ix.     Lucy,    b.    ,   1765;  m.    1st,  Samuel  Richardson; 

2nd,  Wm.  Everett;  d.  1850. 

12.  Caleb* ,  son  of  (James^ ,  JoJm'^ ,  Jolin^ )  and  Marj^ 
(Woolsom)  Miriek,  born  Sept.  30,  1728,  at  Watertown, 
Mass.  Married,  Oct.  17,  1754,  Eunice  Jones,  of  Weston; 
she  born  Oct.  17,  1756;  died  Nov.  3,  1794.  They  were 
married  at  Watertown,  but  soon  moved  to  Rutland,  where 
their  children  were  born;  Caleb,  the  father,  died  Dec. 
30,  1803,  at  Rutland.     Children— 

i.     Joseph,  b.  Dec.  3,  1755;  d.  Dec.  4,  1755. 
ii.     Samuel,  b.  May  18,  1758;  d.  Dec.  3,  1806:  unmarried, 
iii.     Eunice,  b.   Aug.  31,  1759;  d.  Aug.  20,  1800;  m.  Jan. 

24,  1792,  Ephraim  Russell,  of  Stow;  he  b.  1750; 
d.  Oct.  28,  1814. 

iv.     Elisha.  b.  . 

V.     Sally,  b.  April  6,    1762;  d.   Aug.   6,  1826;  m.    Jan. 

1782,    David  Hapgood;  he  b.    May   12,  1751;  d. 

July  3,  1829. 

vi.     LuciNDA,  b.  April  25,  1766;  d.  Dec.  7,  1834;  m.  April 

3,  1791,  JohnDoknet  (?)  of  Princeton;  he  b.  May 

25,  1766;  d.  July  1,  1818. 


106 


MIRICK    GENEALOGY   —JOHN. 


Vll. 


VIU. 


IX. 


Polly,  b.    April  29,    1768;  d.  July  24,  1832;  m.  July 

1,  1794,  Aarou  Kimball,  of  Sterling;  be  b.  July 

24,  1756. 
Fidelia,  b.   May  25,    1770;  d.  — — ;  m.    1st  Joseph 

Holden,   of  Rutland,    Dec.  4,  1791;   be  b.    Sept. 

28,  1864;  d.  Dec.  23,  1798;  m.  2nd,  Joel  Holden, 

Feb.  21,    1800;  he  b.  Nov.  30,    1772;  d.  March  17, 

1856. 
Caleb,  b.  Sept.  13,  1772;  d.  Oct.  3,  1841;  m.  Lydia 

Gregory,  Jan.  1,  1800;  she  b.  April  1,  1778;  d. 

June  17.  1843. 

13.  Jambs'*,  son  of  {James^,  John~,  John''-)  and  Mary 
(Woolson)  Miriek,  born  Jan.  6,  1733.  Married,  May 
27,  1762,  Dorothy  Fairbanks;  she  born  1738;  died  Dee. 
25,  1802,  at  Princeton,  Mass.  James  was  a  soldier  in 
the  Revolutionary  War,  and  died  Dec.  5,  1777,  of  camp 
distemper,  brought  on  by  the  unhealthful  conditions  of 
camp  life.  (Note. — The  sequence  of  the  children  given 
below  is  as  received  by  the  compiler,  and  may  not 
be  correct  as  to  order  of  birth;  it  is  very  likely  that 
James,  born  Nov.  19,  1771,  was  fifth  or  sixth  in  order  of 
birth,  instead  of  second  as  given.)     The  children  were — 


21. 
22. 


1. 
ii. 


m. 


IV. 


;  m.  Cata  Holden. 


EphraijI,  b.  - 

James,  b.  Nov.  19,  1771;  m.  1st,  Dec.  24, 1795,  Esther 

Coye ;  2d,  Mrs.  Abby  Lewis. 
Dorothy,  b   ;  m.  1st,  Garfield;  one  child, 

Elisba   (Garfield);    2nd,    Hunt;  one  child, 

David  (Hunt). 
Elizabeth,  b. ;  m.  Joseph  Garfield,  of  Spencer, 

Mass. ;  four  children. 


V.     Catherine,  b. 


VI. 


vu. 


vui. 


nine  children. 
Lucretia,  b. 


;  m.  John  Eveleth,  of  Princeton; 
m.  William  Bemis,  of  Spencer; 
Hastings,  of  Ashburnham, 


five  children. 
Polly,  b. ;  m. 

Mass. ;  five  children ;  moved  to  Rising  Sun,  Ind. 
Pamelia,  b.  ;  m.  Woods,  of  Ashburnham. 


14.  Elisha^,  son  of  (James'^,  JoJin'^ ,  John^)  and 
Mary  (Woolson)  Miriek,  born  Sept.  13,  1735,  at  Wes- 
ton, Mass.  Married,  Jan.  6,  1762,  at  Rutland,  Mass., 
Persis,  daughter  of  Lieut.  Paul  and  Hannah  (Hubbard) 
Moore;  she  born  Sept.  16,  1740,  at  Rutland,  Mass. ; 
died  Jan.  31,  1810,  at  Holden.  Elisha  Miriek  was  a 
"house- Wright;"  was  a  Selectman  of  Holden,  1784-5; 
appears  as  a  Sergeant  on  the  "Lexington  Alarm"  rolls, 
in  Captain  Paul  Raymond's  company,  1st  Worcester 
regiment;  marched  from  Holden  to  Cambridge,  April 
19,  1775;  served  8>2  days;  he  died  Jan.  16,  1807,  at 
Holden.     Children,  all  born  at  Holden — 


FIFTH    GENERATION.  107 

23.  i.     Paul,  b.  May  20,  1763;  m.   Dorcas  Pollard,  of  Hub- 

bardstown ;  d.  July  23,  1815. 
ii.     Hannah,  b.  Nov.  4,  1765;  m.  at  Hubbardstown,  Dec. 
15,  1785,  TilleyChaffin,  of   Holden;  d.   Nov.  17, 
1856. 

24.  iii.     Silas,   b.   Sept.    22,    1769;   m.  Dec.  15,  1796,    Lydia 

Henry;  d.  Feb.  28,  1829. 

25.  iv.     TiLLEY,  b.  May  26,  1772;  m.  Nov.  12,  1799;  d.  Sept. 

21    183'^ 
v.     Son,  b.'  Oct.  24,  1774;  d.  at  birth, 
vi.     Esther,  b.  Nov.  20,  1775 ;  m.  Nov.  24,  1796,  at  Holden, 

Thomas  Knowles;  d.  April  22,  1848. 
vii.     Betsey,  b.  Jan.  25,  1780 ;  m.  Sept.  23,  1801,  at  Holden, 

John  Chaffin ;  d.  Jan.  27,  1860. 
viii.     BOAZ  Moore,  b.  Sept.  20,  1782;  m.  Sept.  14,  1805,  at 
Holden,  Lucy  Clapp;  d.  at  Holden,  May  7,  1809. 

15.  ISAAC^,  son  of  (James^ ,  John"^ ,  Jb/m^)  and  Mary 
(Woolson)  Mirick,  born  Aug.  7,  1738,  at  Weston,  Mass. 
Married,  June  1,  1769,  Lydia  Brewer,  of  Weston  (one 
authority  Worcester),  Mass.  She  born  Aug.  21,  1734. 
Isaac  died  July  24,  1821.     Children— 

i.  Oliver,  b.  March  23,  1770. 

ii.  Charles,  b.  Aug.  29,  1771. 

iii.  LuoY,  b.  March  10,  177—. 

iv.  Joel,  b.  March  10,  177—. 

v.  Phineas,  b.  Sept.  11,  1773. 


FIFTH  GENERATION. 

16.  Benjamin^,  son  of  (Benjamin* ,  Edward^,  Ben- 
jamin'^, John''-)  and  Ann  (Hopkins)  Mirick  born  Sept. 
3,  1750,  Charlestown,  Mass.  Married,  July  1,  1780,  at 
Charlestown,  Martha  Bodge.  No  record  of  death  of 
either  Benjamin  or  Martha  Mirick.     Children — 

i.     Benjamin,    b.    ;    was  a  currier  by  trade;  was 

scalded  on  Bark  (Steamer?)  "i^Zora,"  at  Cincin- 
nati, O.,  at  5  o'clock  in  the  evening,  dying  at 
eight  o'clock,  Nov.  17,  1836. 

ii.     Edward,  b. . 

iii.     Nancy,  b. . 

iv.     Martha,  b. . 

v.     Heney,  b. ;  was  a  toll-gatherer  on  the  f Warren 

Bridge ;  kept  a  variety  store  on  Boston  Square ; 
d.  Aug.  18,  1857;  no  issue. 

vi.    John,  b. . 


vii.     Joseph,  b. 


17.     Samuel^,  son  of    {Jonathan*,  Samuel^,  John^ , 
John'^)  and  Abigail  (Brown)  Myrick,  born  Feb.  6,  1759, 


-M 


108  MIRICK    GENEALOGY  —  JOHN. 

at  Newton,  Mass.  Married,  1786,  Martha  Brewer.  They 
lived  in  Newton  and  Waltham.  Samuel,  the  father,  was 
a  private  in  Captain  Craft's  Company,  of  Bond's  Reg:i- 
ment,  1775.  He  was  commissioned  Lieutenant  and 
Quartermaster,  in  Sprout's  (12th)  Regiment,  Jan.  1, 
1777;  1st  Lieutenant  Sept.  5,  1780;  in  2nd  Regiment  in 
1783.  He  was  a  pensioner,  living  in  Vermont  in  1820. 
He  was  in  many  important  engagements,  and  was  pres- 
ent at  the  surrender  of  Cornwallis,  at  Yorktown.  He 
married  Martha  Brewer,  of  Waltham,  April  11,  1786; 
she  was  living  in  1847.  There  were  three  boys  and  five 
girls  in  the  family,  the  names  of  but  four  of  whom  are 
known,  the  others  having  been  born  in  Vermont.  Chil- 
dren— 

1       TTat?t?tpx    Vi  , 

26.  ii.     Marshall  M.,  b.  April  20,  1801;  m.  March  31,  1843; 

d.  Feb.  28.  1856. 

27.  iii.     Lawson,  b.  about  1803. 

iv.  Samuel,  b.  May  15,  1796;  m.  Laura  Farnsworth,  of 
Woodstock,  Vt. ;  no  children;  d.  Feb.  3,  1871,  at 
North  Springfield,  Vt. 

18.  Ephraim^,  son  of  {Johu^ ,  JoIdv' ,  JoJm"^ ,  John^ ) 
and  Keziah  (Stratton)  Mirick,  born  Feb.  23,  1753,  at 
Weston,  Mass.  Married,  Oct.  26,  1775,  Deborah  Gleason; 
she  born  Sept.  18,  1753;  died  Nov.  2,  1841.  Ephraim 
died  Aug.  4,  1826.  They  had  eleven  children,  the  names, 
dates  of  birth,  etc.,  of  whom  have  not  yet  been  found. 

19.  John'',  son  of  {John'^,  John'^ ,  John"^ ,  John^) 
and  Keziah  (Stratton)  Mirick,  born  Aug.  5,  1762,  at 
Weston,  Mass.  Married  Lois  Hobbs,  of  Princeton;  she 
born  1754;  died  Mav  10,  1843.  John  died  March  3, 
1825.     Children— 

i.     Susanna,  b. ;  m.  Gamaliel  Benson,  of  Princeton. 

ii.     Lois,  b.  ;  m.  William  Smith,  of  Princeton. 

28.  iii.     John,  b.  Feb.  2,  1787. 

iv.  Nancy,  b.  ;  m.  Ralph  Stuart. 

V.  Elisha,  b.  ;  d.  single  at  the  age  of  25. 

vi.  Eunice,  b. ;  m.  Benjamin  Stuart. 

29.  vii.  Ebenezer,  b.  July  5,  1796;  d.  Sept.  1,  1879. 

viii.     SOPHRONIA,  b.  Jan.  15,  1801;  m.  Michael  Twichell. 
ix.     Clarimond,  b.  July  23,  1804;  m.  Zenus  Jewett. 

20.  Sally'',  dau.  of  {Jolin'^ ,  John^ ,  John"^ ,  John'^) 
and  Keziah  (Stratton)  Mirick,  born  Aug.  14,  1763,  at 
Weston,  Mass.  Married  Col.  James  Wilder,  son  of  Major 


FIFTH    GENERATION.  109 

James  and  Mercy  Wilder,   of  Sterling,   Mass.;   he  born 

June  22,  1741;   died .     He  served  in  the  war  of  the 

Revolution,  receiving  a  pension  for  such  service  in  later 
years.  His  handsome,  gold  trimmed  uniform  and  deer- 
skin breeches  were  sold  at  public  vendue  after  his  death. 
During  his  life  he  was  at  times,  merchant,  di'over, 
farmer,  chair-manufacturer,  and  inn-keeper.  In  the 
publication  of  "Picturesque  Worcester"  is  a  picture  of 
the  large,  rambling  old  inn,  once  his,  which  at  this 
writing  (January,  1900),  is  still  in  a  state  of  good  pres- 
ervation, in  the  town  of  Sterling,  once  a  part  of  Lan- 
caster. Of  Sally  (Mirick)  Wilder  and  her  sisters  it  was 
said,  by  a  writer  of  the  time,  that  "they  were  all  fine, 
healthy,  large  women,  and  were  ladies."  The  children 
born  to  Col.  James  and  Sally  Wilder  were — 

30.  i.     Marshall  (Wilder),  b. ,  1783,  Sterling,  Mass.; 

•       m.  July  15,  1814;  d.  Aug.  30,  1845, 

ii.     Mirick  (Wilder),  b. ;  at  Sterling,  where  he  also 

died. 

iii.     James  (Wilder),  b.  ;  married. 

iv.     David  (Wilder),  b. ;  m.  Emily ;  shed.  1886. 

V.     Sally  (Wilder),  b. ;  m.  Josiah  Kendall;  lived 

in  Sterling;  had  six  children. 

vi.     Sophia  (Wilder),  b. ;  m.  Sampson  Bailey;  lived 

in  Sterling ;  had  nine  children. 

21.     Ephraevi^,    son    of     {James'^,    James^ ,    JoJin^, 

John^)   and  Dorothy    (Fairbanks)   Myrick,  born ; 

married  Cata  Holden.     Children — 

i.  Ephraim,  b. . 

ii.  Dorothy,  b. . 

iii.  Mary,  b.  . 

iv.  Eliza,  b.  . 


22.  James^,  son  of  (James'^,  James^ ,  John"" ,  JoJin^) 
and  Dorothy  (Fairbanks)  Mirick,  born  Nov.  19,  1771. 
Married,  1st,  Dec.  24,  1795,  Esther  Coye;  2nd,  Mrs. 
Abby  Lewis.  He  had  seventeen  children,  all  by  his  first 
wife,  who  died  after  1818.  James  lived  in  Butternuts, 
N.  Y.,  and  all  his  children  were  born  there,  under  one 
roof.  None  of  the  childi'en  had  more  than  a  common 
school  education  except  Mianda  and  Benjamin  Willard, 
who  attended  Gilberts ville  Academy  for  a  few  terms. 
Both  were  excellent  scholars  and  good  teachers.  Mianda 
taught  a  great  many  terms,  mainly  in  her  own  home  dis- 
trict. None  of  her  sisters  went  to  school  in  the  summer 
after  they  were  eight  years  old,  being  obliged  to  help  in 


110  MIRICK     GENEALOGY  —  JOHN. 

the  home  or  work  at  a  trade,  and  had  but  three  months' 
schooling  in  the  winter.  The  boys  had  even  less  than 
this.  Lucy,  Mary,  Dorothy  and  Lucretia  were  tailor- 
esses  and  also  taught  school  during  portions  of  the  year 
when  such  work  was  not  to  be  had.  All  the  girls  could 
spin,  weave,  knit  and  sew.  They  raised  their  own  wool, 
and  made  all  their  own  clothes  from  it  and  the  flax  which 
they  also  cultivated.  They  had  all  the  proverbial  New 
England  thrift  and  economy,  even  to  parsimony,  so  far 
as  their  own  expenditures  were  concerned;  yet  none 
were  quicker  than  they  to  help  any  one  who  was  in  dis- 
tress, and  their  generosity  was  often  far  beyond  their 
means.  All  were  gentle  and  kindly  in  manner,  of  de- 
voted piety,  and  were  held  in  the  highest  esteem  by  all 
who  ever  knew  them. 

The  children  of  Orlando,  Horatio  and  Rufus,  together 
with  their  descendants,  all  changed  the  spelling  of  their 
surname  to  "Myrick."  The  descendants  of  James  re- 
tain the  original  spelling,  "Mirick."     Children — 

i.     Cata,  b.  Oct.  24,  1796;  d.  May  9,  1820. 

31.  ii.     James,  b.  April  13,  1798. 

32.  iii.     Orlando,  b.  July  24,  1799. 

iv.  Ephraim,  b.  Nov.  11,  1800;  m.  1st,  April  29,  1827, 
Hannah  Purdy;  2nd,  Sept.  29,  1857.  Ann  Frone. 
Ephraim,  had  no  children  by  his  .second  wife, 
but  several  by  his  first  wife.  All  died  in  infancy, 
and  one  or  two  at  birth.  Ephraim  died  Oct.  6, 
1867,  of  scipsis,  from  second  amputation  of  leg 
for  senile  gangrene. 

33.  V.     Horatio,  b.    March  24,  1802;  m.   Jan.    22,  1829;  d. 

June  6,  1872. 

34.  vi.     Esther,  b.  April  28,   1803;  m.  Wm.  Bushnell,  Oct. 

18,  1821 ;  d.  March  19,  1886. 
vii.     Silas,  b.  Aug.  22,  1804;  d.  March  4,  1806. 

35.  viii.     Rufus,  b.    Jan.  7,   1806;  m.  Sept.  29,  1827;  d.  April 

10,  1840. 
ix.     Lucretia,  b.  June  1,  1807;  d.  July  25,  1878. 
86  X.     Lucy,  b.  Oct.   19,  1808;  m.  Almon  Rockwell,  March 

27,  1834;  d.  April  28.  1894. 
xi      Albert,  b.  May  29,  1810;  m.  Harriet  Scofield,  Feb. 
26,    1837;    d.   Aug.  17,    1886;   no    children.     He 
was  a  pattern  and  cabinet  maker. 
37.       xii      Dorothy,  b.  Oct.  12,  1811;  m.  Robert  Scott  Musson, 

Jan.  3,  1836;  d.  Feb.  26,  1873. 
38      xiii.     Mary,   b.  Feb.  22,  1813;  m.  Hezekiah  Scofield,  Feb. 
26,  1837;  d.  April  7,  1845. 
xiv.     William  Bemis,  b.  May  20,  1814;  d.  Oct.  1,  1818. 
XV.    Benjamin  Willard,   b.   Jan.   5,   1816;  d.   Dec.  16, 

1836. 
xvi.     MiANDA,  b.  Dec.  17,  1817;  d.  May  6,  1887. 
xvii.     David,  b.  Dec.  25,  1818;  d.  Jan.  4,  18l9. 


FIFTH   GENERATION.  Ill 

23.  PaulS  sou  of  {Elislia'^,  James'^ ,  John"^ ,  JoJm^ ) 

and  Persis  (Moore),  Mirick,  born  May  20, 1763,  at  Holden, 

Mass.     Married  Dorcas  Pollard,  of  Hubbardstown ;   she 

born  Sept.  5,  1771;   died  at  Princeton,  Mass.,  Aug.  23, 

1834.     Paul  lived  at  Hubbardstown,  where  he  died  July 

23,  1815.     Children— 

'  1 

39.         i.     Sewell,  b.  ,  1789,   at  Hubbardstown;  m.  Apri 

21,  1819. 
ii.    Stephen,  b. . 

24.  Silas  ^ ,  son  of  (EUsha'^ ,  James  ^ ,  John  ^ ,  John  ^ , ) 
and  Persis  (Moore)  Mirick,  born  Sept.  22,  1769,  at 
Holden,  Mass.  Married,  Dec.  15,  1796,  at  Rutland, 
Mass.,  Lydia,  daughter  of  Lieut.  David  Henry;  she  born 
May  8, 1775,  at  Rutland;  died  Jan.  4,  1859,  at  Hopking- 
ton,  Mass.  Silas  was  a  tanner  by  occupation;  he  died 
Feb.  28,  1829,  at  Rutland.     Childi-en— 

i.  Lawson,  b.  Oct.  3,  1797;  m.  Jan.  29,  1829,  Caroline 
Pratt,  of  Shrewsbuiy,  Mass. ;  d.  March  1,  1860; 
no  children ;  was  a  physician ;  lived  and  died 
in  West  Brookfield,  Mass. 

40.  ii.     Silas,  b.  May  4,  1800;  m.  June  20,  1827. 

iii.     Charles,  b.  June  21,  1803;  d.  Aug.  30,  1805. 
iv.     David  Heney,  b.  June  28,  1806;  was  a   physician; 
d.  at  Gardiner,  Me.,  March  18,  1837;  single. 

41.  V.    Charles  Augustus,  b.   Aug.   16,  1810;  m.   June  1, 

1835;  d.  Feb.  1,  1864. 

42.  vi.    George  Washington,  b.    Dec.   14,  1814;    m.   Feb. 

1843;  d.  Feb.  26,  1896. 

25.  TiLLEY^ ,  son  of  {Elisha'^ ,  James^ ,  John"^ ,  John^) 
and  Persis  (Moore)  Mirick,  born  May  26,  1772,  at  Holden, 
Mass.     Married,  Nov.  12,  1799,  at  Holden,  Mass.,  Polly 
Turner;   she  born  Sept.  3,  1779,  at  Spencer,  Mass.;  died 
Feb.    22,    1854.      Tilley   Mirick   died   Sept.    21,    1832. 

Children — 

i.  LUOY,  b.  Jan.  30,  1801;  m.  Dec.  25,  1818,  John 
Adams,  of  Hubbardstown,  Mass. 

ii.  LuoRETiA,  b.  Jan.  25,  1803;  m.  March  24,  1824,  John 
Warren,  of  Paxton,  Mass. 

43.  iii.     John  Turner,  b.    March  8,  1805,  at  Holden,  Mass. ; 

m.  March  20,  1829;  d.  Aug.  10,  1872. 

44.  iv.     Elisha,  b.    June  25,  1807;  m.  Dec,  2,  1830;  d.  Feb. 

27,  1847. 
V.    Persis  Moore,  b.  April  7, 1810 ;  m.  1st,  Nov.  18,  1836, 
Absalom  Bellows,  of  Paxton ;  2nd,  Ira  Merriam, 
of  Oxford, 
vi.     Bezaleel  Turner,  b.  Feb.  5,  1813;  d.  March  2,  1836; 
unmarried. 


112  MIRICK    GENEALOGY — JOHN. 

vii.     Mary  Groves,  b.  May  20,  1815;  m.   George  Sesions; 
had  four  children. 
45.      viii.     Horace,  b.  Nov.  21,  1817;  m.  Feb.,  1842;  m.  2nd,  Feb., 
1854. 
ix.     Homer,  b.  Nov.  21,  1817;  d.  May  8,  1818. 
X.     Abigail,  b.  Feb.  7,  1824;  d.  Jan.  3,  1825. 


SIXTH  GENERATION. 

26.  Marshall  M.*',  son  of  (Samuel^,  Jonathan*, 
Samuel^ ,  John'^ ,  John^)  and  Martha  (Brewer)  Myrick, 
born  April  20,  1801,  at  Woodstock,  Vt.  Married,  March 
31,  1843,  at  Chaiiestown,  N.  H.,  Catherine  A.  Walton, 
daughter  of  John  and  Phillis  (Spencer)  Walton;  she 
born  Jan.  16,  1818.  Marshall  M.  died  Feb.  28,  1856, 
at  Woodstock,  Vt.  They  had  seven  children,  the  names 
of  but  four  of  whom  are  known — 

46.  i.     Madison  M.,  b.  Dec.  26,  1843;  m.  Aug.  3,  1868,  Lu- 

cina  E.  Riggs,  of  Ludlow,  Vt. ;  have  one  child, 
Clarence  Riggs  Myrick. 
ii.     Florence,  b.  June  25,  1845, ;  m.  Oct.  3,  1862,  Fran- 
cis P.  Spaulding,  of  Springfield,  Vt. 
iii.    Morton  M.,  b.  ,  1847;  d.  1848. 

27.  Lawson^,  son  of  {Samuel^ ,  Jonathan* ,  Samuel^, 
Jo /in  ^,  Jo /mM  and  Martha  (Brewer)  Myrick,  born  about 
1803,  in  Massachusetts.  Married  and  moved  to  western 
New  York,  where  he  had  three  or  four  sons  and  as  many 
daughters.  It  is  said  that  descendants  of  this  Lawson 
are  to  be  found  in  Indiana,  Michigan,  and  Wisconsin, 
but  the  compiler  of  this  history  has  not  been  able  to 
locate  any  of  them  thus  far. 

28.  John^,  son  of  (John^,  John*,  John^,  John"^ , 
John^)  and  Lois  (Hobbs)  Mirick,  born  Feb.  2,  1787,  at 
Princeton,  Mass.  Married  Polly  Allen;  she  born  1793; 
died  Aug.,  1886.     Children— 

47.  i.     Elisha  a.,  b.  Feb.  2.  1816;  d.  Aug.  23,  1891. 

ii.     Mary  A.,  b.  Sept.    8,    1817;  m.  Samuel  Griffin;  d. 
Oct.  12,  1888. 

48.  iii.     John  Allen,  b.  Jan.   15,  1820;  m.  Oct.   5,  1842;  d. 

Mav  2!)   1876. 

49.  iv.     Moses  H.,  b.  Dec.  17,  1823;  m.  1st,  Jan.  1,  1851;  m. 

2nd,  1869. 
v.     Salina,  b.  March  12,  1826;  d.  March  20,  1845. 

29.  Rev.  Ebenezer",  son  of  {John^,  John*,  John^ , 
John"^ ,  John^ )   and  Lois  (Hobbs)  Mirick,   born  July  5, 


SIXTH    GENERATION.  113 

1796,  at  Prmcetou,  Mass.  Was  married  three  times- 
first  to  Nancy  Snow,  of  Roeklaud,  Me.;  second  to  Lucy 
Allen,  of  Sedgwick,  Me.,  and  third  to  Lois  Allen,  of 
Sedgwick,  Me.  He  was  graduated  from  Colby  (at  that 
time  Waterville)  College,  Maine.  Settled  as  pastor  of 
the  Baptist  Church  in  Sedgwick,  later  in  Brookville,  Me. 
While  serving  as  pastor,  he  also  worked  the  farm  at- 
tached to  the  parsonage,  and  often  taught  a  term  of 
school,  and  was,  in  addition,  the  surveyor  of  the  town. 
He  was  a  strict  disciplinarian  in  family,  church  and 
school,  but  by  his  force  of  character,  intellectual  ability 
and  integrity  he  won  universal  love  and  respect,  and  ex- 
erted a  wide  and  beneficent  influence,  He  was  a  con- 
spicuous example  of  the  old  New  England  "Elder." 
When  his  services  were  requested  for  preaching,  at 
marriages,  or  for  burial  services,  no  thought  of  personal 
inconvenience  or  hardship  was  allowed  to  stand  in  the 
way;  he  often  took  long  and  dangerous  journeys,  in  all 
seasons,  to  distant  towns  and  islands  along  the  coast,  so 
that  his  name  was  a  household  word  along  the  Maine 
coast  from  Castine  to  Ellsw^orth.  In  later  years  he  re- 
turned to  Massachusetts  and  preached  at  Sterling,  Leo- 
minster and  Princeton.  At  the  age  of  68  years  he 
retired  from  active  service,  and  died  Sept.  1,  1879,  at 
the  age  of  84:  years,  at  the  home  of  his  daughter  in 
Fitehburg,  Mass.  He  had  no  children  by  his  first  wife, 
Nancy  Snow;  by  his  second  wife  he  had  one  daughter, 
Jennie,  and  by  his  third  wdfe,  Lois  Allen,  he  had  five 
children — 

i.     Jenxie,   b. ,  1834,    Brookville,    Me. ;    m.    James, 

Abbott,    a  sea  captain;    had  three    daughters, 
Alice.  Bertha  and  Calva  (Abbott),   all  born  in 
Fitehburg,  Mass. 
50.         ii.     George  Dana  Boardman,  b.  Feb.  7,  1836. 

iii.  Alonzo  King,  b.  1838,  at  Brookville,  Me. ;  was  grad- 
uated at  the  Bridgewater  Normal  School ;  at  the 
outbreak  of  the  civil  war,  he  went  home  and  en- 
listed as  a  private  in  the  Second  Maine  Infantry, 
his  being  the  second  name  on  the  roll  of  the 
regiment;  was  in  the  battle  of  Bull  Run,  July 
17,  1861,  where  he  was  severely  wounded ;  was 
promoted  to  a  captaincy  and  ordered  home  to 
raise  a  new  company,  but  died  of  his  wounds  at 
Finley  General  Hospital,  Washington,  D.  C. ; 
was  unmarried. 

iv.     John  Erastus,  b.  ,  at  Brookville,  Me. ;  enlisted 

in Massachusetts  Infantry;  d.  in  1866  from 

d  isease  contracted  in  the  service. 


114  MIRICK     GENEALOGY — JOHN. 

V.     Alona  Barrett,  b.  ,  1842;  m.  Alonzo  Friend,  of 

Brooklin,  Me.,  where  she  d.  leaving  three  sons, 
Leslie  Alonzo,  Victor  and  Robert  (Friend). 

vi.     Harriet  Axola,  b. ,  1844,  at  Brookville,  Me. ; 

m.  1885,  George  W.  Simmers,  of  New  York 
City;  later  devoted  herself  to  missiouaiy  labor 
in  the  south  among  the  colored  people. 


30.  Marshall^'  (Wilder),  son  of  James^  Wilder  and 
Sally  Mirick,  born  1783,  at  Sterling,  Mass. ;  died  Aug.  30, 
1845,  at  Sterling,  where  he  is  buried;  was  a  commissary 
at  the  age  of  22,  his  commission  being  signed  by  Gov. 
Caleb  Strong,  of  Massachusetts.  Married,  July  15,  1814, 
Capernaum  Knowlton,  daughter  of  Charles  Adams  and 
Eunice  (Picarde)  Knowlton,  of  North  Brookfield,  Mass.; 
she  born  Dec.  11.  1787;   died  Jan,  26,  1848.     Children— 

i.     Charles  K.    (Wilder),  b.    June   24,   1815,   Sterling 
Mass.;  m.  Phebe  Baker,  of  Sterling;  d.  Sept.  19, 
1868,  at  Moquoketa,  la. ;  was  a  farmer. 
51.         ii.     Sally  Mirick  (Wilder),  b.  April  21,  1819,  Water- 
town,  N.  Y.;  m.  Sep.  14,1837. 
iii.     Mary  Bush  (Wilder),  b.  Aug.  2,  1821;  m.    Chester 
Edson ;  moved  to  Iowa ;  is  now  a  widow,  living 
in  Fortuna,  Cal.,  1899. 
iv.     James  Marshall  (Wilder),  b.  Sept.  5,  1825,  at  Wa- 
tertown,  N.  Y. ;  d.  March  6,  1865;  m.  Susan  Har- 
rison, of  Wiscassett,  Me. ;  had  one  child,  Marshall 
Henry  (Wilder),  who  d.  1897  at  Clinton.  Mass., 
leaving  two  children. 


31.  James®,  son  of  { James ^ ,  James*,  James^ ,  John- , 
John^)  and  Esther  (Coye)  Mirick,  born  April  13,  1798, 
in  Butternuts,  N.  Y.,  in  the  same  house  in  which  his 
sixteen  brothers  and  sisters  were  born.  Married,  1st, 
Sept.  20,  1820,  Sally,  daughter  of  Rev.  Samuel  and 
Elizabeth  Fletcher  (Wheat)  Wakefield;  she  born  March 
5,  1794;  died  Oct.  10,  1860.  James  married,  2nd,  Jul\  5, 
1862,  Mrs.  Sallv  Webb  Halbert,  whose  maiden  name  was 
Sally  Short;  she  born  Sept.  1,  1801;  died  Dec.  30,  1891. 
After  his  first  marriage,  James  lived  for  a  short  time  on 
a  farm  in  Butternuts,  N.  Y.  He  then  moved  to  Pitts- 
field,  N.  Y.,  where  he  helped  to  build  a  factory,  and 
later,  in  1831,  moved  to  Pitcher,  Chenango  county,  N. 
Y.,  where  he  bought  a  farm.  He  was  an  indiiferent 
farmer,  but  a  good  carpenter,  and  he  worked  at  both 
employments  during  his  life.  His  last  years  were  spent  on  a 
farm  in  Butternuts.  He  was  a  stern  man,  whose  word  was 
law  in  his  fainih'.     He  never  argued  with  his  childi-en, 


SIXTH    GENERATION.  115 

and  seldom  repeated  a  eommaud.  He  was  natiirally 
kind-hearted,  and  benevolent  beyond  his  means,  fond 
of  company,  and  a  good  entertainer.  A  good  friend,  he 
was  also  a  bitter  enemy.  All  the  famih-  were  members 
of  the  Baptist  church.  All  his  children  were  born  in 
Butternuts  except  Eliza  Jane  and  Mary  Augusta,  who 
were  born  in  Pitcher,  N.  Y.  The  first  year  of  their 
sojourn  in  Pitcher  was  a  very  hard  one  for  the  family. 
The  country  was  new,  and  largely  covered  with  native 
forests.  They  had  to  clear  the  ground,  prepare  it  for 
crops,  and  build  their  house.  Shops  and  markets  were 
far  away,  and  food  was  scarce.  During  the  winter  their 
food  was  largely  potatoes  and  milk;  nothing  else  was 
to  be  had.  Reared  in  the  midst  of  such  hardships  it  is 
not  strange  that  only  two  of  the  children  were  markedly 
robust,  and  lived  to  old  age — Augustus  and  Charles.  The 
childi'en  were — 

52.  i.     James  Chauncey,  b.  Aug.  27,  1821 ;  m.  Jvdy  26,  1847; 

d.  July  16,  1858. 
il.     Cata,  b.    Jan.    25,  1823;    d.    Dec.    4,    1838,  of  heart 
disease. 

53.  iii.     Albert  Augustus,  b.  Dec.  30,  1824;  m.  1st,  Dec.  30, 

1850;  m.  2nd,  June  1,  1859. 

54.  iv.     Charles  Edward,  b.  Jiily  19,  1827. 

V.     Sarah  Elizabeth,  b.  May  23,  1829;  d.  Feb.  16,1855, 

of  consumption, 
vi.     Eliza  Jane,  b.  March  18,  1834;  d.  Feb.  12,  1867,  of 

diphtheria, 
vii.     Mary  Augusta,  b.   Feb.  3,  1836;  m.    Oct.    25,  1859, 

Asa  Halbert;  d.    Feb.    13,    1867,    of    diphtheria. 

Had  one  son,  James  Thomas,  b.  April   10,  1861 ; 

d.  Feb.  8,  1867  of  diphtheria. 


Rev.  Samuel  Wakefield,  father  of  Sally  Wakefield, 
James  Mirick's  first  wife,  was  born  about  17-18.  He  was 
twice  married,  the  second  time  to  Widow  Wheat,  whose 
maiden  name  was  Elizabeth  Fletcher.  Samuel  enlisted  in 
the  Revolutionary  War  at  its  commencement,  and  served 
until  he  was  mustered  out  at  its  close. 

By  his  first  wife  he  had  three  sons,  Samuel,  Dyer,  and 
Elmore  and  one  daughter,  Olive.  By  his  second  wife  he 
had  three  childi'en,  Betsej',  Sally  and  Lyman,  all  born 
in  Vermont.  Samuel  with  his  last  family  came  to  the 
town  of  Butternuts,  about  1800,  coming  from  near 
Brattleboro,  Vt.  For  more  than  30  years  Samuel  was 
pastor  of  the  Butternuts  Baptist  church.  He  was  very 
witty,  quick  to  see  and  give  a  joke.     Like  other  min- 


116  MIRICK     GENEALOGY — JOHN. 

isters  of  his  day,  he  smoked  and  drank  between  sermons 
on  Sunday.     He  died  in  1840. 

Elizabeth  Fletcher  Wheat  Wakefield,  after  the  death  of 
her  second  husband,  went  ;to  Pitcher  to  live  with  her 
daughter,  Sally  Wakefield  Miriek,  and  died  there  in 
March,  1850.     She  was  born  in  Vermont  in  1755. 

32.  Orlando^,  son  of  {Janies^,  Jnmes^ ,  James^ , 
John''",  Jolin^)  and  Esther  (Coye)  Miriek,  born  July  24, 
1799,  at  Butternuts,  N.  Y.  Married,  1st,  Dec.  19,  1822, 
Polly  Clark;  she  born  Nov.  17,  1802;  died  Mav  3,  1842; 
2nd,  Feb.  27,  1844,  Abigail  Piatt;  she  born  Julv  17, 
1813;  died  Aug.  10,  1858;  3rd,  April  10,  1860,  Nancy 
Leonard;  she  born  June  1,  1827;  died  June  28,  1877. 
Orlando  was  a  carpenter  by  trade;  was  a  member  of  the 
Baptist  church;  lived  in  Butternuts  and  Morris,  N.  Y., 
and  during  the  last  years  of  his  life  with  his  son  Charles, 
in  Anamoosa,  la.  His  children  were  all  born  in  Butter- 
nuts, N.  Y.,  and  all  who  lived  to  grow  up  were  members 
of  the  Baptist  church.  He  died  October  30,  1880,  at 
Anamoosa,  la.     Children — 

i.  Mary,  b.  April  2.  1834;  d.  April  3,  1834. 

ii.  William  B.,  b.  May  80,  1835;  d.  Feb.  7,  1826. 

55.  iii.  Francis  Henry  (Myrick),  b.  Oct.   29,  1836. 
iv.  LuoyM..  b.  July  17,  1831;  d.  Dec.  3,  1849. 

V.     James  C,  b.  Dec.  27,  1835;  d.  Nov.  39,  1837  . 

56.  vi.     Charles  Theodore  (Myrick),  b.  April  29,   1839. 

57.  vii.     Calista  Elvira,  b.   Aug.  39.  1841;  ra.    1861,  Albert 

Hopkins  Musson. 

33.  Horatio^,  son  of  CJames^,  James^ ,  James ^ , 
John"^,  JoJin'^)  and  Esther  (Coye)  Miriek,  born  March 
24,  1802,  at  Butternuts,  N.  Y.  Married,  Jan.  22,  1829, 
Rowena  Hurd;  she  born  Jan.  22,  1807,  in  Litchfield, 
Conn.  In  her  sixteenth  year  she  came  to  Otego,  N.  Y., 
where  she  attended  school  for  a  time.  Later  came  to 
Gilbertsville  to  attend  a  boarding  school  taught  by  Rev. 
Mr.  Garvin;  here  she  met  Horatio  Miriek,  and  their 
marriage  followed.  Horatio  was  a  farmer  and  teamster 
in  Butternuts,  and  later  moved  to  Gilbertsville,  where 
he  worked  in  a  saw-mill,  and  as  a  teamster,  driving  to 
Catskill  with  butter,  eggs,  cheese,  and  farm  produce  to 
be  shipped  down  the  Hudson  to  New  York  city.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  Baptist  church,  a  quiet,  lovable 
man,  of  sterling  integrity,  and  always  to  be  depended 
upon  to  the    minute.     He  died  June  6,  1872.     Rowena, 


SIXTH    GENERATION.  117 

the  mother,  died  May  22,  1875.  All  the  children 
changed  the  spelling  of  their  surname  to  "Myrick." 
They  were — 

58.  i.     Harriet  Bowers,  b.  Aug.  18, 1830;  m.  Aug.  13, 1856, 

George  Parsons, 
ii.  Mary  Jane,  b.  July  4,  1836;  educated  in  Gilberts- 
villa  Academy;  taught  for  twelve  years  indif- 
ferent grades  of  schools  in  Otego  and  Butter- 
nuts, one  year  in  Franklin  Academy,  three  years 
in  Gilberts ville  Academy.  After  the  death  of 
her  father  and  mother,  lived  alone  in  their  old 
home  in  Gilbertsville.  Is  a  member  of  the  Pres- 
byterian church;  bj^  occupation,  at  present,  a 
dressmaker. 

59.  iii.     Nathan  Hurd,  b.  Aug.  8,  1838. 

60.  iv.     Ellen  Elizabeth,  b.  Jan.  11,  1841;  m.  Oct.  26,  1865, 

George  H.  Miller;  d.  May  29,  1871. 

34.  Esther^,  dan.  of  {James^,  James'^ ,  James^ , 
John'^ ,  John^ ,)  and  Esther  (Cove)  Mirick,  born  April 
28,  1803.  Married,  Oct.  18,  1821,  William  Bushnell, 
of  Butternuts.  He  was  born  April  28,  1795.  They 
lived  in  Butternuts,  Danville  and  Gilbertsville,  N.  Y.; 
both  members  of  the  Baptist  church.  He  was  a  tanner, 
dying  in  middle  life.  "Aunt  Esther,"  as  she  was  called 
always,  was  one  of  the  noted  women  of  the  towns  in 
which  she  lived,  all  through  her  life.  Bright,  interest- 
ing, witty,  she  was  foremost  in  every  good  work  of  church 
and  village.  She  was  never  absent  from  any  church  ser- 
vice, if  able  to  get  there,  and  even  after  she  was  eighty 
years  old  she  would  make  her  way  over  the  icy  sidewalks, 
in  winter,  clinging  to  the  picket  fences  to  maintain  her 
footing  rather  than  miss  the  weekly  evening  prayer  meet- 
ing. During  the  last  thirty  years  of  her  life,  after  the 
death  of  her  husband  and  children,  she  lived  alone,  do- 
ing her  own  work  and  finding  ample  time  to  minister  to 
others.  When  she  died  March  19,  1886,  she  was  full  of 
years  and  honor,  and  was  probably  missed  by  her  fellow 
townsmen  more  than  any  other  person  would  have  been. 
Children — 

i.     Ann,  b. ;  m.  William  Arnold;  had   no  childi'en 

that  lived ;  made  their  liome  in  Rochester. 

ii.     MiANDA,  b.  ;  m.  Julius  Brayton;    had  one  son, 

Adelbert  (Brayton) ;  lived  in  Rochester. 

35.  RuFUS^ ,  son  of  {James^,  James* ,  James^ ,  JoJiti"^ , 
JoJin^)  and  Esther  (Coj'e)  Mirick,  born  Jan.  7,  1806,  at 
Butternuts,  N.   Y.     Married,   1st,  Sept.  29,  1828,  Myra 


118  MIRICK    GENEALOGY  —  JOHN. 

Chapin;  she  born  March  6,  1806;  died  Aug.  10,  1829; 
2nd,  Calista  Burt,  Aug.  1,  1830;  she  born  Oct.  29, 
1809.  Rufus  was  the  most  enterprising  of  all  the  chil- 
dren of  James  Miriek.  Unusually  sharp  at  trading,  he 
always  got  the  best  of  a  bargain,  even  in  trading  jack- 
knives  or  toys  with  his  brothers,  as  a  boy.  His  mother 
considered  him  the  black  sheep  of  the  family,  and  alwaj's 
feared  that  he  would  come  to  some  bad  end,  inasmuch 
as  she  thought  it  impossible  that  all  the  members  of  so 
large  a  family  should  grow  up  properly,  while  he  seemed 
to  have  more  possibilities,  both  for  good  and  bad,  than 
any  of  his  brothers  and  sisters.  Her  apprehensions 
were  not  realized,  however,  and  he  died  respected,  and 
possessed  of  a  considerable  fortune,  acquired  entirely  by 
his  own  efforts,  although  but  thirty-four  years  old.  He 
was  a  shoemaker  by  trade,  also  a  carpenter.  He  died 
April  10,  1840.     Children— 

i.     Myra,  b.  Dec.  (>,  ISni ;  d.  Dec.  0,  1831. 
61.         ii.     Rufus  Burt  (Myrick),  b.  Aug.  16,  1840;  m.  Oct.  10. 
1860. 

36.  LuCY^,dau.of  [James^,  Jmnes"^ ,  James^ ,  John^ , 
John^)  and  Esther  (Coye)  Miriek,  born  Oct.  19,  1808. 
Educated  in  district  schools  of  Butternuts;  learned 
tailoress'  trade.  Married  Almon  Rockwell,  March  27, 
1831.  He  was  born  in  Gilbertsville,  Jan.  22,  1807;  edu- 
cated in  common  schools;  went  to  New  York  Mills 
about  1845;  was  a  millwright  by  trade;  at  one  time 
postmaster  at  New  York  Mills;  died  Nov.  3,  1860. 
After  her  husband's  death  she  lived  with  her  daughter  in 
New  York  Mills,  Butternuts  and  Gilbertsville.  She  died 
April  28,  1894.     Children— 

i.  Almon  Ferdinand  (Rockwell),  b.  Oct.  17,  1835;  m. 
Oct.  186-3,  Henrietta  K.  Huuter,  daughter  of  an 
army  officer.  Ferdinand  was  educated  in  New 
York  Mills,  Utica,  and  Williams  College  (A.  B. 
185-) ;  was  a  classmate  and  chum  of  the  late 
President  James  A.  Garfield;  was  colonel  in 
the  United  States  service  during  the  Civil  War; 
later  served  four  years  as  commander  in  each  of 
three  forts,  two  of  wliich  were  Fort  Sill  and 
Fort  -Snelling;  was  superintendent  of  Public 
Buildings  and  Grounds  in  Washington,  D.  C, 
during  Garfield's  and  Arthur's  administrations. 
For  some  years  he  was  in  the  Quartermaster's 
Department  at  St.  Paul ;  from  there  he  was  sent 
to  Philadelphia,  where  he  was  in  charge  of  the 
arsenal  for  three  years.  In  1896  he  went  to  Paris, 
after  having  been  retired  on  half  pay,  by  reason 
of  the  age  limit,  and  he  is  still  making  that  city 
his  home.     Children — 


SIXTH    GENERATION.  119 

1.  Henry  Donnell  (Rockwell),  b.  Aug.  31, 

1863;  educated  in  preparatory  school 
and  Williams  College ;  has  been  United 
States  consul  at  Liverpool:  is  married, 
and  is  living  in  Philadelphia. 

2.  Lulu     (Rockwell),    b.     Dec,    1864;  _m. 

Samuel  Crozer,  a  wealthy  Philadelphian ; 
is  now  living  in  Paris.     Children — 

a.  Marion  Aldrich  (Crozer). 

b.  Samuel  (Crozer).. 

ii.  Lucy  Amelia  (Rockwell),  b.  April  26,  1844,  in  Gil- 
bertsville,  N.  Y;  educated  in  Whitestown 
Seminary;  taught  in  Butternuts  until  she  was 
married,  July  9,  1864,  to  "VVillard  A.  Musson,  her 
cousin.  He  was  killed  in  October  of  the  same 
year,  and  on  Oct.  7,  1868,  she  married  his  brother, 
Theodore  Henry  Mu.sson.  They  lived  in  Butter- 
nuts, Rondout,  and  Kenneth  Square,  Pa.,  re- 
moving to  the  latter  place  in  Marcli,  1894,  after 
the  death  of  her  aged  mother,  Lucy  Mirick 
(Rockwell).  Amelia  d.  in  Kenneth  Square,  June 
4,  1895.  Children.— (See  under  Theodore.) 

37.     Dorothy®,    dau.  of  (James^ ,    James^,  James^, 
John,'^,John^)  and  Esther  (Coye)  Mirick,  born  Oct.  12, 
1811,  in  Butternuts,  N.  Y.     Educated  in  the  common 
schools  of  the  town;    learned  the  tailoress'  trade,    and 
also  taught  school.     Married,  Jan.  3,  1836,  Robert  Scott 
Musson,  of  Butternuts;   he  son  of  Richard",  Benjamin^ 
and  Sarah  (Scott)  Musson,  of  Burbage,   Leicestershire, 
England.     Richard^,  with  his  first  wife,  Mary  Halford, 
and  two  children,  Mary  Ann,  born  Sept.  21,   1793,   and 
John,  born  Nov.  17,  1794,  and  his  mother,  Ann  (Herrick) 
Musson,  came  to  America  between  the  years  1794-'98, 
settling  first  in  Burlington,  N.  Y.,  later  in  Butternuts. 
Three  more  children  were  born  to  them,  Benjamin,  born 
July  19,  1799;   Richard,  born  Feb.  24,  1803,  and  Eliza, 
born  Oct.  13,  1801.     After  Mary  (Halford)  Musson,  the 
mother,  died,   Richard  married  Sarah  Scott,   Sept.  21, 
1806,  and  had  children — Isaac,  born  Jan.  18,  1807;  Rob- 
ert Scott,  born  March  9,  1809;  Benjamin,  born  June  13, 
1811;   Richard  Bassett,  born  April  11,  1813;   William, 
born  April  7,  1815;  Daniel  Adcock,  born  March  23,  1817; 
James,  born  Aug.  11,   1819;   Ann  Scott,  born  Oct.  23, 
1822,  Charles,  born   Feb.  28,  1825.      Richard   Musson 
was  a  well-to-do  farmer  in  England.     Came  to  America 
to  become  a  freeholder  and  engage  more  largely  in  farm- 
ing and  cattle  raising.     He  brought  many  articles  of  fur- 
niture, most  of  which  were  destroyed  by  fire  in  1900.    A 
few  valuable  old  pieces  are  still  in  the  hands  of  his  great- 


120  MIRICK    GENEALOGY  —  JOHN. 

grandchildren,  daughters  of  Euphemia  Musson  and 
Charles  Miriek.  They  were  fourteen  weeks  on  the  water 
in  eouiiug  from  England,  and  over  one  week  on  a  sloop 
coming  from  New  York  to  Albany.  Robert  Musson' s 
ancestors  were  French  Protestant  refugees,  and  escaped 
from  France  to  England  after  the  massacre  of  St.  Bar- 
tholomew. There  are  Mussons  still  in  France  and  Ger- 
many, probably  from  the  same  branch. 

Robert  Scott  Musson  and  his  brothers  were  among  the 
first  and  most  notable  settlers  in  Butternuts,  clearing 
the  ground  and  developing  it  into  splendid  farms  which 
are  still  in  possession  of  the  family.  He  built  one  of 
the  largest  and  finest  houses  in  town,  living  there  with 
his  daughter,  Euphemia  Musson  Miriek  and  her  hus- 
band, until  his  death  in  August  30,  1894.  This  home 
was  destroyed  by  fire  June  2G,  1900,  entailing  a  loss  of 
nearly  all  the  old  Musson  hehlooms  which  had  been 
brought  from  England,  and  many  of  the  Miriek  treas- 
ures. Dorothy  Miriek"^  (Musson),  died  Feb.  26,  1872. 
Children — 

i.  Euphemia  Morris  (Musson),  b.  June  16,  18B7.  Ed- 
ucated in  public  schools  of  Buttei-nuts;  ni. 
Charles  Edward  Miriek,  her  cousin,  Feb.  9,  1865. 
They  lived  on  the  farm  belonging  to  their  uncle, 
Ephraini  Miriek,  four  years,  1865-1869,  then  re- 
moved to  her  father's  farm  in  the  same  town, 
Butternuts,  wliich  they  bought  and  still  own. 
She  d.  Jan.  6,  1892.  Children  (see  under  Charles 
Edward  Miriek). 

62.  ii.     WiLLARD  A.    (Musson),  b.  July  13,   1839;  m.  Lucy 

Amelia   Rockwell,  his  cousin,  July  9.  1864    (See 
elsewhere  detailed  account  of  his  life), 
iii.     Ellen  Augusta  (Musson),  b.  Oct.  8,   1843;  d.   July 
18,  1844. 

63.  iv.     Theodore  Henry  (Musson),   b.   Jan.  26,  1845  (See 

account  elsewliere). 
V.     Willis  Robert  (Musson),  b.  Aug.   17,  1846;  d.  Nov. 

20,  1864. 
vi.     Charles   Hobart  (Musson),  b.    March   1,   1849;   d. 

Oct.  16,  1864. 
vii.     Eveline  Amelia  (Musson),  b.  Dec.  28,  1851;  d.  May 
22,  1861. 

64.  viii.     Euoene  Francis  (Musson),  b.  Jan.  13,  1855. 


38.  Maky",  dau.  ot(James^ ,  James* ,  Jmnes'\  John^ , 
JoJm^)  and  Esther  (Coye)  Miriek,  born  Feb.  22,  1813, 
in  Butternuts,  N.  Y.  Educated  in  common  schools, 
learned  tailoress'  trade,  also  taught  school.  Married 
Hezekiah  Scofield,  Feb.  26,  1837.     He  died  in  1875,  in 


SIXTH    GENERATION.  121 

Norwich,   N.  Y.     She   died  April  7,   1845.     After  her 

death  Hezekiah    married    again,  Cordelia ,  who  still 

survives,  living  in  Norwich,  N.  Y.     Children — 

i.  Harriet  (Schofield)  cl.  some  years  since  in  Nor- 
wich; unmarried. 

ii.     William  (Schofield)  m.  Nettie ;  d.  a  number  of 

years  ago.     Children  of  William  and  Nettie : 

1.     Mary    (Schofield),    b.   ;   m.     Henry 

Thorne,  of  Binghampton,  N.  Y. 

39.  Captain  Sewell^  ,  son  of  (Paul^ ,  Elislia^ ,  James^, 
JoJi)r ,  John^)  and  Dorcas  (Pollard)  Mirick,  born  about 
1789,  at  Princeton,  Mass.  Married,  April  21,  1819,  Polly 
Mirick  (a  cousin),  of  Hubbardstown,  Mass.;  she  born 
May  30,  1792.  Captain  Sewell  died  1874,  aged  85  years. 
Children  (among  others)  — 

65.  i.     Sewell  G.,  b.  about  1813;  d.  1896. 

ii.     Paul,  b.  about  1816;    d.  Jan.  16,  1893,  at  Worcester. 

40.  Silas ^,  son  of  (Silas^,  Elisha^,  James^,  John"-  , 
John^)  and  Lydia  (Henry)  Mirick,  born  May  4,  1800,  at 
Rutland,  Mass.  Married,  June  20,  1827,  at  Milford, 
Mass.,  Almii-a  Goulding,  daughter  of  John  and  Ruth 
(Chamberlain)  Goulding,  born  April  29,  1808;  died  May 
15,  1869,  at  Hopkinton,  Mass.  Silas  was  a  currier  by 
trade;  was  also  a  shoe  manufacturer  for  a  time;  served 
as  Justice  of  the  Peace;  died  Oct.  20,  1874,  at  Hopkin- 
ton, Mass.     Children — 

i.  Caroline  Augusta,  b.  Dec.  29,  1828,  at  Milford, 
Mass. ;  m.  Dec.  3,  1849,  Andrew  Gilman  Greeley, 
at  Hopkinton;  died  Feb.  27,  1878. 

41.  Charles  Augustus^,  son  of  (Silas^  Misha^, 
James^ ,  John'^ ,  John^)  and  Lydia  (Henry)  Mirick,  born 
Aug.  16,  1810,  at  Rutland,  Mass.  Married,  June  1, 
1835,  at  Rutland,  Caroline  Dustin  Pritchard,  daughter 
of  Lieut.  Amos  and  Janette  (Dustin)  Pritchard;  she 
born  June  1,  1812,  at  South  Brookfield,  Mass.;  died 
May  5,  1866,  at  West  Brookfield,  Mass.  Charles  Augus- 
tus was  christened  "Boaz  Moore,"  but  had  his  name 
changed  by  act  of  legislature  about  1835;  he  was  a 
printer  and  publisher  in  Springfield;  served  in  Boston 
Custom  House  1858  to  I860;  died  Feb.  1,  1864,  at  Shel- 
burne  Falls,  Mass.     Children — 

66.  i.     Henry  Dustin,  b.  March  3,  1836;  m.    1st,  Oct.  14, 

1874;  m.  2nd,  July  22,  1879. 


122  MIRICK     GENEALOGY  —  JOHN. 

ii.  Charles  Pritchard,  b.  March  17,  1838,  at  West 
Brookfiekl,  Mass. ;  d.  March  16,  1843. 

67.  iii.     Edward  Augustus,  b.  March  16,  1840. 

iv.     HelExV  Fr.ynces.  b.  Dec.  20,   1843;  d.  July  33,   1859. 

V.  George  Pritchard,  b.  Marcli  13,  1845,  at  West 
Brookfield,  Mass.;  single;  living  in  Cincinnati, 
O.,  1899;  by  profession  clerk  and  bookkeeper. 

vi.  Caroline,  b.  June  33,  1847,  Greenfield ,  Mass. ;  d. 
Nov.  27,  1848. 

68.  vii.     Frederick  Lincoln,  b.  Jan.   7,    1850;  m.  Oct.   25, 

1871. 
viii.     Marian,  b.  July  27,  1853;  died  Sept.  1,  1854. 
ix.     Lillian,  b.  July  27,  1853  ;,m.  Feb.  26,  1878,  William 
Herbert  Slack,  Boston,  Mass. 

42.  George  Washington^,  son  of  [Silas^,  Misha^, 
James^,     JoJui^ ,    JoJin^)    and   Lydia    (Henry)    Mirick, 
born  Dec.    14,  1814,  at  Rutland,  Mass.     Married,  Feb., 
1843,    at   New   Ipswich,    N.    H.,    Rebecca    B.    Cragin, 
daughter   of    Silas  and   Ann    (Pritchard)    Cragin;    she 
born   Feb.,    1815;    died   July   24,    1881,    at  Skelburne 
Falls.      George  W.  was  a  printer  by  trade;   was  town 
clerk  of  Shelburne  Falls,  from  1874  to   1894;    published 
one  of  the  first  auti- slavery  newspapers  in  the  United 
States,    at  Springfield,   Mass.;   died    Feb.   26,   189G,  at 
Shelburne  Falls.     Children— 

i.     Stanley  Cragin,  b.    Oct.  23,  1844,  at  West  Brook- 
field,  Mass.,  where  he  d.  Nov.  23,  1855. 

43.  John  Turner®  ,  son  of  ( Tilley  ^ ,  Elislia* ,  James^ , 
John-  ,  John^)  and  Polly  (Turner)  Mirick,  born  March 
8,  1803,  at  Holdeu,  Mass.  Married,  March  26,  1829,  at 
Paxton,  Mass.,  Phebe  Stearns  Davis,  daughter  of  John 
and  Relief  (Howe)  Davis;  she  born  Sept.  30,  1810;  died 
Sept.  2,  1877,  at  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  John  Turner  lived, 
when  first  married,  in  Paxton,  Mass.,  but  soon  removed 
to  Worcester,  where  he  was  supervisor  of  the  State  Lu- 
natic Asylum  for  many  years;  he  died  Aug.  10,  1872, 
at  Worcester.     Children — 

G9.  i.     Merrill  Davis,  b.  May  6,  1830;  m.  July  38,  1854;  d. 

Feb.  23,  1898. 
70.         ii.      Horatio  Gates,  b.  Oct.  15,  1833;  m.  1st,  Sept.  15, 
1861 ;  m.  3nd,  Dec.  3,  1869. 
iii.    Waldo  Eugene,  b.  Dec.  3,  1834;  d.  Sept.  38,  1837. 

44.  Elisha«,  sonof  ( Tillei/^  ElisJia^  James\  John\ 
John})  and  Polly  (Turner)  Mirick,  born  June  25,  1807, 
at  Holden,  Mass.     Married,  Dec.  2,  1830,  at  Spencer, 


SEVENTH    GENERATION.  123 

Mass.,  Sabrina  G.  Monroe;  she  born  July  26,  1805,  at 
Spencer;  died  April  5,  1877,  at  Holden,  Mass.  Elislia 
died  Feb.  27,  1847,  at  Tatwick,  Mass.     Children— 

i.    Sarah  Antoinette,  b.  Oct.  7,  1831,  at  Providence, 
R.  I.  ;  d.  April  39,  1883. 
71.  ii.     John  Alfred,  b.  June  29,  1834;  m.  1st,  July  4,  1867; 

m.  2nd,  Feb.  28,  1878;  d.  Feb.  10,  1898. 
73.        iii.     Walter  Monroe,  b.  Feb.  13,  1836;  m.  Nov.  7,  1865. 
iv.     Bezaleel  Turner,    b.  April  7,    1838:  d.    Nov.   10, 

1841. 
V.     Lucy  Abigail,  b.  July  23,  1840,  at  Paxton,  Mass. ; 
m.  1st,  April  17,  1861,  William  Chapman,  at  Pax- 
ton;  2nd,  E.  J.  Stearns,  May  12,  1866.         f.' 
vi.     Marie  Antoinette,    b.  Jan.  25,  1843,  at  Auburn, 

Mass. ;  d.  Dec.  31,  1891 ;  unmarried, 
vii.     Sarah  Ruthenia,  b.  Dec.  1,  1844,  at  Paxton,  Mass. ; 
ni.  July  23,  1867,    Robert  Barry.     Her  address, 
1899,  was  Pleasantdale,  Kansas. 

45.  Horace^  son  of  (TiUey^,  Elisha^,  James^, 
John",  Jolw^)  and  Polly  (Tnrner)  Miriek,  born  Nov.  21, 
1817,  at  Holden,  Mass.  Married,  Feb.  1842,  Alona 
Chaffin,  daughter  of  Royal  Chafifin,  of  Holden,  Mass.; 
she  died  Julj',  1862;  Horace  married,  2nd,  Sophia 
Howard,  Feb.,  1854.     Children— 

i.     Lee  Chaffin,  b.  May  22,  1852;  d.  July,  1854. 
ii.     Hattie  Lee,  b.  Feb.  2,  1859:  m.  Willis  P.  Rowell, 
Oct.  14,  1880;  three  children. 


SEVENTH  GENERATION. 

46.  Madison  M.^  son  of  {Marshall  M.^ ,  ISamueV , 
Jonathan*,  Samuel^,  John^ ,  John^)  and  Catherine 
(Walton)  Myrick,  born  Dec  26,  1843,  at  Charlestown, 
N.  H.  Married,  Aug.  5,  1868,  at  Ludlow,  Vt.,  Lucina 
E.  Riggs;  she  died  July  7,  1871.  Madison  M.  enlisted 
in  the  4th  Vermont  Infantry  and  served  three  years ;  lost 
his  right  arm  at  shoulder,  and  received  two  other  gun- 
shot wounds;  was  in  the  government  service,  in  Wash- 
ington, D.  C,  July  1897.     They  had  one  child— 

i.     Clarence  Riggs,  b.  May  20,  1869;  m.  Sept.,  1895. 

47.  Elisha  a.  ' ,  son  of  (Johu^ ,  John^ ,  John'*' ,  John^ , 
John'^ ,  John^)  and  Polly  (Allen)  Miriek,  born  Feb.  2, 
1816.  Married  Caroline  Bartlett;  she  died  Jan.  10, 
1875.     Elisha  died  Aug.  23,  1891.  They  had  one  child- 

i.     Luther  Clayton,  b.  about  1841. 

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48.  John  Allen '^,  son  of  (JoJm'^ ,  John^,  John'^, 
John^,  John'- ,  John^)  and  Polly  (Allen)  Mirick,  born 
Jan.  15,  1820.  Married,  Oct.5,'l842,  Keziah  Pierce,  of 
Rehoboth,  Mass.  She  born  Feb.  25,  1820;  died  Feb. 
12,  1890.     John  Allen  died  May  29,  1876.     Children— 

i.     Ida,  b.  Aug.  ]8,  1850;  d.  Jan.  G,  1874. 
ii.     Lizzie  G.,  b.  March  26,  185.5;  d.  June  23,  1884. 

49.  Moses  H .  ^  son  of  (John  ^ ,  John ^ ,  John"^ ,  JoJm ^ , 
John"^ ,  John^)  and  Polly  (Allen)  Mirick,  born  Dec.  17, 
1823.  Married,  1st,  Jan.  1,  1851,  Sarah  Everett;  she 
died  Jan.  6,  1866.  Moses  married,  2nd,  1869,  Lucinda 
Morse,  of  Westminster,  Mass.  He  was  living,  1897, 
at  Princeton,  Mass.  He  was  totally  blind,  but  was  well 
cared  for  by  his  loving  wife  and  son — 

73.  i.     Allen  A.,  b.  Oct.  3.  18C3. 

50.  George  Dana  Boardman'^,  son  of  {Ehenezer^, 
John",  John'^ ,  John^ ,  John'^ ,  John'^)  and  Lois  (Allen) 
Mirick,  born  Feb.  7,  1836,  at  Brookville,  Me.  Married 
Eunice  Augusta  Gott,  daughter  of  Amos  Gott,  of  Brook- 
ville, Me.;  she  born  Feb.  8,  1842,  at  Brookville, 
Me.;  was  living  in  1898.  George  Dana  was  a  teacher 
in  the  district  schools  near  his  birthplace,  and  was 
also  engaged  in  the  boot  and  shoe  trade  until  he  was 
twenty-one  years  of  age,  when  he  went  to  Massachusetts. 
He  graduated  at  the  Allendale  school,  in  Sterling,  Mass., 
and  afterward  learned  the  photographer's  art.  He  was 
one  of  the  first  to  take  out-of-door-views.  He  died  at 
Sterling,  Mass.,  leaving  his  widow  and  two  children — 

i.  Lelia  Augusta,  b.  June  27,  1861,  at  Sterling,  Mass. ; 
m.  Dec.  27,  1894,  Frederick  S.  Cutter.  Lelia 
Augusta  Mirick  was  educated  in  the  schools  of 
Cambridge,  Mass. ;  taught  in  the  grammar 
schools  and  training  schools  of  that  city ;  later 
she  was  supervisor  of  primary  schools,  which 
position  she  held  until  1894,  when  she  was  mar- 
ried to  Frederic  Spaulding  Cutter,  of  Cambridge, 
Mass. 
74.         ii.     George  Alonzo,  b.  July  22,  1863,  at  Sterling,  Mass. 

51.  Sally  Mirick  (Wilder),  dau.  of  {Marshall^, 
James'")  and  Sally  (Miri('k)  Wilder,  born  April  21, 1819, 
at  Watertown,  N.  Y. ;  is  still  living,  and  retains  the  old 
home  purchased  by  her  husband  in  1843;  married,  Sept.  14, 
1837,  Elijah  Dewey  Nichols,  son  of  Dewey  and   Lucinda 


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(Pierce)  Nichols,  of  Fletcher,  Vermont,  and  great-grand- 
son of  the  "fighting  parson,"  Jedediah  Dewej';  he  born 
Feb.  10,  1808;  died  March  13,  1868,  at  his  home  in  North 
Brookfield,  Mass;  he  served  in  the  civil  war  in  Co.  "F," 
15th  Mass.  Vol.  Inf.;  was  in  the  battle  of  Fair  Oaks; 
later  was  transferred  to  the  Veteran  Reserve  Corps. 
He  was  a  man  of  sterling  character,  scorning  a  lie  or  de- 
ceit of  any  kind,  and  giving  all  his  thought  and  energies 
to  the  good  of  his  faraih^     Children — 

i.     Sarah   (Nichols),  b.  June  20,  1838;  d.  July  9,  1838. 

ii.     Fidelia    (Nichols),    b.    May  31,    1839;   m.   Emmons 
Corbin,  and  has  one  child  living;  attended  Wil- 
brahani  Academy. 
75.         iii.     Frances   Aveline   (Nichols),  b.    Feb.   20,  1841;  m. 
Feb.  10,  1859. 

iv.  John  Randolph  (Nichols),  b.  March  12,  1843;  m., 
Sept.  10,  1889,  Elinor  Loomis ;  she  b.  1871;  live 
in  Wilton,  N.  Y. ;  have  five  children;  served  in 
Co.  "F,"  15th  Mass.  Inf.;  was  taken  prisoner  at 
battle  of  Balls  Bluff,  and  was  in  Libbyand  Salis- 
bur}'  prisons  for  eleven  months ;  was  a  corporal ; 
later  served  in  a  New  Hampshire  regiment,  and 
stiU  later  in  Co.  "H,"  62nd  Mass.  Inf.,  as  a  ser- 
geant. 
V.  Mary  Wilder  (Nichols),  b.  Aug.  8,  1845;  m.  July 
4,  1867,  George  Martin,  a  manufacturer,  of  Phila- 
delphia, Pa.;  three  children;  two  grandchildren. 

vi.  Elijah  Dewey  (Nichols),  b.  May  8,  1848;  m.  Nov. 
4,  1873,  at  Worcester.  Mass.,  Sarah  Gibbons,  of 
Exeter,  England,  sister  of  the  artist,  William 
Gibbons;  seven  children,  among  whom  are  sev- 
eral with  distinct  artistic  gifts. 

vii.  Clara  Eunice  (Nichols),  b.  Aug.  3,  1852;  m.  Oct. 
26,  1885,  Edwin  P.  Lawrence,  Worcester,  Mass., 
a  grand-nephew  of  Commodore  James  Lawrence. 

52.  James  Chauncey'^,  son  of  (James^ ,  James ^ , 
James^ ,  James^ ,  JoJm^ ,  Jolin^)  and  Sally  (Wakefield) 
Mirick,  born  Aug.  27,  1821,  in  Butternuts,  N.  Y. 
Married,  July  26,  1847,  Frances  Cady.  While  a  boy 
Mr.  Mirick  removed  with  his  father's  family  to  Pitts- 
field  and  later  to  Pitcher,  N.  Y.;  he  attended  the 
district  school  in  both  of  these  places,  then  a  select 
school,  as  it  was  called  in  those  days,  and  finallj^  Caze- 
novia  Seminary;  he  wanted  to  be  a  minister  and  was 
offered  a  scholarship  at  Oberlin,  but  the  doctor  in  Caze- 
novia  advised  against  further  study  on  account  of  his 
health.  He  then,  in  1845,  started  for  Connecticut  to 
teach,  hearing  that  better  salaries  were  offered  there  than 
in  New  York.     While  on  the  way  he  was  offered  a  posi- 


126  MIRICK     GENEALOGY — JOHN. 

tion  as  teacher  in  a  private  school  in  New  York  City. 
Here  he  met  his  future  wife,  Frances  Cady,  who  was  a 
pupil-teacher  in  this  school,  owned  by  her  brother, 
Reuben  Cady,  and  Mr.  Fanning,  later  by  Mr.  Fanning 
alone.  After  teaching-  here  two  years  Mr.  Fanning  sold 
out  and  opened  a  collegiate  academy  with  Mr.  Mirick, 
at  the  corner  of  Washington  Park  and  South  St.  Mr. 
Mirick  was  finally  obliged  to  give  up  teaching  on  ac- 
count of  ill-health,  and  after  a  year  at  home  died  in 
Pitcher,  of  consumption,  July  16,  1858.  He  was  a 
natural  scholar  and  would  have  achieved  distinction  as 
such  had  his  health  permitted,  but  he  was  never  well 
from  a  boy.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Baptist  Church. 

Frances,  the  mother,  married,  2nd,  Moses  Hanford, 
a  merchant  living  in  Walton,  N.  Y.  They  had  one  son, 
Lucius  Hanford,  born  Dec.  8,  1869;  he  married  Esther 
Boyd,  and  they  are  now  living  in  Walton^  After  the 
death  of  Mr-  Hanford  his  widow  made  her  home  with 
her  first  husband's  brother,  Charles  Mirick,  and  is  still 
living  with  him  in  Gilbertsville,  N.  Y.  Children  of 
James  Chauncey  and  Frances  (Cady)  Mirick — 

i.    William  Chauncey,  b.  Nov.  28,  1848;  d.  Oct.   26, 

1849. 
ii.  Fkederick  Augustus,  b.  Nov.  17,  1851 ;  was  shot 
and  killed  Aug.  17,  1870,  while  in  the  employ  of 
Mr.  Halbert,  of  Binghaniton,  N.  Y.,  by  James 
Rouloff,  while  defending  the  property  entrusted 
to  him  by  his  employer.  The  trial  of  Rouloff 
for  this  act,  of  which  he  was  convicted,  and  for 
which  he  was  hanged,  attracted  the  attention  of 
the  American  press  at  the  time.  Mirick  fought 
desperately  ^\ath  liis  assailants,  disabling  two  of 
them  before  he  was  killed  by  the  third, 
iii.     James  Francis,  b.  July  5,  1853;  d.  Nov.  16,  1853. 

53.  Albert  AuGUSTUs^  son  of  (.James^  James^, 
James^,  James\  JoJm\  John^)  and  Sally  (Wakefield) 
Mirick,  born  Dec.  30,  1824.  Married,  1st,  Dec.  30,  1850, 
Jane  Hakes;  she  died  May  14,  1858.  Albert  A.  mar- 
ried, 2nd,  June  1,  1859,  Frances  Gamberton  Boone,  a 
widow.  Her  first  husband  was  a  grandson  of  Daniel 
Boone,  the  Kentucky  explorer  and  hero.  She  was  born 
May  10,  1824,  and  died  July  23,  1893,  at  Anamoosa,  la. 
She  had  come  from  Cortland,  N.  Y.,  to  Iowa  while  it  was 
yet  a  territory,  and  underwent  all  the  hardships  and  ex- 
periences of  pioneer  life.  Albert  A.  Mirick  was  born  on 
a  farm  in  Butternuts,  N.  Y.     Removed  with  his  father 


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to  Pittsfield,  and  later  to  Pitcher,  N.  Y.  He  attended 
the  district  school  winters  until  he  was  sixteen,  when  he 
began  teaching.  This  employment  he  followed  during 
the  winter  months  for  thirteen  years,  working  with  his 
father  on  the  farm  or  at  the  carpenter  trade  during  the 
summer.  During  the  first  four  years  of  his  teaching  he 
attended  academies  in  the  vicinity  of  Pitcher  and  at 
Cazenovia  for  six  weeks  each  autumn,  paying  out  in  all 
for  such  privileges  fifteen  dollars  more  than  he  earned  in 
the  district  school.  Oct.  5,  1857,  he  went  west  with  his 
wife  and  two  children,  over  the  Rock  Island  railroad, 
the  only  road  at  that  time  entering  Iowa.  From  Daven- 
port to  Fairview  the  journey  was  made  by  stage.  For 
two  years  in  Iowa  he  worked  as  carpenter,  then  com- 
menced farming.  When  Mr.  Mirick  settled  in  Iowa, 
not  one-twentieth  of  the  land  was  cultivated  or  occupied ; 
now  every  foot  is  under  cultivation,  and  mud  bogs  have 
been  transformed  into  macadamized  roads.  He  has  wit- 
nessed an  equal  advancement  also  in  education,  arts,  sci- 
ence and  wealth.  After  his  second  marriage  Mr.  Mirick 
bought  a  farm  in  Fairview,  which  he  worked  until  his 
children  were  grown,  and  his  daughter  Carrie  married, 
and  her  husband  took  the  farm.  He  then  bought  a 
farm  in  Anamoosa,  where  he  still  lives.  His  children, 
by  his  first  wife,  were — 

76.  i.    Willis  Augustus,  b.  Jan.  8,1854;  m.  Sept.  12,  1883. 

ii.  Carrie  Estelle,  b.  March  12,  1856;  d.  Nov.  12, 
1881 ;  m.  Elmer  J.  Whitney,  a  farmer  in  Fair- 
view,  Iowa;  had  Fannie  (Whitney),  b.  Jvxly 
2,  1883;  Bertha  (Whitney),  b.  April  10,  1887. 
For  some  time  after  his  marriage  Mr.  Whitney 
lived  on  the  farm  belonging  to  his  wife's  father, 
A.  A.  Mirick ;  later  he  removed  to  Ha  warden,  la., 
where  Carrie,  his  wife,  died.  She  was  educated 
m  the  Fairview  and  Anamoosa  schools ;  she  was 
possessed  of  considerable  musical  abilitj^ ;  was  a 
member  of  tlie  Baptist  church  in  Anamoosa,  and 
organist  for  many  years.  After  the  death  of  his 
wife,  Carrie  (Mirick)  Whitney,  Mr.  Whitney 
removed  to  Oberlin,  O  ,  where  he  married  again. 
Since  his  death,  some  years  since,  his  widow  has 
lived  in  Oberlin,  with  his  two  children,  who 
have  been  educated  in  the  schools  of  that  city ; 
Fannie  graduated  from  the  high  school  in  June, 
1901,  and  is  now  in  the  business  department  of 
Oberlin  College ;  Bertha  is  in  the  high  school. 


54.     Charles   Edward^,  sou   of    {James^ ,  James^ , 
James'^ .  James^ ,  John',  Jolin^)  and  Sally  (Wakefield) 


128  MIRICK    GENEALOGY  —  JOHN. 

Mirick,  born  July  19,  1827,  at  Butternuts,  N.  Y.  Mar- 
ried, Feb.  9,  1865,  Euphemia Morris Musson  (his  cousin), 
of  Gilbertsville,  N.  Y.;  she  died  at  Gilberts ville,  Jan.  6, 
1892.  Charles  Edward  Mirick  was  born  in  the  town  of 
Butternuts  on  a  farm.  In  early  childhood  he  lived  in 
Pittsfield;  when  he  was  four  years  old  the  family  re- 
moved from  there  to  Pitcher.  Here  Charles  attended  the 
common  schools,  a  private  school  for  a  few  terms,  and 
finished  with  six  weeks  in  Oxford  academy  under  Profes- 
sor Abbot.  He  then  started  out  to  seek  his  fortune. 
After  spending  nearly  all  his  money  he  found  himself  in 
Amsterdam  county.  New  Jersey.  After  teaching  here 
three  mouths  he  was  called  home  by  the  illness  of  his 
mother.  The  next  winter  he  taught  in  Northumberland 
county,  Pa.,  and  finally  in  the  district  school  in  Pitcher 
in  which  he  began  his  education.  He  worked  as  car- 
penter during  the  summer  time  after  he  was  sixteen, 
teaching  school  in  the  winter  until  he  was  twenty-three. 
In  March,  1852,  he'  went  to  California  via  the  Panama 
route.  For  the  first  two  years  he  worked  in  the  gold 
mines  in  Amador  and  Calaveras  counties,  working  as 
carpenter  when  there  was  no  water  for  mining.  After  the 
great  fire  in  Sacramento  there  was  a  great  call  for  car- 
penters and  he  worked  at  that  trade  for  several  years; 
then  bought  a  ranch  in  Yolo  county.  The  same  year  the 
locusts  came  and  devoured  every  growing  thing,  so  he 
left  the  ranch  and  started  again  for  the  mines.  When 
the  rush  began  for  the  silver  mines  in  the  then  territory 
of  Nevada,  he  located  there  remaining  some  years.  In 
October,  1864  he  came  east,  starting  from  Virginia  City 
and  coming  via  Salt  Lake  City  in  a  United  States  mail 
stage.  For  twenty-two  days  and  nights  he  rode  on  the 
driver's  seat  of  this  stage,  the  thermometer  standing  at 
35°  below  zero  when  thej^  crossed  the  Rockies,  before 
reaching  Omaha.  Often  both  driver  and  passengers  had 
to  descend  from  the  stage  and  shovel  paths  for  the  horses. 
This  exercise  kept  them  from  freezing.  At  this  time 
time  there  were  only  25  miles  of  railroad  in  California, 
and  none  between  there  and  the  Missouri  river.  Denver 
was  but  a  small  town.  A  short  time  before  Ben  Holi- 
day had  a  line  of  stages  across  the  plains,  but  several 
drivers  and  passengers  were  killed  by  the  Indians  and 
they  were  taken  off.  Then  a  pony  express  was  started 
to  carry  important  letters.  When  Charles  Mirick  came 
through  there  were  hundreds  of  tons  of  mail  piled  up  in 
the  stations  that  had  to  be  taken  back  east  and  sent  by 


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steamer.  He  married  Eiiphemia  Morris  Mussou,  his 
cousin,  Feb.  9,  1865,  and  for  four  years  managed  the 
farm  of  his  uncle,  Ephraim  Mirick,  in  Butternuts.  In 
March,  1869,  he  bought  the  farm  belonging  to  his  wife's 
father,  Robert  Scott  Musson,  and  lived  there  until  the 
loss  of  his  home  by  lire  in  June  1900,  when  he  removed 
to  the  village  of  Gilbertsville,  where  he  still  resides.  He 
has  four  daughters,  all  of  whom  are  members  of  the 
Baptist  church. 

i.  Henrietta  Amelia,  b.  March  5, 1867,  in  Butternuts, 
N.  Y. ;  educated  in  district  schools,  Gilbertsville 
Academy,  and  Wellesley  College  (A.  B.  1892.) 
Taught  two  years  in  district  school,  and  one  year 
in  Gilbertsville  Academy  before  entering  college; 
1892-1895  taught  Latin  and  Greek  in  Sidney 
High  school.  New  York ;  two  years  as  precep- 
tress and  one  year  as  vice-principal;  1895-1896, 
in  Iowa,  keeping  house  for  her  uncle,  A.  A. 
Mirick;  1896-1902,  in  Boston,  Mass.,  assistant 
editor  School  Physiology  Journal.  Author  of 
"Oral  Lesson  Book  in  Hygiene"  for  primary 
teachers.     Living  at  Dorchester. 

ii.  Ida  Lewis,  b.  March  1,  1869,  in  Butternuts,  N.  Y. ; 
educated  in  district  school  and  Gilbertsville 
Academy.  Since  the  death  of  her  mother  she  has 
kept  house  for  her  father  and  aged  aunt. 

iii.  Mary  Haebert,  b.  Oct.  11,  1871,  at  Butternuts,  N. 
Y. ;  edvicated  in  district  school,  Gilbertsville 
Academy  and  Wellesley  College  (A.  B.  1898) ; 
taught  three  years  before  entering  college;  1898- 
'99  taught  in  Guilford,  N.  Y. ;  1899-1900  in  Ox- 
ford, N.  Y. ;  1900-1901,  Kennett  Square,  Pa. ;  is 
now  living  at  home. 

iv.  Anne  Scott,"  b.  Feb.  4,  1878,  Butternuts,  N.  Y. ; 
educated  in  district  school,  Gilbertsville  Acad- 
emy and  Oneonta  Normal  School,  from  which 
she  graduated  in  Febrviaiy,  1902.  Has  taught 
three  years ;  is  a  member  of  the  Normal  Glee 
Club. 

55.  Francis  Henry''  (Myrick),son  of  {Orlando^, 
James  ^ ,  James'^ ,  James^ ,  John",  Jolin^)  and  Polly 
(Clark)  Mirick,  born  Oct,  29,  1826.  Married,  Sept.  17, 
1850,  Helen  T.  Rockwell;  she  born  July  30,  1829;  died 
Sept.  24,  1893.     Children— 

i.     George  A.,  b.  March  14,  1853;  d.  July  2,  1854. 

ii.  Kate  Evangeline,  b.  March  12,  1956;  m.  Dec.  16. 
1879,  Lewis  Porter;  he  b.  July  12,  1862;  is  a 
farmer;  educated  in  common  schools.  Chil- 
dren— 

1.  Forest  L.  (Porter),  b.  Nov.  4,  1880. 

2.  Bertha  E.  (Porter),  b.  July  17,  1882. 


130  MIRICK     GENEALOGY  —  JOHN. 

3.  Bernioe  M.  (Porter),  b.  July  3,  1887. 

4.  Bernard  R.  (Porter),  b.  Feb.  21,  1889. 

5.  Helen  R.  (Porter),  b.  June  2,  1891. 

6.  Rupert  H.  (Porter),  b.  Dec.  31,  1892. 
iii.     Charles  Rockwell,  b.  Sept.  28,  1859 ;  m.  April  15, 

1889,  Emma  E.  Story;  educated  in  common 
schools ;  is  a  traveling  salesman ;  has  been  wdth 
a  tobacco  firm,  but  is  now  selhng  safes;  is  very  en- 
terprising and  successful  in  his  business ;  is  now 
living  at  Dallas,  Texas. 

56.  Charles  Theodore^  ( My  rick ),  son  of  ( Or/on  r7o\ 
James^,  James^ ,  James'\  John'^ ,  JoJin^)  and  Polly 
(Clark)  Mirick,  born  April  29,  1839,  in  Butternnts,  N.  Y. 
Married,  Aug.  7,  1864,  Theresa  Vernette  Peet;  she  born 
Feb.  14,  1843.  Charles  T.  was  educated  in  the  common 
schools;  removed  to  Iowa  in  April,  1862;  owns  and 
manages  his  farm  in  Anamoosa,  but  lives  in  town;  is  a 
member  of  the  Baptist  church,  together  with  his  wife  and 
sons.     Had  two  sons,  both  born  in  Anamoosa: 

i.  AuRTHUR  Eugene,  b.  Dec.  2,  1869;  educated  in 
public  schools  of  Anamoosa,  and  the  State  Uni- 
versity of  Iowa  (A.  B.  1892) ;  is  a  graduate  of 
Hahnemann  Homeopathic  College,  of  Chicago ; 
after  graduation  practiced  medicine  in  Musca- 
tine, Iowa  for  several  vears,  where  he  married 
Alice  L.  Walton,  Nov.  6,  1901.  Is  now  practic- 
ing in  Park  Ridge,  Chicago. 
ii.  HOBART  Delancy,  b.  Jan.  18,  1879;  educated  in  the 
public  schools  of  Anamoosa ;  prepared  for  col- 
lege, and  entered  the  State  University  of  Iowa, 
but  was  obliged  to  give  up  study  on  account  of 
ill-health;  has  been  for  some  time  Assistant 
Cashier  of  the  National  Bank  of  Anamoosa. 

57.  Calista  Elvira'  (Myrick),  dau.  of  {Orlando\ 
James ^ ,  James'^ ,  James^,  Jolin'\  John^)  aud  Polly 
(Clark)  Mirick,  (sister  of  Titus  Clark,  of  Butternuts), 
born  Aug.  29,  1841.  She  received  a  common  school 
education  in  Butternuts;  married  Albert  Hopkins  Mus- 
son,  in  1861;  he  was  born  Dec.  18,  1836,  and  died  Sept. 
27,  1880.  They  removed  to  Iowa  in  1862,  engaging  in 
farming.  Both  were  members  of  the  Baptist  Church, 
as  were  their  children.  Mrs.  Calista  Myrick  (Musson), 
now  a  widow,  resides  in  Hawarden,  la.     Children — 

i.  Willis  Herbert  (Musson)  b.  in  Rochester,  Minn., 
Feb.  21,  1864;  m.  Oct.  30,  1894,  Hattie  May 
El.sbury;  she  b.  in  Springville,  la.,  July  24, 
1871;  he  is  a  farmer  and  teamster;  now  living 
in  Hawarden.     Children — 


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1.  Florence  Marie  (Musson),  b.  Aug.  5, 

1895. 

2.  Mabel  Grace  (Musson),  b.  Feb.  1,  1898. 

3.  HobartL.  (Musson),  b.  Jan.  11,  1900. 

ii.  Jay  Arthur  (Musson),  b.  Dec.  29,  1866,  in  Ha  war- 
den, la. ;  m.  Addie  Lovisa  Peet,  March  24,  1886; 
she  b.  July  13,  1862;  he  is  a  farmer  in  Hawar- 
den.     Children — 

1.  CoLLis  Albert  (Musson),  b.  March  24, 

1888. 

2.  KiTTiE  Minerva    (Musson),  b.  Feb.   2, 

1892. 

3.  Park  D.  (Musson),  b.  Sept.  1,  1893. 

4.  Lute  MoQuesten  (Musson),  b.  Aug.  — , 

1900. 
iii.     Verne  Vernette  (Musson),  b.  at  Martelle,  la. ;  m. 
Ai  Reed,  Aug.  26,  1895 ;  he  was  b.  in  S.  Dakota, 
July  5,  1871 ;  he  is  a  farmer  in  Hawarden.    Chil- 
dren— 

1.  Cecil  James  (Reed),  b.  March  8,  1897. 

2.  Carl  (Reed),  b.  July  5,  1899. 

All  born  in  Hawarden,  la. ;  iwesent  address 
Alcester,  S.  Dak. 

58.  Harriet  Bowers'  (Myrick),  dan.  of  {.Horatio^, 
James^ ,  James, "^  James'\  John",  John'^)  and  Roweua 
(Hurd)  Mirick,  born  Aug.  18,  1830,  iu  Butternuts,  N.  Y. 
Married,  Aug.  17,  1851.  George  Parsons;  he  was  a  den- 
tist, son  of  a  farmer  living  in  Franklin,  N.  Y.  Harriet 
was  educated  in  Gilbertsville  and  Franklin  Academies; 
she  taught  in  different  places  in  the  towns  of  Otego  and 
Butternuts,  and  three  years  in  Franklin  Academy.  After 
her  marriage  she  lived  iu  Franklin,  Oxford,  and  Walton, 
N.  Y.,  and  Leesburg,  Florida.  George,  the  father, 
died  at  the  latter  place.  Both  were  members  of  the  Con- 
gregational church.     Children,  all  born  in  Walton — 

i.  Effie  Lilli.\n  (Parsons),  b.  May  31,  1857;  d.  April 
22,  I86],in  V^^alton,  N.  Y. 

ii.  Frank  Smith  (Parsons),  b.  Sept.  11,  1860;  d.  May  2, 
1861. 

iii.  Fred  Hurd  (Parsons),  b.  Sept.  11,  1860;  m.  Dec.  25, 
1883,  Sally  Rainey.  a  native  of  Kentucky ;  she  b. 
June  20,  1859.  He  was  educated  in  common 
schools,  and  Gilbertsville  and  Walton  Acade- 
mies ;  worked  on  farms  till  a  young  man,  and 
then  removed  to  Florida,  where  he  married; 
raised  oranges,  worked  as  a  carpenter,  and 
finally  removed  to  Philadelphia,  after  losing  all 
his  orange  trees  in  the  great  frost,  several  years 
ago.  He  is  now  a  street  car  conductor  in  the 
latter  city .     Children — 

1.  Ermie  (Parsons),  b.  Aug.  25,  1886. 

2.  George  (Parsons),  b.  Oct.  21,  1888. 

3.  Tina  H.  (Parsons),  b.  Jan.  8.  1892. 


132  MIRICK    GENEALOGY   —JOHN. 

iv.  Elizabeth  Rowena  (Parsons),  b.  April  29,  1865;  m. 
Oct.  8,  1889,  Elmer  W.  Beers,  in  Leesburg,  Fla. 
He  had  a  homestead  there,  and  was  a  fruit 
grower.  By  trade  he  is  a  carpenter  and  me- 
chanic, and  is  now  living  in  Philadelphia.  She 
was  educated  in  Walton,  N.  Y.  They  have 
never  had  an}'  children.  She  is  a  member  of  the 
Congregational  church. 

V.  WiLLARD  Henry  (Parsons),  b.  Aug.  17,  1870;  edvi- 
cated  in  Walton ;  removed  to  Florida  with  his 
parents ;  later  was  a  book-keeper  for  a  coal  and 
gas  company  in  Chicago ;  then  raised  tobacco  in 
Texas.  Is  now  a  conductor  on  the  electric  car 
line  in  Philadelphia.     Unmarried. 


59.  Nathan  Hurd^  (Myi-ick),  sou  of  {Horatio^, 
Jatnes^ ,  Janies'^ ,  James^,  JoJni'^ ,  Jolin^)  and  Rowena 
(Hnrd)  Mirick,  born  Aug.  8,  1838,  in  Gilbei-tsville,  N.  Y. 
Married,  July  21,  1864,  Elizabeth  N.  Wornian;  she  born 
in  Rieglesville,  Pa. ;  educated  in  home  schools  and  in 
Franklin  Academy,  where  she  met  Mr.  Myrick.  He  was 
educated  in  Gilbertsville ;  is  a  commercial  traveler  by 
occupation;  was  in  business  for  himself  a  short  time 
after  his  marriage;  lived  in  New  York  City,  and  Eliza- 
beth, N.  Y.;  then  moved  to  Binghamton,  N.  Y.,  where 
they  now  reside ;  both  are  members  of  the  Congregational 
church.     Childi'en — 

i.  Lizzie  Currie,  b.  Jan.  6,  1867;  d.  April  27,  1867. 
ii.  Florence  Hannah,  b.  Jan.  7,  1868;  educated  in 
Elizabeth  public  and  private  schools,  Mrs.  North's 
preparatory  school  in  New  Y^ork  City,  Wellesley 
College,  where  she  took  the  degree  of  B.  S.,  1893; 
went  to  Paris,  where  she  studied  art  for  a  num- 
ber of  years.  Is  now  (1902),  teaching  art  in  a 
private  school  in  Minneapolis,  Minn. 

iii.     Mary  Rowena,  b.  Dec.  26,  1870 ;  educated  in  Eliza- 
beth public  schools,  Gilbertsville  Academy,  and 
Kindergarten  Training  school  in  Chicago.      Is 
now  teaching  in  a  kindergarten  in  Binghamp- 
ton,  N.  Y. 

iv.  Nellie  Sara,  b.  Dec.  12, 1873;  educated  in  Elizabeth 
public  schools,  Gilbertsville  Academy,  and 
Lady  Jane  Gray  School,  Binghamton ;  m.  June 
27,  1900,  William  Armstrong;  he  is  a  mechani- 
cal engineer.  They  now  live  in  St.  Louis,  Mo. ; 
no  children.  She  is  a  member  of  the  Episcopal 
church. 
V.  Frank  Worman,  b.  Feb.  8,  1876;  educated  in  Eliza- 
beth, Gilbertsville  Academy,  Binghamton  High 
School  and  New  York  Medical  College,  from 
whicli  he  was  graduated.  He  has  practiced 
medicine  in  Providence,  R.  I.,  in  the  New  York 
hospital,  and  is  now  in  Louisville,  Ky. 


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SEVENTH    GENERATION.  133 

60.  Ellen  Elizabeth \  dan.  of  (Horatio^,  James^ , 
dames'^  ,  James^ ,  John'^ ,  John^)  and  Rowena  (Hurd) 
Mirick,  born  Jan.  11,  1841,  in  Bntternnts,  N.  Y. 
Married,  Oct.  26,  1865,  George  Henry  Miller,  a  railroad 
conductor;  she  was  educated  in  private  school  in  Gil- 
bertsville,  N.  Y.,  and  in  Gilberts ville  Academy.  They 
lived  in  Avon,  N.  Y.,  until  her  death,  which  took  place 
May  29,  1871.     Childi'en,  born  in  Avon — 

i.  Herbert  Sumner  (Miller),  b.  May  23,  1867;  educated 
in  Avon  High  School,  Lima,  N.  Y.,  preparatory 
school,  and  Syracuse  University  (A.  B.  1892) ; 
taught  Greek  and  Latin  one  year  in  Indian  Ter- 
ritory;  is  now  an  evangelist,  living  in  Brooklyn, 
N.  Y. ;  married,  in  1897,  Alice  Clarke.  Chil- 
dren— 

1.  Harold  Clarke  (Miller),  b.  1898. 

2.  Helen  (Miller),  b.  1899. 

3.  Harper  Andrews  (Miller),  b.  Dec.  1900. 
ii.     Ellen  lONE  (Miller),  b.  May  19,  1871;  came  to  live 

vv^ith  her  aunt,  Mary  Jane  Myrick  in  early  life ; 
educated  in  Gilbertsville  Academy  and  New 
York  Teachers'  College;  taught  in  the  district 
schools,  and  some  years  in  Gilbertsville  Acade- 
my; m.  Sept.  3,  1896,  Lewis  M.  Donaldson,  of 
Gilbertsville;  he  b.  March  15,  1869— a  son  of 
Henry  M.  Donaldson,  a  druggist  and  prominent 
citizen  of  Gilbertsville,  Both  he  and  his  wife 
are  members  of  the  Presbyterian  church;  is 
now  living  in  Mechanicsville,  N.  Y.,  where  he 
has  a  drug  store.     Children — 

1.  Lewis  Henry    (Donaldson),   b.   March 

19,  1898. 

2.  Kenneth  Miller  (Donaldson),  b.  Aug. 

20,  1901. 

After  the  death  of  his  first  wife,  George  Henry  Miller 
married,  2nd,  Sadie  Search,  of  Lewisburg,  Pa.  Three 
children  by  this  marriage:  Hattie  Blair  (Miller),  Lulu 
Anna  (Miller),  and  George  (Miller),  who  died  at  the  age 
of  six  months.  Sadie,  the  mother,  died,  and  George 
married,  3rd,  Emma  Reynolds,  of  Columbus,  O.,  by 
whom  he  had  two  children:  Harry  Reynolds  (Miller)  and 
Oco  Jeannette  (Miller).  George,  the  father,  died  Aug. 
1899,  at  Trenton,  Mo. 

6 1 .  RuFUS  B URT  ^  ( Myrick ) ,  son  of  ( Uufus ® ,  James ^ , 
James'^,  James^,  John'^ ,  John^)  and  Calista  (Burt) 
Mirick,  born  Aug.  16,  1840,  at  Wingfield,  Herkimer 
county,  New  York. 

He  attended  the  common  schools  until  eight  years  old, 
then  went  to  Gilbertsville  Academy  for  two  years,  and 


134  MIRICK   GENEALOGY — JOHN. 

finally  completed  his  school  education  at  Colgate  Academy, 
Hamilton,  N.  Y.     In  1860  he  went  to  Iowa  and  taught 
school.     Here  he  enlisted,  Aug.  17,  1861,  as  a  private  in 
Company  I,  2d  Iowa  Calvary,  and  was  mustered  into  the 
United  States  service  at  Davenport,  Iowa.     He  was  sent 
to  Benton  Barracks,  St.  Louis,  thence  to   Bird's  Point, 
to  Fort  Pillow  and  Harrison  Landing,  Tenn.     After  the 
battle  of  Shiloh  he  was  ordered  to  Corinth,  after  Price's 
evacuation.     He  took  part  in  the  battles  of  Farmington, 
Glendale,  Boonville,  and  luka.  Miss.,  at  Corinth,  Water 
Valley  and  Coffeeville.     In  Oct.  1862,  he  went  into  win- 
ter quarters  at  La  Grange,  Tenn.     In  the  spring  and 
summer  of  1863  he  did  patrol  duty  and  skirmishing  be- 
tween   Memphis    and    Corinth,    on     the     Memphis  and 
Charleston  railroad,  participating  in  the  battle  of  Collier- 
ville,  Tenn.     He  was  assigned  to  duty  as  issuing  clerk, 
headquarters  of  the  cavalry  corps  at  Memphis,  where  he 
remained  until  Feb.  1861.    Re-enlisting  while  here  in  the 
same  company  and  regiment,  he  was  granted  a   thirty 
daj's'  furlough.     At  its  expiration  he  returned  to   his 
regiment  at  Davenport,  Iowa,  and  was  ordered  to  Mem- 
phis, Collierville,  Germantown  and  White  Station.  When 
the  three  years'  men  left  the  regiment,  he  started  on  a 
sixt}^  days'  trip  to  Nashville,  engaging  in  battle  at  Shoal 
Creek,  and  Nashville,  Tenn.,  Jan.  15,  1865.    He  was  de- 
tailed as  regimental  clerk  at  Collierville  but  remained 
with  his  regiment  until  the  battle  of  Nashville.     Rejoin- 
ing his  regiment  at  Gravelh"  Springs,  he  went  from  there 
to  Harrisburg  Landing,  Tenn.,  and  thence  to  luka.     At 
Lee's  surren-der  he  was  sent  to  Decatur,  Ala.,  detailed  as 
brigade  quartermaster's  clerk,   and  left  at  Decatur   in 
charge   of   unserviceable    quartermaster's    stores.     Dis- 
charged Oct.  4,  1865,   at  Davenport,  Iowa,  he  went  to 
Gilbertsville,  N,  Y.,  November  7,  of  the  same  year,  and 
joined  W.  A.  Musson  Post,  G.  A.  R.,  as  a  charter  mem- 
ber, lieing  elected  Quartermaster,  in  whi(di  capacity  he 
served  until  elected  Post  Commander  in  1883.     He  en- 
listed in  the  army  as  a  private,  and  for  bravery  in  action 
was  promoted  to  sergeant.     For   some   years    after  the 
war  he  resided  on  his  farm  in  Nebi-aska;  this  was  finally 
sold  and   he  removed  with   his  family  to  Butternuts,  N. 
Y. ,  and  thence  to  Gilbertsville,  where  he  now  resides, 
1902.     He  married,  Oct.  10.  1866,  Agnes  M.   Newman; 
she  born  March  26,  1842,  in  Unadilla.     Children— 

i.    George  Burt,  b.  Aug.  16,  1869.     He  was  educated 
in  the  comuion  schools  of  Butternuts,  Gilberts- 


SEVENTH    GENERATION.  135 

ville  Academy,  and  Albany  Business  College; 
was  stenographer  in  the  Consolidated  Gas  Com- 
panj'  of  New  York  until  his  death,  of  cerebral 
meningitis,  Aug.  17,  1899.  He  was  a  Baptist,  a 
member  of  Dr.  McArthur's  church, 
ii.  Mary  Anna,  b.  Sept.  19, 1876;  educated  in  the  com- 
mon schools  of  Butternuts,  Gilbertsville  Acade- 
my, and  Oneonta  Normal  School,  graduating 
from  the  latter  in  February  1901.  She  is  teach- 
ing, 1901-1902  in  Bloomfield,  New  Jersey. 


62.  WiLLARD  A. '^  (Mnsson),  son  of  Robert  Scott  and 
Dorothy''  (Mirick)  Musson,  born  Jnly  13,  1839,  in  the 
town  of  Bntternnts,  three  miles  soiTth  of  Gilbertsville, 
N.  Y.  He  attended  the  common  school  in  his  home  dis- 
trict, completing  his  education  at  Gilbertsville  Academy. 
For  a  short  time  he  tang-ht  school,  then  went  on  a  farm. 
In  Oct.  1861,  he  joined  the  armj',  enlisting  as  a  member 
of  the  band  connected  with  the  51st  Regiment.  When 
the  war  department  issued  an  order  doing  away  with  the 
bands  connected  with  the  army  he  was  discharged,  re- 
turned to  Gilbertsville,  and  in  three  weeks  re-enlisted  as 
a  private  in  Company  "G,"  152dNew  York  volunteers. 
He  was  mustered  into  the  U.S.  service  and  commissioned 
second  lieutenant  at  Camp  Schuyler.  In  the  absence  of 
Adjutant  Quaif  he  was  detailed  as  adjutant  of  the  regi- 
ment. Soon  after  he  was  promoted  to  first  lieutenant 
and  assigned  to  the  command  of  Company  "C."  At  the 
battle  of  the  Wilderness  he  was  wounded,  but  refused  to 
go  to  the  hospital.  Engaging  in  the  battle  of  Spottsjl- 
vaniahe  was  again  wounded  in  the  thigh  at  the  "Bloody 
Angle,"  and  sent  to  the  Seminary  Hospital,  German- 
town,  He  was  granted  a  furlough  and  reached  his  home 
at  Gilbertsville,  July  2,  1864.  For  distinguished  ser- 
vice in  the  Wilderness  he  was  promoted  to  captain,  re- 
ceiving his  commission  while  at  his  home,  Aug.  19, 
1864,  five  weeks  after  his  marriage  to  his  cousin  Amelia 
Rockwell;  he  rejoined  his  regiment  in  front  of  Peters- 
burg, and  was  in  command  at  Burgess  Farm,  the  battle 
of  Hatcher's  Run.  Here,  while  making  a  reconnoissance 
he  was  instantly  killed,  Oct.  4,  1864.  The  following 
October  his  remains  were  brought  to  Gilbertsville  by  his 
father  and  interred  in  Brookside  Cemetery.  Capt.  Mus- 
son was  a  young  man  of  great  promise,  a  fine  singer,  a 
brave  soldier,  a  good  commander,  a  cultured  Christian 
gentleman.  The  W.  A.  Musson  Post,  of  Gilbertsville, 
was  named  in  his  honor. 


136  MIRICK    GENEALOGY  —  JOHN. 

63.  Theodore  H.''  (Musson),  son  of  Robert  Scott 
and  Dorothy''  (Mii-iek)  Musson,  born  in  Butternuts,  New 
York,  Jan.  26,  1845,  and  educated  in  the  common  schools 
of  that  town.  He  enlisted  in  the  army,  Dec,  1863,  when 
but  17  years  old,  as  a  private  in  Company  "E,"  2dN.  Y. 
Heavy  Artillery.  Mustered  into  the  service  the  same 
month  at  Norwich,  N.  Y.,  he  was  ordered  to  Elmira, 
thence  to  his  regiment  at  Washington,  joining  his  com- 
pany at  Fort  Bennett,  where  they  had  been  assigned  to 
duty.  Here  he  remained  until  the  campaign  of  1864, 
when  the  regiment  took  the  field  as  infantry  in  May.  At 
the  battle  of  Cold  Harbor,  June  4, 1864,  he  was  wounded, 
the  ball  passing  through  his  right  side  and  then  through 
a  comrade  in  the  rear  rank  inflicting  a  similar  wound. 
Nearly  a  quarter  of  a  century  later  these  two  men  met 
again  for  the  first  time  since  this  battle.  T.  H.  Musson 
was  sent  to  Howard  Hospital  at  Washington  and  later  to 
McClellan  Hospital,  Philadelphia.  Being  granted  a  fur- 
lough he  arrived  at  Gilbertsville,  July  17th,  but  returned 
to  the  hospital  the  same  day  and  to  the  field  soon  after. 
He  was  again  wounded  at  the  battle  of  Ream's  Station. 
Secretary  Stanton  issued  a  special  order  permitting  a 
substitute  to  be  furnished  for  young  Musson  and  he  was 
brought  home  to  Gilbertsville.  Since  the  war  he  has  re- 
sided in  Butternuts  where  he  ran  a  farm  some  years,  in 
Roudout,  N.  Y.,  where  he  was  a  machinist,  and  in  Ken- 
nett  Square,  Pa.,  where  he  acted  as  agent  for  the  Ameri- 
can Road  Machine  Co.  of  that  place.  In  this  capacity  he 
traveled  widely,  through  the  east  and  south,  giving 
practical  exhibitions  of  good  road-making  and  doing- 
much  to  improve  the  roads  of  these  sections.  As  a  rep- 
resentative of  the  national  government  he  visited  Porto 
Rico  during  the  winter  of  1899-1900  in  the  interests  of 
road- making,  making  a  studj'  of  the  condition  of  the 
island  and  the  requirements  for  a  system  of  government 
roads.  He  is  at  present,  1901-1902,  in  Gilbertsville,  su- 
perintending the  construction  of  town  water  works  for 
New  Berlin,  in  connection  with  his  brother,  Eugene  F. 
Musson.  He  is  a  charter  member  of  the  W.  A.  Musson 
Post  in  Gilbertsville,  which  he  has  served  as  commander 
for  three  years  and  as  surgeon ;  he  is  a  mason  and  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Baptist  church  in  Kennett  Square,  Pa.  In 
Oct.  7,  1868,  Theodore  married  Lucy  Amelia  Rockwell, 
his  cousin.     Children — 

i.     Winifred  Dorothy  (Musson),  b.  March  9,  1873,  in 
Rondout ;  educated  in  common  schools  of  But- 


SEVENTH    GENERATION.  137 

ternuts  and  Gilbertsville  for  several  years; 
studied  type-writing  and  stenography  and  has 
held  a  lucrative  position  with  the  American 
Road  Machine  Company  since  removing  to  Ken- 
nett  Square  with  her  parents  in  the  spring  of 
1894.  She  is  a  member  of  the  Bajjtist  church 
and  an  ardent  worker, 
ii.  Robert  Rockwell  (Musson),  b.  April  2,  1877,  in 
Gilbertsville;  d.  Aug.  33,  1877. 

64.  Eugene  Francis^  (Musson),  son  of  Robert 
Scott  and  Dorothy*'  (Mirick)  Musson,  born  Jan.  13, 
1855,  in  Butternuts,  N.  Y.;  educated  in  the  common 
schools  of  the  town,  Gilbertsville  Academy  and  Eastman 
Business  College,  Poughkeepsie ;  engaged  in  the  furni- 
ture business  in  Norwich,  N.  Y.,  for  some  years  with 
L.  A.  Burr,  under  the  firm  name  of  Burr  &  Musson, 
then  sold  out  to  Mr.  Burr  and  studied  mechanical  engin- 
eering and  surveying.  He  has  had  charge  of  the  work 
of  putting  water  works  into  many  towns  in  Chenango, 
Otego  and  Delaware  counties,  and  has  permanent  charge 
of  the  water  works  of  Norwich.  Mr.  Musson,  with  his 
wife  and  daughter  are  prominent  members  of  the  Baptist 
church,  Norwich,  in  which  he  has  been  a  deacon  for 
some  years.  Since  his  marriage  he  has  resided  in  Nor- 
wich, and  some  years  ago  built  the  house  there  on 
Sheldon  street  in  which  he  now  lives.  It  eontains  sev- 
eral of  the  Musson  heirlooms  brought  from  England  in 
the  latter  part  of  the  eighteenth  century.  He  married 
Florence  Gray,  of  Butternuts,  N.  Y.,  in  Oct.  1879; 
she  was  educated  in  common  schools  of  Butternuts  and 
in  Gilbertsville  Academy.     Children — 

i.  Elizabeth  Florence  (Musson),  b.  May  11,  1884; 
she  is  being  educated  in  Norwich  graded  schools ; 
graduates  from  the  high  school  in  June,  1902; 
has  considerable  musical  ability. 

65.  SewellG.\  son  of  (Sewell^  Paul\  ElisJia^ , 
James"\  Jolm"" ,  John^)  and  Polly  (Mirick)  Mirick,  born 
about  1813,  at  Princeton,  Mass.;  married  Lydia  Mer- 
riam  Beaman;   he  died  in  1896.     Children — 

i.  James  Billings,  b.  A]u-il  6,  1842,  at  Princeton, 
Mass.;  m.  Nov.  15,  18r>G,  Sarah  Elizabeth  Chand- 
ler, at  Princeton ;  had  a  law  and  collection  office 
in  Worcester. 

66.  Henry  Dustin'',  son  of  {Charles  Augustus^, 
Silas^,   Elislia'^,    James^ ,    John^ ,  Jolin'^')  and   Caroline 


138  MIRICK    GENEALOGY — JOFIN. 

(Pi-iteharcl)  Mirick,  born  March  3,  1836,  at  Worcester, 
Mass.     Married,  1st,  Oct.  14,  1874,  at  Athens,  O.,  Har- 
riet S.,  (iau.  of  John  and  Susan  G.  Brown;  she  born  May 
16,  1850,  at  Albany,  Athens  county,  0.;   died  Dec.  23, 
1875,  at  Sedalia,  Mo.     Henry  D.  married,  2nd,  July  22, 
1879,  at  Athens,  O.,   Charlotte  E.  Brown,   daughter  of 
Henry  T.  Brown;   she  born  Jan.  10,  1851,  at  Athens,  0. 
Her   father,  Henry  T.  Brown,  died  in  Athens  0.;   her 
mother,    Charlotte    M.    (Fuller)    Brown,  is   still  living 
(1898).     Henry  Dustin  Mirick  came  of  sturdy  New  Eng- 
land stock.     He  received  such  a  common  school  educa- 
tion as  the  times  afforded,  and  began  the  battle  of  life 
in  his  father's  printing  office,  at  Greenfield,  Mass.,  when 
but  thirteen  years  of  age.     Here  he  remained  until  1862, 
when  he  migrated  to  Cincinnati,  O.,  and  became  engaged 
in  mercantile  pursuits,  afterwards  moving  to  Des  Moines, 
la.     In  1870,  he  became  interested  in  railroads,  and  was 
closely   identified   for   twenty  years  with    the  Missouri, 
Kansas  &  Texas  Railway  as  general  freight  and  ticket 
agent,  and  afterward  as  assistant  to  the  general  man- 
ager, and  subsequently  as  auditor  of  the  Hannibal  &  St. 
Joseph  Railroad.     Mr.  Mirick  has  had  considerable  ex- 
perience in  the  building  of  railroads,  and  for  a  number 
of  years  gave  much  time  and  attention  to  the  construc- 
tion of  railroads  in  the  states  of  Texas  and  Kansas.     He 
has  resided  in  Washington  since  1886,  and  was  elected 
a  member  of  the  Washington  Stock  Exchange,  Decem- 
ber 29th,  1896-     During  his  residence  here  he   has  be- 
come actively  interested  in  a  number  of   our  foremost 
corporations,  among  them  being  the  Washington  Loan 
&  Trust  Company  and  the  West  End  National  Bank,  in 
both  of  which  he  is  a  director.     He  is  also  one  of  the 
promoters  of    the  Potomac    Electric   Power  Company, 
and  his  identification  as  an  official  with  several  of  the 
railway  companies  forming  a   part  of  the  Washington 
Traction  and  Electric  System  is  well  known.     He  is  liv- 
ing (1902)  at  Washington,  D.  C,   his  youngest  son  liv- 
ing with  him ;   the  eldest  sou  in  the  Klondike ;   both  un- 
married.    Children — 

i.    Henry  Brown,  b.  Dec.  17,  1875,  Sedalia,  Mo. 
ii.     Carlos  Brown,  b.  July  26,  1881,  Athens,  O. 

67.  EdW' ARD  Augustus'  ,  son  of  ( Charles  Augustus^ , 
Silas",  Misha'^,  James^ ,  John"^ ,  Jolin^)  and  Caroline 
Dustin    (Pritchard)  Mirick,    born    March    16,   1840,  at 


SEVENTH    GENERATION.  139 

West  Brookline,  Mass.  Married  Boiiita  Himrod,  daugh- 
ter of  John  Latimer  and  Mary  Elizabeth  Himrod,  at 
Neosho  Falls,  Kan.;  she  born  March  6,  1852,  at  Water- 
ford,  Pa.  By  maternal  grandfather  Edward  A.  Mirick 
is  ninth  in  descent  from  William  Pritchard,  one  of  the 
martyrs  of  the  Brookfield  massacre,  August  2,  1675; 
by  maternal  grandmother  is  sixth  in  descent  from  Thomas 
and  Hannah  Dustin,  famous  from  their  connection  with 
the  massacre  at  Haverhill,  Mass.,  March  15,  1697.  He 
graduated  from  Greenfield,  Mass.,  High  School  1869; 
Amherst  College,  1864;  Chicago  Congregational  Theolog- 
ical Seminary,  1869.  Was  in  the  employ  of  the  Congre- 
gatioualist  Home  Missionary  Society  from  1869  to  1880, 
most  of  the  time  in  Kansas.  Held  pastorates  in  Napoli, 
N.  Y.,  and  Randolph,  N.  Y.,  from  1881  to  1885,  be- 
sides short  terms  of  service  in  other  localities  from  1885 
to  1887.  From  1887  to  1901  was  in  the  employ  of  the 
American  Bible  Society  in  fifteen  New  York  counties,  in- 
eluding,  also,  a  brief  service  in  Berkshire  county,  Mass. 
Some  results  of  this  Bible  work  were :  Sermons  and  ad- 
dresses delivered,  1,089,  in  the  pulpits  of  thirty-five  dif- 
ferent denominations;  133,739  families  visited;  9,249 
families  found  without  a  Bible;  22,585  Bibles  put  in 
circulation;  38,264  miles  traveled  in  prosecuting  this 
work.  Rev.  Mr.  Mirick  is  living,  with  his  family,  in 
Dry  den,  N.  Y.     Children— 

i.     Lillian,  b.  Nov.  12,  1873,  Diamond  Springs,  Kan. 
ii.     Edward  Himrod,  b.  Oct.  23,  1878,  Parsons,  Kan. 
iii.     Grace,  b.  Aprill,  1893,  Dryden,  N.  Y. 

68.  Frederick  Lincoln^,  son  of  (Charles  Augus- 
tus^, Silas ^ ,  ElisJia'^ ,  Jatnes^ ,  JoJm"^ ,  John^)  and  Caro- 
line Dustin  (Pritchard)  Mirick,  born  Jan.  7,  1850,  at 
Greenfield,  Mass.  Married,  Oct.  25,  1871,  at  Cincinnati, 
Ohio,  Emma  E.  Burlew,  daughter  of  Henry  Rolf  and 
Margaret  (Vinson)  Burlew ;  she  born  Feb.  20,  1850,  at 
Cincinnati,  Ohio.  Frederick  L.  was  for  a  time  a  farmer, 
but  is  now  running  a  large  and  successful  laundry  busi- 
ness in  Cincinnati,  two  of  his  sons,  Henry  and  Fred., 
being  associated  with  him.  Children,  all  born  at  Cincin- 
nati except  the  last,  born  at  Mount  Repose,  Ohio — 

i.  Carrie  Dustin,  b.  Sept.  20,  1872;  d.  Oct.  1,  1873. 

ii.  Henry  Burlew,  b.  Feb.  25,  1874. 

iii.  Fred  George,  b.  July  31,  1876. 

iv.  Lewis  Earl,  b.  May  3,  1878. 

V.  Chester  Stephen,  b.  April  2, 1882. 

vi.  Ralph  Quinn,  b.  Sept.  23,  1883. 

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140  MIRICK    GENEALOGY  — JOHN. 

69.  Merrill  Davis^,  son  of  {John  Turner^ ,  Tilley^ , 

Elisha'^ ,  James'^ ,  John^ ,  John^)    aud   Phoebe    (Stearns) 

Mirick,  born  May  6,  1830,  at  Paxton,  Mass.     Married, 

Jnly  28,  1854,  at  Boston,  Mass.,  Olive  M.  Whiting;  she 

died  Jan.  21,  1869,  at  Worcester,  Mass.     Merrill  Davis 

died  Feb.  22,  1898,  at  Peperell,  Mass.      They  had  one 

child— 

i.    Olive  Whiting,  b.  Jan. ,  1856;  m.  William  E. 

Banfield,  of  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  and  was  living, 
1898,  at  Peperell,  Mass.  Tliey  have  two  children, 
Stanley  and  Olive  (Banfield.) 

70.  Horatio  Gates''  ,  son  of  {John  Turner^ ,  Tilleij^ , 
Elisha'^ ,  James^,  John'\  JoJm^)  and  Phoebe  (Stearns) 
Mirick,  born  Oct.  15,  1832,  at  Paxton,  Mass.  Married. 
Sept.  15,  1861,  Lauretta  Norton,  of  White  Plains,  N. 
Y.;  she  died  March  18,  1863.  Horatio  married,  2nd, 
Dec.  2,  1869,  Frances  Virginia  Walker,  of  Belchertown, 
Mass.;  she  born  June  18,  1842,  at  Stonington,  Conn. 
Horatio  Gates  Mirick  was  educated  in  the  schools  of 
Worcester,  Mass.,  finishing  at  the  high  school.  After 
leaving  school  studied  dentistry  with  Dr.  William  New- 
ton, of  Worcester,  and  at  the  age  of  twenty  went  to 
New  York  where  he  practiced  his  profession  until  1892, 
when  he  retired.  When  he  first  went  to  New  York  the 
name  of  Mirick  was  not  known  there,  his  being  the 
first  of  the  name  in  the  directory.  He  is  connected 
with  the  Worcester  aud  Princeton  Miricks;  was  living, 
1898,  with  wife  and  children,  at  62  Montague  street, 
Brooklyn,  N.  Y.     Children— 

i.     Lauretta  Horton,  b.  March  18,  1863. 
ii.     LiLLiE  Oakley,    b.    March    18,    1863;    m.    April   6, 

1891,  Arthur  M.  Cox,  of  New  York  City, 
iii.     Stanley  Walker,  b.  Aug.  6,  1872. 

71.  John  Alfred''  ,  son  of  {EUsha^ ,  TiUey^,  Elislut'^ , 
Janies^,  John^ ,  John^)  and  Sabrina  (Monroe)  Mirick, 
born  June  29,  1834,  at  Paxton,  Mass.  Married,  1st, 
July  4,  1867,  Carrie  Brooks;  2nd,  Feb.  28,  1878,  Lydia 
A.  Stearns;  she  died  Oct.  11,  1895,  at  Worcester,  Mass. 
John  Alfred  died  Feb.  10,  1898,  at  Worcester.  Chil- 
dren— 

1.  George  Eugene,  b.  Dec.  16,  1878;  was  living,  1899. 

at  Worcester. 

ii.  Walter  Irving,  b.  Sept.  28,  1880. 

iii.  Luther  Frank,  b.  Feb.  19,  1883;  d.  Oct.  29.  1883. 

iv.  Laura  Isabelle,  b.  Sept.  29,  1884. 

V.  Flossie  Gertrude,  b.  Feb.  8,  1888;  d.  Sept.  — ,  1888. 

vi.  Flora,  b.  Aug.  — ,  1893. 


EIGHTH    GENERATION.  141 

72.  Walter  Monroe\  son  of  (Elisha\  Tilley\ 
ElisJia^ ,  James^,  John'^ ,  John^)  and  Sabrina  (Monroe) 
Mirick,  born  Feb.  13,  1836,  at  Spencer,  Mass.  Mar- 
ried, Nov.  7,  1865,  Evaline  Howe  Clark,  at  Hubbards- 
town,  Mass.;  she  died  Jan.  6,  1874,  at  Hubbardstown. 
Walter  Monroe  was  a  member  of  Co.  "D,"  15th  Mass. 
Inf.,  during  the  civil  war;  was  wounded  in  the  arm  at 
the  battle  of  Antietam.     Children — 

i.  Genevieve,  b.  May  8,  1867,  at  Hubbardstown;  m. 
Feb.  2'3,  1888,  Joliu  Linn,  at  La  Crosse,  Kan.  Her 
address  was,  1899,  Lynndale,  Kan. 
ii.  Bertrand  Elisha,  b.  Oct.  11,  1869,  at  Hubbards- 
town; m.  Dec.  25,  1893,  Aitie  Blanch  Pearsons; 
they  have  Robert  Francis,  b.  Jan.  8,  1895 ;  Flor- 
ence, b.  Aug.,  1896.  Were  Uving,  1899,  at  Pleas- 
antdale,  Kan. 


EIGHTH  GENERATION. 

73.  Allen  A.*,  son  of  (Noses'^ ,  John'^ ,  John^ ,  John*' , 
John^,  John'^ ,  Jolin'^)  and  Sarah  (Everett)  Mirick,  born 
Oct.  3,  1863.  Married  Kittie  Rugee;  is  cashier  of  the 
Sunday  Creek  Coal  Company,  and  in  April,  1897,  his 
business  address  was  Ellsworth  Building,  Chicago.  Chil- 
dren— 

i.     Henry  Rugee,  b.  Dec.  3,  1888. 
ii.     Lela  Everett,  b.  Feb.  19,  1890. 

74.  George  Alonzo^,  son  of  {George  D.  B."^ ,  Ehen- 
ezer^ ,  John^ ,  John*,  Jolin'^ ,  John" ,  John'^)  and  Eunice 
Augusta  (Gott)  Mirick,  born  July  22,  1863,  at  Sterling, 
Mass.  Married  Mary  Louise  Dadmun,  daughter  of  Ap- 
pleton  and  Harriet  (Whitney)  Dadmun,  of  Worcester, 
Mass.;  she  born  April  28,  1866,  at  Worcester.  George 
Alonzo  was  educated  in  the  schools  of  Cambridge,  Mass., 
and  in  Amherst  College,  from  which  he  was  graduated 
in  1887;  received  the  degree  of  A.  M.  from  Amherst 
College  in  1896 ;  taught  in  the  Worcester  Academy,  the 
New  Hampshire  State  Normal  School;  was  superintend- 
ent of  schools  of  Shrewsbury,  Northboro,  Southboro, 
and  Berlin,  Mass.,  and  in  1896  was  appointed  supervis- 
ing principal  of  Strong  District,  New  Haven,  Conn. 
Author  of  'Lessons  in  English  Grammar"  (New  York: 
The  MacMillan  Company.     1901).     Children— 

i.     Appleton  Dadmun,  b.  Feb.  10,   1898,  New  Haven, 

Conn, 
ii.    Thurston  Gott,  b.  Nov.  4,  1899. 


142  MIRICK    GENEALOGY  —  JOHN. 

75.  Frances  Aveline*'  (Nichols),  dau.  of  (Elijah 
Dewey  Nichols  and  Sally  ^  (Mii-iek)  Wilder,  Marshall 
(Wilder),  Sally'  (Mirick)  Wilder,  Jo  An  "^  (Mirick),  John^ 
John-,  JoJin^),  l)oru  Fel).  20,  1841;  attended  Wilbraham 
Academy.  Married,  Feb.  10,  1859,  at  her  parents'  home, 
by  the  Rev.  Christopher  C.  Cushing,  pastor  of  First 
Congregational  church  of  North  Brookfield,  H.  S.  Combs, 
inventor,  from  whom  she  separated  in  1889.  Mrs.  Combs 
is  an  artist  and  author;  is  living  in  Norwalk,  Conn., 
with  one  of  her  daughters.  She  is  a  woman  of  business 
ability;  owned  three  acres  of  land  in  the  village  of  War- 
ren, Mass.,  on  the  old  "School-house  Road,"  from  1862 
to  1880,  selling  it  then  at  a  considerable  advance  upon 
the  cost  price.  Purchased,  for  two  hundi-ed  and  sixty  dol- 
lars, twenty- six  acres  of  land  on  Cabin  Point  Road,  Surrey 
Co.,  Virginia,  in  1880,  which  she  still  retains;  also  pur- 
chased two-thii'ds  of  an  acre  on  Eversley  Avenue,  Nor- 
walk, Conn.,  in  1886,  it  being  the  first  lot  sold  on  the 
avenue,  paying  therefor  one  thousand  and  fifty  dollars 
and  built  a  house  thereon,  which  she  still  retains.  Her 
childi'en  are — 

i.  Mary  Frances  (Combs),  b.  Aug.  19,  1860. 
ii.  John  Marshall  (Combs),  b.  April  22,  1862;  is  liv- 
ing, 1899,  on  liis  ranch  in  Nebraska,  unmarried 
iii.  Nelly  Nichols  (Combs),  b.  Jan.  20,  1867;  is  living 
with  lier  mother  in  Norwalk,  Conn. ;  Lived  for 
some  time  in  Virginia,  where  she  attended  Bel- 
field  Seminaiy ;  is  an  artist  and  author. 

76.  Willis  Augustus ^  son  of  (Albert  Augustus'', 
James\  James\  James"^ ,  James^ ,  John'",  John^)  and 
Jane  (Hakes)  Mirick,  born  Jan.  8,  1854.  Married,  Sept. 
12,  1883,  Kate  Curtis;  she  born  April  23, 1858,  in  Inde- 
pendence, la.;  educated  in  public  schools  and  Ames 
College,  from  which  she  was  graduated  in  June,  1880. 
Taught  three  years  in  Monticello,  la.,  high  school  before 
her  marriage;  is  prominent  in  the  Women's  Club  of 
Monticello,  and  a  social  leader  in  the  town.  Willis  A. 
Mirick  was  educated  in  the  common  schools  of  Fairview 
and  Anamoosa;  then  prepared  for  college;  was  gradu- 
ated from  Hahnemann  Homeopathic  College  in  Chicago, 
and  has  sin(ie  practiced  medicine  and  surgery  in  Monti- 
cello, la.;  has  also  been  surgeon  on  Minneapolis  &  St. 
I*aul  Railroad  for  a  number  of  years.     Childi-en— 

i.  Irving  Augustus,  b.  July  1,  1884;  educated  in  Mon- 
ticello graded  school ;  is  now  a  freshman  in  Ames 
College. 

ii.     Maude  Alice,  b.  Jan.  17, 1888 ;  in  school  in  Monticello. 

lii.  Galen  Curtis,  b.  March  29,  1892;  in  school  in  Mon- 
ticello. 


JAMES  MIRICK,  OF  NEWBURY 


FIRST  GENERATION. 

1.  James  Mirick^    born   in   Wales,    1612,    was   in 

Charlestown,  1636.     Married,  1652-3,  Margaret ; 

she  died  in  Newbury,  Mass.,  1708.  He  was  a  fish- 
packer  and  cooper  by  trade,  and  owned  his  own  place  of 
business  on  the  water  front  in  Charlestown.  If  the  sup- 
position that  he  was  born  in  St.  Davids,  Pembrokeshire, 
Wales,  is  correct,  his  choice  of  occupation  is  easily  ac- 
counted for,  as  St.  Davids  depended  entirely  upon  its 
fishing  for  the  support  of  its  population.  In  1657  he  re- 
moved to  Newbury  and  became  a  farmer.  The  records 
of  Charlestown  show  that  "James  Mu-ick,  the  cooper, 
and  Margaret,  his  wife,  sold  house  and  lot  in  Charlestown 
to  John  Andrews."  The  same  records  state  that  in  1676 
"James  Mirick,  aged  52  years  in  1664,  deeded  to  his  son 
James,  in  Newbury,  lands  situated  in  Newbury."  The 
date  of  his  death  is  not  found  in  the  records,  but  he  died 
before  his  wife,  who  died  in  Newbury,  April  2,  1708. 
Childi'en — 

2.  i.     James,  b.  about  1654,  at  Charlestown. 

ii.     John,   b.    1662,   Charlestown;   d.  Feb.    15,    1657,  at 

Charlestown,  of  small-pox. 
iii.     Hannah,  b.  Feb.  6,  1657,  Newbury,  Ma.ss. ;  m.  Ben- 
jamin Knowlton,  of  Springfield,  1676. 
iv.     Abigail,  b.  Sept.  5,  1658,  Newbuiy. 
Joseph,  b.  April  27,  1661,  Newbury. 
Isaac,  b.  Jan.  6,  1665,  Newbury. 
Timothy,  b.  Sept.  28,  1666,  Newbury. 
Susanna,  b.  Aug.  20,  1670,  Newbviry. 

SECOND  GENERATION. 

2.  James",  son  of  (James'^)  and  Margaret  Mirick, 
born  about  1654,  at  Charlestown,  Mass.  Married  Han- 
nah   .     James  was  pressed  into  the  service  Jan.  2, 

1675-6,  at  Newbury,  for  the   French  and  Indian   war. 
Children — 

i.     Benjamin,  b.  April  16,  1683,  Newbury, 
ii.     James,  b.  July  18,  1684,  Newbury. 
6.        iii.     John,  b.  Sept.  10,  1686,  Newbury. 

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3. 

V. 

4. 

VI. 

5. 

vu. 

vin. 

144  MERRICK    GENEALOGY. 

iv.  Joseph,  b.  March,  1691,  Boston;  d.  Sept.  19,  1691. 

V.  Sarah,  b.  Oct.  11,  1694,  Boston, 

vi.  Ebenezer,  b.  Oct.  12,  1696,  Boston, 

vii.  Timothy,  b.  April  6,  1698,  Boston. 

3.  Joseph^,  son  of  (James^)  and  Margaret  Mirick, 
born  April  27,  1661,  at  Newbury,  Mass.     Married  Sarah 

Cole,  of  Charlestowu,  Mass.     Joseph  died  ,  "aged 

about  50  years."  Sarah,  the  mother,  joined  First 
Church,  Charlestowu,  April  9,  1708,  and  died  1716.  Chil- 
dren— 

i.     Sarah,  b.  May  21,  1691;  she  was  single  in  1770. 
ii.     Abigail,  b.  Feb.  9,  1693-4. 
iii.     Ann,  b.    May  31,  1696;  m.  1st,  Jacob  Johnson;  3nd, 

Henry  Palmer, 
iv.     Susanna,  b,  Nov.  9,  1699;  m.  1st,  Walter  Brett;  3nd, 
William  Leathers. 
7.         V.    Joseph,  b.  Nov.  25,  1701. 

vi.     Samuel,   b.  Jan.  26,  1703;  was  a  mariner  by  profes- 
sion; never  married;  d.  Nov.  1,  1730,  at  Charles- 
town,  Mass.,  of  small-pox. 
vii.     Margaret,  b.  about  1708;  m.  Timothy  Winship. 

viii.     Hannah,  b. ;  (baptized  May  13,  1711.) 

ix.     Mary,  b.  Aug.  5,  1713. 

4.  ISAAC^,  SOU  of  {James^)  and  Margaret  Mu-iek, 
born  Jan.  6,  1665,  at  Newbury,  Mass.  Married  Mary 
Newell,  of  Charlestowu,  Mass.,  Aug.  22,  1694;  she  died 
March  11,  1710,  aged  41  years.  Captain  Isaac  married, 
again,  Nov.  24,  1714,  Martha  Frinde,  of  Andover,  Mass. ; 
no  children. 

Mary,  Newell,  first  wife  of  Isaac  Mu'ick,  was  a  daugh- 
ter of  John  Newell,  town  clerk  of  Charlestowu,  who  was 
a  son  of  Andi-ew  Newell,  of  Bristol,  England,  the  port 
from  which  the  brothers  Mirick  sailed  for  the  new  world. 
Her  mother  was  a  daughter  of  William  Pitt,  sheriff  of 
Bristol.  Isaac  Mirick  earned  his  title  of  captain  in  both 
the  commercial  and  military  service.  He  was  a  ship  cap- 
tain, sailing  from  Boston  and  from  Newburyport.  In 
the  year  1680  he  went  to  London  in  some  capacity  on 
board  ship,  i)robably  as  mate;  there  he  was  given  com- 
mand of  a  ship,  sailing  for  Boston,  where  he  arrived  in 
the  same  year.  Fi-om  Boston  he  went  back  to  Newbury- 
port, where  he  contracted  for  a  ship  of  his  own  to  be 
built,  on  completion  of  which  he  took  command  and 
sailed  for  England,  there  taking  a  return  cargo  for  New- 
buryport, whei-e  he  arrived  in  safety.  He  then  gave  up 
the  sea,  settling  in  Newburyport  as  a  ship  builder.     He 


THIRD    GENERATION.  145 

was  a  captain  in  Colonel  Benjamin  Church's  regiment, 
commanding  his  company  in  the  attack  on  and  siege  of 
Port  Royal,  Canada,  in  1704,  in  the  war  with  the  French 
and  Indians,  who  molested  the  English  settlers.  He 
died,  in  1731,  in  Newbury,  Mass.  His  tombstone  is  yet 
to  be  seen  in  the  cemetery  opposite  the  Fh'st  Church, 
Newbury,  but  the  inscription  is  almost  illegible;  that  of 
his  wife,  Mary,  evidently  erected  at  a  later  date,  is  in  a 
perfect  state  of  preservation,  the  inscription  being  per- 
fectly clear.     Childi'en,  by  his  first  wife,  Mary — 

i.     Mary,  b.  Sept.   29,  1695,    Charlestown;  m.   Samuel 
Chooke,  Oct.  31,  1713,  at  Newbury,  Mass. 

8.  ii.     Isaac,  b.  April  12,  1698,  Charlestown. 
iii.     John,  b.  May  12,  1700. 

iv.     Hannah,    b.    March   11,    1701-2,    Charlestown;    m. 
Thomas  J.  Sillings,  Nov.  18,  1725,  at  Newbury, 
Mass. 
V.    Andrew,  b.  Aug.  6,  1704;  d. . 

9.  vi.     Andrew,  b.  Sept.  13,  1705,  Charlestown. 

vii.  William,  b.  March  31,  1708,  Charlestown;  m.  1st, 
EUzabeth  Hayes,  Oct.  16,  1730;  2nd,  Rachael  An- 
derton,  Oct.  31,  1745. 

5.  Timothy^,  sou  of  {James'^)  and  Margaret  Mirick, 
born  Sept.  28,  1666,  at  Newbury,  Mass.  Married,  May  9, 
1696,  Mary  Lancaster,  daughter  of  Joseph  Lancaster,  of 
Amesbury,  Mass.  He  died  March  15, 1719,  at  Newbury. 
Children — 

Ezra,  b.  March  31,  1697,  Charlestown. 

Abigail,  b.  Nov.  26,  1698,  Charlestown ;  m.  July  10, 

1718,  Stephen  Ordway,  of  Newbury,  Mass. 
Mary,  b.  July  10,  1701,  Newbury;  m.  July  14,  1726. 

Samuel  Huse,  of  Newbury. 
Anne,  b.  June  24,  1^03,  Newbury. 
Timothy,  b.  Feb.  22,  1704,  Newbury. 
Jacob,  b.  May  30,  1707,  Newbury. 
Joseph,  b.  (before  1719). 


THIRD  GENERATION. 

6.     JoHN^,  son  of  (Jamef!^ ,  James^)  and  Hannah 

Mirick,  born  Sept.   10,  1686,  at  Newbury,  Mass.     Mar- 
ried, at  Boston,  1st,  Hannah ,  by  whom  he  had  one 

child  —  Mary.      Hannah,   the    mother,  died,  and   John 

married,  2nd,  Sept.  2,  1725,  Anne  McClure.     He   prob- 

bly  emigrated  to  Maine  soon  after  his  second  marriage, 

g  his  name  does  not  occur  again  in  the  Charlestown  re- 


10. 

1. 

ii. 

11. 

iii. 

iv. 

12. 

V. 

13. 

vi. 

14. 

vii. 

(jrds.     The  records   of  Kittei-y,  Maine,   however,  give 


ii. 

iii. 

15. 

iv. 

16. 

V. 

17. 

\i. 

146  MERRICK   GENEALOGY. 

the  names  and  dates  of  birth  of  four  children  born  in 
that  settlement  to  John  and  Anne  Myrick.  It  is  likely 
that  he  had  other  children,  born  in  other  towns,  as  tradi- 
tion credits  him  with  at  least  one  other,  Andrew,  whose 
descendants  trace  back  to  Andrew,  son  of  John,  and 
brother  of  Isaac  and  John  Myrick,  born  in  Maine. 
Josiah  Pierce's  History  of  Gorham  says  that  "John 
Myrick  was  one  of  the  first  settlers  of  Gorham."  Chil- 
dren— 

Mary,  b.  July  10,  1717,  Boston. 

Martha,  b.  Oct.  20,  1727,  Kitteiy,  Me. 

Jane.  b.  Oct.  28,  1732,  Kittery,  Me. ;  m.  Jan.  0, 1756, 

Thomas  Berry. 
Isaac,  b.  Aug.  3,  1738,  Battery,  Me. ;  m.  June  4,  1764, 

Joanna  Libby. 
John,  b.  Nov.   6,  1739,  at  Kittery;    m.  about  1770, 

Catherine  Malbon. 
Andrew,  b.  174 ? 

7.  Joseph"',  sou  of  (Joseph'^,  James'^)  and  Sarah 
(Cole)  Mirick,  born  Nov.  25,  1701,  at  Charlestown,  Mass. 
Married,  Aug.  22,  1728,  Rebecca  Taylor,  at  Charlestown, 
Mass.;  was  by  trade  a  block-maker  and  rigger,  with  a 
good  business  in  Charlestown,  w^hichwas  a  center  for  the 
ship-building  trade  at  that  time.  There  is  no  record  of 
his  death.  Rebecca,  the  mother,  died  June  24,  1764,  of 
small-pox.     Children — 

i.  Rebecca,  b.  June  17,  1729;  died  young, 

ii.  Rebecca,  b.  Nov.  18,  1730;  m.  Ralph  Tyzick. 

18.         ii.  Joseph,  b.  July  10, 1733. 

iv.  Samuel,   b.    Jan.  6,   1735;  buried  May  24,   1765,  at 

Charlestown. 

V.  Catherine,  b.  Jan.  6,  1735;  m.  John  Pyles. 

vi.  Hannah,  b.  Jan.  11,  1736. 

vii.  Thomas,  b.  Aug.  22,  1738. 

viii.  Sarah,  b,  March  19,  1740;  d. . 

ix.  Sarah,  b.  Aug.  14,  1743;  ni.  Thomas  Adams. 

8.  Isaac '^j  son  of  (Isaac"^ ,  Jmnes^)  and  Mary  (Newell) 
Mirick,  born  April  12,  1698,  at  Charlestown,  Mass;  died 
May  22,  1759.  Married,  Jan.  19,  .1728-9,  by  George 
Bunker,  justice,  Deborah  Pinkham,  daughter  of  Jona- 
than and  Hannah  Pinkham;  she  born  Dec.  16,  1710; 
died  Oct.  16,  1758.  Isaac,  with  his  younger  brother, 
Andrew  (see  ne.xt  page),  who  were  living  in  Newbury- 
port  when  at  home  from  sea — moved  to  Nantucket,  at 
that  time  and  for  many  years  thereafter  the  center  of  the 
whaling  business  of  the  world,  where  they  married  sis- 


lU. 

iv. 

V. 

20. 

vi. 

21. 

vii. 

23. 

viii. 

ix. 

THIRD    GENERATION.  147 

ters,  Deborah  and  Jedidah  Pinkham.  Both  had  large 
families — Isaac  twelve  children  and  Andrew  fifteen .  For 
over  a  hundred  years  the  descendants  of  these  two  broth- 
ers Myrick  followed  the  sea,  the  greater  number  in  the 
whaling  business,  but  others  in  every  department  of  a 
seaman's  life,  the  merchant  service,  privateering,  and  in 
the  government  service.  It  is  a  matter  of  tradition  that 
twenty-seven  Mjiicks  died  or  were  lost  at  sea  from  Nan- 
tucket alone.  Isaac  was  a  shipbuilder,  in  company  with 
his  brother,  Andrew.     Children — 

19.  i.     Jonathan,  b.  Dec.  7,  1729. 

ii.     Hannah,  b.  July  27,  1732;  m.  Andrew  Myrick  (her 
cousin). 
Mary,  b.  July  27,  1 732 ;  m.  Timothy  Gardner. 
Rebecca,  b.  July  20,  1731;  ra.  Abijah  Bang.s. 
Lydia,  b.  Jan.  16.  1736;  m.  1st,  Bartlett  Coffin;  2nd, 
Benoni  Hopkins;  3rd,  James  Proctor;  4th,  Wil- 
liam Parkham,  outliving    the  last.     Nearly  all 
these  men  were  lost  at  sea. 
Isaac,  b.  Jan.  19,  1738. 
John,  b.  March  20,  1740. 
Timothy,  b.  June  9,  1743. 
Elizabeth,  b.  April  26,  1745;  d.  Oct.  15,  1746. 
X.     Martha,  b.  July  12,  1747;  d.  July  27,  1747. 
xi.     Elizabeth,  b.  Aug.  7,  1748;  m.  Matthew  Beard;  d. 

April  23,  1817. 
xii.  William,  b.  Feb.  21,  1752;  m.  Meribah  Coffin,  of 
Nantucket;  she  b.  March  13,  1754;  d.  Aug.  3, 
1815.  William  died  in  jirison  ship,  having  been 
taken  prisoner  by  the  British  at  sea.  No  chil- 
dren. 

9.     Andre w^^,   son   of    (Isaac^ ,   James^)    and    Mary 
(Newell)    Mirick,  born    Sept.  13,  1705,  at  Charlestown, 

Mass. ;  died  Feb.  12, 1777.  Married ,  1728-9,  Jedidah 

Pinkham,  daughter  of  Jonathan  and  Hannah  Pinkham, 
of  Nantucket,  Mass.;  she  died  Nov.  26,  1789.  He  was  a 
ship-builder  at  Nantucket,  in  companj^  with  his  brother, 
Isaac.     Children — 

i.     William,  b.  Oct.  6,  1730;  d.  Sept.  6,  1746. 

ii.     Mary,  b.  April  5,  1732;  ni.  Enoch  Coleman ;  d.  , 

1808. 
iii.     Anna,  b.    Nov.   15,   1733;   m  Peter   Coffin,   1793;  d. 

July  5,  1808. 
iv.     Andrew,  b.  May  20,  1735;  d.  1738. 
V.     Abigail,  b.  Oct.  5,  1736;  m.  Henry  Folger;  d.  Jan. 

13,  1761. 
vi.     Seth,  b.  Feb.  15,  1738;  d.  1739. 
vii.     Eunice,  b.  June  30,  1739;  m.  Elisha Coffin;  moved  to 
St.  Johns,  N.  B. 
33.      viii.     Andrew,  b.  Sept.  15,  1741. 


25. 

xi. 

26. 

xii. 

27. 

xiii. 

28. 

xiv. 

29. 

XV. 

148  MERRICK    GENEALOGY. 

24.         ix.     Job,  b.  Sept.  15,  1742;  married  twice. 

X.     Seth,  b.  Sept.  15,  1741 ;  d.  . 

Joseph,  b.  April  2.1,  1744. 
Benjamin,  b.  April  25,  1744. 
Jethro,  b.  Nov.  7,  1746. 
William,  b.  April  2,  1750. 
Seth,  b.  Nov.  7,  1752. 

10.  EzRA"^,  son  of  (Timothy'^,  J(imes^)  and  Mary 
(Lancaster)  Merrick,  born  March  31,  1697,  at  Charles- 
town,  Mass.  Married,  July  3,1735,  Mehitable  Green, 
at  Bradford,  Mass.     Children — but  one  of  record — 

i.     Susanna,  b.  May  1,  1739;  m.    John  Blaisdell,    Sept. 
25,  1757,  at  Bradford,  Mass. 

11.  Mary^,  dau.  of  {Timothy^,  James^)  and  Mary 
(Lancaster)  Mirick,  born  July  10,  1701,  at  Newbury, 
Mass.  Married,  July  14,  1726,  Samuel,  son  of  Abel  and 
Judith  (Emery)  Huse.     Lived  in  Methuen.     Children — 

i.     Abel  (Huse),   b.  Aug.  14,  1727;  m.  Mary  Whittier, 
Oct.  30,  1772;  removed  to  Derryfield,  N.  H. 

ii.     Mary  (Huse),  b.  Aug.  10,  1729;  m.  Aaron  Chamber- 
lain and  removed  to  Derryfield,  N.  H. 

iii.     Judith  (Huse),  b.  Jan.  8,  1732;  m.  John  Pettingill, 
Dec.  27,  1753;  d.  1830. 

iv.     Lydia  (Huse),  b.  Dec.  8,  1733;  m.  John  Morse,  Nov. 

],  1753. 
V.     Abigail  (Huse),  b.  Aug.  26,  1736. 

vi.     Anne  (Huse),  b.  Jan.  18,  1839;  m.  John  Griffin,  Feb. 
18,  1759. 

vii.     Samuel    (Huse),   b.    March   7,    1741;   m.    Elizabeth 

Austin,  April  28,  1763. 
viii.     Moses  (Huse),  b.  Dec.  4,  1743;  m.  Elizabeth  Barton, 
March  28,  1769;  d.  Feb.  3,  1814. 

12.  Timothy^,  sou  of  (Timothy^,  James'^)  and  Mary 
(Lancaster)  Merrick,  born  Feb.  22,  1704,  at  Newbury, 
Mass.  Married,  Dec.  5,  1728,  at  Methuen,  Mass.,  Mary 
Bodwell;  she  died  March,  1805,  aged  93  years.  Alfred 
Poore,  of  Salem,  in  1861  made  a  pedestrian  trip  through 
portions  of  Massachusetts  and  New  Hampshire,  taking 
notes  among  the  oldest  people,  for  the  purpose  of  writing 
a  history  of  Essex  county.  From  his  notes  we  take  the 
following  relating  to  Timothy  Merrick  and  his  wife,  Mary 
Bodwell : 

"Mrs.  Webster  (Mr.  Webster's  mother),  says  that  her 
grandfather  was  Timothy  Merrick,  who,  with  his  brother 
Ezra  (and  they  had  a  brother  Jacob  in  Newbury),  came 
up  to  Methuen  from  Newbury  and  moved  into  their  new 


THIRD    GENERATION.  149 

house  when  her  Aunt  Elizabeth,  who  married  William 
Emerson,  was  fourteen  j-ears  old;  they  lived  about  one- 
fourth  of  a  mile  from  the  Salem  line,  in  New  Hampshire, 
and  one-half  mile  from  the  mills  at  the  Falls.  The  place 
was  afterwards  owned  by  Daniel  Huse.  He  died  the  day 
she  was  twelve  years  old,  and  the  day  he  was  eighty. 
This  was  her  grandfather,  Timothy  Merrick.  His  wife 
was  Mary  Bodwell,  of  Methuen,  who  died  March,  1805, 
aged  93  3-ears.  Captain  Eliphalet  Bodwell  was  taken  by 
the  French  at  Fort  William  Henry,  but  by  running  14 
miles  he  got  to  the  American  lines  at  Fort  Edward,  but 
lost  all  his  clothes,  taking  off  one  garment  at  a  time  as 
he  was  running,  until  he  was  naked.  He  was  a  nephew 
of  Mrs.  Webster's  grandmother,  Mary."     Children — 

i.     Timothy,  b.  Jan.  10, 1738 ;  d.  Nov.  29,  1738,  Methuen. 
ii.     Timothy,  b.  Nov.  17,  1739;  taken  prisoner  at  Fort 
William  Henry,  August,  1757;  never  returned, 
iii.     James,  b.  July  1,  1742;  taken  prisoner  at  Fort  Wil- 
liam Henry,  August,  1757;  never  returned, 
iv.     Mary,  b.   April  27,   1744;  m.  Stephen  Gates;  lived 
for  a  time  in  Maine,  at  Bridgston;    afterward 
migrated  to  Ohio. 
80         V.     Jacob,  b.  Sept.  2,  1846. 

vi.     Sarah,  b.  Nov.  19,  1748;  m.  James  Hibbard;  settled 
in  Methuen ;  had  two  children,  Esther  and  Mari- 
anna  (Hibbard). 
31      vii.     Joseph,  b.  Dec.  30,  1749. 

viii.     Elizabeth,  b.  Feb.  8,  1751 ;  m.  William  Emerson. 

13.  Jacob^,  son  of  {Timothy^,  James^)  and  Mary 
(Lancaster)  Merrick,  born  May  30,  1707,  at  Newbury, 
Mass.     Married  Sarah .     Children — 

i.     Jacob,  b.  Sept.  1,  1740,  Newbuiy ;  m.  June  23,  1763, 

Dorothy  Merrill, 
ii.     Sarah,  b.  May  17,  1742,  Newbury ;  m.  June  17,  1757, 

Wilham  Stevens,  at  Newbury, 
iii.     Hannah,  b.  May  9,  1744,  Newbury, 
iv.     Anne,  b.  Aug.  6,  1746,  Newbury. 
V.     Samuel,  b.  July  12,  1749,  Newbuiy. 

14.  Joseph^,  son  of  {Timothy'^,  James^)   and  Mary 

(Lancaster)  Merrick,  born .    Married,  Jan.  6,  1735, 

Lydia  Brown,  at  Newbury.     Childi-en — 

i.     Sarah,  b.  May  20,  1736,  Newbury, 
ii.     Lydia,  b.  May  8,  1740,  Newbury;  m.  July  27,  1761, 

Daniel  Richardson, 
iii.     Anne,    b.    June   2,    1842;  m.  1st,   Nathaniel  Foster, 

Jan.  1,  1756;  2nd,  Samuel  Garner,  Nov.  23,  1762. 
iv.     Moses,  b.  July  27,  1744;  d.   Sept.  6,  1744.  Newbury. 


150  MERRICK    GENEALOGY. 

V.     Elizabeth,   b.  Aug.   8,    1745;  m.  Eliphalet  Noyes, 

July  7,  1770. 
vi.     Moses,    b.    Sept.    4,    1747;  m.    March  4,   1773,  Euth 
Huse,  of  Methuen,  and  had   Ruth,    b.  Oct.  22, 
1774,  and  others. 
32.       vii.     Jacob,  b.  July  23,  1749. 


FOURTH  GENERATION. 

15.  Isaac*,  son  of  {John^,  James^ ,  Janies^)  and 
Anne  (McClure)  Myrick,  born  Aug.  3,  1738,  at  Kittery, 
Me.  Married,  June  4,  1764,  at  Scarborough,  Me., 
Joanna  Libby.  Isaac  Myrick  was  a  Corporal  in  Captain 
Abraham  Taylor's  Company,  Col.  Edward  Phiuney's  Regi- 
ment, 31st  Foot,  Sept.  29,  1775,  from  Scarborough. 
Children — 

33.  i.     Isaac,  b.  Dec.  16,  1772. 

34.  ii.     William,  b.  March  30,  1792. 
ill.    James,  b. . 

iv.  Samuel,  b, . 

V.  Betsey,  b. . 

vi.  Abby,  b. . 

vii.  Ann,  b. 


viii.    Fanny,  b. . 

16.  John*,  son  of  {JoJm^,  James'^,  James^)  and 
Anne  (MeClure)  Myrick,  born  Nov.  6,  1739,  at  Kittery, 
Me.  Married,  about  1770,  atSkowhegan,  Me.,  Catherine 
Malbon;  she  was  of  French  extraction;  came  to  Mont- 
real in  an  English  vessel  some  time  during  the  inception 
of  the  Revolutionary  War.  They  had,  among  other  chil- 
di'en — 

i.     Isaac,  b.  about  1770. ' 

35.  ii.     John,  b.  about  1773. 
iii.     Betsey,  b.  about  1774. 

36.  iv.     Daniel,  b.  about  1776. 

17.  Andrew*,  son  of  {Jolm^,  James"^,  James^)  and 
Anne  (McClure)  Myrick,  born,  1740-45,  in  Maine.  Mar- 
ried   .     The  names  of  four  of  his  children  have  been 

preserved.  He  may  have  had  others.  Andrew  Myrick 
was  one  of  thirty  men  who,  during  the  Revolutionary 
war,  volunteered  to  place  a  cannon  in  an  apparently  in- 
accessible position  in  the  rear  of  the  British  fortifications 
in  front  of  which  the  patriot  army  lay.  This  was  accom- 
plished, with  the  result  that  the  British  were  defeated 
and  driven  from  their  works,  and  the  battle  won  for  the 


FOURTH    GENERATION.  151 

Americans.  In  acknowledgment  of  this  courageous  act 
the  government  deeded  to  "these  thirty  brave  men,"  a 
tract  of  land  one  mile  wide  and  thirty  miles  long,  to  be 
equally  divided  between  them.  The  powder-horn  which 
Andrew  carried  is  in  possession  of  one  of  his  descend- 
ants, Mr.  James  L.  Myrick,  of  Eddyville,  la.  The  in- 
itials, "A.  M.,"  and  the  date,  1779,  can  still  be  read  on 
the  powder-horn.     Children — 

37.  i.     William,  b. . 

38.  ii.     James,  b.  May  20,  1783,  at  Birmingham,  Maine. 

iii.     Patty,  b.  ;  m.   and  had  two  children,  named 

William  and  Charlotte, 
iv.     Abrahai:   b.  ;  moved  to  Ohio  in  January,  1816; 

later  moved  to  Palmyra,  Iowa. 

18.  Joseph"*,  son  of  {Joseph^,  Joseph'^,  James^)  and 
Rebecca  (Taylor)  Merrick,  born  July  19,  1733,  at  Charles- 
town;  estate  administered  by  his  father,  Feb.  21,  1763. 
Married  Hannah  Mardlin,  March  17,  1757,  at  Charles- 
town;  Hannah,  with  daughter  aged  7,  was  aided  by  the 
state  at  Bedford,  Mass.,  1767;  she  died  April  6,  1807. 
Children — 

i.     Thomas,  b.  Aug.  12,   1758,  Charlestown;  d.  aged  19 

years, 
ii.     Hannah,  b.  July  21,  1760. 

39.  -iii.     Joseph,  b.  Aug.  14,  1762. 

19.  Jonathan^,  {Isaac^ ,  Isaac"^ ,  Jmnes^)  and  De- 
borah (Pinkham)  Myrick,  born  Dec.  7,  1729,  Nantucket, 
Mass.;  died  Sept.  19,  1809.  Married,  1753,  Deborah 
Coffin,  daughter  of  John  and  Lydia  Coffin,  of  Nan- 
tucket; she  born  Oct.  25,  1731;  died  March  24,  1816. 
Children — 

i.     Lydia,  b.    July  23,    1754;  m.   Seth  Coffin,  June  6, 

1814. 
ii.     Parnel,    b.    Nov.    29,  1755;  m.    John    (or  Joshua) 

Bunker ;  d.  Feb.  10,  1836. 

40.  iii.     Jonathan,  b.  .  1758;  d.  Nov.  30,  1838, 

iv.     Deborah,  b.   .   1760;  m.  John  Brown;  d.  June 

9,  1840. 

41.  V.     Peter,  b.  July  10,  1764;  d.  Sept.  9,  1843. 

vi.     Abigail,  b.  Sept.  24,   1766;     m.    Grafton   Gardner; 
d.  Sept.  8,  1855. 

vii.     Mary,  b.  .   1770;  d.  Aug.  8,  1842;  single. 

viii.     John,  b.  ;  lost  at  sea;  single. 

42.  ix.     James  P.,  b.  April  17.  1775;  d.  Dec.  10,  1863. 

20.  Isaac*,  son  of  {Isaae/,  Isaac"^ ,  James^)  and 
Deborah  (Pinkham)    Myrick,  born  Jan.  19,  1738,  Nan- 


152  MERRICK    GENEALOGY. 

tucket,  Mass.;  died  Jan.  24,  1776,  London,  Eng. ;  by 
occupjition  a  seaman.  Married,  April  14,  17G0,  Jemima 
Lon^,  danf^liter  of  John  and  Jane  Long;  she  born  May 
14,  1740;   died  May  13,  1812.     Children— 

i.     Eunice,  b.  May  30,  1762;  m.  John  Weidenholdt ;  d. 

Oct.  20,  1820. 
ii.     Sarah,  b.  Aug.   11,  1766;   m.  1st,  Stephen    Morse; 

2nd,  Barnabas  Coleman, 
iii.     Abraham,  b.  June  29,   1769;  d.  July  2,  1769. 

iv.     Isaac,  b.  May  22,  1770;  d.  ,  1782. 

V.     Elizabeth,  b.   Jan.    29,  1772;  m.   1st,  Oct.  5,  1790, 

John  Wyer;  2nd,  June  23,  1809,  Jonathan  Hall, 
vi.     Susan,  b.  Jan.   2.S,  1775;  d.  June  12,  1867,  aged  93 

years. 

21.  John*,  sou  of  (Isaac^,  Isaac^,  James^)  and 
Deborah  (Pinkham)  Myriek,  born  March  20,  1740, 
Nantucket,  Mass.;  lost  at  sea  Aug.  2,  1761.  Married 
about  1760,  Ruth  Bunker,  daughter  of  James  and  Bethia 
Bunker;  she  born  Sept.  1740;  died  March  14,  1823. 
Children — 

43.  i.     John,  b. ,  1760;  m.  Elizabeth  Gardner. 

22.  Timothy^,  son  of  {Isaac^,  Isaac"^ ,  James^)  and 
Deborah  (Pinkham)  Myriek,  born  June  9,  1743,  Nan- 
tucket, Mass.;  lost  at  sea  1771.  Married,  at  Scituate, 
Mass.,  Susan  Sylvester.     One  child — 

44.  1.     Susan  Sylvester,  b.   March  10,  1768;  m.  June  23, 

1791,  Lebbevxs  Bailey. 

23.  Andrew*,  son  oi  (Andreiv^ ,  Isaac"^ ,  James''-)  and 
Jedidah  (Pi)ikham)  Myriek,  born  Sept.  15,  1741,  Nan- 
tucket, Mass.;  died  Oct.  4,  1816.  Married  Elizabeth 
Coffin,  daughter  of  Peter  and  Deborah  Coffin;  she  born 
1745;   d.  April  26,  1796.     Childi-en. 

i.  Peter,  b. ,  17 — ;  d.  in  infancy. 

ii.  Mary,  b.  Dec.  20,  1762;  d.  Feb.,  1844;  single. 

45.  iii.  George,  b.  Aug.  6,  1767;  d.  March  23,  1844. 
iv.  Abigail,  b.  June  13,  1773;  d.  Sept.  26,  1785. 

46.  V.     Peter  Coffin,  b.  Nov.  20,  1776;  d.  at  sea. 

47.  vi.     David,  b.  Dec.  6,  1778;  m.  Peggy  Barnett. 

vii.     Elizabeth,  b.  Dec.  16,  1780;  m.  Zophar  Hayden. 
viii.     Lydia,  b.  Feb.  11,  1784;  m.   Calvin  Bunker,  son  of 
Uriah  and  Susanna  Bunker. 

24.  Job*  ,  son  of  (Andrew^ ,  Isaac^ ,  James^ )  and  Jedi- 
dah (Pinkham)  Myriek,  born  Nov.  12,  1742,  Nantucket, 


FOURTH    GENERATION.  153 

Mass.;  lost  at  sea,  Jan.  1,  1782-3.  Married,  1st,  Love 
Giles,  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Susanna  Giles;  she 
born  1745.  One  child,  who  died  July  29,  1768,  at  Bal- 
timore, Md.  Love,  the  mother,  died  Sept.  3,  1768,  in 
Baltimore,  Md.,  and  Job  married,  2nd,  Judith  Barnard, 
daughter  of  Benjamin;  she  born  March  3,  1754;  died 
Nov.  22,  1819.     Ohildi-eu— 

i.     Love,  b.  Nov.  27,  1774;  m.  Horatio  Nichols ;  d.  Sept. 

23,  1829. 
ii.     Reuben,  b.  ;  killed  in  Connecticut,  1798-9;  body 

broui^ht  to  Nantucket  for  burial, 
iii.     Judith,  b.   Feb.  13,    1782;  m.   Obed   Russell,  son   of 

Setb  and  Abigail. 
iv.     Eunice,    b.  ;  m.  1st,  Obed  Long;   2d,  Jedediah 

Briggs,  of  Wareham,  Mass. 

25.  Joseph*,  son  of  (Andrew^,  Isaac"^ ,  James^)  and 
Jedidah  (Pinkham)  Myriok,  born  April  25,  1744,  Nan- 
tucket, Mass.;  died  Feb.  17,  1791,  at  the  Falkland 
Islands.  Married,  Feb.  10,  1763,  by  Obed  Hussey,  J.  P., 
Abigail  Hussey,  daughter  of  Seth  and  Sarah;  she  born 
Aug.  29,  1745;   died  June  23,  1807.     Children— 

i.     Sarah,  b.  July  29,  1764;  d.  Aug.  8,  1765. 
ii.     Seth,  b.  Jan.  22,  1766;  m.  Tamar  Allen;  she  b.  1768; 
d.  Sept.  19,  1853.     Had  one  child,  SaUy,  who  d. 
Oct.  13,  1805. 
iii.     Lydia,  b.  Dec.  18,  1767;  m.  John  Addington;  d.  Feb. 
26,  1836. 

iv.     Timothy,  b.  ;  d.  at  sea;  single;  young. 

48.        V.     Matthew,  b.  March  25,  1774. 

vi.     Sarah,  b.  April  10,  1784 ;  d.  June  2,  1784. 

26.  Benjamin*,  son  of  (Andrew^,  Isaac"^ ,  James^) 
and  Jedidah  (Pinkham)  Myriek,  born  April  25,  1744,  at 
Nantucket,  Mass.  Married,  1st,  Mary  Peckham,  of  New 
Bedford;  she  died  Sept.  13,  1770,  and  Benjamin  mar- 
ried, 2nd,  Deborah  Peckham,  sister  of  his  first  wife;  he 
died  Julv  27,  1779,  and  Deborah,  his  widow,  married, 
1st, Este;   2d,  Elihu  Coffin.     Children— 

49.  i.    Benjamin,  b.  Sept.  6,  1770. 

ii.     Mary,   b.   Oct.   27,  1778;  m.  Sylvanus  Coleman;  d. 
May  25,  1845. 

50.  iii.     Thomas,  b.  March  25,  1777. 

iv.     Paul,  b.    Dec.  25,  1775;  nothing  further  known  of 
him. 

27.  Captain  Jethro * , son  of  {Andrew ^ , Isaac ^ ,  James ^ ) 
and  Jedidah  (Pinkham)  Myriek,  born  Nov.  7,  1746,  Nan- 


154  MERRICK    GENEALOGY. 

tucket,  Mass.  Married,  Judith  Jeukius,  daughter  of 
Thomas  and  Judith  (Folger)  Jenkins;  she  born  Nov.  8, 
1747.  Captain  Jethro  was  lost  at  sea  in  the  West  In- 
dies in  1780,  from  his  own  brig,  of  which  he  was  cap- 
tain. One  of  his  descendants.  Miss  Marian  Townsend, 
was  living  in  Auburn,  N.  Y.,  in  Jan.,  1899.  At  the 
death  of  Jethro  his  widow  married  Reuben  Macey,  son  of 
Francis  and  Judith  Macey,  one  of  the  great  family  of 
noted  and  illustrious  sailors  often  mentioned  in  the  his- 
tories of  our  merchant  marine.  Childi'en  of  Captain 
Jethro  and  Judith — 

i.     Ruth,   b.   1748-9;    m.    Jonathan   Irish,    of  Hudson, 

N.  Y. ;  had  a  large  family, 
ii.     Eunice,  b. ;  ni.  Joseph  Barnard,  and  moved  to 

Hudson,  In.  Y.,  in  178:i. 
iii.    Thomas,  b.  ;  d.  single. 

28.  William"*,  son  of  [Andrew^,  Isaac-,  James^) 
and  Jedidah  (Piukham)  Myrick,  born  April  2,  1750,  at 
Nantucket,  Mass.;  died  March,  1796.  Married  Sarah 
Ramsdell,  daughter  of  John  and  Sarah  (Swain)  Rams- 
dell;  she  born  Aug.  14,  1753;  died  Feb.  14,  1830,  in 
New  Orleans,  La.     Children — 

51.        1.     Obed,  b.  Nov.  6,  1771 ;  m.  Phoebe  Haskins. 
ii.     Reuben,  b.  Feb.  23,  1774. 
iii.     John   R.,  b.   Jan.  20,    1777;  m.   and  lived  in   New 

York;  d.  Sept.,  1819,  New  Orleans,  La. 
iv.     Jethro,  b.   Feb.  23,  1781;  m.  in  Philadelpliia,  Pa., 
and  left  a  family. 
53.       V.     Charles,  b.  April  11,  1789;  m.  Harriet  Weidenholdt, 
in  New  York  city, 
vi.     William,  b.  Feb.  13,  1784. 

vii.     Eunice,    b.    Nov.    6,    1794;  m.    Dec.    3,    1820,    John 
Weidenholdt;  d.  Jan.  20, 18G8, at  San  Francisco, 
Cal. 
viii.    Thomas,  b.  . 

29.  Seth'*,  son  of  (Andrew^,  Isaac"^ ,  dames'^)  and 
Jedidah  (Pinkham)  Myrick,  born  Nov.  7,  1752,  Nan- 
tucket, Mass.  Married  Deborah  Coleman,  daughter  of 
Joseph  Coleman.     Children — 

i.     Betsey,   b.   ;  1764;  d.  Nov.  22,  1847;  single. 

ii.     Polly    (Mary),  b.  ;  m.  Prince  Jennings,  New 

Bedford,  Mass. 

iii.     Sally,  b.  ;  m.  William  Farnham. 

iv.     Deborah,  b.  ;  m.   1st,  John    Smith;  2nd,   Ste- 
phen Goflf. 
V.     Joseph,  b.  ;  m.  Polly . 


FOURTH    GENERATION.  156 

vi.     Love.  b.  ;    m.  John  Paul,  son  of   Joseph   and 

Phoebe. 

vii.    Christopher,  b.  ;  d.  single. 

viii.     WiLX,iAM,  b.  ;  d.  single. 

30.  Jacob*,  son  of  {Timothy^,  Timothy^,  James^) 
and  Mary  (Bodwell)  Merrick,  born  Sept.  3,  1746,  at 
Methuen,  Mass.  Married,  March  30,  1770,  Judith, 
daughter  of  Esq.  Eben  and  Abigail  (Morse)  Barker,  of 
Methuen;  lived  for  some  years  in  Methuen,  where  their 
children  were  born;  then  went  to  Louden,  N.  H.,  and 
finally  to  New  Hampton,  N.  H.,  where  both  father  and 
mother  died.     Their  children  were — 

i.     Olive,  b.    Jan.    19,  1771;  m.    William  Bennett ,  and 

lived  in  New  Hampton,  N.  H. 
ii.     Elizabeth,  b.  March  4,  1772;  m.  Bailey  Webster,  of 

New  Hampton.     (Mrs.  Webster  is  the  one  who 

gave  Mr.  Alfred   Poore  the  notes  on  Timothy 

Merrick,  given  in  his  history). 
iii.     Abigail,   b.   ;    m.    Eben    Buswell;    settled    in 

Hallowell,  Me. ;  one  child,  Molly, 
iv.     Timothy,  b.  Aug.  23, 1775;  d.  young, 
V.     Molly,  b.  Nov.  20,  1777;  d.  unmarried. 
53.        vi.     Timothy,  b.  Oct.  23,  1780. 

31.  Joseph'*,  son  of  (Timothy^ ,  Timothy'^ ,  James^  ) 
and  Mary  (Bodwell)  Merrick,  born  Dec.  30,  1749,  at 
Hampstead,  N.  H.  Married,  1770,  Judith  Little,  daugh- 
ter of  Stephen  and  Judith  (Bailey)  Little,  at  Hamp- 
stead; she  born  Nov.  17,  1753.  She  was  descended  from 
George^  Little,  who  was  born  in  London,  Eng.;  immi- 
grant at  Newbury,  Mass.,  1640;  married,  1st,  Alice 
Poore,  who  died  Dee.  1,  1680.  (jeorge  married,  2nd, 
Eleanor,  widow  of  Thomas  Barnard,  of  Amesbury,  Mass., 
July  19,  1681.  Moses'  Little,  born  March  11,  1657; 
married  Lydia  Coffin,  daughter  of  Tristam  and  Judith 
(Somerby)  Coffin.  Moses  served  as  a  soldier  in  King 
Phillip's  war,  and  was  town  collector  for  several  terms; 
his  son,  Moses'^  Little,  born  Feb.  26,  1691;  married 
Sarah  Jaques,  daughter  of  Sergt.  Stephen  and  Deborah 
(Plumer)  Jaques;  his  son,  Stephen'*  Little,  born  May 
19,  1719,  at  Newburyport;  married  Judith,  daughter  of 
Joshua  and  Sarah  (Coffin)  Bailev,  of  Newbury;  she  born 
Feb.  15,  1724;  died  Aug.  19,  1764.  He  lived  for  over 
twenty  years,  after  his  marriage,  on  Turkey  Hill;  after- 
wards on  a  farm  which  he  owned  in  Sandy  Lane,  now 
North  Atkinson  street,  New^buryport.  He  was  one  of 
the  grantees  of  Newbury.  Vt.,  in  1763,  and  also  owned 

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156  MERRICK    GENEALOGY. 

lands  in  Bath  and  Hampstead,  N.  H.,  and  in  Cumber- 
land and  Lincoln  counties,  Maine.  He  was  a  representa- 
tive to  the  legislature  in  1776,  and  held  many  town  offi- 
ces. He  was  a  member  and  deacon  in  Dr.  Spring's 
church,  Newburyport,  for  many  years.  His  daughter, 
Judith,  married  Joseph  Merrick. 

He  was  a  farmer  in  the  town  of  Hampstead;  he  served 
in  the  Revolutionary  war,  having  been  a  Sergeant  in 
Captain  Joseph  Illsley's  Company,  Colonel  Cogswell's 
Regiment,  Essex  county,  Mass.,  Volunteers,  from  Sept. 
30, 1776  to  Nov.  16,  1776 — two  months  and  thirteen  days; 
he  died  Dec.  29,  1823,  at  Hampstead,  N.  H.    Children— 

Judith,  b.  Jan.  22,  1771;  m.  Rufus  Harrinian. 
Joseph,  b.  June  22,  1773;  m.  Sarah  Harrinian. 
Temperance,  b.  Sept.  8,  1775;  m.  James  Noyes. 
Mary,  b.  March  IG,  1778;  m.,  17U3,  Samuel  Dalton; 

had  Eldridge  (Dalton)  and  others,  a  large  family. 
Hannah,  b.  May  17,  1780;  m.  John  Grimes. 
Abner  Little,  b.  June  22,  1782;  m.  Martha  Corliss. 
Sarah,  b.  July  3,  1784;  m.  Edward  NoySs. 
Nathaniel,  b.  Dec.  26,  1786;  m.  Sarah  Corhss. 
Abigail,  b.  Oct.  28,  1789 ;  m.  Bartholomew  Heath. 
Ann,  b.  Aug.  28,  1791 ;  m.  Pavil  Gardner. 
Joshua,  b.  May  20,  1793;  m.  Eliza  Emery;  lived  at 

New  Hampton,  N.  H. 
xii.     LVDIA,  b.   Dec.   28,  1796;  m.  Oliver  Lake;  lived  at 

New  Hampton,  N.  H. 

Note  by  Editor. — The  parentage  of  Joseph*,  ascribed  to  Timo- 
thy =*,  is  very  doubtful,  and  is  here  given  on  the  authority  of  the 
tradition  that  the  children  of  Jacob"*,  the  son  of  Timothy',  whose 
birth  is  a  matter  of  record,  were  known  in  Hampstead  to  be  own 
cousins  to  the  children  of  Josepli"*.  This  evidence  is  very  slight; 
but  it  is  all  the  evidence  of  the  parentage  of  Joseph*  that  the 
compiler,  who  is  a  direct  descendent  of  Joseph,  and  therefore 
personally  interested  in  definitely  defining  his  parentage,  has 
been  able  to  develop  after  thirteen  years'  research.  With  the 
issue  of  this  volume  it  is  possible,  and  even  probable,  that  the 
data  which  the  author  has  been  unable  to  discover  after  years' 
of  research,  will  be  developed  as  if  by  chance  within  a  very  short 
time.  While  such  evidence  will  alter  hundreds  of  records,  it  is 
the  hope  of  the  author  that  it  may  be  forthcoming,  and  tliat 
quickly.  It  is  likely  that  some  historian  of  the  family  will  take 
this  volume  as  a  starting  point,  and  correcting  its  errors  and 
omissions,  in  some  future  years,  give  to  the  world  a  new  and  bet- 
ter version  than  this  can  possibly  be. 

32.  Jacob'*,  son  of  {Joseph^,  Timothy'^,  James'^) 
and  Lydia   (Brown)   Merrick,   born  July   23,   1755,   at 

Newbury,    Mass.      Married   Mary  .      Children,   all 

born  in  Newbury — 


54. 

i. 

55. 

ii. 

56. 

iii. 

iv. 

57. 

V. 

58. 

vi. 

59. 

vii. 

60. 

viii. 

ix. 

61. 

X. 

xi. 

FIFTH    GENERATION.  157 

i.     Anne,  b.  Feb.  8,  1783;  d.  Dec.  23,  1783,  Newbury, 
ii.     Samuel,  b.  Jan.  14,  1785. 
iii.     Jacob,  b.  May  26,  1786. 
iv.     Moses,  b.  May  81.  1788. 

V.  Joseph,  b.  June  6,  1790.  EnUsted  Sept.  10,  1814,  in 
Captain  Samuel  W.  Duncan's  company,  Col. 
Johnson's  Reg't,  Sth  Reg't,  2nd  Brig.,  2nd  Div., 
Mass.  State  Troops;  was  ordered  to  march  to 
Charlestown.  They  remained  in  South  Boston 
until  Oct.  30,  1814,  when  they  marched  back  to 
Haverhill,  and  were  disbanded. — Vide  Hist. 
Haverldll,  pp.  4S5-6. 
vi.  Eliphalet,  b.  Jvily  6,  1792. 
vii.     James,  b.  Sept.  5,  1794. 

—     Andrew"*,    son   of    (Joseph)    and  My  rick, 

born  about  1730-5.  Married  Hannah  Mja-ick,  daugh- 
ter of  Isaac  and  Ruth  (Pinkham)  Myrick  (his  cousin); 
she  born  July  27,  1732,  Nantucket;  'died  Oct.  25,  1813. 
Andi-ew,  the  father,  died  Dec.  3,  1782,  at  Nantucket. 
Children-* 

i.     Mary,  b. :  d.  Dec.  20,  1761 ;  single. 

ii.     Hannah,  b.   Oct.    3,    1766;  m.  Reuben  Russell;  d. 

Dec.  15,  1815. 
iii.     Abraham,  b.  1768:  m.  Deborah  Clark;  had  Deborah, 

who  m.  Jasper  Spencer, 
iv.     Elizabeth,  b.  1769;  d.  Aug.  8,  1842;  single. 
62.         V.     Andrew,  b.  March  26,  1770. 


FIFTH  GENERATION. 

33.  Isaac ^,  son  of  {Isaac^,  John^ ,  Janies"^,  James^) 

and  Joanna    (Libby)    Myrick,   born  Dec.   16,    1772,    in 

Maine.     Married,  Nov.  9,  1797,  at  Unity,  Me.,  Elizabeth 

Mitchell;   she  born  Jan.  28,  1777.     Children,  all  born  at 

Unity,  Me.— 

Mary  K.,  b.  Sept.  12,  1798. 
Hanson,  b.  March  30,  1800. 
Joanna,  b.  March  6,  18u2. 
Theodore  M.,  b.  Sept.  1,  1804. 

David  M.,  b.  Aug.  10,  1806;  m. ;  had  a  son,  Hor 

ace  Myrick. 
Dennis  C,  b.  July  1,  1808. 
Amos  Spofford,  b.  Nov.  28,  1810. 
Salome,  b.  Jan.  19,  1«13. 
Hall  Clement,  b.  Feb.  18,  1814. 
AdamW.,  b.  Jan.  21,  1816. 
George  Washington,  b.  Aug.  22,  1818. 

34.  William^  ,  son  of  (Isaac'^ ,  John^ ,  Janies'^,  James^) 
and  Joanna  (Libby)   Myrick,   born  March  30,    1792,  at 


1. 

ii. 

iii. 

iv. 

V. 

63. 

vi. 

64. 

vii. 

viii. 

65. 

ix. 

66. 

X. 

67. 

.    xi. 

158  MERRICK    GENEALOGY. 

Buxton,  Me.  Married  Betsey,  daughter  of  Lazarus  and 
Loraney  Goud;  she  born  March  28,  17 — ,  at  Dresden, 
Me.;  died  at  Libertyville,  111.,  18 — .  William,  the 
father,  died  at  Thoraaston,  Me.  All  the  children  except 
Cordelia,  moved  to  Libertj^ville,  111.,  in  1862.  Children, 
all  born  in  Burnham  except  William.  (William  changed 
spelling  to  "Merrick")  — 

68.  i.     Elvira,   b.    June  19,    1813;  m.   Samuel  Watts,   at 

Burnham. 

69.  ii.     George  G.,  b.  June  16,  1814. 

70.  iii.     Hartley,  b.  Jan.  22,  1816. 

iv.  Gardner,  b.  Aug.  27,  1819 ;  m.  Oct.  22,  1840,  at  Thom- 
aston,  Me. ,  Susan  Bailey.  Gardner  was  a  farmer 
by  occupation ;  d.  Sept.  14,  1887,  at  Port  Town- 
send,  Wash.  They  had  no  children,  but  adopted 
a  son,  whom  they  named  Gardner  Myrick. 

71.  V.     Cordelia  T.,  b.  June  15,  1828;  m.  Nov.  5,  1846,  Ed- 

win Starrett,  at  Burnham,  Me. ;  was  living  at 
Port  Townsend,  Wash.,  April,  1901;  the  author 
is  indebted  to  Mrs.  Starrett  for  the  record  of  her 
father's  family  as  here  given. 

72.  vi.     Kindrick,  b.  Sept.  17,  1826. 

73.  vii.    William  C.,  b.  April  7,  1830. 

74.  viii.     Abigail  M.,  b.  July  30,  1832;  m   Dec.  25,  1865,  Dan- 

vill  D.  Andrews,  at  Freedom,  Me, 

35.  JoHN^,  son  of  iJohn'^,  John^ ,  James'^ ,  James^) 
and  Catherine  (Malbon)  Myrick,  born  1772,  at  Skowhe- 
gan,  Me.     Married  Sophia  Willard.     Children — 

75.  i.    Isaac  Newton,  b.  Nov .  8,  1806. 
ii.     Albert  S.,  b. ;  married. 

iii.     Samuel,  b. ;  married. 

iv.     Warren,  b. ;  man-ied. 

V.  William,  b. ;  married;  said  to  be  living  at  Pal- 
myra, N.  Y.,  Jan.,  1901. 

36.  Daniel^ ,  son  of  (John^ ,  John  ^ ,  James^,  James^) 
and  Catherine  (Malbon)  Myrick,  born  about  1775,  at 
Skowhegan,  Me.  (some  records  sayKittery).  Married, 
Jan.  5,  1797,  at  Blue  Hill,  Me.,  Lois  Osgood;  she  born 
June  23,  1780.  Daniel  was  a  resident  of  Newcastle,  Me., 
in  August,  1810;  was  a  selectman;  was  killed  by  a  fall- 
ing tree,  at  Blue  Hill,  about  the  year  1837.     Childi-en — 

i.     Daniel,  b.  June  27,  1797;  d.  June  5,  1842. 

76.  ii.     Clarissa,  b.  Dec.  2,  1798;  m.  John  P.  Blaisdell,  of 

Orland,  Me. 
iii.     Mehitable,  b.  Nov.  28,  1801;  d.  1825. 
iv.     ROXANNA,  b.  April  3,  1806;  d.  Nov.  19,  1865. 
V.     Lois  O.    b.  Dec.  30,  1810;  m.  Lemuel  S.  Silsby ;  d.  in 

Chicago,   1898. 
vi.     Mary  J.,  b.  July  17,  1824;  d.  Sept.  4,  1824. 


FIFTH    GENERATION.  159 

37.     William^,    sou   of    {Andrew'^,  John^,    Jmnes"^, 

James  ^ )  and My  rick .  Moved  from  Burnham ,  Me . ,  to 

Ohio  in  Jan.,  1816,  in  company  with  his  brother,  James; 
later  moved  to  Missouri.     He  married  and  had — 
77.         i.     Elias,  b. 


ii.  Henry,  b. . 

iii.  Jonathan,  b. . 

iv.  Abel,  b.  ;  m.  and  had  a  son,  Lucien,  who  was  in 

Lyndon,  Kan.,  in  1896. 

V.  Priscilla,  b.  . 

vi.  Melinda,  b.  . 

vii.  Maria,  b. . 

38.  James^,  son  of  (Andrew"^ ,  JoJin^ ,  Janies'^, 
dames'^)  and Myriek,  born  May  20,  1783,  at  Bir- 
mingham, Me.  Married,  in  1803,  Fannie  Dodge,  daugh- 
ter of  William.  James  Myriek  removed  to  Ohio  in  the 
year  1815,  and  settled  on  a  farm  two  miles  from  what 
is  now  Zalaski,  0.  He  was  a  cooper  by  trade,  and 
taught  the  same  trade  to  all  his  sons .  There  was  no  one 
in  all  that  section  more  respected  than  James  Myriek. 
His  sons  were  brought  up  in  the  strictest  morality  and 
integrity,  from  which  they  never  departed.  They  were 
all  highly  respected,  and  all  made  for  themselves  com- 
fortable homes  after  their  marriage.  James,  the  father, 
died  Sept.  11,  1842,  near  McArthur,  O.     Children— 

Mary,  b  July  4,  1804,  Birmingham,  Me. 
Freeman,  b.  Sept.  15,  1805,  Birmingham,  Me. 
LuciNDA,  b.  Dec.  23,  1807;  m.  John  Scott;  d.   1893. 
Sarah,  b  April  10,  1810;  m.  David  Rice;  d.  1838. 
Sultana,  b.    June  25,  1812;  m.  England;    had 

three  children ;  d.  1846. 
William  Simpson,  b.  Aug.  25,  1814. 
Caleb,  b.  Jan.  15,  1817,  in  Ohio;  m.  Phebe  Coe;  was 

killed  by  the  breaking  of  a  log  jam  at  his  mill  in 

Chillicothe,  la.  May  16.  1854;  left  three  children 

Emeline,  Thomas  and  Vinton.     Thomas  m;  d. 

in  Des  Moines,  la.,  leaving  four  sons.  Vinton  m ; 

is  supposed  to  be  living  in  Kansas,  1899. 
viii.     Melvina,  b.  Feb.  19,  1819,  in  Ohio;  m.  George  Fry, 

who  was  a  captain  in  an  Ohio  Regiment  in  the 

civil  war:  had  four  children. 
ix.     James   Libby,  b.   Jan.    3,  1822;    d.   Sept.  7,  1844,    at 

Burlington,  la.,  unmarried. 
81.  X.     Edward  W.,  b.  Aug.  4,  1825;  d.  Jan.  1899,  in  Eddy- 

ville,  la. 

39.  Joseph\  son  of  {Joseph'^,  Joseph^,  Joseph"^, 
James^)  and  Hannah  (Mardlin)  Merrick,  born  Aug.  14, 
1762  at  Charlestown,  Mass.     Married  May  19,  1791  at 


78. 

1. 

79. 

11 

111. 

IV. 

V. 

80. 

vi. 

vu. 

160  MERRICK    GENEALOGY. 

Charlestown,  Esther  Goodwin;  she  died  1835.  Joseph 
was  at  Bedford,  Mass.,  lame  in  1781,  and  died  of  fever 
March  27,  1800,  aged  37  years.     Children— 

i.  Joseph,  b. ,  at  Lynn,  Mass. 

ii.  Esther,  b. ;  m.  John  Chase,  Jr. 

iii.  Sarah,  b.  Dec.  4,  1791 ;  m.  Francis  Hay. 

iv.  Hannah,  b. . 

40.  Jonathan^,  son  of  (Jonathan'^,  Isaac^,  Isaac"^, 
James^)  and  Deborah  (Coffin)  Mj^rick,  born  1758,  at 
Nantucket,  Mass.  Married  Priscilla,  daughter  of  Francis 
and  Eunice  Brown;  she  born  Sept.  4,  1761;  died  Nov. 
19,  1831.     Jonathan  died  Nov.  30,  1838.     Children— 

i.  Priscilla,  b. ;  d.  Aug.,  1815;  single. 

ii.  Henry,  b. ;  d.  Jan.  25,  1841;  single. 

iii.  Lydia,  b.  ;  m.  Laban  Paddock. 

iv.  Nancy,  b. . 

V.  William,  b.  ;  m. Gifford,  at  Hudson,  N.  Y. 

vi.  Betsey,  b. ;  m.  - —  Gifford,  at  Hudson,  N.  Y. 

82.  vii.  Warren,  b. ;  m.  Sarah  Ellis,  at  Hudson,  N.  Y. 

viii.  Julia  Ann,  b. . 

41.  Peter^,  son  of  (Jonathan*,  Isaac^ ,  Isaac^ , 
James^)  and  Deborah  (Coffin)  Myrick,  born  July  10, 
1764,  at  Nantucket,  Mass.  Married  Merab,  daughter  of 
Peleg  and  Anna  Gardner;  she  born  April  14,  1761; 
died  May  19,  1841.  Peter  Myrick,  with  his  son,  Isaac, 
were  proprietors  of  one  of  the  two  rope-works  on  the 
Island,  which  was  kept  coustautlj'  at  work  turning  out 
rigging,  cables,  etc.,  for  the  great  whaling  fleet  which 
had  its  headquarters  in  Nantucket.  He  died  Sept.  9, 
1843.     His  children  were,  all  born  in  Nantucket — 

83.  i.     Isaac,  b.  Aug.  21,  1785. 

84.  ii.     Charles  G.,  b.  May  25,  1790. 

iii.  Lydia,  b.  Nov.  19,  1791 ;  m.  Alexander  Coffin,  son  of 
Samuel  and  Eunice  Coffin;  had  four  children; 
d  March  8,  187G. 

85.  iv.     Seth,  b.  April  4,  1798. 

42.  James  P. ^,  son  of  {Jonathan'^ ,  Tsaac^ ,  Isaac''", 
James^)  and  Deborah  (Coffin)  Myrick,  born  April  17, 
1775,  at  Nantucket,  Mass.  Married  Eunice,  daughter 
of  Benjamin  and  Elizabeth  Cartwright;  she  born  Jan. 
27,  1780;  died  Aug.  3,  1845.  James,  the  father,  died 
Dec.  10,  1863,  at  Cincinnati,  O.,  in  the  Home  for  the 
Aged.     Children — 


FIFTH    GENERATION.  161 

i.     Eliza  S.,  b.  Jan.  10,  1810;  m.  June  5,  1836,  John  C. 
Macey;  had  five  children;   d.  June  21,  1846,  at 
Cincinnati,  O. 
ii.     Sarah,  b.  July  26,  1801 ;  d.  single. 
ill.     John,  b.  ,  1808;  lost  at  sea;  single. 

43.  JoHN°,  son  of  (JoJin^,  Isaac^ ,  Isaac^ ,  James^) 
and  Ruth  (Bunker)  Myrick,  born  1760,  at  Nantucket, 
Mass.  Married,  July  15,  1786,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of 
Barnabas  and  Abigail  Gardner;  she  born  July  15,  1765; 
died  Jan.  15,  1853.    John  died  Januar}^  1790.  One  son — 

86.  i.     John,  b.  Feb.  22,  1789. 

44.  Susan  Sylvester^,  dau.  of  {Timothy^,  Isaac^, 
Isaac"^ ,  Janies^)  and  Susan  (Sylvester)  Myiuck,  born 
March  16,  1768,  at  Nantucket,  Mass.  Married,  Aug.  22, 
1790,  at  Seituate,  Mass.,  Lebbeus  Bailey;  he  born  Maj^ 
12,  1763,  at  Hanover,  Mass.;  died  Dec.  6,  1827,  at  North 
Yarmouth,  Mass.  Susan  S.  died  May  3,  1855,  at  Port- 
land, Me.     Children,  all  born  at  North  Yarmouth,  Mass. — 

i.     Lebbeus  (Bailey),  b.  June  23, 1791 ;  d.  Nov.  15,  1849, 

at  Portland,  Me. 
ii.     RuFUS  William  (Bailey),  b.  April  13,  1793;  d.  April 

25,  1863,  in  Texas. 
iii.     Mary  M.  (Bailey),  b.  Sept.  28,  1795;  d.  May  14,  1865, 

Portland,  Me. 
iv.     Elizabeth  Dawes  (Bailey),  b.  Nov.  6,  1797 ;  d.  March 

2,  1887,  Portland,  Me. 
V.     Henry  (Bailey),  b.  Nov.  7,  1799;  d.  March  12,  1867, 

Poi-tland,  Me. 
vi.     T.  Myrick  (Bailey),  b.  Feb.  12,  1802;  d.  Jan.  10, 1862, 

Texas. 

87.  vii.     Joseph  Stockbridge  (Bailey),  b.  April  6,  1804. 
viii.     Edward  (Bailey),  b.  Jan.  7,  1807;  d.  July  26,  1844, 

Texas. 


45.  Captain  George''',  son  of  (Andrew*,  Andrew^, 
Isaac^ ,  Janies^)  and  Elizabeth  (Coffin)  Myrick,  born 
Aug.  6,  1767,  at  Nantucket,  Mass.  Married,  May  25, 
1788,  Lydia,  daughter  of  Alexander  and  Elizabeth  Ray; 
she  born  July  17,  1768;  died  Aug.  20,  1842.  George, 
the  father,  died  March  20,  1844.  In  his  early  life  he  fol- 
lowed the  sea,  working  up  to  the  rank  of  captain;  was 
afterwards  a  successful  merchant  at  Nantucket;  repre- 
sented the  Island  in  the  Massachusetts  legislature.  From 
a  printed  obituary  we  quote  the  following:  "Hon. 
George  Myrick  died  in  the  77th  year  of  his  age.  He  was 
possessed  of  a  remarkably  vigorous  intellect,  and  great 


162  MERRICK    GENEALOGY. 

native  energy  of  character;  he  attained  an  elevated  and 
enviable  position  in  society;  he  was  universally  esteemed 
as  one  of  our  most  active,  useful  and  honorable  citizens. 
*  *  *  He  was  ever  ready  to  impart  to  the  necessitous 
and  the  industrious  all  the  aid  Providence  had  entrusted 
to  his  keeping.  His  uniform  courtesy  of  deportment  will 
long  be  remembered  by  all  with  whom  he  ever  held  inter- 
course. Countless  instances  of  his  effective,  though 
noiseless  kindness,  are  recorded  on  the  hearts  of  those 
who  have  been  encouraged  b.y  his  counsels,  or  succored 
from  the  ever-open  hand  of  his  beneficence.  He  entered 
'the  valley  of  the  shadow  of  death'  smiling  in  the  tri- 
umphal radiance  of  Christian  faith  and  hope."  He 
raised  a  large  famil}%  whom  he  assisted  financially,  and 
at  his  death  left  a  large  estate.  The  inventory  is  dated 
April  24,  1844,  and  shows  him  to  have  been  owner  of 
24  pieces  of  property,  appraised  at,  -         $6,681  00 

3  shares  stock  Commercial  Insurance  Office,  300  00 

12  shares  bank  stock,  in  three  banks. 
Furniture,         .  .  .  - 

Clothing,     ----- 
19  sheep,  ..... 

Accounts  and  bills  receivable, 

$10,539  54 
In  the  above  enumeration  was  1  clock,  $25.00;  1  silver 
porringer,   $21,00;    1  silver  milk  pot,  $10.75;    other  sil- 
ver,   china,    blue    plates,    1    Bible,    and   coat-of-arms. 
Children — 

88.  i.  George,  b.  March  8,  1790. 

ii.  Elizabeth,  b.  Nov.  1,  1791;  d.  Feb.  1,  1815;  single. 

79.        iii.  Reuben  G.,  b.  May  24,  1794. 

90.  iv.  Charles  Coffin,  b.  Feb.  27.  1797. 

V.     Mary,  b.  Sept,  5,  1798;  m.  Jonathan  Biu-well. 
vi.     Alexander  Coffin,  b.  Nov,    13,  1799;  m.  Lydia  G. 
Mitchell;  d.  Jan.  9,  1825.     Lydia,  the  widow,  m. 
William  C.  Starbiick,  and  died  June  1,  184G. 

vii.     Nancy,  b.  ;  d.  in  infancy. 

\'iii.     Roland,  b. ;  d.  in  infancy. 

ix.     William,  b.  ;  d.  in  infancy. 

91.  X.     William  Coffin,  b.  March  26,  1807. 
93.        xi.     David  Ray,  b.  Feb.  23,  1810. 

93.       xii.     Lydia  B.,  b.  Feb.  9,  1811 ;  m.  William  Jenks;  d.  Feb. 
4,   1897. 

46.  Peter  Coffin  %  son  of  {Andrew'^,  Andrew^, 
Isaac"",  James^)  and  Elizabeth  (Coffin)  Myrick,  born 
Nov.  20,  1776,  at  Nantucket,  Mass.     Married  Elizabeth, 


1,070 

00 

501 

00 

100 

00 

47 

50 

1,840  04 

FIFTH    GENERATION.  163 

daughter  of  William  and  Hepsibeth  Burnell ;  she  boru 
June  8,  1776;  died  Mav  12,  1854.  Peter  C,  the  father, 
died  April  24,  1844.     Children— 

i.     Eunice  B.,  b.  Oct.  16,  1798;  m.  William  B.  Hussey, 

son  of  Paul;  d.  Oct.  2,  1877. 
ii.     Eliza  G.,  b.  March  23,  1803;  m.  Asa  Wood,  of  New 

Bedford;  d.  April  26,  1862. 
iii.     Edward  C,    b.  Aug.  16,   1807;  d.   at  sea   in  1828; 

single, 
iv.     Frederick  W.,  b.  Feb,   9,  1814;  m.   Mary  Cook,   of 

Newburyport,  Mass.;  he  was  a  seaman,  and  was 

last  heard  of  at  San  Francisco,  Gal. ,  in  1854. 
V.     Charles  B.,  b.  Feb.    1812;   d.  at  sea  April  9,  1834; 

single. 

47.  David^  son  of  iAndreiv'^ ,  Andrew^,  Isaac"^ , 
J(imes^)  and  Elizabeth  (Coffin)  Myrick,  born  Dec.  6, 
1777,  at  Nantucket,  Mass.  Married,  May  10,  1804 
Margaret,  daughter  of  Nathaniel  and  Eunice  Barrett; 
she  born  April  21,  1780;  died  Aug.  5,  1851,  in  Cayuga 
county,  N.  Y.  David,  the  father,  was  a  seaman,  and 
was  lost  at  sea  in  1818.     Children — 

94.  i.     Frederick,  b.  April  27, 1808,  at  Nantucket;  m.  Jan. 

3,  1833,  Mary  Folger. 
ii.     Harriet,  b.  Aug.  4,  1815;  m.  Obed,  son  of  Uriah  and 
Judith  Swain;  d.  May  10,  1857. 

48.  Mathew^  son  of  {Joseph'^,  Andrew^,  Isaac"^ , 
James^)  and  Abigail  (Hussey)  Myrick,  born  March  25, 
1774,  at  Nantucket,  Mass.  Married  Nabby  (Anna? 
Abigail?)  daughter  of  Gilbert  and  Anna  Folger;  she 
born  March  22,  1774;  died  Sept.  6,  1855.  Mathew  died 
Feb.  16,  1857.     Childi-en— 

i.     Alexander,  b.   Feb.  17,  1798;  d.  Dec.  27,   1879,  at 

New  Bedford,  Mass. ;  single, 
ii.     Mary  Ann,  b.  Oct.  29,  1806;   m.   Frederick,  son  of 

Peter  and  Elizabeth  Chase :  d.  Oct,  9,  1880. 
iii.     Sarah,  b.  Aug.   7,   1809;  m.    Jonas  Garfield;  d.   at 

Wayland,  Mass.,  Feb.  10,  1880. 


49.  Benjamin^  ,  son  of  (Benjamin'^ ,  Andrew^ ,  Isaac"^ , 
James^)  and.  Mary  (Peckham)  Myrick,  born  Sept.  6,  1770, 
at  Nantucket,  Mass.  Married,  in  Connecticut,  Esther 
Powers;  she  born  March  20,  1807;  died  March  15,  1824. 
Benjamin  died  Nov.  10,  1852.  They  lived  in  Portland, 
Conn.  Children — 
95.  i.     Alfred,  b.  Feb.  14,  1796. 


164  MERRICK    GENEALOGY. 

50.  Thomas'',  son  of  {Benjamin'^,  Andreiv^,  Isaac"^ , 
James^)  and  Deborah  (Peckliam)  My  rick,  born  March 
25,  1777,  at  Nantucket,  Mass.  Married  Phoebe,  daugh- 
ter of  Joseph  and  Abigail  Foy,  and  widow  of  Reuben 
Wikox;  she  born  Nov.  21,  1771;  died  July  15,  1815. 
The  family  moved  to  Ohio  in  1811,  and  lived  at  Clare- 
mont.     Thomas  died  March  12,  1845.     Children — 

i.     Susan,  b.    Jan.    13,  1796;  m.   Jesse   Justis,  in   Ken- 
tucky, 
ii.     Reuben,  b.  Oct.  3,  1803. 
iii.     Phoebe,  b.  March  23,  1806. 
iv.     Thomas,  b.  April  13,  1808. 

51.  Obed^,  son  of  (William'^,  Andrew^,  Isaac"^ , 
James^)  and  Sarah  (Ramsdell)  Myrick,  born  Nov.  6, 
1771,  at  Nantucket,  Mass.  Married,  1798,  at  Freetown, 
Mass.,  Phebe,  daughter  of  Gideon  Haskins;  she  born 
Sept.  1777.  Obed  was  a  carpenter  by  trade,  but  by  oc- 
cupation a  farmer.  He  had  five  children — three  sons 
and  two  daughters;  the  names  of  the  sons  only  are 
known  to  the  compilei" — 

96  i.     Calvin,  b.  March  1799,  Taunton,  Mass. 

ii.     Stephen,  b.  May  1802,  Taunton;  d.  Oct.  11,  1841. 
97.        iii.     Obed,  b.  March  2,  1807,  Myricks,  Mass. 

52.  Captain  Charles^,  son  of  (WWiam'^,  Andrew^, 
Isaac''-',  James^)  and  Sarah  (Ramsdell)  Mj^rick,  born 
April  11,  1789,  at  Nantucket,  Mass.  Married,  at  New 
York  City,  Harriet  Wiederhold  (or  Wiedenholdt),  from 
St.  Petersburg,  Russia.  Charles  was  a  sea  captain,  and 
was  lost  at  sea  about  1829.     Childi*en — 

i.     Charles  W.,  b.  ;died   Aug.   31,    1839,    at  New 

Bedford ;  single ;  he  was  a  sailor  by  occupation. 
98         ii.    Henry  Lewis,  b.  Dec.  6,  1826. 

53.  Timothy'',  son  of  (Jacob^,  Timothy '\  Timothy^, 
James^)  and  Judith  (Barker)  Merrick,  born  Oct.  23, 
1780,  at  New  Hampton,  N.H.  Married,  Jan.  1811,  Ju- 
dith Wells.     Children— 

99.  i.     AsaB.,  b.  Nov.  1811. 

ii.     Joshua  W.,  b.  Sept.    9,    1813;  m.  Sept.    1842,  Sally 
Angier;  no  issue;  d.  Jan.  23,1896,  at  New  Hamp- 
ton, N.  H.,  where  his  widow  was  Uving  in  1898. 
iii.     Mary,  b.  June  6,  1815;  m.  John  L.  Gilman,  of  Som- 
ersworth,  N.  H. 
100.        iv.     William  Wells,  b.  Aug.  23,  1817. 

V.     Nancy,  b.  Dec.  31,  1819;    m.  Benjamin  Wentworth, 

of  Soniersworth,  N.  H. 
vi.     Sarah,  b.  Nov.  26,  1821. 


FIFTH    GENERATION.  165 

54.  Judith^,  dau.  of  {Joseph'^ ,  Timothij^,  Timothy"^, 
James^)  and  Judith  (Little)  Merrick,  born  June  25,  1771 
at  Newbur}^  Mass.  Married,  Oct.  27,  178G,  Rnfus,  son 
of  Reuben  and  Mehitable  (Putnam)  Harriman,of  Hamp- 
stead,  N.  H.     Childi-en — 

i.  John  (Harriman),  b.  Feb.  16,  1788. 

ii.  Maey  (Harriman),  b.  July  23,  1790. 

iii.  Abner  (Harriman),  b.  Aug.  8,  1795. 

iv.  Reuben    (Harriman),    b.    Jan.  1,  1799;  m.  Abigail 

Davis,  Jan.  20,  1823. 

V.  Joseph  (Harriman),  b.  April  2,  1802. 

vi.  Nicholas  (Harriman),  b.  Oct.  9,  1803. 

vii.  Noah  (Harriman),  b.  Sept.  6,  1805. 

viii.  Sarah  (Harriman),  b.  Dec.  31,  1807. 

ix.  Eunice  (Harriman),  b.  May  15,  1810. 

X.  RUFUS  P.  (Harriman),  b.  May  6,   1812. 

xi.  Dudley  (Harriman),  b.  Sept.  13,  1813. 


55.  Joseph^,  son  of  {Joseph^,  Timothtj^,  Timothy^, 
James^)  and  Judith  (Little)  Merrick,  born  June  22,1772, 
at  Hampstead,  N.  H.  Married,  April  11,  1797,  atHamp- 
stead,  Sarah,  daughter  of  Laban  Harriman;  she  born 
July  17,  1781,  at  Chester,  N.  H.;  died  March  2,  1870,  at 
Adrian,  Mich.  She  was  descended  from  one  of  two 
brothers,  John  and  Leonard  Harriman,  sons  of  Leonard 
Harriman,  of  Yorkshire,  Eng.,  who  came  to  this  country 
about  the  year  1640,  settling  at  Haverhill,  Mass.  Joseph 
Harriman,  a  grandson  of  the  immigrant,  married  Lydia 
Eaton;  their  son,  Reuben,  born  Nov.  5,  1725,  at  Haver- 
hill, Mass.,  married  Mehitable  Putnam;  she  was  a  niece 
of  Gen.  Israel  Putnam,  of  Revolutionary  fame;  Reuben 
and  Mehitable  (Putnam)  Harriman,  with  their  negro 
servant,  are  buried  at  Hampstead,  N.  H.;  he  saw  ser- 
vice of  some  kind  during  the  Revolutionary  war,  and  his 
grave  is  decorated  each  Memorial  Day  by  members  of 
the  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic,  who  fought  in  the  war 
of  the  rebellion.  There  is  on  file  in  the  War  Department 
a  receipt  (partially  torn)  showing  that  Lieut.  Moses  Lit- 
tle, of  Captain  Page's  company.  Col.  Gale's  regiment, 
New  Hampshire  militia,  received  $100  for  Reuben 
Harrim — (receipt  torn),  and  another  soldier  who  were 
enlisted  in  the  company  to  go  "on  an  expedition  to  the 
state  of  Rhode  Island."  This  is  all  that  is  known  of  his 
service.  He  married  Mehitable  Putnam  at  Hampstead, 
Nov.  7,  1744;  then-  son,  Laban  Harriman,  born  July 
20,  1747,  married,  and  had  Sarah,  born  July  17, 1781,  at 
Chester,  N.  H.,  and   she    married,  April    11,  1799,  at 


166  MERRICK    GENEALOGY. 

Hampstead,  N.  H.,  Joseph  Merrick.  He  was  a  shipwright 
by  trade  and  worked  some  time  in  the  United  States  Navy- 
Yard  at  Charlestown ,  Mass . ;  afterward  worked  in  the 
shipyard  at  Newburyport,  in  which  he  had  an  interest. 
In  1816  he  left  Salisbury,  Mass.,  with  a  two-horse  team 
and  sleigh,  with  his  wife  and  eight  children,  the  oldest  a 
gii'l  of  eighteen,  the  youngest  a  baby  under  three  years 
of  age,  on  his  way  to  York  State.  He  traveled  as  far  as 
Brutus,  N.  Y.,  which  place  he  reached  in  March,  1816. 
It  so  happened  that  an  old  and  abandoned  log  house 
stood  by  the  roadside,  of  which  he  took  possession,  and 
in  which  he  remained  for  several  days,  until  he  could  se- 
cure more  comfortable  quarters.  Liking  the  country  and 
its  prospects  he  bought  a  large  farm  and  began  garden- 
ing on  a  large  scale  with  the  help  of  his  six  boys  between 
the  ages  of  eight  and  sixteen  years.  He  marketed  his 
garden-stuff  in  Syracuse,  twelve  miles  away,  rising  be- 
fore daylight  every  morning  of  the  week,  except  Sunday, 
and  driving  with  a  two-horse  load  to  the  city.  The  work 
of  the  day  was  all  laid  out  the  night  before,  and  the  boys 
were  requh-ed  to  accomplish  all  that  was  laid  out.  He 
lived  in  Brutus  until  1834,  when  he  sold  out  and  moved 
to  Michigan,  settling  in  Adrian.  He  bought  eighty  acres 
of  land  there,  all  of  which  is  now  in  the  city  limits,  lying 
west  of  Main  street,  and  south  of  Merrick  street,  which 
was  named  for  him.  In  Adrian  he  followed  the  same 
business  which  had  engaged  him  in  Brutus,  the  raising 
of  vegetables  for  the  village  market.  He  was  a  powerful 
man,  over  six  feet  in  height,  and  straight  as  an  Indian. 
He  wore  an  eight  and  a  quarter  size  hat.  He  always 
went  to  bed  at  dark  and  rose  before  daylight.  He  was  a 
brave  man,  fearing  only  his  God.  He  avoided  a  Ciuarrel, 
but  never  turned  his  back  to  any  man — a  trait  which  he 
transmitted  to  his  sons,  who  were  all  brave  men,  and 
cool  in  the  face  of  danger.  He  died  in  Adrian,  Jan.  9, 
1854.  His  wife,  Sarah,  died  March  2,  1870,  in  Adrian, 
where  both  are  buried.     Childi-en — 

Eliza,  b.  April  23.  1798,  Hampstead,  N   H. 

RUFUS,  b.  April  15,  1800,  Corinth,  Vt. 

Laban  Harriman,  b.  Feb.  23,  1802,  Corinth,  Vt. 

Joseph,  b.  June  2,  1804,  Newbury,  Mass. 

Silas,  b.  Aug.  16,  1800,  Salisbury,  Mass. 

George  Washington,  b.  July  22,   1808,  Salisbury, 

Mass. 
Sarah,  b.  Sept.  14,  1810,  Salisbury,  Mass. 
Abigail,  b.  May  25,  1813,  Salisbury,  Mass. 
Mary  L.,  b.  Sept.  8,  1818.  Brutus,  N.  Y. :  d.  at  age 

of  20  years,  unmarried . 


101. 

103. 

ii. 

103. 

iii. 

104. 

iv. 

105. 

V. 

106. 

vi. 

107. 

vii. 

108. 

viii. 

ix. 

FIFTH    GENERATION.  167 

109.       X.     Judith  Little,  b.  Nov.  26,  1820,  Brutus,  N.  Y. 

xi.  Byron  Lafayette,  b.  Aug.  22,  1824,  Brutus,  N.  Y. ; 
married  at  Brutus,  N.  Y. ;  his  wife  died  within 
six  months  after  their  marriage,  and  within  an- 
other six  months  Byron  also  died.  His  death 
took  place  Aug.  5,  1848,  at  Adrian,  Mich.  No 
cliildren. 

There  is  a  depth  of  pathos  on  the  tone  of  the  follow- 
ing letters,  written  by  Joseph  Merrick,  and  his  wife, 
Sarah  (Harriman)  Merrick,  from  Adrian,  Mich.,  to  their 
brother-in-law,  Edward  Noyes,  and  his  wife,  with  whom 
their  mother  had  been  left  when  they  moved  to  Mich- 
igan. We  of  the  twentieth  century  cannot  imagine  the 
distance  which  lay  between  the  new  home  in  Michi- 
gan and  the  old  home  in  New  Hampshire  sixty  years 
ago.  China  is  nearer  to  ns  to-day  than  New  Hamp- 
shire was  to  Michigan  when  those  old  letters  were 
written.  They  are  dated  Feb.,  20,  1841,  and  addressed 
to  Edward  and  Sarah  Noyes,  Hampstead,  Rockingham 
County,  N.  H.  The  postage  was  twenty-five  cents, 
and  the  letter  was  sent  collect.     Joseph's  letter  is  first; 

Dear  Brother  and  Sister.  After  a  long  abscence  from  you  and 
a  long  time  sence  we  have  heard  from  you  or  any  of  our  friends 
in  your  country  we  have  wrote  a  number  of  letters  to  go  to  your 
country  and  have  not  received  any  return  we  cannot  think  what 
is  the  cauze  without  you  are  all  gon  or  forgotten  us  I  feel 
auctions  to  hear  from  our  friends.  I  have  undertaken  Once 
more  to  see  if  we  cannot  get  one  from  you  we  have  of  Late 
received  a  letter  from  a  Daughter  we  have  in  New  York  stating 
that  it  was  not  long  since  one  of  Brother  Grimes  sons  that  came 
from  your  country  She  got  some  information  from  him  he 
sayeth  that  my  Mother  was  liveing  when  he  left'and  was  Liveing 
with  you  that  was  glorious  noose  to  me  I  have  had  a  grate  many 
serious  thoughts  concerning  my  Mothers  situation  since  I  left 
there  I  never  have  heard  how  that  Property  of  Mothers  was  dis- 
posed of  whether  she  has  got  anything  of  her  own  or  not  let  tha.t 
Be  as  it  may,  I  Expect  your  good  feelings  and  Sallys  do  every 
thing  for  her  cumfort  that  you  can  if  there  is  not  anything  left 
of  her  property  for  her  support  let  me  know  and  I  will  assist  in 
her  support  do  let  her  have  everything  that  is  nesary  for  her 
cumfort.  My  Dear  Mother  I  do  long  to  see  you  once  more 
this  side  of  the  grave  I  do  not  know  as  I  shell  ever  injoy  that 
Blesssing  I  have  talked  a  number  of  years  of  cumming  there 
their  seems  to  be  something  in  the  way.  I  talk  of  trying  this 
summer  it  is  uncertain,  but  I  shall  try  my  best  we  are  now  in 
Michigan  in  the  Village  of  Adrian  and  five  children  in  the  same 
place  and  doing  well  one  at  niles  in  the  same  State  one  in  pen- 
syvana  two  in  New  York  and  all  a  doing  well 

we  lost  a  daughter  about  two  years  ago  a  grate  loss  to  us  she 
was  about  20  j^ears  of  age  How  I  wish  you  to  imform  me  how 
that  property  of  the  old  place  was  Disposed  of  and  the  one  that 
owns  it  now  now  I  wish  you  would  let  me  know  where  all  my 


168  MERRICK    GENEALOGY. 

Brothers  and  Sisters  are  and  how  they  git  along  in  this  world  in 
every  respect  as  nigh  as  you  can  I  am  very  anctious  to  hear, 
and  tell  them  they  must  write  to  me  with  out  fail  tell  them  I 
haveuot  forgoten  them  if  they  have  me  do  not  fail  writing  as 
soon  as  you  recive  this 

I  wish  you  all  the  Blessings  that  this  world  affords  and  all  the 
famlej'  of  ours  thrue  life  and  Everlasting  haj^iness  in  the  world 
to  come 
Adrian  February  20  1841 

From  your  Brother  and  friend  Joseph  Merrick. 
when  you  write  say  Adrian  Lenawee  County  Michigan 
we  live  in  a  fine  plesant  Cuntry  and  a  good    sile  our  helth  are 
good  at  prisent 

At  the  same  date  the  mother  writes: 

Beloved  Brother  and  Sister: 

It  is  with  the  greatest  pleasiu'e  I  take  mj^  pen  in  hand  to 
write  you  a  few  lines,  wishing  once  more  to  hear  from  you,  al- 
though we  are  seperated  at  so  great  a  distance  from  each  other, 
a  distance  of  one  thousand  miles,  and  thougli  the  waters  of  Lake 
Erie  rool  between  us,  my  mind  is  often  with  you,  I  often  think 
of  the  many  pleasant  visits  we  have  had  together  in  yearse  that 
are  past,  but  now  we  are  deprived  of  the  privilege,  but  we  have 
the  i^rivilege  of  communicating  our  thoughts  to  each  other  by 
writing,  which  I  esteem  a  great  blessing.  I  never  expect  to  see 
you  again  in  this  world,  nor  any  of  our  friends  in  that  place,  but 
I  hope  to  meet  yovi  on  fair  Canaans  happy  shore  where  we  shall 
meet  to  part  no  more.  I  have  had  great  afflictions  to  pass 
throtigh  since  we  came  to  this  western  country,  we  have  lost  two 
children  Eliza  and  Mary,  which  was  a  great  loss  to  us,  but  God 
was  my  support  in  that  trying  hour,  I  trust  He  will  ever  be  my 
guide  and  protector,  through  this  vale  of  tears.  I  wrote  a  letter 
to  Brother  Caleb  two  years  ago  this  winter,  but  we  have  not  had 
no  answer,  I  did  think  that  if  Bro.  Caleb  or  his  wife  were  Uving 
one  or  both  of  them  would  have  written  to  us,  but  alas  we  are 
out  of  sight  and  out  of  mind,  it  seems  as  though  we  were  entirely 
forgotten  by  our  friends  in  that  place.  Now  Brother  Noyes  I 
wish  you  would  write  us,  and  Brother  Caleb  and  any  of  our 
friends  who  feel  disi:)osed  to,  a  letter  from  you  would  be  joyfully 
received,    we  want   to   hear  all  the  (  ),  and   how  all  the 

Brothers  and  Sisters  get  along  in  the  world.  I  want  to  see  you 
all  very  mucli  especially  Mother  Merrick,  I  hope  she  has  kind 
attension  and  everything  for  her  comfort,  it  will  be  but  a  short 
time  before  we  shall  want  the  same  kind  care  paid  to  us,  yes 
very  soon,  I  feel  as  tliougli  the  day  was  not  far  distant.  We 
have  everything  to  make  us  comfortable  and  happy,  except  fruit, 
and  that  is  getting  quite  plenty.  Do  write  to  us  on  the  recep- 
tion of  this,  without  fail.  We  have  three  cliildren  that  are  not 
married  the  two  youngest  Judith  and  Byron  and  Joseph  Boards 
with  us.     My  love  and  best  re.spects  to  you  all. 

From  your  ever  affectionate  sister, 
Sarah  Merrick. 
Edward  and  Sarah  Noyes. 

56.     Temperance'^,    dau.    of     {Joseph"^,     Timothy^, 
Timothir,  James^)    and  Judith  (Little)  Merrick,   born 


I 


FIFTH    GENERATION.  169 

Sept.  8,  1775,  at  Hampstead,  N.  H.  Married,  July  11, 
1799,  at  Corinth,  Vt.,  James,  son  of  Nathaniel  and 
Sarah  (Little)  Noyes.     Children — 

i.    Joseph  (Noyes),  b. . 

ii.     Henry  (Noyes),  b. . 

iii.     Maty  (Noyes),  b. 


iv.    RuFUS  Merrick  (Noyes),  b. 

57.  HANNAH^  dan.  of  (Joseph^,  Timothy^,  Timothy'^, 
James^)  and  Judith  (Little)  Merrick,  born  May  17,  1780, 
at  Hampstead,  N.  H.  Married,  March,  1799,  at  Hamp- 
stead, John  Grimes,  son  of  William;  born  March  31, 
1777,  at  Auburn,  N.  H.;  died  May  11,  1837.  Hannah, 
the  mother,  died  Oct.  10,  1865.  The  records  of  the 
General  Court  of  Massachusetts  show  that  of  the  chil- 
dren of  John  Grimes  and  Hannah  Merrick,  Thomas  F., 
Nathaniel  M.,  Charles  G.,  and  Rufus  K.,  had  their 
names  changed  to  "Graham"  by  act  of  legislature, 
March  23,  1840;  and  on  March  17,  1841,  James  W.  and 
Arrah  Grimes  also  had  their  names  changed  to  Graham. 
Children  of  John  and  Hannah  (Merrick)  Graham,  all 
born  in  Hampstead — 

Judith  (Graham),  b.  June  6,  1800. 

Arrah  (Graham),  b.  Aug.  28,  1801;  m.  John  San- 
born; they  had  no  children,  but  adopted  John 
Colby,  who  inherited  the  Sanborn  farm ;  Arrah 
d.  May  28, . 

James  Warren  (Graham),  b.  June  10,  1805. 

John  (Graham),  b.  Dec.  13,  1810. 

Thomas  Fernald  (Graham),  b.  June  4,  1813. 

Charles  Goss  (Graham),  b.  Sept.  1,  1814. 

Nathaniel  Myrick  (Graham),  b.  April  8,  1817. 

Rufus  Kittridge  (Graham),  b.  Aug.  29,  1819. 

58.  Abner  Little^,  son  of  {Joseph'*',  Timothy^, 
Timothy"-,  James'^)  and  Judith  (Little)  Merrick,  born 
June  22,  1782,  at  Hampstead,  N.  H.  Married,  1st,  Bet 
sey  Steele,  of  Atkinson,  N.  H.;  2nd,  Aug.  22,  1806,  at 
Hampstead,  Martha  Corliss,  daughter  of  Joshua  and 
Widow  Molly  (Wells-Colby)  Corliss.  He  died  April  27, 
1845,  at  Hampstead.     Children — 

117.  i.     Abner,  b.  Dec.  14,  1803. 

118.  ii.     Jonathan  Little,  b.  Oct.  10,  1807. 

iii.     Nancy  Pillsbury,  b.  Aug.  6,  1809;  never  married, 
iv.     Susan,  b.  1811 ;  d.  aged  6  months. 

119.  V.     Susan  Shannon,  b.  Sept.  26,  1814;  m.  Tappan  Car- 

ter; d.  March  29,  1877. 
130.        vi.    Stephen  Little,  b.  May  6,  1818. 


110. 

1. 

ii. 

111. 

iii. 

112. 

iv. 

113. 

V. 

114. 

vi. 

115. 

vii. 

116. 

viii. 

170  MERRICK    GENEALOGY. 

121.       vii,    Joshua  Corliss,  b.  April  28,  1821. 

123.      viii.     Julia  Adaline,  b.  Aug.  21,    1824;  m.  Allen  Martin. 

59.  Sarah ^,  dau.  of  {Joseph"^ ,  Timothy^,  Timothy"^, 
James^)  and  Judith  (Little)  Merrick,  born  July  3,  1784, 
at  Hampstead,  N.  H.  Married,  May  19,  1803,  at  Hamp- 
stead,  Edward,  son  of  Joseph  and  Mary  (Flint)  Noyes, 
of  Hampstead.     Children — 

i.     Mary  Darling  (Noyes),  b.  Dec.  12,  1803;  m.  Moses 

Greenougli,  of  Atkinson,  N.  H. 
ii.     Joseph  (Noyes),  b.  Dec.  3,  1805;  d.  1887;  unmarried, 
iii.     James  (Noyes),  b.  March  26,   1808;  m.  Sally  Stick- 

ney;  d.  1863;  she  d.  1896. 
iv.     Sarah   Ann  (Noyes),    b.    Aug.    19,    1810;    m.    John 

Clark. 

V.     Susan  (Noyes),  b.  ;  d.  in  infancy. 

vi.     Edward  Rand  (Noyes),    b.  Nov.   5,  1813;  m.  Elvira 

Peabody  Noyes,  of  Atkinson. 
123.       vii.     Joshua  Flint  (Noyes),  b.  Jan.  23,  1818. 

viii.     Eunice  (Noyes),  b.  Feb.  29,  1819;  m.  Giles  Sargent, 

of  Amesbury. 
ix.     Eliza  (Noyes),  b.  Sept.  26,  1823;  d.  Oct.  8,  1895;  un- 
married. 
X.     George  Washington  (Noyes),  b.   Nov.  11,  1825;  m. 

Sabrina  D.  Corson,  of  East  Lebanon,  Maine. 

60.  Nathaniel^,  son  of  (Joseph''',  Timothy^,  Timo- 
thy^,  Janies^)  and  Judith  (Little)  Merrick,  born  Dec.  26, 
1786,  at  Hampstead,  N.  H.  Married,  Nov.  10,  1814,  at 
Hampstead,  Sarah  Corliss;  she  was  living,  1897,  at  New- 
ton, N.  H.     Children,  born  in  Hampstead — 

i.     Judah,  b.  . 


ii.     Belinda,  b.  . 

124.        iii.     Francis  G.,b.  April  27,  1835. 

61.  Ann^,  dau.  of  {Joseph*,  Timothy^,  Timothy'^, 
James^ )  and  Judith  (Little)  Merrick,  born  Aug.  28,  1791, 
at  Hampstead,  N.  H.  Married  Paul  Gardner,  of  Hamp- 
stead. They  lived  in  Hampstead  and  Haverhill.  Chil- 
dren— 

i.     Anna  (Gardner),  b.  ;  unmarried. 

ii.     Abby  ((xardner),  b. ;  m.  Charles  Chase,  of  Haver- 
hill, where  they  are  now  living. 

iii.     Louise  (Gardner),  b.  ;  m. Durgin. 

iv.     Lydia  (Gardner),  b.  ;  m.  Moses  Noyes;  six  chil- 
dren. 

V.    Joshua  (Gardner),  b. . 

vi.     Albert  (Gardner),  b.  . 

vii.     Frank  (Gardner), . 

viii.     George    (Gardner),  b.  ;  d.  at  age  of  20  years. 


SIXTH    GENERATION.  171 

62.  Andrew^,  son  of  Andrew  aud  Hannah  (Myrick) 
Myriek,  born  March  26,  1770.  Married  Abbie,  daugh- 
ter of  Thomas  and  Hepsibeth  Clark;  she  born  Jan.  28, 
1771;   died  Nov.  24,  1826.     Children— 

i.     Eliza,  b.  May  30, 1790;  m.  1st,  Thomas  Barnard ;  2nd, 

John  Macey,  Aug.  7,  1808. 
ii.     LuCRETiA,  b.  March  19,   179-1;  m.  Alexander  C.  Hus- 

sey. 
iii.     Hepsibeth,  b.  Nov.  23,  1800;  m.  Levi  Webster. 

—  WiLLL\M  MiRiCK\  son  of  (parentage  not  traced). 
Was  a  descendant  in  the  fifth  generation  of  James  of 
Newbury,  and  was  a  great-grandson  of  James '^,  of  New- 
bury. He  was  born  in  Newbury  about  1745.  Married 
Elizabeth  Bailey,  of  Newbu^ry.  Settled  in  Boscowen, 
N.  H.  Moved  to  Henniker,  N.  H.  during  the  Revolu- 
tionary War.  He  died  Oct.  7,  1821,  and  Elizabeth,  his 
wife,  died  March  9,  1813.  Children,  all  born  in  Bos- 
cowen except  the  youngest — 

i.  IsuAEL,  b.  1769;  d.  young,  f rona  an  accident, 

ii.  Isaac,  b.  1771 ;  killed  by  a  falling  tree,  about  1790. 

125.        iii.  Moses  J.,  b.  Nov.  4,  1773. 

iv.  Polly,  b.  1775;  m.  WilUam  Bowman. 


SIXTH  GENERATION. 

63.  Dennis  C®,  son  of  (Isaac^ ,  Isaac^ ,  John^, 
James-,  James^)  and  Elizabeth  (Mitchell)  Myrick,  born 
July  1,  1808,  at  Unity,  Me.     Married  and  had— 

i.  Andrew,  b. ;  living  at  Unity,  Me.,  1899. 

ii.  George,  b.  ;  at  Unity,  Me.,  if  living. 

iii.  Freeman,  b. ;  at  Unity,  Me.,  if  living. 

iv.  A  Daughter,  b. . 


64.  Amos  Spofford^,  son  of  (Isaac^ ,  Isaac'^ ,  JoJm^, 
James",  James^)  and  Elizabeth  (Mitchell)  Myrick,  born 
Nov.  28,  1810,  at  Unity,  Me.  Married,  1st,  Nov.  28, 
1838,  at  Bangor,  Me.,  Sarah  C.  Moody,  daughter  of  John 
and  Nancy  (Hopkins)  Moody;  she  born  June  2,  1815,  at 
Jefferson,  Me.;  died  May' 27,  1857,  at  Chicago,  111. 
Amos  married,  2nd,  Feb.  1,  1860,  at  Zumbrota,  Minn., 
Abigail  Moody,  sister  of  his  first  wife;  she  is  living, 
Feb.  1901,  at  Minneapolis,  Minn.,  but  in  poor  health. 
Amos  was  a  mechanic,  machinist,  carpenter,  and  in- 
ventor;  during  the  last  thirty  years  of  his  life  was  a 

12-M 


172  MERRICK     GENEALOGY. 

farmer;  died  Jan.  2,  1893,  at  Minneapolis.  Six  of  his 
children  were  born  at  Lowell,  Mass.;  the  last  two  were 
born  at  Zurnbrota,  Minn.     Children  — 

i.     Edwin  Ruthven,  b.  Nov.  3,  1840 ;  d.  Aug.  8,  1844. 

126.  ii.     Francis  Byram,  b.  May  10,  1843. 

iii.     AL.ONZO  Alios,  b.  June  23,  1845;  d,  June  27,  1845. 
iv.     Herbert   Gr.\nville,   b.   Aug.  9,  1846;  d.   Feb.  7, 
1848. 

127.  V.    Edwin  Eugene,  b.  Dec.  11,  1848. 

vi.  Ella  Grace,  b.  March  16,  1855;  m.  Nov.  28,  1878, 
William  J.  Newton,  at  Zurnbrota,  Minn.,  son  of 
Phineas  B.  and  Mary  J.  Newton;  he  is  in  the 
United  States  postal  service,  as  mail  carrier  in 
the  city  of  Minneapolis;  was  first  appointed 
1875. 

128.  vii.     Melvin  M.,  b.  Oct.  16,  1860. 

viii.    Minnie  Etta,  b.  Jan.  12,  1864;  d.  Aug.  30,  1865. 

65.  Hall  Clement^,  son  of  (Isaac^,  Isaac^,  John^, 
James'^ ,  James^)  and  Elizabeth  (Mitchell)  Myrick,  born 
Feb.  18,  1814,  at  Unity,  Me.  Married,  Jan.  4,  1843, 
Hannah  R.,  daughter  of  James  and  Ann  (Rowe)  Work; 
she  born  May  31,  1817,  at  Troy,  Me.;  died  Nov.  23, 
1894,  at  St.  Albans,  Me.  Hall  C.  was  a  farmer;  changed 
the  spelling  to  "Merrick;"  died  July  27,  1892,  at  St. 
Albans.     Children,  all  born  at  Troy,  Me. — 

i.     Ann  E.,  b.  Oct.  31,  1843;  d.  Feb.  36,  1847. 

129.  ii.     James  Loren,  b.  March  34,  1845. 

iii.     Charles  Rosco,  b.  March  33,  1847;  m.  May  1,  1873, 

Alberta  Chase ;  d.  July  36,  1879,  at  Troy,  Me. 
iv.     Lizzie  Hannah,  b.    Sept.   16,  1850;  m.  July  4,  1875, 

George  Whitaker,  of  Unity,  Me. 
V.    Franklin  Llewellyn,  b.  Sept.  14.  1853;  d.  June 

19,  1878. 
vi.     Willis  Stephen,  b.  May9,  1855;  m.  Lida,  daughter 

of  Wiuslow  and  Charlotte  (Garland)  Whitaker, 

April    10,  1880,  at  Troy,  Me. ;  is  a   commercial 

traveler  by  occupation, 
vii.     IsORA  Lavega,   b.  Nov.  33,  1858;  m.  Sept.  10,   1880, 

Thomas  S.  Gilpatrick,  of  St.  Albans,  Me. 

130.  viii.     Lincoln,  b.  Jan.  17,  1860. 

66.  Adam  W.",  son  of  (Isaac^ ,  Isaac^ ,  John^ , 
James"^,  James^)  and  Elizabeth  (Mitchell)  Myrick,  born 
Jan.  21,  1816,  at  Unity,  Waldo  comity.  Me.  Married, 
and  had — 

i.     Adolphus,  b.  ;  living  at  Lowell,  Me.,  1899. 

ii.     Samuel,  b.  ;  living  at  Unity,  Me.,  1899. 

iii.     (A  daughter),  b.  . 

iv      E.  B.  ,  b.  ;  living  at  Estherville,   la., 

1899. 


SIXTH    GENERATION.  173 

67.  George  Washington^  son  of  (Isaac^ ,  Isaac'^, 
John^,James'^,  James'^)  and  Elizabeth  (Mitchell)  Myi'ick, 
born  Aug.  22,  1818,  at  Unity,  Waldo  county,  Me.  Mar- 
ried, May  11,  1843,  at  Unity,  Me.,  Polly  W.  Adams. 
George  W.  lived  in  Unity  until  1864,  when  he  moved  to 
Illinois,  locating  in  Lake  county;  in  1880  and  1881  he 
lived  in  Ida  Grove,  la. ;  then  returned  to  Illinois,  locating 
in  Rockefeller,  where  he  was  living  in  the  best  of  health 
in  December,  1900.  His  occupation  has  always  been 
that  of  a  farmer.     Children,  all  born  in  Unity,  Me. — 

i.     Dorcas  Ann,  b.  March  11,  1844;  m.  Lyman  Fargo; 

is  living  in  Dulutli,  Minn, 
ii.     Frances  H.,  b.   Maj' 35,  1845;  m.  John  Gleason,  at 

Libertvville,  111. 
Mary  J  ,  b.  May  25,  1745 ;  d.  June  26,  1848. 
Florence  A.,  b.  July  6,  1846;  m.  Nelson  S.  Gordon, 

at  Chicago. 
Herbert  O.,  b.  June  2,  1854. 
Charles  H.,  b.  Feb.  5,  1856. 
George  R.,  b.  Feb.  19,  1858. 
Arthur  L.,  b.  June  2,  1860. 


68.  Elvira'^,  dan.  of  iWilliam^,  Isaac*,  John^ , 
dames'^,  James^)  and  Betsey  (Goud)  Merrick,  born 
March  28,  1812,  Burnham,  Me.  Married  Samuel  Watts; 
he  died  at  Thomaston,  Me.,  date  not  known.  Elvira  died 
at  Union,  Me.,  date  unknown.  Childi-en  all  born  at 
Clinton,  Me. — 

1.     Eveline  (Watts),  b.  — ;  m.  Dexter  Burkit,  Thomas- 
ton. 

ii.     William  E.    (Watts),  b.  ;  m.  Nancy  Lermond, 

Warren,  Me. 
iii.     Angeline  (Watts),  — ;  m.  AlonzoLinekin,  Thomas- 
ton. 

iv.     Cordelia  (Watts),  b. ;  m.  Oliver  Vose;  d. . 

V.     Francis  E.  (Watts),  b.  ;  m.  John  Watts,  War- 
ren, Me. 


ni. 

IV. 

31. 

V. 

32. 

VI. 

83. 

Vll. 

34. 

vni. 

vi.     Abbie  (Watts),  b. ;  d- 

vii.     Ellen  (Watts),  b. ;  d- 


69.  George  G.^,  sou  of  (William^,  Isaac^,  JoJm^, 
James',  James^)  and  Betsey  (Goud)  Merrick,  bom  June 
16,  1814,  at  Thomaston,  Me.  Married,  1st,  Belinda 
(Watts)  Thomas,  who  died;  married  2nd,  Sarah  A.  Star- 
rett,  both  at  Thomaston ;  he  was  a  shipwright  bj^  trade  and 
worked  in  the  Thomaston  shipyards  until  he  moved  to 
Illinois,  settling  at  Liberty ville  in  1862.  Both  he  and 
his  wife  Sarah  died  at  Liberty  ville.     Children — 


174  MERRICK    GENEALOGY. 

i.  G.  Lermond,  b.  1839,  Burnham,  Me. ;  m.  July  24, 1862, 
(one  record  says  Sarah  A.  Townsend,  another 
Sarah  Bailey),  and  moved  west,  settling  at  Lib- 
ertyville.  111. 

ii.  Belinda,  b.  1841 ;  m.  E.  O.  Staples,  in  Illinois. ; 
d.  . 

iii.  Augusta,  b.  May  31,  1843.  Clinton,  Me. ;  m.  Joseph 
Gerard,  April  12,  1866,  at  Libertyville,  111.; 
d.  . 

iv.     Almira,  b.  Sept.  1844;  d.  April  4,  1847. 

70.     Hartley",  son   of   (William^,  Isaac'^,    JoJm^, 
James"^,  James^)  and  Betsey  (Goud)  Merrick,  born  Jan. 

22,    1816,   at  Burnham,  Me.     Married  Elsie  J. ,  at 

Dresden,  Me.;  moved  with  his  family  to  Libertyville, 
111.,  in  Oct.,  1862;  lived  on  a  farm  until  1881,  when  he 
moved  with  his  son,  Quincy  Adams,  to  Manistee,  Mich. 
In  1894  went  to  Chicago  to  live  with  his  married  daugh- 
ter, Mrs.  Olive  Jewett,  at  No.  1235  Spaulding  avenue. 
His  wife,  Elsie  J.,  died  at  Libertyville,  June  3,  1879, 
and  is  buried  in  the  Lakeside  Cemetery  at  that  place. 
They  had  four  children,  all  born  at  Burnham,  Me. — 

i.     Olive,  b.  June  22,  1844;  m.  Jan.  25,  1863,  at  Burn- 
ham, Me.,  H.  J.  Jewett. 
ii.     Emma  M.,  b.  May  24, 1846;  m.  Nov.  3, 1867,  at  Liberty- 
ville, 111.,  A.  H.  Webb, 
iii.     Mary  J.,  b.  July  22,  1844;  m.  Nov.  29,  1862,  at  Lib- 
ertyville, 111.,  C.  W.  Ray. 
135.       iv.     Quincy  Adams,  b.  Aug.  20,  1853. 


7 1 .     Cordelia  T  . " ,  dan .  of  (  William ^ ,  Isaac'^ ,  John  ^ , 

James^ ,    James^)    and    Betsey    (Goud)    Merrick,    born 

June  15,  1828,  at  Burnham,  Me.  Married,  Nov.  5,  1846, 

at   Burnham,    Me.,    Edwin    Starrett;    he  died   at   Port 

Townsend,    Wash.,    Dec.    26,    .     Cordelia   T.,    his 

widow,    is   living   at    Port    Townsend.     The    author  is 

greatly  indebted  to  Mrs.  Starrett  for  the  records  of  her 

father's   family,    and   other   records  pertaining   to   the 

families  of  her  brothers  and  sisters.     She  had  six  chil- 

di'en — 

i.  Florence  E.  (Starrett),  b.  July  23,  1849,  at  Burn- 
ham, Me. ;  m.  Nov.  4,  1875,  at  Libertyville,  111., 
George  E.  Lake;  d.  June  30,  1899. 

ii.  Alton  L.  (Starrett),  b.  Jan.  25,  1851,  at  Burnham, 
Me. ;  d.  Dec.  31,  1851. 

iii.  George  E.  (Starrett),  b.  Oct.  31,  1854,  at  Thomas- 
ton,  Me. ;  m.  Feb.  19,  1887,  at  Seattle,  Wash., 
Anna  D.  Van  Bokkelen ;  he  is  a  contractor  and 
builder. 


SIXTH    GENERATION.  175 

iv.  Danvill  W.  (Starrett),  b.  Oct.  30,  1859,  at  Thomas- 
ton,  Me. ;  m.  Mary  F.  Lyons,  Nov.  27,  1888,  at 
San  Francisco,  Gal. ;  he  is  a  contracting  ma- 
chinist. 
V.  Alice  J.  (Starrett),  b.  Oct.  28,  1858,  at  Thomaston, 
Me. ;  d.  April  9,  1882. 

vi.     Augustine  M.    (Starrett),  b.   April  12,  1863,  Thom- 
aston, Me. ;  is  a  contractor  and  builder. 

72.  KiNDRiCK*',  SOU  of  {William^,  Isaac^ ,  John^, 
James^ ,  James^)  and  Betsey  (Goud)  Merrick,  born 
Sept.  17,  1826,  at  Burnham,  Me.  Married,  May  28, 
1851,  at  Unity,  Me.,  Christina  L.,  daughter  of  Joshua 
and  Abigail  Adams;  she  born  in  Belfast,  Me.  Kiudrick 
died  Sept.  17,  1887,  at  Port  Towusend,  Wash.;  was  a 
farmer  by  occupation.     Children — 

i.     C.  Alton,  b.  April  18,  1853,    at  Burnham,  Me. ;  m. 

April  7,  1887,  at  Waukegan,  111.,  Carrie  Lyons; 

living  at  Des  Moines,  la. 
ii.     Cora,  b.  March  19,  1857,  Thomaston,  Me. ;  m.  Aug. 

1,  1886,  at  Libertyville,  111.,  William  T.  Lake; 

living  at  Port  Townsend,  Wash. 
iii.     Elvira  A.,  b.  April  33,  1859,  at  Thoma.ston,  Me. ;  m. 

Oct.    8,  1887,  at  Port  Townsend,  Wash.,  Henry 

T.  Lake;  living  at  Port  Townsend. 
iv.     Edmund  W.,  b.  April  17,  1866,  at  Libertyville,  111.; 

d.  Aug.  38,  1866. 

73.  William  C.'',  son  of  {  William^ ,  Isaac'^ ,  John^ , 
James^ ,  James^)  and  Betsy  (Goud)  Merrick,  born  April 
7,  1830,  at  Dresden,  Me.  Married,  June  15,  1856,  at 
Thomaston,  Me.,  Sarah  A.,  daughter  of  Robert  and 
Eliza  Young;  she  born  April  7,  1830.  William  lived  in 
or  near  Thomaston  until  the  year  1863,  when  he  removed 
to  Illinois,  settling  near  Libertyville,  where  he  bought  a 
farm,  upon  which  he  lived  until  1887;  he  then  migrated 
to  Port  Townsend,  Wash.,  where  he  died  June  30,  1896. 
His  widow  is  still  living  in  Port  Townsend.     Children — 

i.  Walter  H.,  b.  April  38,  1858,  Thomaston,  Me.;  m. 
Oct.  16,  1890,  at  Port  Townsend,  Amelia  Tibbals; 
he  is  a  miner,  trader  and  prospector ;  has  lived 
since  boyhood  in  California  and  Washington, 
Port  Townsend  being  his  present  home;  has 
made  several  trips  to  Alaska,  where  he  is  inter- 
ested in  mining  properties. 

ii.  Carrie  E.,  b.  Jan.  10,  1863,  Thomaston,  Me.;  m. 
Nov.  30,  1781,  at  Libertyville,  111.,  Robert  Grum- 
met ;  living  at  Port  Townsend. 

74.  Abigail  M.*^,  dau.  of  {Williafu^,  Isaac'^,  John^, 
James^ ,  James'^)  and  Betsey  (Goud)  Merrick,  born  July 


176  MERRICK    GENEALOGY. 

30,  1832,  at  Burnhara,  Me.  Married,  Dec.  25,  1865,  at 
Freedom,  Me.,  Danvill  D.  Andi*ews;  he  was  a  farmer,  liv- 
ing at  Freedom,  Me.;  later  moved  to  Libertyville,  111. 
Childi'en — 

i.  William  M.  (Andrews),  b.  Oct.  28,  1866,  at  Free- 
dom, Me. ;  m.  Nov.  8,  1899,  at  Port  Townsend, 
Wash.,  Daisy  L.  Learned. 

ii.  Helen  M.  (Andrews),  b.  June.  4,  1870,  at  Freedom, 
Me. 

iii.  Herman  D.  (Andrews),  b.  June  1.  1873,  Freedom, 
Me. 

iv.     George  M.  (Andrews),  b.  July  7, ,  at  Libertv- 

ville.  m. 


75.  Isaac  Newton^,  son  of  {JoJin^ ,  John^ ,  John^, 
James'^ ,  James'^')  and  Sophia  (Willard)  Myrick,  born 
Nov.  8,  1806,  at  Dorset,  Vt.  Married,  1830,  at  Dorset, 
Mary,  daughter  of  John  Gray;   she  born  Aug.  30,  1809, 

at  Dorset;   died .     Isaac  N.  married,  2nd,  Jan.  27, 

1842,  Mariette  Maynard.  He  was  a  marble  cutter  by 
trade,  but  was  a  natural  mechanic,  and  could  work  at 
many  trades,  as  he  did  with  satisfaction  to  his  employ- 
ers.    Children — 

i.     EvARTS  D.,  b.  Aug.  14,  1835,  at  Dorset,  Vt, ;  d.  May 
22,  1858. 

136.  ii.     Myron  N.,  b.  Sept.  14,  1841.  at  Williamson,  N.  Y. 
iii.     Horace  E.,  b.  Aug.  31,  1849,  at  Lima,  N.  Y. ;  is  liv- 
ing at  Presidio,  Cal. 

76.  Clarissa^  dau.  of  {Daniel^,  JoJin'^ ,  John^, 
James",  James'^)  and  Lois  (Osgood)  Myrick,  born  Dec. 
2,  1798,  at  Blue  Hills,  Me.  Married  John  Pearson 
Blaisdell,  at  Orland,  Me.  Childi'en,  all  born  at  Orland, 
Me.— 

i.     Albert   (Blaisdell),   b.    Oct.  20,    1820;  m.  Helen  J. 

Milliken;  d.  Jan.  3,  1901. 
ii.     Julia  A.   (Blai.sdell),   b.    May  25,    1823;  m.  Horatio 

Milliken,  at  Suri-ey,  Me. 
iii.     Mehitable   M.    (Blaisdell),   b.  March  2,    1825;  m. 

Andrew  Soper,  at  Orland,  Me. 
iv.     Dr.  John  M.  (Blaisdell),  b.  April  20,  1827;  m.  Annis 

Bassey,  at  Bath,  Me. 
V.     William  W.  (Blaisdell),  b.  April  24,  1829;  m.  Nancy 

Kej^es,  at  Orland,  Me. 

137.  vi.     Dr.  Warren  O.  (Blaisdell),  b.  March  16,  1831. 

vii.     Louise  M.  (Blaistlell),  b.  March  16,  1833;  m.  George 
E.  MiUiken,  at   Orland;  d.  at  Los  Angeles,  Cal. 
viii.     Nancy   M.    (Blaisdell),    b.    July    1835;  m.    Captain 
Augustus  Ray,  at  Orland,  Me. 


SIXTH    GENERATION.  177 

ix.     Clara   F.    (Blaisdell),    b.   May   5,    1837;   m.    Frank 

Milliken,  at  Sun-ey,  Me. 
X,     Laura  E.  (Blaisdell),'b.    July  14,  1839;  m.   Captain 

A.  Ray,  in  Surrey,  Me. ;  d  in  Orland,  Me. 
xi,     Granville  E.  (Blaisdell),  b.  June  1841. 


77.     Elias®,    sou   of    CWilluim^,    Andrew'^,    JoJm^ , 

James'^ ,  James'^)  and  Mj-riek,  boru  .    Married 

Lida .  He  came  from  Ohio  and  settled  near  Pal- 
myra, la.,  prior  to  1855.  He  died  about  1870.  He  had 
eleven  children,  the  names  of  but  three  of  whom  are  at 
this  time  known — '^ 

i.     RoxY,  b.  ;  m.  James 


ii.     Malinda,  b.  ;  m.  King. 

iii.     Edward,  b.  ;  living  in  IncUanola,  la. 


78.  Mary'',  dau.  of  {James'^,  Andrew^,  John^ , 
James^ ,  James^)  and  Fannie  (Dodge)  Myrick,  born 
July  4,  1804,  at  Birmingham,  Me.  Married,  March  3, 
1824,  William  England.  Mary  England,  the  mother 
died  aged  90  years,  at  the  home  of  her  son,  Henderson, 
near  Eddyville,  la.  William  the  father,  died  at  Los 
Angeles,  Cal.     Children — 

i.     Fanny  (England),  b.  ;  ra.  Henderson. 

ii.     Mary  (England),  b.  ;  m. Harvey. 

iii.     Christina  (England),  b. ;   m. Moore. 

iv.     Henderson   (England),  b.  ;    m.  and   is  living 

near  Eddyville,  la. 

V.     Harvey    (England),  b.  ;  ni.    and   is  living  at 

Oskaloosa,  la. 
vi.     Melvina    (England),  b.  ;  m.  — — Keyton;  liv- 
ing in  Arkansas, 
vii.     WiLLlAJi  (England),  b. . 

79.  Freeman^,  son  of  {James^,  Andrew'^,  JoJm^, 
Jar,ies^ ,  James^ )  and  Fauuie  (Dodge)  M5'riek,born  Sept. 
5,  1805,  at  Birmingham,  Me.  Married!^  Aug.  14,  1828, 
at  McArthurs,  0.,  Rebecca  Jackson.  He  was  a  farmer 
and  cooper  by  occupation;  died  1851-2,  in  Ohio,  of  ty- 
phoid fever.  His  children  were  all  born  in  Ohio,  and  all 
moved  to  Illinois  after  the  death  of  the  father.  They 
were — 

i.     Jackson,  b.  ;  was  a  minister  of  the  gospel. 

ii.     Maria,  b. ;  m.   Charles  Boyer;  moved  to  IIU- 

nois. 

iii.     LuciNDA,  b. . 

iv.     Jesse,  b.  ;  killed  under  a  train  in  Illinois. 


178  MERRICK    GENEALOGY. 

80.  William  Simpson®,  son  of  (Jamea^,  Andre iv*^ , 
Johu\  James^ ,  James^ )  and  Fannie  (Dodge)  Myrick, 
born  Aug.  25.  1814,  at  Birmingham,  Me.  Married,  1840, 
at  Londonderry,  O.,  Eliza,  daughter  of  William  and  Mary 
(Peet)  Davis;  she  born  1820,  at  Birmingham,  Me.;  she 
is  still  living  at  the  advanced  age  of  81  years,  on  the 
home  farm  at  Chillicothe,  la.  William  Simpson  Myrick, 
at  the  time  of  his  marriage,  kept  the  tavern,  or  inn,  at 
Londonderry,  O.  On  the  death  of  his  father,  James 
Myrick,  he  bought  the  old  homestead,  near  Mc Arthurs, 
O.,  where  he  lived  until  1849,  when  he  bought  prop- 
erty in  the  village  of  Middleport,  O.  He  was  a 
cooper  by  trade,  and  opened  a  large  shop  in  Middle- 
port,  shipping  the  barrels  down  the  river  to  Cincin- 
nati. In  1855  he  sold  out  and  moved  to  Chillicothe, 
la.,  where  he  bought  a  good  farm.  In  addition  to  farm 
work  he  and  his  boys  opened  a  cooper  shop,  all  the  boys 
having  learned  their  father's  trade.  At  the  opening  of 
the  civil  war  three  of  the  boys  enlisted  and  served  three 
years  each  in  Iowa  regiments.  William  S.  and  a  neigh- 
bor bought  forty  acres  of  coal  land  in  1863,  working  the 
same  and  shipping  the  first  coal  ever  hauled  over  the  C. 
B.  &  Q.  Railway  west  of  the  Mississippi  river.  In  1866 
he  sold  his  half  interest  in  the  coal  lands  for  $4,000. 
With  this  money  he  bought  town  property  and  moved 
his  family  there  for  the  purpose  of  giving  his  children  an 
education  in  the  Christian  College,  located  there.  Two 
of  the  boys,  after  leaving  the  army,  graduated  from  that 
college  in  1869.  The  father  and  son,  Sheppard,  engaged 
in  brick  making  in  1870,  in  which  business  William  S. 
remained  until  his  death,  January  18,  1877,  after  only 
one  week's  illness.  He  was  a  man  of  cheerful  disposi- 
tion, honest  and  energetic,  and  his  loss  was  felt,  not 
only  by  the  members  of  his  own  household,  but  by  the 
community  at  large.     His  chidren  were — 

Amanda  Melvina,  b.  March  6,  184L 

Sheppard  Gray,  b.  Jan.  34,  1842. 

William  Lafayette,  b.  Jan.  23, 1845,  at  McArthurs, 
O. ;  served  in  the  civil  war  from  the  spring  of 
1864  until  Oct.  1865,  when  he  died  of  disease 
contracted  in  the  service 
vi.  Louis  Alphonso,  b.  Jan.  14,  1847;  never  married; 
served  in  the  47th  Iowa  Regiment  during  the 
war ;  for  many  years  after  the  close  of  the  war 
was  a  steaniboatman  on  the  Ohio  and  Mississippi 
Rivers,  and  on  the  Muskingum;  he  built  the 
Steamers  "Mink,"  "Highland  Mary,"  "Annie 
Laurie,"  and  "Lizzie  Cassell,"  all  of  which  he 


188. 

i. 

139. 

ii. 

ni. 

SIXTH    GENERATION.  179 

owned,  and  on  several  of  which  he  was  himself 
captain,  finally  retiring  to  take  up  liis  residence 
at  DeBeque,  Colorado,  where  he  owns  and  oper- 
ates a  large  ranch,  known  as  the  White  Cot- 
tage Ranch,  where  he  entertains  invalids  and 
hunting  parties.  President  Roosevelt  makes 
his  headquarters  with  him  when  on  his  hunt- 
ing trips  to  Colorado.  Loviis  Mji-rick  has  that 
breezy,  self-poised  air  of  the  Westerner,  to- 
gether with  the  coolness  and  determination  of 
a  man  inured  to  danger  on  laud  and  water, 
in  the  battle  line  or  facing  the  wild  beasts  of 
his  mountain  home.  He  is  the  United  States 
agent  for  the  protection  of  the  forests  in  the 
parks  near  DeBeque. 
V.     Edward  Alonzo,  b.  Jan,  14,  1847,  at  McArthurs,  O; 

d.  Aug.  1869. 
vi.     Mary  Isabelle,  b.  Mav  19,  1850,  at  Sheffield,  O ;  d. 
Jan.  1853. 
140.       vii.     Sarah  Matilda,  b.  May  6,  1853. 

viii.  Ida  Florence,  b.  Sept.  12,  1861,  at  Chillicothe,  la. ; 
m.  Sept.  1885,  C.  W.  Atkins;  they  have  one  child, 
Adda  Lucille  (Atkins),  b.  March  3,  1887.  Mr. 
Atkins  is  a  bridge  contractor  and  builder, 
ix.  Adda  Clara,  b.  May  30.  1863,  at  Chillicothe,  la ; 
she  taught  school  in  Ottumwa,  and  at  the 
Agencv,  and  at  other  places  until  her  mar- 
riage,'June,  1886  to  Dr.  J.  W.  Hull;  they  re- 
sided at  Brainerd,Neb.,  where  the  Doctor  prac- 
ticed his  profession  until  his  death  in  1891, of  can- 
cer of  the  throat ;  the  wife  d.  March  30,  1893.  of 
consumption  contracted  while  caring  for  her 
husband.  They  left  one  child,  James  William 
(Hull),  b.  Aug.  13,  1890,  at  Brainerd,  Neb.;  he 
is  now  living  with  his  aged  grandmother  in 
Chillicothe,  Iowa. 

Eliza  Davis,  wife  of  William  Simpson  Myrick,  was  of 
Dutch  descent;  was  born  in  Pennsylvania;  belongs  to 
the  sect  of  "Christians;"  was  81  years  of  age  in  Feb. 
1901;  is  living  with  her  daughter,  Mrs.  Amanda  Pine- 
gar,  at  Chillicothe,  la. 

81.  Edward  W.^,  son  of  {James^ ,  Andrew'^,  John^, 
James^ ,  James^)  and  Fannie  (Dodge)  Myrick,  born  Aug. 
18,  1825,  in  Athens  county,  O.  Married,  May  8,  1850, 
in  Athens  county,  O.,  Mary,  daughter  of  Oliver  and 
Polly  (Jones)  Grant;  she  born  Aug.  29,  1833,  in  Meigs 
county,  O.;  died  Feb.  2,  1875,  in  Mahaska  county,  la. 
Edward  W.  Myrick  was  a  cooper  by  trade,  as  was  also 
his  father,  James;  he  was  also  a  farmer  and  engaged  in 
raising  fine  stock,  having  a  large  herd  of  "short-horns." 
He  served  as  a  soldier  in  the  Mexican  War,  receiving  an 


180  MERRICK    GENEALOGY. 

honorable  discharge.  Was  a  member  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  church.  He  was  an  honest,  upright  man,  a 
friend  of  the  needy  and  the  erring.  He  died  at  Eddy- 
ville,  la.,  Jan.  12,  1898.  Children,  all  born  in  Mahaska 
county,  la.,  except  the  first  two,  who  were  born  in 
Ohio— 

i.     Mary  Frances,  b.  Jan.   39,  1851 ;  m.  June  29.  1873, 

W.  H.  Gray, 
ii.     Ev ALINE,  b.  Oct.  14,  1852;  m.  March  15,  1877,  James 
A.  Gray. 
141.         iii.     James  L.,  b.  Sept.  17,  1854. 

iv.     Martha,  b.  June  17,  1856;  m.  March  15,  1877,  T.  W. 

Odem. 
V.     Ellen,    b.  March  9,  1858;  m.  June  4,  1883,  Thomas 
Seevers;  d.  April  2,  1894. 
143.        vi.     Charles  L.,  b.  April  10,  1860. 

vii.     Eugene,  b.  Sept.  17,  1872;  d.  Nov.  24,  1876. 

82.  Warren^  (Merrick),  son  of  {Jonathan^,  Jona- 
than'^, Isaac^ ,  Isaac",  Jafnes^)   and   Priscilla    (Brown) 

Myiick,  born .     Married,  at  Hudson,  N.  Y.,  Sarah 

Ellis.  Warren  was  a  ship  carpenter  by  trade;  after  his 
marriage  he  lived  at  Cleveland,  0.,  where  he  followed  his 
occupation,  and  where  he  died.     Children — 

143.  i.     Alonzo  Howard,  b.  Jan.  1,  1826. 
ii.    Thomas,  b. . 

iii.     WiLLlA  .  ,  b.  . 

iv.     Emeline,  b. . 

V.     Lewis,  b . 

83.  ISAAC^  son  of  { Peter ^ ,  Jonathan'*',  Isaac^ ,  Isaac^ , 
James^)  and  Merab  (Gardner)  Myrick,  born  Aug.  21, 
1785,  at  Nantucket,  Mass.  Married,  1st,  Acis,  daughter 
of  Joseph  and  Susan  Brown;  she  died  Feb.  8,  1824; 
Isaac  married,  2nd,  April  24,  1825,  Widow  Deborah 
Clark,  daughter  of  Tristam  Jenkins;  she  born  April  17, 
1809;  died  July  4,  1851.  Isaac  married,  3rd,  Widow 
Tirzah  Pinkham,  daughter  of  Zaccheus  Fuller,  of  Barn- 
stable; she  born  1793;  died  June  15,  1877,  without 
issue.  Isaac,  the  father  died  Oct.  20,  1859,  while  sitting 
in  his  chair,  reading.  Childi'eu,  five  by  first  wife,  four 
by  second  wife,  all  born  in  Nantucket — 

i.  Charles  B.,  b.  May  26,  1807;  lost  at  sea  from  ship, 
"Henry  Astor,"  May  13,  1849;  not  married. 

ii.  Eliza  M.,  b.  Dec.  2,  1808;  m.  John  Hussey;  5  chil- 
dren; d.  Jan.  31,  1849. 

144.  iii.     Franklyn  B.,  b.  March  12,  1813. 

iv.  Joseph  B.,  b.  Nov.  4,  1816;  was  a  seaman;  m.  a  na- 
tive of  Lohiua,  Pacific  Islands;  d.  Dec.  1877,  in 
California. 


SIXTH    GENERATION.  181 

V.     John  B.,  b.  Oct.  29,  1819;  d.  single,  May  21,  1844. 

145.  vi.     William  Clark,  b.  Marcb  2,  1826. 

vii.     Peter  Jenkins,  b.  March  22,  1828;  m.  Charlotte  A. 
Fisher;  d.  Jan.  30,  1866,  at  Evansville,  Ind. 

viii.     Marianna,  b. ;  d.  single. 

ix.     Anna,  b.  March  20,  1831. 

84.  Charles  G.,  son  of  {Peter^,  Jonathan'^,  Isaac^ , 
Isaac, "^  James^)  and  Merab  (Gardner)  Myrick,  born  May 
25,  1790.  Married,  July  10,  1811,  Abial,  daughter  of 
Gardiner  and  Hepsibeth  Coleman;  she  born  July  27, 
1792;  died  Aug.  31,  1856.  Charles  G.  had  a  cooper- 
shop  in  Nantucket,  where  he  made  oil  casks  used  by  the 
whaling  trade;  he  moved  to  New  Bedford,  where  he 
carried  on  the  same  business,  and  where  he  died  Dec.  5, 
1868.     Childi-en— 

146.  i.     Edwin,  b.  March  14,  1814. 

ii.  Hepsibeth,  b.  Dec.  30,  1815;  m.  James  Robinson, 
"a  .stranger  on  the  island;"  four  children. 

iii.  Harriet,  b.  Oct.  1820;  m.  Edward  Pollard ;  no  chil- 
dren. 

147.  iv.     Alexander  G. ,  b.   April  7,  1824. 

85.  Seth^  son  of  iPeter^,  Jonathan'^,  Isaac^ ,  Isaac"^ , 
James^)  and  Merab  (Gardner)  Myrick,  born  April  14, 
1798,  at  Nantucket,  Mass.  Married  Eunice,  daughter 
of  Jonathan  and  Abial  Barney;  she  born  Oct.  12,  1800. 
Seth,  the  father,  was  lost  at  sea,  May  5,  or  12,  1822; 
another  account  says  April  2,  1823.  Eunice,  the  widow, 
married,  2nd,  Isaac  Stoddard,  and  died  Jan.  28,  1877,  at 
Huntington,  Long  Island.  One  child  by  first  marriage — 
148  i.    Benjamin  B.,  b.  Oct.  17,  1821. 

CAPTAIN  SETH  MYRICK. 

Early  in  the  year  1821  the  whale  ship  ''John  Adams'^ 

sailed  from  Nantucket,  Captain Bunker,  in  command, 

and  Seth  Myrick,  mate,  fitted  out  for  a  three  or  five 
years'  whaling  voyage  to  the  Pacific  Ocean.  Two  leaves 
out  of  the  log-book  of  the  ship  have  been  preserved  in 
the  Myrick  family;  they  record  incidents  of  this  voyage, 
in  the  handwriting  of  Seth  Myrick,  as  Captain: 

'  'Monday,  February  25, 1822 
"At  1  o'clock  p.  m.  Captain  Bunker  departed  this  life  in  a  con- 
sumption, after  an  illne.ss  of  4  days,  but  he  has  never  been  well 
the  voyage.  At  10  a.  m.  committed  his  body  to  the  deei)  with  as 
much  decency  as  our  circumstances  would  admit  of.  In  him  we 
feel  the  loss  of  a  good  Commander  and  Companion. 
"Latitude  2.25  South.     Long.  132  West." 


182  MERRICK   GENEALOGY. 

"Tuesday,  February  36,  1822. 
'  'First  part  tliese  24  hours  moderate  and  fair.     Middle  part  lay 
in  vmder  double  reef  T.  sails.     Latter  part  lay  off,  stowing  down. 
Saw  nothing.     Weather:  nigged  winds. 

Latitude  2.51  South." 

"Wednesday,  Februarz  27,  1822. 
"First  part  these  24  hours  strong  gales  and  fair.     Saw  nothing 

remarkable Middle   part   lay  off  under  T  S  and  F  S.     Latter 

part  lay  in ;  saw  a  large  whale  going  to  leeward ;  pvit  off  but  did 
not  strike.  Saw  more.  Got  two ;  took  them  to  the  gangway. 
So  ends." 

Another  daj'  the  log  reads:  "Latt'd  {^  south;  the 
ground  looks  as  bare  as  though  there  never  was  a  whale 
here." 

The  '  'John  Adams'' '  cruised  on  the  whaling  grounds 
until,  according  to  tradition  in  the  family,  May  5,  1822, 
when  whales  were  again  sighted.  The  crew  responded  to 
the  signal  from  the  masthead;  all  hands  lowered  and 
manned  the  boats  and  started  in  pursuit  of  the  game. 
Captain  Myrick,  according  to  custom,  selected  his  whale 
first,  and  the  other  boats  at  once  harpooned  others.  The 
captain's  boat  harpooned  its  whale  and  let  it  have  the 
line;  it  carried  the  boat  at  great  speed  past  one  or  more 
of  the  other  boats;  while  passing  them  Captain  Myrick 
warned  them,  "Do  not  get  a  boat  stove"  ;  soon  after,  he 
signaled  that  he  wanted  another  line.  While  the  order 
was  being  obeyed  the  men  in  the  boat  going  to  his  relief 
observed  the  man  at  masthead  signaled  that  the  Captain's 
boat  was  missing.  The  whale  had  suddenly  dived  and 
had  carried  all  down.  Every  man  in  the  boat  carried  a 
sheath  knife  in  his  belt,  and  along  side  of  the  harpoon 
line  was  kept  a  sharp  hatchet  to  cut  the  taut  drawn 
line  in  case  of  need ;  this  whale  must  have  dived  straight 
down  so  quickly  that  they  had  no  warning. 

The  other  boats  at  once  cut  loose  and  cruised  around; 
the  ship  was  brought  over  to  that  localitj',  search  was 
continued  for  several  days  but  nothing  was  found, 
neither  hat,  oar,  or  anything  else.  The  crew  decided  to  go 
to  the  Sandwich  Islands  and  report  to  the  United  States 
consul  at  Honolulu;  he  ordered  the  ship  home,  which 
order  was  obeyed. 

86.  JoHN^,  son  of  (John''',  John^ ,  Isaac^ ,  Isaac"^ , 
J(imes^)  and  Eliza1)eth  (Gardner)  Myrick,  born  Feb.  22, 
1789,  at  Nantucket,  Mass.  Married,  Jan.  16,  1811, 
Eliza,  daughter  of  Obed  and  Ann  Jov;  she  born  Oct.  24, 
1795;  died  Nov.  8,  1839.  Children,  all  born  in  Nan- 
tucket— 


SIXTH    GENERATION.  183 

i.  Charles,  b.  Jan.  24,  1813. 

ii.  Ann  C,  b.  Aug.  23,  1814;  m.  Henry  Ackley. 

iii.  Elizabeth  G.,  b.  April  5,  1817. 

iv.  John,  b.  April  11,  1820. 

V.  William,  b. . 

vi.  Sarah,  b, . 

vii.  Susan,  b. . 

viii.  Alexander,  b. . 

ix.  George,  b . 


87.  Joseph  Stockbridge^  (Bailey),  son  of  Lebbeus^ 
(Bailey)  and  Sarah  Sylvester''  (Myrick)  Bailey,  born 
April  6,  1804,  at  North' Yarmouth,  Me.  Married,  Feb. 
2,  1832,  Isabel  Wilson  Dicks,  daughter  of  Captain  John 
and  Anna  (Stimson)  Dicks,  of  Portland,  Me.;  she  born 
Jan.  28,  1811,  at  Portland;  died  Sept.  28,  1869,  Port- 
land. Joseph  S.  died  March  9,  1888,  at  Portland.  Chil- 
dren— 

149.  i.     Herbert  Clarendon  (Bailey),  b.  March  6,  1856,  at 

Portland,  Me. 
(And  others. ) 

88.  George®,  son  of  (George'' ,  Andrew^,  Andreiv^ , 
Isaac/^ ,  Jmnes^')  and  Lydia  (Ray)  Myrick,  born  March  5, 
1790,  at  Nantucket,  Mass.  Married  Eliza,  daughter  of 
Christopher  and  Jemima  Mitchell;  she  died  April  8,  1864. 
George  Myrick  had  a  "fitting-out"  store  on  one  of  the 
wharves,  at  Nantucket;  also  a  two-storj-  warehouse  full 
of  ship  stores,  rigging,  cables,  etc.  He  was  a  ship  owner, 
and  these  supplies  were  mainly  for  his  own  vessels.  He 
died  May  6,  1863.     Children— 

i.  Alexander,  b.  July  13,  1817;  m.  Lydia,  dau.  of 
George  Joy;  no  children;  d.  July  9,  1855,  at  San 
Juan  del  Sur,  South  America,  while  on  a  voyage, 
ii.  Charles  M.,  b.  April  26,  1819;  m.  1st,  Emily  Coffin; 
2nd  Mary  E.  Temple;  no  children  living;  died 
April  5,  1851. 
iii.     Eliza,  b.  1820. 

150.  iv.     Andrew  M.,  b.  July  3,  1823. 

vi       [    Twins,  b. ;  d.  at  birth. 

vii.     Mary,  b.  Aug.  11,  1825;  m.  Aug.  2,  1846,  Joseph  B. 
Macey;  d.  Sept.  3,  1847. 

viii.     Christopher,   b.  Dec.  1,  1827;  m.   1st, Cottle; 

had  one  son  who  d.  in  infancy ;  she  d.  June  9, 
1857;  he  m.  2nd,  Jane  G.  Lovering,  in  California. 

151.  ix.     Seth,  b.  Nov.  6,  1829. 

89.  Reuben  G.®,  son  of  (George^,  Andrew*,  An- 
dretv^,  Isaac"^,  James^)  and  Lydia  (Ray)  MjTick,  born 


184  MERRICK    GENEALOGY. 

May  24,  1794,  at  Nantucket,  Mass.  Married,  April  30, 
1817,  Charlotte,  daughter  of  Thaddeus  and  Ann  Coffin; 
she  born  March  21,  1796;  died  Nov.  11,  1868.  Reuben, 
the  father,  died  July  26,  1825.  He  was  a  merchant, 
having  a  dry  goods  store  in  Nantucket,  with  a  good 
business;  he  was  in  partnership  with  his  brother,  the 
firm  name  being  Reuben  &  Alexander  C.  Myrick.  Alexan- 
der died  in  January,  1825,  and  Reuben  continued  the 
business  until  his  death  in  July  of  the  same  year.  Chil- 
dren, all  born  in  Nantucket — 

i.     W.  P.,  b. ;  d.  in  infancy. 

ii.     Charlotte  C,  b.  April  4,  1819 ;  m.  Joseph  Merchant, 

of  Edgartown ;  three  children, 
iii.     Ann  Coffin,  b.  June  11,  1821 ;  d.  Oct.  17,  1822. 
iv.     Lydia  R.,  b.  1833;  m.  Benjamin  B.  Myrick. 

90.  Charles  Coffin®,  son  of  {George^,  Andrew^, 
Andrew^,  Isaac''-,  James'^)  and  Lydia  (Ray)  Myrick, 
born  Feb.  27,  1797,  at  Nantucket,  Mass.  Married,  1st, 
Nancy  Chase,  daughter  of  Charles;  she  born  March  29, 
1798;  died  Oct.  15,  182G.  Charles  married  2nd,  Eliza 
Chase,  sister  of  first  wife;  she  born  Nov.  15,  1795. 
Charles  C,  was  a  sea  captain;  died  March  26,  1883. 
Children,  all  born  in  Nantucket,  and  all  by  first  wife — 

i.  Rowland,  b.  Aug.  28,  1818;  was  mate  of  the  whale- 
ship  "Massachusetts,"  and  was  killed  by  a  whale 
in  October,  1845,  on  the  "line." 

152.  ii.     Charles  Coffin,  b.  March  5,  1820. 
iii.     Eunice,  b.  1823;  d.  . 

iv.     George,  j   ^^^.^^^  ^  ^g^^.  ^   jg^^ 

V.       J_i  1 DIA,        ) 

vi.     Ann  C,  b.  1825;  d.  1825. 

91.  WILLLA.M  C0FFIN^  SOU  of  {George^ ,  Andreiv'^ , 
Atidrew'\ Isaac''-' ,  James^)  and  Lydia  (Ray)  Myrick,  born 
March  26,  1807,  at  Nantucket,  Mass.  Married  Mary, 
daughter  of  John  and  Mary  Colesworthy;  she  born  Jan. 
26,  1812.  William  C.  was  a  seaman  and  whaler;  he 
"doubled  Cape  Horn"  many  times  during  his  sea  life; 
he  died  Feb.  9,  1895.  Children,  born  at  Nantucket, 
Mass.— 

153.  i.     Reuben  C,  b.  Sept.  26,  1832. 

154.  ii.     William  Henry,  b.  July  6,  1838. 
iii.     John  E.,  b.  1842. 

iv.    Waldo,  b.  1846. 

V.     Mary  Barnard,  b.  Jan.  1849 ;  m.  Alexander,  son  of 
William  and  Mary  Barney,  June,  1841. 


SIXTH    GENERATION.  185 

92.  David  Ray^,  sou  of  {George^,  Andrew'^,  An- 
drew'^, Isaac'",  James^)  and  Lydia  (Ray)  Myrick,  born 
Feb.  23,  1810,  at  Nantucket,^  Mass.  Married  Mary, 
daughter  of  Samuel  Waldi'on;  she  born  March  23,  1810. 
David,  the  father,  had  a  grocery  store  in  Nantucket;  he 
was  also  a  seaman;   he  died  March  5,  1895.     Childi'en — 

i.     George,  b.  Mav,  1837;  living  in  South  Boston,  Mass., 

1896. 
ii.     Maria   Louise,  b.  July,   1839 ;  d.   April   23,  1867,  in 
Boston;  single. 

93.  Lydl\  B.^,  dau.  of  (Geo7-ge^ ,  Andrew^ ,  Andrew^ , 
Isaac''",  James^)  and  Lydia  (Ray)  Myrick,  born  Feb.  9, 
1811,  at  Nantucket,  Mass.  Married  William  H.  Jeuks. 
Lydia,  the  mother,  died  Feb.  4,  1897,  at  Boston,  Mass. 
Children — 

i.     George  (Jenks),  b.  ;  is  living  at  No.   7,Wad- 

leigh  Place.  Boston  (1897). 
(And  other  children). 

The  children  of  Lydia  B.(M3-rick)  Jenks  have  inherited 
from  their  mother  an  heirloom  of  great  interest — a  Coat- 
of-Arms  of  the  Myrick  family,  differing  in  every  respect 
from  that  given  as  a  frontispiece  to  this  book.  This  an- 
cient painting,  framed,  was  given  to  George  Myrick  (born 
1790)  by  his  father,  George  (born  1767).  The  inscrip- 
tion on  the  back  of  the  frame  containing  the  Coat-of- 
Arms,  of  which  the  following  is  a  copy,  written  many 
years  ago,  in  the  old  style  chirography,  is  as  follows: 

MYRICK. 

"Beareth  quarterly  Argent,  azure  in  the  first  and  third  Quar- 
ters 3  Leopards'  faces  (the  2nd  Ralph's  coat-of-arms).  Gules  in 
the  2nd  and  4th.  Quarters  a  Ciostle  tipple  towers  (the  1st  Ralph's 
coat-of-arms). 

This  Arms  was  granted  Anno  1573,  to  Sir  Ralph  Mja-ick,  of  the 
County  Bucks.  R's  son  and  heir  of  the  late  Sir  Ralph  Myrick,  of 
the  County  of  Devonshire,  whose  family  well  deserves  the  hon- 
ors of  the  above  grant  for  their  firm  achievements  and  services 
to  their  sovereign  and  country." 

On  the  back  of  the  coat-of-arms  is  written  "God  save 
Queen  Elizabeth."  It  is  suggested  that  this  copy  was 
made  from  one  bearing  this  inscription. 

94.  Frederick®  ,  son  of  ( David^ ,  Andre w"^,  Andrew^ , 
Isaac"^,  James^)  and  Peggy  (Barrett)  MjTick,  born  April 
27,  1808,  at  Nantucket,  Mass.     Married  Mary  P.,  daugh- 


186  MERRICK    GENEALOGY. 

ter  of  Isaac  and  Love  Folger;  she  born  Nov.  8,  1810; 
died  Nov.  27,  1843,  at  Sennett,  N.  Y.,  where  the  family 
lived  for  manvvears.  Frederick,  the  father,  died  at  Sen- 
nett, Aug.  2f,  i862.     Children— 

i.     Delia  Maria,  b.  April  16,  1888;  cl.  Sept.  16,  1840. 
ii.     Emily  B.,  b.  May  2.5,  1839;  m.  April  24,  1862,  Charles 

R.,  .son  of   Charles   R.    and   Eliza   Starbuck;  d. 

Nov.  29,  1863,  Sennett,  N.  Y. 
iii.     David,  b.  Dec.  9,  1840;  d.  Oct.   8,  1869,  at   Auburn, 

N.  Y. 
iv.     Harriet  S.,  b.  March  30,  1842;  address    (1898)  No. 

167  Fourth  St.,  W.  Oakland,  Cal. 

155.  V.     John  Brown,  b.  June  1,  1844. 

156.  iv.     Frederick  B.,  b.  Feb.  26,  1847. 

95.  Alfred^  son  of  {Benjamin^,  Benjamin'^,  An- 
drew^, Isaac"^,  James^)  and  Esther  (Powers)  Myrick, 
born  Feb.  14,  1796,  at  Nantucket,  Mass,  Married  Mary, 
daughter  of  Sylvanus  and  Mary  Coleman;  she  born 
March  20,  1807;  died  Jan.  10,  1884.  Descendants  of 
Alfred  Myrick  are  living  in  Portland,  Conn.     Children — 

i.  Alfred,  b. ;  m.  Minerva  L.  Stevens,  in  Jeffer- 
son county,  N.  Y. 

ii.     Mary,   b.  ;  m.    Henry   A.    Skinner;  resided  in 

Middletown,  Conn 

iii.     David,  b. ;  d.  unmarried. 

iv.     Esther,  b.  ;  m.   George  J.  White,  of  Portland, 

Conn. 

96.  Calvin%  son  of  {01)6(1%  William'^,  Andreiv^ , 
Isaac"^ ,  James'^)  and  Phebe  (Haskins)  Myrick,  born 
March  1799,  at  Taunton,  Mass.  Married  Sally  Haskins, 
Freetown,  Mass.     Childi-en — 

157.  i.     ArtejiusB.,  b.  Oct.   31,  1839,  at  Myricks,  Mass.;  d. 

Oct.  15,  1871. 

158.  ii.     Erastus  O.,  b.  June  3,  1837,  at  Taunton,  Mass. 

97.  Obed*'  ,  son  of  (Ohed^ ,  William'^ ,  Andrew^,  Isaac"^ , 
James^)  and  Phebe  (Haskins)  M>Tick,  born  March  2, 
1807,  at  Myricks,  Mass.  Married  Keziah  Hart,  daugh- 
ter of  James  and  Keziah  (Hart)  Grossman,  at  Taunton, 
Mass.;  she  born  May  29,  1809,  at  Taunton;  died  July, 
1888,  at  Jamaica  Plain,  Boston,  Mass.  Obed  was  a 
farmer;  a  man  of  excellent  judgment,  and  highly  re- 
spected in  the  community  in  which  he  lived,  and  in  the 
church  of  which  he  was  an  active  member.  He  died 
Feb.  8,  1858,  at  Myricks,  Mass.  Childi*en,  all  born  at 
Myricks,  Mass. — 


SIXTH    GENERATION.  187 

i.     James  Leandee,  b.  March  16,  1833;  d.  Nov.  9,  1856; 
vinmarried. 

159.  ii.     William  Chester,  b.  Nov.  27,  1834. 

iii.     Ellen  Keziah,  b.  Jan.  10,  1837;  d.  Nov.  30,  1841. 
iv.     Phebe,  b,  Sept.  25, 1839;  d.  Oct.  7,  1858;  single. 

160.  V.     Ellen  Keziah,  b.  Dec.  2,  1842. 

vi.     Stephen  Warren,  b.  March  30,  1848;  d.  Oct.  4, 1849. 

98.  Rev.  Henry  Lewis ^ ,  son  of  (Charles^ ,  William'*^, 
Andreiv^,  Isaac'^ ,James^) undRavviet  (Wiedeiiholdt)  My- 
rick,  born  Dec.  6,  1826,  probably  in  New  York  city. 
Married  Lucy  C.  Whittemore;  she  born  Nov.  17,  1832; 
died  1879,  aged  47  j^ears.  After  his  first  wife's  death,  . 
Rev.  Henry  married  again;  no  children  by  this  marriage. 
He  was  a  minister  in  the  Protestant  Episcopal  church. 
In  1877  he  was  preaching  in  Laramie  City,  Wyoming. 
In  1881  he  was  at  Sandy  Hook,  Conn.  Children— 

i.    Francis  Tiffany,  b.  1854;  d.  1865. 

ii.    Frederick  Frothingham,  b,  1858;  d.  1876. 
iii.     LocicwooD,  b.  July  6,  1857,  at  Brooklyn,  Conn. ;  m. ; 

living  at  Hammondtown,  N.  J.,  in  1898. 
iv.    Lucy  Cora,  b.  1859. 

161.  V.     Herbert,  b.  Aug.  30,  1860. 

vi.  Horatio  Whittemore,  b.  1865. 

vii.  George  Richardson,  b.  1868;  d.  young, 

viii.  Harriet,  b.  1870. 

iv.  IiIary  Gertrude,  b.  1873;  d.  young. 

99.  AsAB.%sonof  (Timothy^,  Jacob*,  Timothy^, 
Timothy'^,  dames'^)  and  Judith  (Wells)  Merrick,  born 
Nov.,  1811.  Married  Martha,  daughter  of  Henry  Bai- 
ley, April  15,  1835.  Childi-en,  born  in  New  Hamp- 
shu'e — 

162.  i.     Charles  L.,  b.  March  11,  1836. 

ii.     LoviSA  Ann,  b.  Nov.  19,  1841 ;  d.  July  31,  1848. 

100.  William  Wells^,  son  of  {Timothy^,  Jacob^, 
Timothy^,  Timothy"^,  James^)  and  Judith  (Wells)  Mer- 
rick, born  Aug.  23,  1817,  at  Loudon,  N.  H.  Main-ied, 
June  28,  1851,  Louisa  H.,  daughter  of  John  Robinson, 
of  Manchester,  N.  H. ;  she  born  Oct.  18,  1818,  at  Machias- 
port.  Me.;  died  June  5,  1887,  Boston.  William  Wells, 
when  a  young  man  went  first  to  Methuen,  Mass.,  and 
later  to  Boston,  where  he  lived  for  fifty  years.    Children — 

i.     William 0.,b.  May 29,  1852,  Boston;  never  married. 

163.  ii.     Edward  C,  b.  April  22,  1854,  Boston. 

iii.     Robert  Elmer,  b.  Dec.  21,  1860,  Somerville ;  d.  Aug. 

21,  1861. 
iv.     Minnie,    b.  Oct.   3,  1862,   Charlestown ;    d.  Oct.  8, 

1862. 


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188  MERRICK    GENEALOGY. 

100a.  Reuben^  (Harriman),  sou  of  Rufus  and  Ju- 
dith^ (Merrick)  Harriman,  born  Jan.  1,  1799.  Married, 
Jan.  20,  1823,  Abigail  Davis;  she  died  Sept.  2,  1874, 
Gaines,  N.  Y.  Reuben,  the  father,  died  March  12,  1863, 
at  Elkhoru,  Wis.     Children— 

i.     HuLDAH    H.,   b.  Aug.  20,  1834;   ni.  Aug.   11,  1843, 

L.  G.  Blanchard;  d.  Nov.  1,  18(57. 
ii.     George  W.,  b.  Sept.  1,  1826;  in.  Betsey  Spencer,  at 

Elkhorn,  Wis. 
iii.     Caroline,  b.  July  3,  1838;  m.  A.  Thurber. 
iv.     Lydia,  b.  Sept.   19,  1833;  m.  E.  Rockwood;  d.  Dec. 

38,  1869. 
V.     RuFUS  Putnam,  b.  Sept.  7,  1835;  d.  Aug.  34,  1867. 
163a.     vi.     Franklin,  b.  Nov.  7,  1837. 

vii.     John,  b.  Feb.  14,  1844;  m.  Lila  Farrar,  at  Delavan, 
Wis. 


101.  Eliza ^,  dan.  of  (Joseph^,  Joseph^,  Timothy^, 
Timothy^,  James'^)  and  Sarah  (Harriman)  Merrick, 
born  April  23,  1798,  at  Hampstead,  N.  H.  Married,  at 
Brutus  (now  Sennett),  New  York,  Green  Hicks.  She 
died  October  12,  1823,  at  Brutus,  aged  25  years.  Chil- 
dren— 

i.     Joseph  (Hicks),  b.  about  1830. 
ii.     Jacob  (Hicks),  b.  about  1833. 

102.  RvFVS^ ,  son  oi  (Joseph^ ,  Joseph'^,  Timothy^, 
Timothy-,  James  ^)  and  Sarah  (Harriman)  Merrick,  born 
April  15,  1800,  at  Corinth,  Vt.  Married,  1st,  Sarah 
Robbins,  at  Rochester,  X.  Y.;  three  children;  she  died 
Oct.  1839,  at  Adrain,  Mich.  Rufus  married,  2nd,  Dec. 
31,  1839,  at  Adrain,  Mrs.  Artemesia  (Stone)  Hunt;  she 
born  April  12,  1810,  at  Burrington,  Conn.;  died  Sept. 
14,  1885,  at  Adi-ian. 

Rufus  Merrick,  the  eldest  son  of  Joseph  and  Sarah 
(Harriman)  Merrick,  was  born  in  Corinth,  Vt.,  April  15, 
1800.  Lived  with  his  parents  until  1817,  when  he  left 
Brutus,  N.  Y.,  where  they  were  living,  and  went  to  Au- 
burn, N.  Y.,  where  he  learned  the  cabinetmaker's  trade 
with  Abijah  Keeler,  remaining  there  until  he  was  twenty- 
one  years  of  age,  when  he  went  to  Kingston,  Canada, 
worked  six  months,  and  then  returned  to  Auburn,  where 
he  worked  one  year.  He  then  went  to  Elbridge,  N.  Y., 
where  he  remained  eight  years.  In  1830  he  went  to 
Adrian,  Mich.,  arriving  in  October  of  that  year,  and 
living  there  until  his  death  in  1882. 


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SIXTH    GENERATION.  189 

There  were  but  three  frame  houses  in  Adrian  at  the 
time  of  his  arrival.  He  immediately  opened  a  cabinet 
shop;  but  during  the  first  nine  months  his  cash  receipts 
were  only  seventy- five  cents.  There  was  nobodj^  to  buy 
his  wares,  or  to  require  his  services,  and  there  were  but 
verj^  few  people  in  all  to  do  business  with  in  any  way. 
He  held  on,  however,  until  the  tide  of  immigration  set 
in,  in  1834,  and  from  that  time  for  many  years  he  did  a 
flourishing  business.  During  the  year  1830  he  purchased, 
from  A.  S.  Comstock,  a  mill  privilege  on  the  River  Raisin, 
and  in  the  fall  of  1832  he  built  a  cabinet  shop  and  chair 
factory,  which  he  carried  on  for  over  thirty  years.  In 
1854  he  changed  his  factory  into  a  flour  mill,  which  he 
sold  in  1856.  In  1834  he  built  a  house  on  the  lot  which 
he  occupied  until  his  death,  on  WestMaumee  street,  and 
in  1846  he  built  the  large  brick  house  adjoining.  Dur- 
ing his  residence  in  Adrian,  he  built  seven  dwelling 
houses,  two  brick  stores,  two  wooden  stores,  and  one 
manufacturing  and  milling  establishment.     Children — 

i.    George  Washington,  b. ;  was  a  deaf  mute  from 

birth ;  he  had  a  good  education,  and  taught  in  a 
deaf  and  dumb  school.  He  also  learned  the 
cabinet  trade,  at  which  he  was  a  fine  workman. 

Philo,  b.  ;  d.  at  the  age  of  14  months. 

RuFUS  Philo,  b.  Nov.  17,  1842,  at  Adrian. 

Sarah  Eliza,  b.  Oct.  6,  1844,  Adrian. 

(And  two  others  who  died  in  infancy.) 

103.  Laban  Harriman'',  son  of  (Joseph^,  Joseph"^, 
TimofJiy^,  Timothy'-,  James^)  and  Sarah  (Harriman) 
Merrick,  born  Dec.  8,  1801,  at  Corinth,  Vt.  Married, 
1st,  Dec.  12,  1825,  at  Brutus,  N.  Y.,  Betsey  Crosby, 
daughter  of  Jacob  Page;  she  died  July  21,  1830,  at  Ash- 
tabula, 0.,  leaving  one  daughter,  Ann  Eliza.  Laban 
married,  2nd,  in  1831,  Cornelia  Mary  Ann,  daughter  of 
Thomas  and  Mary  (Abbott)  Whelpley,  at  Ashtabula,  by 
whom  he  had  seven  children.  Laban  H.  Merrick,  as  a 
boy,  worked  in  the  shipyard  at  Newburyport,  doing  all 
that  a  boy  of  fifteen  might  do  in  that  work.  In  the 
winter  he  worked  at  shoe-making  with  his  father  at  Hav- 
erhill, Mass.  He  moved  with  his  father  to  Brutus,  N.  Y., 
in  1816,  working  on  the  farm  until  he  was  twenty-one, 
in  summer,  and  at  shoe-making  in  winter.  Was  married 
at  the  age  of  twenty-four,  and  soon  after,  the  pioneer  in- 
stinct being  strong  within  him,  moved  with  his  wife  and 
little  daughter  to  Ashtabula,  0.,  where,  in  company  with 
a  partner  he  secured  a  mill  privilege  and  built  a  saw 


u. 

164. 

iii. 

165. 

iv 

190  MERRICK    GENEALOGY. 

grist  mill.  The  increase  in  population  soon  made  this  a 
valuable  property,  and  it  was  sold  for  five  thousand  dol- 
lars, gold.  This  money  was  intrusted  to  the  partner, 
and  he  absconded  with  it,  fleeing  to  Canada.  He  was  fol- 
lowed for  weeks  by  Laban  Merrick,  who  had  sworn  to 
kill  him  on  sight  unless  he  restored  the  one-half  to  which 
Merrick  was  entitled.  The  thief  got  away  by  going  to 
Montreal  and  taking  ship  for  Scotland,  and  Merrick  re- 
turned to  Ohio  penniless.  With  his  second  wife,  Cornelia 
Whelpley,  and  his  two  children,  one  an  infant,  and  a  few 
little  belongings,  with  an  ox  team,  he  set  out  for  Michi- 
gan. He  stopped  for  a  time  at  Adi-ian,  where  his  father 
and  several  brothers  had  located,  and  then  continued  on 
for  two  hundred  miles  further  into  the  wilderness,  finally 
locating  at  Niles,  among  the  Pottawottamie  Indians, who 
had  not  then  been  removed  to  the  reservation  in  Iowa  to 
which  they  were  afterwards  sent.  Gaining  the  good  will 
of  Pokagon,  the  chief  of  the  Dowagiac  band  who  was  lo- 
cated at  Niles,  Mr.  Merrick  acted  as  interpreter  for  them 
in  the  negotiations  for  removal,  and  by  his  influence 
averted  an  outbreak  on  the  part  of  the  Indians,  and  was 
the  means  of  securing  better  terms  from  the  government 
for  the  purchase  of  the  Indian  lands.  He  attended  the 
councils  of  the  Indians,  and  the  writer  remembers,  as  one 
of  his  earliest  and  most  wonderful  experiences,  a  visit 
made  with  his  father  to  such  a  council,  held  within  a  few 
miles  of  our  old  home  in  the  woods,  on  the  St.  Joseph 
River. 

Buying  from  the  government  one  hundi-ed  and  sixty 
acres  of  land,  young  Merrick  set  about  the  task  of  cut- 
ting out  a  farm  from  the  heaviest  beech  and  maple 
timber  the  writer  has  ever  seen.  From  1836  to  1852  he 
had  cleared  something  over  twenty- five  acres,  and 
opened  one  of  the  finest,  as  it  was  one  of  the  first,  fruit 
farms  in  western  Michigan.  He  also  devoted  much  time 
to  the  breeding  of  fine  carriage  horses  of  the  Vermont 
Hambletonian  strain,  the  progenitors  of  which  he  im- 
ported from  his  old  home  in  Corinth,  Vt.  In  1848  he 
engaged  in  the  boot  and  shoe  business  with  a  partner 
under  the  firm  name  of  Merrick  &  Cisson,  in  which  he 
continued  two  years.  He  then  engaged  in  stock  and 
grain  buying,  on  the  completion  of  the  Michigan  Central 
railway  to  Niles  and  to  Chicago.  In  1854  he  sold  out  all 
his  property  in  Niles  and  went  west  for  a  new  location. 
He  stopped  at  Prescott,  Wis.,  on  the  recommendation  of 
an  acquaintance,  and  upon  the  assumption  that  Prescott, 


SIXTH    GENERATION.  191 

situated  at  the  junction  of  the  St.  Croix  river  and  lake 
with  the  Mississippi,  would  be  the  head  of  navigation. 
He  did  indeed,  visit  St.  Paul,  where  he  was  offered  a 
whole   block,    on   the   corner  of   Jackson  and   Seventh 
streets,  for  the  $5,000  which  he  had  in  his  belt.     He  de- 
clined the  offer,  and  invested  it  all  in  Prescott,  in  build- 
ing several  large  warehouses  on  the  levee.     While  these 
were   of    use  in  the  business  in  which  he   engaged,  as 
agent  of  the  Minnesota  Packet  company,  he  eventually 
sold  out  all  his  holdings  for  less  than  half  they  had  cost 
him.  He  was  engaged  in  various  occupations  for  several 
years    after  closing  out  his  business,  dying  at  Adrian, 
Mich.,  Feb.  19,  1866.     He  is  buried  in  the  cemetery  in 
that  city.    Politically  Mr.  Merrick  was  a  democrat  of  the 
old  style,  always  voting  with  his  party  with  the  single 
exception  that  he  voted  for  Abraham  Lincoln  for  a  sec- 
ond term  in  1864,  this  exception  no  doubt  resulting  from 
the  fact  that  he  had  a  son  at  the  front  at  that  time  in  the 
Union  army.     He  was  a  member  of  the  Baptist  church, 
and  in   Niles  he  led  the  singing,  he  having  a  fine  bass 
voice;   he  also  played  the  violincello  in  the  church  choir, 
in  the  absence  of  an  organ.     He  was  a  member  of  the 
Masonic  order.  Royal  Arch  degree,  and  took  an  active 
interest  in  the  work  of  the  order.     He  was  a  man  six 
feet   one  inch    in    height,  weighing    165    pounds,    very 
muscular,  and  of  a  strong    constitution,   which  carried 
him  through  life  to  his  last  illness  with  very  little  sick- 
ness, although  he   suffered  from  inflammatory  rheuma- 
tism contracted  while  working  in  the  saw-mill  in   Ohio. 
He  had  a  piercing  blue  eye,  and  was  possessed  of  great 
magnetism,  so  that  he  was  able  to  do  many  of  the  feats 
which  are  done  in  this  day  by  professional  "hypnotists," 
such  as  controlling  the  actions  of  men  and  boys,  and  by 
suggestion  causing  them  to  do  anything  which  he  com- 
manded.    He  was  a  born  backwoodsman,  loved  hunting, 
and  was  a  dead  shot  with  a  rifle,  killing  ducks,  turkeys, 
and  other  winged  game  by  shooting  their  heads  off,  and 
thoroughly  despising  the  use  of  a  shot-gun  as  unmanly 
and  degenerate.     He  was  fearless  among  men  or  beasts, 
but    never  quarrelsome.     As  deputy   sheriff  of    Berrien 
county  at  the  time  the  railroad  was  building,  he  and  his 
chief,  Harmon  Griswold,  never  hesitated  to  plunge  into 
any  mob,  however  great  the  odds,  and  get  their  man  if 
one  was  wanted.     His  charge  to  his  sons  was  to  "fear 
only  cowardice,"  a  precept  which  was  the  practice  of  his 
life,  and  the  remembrance  of  which  has  held  his  progeny 


192  MERRICK    GENEALOGY. 

up  to  their  work  at  times  when  every  dictate  of  pru- 
dence and  inclination  was  in  favor  of  retreat. 

His  second  wife,  Cornelia  Mary  Ann  Whelpley,  was 
born  March  20,  1810,  at  Lenox,  Berkshire  county,  Mass. 
Her  ancestor,  Jonathan  Whelpley  \  was  born  in  the 
south  of  Wales,  and  immigrated  to  America  in  1670, 
lauding  in  Connecticut,  and  settling  at  Fairfield,  where 
he  married  Mary  Darling;  their  son,  David -^  Whelpley, 
married  Eliza  Gregory;  SamueP  Whelpley,  born  Feb.  5, 
1780,  married  Hannah  Olmstead,  May,  1751;  Thomas* 
Whelpley,  born  Sept.  5, 1762,  married  Mary  Abbott,  and 
these  were  the  parents  of  Cornelia  M.  A.  Whelpley,  with 
whom  she  removed,  when  a  young  girl,  to  Ashtabula, 
O.,  undergoing  all  the  privations  incident  to  pioneer  life 
in  what  was  then  a  wilderness.  She  was  twenty- one  years 
of  age  when  she  married  Laban  Merrick  and  went  out 
into  the  forest  to  take  care  of  his  log  cabin  while  he  cut 
down  the  timber  and  sawed  it  into  lumber  for  the  build- 
ing of  Ashtabula.  An  incident  which  occurred  there  is 
of  interest  as  showing  the  danger  to  which  she  and  her 
children  were  exposed.  One  evening  in  winter,  when 
the  father  and  the  old  watch-dog,  "Argus,"  were  absent 
at  the  mill,  a  half  mile  away,  she  heard  a  scratching  at 
the  window,  which  was  reinforced  by  a  heavy  wooden 
shutter.  Cautiously  opening  the  shutter  a  few  inches, 
she  found  herself  looking  into  the  face  of  an  immense 
panther,  who  crouched  for  a  spring,  and  which  he  made, 
striking  against  the  shutter,  which  Mrs.  Merrick  had  in- 
stantly closed  when  she  saw  what  her  visitor  was.  The 
animal  was  tracked  by  the  old  house  dog  the  next  morn- 
ing, and  killed  by  a  bullet  from  the  Kentucky  rifle  in 
the  hands  of  Mr.  Merrick.  Mrs.  Merrick  was  a  sincere 
Christian,  teaching  her  children  with  painstaking  care 
and  unfeigned  faith  and  love,  all  of  whom  accepted  the 
faith  which  was  her  own.  She  lost  four  children,  who 
died  in  infancy,  from  the  malarious  surroundings  of  a 
new  country.  After  a  life  of  toil,  and  sorrow,  and  many 
disappointments,  she  died,  April  4,  1865,  at  the  home  of 
her  daughter,  Elizabeth  Gates,  at  Prescott,  Wis.,  and  is 
buried  in  the  cemetery  overlooking  the  Misssssippi, 
which  she  loved  so  well.     Children — 

Ann  Eliza,  b.  Sept.  21,  18J6.  Brutus,  N.  Y. 
Elizabeth  Page,  b.  April  17,  1832,  Ashtabula,  O. 
Seth  Orlando,   b.  July  31,   1838,  Niles,  Mich. ;  d. 
Nov.  18,  1838. 
iv.     Mary,  b.  Oct.  8,  1839,  Niles;  d.  Oct.  8,  1844. 


160. 

167. 

ii. 

iii. 

SIXTH    GENERATION.  193 

168.  V.    George  Byron,  b.  Sept.  21,  1841,  Niles. 

vi.     Samuel,  b.  Sept.  3,  1843,  Niles;  d.  June  5,  1844. 

169.  vii.     Samuel  Whelpley,  b.  March  30,  1845,  Niles. 

viii.     Mary  Evaline,  b.  Oct.,  1849,  Niles;  d.  Nov.  16,  1849. 

104.  Joseph ^  son  of  {Joseph^  Joseph"^,  Timothy^, 
Timothy^,  Jam es'^)  and  Sarah  (Harriman)  Merrick, born 
June  2,  1803,  at  Newbury,  Mass.  Married,  1845,  Mrs. 
Elizabeth  Ineal  Smart;  she  born  Aug.  16, 1815,  atUtica, 
N.  Y.;  died  Jan.  17,  1890,  at  Kendall ville,  Ind.;  buried 
in  Adrian,  Mich.  Joseph  Merrick  was  a  boot-maker  by 
occupation,  plying  his  trade  in  Adrian,  whence  he  had 
removed  from  New  York  state  with  his  parents.  It  is 
said  that  the  young  men  would  come  from  far  and  near 
to  have  their  best  boots  made  by  Joseph  Merrick;  he 
would  not  make  shoes  for  any  one.  He  died  in  Adrian, 
Sept.  14,  1865,  and  is  buried  there.     Children— 

170.  i.  Herbert  Joseph,  b.  April  25,  1846,  Adrian,  Mich, 
ii.  Fremont  Byron,  b.  Dec.  7,  1849,  Adrian;  m.  Nov. 
24,  1874,  at  Kendallville,  Ind.,  Elizabeth  Arnold; 
no  children.  He  d.  Feb.  29,  1879,  at  Kendall- 
ville, and  Elizabeth,  his  wife,  d.  Dec.  29,  1879, 
also  at  Kendallville. 
iii.  Sarah  Elizabeth,  b.  April  27,  1851,  at  Adrian; 
never  married;  d.  Sept.  27,  1901,  Cleveland,  O. 

105.  SiLAs\  son  of  (Joseph^,  Joseph'^,  Timothy^, 
Timothy^,  James^)  and  Sarah  (Harriman)  Merrick,  born 
Aug.  16,  1806,  at  Salisbury,  Mass.  Married,  Sept.  22, 
1828,  at  Jordan,  N.  Y.,  Fanny,  daughter  of  Amos  and 
Phoebe  (Hamlin)  Miner;  she  born  July  14,  1811;  was 
descended  from  an  old  New  England  family,  her  ances- 
tors having  landed  at  Charlestown,  Mass.,  in  1630.  She 
died  Dec.  4,  1891,  at  New  Brighton,  Pa.  Her  father, 
Amos  Miner,  died  June  2,  1842,  and  her  mother,  Phoebe 
(Hamlin)  Miner,  died  Sept.  20,  1838.  After  his  mar- 
riage Silas  Merrick  removed  from  Jordan,  N.  Y.,  to  Falls- 
ton,  Pa.,  in  1837,  and  formed  a  partnership  with  his 
brother-in-law%  engaging  in  the  manufacture  of  buckets, 
tubs,  and  keelers,  with  machinery  invented  by  his  father- 
in-law,  Amos  Miner,  and  patented  in  1826  to  1628.  The 
partnership  of  Miner  &  Merrick  continued  for  nearly  half 
a  century.  Silas  Merrick  took  out  several  patents, 
among  which  were  iron  passenger  and  freight  cars,  the 
manufacture  of  which  he  carried  on  from  1859  to  1861, 
but  his  capital  was  too  limited  to  make  it  successful. 
Some  of  the  cars  which  he  turned  out  are  in  service  yet, 
showing  them  to  have  been  well  made,  and  suited  to  the 


194  MERRICK    GENEALOGY. 

purpose  intended.  He  also  took  out  patents  for  improve- 
ments in  wash-boards,  a  device  to  attach  to  the  tops  of 
chimneys  to  prevent  drafts  the  wrong  way,  and  a  splice 
bar  to  join  the  ends  of  rails  on  steam  railways,  a  lock- 
nut  device.  In  conjunction  with  his  partner,  Mr.  Miner, 
he  bought  an  unfinished  hotel  in  New  Brighton,  which 
they  finished  and  furnished,  naming  it  "Merrick  House," 
opened  in  1852,  and  destroyed  by  fire  in  1855.  In  poli- 
tics Silas  was  originally  a  Democrat,  but  afterwards 
voted  with  the  Republicans.  He  was  never  a  member  of 
any  church.  He  had  the  inventive  instinct  strongly  de- 
veloped, a  trait  which  he  transmitted  to  his  sons,' who 
have  likewise  excelled  in  that  department.  He  died  July 
4,  1887,  at  New  Brighton,  Pa.     Children— 

i.     John  Miner,  b.  Jan.  14,  1831,  Jordan,  N.  Y. ;  d.  Sept. 
24,  1837,  Fallston,  Pa. 

171.  ii.     Edward  Dempster,  b.  Aug.  24,  1832,  Jordan,  N.  Y. 

172.  iii.     Charles  Morris,  b  April  14,  1834,  Jordan. 

iv.     Mary  Malvina,  b.  July  25,  1836,  Jordan;  d.  July  9, 
1838,  Fallston,  Pa. 

173.  V.     Franklin  Angelo,  b.  Jan.  17,  1845,  New  Brighton, 

Pa. 

174.  vi.     Frederick  Silas,  b.  June  30, 1853,  New  Brighton,  Pa. 

106.  George  Washington^  son  of  (JosppJ)^,  Jo- 
seph*, Thnotlnf,  Timothy'',  James^)  and  Sarah  (Harri- 
man)  Merrick,  born  July  22,  1808,  at  Salisbury,  Mass. 
Married,  Sept.  3,  1834,  at  Cato,  N.  Y.,  Nancy  Lucinda 
Graves;  she  born  Nov.  19,  1813,  at  Harwinton,  Conn.: 
died  May  10,  1882,  at  Adrian,  Mich.  George  Washing- 
ton moved  with  his  father,  when  a  boy  of  eight  years, 
from  Salisbury,  Mass.,  to  Brutus,  N.  Y.,  where  he 
worked  with  his  brothers  in  the  market  garden  of  his 
father.  Being  of  slight  ])uild  and  feeble  constitution  the 
little  boy  was  taxed  to  the  utmost  in  attempting  to  per- 
form the  "stents"  set  for  him  by  his  father.  At  the 
age  of  sixteen,  having  expressed  a  desire  to  leave  home, 
he  was  bound  out  to  a  man  by  the  name  of  Hawley,  un- 
til he  should  attain  his  majority,  he  to  be  taught  the 
cal)inet  maker's  trade,  and  at  the  end  of  his  term  to  have 
his  freedom  and  a  new  suit  of  clothes  with  which  to  start 
in  life.  He  learned  the  trade,  and  learned  it  well,  and 
at  the  age  of  twenty-one  received  his  freedom,  but  had 
to  sue  his  master  before  he  got  the  suit  of  clothes.  He 
then  went  to  Connecticut  and  worked  in  the  Seth  Thomas 
clock  factory,  carving  clock  feet  for  the  old  fashioned 
tall  clocks.     At  this  he  was  so  expert  that  he  turned  out 


SIXTH    GENERATION.  195 

more  feet  than  could  be  used  by  the  factory,  and  all  of 
beautiful  design,  many  of  his  own  designing.  It  was 
while  working  here  that  he  met  Lucinda  Graves,  who 
was  afterwards  to  become  his  wife.  His  brother,  Rufus 
Merrick,  was  already  established  in  the  cabinet  business 
in  Adrian.  George  joined  him  there  in  1832,  and  to- 
gether they  opened  undertaker's  rooms,  making  their 
own  coffins,  of  the  old  cherry  "ridge-top"  stjde  so  much 
in  vogue  in  the  olden  time.  There  was  much  sickness 
and  death  in  Adrian,  and  the  brothers  prospered  in  their 
business,  although  at.  the  expense  of  their  best  friends, 
in  many  instances.  George  was  able  to  save  money 
enough  to  build  a  nice  house,  and  in  1833  went  back  to 
New  York  for  his  bride.  Soon  after  his  marriage  he 
dissolved  partnership  with  his  brother,  and  for  a  time 
was  in  Toledo,  O.,  in  the  meat  market  business.  He 
studied  dentistry,  and  in  1843  opened  an  office  in  Adrian, 
in  which  profession  he  continued  until  advancing  years 
compelled  him  to  retire,  which  he  did  with  a  competency 
which  enabled  him  to  live  at  ease  until  his  death. 

At  the  age  of  twenty-three  he  was  working  in  Ply- 
mouth, Litchfield  county.  Conn.,  at  the  jeweler's  trade. 
There  was  a  great  stir  through  that  section  about  a 
"railroad"  that  had  been  built  from  Albany  to  Schenec- 
tady and  young  Merrick  determined  to  go  over  and  see 
the  train  start.  When  the  train  was  ready  to  start  only 
ten  of  the  twelve  places  in  the  coaches  were  filled.  Mer- 
rick boldly  approached  Thurlow  Weed,  who  was  in 
charge  of  the  train,  and  asked  permission  to  take  the 
ride.  He  was  agreeably  surprised  when  Weed  replied, 
"Get  aboard,  young  man." 

He  lost  no  time  in  obeying  and  made  the  famous  run 
to  Schenectady  and  return  with  Weed  and  his  compan- 
ions. Dr.  Merrick  was  not  so  much  impressed  with  the 
importance  of  the  ride  then,  but  later  recalled  the  oc- 
currence with  pride  and  satisfaction.  He  was  the  last 
of  the  part}-  who  made  up  the  passenger  list  of  the  first 
train,  on  the  first  railroad,  in  America. 

The  old  train,  on  its  return  east  from  the  World's  Fair, 
was  stopped  for  exhibition  at  Adrian,  in  the  fall  of  1893, 
and  Mr.  Merrick  had  the  satisfaction  of  again  mounting 
to  a  seat  in  one  of  the  coaches  in  which  he  had  ridden, 
as  a  young  man,  more  than  half  a  century  before. 

He  was  a  member  of  the  Odd  Fellows'  order  for  many 
years,  and  before  old  age  and  infirmities  prevented,  was 
an  active  member  and  worker  in  the  lodge.     He  was  an 


196  MERRICK    GENEALOGY. 

earnest  Spiritualist  for  over  twenty  years,  and  to  him 
the  truths  of  the  sacred  eause  appealed  with  convincing 
force.  He  was  an  upright  man,  true  to  principle  and 
firm  in  integrity.  He  was  a  kind  neighbor,  with  a  happy 
disposition  which  endeared  him  to  all.  His  last  words 
were,  when  asked  if  he  was  willing  to  go:  "Oh,  yes.  I 
have  tried  to  do  my  duty;  and  I  believe  that  the  same 
Divine  goodness  that  brought  me  to  this  mortal  life  will 
take  home  to  Himself  the  spirit  life.  My  life  has  been 
a  journey.  My  death  is  to  go  home."  He  died  at  his 
home  in  Adrian  on  Sunday  morning,  July  3,  1898.  His 
funeral  was  from  his  home  at  6 :  30  in  the  evening  of 
Wednesday,  July  6,  the  Episcopal  service  being  used,  it 
having  been  his  request  that  he  should  be  buried  in  the 
twilight,  as  if  he  were  but  lying  down  to  take  his  natural 
sleep.  He  lacked  but  twenty  days  of  having  reached  his 
ninetieth  birthday.    Children,  all  born  in  Adi-ian,  Mich. — 

i.     A  son,  b.  Dec.  25,  1835;  d.  Dec.  29,  1835.; 

175.  ii.     Emma  Laudelia,  b.  Jan.  22,  1837. 

iii.  George  Hurlon,  b.  Feb.  4,  1839;  never  married; 
d.  Jan.  14, 1863,  Hartford,  Conn.;  buried,  Adrian; 
he  had  a  rare  talent  as  an  artist  in  oil  and  water 
colors,  devoting  all  his  time  to  paincing  for  sev- 
eral years  prior  to  liis  death. 

iv.  Benson  Graves,  b.  Nov.  3,  1841.  Benson  G.  learned 
the  jeweler's  trade,  at  which  he  worked  for  a 
time,  abandoning  it  to  enter  the  service  of  the 
American  Express  Company,  with  Avhich  com- 
pany, and  the  Pacific  Express  Company,  he  has 
been  for  years.  He  is  with  the  latter  company 
at  this  time. 

107.  Sarah ^,  dan.  of  {Joseph^,  Joseph/^,  Timothy^, 
Timothir ,James^)  and  Sarah  (Harriman)  Merrick,  born 
Sept.  14,  1810,  an  Salisbury,  Mass.  Married,  Dec.  3, 1829, 
at  Brutus,  N.  Y.,  Spencer  Bowen;  he  born  March  22, 
1807,  in  Massachusetts;  died  April  16, 1879,  iuSennett,  N. 
Y.  Sarah,  the  mother,  was  living,  Oct.  1901,  in  Sennett, 
N.  Y.,  with  her  son,  at  the  age  of  90  years,  still  very 
active  and  possessed  of  all  her  faculties.  Children,  all 
born  at  Sennett,  N.  Y. — 

176.  i.     Delos  (Bowen),  b.  Dec.  16,  1830;  d.  Sept.  21,  1863, 

in  Louisiana,  while  in  the  Union  service. 

177.  ii.     Mary   Eliza  (Bowen),  b.   Aug.  7,  1834;  d.  Oct.  27, 

1888,  in  Dakota. 

178.  iii.     Joseph  (Bowen),  b.  Aug.  17,  1840. 

179.  iv.     HuRLON  (Bowen),  b.  Feb.  17,  1843. 

108.  Abigail'',  dau.of  {Joseph^ ,  Joseph^ ,  Timothy^, 
Timothy'^,  James^)  and  Sarah  (Harriman)  Merrick  born 


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SIXTH    GENERATION.  197 

May  25,  1813,  at  Salisbury,  Mass.  Married  William 
B.  Whitney;  he  born  1814;  died  Jan.  7,  1858,  at 
Adrian,  Mich.  Abigail,  the  mother,  died  Sunday,  Oct. 
6,  1901,  at  San  Francisco,  Cal.,  at  the  home  of  her  niece, 
Amelia  (Hutchins)  Joy.     Children — 

i.  William  Merrick  (Whitney),  b.  Jan.  9,  1842,  at 
Alden,  N.  Y. ;  m ;  his  wife  is  dead ;  no  children ; 
is  living  in  California. 

ii.  Helen  Georgianna  (Whitney),  b.  Oct.  7,  1846,  at 
Adrian,  Mich. ;  d.  Nov.  5,  1898,  at  San  Jose,  Cal. 

180.  iii.     Edgar  Byron  (Wliitney),  b.  April  2,  1850,  Adrian, 

Mich. 

109.  Judith  Little'',  dan.  of  {Joseph^,  Joseph"^ , 
Timothy^,  Thnotliy'^ ,  dames'^)  and  Sarah  (Harriman) 
Merrick,  born  Nov.  26, 1820,  at  Brutus,  N.  Y.  Married, 
Oct.  30,  1842,  at  Adrian,  Mich.,  Frederick  William 
Hutchins;  he  died  Aug.  8,  1888,  aged  67  years.  Judith, 
the  mother,  died  March  14,  1892,  at  Minneapolis,  Minn., 
aged  71  years,  4  months.     Childi-en — 

181.  i.     Mary  (Hutchins),  b.  March  7,  1844. 

182.  ii.     Amelia  (Hutchin.s),  b.  July  18,  1846. 
iii.     Ella  (Hutchins),  b.  Feb.  14,  1848. 

110.  Judith®  (Graham),  dau.  of  John  and  Hannah 
(Merrick)  Graham,  born  June  6,  1800,  at  Hampstead, 
N.  H.  Married  Beriah  Currier.  Judith  Graham,  the 
mother,  died  Sept.  8,  1881.     Children— 

i.  Samuel  Pierce  (Currier),  b.  1829;  m.  1858,  Isabelle 
Esterbrooks;  one  son,  Frederick;  unmarried; 
Samuel  Pierce  d.  Feb.,  1901. 

ii.     Bailey  (Currier),  b.  ;  m.   twice;  no  children. 

iii.     Nathaniel  (Currier),  b.  ;  m. ;  has  no  children. 

iv.     Mary  (Currier),  b. ;  m.  Dea.  John Hazen  Ayer ; 

children ;  Elizabeth  Ayer,  m.  Andrew  J.  Nason, 
and  had :  George,  Edward,  Annie,  Emma,  Hat- 
tie  and  Alice.     Carrie  Ayer,  m.  Smith ;  one 

daughter.  Annie  Aj^er,  m.  Joseph  Jaques;  no 
children ;  dead. 

V.     Sophia  (Currier),  b. ;  m.   John  Loud;  no  chil- 

di-en ;  both  dead. 

vi.     Lizzie  (Currier),  b. ;  m.  Stephen  C.  Adams ;  one 

son ;  father  killed  in  the  Union  army. 

vii.     LuciNDA  Grimes  (Currier),  b.  ;  m.  Charles  W. 

Amos;  one  child,  Charles  W.  Amos,  Jr.;  Lu- 
cindad.  Aug.,  1900. 

■viii.     Louise    (Currier),    b.   ;  m.    Andrew    Jackson 

Fletcher ;  no  cliildren. 

111.  James  Warren^  (Graham)  son  of  John  and 
Hannah   (Merrick)    Graham,    born    June   10,    1805,    at 


198  MERRICK    GENEALOGY. 

Chester,  N.  H.  Married,  Nov.  29,  1827,  at  Haverhill, 
Mass. ,  Caroline  Carlton ;  she  died  and  James  W.  married, 
2ud,  Nov.  2,  1840,  Elizabeth  G.  French;  she  died  and 
James  married,  3d,  Widow  Susan  Adams.  He  died  Jan. 
9,  1858,  at  Haverhill,  Mass.,  and  his  widow  married 
Horace  Bailey,  of  Hampstead.  (His  second  and  her 
fourth  maiTiage).     She  is  now  dead.     Children — 

i.  Caroline  Augusta  (Graham),  b.  Nov.  29,  1828;  m. 
Nathaniel  Renselaer  Hobbs,  Nov.  25,  1852;  has 
four  children  Albert  Julian  Hobbs,  Flora  Ella 
Hobbs,  m.  Hammond ;  Willard  Renselaer  Hobbs, 
and  George  Carlton  Hobbs ;  also  fourteen  grand- 
children ;  is  living  at  Aurora,  111. 
ii.  MaryANxN  (Graham),  b.  Aug.  17,  18.30:  m.  Sept.  20, 
1858,  Charles  H.  Moore;  no  children, 
ill.     Elizabeth  Jane  (Graham),  b.  July  13,  1832:  m.  Seth 

H.  Austin,  July  6,  1869;  no  children, 
iv.     James  Henry  (Graham),  b.  July  11,  1834;  m.  April 
14,  18.")8,  Laura  Morrison;  d.  June  28,  1884;  one 
son  living, 
V.     Laura  Matilda    (Graham),   b.   Sept.   19,  1836;  m. 
Fuller  Breck,  and  d.  April  21,  1857,  leaving  one 
son,  Edward  Breck. 
vi.     Sarah  Maria  (Graham),  b.  Jan.  31,  1839;  d.  Feb.  5, 

1841. 
vii.  Emily  Frances  (Graham),  b.  April  22,  1841;  m., 
1858,  Benjamin  H.  Chase;  he  d.  Aug.  1901,  leav- 
ing two  children  alive,  Benjamin  L.  Chase  and 
Mrs.  Edward  Warren:  (two  dead). 
viii.  Lois  Ellen  (Graham),  b.  Sept.  10,  1844;  d.  Aug.  22, 
1845. 

ix.  Rachael  Sarah  (Graham),  b.  March  12,  1849 (?) ;  d. 
May  16,  1875;   unmarried. 

X,  Anna  Elizabeth  (Graham),  b.  July  5,  1850;  unmar- 
ried. 

112.  JoHN^  (Graham),  son  of  John'^  and  Hannah 
(Merrick)  Graham,  born  Dec.  13,  1810,  at  Hampstead, 
N.  H.  Married,  Frances  T.  McFarland.  (See  "Clan 
McFarlan").  Frances,  the  mother,  is  still  living,  over 
85  years  of  age.  John,  the  father,  died  Jan.  4,  1893. 
Children — 

1.  Eliza  Frances  (Graham),  b.  Oct.  22,  1836;  m. 
James  Nelson  Rice ;  he  is  dead ;  children :  Wil- 
liam Graham  Rice,  b.  Feb.  6,  1861;  d.  1891; 
Charles  S.  Rice,  b.  Dec.  1867;  d.  Feb.  1869.  Eliza, 
still  living. 
ii.  Susan  Maria  (Graham),  b.  Dec.  26,  1838;  m.  D  R. 
Toll;  is  still  Hving. 
183.        iii.     Emma  Jane  (Graham),  b.  March  1,  1842. 

iv.     James  Wallace  (Graham),  b.  Julv9,  1848;  married; 

d.  May  28,  1898. 
V.     Charles  Pearson  (Graham),  b.  March  16,  1854;  d. 
Aug.  26,  1854. 


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113.  Thomas  Fernald*'  (Graham),  son  of  John% 
and  Hannah  (Merrick)  Graham,  born  June  4,  1812,  at 
Hampstead,  N.  H.  Married,  Dec.  30,  1839,  Elizabeth  G. 
Morse;  she  died  Dec.  16,  1896.  Thomas  F.  died  Oct. 
23,  1862,  at  Auburn,  N.  Y.     Chihii-en— 

i.     Adolphus  Oblin  (Graham),  b.  ;  d.  1862,  during 

the  Civil  War ;  was  liospital  steward  in  United 
States  Navy,  on  board  Gunboat  "Arisiook." 

ii.     Thomas   Spring  (Graham),   b.  ;  d.  in  infancy, 

at  Haverhill, 
iii.     Tom  A.    (Graham),  b.   Oct.   26,    1847;  m.   1st,  Ruth 
Anna  Hoskins,  of  Auburn,  N.  Y. ;  had  one  daugh- 
ter, Maud   Anna,  b.   Sept.  7,  1869.     He  m.   2nd, 
Florence  Laneheart,  of  Auburn ;  no  children, 
iv.     Emeline  (Graham),  b.  July  6,  1858;  d  Aug.  25,  1858. 

V.  Ella  Elizabeth  (Graham),  b.  June  7  1860;  m. 
Aug.  21,  1874,  Edgar  WiUiam  Robinson;  had 
one  child,  lone  Robinson,  b.  Feb.  6,  1878.  Edgar, 
the  father,  died,  and  Ella  E.  m.  2nd,  May  26, 
1885,  Isaac  Robert  Place ;  had  four  children — 

1.  David    Herbert    (Place),    b.    Feb.    28, 

1886;  d.  Sept.  20,  1886. 

2.  Stephen  Graham  (Place),   b.   June  29, 

1887 ;  still  living. 

3.  Caroline  Maud   (Place),  b.  March  26, 

1889;  still  living. 

4.  Tom  Minor  (Place),  b.  June  25,  1890;  still 

living. 
Zone  Robinson,   Ella  E.'s  daughter  by 
first  husband,  m.  June  20,  1895,  Louis 
Herman  Schweitzer,  of  San    Fran- 
cisco, and  had — 

a.  Bertha  Zone  (Schweitzer),  b.  June  4, 

1896;  d.  April  3,  1897. 

b.  Florence  Ione  (Schweitzer),  b.  Sept.  24, 

1897. 

c.  Merza  Hermania  (Schweitzer),  b.  Oct. 

31,  1899. 

114.  Charles  Goss"  (Graham),  son  of  John^  and 
Hannah  (Merrick)  Graham,  born  Sept.  1,  1814,  at  Hamp- 
stead, N.  H.  Married,  June  18,  1835,  Fernald  Souther; 
she  deceased.  Charles  G.,  the  father,  died  May  24,  1884. 
Children — 

i.  Adelaide  Angelia  (Graham),  b.  Sept  15,  1836;  m. 
Feb.  21.  1856.  Edwin  Stillman  Willey ;  she  d, 
Sept.  22,  1868;  one  child,  a  girl,  b.  Nov.  26,  1856; 
d.  Feb.  17,  1864. 
ii.  Sylvanus  Cobb  (Graham),  b.  July  13,  1838;  m.  Liz- 
zie Willey,  sister  of  Edvdn  S.  ;  children— 

1.  George  Austin  (Graham),  b.  May  15, 
1863;  m.  Sue  E.  Miller,  Sept.  28, 
1889;  one  child,  Doris  Sue,  b.  May 
1.  1893. 


200  MERRICK    GENEALOGY. 

2.  Charles  Warren  (Graham),  b.  Nov.  11, 

1864;  m.  Etta  Pearl  Storer,  Dec.  25, 
1890;  no  children. 

3.  Ella  Rogers  (Graham),  b.  Dec.  22,  1866; 

m.  Frederick  Mainard ;  no  children, 
iii.     Ellen  Mary  (Graham),  b.  July  13,  1842;  m.  Nov  20, 
1860,  Warren  Kimball;  d.  Feb.  27.  1864;  no  chil- 
dren. 


115.  Nathaniel  Myrick^  (Graham),  son  of  John ^ 
and  Hannah  (Merrick)  Graham,  born  April  8,  1818,  at 
Hampstead,  N.  H.  Married,  1st,  Oct.  27,  1839,  Har- 
riet N.,  daughter  of  Deacon  John  Morse;  she  died  Feb. 
27,  1840,  at  Haverhill,  Mass.,  aged  18  years.  Nathaniel 
married,  2nd,  Nov.  11,  1841,  Mary  Louise,  daughter  of 
Jacob  and  Louisa  (Brooks)  Foster,  at  Town  of  Mentz, 
New  York.  Nathaniel  My  rick  Graham,  the  father,  died 
Aug.  17,  1887,  at  Milwaukee,  Wis.  Mary  Louise,  the 
mother,  is  still  living,  at  the  age  of  eighty-two  years. 
Children  by  2nd  wife — 

i.  Warren  Merrick  (Graham),  b.  Sept.  18,  1842,  at 
Auburn,  N.  Y. ;  shot  at  battle  of  Falling  Water, 
Va.,  and  died  of  wound  Aug.  26, 1861,  at  Hagers- 
town,  Md. 

ii.  Amanda  Foster  (Graham),  b.  July  1,  1844,  at  Au- 
burn; drowned  at  Grafton,  Wis.,  1849. 

184.  iii.     Albert  Foster    (Graham),   b.    March   18,   1846,  at 

Auburn. 

185.  iv.     Frances   Antoinette  (Graham),  b.  July  2,  1848,  at 
Grafton,  Wis. 

V.  Mary  Eliza  (Graham),  b.  Aug.  21,  1850,  at  Graf- 
ton, Wis. 

vi.  Harriet  Elizabeth  (Graham),  b.  Oct.  25,  1854,  at 
Port  Washington,  Wis. ;  not  married. 

vii.  Adelaide  Lillian  (Graham),  b.  Jan.  27,  1857,  at 
Poi-t  Washington,  Wis. ;  m.  July  14,  1896,  at 
Milwaukee,  Wis.,  John  R.  Williams;  no  chil- 
dren. 


180 


116.  RuFus  Kittridge"  (Graham),  son  of  John^ 
and  Hannah  (Merrick)  Graham,  born  Aug.  29,  1819,  at 
Chester,  N.  H.  Married,  May  12,  1838,  at  Salem, 
Mass.,  by  Rev.  M.  H.  Smith,  Sarah  Ann  Rollins.  (See 
Rollins  Gen.)  She  died  at  Brockton,  Mass.  Rufus 
Graham  supported  his  large  family  by  the  proceeds  of  his 
violin.  He  was  so  wrapped  up  in  his  music  that  he  had 
a  violin  carved  on  his  gravestone.  Of  his  children  and 
grandchildren,  almost  all  inherit  talent  for  the  art.  He 
died  Oct.  6,  1884,  at  Bradford,  Mass.     Children— 


SIXTH   GENERATION.  201 

i.     Arthur    Traine    (Graham),    b.    Dec.    26,    1839,    at 

Salem,  Mass.  ;  d.  Feb.  18,  1840. 
ii.     Ellen  Frances    (Graham),   b.    Aug.   11,    1840,   at 

Salem;  d.  April  25,  1841,  at  Haverhill,  Mass. 
iii.     Eliza  Rollins  (Graham),  b.  April  15, 1842,  at  Haver- 
hill; m.  Orrin  Sargent;  lives  at  Haverhill;  no 
cliildren. 
iv.     RuFUS    Melvin    (Graham),    b.   June  19,    1844,    at 

Haverhill;  living  in  Philadelphia;  unmarried. 
V.     Sarah  Frances   (Graham),   b.  March  10,    1846,  at 
Bradford,  Mass. ;  m.  1st,  John  Marsh  ;  deceased ; 
2nd,  Perley  R.  Chad  well ;  living  in  Boston ;  no 
children, 
vi.     Austin    Warner    (Graham),   b.    Oct.    8,    1847,  at 
Bradford,  Mass. ;  m.  Mrs.  Ella  Vaunt ;  living  in 
Fhiladelpliia,  Pa. ;  no  children, 
vii.     John  Leroy  (Graham),    b,   June   28,  1849,  at  Brad- 
ford, Mass. ;  m.   Wealthy  Wilson,  July  37,  1867. 
Children — 

1.  Lilla,  d.  in  infancy. 

2.  John,  d.  in  infancy. 

3.  LoTTA  Blanche,  b.  June  17,  1880;  m. 

Aug.  17,  1898,    John  Leroy  Perkins; 
no  children. 

187.  viii.     George   Warren  (Graham),  b.  Nov.  23,   1850,  at 

Bradford,  Mass. 

188.  ix.     Laura  Ann  (Graham), b.  Dec.  31,  1852,  at  Bradford. 

189.  X.     Otis  Albert   (Graham),  b.  Dec.  21,  1854,  Bradford, 
xi.     Lewis  Day  (Graham),   b.  Feb.  11,  1857,  Bradford; 

liAdng  at  Providence,  R.  I,;  unmarried. 

xii.  Alice  Tenney  (Graham),  b.  Jan.  5,  1859,  at  Brad- 
ford; m.  Oct.  7,  1879,  Alvena  Moses  Brewer,  of 
Freeport,  Me.;  deceased;  Alice  T.,  the  widow, 
is  living  in  Haverhill,  Mass. 

xiii.  Cora  Imogene  (Graham),  b.  Feb.  23,  1861,  at  Brad- 
ford ;  m.  1st,  Harry  Tilton.  in  1877.     Children— 

1.  Cora  Gladys    (Tilton),   b.   March  30, 

1879;  unmarried. 

2.  Herbert  Sumner   (Tilton),  b.  Dec.   22, 

1881 ;  unmarried. 
Cora,  the  mother,  m.  2nd,  June  1,  1879, 
Herbert  N.  Dresser.     Children — 

1.  Raymond   Graham  (Dresser),  b.  March 

1,  1898. 

2.  Marjorie  Irene  (Dresser),  b,  March  18, 

1899. 

xiv.  Annie  Belle  (Graham),  b.  Aug.  15,  1863,  at  Brad- 
ford; m.  1st,  Clarence  Wardwell;  deceased; 
2nd,  James  S.  Blake ;  li\ing  in  St.  Louis,  Mo. ; 
no  children. 

XV.  Mabel  (Graham),  b.  Feb.  23,  1868,  at  Bradford;  m. 
Arthur  L.  Harris.     Children — 

1.  Dorothy  Graham  (Harris),  b.  July  4, 

1889. 

2.  Louis    Marion    (Harris),    b.    May   19, 

1891. 

3.  Mabel  Rollins  (Harris),  b.  Jan.  2, 1896. 


202  ■  MERRICK    GENEALOGY. 

117.  Abner**  (Miriek),  son  of  (Abner  Little^,  Jo- 
seph'^, Timothy '\  Timothij- ,Jam€s'^)  and  Betse.y  (Steele) 
Merrick,  born  Dec.  14,  IHOH,  at  Atkinson,  N.  H.  Mar- 
ried, Oct.  27,  1829,  Eliza  Nightingale,  of  Roxbnry, 
Mass.;  she  born  March  6,  1807,  at  Roxbury;  died  Aug. 
27,  1895,  at  Salem,  N.  H.  Abner  changed  the  spelling 
of  his  name  to  "Miriek,"  which  his  descendants  have 
followed.  He  died  Sept.  27,  1852,  at  Salem,  N.  H. 
Children,  all  born  at  Salem,  N.  H. — 

i.     Eliza  A.,  b.  Jan.  33,  1831;  m.  July  2,  1851,  Charles 
E.  Bailey. 

190.  ii.     Albert  T.,  b.  July  23,  1832. 

iii.  Porter  C,  b.  Feb.  6,  1834;  m.  Sept.  15,  1859,  Har- 
riet Newell,  of  Salem ;  d.  July  30,  1893. 

191.  iv.     Caroline  J.,  b.  Jan.  5,  183(5. 

V.     Mary  J.,  b.  April  13,  1837. 
vi.     Julia  F.,  b.  Jan.  1,  1839;  m.  David  W.  Ingalls;  d. 

May  9,  1888. 
vii.     Elizabeth  M.,  b.  Nov.  9,   1840;  m.  Nov.  28,   1872, 

Samuel  T.  Newell. 
viii.     Adeline  H.,  b.  July  29,  1843. 
ix.     Calvin  A.,  b.  July  8,  185U;  m.  Anna  L.  Heath,  June 
29,  1872,  at  Hampstead,  N.  H. ;  no  children. 

118.  Jonathan  Little",  son  of  {Abner  LittW ,  Jo- 
seph^, Timothy'^,  TimotJiy- ,  dames'^)  and  Martha  (Cor- 
liss) Merrick,  born  Oct.  10,  1807,  at  Hampstead,  N.  H. 
Married,  1st,  Nancy  Morse;  2nd,  Marion  Watts;  3rd, 
Mrs.  Cynthia  Ayer.     Children,  all  by  first  wife — 

i.     Arthur  Livermore,  b. ;  m.  Selina  George ;  she 

d.  May,  1896;  he  d.  1888;  no  children. 

ii.     Harriet,  b. ;  m.  Durant;  several  children. 

iii.     John  Randolph,  b.  ;  m.  ;  two  children. 

iv.     Laura  Ann,  b. ;  m.  Aaron  Davis ;  no  children. 

V.     Mary,   b.   ;  m.  John  K.  Mason,    of   Atkinson, 

N.  H. 

vi.  Ridgeley  Randolph,  b.  1848;  m.  Charlotte  L.  Copp, 
of  Hampstead ;  living  at  Derry,  N.  H. ;  six  chil- 
dren. 

119.  Susan  Shannon",  dan.  of  {Abner  Little^,  Jo- 
seph*, Timothy^,  Timothy^ ,  James^ )  and  Martha  (Cor- 
liss) Merrick,  born  Sept.  26,  1814,  at  Hampstead,  N.  H. 
Married  Tappan  Sargeant  Carter;  he  born  July  2,  1814, 
at  Salisbury,  N.  H.     Children— 

i.     HoSEA  Ballou   (Carter),  b.  Sept.   2,  1835;  m.  Kate 
Martin;  children — 

1.  Nettie,  m.  Frank  McAllister;  four  chil- 

dren. 

2.  Susan,  m.  Joseph  Norman ;  four  children. 


SIXTH    GENERATION.  203 

120.  Stephen  Little^,  son  of  CAdner  Little^, 
Joseph^,  Timothtj^,  Tinwthy^ ,  James^)  and  Martha 
(Corlissl  Meniek,  born  May  6, 1818,  at  Hampstead,  N.  H. 
Married,  1842,  Harriet  Bagley.  Resided  in  Hampstead 
and  Danville,  N.  H.     Children — 

i.     Harriet   Ellen,  b.  May  30,  1843 ;  m.  Nathan  Web- 
ster, of  Haverliill,  Mass. 
ii.     Joseph  Grant,  b.    July   30,  1844;  m.    Rose   Brown; 

no  children, 
iii.     Edward  Noyes,  b.  July  27,  1845. 
iv.     Alice  Gertrude,   b.  July  29,  1846;  d.   at  age  of 

three. 
V.     Henry  Walter,  b.  April  21,  1747;  m.  Jennie  Haley, 
wlio  d.    1892,  leaving  one  child,  Henrietta,    b. 
1880. 
vi.     Andrew  Bagley,  b.  April  17,  1848. 
vii.     Merrill  Bagley,  b.  July  6,  1850. 

viii.     Abby,  b.  . 

ix.     Mary,  b. ;  m.   John  Matavia;  no  children;  re- 
sides Danville,  N.  H. 

121.  Joshua  Corliss",  son  of  {Ahner  Little^, 
Joseph ^ ,  Tim othy  ^ ,  Timothy  '^ ,  James ^ )  and  Martha 
(Corliss)  Merrick,  born  April  28,  1821,  at  Hampstead, 
N.  H.  Married,  April  24,  1845,  Nancy  Morse  Campbell. 
Children,  all  born  in  Hampstead,  N.  H. 

i.    Charles  Byron,  b.  Jan.  24,  1846;  d.  June  19,  1861. 
11.     Adelia,  b.  Dec.  15,  1850;  d.  Jan.  1854. 
Hi.     Delia   Ann,    b.    Dec.    29,    1855;    m.   Willard    Mer- 
rick; d.  1895. 
iv.     Flora  Ada,  b.  Oct.  5,  1858;  m.  Orlaton  Whittaker, 
of  Atkinson,  N.  H. ;  six  children. 
192.  V.     Charles  Beecher,  b.  Aug.  17,  1862. 

vi.     Mary  Silloway,  b.  Jan.  15,  1867 ;  m.  Willard  Mer- 
rick (his  second  wife) . 

122.  Julia  Adaline®,  dan.  of  iAbner Little^ ,  Joseph'^ , 
Timothy^,  Timothy^,  James'^)  and  Martha  (Corliss)  Mer- 
rick, born  Aug.  21,  1824,  at  Hampstead,  N.  H.  Mar- 
ried, Aug.  12,  1852,  Allen  Buckland  Martin;  he  born 
Sept.  25,  1830,  at  Moro,  N.  Y.;  died  in  the  Union  army 
in  1861.     Children— 

1.  Ellen  Frances  (Martin),  b.  Aug.  3,  1854;  m.  Melvin 
Cook,  1874;  shed.  1876,  leaving  one  child,  Allen, 
who  died  at  the  age  of  two  years. 

ii.  Hamlin  Sumner  (Martin),  b.  Oct  10, 1856 ;  unmarried ; 
lives  in  East  Hampton,  N.  H.,  his  mother  living 
with  him. 

123.  Joshua  Flint"  (Noyes),  son  of  Edward  and 
Sarah  (Merrick)  Noyes,  born  Jan.  23,  1818,  at  Hamp- 

14-M 


204  MERRICK    GENEALOGY. 

stead,  N.  H.  Married,  Dec.  26,  1843,  at  Atkinson,  N. 
H.,  Lois  Ann,  daughter  of  Henry  and  Eliza  (Peabody) 
Noyes.     Children — 

i.     Elbridge  Henry  (Noyes),  b.  Jan.    22,  1846,  Hamp- 

stead,  N.  H. ;  ni.  EUeu  Frances  Little, 
ii.  Habriette  E.  (Noyes),  b.  Dec.  15,  1848,  Hamp- 
stead;  is  living  at  Hampstead;  has  published 
several  works  of  historical  and  genealogical 
character,  notably  a  history  of  Hampstead,  a 
book  of  five  hundred  pages;  is  at  present  at  work 
on  a  genealogy  of  the  Noyes  family. 

iii.     Dr.  Rufus  King"^  (Noyes),  b.  May  24,  1853;  unmar- 
ried ;  address  50  Chambers  Street,  Boston. 

iv.     Albert  Peabody  (Noyes),  b.  Sept.  (5,  1857;  unmar- 
ried. 
V.     ISAAO  William   (Noyes),  b.  Feb.   34,  1861;  m.  Joan 
D' Arc  Patten,  of  Candia. 

124.  Francis  G.*',  son  of  {Nathaniel'",  Joseph*, 
Timothy^,  Timothy'',  James^)  and  Sarah  (Corliss)  Mer- 
rick, born  April  27, 1835,  at  Hampstead,  N.  H.  Married 
Rhoda,  daughter  of  Jonathan  and  Nancy  (Pearson) 
Stickney,  of  Hampstead;  she  b.  Sept.  1839,  at  Hamp- 
stead. Francis  G.  was  a  farmer;  died  1878.  They  had 
thirteen  children,  all  born  at  Hampstead,  three  of  whom 
died  in  infancy ;   the  others  were — 

Belinda  E.,  b.  Sept.  29,  1855. 

John  Corliss,  b.  Sept.  29.  1856. 

WiLLARD  W.  b.  Nov.  24,  1857;  m.  1st,  Delia  Merrick 

2nd,  Mary  Merrick,  both  daughters  of  Joshua  C. 

Merrick;  no  children. 
Nanoy  Hannah,  b.  June  28,  1859. 
James  Francis,  b.  March  1,  1862;  m.  Agnes  F.  Far- 

rington,  of  Newton,  N.  H. ;  she  b.  Aug.  29,  1859; 

no  children. 
Charles  H.,  b.  Dec.  13,  1865. 
Edith  H.,  b.  March  4.  1872. 
Frank,  b.  Nov.  5,  1875. 
Joseph  R.,  b.  Nov.  5,  1879. 
John  J.,  b.  Nov.  5,  1879. 

125.  MosES  J.%  son  of  William'^  and  Elizabeth 
(Bailey)  Merrick,  born  Nov.  4,  1773,  at  Boseoweu,  N. 
H.  Married,  Nov.  25,  1794,  at  Boseowen,  N.  H.,  Lydia 
Rice;  she  died  June  22,  1845.  Moses,  the  father,  was  a 
farmer;  died  July  6,  1862.  Many  of  his  descendants 
are  living  at  Boseowen  at  this  time.  Children,  all  born 
at  Boseowen — 

198.  i.     Edmund,  b.  July  3,  1796. 

ii.     John,  b.  March  18,  1798;  d.  March  26,  1798. 


193. 

1. 

ii. 

iii. 

194. 

iv. 

v. 

195. 

vi. 

196. 

vii. 

197. 

viii. 

ix. 

X. 

SEVENTH    GENERATION.  205 

iii.     Elizabeth,  b.  May  13,  1799;  never  married. 
iv.     ISAAO,  b.  March  27,  1801 ;  m.  Louisa  Moore. 
199.  V.     Rial,  b.  Aug.  21,  1808. 

yi.     Prudence,  b.  Dec.  1,  1805;  never  married, 
vii.     William,  b.  Nov.  16,  1812;  m.  Alice  Davis;  lived  at 
Warner,  N.  H. 
viii.     Ursula,  b.  Dec.  29,  1814;  m.  Mark  Tate;  d.  April  6. 
1845. 

ix.     Henry  M.,  b.  ;  d.  young. 

X.     Susan  R.,  b.  May  16, 1817 ;  m.  Mark  Tate  (his  second 

wife). 
xi.     Henry  M.,  b.  about  1815;  m.  AmeHa  Strickland, 
xii.     Mary  B.,  b.  Oct.  31,  1820;  m.  Walter  Robinson,  of 

Boston  ;d.  July  9,  1849. 
xiu.     James  B.,  b. . 


SEVENTH  GENERATION. 

126.  Francis  Byram'^,  son  of  (Amos  Spofford^, 
Isaac'^ ,  Isaac^ ,  JoJin^ ,  James^ ,  James^)  and  Sarah 
Crockett  (Moody)  Myrick,  born  May  10,  1843,  in  Lowell, 
Mass.  Married,  May  18,  1872,  at  Zumbrota,  Minn., 
Hester  A.,  dangliter  of  George  and  Mary  Lawrence; 
she  born  April  24,  1844,  in  Ontario,  Canada;  died  Aug. 
12,  1893,  in  Chicago,  111.  Francis  B.  was  a  farmer  by 
occupation  ail  his  life  until  the  fall  of  1900,  when  he  re- 
tired with  a  competence,  and  is  now  living  at  Hills, 
Minn.,  enjoying  the  fruits  of  his  many  years  of  hard 
labor.     Children — 

i.  Byron  E.,  b.  Oct.  19,  1873,  at  Zumbrota,  Minn.;  d. 
Aug.  15,  1874. 

ii.  Bessie  L.,  b.  July  13,  1877,  at  Beaver  Creek,  Minn. ; 
is  living  with  her  father  at  Hills,  Minn;  un- 
married. 


127.  Edwin  Eugene'',  son  of  (Amos  Siwfford^ , 
Isaac^ ,  Isaac'^ ,  John'\  James'^ ,  James^)  and  Sarah 
Crockett  (Moody)  Myrick,  born  Dee.  11,  1848,  at  Lowell, 
Mass.  Married,  Nov.  22,  1877,  at  Zumbrota,  Minn., 
Isabella  A. ,  daughter  of  Phineas  B.  and  Mercy  J.  (Champ- 
lin)  Newton;  she  born  Feb.  3,  1854,  at  Sherburne,  N,  Y. 
Edwin  E.  Myrick  followed  farming  until  he  was  tliu-ty- 
one  years  of  age;  then  went  into  a  machine  shop,  work- 
ing at  that  business  for  nine  years.  Since  then  has  been 
engineer  in  large  buildings  and  blocks,  at  which  occupa- 
tion he  is  still  engaged  in  the  city  of  Minneapolis,  Minn. 
Children,  all  except  the  first  born  in  Minneapolis — 


206  MERRICK     GENEALOGY. 

i.  Maude  Evelyn,  b.  Nov.  12,  1878;  d.  Sept.  13,  1879. 

ii.  Sarah  Jane,  b.  March  8,  1883. 

iii.  Ethel  Leone,  b.  Aug.  10,  1884. 

iv.  Etta  May,  b.  June  9,  1886. 

128.  Melvin  M^.,  sou  of  {Amos  Spofford,^  Isaac^ , 
Isaac'^,  John^ ,  James^ ,  dames'^)  and  Abigail  (Moody) 
Myrick,  born  Oct.  16,  1860,  at  Zumbrota,  Minn.  Mar- 
ried, July  30, 1894,  at  Red  Wing,  Minn.,  Margaret  Lowe; 
she  born  Dec.  9,  1865,  in  Scotland;  died  Feb.  9,  1901, 
at  Brainerd,  Minn.  Melvin  M.  is  a  farmer  by  occupa- 
tion, and  is  living  at  Brainerd,  Minn.     Children — 

i.     Grace  E.,  b.  Oct.  28,  1895,  Zumbrota,  Minn. 

ii.     Abbie  J.,  b.  Oct.  27,  1896,  Shakopee,  Minn, 
iii.     Francis  Gordon,  b.  June  18,  1898,  Brainerd,  Minn, 
iv.     Eugene   Ray,   b.   Aug.   1,  1899,   Brainerd;  d.  same 
day. 

129.  James  Loren',  son  of  (Rail  G.^  Isaac, ^, 
Isaac* ,  John^ ,  Jatnes'^ ,  James^)  and  Hannah  R.  (Work) 
Merrick,  born  March  24,  1845,  at  Troy,  Me.  Married, 
March  16,  1869,  at  Pittsfield,  Me.,  Susan  Helen,  daugh- 
ter of  Nathan  and  Betsy  (Webb)  Ward;  she  born  Jan.  26, 
1848,  at  Thorndike,  Me.  James  L.  Merrick  is  the  first 
son  and  second  child  of  Hall  C.  and  Hannah  (Work) 
Merrick,  and  grandson  of  Isaac  and  Elizabeth  (Mitchell) 
Merrick,  who  were  among  the  pioneers  of  the  town  of 
Unity  where  they  settled  on  a  farm  and  raised  a  family 
of  ten  ehildi-en.  The  father  of  James  L.  settled  in  Troy 
in  1840;  was  a  farmer  and  mill  owner.  The  early  life  of 
James  L.  was  spent  on  the  farm  and  in  the  saw  mill  with 
the  exception  of  a  term  of  school  each  winter  at  the  little 
red  school  house.  At  the  age  of  fourteen  he  joined  the 
Sons  of  Temperance  at  Unity  and  has  alwaj's  been  a 
thorough  temperance  man.  July  22nd,  1862,  he  enlisted 
in  Co .  "  C . "  Nineteenth  Regiment  Maine  Volunteer  Inf an- 
tr3^  Although  but  a  boj'^  of  seventeen  he  served  with 
the  regiment  faithfully  until  April  1863,  when,  becom- 
ing totally  disabled  for  further  service,  he  was  discharged 
and  returned  home;  but  the  spirit  of  patriotism  was 
strong  within  him  and  after  recuperating  somewhat  he 
re-enlisted,  in  December  1863.  On  appearing  before 
the  examining  surgeon  he  was  rejected  as  being  unfit  for 
service  as  a  U.,  S.  soldier.  This  was  a  keen  disappoint- 
ment to  him,  and  being  determined  to  have  a  hand  in 
putting  down  the  rebellion,  he  packed  his  knapsack  on 
Jan.  1st,  1864,  and  started  out  alone  for  Washington, 


/rr.S  .     . -^ .    ^_y^lyCf^i< fcA:, 


SEVENTH    GENERATION.  207 

D.  C,  with  the  intention  of  making  his  way  back  to  his 
regiment.  He  found  many  difficulties  in  the  way  and 
failed  in  his  attempts  to  get  down  to  Falmouth,  Va., 
where  the  regiment  was  in  winter  quarters.  In  the 
meantime  he  found  employment  in  the  Quartermaster's 
Department  in  Washington,  where  he  remained  until  the 
first  of  April.  During  this  time  he  was  constantly  on 
the  lookout  for  an  opportunity  to  go  to  his  regiment, 
and  at  length  he  enlisted  in  the  Construction  Corps  as  a 
cook  and  started  on  an  expedition  down  the  Chesapeake 
Bay,  up  the  York  and  Pamunkey  rivers  to  White  House 
Lalidiug.  Col.  Davis  had  command  of  the  battalion 
of  300  men.  They  were  engaged  in  building  a  railroad 
and  bridges  to  transport  supplies  to  Gen.  Grant's  army. 
About  the  middle  of  May  there  was  an  order  issued  for 
Col.  Davis  to  take  about  one  hundred  of  his  men  to 
Fortress  Monroe,  to  get  a  vessel  load  of  railroad  iron. 
A  heavy  rain  and  wind  storm  came  on  which  lasted  un- 
til the  return  to  White  House  Landing,  the  next  night. 
The  men  were  all  sick,  but  worked  all  night  loading  the 
vessel.  About  June  10th  Col.  Davis  received  orders  to 
move  his  troops  to  City  Point,  Va.,  on  the  James  river. 
There  they  were  engaged  in  building  warehouses,  rail- 
roads and  bridges.  They  remained  in  this  vicinity  until 
the  close  of  the  campaign  in  1864,  when  they  all  re- 
turned to  Washington,  were  paid  off  and  discharged. 
James  then  returned  to  his  father's  home  in  Troy,  hav- 
ing served  the  government  in  all  about  nineteen  months. 
In  January,  1865,  he  began  his  duties  as  a  school  teacher 
in  the  town  of  Burnhani,  Me.,  and  for  four  years  the 
time  was  about  equally  divided  between  teaching  and 
studying  in  the  high  school  and  academies.  On  March 
16,  1869,  he  was  united  in  marriage  with  Susan  Helen 
Ward,  daughter  of  Nathan  and  Betsey  (Webb)  Ward,  of 
Thorndike,  Me.  They  settled  on  a  farm  in  Troy,  and  in 
connection  with  his  farming  he  was  engaged  in  buying 
and  selling  cattle,  sheep,  wool,  meat,  etc.,  and  in  teach- 
ing school  winters  until  the  year  of  1878,  when  he  en- 
gaged in  the  retail  nursery  business,  in  which  he  has 
continued  up  to  the  present  time.  He  has  had  constantly 
in  his  employ  a  large  force  of  traveling  salesmen,  and 
has  carried  on  the  business  in  the  New  England  states 
and  Maratime  Provinces.  A  portion  of  his  stock  has 
been  grown  in  Maine  and  the  Provinces,  though  a  por- 
tion of  it  is  shipped  from  the  extensive  nurseries  at 
Rochester,  N.  Y.     In  the  year  1876,  he  visited  the  Cen- 


208  MERRICK    GENEALOGY. 

tennial  at  Philadelphia,  and  believing-  that  a  business 
venture  would  be  successful,  he  leased  and  furnished  a 
hotel  and  ran  it  for  five  months,  and  was  not  mistaken 
in  the  results.  In  the  winter  of  1884-5  he  attended  the 
Cotton  Exposition  at  New  Orleans  where  he  again  did  a 
succesful  hotel  business.  In  May,  1888,  he  sold  his  farm 
and  property  in  Troy,  and  with  his  family  moved  to  Wa- 
terville.  Me.,  then  the  virgin  city  on  the  Kennebec.  This 
change  was  made  for  the  sole  purpose  of  giving  his 
children  the  superior  advantages  for  education.  At  the 
age  of  twenty-one  years  he  was  raised  to  the  sublime 
degree  of  Master  Mason  in  Trojan  Lodge  No.  34,  located 
at  Troy,  Me.  In  1874  he  became  a  charter  member  of 
Seven  Star  Grange.  In  1877  he  became  a  member  of 
Invictus  Lodge  I.  O.  0.  F.,  located  at  Unity,  Me.     In 

1888  he  was  made  a  member  of  Ahiram  Encampment 
No.  22,  I.  O.  0.  F.,at  Waterville,  Me.;  in  1889  was 
mustered  as  a  member  of  Canton  Halifax,  No.  24,  I.  O. 
O.  F.,  located  at  Waterville.  In  each  of  the  above 
named  societies  he  has  held  nearly  every  important  office. 
In  1899  he  was  elected  lieut.  colonel  of  the  second  regi- 
ment Department  of  Maine  Patriarchs  Militant,  I.  O.  O. 
F. ;  in  1900  was  elected  colonel  of  the  regiment,  and  in 
1901  was  unanimously  re-elected  to  serve  two  years 
more.  Of  all  the  societies  to  which  he  belongs,'  the 
Grand  Army  of  the  Republic  claims  his  most  earnest 
efforts  and  active  interest.  In  1880  he  was  mustered 
into  S.  E.  Hunt  Post,  G.  A.  R.,  at  Troy;  in  1889  he 
joined  W.  S.   Heath  Post  No.  14,  Waterville,  Me.;   in 

1889  was  elected  Senior  Vice  Commander;  in  1890 
was  elected  Commander  of  the  Post,  and  in  1891  was 
re-elected  Commander  by  a  unanimous  vote.  In  1892 
was  appointed  Aide-de-Camp  on  the  Commander-in- 
Chief's  staff.  In  1893  was  Inspector  of  the  Depart- 
ment of  Maine,  G.  A.  R.;  in  1894  was  xVssistant  Adju- 
tant General,  Department  of  Maine;  in  1895  was  elected 
delegate  to  the  National  Encampment;  in  1898  and  1900 
he  was  Assistant  Adjutant  General,  and  in  1901  was  Na- 
tional Assistant  Inspector  General.  He  has  been  a  con- 
stant and  regular  attendant  at  post  meetings,  depart- 
ment and  national  encampments  since  1889,  and  has 
conducted  parties  to  the  National  Encampment,  G.  A.  R. 
every  year  since  1891.  At  the  meeting  of  the  Depart- 
ment Encampment,  held  in  Augusta,  Feb.  13th  and  14th, 
1902,  Mr.  Merrick  was  elected  Department  Commander 
by  a  large  majority,  receiving  251  votes,    against  107 


SEVENTH    GENERATION.  209 

votes  for  all  other  candidates— the  largest  majority  given 
for  any  candidate  since  1880;  and  this  without  any  per- 
sonal solicitation  at  all.  This  is  an  honor  of  which  he 
is  particularly  proud. 

His  family  consists  of  two  sons  and  three  daughters. 
The  religious  preference  of  the  family  is  Baptist,  the  three 
oldest  children  being  members  of  the  First  Baptist 
Church  of  Waterville,  Me.  He  has  a  beautiful  home  in 
Waterville,  where  he  lives  in  the  enjoyment  of  his  well 
earned  competency  and  surrounded  by  his  family  and 
friends.     Children,  all  born  at  Troy,  Me. — 

i.  Minnie  Maude,  b.  Nov.  8,  1870;  educated  in  the  com- 
mon schools  of  Troy,  and  at  Coburn  Classical 
Institute,  Waterville,  graduating  in  the  class  of 
1891.  The  next  year  took  a  course  in  Gray's 
Business  College,  Portland,  Me.  At  present  she 
is  book-keeper  and  typewriter  in  the  office  of  her 
father,  at  Waterville. 

ii.  Nella  Mary,  b.  April  16,  1873;  educated  in  the  com- 
mon schools  of  Troy,  and  at  Coburn  Classical  In- 
stitute, graduating  with  the  class  of  1894; 
studied  literature  and  modern  languages  at  Colby 
Institute ;  since  graduating  she  has  spent  two 
years  in  Soutliern  California;  at  present  is  at 
home  in  Waterville. 

iii.  Hubert  James,  b.  Sept.  10,  1875;  educated  in  the 
public  schools  of  Waterville,  and  at  Coburn 
Classical  Institute,  graduating  with  the  class  of 
1894;  graduated  from  Colby  College  in  the  class 
of  1899 ;  took  a  course  at  Eastman  Business  Col- 
lege at  Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y. ;  married,  Jan.  30, 
1900,Adelene  Lincoln  Holbrook,  of  So.  Norridge- 
wock.  Me. 

iv.  Franklin  Llewellyn,  b.  July  3,  1877;  educated  in 
in  the  public  schools  of  Waterville,  Coburn 
Classical  Institute,  and  Grey's  Business  College, 
Portland,  graduating  from  the  latter  institution 
in  the  spring  of  1900;  is  a  coiumercial  traveler. 

V.  Bessie  Anna,  b.  June  13,  1882;  graduated  from 
Waterville  High  School  in  the  class  of  1899,  and 
from  Coburn  Classical  Institute  in  the  class  of 
1900.  She  is  now  studying  music  at  the  New- 
England  Conservatory  of  Music  in  Boston. 

vl.     Wirt  Loren,  b.  Dec.  20,  1892. 


130.  Lincoln^,  son  of  {Hall  C.^,  Isaac° ,  Isaac^, 
John^ ,  James'^ ,  James^)  and  Hannah  R.  (Work)  Mer- 
rick, born  Jan.  17,  1860,  at  Troy,  Me.  Married,  Nov. 
14,  1883,  Lilla  P.,  daughter  of  David  and  Martha  Ann 
(Bowman)  Sawyer,  at  Hartland,  Me.;  she  born  March 
26,  1865,  at  Oakland,  Me.     Lincoln  Merrick  is  a  farmer 


210  MERRICK    GENEALOGY. 

and  painter  bj-   occupation;   living  at  St.   Albans,  Me. 
Children,  all  born  in  St.  Albans,  except  the  first — 

i.  Harry  Lyle,  b.  March  20,  1885,  Hartland,  Me. 

ii.  Frederic  Almont,  b.  Aug.  28,  1893. 

iii.  Leta  Hazel,  b.  Feb.  19,  1896. 

iv.  LiDA  Marie,  b.  May  5,  1898. 

131.  Herbert  0.'',  son  of  {George  W.",  Isaac^ , 
Isaac'^ ,  JoliH^ ,  James'^ ,  Jmnes'^)  and  Polly  W.  (Adams) 
Myrick,  born  June  2,  1854,  at  Unity,  Me.  Married,  at 
Lupton,  Colo.,  Sarah  Jackson.     Children — 

i.    Dollie,  b. . 

ii.     Myrtle,  b. -. 


132.  Charles  H.^,  son  of  {George  W.",  Isaac^, 
Isaac^ ,  John^ ,  James'-,  James^)  and  Polly  W.  (Adams) 
Myrick,  born  Feb.  5,  1856,  at  Unity,  Waldo  county,  Me, 
Married,  Jan.  1,  1879,  at  Ida  Grove,  la.,  Elva  L.,  daugh- 
ter of  A.  A.  and  Eliza  (Hills)  Bangs;  she  born  March 
20,  1855,  at  Wauconda,  111.  Charles  H.  Myrick  is  sec- 
retary of  the  Masonic  Accident  Insurance  Company,  of 
Des  Moines,  la.,  and  in  that  capacity  has  traveled  all 
over  the  United  States,  visiting  every  city  of  importance. 
He  is  living  with  his  wife  and  children  in  Des  Moines,  la. 
Childi'en — 

i.    Sadie,  b.  . 

ii.     Graoie,  b.  . 

iii.     Ada,  b. . 


133.  George  R.^  son  of  {George  W-^,  Isaac^, 
Isaac*,  John^ ,  James" ,  James^)  and  Polly  W.  (Adams) 
Myrick,  born  Feb.  19,  1858,  at  Unity,  Me.  Married 
Clara  West,  at  Ida  Grove,  la.  He  died  Nov.  20,  1893. 
Childi-en — 

i.    Verna,  b. 


ii.     Frank,  b.  Nov.  38,  1886. 

134,  Arthur  L.^,  sou  of  (George  W-^,  Isaac^ , 
Isaac* ,  John^ ,  James^ ,  James^)  and  Polly  W.  (Adams) 
Myrick,  born  June  2,  1860,  at  Unity,  Me.  Married, 
1882,  at  Liberty ville,  111.,  Mary  Dymond.     Childi-en— 

i.     Ethel,  b.  1883, 
ii.     Dale  Dymond,  b.  1886. 

135.  QuiNCY  Adams, ^  sou  of  (Rartley^,  William^, 
Isaac*,  John^ ,  James"-,  James^)  and  Elsie  J.  (Cunning- 


SEVENTH    GENERATION.  211 

ham)  Mjrick,  boru  Aug.  20,  1853,  at  Washington,  Me. 
Married,  Oct.  29,  1874,  at  Bloom,  Cook  county,  111.,  Caro- 
line A.  Scott,  daughter  of  William  and  Marie  CLamp- 
son)  Scott.  Quincy  A.  changed  spelling  from  Mirick  to 
Merrick.  He  came  from  Burham,  Me.,  with  his  parents, 
in  October,  1863,  and  settled  on  a  farm  near  Liberty- 
ville.  111.,  where  he  remained  with  his  parents  until  April 
1866,  when  he  went  into  town  and  began  the  trade 
of  blacksmithing  with  his  brother-in-law,  A.  H.  Webb, 
with  whom  he  went  into  partnership  in  1869,  remaining 
with  him  until  1881,  when  he  removed  to  Manistee, 
Mich.,  with  his  wife  and  two  children.  In  the  fall  of 
that  3^ear  he  started  a  horse- shoeing  shop  in  Manistee, 
and  in  Aug.,  1882,  he  was  joined  by  his  former  partner, 
A.  H.  Webb,  with  whom  he  is  still  working.  By  careful 
study  and  hard  work  Mr.  Merrick  has  so  mastered  the  busi- 
nessof  horse-shoeing  and  the  making  of  horse-shoes,  that 
he  to-day  stands  unrivalled  for  speed  in  that  line.  He  has 
the  fastest  record  in  the  world  for  horse-shoe  turning, 
having  at  a  private  exhibition  in  Manistee,  in  May,  1887, 
turned  100  perfect  shoes  in  one  hour  and  six  minutes. 
The  next  best  time  was  made  by  Joseph  Lawler,  of  Chi- 
cago, who  turned  100  shoes  in  one  hour  and  twenty- six 
minutes.  A  match  between  the  two  was  arranged  for 
$250  per  side  with  $50  forfeit;  but  Lawler  having  heard 
of  the  feat  performed  by  Merrick,  threw  up  the  match  and 
paid  the  forfeit,  thus  giving  Merrick  the  title  of  cham- 
pion of  the  world.  He  writes,  March,  1901,  that  he  is 
still  in  the  ring,  if  any  one  wishes  to  compete  with  him 
in  this  line.  He  also  has  the  best  record  in  horse-shoe- 
ing, having  made  four  perfect  shoes  from  the  cold  bar 
steel,  calked  and  nailed  them  on  in  sixteen  minutes.  In 
addition  he  is  an  all-round  sportsman,  having  won  a 
medal  for  trap-shooting  in  which  he  made  a  record  of  97 
Peoria  blackbirds  out  of  a  possible  100;  he  also  holds 
seven  medals  for  rifle  shooting;  he  is  the  inventor  and 
patentee  of  the  Klondike  pick,  with  changeable  and  in- 
terchangeable points,  which  have  a  good  sale  in  the  mines 
of  the  west;  is  living  at  Manistee,  Mich.;  he  has  had  two 
children — 

i.     Lulu  M.,b.  Sept.  14,  1875,  Libertyville,  111. ;  d.  Aug. 

18,  1891,  Manistee,  IMich. 
ii.  Horace  Guy,  b.  Jan.  39,  1879,  Libertyville,  111. ; 
graduated  from  the  high  school  at  Manistee; 
took  up  the  study  of  civil  engineering  with  the 
correspondence  school  of  Scranton,  Pa.,  from 
which    he  was   graduated   in  1900;    he  is    now 


212  MERRICK    GENEALOGY 


(1901)  in  the  employ  of  the  state  of  Michigan, 
engaged  in  the  survey  of  the  St.  Clair  Flats, 
near  Detroit. 


136.  Myron  N.^  son  of  {Isaac  iV^.^  John'\  John"^ , 
John''\  James' ,  James^)  and  Mary  (Graj-)  Myrick,  born 
Sept.  14,  1841,  at  Williamson,  Wayne  county,  N.  Y. 
Married,  Nov.  20,  1864,  Celestia  O.,  daughter  of  James 
and  Laura  (Russell)  Dickey,  at  Pennington  Point,  Mc- 
Dougall  county,  111.;  she  born  March  4,  1844.  Myron 
N.  Myrick  served  in  the  16th  and  137th  Illinois  Infantry, 
being  promoted  from  time  to  time  from  private  to  cap- 
tain. Sept.  10,  1872,  homsteaded  a  farm  in  York  county. 
Neb.,  near  what  is  now  the  town  of  Benedict.  He  is 
still  living  on  the  same  land,  and  at  this  time  has  six 
hundred  acres  in  one  block.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Grand  Army  of  the  Republic;  is  well  preserved  and  well 
to  do.     Children — 

i.     Mary  L.,  b.   March  9,   1866,  at  Scotland,  111.;    m. 

Sept.  5,  1887,  Sabett  Thomas,  at  York,  Neb. 
ii.     Myra  G.,  b.  Aug.  30,  1869,  Scotland,  111. ;  m.  Nov.  6, 

1888,  Edward  Borden,  York,  Neb. 
iii.     Mona  O.,  b.  Oct.   13,  1871;  d.  Oct.  20,  1872. 
iv.     Mora  O.,  b.  Nov.  6,  1874,  Morton,  Neb. ;  m.  May  1, 

1896,  John  Shultz,  of  Kingfisher,  Okla. 
V.     Meta  D.,  b.  Feb.  12,  1877,  Morton,  Neb.,  m.  March 

10,  1897,  Clyde  Stewart. 
vi.     MiNA  I.,  b.  Aug.  3,  1879,  Morton,  Neb. 

137.  Dr.  Warren  0.'  (Blaisdell),  son  of  John  Pear- 
son and  Clarissa  (Myrick)  Blaisdell,  born  March  16,  1831, 
at  Orland,  Me.  Married,  May  3,  1865,  at  Galesburg, 
111.,  Mary  E.,  daughter  of  Lemuel  and  Rhody  (Atwood) 
Stilson;  she  born  June  29,  1842,  at  Waterville,  Me.; 
died  Feb.  21,  1876,  at  Macomb,  111.  Dr.  Warren  O. 
Blaisdell,  after  a  long  life  devoted  to  the  practice  of  his 
profession,  is  now  enjoying  a  well-earned  rest  in  his  old 
age.  He  is  living  at  Macomb,  111.,  hale  and  hearty,  and 
takes  an  active  part  in  the  interests  of  the  city  and 
county.     His  children  were — 

200.  i.     Dr.  Walter  S.  (Blaisdell),  b.  May  21,  1866,  Macomb, 

111. 
ii.     William  W.  (Blaisdell),  b.  Aug.  25,  1868,  Macomb; 
d.  Jan.  27,  1869. 


138.     Amanda    Melvina',    dau.    of    (William    ^.^ 
James ^ ,  Andrew'^,  John'",   James'^ ,  James^)    and  Eliza 


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(Davis)  Myrick,born  March  6,  1842,  at  Loudouderry,  O, 
Married,  Juue  20,  1865,  at  Cliillieotlie,  la.,  John  A. 
Pinegar.  Mrs.  Pinegar  is  a  member  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  church,  a  woman  of  great  piety,  which  mani- 
fests itself  not  only  in  the  church  but  in  works  of  kind- 
ness and  charity  to  all  who  are  in  need  of  her  minister- 
ing love.  She  has  had  more  than  the  average  of  sorrow, 
having  lost  five  children  b.y  death.  John  A.  Pinegar, 
the  husband,  served  in  the  7th  Iowa  Cavalry  during  the 
civil  war,  being  mustered  out  in  1865;  he  is  a  cooper  by 
trade,  has  been  a  farmer  by  occupation,  and  is  now,  Dec, 
1900,  postmaster  at  Chillicothe,  la.  Their  children 
were — 

i.  Elsie  Dora  (Pinegar),  b.  June  20,  1866;  graduated 
from  the  Normal  school  at  Valparaiso,  Ind.  ; 
taught  successfully  for  several  years;  m.  Alfi-ed 
Leason,  March  1896;  he  was  a  well-to-do  farmer, 
living  near  Osceola,  la. ;  he  was  killed  in  a  run- 
away accident  Sept.  13,  1900;  the  widow  is  liv- 
ing on  the  farm  at  Osceola,  with  her  three  chil- 
dren, Franke,  Gracie  and  Eva,  and  three  step- 
children. Pearl  Leason,  aged  21,  Bertha,  17,  and 
Bessie,  14. 
ii.  Fannie  Ida  (Pinegar),  b.  April  20,  1869;  d.  Dec.  10, 
1873. 

iii.  William  Edgar  (Pinegar),  b.  Dec.  9,  1870;  educated 
at  Oskaloosa  Christian  College  and  the  Valpar- 
aiso, Ind.,  Normal  school,  graduated  in  the 
scientific  cou.rse;  is  a  civil  engineer;  followed 
his  profession  in  New  Mexico  and  Arizona;  at 
the  end  of  three  years  went  to  Montana ;  was 
elected  coimty  surveyor  of  Anaconda  county, 
and  in  the  fall  of  1900  vv-as  re-elected  to  same  of- 
fice; was  married  in  the  fall  of  1900. 

iv.     Eva  May    (Pinegar),  b.    Nov.   30,   1872;  d.  Dec.  5, 

1873. 
V.     Frankie  Lewis  (Pinegar),  b.  Aug.  14,  1874;  d.  Aug. 
11,  1875. 

vi.  Bertie  Eugene  (Pinegar),  b.  Nov.  14,  1876;  d.  Jan. 
11,  1877. 

vii.  Mary  Irena  (Pinegar),  b.  July  18,  1878;  d.  Feb.  25, 
1882. 

139.  Shepperd  Gray'' ,  son  of  (  William 8.  ^ ,  James''' , 
Andrew'^,  John'\  James",  James^}  and  Eliza  (Davis) 
Myrick,  born  Jan.  24,  1842,  Londonderry,  O.  Married, 
Sept.  11,  1874,  at  Oskaloosa,  la.,  Sarah  L.Mobley,  dau. 
of  Samuel  and  Dorcas  (Dana)  Mobley;  she  born  1856,  in 
Marietta,  O.  Sheppard  Myrick  came  with  his  parents  to 
Iowa  in  1855;  enlisted  in  1861  in  the  3rd  Iowa  Cavalry, 
with  which  he  served  until  close  of  war.     He  was  ap- 


214  MERRICK   GENEALOGY. 

pointed  by  Gen.  Grierson,  in  1864,  to  the  command  of  a 
company  of  detached  soldiers,  eighty  men,  from  General 
Noble's  command,  which  command  he  held  until  the 
close  of  the  war,  as  Provost  Guard  in  Memphis,  Tenn. 
He  was  engaged  in  ten  hard  fought  battles,  but  was 
neyer  wounded  or  taken  prisoner,  but  received  serious 
injuries  by  the  fall  of  his  horse  in  action,  for  which  he 
is  pensioned.  On  returning  from  service  he  attended 
college  for  two  years,  at  Oskaloosa,  la.,  after  which  he 
engaged  "with  his  father  in  the  brick  making  business, 
employing  a  force  of  from  25  to  50  men  from  1875  to 
1877,  when  his  father  died  and  he  took  charge  of  the 
home  farm  until  1892.  In  that  year  he  went  to  south- 
western Kansas  and  bought  200  acres  of  land,  which 
his  son  Charles  now  owns  and  operates.  In  1896  he 
again  removed,  this  time  to  Stanton  county,  near  Ed- 
win, where  he  bought  a  ranch.  He  is  now  living  in 
Salina,  Kan.,  on  account  of  the  school  privileges.  His 
wife  is  librarian  at  the  Wesleyan  College  at  this  time — 
Feb.,  1901.     Their  children  were— 

i.     Edward,  b.  Oct.  10,  1875,  at  Ottunawa,  la. ;  d.  Feb- 

29,  1877. 
ii.     Charles,  b.  Aug.  25, 1877,  Ottumwa,  la. 
iii.     Clara,  b.  Oct.  9,  1878;  d.  Jan.  1,  1879. 
iv.     Eugene,  b.  Sept.  1,  1897,  Edwin,  Kan. 

140.  Sarah  Matilda',  dan .  of  {  William  Simpson^ , 
James'',  Andrew^,  John'',  James'^ ,  James^)  and  Fannie 
(Dodge)  Myrick,  born  May  6,  1853,  at  Middleport,  0. 
Married,  March  10,  1892,  at  Oskaloosa,  la.,  George  H. 
Seger;  he  born  Nov.  13,  1849,  at  Chillicothe,  la.;  he  is 
a  farmer,  owning  and  operating  several  hundred  acres  of 
fine  land  near  the  little  village  of  Culver,  Kan.,  over- 
looking the  Saline  River.  Sarah  M.  Myrick  came  to 
Iowa  in  the  year  1855  with  her  parents,  she  being  then 
two  years  of  age;  attended  school  at  Oskaloosa,  la., 
and  other  places,  receiving,  in  1875  afirst  grade  teacher's 
certificate;  taught  school  in  Ottumwa,  la.,  and  other 
places;  was  principal  of  the  Chillicothe  school  three  years. 
In  1885  went  to  Nebraska  where  she  taught  three  years; 
afterward  taught  near  Belleville,  Kan.,  for  one  year; 
was  married  to  George  H.  Seger  March  10,  1892;  moved 
to  her  present  home  in  Culver,  Kan.,  Dec.  10,  1896;  in 
June,  1896,  lost  their  house  and  everything  on  the  farm 
in  a  cyclone,  but  are  noAv  rebuilt  in  better  shape  than 
before,  and  are  very  prosperous.  Thej^  have  one  child — 
i.     Adda  Laura,  b.  Feb.  17,  1894,  at  Chillicothe  la. 


SEVENTH    GENERATION.  215 

141.  James  L.^,  sou  of  {Edward  W.^ .  James^ ,  An- 
drew^,  John^ ,  James" ,  James^ )  and  Maiy  (Grant)  Mj-- 
rick,  born  Sept.  17,  1854,  in  Mahaska  county,  la. 
Married,  April  25,  1880,  in  Mahaska  county,  la.,  Flor- 
ence C,  daughter  of  William  H.  and  Susannah  (Under- 
wood) Cox;  she  born  Nov.  9,  1861,  in  Mahaska  county, 
la.  James  L.  is  a  farmer  and  stock  raiser.  He  now 
owns  and  lives  on  a  farm  formerly  owned  by  his  father, 
lying  in  the  valley  of  the  Des  Moines  river,  and  con- 
sidered one  of  the  best  in  Mahaska  county.  Was  en- 
gaged in  the  hardware  trade  for  a  time,  and  also  spent 
some  time  in  Dakota,  wheat  growing.  He  is  a  true  son 
of  his  father,  honorable,  upright  in  all  his  dealings,  and 
respected  by  his  neighbors.     His  children  were — 

i.     Raymond  Alphonso,  b.  Sept.  4,   1883;  d.  April   13, 
1900. 
ii.     Edward  W.,  b.  Aug.  10,  1890;  d.  Dec.  28,  1890. 

142.  Charles  L.'',  son  of  (.Edward  W.'^ ,  James^ , 
Andrew''',  JoJm\  James'-,  James^)  and  Mary  (Grant) 
Myrick,  born  April  10,  1860,  at  Mahaska  county,  la. 
Married,  Sept.,  1884,  in  Mahaska  county,  la.,  Louie, 
daughter  of  William  and  Susannah  (Underwood)  Cox; 
she  born  Nov,  1,  1865,  in  Mahaska  county,  la.;  died 
Aug.  18,  1893,  at  Oskaloosa,  la.  Charles  L.  is  at  pres- 
a  bridge  carpenter.  He  was  raised  a  farmer,  and  fol- 
lowed that  occupation  more  or  less,  but  in  early  life  his 
inclination  turned  toward  the  trades.  He  learned  engi- 
neering, plumbing  and  gas  fitting,  but  indoor  work  not 
agreeing  with  him  he  has  lately  turned  to  railroad  work, 
and  is  now  in  the  employ  of  the  Chicago  &  Northwestern 
Railway  as  a  bridge  carpenter.  He  spent  several  years 
in  the  city  of  Omaha,  Neb.  Since  their  mother's  death 
the  little  sons  have  lived  with  their  grandmother,  in  Ed- 
dy ville,  la.     These  were — 

i.     Francis  Lloyd,  b.  May  1,  1887. 
ii.     Edward  W.,  b.  Nov.  1,  1890. 

143.  Alonzo Howard''  ,  son  of  (  Warren^ ,  Jonathan^ , 
JonafJian^ ,  Isaac^,  Isaac'^ ,  Janies^)  and  Sarah  (Ellis) 
Merrick,  born  Jan.  1,  1826,  probably  at  Cleveland,  O. 
Married,  July  3,  1847,  at  Lima,  Ind.,  Maria  Chapin;  she 
died  Jan.  2,  1897,  at  Chicago,  111.  Alonzo  H.  was  a 
cooper  by  occupation;  at  the  opening  of  the  civil  war 
enlisted  in  the  Union  armj^  and  was  killed  in  the  assault 


216  MERRICK   GENEALOGY. 

Oil  Missionary  Ridge,  Nov.  25,  1863.     Children,  all  born 
at  Lima,  Ind. — 

i.     Nathaniel  Mitchell,  b.  Jan.  22,  1850;  d.  Sept.  12, 

1858. 
ii.     Cora  Frances,  b.  Dec.  14,  1851 ;  d.  May  9,  1858. 
iii.     William  Henry,  b  Jan.  10,  1854;  d.  April  17,  1856. 

201.  iv.    William  Warren,  b.  Nov.  28,  1856. 

144.  Fkanklin  B.''',  son  of  {Isaac'^ ,  Peter'' ,  Jona- 
than^, Isaac^ ,  Isaac'^ ,  James^)  and  Avis  (Brown)  My- 
rick, bornMarch  12,  1812.  Married  Mary  F.,  daughter  of 
William  and  Sarah  Barney;  she  born  1812;  died  May 
27,  1859,  at  Fall  River,  Mass.  Franklin,  the  father, 
died  Dec.  19,  1843,  at  Fall  River.     Children— 

202.  i.     Franklin   B.,  b.  Aug.  15,  1842,  at   Fall  River;  ra. 

Sarah  Beck  with,  of   New   York   City,   Dec.  24, 
1872. 
ii.     Sarah  B.  ,  b.  July  9,  1846,  at  Fall  River ;  m.  Simon 
Borden,  of  Fall  River. 

145.  William  Clark^,  son  of  ilsaac'^,  Peter^, 
Jonathan^,  Isaac^ ,  Isaac'^ ,  James  ^)  and  Deborah 
(Clark)  Myrick,  born  March  2,  1826,  at  Nantucket, 
Mass.  Married  Lydia  Perry,  daughter  of  Benjamin  and 
Amelia  L'Hommedieu;  she  born  June  17,  1824,  at  Nan- 
tucket. William  C,  is  living,  in  1898,  at  Campello, 
Mass.,  broken  in  health.     His  children  were — 

i.     Lottie  Gould,  b.  Feb.,  1860,  at  Lodi,  111. ;  d.  Feb., 

1860. 
ii.     Edward   Hussey,   b.  April,  1861,  at  Lodi,  111. ;  d. 
Aug.,  1862. 
iii.     Clarence  Edward,  b.  Aug.,  1883,  at  Bo-ston,  Mass. ; 
d.  at  Boston. 

146.  Edwin '^,  son  of  (Charles  G.^,  Peter^ ,  Jona- 
than\  Isaac'^,  Isaac'^ ,  James^)  and  Abial  (Coleman) 
Myrick,  born  March  14,  1814,  at  Nantucket,  Mass.  Mar- 
ried, 1st,  Sai'ah  daughter  of  Benjamin  and  Anna  Bar- 
nard; she  born  Nov.,  1815;  died  May  10,  1843.  Edwin 
married,  2nd,  Nov-  8,  1844,  Caroline,  daughter  of  Gor- 
ham  and  Lucretia  Macey;  she  born  July  13,  1821;  died 
Dec.  22,  1865.  Edwin  lived  in  New  Bedford,  where  he 
died.     Children — 

i.     Lucretia  B.,  b.  . 

ii.     Sarah  E.,  b.    1843;  m.  Clark  D.  Nye,  of  New    Bed- 
ford ;  had  one  daughter. 


SEVENTH    GENERATION.  217 

147.  Alexander  G.^  sou  of  (Charles  (T.^  Peter^, 
Jonathan'^,  Isaac^ ,  Isaae'^ ,  James^)  aud  Abial  (Cole- 
man) Myrick,  born  April  7,  1824,  at  New  Bedford,  Mass. 
Married' Huldah  R.  Paddleford.     Children— 

i.     Walter  R.,  b.  1850. 
ii.     Nathan  Sumner,  b.  1854;  is  a  lawyer  in  Boston, 

148.  Benjamin  B.^  son  of  {Set]i\  Peter^ ,  Jona- 
than^, Isaac^ ,  Isaac"^ ,  James^)  and  Eunice  (Barney) 
M^Tick,  born  Oct.  17,  1821,  at  Nantucket,  Mass.  Mar- 
ried, Aug;.  25,  1844,  at  Nantucket,  Lydia  R.,  daughter 
of  Reuben  and  Charlotte  (Coffin)  Myrick;  she  born  1823; 
died  March  24,  1898,  at  Richmond,  lud.  At  a  reunion 
held  in  honor  of  the  eightieth  birthday  of  Mr.  Myrick, 
at  Richmond,  Ind.,  Oct.  17,  1901,  at  which  were  gath- 
ered five  of  the  six  living  children  of  Mr.  Myrick,  to- 
gether with  many  of  their  children,  the  following  sketch 
of  his  life  was  read: 

Benjamin  B.  Myrick,  Sr.,  the  only  child  of  Seth  and 
Eunice  Barney  Myrick,  was  born  on  the  island  of  Nan- 
tucket, Oct.  17,  1821.  His  father,  whom  he  never  saw, 
was  the  captain  of  a  whaling  vessel,  the  ''John  Adams,'' 
and  he  was  carried  down  by  a  whale  in  the  North  Pacific 
ocean  when  Benjamin  Myrick  was  an  infant.  In  1826,  a 
British  admiral.  Sir  Isaac  Coffin,  established  a  school  on 
the  island  for  childi-en  of  Coffin  descent,  and  Mr.  Myrick, 
being  of  the  Coffin  line,  was  privileged  to  attend  this 
school.  Beginning  his  long  and  active  business  life  as 
an  errand  boy  and  clerk  in  his  uncle's  general  store,  he 
left  home  at  the  age  of  eighteen,  taking  a  position  in  a 
dry  goods  store  and  grocery  in  Auburn,  N.  Y.  Twenty- 
one  found  him  a  partner  in  a  retail  sperm  and  whale  oil 
store  in  Springfield,  Mass.  On  Aug.  25,  1844,  he  was 
married  to  Miss  Lydia  Ray  Myrick,  at  Nantucket,  and 
returned  to  Philadelphia,  where  at  this  time  he  was  the 
junior  partner  in  the  firm  of  Dennis  &  Myrick,  conduct- 
ing a  wholesale  business,  manufacturing  soaps,  whale 
and  sperm  oil,  and  sperm  candles,  which  products  were 
shipped  to  San  Francisco,  Panama,  Cuba,  and  the  West 
Indies.  Later  they  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  lard 
oil.  In  1848  he  bought  out  the  business,  his  uncle  Obed 
Barney  becoming  a  partner,  under  the  firm  name  of 
Benj.  B.  Myrick  &  Co.  In  July,  1855,  the  factory  was 
destroyed  by  fire,  but  it  was  immediately  rebuilt,  larger 
and  better  equipped  than  before.     The  next  year  they 


218  MERRICK    GENEALOGY, 

sold  out  the  business,  and  in  Maj^  1857,  Benjamin  B. 
removed  with  his  family  to  Richmond,  Ind.  From  1862 
to  1869,  he  was  state  agent  of  the  ^tna  Life  Insurance 
company  for  the  southern  half  of  Indiana  and  a  part  of 
Kentucky.  Subsequently  he  was  a  local  insurance  agent 
and  was  also  engaged  in  manufacturing,  and  was  identi- 
fied with  the  Diamond  Cutlery  company.  In  1882  he 
moved  to  Evansville,  where  he  was  manager  of  the  Ev- 
ans ville  Board  of  Fire  Underwriters.  He  returned  to 
Richmond  in  May,  1888.  In  September  of  the  same 
year  he  opened  a  local  insurance  and  real  estate  office, 
and  is  still  in  the  business.  In  1900  he  purchased  a 
fourth  interest  in  the  Standard  Manufacturing  Company 
of  Cambridge  City,  of  which  company  he  is  now  an  officer. 

In  1898.  March  24,  his  wife  was  "called  home"  after 
a  happy  married  life  of  nearly  54  years.  B.  B.  Myrick 
has  led  a  busy  and  useful  life.  In  addition  to  his  busi- 
ness, he  has  been  vestryman  of  the  Episcopal  church  at 
Philadelphia,  Pa. ,  Richmond,  and  Evansville,  Ind.  He  has 
been  an  influential  member  of  United  Presbyterian  con- 
gregation since  1892. 

In  politics  Mr.  Myrick  became  identified  with  the  Whig 
party,  and  since  the  birth  of  the  Republican  party  has 
been  in  its  ranks.    Children — 

203.  i.     Reuben,  b.  June  26,  1845,  Nantucket,  Mass. 
ii.     Ellen  M.,  b.  July  16,  1848,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

204.  iii.     Benjamin  B.,  b.  March 0,  1852. 

205.  iv.     Louis  H.,  b.  July  12,  1854. 

V.     Florence,  b.  June  14,  1856;  d.   April  4,  1857. 
vi.     Clarence,  b.  Dec.  27,  1857,  Richmond,  Ind. ;  d.  Dec. 
28,  1857. 

206.  vii.     Layton,  b.  Jan.  28,  1859,  Richmond,  Ind. 

viii.     M.4RY  M.,  b.  Jan.  9,  1864,  Richmond,  Ind.;  m.  Rob- 
ert O.  Kingsland,  Jan.  1,  1885. 

149.  Herbert  Clarendon''  (Bailey),  son  of 
{Joseph  Stochbridge'^ ,  Lebheus°)  and  Anna  (Stimpson) 
Bailey,  born  March  6,  1856,  at  Portland,  Me.  Married 
Anna  Doremus,  daughter  of  Cornelius  C.  and  Ellen 
(Doremus)  Hopper,  at  Paterson,  N.  J.;  she  born  Aug. 
7,  1855.  Mr.  Bailey  and  family  are  living  at  Bethlehem, 
Pa.,  where  he  is  engaged  in  business.     Children — 

i.     Isabel  Dicks  (Bailey),  b. . 

ii.     Lena  Hopper  (Bailey),  b. 


iii.     Anita  Doremus  (Bailey),  b.  . 

iv.     Joseph  Stookbridge  (Bailey),  b.  ;  d.  . 

150.    Andrew  M.\  son  of  (G^forfirf-^  George^,  Andretv^, 
Andre iv^ ,  Isaac'- ,  James^)  and  Eliza  (Mitchell)    Myrick, 


SEVENTH    GENERATION.  219 

born  July  3,  1823,  at  Nantucket,  Mass.  Married  Louisa 
A.,  daughter  of  James  and  Diana  Thompson;  she  born 
Sept.  28,  1823.  Andrew  M.  was  living,  1897,  at  Nan- 
tucket, where  he  was  treasurer  of  the  City  Gas  Light 
Company.     Children,  all  born  in  Nantucket — 

307.  i.     Harrison,  b.  Feb.,  1845. 

ii.     Eliza  Mitchell,  b.  Feb.  19,  1847;  m.  July  6,  1870, 

Charles  W.  Worth, 
iii.     George  Andrews,  b.  July  31,  1848;  unmarried, 
iv.     Alexander   M.,  b.  June  28,  1856;  m.    Lydla  B.    E. 
Smith,  Nov.  18,  1880,  at  Nantucket;  no  children. 
V.     John  Thompson,  b.  April  30,  1850 ;  d.  April  7,  1854. 
vi.     Mary  Louisa,  b.  April,  1854. 

151.  Seth^,  son  of  {George^,  George^,  Andrew*, 
Andrew^,  Isaac'^ ,  James'^)  and  Eliza  (Mitchell)  Myrick, 
born  Nov.  6,  1829,  at  Nantucket,  Mass.  Married,  1853, 
Harriet  S.,  daughter  of  Alfred  and  Lydia  Folger.  Seth 
died  Sept.  25,  1868.  Harriet,  the  mother,  married,  2nd, 
May  1875,  Henry  Whiting,  of  Falmouth,  Mass.,  and 
died  Jan.  29,  1880.  A  niece  of  Harriet  Folger' s,  Miss 
Nancy  H.  Folger,  born  at  Nantucket,  is  living  at  Min- 
neapolis, Minn.  Children  of  Seth  and  Harriet  Myrick — 

i.     Ella  Frances,  b.  July  1855;  d.  Aug.  13,  1863. 
ii.     Lydia  Joy,  b.  Oct.  14,  1858;  d.  Oct.  20,  1879. 
iii.     Ann  Eliza,  b.  Oct.  7,  1863;  d.  Aug.  15,  1863. 

152.  Charles  Coffin  ' ,  son  of  ( Charles  G.  ^ ,  George  ^ , 
Andrew'^,  Andrew'^,  Isaac'^ ,  James^)  and  Nancy  (Chase) 
Myrick,  born  March  5,  1820,  at  Nantucket,  Mass.  Mar- 
ried, Jan.  2,  1842,  Elizabeth  W.,  daughter  of  James  B. 
and  Lydia  Coleman;  she  born  Jan.'|27,  1822;  died  May 
28,  1879.  Charles  C.  died  1887.  Childi-en,  all  born  in 
Nantucket — 

i.     Frederick  G.,  b.  May  15, 1843;  lost  at  sea  with  Cap- 
tain William  Cartwright,  1864. 
ii.   •  Nancy  C,  b.  July  13,1845;  m.  Dec,  1864,  Herman 

Oberempt,  of  Leeds,  Mass. 
iii.     Eliza  C,  b.  Sept.    8,    1848;    m.    Edward  Oberempt 
(brother  of  Herman). 
308.        iv.     Edward  MoCleve,  b.  May  17,  1850. 
V.     Lucretia  C,  b.  Oct.  37,  1853. 
vi.     Charles  C,  b.  Sept.  3,   1857;  d.  at  South  Boston; 

unmarried, 
vii.     Rowland  C,  b.  Sept.  33,  1855;  died  same  day. 
viii.     Lydia  C,  b.  Sept.  39,  1858;  died  at  South  Boston; 
single. 

153.  Reuben  C.^,  son  of  {William  C*^,  George^, 
Andrew*,  Andrew,^  Isaac^,  James^)   and  Mary  (Coles- 

15-M 


I 


220 


MERRICK    GENEALOGY. 


worthy)  Myrick,  born  Sept.  26,  1832,  at  Nantucket, 
Mass.  Married,  Aug.  10,  1859,  Hannah  Maria,  daugh- 
ter of  Henry  W.  and  Sally  Swain.     Children — 

i.     Sarah  Elizabeth,  b.  Nov.  29,  1865. 
ii.     Chester  Stanley,  b.  May  26,  1871. 

1 54.  William  Henry  ^ ,  son  of  ( William  G. " ,  George  ^ , 
Andrew"^,  An(lreiv'\  Isaac'^ ,  Jcnnes^)  and  Mary  Coles - 
worthy)  Myrick,  born  July  6,  1836,  at  Nantucket,  Mass. 
Married,  1862,  Mary  Jane,  daughter  of  Frederick  and 
Mary  Gardner.  William  H.  died  Nov.  14,  1877,  and 
Mary  Jane  married,  2nd,  Charles  G.  S.  Austin,  Lawrence, 
Mass.     Had  one  child — 

i.     Arthur  C,  b.  Oct.  1864;  d.  Sept.  1,  1879. 


155.  John  Brown^,  son  of  {Frederick^ ,  David'^,  An- 
dreiv"^,  Andrew^,  Isaae'\  Janies^)  and  Mary  P.  (Folger) 
Myrick,  born  June  1,  1844.  at  Nantucket,  Mass.  Mar- 
ried Helen  Pierce,  of  Butfalo,  N.  Y.  (This  and  the  fol- 
lowing record  is  furnished  by  Miss  Marion  Townsend,  of 
Auburn,  N.  Y.  Miss  Townsend  is  a  grand-daughter  of 
Ruth  Myrick  (Irish),  who  was  born  Oct  27,  1766,  at 
Nantucket.)    Children  of  John  and  Helen  Myrick — 

Maude  Wilmer,  b. . 

Bradley,  b. . 

Florence,  b.  . 


1. 
ii. 
iii. 


156.  Frederick  B.',  son  of  (FredericJc^ ,  David^, 
Andrew'^,  A^idrew^ ,  Isaac'^ ,  James^)  and  Mary  P.  (Fol- 
ger) Myi-ick,  born  Feb.  26,  1847,  at  Nantucket,  Mass. 
Married  and  had — 

i.    Frederick,  b. . 


157.  Artemus  B.^  son  of  {Galvin\  Ol)ed\  Wil- 
liam^, Andrew^,  Isaac'^ ,  Jmnes^)  and  Sarah  (Haskins) 
Myrick,  born  Oct.  31,  1839,  at  Myricks,  Mass.  Married, 
Nov.  4,  1863,  at  Providence,  R.  I.,  Julia,  daughter  of 
Francis  H.  and  Edna  (Robbins)  Eveleth;  she  born  Oct. 
19,  1842,  at  Providence.  Artemus  B.  lived  in  Provi- 
dence, where  he  was  engaged  in  the  coopering  and  box 
making  business.  Was  greatly  interested  in  scientific 
matters  and  literary  work;  was  a  member  of  the  Frank- 
ly n  Lyceum,  and  belonged  to  the  Masonic  fraternity. 
Enlisted  for  service  in  the  civil  war  in  11th  Rhode  Island 


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Infantry,  but  contracted  a  severe  cold  in  camp,  and  after 
two  months  was  discharged  by  the  surgeon  in  charge  of 
the  camp.  He  died  Oct.  15,  1871,  from  disease  resulting 
from  exposure  in  camp.     Children — 

i.    Arthur  Hamilton,  b.  Aug.  11,  1865;  d.  March  17, 
1869. 
209.         ii.    Eugene  Calvin,  b.  May  8,  1869. 

158.  Erastus  0.\  son  of  {Calvin^,  Obed^ ,  Wil- 
liam^, Andrew^,  Isaac^ ,  Jmnes'^)  and  Sarah  (Haskins) 
Myrick,  born  June  3,  1837,  at  Taunton,  Mass.  Married, 
Oct.  24,  1858,  at  Greene ville,  R.  I.,  Bdnah,  daughter 
of  Francis  and  Ednah  (Robbins)  Eveleth;  she  born 
March  23,  1838,  at  Swansea,  N.  H.  Children,  all  born  at 
Providence,  R.  I. — 

i.     Ida  F.,  b.  Aug.  13,  1859. 
ii.     Carrie  A.,  b.  July  2,  1861. 
iii.     Emma  L..  b.  April  14,  1865;  d.  March  15,  1896. 

159.  William  Chester'^,  son  of  {Obed^,  Obed\ 
WUliam'^,  Andre ur' ,  Isaac'^ ,  James^)  and  Keziah  Hart 
(Crossman)  Myrick,  born  Nov.  27,  1834,  at  Myricks, 
Mass.  Married,  Jan.  4,  1860,  at  Taunton,  Mass.,  Myra 
F.,  daughter  of  Frederic  A.  and  Mary  (Allen)  Paull; 
she  born  Jan.  18,  1836,  at  Taunton,  Mass.  William 
Chester  Myrick  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  at 
Taunton,  and  at  Pierce  Academy  at  Middleboro.  For 
several  years  after  reaching  man's  estate  he  pursued  the 
occupation  of  a  farmer  on  the  old  homestead.  His  ex- 
cellent judgment  was  appreciated  by  his  fellow- towns- 
men and  he  was  several  years  elected  one  of  the  assessors 
of  the  town  of  Taunton,  and  when  it  was  made  a  city  he 
was  elected  one  of  the  city  council.  In  1865,  having 
sold  the  home  farm  to  an  agricultural  society,  he  pur- 
chased a  farm  in  Sharon,  where  he  has  since  resided. 
Mr.  Myrick  was  a  man  who  was  deliberate  in  making  up 
his  mind  on  any  subject,  but  having  once  decided  he  was 
very  firm  in  his  convictions  and  was  not  easily  moved. 
His  good  judgment  and  fairness  made  his  services  much 
sought  after  in  appraising  estates,  and  in  business  mat- 
ters his  counsel  was  often  sought.  It  can  be  said  of  him 
that  he  was  universally  respected,  and  what  more  can  be 
said  of  any  man?  Since  selling  his  Sharon  farm  he  has 
several  times  engaged  in  business  in  Boston,  and  always 
with   pecuniary    success,    but  each   time    he  has    been 


222  MERRICK    GENEALOGY. 

obliged  by  ill-healtli  to  relinquish  business  cares.  He 
died  very  suddenly,  of  heart  disease,  October  6,  1892,  at 
Sharon,  Mass.  He  had  seven  children,  the  first  four  of 
whom  were  born  in  Taunton,  the  last  three  in  Sharon, 

Mass.  His  widow  married,  2nd, Pettee,  and  is  living 

at  Sharon. 

i.     Stephen  W.,  b.  Sept.,  I860;  d.  Oct.  1864. 
210.        ii.     Frederic  Augustus,  b.  Dec,  1861. 

iii.     Henry  A.,  b.  June,  1863;  m.  Jan.  1890,  Clara  Pratt 

Morse,  at  Sharon,  Mas.s. 
iv.     Chauncey  M.,  b.  Nov.  1864;  m.  June,  1897,  at  Alls- 
ton,  Mass.,  Ethel  M.  Barker. 
V.     William  Chester,  b.  Oct.  1869;  d.  Aug.,  1870. 
vi.     Franks.,  b.  March,  1873;  d.  Aug.,  1873. 
vii.     Velina  Frances,  b.  Sept.  20,  1880. 

160.  Ellen  KEZIAH^  dau.  of  {Ohed\  Ohed\  Wil- 
liam'^, Andrew^,  Isaac^ ,  James^)  and  Keziah  Hart 
(Grossman)  Myrick,  born  Dec.  2,  1842,  at  Myricks, 
Mass.  Married,  1st.,  Feb.  15,  1859,  at  Taunton,  Mass., 
George  Willis;  he  died  March  13,  1860,  leaving  one 
daughter.  Ellen,  the  mother,  married,  2nd,  June  24, 
1869,  Charles  H.,  son  of  Archibald  C  and  Caroline 
(Burrill)  Anderson;  he  born  May  5,  1838,  at  Warren, 
Me.  Ml-,  and  Mrs.  Anderson  are  living  at  Waltham, 
Mass,     Children — 

1.     Georgianna  Myrick  (Willis),  b.  May  1,  1860,    at 
Taunton;  m.    May  29,  1888,  at  Jamaica  Plain, 
Mass.,  Edwin  J.  Mosman. 
ii.     Etta    Willis    (Anderson),   b.    Aug.    31,    1874,    at 

Jamaica  Plain,  Mass. 
iii.     Nellie  Myra  (Anderson),  b.  Feb.  6,  1877,   Jamaica 
Plain;    m.    Oct.    12,    1898,   at  Waltham,    Mass., 
Edward   A.    Warren;    have  a  son,  Edward   A. 
Warren,  Jr.,  born  July  4,  1899. 

161.  Herbert',  son  of  (Henry  Lewis^ ,  Charles^, 
William'^,  Andrew^ ,  Isaac'^ ,  James^)  and  Lucy  C. 
(Whittemore)  Myrick,  born  Aug.  30,  1860,  at  Arling- 
ton, Mass.  Married,  Aug.  15,  1885,  at  San  Francisco, 
Cal.,  Elona  Lawrence  Kendrick.  Childi'en,  born  at 
Springfield,  Mass. — 

i.     Christine,  b.  July  22,  1886. 
ii.     Helen  Lockwood,  b.  Aug.  8,  1888. 
iii.     Donald,  b.  Jan.  13,  1893. 

HERBERT  MYRICK. 

Herbert  Mja-ick  was  born  at  Arlington,  Mass.,  Aug. 
20,  1860.      His   father   is    Rev.  H.  L.  Myrick,  now  an 


SEVENTH    GENERATION.  223 

Episcopal  clergyman  at  Sing  Sing,  N.  Y.  His  mother 
was  Lucy  Caroline  (Whittemore)  Myrick,  daughter  of 
Gershom  Whittemore,  and  granddaughter  of  Amos,  the 
inventor.  The  father.  Rev.  H.  L.  Myrick,  is  a  man  of 
great  learning  and  much  ability.  The  mother  was  a  nat- 
urally brilliant  woman  of  great  energy  and  enthusiastic 
temperament,  highly  cultured,  and  of  considerable  pro- 
ficiency in  literature,  music  and  painting.  The  minis- 
ter's family  was  a  large  one,  times  were  hard,  and  all 
the  children  were  early  taught  to  work,  indoors  and  out, 
in  the  various  New  England  towns  where  their  youth 
was  spent. 

The  father  was  an  amateur  horticulturist,  who  built 
what  was  perhaps  the  first  greenhouse  in  Hancock 
county.  Me.,  and  with  the  help  of  his  sons  conducted  a 
model  garden  on  the  parsonage  grounds  at  Castine,  Me. 
While  still  a  boy,  Herbert  also  was  keenly  interested  in 
horticulture,  and,  at  eleven  years  of  age,  was  put  in 
charge  of  a  greenhouse.  All  the  children  early  had  such 
education  as  the  village  schools  permitted. 

In  the  spring  of  1873,  Rev.  Mr.  Myrick  and  his  son 
Herbert  went  West  in  search  of  health  and  fortune.  They 
finally  located  at  Fort  Collins,  Larimer  county,  northern 
Colorado.  Here  the  boy  had  a  variety  of  experiences  in 
farming,  herding  cattle  and  sheep,  fighting  grasshoppers, 
etc.,  until  his  father  bought  an  interest  in  the  local 
paper,  the  Fort  Collins  Standard,  and  young  Myrick 
went  into  its  office  as  printer's  devil.  Something  more 
than  a  year  later  he  became  foreman  of  the  office.  Soon 
afterward  the  hard  times  necessitated  discharging  the 
help,  and  running  the  paper  on  "patent  outsides,"  which 
is  another  name  for  buying  half  of  the  paper  already 
printed  each  week.  Thereafter  young  Myrick  did  all  the 
typographical  and  mechanical  work  alone  on  this  country 
weekly,  as  well  as  the  job  printing  for  a  county  larger 
than  Massachusetts.  Finally  the  property  was  sold  out, 
young  Myrick  taking  the  contract  to  freight  the  outfit  to 
Black  Hawk,  Col.,  where  he  worked  for  some  time  on  a 
new  paper  printed  !)}■  it,  and  then  went  to  an  Episcopal 
boarding  school  at  Golden,  known  as  Jarvis  Hall,  now 
one  of  the  prominent  educational  institutions  of  Denver. 

In  1877,  Herbert  Myrick  returned  to  the  old  home 
farm  at  Concord,  Middlesex  county,  Mass.,  and  con- 
ducted it  for  a  couple  of  years,  also  attending  the  Con- 
cord high  school.  It  was  here  that  he  helped  to  organize 
one  of  the  first  local  associations  of  milk  producers.     In 


224  MERRICK    GENEALOGY. 

the  fall  of  1878,  he  entered  the  Massachusetts  Agricul- 
tural College,  at  Amherst,  with  $50  that  he  had  saved  in 
Colorado. 

As  a  freshman,  young  Myriek  was  obliged  to  saw 
wood,  care  for  furnaces,  shovel  snow,  and  do  anything 
else  honorable  to  turn  a  penny.  He  also  set  type  nights 
in  the  local  printing  office,  and  here  he  saw  a  copy  of  the 
New  England  Homestead,  which  that  autumn  went  into 
the  hands  of  Edward  H.  Phelps,  an  experienced  journalist. 
The  more  he  saw  of  agricultural  papers,  and  the  more 
he  supplemented  his  practical  knowledge  of  farming  with 
scientific  instruction,  the  more  determined  he  became  to 
make  the  agricultural  newspaper  his  life's  work.  So  he 
wi'ote  a  column  article  for  The  Homestead,  and  sent  it 
to  the  editor  with  a  brief  note  explaining  whom  he  was. 
The  editor  replied:  "Your  article  received  and  accepted. 
If  you  will  send  us  equally  as  good  a  column  article  every 
week,  and  the  local  news  of  the  college,  Amherst,  and 
surrounding  towns,  we  will  give  you  a  free  copy  of  the 
paper,  stamped  addressed  envelopes  and  $1  a  month!" 
Not  discouraged  by  this  "munificent"  offer,  it  was  not 
long  before  The  Homestead  readers  began  to  ask  that  the 
editor  have  their  questions  answered  by  "H.  M." 

In  the  fall  of  '79  the  young  man  took  the  agency  for 
The  Homestead,  when  there  were  only  four  subscribers 
on  the  local  list.  At  first  he  met  with  many  rebuffs, 
but  stuck  to  it,  until  in  a  couple  of  years  he  had  about 
a  thousand  subscribers  in  his  local  field.  During  the 
senior  vacation  he  became  assistant  in  the  editorial 
rooms,  and  during  his  last  year  in  college,  was  obliged 
to  do  editor's  work  in  Springfield  three  days  in  the  week, 
and  at  college  three  days  in  the  week,  and  also  look  after 
his  large  subscription  list  meanwhile. 

Young  Myriek  was  graduated  in  June,  1882,  holding 
a  respectable  position  in  the  "upper  ten"  of  his  class, 
but  did  not  take  any  of  the  honors.  The  same  day  he 
was  installed  as  agricultural  editor  of  the  New  England 
Homestead. 

In  1888,  the  Phelps  Publishing  company  and  its  owners 
bought  the  Orange  Judd  company,  the  New  York  pub- 
lishers of  the  old  American  Agriculturist  and  of  agricul- 
tural books,  which  business  was  rapidly  restored  to  its 
former  condition.  In  1890  Mr.  Phelps  sold  out  his  in- 
terest in  both  companies  to  George  S.  Graves,  who  had 
long  been  the  business  manager,  and  to  Herbert  Myriek. 
Mr.  Graves  became  the  treasurer  and  business  manager 


SEVENTH    GENERATION.  225 

of  the  properties,  and  Mr.  Myrick  president  and  editor. 
By  this  present  transaction,  Mr.  Myrick  continues  to  hold 
the  same  position,  but  the  controlling  interest  in  these 
properties  passes  into  his  hands  at  the  age  of  thirty-eight. 

Mr.  Myrick  is  the  author  of  several  standard  agricul- 
tural books,  and  is  widely  known  also  for  his  executive 
work  in  organizing  the  farmers  throughout  the  United 
States.  Various  milk  and  dairy  associations  of  a  com- 
mercial character,  the  American  Maize  Propaganda  that 
has  largely  increased  the  use  of  corn  at  home  and  abroad, 
and  the  American  Sugar  Growers'  society,  through  which 
the  domestic  beet  sugar  industry  is  being  rapidly  devel- 
oped, are  among  the  important  efforts  conducted  through 
the  journals  under  his  direction.  Mr.  Myrick  has  visited 
every  state  and  territory  in  this  country  and  has  made 
several  trips  abroad. 

The  culmination  of  Mr.  Myrick' s  journalistic  success 
was  reached  in  June  1900,  when,  in  the  consolidation  of 
three  of  the  leading  agricultural  papers  of  the  country, 
he  secured  a  controlling  interest  in  the  new  company,  of 
which  he  is  at  this  writing  the  president  and  editor-in- 
chief  of  the  three  publications — the  Springfield  (Mass.) 
"Homestead,"  a  local  weekly;  the  "Farm  and  Home", 
a  semi-monthly,  published  simultaneously  at  Springfield, 
Mass. ,  and  Chicago,  111. ;  and  the  "Orange  Judd  Farmer," 
which  also  publishes  the  "American  Agriculturist,"  at 
New  York,  and  the  "Orange  Judd  Farmer"  at  Chicago. 
The  capital  stock  of  the  new  concern  is  $200,000  and  the 
three  papers  have  a  combined  circulation  of  over  200,000, 

Mr.  Myrick  exemplifies  the  theory  of  the  "survival  of 
the  fittest"  to  a  remarkable  degree.  He  was  a  born 
farmer,  and  he  has  followed  his  instincts  to  a  successful 
conclusion.  Hon.  Samuel  Bowles,  of  the  Springfield 
"Republican"  says  of  him: — "Herbert  Myrick  is  a  man 
of  profound  research,  brilliant  intellect  and  wide  in- 
fluence." 

162.  Charles  1i.\  son  of  (Asa  B.^,  Timothy^, 
Jacob'^,  Timothy^,  Timothy-,  James^)  and  Martha 
(Bailey)  Merrick,  born  March  11,  1836,  in  New  Hamp- 
shire. Married  Nov.  5,  1858,  Mary,  daughter  of  Charles 
Blaisdell.     They  had— 

i.     A  son,  b.  Aug.  30,  1859. 

1 63.  Edward  C.\  son  of  (  William  W. %  Timothy ^ . 
Jacoh'^ ,    Timothy^,   Timothy^,  James^)    and  Louisa   H. 


226  MERRICK     GENEALOGY. 

(Robinson)  Merrick,  born  April  22,  1854,  at  Boston, 
Mass.  Married,  March  14,  1888,  at  Rockford,  111., 
Carrie  B.,  daughter  of  George  W.  and  Boadicea  (Nash) 
Hathaway;  she  born,  Aug.  28,  1864,  at  Rockford,  Ill- 
Edward  C.  Merrick  resides  at  4558,  Oaken wald  Avenue, 
Chicago,  (1898).  Is  by  occupation  a  mortgage  and  loan 
agent;  came  from  Boston  with  his  brother,  William  O. 
Merrick,  in  1883,  settling  in  Rockford,  where  he  married. 
Lived  there  six  years,  and  then  removed  to  Chicago  and 
entered  the  business  in  which  he  is  now  engaged.  Has 
one  son — 

i.    Webster  Hathaway,  b.  Oct.  20,  1891,  Rockford,  111. 

163  a.  Franklin'  (Harriman),  son  of  Reuben^  and 
Abigail  (Davis)  Harriman,  born  Nov.  7,  1837,  at 
Middleport,   N.  Y.     Married,  Nov.   7,    1867,  at   Cedar 

Rapids,   la.,   Delia  Lewis,  daughter   of  and  Mary 

(Coffman)  Lewis;  she  born  Dec.  25,  1849,  at  Cedar 
Rapids,  la.;  died  May  15,  1895,  at  Wauwatosa,  Wis. 
Franklin  Harriman  lived  for  twenty  years  in  Blair,  Neb., 
where  he  was  prominent  in  business  and  political  circles, 
being  twice  elected  treasurer  of  Washington  county. 
Neb.,  and  resigning  his  second  term  as  sheriff  of  same 
county  to  return  to  Wisconsin  in  1894,  where  for  several 
years  he  was  superintendent  of  the  Wauwatosa  motor 
line.      He  is  a  Mason — a  Knight  Templar.     Children — 

i.  Maude  (Harriman),  b.  Marcli  27,  1869,  at  Marshall- 
town,  la.;  m.  Sept.  19,  1889,  at  Blair,  Neb.,  G. 
F.  Leonard. 

ii.  Lou  B.  (Harriman),  b.  Nov.  22.  1874,  at  Blair,  Neb. ; 
is  living  at  Wauwatosa,  Wis. 

iii.  John  Franklyn  (Harriman),  b.  Dec.  15.  1881,  at 
Blair,  Neb. ;  is  employed  in  the  freiglit  depart- 
ment of  the  C.  M.  &  St.  P.  Railway  Company, 
at  Milwaukee. 

iv.  Hazel  Dell  (Harriman),  b.  Aug.  24,  188:i,  at  Blair, 
Neb, ;  graduated  from  Wauwatosa  High  School, 
1901 ;  is  teaching  near  Wauwatosa. 

1 64.  RuFUS  Philo  ^ ,  son  of  ( Biifiis " ,  Joseph  ^ ,  Joseph  * , 
Timothy^,  Timothy'-,  James^)  and  Arteraesia  (Hunt) 
Merrick,  born  Nov.  17,  1842,  at  Adrain,  Mich.  Mar- 
ried, Jan.  19,  1870,  at  Adrain,  Marie  Antoinette  Ripley; 
she  born  Jan.  19,  1843,  at  Rome,  Mich.  Rufus  P.  has 
worked  at  different  occupations,  and  whatever  he  does  he 
does  well,  and  rapidly;  he  served  in  the  war  of  the  re- 
bellion as  a  drummer,   and  lost  his  hearing  from  con- 


SEVENTH    GENERATION.  227 

cussion  of  heavy  guns,  for  Avhich  he  draws  a  pension. 
He  and  his  family  are  living  at  Charlotte,  Mich.  Chil- 
di-en,  all  born  at  Adrian — 

i.     Lauren,  b.  Oct.  26,  1872. 
ii.     Florence,  b.  Dec.  29,  1877;  m.  Dec.  25,  1897,  Charles 

R.  Dean,  of  Charlotte,  Eaton  Co.,  Mich.,  where 

they  are  now  livin^?. 
iii.     Muriel,  b.  April  9,  1879. 
iv.     Mary,  b.  March  17,  1883. 

165.  Sarah  Eliza^  dan.  of  (.Rufus'^ ,  Joseph^, 
Joseph^,  Thnoihy'^ ,  Timothy-,  Janies^)  and  Arteme- 
sia  (Hunt)  Merrick,  born  Oct.  6,  1844,  at  Adrian, 
Mich.  Married,  Oct.  13,  1863,  at  Adrian,  John  Zadoc 
Nash;  he  born  Oct.  31,  1839,  at  Seneca  Falls,  N.  Y.; 
died  Feb.  4,  1886,  at  Adrian,  leaving  one  daughter, 
Mother  and  daughter  are  living  in  Des  Moines,  la. — 

i.  Ida  Luella,  b.  Dec.  7,  1866,  at  Toledo,  O. ;  she  is  an 
expert  stenographer,  and  is  also  a  fine  musician, 
the  church  organ  being  her  specialty;  has 
taught  music,  but  is  not  now  engaged  in  this 
work ;  plays  the  organ  in  one  of  the  city  churches 
on  Sunday. 

166.  Anx  Eliza^,  dau.  of  (Lahan  R.^ ,  Joseph^, 
Joseph*,  Thnothy''^ ,  Timothy'-,  James^)  and  Betsey 
(Page)  Merrick,  Ijorn  Sept.  21,  1826,  at  Ashtabula,  O. 
Married,  March  13,  1844,  at  Niles,  Mich.,  William  P. 
Reese,  son  of  William  and  Mary  (Lamb)  Reese,  born  at 
Poultney,  Vt.,  April  2,  1816.  He  was  a  blacksmith  by 
trade,  and  was  one  of  the  most  rapid  as  well  as  scientific 
horse-shoers  in  the  country.  He  followed  his  trade  at 
Niles,  from  there  moving  to  Muscatine,  la.,  and  from 
there  to  Prescott,  Wis.,  where  he  worked  until  he  re- 
tired from  business,  moving  to  Minneapolis,  Minn., 
where  he  died  May  7,  1898.  Eliza,  the  mother,  was  liv- 
ing, (1898)  at  Minneapolis,  with  her  widowed  daughter, 
Mrs.  Lee  Chapman.     Children — 

211.  i.     Helen  (Reese),  b   June  2,  184.5,  Niles,  Mich. 

ii.  Frank  W.  (Reese),  b.  June  25,  1851,  Muscatine,  la. ; 
was  killed  by  the  explosion  of  a  cannon,  at 
Prescott,  April  6,  1865,  while  celebrating  the 
victoiy  of  ovir  army  before  Petersburg  and 
Richmond. 

167.  Elizabeth  Page^ ,  dau.  of  {Lahan  H. ^ ,  Joseph^' , 
Joseph'^,  Timothy^,  Timothy" ,  James^)  a^d  Cornelia 
Marv  Ann  (Whelplej)  Merrick,  born  April  17,  1832,  at 


228  MERRICK    GENEALOGY. 

Ashtabula,  O.  Married,  Sept.  23,  1854,  at  Niles,  Mich., 
William  Rufus,  son  of  Amos  W.  and  Patience  Lucretia 
Gates,  of  Deposit,  N.  Y.;  he  born  July  6,  1832,  at  De- 
posit. When  but  thirteen  years  of  age  William  Gates 
went  to  Cincinnati,  where  he  learned  the  printer's  trade. 
After  working  there  several  years  he  went  to  Niles, 
Mich.,  where,  at  the  age  of  21  he  was  married.  In 
April,  1855,  he  removed  to  Prescott,  Wis.,  where  he 
was  engaged,  with  Laban  H.  Merrick,  in  the  forwarding, 
storage  and  commission  business,  and  as  agent  for  the 
Minnesota  Packet  Company.  Afterward  attennpt- 
ed  the  publication  of  the  Northwestern  Democrat, 
which  suspended  after  two  years.  He  then  resumed 
working  at  his  trade,  as  foreman  for  Lute  Taylor's  Pres- 
cott Journal,  in  which  he  was  employed  for  about  ten 
years.  Was  postmaster  of  Prescott  for  eight  years.  In 
October,  1876  removed  to  Stillwater,  where  he  was  fore- 
man of  the  Lumberman  until  1883,  and  from  that  time 
until  his  death  was  foreman  of  the  Daily  Gazette.  He 
was  a  faithful,  honest  and  honorable  man,  with  a  pleas- 
ant, cheerful  word  for  everyone.  He  died  at  Stillwater, 
August  16,  1897,  leaving  hosts  of  friends  and  no 
enemies. 

Elizabeth  Page  Merrick  was,  to  the  writer,  and  to  all 
her  younger  brothers  and  sisters,  a  second  mother,  re- 
lieving her  mother  of  much  of  the  care  of  the  young  chil- 
dren, and  teaching  them  in  the  home  all  that  she  learned 
in  the  schools,  so  that  they  were  enabled  to  start  actual 
school  life  far  better  equipped  with  the  rudiments  than 
any  of  the  neighboring  children.  She  was  a  woman  of 
sti'ong  character,  a  tireless  worker  up  to  the  time  of  her 
last  sickness.  She  brought  up  her  children  to  be  obed- 
ient, respectful  and  refined.  Was  a  member  of  the 
Methodist  church.  She  died  Nov.  29,  1898,  at  Still- 
water, Minn.     Children,  all  born  at  Prescott,  Wis. — 

i.  Frank  Edward  (Gates),  b.  July  4,  1855;  d.  Dec.  13, 
1856. 

Charles  Dempster  (Gates),  b.  Dec.  29,  1857. 

Cora  Evelyn  (Gates),  b.  April  14,  1860. 

Grace  Adelaide  (Gates),  b.  Oct.  11,  1863;  m.  June 
6,  1893,  at  Stillwater,  Minn.,  George  E.,  son  of 
James  and  Ann  Lowe;  he  b.  July  12,  1860,  at 
Kewaunee,  III;  is  by  profession  a  locomotive 
engineer,  in  the  employ  of  C,  St.  P.,  M.  &  O. 
Ry.,  living  at  Merrillan,  Wis. 

168.     George  Byron^,  son  of   {Lahan  R'^ ,  Joseph'^, 
Joseph'^,    Timothy^,    Timothy'^,    James^)    and   Cornelia 


212. 

ii. 

213. 

iii. 

iv. 

SEVENTH    GENERATION.  229 

Mary  Ann  (Whelpley)  MeiTi(;k,  born  Sept.  21,  1841,  at 
Niles,  Mich.  Married,  Oct.  9,  1866,  at  Norwich,  Conn., 
Marietta  Brooks,  daughter  of  John  and  Mary  Brooks 
(Whitney)  Smith;  she  born  Oct.  29,  1844,  at  Greene- 
ville.  Conn.     Their  only  child  is — 

i.  Winona,  b.  June (3,  1869,  at  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. ;  educated 
in  the  Normal  Scliool  at  River  Falls,  Wis. ;  studied 
stenography  at  the  St.  Paul,  Minn.,  business  col- 
lege, from  which  she  graduated  after  only  three 
months  very  close  application  to  take  a  position 
which  was  waiting  for  her.  Has  been  clerk 
and  stenographer  in  the  office  of  the  Superinten- 
dent of  Public  Instruction,  at  Madison,  Wis., 
since  1887,  with  the  exception  of  four  years  in- 
termission; is  a  pleasing  singer,  with  a  sweet 
voice  of  more  than  ordinary  range  and  power ; 
has  done  considerable  church  and  concert  work. 


GEORGE  BYRON  MERRICK. 

AN   AUTOBIOGRAPHY. 

To  write  the  history  of  one's  own  life  is,  in  some  re- 
spects, more  difficult  than  to  write  the  life  of  another. 
Yet  no  one  can  so  well  perform  the  task  as  he  who  sees 
not  only  the  outward  results  of  a  life  work,  but  in 
addition  knows  the  inner  motives  which  have  governed 
that  life. 

What  constitutes  a  successful  life?  To  this  ques- 
tion there  are  several  answers.  In  the  present  epoch, 
dating  from  the  close  of  the  civil  war,  the  standard  of 
success  is  measured  by  the  amount  of  wealth  a  man 
has  amassed  during  his  lifetime.  This  may  be  said  to 
be  the  popular  standard — the  one  most  dwelt  upon  by 
the  press  in  its  estimate  of  men  as  they  pass  from  this 
world  to  the  next,  and  the  one  generally  accepted  by 
the  average  citizen.  Another  standard  is  that  of  the 
scholar — what  were  his  intellectual  attainments?  What 
has  he  written  or  said  that  has  added  to  the  intellect- 
ual wealth  of  the  world?  Still  another  is  the  theoreti- 
cal Christian  estimate — was  he  a  good  man,  a  religious 
man,  and  is  the  world  better  for  his  having  lived  in  it? 
The  qualification  "theoretical,"  in  connection  with  the 
Christain  estimate  is  used  understandingly.  It  has  been 
the  observation  of  the  writer  that  while  Christian  vir- 
tues and  altruistic  tendencies  are  esteemed  as  very  com- 
mendable in  any  man,  especially  in  a  professed  Chris- 
tian, they  take  on  an  added  halo  when  coupled  with  a 


230  MERRICK   GENEALOGY. 

large  measure  of  worldly  prosperity.  The  writer  is 
free  to  confess  that  in  his  later  years  he  has  given  his 
allegiance  to  the  prevailing  conception  of  what  con- 
stitutes success  in  life,  and  holds  with  the  majority, 
that  it  is  greatly  dependent  upon  a  man's  ability 
to  make  and  keep  money  or  its  equivalent.  From 
this  point  of  view  the  writer  can  unite  in  the  verdict  that 
his  life  has  not  been  a  success. 

His  father  was  a  farmer.  Hewing  out  a  farm  from 
the  primeval  forest  offered,  in  the  earh'  years  of  this  cen- 
tury, no  golden  allurements.  A  bare  living,  mostly 
gleaned  from  a  few  acres,  situated  far  from  any  market, 
was  all  that  was  possible,  and  perhaps  all  that  the  men 
and  women  of  that  time,  on  the  bordei-s  of  civilization, 
either  hoped  for  or  deemed  possible.  The  food  was 
raised  on  the  farm.  The  clothing  of  the  men,  at  least, 
was  made  by  the  women,  from  wool  sheared  from  the 
little  flock  of  sheep  kept  for  the  purpose.  The  thread, 
when  spun,  was  taken  to  the  village  weaver.  The  dyeing 
of  the  cloth  was  done  at  home,  and  the  crude  products 
cut  and  sewn  into  rough  but  serviceable  garments.  In 
such  a  period  and  amid  such  surroundings  the  writer 
was  born,  Sept.  21,  1841,  near  Niles,  Mich. 

The  schools  of  that  day  and  section  were  few,  and  the 
school  terms  short.  The  writer  was  taught  at  home  by 
an  older  sister,  so  that  when  he  first  entered  school  at 
the  age  of  eight  years,  he  was  able  to  read  very  readily 
and  correctly  in  the  Third  Reader,  an  accomplishment 
which  placed  him  at  the  head  of  his  class.  He  was  not 
a  natural  scholar,  however,  and  the  restraints  of  school 
were  irksome.  His  tendencies  were  toward  the  woods 
and  streams  amid  which  he  lived. 

At  the  age  of  thirteen  his  parents  removed  to  Prescott, 
Wis.,  a  hamlet  on  the  Mississippi  river,  at  that  time 
peopled  by  two  hundred  whites  aud  three  times  that 
number  of  Indians.  The  school  there  was  even  more 
intermittent  than  in  Michigan,  and  its  ministrations 
added  but  little  to  the  educational  equipment  of  the  bo}'. 
Moreover,  poverty  spurred  even  the  boys  to  work,  and 
the  young  pioneer  soon  found  his  way  into  the  village 
printing  office  and  became  "roller  boy,"  carrier,  and  inci- 
dentally a  typesetter.  At  this  business  he  worked  until 
he  was  fairly  proficient  in  the  manipulation  of  types,  and 
what  was  still  better,  he  was  also  grounded  in  the  rudiments 
of  English  composition,  and  of  necessity  became  pro- 
ficient in  spelling.     He  also  acquired  a  taste  for  reading, 


SEVENTH    GENERATION.  231 

and  a  love  for  books  was  born  in  him  which  has  con- 
tinued through  life,  and  which  has  saved  him  from  intel- 
lectual shipwi-eck.  The  great  novelists  (as  well  as  the 
little) — Scott,  Dickens,  Cooper,  Irving  and  Thackery, 
as  well  as  Shakespeare,  Milton,  Macaulay  and  Abbott, 
and  all  the  range  of  English  literature  became  familiar 
to  him  as  a  result  of  this  printing  office  experience.  A 
library  of  seven  hundred  volumes,  some  of  the  books  in 
which  were  bought  in  boj'hood,  and  all  of  which  have 
been  read  once,  and  some  of  them  many  times,  attest 
that  the  taste  was  not  a  passing  fancy.  But  this  taste 
for  reading  was  not  an  education,  and  the  power  to  apply 
himself  to  hard  study  did  not  come  with  it;  as  a  result 
all  his  life  has  been  "cabin'd,  cribb'd  and  eonfin'd"  by 
this  failure. 

After  serving  an  apprenticeship  in  the  printing  office, 
he  was  attracted,  as  were  all  the  boys  of  the  riverside,  to 
the  life  of  the  river  steamboatmen.  His  first  choice  was 
to  become  an  engineer.  Later  conclusions  indicate  that 
the  instinct  was  true,  as  all  his  life  he  has  had  a  taste 
for  and  a  knack  at  handling  machinery;  but  a  season's 
trial  on  the  river  decided  that  he  was  not  strong  enough 
for  the  hard  work  required,  and  he  sought  and  secured 
an  opportunity  to  work  in  the  office,  as  second  clerk  of 
the  steamer  ''Fanny  ^«rns,"  on  which  he  was  employed, 
and  at  the  same  time  to  study  the  river  with  a  view  to 
becoming  a  pilot,  which  was  a  highly  paid  occupation, 
and  was  also  greatly  esteemed  for  the  "social"  rank  it 
conferred  in  the  estimation  of  river  men.  He  was  in  the 
pilot  house,  therefore,  when  the  civil  war  broke  upon  the 
country.  For  a  year  after  the  war  began  he  continued 
in  his  chosen  profession;  but  after  the  reverses  of  the 
spring  of  1862,  and  the  call  for  three  hundred  thousand 
more  troops  by  the  President,  he,  with  nearly  the  entire 
crew  of  the  steamer  on  which  he  was  serving,  enlisted 
for  the  war. 

At  Hudson,  Wis.,  he  was  enrolled  in  Co.  ''A,"  30th 
Wisconsin  Infantry.  This  regiment  was  made  up  mainly 
of  woodsmen  and  pioneers,  many  of  whom  had  lived 
among  the  Indians  for  years  and  were  versed  in  Indian 
customs  and  language.  For  this  reason  the  30th  Wis- 
consin was  assigned  to  duty  with  Gen.  Alfred  Sully, 
who  was  in  command  of  the  forces  sent  up  the  Missouri 
River  to  punish  the  Indians  who  were  implicated  in  the 
Minnesota  massacres  of  1862.  The  regiment  remained 
there  until  1864,  when  it  was  sent  to  join  Gen.  Thomas 


232  MERRICK   GENEALOGY. 

in  Tennessee.  In  the  meantime  orders  had  come  from 
the  Secretary  of  War  to  send  two  competent  soldiers  for 
clerical  service  in  the  War  Department,  and  the  writer, 
with  Henry  A.  Sylvester,  of  Co.  "A,"  30th,  were  de- 
tailed by  Gen.  Pope,  commanding  the  Department  of  the 
Northwest,  to  fill  the  order.  At  Washington  he  was  soon 
promoted  to  the  charge  of  a  division,  whose  duty  it  was 
to  keep  the  records  of  deaths  and  discharges  of  men 
from  the  New  England  states.  In  the  discharge  of  this 
duty  he  developed  good  executive  ability,  inasmuch  as 
he  received  the  commendation  of  his  superiors  for  the 
faithfulness  and  thoroughness  with  which  it  was  per- 
formed. 

At  the  close  of  the  war  he  was  mustered  out  and  ap- 
pointed to  a  clerkship  in  Washington,  which  he  held 
until  November,  1867.  It  was  while  here  that  his  lack 
of  education  was  first  seriously  felt.  Some  of  his  late 
comrades  entered  Columbia  Law  School,  and  there  gained 
an  entrance  to  a  profession  which  brought  them  financial 
success  and  standing  among  their  fellowmen.  The  writer 
attempted  to  enter,  but  found  that  he  could  not  pass  the 
entrance  examination.  This  was  a  great  disappoint- 
ment, the  sting  of  which  remains  to  this  hour. 

While  yet  a  clerk  in  the  department,  in  October,  1866, 
he  was  married  to  Marietta  Brooks  Smith,  of  Norwich, 
Conn.  The  climate  of  Washington  did  not  agree  with 
her,  and  when  an  offer  of  the  New  York  agenc}^  of  the 
New  York,  Norfolk  &  Washington  Steamship  Co.,  was 
made  him,  he  resigned  his  clerkship  and  entered 
upon  the  duties  devolving  upon  the  sole  represen- 
tative in  New  York  of  a  great  transportion  line — 
duties  which  required  all  his  knowledge,  strength 
and  courage,  but  which  he  met  to  the  satisfaction  of  the 
company,  and  which  he  performed  for  seven  years,  work- 
ing sixteen  hours  a  day,  often  twenty-four  hours  a  day, 
sometimes  for  two  or  three  days  consecutively,  and  carry- 
ing a  load  of  responsibility  w^hich  added  two  years  in 
age  to  his  life  for  each  one  lived.  While  in  the  arm}'  he  had 
suffered  a  sunstroke,  and  on  the  steamship  dock  he  had 
several  partial  strokes  following.  The  work  and  respon- 
sibility was  so  wearing  that  his  health  and  strength  be- 
gan to  fail,  and  when  an  offer  came  from  A.  B.  Stock- 
well,  president  of  the  Pacific  Mail  Steamship  Co.,  and 
also  president  of  the  Howe  Sewing  Machine  Co.,  to  take 
the  superintendency  of  a  portion  of  New  York  state  for 
the  latter  company,  at  a  larger  salary,  he  left  the  steam- 


SEVENTH    GENERATION.  233 

ship  business.  The  panic  of  1873-4,  swamped  the  Pa- 
cific Mail,  and  Howe  Sewing  Machine  Co.  Mr.  Stock  well 
lost  everything — about  five  millions,  and  the  writer  lost 
the  savings  of  j-ears,  and  in  addition  was  out  of  employ- 
ment. This  loss  was  all  the  more  bitter,  following  as  it 
did  the  loss  of  a  large  legacy  which  had  been  left  his 
wife,  all  of  which,  amounting  to  over  twent.y  thousand 
dollars,  had  been  stolen,  under  color  of  law,  by  the  sur- 
viving partner  of  the  deceased  uncle,  assisted  in  the  con- 
spiracy by  the  probate  jvidge  of  Anador  county,  Cali- 
fornia, who  was  a  son-in-law  of  the  contesting  partner. 
He  remained  in  New  York  during  the  winter  of  1874-5, 
endeavoring  to  find  employment,  but  without  success. 
Finally,  in  March,  1875  he  was  promised  a  position  as 
Assistant  General  Freight  Agent  of  the  West  Wisconsin 
railway  at  St.  Paul,  by  President  D.  A.  Baldwin,  of 
that  railway,  who  resided  in  New  York.  He  at  once 
started  with  his  family  for  the  West,  but  on  arrival  at 
St.  Pal^l  found  that  through  some  misunderstanding  the 
place  had  been  filled.  He  was  offered  the  local  agency 
of  the  St.  Paul  &  Duluth  railway  at  Duluth,  but  de- 
clined it  in  favor  of  a  newspaper  opening  at  River  Palls, 
where  the  Normal  school  was  just  opening,  and  where 
there  were  promises  of  rapid  growth  for  the  village. 
This  decision  was  an  error  of  judgment,  as  there  was  an 
old  established  paper  at  River  Falls,  and  the  town  was 
not  large  enough  to  support  a  second  paper.  The 
writer  invested  a  thousand  dollar's  of  his  wife's  in  a 
plant,  and  borrowed  another  thousand,  at  ten  per  cent, 
interest.  The  paper  earned  readj-  money  very  slowly, 
while  the  interest  and  white  paper  ate  it  up  rapidly. 
During  its  existence  of  ten  years  it  ate  up  three  thousand 
dollars,  the  greater  part  of  which  the  writer  earned  as 
agent  of  the  local  railway,  the  Chicago,  St.  Paul,  Minne- 
apolis &  Omaha,  to  which  position  he  was  appointed  in 
1878,  on  the  completion  of  the  road  to  River  Falls.  Of 
the  newspaper  it  may  be  said  that  its  editor  advocated 
Republican  principles,  consistently  and  ably.  Better 
still,  it  advocated  temperance,  justice,  morality  and  hon- 
esty in  all  things,  fearlessly,  and  even  to  its  hurt.  It 
condemned  iniquity  wherever  found.  Among  the  "lewd 
fellows  of  the  baser  sort"  it  was  called  the  "Sunday- 
school  paper."  Once  a  mob  was  formed  to  throw  the 
material  into  the  river,  a  proceeding  not  carried  into 
effect  for  the  reason  that  the  editor  was  known  to  be  a 
dead  shot  with  shotgun,  rifle  or  pistol,  and  it  was  be- 


234  MERRICK    GENEALOGY. 

lieved  had  no  conscientious  scruples  against  using  those 
arms  in  the  protection  of  his  property.  Twice  he  was 
threatened  with  personal  violence  by  chosen  members  of 
the  thug  element,  from  which  he  was  saved  once  by  his  own 
bravado,  and  once  by  the  interference  of  an  army  friend 
who  was  the  equal,  physically,  of  the  prize  fighter  who 
had  been  detailed  to  whip  the  editor,  and  who  would 
have  done  it  had  not  Major  Ellsworth  Burnett,  peace  to 
his  ashes,  been  on  hand  to  avert  the  danger. 

The  editor  was  not  a  polished  writer.  He  could  not, 
by  any  possibility  "parse"  a  sentence  correctly.  The 
shortcomings  of  his  early  education  often  came  to  the 
surface,  and  were  mercilessly  ridiculed  by  pedantic  con- 
temporaries; but  when  he  had  an  idea  to  express,  or  a 
cause  to  champion,  he  usually  found  appropriate  words 
with  which  to  clothe  the  one  or  uphold  the  other.  In  the 
minor  key  in  which  he  sometimes  wrote  he  may  have  re- 
vealed something  of  the  secrets  of  his  inner  life.  Writing 
on  the  death  of  an  old  schoolmate  he  said: 

"Aged  forty  years. "  It  seems  but  a  day  since  "Joe"  was  a 
sclioolfellow  with  ourselves  in  the  old  brown  schoolhouse  on  tlie 
hill  at  Prescott,  conning  our  lessons,  struggling  for  the  head  of 
the  class  indoors,  and  for  the  liighest  leap  and  greatest  score  on 
the  playground.  But  how  startlingly  tlie  words  stand  out  upon 
the  printed  page,  "dead  at  forty  years."  When  we  met  upon 
the  street,  within  a  few  months  past,  we  were  but  boys  still. 
The  inexorable  march  of  time  was  not  noted,  though  tlie 
wrinkles  had  crept  over  the  familiar  face,  and  the  telltale  threads 
of  silver  tinted  the  Jiair.  He  was  the  same  "Joe."  The  boys 
and  girls  who  made  up  our  little  world  in  the  days  which  are  now 
so  old,  are  scattered  liere  and  there.  Some  have  passed  over  the 
river.  Many  are  married,  and  their  children  are  now  as  old  as 
were  Joe  and  I  when  last  we  parted.  History  has  been  made 
and  written  in  these  years.  Tlie  great  war,  in  which  he  who  is 
"dead  at  forty  years,  "made  a  record  whicli  will  be  a  proud  legacy 
to  leave  his  children,  wasfought  to  the  end  and  almost  forgotten, 
in  tlie  little  span  which  seems  to  lie  between  tlie  old  brown 
schoolhouse  on  the  hill,  and  the  little  mound  on  the  river  bank, 
wliich  stand  as  the  starting  post  and  goal  of  this  man's  life  work' 

Forty  years  is  not  old.  And  yet  we  hve  so  fast  in  this  fast 
age  of  electricity  and  steam,  and  tireless  haste  and  reckle.ss 
prodigality  of  nerve  and  brain,  that  men  are  old  at  forty  years. 
They  have  not  time  to  stop  and  count  the  passing  days,  or  mar- 
shal their  lengtliening  columns  into  years.  And  thus,  while  in 
the  very  prime  of  life,  the  summons  comes  to  call  them  home. 

Blessed  is  the  man  who  never  feels  that  he  is  old.  Who  laughs 
at  wrinkles,  and  never  feels  that  he  is  gray.  Who  has  a  boy's 
heart,  not  alone  for  tlie  boys  and  girls  of  twenty,  thirty,  or  forty 
years  ago,  but  for  the  boys  and  girls  who  have  come  upon  the 
stage  in  later  years,  who  are  in  the  first  flush, of  glorious  hope 
before  the  tempting  anticipations  of  life  have,  like  Dead  sea 


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apples,  crumbled  into  ashes  at  the  touch.  And  yet  more  blessed 
is  the  man  who,  when  the  Bridegroom  calls,  be  it  at  the  twen  - 
tieth,  fortieth,  or  sixtieth  mile-post,  shall  be  found,  not  waiting, 
but  working — and  yet  ready." 

In  1866,  just  after  the  close  of  the  war,  the  writer 
united  with  the  Bridge  Street  Presbyterian  Church,  in 
Georgetown,  D.  C.  It  was  not  done  under  stress  of  re- 
vival preaching  or  emotional  appeals,  but  was  the  result 
of  calm  reflection  and  firm  purpose.  His  parents  were 
both  God-fearing  people.  His  father  led  the  singing  in 
the  Baptist  church  in  the  village  of  Niles,  and  the  chil- 
dren had  all  been  taught,  by  their  mother,  in  the  scrip- 
tures, whole  chapters  of  which  had  been  committed  to 
memory-.  While  the  letter  may  have  been  blotted  from 
memory,  the  spirit  had  been  retained.  His  own  alliance 
with  the  church  was  no  doubt  the  result  of  the  early- 
teachings  of  his  parents,  and  the  study  in  the  oldtime 
Sunday-school.  His  first  assignment  in  Christian  work 
was  that  of  assistant  superintendent  of  a  colored  Sunday- 
school  of  some  four  hundred  members,  in  the  Bridge 
Street  church.  To  teach  in  such  a  school  was,  at  that 
time,  to  forfeit  the  regard  of  all  the  oldtime  residents, 
even  of  the  membership  of  the  church.  The  city  of 
Georgetown  was  a  Confederate  stronghold,  and  northern 
men  and  women  had  to  do  this  work  if  it  were  done  at 
all.  As  the  writer  was  just  out  of  the  army,  what  the 
Confederate  sympathizers  of  Georgetown  thought  of  him 
was  of  little  consequence,  so  he  accepted  the  charge,  and 
from  that  time  to  the  present  he  has  never,  except  for 
short  intervals,  been  without  a  class  in  Sunday-school. 
At  River  Falls,  a  Normal  school  town,  he  found  full 
scope,  in  a  large  class  of  seniors,  for  the  expression  of  all 
that  he  possessed  of  Biblical  knowledge,  or  the  applica- 
tion of  effective,  personal  work.  During  the  time  from 
1875  to  1885  he  was  constantly  in  this  work,  having  a 
very  large  class  of  the  most  intelligent  and  intellectual 
students  and  towns  people,  upon  whom  he  succeeded  in 
impressing  his  personality  with  results  known  only  to 
the  Lord  of  men.  Whether  any  good  resulted  to  others 
or  not,  this  work  was  the  mainspring  of  his  own  life; 
the  routine  of  newspaper  and  railroad  work  were  inci- 
dental . 

In  1885  the  double  burden  which  he  was  carrying  be- 
gan to  tell  upon  him,  and  the  stomach  trouble  resulting 
from  the  sunstroke  received  in  Maryland  again  develop- 
ing, led  him  to  accept  the  offer  of  Governor  Jeremiah 

16-M 


236 


MERRICK    GENEALOGY. 


Rusk,  an  old  friend,  to  come  to  Madison  and  assist  in 
the  compilation  of  the  roster  of  Wisconsin  volunteers, 
in  which  work  he  continued  through  the  administration 
of  Governor  William  D.  Hoard,  until  the  advent  of  a 
Democi'atic  administration  in  1890,  when  he  was  relieved 
from  his  office. 

After  working  at  his  old  trade  of  printing  for  two 
years  he  was,  in  1892,  led  to  attempt  the  resuscita- 
tion of  a  moribund  agricultual  paper  by  the  promise 
of  equal  financial  contributions  on  the  part  of  his  part- 
ner in  the  concern,  a  promise  which  was  not  fulfilled. 
At  the  end  of  one  year  he  found  himself  bankrupt, 
and  by  legal  forms  quietly  ejected  from  the  business, 
carrying  with  him  a  debt  of  several  thousand  dollars. 
Later,  in  1895,  the  writer  entered  into  partnership  in  an 
apparentlj^  prosperous  grocery  business;  but  this  also 
proved  unremunerative,  and  he  was  only  saved  from 
another  disastrous  failure  by  receiving  an  appointment 
as  Assistant  Adjutant  General  of  the  Department  of 
Wisconsin,  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic,  which  gave 
him  an  opportunity  to  get  out  of  the  partnership  without 
disgrace,  but  which  still  left  him  in  debt  for  the  time 
in  which  he  had  been  doing  business.  At  the  expira- 
tion of  his  term  of  office,  one  year,  he  found  employ- 
ment as  bookkeeper  at  the  State  Hospital  for  the  In- 
sane, near  Madison,  relinquishing  that  for  the  position 
of  accountant  of  the  Board  of  Regents  of  the  Univer- 
sity of  Wisconsion,  the  position  which  he  holds  at  this 
writing. 

While  not  an  athlete  in  the  modern  acceptation  of 
the  term,  the  writer  has  all  his  life  been  given  to  sports 
germain  to  those  followed  more  strenuously  by  the 
young  men  of  to-day.  Taught  to  swim  by  his  father 
at  the  age  of  seven  years,  he  has  always  excelled  in 
that  art,  and  to  it  he  has  more  than  once  owed  his  life. 
He  has  been  used  to  firearms  from  an  early  age,  and 
is  a  good  shot  with  rifle,  shot  gun  and  pistol.  Is  a 
good  oarsmen,  having  rowed  with  the  Annaloston  Boat 
Club,  of  Georgetown,  D.  C,  for  two  years,  being  stroke 
in  the  second  boat  of  that  ancient  and  noted  club. 
Played  l)ase  ball  with  the  two  Wrights,  George  and 
Harry,  in  the  old  National  Club;  also  played  cricket 
with  the  two  Wrights,  in  Washington,  just  after 
the  war.  Is  an  expert  sailor  in  yacht,  cat-boat  or  canoe. 
The  recreation  of  his  later  years  has  always  been  that 
of  the  fisherman,  and  to    this  art   he  owes  as  much  of 


SEVENTH    GENERATION.  237 

real  eujoyment  as  to  auj'  other,  aud  to  the  outdoor  ex- 
ercise, and  freedom  from  care,  which  is  the  accompaui- 
ment  of  the  angler's  art,  he  owes  much  of  the  health 
and  strength  with  which  he  is  blessed  at  the  age  of 
sixty  years. 

He  has  been  a  member  of  the  Masonic  order  since  1865, 
joining  in  Washington,  at  the  close  of  the  war.  He 
has  held  every  office  in  the  lodge  except  that  of  Master. 
His  church  relations  have  been  with  Rev.  Dr.  A.  A.  E. 
Taylor,  in  the  Bridge  Street  Presbyterian  church,  George- 
town, D.  C,  with  Dr.  Theodore  L.  Cuyler,  in  the  La- 
fayette Avenue  Presbyterian  church,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y., 
with  the  Congregational  church  in  River  Falls,  and 
with  the  Congregational  church  in  Madison.  He  has 
been  clerk  of  the  last  two  churches  ten  or  twelve  years 
in  all.  He  organized  the  Grand  Army  Post  at  River 
Falls,  and  is  in  the  ranks  still  by  virtue  of  his  military 
service,  and  takes  a  pardonable  pride  in  the  fact,  as  em- 
phasizing the  best  thing  he  has  ever  done  in  a  life  of 
sixty  years — he  offered  himself  to  his  country.  That 
his  superiors  ordered  him  to  perform  duties  and  assigned 
him  to  places  where  he  escaped  the  final  sacrifice  which 
was  made  by  so  man}-  good  men  and  true,  was  not  his 
fault;  he  has  often  counted  it  his  misfortune.  He  has 
held  the  office  of  adjutant  in  the  several  posts  to  which 
he  has  belonged,  about  ten  years  in  all;  was  commander 
of  Lucius  Fairchild  Post,  No.  11,  Madison,  1896;  De- 
partment Inspector,  1895,  under  Dept.  Commander  W. 
D.  Hoard,  and  Assistant  Adjutant  General  of  the  De- 
partment of  Wisconsin,  1896,  with  D.  Lloyd  Jones.  He  is 
a  member  of  the  Sons  of  the  American  Revolution  by  vir- 
tue of  the  service  of  his  great-grandfather,  Joseph  Mer 
rick.  In  addition  to  this  volume  he  has  issued  one  other 
book,  the  "Roster  and  Itinerary  of  the  30th  Wisconsin 
Infantry  Volunteers,"  of  which  regiment  he  was  a  mem- 
ber (Madison,  1897). 

The  writer  would  be  derelict  if,  in  closing  this  story 
of  his  life,  he  did  not  attempt  to  accord  to  the  one  who, 
for  thirty- five  years,  has  shared  with  him  the  successes 
and  reverses  of  life,  the  eulogy  which  is  her  due.  Mari- 
etta Brooks  Smith  was  born  in  Greenville,  Conn.,  of 
sturdy  New  England  ancestry.  Educated  in  the  Norwich 
Free  Academy  and  the  Norton  Female  Seminary,  at  Nor- 
ton, Mass.;  of  a  cheerful  and  hopeful  temperament  which 
no  misfortune  could  entirely  disconcert,  she  has  been  a 
stay  and  comfort  in  times  of  failure  and  disappointment, 


238  MERRICK    GENEALOGY. 

working  early  and  late  in  the  home  to  supplement  the 
work  of  her  husband  in  his  office.  Educated,  a  reader 
of  good  books,  a  Christian,  both  in  precept  and  practice, 
despising  sham  and  hating  hypocrisy;  with  a  fine  ear 
for  music,  and  with  sufficient  technical  knowledge  to  en- 
able her  to  wisely  discriminate;  a  writer  of  no  mean 
ability;  a  notable  housewife;  with  the  art  to  dress  well 
on  small  means,  and  to  make  an  attractive  home;  she 
has  more  than  supplemented  the  efforts  of  the  writer  in 
his  life  work;  and  once,  at  least,  in  the  time  of  direst 
necessity  she  has,  with  her  own  hands,  "kept  the  wolf 
from  the  door,"  and  the  bills  of  the  tradesmen  paid.  To 
her  and  to  the  daughter,  who  is  her  counterpart,,  the 
writer  owes  more  than  words  can  express,  for  comfort, 
consolation,  and  pride,  amidst  so  much  that  has  been 
discouraging  and  disappointing  in  his  own  life. 

Perhaps,  after  all,  the  "good  things"  of  life  have  ex- 
ceeded the  sum  of  its  disasters.  Perhaps  the  curse  of 
poverty,  and  the  mortification  of  failure  have  been  more 
than  offset  by  freedom  from  sickness  and  death  in  his 
family.  Perhaps  the  joy  which  has  been  experienced  in 
helping  those  who  were  worse  off  than  himself — helping 
when  it  cost  something  to  give,  has  counterbalanced  the 
failure  to  reap  or  retain  riches.  And  whatever  view  we 
may  take  of  it  now,  it  imports  little,  as  he  has  had  his 
day,  and  the  "place  that  now  knows  him  will  soon  know 
him  no  more." 

169.  vSamuel  Whelpley^,  son  of  (Lahan  Harri- 
man^ ,  Joseph^ ,  Joseph'^ ,  Timothy^,  Timothy^,  Jcmies^) 
and  Cornelia  Mary  Ann  (Whelpley)  Merrick,  born  March 
30,  1845,  at  Niles,  Mich.  Married,  1st,  July  20,  1871, 
at  Caledonia,  Minn.,  Louise,  daughter  of  James  and 
Amy  Strong,  of  Londonderry,  Vt.;  she  died  July  20, 
1872,  at  the  home  of  her  parents  in  Londonderry. 
Samuel  married,  2nd,  March 24,  1874,  atPrescott,  Wis., 
Carrie,  daughter  of  John  B.  and  Mary  Taber,  of  Lodi, 
Wis.;  she  born  Sept.  26,  1848,  at  Lodi,  Wis.  Samuel 
W.  Merrick  moved  with  his  parents  from  Niles,  Mich., 
to  Prescott,  Wis.,  in  1854.  The  little  schooling  he  had 
in  his  early  youth  was  obtained  in  the  district  school  at 
Prescott.  At  a  later  time,  after  he  had  earned  money 
for  the  purpose,  he  educated  himself  for  teaching,  in 
which  he  was  engaged  for  some  time.  He  had  learned 
the  carpenter  trade  in  his  youth,  and  during  life  has 
made   this    the    principal  means   of  support.     He    also 


SAMUEL  WHELPLEY   MERRICK 


SEVENTH    GENERATION.  239 

learned  the  printing  business,  and  painting.  Later  he 
added  mill-wrighting  to  his  other  trades,  and  that,  with 
contracting  and  building  have  been  his  later  occupations. 
He  appears  to  have  inherited  the  roving  disposition  of 
his  father,  and  that,  with  the  exigencies  of  his  trade, 
has  led  him  to  make  his  residence,  for  longer  or  shorter 
terms,  in  a  dozen  different  towns,  including  Prescott,  La 
Crosse,  Durand,  River  Falls  and  Lodi,  Wis.;  Minneapo- 
lis and  Lake  City,  Minn. ;  Ree  Heights,  Pierre  and 
Wolsey,  So.  Dak.,  and  Kearney,  Neb.  He  has  worked 
hard  all  his  life,  and  the  success,  which  honest  endeavor 
merits,  has  not  come  to  him  until  late  in  life.  He  has 
had  much  of  sorrow,  the  loss  of  his  first  wife,  and  later, 
the  death  of  his  son,  George,  have  been  experiences 
which  have  tried  his  very  soul;  but  amid  all  he  has 
never  lost  his  faith  in  God  as  a  "very  present  help  in 
time  of  trouble."  For  manj'  years  he  has  been  a  con- 
sistent member  of  the  church,  and  an  active  and  aggres- 
sive Christian  as  well.  He  is  a  thorough  student  of  the 
Bible,  and  for  years  has  had  a  Bible  class  in  Sunday- 
school.  He  practices  what  he  preaches,  and  has  never 
owed  a  debt  but  that  he  has  paid  it,  dollar  for  dollar. 
He  inherited  his  father's  aptitude  for  music,  and  has 
been  a  church  choir  singer  and  leader.  He  organized  the 
Lodi  Mutual  Fire  Insurance  company  about  ten  years 
ago,  of  which  he  was  secretary  until  1899,  when  he  re- 
signed to  take  service  with  the  Mexican  Plantation  com- 
pany, of  Philadelphia,  having  plantations  in  Chiapas, 
Mexico,  for  which  he,  in  company  with  Mr.  Fred  Hut- 
son,  is  general  agent  for  the  state  of  Wisconsin,  with 
headquarters  in  Jauesville.  He  is  also  a  large  stock- 
holder in  the  company,  and  also  in  the  transportation 
company  connected  with  it.  He  is  living,  with  his  wife 
and  youngest  daughter,  in  Lodi.     Children — 

i.  George  Whelpley,  b.  July  7,  1878,  at  Prescott, 
Wis.:  d.  April  28,  1895,  at  Lodi,  Wis.,  from  a 
wound  in  tlie  foot  received  while  cutting  wood, 
ii.  Jessie  B.,  b.  Jan.  11,  1880,  at  Pi'escott;  graduated 
from  High  School  at  Lodi,  and  from  State  Nor- 
mal School  at  Platteville,  Wis, ;  has  taken  sev- 
ei'al  medals  for  proficiency  in  elocution;  is  a 
teacher  by  profession, 
iii.  Grace  Gladys,  b.  Dec.  9,  1887,  Wolsey,  S.  D. ;  is  a 
pupil  in  Lodi  public  school. 


240  MERRICK    GENEALOGY. 

VALE. 

With  the  death  of  George  Whelpley  Merrick,  the  male 
line  of  Laban  Harrimaii  Merrick  becomes  extinct.  To 
lose  a  member  of  one's  family  by  death  is  at  all  times  a 
great  sorrow;  that  our  name  should  perish,  when  he  i^ 
whom  we  hoped  gave  promise  of  adding  so  much  of  dig- 
nity to  it,  and  who  seemed  to  have  been  born  to  make 
the  world  better,  is  doubly  grievous.  He  was  a  young 
man  of  marked  intellect,  a  promising  scholar,  about  to 
graduate  from  the  High  School  and  enter  college  to  fit 
himself  for  a  life  of  usefulness.  He  was  a  member  of 
the  Presbyterian  church,  an  earnest  Christian,  living  an 
unsullied  life,  of  whom  it  was  said  by  one  who  knew 
him  well:  "I  never  knew  a  person  of  his  years  who  had 
taken  such  a  strong  hold  upon  the  affections  of  every- 
body as  he.  His  life  was  a  strong,  pure  one;  he  always 
suggested  to  our  minds  the  idea  of  one  who  could  he 
trusted — depended  upon  in  any  emergency." 

The  books  of  the  lives  of  Laban  and  his  sons  are 
closed.  While  we  sorrow  that  there  will  be  none  other  to 
bear  the  name  of  our  father,  we  rejoice  that  the  last  of 
our  family  should  have  been  one  whose  life  was  a  stimu- 
lus to  all  that  was  best,  and  at  whose  death  the  whole 
community  in  which  he  had  lived,  united  in  testifying 
the  esteem  and  love  in  which  he  was  held, 

170.  Herbert  Joseph '',  son  of  [Joseph^,  Joseph^ , 
Joseph^,  Timothy^,  Timothy'^,  James^)  and  Elizabeth 
(Smart)  Merrick,  born  April  25,  1846,  at  Adrian,  Mich. 
Married,  Nov.  29,  1875,  at  Albion,  Mich.,  Ella  Saunders. 
Mr.  Merrick  is  a  very  capable  railroad  man,  having  risen 
from  telegraph  operator  to  train  despatcher,  and  is  now 
car  accountant  for  the  Lake  Shore  &  Michigan  Southern 
Railway  system,  with  headquarters  at  Cleveland,  O., 
where  he  lives  with  his  wife  and  one  daughter — 

i.     Ethel  Brown,  b.  March  18,  1877,  at  Lansiug,  Mich. 

171.  Edward  Dempster'',  son  of  (Silas^ ,  Joseph^, 
Joseph"^ ,  Timothy  ^ ,  Timothy  ^ ,  James  ^ )  and  Fanny  (Miner) 
Merrick,  born  Aug.  24,  1832,  at  Jordan,  N.  Y.  Never 
married. 


GEORGE  WHELPLEY  MERRICK. 


SEVENTH    GENERATION.  241 

EDWARD  DEMPSTER  MERRICK. 

AN   AUTOBIOGRAPHY. 

I  have  but  few  facts  of  my  father's  (Silas  Merrick's) 
early  life  to  record.  He  was  of  a  very  quiet  and  reserved 
nature,  and  not  inclined  to  talk  much  about  himself.  I 
inherited  the  same  disposition;  consequently  there  was 
not  much  talk  between  us  on  family  affairs.  He  was 
born  on  an  island  in  the  Merrimack  river,  near  Newbury- 
port,  Essex  county,  Mass.,  on  the  16th  of  Aug.,  1806. 
Removed  to  Jordan,  Onondaga  county,  N.  Y.,  where  he 
married  Miss  Fanny  Miner,  in  1828.  They  were  both 
working  in  the  bucket  factory  of  her  father,  Amos  Miner, 
who  was  the  inventor  of  the  first  machinery  for  making 
buckets  and  tubs.  He  afterwards  engaged  in  the  livery 
and  sale  stable  business,  and  ran  a  line  of  stages  from 
Jordan  to  Skaneateles,  N.  Y.  In  1836  he  went  to  New 
Brighton  and  arranged  to  go  into  the  bucket  and  tub 
business  with  his  brother-in-law,  John  Miner,  buying 
out  the  interest  of  Matthew  F.  Champlin,  the  then  part- 
ner of  Miner.  The  crash  of  1836-7  was  then  at  hand, 
and  father  and  uncle  were  well  nigh  caught  in  it,  but 
they  weathered  the  storm  and  soon  after  put  the  works 
on  a  paying  basis.  Father  went  back  to  New  York  in 
1837  for  his  family,  making  the  long,  tedious  journey  by 
stage  and  canal  boat,  as  there  were  no  railroads  then. 

In  1851  the  Pittsburg,  Ft.  Wayne  &  Chicago  railroad 
was  built  from  Pittsburg  to  New  Brighton.  This  gave 
a  little  boom  to  the  town,  and  father,  uncle  John  Miner 
and  Edward  Hoops  bought  a  large  brick  building  that 
had  been  erected  in  1836,  but  was  never  finished  inside 
on  account  of  the  panic  of  1837.  They  finished  it  up 
into  a  fine  hotel  of  about  70  rooms,  Father  kept  it  as 
landlord  for  about  a  year,  then  gave  it  up.  It  was  de- 
stroyed by  fire  in  Oct.,  1855.  Father  and  uncle  John 
Miner  invented  an  iron  freight  car  in  1859,  and  after 
getting  several  patents  on  it,  manufactured  them  for 
about  three  or  four  years  in  New  Brighton.  The  cars 
were  of  angle  and  sheet  iron,  and  were  stronger  and 
lighter  than  wooden  cars;  but  the  railroad  companies 
were  slow  to  adopt  them,  probably  because  father  was 
too  honest  to  give  a  good  round  money  consideration  to 
the  men  in  authority  on  the  roads  to  induce  them  to 
adopt  them. 

I  was  born  in  Jordan,  Onondaga  Co.,  N.Y.,  Aug.  24, 
1832,  so  I  am  now  in  my  70th  year.     My  first  recollec- 


242  MERRICK    GENEALOGY. 

tion  was  when  we  landed  in  Fallstou,  1837.  I  remember 
going  to  see  the  new  bridge  being  built  over  the  Beaver 
to  New  Brighton.  The  floor  was  not  laid,  and  I  could 
see  down  through  the  bridge  openwork  the  waters  of  the 
river  beneath .  We  moved  across  the  river  to  New  Brighton 
I  think  in  1842,  and  lived  in  a  rented  house  until 
1847,  when  father  built  a  house  of  his  own,  which  he 
occupied  until  his  death,  1887 — 40  years.  When  I  was 
quite  young,  I  read  of  the  work  of  Raphael,  Titian,  Mich- 
ael Angelo  and  other  great  artists  and  it  roused  my  am- 
bition to  become  one.  On  mentioning  it  to  father,  he 
threw  cold  water  on  the  scheme  at  once.  He  said,  "there 
is  nothing  in  it;  they  all  starve  to  death.  Go  into  man- 
ufacturing;  do  something  to  make  money." 

When  the  railroad  was  opened  a  telegraph  line  was  put 
up  and  an  office  opened  in  the  station.  It  was  new  and 
strange  to  me  and  I  spent  much  time  in  the  office.  The 
operator  gave  me  a  copy  of  the  Morse  alphabet,  and  I 
studied  it,  and  soon  learned  it,  as  the  operator  would 
read  or  talk  out  the  messages  as  they  passed  along  the 
wire.  I  would  practice  on  the  closed  key,  and  in  a  few 
months  I  was  given  the  office.  I  was  afterwards  opera- 
tor in  Pittsburg,  Cincinnati,  Philadelphia  and  Washing- 
ton, D.  C.  I  was  operator  in  Philadelphia  in  the  sum- 
mer of  1858  when  the  first  cable  was  laid  across  the  ocean. 
Concluding  there  was  not  much  in  it  as  a  business,  I 
quit  it  in  1859.  I  went  to  work  in  the  car  factory,  run- 
ning a  planing  machine  for  getting  out  the  wood  work 
for  the  iron  cars.  The  car  business  was  closed  up  I 
think  about  1863,  and  the  large  building  remained  idle 
until  1867. 

Just  about  this  time,  1856,  there  was  a  great  develop- 
ment of  the  Westeru  country,  and  all  kinds  of  convey- 
ances, canal  boats,  stages,  wagons  and  what  few  rail- 
roads there  were,  were  taxed  to  carry  the  people  to  the 
great  and  boundless  west.  Bro.  Charles  and  I  got  the 
western  fever,  and  when  we  told  father  he  gave  vis  one 
thousand  dollars  each  in  gold,  and  we  started  for  Fort 
Dodge,  la.,  where  there  was  a  laud  office,  and  so  we  thought 
would  be  a  good  place  to  settle;  when  we  got  to  Dubuque, 
la.,  however  we  changed  our  minds,  and  concluded 
to  go  up  the  river  and  make  a  short  visit  with  Uncle 
Laban's  family,  at  Prescott,  Wis.  After  being  there  a 
couple  of  weeks,  we  one  day  ascertained  that  the  Hutch- 
inson family  of  singers,  whom  we  had  previously  be- 
come acquainted  with,  were  on  a  boat  that  was  at  the 


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lauding  aud  were  going  up  into  Minnesota  to  start  a 
town,  and  go  to  farming,  etc.  They  wanted  us  to  go  with 
them,  and  I  asked  them  what  show  they  would  give  us. 
They  said  we  could  each  pre-empt  160  acres  of  land  and 
tliey  would  give  us  a  show  in  the  town  site,  so  we  hur- 
riedly got  aboard  boat  and  went  to  St.  Paul.  There 
Asa  Hutchinson,  the  leader  of  the  family,  bought  a 
couple  of  ox  teams,  horses,  furniture,  tools  and  every- 
thing necessary  in  a  new  country.  We  embarked  in  a  small 
steamer  above  the  falls,  headed  for  Henderson.  We 
unloaded  there  and  hitched  up  our  teams  and  started  for 
Hutchinson,  the  new  town  40  miles  over  the  prairies. 
This  was  my  first  and  onlj^  experience  in  driving  an  ox 
team;  after  three  days  of  toil  over  horrible  roads  and 
no  roads,  through  sloughs  and  swamps,  we  arrived  at 
the  haven  of  rest  in  the  evening.  After  looking  round 
aud  getting  rested,  we  asked  Asa  where  we  could  locate 
our  claims.  He  took  us  out  a  mile  from  the  house  over  the 
prairie  and  said  these  were  the  best  claims  left;  the 
others  were  all  taken.  "Well,  what  kind  of  a  show  have 
you  for  us  in  the  town  site?"  He  said  he  would  sell 
us  lots  at  a  very  reasonable  figure.  I  thought  we  had 
got  into  a  bunco  game  and  the  best  way  to  get  out  was  the 
question.  So  I  said  "what  is  the  value  of  the  land  after 
pre-emption?"  He  said  it  doubled  in  value  on  account 
of  the  Government  allowing  a  man  to  pre-empt  but 
once.  He  said  he  would  give  us  $2.50  an  acre  for  it,  as 
it  was  only  a  matter  of  a  few  fence  rails  put  into  a  hut 
and  thatched  with  straw  and  sleeping  there  three  nights. 
We  took  the  claims,  paid  United  States  $1.25  per  acre  and 
sold  to  Asa,  made  $160  each,  and  left  them  in  their  glory. 
There  were,  I  think,  about  eight  of  the  family.  They  are 
all  dead  except  John,  an  old  white-haired  man,  who  is 
now  living  here  in  New  York.  I  have  not  seen  him.  We 
went  back  to  St.  Paul,  took  steamer  for  Dubuque,  then 
stages  for  Ft.  Dodge.  Finding  that  Ft.  Dodge  was  only 
a  mushroom  town  on  the  prairie,  we  stopped  at  Cedar 
Falls,  la.  There  was  a  good  deal  of  timber  and  fine 
stream  of  water,  the  Cedar  river,  and  a  town  of  about 
1,200  people.  So  we  stopped  there,  and  bought  and  sold 
some  lots  and  farm  lands,  aud  made  a  little.  But  the 
black  clouds  of  the  panic  of  1857  were  looming  up,  aud 
property  was  a  drug  on  the  market.  Prices  went  away 
down,  and  there  was  no  sale.  Father  wrote  us  we  had 
better  come  home,  which  we  did,  coming  out  about  even 
in  money  value,  but  away  ahead  in  experience,  as  result 


244 


MERRICK    GENEALOGY. 


of  the  trip.  After  reaching  home  I  went  to  work  in  the 
bucket  factory;  continued  for  three  years,  '57,  '58  and 
'59;  in  1860  was  taken  in  with  cousin  J.  F.  Miner  as 
partner.  In  '61  the  war  broke  out;  Government  called  for 
telegraph  operators ;  I  went  into  the  service  and  remained 
about  a  year,  when  my  health  failed  and  had  to  resign. 
In  1862  the  United  States  government  called  for  volun- 
teers for  three  months,  and  I  was  out  in  that  service, 
and  also  in  1863.  The  bucket  factory  was  sold  in  1865, 
and  being  out  of  a  job,  I  looked  around  for  something 
else.  Times  were  now  good  after  the  war,  and  in  1867, 
brothers  Charles,  Frank  and  myself,  with  J.  K.  Buck- 
ley, a  practical  moulder,  formed  a  partnership  to  manu- 
facture stoves,  grates,  fenders,  and  all  kinds  of  castings. 
In  1870  I  took  out  a  patent  on  an  anti-dust  grate,  and, 
in  1884,  one  on  a  shaking  grate,  which  we  manufac- 
tured. We  continued  in  the  foundry-  business  for  eight- 
een .years,  and  sold  out  in  1885. 

Now  came  my  chance  for  realizing  the  hopes  and  aspi- 
rations of  my  boyhood.  I  had  never  married.  I  was 
now  53  years  old.  I  didn't  want  to  go  to  school  again 
and  take  lessons  and  thus  learn  the  "trade"  of  artist, 
so  I  decided  to  go  to  nature  and  study  there.  I  went  to 
the  woods  and  painted  as  I  saw.  I  went  to  the  ocean 
and  studied  her  changing  moods,  and  painted  the  pic- 
tures right  on  the  spot.  I  hire  male  and  female  models 
to  sit  for  me,  and  studied  them  in  various  poses  and 
moods.  But,  there  is  much  groping  in  the  dark;  in  fact, 
to  paint  a  fine  picture  I  consider  the  greatest  achieve- 
ment of  man. 

About  the  time  (1885)  that  we  sold  out  the  foundry 
business,  the  horse  shoe  nail  works  owned  principally  by 
brothers  Charles  and  Fred  were  burned  down  and  every- 
thing totally  destroyed.  We  formed  a  new  company  and 
rebuilt  the  works  and  I  was  fortunate  enough  to  take 
enough  stock  in  the  new  company  to  largely  increase  my 
resources,  and  insure  me  against  want  the  balance  of  my 
life.  As  I  was  onl3%  at  this  time,  and  am  still  an  art 
student,  I  made  no  pictures  that  were  worthy  to  be  put 
before  the  people  for  sale,  so  they  began  to  accumulate. 
Having  no  place  to  put  then,  I  bought  the  old  railroad 
station  at  New  Brighton,  a  building  25x84  feet,  one  story 
high.  I  put  another  story  on,  about  1884,  I  think,  and 
made  a  fine  skylight  gallery  above,  about  25x50  feet. 
Then  I  went  to  New  York  and  painted  during  the  winter, 
and  commenced  to  buy  pictures.     I  soon  had  the  gallery 


SEVENTH    GENERATION.  246 

full,  and  bought  a  piece  adjoining  mine  40x20  feet  and 
put  up  an  addition  with  two  new  galleries,  one  above 
and  one  below.  Last  summer  (1901)  I  bought  the  M. 
E.  chur(;h  58x110  feet,  2  stories  high  and  their  ground 
adjoining  mine  for  $12,000.  I  erected  a  building  on  the 
ground  25x125  feet,  2  stories  high,  which  is  to  be  an  ad- 
ditional art  gallery,  and  will  cost  about  $8,000,  and  will 
more  than  double  the  present  capacity  for  picture  hang- 
ing. I  now  have  about  420  pictures  on  the  walls,  200 
of  which  I  bought  for  about  $20,000  and  the  balance  I 
painted.  I  do  not  get  possession  of  the  church  until 
April  1,  1903,  giving  them  time  to  build  a  new  one.  It 
is  to  be  made  into  a  museum  of  curios,  etc.  The  pictures 
I  bought  range  in  price  from  ten  dollars,  the  lowest,  to 
four  hundred  and  eighty-five  dollars,  the  highest,  and 
will  average  all  through  about  one  hundred  dollars  each. 
I  got  some  great  bargains;  I  have  two  pictures  worth 
probably  $1,000  each;  I  paid  $50  for  one  and  $57.50  for 
the  other.  I  have  examples  of  French,  German,  Eng- 
lish and  American  art,  in  all  variety  of  subjects  and 
style  of  treatment.  If  my  life  is  spared  a  few  years 
longer  I  hope  to  have  a  fine  institution  built  up.  In  case 
of  ray  death  at  any  time,  I  have  by  will  provided  a  con- 
stantly increasing  fund  for  the  care  and  protection  and 
increase  of  the  galleries  and  museum,  perpetually;  and 
to  alwavs  be  kept  open  free  to  the  public. 

Edward  Dempster  Merrick. 

172.  Charles  Morris^,  son  of  (Silas^ ,  Joseph^, 
Joseph*,  Timothy^,  Tmioihy'^ ,  James^')  and  Fanny 
(Miner)  Merrick,  born  April  14,  1834,  at  Jordan,  N.  Y. 
Married,  1st,  April  19,  1860,  at  New  Brighton,  Pa., 
Mary  Johnson,  daughter  of  John  and  Eliza  Ann  (Adams) 
Allison;  she  born  Dee.  6,  1836,  Beaver,  Pa.;  died  June 
14,  1894,  at  New  Brighton.  Hon.  John  Allison  was 
member  of  congress  from  Pennsylvania  for  two  terms, 
and  was  register  of  the  treasury  during  the  administra- 
tion of  President  Grant-  Charles  M.  married,  2nd,  Oct. 
5,  1897,  Mary  Emma,  daughter  of  William  and  Ann 
(Miner)  Huntley,  of  Jacksonville,  111.;  she  born  Jan. 30, 
1846,  at  Waverly,  111. ;  graduated  from  Illinois  Female 
College  at  Jacksonville.  Like  his  father,  Charles  M. 
Merrick  is  an  inventor,  and  owes  much  of  his  success  in 
manufacturing  to  the  fact  that  he  has  thought  out  the 
machinery  which  has  enabled  him  to  turn  out  finished 
products  faster  and  better  than  his  competitors.  He  spent 


246  MERRICK    GENEALOGY. 

15  years  of  his  life  studying  out  this  machinery  before  put- 
ting a  nail  on  the  market.  The  present  machinery  in  the 
works  of  the  Standard  Horse  Nail  Company,  at  New 
Brighton,  is  said  to  beat  the  world  in  the  quantity,  qual- 
ity and  cheapness  of  manufacture.  The  manufactory 
has  grown  from  small  beginnings  up  to  a  daily  output  of 
ten  tons  of  finished  horse  nails.  A  new  nail,  which  the 
company  is  just  getting  ready  for  the  market,  stands  the 
highest  tensile  test  of  any  nail  made;  it  will  pull  any 
other  nail  in  two,  in  actual  test.  In  addition  to  the  sev- 
eral horse  nail  ma(jhines,  Charles  M.  has  taken  out  pat- 
ents on  a  post  hole  augur,  and  a  perpetual  computing 
table,  to  determine  at  a  glance  the  maturity  of  notes  and 
bills  of  exchange.  During  twenty  years  of  his  life  he 
has  been  in  the  banking  business,  as  teller,  cashier  and 
president;  president  of  the  Beaver  Falls  Gas  Company, 
treasurer  and  vice-president  of  the  Standard  Horse  Nail 
Company,  which  he  organized  in  1887.  Was  appointed 
collector  of  internal  revenue,  24th  District  of  Pennsyl- 
vania, by  President  Grant  in  1869,  serving  six  years  and 
nine  months — until  the  district  was  divided  and  consoli- 
dated with  the  22ud  and  23d  districts.  Retired  from 
active  business  January  1,  1900,  but  is  kept  from  rusting 
out  by  looking  after  some  gold  mines  which  look  very 
promising  at  this  writing,  but  which  have  not  yet  reached 
a  dividend  basis. 

In  politics  Charles  M.  has  always  been  a  Republican; 
is  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  church.  His  children, 
all  born  in  New  Brighton,  were — 

i.  Fanny,  b.  Feb.  9,  1861;  m.  May  29,  1900,  H.  W. 
Huutley,  son  of  W.  F.  and  Mary  E.  (Morrison) 
Huntley,  of  Jacksonville,  111. ;  he  b.  Sept.  5, 
18G6,  at  Jacksonville ;  was  a  student  of  Whipple 
Academy,  and  Jacksonville  Commercial  College; 
is  a  book-keei^er  by  occupation ;  has  been  in 
railway  business,  and  witli  the  Taos  Gold  Mining 
Company,  located  at  Elizabethtown,  New  Mex- 
ico. No  children. 
214.     ii.     LiDA  Allison,  b.  Oct.  24,  1863. 

iii.     May  Evelyn,  b.  Feb.  20,  1865;  d.  Sept.  5,  1867. 
iv.     Mary  Louise,  b.  Jan.  2,  1870. 

V.  Charles  Morris,  b.  Sept.  9,  1873;  m.  Sadie,  dau.  of 
Thomas  and  Emma  (Martsolf)  Wilson;  she  b. 
Oct.  14,  1877,  at  New  Brighton.  Charles  M.  was 
educated  in  the  common  schools  of  New 
Brighton ;  took  a  course  in  book-keeping  at  the 
Iron  City  Commercial  College,  Pitt.sburgh;  is  a 
machinist,  working  at  Standard  Nail  Company's 
works.  New  Brighton, 
vi.     Mabel,  b.  Nov.  9,  1875. 


SEVENTH    GENERATION.  247 

173.  Franklin  Angelo^,  son  of  (kSilas^,  Joseph'^, 
Joseph*,  Timothy^,  Timothy'^,  James^)  and  Fanny 
(Miner)  Men-ick,  born  Jan.  17,  1845,  at  New  Brighton, 
Pa.  Married,  1867,  Lanra  Jane  Dnncan,  of  Fallston, 
Pa.;  she  born  July  22,  1848,  at  Fallston.  Franklin  A. 
Merrick  attended  public  school  in  New  Brighton  until 
the  spring-  of  1860,  when  he  quit  school  and  took  charge 
of  a  stationary  engine,  as  engineer,  at  the  car  works  of 
Merrick,  Hanna  &  Co.,  New  Brighton,  where  he  re- 
mained until  the  summer  of  1862,  when  he  enlisted  as  a 
private  in  Hampton's  Independent  Battery,  Penn.  Vols., 
later  known  as  Battery  "F,"  Independent  Penn.  Light 
Artillery.  Was  promoted  corporal,  sergeant,  and 
February  24th,  1865  was  commissioned  a  lieutenant  in 
his  battery.  Served  during  the  entire  war  in  the  Army 
of  the  Potomac;  was  engaged  in  the  battles  of  White 
Sulphur  Springs,  Waterloo  Bridge,  Second  Bull  Run, 
Chantilly,  South  Mountain,  Antietara,  Chaneellorsville, 
Gettysburg,  Morton's  Ford,  Winchester,  Cedar  Creek, 
Fisher's  Hill  and  many  engagements  of  lesser  note.  Was 
wounded,  slightly,  in  the  leg,  at  Gettysburg,  in  the 
Peach  Orchard,  on  the  afternoon  of  July  2nd,  1863. 
Was  honorably  discharged  with  his  batterj'  at  the  close 
of  the  war,  at  Pittsburgh,  July  26,  1865,  and  returned  to 
his  home  in  New  Brighton.  During  the  autumn  of  1866 
took  a  course  in  Smith's  Business  College,  Pittsburgh, 
graduating  Dec.  24th,  1866.  The  day  following  went 
to  Oil  City,  Pa.,  and  remained  there  until  April  1867, 
drilling  and  pumping  wells;  then  returned  to  New 
Brighton,  and  with  his  brothers  Edward  D.  and  Charles 
M.,  went  into  the  foundry  business  under  the  firm  name 
of  Merrick  &  Co.  Continued  in  the  firm  until  the  spring 
of  1885,  when  the  business  was  sold.  He  then  engaged 
in  the  plumbing  business,  and  in  1893  took  his  son  into 
the  business  with  the  firm  name  of  Merrick  &  Son,  from 
which  he  retired  in  1896.  He  is  now  engaged  in  the  col- 
lection and  study  of  the  Lepidoptera  of  Beaver  county, 
Penn.  Politically  Mr.  Merrick  has  always  been  a  Re- 
publican, casting  his  fii'st  vote  for  Abraham  Lincoln 
in  1864,  while  facing  the  rebel  Army  of  Northern 
Virginia.  In  religious  matters  he  has  never  made  any 
profession,  believing  that  a  man's  daily  life,  his  acts, 
his  example,  his  treatment  of  his  neighbor  in  trouble  or 
in  happiness,  his  constant  desire  to  have  the  world  better 
and  his  fellow  men  happier  because  he  has  lived  in  it, 
counts  for  more  to  himself  aud  to  humanity,  than  any- 


248  MERRICK    GENEALOGY. 

thing  which  he  might  believe  (or  disbelieve)  on  any  or 
all  the  questions  which  puzzle  the  human  race.  He  is  a 
stockholder  and  director  in  the  Standard  Horse  Nail 
Company,  of  which  he  has  been  a  member  since  its 
organization.  Is  living,  with  his  wife,  in  New  Brighton, 
Pa.     Children,  both  born  at  New  Brighton — 

i.    Harry  Duncan,  b.  Aug.  31,  1868. 

ii.  Helen  Gertrude,  b.  Feb.  20,  1877,  m.  Oct.  26,  1899, 
at  New  Brighton,  to  Frank  Hart  Darragh ;  he 
is  a  graduate  of  the  University  of  Pennsylvania, 
a  dentist,  practicing  his  profession  in  New  Brigh- 
ton ;  they  have  one  daughter,  Charlotte  Duncan 
(Darragh),  b.  Oct.  1,  1900. 

174.  Frederick  Silas '^,  son  of  (Silas^,  Joseph^, 
Joseph*,  Timothy^,  Timothy'-^,  James^')  and  Fanny 
(Miner)  Merrick,  born  June  30,  1853,  at  New  Brighton, 
Pa.  Married,  Sept.  16,  1875,  at  Massillon,  O.,  Clara 
Asenath,  daughter  of  Isaiah  and  Emeline  (Wertz- 
baugher)  Ickes;  she  born  March  13,  1855,  at  Patterson, 
O.  Frederick  Silas  Merrick,  the  youngest  of  four 
brothers,  is  descended  on  both  sides  from  ancient  New 
England  families,  the  Merricks  coming  to  Charlestown 
in  1636,  and  on  his  mother's  side,  the  Miner's  having 
landed  at  Charlestown  in  1630.  He  was  born  in  the 
"Merrick  House,"  New  Brighton,  of  which  his  father, 
Silas,  was  landlord  at  the  time.  He  attended  the  public 
schools  until  he  was  18  years  of  age,  when,  in  1871,  in 
company  with  his  father,  he  engaged  in  business,  having 
a  bookstore,  with  which  was  connected  a  wall-paper  and 
window-shade  business;  continued  in  this  business  for 
about  ten  years.  In  January,  1881,  he,  with  his  brother, 
Charles  M.,  and  a  Mr.  Pierce,  started  what  was  later  the 
Standard  Horse  Nail  Company,  for  the  manufacture  of 
hot  forged  horse  nails,  with  works  at  New  Brighton.  In 
February,  1884,  the  works  were  flooded,  entailing  serious 
loss,  and  two  years  later,  in  February,  1886,  the  works 
were  burned  to  the  ground.  Nothing  daunted,  the  part- 
ners (capitalized  the  plant  and  started  up  again,  and  from 
that  time  until  the  present  writing,  the  business  has  con- 
tinued to  grow,  the  output  of  the  factory  going  to  every 
part  of  the  world,  and  the  Standard  Horse  Nail  being 
known  in  every  country  where  horses  are  used.  From  a 
small  beginning  the  company  has  grown  to  one  requiring 
hundreds  of  thousands  of  dollars  capital,  and  employing 
hundi-eds  of  men  in  its  works.  At  this  time,  Mr.  Fred. 
S.  Merrick  is  the  only  one  of  the  four  brothers  actively 


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engaged  in  the  business,  the  others  having  retired.  He 
is  secretary  of  the  company,  and  manager  of  the  sales 
department.  He  is  also  secretarj-  of  the  Kenwood  Oil 
Company,  which  has  several  good  productive  wells.  Is 
also  interested  in  Porto  Rico  sugar  lands  and  factories. 
His  recreation  is  music,  in  which  he  is  very  proficient, 
playing  the  violin,  at  this  time,  for  the  pleasure  of  him- 
self and  friends;  but  in  his  younger  days  he  led  a 
theatre  orchestra  for  ten  years.  His  wife,  Clara  Ickes 
Merrick,  is  also  a  musician,  having  done  concert  work 
before  her  marriage,  and  since  her  marriage  has  been  the 
soprano  in  the  Presbyterian  church  in  New  Brighton, 
and  has  had  charge  of  the  quartette  for  many  years. 
Their  oldest  son,  Fred.  Jr.,  is  also  a  pianist  of  merit, 
and  even  the  little  one.  Marguerite  {cefat  10)  does  re- 
markably on  the  same  instrument.  While  not  claiming 
to  be  artists,  it  may  well  be  claimed  that  they  are  a  mu- 
sical family.     The  children,  all  born  in  New  Brighton, 

are — 

i.  Fred.  Ickes,  b.  July  2,  1876;  graduated  from  the 
High  School  aud  entered  the  Massac hvisetts  In- 
stitute of  Technology,  from  which  he  was  grad- 
uated in  June,  1901,  in  architecture,  with  the 
degree  of  S.  B.  (other  colleges  have  it  B.  S. )  ;  is 
at  present  working  in  an  architect's  office  in  New 
York  for  pnictice,  intending  shortly  to  locate  in 
Pittsburgh,  Pa. 
ii.  Silas  Clarence,  b.  June  IT,  1879;  graduated  from 
High  School  and  entered  the  Massachusetts  In- 
stitute of  Technology,  from  which  he  will  grad- 
uate in  June,  1903,  in  mechanical  engineering, 
iii.  Marguerite  Livingston,  b.  June  25,  1891 ;  is  pupil 
in  public  school. 

175.  Emma  Laudelia^  ,  dan.  of  (George  W.  ^ ,  Joseph^, 
Joseph'^,  Timothy^,  Timothy^,  James^)  and  Lucinda 
(Graves)  Merrick,  born  Jan.  22,  1837,  at  Adrian,  Mich. 
Married,  1st,  July  11,  1855,  at  Adrian,  Thomas  Benton 
Fargo;  he  born  May  7,  1833,  at  Water ville,  N.  Y;   died 

,  at   Adrian,  leaving   one    son.     Laudelia  married, 

2nd,  June  9,  1891,  at  Adrian,  Giles  Oscar  Van  de  Grift; 
he  born  Nov.  29,  1834,  at  Shortville,  N<  Y.;  no  chil- 
dren. They  are  living  at  Adrian,  Mich.  Son  of  Thomas 
B.  Fargo — 

215.  i.     Charles  Merrick  (Fargo),  b.  April  25,  1865,  Adrian. 

176.  Delos^  (Bowen),  son  of  Spencer  and  Sarah 
(Merrick)  Bowen,  born  Dec.  16,  1830,  at  Sennett,  N.  Y. 
Married,  March  17,  1853,  at  Sennett,  Eliza  Hill;  she  died 


250  MERRICK    GENEALOGY. 

Jan.  13, 1861,  at  Eldridge,  N.  Y.  Delos,  the  father,  died 
Sept.  21,  1863,  in  Louisiana,  while  in  Union  army. 
Children,  born  in  Sennett,  N.  Y. — 

216.  i.     Mate  (Bowen),  b.  March  10,  1856. 

217.  il.     Levi  (Bowen),  b.  Nov.  22,  1860. 

177.  Mary  Eliza ^  (Bowen),  dau.  of  Spencer  and 
Sarah  (Merrick)  Bowen,  born  Aug.  7,  1834,  at  Sennett, 
N.  Y.  Married,  July  31,  1855,  at  Sennett,  Myron  W. 
Sheldon;  he  born  Jan.  17,  1832;  is  in  the  restaurant 
business  in  Chicago,  corner  of  43rd  street  and  Oaken- 
wald  avenue;  resides,  with  his  two  unmarried  daugh- 
ters, on  Lake  avenue,  next  to  Oaken wald.  His  children, 
all  born  in  Sennett,  N.  Y.,  were — 

i.     Effie  M.  (Sheldon),  b.  May  9,  1856. 
ii.     Sarah  Merrick  (Sheldon)',  b  July  21,  1859. 

218.  iii.     Delos  Kendrick  (Sheldon),  b.  Sept.  13,  1863. 

178.  Joseph'  (Bowen),  son  of  Spencer  and  Sarah 
(Merrick)  Bowen,  born  Aug.  17,  1840,  at  Sennett,  N.  Y. 
Married,  Sept.  15,  1864,  at  Sennett,  Agnes  Glass;  she 
born  Sept.  27,  1843,  at  Sennett.  They  are  living  at 
Weedsport,  N.  Y.     Childi'en,"born  at  Sennett — 

i.     Charles    (Bowen),   b.   Nov.  24,   1866;  d.   April  25, 

1873,  at  Brockport,  N.  Y. 
ii.     Florence    (Bowen),  b.  Nov.  4,   1870;  m.  June   30, 

1897,  at  Weedsport,  N.  Y.,  Ernest  A.  Putnam,  of 

Fultou,  N.  Y.,  where  they  now  reside, 
iii.     Jennie  (Bowen),  b.  Feb.  4,  1874;  m.  Dec.  8,  1897, at 

Weedsport,  J.   Duane  Titus;  living  at  No.   32, 

Jackson  street,  Weedsport. 

179.  Hurlon'  (Bowen),  son  of  Spencer  and  Sarah 
(Merrick)  Bowen,  born  Feb.  17,  1843,  Sennett,  N.  Y. 
Married,  1st,  Nov.  6,  1867,  at  Mareellus,  N.  Y.,  Laura 
Sarr;  she  born  Oct.  3,  1846,  at  Sennett,  N.  Y.;  died 
Nov.  18,  1872,  Mareellus,  N.  Y.,  leaving  one  son.  Hur- 
lon  married,  2nd,  Fannie  Harper,  by  whom  he  had  one 
son.  Hurlon  Bowen  died  Oct.  30,  1879,  at  Sennett.  His 
widow,  Fannie,  resides  in  Honolulu,  Sandwich  Islands, 
where  she  is  matron  of  the  Queen's  Hospital,  a  position 
which  she  has  held  for  nearly  ten  years.     Children — 

i.  Fred  (Bowen).  b.  March  17,  1871,  Sennett,  N.  Y. ; 
never  married ;  is  Uving  with  his  grandmother, 
Sarali  Merrick  Bowen,  at  Sennet;  she  is  over  90 
years  of  age,  but  is  strong  for  her  age. 


SEVENTH    GENERATION.  251 


ii.  HURLON  (Bowen),  b.  1877;  is  an  engineer  and  ma- 
chinist, having  learned  his  trade  with  the  Union 
Iron  Works,  San  Francisco,  Cal.,  the  company 
which  built  the  battleship  "Oregon,"  which 
made  the  celebrated  run  from  San  Francisco  to 
Cuba  during  the  Spanish-American  war.  He 
lives  with  his  mother  in  Honolulu. 


180.  Edgar  Byron ^  (Whitney),  son  of  William  B. 
and  Abigail  (Merrick)  Whitney,  born  April  2,  1850,  at 
Adrian,  Mich.  Married  in  San  Francisco,  where  he  is 
now  in  business  with  his  son.  Royal  L.  Their  home  is 
in  Alameda. 

i.     Royal   L.  (Whitney),  b.   Jan.   26,    1877,  San   Fran- 
cisco. 

181.  Mary^  (Hntchins),  dan.  of  Frederick  William 
and  Jndith  (Merrick)  Hntchins,  born  March  7,  1844,  at 
Adrian,  Mich.  Married,  Sept.  12,  1867,  at  Clinton, 
Mich.,  Frank  Savage.  She  is  living  in  the  same  home 
which  she  bought  in  1897,  at  Campbell,  Santa  Clara 
county,  Cal.     They  had  one  daughter — 

i.     Mae  (Savage),  b.  Aug.  8,  1869;  d.  Aug.  8.  1869. 

182.  Amelia''  (Hntchins),  dan. of  Frederick  William 
and  Judith  (Merrick) Hntchins,  born  July  18,  1846,  at  Ad- 
rian, Mich.  Married,  at  her  mother's  home  in  Adrian,  Dec. 
5,  1873,  Thaddeus  Miles  Jov;  he  born  Feb.  25,  1843,  at 
Albany,  N.  Y.;  enlisted  Sept.  11,  1863,  at  Buffalo,  N. 
Y.,  in  27th  New  York  Independent  Battery,  with  which 
he  served,  in  the  9th  Army  Corps,  Army  of  the  Poto- 
mac, until  the  end  of  the  war,  taking  part  in  all  of  its 
battles,  and  holding  the  position  of  sergeant  most  of  the 
time.  He  was  discharged  at  Fort  Porter,  Buffalo,  N.  Y., 
in  July  1865.  Shortly  after  his  marriage  he  moved  to 
Buffalo,  afterward  to  Minneapolis,  Minn.  Was  in  the 
service  of  the  Wells- Fargo  Express  Company.  Is  now 
living  on  a  ranch  at  Los  Gatos,  near  Palo  Alto,  Cal. 
Children — 

i.     Amy   (Joy),  b.  Nov.  2,  1874,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. ;  d.  Nov. 

1879,  Minneapolis,  Minn, 
ii.     Florence    (Joy),    b.    Dec.    30,    1880,   Minneapolis, 

Minn. ;  d.  March  9,  1884,  Minneapolis, 
iii.     Thaddeus  (Joy),  b.  April  11,  1883,  Minneapolis, 
iv.     Alice  (Joy),  b.  Jan.  2,  1885,  Edmunds,  S.  D. 
V.     Lucy  (Joy),  b.  Dec.  16,  1888,  Fulton,  Kan. 

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252  MERRICK   GENEALOGY. 

183.  Emma  Jane'  (Graham),  dau.  of  John  Grakara^ 
and  Francis  T.  MeFarland,  born  March  1,  1842.  Mar- 
ried, Oct.  27,  1869,  James  P.  Gould.  Residence  No.  138, 
Algoma  St.,  Oshkosh,  Wis.     Children— 

i.  James  Franklin  (Gould),  b.  Aug.  17,  1871  ;m.  Aug. 
27,  1891,  Mary  Newell  Goodridge;  has  one  son, 
James  Goodridge  (Govild),  b.  April  17,  1898. 

ii.  Harry  Graham  (Gould),  b.  Maj'  27,  187.3;  m.  Ellen 
Amelia  Stevens,  Dec.  13,  1894;  three  children— 

1.  Harry  Graham    (Gould),  Jr.,  b.  June 

22,  1896;  d.  Aug.  18,  1901. 

2.  Stevens  (Gould),  b.  Aug.  27,  1898. 

3.  Ellen  Mary  (Gould),  b.  Sept.  11,  1900. 
iii.     Emma   Lillian  (Gould),  b.  Feb.  27,  1877;  m.  Fred- 
erick Felker,  Jan.  6,  1897;  two  children— 

1.  Chares    Wesley    (Felker),  b.  Aug.   6, 

1898. 

2.  Jane  (Felker).  b.  Feb.  19,  1899. 

iv.     Fanny  McFarland  (Gould),  b.  April  12,  1879. 

184.  Albert  Foster'^  (Graham),  son  of  Nathaniel 
Myrick  and  Marv  L.  (Foster)  Graham,  born  March  18, 
1846,  at  Auburn,  N.  Y.  Married,  Dec.  21,  1869,  at 
Milwaukee,  Wis.,  Frances  Kirby ;  she  died  June  28,  1892. 
Albert  F.  married,  2nd,  June  1,  1901,  Amy  E.  Hussey, 
and  died  June  16,  1901.    Children— 

i.  Edward  Justice  (Graham),  b.  May  13,  1871,  Black 
Earth,  Wis  ;  m.  Annie  McCreath,  at  Milwaukee, 
Wis.,  Sept.  18,  1895;  living  at  Buffalo  Creek, 
Col.,  March,  1901.     No  children. 

ii.  Ella  Louise  (Graham),  b.  Nov.  28,  1872,  at  Black 
Earth,  Wis.;  m.  Sept.  4,  1901,  at  Milwaukee, 
George  Frederick  Burroughs. 

iii.  May  Frances  (Graham),  b.  Dec.  4,  1874,  Milwaukee, 
Wis. ;  unmarried. 

iv.  Warren  Albert  (Graham),  b.  Dec.  13,  1879,  Mil- 
waukee; unmarried. 

185.  Frances  Antoinette'^  (Graham),  dau.  of 
Nathaniel  Myrick  and  Louise  (Foster)  Graham,  born  July 
2,  1848,  at  Grafton,  Wis.  Married,  Aug.  21,  1866,  at 
Milwaukee,  Wis.,  William  A.  Ehlmau.  Children,  all 
born  in  Milwaukee;  residence  of  family,  132,  19th  street, 
Milwaukee.  All  of  the  Ehlmans,  as  indeed  all  of  the 
Grahams,  are  notable  musicians.     Children — 

i.    Antoinette  Genevieve  (Ehlman),  b.  July  7,  1876; 
drowned  at  Milwaukee,  Feb.  4,    1895,  by  street 
car  falling  into  river  from  open  draw  bridge. 
ii.     Ernest  George  (Ehlman),  b.  Feb.  22,  1869;  profes- 
sor of  mathematics  at  Eau  Claire,  Wis.,  1901. 


SEVENTH    GENERATION.  253 

iii.     Frank  Henry  (Ehlman),  b.  Dec.  7,  1871;  doctor  of 
medicine,  Milwaukee. 

iv.  Albert  Charles  (Ehlman),  b.  Nov.  10,  1875;  law- 
3'er ;  was  instructor  of  music,  University  of  Wis- 
consin, 1900-1901;  professor  of  mathematics. 
Hillside  Home  School,  Helena,  Wis.,  1901-2;  m. 
Dec.  26,  1901,  at  Concord,  Wis.,  Ruby  D.  Bell, 
dau.  of  William  Bell,  Esq. 
V.  Violet  Cecelia  (Ehlman),  b.  June  22,  1877 ;  teacher 
in  kindergarten,  Milwaukee ;  unmarried. 

vi.     Walter  Warren  (Ehlman),  b.  Feb.  22,  1880;  pro- 
fessor of  music,  Milwaukee;  unmarried. 

186.  Mary  Eliza^  (Graham),  dan.  of  John  and 
Mary  Louise  (Foster)  Graham,  born  Aug.  21,  1850,  at 
Grafton,  Wis.  Married,  Oct.  20,  1875,  at  Milwaukee, 
Wis.,  Walter  Palmer  Bishop.  Children,  all  born  in  Mil- 
waukee— 

i.     Sidney  Harold  (Bishop),  b.  Oct.  17,  1878;  student, 

Uiiiversity  of  Wisconsin, 
ii.     Warren  Joseph  (Bishop),  b.  Nov.  23,  1879;  student, 
University  of  Wisconsin. 
§iiii.     Adelaide  Vera  (Bishop)    b.  May  10,  1882;  student 
in  Normal  School,  Milwaukee, 
iv.     Myrtle  Belle  (Bishop),  b.  Dec.  17,  1886;  student, 
High  School,  Milwaukee. 


■^o^ 


187.  George  Warren'^  (Graham),  son  of  Rufus 
Kittridge  and  Sarah  Ann  (Rollins)  Graham,  born  Nov. 
23,  1850,  at  Bradford,  Mass.  Married,  Nov.  29,  1876, 
at  Haverhill,  Mass.,  Zvlary  Abbie,  daughter  of  Alva 
and  Mary  Head;  she  born  June  12,  1855,  at  Haverhill, 
Mass.  George  Warren  Graham  is  now,  and  has  for  the 
last  seventeen  years  been  connected  with  Hanan  &  Son, 
shoe  manufacturers,  as  superintendent.  His  business 
address  is  Bridge,  Front  and  Water  streets,  Brooklyn, 
N.  Y.;  his  home  address  is  781,  East  31st  street,  Brook- 
lyn, N.  Y.     Children— 

i.  George  Warren,  Jr. ,  b.  Nov.  27, 1879,  at  Lj^nn,  Mass. 
George  W.,  Jr.,  says  of  himself:  "I  am  twenty - 
two  years  old,  ambitious,  passionately  fond  of 
music,  to  which,  as  a  pastime,  I  devote  my 
spare  time  almost  entirely.  I  have  svifficient 
knowledge  of  vocal  and  instrumental  music  to 
entertain  the  average  dillettante  in  the  art,  and 
hope  some  day  to  be  able  to  rank  among  ama- 
teurs as  a  musical  artist — not  a  mere  dabbler.  I 
I  have  had  three  years  of  college  life  herein  New 
York,  and  although  I  was  more  prominent  as 
college  politician,  president  of  my  class,  editor 
of    college  newspai>er,    manager  of  glee  club. 


254 


MERRICK    GENEALOGY. 


11. 


etc.,  than  as  a  hard  student,  nevertheless  I  can- 
not say  too  much  for  the  broadening  elfect  of 
college  training.  Only  two  years  ago  I  entered 
this  business — life  insurance,  in  the  great  oflSce 
of  the  New  York  Underwriters'  Agency.  Hav- 
ing enjoyed  life  to  the  full  thus  far  in  my  exist- 
ence, I  am  content  to  buckle  down  to  hard,  sus- 
tained effort.  The  "survival  of  the  fittest"  is 
as  true  an  epigram  in  the  insurance  business  as 
in  any  other  field.  I  must  leave  it  to  the  future 
to  determine  what  I  am  worth  in  the  world.  I 
start  out  with  high  ideals ;  I  hope  to  be  able  to 
keep  them  in  view  always."  Mr.  Graham  has 
startedto  write  the  history  of  the  Graham  family, 
and  has  given  himself  a  term  of  years  In  which 
to  do  justice  to  his  subject. 
Howard  Irving  (Graham)  b.  Nov.  7,  1893,  Brook- 
lyn, N.  Y. 


188.  Laura  Ann^  (Graham),  dan.  of  Rufus  K.  and 

Sarah   Ann  (Rollins)   Graham,  born  Dec.   31,   1852,  at 

Bradford,  Mass.     Married,    Feb.  5,   1869,  at  Haverhill, 

Mass.,  Lynn  Bard  Ladd;   he    died  Dec.  13,    1884,  and 

Laura  A.  married,  2d,  Oct.  26,  1893,   at  San  Antonio, 

Tex.,  Millard   Francis  Williams.     They  are   now  living 

at  Haverhill,  Mass.     Children — 

i.     LiNNlE  Maud    (Ladd),  b.    Sept.  17,  1877,  at  Lynn, 
Mass. ;  m.  Ernest  Smith.     Children — 

1.  Hazel LuELLA  (Smith),  b.  April  26, 1897. 

2.  Bernice  Natalie    (Smith),  b.  Dec.  10, 

1899. 
ii.     Laura  May  (Ladd),  b.  May  19,  1879,  San  Antonio, 
Tex.  ;  unmarried. 

189.  Otis  Albert'^  (Graham)  son  of  Rufus  K.®, 
and  Sarah  Ami  (Rollins)  Graham,  born  Dec.  21,  1854, 
at  Bradford,  Mass.  Married,  1st,  1882,  Lizzie  Rogers 
Paul;  she  died  1890;  Otis  A.  married,  2nd,  1893,  Clara 
Augusta  Anderson;    she  died   1894.      Children,  by  first 

wife — 

Paul  Harold  (Graham)  b.  June  25,  1883. 
Helen  Jeannette  (Graham)  b.  Sept.   11,  1885. 


1. 
ii. 


190.  Albert  T.^  son  of  (Ahner  Little\  Ahier 
Little^  Joseph^.  Timotliy^ ,  Timothy'^,  James^)  and 
Eliza  (Nightengale)  Mirick,  born  July  23,  1832,  at  Salem, 
N.  H.  Married  Louisa  J.,  daughter  of  Aaron  Good- 
hue, of  Salem,  N.  H.;  she  born  June  15,  1821,  atDracut, 
Mass.;   died  July  19,  1861,  at  Salem.     Albert  T.  was  a 


farmer 
ter — 


died  Oct.  10,  1864,  at  Salem. 


Had  one  daugh- 


i.     Florence  A.,  b.  June  21,  1855,  at  Salem,  N. 
June  30,  1887,  Samuel  S.  Newell. 


H. ;  m. 


SEVENTH    GENERATION.  255 

191.  Caroline  J.'^,  dan.  of  (Ahner  Little^,  Abner 
Little^,  Joseph*,  Timothy^.  Timothij^ ,  James^),  and 
Eliza  (Nightengale)  Mirick,  born  Jan.  5,  1836,  at  Salem, 
N.  H.  Married  George  A.,  sou  of  Aaron  Goodhue,  of 
Salem;  he  born  April  23,  1823,  at  Dracut,  Mass.;  died 
Sept.  22.  1894,  at  Derry,  N.  H.  Children,  all  born  at 
Derrj^ — 

i.     Laura  J.  (Goodhue),  b.  Feb.  9,  1854. 
ii.     EmmaF.  (Goodhue),   b.  April   17,  1857;  m.  Feb.  16, 
1886,  Stephen  W.  Ford; 'had  one  son,  Charles  A. 
(Ford), 
iii.     Lizzie  E.  (Goodhue),  b.  April  12,  1874. 

192.  Charles  Beecher^,  son  of  (.Joshua  Corliss^, 
Aimer  Little^,  Joseph'^,  Timothy \  Timothy'^,  Jmnes^) 
and  Nancy  (Campbell)  Merrick,  born  Aug.  17,  1862,  at 
Hampstead,  N.  H.  Married  Lora  Spaulding,  of  Hamp- 
stead.     Childi-en,  all  born  at  Hampstead — 

i.    Charles  Joshua,  b . 

ii.     Alferretta,  b . 

iii.     Emery,  b . 

193.  Belinda  E.^dau.  of  {Francis  G.^,  Nathaniel^, 

Joseph'^,     Timothy^,     Timothy",    James^)     and    Rhoda 

(Stickney)  Merrick,  born  Sept.  29,  1855,  at  Hampstead, 

N.  H.      Married  Joseph  C.   Bridges:   he  born  Dec.  29, 

1847.     Children— 

i.     Eliza  G.  (Bridges),  b.  Oct.    26,  1873;  m.    Charles  T. 

Rand, 
ii.     Nancy  L.  (Bridges),  b.  Dec.  23,  1876. 

194.  Nancy  Hannah"  ,  dan.  of  ( Francis  G. ^ ,  Nathan- 
iel^ Joseph* ,  Timothy^',  Timothy',  James'^)  and  Rhoda 
(Stickney)  Merrick,  i3orn  June  28,  1869,  at  Hampstead, 
N.  H.     Married  Edward  Hinda.     Children — 

i.  Edward  D.   (Hinda),  b.  — — . 

ii.  Charles  W.  (Hinda),  b.  . 

iii.  Francis  (Hinda),  b.  ;  died  young. 

iv.  Albert  S.  (Hinda),  b. . 

195.  Charles  H.'',  son  of  {Francis  G.^,  Nathan- 
iel^,  Joseph* ,  Timothy'\  Timothy",  James'^)  and  Rhoda 
(Stickney)  Merrick,  born  Dec.  13,  1865,  at  Hampstead, 
N.  H.     Married  Isabel  Hunt.     Children— 

i.      ISORA,  b,  . 

ii.     Ethel,  b. . 


iii.     Charles  H. 


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MERRICK    GENEALOGY. 


196.  Edith  H.^  dau.  ot  {Francis  G.\  Nathaniel^, 
Joseph^  Timothy^,  Timothy'^  James^)  and  Rhoda  (Stiek- 
ney)  Merrick,  born  March  4,  1872,  at  Harapstead,  N.  H. 
Married  James  A.  Cosgrove.     Children — 

i.  Elizabeth  (Cosgrove),  b.  . 

ii.  Mary  Ella  (Cosgrove),  b.  . 

iii.  Dora  (Cosgrove),  b.  . 

iv.  Sterling  A.  (Cosgrove),  . 

197.  Frank\  son  of  (Francis  G.\  Nathaniel^,  Jo- 
seph"^, TimotJuf,  Timothy'^  James^)  and  Rhoda  (Stick- 
ney)  Merrick,  born  Nov.  5,  1875,  at  Hampstead,  N.  H. 
Married  Edith  Gordon.     Children— 

i.     Gordon  F.,  b.  Jan.  21,  1897. 


198.  EDMUND^  son  of  (3Ioses\  William'")  and  Eliza- 
beth (Bailey)  Merrick,  born  July  3,  1796,  at  Boscowen, 
N.  H.  Married,  May  2, 1821,  Pamelia  Smith,  of  Shrews- 
bury; she  born  Jan.  22,  1801.  He  was  a  shoemaker, 
and  lived  in  Worcester  county,  N.  H.,  for  many  years. 
Their  children  were — 

Sally  L.,  b.  Oct,  31,  1823;  m.  Fi-eeman  Gordon. 

Lydia  C,  b.  Sept.  19,  1832;  m.  Harrington. 

Louisa  M.,  b.  Feb.  24,   1835;  m.  Levi  Houston,  of 
Manchester,  N.  H. 
J19.        iv.     William  E.,  b.  Oct.  1838;  m.  Sarah  C.  Jewett. 


1. 
ii. 
iii. 

iv. 


199.  RIAL^  son  of  (Moses^,  William^)  and  Lydia 
(Rice)  Merrick,  born  Aug.  21,  1803,  at  Boscowen,  n!  H. 
Married,  1st,  Lois  French,  by  whom  he  had  one  daugh- 
ter. Lois  died  1831,  and  Rial  married,  2nd,  Susan  G. 
French,  sister  of  first  wife,  by  whom  he  had  a  son.  Rial 
was  a  shoemaker  by  trade,  and  lived  in  Henniker,  N.  H. 
Children — 

i.     Lois,  b.  1831 ;  m.  W.  W.  Gutterson. 
220-         ii.     Henry  E.,  b.  1834. 


EIGHTH  GENERATION. 

200.  Dr.  Walter  S.«  (Blaisdell),  son  of  Dr.  War- 
ren 0.\  and  Mary  E.  (Stillson)  Blaisdell,  born  May  21, 
1866,  at  Macomb,  111.  Married,  Feb.  28, 1893,  at  Brook- 
lyn, N.  Y.,  Nellie  E.,  daughter  of  Samuel  P.  and  Mary 
Louise  (Stone)  Russell;  she  born  in  Massachusetts.     Dr. 


EIGHTH    GENERATION.  257 

Walter  S.  Blaisdell  graduated  from  the  College  of  Phy- 
sicians and  Surgeons,  at  Baltimore,  Md.  He  is  surgeon 
in  chief  of  the  Adrian  Hospital,  Punxsutawney,  Pa. 
Children — 

i.    Frances  Russell   (Blaisdell),  b.   July   18,  1895,  at 

Walston,  Pa. 
ii.     Ralph  Russell   (Blaisdell),  b.    Aug.  28,   1899,   at 
Punxsutawney. 

201.  WiLLLVM  WARREiS;^  SOU  of  (Alouzo  Hoivavd'^ , 
Warren'^,  Jonathan^ ,  Jonathan'^ ,  Isaac'^ ,  Isaac'^ ,James^) 
and  Maria  (Chapin)  Merrick,  born  Nov.  28,  1856,  at 
Lima,  Ind.  Married,  1st,  Nov.  18,  1876,  at  Sturgis, 
Mich.,  Adelaide  Irene,  daughter  of  Josiah  and  Elizabeth 
Coleman;  she  born  July  3,  1858,  at  Jonesville,  Mich.; 
died  Oct.  1,  1897.  William  W.  married,  2nd,  March  5, 
1898,  Mrs.  Tillie  (Sturgis)  Williams,  daughter  of  John 
and  Almina  Sturgis,  of  Sturgis,  Mich.  He  is  a  telegraph 
operator,  in  the  employ  of  the  C.  &  N.  W.  R'y,  residing 
(1898)  at  Austin,  111.     Children— 

i  Harry,  b.  July  3,1881,  North  Amherst,  Ohio;  d. 
Mav  30,  1884. 

ii.     Fred  W.,  b.  Sept.  16,  1886,  Moreland,  111. 
iii.     Hazel,  b.  June  11,  1890,  Austin,  111. 
iv.     George  Leroy,  b.  Sept.  3,  1892,  Austin,  111. 

V.     Mabel  Addie,  b.  Feb.  23,  1897,  Sturgis,  Mich. 

292.  Franklin  B.*,  sou  of  {Franklin  B.\  Isaac^ , 
Peter'" ,  Jonathan^,  Isaac^ ,  Isaac"" ,  James^}  and  Mary  F. 
(Barney)  Myriek,  born  Aug.  15,  1842,  at  Fall  River, 
Mass.  Married,  Dec.  24,  1872,  Sarah,  daughter  of  Rus- 
sell H.  Beckwith,  of  New  York  City.  Franklin  B.  is  in 
charge  of  the  estate  of  the  late  Daniel  B.  Fayerweather, 
of  New  York,  a  charge  involving  great  interests,  and 
which  engross  his  whole  time.  He  is  living  at  117, 
Halsey  Street,  Brooklyn.     Children— 

i.  Edith,  b.  April  7,  1874,  New  York  Citv ;  d.  Aug.  4, 
1874. 

ii.     Arthur  B.,  b.  June  27,  1875,  New  York. 

iii.  Franklin  B.,  Jr.,  b.  Sept.  6,  1876,  Brooklyn;  clerk  in 
the  office  of  the  London,  Liverpool  &  Globe  In- 
surance Company,  41  Pine  St.,  New  York. 

203.  Reuben ^ ,  son  of  ( Bnijamin  B.\  Sefh "" ,  Peter^ , 
Jonathan*,  Isaac'^ ,  Isaac"',  lames'^)  and  Lydia  R.  (My- 
riek) Mj^rick,  born  June  26,  1845,  at  Nantucket,  Mass. 
Married,   Nov.  23,  1871,  at  Richmond,  Ind.,  Alabama, 


258  MERRICK     GENEALOGY. 

daughter  of  Hon.  Stephen  Butler  and  Eliza  Ann  Stan- 
ton; she  born  May  3,  1844.  Reuben  Myrick  was  born 
in  Nantucket,  Mass.,  but  his  father's  home  was,  at  that 
time,  in  Philadelphia,  in  which  city  the  youth  of  Mr. 
Myrick  was  passed,  and  where  he  attended  the  public 
schools.  In  1857,  his  father  moved,  with  his  family,  to 
Richmond,  Ind.,  arriving  there  the  first  of  May  in  that 
year.  The  boy,  Reuben,  attended  the  public  schools  in 
this  city  until  he  was  fifteen  years  of  age.  In  the  spring 
of  1860,  he  became  a  wage-earner,  working  one  week 
from  noon  to  midnight,  and  the  next  from  midnight  to 
noon.  Leaving  school,  as  he  did  at  this  early  age,  com- 
pelled him,  as  it  has  many  others  so  situated,  to  plan 
and  persistently  carry  out  a  course  of  reading  which 
should  take  the  place,  so  far  as  possible,  of  the  education 
which  was  denied  him.  This  Mr.  Myrick  has  done,  and 
he  finds  himself,  in  middle  life,  one  who  can  be  termed 
a  "well-read  man." 

April  30,  1863,  he  entered  upon  the  duties  of  "check 
clerk"  in  the  Richmond  freight  depot  of  the  Eaton  & 
Hamilton  Railroad;  Dec.  13,  1866,  was  appointed  freight 
and  ticket  agent  for  the  Chicago  &  Great  Eastern  Rail- 
way at  Richmond;  from  1868  to  1872,  was  chief  clerk 
and  cashier  in  the  Richmond  freight  office  of  the  Cincin- 
nati, Columbus  &  Indiana  Central  Railway;  June  15, 
1872,  assumed  position  as  book-keeper  at  First  National 
Bank  of  Richmond;  in  July,  was  made  head  book- 
keeper, and  given  the  individual  ledger  and  set  of 
books,  which  position  he  still  holds,  having  filled  it  for 
over  twenty-nine  years. 

In  1874,  became  a  householder  and  freeholder;  has 
added  to  the  architecture  of  the  city  by  building  two 
handsome  and  substantial  brick  dwelling  houses,  in  one 
of  which  he  now  resides.  Politically,  Mr.  Myrick  has 
always  been  a  repviblican.  In  July,  1895,  he,  with  his 
sou,  and  his  brother  Benjamin  B.  Myrick,  received  the 
degrees  of  Masonry  in  one  of  the  city  lodges.  Having 
been  reared  in  the  Protestant  Episcopal  church,  of  which 
his  parents  were  both  consistent  members,  he  united  with 
St.  Paul's  P.E.  church,  Richmond,  when  about  fourteen 
years  of  age;  soon  after  was  appointed  librarian  of  the 
Sunday-school;  was  afterward  a  teacher,  and  for  several 
years  was  assistant  superintendent;  was  acting  treas 
urerof  St.  Paul's  church  from  1872  to  1888;  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  vestry  for  eight  years.  June  13,  1884,  St. 
Stephen's  Hospital  was  organized,  Mr.  Myrick  being  one 


EIGHTH    GENERATION.  259 

of  the  instigators,  and  one  of  the  original  trustees;  was 
first  secretary  of  the  organization,  serving  eight  years 
in  that  capacity;  is  a  trustee  of  the  Home  for  Friend- 
less Women,  and  is  secretary  of  the  Board.  He  is  also 
a  member  of  the  State  Board  of  Managers  of  the  Chil- 
dren's Home  Society  of  Indiana.  February  21,  1897, 
he,  with  all  his  family,  united  with  the  First  Methodist 
church  at  Richmond,  believing  that  in  that  church  he 
would  find  greater  scope  for  active  Christian  service. 
He  is  a  teacher  in  the  Sunday-school,  trustee  and  treas- 
urer of  the  First  Methodist  Society. 

For  several  years  past  Mr.  Myriek  has  devoted  consid- 
erable time  to  collecting  data  regarding  the  Myriek  fam- 
ily; the  results  of  his  labor  are  embodied  in  this  volume, 
the  tracing  of  the  descendants  of  Isaac  and  Andrew  My- 
riek, of  Nantucket,  1698  and  1705,  being  almost  entirely 
due  to  his  diligence  and  devotion. 

Mrs.  Alabama  (Stanton)  Myriek,  wife  of  Reuben, 
has  been  a  member  of  St.  Stephen's  Hospital  Ladies' 
Aid  Society  since  its  organization,  and  of  which  she 
was  president  two  terms  —  1899  and  1900 ;  is  corres- 
ponding secretary  for  the  missionary  society  of  the  First 
Methodist  Episcopal  church,  and  for  several  years  has 
been  member  of  Board  of  Lady  managers  of  Richmond 
Home  for  Friendless  Women.  Children  of  Reuben  and 
Alabama  S.  Myriek: 

i.  Stephen  Stanton,  b.  June  24,  1874,  at  Richmoud, 
Ind. ;  graduated  from  Richmond  High  School, 
IS92,  and  from  Earlham  College,  Richmond, 
Ind.,  1894;  took  hi.s  theological  course  at  Drew 
Theological  Seminary,  Madison,  N.  J. ;  was 
president  of  Richmond  High  School  Alumni 
Association.  1896-7,  and  of  Earlham  College 
Alumni  Association,  1898-9;  was  second 
master  of  Todd  Seminary  (for  boys)  at  Wood- 
stock, 111.,  1894r-5;  appointed  pastor  of  Methodist 
Episcopal  church,  Orleans,  Mass.,  1899,  and  at 
Oakdale  and  Holbrook  the  following  year ;  ap- 
pointed missionary  to  Singapore,  Asia,  March 
15,  1901.  for  a  term  of  five  years;  ordained  dea- 
con in  Methodist  church,  April  10,  1901,  and 
started  the  same  day  for  Asia,  sailing  from  San 
Francisco.  He  arrived  at  Singapore,  May  22, 
and  was  installed  Head  Ma.ster  of  tlie  Anglo- 
Chinese  Eastern  school  (Methodist)  immediately 
upon  his  arrival. 
ii.  Lydia,  b.  Juu'e  13,  1878,  at  Richmoud,  Ind.;  took 
the  High  School  course;  from  1899  to  1901  as- 
sisted her  brother.  Rev.  S.  S.  Myriek,  in  his 
pastoral  work  at  Orleans,  Oakdale  and  Hol- 
brook, Mass. ;  is  now  li\'ing  with  her  parents  in 
Richmond,  Ind. 


260  MERRICK    GENEALOGY. 

204.  Benjamin  B.*,  son  of  {Benjamin  B.\  Seth^ , 
Ffter\  Jonathan^,  Isaac^ ,  Isaac'\  James'^)  and  Lydia 
R.  (Myrick)  Myrick,  born  March  6,  1852,  at  Philadel- 
phia, Pa.  Married  Sarah  Mansur,  daughter  of  William 
S.  and  Sarah  J.  (Mansur)  Reid,  of  Richmond,  Ind.  She 
is  a  descendant  of  Mercy  Mirick  Mansur,  daughter  of 
John  Mirick,  born  1614.  Benjamin  Myrick  came  to 
Richmond,  Ind.,  from  Philadelphia,  with  his  parents,  in 
1857.  Was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Richmond; 
by  profession  is  a  book-keeper.  For  twelve  years  was 
deputy  in  the  office  of  County  Auditor  and  County  Treas- 
urer; afterward  individual  book-keeper  in  the  First  Na- 
tional Bank,  and  has  been  paying  teller  in  both  the  Fu-st 
and  the  Second  National  Banks  of  Richmond ;  at  pres- 
ent is  individual  book-keeper  in  the  Second  National 
Bank.  He  is  an  elder  in  the  United  Presbyterian  church, 
secretary  of  Pythian  Temple  Association,  Knights  of 
Pythias,  and  is  a  member  of  Richmond  Lodge,  F.  &  A. 
M. ;  with  the  exception  of  two  years  spent  in  Dakota  and 
Minnesota,  has  lived  all  his  life  in  Richmond.     Children — 

i,    Florence  Reid,  b.  June  17,  1874. 
ii.     William  Benjamin,  b.  Feb.  12,  1878. 
iii.     Clara  May,  b.  Feb.  12,  1878. 

205.  Louis  H.^  son  of  {Benjamin  B.'' ,  Sefh\ 
Peier^ ,  Jonathan'^ ,  Isaac^ ,  Isaac'^ ,  James'^)  and  Lydia 
R.  (Myrick)  Myrick,  born  July  12,  1854,  Philadelphia, 
Pa.  Married,  Jan.  8,  1879,  at  Anderson,  Ind.,  Emma 
D.  Searles;  she  born  June  30,  1862.  Louis  H.  Myrick 
graduated  from  the  Richmond  High  School  1874,  since 
which  time  he  has  been  in  active  business  in  Richmond, 
Anderson,  Summits ville,  Fisherburg  and  Alexandria, 
Ind.,  most  of  the  time  from  1878  to  1901  in  the  drug 
business.  Is  a  member  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias,  and 
of  the  Royal  Arcanum;  was  warden  and  vestryman  of 
the  Episcopal  church  at  Alexandria.  Has  always  been 
in  the  Republican  party.  At  present  he  is  living,  with 
his  family,  at  Alexandria,  Ind.     They  have  one  child: 

i.     Charlotte  Nette,  b.    June  1,   1882,  at  Anderson, 
Ind. 

206.  LAYTON^son  of  {Benjamin  B.\  SefJi^ ,  Peter^ , 
Jonathan^,    Isaac'\    Isaac^ ,    James^)    and    Lvdia    R, 
(Myrick)    Myrick,    born  Jan.  28,    1859,    at   Richmond 
Ind.     Married,   Oct.  29,   1883,  at  Richmond.  Ind.,  Ida 


EIGHTH    GENERATION.  261 

B.,  daughter  of  Thomas  G.  and  Mary  E.  Thompson; 
she  born  June  30,  1862.  Layton  Myrick  was  educated 
in  the  public  schools  of  Richmond,  which  he  left  to  enter 
into  business;  was  clerk  and  bookkeeper  in  Richmond 
Savings  Bank  from  1874  to  1879;  clerk  in  grocery 
stores  in  Richmond  and  Anderson,  Ind.,  1879  to  1881; 
cashier  and  bookkeeper  for  Red  River  Loan  &  Trust 
Company,  1881  to  1884.  In  September,  1885,  he  en- 
tered the  employ  of  the  Zeller  Bakery  Company,  of 
Richmond,  Ind.,  and  has  worked  his  way  up  until  at  this 
time  he  is  manager  of  that  company,  which  is  in  the  Na- 
tional Biscuit  Company,  successor  to  the  United  States 
Baking  Companj^;  he  is  living  in  Richmond.  In  polities 
Mr.  Myrick  is  a  republican.  As  a  young  man  was  a 
member  of  the  Episcopal  church,  but  since  1885  has 
been  connected  with  the  United  Presbvterian,  in  which 
church  he  is  a  deacon,  trustee,  and  an  active  worker  in 
the  Sunday-school.     Children — 

i.     Raymond  T.,  b.  Nov.  16,  1888,  Richmond,  Ind. 
ii,     Elizabeth,  b.  Sept.  7,  1897,  Richmond,  Ind. 

207.  Harrison®,  son  of  (Andrew'^ ,  George'^,  George\ 
Andrew^,  Andrew^,  Isaac'^ ,  Janies^)  and  Louisa 
(Thompson)  Myrick,  born  Feb.  10,  1845,  at  Nantucket, 
Mass.  Married,  1st,  1874,  Mary  McKeller,  daughter  of 
Agnes  McKeller,  of  Glasgow,  Scotland;  she  born  Jan. 
12,  1851,  at  Glasgow;  died  March  18,  1889,  at  Nan- 
tucket, Mass.  Harrison  married,  2d,  Catherine  Ann, 
daughter  of  Donald  and  Sarah  (McKenzie)  McQueen,  of 
Cape  Breton,  Nova  Scotia.  Harrison  Myrick  was  a  ship 
captain  commanding  vessels  in  the  whaling,  and  later  in 
the  merchant  service. "He  is  now  in  the  grocery  business 
in  Nantucket,  Mass.     Children — 

i.     Andrew  M.,  b.  July  38,  1875,  at  Callao,  Peru,   S.  A. 
ii.     George  H.,  b.  July  4,  1877,  at  Callao,  Peru,  S.  A. 
iii.     Louisa  A.,  b.  March  27,  1870,  at  Callao,  Peru,  S.  A. ; 

d.  June  19,  1884,  at  Nantucket,  Mass. 
iv.     Phillip  M.,  b.  Aug.  18,  1881.  at  Nantucket,  Mass. 
V.     Phillip  A.,  b.  Sept.  15,  1882,  Nantvicket. 
vi.     Charles  P.,  b.  May  1,   1890,  Nantucket, 
vii.     Harrison  Daniel,  b.  Aug.  22,  1891.  Nantucket;  d. 
Aug.,  1892,  at  Cape  Breton,  N.  S. 

208.  Edward  McCleve*,  son  of  (Charles  Coffin'^ , 
Charles  C",  George^,  Andreiv^ ,  Andrew^,  Isaac^ , 
Janies^)  and  Elizabeth  (Coleman)  Myrick,  born  May  17, 
1850,  at  Nantucket,  Mass.  Married  Winuifred  Gor- 
ham.     Children: 


262  MERRICK   GENEALOGY. 


i.    Charles,  b. 
ii.     Edward,  b. 


iii.    Elizabeth,  b. . 

209.  Eugene  Calvin*,  son  of  {Artemus  Baxter'^, 
Calvin^,  Obed^ ,  William*,  Andrew^,  Isaac"^ ,  James^) 
and  Julia  (Eveleth)  Mvrick,  born  May  8,  1868,  at 
Providence,  R.  I.  Married,  Oct.  19,  1893,  at  Troy,  N. 
H.,  Mary  Silsby,  daughter  of  Asa  C.  and  Helen  A. 
Dort;  she  born  April  1,  1872,  Troy,  N.  H.  Eugene 
C.  Myrick  was  educated  in  public  schools  of  Providence, 
and  was  graduated  from  Brown  University  in  1890  with 
the  Degree  of  Bachelor  of  Philosophy.  Has  lived  in 
Providence  all  his  life,  and  has  been  connected  with 
many  organizations,  civil  and  commercial,  in  several  of 
which  he  has  been  presiding  officer.  At  present  is  man- 
ager of  a  cotton  goods  bleachery  in  the  city  of  Provi- 
dence.    He  has  no  children. 

210.  Frederic  Augustus®,  son  of  {William  Ches- 
ter'^, Ohed^ ,  Ohed" ,  William'^ ,  Andrew^ ,  Isaac^ ,  James^) 
and  Myra  Frances  (Paull)  Myrick,  born  Dec.  10,  1861, 
at  Taunton,  Mass.  Married,  Oct.  2,  1890,  at  North 
Tonawanda,  N.  Y.,  Maud  Genevieve,  daughter  of  Peter 
and  Marietta  (Deming)  Hittel;  she  b.  Aug.  5,  1871,  at 
Shawnee,  N.  Y.  Frederic  A.  Myrick  is  a  wholesale  and 
retail  dealer  in  lumber,  with  headquarters  at  North  Tona- 
wanda, N.  Y.,  where  he  is  living  with  his  family  at  this 
time.     They  have  one  son — 

i.     Paul  Hittel,  b.  Dec.  11,  1893,  at  North  Tonawanda, 
N.  Y. 

211.  Helen®  (Reese)  dan.  of  William  P.  and  Ann 
Eliza  (Merrick)  Reese,  born  June  2,  1845,  at  Niles, 
Mich.  Married,  Oct.  17,  1864,  at  Prescott,  Wis.,  Lee 
Chapman,  son  of  Ezra  and  Clarrissa  (Thomson)  Chap- 
man; he  born  April  2,  1841,  at  Niles,  Mich.  Was  a 
book-keeper  by  occupation;  enlisted  Aug.  10,  1862,  in 
Co.  "A,"  19th  Michigan  Infantry,  at  Dowagiac,  Mich.; 
discharged  Aug.  26,  1863,  at  Murfreesboro,  Tenn.,  by 
reason  of  disability;  appointed  chief  clerk  in  the  quar- 
termaster's department,  Nashville,  Tenn.,  Jan.  2,  1864, 
where  he  served  until  the  close  of  the  war.  Lived  for  a 
time  at  Nashua,  la.  Moved  to  Minneapolis,  Minn., 
where  he  was  employed  until  his  death,  which  took 
place  Dec.  6,  1892.     He  left  one  daughter — 

i.    Marguerite    (Chapman),    b.    April    23,    1872,    at 
Nashua,    la;  unmarried,  1896. 


EIGHTH    GENERATION.  263 

212.  Charles  Dempster*  (Gates),  son  of  William 
R.  and  Elizabeth  Page  (Merrick)  Gates,  born  Dec.  29, 
1857,  at  Prescott,  Wis.  Married,  No  v.  8, 1882,  at  Stillwater, 
Minn.,  Grace,  daughter  of  William  M.  and  Mary  E. 
Capron.  Charles  D.  is  a  wood  worker  by  occupation; 
has  been  engaged  in  a  sash  and  door  factory  at  Still- 
water for  many  years,  in  which  he  is  foreman.  Their 
children,  all  born  in  Stillwater,  Minn. — 

i.     Carl  Rufus    (Gates),  b.   Jan.  8,  1884;  d.  Sept.  35, 

1884. 
ii.     Monroe    Mallory    (Gates),  b.   Dec.  1886;  d.  Dec. 
1898. 
iii.     Annie  Elizabeth  (Gates),  b.  Sept.  17,  1889. 
iv.     MoRDEN  Dempster  (Gates),  b.  March  22,  1893. 


213.  Cora  Evelyn*  (Gates),  dan.  of  William  R. 
and   Elizabeth    Page  (Merrick)  Gates,   born    April    14, 

1860,  at  Prescott,  Wis.  Married,  Sept.  8,  1880,  at  Still- 
water, William  Frederick  Redmon,  of  Prescott;  he  son 
of  Elijah  N.  and  Sarah  H.  Redmon;  born  April  17, 
1854,  at  Davenport,  la.;  a  grain  buyer  and  dealer  for 
many  years.  At  present  living  at  Fargo,  N.  D.  where 
he  is  a  city  officer.     Children,  born  at  Prescott,  Wis. — 

i.     John  Nelson  (Redmon),  b.  July  31,  1881. 
ii.     Anna  Ruby  (Redmon),  b.  Nov.  2,  1882. 

214.  LiDA  Allison*,  dan.  of  (Charles  M.'^ ,  Sihis^ , 
Joseph^,  Joseph*,  Timothif%  Timothy''-,  James^)  and 
Fanny  (Miner)  Merrick,  born  Oct.  24,  1862,  at  New 
Brighton,  Pa.  Married,  Oct.  27,  1891,  Rev.  William 
Scott  Nevin,  of  Enon,  Pa.  Mr.  Nevin  is  son  of  Abram 
Scott  and  Mary  Jane  (Campbell)  Nevin,  born  Nov.  11, 

1861,  at  New  Waterford,  Columbiana  county,  0.  His 
father  died  Jan.  17,  1879;  his  mother  still  living,  at  Ben- 
Avon,  Pa.  He  was  educated  in  public  schools  and  grad- 
uated from  Geneva  College,  Beaver  Falls,  Pa.;  studied 
for  the  ministry,  in  which  work  he  has  been  engaged 
since  graduation.  His  present  residence  is  Abington, 
Montgomery  county.  Pa.,  where  he  is  pastor  of  the  Pres- 
byterian church.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Nevin  have  had  four 
children — 

i.     Charles  Merrick  (Nevin),  b.  Sept.  12,  1892,  at  Oak- 

mont.  Pa. 
ii.     Walter  Scott  (Ne\dn),  b.  Aug.  1,  1894,  New  Brigh- 
ton, Pa. 


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MERRICK    GENEALOGY. 


iii.     Mary    (Nevin).  b.  April  34,  1897;  d.  Oct.  24,  1897, 

Oakniont,  Pa. 
iv.     Grace  Louise  (Neviu),  b.  Feb.  10,  1901,  Abington, 

Pa. 

215.  Charles  Merrick*  (Fargo),  sou  of  Thomas 
Bentou  and  Laudelia  (Merrick)  Fargo,  born  April  25, 
1856,  at  Adinan,  Mich.  Married,  Oct.  11,  1888,  at 
Quincy,  111.,  Mollie  Gertrude  Redmond.  Charles  M. 
Fargo  was  living,  in  1897,  at  Spriugfleld,  111.,  where  he 
was  agent  of  the  American  Express  Company.  He  has 
been  in  the  express  business  as  an  occupation  nearly  all 
his  life.     Children — 

i.     Marie  Kathryn   (Fargo),  b.    May   3,  1892,  Pough- 

keepsie,  N.  Y. 
ii.     Grace  Emma  (Fargo),  b.  Aug.  13,  1894,  Springfield, 

III. 

216.  Mate*  (Bowen),  dau.  of  Delos  and  Eliza  (Hill) 
Bowen,  born  March  10,  1856,  Sennett,  N.  Y.  Married, 
Nov.  1,  1876,  Sennett,  N.  Y.,  Charles  Sunderlin;  he 
born  May  16,  1841,  at  Sennett,  N.  Y.;  died  June  27, 
1895,  at  Sennett.     They  had  one  son — 

i.     Leon  (Sunderlin),  b.  Oct.  30,  1885,  Sennett,  N.  Y. 

217.  Levi*  (Bowen),  son  of  Delos  and  Eliza  (Hill) 
Bowen,  born  Nov.  22,  1860,  atElbridge,  N.  Y.  Married, 
Oct.  20,  1886,  in  Auburn,  N.  Y.,  Jennie  McNaughton; 
she  born  Nov.  20,  1863,  in  Worcester,  Mass.  Levi 
Bowen  is  living  with  his  family  in  Chicago.     Children — 

i.     Harold  (Bowen),  b.  July  26,  1887,  Auburn,  N.  Y. 

ii.     Janet  (Bowen),  b.  May  13,  1889,  Auburn,  N.  Y. 


218.  Delos  Kendrick*  (Sheldon),  son  of  Myron  W, 
and  Mary  Eliza  (Bowen)  Sheldon,  born  Sept.  13,  1863, 
at  Sennett,  N.  Y.  Married,  Sept.  11,  1889,  at  Chicago, 
111.,  Belle  Lathrop;  she  born  Aug.  13,  1865,  in  Gales- 
burg,  111.     Children — 

i.  Delos  (Sheldon),  b.  Oct.  2,  1890,  Huron,  S.  D. 

ii.  Mary  (Sheldon),  b.  June  o,  1892,  Mass. 

iii.  Gladys  (Sheldon),  b.  Dec.  3,  1893,  Mass. 

iv.  Myron  (Sheldon),  b.  May  18,   1895,  Mass. 

219.  William  E.*,  son  of  (Edmund'' ,  3foses\  Wil- 
liam^} and  Pamelia  (Smith)  Merrick,  born  Oct.  1838. 
Married  Sarah  C.  Jewett,  of  Clinton,  Mass.     William  E. 


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is  a  section  foreman  on  the  railroad  at  Clinton,  Mass., 
where  he  has  lived  since  his  marriage.  Children,  all  born 
at  Clinton — 

i.  Elmer,  b.  March  37,  1862. 

ii.  Arthur  G.,  b.  May  26,  1863;  d.  Sept.  7,  1864. 

iii.  Arthur,  b. . 

iv.  Elizabeth,  b.  Feb.  1873. 

220.  Henry  E .  ^  son  of  ( RiaV ,  Moses " ,  Willinm ' } 
and  Susan  (French)  Merrick,  born  1834.  Married  Mat- 
tie  B.  Stratton,  of  Northfield,  Mass.  Henry  E.  was 
for  years  employed  on  the  Boston  &  Concord  railway ; 
was  afterward  clerk  in  the  National  Hotel,  Washington, 
D.  C;  then  in  a  hotel  at  Richmond,  Va.,  and  at  other 
places;  is  now  a  shoe  manufacturer  at  Lynn,  Mass. 
Children — 

i.     Frank  Henry,  b.  April  29,  1866,  Richmond,  Va. 
ii.     Lena  Belle,  b.  Nov.  23,  1868,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 


THOMAS  MERRICK,  OF  SPRINGFIELD. 


FIRST  GENERATION. 

1.  Thomas^  Merrick,  born  in  Wales,  1620,  came  to 
America  in  the  year  1636  with  three  brothers  and  proba- 
bly one  sister,  Sarah  Mirick,  who  married  John  Atkin- 
son, at  Newbury,  1646.  The  brothers  separated,  one 
going  to  Plymouth,  later  to  Eastham,  one  to  Newbury, 
and  one  remaining  in  Charlestown.  Thomas  Merrick  "^is 
noted  as  having  been  in  Roxbury  in  1636.  From  records 
in  Hartford,  Conn.,  it  appears  that  he  was  there  in  the 
early  part  of  1638," but  was  about  to  visit  Agawam,  the 
Indian  name  for  Springfield.  The  date,  1638,  must  be 
an  error,  as  he  was  in  Agawam  on  the  3rd  day  of  Janu- 
ary, 1638,  according  to  the  records  of  that  plantation. 

A  short  sketch  of  Springfield  may  aid  in  determining 
the  relative  standing  of  Thomas  Merrick  in  the  new  set- 
tlement.    March  4,  1629,  King  James  gave  a  grant  of 
land  to  the  General  Court  of  Massachusetts,  from    the 
Merrimac  river  on  the  north  to  a  line  three  miles  south 
of  the  Charles  river  on  the  south,  and  extending  from 
"the  Atlantick  and  Western  sea  and  ocean  on  the  east 
parte,  to  the  South  sea  on  the  West  parte."     In  1636 
the  General  Court  granted  the  right  to  make  settlements 
on  the  Great  River  the  (Connecticut),  and  on  May  14, 
1636,    William   Pjncheon,    of   Roxbury,   together   with 
seven  others,  signed  an  agreement  to  undertake  a  settle- 
ment on  the  Great  River.     The  members  of  this  company 
of  "adventurers,"  as  they  were  called,  were:     William 
Pyncheon,  Matthev/  Mitchell,  Henry  Smith,  Jehu  Burr. 
William  Blake,    Edmund  Wood,   Thomas    Ufford,    and 
John  Cable.     These  men  went  to  Agawau,  where  they 
purchased  from  the  Indians,  who  were  then    occupying 
the  country,  certain  described  lands  lying  on  both  sides 
of  the  Connecticut  river,  paying  for  the  same  "18  fath- 
oms of  wampum,  18  coats,  18  hatchets,  18  hoes,  and  18 
knives.''     This  payment  was  assessed  against  the  lands 
as  they  were  subsequently  granted  to  the  settlers. 

The  company  of  adventurers,  during  the  first  two  years 
of   the  settlement,  was  in  serious  straits.      Several  be- 

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FIRST   GENERATION.  267 

came  discouraged  aud  returned  to  the  settlements  in  and 
about  Boston.  Pyncheon,  however,  who  appears  to  have 
had  more  ready  money  than  all  the  others  together,  en- 
tered into  trade  with  the  Indians,  buying  many  hundred 
pounds  sterling  worth  of  furs,  which  he  shipped  to  Lon- 
don. Other  settlers  took  the  place  of  those  who  had  re- 
treated, however,  and  the  little  settlement  grew  in  num- 
bers, so  that  we  find  thirteen  names  in  January,  1638, 
against  the  eight  original  settlers.  Among  these  thir- 
teen is  the  name  of  Thomas  Mirack.  Under  date  of 
"January  3th,  1638,''  we  first  find  his  name  as  follows: 

"It  is  agreed  by  y°  Plantation  at  a  generall  meeting 
that  these  six  men  undernamed  shall  set  out  the  bounds 
of  y^  plantation  up  y'  river  on  both  sides  of  y*"  river  aud 
to  marke  y'  trees  for  y'  clearing  of  it.  y*"  persons  ap- 
poynted  ar  mr :  w :  Pyncheon :  Jehu  Burr :  Hen :  Smith : 
John  Cable:   Richard  Everit:   Tho:  Mirack." 

Jan.  8th,  1638,  the  following  entry  is  made: 

"According  to  the  order  above  sd  these  six  men  layd 
out  y'  bounds  of  y"  Plantation  up  the  river  on  y"  other 
side  of  y"  river  &  y"  bounds  are  at  a  brooke  above  y"  mouth 
of  y°  Chiccapee  river." 

As  indicating  the  relative  wealth  of  the  settlers,  we 
note  that  on  Jan.  13,  1638,  an  assessment  for  the  pur- 
pose of  building  a  house  for  Rev.  Mr.  Moxon,  the  min- 
ister, was  made  on  the  settlers.  William  Pyncheon  gave, 
out  of  the  41  pounds  sterling  required,  21  pounds;  Jehu 
Burr  7,  Henry  Smith  5,  John  Leonard  2,  Thomas  Mi- 
rack 1,  and  seven  others  gave  the  remaining  five  pounds. 

According  to  the  records  he  was  married  to  his  first 
wife,  Sarah,  daughter  of  Rowland  and  Sarah  Stebbins, 
July  14,  1639.  She  died  after  haviug  borne  him  five 
children,  and  he  married,  2d,  Elizabeth  Tilley,  Aug. 
21,  1653.  It  is  not  known  to  which  of  the  Tilley  fami- 
lies she  belonged.  While  there  is  no  mention  of  Tilley 
among  the  early  settlers  of  Agawam,  there  were  several 
families  of  the  name  near  Agawam,  all  of  whom  were 
men  of  influence  in  the  communities  in  which  they 
lived,  and  prominent  in  the  affairs  of  the  colony.  It  is 
to  be  regretted  that  definite  knowledge  upon  this  point 
is  not  obtainable  at  this  time.  By  his  second  wife 
Thomas  Merrick  had  eight  children,  from  whom  have 
sprung  the  thousands  of  Merricks,  scattered  over  the 
whole  United  States  and  Canada,  who  claim  Thomas 
Merrick,  of  Springfield,  as  their  ancestor. 

18-M 


208  MERRICK    GENEALOGY. 

As  one  of  the  founders  of  Springfield,  he  was  a  man  of 
affairs  and  influence.  His  name  appears  upwards  of  eighty 
times  in  the  records  of  the  town.  Between  1640  and 
1669  he  acquired  96  acres  of  land  in  and  near  the  town. 
He  appears  upon  many  important  committees,  as  in  the 
allotment  of  lands,  treating  with  the  Indians,  building 
the  church,  (in  which  he  was  allotted  the  second  seat 
from  the  front  at  three  different  divisions),  surveying 
lands,  viewing  the  fences,  and  other  public  duties.  He 
appears  as  sergeant  of  the  town  militia,  William  Pyn- 
cheon,  by  virtue  of  his  seniority  and  his  wealth,  being 
the  captain. 

In  the  year  1815,  Tilley^  Merrick  undertook  the  com- 
pilation of  a  genealogj-  of  the  descendants  of  Thomas 
Merrick,  of  Springfield,  but  died  before  the  task  was 
accomplished.  The  work  thus  laid  down  was  taken  up 
in  the  j-ear  1860  by  Rev.  James  L.  Merrick,  but  was 
again  interrupted  by  the  death  of  the  compiler.  The 
editor  of  the  present  genealogy  of  the  Thomas  Merrick 
descendants  is  greatly  indebted  to  the  labors  of  the  two 
men  named  for  the  foundation  upon  which  is  laid  the 
larger  work  which  follows. 

Thomas  Merrick  died  September  7,  1704.  Elizabeth 
(Tilley)  Merrick  died  Aug.  21,  1684.  Both  are  buried 
in  the  cemetery  at  Springfield.  The  children  of  Thomas 
Merrick  were — 

i.     Thomas,  b.  April  12,  1641 ;  d.  youug. 

ii.     Sarah,  b.  May  9,    1643;  m.  Eliakim  Hitchcock,  of 
New  York,  Nov.  4,  1667. 

iii.     Mary,  b,  Sept.  28,  1645;  d.  July  28,  1646. 

iv.     Mary,    b.  Aug.  27,    1647;  m.   Samuel  Foot,  of  Hat- 
field, May  30,  1G71. 

V.     Hannah,  b.  Feb.  10,  1649;  m.  Benj.  Knowlton,  Nov. 
30,  1676. 

vi.     Elizabeth,  b.  Aug.  26,  1654;  d.  Jan.  11.  1659. 
V  vii.     Miriam,  b.  May  1,  1655;  d.  Oct.  11,  1684. 

2.  viii.     John,  b.  Nov.  9,  1658. 

ix.     Elizabeth,   b,   July  4,    1661;   m.   Thomas  Day.  of 
Springfield,  1685. 

3.  X.     Thomas,  b.  Jan.  2,  1664. 

4.  xi.     Tilley,  b.  Oct.  20,  1667. 
6.       xii.     James,  b.  March  2,  1670. 

xiii.     Abigail,   b.  Sept.    1,  1673;  m.  Gershom  Feriy,  May 
5,  1702. 


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SECOND  GENERATION. 

2.  Captain  John-,  son  of  (Thomas^)  and  Elizabeth 
(Tilley)  Merrick,  born  Nov.  9, 1658,  at  Springfield,  Mass. 
Married  1st,  Feb.  11,  1687,  Mary  Day,  daughter  of 
Thomas  and  Sarah  Day.  She  died  April  29,  1723,  and 
Captain  John  married,  2nd,  Widow  Rebekah  Stebbins, 
Jan.  14,  1725.  She  died  July  14,  1747.  Captain  John 
was  a  man  of  some  means,  and  influential  in  the  settle- 
ment; was  chosen  selectman  eight  times  between  1699 
and  1722,  and  held  many  other  minor  offices  in  the  com- 
munity .  His  name  appears  many  times  in  the  early  records 
of  the  town.  As  his  title  indicates  he  was  captain  of 
the  local  military  company.  He  died  April  10th,  1748, 
and  was  buried  in  the  Old  Agawam  cemetery.  Children, 
all  by  first  wife — 

i.     John,  b,  Feb.  29,  1688;  d.  March  26,  1688-9. 
ii.     Mary,    b.    Julv   24,    1694;  drowned    in   the    "great 
river",  Sept.  19,  1699. 

6.  iii.     John,  b.  Sept.  27,  1692. 

iv.     Mary,  b.  July  24, 1694 ;  m.  Jan.  1717,  William  Colton. 

7.  V.     Samuel,  b.  March  3,  1695. 

vi.     Elizabeth,  b.  Nov.  1,  1697;  m.  1st,  Joseph  Barnard; 

he  died  and  she  m.  2nd,  Joseph  Woodbridge. 
vii.     Abigail,  b.  June  4.  1699;  d.  July  30.  1699. 

8.  viii.     Jonathan,  b.  Aug.  13,  1700. 

ix.     Abigail,   b.   April   5,  1702;  m.  Jan.   1726,   Timothy 
Phelps,  of  Suffield. 

9.  X.     Thomas,  b.  Jan,  13,  1704. 

xi.     Margaret,  b.    Aug.    30,  1705;  m.    Dea.   Nathaniel 
Warriner,  of  Wilbraham,  March  1,  1733. 
10.         xii.     BENJAauN,  b.  Nov.  6,  1707. 

xiii.     Deborah,  b.  Feb.,  1710;  d.  March  8,  1710. 

3.  THOMAS^  son  of  (Thomas^)  and  Elizabeth  (Tilley) 
Merrick,  born  Jan  2,  1663-4,  at  Springfield,  Mass.  Mar- 
ried, Dec.  18,  1690,  at  Springfield,  Mass.,  Hannah, 
daughter  of  John  and  Mercy  Dumbleton.  She  died  Oct. 
25,  1737.  He  was  a  farmer;  held  many  minor  offices, 
constable,  fence  viewer,  etc.  His  name  is  mentioned  at 
least  eight  times  in  the  earlv  records  of  the  town;  died 
Aug.  16,  1743.     Children— 

Hannah,  b.  Aug.  27,  1692;  d.  Sept,  17,  1716. 

Thomas,  b.  Feb.  5,  1694. 

Miriam,  b.  March  1,  1697;  m.  Feb.  3,  1715,  Joseph 
Wright. 

David,  b.  Feb.  23,  1698-9. 

Rachael,  b.  March  28,  1701 ;  m.  Nov.  24,  1720,  Zebu- 
Ion  Mygot. 

Ebenezer,  b.  Sept.  11,  1703. 

MosES,  b.  Jan.  2,  1707-8. 


1. 

11. 

ii. 

iii. 

13. 

iv. 

V. 

13. 

vi. 

14. 

vii. 

270  MERRICK    GENEALOGY. 

4.     TILLEY^  son  of  {TJiomas^)  and  Elizabeth  (Tilley) 
Merrick,  born  Oct.  20,1667,  at  Spring-field,  Mass.     Mar- 
ried,    Sept.     6,   1694,  Sarah,  daughter  of  Obadiah  and 
Sarah  Cooley;    she  born  Aug.  3,  1673,  and  died  Sept. 
1750,  in  the  77th  year  of  her  age.     Tilley  Merrick  was 
at  North  Brookfield,  but  returned  to  West  Springfield, 
where  he  died  Sept.  21,   1736,  and  was  buried  in  the  old 
West  Springfield  cemetery.     He  settled  first  in  Spring- 
field, where  he  bought  land,  April  16,  1707,  for  £750, 
of  Joseph  Jennings,  comprising  the  "Pritchard  place," 
in  Brookfield.     In  addition  he  had  grants  of  482  acres 
of  land,  for  all  of  which  he  paid  the  price  charged  by  the 
town  proprietors,  which  indicates  that  he  was  a  wealthy 
man,  as  wealth  was   estimated   in   that  day.     He  was  a 
tanner  by  trade;    was  a  selectman    in  1711;    was  con- 
stable, and  held  other  minor  offices;   his  name  is  men- 
tioned no  less  than  twenty- two  times  in  the  town  records. 
In  1719,  in  the  distribution  of  pews  in  the  First  Church, 
he  was  awarded  one  of  the  best,  eight  feet  square.     In 
1718  he  was  one  of  a  committee  to  examine  town  debts. 
In  1719  he  sold  a  large  tract  of  land  near  Brimfield  line 
(Worcester  county),  to  Stephen  Peabody,  of  Roxbury. 
In  1720  "Land  was  laid  out  in  grant;   390  acres  went  to 
Tilley  Mirick."     In  1725  Tilley  Mirick  was  a  garrison 
soldier  from  July  26  to  Nov.  18,   at  Brookfield,  where 
they  had  to  guard  men  from  Indians,  while  making  hay. 
Children — 

i.     Sarah,  b.    Dec.  13,  1695;  m.  July  13,  1730,  Ebenezer 

Cook;  d  August,  1760. 
ii.     Rebkcca,   b.  Nov.    16,  1697;  m.  June  21,  1716,  John 
Evans. 
15.        iii.     Tilley,  b.  March  28,  1701. 

iv.     Esther,  b.  May  34,  1703;  m.  Sept.  32,  1733,  Obadiah 

Rice,  of  North  Brookfield. 
V.     Tamar,  b.   March   7,    1708-9;  m.  1st,    Feb.    27,  1738, 
John  Barber ;  3nd,  Samuel  Kent. 

5.  Lieut.  James^,  sou  of  (Thomas^)  and  Elizal)eth 
(Tilley)  Merrick,  born  March  2,  1670,  at  Springfield, 
Mass.  Married,  1st,  July  30,  1696,  Sarah,  daughter  of 
Luke  Hitchcock,  of  Springfield;  she  born  April  1,  1678; 
died  Feb.  5,  1733-4.  He  married,  2nd,  Widow  Abigail 
Moseley,  of  Westfield,  Mass.  He  was  selectman  in  1715 
and  1719;  constable,  tithingman,  fence  viewer,  etc.  His 
name  appears  thirteen  times  in  the  records  of  the  town; 
he  died  Sept.  8,  1765,  aged  95  years.  His  widow,  who 
survived  him,  removed  to  Glastonbury,   Conn.,    where 


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she  died.  Lieut.  James  was  buried  in  the  Old  West 
Springfield  cemetery,  where  his  tombstone  is  still  to  be 
seen.     Childi*eu — 

i.     Sarah,  b.  Feb.  12,  1696-7;  d.  Aug.  16,   1719. 

16.  ii.     James,  b.  Jau.  1.  1698. 

iii.     Thankful,  b.  Oct.  8,  1701;  m.  Aug.  3,  1727,  Benja- 
min Leonard ;  d.  Dec,  1779. 

17.  iv.     Joseph,  b.  March  27,  1704. 

V.     Mercy,  b.    Oct.    21,    1706 ;  m.   Jan.   7,  1730,  Samuel 

Leonard,  Jr. 
vi.     Aaron,  b.  Sept.  6,  1708. 

18.  vii.     Noah,  b.  Aug.  6,  1711. 

viii.     A  son,  b.  Jan.  23,  1715;  d.  at  birth. 


THIRD    GENERATION. 

6.  Esquire  John^,  son  of  (John'^,  Thomas^)  and 
Marj'  (Day)  Merrick,  born  Sept.  27,  1692,  at  Springfield, 
Mass.  Married,  Jan.  23,  1716,  Sarah,  daughter  of 
Joseph  and  Abigail  Parsons;  she  born  Feb.  16,  1697-8; 
died  Dec,  1776.  John  was  spoken  of  as  "John  Merrick, 
Jr.,  formerly  of  Springfield,  nowof  Jogginton,  (changed 
to  Willington)  Conn."  He  was  possessed  of  considerable 
property,  and  recognized  by  his  fellow  citizens  as  an 
able  financier,  as  he  was  selected  as  the  first  bank  officer 
of  the  community;  he  was  also  treasurer  of  the  town, 
and  selectman  many  times.  His  name  appears  thirty- 
two  times  in  the  town  records.  He  died  Jan.,  1778. 
Cliildi'eu — 

i.     Sarah,  b.  June  10,  1710. 

19.  ii.     John,  b.  Aug.  3,  1720. 
iii.     Eunice,  b.  Oct.  13,  1721. 

20.  iv.     Stephen,  b.  June  2,  1723. 

V.  Mary,  b.  Dec,  1726. 

vi.  Ruth,  b.  May,  1729. 

81.       vii.  Joseph,  b.  Oct.,  1733. 

viii.  Abigail,  b.  June,  1737. 

ix.  Samuel,  b. ,  1739;  said  to  have  died  in  the  army. 

x.  WiLLARD,   b.  ,     1743;    emigrated   to   Vermont 

when  young. 

7.  Samuel^,  son  of  {John'^,  Thomas^)  and  Mary 
(Day)  Merrick,  born  March  31,  1695-6,  at  Springfield, 
Mass.  Married,  Nov.  23,  1724,  Isabel,  daughter  of  John 
and  Isabel  IngersoU.  of  Westfield;  she  born  March  18, 
1701;  diedJuue24,  1790,  in  the  90th  year  of  her  age. 
Samuel  settled  in  West  Springfield,  where  he  owned  a 


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MERRICK    GENEALOGY. 


farm  upon  which  he  lived  nearly  all  his  life ,  and  where 
he  died  March  17,  1778.  He  and  his  wife  were  buried 
in  the  Old  Agfa  warn  cemetery.  He  held  the  office  of 
assessor,  constable,  and  surveyor.  His  name  is  men- 
tioned twenty-nine  times  in  the  town  records.  There  is 
no  record  of  his  children  so  far  as  this  compiler  is  able 
to  ascertain.  Perhaps  some  other  investigator  will  sup- 
ply the  omission. 

8.  Rev.  Jonathan^,  son  of  {Johr,  Thomas'^')  and 
Mary  (Day)  Merrick,  born  Aug.  13,  1700,  at  Springfield, 
Mass.  Married,  1722,  Jerusha  Miner,  of  Stonington, 
Conn.  Was  graduated  from  Yale  College  in  1725;  set- 
tled in  the  ministry  at  North  Branford,  Conn.,  1729.  He 
was  a  man  of  strong  Christian  character,  making  him- 
self a  power  for  good  in  the  communities  where  he  min- 
istered. He  died  June  27,  1872,  having  completed  the 
72nd  year  of  his  age,  and  the  43rd  year  of  his  ministry. 
The  date  of  death  of  his  wife  is  not  known.     Children  — 


22. 


1. 

ii. 

iii. 

iv. 


VI. 


Miner,  b.  1729. 

Chloe,  b.  1737;  m 

Mary,  b.  1740;  d.  Dec,  1761. 

Jerusha,  b.   ;  m.   William   Wells 


Russell;  d.  Sept.,  1795. 

of   Glaston- 


bury, Conn. 
LucRETiA,  b,  1743;  m.  J.  Moseley,   of  Glastonbury, 

Conn. ;  d.  1770. 
Sarah,  b.  ;  m.  Robert  Ross,  of  Stratford,  Conn., 

June,  1786. 


9.  Thomas'^,  son  of  {JoJm'\  Thomas^)  and  Mary 
(Day)  Merrick,  born  Jan.  13,  1703-4,  at  Springfield, 
Mass.  Married,  1st,  March  26,  1733,  Eunice,  daughter 
of  Joseph  and  Rebecca  Stebbins ;  she  born  June  18, 1710; 
died  Jan.  1,  1733.  Thomas  married,  2nd,  May  15,  1738, 
Mary,  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Sarah  Warner;  she  b. 
Jan.  31,  1713;  died  June,  1813,  in  her  100th  year. 
Thomas,  the  father,  died  Feb.,  1785.     Children— 

Eunice,  b.  Dec.  16,  1738;  d.  July  31,  1734. 
Timothy,  b.  May  24, 1739;  "bitten  by  a  rattlesnake," 
and  d.  Aug.  7,  1761 ;  was  soon  to  have  married 
Sarah  Lamb. 
Eunice,   b.  May  8,  1742;  m.  Deacon  Gideon  Burt, 
Jan.,  1771;  d.  Dec,  1808. 
iv.     Lucy,  b.  Nov.  11,  1846;  d.  Oct.  15,  1752. 
V.     Mary,  b.  Sept.  9,  1751 ;  m.  Jonathan  Merrick. 

10.  Benjamin^,  son  of  {John'^,  Thomas^)  and  Mary 
(Day)  Merrick,  born  Nov.  6,  1707,  at  Springfield,  Mass. 
Married,  Oct.  22,  1848,  Mercy  Hoar,  widow  of  Leonard 


1. 
ii. 


ni. 


THIRD    GENERATION.  273 

Hoar,  Jr.,  of  Brimfield,  Mass.     He  was  a  farmer  and 

land  owner.     No  record  of  death  of  either  himself   or 

wife .     Children — 

i.  M*ARGARET,  b.  Oct.  31,  1749;  m. Keep. 

ii.  Lois,  b.  Nov.  28,  1751 ;  m.  David  Hoar. 

23.  iii.  Benjamin,  b.  Feb.  3,  1754. 

iv.  Mary,  b.  ;  d.  unmarried. 

11.  Thomas^  son  of  {Thomas'^,  Thomas^)  and  Han- 
nah (Dnmbletou)  Merrick,  born  Feb.  5,  1694,  at  Spring- 
field, Mass.  Married,  July  23,  1724,  Abigail,  daughter 
of  Rev.  David  and  Catherine  Brewer;  she  born  Oct. 
20,  1705;  died  Aug.  13,  1733,  and  his  widow,  Abigail, 
married,  Feb.  19,  1736,  J.  Munn,  of  Springfield.  Chil- 
di'en — 

i.     Charles,  b.  March  31,  1726;  d.  Dec.  28,  1742. 

11.     LuOY,    b.   April   14,    1729;  m.    Oct.    9,    1747,    Luke 

Hitchcock, 
iii.     Hannah,  b.  May  11,  1731 ;  m.  July  11,  1753,  J.  Pome- 
roy,  of  Northampton,  Mass. 

12.  Deacon  David'^,  son  of  {Thomas'^ ,  Thomas^)  and 
Hannah  (Dumbleton)  Merrick,  born  Feb.  23,  1699,  at 
Springfield,  Mass.  Married,  Jan.  28,  1735,  Mary  Col- 
ton;  she  died  Jan.  1792,  aged  82  years.  Deacon  David 
was  prominent  in  the  First  Church  of  Springfield  for 
many  years;  was  a  small  shopkeeper  in  town,  and  also 
owned  a  farm  which  he  worked;  was  constable,  and -held 
other  offices  in  the  town  government;  his  name  appears 
five  times  in  the  town  records.  He  died  in  November, 
1757.     Children— 

i.     Mary,  b.    Oct.   28,  1735;  m.  Jan.    15,  1761.    Reuben 

Chapin;  d.  Oct.,  1800. 
ii.     David,  b.  May  22,  1739;  d.  in  a  foreign  country, 
iii.     Thomas,  b.  May  16,  1741 ;  d.  Feb.  6,  1742. 

iv.     Lois,  b.  Oct.  12,  1743;  m. ,  1766,  Samuel  Day. 

24.         v.     Jonathan,  b.  March  21,  1747. 

13.  Ebexezer^,  son  of  {Thomas',.  Thomas^)  and 
Hannah  (Dumbleton)  Merrick,  born  Sept.  11,  1703,  at 
Springfield,  Mass.  Married,  autumn  of  1725,  Mehitable 
Moore,  of  Northfield,  Mass.  Settled  first  in  Canaan, 
Conn.,  where  several  of  his  children  were  born;  he  then 
moved  to  Oblong,  N.  Y.,  and  later  to  Cazenovia,  N.  Y., 
in  which  latter  place  several  of  his  children  married, 
and  where  he    and  his   wife,    Mehitable,    died  and  are 


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MERRICK    GENEALOGY. 


1. 

25. 

ii. 

26. 

iii. 

iv. 

V. 

vi. 

27. 

vii. 

28. 

viii. 

ix. 

buried.  He  lived  for  a  short  time  at  Ballston,  N.  Y., 
and  also  at  Saratoga  Springs.  The  date  of  death  of 
himself  or  wife  is  not  a  matter  of  record  so  far  as  this 
author  has  been  able  to  discover.     Children — 

Methitable,  b.  Aug.  24,   1726,  Canaan,  Conn. 
Ebenezer,  b.  May  23,  1728,  Canaan,  Conn. 
William,  b.  June  18,  1730,  Canaan,  Conn. 

Rachael,  b.  1732;  m.  Ames,  of  Oblong,  N.  Y. 

Ruth,  b, ;  m.  J.  Porter,  of   Oblong,  N.  Y. 

Hannah,    b.    1736;   m.  William  Allen,    of   Oblong, 

N.  Y. 
Thomas,  b.  1738,  at  Union,  N.  Y. 
Charles,  b.  1740,  at  Cazenovia:  N.  Y. 
Miriam,  b.  1742,  at  Cazenovia,  N.  Y. 

14.  MosES'^,  son  of  {Thomas'-,  Thomas^)  and  Han- 
nah (Dumbleton)  Merrick,  born  Jan.  2,  1708,  at  Spring- 
field, Mass.  Married,  1743,  Lydia  Stebbins.  Moses 
died  and  Lydia  married,  2nd,  Samuel  Brooks,  in  1759, 
whom  she  also  outlived,  dying  in  1780.     Children — 

i.     Lydia,  b.   1744;  m.    Thomas   Bates,  of   Springfield. 

They  had  one  son,  who  was  lost  at  sea,  and  the 

familv  became  extinct, 
ii.     Eleanor,  b.  Jan.,  1747;  d.  young, 
iii.     Moses,  b.  Aug.,  1749;  d.  young. 

15.  TiLLEY^,  son  of  (TiUey'^,  Thomas^)  and  Sarah 
(Cooley)  Merrick,  born  March  28,  1701,  at  Springfield, 
Mass.  Married  Elizabeth  Wilder;  lived  in  Brookfield 
for  a  time,  but  settled  in  West  Springfield,  where  he 
died,  March,  1732,  and  where  he  is  buried;  was  a  cor- 
poral in  Capt.  Samuel  Wright's  company,  "His  Majesty's 
service,"  July  26,  1725,  to  Nov.   18,   1725.     Children— 

i.     Mary,  b.  Sept.  1,  i;23;  d.  Nov.  17,  1726. 
29.         ii.     TiLLEY,  b.  Sept.  20,  1730. 

iii.     Elizabeth,  b.  Feb.  14,  1726;  d.  young,  at  Concord, 
Mass. 

Elizabeth,  the  mother,  married  2nd,  Major  James 
Minot,  and  had — 

1.  Mary  (Minot),  b.  1723;  d.  young. 

2.  Elizabeth  (Minot).  b.  Feb  14,  1726. 

3.  TiLLEY    (Minot),    b.  Sept   20,    1730;    m. 

July,  1752,  Mary  Minot,  of  Concord. 

16.  Captain  James"',  son  of  (Lieut.  James"^ ,  Thomas^) 
and  Sarah  (Hitchcock)  Merrick,  born  Jan.  1,  1698,  at 
Springfield,  Mass.  Married,  Nov.  24,  1726,  in  Spring- 
field, Martha  Ely;  she  died  Feb.  24,  1780,  in  her  82nd 
year.     James  Merrick  was  an  ensign  in  1747;   served  as 


30. 

i 

31, 

ii 

33. 

iii. 

iv. 

THIRD    GENERATION.  275 

captain  under  Major  General  Winslow,  in  1756,  and  was 
also  a  captain  at  Fort  "William  Henry,"  in  Aug.,  1757. 
He  died,  Jan.  12,  1790,  aged  92  years.  Five  of  his  chil- 
di-en  were  born  in  Springfield,  or  West  Springfield,  then 
one  town;  the  two  younger  children  were  born  in  Mon- 
son,  whither  the  family  removed  in  the  yeai*  1735.  By 
occupation  he  was  a  farmer     Children — 

Gideon,  b.  Feb.  19,  1727. 

Phineas,  b.  Mar.  16,  1728. 

James,  b.  Dec.  22,  1729. 

Martha,  b.  ,  1 732 ;  m,  Moody,  and  was  left 

a  %vidow. 
V.  Aaron,  b.  Nov.  14,  1734;  m.  Oct.,  1866,  Margaret 
Cooley;  .she  died  March,  1810.  They  had  no 
children  that  survived  infancy,  but  brought  up 
several  adopted  children.  Aaron  was  a  justice 
of  the  peace;  was  engaged  in  "Shay's  Rebel- 
lion;" d.  Dec,  1810. 

33.  vi.     Jose,  b.  March  18,  1742. 

34.  vii.     Obed.  b.  Aug.  22,  1743. 

17.  Deacon  Joseph^,  son  of  (James'^,  Thomas^)  and 
Sarah  (Hitchcock)  Merrick,  born  March  27,  1704, 
at  Springfield,  Mass.  Married,  Nov.  13,  1730,  Mary 
Leonard,  of  Northampton,  Mass.;  she  died  January, 
1779,  aged  73  years.  Deacon  Joseph  married,  2d,  Widow 
Mary  Root,  Dec,  1780;  she  died  Sept.,  1784,  aged  74 
years.  Deacon  Joseph  died  March,  1792,  in  the  88th  year 
of  his  age,  and  the  42d  year  of  his  office  as  deacon.  Chil- 
dren— 

i.     Sarah,  b.  Sept.  19,   1731;  m.  Jan.  29,  1756,  Thomas 

Ely;  d.  March,  1817. 
ii.     Mary,  b.  Oct.  6,  1733;  m.  Sept.  17,   1761,  Jonathan 

Parsons;  d.  March,  1817,  at  Paris,  N.  Y. 
iii.     Rebekah,  b.  Feb.  2,1736:  m.  April  30,  1760.  Eliakim 

Cooley;  d.  Sept.,  1807. 

35.  iv.     Joseph,  b.  1739. 

V.     Thankful,  b.  Sept.  11,  1741;  m.  May  26,  1768,  Cap- 
tain   Timothy   Bli.ss,    of    Springfield;   d.    Aug., 
1784. 
vi.     Mercy,  b.  Sept.  11,  1741;  m.  Nov.  19,  1766,  George 
Bi-eck,  of  Springfield;  d.  April,  1786. 

36.  vii.     Tilley,  b.  Sept.,  1743. 
viii.     Margaret,  b.  Dec.  4,  1745. 

ix.     Eunice,  b.  Sept.   18,  1748;  d.  June  12,  1751. 

37.  X.     Daniel,  b.  Jan.  6,  1750. 

18.  Rev.  NoAH^,  son  of  {James'^ ,  Thomas^)  and 
Sarah  (Hitchcock)  Merrick,  born  Aug.  6, 1711,  at  West 
Springfield,  Mass.     Married,  Oct.,  1744,  Widow  Abigail 


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MERRICK    GENEALOGY. 


Brainerd;  she  died  Sept.,  1807,  aged  90  years.  Rev. 
Noah  Merrick  was  graduated  from  Yale  College  in  1731, 
and  settled  in  the  ministry  at  Wilbraham,  Mass.,  in 
June,  1741.     He  died  Dec.  22,  1776.     Children— 

Noah,  b.  Nov.  1,  1745;  drowned  at  Cambridge, 
Mass. ,  while  in  college. 

Sarah,  b.  June  4,  1747;  m.  Col.  Abel  King,  of  Wil- 
braham, Nov,  7,  1772;  d.  1814. 

Chileab  Brainerd,  b.  May  31,  1749. 

Samuel  Fisk,  b.  Sept.  13,  1751. 

Lydia,  b.  July  20,  175!];  m.  Rev.  A.  Church,  of 
Hartland,  Conn. 

Pliny,  b.  Sept.  13,  1755. 

Lucy,  b.  Sept.  4,  1757:  d.  Sept.  10,  1757. 


1. 


n. 


38. 

iii. 

39. 

iv. 

V. 

40. 

vi. 

vii. 

FOURTH  GENERATION. 

19.  John*,  son  of  {John^,  John"^ ,  Thomas^)  and 
Sarah  (Parsons)  Merrick,  born  Aug.  3,  1720,  at  Willing- 
ton,  Conn.  Married,  Dec.  1747,  Deborah  Williams ;  she 
died  Dec,  1792.  He  was  a  farmer,  living  in  Tolland, 
Windham  county.  Conn.;   died  April,  1800.     Children — 

1.     Chloe.  b.  Nov.  1748;  d.  Sept.,  1765. 

41.  ii.     John,  b.  Aug.,  1753. 

iii.  Samuel,  b.  Nov.,  1755;  enlisted  in  the  Revolutionary 
War  and  died  of  camp  fever  in  1778. 

iv.  George,  b.  Nov.,  1759;  was  a  private  in  Captain 
Jonathan  Parker's  company.  Col.  Comfort  Sage's 
regiment,  3rd  Battalion  Wadsworth's  Brigade, 
June,  1776  to  Dec,  1776,  from  Willington,  Conn. ; 
was  in  the  retreat  from  New  York,  and  the  bat- 
tle of  White  Plains,  Oct.,  1776. 

42.  V.     Moses,  b.  Jan.  28,  1762. 


20.  Stephen'*,  son  of  {John^,  John''%  Thomas'^)  and 
Sarah  (Pai'sons)  Merrick,  born  June  2,  1723,  at  Willing- 
ton,  Conn.  Married,  Jan.  1749,  Eunice  Noves;  she  died 
May  1808.     He  died  March,  1794.     Children— 

1.     Eunice,  b.  Oct.,  1750. 

ii.  Luther,  b.  March,  1752;  enlisted  Feb.  11,  1778,  in 
Captain  Roswell  Grant's  Company,  Col.  Obadiah 
Johnson's  Regiment,  for  two  months.  In  1832 
he  was  drawing  a  pension,  in  Tolland,  Conn. 

iii.     Sarah,  b.  July,  1754. 

iv.     Mary,  b.  March.  1757. 
v.     Ruth,  b.  Oct.,  1760. 

vi.     Abigail,  b.  Sept.,  1766;  d.  July  1813. 

vii.     Chloe,  b.  Jan.,  1769. 


FOURTH    GENERATION.  277 

21.  Joseph" ,  son  of  (John^,  John^%  Thomas^)  and 
Sarah  (Parsons)  Merrick,  born  Oct.  1733,  at  Willing- 
ton,  Conn.  Married,  Jan.,  1755,  Ann  Holt;  she  died 
Oct.,  1806.  Joseph  served  five  days  following  the  "Lex- 
ington Alarm,"  from  Willington;  was  a  farmer  by  oc- 
cupation; his  five  sons  all  studied  medicine,  and  were 
practicing  physicians;   he  died  April  1787.     Children — 

i.  Ann,  b.  Sept.,  175G. 

43.  ii.  Timothy,  b.  Aug.,  1760. 

44.  iii.  Thomas,  b.  Jan.,  1763. 

45.  iv.  Joseph,  b.  Feb.  22,  1765. 

46.  V.     Caleb,  b.  May,  1767. 

vi.  Hannah,  b.  July  1769;  was  a  tailoress  by  occupa- 
tion ;  spent  the  last  years  of  her  life  with  her 
nephew.  Dr.  Joseph  Merrick,  at  WilUngton, 
Conn.,  where  she  died  in  1841. 

47.  vii.     Constant,  b,  Jan.,  1772. 
viii.     Elizabeth,  b.  July,  1774. 

22.  Miner " ,  son  of  (Rev .  Jonathan  ^ ,  John  ^ ,  Thomas  ^ ) 
and  Jerusha  (Miner)  Merrick,  born  1729,  at  North  Bran- 
ford,  Conn.  Married  Abigail  Russell,  of  Branford,  Conn. ; 
she  died  May  11,  1812.  Miner,  the  father,  died  Oct.  27, 
1765.     They  had  one  child— 

48.  i.     Jonathan,  b.  Sept.  28,  1765. 

23.  Benjamin",  son  ot  (Benjamin^ ,  John'^ ,  Thomas^') 
and  Mercy  (Hoar)  Merrick,  born  Feb.  3,  1754,  at  Brim- 
field,  Mass.  Married,  1st,  Mary  Mann;  she  died,  and 
Benjamin  married,  2nd,  Lovina  Ewing,  from  Wales. 
Childi'en — 

Thomas,  b.  1777. 

Reuel,  b.  March  21,  1780. 

Mary,  b.  Nov.,  1782;  m. Nutting. 

Benjamin,  b.  March  13,  1793. 
Lois,  b.  Jan.,  1800;  d.  in  infancy. 

24.  Lieut.  Jonathan*,  son  of  (David^,  Thomas'^, 
Thomas^)  and  Mary  (Colton)  Merrick,  born  March  21, 
1747,  at  Wilbraham,  Mass.  Married,  Jan.,  1774,  Mary 
Merrick,  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Mary  (Warner)  Mer- 
rick, of  Wilbraham;   she  born  Sept.  9,  1751;   died . 

Jonathan  was  a  wealthy  farmer;  was  an  officer  in  the 
Revolutionary  War,  and  assisted  in  the  capture  of  Bur- 
goyne  and  his  army;   he  died  March,  1812,     Childi-en — 

i.     Mary,  b.  April,  1775;  m. Lyman. 

ii.     David,  b.  March,  1779;  d.  Aug.,  1783. 


49. 

i. 

50. 

n. 

m. 

51. 

IV. 

V. 

278  MERRICK    GENEALOGY. 

52.  iii.     John,  b.  Feb.,  1781. 

53.  iv.     Thomas,  b.  May,  1784. 

V.     Laura,  b.  March,  1786;  d.  Aug.,  1786. 
vi.     Laura,  b.  Jan.,  1789;  m.  L.  Brewer,  of  Wilbraham. 

25.  Ebenezer*  ,  son  of  (Menezer^ ,  Thomas'^,  TJiomas^) 
and  Mehitable  (Moore)  Merrick,  born  May  23,  1728,  at 
Canaan,  Conn.  Married  Hannah  Fuller,  of  Oblong, 
N.  Y.     Children— 

i.     Mehitable,  b ;  m.  J.  Elder,  of  Cambridge,  N.  Y. 

54.  ii.     David,  b.  . 

iii.     Eleanor,  b.  ;  drowned  in  childhood. 

55.  iv.    Daniel,  b . 

V.     Hannah,  b. ;  m.  S.  Briggs,  of  Dummerstown, 

Vt.  ;  d.  . 

vi.     Mary,  b.  ;  m.  S.  Briggs,  of  Dummerstown,  Vt. 

vu.     Ebenezer,  b.  ;  d.  unmarried. 

viii.     Lydia,  b. ;  m.  J.  Randall,  of  Dummerstown,  Vt. 

56.  ix.     Moses,  b. . 

26.  Williams  son  of  (Mjenezer^,  TJiomas'^, 
Thomas^)  and  Mehitable  (Moore)  Merrick,  born  June 
18,  1730,  at  Canaan,  Conn.  Married  in  New  York  state. 
The  record  of  but  one  of  his  children  has  been  found, 
that  of  William,  the  founder  of  Merrickville,  Canada. 
Their  names  only  are  known,  as  follows: 

i.  Abel,  b.  . 

ii.  Mary,  (Polly)  b.  ;  m.  Nathaniel  Greene.     (Tra- 
dition. ) 

iii.  Stephen,  b. . 

57.  iv.  Lydia,  b   Aug.  14,  1760;  m.  John  White. 

58.  V.  William,  b.  April  30,  1763. 
vi.  Hannah  b. . 

vii.  Phebe,  b. . 

viii.  Benjamin,  b. . 

ix.  Ebenezer,  b. . 

X.  Moses,  b.  . 

xi.  Ruth,  b. . 

xii.  Isaac,  b.  . 


27.  ThomasS  sou  of  {Ebenezer^,  Thomas',  Thomas^) 
and  Mehitable  (Moore)  Merrick,  born,  1738,  at  Union, 
N.  Y.  Married  Deborah  Lawrence,  of  Stillwater,  N. 
Y.;  lived  for  a  time  at  Stillwater,  N.  Y.,  later  at  Wood- 
stock, N.  Y.,  aud  still  later  at  Cazenovia,  where  he  and 
his  wife  are  supposed  to  have  died.     Children— 

59.  i.     Solomon,  b.  Sept.  8,  1772,  at  Stillwater,  N.  Y.  % 

60.  ii.     Samuel,  b   1781,  at  Cazenovia,  N.  Y.  *\ 
iii.     Susanna,  b. ;  m. Brim,  and  went  to  Utah 

with  the  Mormons. 


Correction  Page  279. 

30.     Lieut.  Gideon,  married  March  11,  1747,  instead 
of  1757. 


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FOURTH    GENERATION.  279 

iv.     Betsey,  b.  ;  m.   David  Smith,  of  Woodstock, 

N.  Y. 

61.  V.     Pamelia,  b. ;  m.  Eliab  Perkins,  of  Cazenovia. 

vi.     Sally,  b. ;  m.  Dr.  Mann,  of  Cazenovia. 

vii.     Rebecca,  b.  ;  ra.  Dr.  Mann,  of  Cazenovia. 

28.  Charles^  ,  son  of  (Ebenezer^,  TJiomas^,  Thomas'^) 
and  Mehitable  (Moore)  Merrick,  born  1740,  at  Cazen- 
ovia, N.  Y.  Married,  1764,  Susanna  Lawrence,  of  Still- 
water, 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  pur- 
chased laud  of  John  Luicklaen,  the  agent  of  the  Hol- 
lands Company."     Their  children  were — 

i.  Susanna,  b.  1765. 

ii.  David,  b.  1767 <  lived  at  Cazenovia. 

63.       iii.  Ebenezer,  b.  Aug.  4,  1769. 

iv.  Charles,  b. . 

V.  Thomas,    b.    ;  lived  at     Cazenovia;    m.    Phebe 

Lyon ;  had  seven  daughters. 

vi.  Ruth,  b  

63.       vii.  Sylvenus,  b.  March  9,  1788,  at  Saratoga,  N.  Y. 

viii.  Miriam,  b. . 

ix.  Abel,  b.  ;  lived  at  South  Onandaga,  N.  Y. 

X.  Bishop,  b. . 

xi.  Benjamin  b. . 


29.  TiLLEY*,  son  of  {Tilley^  Tilleij^  Thomas^) 
and  Elizabeth  (Wilder)  Merrick,  born  Sept.  20,  1730,  at 
Brookfield,  Mass.  Married,  July,  1752,  Mary  Minot,  of 
Concord,  Mass.;  she  died  Nov.  1794,  aged  64  years. 
Tilley,  the  father,  died  March  7,  1768.     Children— 

i.     Tilley,  b.  Sept.,  1753;  d.  in  infancy. 
64.         ii.     Tilley,  b.  Jan.,  1755. 

iii.     Stephen  Wilder,  b.  Aug.,  17.56;  d.  unmarried, 
iv.     Augustus,   b.  July,  1759;  d.  Oct.,  1788;  unmarried. 
V.     John,  b.  Feb.,  1761;  graduated  from  Harvard   Col- 
lege, 1784;  d.  Aug.  1797;  unmarried. 

30.  Lieut.  Gideon"*,  son  of  {Janies^,  James^, 
Thomas'^)  and  Martha  (Ely)  Merrick,  born  Feb.  19, 
1727,  at  Monson,  Mass.  Married,  March  11,  1757, 
Elizabeth  Colton,  of  Springfield,  Mass.  Lieutenant 
Gideon  served  in  the  French  and  Indian  war,  where  he 
contracted  smallpox,  of  which  he  died  after  his  return 
to  Monson,  in  February,  1758.     Their  children  were— 


280  MERRICK    GENEALOGY. 


65.  i.     Gideon,  b. 

66.  ii.     Justin,  b. 


iii.     Spenoer,  b.  ;  killed  by  a  cannon  ball  in  front  of 

the  walls  of  Quebec,  in  the  French  and  Indian 
war. 

iv.     George,  b.  ;  d.  in  the  army,  of  smallpox. 

67.  V.     RosiNA,    b. ;  m.    Timothy   Murphy,  of  Spring- 

field, Mass. 
vi.     Elizabeth,  b. ;  d.  young. 

31.  Phineas*,  sou  of  (James^,  James"^ ,  TJiomas^), 
and  Martha  (Ely)  Merrick,  born  March  16,  1728,  at 
Monson,  Mass.  Married,  Jan.,  1757,  Margaret  Graves, 
of  Pahner,  Mass.;  she  died  Jan.  10,  1825,  aged  92 
years.  Phineas,  the  father,  died  Jan.  7,  1802.  Chil- 
dren— 

i.     LoviSA,  b.  July,  1758. 

68.  ii.     Lewis,  b.  . 

iii.     LeRoy,  b.  Dec,  1760. 

69.  iv.     Noah,  b.  Dec,  1763. 
V.     Eunice,  b.  July.  1764. 

70.  vi.     David,  b.  May,  1766. 
vii.     TiRZAH,  b.  July,  1768. 

71.  viii.    Augustus,  b.  April,  1773. 

32.  Jambs'^,  son  of  {James^,  James"- ,  Thomas^)  and 
Martha  (Ely)  Merrick,  born  Dec.  22,  1729,  at  Monson, 
Mass.  Married,  Oct.  1,  1754,  Esther  Colton,  of  Long- 
meadow;  she  died  Sept.  20,  1803,  aged  75  years.  James 
settled  in  Amherst,  where  he  was  an  original  member  of 
the  Second  Parish  Church ;  was  one  of  nearly  two  hund- 
red citizens  of  Amherst  who  took  part  in  "Shay's  Re- 
bellion," 1786-7.  He  was  a  merchant,  and  a  man  of  con- 
siderable importance  in  the  village;  he  died  Oct.  30, 
1813.  His  settlement  in  Amherst  was  prior  to  1763;  he 
was  allotted  land  "on  the  west  highway,  at  the  south 
part, ' '  according  to  the  town  record.    His  children  were— 

i.     Mary,  b.  June  11,  1755;  m.    Feb.   7,  1782,  Nathaniel 

Sikes,  of  Walpole,  Mass. 
ii.     Lucy,   b.    March  27,  1757;  m.   Jan.    25,  1788,  Elijah 

Yale,  of  Amherst;  d.  Nov.  14,  1824. 
iii.     Sarah,   b.   Oct.  2!),  1758;  m.    Feb.  7,   1789,    Henry 

Chandler,  of  Brimfield,  Mass. 
iv.     James,  b.  Sept.  8,  1760;  d.  in  infancy. 
V.     Samuel,  b.  Sept.  8,  1760;  d.  in  infancy, 
vi.     James,  b.  May  28,  1762;  d.  July  8,  1825;  unmarried 
vii.     Esther,  b.   Sept.  11,  1764;  m.  Nov.  26,  1789,  Judah 

Clark,  of  Amherst;  d.  Sept.  20,  1849. 
viii.     Samuel,  b.  May,  1767;  d.  at  age  of  8  years. 

72.  ix.     Aaron,  b.  May  14,  1770. 


FOURTH    GENERATION.  281 

33.  Jose' ^ ,  son  of  (Captain  Janies^ ,  James"^ ,  Thomas^) 
and  Martha   (Ely)    Merrick,   born    March    18,  1742,  at 
Monsou,  Mass.     Married,   about  1766,  Rebecca  Munn; 
she  died  and  Jose'   married,   2ud,  1790,  Widow   Mary 
Mase.     He  died,  Sept.  1806.     Children— 

i.  LoviNA,  b.  March,  1767;  m.  Azel  Utley. 

ii.  MARClA/b.  Nov.,  1769;  m.  Caleb  Vinton. 

73.        lii.  RoswELL,  b.  Dec,  1770. 

iv.  LuoiA,  b.  Jan.,  1773;  m.  John  Works,  1816. 

V.  Charlotte,  b.  March  1775 ;  m.  Simon  Colton,  1798. 

vi.  Ruby,  b.  March,  1778:  d.  June,  1780. 

vii.  Ruby,  b.  June,  1781;  m.  Gideon  King,  1804. 

viii.  Tamicinth,  b.  March,  1783;  m.  David  Colton. 

ix.  Minerva,  b.  Feb.  3,  1786;  m.  Dec.  22,  1805,  Thomas 

Riddel;  moved  to  Ohio  in  1817. 

X.  Mary,  b.  April,  1791;  d.  Dec,  1794. 

xi.  Elizabeth,  b.  June,  1794;  m.  Abel  Vinton,  1810. 

34.  Obed'*,  son  of  {James^ ,  James-,  TJiomas^)  and 
Martha  (Ely)  Merrick,  born  Ang.  22,  1743,  at  Monson, 
Mass.  Married,  Jan.  25,  1770,  Mercy  Stebbins,  of  Wilbra- 
ham.  He  died  Jan.  21,  1783,  and  Mercy  married  suc- 
cessively Elisha  Ross  and  Captain  Caleb  Keep,  both  of 
whom  she  outlived,  dying  a  widow,  May  5,  1837,  aged 
90  years.     Children  of  Obed  and  Mercy  Merrick — 

Royal,  b.  Nov.  3,  1770. 
Miner,  b.  Dec.  26.  1872. 
Gideon,  b.  Jan.  17,  1775. 

Mary,  b.  May  31,    1777;  m.   1800,  Ethan  Ward,  of 
Monson. 

V.     Margaret,  b.   July  23,  1779;  m.  1S09,   Deacon  Leb- 
beus  Chapin,  of  Palmer,  Mass. 

77.  vi.     Cyrus,  b.  Sept.  1,  1782. 

35.  Joseph^,  son  of  {Joseph^,  James-,  TJwmas^)  and 
Mary  (Leonard)  Merrick,  born  1739,  at  West  Springfield, 
Mass.  Married,  Dec,  1762,  Deborah  Leonard,  of  West 
Springfield.  He  is  called  "Captain"  Joseph  in  the  rec- 
ord, bvit  what  his  service  was  is  not  of  record.  He  had 
four  sons,  all  born  at  West  Springfield — 

78.  i.     Gad,  b.  June  28,  1763. 

79.  ii.     Perez,  b.  Jan. 28,  1766. 

80.  iii.     Joseph,  b.  May  12.  1769. 

81.  iv.     Quartus,  b.  March,  1771. 

36.  TiLLEY*,  son  of  {Joseph^,  James"^ ,  Tliomas'^)  and 
Mary  (Leonard)  Merrick,  born  Sept.,  1743,  at  West 
Springfield,  Mass.     Married,  Dec.  6,  1770,  Parnel  Miner, 


74. 

i. 

75. 

ii. 

76. 

iii. 

iv. 

282  MERRICK    GENEALOGY. 

of  Lyme,  Conn.;  she  died  Jan.  1,  1772,  in  the  23d  year 
of  her  age.  Tilley  married,  2nd,  Dec,  1777,  Lovisa 
Colton,  of  Longmeadow,  Mass.  Tilley  Merrick  gradu- 
ated from  Harvard  College  in  1773;  according  to  tradi- 
tion in  the  family  of  Mrs.  C.  V.  Merrick,  of  Bradford, 
Pa.,  he  served  in  the  War  of  the  Revolution;  he  died, 
1836.  His  widow  lived  in  Springfield  several  years  after 
his  death.     Children— 

i.  Parxel  (girl),  b.  Feb.  7,  1779;  d.  Sept.  4,  1800. 

ii.  LuciNDA.  b.  Dec.  27,  1780;  d.  Nov.  21,  1807. 

iii.  Aaron  Colton.   b.   Dec.  U,  1782;  d.  Jan.  21,  1815; 
unmarried. 

82         iv.  Daniel,  b.  March  20,  1785. 

83.  V.  Tilley,  b.  Nov.  13,  1789. 
vi.  Louisa,  b.  Jan.  30,  1792. 

37.  Daniel"*,  son  of  {Joseph^,  James''-,  Thomas^) 
and  Mary  (Leonard)  Merrick,  born  Jan.  6,  1750,  at  West 
Springfield,  Mass.  Married,  Dec,  1777,  Experience 
Leonard,  of  West  Springfield,  Mass.  According  to  tra- 
dition in  the  family  of  Mrs.  C.  V.  Merrick,  of  Bradford, 
Pa.,  Daniel  served  in  the  Revolutionary  war.  He  died 
May,  1784,  and  his  widow  married,  2nd,  Arabet  Leonard, 
of  West  Springfield,  whom  she  also  outlived.    Children — 

i.     Daniel,  b.  March,  1779;  d.  May,  1783. 
ii.     Clarinda,  b.  Jan.,  17S1;  d.  Feb.  10,  1822; unmarried, 
iii.     Caroline,  b.  Feb.,  1784;  d.  Jan.,   1799. 

38.  Deacon  Chileab  Brainerd"*,  son  of  (Bev.  Noah^ , 
James'\  Thomas^)  and  Abigail  (Brainerd)  Merrick,  born 
May  31,  1749,  at  Wilbraham,  Mass.  Married,  Dec, 
1773,  Lucina  Smith.     Their  children  were— 

i.     Lucy,  b.  April,  1774;  m.  Jan.  1,  1800,  Ephraim  Per- 
kins ;  she  d.  in  Burlington,  Wis. 
ii.     Lydia,  b.  Jan.    1776;  m.  Geu.  G.   Forward,  of   Bel- 
chertown,  Mass. 

84.  iii.     Noah,  b.  June,  1781. 

85.  iv.     Pliny,  b.  Jan.,  1786. 

V.     Lucina  Almira,  b.  June,  1791. 
vi.     Chileab  Brainerd,  b.  April,  1793. 

39.  Samuel  Pisk^  ,  son  of  (Noah^ ,  James"-,  Thomas^) 
and  Abigail  (Brainerd)  Merrick,  born  Sept.  13,  1851,  at 
Wilbraham,  Mass.  Married,  Feb.,  1780,  Sarah Meekins, 
of  East  Hartford,  Conn.     Children— 


1. 

ii. 

iii. 

86. 

iv. 

87. 

V. 

88. 

vi. 

vii. 

viii. 

FIFTH    GENERATION.  283 

Sarah,  b.  July,  1781. 

Abigail,  b.  Feb.    1783;  was   drowned  in  a   pond  at 

Wilbraham,  while  out  with  a  pleasure  party,  in 

April,  1799. 
Mary  Meekins,  b.  March,  1785;  m.  S.  Moseley. 
Samuel  Fisk,  b.  Nov.,  1787. 
George,  b.  Feb.,  1792. 
Phineas  Fisk,  b.  Dec,  1794. 
Lydia  Fisk,  b.  Dec,  1794. 
Lucy,  b.  Jan.,  1797. 

40.  Pliny*  son  of  (Noah^,  James"^ ,  TJiomas'^)  and 
Abigail  (Brainerd)  Merrick,  born  Sept.  13,  1755,  at 
Wilbraham,  Mass.  Married,  Dec.  13,  1789,  Ruth  Cuth- 
bert;  she  born  Nov.  20,  1770;  died  June  9,  1841. 
Pliny,  the  father,  died  March  2,  1814.     Children— 

i.     Maria,   b.  Oct.  14,   1790;  m.    Nov.   2,  1817,    Samuel 
Allen,  of  Worcester. 

89.  ii.     Francis  T.,  b.  June  29,  1792. 

90.  iii.     Pliny,  b  Aug.  2,  1794. 

iv.     Nancy   Cuthbert,  b.  Dec.  11,   1797;  m.  Henry  W. 

Miller,  of  Worcester;  d.  April  1,  1843. 
V.     John,  b.  April  6,  1800;  d.  Sept.  6,  1804. 
vi.    Thornton  Alexander,   b.  Dec.  16,  1803;  m.  Ruth 

Cutler,  of  Worcester;  d.  Sept.  12,  1855,  at  Fram- 

ingliam,  Mass.  ;  no  children. 

91.  vii.     John  Cutler,  b.  Dec.  7,  1809. 


FIFTH  GENERATION. 

41.  John',  son  of  (Jo/m*,  John^,  John"^ ,  Thomas'^) 
and  Deborah  (Williams)  Merrick,  born  Aug.,  1753,  at 
Tolland,  Conu.  Married,  May,  1780,  Mary  Ann  May- 
nard.  He  was  a  corporal  in  Capt.  Roswell  Grant's  com- 
pany. Col.  Obadiah  Johnson's  Regiment,  Connecticut 
Volunteers;  enlisted  Dec,  1777,  for  two  months,  from 
Willington,  Conn.;  mustered  out  March,  1778.  He 
died  Nov.,  1808.  Children,  all  born  in  Tolland,  Conn. — 

Samuel,  b.  Feb.,  1781. 
WiLLARD,  b.  Sept.,  1782. 
Elijah,  b.  Jan.,  1784. 

Chloe,  b.  Nov.,  1785:  m. Hull. 

John,  b.  April,  1792. 

42.  MoSES■^  son  of  (John*,  John^ ,  John"^ ,  Thomas^) 
and  Deborah  (Williams)  Merrick,  born  Jan.  28,  1762  ,at 
Willington, Conn.  Married,  Jan.,  1789,  Chloe  Eldridge,  in 

I'J-M 


92. 

i. 

93. 

ii 

iii 

iv 

M. 

V 

284  MERRICK    GENEALOGY  —  THOMAS. 

Tolland  county,  Conn.;  she  born  Jan.  19,  1770,  Tolland, 
Conn.;  died  Jan.  2,  1824.  Moses  was  for  many  years  a 
lumberman  on  the  Delaware  river,  rafting  lumber  from 
the  upper  river  to  Philadelphia;  lived  in  Chenango 
county,  N.  Y.;  served  six  months  in  the  army,  near  the 
close  of  the  Revolutionary  War;  died  Feb.  25,  1840. 
Children — 

i.     Deborah,  b.  July  20,  1791 ;  m.   April,  1810,  Randall 
R.  Howard ;  two  sons,  three  daughters. 

95.  ii.     George  W.,  b.  Feb.  8,  1793. 

iii.     Chloe,  b.  Aug.  23,  1796;  d.  June  13,  1797. 

96.  iv.     William  Martin,  b   April  9,  1798. 

V.     Lydia,   b.   Jan.  13,   1800;  m.  Sept.   30,  1824,  Joshua 
Gurley ;  lived >t  Troy,  N.  Y. ;  two  daughters. 

97.  vi.     Eldridge  GERRY,"b.  March  6,  1802. 

98.  vii.     Hiram,  b.  Aug.  22,  1804. 

viii.  Susan,  b.  Jan.  19,  1806;  m.  April  22,  1829,  Luther 
Warren,  of  Nunda,  N.  Y. ;  four  daughters ;  d. 
Feb.,  1888. 

ix.     WiLLARD,  b.  March  27,  1808;  d.  Jan.  20,  1813. 
X.     Benajah  G.,  b.   Jan.  .30,  1810,  at  Sherburne,  N.  Y. ; 
m.  1st,  Oct.  31,   1831,  Phoebe  Reade;  2nd,  Han- 
nah Reade;  3rd,  ;  no  children. 

xi.  MosES,  b.  Dec.  17,  1811,  at  Sherburne,  N,  Y. ;  d. 
Feb.  11,  1893,  at  Oswego,  N.  Y. ;  unmarried;  was 
a  miller  and  grain  dealer  at  Oswego ;  at  one  time 
owned  and  operated  a  mill  with  forty  run  of 
stone,  an  elevator  and  two  large  warehouses. 

43.  Timothy ^  son  of  {Joseph^,  JoJin^,  John'^ , 
Thomas'^)  and  Ann  (Holt)  Merrick,  born  Aug.,  1760,  at 
Tolland,  Conn.  Married,  Nov.,  1787,  Mehitable  At- 
wood;  she  born  about  1765;  died  July,  1855.  He  was 
by  occupation  a  farmer.  He  was  held  in  high  regard  by 
the  people  of  Willington,  where  he  lived,  being  fre- 
quently chosen  moderator  of  the  town  meeting.  While 
thus  serving  he  was  stricken  with  paralysis,  and  died 
after  a  few  days'  illness,  at  the  age  of  fifty;  he  was  a 
member  of  the  22nd  Regiment  Connecticut  State  Militia; 
about  the  year  1790  he  built  the  "Homestead,"  at  West 
Willington,  one  of  the  most  pretentious  houses  in  the 
town;  everything  which  went  into  the  building  came 
from  his  own  farm;  the  house  was  finished  in  hemlock 
and  white  poplar.  He  died  Jan.,  1810.  Mehitable,  the 
mother,  died  July,  1855,  aged  90  years.     Children — 

99.  i.     Joseph,  b.  July  2,  1789. 

ii.     Anna,  b.  Feb.,  1791 ;  m.  Cyril  James;  d.  1810. 


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FIFTH    GENERATION.  285 

44.  THOMAS^  son  of  {Joseph"^,  JoJm^ ,  John'^, 
Thomas'^)  and  Ann  (Holt)  Merrick,  born  Jan.,  1763,  at 
Tolland,  Conn.  Married,  Jan.,  1790,  Joanna,  daughter 
of  Rev.  Gideon  and  Christiana  (Cad well)  Noble;  she 
born  Oct.  8,  1769,  at  Willington,  Conn.;  died  April  18, 
1860,  at  Willington.  Thomas  was  a  typical  New  Eng- 
land farmer;  he  is  described  as  of  medium  height,  thin 
in  flesh,  with  blue  eyes  and  brown  hair;  a  good  man 
and  a  good  citizen;  died  Sept.  9,  1840,  at  Willington. 
Children — 

i.     LoviSA,  b.  March,  1791;  m.  Eleazer  Root ;  d.  May  14, 
1863. 

100.  ii.     Gideon  Noble,  b.  Jan.,  1793 

iii.     Harriet,  b.  Jan.   1795;  m.  Jonathan  C.  Walker;  d. 

May  9,  1860. 
iv.     Marilda,  b.  March,  1801 ;  m.    Ralph  R.    Griggs ;  d. 

Jvily  26,  1872. 

101.  V.     Harvey,  b.  May  2, 1808. 

45.  Joseph^    sou     of      {Joseph'^,     Jolm^ ,    John"^ , 

Thomas^)  and  Ann  (Holt)  Merrick,  born  Feb.  22,  1765, 

at  Tolland,  Conn.     Married,  Oct.,  1796, Irene,  daughter 

of  Lieut.  Elishaand  Irene  (Markham)  Alden,  of  Enfield, 

Conn.;   she  born,  1772;   died  Nov.  13, 1858,  at  Pleasant- 

ville,  Pa,     Children — 

Irene,  b.  Aug.  21,  1797;  d.  veiy  young. 
LoDiSA,  b.  Dec.  14,  1798 ;  m.  Amos  Hall. 
Elisha  Alden,  b.  April  3.  1800. 
Austin,  b.  Sept,  12,  1801. 
Laura,  b.  Nov.  4,  1803. 

46.  Dr.  Caleb^,  son  of  {Joseph^,  John^ ,  John"^ , 
Thomas^)  and  Ann  (Holt)  Merrick,  born  May,  1767,  at 
Tolland,  Conn,  Married,  Sept.  15,  1791,  Charlotte, 
daughter  of  Rev.  Gideon  Noble,  of  Willington,  Conn.; 
she  born  Aug.  19,  1771,  at  Willington;  (see  Noble  Gen., 
pp.  385,  401).  Caleb  was  aphysieian  in  Willington  and 
Franklin,  Conn.,  with  a  large  practice,  necessitating  a 
great  deal  of  travel  in  the  sparsely  settled  country  where 
he  served  the  people;  he  died  July  1,  1822,  at  Vernon, 
Conn.     Children — 

i.     Wealthy,  b.  Dec.  20,  1792,  at  WiUington;  m.  John 

B.  Nye,  of  Ellington,  Conn, 
ii.     Mark,  b.  Nov.  14,  1794;  m.  Hannah  Sparks;  moved 
to  Hartford,  where  he  was  a  merchant   tailor; 
d.  there  in  1844. 
iii.     SOPHRONIA,  b,  April   1,  1797;  m.  Spofford  Brigham; 
d.,  1842. 
105.        iv.     Leander,  b.  May  29,  1799. 

V.     Charlotte,  b.  Jan.,  1802;  d.,  1818,  at  Willington. 


1. 

ii. 

102. 

iii. 

103. 

iv. 

104. 

V. 

286  MERRICK    GENEALOGY  —  THOMAS. 

47.  Dr.  Constant^,  son  of  {Joseph'^,  JoJin^,  John"^ , 
Thomas'^)  and  Ann  (Holt)  Merrick,  born  Jan.,  1772,  at 
Tolland,  Conn.  Married,  Oct.,  1796,  Experience  Burt. 
Constant  Merrick  was  a  practicing  phA^sician;  was  also 
a  farmer,  and  at  times  taught  school  in  Madison  county, 
N.  Y.,  where  he  moved  from  New  England  about  the 
year  1800.  In  his  old  account  books  are  found  some 
curious  entries  where,  in  making  settlement  with  a  pa- 
tient, he  would  write  on  the  patient's  ledger  page  a  state- 
ment that  they  had  "reckoned  and  settled  all  accounts 
between  them  from  the  beginning  of  the  world  to  this 
date,"  and  then  both  patient  and  the  Doctor  would  sub- 
scribe their  names.  He  evidently  did  not  mean  to  have 
any  hereafter  to  suoh  accounts.     Childi*en — 

i.     Eliza,  b.  April  27.  1797;  m.  April  17,  1814,  James  K. 

Benedict;  d.  Jan.  9,  1815. 
ii.     Laura,  b.  March  17,  1799;  m.  Sept.  12,1831,  Samuel 

C.  Stebbins. 
iii.     ExPERlExNCE,  b.  Feb.  37,  1801 ;  d.  March  11,  1801. 

106.  iv.     Nathaniel  Burt,  b.  March  5,  1802. 

V.     Constant,  b.  April  14,  1804;  d.  Aug.  16,  1805. 
vi.     Experience,  b.  July  28,  1806;  m.  June  10,  1830,  Da- 
vid Clark, 
vii.     Constant,  b.  Nov.  22,  1808;  d.  April  3,  1834. 
viii.     Anna,  b.  Sept.   1,  1810;   m.   June  10,   1830,  Gordon 

Hyde, 
ix.     Jerusha,   b.  June  8,   1819;    m.   Sept.  2,  1840,  Isaac 
Foote. 

48.  Captain  Jonathan^  son  of  {Miner''',  Jonathan^, 
John^,  Thomas'^)  and  Abigail  (Russell)  Merrick,  born 
Sept,  28,  1765,  at  North  Branford,  Conn.  Married,  Aug. 
10,  1786,  Sarah  Atwater,  of  Wallingford,  Conn.  He 
was  graduated  from  Yale  College  in  1783;  died  March 
24,  1812.     Children— 

i.  Abigail,  b.  Sept.  7,  1787;  d.  Nov.  23.  1829,  unmar- 
ried, 

ii.  LoDENA,  b.  March  8,  1790;  m.  May  2,  1815,  Sidney 
Alden. 

107.  iii.     Miner,  b.  Jan.  9,  1792. 

108.  iv.     Russell,  b.  Jan.  1,  1794. 

V.     Mary,  b.  March  11,  1796;  d.  March  26,  1840. 
vi.     Jonathan,  b,  May  10,  1798 ;  d.  Aug.  22,  1837. 
vii.     Sarah,  b.  Oct.  29,  1800;  m.  May  17,  1824,  Frederick 
Monroe,  of  Branford,  Conn. 

109.  viii.     Elizur,  b.  Oct.  16,  1803. 

ix.     Maria,  b.  Sept.  24,  1806;  d.  Sept.  2,  1831. 
X.     William,  b.  July  30,  1809;  d.  Oct.  3,  1829. 

49.  Captain  Thomas^,  son  of  {Benjamin^,  Benja- 
min^,    John^,    Thomas^)    and   Mary    (Maiiu)    Merrick, 


FIFTH    GENERATION.  287 

born  1777,  at  Brirafield,  Mass.  Married,  April,  1804, 
Mary  Brown.  Lived  for  a  time  at  Sturbridge,  Mass.; 
emigrated  to  Arkansas,  and  later  to  California,  where  he 
died.     Children — 

i.     William,  b.   Feb.,  1805,  at  Sturbridge;  went  with 
his  father  to  California,  where  he  m.  and  settled, 
ii.     Oriel,  b.  March,  1807. 
iii.     Adalixe,  b.  1808. 

iv.     Alfred,  b.   1810,   at   Little  Rock,   Ark.,    where   he 
m.  and  raised  a  family ;  no  further  record. 
110.         V.     Thomas  Dwight,  b.  1813," at  Little  Rock,  Ark. 
vi.  ■  Samuel  Dexter,  b.  iu  California. 

vii.     Lucy,  b.  . 

viii.     Maria,  b. . 

50.  Reuel',  son  of  {Benjamin'^,  Benjamin^ ,  John^ , 
Thomas^)  and  Mary  (Mann)  Merrick,  born  March  21, 
1780,  at  Brimfield,  Mass.  Married,  May  29,  1816,  Mar- 
cia  Fentou,  of  Brimfield.  He  died  May  24,  1832.  Chil- 
dren— 

i.     Eli  Muxn,  b.  Feb.  38,  1817;  d.  March,  9.  1843. 
ii.     Henry  Fenton,  b.  April   18,  1819;  d.  May  24,  1849. 
iii.     William  Francis,  b.  April  29,    1821;  supposed  to 

haye  d.  in  Mexico,  in  1849. 
iv.     Caroline,  b.  May,  1823;  d.  Dec.  10,  1823. 
V.    Elizabeth,  b.  April  24, 1825;  m.  John  D.  Blanchard; 
d.  May  8,  1850. 
HI.        vi.     Ambrose  Newell,  b.  Feb.  9,  1827. 

vii.     Harriet,  b.  Jan,  22,  1831;  m.  May  19,  1860,  James 
L.  Morgan. 

51.  Bex.jamix^,  son  of  (Benjamin*,  Benjamin''^. 
John'^,  Thomas^)  and  Lovina  (Ewing)  Merrick,  born 
March  13,  1793,  at  Brimfield,  Mass.  Married,  July  5, 
1816,  Lucinda  Coolev,  of  Palmer,  Mass.  He  died  April 
8,  1831.     Children— 

i.  George  Benjamin,  b.  Feb.  17,  1817. 

ii.  Harriet,  b,  Feb.  6.  1819. 

iii.  Franklin  Cooley,  b.  Oct.  14,  1821. 

iv.  A  daughter,  b.  Oct.  12,  1823 ;  d.  same  day. 

V.  Charles  Dexter,  b.  July  11,  1827. 

vi.  John  Sullivan,  b.  Aug.  10,  1828. 

52.  JoHN^,  son  of  (Jonathan*,  David^ ,  Thomas'^, 
Thomas^)  and  Mary  (Merrick)  Merrick,  born  Feb.,  1781, 
at  Wilbraham,  Mass.  Married,  Dec.  17,  1804,  Harriet, 
dan.  of  Charles  and  Anna  (Chatterton)  Brewer,  of  Wilbra- 
ham. (Anna  Chatterton  was  of  New  Haven,  Conn.) 
Harriet  Brewer  was  born  March  17,  1782.     John  Mer- 


288  MERRICK    GENEALOGY  —  THOMAS. 

rick,  the  father,  died  August,  1816,  and  his  widow  mar- 
ried, April  13,  1817,  John  Bliss,  of  Wilbraham.  Chil- 
dren of  John  and  Harriet  Merrick — 

i.    John  Marshall,  b.  Dec,  1806;  d.  in  infancy, 
ii.     Cornelia,  b.  March,  1808. 

112.  iii.     John  Marshall,  b.  May,  1810. 

iv.     Mary  Ann,  Aug.  1812;  d.  May,  1816. 

53.  Thomas^,  son  of  {Jonathan'^,  David^ ,  Thomas'^, 
Thomas'^)  and  Mary  (Merrick)  Merrick,  born  May,  1784, 
at  Wilbraham,  Mass.  Married,  Jan.,  1807,  Ann,  daugh- 
ter of  Charles  Brewer,  of  Wilbraham.     Children — 

113.  i.     Edwin  Thomas,  b.  July  9,  1808. 

114.  ii.    William  Winston,  b.  July,  1810. 
11,5.       iii.     Daniel  Delos,  b.  Nov.,  1814. 

54.  David^,  son  of  (Ebenezer*,  Ebenezer^ ,  Thomas^, 

Thomas^)  and  Hannah  (Fuller)  Merrick,  born 17 — , 

at  Oblong,  N.  Y.  Married  Rhoda  Balcom,  of  New 
Fane,  Vermont.     Children — 

i.    Philinda,  b. . 

ii.     Fanny,  b. . 


55.     Da'SIKV'' ,  son  of  {Ebenezer*,  Ebenezer^ ,  TJiomas'^, 

Thomas'^)    and  Hannah    (Fuller)    Merrick,    born  , 

17—,  at  Oblong,  N.  Y.     Married  Mehitable  Dewey,  of 
West  Springfield,  Mass.     Children — 

i.  Josiah  Dewey,  b.  . 

ii.  Eleanor,  b. . 

iii.  Daniel,  b. . 

iv.  Eunice,  b.  . 

V.  Mary,  b. 


vi.  Samuel,  b.  — 

vii.  Abigail,  b.  — 

viii.  Margaret,  b. 

ix.  Harriet,  b.  - 


X.     Clark  Reid,  b. 


56.  MoSES^,  son  of  {Ebenezer^ ,  Ebenezer^ ,  Thomas' , 

Thomas^)   and  Hannah  (Fuller)    Merrick,    born   , 

17—,  at  Oblong,  N.  Y.  Married,  Dec,  1803,  Mercy 
Wheeler,  of  West  Springfield,  Mass.  After  the  birth  of 
his  first  child,  Harvey,  Moses  moved  West,  and  probably 
had  other  children,  of  whom  there  is  no  record  at  hand. 

i.     Harvey,  b. . 

57.  Lydia^,  dau.  of  (William'^,  Ehenezer^ ,  Thomas'^, 
Thomas^}  and Merrick,  born  Aug.  14,  1760,  at , 


FIFTH    GENERATION.  289 

N.  Y.     Married,  ,  Johu  White;    he  born  Oct.  30, 

1757,  in  Mass.;  died  Dec.  30,  1844;  he  was  a  farmer, 
living  in  Cayuga  county,  N.  Y.  Lydia,  the  mother,  died 
Sept.  25,  1834.  Childi-eu,  all  born  in  Cayuga  county, 
N.  Y.— 

i.     Rebecca  (White),  b.  March  31 ,  1783;  m. Knapp. 

ii.     Adonijah  (White),  b.  Jan.  9, 1784;  m.  Amy  Mosher. 

iii.     Dorcas  (White),  b.  Oct.  17,  1785;  m.  Earll. 

iv.     Eli  (White),  b.  July  9,  1788;  m.  Susannah  Clark. 
V.     John  (White),  b.  July  9,  1790;  m.  Eunice  Heath, 
vi.     Crowel  (White),  b.  March  5,  1793. 
vii.     Susannah    (White),   b.   Feb.    13,    1794;    m.   James 

Heath, 
viii.     Joseph  (White),    b.    Jan.    10,    1796;    m.    Catherine 
Myers, 
ix.     Hannah    (White),    b.   Sept.    1,    1798;    m.     Joseph 
Thompson. 

116.  X.     Lydia,  (White),  b.  Jan.  14,  1801;  m.  Noah  Cole. 

58.    WILLIAM^  son  of  (  William'^ ,  Ehenezer^ ,  Thomas'^ , 

Thomas^)  and  Merrick,  born    April    30,    1760,    at 

Springfield,  Mass.  Married  (prior  to  1789)  Sylvia  Com- 
stock,  in  New  England.  Moved  to  Canada,  where  he 
founded  the  town  of  Merrickville,  near  Montreal,  in  1789, 
and  where  he  died,  July  5,  1844,  aged  81  years,  2  months 
and  5  days.  Sylvia,  the  mother,  died  at  Merrickville,  Feb. 
23,  1848,  aged  74  years,  11  months  and  3  days.  Many 
of  the  descendants  of  William  and  Sylvia  are  scattered 
throughout  Canada  at  this  time,  but  it  has  been  impossi- 
ble to  get  them  interested  in  this  history  of  their  ances- 
tor. Many  others  are  living  in  the  United  States,  but 
have  lost  touch  with  the  ancient  family.     Children — 

i.     Charlotte,  b.  March  7,  1791;  m, Collier;  two 

children. 

ii.     William,  b.  March  38,  1793;  m.  and  had  five  sons 
and  two  daughters. 

iii.     Charles,   b.   Jan.  10,  1796;  m.  and  had  two  sons, 
seven  daughters. 

iv.     Pamelia,  b.  April  23,  1798;  d.  April  33,  1804. 
V.     Aaron,   b,    Oct.  1,  1800;  m.  and  had   one  son,  four 
daughters. 

vi.     Lavinia,  b.  Aug.  30,  1803;  m.  Ward;  six  chil- 
dren. 

vii.    Stephen,  b.  Oct.  4,  1805;  d.  . 

117.  viii.     Stephen  Hedger,  b.  June  4,  1807. 

ix.     AURELIA,  b.  Sept.  14,  1810;  d.  May  13,  1813. 

X.     Terrenoe  Hamilton,  b.  July  11,  1813;  m.  and  had 

six  daughters, 
xi.     A  son.  b. ;  never  married. 


118. 

ii. 

119. 

iii. 

iv. 

120. 

V. 

vi. 

290  MERRICK    GENEALOGY  —  THOMAS. 

59.  Solomon'^ ,  son  of  {Tliomas* ,  Ebenezer^ ,  Thomas'^ , 
Thomas^)  and  Deborah  (Lawrence)  Merrick,  born  Sept. 
8,  1772,  at  Stillwater,  N.  Y.  Married,  May  19,  1799, 
Elizabeth  Underwood,  of  Cazenovia,  N.  Y.  She  was  a 
daughter  of  Daniel  and  Experience  (Kingsley)  Under- 
wood, born  Oct.  29,  1776,  at  Woodstock,  Conn.  She 
died  Sept.  13,  1820,  and  Solomon  married,  2nd,  Mrs. 
Weed,  mother  of  Thurlow  Weed,  the  great  leader  of  the 
whig  party,  and  founder  of  the  Albany  Journal.  Solo- 
mon died  Aug.  1,  1839,  at  Rose,  N.  Y.  The  grave  of 
Elizabeth  Merrick  is  to  be  seen  in  the  Union  Cemetery 
at  Cazenovia,  N.  Y.,  to  this  day.  Solomon  changed 
spelling  to  "Mirick."     Children  all  born  at  Cazenovia — 

i.     Amanda,  b.  May  24,  1800;  m.  David  Holmes;  d.  April 
5,  1870.  at  Palmyra,  N.  Y. 
Ira,  b.  Feb.  18,  1802. 
Hiram,  b.  April  14,  1804. 

Nelson,  b.  Aug.  3,  1807;  m.  Elizabeth  Freen. 
George  W.,  b.  2,  1809. 

Charlotte,  b.  Dec.  12, 1811 ;  m.  1st,  Ebenezer  Tyler; 
2nd,  John  Tippling;  d.  May  30,  1876,  Lyons, N.  Y. 
vii.     Thomas  M..  b.  May  27,  1813;  m.  Sophronia Dickson, 

of  Rose,  N.  Y. ;  d.  Nov.  7,  1841. 
viii.     Henry  B.,  b.  Dec.  29,   1816;  d.  Sept.  11,  1841,  Rose, 
N.  Y. 

60.  SAMUEL^souof  (Thomas*.  Ebenezer^,  Thomas'^, 
Thomas^)  and  Deborah  (Lawrence)  Merrick,  born,  1781, 
at  Cazenovia,  N.  Y.  Married  Marv  Clark;  she  born, 
1779.  Samuel  died  in  18."36,  at  Corning,  N.  Y.  Chil- 
dren, all  born  at  Woodstock,  N.  Y. — 

i.    Sophronia,  b.,  1810;  d.  unmarried. 

ii.     Mary,  b. ;  d.  unmai-ried. 

iii.     Emeline,  b.  1814;  d.  unmarried. 

iv.    Julia,  b.,  1816. 

v.  Jane  Elizabeth,  b.  Oct.  31,  1818;  m.  Dec,  1839, 
D wight  A.  Fuller,  at  New  Woodstock,  N.  Y. ; 
he  d.  May,  1890,  survived  by  his  wife  and  two 
sons,  George  W.,  b.,  1841,  and  Dwight  L.,  b., 
1847,  both  bachelors.  The  mother  is  totally 
blind,  but  is  tenderly  cared  for  by  her  loving 
sons,  who  are  known  to  the  public  as  "Fuller 
Brothers,"  owners  and  proprietors  of  the  Dick- 
inson House,  the  leading  hotel  of  the  city  of 
Corning,  N.  Y. 

vi.     George  W.,  b.,  1820;  d.  young, 
vii.     Esther,  b.,1822;  d.  young. 

61.  Pamelia^  daughter  of  {Thomas*,  Ebenezer^, 
Thomas'^,  Thomas^)  and  Deborah  (Lawrence)  Merrick, 
born  17—,  at  Cazenovia,  N.  Y.  Married  Eliab  Perkins, 
at  Cazenovia,  N.  Y.     Had — 


FIFTH    GENERATION.  291 

i.  Helen  Rebeooa  (Perkins)  b.  1824,  at  Cazenovia,  N. 
Y. ;  d.  July  7,  1897 ;  in.  Nelson  Wood,  about 
1849;  had  one  child,  Nelson  R.  (Wood),  b., 
1852,  a:  Fond  du  Lac,  Wis.  At  the  age  of  five 
years  he  was  placed  on  a  farm  in  Cazenovia,  N.  Y. , 
where  he  remained  until  he  was  17  years  of  age, 
when  he  went  to  Clyde,  Wayne  county,  N.  Y., 
to  learn  the  trade  of  harnessmaking ;  his  love  of 
nature,  and  especially  his  interest  in  birds  was 
so  great  that  he  was  impelled  to  leave  his  trade 
and  enter  Prof.  Ward's  Natural  Science  estab- 
lishment, in  Rochester,  which  he  did  in  the  year 
1878.  In  1888  he  was  called  to  Washington  to 
take  a  position  in  the  United  States  National 
Museum  as  Naturalist  and  Taxidermist,  where 
he  is  at  the  writing  of  this  sketch,  Sept.,  1901. 

62.  Ebenezer^  (Miriek),  son  of  {Charles'^,  Eheii- 
ezer^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas^)  and  Susanna  (Lawrence) 
Merrick,  born  August  4,  1769,  probably  at  Cazenovia, 
N.  Y.  Married,  Oct.  21,  1799,  Betsey  Thurber;  she 
died  May  25, 1821.  Ebenezer  Miriek  was  a  Baptist  min- 
ister;  died  Aug.  17,  1855.     Children — 

121.         i.     John  Thurber,  b.  July  20,    1800,  Madison  County, 
N.  Y. 
ii.     Abel,  b.  Oct.  13,  1802;  d.  June  13,  1807. 
iii.     Lydia,  b.  April  23,  1805;  d.  Aug.  31,  1806. 

iv.     Abigail  Sophia,  b.  Oct.  14,  1811;  m.  Spiers;  d. 

March  17,  1870. 

V.     Julia  Ann,  b. . 

vi.     Betsey  M.,  b.  March  31,  1817. 

63.  Sylvenus^  ,  son  of  {,Gharles^ ,  Ehenezer^ ,  Thomas'^ , 
Tliomas^^  and  Susanna  (Lawrence)  Merrick,  born  March 
9,  1786,  at  Saratoga,  N.  Y.  Married  Achsa,  daughter 
of  Jonathan  and  Keziah  (Hayward)  Pollard,  of  Cazeno- 
via, N.  Y.;  she  born  April  3,'  1789;  died  Sept.  1,  1847, 
at  South  Onandaga,  N.  Y.  Sylvenus,  when  a  boy, 
assisted  at  the  '  girdling"  in  Cazenovia,  when  the 
country  was  covered  with  a  forest,  and  he  afterward 
manufactured  bricks  on  what  was  known  as  the  "Backus 
place."  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  war  of  1812,  and  after- 
ward a  strong  abolitionist,  and  with  his  sons  assisted 
many  fugitive  slaves  in  their  escape  to  Canada.  He  was 
a  prominent  actor  in  the  famous  "Jerry  rescue"  case,  at 
Syracuse,  in  1851.  In  later  years  he  resided  in  Syra- 
cuse, where  he  died  in  April,  1884.     Children — 

1.  Juliette,  b.  Aug.  3,  1809;  m.  1st.,  Stephen  Lea v ins, 
Jan.  14,  1829;  had  three  children;  he  d.  May  20, 
1837,  and  she  m.  2nd,  Noah  Thayer,  Dec.  1, 
1838;  had  six  children;  d.  'March  18,  1879,  at 
WalUngford,  111. 
20-M 


123. 

ii. 

123. 

iii. 

IV. 

V. 

VI. 

Vll. 

292  MERRICK    GENEALOGY  —  THOMAS. 

MoNxaoMERY,  b.  April  17,  1812. 

Charles,  b.  May  7,  1815. 

Leroy,  b.  March  3.  1818;  d.  Feb.  6,  1821. 

HuLDAH,  b,  Aug.  23,  1820;  d.  Aug.  15,  1841. 

SOPHRONIA,  b.  June  9,  1823;  d.  May  31,  1840. 

Isabella,  b.  May  10,  1826;  m.    Sept.    26,  1848,  Wil- 

lard  W.  Gage,  at  Cardiff,  N.  Y. ;  had   two   chil- 

ren. 
viii.     Emma,  b.  June  9,  1829,  m.  Oct.  16,  1849,  Ansel  Eddy 

Kinne,  at  Syracuse,  N.  Y. ;  had  six  children, 
ix.     Chloe,  b.    April   18,  1832;  m.    Aug.    10,    1869,  Hon. 

Harrison   Reed,  Governor  of  Florida;  had  one 

child. 


64.  T^LLEY^     son    of    (Tilley\    Tillei/\ 
Thomas^)  andMary(Miuot)  Merrick,  boru  Jan.,  1755,  at 
Concord,  Mass.     Married,  Dec.   25,   1798,  Sarah  Miuot. 
Tilley,  the  father,  died  June  8, 1836.     Sarah,  the  mother, 
died  Jan.  30,  1816.     Then*  children  were — 

i.     Francis  John,  b.  Dec.  26,  1799;  d.  Dec.  21,  1871,  at 
Concord,  Mass. ;  never  married. 
124.         ii.     Mary,  b.  April  5,  1801;  m.  Nathan  Brooks, 
iii.     Sarah,  b.  May  17,  1805;  d.  Oct.  16,  1806. 
iv.     AUGUSTUS,    b.    Nov.    11,    1810;  d.  Nov.  13,    1871,  at 
Concord,  Mass. ;  never  married. 

65.  Gideon^  ,  son  of  (Lieut.  Gideon'^ ,  James^ ,  James^, 

Thomas^)  and  Elizabeth    (Colton)  Merrick,  born  , 

at  Monson,  Mass.     Married  Elizabeth  Phillips,  of  West 
Springfield,  Mass.     Children — 

i.  Elizabeth,  b. ;  m.  Ward. 

ii.  Gideon,  b. . 

iii.  John,  b.  . 

iv.  Mary",  b. ;  m.  Jackson. 

V.  Aaron,  b. . 

66.  Justin^,    son    of    (GideoW^,    Janies^,    James"^, 

Thomas^)  and  Elizabeth  (Colton)  Merrick,  born ,  at 

Monson,  Mass.     Married,  ,  and  had — 

i.     Christina,  b.  Jan.  1776;  d.  aged  22  years, 
ii.     Spencer,  b.  Oct.  1777. 

67.  RosiNA^  (afterward  called  Resign),  dau.  of  •: 
(Lieut.  Gideon'^,  James^ ,  James"-,  Thomas'^)  and  Eliza- 
beth (Colton)  Merrick,  born  ;  married  Timothy- 
Murphy,  of  Spring-field,  Mass.;  he  born  in  Simsbury, 
Conn.,  1780;  lived  in  town  of  Sixteen  Acres,  Conn., 
where  he  kept  the  town  records.     Children —                                 | 


125. 

i. 

126. 

11. 

111. 

IV. 

V. 

VI. 

FIFTH    GENERATION.  293 


Timothy  (Murphy),  b. 
Justin  (Murphy),  b. 


Jerusha  (Murphy),  b.  ;  d.  unmarried. 

Betsey  (Murphy),  b. ;  d.  unmarried. 

Cynthia  (Murphy),  b. ;  d.  unmarried. 

Mary  (Murphy),  b.  ;  m. Jones,  had  three 

cliildren,  Henrietta,  Justin  and  George ;  a  de- 
scendant, Mrs.  Courtland  Southworth,  is  living 
in  Springfield,  Mass.,  1901. 

vii.     Resign  (Murphy),  b.  ;  m.  James  Graves;  had 

Mary,  who  m.  Dr.  Henry  Collins,  of  Spring- 
field ;  James,  living  in  New  Haven,  Conn. ,  1901 ; 
Anna,  Martha  and  Elizabeth  (Graves). 

viii.     Spencer  (Murphy),  b.  ;  d.  unmarried. 

ix.     Merrick  (Murphy),  b.  ;    m.    Eliza  Ireland,  of 

Salem,  Mass.;  had  Spencer  and  Resign 
(Murphy). 

68.  Lewis^,    son   of    {Fliineas^ ,    James^ ,    James^ , 

Thomas^)  and  Margaret  (Graves)  Merrick,   born  1759, 

at  Monsou,  Mass.    Married,  1786,  Catherine  Hyde.    Chil- 

di-en— 

i.  Calvin,  b.  March,  1787;  d.  in  the  South. 

ii.  Abigail,  b.  Dec,  1788;  m.  Wyckliflfe,  1806. 

iii.  Lendal,  b.  Feb.,  1791;  d.  Feb.,  1795. 

127.  iv.  LoRiN,  b.  May,  1793. 

V.  3I00DY,  b.  July,  1795 ;  d.  in  the  South. 

vi.  Marcia,  b. ;  m.  Deodatus  Dutton,  of  Monson. 

vii.  Sarah,  b.  Oct.,  1800. 

viii.  Hiram,  b.  Aug.,  1804. 

ix.  Caroline,  b.  July,  1808. 

X.  Catherine,  b.  June,  1811. 

69.  XoAH^,  son  of  [Pliineas^ ,  James^ ,  James^, 
Thomas^)  and  Margaret  (Graves)  Merrick,  born  Dec, 
1760,  at  Monson,  Mass.  Married,  1st,  Jnne,  1780, 
Elizabeth  Bishop,  by  whom  he  had  three  children;  at 
her  death  he  married,  2nd,  Widow  Ennice  Shepard,  of 
Springfield;  she  born  Ang.  4,  1767;  died  Aug.  15, 
1823;  no  children;  3rd,  Delphia  Shepard,  born  Dec.  1, 
1797;  died  Feb.  10,  1864.  Noah  Merrick  enlisted  in 
Capt.  Joshua  Shaw's  company,  Col.  Elisha  Parker's 
regiment,  Massachusetts  volunteers,  July  22,  1779,  in 
War  of  the  Revolution,  serving  to  the  end  of  the  war.  He 
died  November,  1849,  in  McHeniy  county.  111.  Chil- 
dren— 

i.     Anson,  b.  Feb.  5,  1791 ;  d.  Oct.  31,  1835. 
ii.     Betsey  Lee,  b.  March  16,  1793;  m.  Lemuel  D.  New- 
ton, of  Homer,  N.  Y. 
iii.     Jacob  Bishop,  b.  Jan.  17,  1795;  d.  June  10,  1863,  at 
Thorndyke,  Mass. ;  unmarried. 

128.  iv.    Charles  Clinton,  b.  Sept.  11,  1834. 

129.  v.     George  Graves,  b.  July  12,  1829. 


294  MERRICK    GENEALOGY  —  THOMAS. 

70.  David^,  son  of  CPMneas'^,  James^ ,  James"^ , 
Thomas^ )  and  Margaret  (Graves)  Merrick,  born  May, 
1766.  Married,  1788,  Marcia  Groves,  of  Monson, 
Mass.     Children — 

i.     Danforth,  b.  July,  1789,    at  Homer,  N,  Y. ;  m.  and 

had  family  ;  lived  at  Courtlandville,  N.  Y. 
ii.     A  child,  b.  Jan.,  1793;  d. 
iii.     Samuel,  b.  Nov.,  1794. 

130.  iv.     Martin,  b.  Nov.,  1797. 

V.  Marcus,  b.  March  30,  1800,  at  Homer,  N.  Y. ;  m, 
tM^ice,  and  had  two  children,  both  of  whom  d. ; 
hed.,  1880. 

71.  Augustus^,  son  of  (P/miert5'*,  James^ ,  James"^ , 
Thomas^)  and  Margaret  (Graves)  Merrick,  born  April, 
1773,  at  Monson,  Mass.  Married,  March  10,  1802,  Bo- 
adicea  Fnller,  of  Monson;  she  died  March  8,  1883.  Au- 
gustus, the  father,  died  April  6,  1856.     Children — 

1.     ZULIMA,  b.  April  14,  1803;  m.  March  24,  1830,  Henry 
Cady,  M.  D. ;  d.  Feb.  6,  1858. 

131.  ii.     Watson,  b.  July  27,  1805. 

iii.  Albert,  b.  Oct.  14,  1806;  murdered  by  hi.s  boat's 
ci'ew  on  the  Mississippi  river,  below  Vicksburg, 
Miss.,  when  on  a  trading  voyage  to  New  Orleans. 

iv.     Julia,  b.  June  16,  1808;  m.  Nov.  22,  1828,  Luther 

Blackmer,  of  Shawungunk,  N.  Y. 
v.     Eleanor,  b.  Aug.  9,   1810;  m.  Nov.  24,  1841,  Jona- 
than Shaw,  of  Monson. 

vi.     Emily,  b.  April  19,  1812. 

vii.  Violette,  b.  Jan.  17,  1814;  m.  Oct.  15,  1839,  Jo-seph 
F.  Loring,  of  Worcester,  Mass. 

132.  viii.     Lewis,  b.  March  31,  1817. 

ix.  Maroaret,  b.  Dec.  5,  1815;  m.  Jan.  5,  1843,  Charles 
M.  Treadwell,  of  East  Franklin,  N.  Y. 

X.  Lavinia,  b.  Oct.  17,  1819;  m.  Nov.  26,  1842,  Albert 
M.  Phillips,  of  Monson. 

xi.  Edwin,  b.  Nov.  5,  1822;  m.  Jan.  9,  1851,  Rebecca 
Ann  Chandler;  she  d.  Aug.  25,  1857,  atFoxboro, 
Mass.  He  was  a  bleacher  and  presser  of  straw 
goods;  d.  Aug.  1,  1876. 

72.  Aaron^,  §011  of  (James^,  James^,  Jame^'^ , 
Thomas^)  and  Esther  (Colton)  Merrick,  born  May  14, 
1770,  at  Amherst,  Mass.  Married,  June  22,  1800,  Mary, 
daughter  of  Phineas  and  Martha  Howe,  of  Enfield, 
Mass.;  she  died  May  12,  1858,  aged  84  years.  Aaron 
Merrick  was  elected  representative  from  Amherst  in  May, 
1822,  and  served  in  General  Court  session  in  winter  of 
1822-3;  was  an  incorporator  of  the  first  public  library 
of  Amherst,  June  4,  1793;  died  Dec.  3,  1843.  Chil- 
dren— 


FIFTH    GENERATION.  295 

i.  ESTES,  b.  April  7,  1801 ;  d.  May  8,  1812. 

ii.  Mary,  b.  Oct.  20,  1803;  d.  April  19,  1843. 

iii.  Esther,  b.  Nov.  23,  1803. 

133.  iv.  William,  b.  Aug.  1,  1805. 

134.  V.  Allen  Porter,  b.  June  1,  1807. 

vi.     Martha,  b.  July  27,  1809;  m.  Sept.  20,  1837,  Ethan 
D.  Hubbard;  d.  Sept.  1,  1840. 

135.  vii.     James  Ely,  b.  May  3,  1811. 

viii.     Aaron,  b.  Oct.  1,  1812;  d.  May  33,  1844. 
ix.     Eliza,  b.  June  1,  1814;  d.  Aug.  37,  1839. 

73.  RoswELL^,  son  of  (Jose'*,  James^,  James"^ , 
Thomas^)  and  Rebekah  (Muun)  Merrick,  born  Dec, 
1770,  at  Monson,  Mass.  Married,  Dee.  9,  1799,  Eliza- 
beth, daughter  of  Ebenezer  and  Elizabeth  Fairbanks,  of 
Brimfleld,  Mass.;  she  born  Jan.  3,  1775,  at  Sherburne, 
Mass.  Roswell,  the  father,  moved  with  his  family  to 
Ohio  in  February,  1820,  and  while  on  a  journey  west, 
died  at  Hereulaneum,  Mo.,  Sept.,  1820.     Children — 

136.  i.     Casper  Lavatore,  b.  April  3,  1801. 

ii.  George  Kirkland,  b.  July  16,  1802,  at  Monson ;  m. 
Elizabeth,  dau.  of  George  and  Susan  Willett,  of 
Paris,  Ky. ;  d.  Jan.  9,  1832,  at  Paris,  Ky, 
iii.  Thomas  Truxton,  b.  Nov.  25,  1803,  at  Monson;  m. 
March,  1839,  Nancy  Wright,  of  Springfield ;  no 
children ;  d.  at  Louisville,  Ky. 
iv.     Jose'  Columbus,  b.  June   11,  1805;  d.  June  6,  1815, 

at  Monson. 
V.     Roswell    Addison,  b.    Ajml  19,  1807;  d.   Oct.  23, 
1839,  Xenia,  O. ;  uninarried. 
Edward  Preble,  b.  May  37,  1809;  d.  Feb.  19,  1810. 
Louisa  Harriet,  b.  March  33,  1811. 
Edwin  Lorenzo,  b.  March  3,  1813. 
James  Franklin,  b.  April  18,  1815;  d.  Nov.  34,  1836, 
on  the  Mississippi  river. 

139.  X.    John  Wyles,  b.  June  8,  1818. 

74.  RoYAL^  son  of  (Ohed*,  James^,  James"^, 
Thomas^)  and  Mercy  (Stebbins)  Merrick,  born  Nov.  3, 
1770,  at  Monson,  Mass.  Married,  Nov.,  1792,  Sarah, 
daughter  of  Elijah  and  Sarah  Chandler,  of  Monson;  she 
died  April  8,  1849.  Royal  Merrick  was  a  farmer;  was 
deacon  in  Dr.  Ely's  church  in  Monson;  died  Nov.  20, 
1850.     Children— 

i.     Lucy,  b.  Oct,  16,  1793;  d.  Nov.  20,  1818,  at  Monson. 

140.  ii.     Alanson  Chandler,  b.  March  31,  1795. 

141.  iii.     Lothrop,  b.  Sept.  5,  1796. 

iv.  Laura,  b.  May  30,  1799;  m.  Harlow  Lang,  a  farmer 
of  South  Wilbraham;  d.  Jan.  18,  1844. 

v.     Caroline,  b.  May  3,  ISOl;  d.  June,  1871. 

vi.  Fanny  Fenton,  b.  June  37,  1803;  d.  Feb.  9,  1851; 
unmarried. 


VI. 

17. 

vii. 

18. 

viii. 

ix. 

296  MERRICK   GENEALOGY — THOMAS. 

142.  vii.     Grosvenor,  b.  Aug.  17,  1805. 

viii.     Emily,  b.  Jan.  8,  1808;  m.  Hamilton  Fay,  of  Chico- 
pee,  Mass. ;  d.  April  20,  1886. 
ix.     Sarah  Chandler,  b.  Feb.  2,  1812;  d.  Dec.  6,  1855; 

unmarried. 
X.     An  infant  son,  d.  July,  1813. 

xi.     Harriet  Caroline,  b.   July  16,  1815;  m.  George  H. 
Fiske,  of  Enfield,  Mass. 

75.  MiNER^  son  of  {Obed^,  James^ ,  James"^ , 
Thomas'^)  and  Mercj'  (Stebbins)  Merrick,  born  Dec. 
26,  1772,  at  Monson,  Mass.  Married,  May,  1797, 
Abigail  Keep,  of  Monson.  Miner  died  at  Butternnts,  N. 
Y.,  Sept.  18,  1801,  and  his  widow  married,  2nd,  Captain 
David  Wood,  of  Homer,  N.  Y.     Miner  had  one  son— 

1.  Miner,  b.  April  6,  1802;  it  is  known  that  he  m.  and 
had  .several  children,  but  there  is  no  further 
record  of  the  family. 

76.  GIDEON^  son  of  (Ohed^,  James^ ,  James^ , 
Thomas'^)  and  Mercy  (Stebbins)  Merrick,  born  Jan.  17, 
1775,  at  Monson,  Mass.  Married,  1st,  Sept.,  1797,  Mar- 
garet White,  of  Monson;  she  died  July  2,  1798,  aged 
22  years,  without  issue.  Gideon  married,  2ud,  Beuhih, 
daughter  of  Jesse  and  Elizabeth  Stebbins,  of  Monson; 
she  died  Dee.  14,  1864.  Gideon  died  March  19,  1856. 
Children — 

143.  i.     James  Lyman,  b.  Dec.  11,  1803. 

144.  ii.    Samuel  Otis,  b.  Dec.  11,  1808. 

145.  iii.     Charles  Henry,  b.  April  11,  1812. 

77.  Cyrus  ^  son  of  {Ohed"^ ,  James^,  Jmnes^ , 
Thomas^)  and  Martha  (Ely)  Merrick,  born  Sept.  1, 
1782,  at  Monson,  Mass.  Married  1st,  Eleuthina  Fay,  of 
Monson,  Nov.  5,  1820;  she  died  April  9,  1824,  without 
issue.  Cyrus  married,  2nd,  Oct.  16,  1828,  Elizabeth 
Henshaw  (Sweet)  daughter  of  John  and  Sarah  Henshaw, 
of  West  Roxbury,  Mass.,  and  widow  of  Rev.  H.  H. 
Sweet,  of  Palmer,  Mass.;  she  died  Dec.  16,  1861,  at 
Monson.  Cyrus  was  in  business  in  Sturbridge  from 
1809  to  1818  as  part  proprietor  of  a  country  store,  stage 
tavern,  and  a  section  of  a  line  of  mail  stages  between 
Boston  and  New  York;  from  1818  to  1822,  was  in  the 
same  business,  except  the  store,  in  Worcester.  He  re- 
turned to  Sturbridge  in  1822,  and  represented  that  town 
in  the  legislature  of  1824.  For  a  short  time  after  he  re- 
turned to  Sturbridge  he  was  not  engaged  in  any  busi- 


FIFTH    GENERATION.  297 

ness  other  than  farming.  He  removed  with  his  family 
from  Sturbridge  to  Wilbraham  iu  Nov.,  1845,  and  from 
Wilbraham  to  Lancaster,  Mass.,  in  May,  1850;  there  he 
died  Jan.  28,  1872,  in  the  ninetieth  year  of  his  age. 
Children — 

146.  i.     Cyrus  Henry,  b.  Sept.  26,  1829. 

147.  ii.     Spencer  Rosooe,  b.  June  9,  1832. 

iii.     Charles,  b.  July  27,  1833 ;  d.  Aug.  16,  1833. 

78.  Gad^  ,  son  of  {Joseph"^ ,  Joseph^,  James^ ,  Thomas^) 
and  Deborah  (Leonard)  Merrick,  born  June  28,  1763,  at 
West  Springfield,  Mass.  Married,  1784,  Sibyl  Harrison, 
of  Westford,  Mass.;  she  died  May  22,  1842,  aged  77 
years.  Gad,  the  father,  died  Nov.  24,  1803.  He  was  a 
soldier  in  Revolutionary  War.     Children — 

i.  Susannah,  d.  Aug.  31,  1785;  m.  Laertes  Chapin,  of 

Hartford,  Conn, 

ii.  Austin,  b.  1788;  d.  Sept.  21,  1790. 

iii.  Julia,  b.  March  28,  1790;  m.  M.  C.  Blakesley. 

iv.  Clarissa,  b.  May  31,  1792;  d.  Aug.  9,  1837. 

V.  Deborah,  b.  Feb.  20,  1795,  d.  April  1,  1795, 

148.  vi.  Joseph  Harrison,  b.  Aug.  25,  1796. 
vii.  Gad,  b.  Dec.  21,  1799;  d.  Dec.  3,  1829. 

79.  Perez^,  son  of  {Joseph^,  Joseph^,  James'^ , 
TJiomas^)  and  Deborah  (Leonard)  Merrick,  born  Jan. 
28,  1766,  at  West  Springfield,  Mass.  Married,  1789, 
Hannah  Williston,  of  West  Springfield.  Children,  all 
born  at  Franklin,  N.  Y. — 

Sylvester  W.,  b.  1790. 

Gordon,  b.  1791. 

Perez,  b.  June  12,  1792. 

Roderick,  b.  Aug.  5,  1794. 

Deborah,  b.  1796. 

Flora,  b.  1799. 

Priscilla  Leonard,  b.  1800. 

William  Cabot,  b.  1802;  d.  Dec.  23, 1837,  unmarried. 

Austin  Leonard,  b.  Jan.  2,  1807. 

Irene,  b.  1809. 

Louisa  Jones,  b.  1811. 


149. 

i. 

150. 

ii. 

151. 

iii. 

152. 

iv. 

V. 

vi. 

vii. 

viii. 

153. 

ix. 

X. 

xi. 

Lieut.  Joseph"  ,  son  of  (Joseph'*^ ,  Joseph^ ,  James"" , 
TJiomas^)  and  Deborah  (Leonard)  Merrick,  born  May  12, 
1769,  at  West  Springfield,  Mass.  Married,  April,  1791, 
Frances  Leonard,  of  West  Springfield;  she  died  October, 
1797,  aged  27  years.  Lieut.  Joseph  married,  2nd,  March, 
1799,  Mary  Smith,  of  West  Springfield.     Children— 


298  MERRICK   GENEALOGY  —  THOMAS. 


i.  FORDYCE,  b.  Dec.  1791;  m.  Elizabeth  Hollister. 

ii.  Francis,  b.  1798. 

iii.  Maria,  b.  1799;  m.  D.  B.  Bush,  Esq. 

iv.  Adelia,  b.  March  9,  1810;  m.  M.  A.  Lee,  M.  D. 


81.  QuARTUS^,  son  of  (Joseph^,  Joseph'^,  Jcnnes^, 
Thomas^)  and  Deborah  (Leonard)  Merrick,  born  1770, 
at  West  Springfield,  Mass.  Married  Letitia  Williston, 
of  Springfield.  He  died  1860,  at  Leander,  N.  Y.  Chil- 
dren, all  born  at  Walton,  N.  Y. — 

i.     Letitia  Armanilla,  b.  1802;  m.  Martin  Butler,  of 
Springfield. 

ii.     Hannah  Lavia,  b.  1803;  m.  Fisher  Long,  at  Spring- 
field, Pa. ;  d.  at  Burlington,  Pa. 

iii.     Maria  Ann,  b.   1804;  m.  1832,  Isaac   Newton  Pom- 
eroy,  at  Springfield,  Pa. ;  d.  1839,  at  Troy,  Pa. 

iv.     Solomon,  b.    1805;  m.   for  second  wife,  Ann  Clasp; 
d.  1862,  at  Springfield,  Mass. 

V.     Lucinda  Williston,  b.  Oct.  3,  1810;  m.  1839,  Isaac 
Newton  Ponieroy,    at   Walton,   N.    Y. ;    is  still 
Uving. 
154.        vi.    John  Quartus,  b.  July  24,  1212. 

82.  Colonel  Daniel  %  son  of  (TiUey'^ ,  Joseph^, 
James'^ ,  Thomas^)  and  Lovisa  (Colton)  Merrick,  born 
March  20,  1785,  at  West  Springfield,  Mass.  Married, 
Jan.,  1818,  Laura,  daughter  of  Joel  and  Eunice  Day, 
of  Holyoke,  Mass. ;  she  born  1794,  at  Holyoke ;  died  April 
8,  1860,  at  West  Springfield,  Mass.  Daniel  Merrick  was  a 
successful  farmer  in  his  native  town.  He  was  a  much 
loved  citizen,  and  an  earnest  church  worker,  holding  the 
positions  of  Deacon  and  choir  leader  for  many  years. 
The  quaint  old  "pitch-pipe",  used  in  pitching  the  tunes 
in  the  days  before  organs  were  permitted,  which  was  the 
property  of  Tilley  Merrick,  and  was  afterward  used  by 
Daniel  while  chorister  of  the  old  First  Church  in  Spring- 
field, is  now  in  possession  of  Miss  Elizabeth  J.  Merrick, 
of  Merrick,  Mass.,  a  grand-daughter  of  Daniel.  After 
his  death  the  oldest  of  the  sons  remaining  at  home,  Jo- 
seph, carried  on  the  farm  for  a  number  of  years.  The 
estate  was  finally  sold,  and  the  property  was  cut  up  into 
streets  and  building  lots.  One  street  bears  the  family 
name,  and  the  postoffice,  which  stands  near  the  site  of 
the  old  house,  now  the  southern  part  of  the  town  of 
West  Springfield,  is  called  "Merrick."  Daniel  died 
March  2,  1855,  at  West  Springfield.  Children,  all  born 
in  West  Springfield — 


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i.  Aaron  Colton,  b.  Dec.  25,  1818;  in.  Oct.,  1847, 
Elizabeth  Lentlllslev;  no  children;  d.  at  Buf- 
falo, N.  Y.,  April  9,  fSoS. 

ii.  Joseph,  b.  Feb.,  1820;  m.  1st,  in  1850,  Frances  E. 
Hamlin,  of  Furling  Hills;  2nd,  Lucretia  (Col- 
ton') Hollister,  Dec.  17,  1861,  at  Holyoke;  no 
children;  d.  Feb.  22,  1898. 

iii.  Francis  Tilley,  b.  Dec.  1825;  m.  1st,  Julia  Chapin; 
2nd,  May  21,  1868,  Mrs.  Rose  Fairbanks  Chapin 
(sister-in-law  of  first  wife),  of  Hartford,  Conn. ; 
three  children,  all  d.  young;  he  d.  Dec.  25,  1873. 

iv.  Daniel,  b.  June  23,  1830;  m.  June  16,  1870,  Addie 
Thorpe,  of  South  Hampton,  Mass. ;  no  children. 
155.         V.     Charles  Edwin,  b.  March  23,  1832. 

vi.     Edward  Pa YSON,  b.  1838;  d.  Dec.  4,  1853. 

83.  Tilley^,  sou  of  Tilley'^,  Joseph^,  James", 
Thomas^)  and  Lovisa  (Coltou)  Merrick,  born  Nov.  13, 
1789,  at  West  Springfield,  Mass.  Married,  Sept.  15, 
1823,  Mary  Morse,  of  Westfield,  Mass.  This  Tilley  was 
the  original  compiler  of  the  genealogy  of  the  Thomas 
branch  of  the  Merrick  family,  known  as  the  Springfield 
branch,  but  died  before  he  had  proceeded  far  with  the 
work,  which  was  afterward  taken  up  by  Rev.  James  L. 
Merrick,  of  Amherst.  Tilley  died  Jan.  19,  1826,  leav- 
ing one  son — 

i.    Henry,  b.  Nov.  7,  1824. 

84.  NoAH%  son  of  {CJiUeah  B.^,  Noah'\  James"^ , 
Thomas'^ )  and  Lucina  (Smith)  Merrick,  born  June,  1781, 
at  Wilbraham,  Mass.  Married,  Jan.,  1805,  Statira 
Hays,  of  Hartford,  Conn.;  she  died  Sept.,  1849.  Chil- 
dren— 

Abigail,  b.  Dec.  10.  1805. 

Roderick  Smith,  b.  Jan.  16,  1808. 

Frederick,  b.  Jan.  29,  1810. 

Fanny,  b.  Sept.  29,  1812. 

George  Hays,  b.  July  21,  1821 ;  d.  Jan.  9,  1841. 

Helen  Maria,  b.  Feb.  7,  1824;  d.  Jan.  5, 1898.  Helen 
Maria  Merrick  was  a  ministering  angel.  Her 
early  life  was  spent  in  AVilbraham,  Mass. ,  where 
she  was  born,  but  in  her  young  girlhood  she 
went  to  live  with  her  brother,  Profe.ssor  Fred- 
erick Meri'ick,  in  Delaware,  O.  At  the  age  of 
twelve  yeai's  she  made  confession  of  Christ,  and 
from  that  time  until  her  death  in  Jan.  1901,  she 
was  a  consistent  follower  of  her  Master,  devot- 
ing her  wiiole  life  to  the  service  of  the  poor,  the 
needy  and  the  sinful.  All  her  life  she  was  an 
ardent  friend  of  missions,  both  home  and  for- 
eign. At  her  death,  in  Delaware,  O.,  it  was 
truly  said  of  her  that  "she  hath  done  what  she 
could,"  as  she  had  given  a  lifetime  to  the  service 
of  others, 
vii.     Edward  Dwight,  b.  Aug.  12,  1827;  d.  June  7,  1839. 


1. 

156. 

ii. 

157. 

iii. 

158. 

iv 

V. 

vi. 

300  MERRICK    GENEALOGY — THOMAS. 

85.  Pliny^,  son  of  (Ghileab  B.^,  Noah^ ,  James', 
Thomas^)  and  Lvicina  (Smith)  Merrick,  born,  Jan., 
178G,  at  Wilbrabam,  Mass.  Married,  1st,  Jan.,  1817, 
Florilla  Moody,  of  Northampton,  Mass.;  she  died  March 
27,  1820,  and  Pliny  married,  2nd,  Dorcas  Newell,  of 
Wilbraham.     Children — 

i.  Francis  Catlin,  b.  July  5,  1818;  cl.  May  29,  1842. 

ii.  Flora,  b.  March  5,  1821 ;  d.  May  29,  1842. 

ili.  Dorcas  Newell,  b.  June  7,  1822;  d.  Dec.  22,  1849. 

iv.  Pliny  Kirkland,  b.  Jan.  16,  1824;  d.  on  the  Yuba 

River,  Cal.,  Dec.  8,  1849;  unmarried. 

V.  Flora,  b.  Nov.  1,  1825. 

vi.  Daniel  Brainerd,  b.  June  21,  1831. 

vii.  A  son,  b.  Jan.  21,  1835;  d.  March  27,  1835. 

88.  Samuel  Pisk^,  son  of  CSamiiel  FisJc'^,  Noah^ , 
James"^ ,  Thomas^)  and  Sarah  (Meekins)  Merrick.  Mar- 
ried, Sept.,  1812,  Mary  Starkweather,  of  Northampton, 
Mass.     Children — 

i.  Martha,  b.  Jvme  18,  1813. 

ii.  Samuel  Fisk,  b.  Ai^ril  8,  1814;  d.  in  infancy, 

iii.  Abby  Maria,  b.  June  24,  1815. 

159.  iv.  Samuel  Fisk,  b.  Sept.  27,  1819. 

V.    Sarah  Meekins,  b.  Nov.  19,  1821. 

160.  vi.     JAMES,  b.  Dec.  11,  1823. 

vii.     Roxanna  Starkweather,  b.  March  16,  1826. 
ix.     Mary  Jane,  b.  Aug.  4,  1831. 

87.  George ^  son  of  [Samuel  Fisk'*',  Noah^ ,  James'' , 
Thomas^)  and  Sarah  (Meekins)  Merrick,  born  Feb.,  1792, 
at  Wilbraham,  Mass.  Married,  1st,  Oct.  30,  1819, 
Nancy  Hollister,  of  Sonth  Glastonbury,  Conn.;  she  born 
Feb.'ie,  1796;  died  Feb.  27,  1843.'  He  married,  2nd, 
Nov.  7,  1844,  Elizabeth  A.  Hubbard,  of  Boston.  He 
was  a  lawyer  by  profession;  Judge  of  County  Court; 
died  Oct.  G,  1879.  (See  History  of  South  Glastonbury, 
Conn.)     Children — 

i.     Georue  Hollister,  b.    March  3,  1823;  d.   Sept.  13, 

1859. 
ii.     RoswKLL  Elijah,  b.  Dec.  13,  1826;  was  living  1899, 

at  South  Glastonbury. 

88.  Phineas  FiSK^,  son  of  (Samuel  Fisk^ ,  Noah^ , 
James'^ ,  Thomas^)  and  Sarah  (Meekins)  Merrick,  boru 
Dec,  1794,  at  Wilbraham,  Mass.  Married  Hannah 
Maria  Ropes,  and  settled  at  Natchez,  Miss. ;  died  May 
13,  1833.     Children— 


FIFTH    GENERATION.  301 

i.     Oscar  Ropes,  b. ;  d.  in  childhood. 

ii.     Charles,  b.  1828. 
iii.     Helen,  b.  1830. 

89.  Francis  T.^,  son  of  {Pliny '^ ,  Noah^ ,  James''-, 
Thomas'^)  and  Ruth  (Cutler)  Merrick,  born  June  29, 
1792,  at  Brookfield,  Mass.  Married,  1818,  Mary  Buck- 
minister  Fisk,  of  Brookfield,  Mass.     Chiidi-en — 

i.    Frances  Fisk,   b.  Oct.   5,  1819;  m.   Nov.  30,  1841, 

David  Waldo  Lincoln,  of  Worcester,  Mass. 
ii.     Mary,  b.  Nov.  21,  1821 ;    d.  Jan.  7,  1825. 
iii.     William  Pliny,   b.   Feb.  23,  1824;  d.  Jan.  19,  1853, 

Gibralter,  Spain, 
iv.     Sarah  Reed,  b.  Oct.  2,  1832;  d.  March  6,  1854. 

90.  Judge  Pliny '^,  son  of  (Pliny^ ,  Noah^ ,  James"^ , 
Thomas^)  and  Ruth  (Cutler)  Merrick,  born  Aug.  2, 
1794,  at  Brookfield,  Mass.  Married,  May  23,  1821, 
Rebecca  Thomas,  daughter  of  Isaiah  Thomas,  Jr.,  of 
Worcester;  she  died  June  17,  1859.  Pliny  Merrick  was 
graduated  from  Harvard  College  in  1814,  after  which  he 
studied  law  with  Levi  Lincoln ;  was  admitted  to  the  bar 
and  practiced  in  Worcester  and  Bristol  counties.  He 
was  district  attorney  for  Worcester,  1824  to  1843;  was 
made  Justice  of  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas  in  1843, 
and  again  in  1851.  In  1844  he  was  Judge  of  the  Mu- 
nicipal Court,  and  from  1853  to  1864,  was  Justice  of  the 
Massachusetts  Supreme  Court.  He  removed  to  Boston 
in  1856;  was  president  of  the  Worcester  &  Nashua 
Railroad  Company.  In  1849  he  was  senior  counsel  in 
defense  of  Professor  Webster,  on  his  trial  for  the  mur- 
der of  Dr.  George  Parkman,  a  case  of  world  wide  celeb- 
rity. From  1852  to  1856  he  was  an  Overseer  of  Har- 
vard, from  which  institution  he  received  the  degree  of 
LL.  D.,  in  1853.  At  his  death  he  bequeathed  a  large 
sum  for  the  establishment  of  schools  of  a  high  grade  in 
Worcester.  It  is  a  remarkable  coincidence  that  at  the 
time  Judge  Pliny  Merrick  was  Justice  of  the  Supreme 
Court  of  Massachusetts,  Judge  Edwin  Thomas  Merrick 
was  occupying  the  same  distinguished  office  in  Louisiana, 
and  almost  coincidently  with  him  for  a  term  of  ten 
years ;  and  Judge  William  Merrick  was  at  the  same  time 
Justice  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  Maryland.  Judge 
Pliny  Merrick  had  for  his  wife,  Rebecca  Thomas,  of 
Massachusetts,  and  Judge  Edwin  Thomas  Merrick  had 
for  his  wife,  Caroline  E.  Thomas,  of  Louisiana.  Pliny 
Merrick  had  no  children. 


302  MERRICK    GENEALOGY  —  THOMAS. 

91.  John  Cutler^,  son  of  {Plimj'^,  Noah^ ,  James"^ , 
Thomas^)  and  Ruth  (Cutler)  Merrick,  born  Dee.  7, 
1809,  at  Brookfield,  Mass.  Married  Caroline  Maria 
Work,  of  Chillicothe,  0.  He  died  May  15,  1857,  at 
Columbus,  0.  Children — 
i.     Maria,  b. 


I 


ii.  Elizabeth,  b. 
iii.  Francis,  b.  — 
iv.     (Another),  b. 


SIXTH  GENERATION. 

92.  Samuel^  son  of  (John^ ,  John^ ,  John^ ,  John^ , 
Thomas'^)  and  Maiy  Ann  ( May nard) Merrick,  born  Feb., 
1781,  at  Tolland,  Conn.  Married,  Feb.,  1806,  Olive 
Grouslet.     Children — 

i.  Maria,  b.  June,  1807. 

ii.  Lavinia,  b.  Oct.,  1809. 

iii.  Andalusia,  b.  Oct.,  1811. 

iv.  William,  b.  Oct.,  1814. 

93.  Willard''  ,  son  of  (.John  '^ ,  John'^ ,  John  ^ ,  John  - , 
Thomas^)  and  Mary  Ann  (Mavnard)  Merrick,  born  Sept, 
4,  1782,  at  Tolland,  Conn.  Married,  1809,  Naomi  Mcin- 
tosh, of  Willinofton,  Conn.  Soon  after  his  mariage  he 
removed  to  Steuben,  Oneida  county,  N.  Y.,  then  a  new 
county,  where  he  spent  the  most  of  his  active  life.  He 
was  a  farmer  and  surveyor,  and  to-day  many  of  the 
township  maps  read  "according  to  Merrick's  survey." 
During  the  war  of  1812  he  was  drafted  three  times; 
twice  he  hired  substitutes,  but  the  third  time  he  took  the 
field  himself.  He  served  only  about  one  month,  at  Sack- 
ett's  Harbor,  when  peace  was  declared.  Later  in  life  he 
removed  to  Verona,  Oneida  county,  where  he  died  Feb. 
16,  1851,  a  respected  citizen,  sincerely  mourned  by  his 
surviving  family  and  friends.  He  expressed  a  Chris- 
tian's hope,  although  he  had  never  united  with  any 
church.     Children  all  born  in  Steuben,  N.  Y. — 

161.  i.     Hamilton,  b.  Sept.  5,  1811. 

ii.  SOPHRONIA,  b.  Dec.  16,  1812;  m.  April  23,  1739,  Ira 
Lillibridge,  a  farmer  of  Blcssvale,  N.  Y.  ;  he  d. 
April  8,  1848,  leaving  four  children.  She  died 
in  Detroit,  Mich.,  March  6,  1883,  where  a  daugh- 
ter and  two  sons  now  reside,  one  of  whom,  Wil- 
lard  Merrick  Lillibridge,  is  a  circuit  judge. 


SIXTH    GENERATION.  303 

iii.  Sophia,  b.  March  17,  1814;  m.  Alvah  Potter,  a  farmer 
of  Steuben,  Sept.  18,  1837;  on  the  breaking 
out  of  the  Civil  War  they  removed  to  Iowa, 
vphere  she  d.  Feb.  34,  1860,  leaving  a  son  and  a 
daughter;  the  latter  is  married  and  is  living  in 
Cherokee,  la. 

iv.  Seraphina,  b.  Aug.  19,  1817;  m.  Amasa  Salisbury, 
of  South  Trenton,  Oneida  county,  N.  Y. ;  she  d. 
May  26,  1877;  no  children. 

V.  Naomi  Ann,  b.  Feb.  5,  1831 ;  m.  Dec.  26,  1855,  Wil- 
liam Armitage,  a  merchant  of  Verona,  N.  Y., 
where  she  died  Nov.  1,  1859,  leaving  one  son, 
who  also  d.  Aug.  4,  1878,  in  Detroit,  Mich. 

94.  J0HN^  son  of  {Jolm^ ,  Jolin^ ,  Johri^ ,  John^ , 
Thomas'^)  and  Mary  Ann  (Maynard)  Merrick, bora  April, 
1792,  at  Willing-ton,  Conn.  Married,  1816,  Hannah, 
daughter  of  Gen.  Henry  Phillips,  in  New  York  state. 
When  sixteen  years  of  age  John  Merrick  left  his  Con- 
necticut home  to  seek  his  fortune  in  the  West,  as  it  was 
then  known,  with  an  axe  on  his  shoulder  and  fifty  cents 
in  his  pocket;  with  his  axe  he  hewed  out  for  himself  a 
farm  in  the  wilderness  which  he  considered  capable  of 
supporting-  two  persons  as  early  as  the  year  1816.  He 
died  in  Steuben,  April  12,  1866.  They  had  but  one 
child — 

162.  i.     Clinton,  b.  Oct.  23,  1819. 

95.  George  W.^  son  of  (Moses^ ,  John^ ,  Jolin\ 
John",  TJiomas^')  and  Chloe  (Eldridge)  Merrick,  born 
Feb.  8,  1793,  at  Tolland,  Conn.  Married,  May,  1H17, 
Zeruiah  Payne,  of  German  Flats,  Herkimer  County, N.  Y. ; 
she  died  March  6,  1861,  at  Nunda,  N.  Y.,aged  66  years, 
9  mouths  and  25  days.  George  W.  was  a  lumberman, 
running  timber  down  the  Delaware  river  to  the  mills  at 
Philadelphia;  was  also  largely  engaged  in  farming;  was 
a  man  of  considerable  means;  he  died  Nov.  28,  1879,  at 
Randolph,  N.  Y.     Children— 

163.  i.     Delos  S.,  b.  March  10,  1819. 

164.  ii.     John  Alonzo,  b.  Sept.  20,  1835. 

96.  William  Martin^  ,  son  of  (,Moses'^ ,  JoJm'^ ,  John ^ , 
t7o/^r^^  TJiomas^)  and  Chloe  (Eldridge)  Merrick,  born 
April  2,  1798,  at  Colchester,  N.  Y.  Married,  April,  1822, 
Mary  (Polly)  Jarvis,  Sherburne,  N.  Y.;  she  died  1868, 
Carlton,  N.  Y.  William  was  a  farmer  by  occupation,  a 
powerful  man,  with  black  hair  and  eyes.     He  was  just 


304  MERRICK   GENEALOGY  —  THOMAS. 

and  temperate,  and  a  leader  of  men  in  his  community; 
he  served  in  the  war  of  1812 ;  in  religious  belief  he  was 
a  Universal ist;  he  died  suddenly  of  apoplexy,  in  1878, 
at  Rochester,  N.  Y.     Children-^ 

165.  i.     Eldridge  Jarvis,  b.  May  22,  1824,  Sherburne,  N.  Y. 
ii.     Cordelia  Finette,  b.  Sept.  10,  1827,  Portage,  N.  Y. ; 

111.  James  Gage, 
iii.     Calista  Amarintha,  b. ;  Nunda,  N.  Y. ;  m.  O.  F. 

Simpson. 
iv.     Eliza  Jane,  b. ,  Nunda,  N.  Y. ;  m.  L.  Butts;  d. 

in  Illinois. 

166.  V.     William  DeWitt,  b.  May  2,  1835.,  Nunda,  N.  Y. 
vi.     Marian     Clovisa,  b.  ,  Carlton,  N.   Y. ;   m.  J. 

Stone,  of  Romeo,  Mich. ;  their  daughter,  Marian, 

m. Lowell,  of  Romeo,  IVIich. 

vii.     Susan  Lavernia,  b.  ,  Carlton,  N.  Y. ;  m.  Hemy 

Bennett. 

viii.     Louisa  Maria,  b.  ,  Carlton,  N.  Y. ;  m.  Cordia 

Brownell. 
ix.     Mary  Sophia,  b.  ,  Carlton,  N.   Y. ;  unmarried. 

97.  Eldridge  Gerry*^  ,  son  of  ( Moses^ ,  John'*' ,  John^ , 
John"^,  Thomas'^)  and  Chloe  (Eldridge)  Merrick,  born 
March  6,  1802,  at  Colchester,  Delaware  county,  N.  Y. 
Married,  Dec.  31,  1829,  Jane,  daughter  of  Anson  Fow- 
ler, of  Orleans,  Jefferson  county,  N.  Y. ;  she  died  Oct. 
18,  1881,  at  Detroit,  Mich.  Eldridge  G.  Merick,  the 
fifth  child  in  a  family  of  nine  children,  was  born  on 
March  6th,  1802,  at  Colchester,  Delaware  county,  N.  Y. 
When  he  was  four  years  of  age  the  family  moved  to 
Chenango  county,  at  that  time  an  unbroken  wilderness. 
It  was  not  until  after  he  was  nine  years  of  age  that  he 
attended  school.  His  life  was  that  of  all  early  settlers 
in  a  new  country,  full  of  hardships  and  labor.  At  the 
age  of  eleven  years,  he  went  to  live  with  a  farmer  named 
Clark.  At  thirteen  he  was  already  strong  and  well  built, 
and  at  this  age,  as  he  has  often  related,  he  ploughed  the 
fields  alone,  and  managed  the  farm  for  Mr.  Clark.  Thus 
early  in  life,  industry  and  faithfulness  marked  his  char- 
acter. After  the  season's  work  was  over,  young  Merick 
was  in  the  habitof  chopping  the  winter's  supply  of  wood 
for  the  family.  At  first  ten  cords  were  enough,  but  the 
quantity  was  increased  from  year  to  year  until  it  was 
twenty-five  cords  at  the  time  he  was  seventeen.  Mean- 
while he  had  attended  the  country  schools  three  or  four 
months  each  winter,  and  acquired  the  foundation  of  an 
education.  The  winter  after  he  was  seventeen,  he  taught 
school;   but  when  Mr.  Clark  removed  a  year  later  to  St. 


SIXTH    GENERATION.  305 

Lawrence  county,  young  Merick  went  with  him  and  re- 
mained until  he  had  attained  his  majority.  His  first 
undertaking  on  his  own  account  was  building  a  stone 
wall  at  Russell,  St.  Lawrence  county,  and  the  next  was 
furnishing  the  materials  for  the  foundation  of  the  Pres- 
byterian Church  at  Watertown.  Subsequently  he  was 
at  Sacketts  Harbor,  and  at  Depauville  with  Stephen 
Johnson.  While  there,  he  met  Mr.  Jesse  Smith,  with 
whom  he  soon  became  engaged,  first  in  carrying  on  a 
store  at  Birch  River,  but  in  1826,  he  went  to  Quebec  to 
look  after  Mr.  Smith's  lumber  and  timber  trade.  Here 
he  laid  the  foundation  for  his  subsequent  prosperity,  for 
though  he  was  in  many  other  enterprises,  he  continued 
in  the  business  of  shipping  timber  and  staves  to  Quebec 
for  more  than  fifty  years.  This  business  grew  to  im- 
mense proportions.  As  late  as  1880,  his  firm  made  a 
sale  of  staves  amounting  to  about  $110,000.  Among 
his  various  enterprises  was  that  of  the  ship  yard  at  Clay- 
ton, N.  Y.,  where  was  built  a  fleet  of  sailing  vessels  and 
steamers  which  plied  between  ports  on  Lake  Ontario  and 
the  St.  Lawrence  River.  Subsequently  he  engaged  with 
his  brother  Moses,  in  the  milling  business  at  Oswego, 
where  their  mill  was  one  of  the  largest  of  that  time, 
having  a  capacity  of  1200  barrels  of  flour  per  day.  The 
wheat  used  was  brought  in  their  own  ships  from  the 
ports  of  Ontario,  and  from  the  west.  To  maintain  sup- 
plies during  the  winter  season  when  navigation  was 
closed,  Mr.  Merick  joined  with  others  to  build  a  rail- 
road to  the  Ohio,  and  became,  we  might  say,  the  avant 
courier  ot  the  great  railroad  enterprises,  connecting  the 
wheat  fields  of  the  west  with  the  markets  and  ports  of 
the  east. 

The  ''Reindeer^'  fleet  consisting  of  fourteen  sailing 
vessels,  carried  the  Merick  flag  to  every  part  of  the 
Great  Lakes,  and  the  steamer  "jEJwpire,"  built  as  early  as 
1844,  was  palatial  for  those  days,  and  set  a  new  mark  in 
boat  building  on  the  lakes. 

About  this  time  Mr.  Merick's  firm  met  great  losses 
through  fire  which  destroyed  their  mill,  and  by  the  fail- 
ure of  their  consignees  at  New  York. 

The  coming  of  the  railroad  along  the  St.  Lawrence 
limited,  and  eventually  destroyed  their  transportation 
business,  and  incidentally  the  business  of  the  ship  yard 
at  Clayton.  When  misfortune  was  heaviest,  he  was 
greatly  encouraged  and  sustained  by  the  assistance  of 
friends    from   all  directions,    whose   confidence  in    his 


306  MERRICK    GENEALOGY  —  THOMAS. 

ability  and  integrity  led  them  to  tender  every  assistance 
within  their  power.  In  1859,  the  firm  of  Meriek, 
Fowler  &  Esselstyn  removed  to  Detroit,  and  continued 
there  until  the  death  of  Mr.  Meriek.  They  had  a  one- 
third  interest  in  the  Detroit  Dry  Dock  Co.,  continued 
the  ''Reindeer"  fleet,  went  extensively  into  lumbering, 
and  were  among  the  pioneers,  if  not  the  first,  who 
towed  large  rafts  of  timl)er  from  the  shores  of  Saginaw 
Bay  to  Buffalo  and  Tonawanda.  They  also  built  the  first 
of  the  large  freight  steamers  which  have  since  created  a 
new  era  in  cheap  transportation  on  the  Great  Lakes. 

Mr.  Meriek  continued  in  business,  but  the  infirmities 
of  advancing  years,  led  him  to  gradually  contract  his 
business,  and  in  1886,  he  had  sold  all  of  his  fleet,  and 
had  nearly  closed  his  affairs,  when  he  suffered  a  stroke 
of  apoplexy,  and  in  a  moment  the  beautiful  life  of  effort 
and  service  was  ended,  Feb.  11,  1888.  He  died  in  his 
home  at  Detroit,  Mich. 

Politically,  he  was  a  Whig— twice  running  for  con- 
gress in  a  strong  Democratic  district.  He  was  in  the 
Electoral  College  which  voted  for  William  H.  Harrison 
for  president.  He  was  a  patriot  in  the  best  sense  of  the 
word. 

Perhaps  his  most  distinguishing  characteristic  was  his 
kindly  consideration  for  all  with  whom  he  came  in  con- 
tact. No  one  ever  had  a  sense  of  injustice  at  his  hands. 
Each  one  who  knew  him  remembered  some  act  which 
made  his  life  more  agreeable,  and  the  appreciation  of  his 
numerous  benefactions  still  survive.  He  was  a  type  of 
the  kindly  "Christian  gentleman,  whom  to  have  known 
was  a  blessing,  and  whose  life  was  an  exemplar  to  those 
who  follow  him. 

His  wide  business  interests  and  his  public  spirit,  made 
him  known  throughout  Northern  New  York  and  the 
chain  of  the  Great  Lakes,  and  wherever  he  was  known, 
he  was  beloved.  He  was  distinguished  in  bearing,  and 
noble  in  appearance,  with  a  benevolence  in  his  face  that 
claimed  confidence  and  homage. 

Eldridge  Gerry  spelled  his  name  with  one  "r,"  instead 
of  two  as  his  father  spelled  it,  and  as  it  is  usually 
spelled.  The  reason  for  the  change  is  said  to  have  arisen 
from  the  fact  that  at  one  time  in  his  business  life  he  was 
president  of  a  bank  of  issue,  and  was  required  to  attach 
his  signature  to  every  bill  issued.  To  "save  time''  he 
dropped  one  "r,"  and  he  continued  to  so  spell  his  name 
until  his  death.  Children  of  Eldridge  Gerry  and  Jane 
Meriek,  all  born  at  Clayton,  N.  Y.,  were — 


SIXTH    GENERATION.  307 

167.  i.     Maria  D.,  b.  Oct.  22,  1831. 

ii.  Ermixa  G.,  b.  Dec.  19,  1833;  m.  E.  J.  Carrington, 
Dec.  31.  1873;  no  children;  is  living  at  Detroit, 
Mich. 

168.  iii.     Melzar  F.,  b.  March  7,  1836. 

iv.     Georgianna  W.,  b.  May  1,  1836;  d.  Nov.  28,  1838. 

169.  V.     Jeannie  C.,  b.  Sept.  27,  1845. 

98.  HiRAM^  SOU  of  {3Ioses\  Jolin^ ,  John^ ,  John"^ , 
Thomas^)  and  Cliloe  (Elclridge)  Merrick,  born  Aug.  22, 
1804,  at  Colchester,  N.  Y.  Married,  Dec.  4,  1827, 
Esther,  daughter  of  William  aud  Sarah  (Norton)  Rich- 
ardson; she  born  Feb.  4,  1806;  died  Jan.  17,  1872,  at 
Detroit,  Mich.  Hiram  was  a  merchant  bj^  occupation; 
a  very  genial  and  lovable  mau,  of  the  highest  type  of 
integrity  aud  honor.  He  was  never  a  great  planner  or 
schemer  for  wealth,  although  he  was  at  one  time  in  in- 
dependent circumstances.  He  made  friends  with  all 
classes;  was  an  independent  thinker  and  a  great  reader, 
with  a  retentive  memory  which  enabled  him  to  profit  by 
his  reading.  He  died  in  Rochester,  N.  Y.,  in  1882. 
Children — 

i.  Elvira,  b.  Oct.  28,  1828,  at  Allen,  Allegheny  Co., 
N.  Y. ;  m.  Nov.  3,  1855,  Henry  W.  DePuy,  at 
Detroit,  Mich. ;  Mr.  DePuy  was  Pawnee  Indian 
agent  under  President  Lincoln,  in  Nebraska; 
was  in  the  Territorial  Legislature,  and  gave  the 
name  to  "Merrick"  county,  in  that  state. 

ii.  Fidelia  Jane,  b.  July  8,  1831,  at  Hume,  Allegheny 
Co.,  N.  Y.  ;m.  Nov.  12,  1851,  W.  B.  Whitcomb, 
of  Lockport,  N.  Y. 

iii,     Pamelia  Aldrude,    b. ;  m.    P.  A.  Cowan,    of 

Windsor,  Ont.,  where  she  made  her  home. 

170.  iv.     MosES  B.,  b.  Feb.  1,  1844,  at  Nunda,  N.  Y. 

99.  Joseph®,  son  of  {Timothy^,  Joseph*,  John^ , 
John'^ ,  Thomas^) and  Mehitable  (At wood)  Merrick,  born 
July  2,  1789,  at  Willington,  Conn.  Married,  April  10, 
1814,  Lodicea,  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Lovina  (Marcy) 
Dunton;  she  born  Sept.  22,  1794,  at  Willington,  Conn. ; 
died  Sept.  1,  1857,  at  Willington.  Deacon  Joseph  Mer- 
rick was  born  on  the  old  Merrick  farm  in  Willington, 
Conn.,  part  of  the  original  purchase  made  by  John  Mer- 
rick, of  Springfield,  Mass.,  in  the  early  part  of  the  eigh- 
teenth century.  He  was  a  mau  of  medium  height,  and 
dark  hair  and  blue  eyes.  He  was  never  robust,  but 
rather  slender.  He  inherited  the  old  farm,  with  some 
incumbrances ;   the  hardest  kind  of    work  and  the   most 

21-M 


308  MERRICK    GENEALOGY  —  THOMAS. 

rigid  economj^  were  absolutely  necessary  to  secure  a  living 
from  its  unproductive  acres.  Deacon  Merrick  was  a 
custom  shoemaker,  as  well  as  a  farmer.  As  a  citizen 
and  neighbor  he  was  universally  respected.  He  taught 
singing  school,  and  led  the  choir  for  many  j-ears.  In 
1825,  at  the  age  of  36,  he  united  with  the  Congrega- 
tional church,  but  later  became  a  Baptist.  In  family 
government  Joseph  Merrick  was  rather  "Puritanical." 
His  eldest  son,  Rev.  Samuel  D.  Merrick,  writes  of  him: 
"He  regarded  obedience  as  the  first  and  onhj  law  for 
boys;  but  after  the  advent  of  your  father  (Timothy), 
he  modified  the  rule  that  boys  should  never  speak, 
even  in  their  own  defense;  *  *  *  his  memory  I  re- 
vere and  love."  He  married  Lodicea  Dunton,  a  "dj'-ed- 
in-the-wool  Baptist."  Her  infiuence  for  good  in 
her  family  was  very  great.  Her  eldest  son  says  of 
her:  "Lodicea  Dunton  Merrick  was  largely  endowed 
with  the  true  motherly  elements  of  character.  She  was 
wise  in  counsel,  tender  and  affectionate.  There  was 
nothing  in  her  nature  of  that  distant  reserve  manifest  in 
some  parents  toward  even  their  own  children."  In 
person  she  was  tall,  had  dark  hair,  and  a  dark  pene- 
trating, though  pleasant  eye.  Her  sou  Samuel  says: 
"She  had  a  fine  alto  voice,  and  as  father's  voice  was 
tenor,  I  can  almost  hear  the  echo  now,  as  they  sang  the 
tunes  "Northfield"  and  "New  Durham."  I  have  hardly 
touched  on  the  many  virtues  of  father  and  mother.  May 
those  virtues  be  transmitted  and  duplicated  to  children's 
children."  Joseph  Merrick  died  January  5,  1854,  at 
Willington,  Conn,     His  children  were— 

171.  i.    Samuel  Dunton,  b.  April  29,  1815. 

ii.     LoviNA  Marcy,  b.   April   5,  1817;  m.   Nov.  30,  1837, 

J.  G.  Rider,  of  Willington;  d.  March  24,  1877. 
lii.     Anna,  b.  July  12,  1819;  d.  Aug.,  1898. 
iv.     Elizabeth  Alden,  b.  Sept.  24,  1821 ;  d.  Feb.  15, 1848. 

172.  V.     Timothy,  b.  Dec.  2,  1823. 

173.  vi.     John,  April  19,  1826. 

vii.     Austin,  b.  May  23,  1828;  m.  Olive  E.  Cowen,  at  Tol- 
land, Conn.,  d.  Sept.  22,  1870;  no  children. 

100.  Gideon  Noble  %  son  of  {Thomas^,  Joseph*, 
JohH\  John'^ ,  Thomas'^)  and  Joanna  (Noble)  Merrick, 
born  Jan.  20,  1793,  at  Willington,  Conn.  Married  Polly 
Niles.  Gideon  was  town  clerk  of  Willington  for  many 
years;  was  a  merchant,  and  kept  the  town  records  in  his 
store;  he  died  Jan.  24,  1862,  and  was  buried  at  Wil- 
lington. (See  Gen.  of  Noble  Family,  of  Westfield,  Mass.) 
His  children  were — 


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i.    Gideon,  b. . 

ii.     Marilda,  b.  . 

iii.     Isabella,  b. . 

101.  HARVEY^  son  of  (Thomas^,  Joseph'*',  John^ , 
Johti^ ,  Thomas^)  and  Joanna  (Noble)  Merrick,  born 
May  2,  1808,  at  Willington,  Conn.  Married,  April  23, 
1838,  Esther  Childs,  daughter  of  Chester  and  Mary 
(Holt)  Burnham;  she  born  Feb.  13,  1816,  at  Willing- 
ton;  was  living,  April,  1898,  with  her  son,  Leverett 
Griggs  Merrick,  in  Bristol,  Conn.  Harvey  Merrick  was 
an  old-time  Puritan  in  his  religious  belief  and  practice; 
was  a  Deacon  in  the  Congregational  church  of  Willing- 
ton;  was  for  many  years  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of 
glass  bottles,  and  also  in  general  merchandizing,  in  Wil- 
lington, removing  to  Bristol,  Conn.,  to  engage  in  busi- 
ness with  his  son  in  1873,  retiring  at  the  age  of  75.  He 
was  a  prominent  citizen  of  his  native  town,  which  he 
twice  represented  in  the  state  legislature.  He  died, 
Aug.  17,  1887,  at  Bristol,  Conn.     He  had  one  child — 

174.  i.    Leverett  Griggs,  b.  Dec.  10,  1846. 

102.  Elisha  Alden®,  son  of  (Joseph^,  Joseph^, 
John^ ,  John'\  Thomas^)  and  Irene  (Alden)  Merrick, 
born  April  13,  1800,  at  Stafford  Springs,  Conn.  Mar- 
ried Jerusha,  daughter  of  John  and  Hannah  (Atwell) 
Tennant,  of  Pleasantville,  Pa.;  she  born  Aug.  21,  1807, 
at  Colchester,  Conn.;  was  living  in  1900,  at  Hunting- 
ton, West  Virginia,  at  the  ripe  old  age  of  93.  Elisha 
Alden  died  Aug.  13,  1839,  at  Belvedere,  111.     Children— 

175.  i.     Francis,  b.  Aug.  27,  1827. 

ii.  Emeline,  b.  Aug,  31,  1832,  at  Pleasantville,  Pa. ;  m. 
Rev.  H.  W.  Thomas,  afterward  pastor  of  Peo- 
ple's Church,  Chicago,  who  became  quite  prom- 
inent in  religious  circles  because  of  his  persecu- 
tion as  a  "Liberal."     Emeline  d.  Jan.  7,  1896. 

103.  Austin^,  son  of  (Joseph^,  Joseph/^,  John^, 
John-,  Thomas'^)  and  Irene  (Alden)  Merrick,  born  Sept. 
12,  1801,  at  Tolland,  Conn.  Married,  Feb.  5,  1839, 
Sylvia  Whicher;  she  born  on  May  6  (year  not  known); 
died,  1853,  at  Pleasantville,  Pa.  Austin  Merrick  settled 
at  Pleasantville,  Pa.,  about  the  year  1825,  on  land  pur- 
chased from  an  English  company.  Was  the  first  post- 
master, opened  the  first  general  store,  and  taught  the 
first  school  of   the  place;   was  always  foremost   in    ad- 


310  MERRICK    GENEALOGY  —  THOMAS. 

vancing  the  interests  of  the  country.  He  taught  the 
school  for  twenty  successive  winters;  the  rest  of  the 
year  was  spent  in  clearing  up  the  heavy  timber  laud, 
and  in  making  boots  and  shoes  for  his  neighbors,  he 
having  learned  the  shoemaker's  trade  before  leaving  his 
old  home  in  Connecticut.  He  was  a  leading  member  of 
the  Missionary  Baptist  church.  Was  bitterly  opposed 
to  slavery,  and  was  consequently  an  active  republican  in 
politics  from  the  birth  of  the  party  until  his  death .  His 
mother,  Irene  Alden,  was  a  direct  descendant  of  John 
Alden,  of  the  original  Plymouth  Colony.  He  was  an  ex- 
emplary Christian  man  in  every  respect.  He  died  Aug. 
6,  1876,  at  Cony,  Pa.  Children,  all  born  at  Pleasant- 
ville,  Pa. — 

I.  Ellen  Elizabeth,  b.  Nov.  14,  18.39;  m.  Dec.  26,  1864, 
Nathan  Minniss,  Pleasantville,  Pa. 

ii.  Austin  William,  b.  Jan.  18,  1841;  m.  Jan.,  1867, 
Mary  Haynes. 

iii.  Anna  Marie,  b.  Jan.  28,  1842;  m.  Oct.  18,  1863,  Cap- 
tain George  Stowe;  he  killed  in  battle. 

iv.  Frances  Sylvia  L.  ,  b.  June  5,  1843 ;  m.  H.  A.  Miller, 
Esq.,  of  Pleasantville. 

176.  V.     Adaline  Amelia,  b.  Sept,  11,  1845. 

177.  vi.     Homer  Joseph,  b.  Nov.  18,  1846. 

vii.     Julia  Ann,  b.  Jan.  18,  1848;  d.  Nov.  27,  1866. 
viii.     Herman  H.,  b.  May  23,  1851;  m.  Kate  Richardson, 
1884,  at  Kansas  City,  Mo. 

104.  Laura^,  dau.  of  {Joseph^,  Joseph^,  John^ , 
John^ ,  Thomas^'^)  and  Irene  (Alden)  Merrick,  born  Xov. 
4,  1803,  at  Willington,  Coun.  Married,  March  30, 
1830,  William,  son  of  William  and  Mary  (Holt)  Cur- 
tiss,  of  Pleasantville,  Pa.  He  born  May  20,  1802,  at 
Willington,  Conn.;  died  March  17,  1879,  at  Adams, 
Neb.  Laura  Merrick,  the  mother,  died  Sept.  2,  1885,  at 
Adams,  Neb.     Children — 

i.     Mary  Irene  (Curtiss),  b.  Oct.  22,  1831,  at  Barcelona, 
-     N.    Y. ;    m.    Oct.    6,  1859,    Horace  C.    Barmore, 
Howard,  Mich, 
ii.     Julia  Ann   (Curtiss),  b.  May  17,  1833,  at  Portland, 

N.  Y.  ;  d.  Oct.  10,  1839. 
iii.     Edwin  L.   (Curtiss),   b.  Oct.    6,  1835,  at  Chatauqua 

Hill.N.  Y.  ;  d.  Feb.  11,  1838. 
iv.     William   Austin    (Curtiss),   b.    Aug.    23,   1838,   at 
Westfield,  N.  Y. ;  m.  Feb.  17,  1861,  Ann  Perkins, 
Howard,  Mich. 
V.     Sarah  Ellen  (Curtiss),  b.  March  22,  1841,  at  West- 
field,  N.  Y.  ;  d.  May  1,  1852. 
vi.     Harriet  E.    (Curtiss),   b.  May  1,  1844,  at  Hudson, 
Ind. ;  m.  Nov.  3,  1868,  B.  F.  Shanks,  Laona,  Neb. 


SIXTH    GENERATION.  311 

105.  Leander",  sou  of  {Caleb'",  Joseph^,  John^ , 
John"",  Thomas^)  and  Charlotte  (Noble)  Merrick,  born 
May  29,  1799,  at  Willington,  Conn.  Married,  1st,  Dec. 
2,  1824,  Harriet,  daughter  of  John  Hodge,  Esq.,  of 
Hadley,  Couu.;  she  died  May  3,  1825.  Leander  mar- 
ried, 2ud,  Nov.  27,  1827,  Hannah  Elvira,  daughter  of 
Ebenezer  and  Hannah  Morton,  of  Hadley;  she  born 
Feb.  3,  1808;  died  June  18,  1882.  Leander  was  a  draper 
and  tailor  in  Amherst,  Mass.,  for  many  years,  going  out 
of  business  in  1850.   (See  Noble  Genealogy).  Children — 

178.  i.     Leander,  b.  Dec.  37,  1838. 

ii.     Harriet  HoDaE,    b.    March   13,   1831;  m.   June   7, 

1854,  A.  C.  Lindsey,  of  Yancevville,  N.  C. 
iii.     Elvira  Jane,  b.  July  18,  1833;  d.  Dec.  31,  1833. 
iv.     Elvira  Jane,  b.  April  10,  1835. 

179.  V.     Charles  Henry,  b.  Sept.  10,  1838. 

vi.    Charlotte  Cornelia,  b.  Oct.  3,  1841;  d  April  3, 

184-3. 
vii.     Edward  Morton,  b.  Aug.  11,  1843. 
viii.     Catharine  Smith,  b.  Jan.  36,  1846. 

106.  Nathaniel  Burt",  son  of  (Oonsfant^ ,  Joseph'*', 
John^ ,  John^ ,  Thomas^)  and  Experience  (Burt)  Mer- 
rick, born  March  5,  1802,  at  Hamilton,  Madison  county, 
N.  Y.  Married,  Jan.  12,  1832,  Laura  H.,  daughter  of 
Samuel  and  Mehitable  (Bemis)  Hamilton,  of  Rochester, 
N.  Y.;  she  died  Jan.  27,  1840,  and  Nathaniel  married, 
2nd,  March,  1841,  Martha  M.  Burchard,  of  Rochester; 
she  died  March  7,  1897.  Nathaniel  Burt,  when  24  years 
of  age,  moved  from  Lebanon,  N.  Y.,  to  Rochester,  and 
after  a  clerkship  of  five  years  he  commenced  business 
for  himself  as  a  grocer,  in  which  business  he  continued 
for  forty-one  3^ears.  He  never  failed  in  business,  and 
always  paid  one  hundred  cents  on  the  dollar  of  all  indebt- 
edness. He  was  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  church, 
and  closely  observed  all  religious  duties.  In  1872  he 
removed  to  Hudson,  N.  Y.,  having  then  retired  from 
active  business;  he  died  there  in  1877,  and  is  buried  in 
the  beautiful  Mount  Hope  cemetery  at  Rochester.  He 
died  January  18,  1877.     Children — 

i.  Julia,  b.  March  17,  1833;  d.  Feb.  33,  1847. 

180.  ii.  Albert  Hamilton,  b.  Feb.  14,  1835. 
iii.  Laura,  b.  Jan.  8,  1840;  d.  Feb.  3,  1853. 
iv.  Henry  Constant,  b.  July  5,  1844. 

107.  Miner®,  sou  of  (Capt.  Jonathan^,  Miner'*, 
Jonathan^,  John"^ ,  Thomas'*-)  and  Sarah  (Atwater)  Mer- 


312  MERRICK   GENEALOGY  —  THOMAS. 

rick,  born  Jan.  9,  1792,  probably  at  Wallingford.  Mar- 
ried, Oct.  10,  1814,  Sarah  Deming,  of  Southington, 
Conn.     Removed  to  Ohio  in  1817.    Children — 

i.     Lavinia  D.,  b.  July  3,  1816;  m.  Hiram  E.  Bush;  d. 

July  13.  1843. 
ii.     Sarah  D.,  b.  May  10,  1831 ;  m.  Aug.  11,  1845,  James 
C.  Hall. 
181.        iii.     Henry  Alden,  b.  Aug.  9,  1838. 
iv.     Julia  A.,  b.  Jan.  15   1839. 
V.     Helen  M.,  b.  July  5,  1836. 

108.  Russell^  son  of  (Capt.  Jonathan'^,  Miner^ , 
JonatJian^,  John''-,  Thomas^)  and  Sarah  (Atwater)  Mer- 
rick, born  Jan.  1,  1794,  probably  at  Wallingford,  Conn. 
Married,  March  7,  1844,  Abby  Allen,  of  Wallingford, 
Conn.  Russell  Merrick  was  a  Sergeant  in  Captain  Me- 
dad  Hotchkiss'  company,  Connecticut  Volunteers,  Sept. 
13,  1813,  to  Nov.  13,  1813;  and  again  in  Captain  John 
Butler's  companv,  Connecticut  Volunteers,  from  Sept. 
8,  1814,  to  Oct.  20,  1814.— [Vide  Conn.  Mil.  Records.] 
They  had  one  son — 

i.    William  Russell,  b.  May  37,  1845. 

109.  Elizur%  son  of  (Capt.  Jonathan^,  Miner^,  Jon- 
athan^,  John',  Thomas^)  and  Sarah  (Atwater)  Merrick, 
born  Oct.  16,  1803,  probably  at  Wallingford,  Conn. 
Married,  Aug.  1827,  Loriuda  Chidsev,  of  East  Haven, 
Conn.     He  died  April  24,  1848.     Childi-en— 

i.     William,  b.  May,  1831. 
ii.     Mary,  b.  ,  1833. 

110.  Thomas  D  wight  ^ ,  son  of  ( Thomas  ^ ,  Benjamin  * , 
Benjamin'^,  John"^ ,  Thomas^)  and  Mary  (Brown)  Mer- 
rick, born  May  12,  1813,  at  Brimfleld,  Mass.  Married, 
1841,  Ann,  daughter  of  J.  George  and  Ann  (Grady)  Ad- 
ams; she  born  Oct.  2,  1818,  at  Louisville,  Ky.;  died 
1888,  at  Little  Rock,  Ark.  Thomas  Dwight  was  a  com- 
mission merchant  in  Little  Rock  until  the  breaking  out 
of  the  Civil  War,  when  he  organized  the  Tenth  Arkan- 
sas Infantry,  Confederate,  in  1861;  was  chosen  colonel 
of  the  regiment,  and  served  in  that  capacity  until  after 
the  battle  of  Shiloh,  April  6  and  7,  1862.  Was  trans- 
ferred to  the  Trans-Mississippi  Department,  where  he 
served  in  different  capacities  until  the  close  of  the  war, 
when  he  returned  to  Little  Rock,  where  he  died  in  1866. 
He  was  a  high  Mason  at  the  time  of  his  death.  Chil- 
dren, all  born  at  Little  Rock — 


SIXTH    GENERATION.  313 

i.  George  Adams,  b.  1842;  m.  1891,  Roxana  Withering- 
ton,  Cato,  Ark.  :  no  children.  George  A.  was  a  cor- 
poral in  Woodruff 's  (Ark.)  Battery,  Confederate 
army,  until  after  the  battle  of  Oak  HiUs  (Wil- 
son's Creek),  Aug.  10,  1861,  when,  his  time  of 
enlistment  having  expired,  he  joined  the  10th 
Arkansas  Regiment,  of  which  his  father  was 
colonel;  was  elected  1st  lieutenant  of  Co.  "G," 
appointed  adjutant,  and  served  in  that  capacity 
until  after  the  battle  of  Shiloh,  when  he  was 
elected  captain  of  Co.  "G,"  in  which  caimcity  he 
served  until  he  surrendered  at  Port  Hudson,  La., 
July  9,  1863;  was  sent  to  Johnson's  Island  prison, 
and  remained  in  prison  until  the  close  of  the 
war,  having  been  vmable  to  get  an  exchange ; 
was  released  from  Fort  Delaware  June  16, 1865  ; 
is  now  a  surveyor,  living  in  Little  Rock,  Ark. 

ii.     Annie,  b.  1844;  m.  W.  P.  Homan,  of  Little  Rock, 

1874,  and  d.  1875. 
iii.     Ellen,  b.  1845;  m.  1868,  G.  V.  Weir,  of  Little  Rock. 

iv.     Thomas,  b.  1847;  d.  1848. 

V.  Mary.  b.  1849;  m.  1869,  W.  B.  McCallum,  of  Little 
Rock. 

vi.     Lillian,  b.  1858;  m.  1894,  at  Little  Rock,  Ark.,   L. 

G.  Polk;  living  at  Little  Rock, 
vii.     DwiGHT,  b.  1859;  m.  1889,  Pearla  L.  Mellen,  at  Dal- 
las. Tex. :  no  children. 


111.  Ambrose  Newell"  ,  son  of  {Beuel^ ,  Benjamin* , 
Benjamin^ ,  John"^ ,  Thomas^)  and  Marcia  (Fentou)  Mer- 
rick, born  Feb.  9,  1827,  at  Brimfield,  Mass.  Married, 
Nov.  17,  1858,  Sarah  B.,  daughter  of  Jeremy  and  Phebe 
Warriner,  of  Springfield,  Mass.;  she  born  Feb.  16,  1837, 
at  Springfield.  Was  living  with  her  sons,  in  Minne- 
apolis, Minn.,  1901.  (For  life  of  Ambrose  Newell  see 
following  pages).     Children — 

183  i.     Loms  Ambrose,  b.  Sept.  26,  1859. 

ii.     William  Henry,  b.  Nov.  17,  1860;  d.  Feb.  2,  1861. 
iii.     Jessie,  b.  Dec.  19,  1861 ;  d.  Aug.  1,  1862. 
iv.     LiLLA  Cleveland,  b.  Feb.   3,    1863,   at  Springfield, 
Mass. ;  m.  Oct.  28,  1897,  Dr.  J.  B.  Cutler,  U.  S. 
A.,  at  Minneapolis,  Minn. 
V.     Henry  Eli,  b.  June  29,    1866,  Brimfield,  Mass.;  d. 

Aug.  10,  1868. 
vi.     Lydia  Bates,  b.  March  29,  1869,  at  San  Francisco, 
Cal. ;  m.  Dec.  13,   1889,  Dr.  W.  L.  Kneedler,  U. 
S.  A.,  at  Minneapolis,  Minn. 
183.      vii.     Harry  Hopkins,  b.  Oct.  15,  1871. 

viii.     Thomas  Dwight,  b.  Oct.  15,  1879,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 


314  MERRICK    GENEALOGY  —  THOMAS. 

AMBROSE   NEWELL  MERRICK. 

Ambrose  N.  Merrick  was  born  in  Brimfield,  Hampton 
county,  Mass.,  Feb.  9,  1827.  Thomas  Merrick,  the 
first  of  the  family,  came  to  America  and  settled  in  Rox- 
bury,  Mass.,  in  1636,  and  afterwards  became  one  of  the 
founders  of  Springfield,  Mass.  The  family  name  origi- 
nated in  Wales.  Ambrose  N.  was  the  son  of  Reuel  Mer- 
rick and  Marcia  Fenton,  both  of  Brimfield,  Mass.;  he 
was  the  youngest  of  seven  children.  His  father  died 
when  he  was  about  three  years  old,  and  the  boy  was 
cared  for  by  the  surviving  mother  and  an  elder  brother. 

After  attending  the  district  school  until  about  sixteen 
years  of  age,  Mr.  Merrick  spent  a  few  terms  at  the  West- 
field  Academy  and  Williston  Seminary,  at  East  Hamp- 
ton, Mass.,  where  he  completed  preparations  for  college. 
He  entered  Williams  College  in  the  Sophomore  year, 
and  graduated  in  1850.  From  1850  to  1854  he  managed 
the  home  farm  for  his  mother,  studying  law  as  he  had 
time. 

In  1855  he  entered  the  office  of  Hon.  George  Ashmun, 
of  Springfield,  then  one  of  the  leaders  of  the  New  Eng- 
land bar,  and  remained  under  Mr.  Ashmun's  tutorage 
until  his  admission  to  the  bar  in  1857. 

For  ten  years  after  his  admission  to  the  bar,  Mr.  Mer- 
rick was  actively  engaged  in  the  practice  in  Springfield, 
enjoying  a  comfortable  practice  and  a  good  standing  as 
a  citizen  and  man,  and  at  the  same  time  devoting  some 
time  to  i^olities.  Originally  a  Whig,  at  the  dissolution 
of  the  Whig  part}^  he  assisted  aetiveh^  in  the  formation 
of  the  Republican  party,  and  was,  during  its  early  pe- 
riod, for  many  years  a  member  of  the  Republican  State 
Central  Committee,  and  one  of  its  executive  officers. 
While  in  Springfield  he  was,  for  some  time,  president  of 
the  city  council  and  chairman  of  the  board  of  county 
commissioners,  and  later  served  for  some  time  as  city 
solicitor. 

In  1867  Mr.  Merrick  went  to  California,  and  for  two 
years  practiced  at  Los  Angeles.  After  a  winter  in  San 
Francisco  he  went  to  Seattle,  Wash.,  and  with  his  asso- 
ciates opened  the  first  coal  mine  of  Puget  Sound,  but  the 
frontier  life  of  Washington  was  not  an  agreeable  one 
and  Mr.  Merrick,  in  1871,  moved  to  Minneapolis. 

In  the  spring  of  1872  St.  Anthony  and  Minneapolis 
were  consolidated,  and  Mr.  Merrick  became  the  first  city 
attorney.     He    held    that  office    for    three   consecutive 


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terms.  He  was  one  of  the  originators  of  the  present 
municipal  court.  From  1873  to  1875  Mr.  Merrick,  in 
addition  to  the  discharge  of  the  duties  as  city  attorney, 
was  engaged  with  the  late  H.  G.  0.  Morison  under  the 
firm  name  of  Merrick  &  Morison  in  a  large  general  prac- 
tice. 

In  1876  Mr.  Merrick,  owing  to  the  ill  health  of  his 
wife,  was  compelled  to  seek  a  different  climate,  and  went 
to  St.  Louis,  where  he  resided  from  1876  to  1880.  On 
leaving  St.  Louis  to  return  to  Minneapolis,  he  was  the 
recognized  leader  of  the  criminal  court  of  that  city. 

Upon  his  return  to  Minneapolis,  Mr.  Merrick  imme- 
diately entered  upon  a  large  practice  which  he  has  actively 
continued  since.  During  his  long  term  at  the  bar  Mr. 
Merrick's  practice  has  covered  every  branch  of  law. 
While  in  Washington  territory,  as  attorney  of  the  Indian 
department,  he  was  charged  with  the  care  of  the  leading 
relation  with  the  Indians  in  that  territory,  and  in  an 
action  brought  by  a  Chinaman  against  an  Indian,  for 
services  rendered  him,  took  for  the  first  time  the  position 
that  an  Indian  sustaining  full  tribal  relations  was  not 
capable  of  contracting  or  being  contracted  with.  The 
case  excited  great  interest  on  account  of  the  principles 
involved. 

Mr.  Merrick  during  the  his  nearly  forty  years'  practice 
at  the  bar,  participated  in  the  trial  of  a  very  large  num- 
ber of  important  and  interesting  civil  causes,  among  them 
being  one  involving  the  constitutionality  of  the  insol- 
vent law  of  1881  of  this  state,  which  was  carried 
through  the  state  courts  succesfullj'  by  him,  and  on  ap- 
peal to  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  United  States.  Mr. 
Merrick's  contention  was  sustained  and  the  act  declared 
constitutional. 

In  1858  Mr.  Merrick  married  Miss  Sarah  B.  Warriner, 
of  Springfield,  Mass.,  who  survives  him.  Eight  chil- 
dren were  born  and  five  are  living.  They  are  Louis  A. 
Merrick,  Mr.  Merrick's  law  partner  for  twenty  years; 
T.  D.  Merrick,  recently  returned  from  the  Philipines; 
H.  H.  Merrick,  of  Nebraska;  Mrs.  Lilla  M.  Cutler,  wife 
of  surgeon  Cutler.  U.  S.  A.,  stationed  at  San  Francisco, 
and  Mrs.  Lydia  B.  Kneedler,  who  is  with  her  husband, 
a  United  States  army  surgeon  at  Manila. 

Mr,  Merrick  early  united  with  the  Congregational 
church,  of  which  he  has  been  an  active  member  to  the  time 
of  his  death,  which  occurred  at  his  home  in  Minneapolis, 
Minn.,  April  28,  1901. 


316  MERRICK    GENEALOGY  —  THOMAS. 

112.  John  Maeshall^,  son  of  (John^ ,  Jonathan*, 
BaviiP,  Thomas'^,  Thomas'^)  aud  Harriet  (Brewer)  Mer- 
rick, born  May  9,  1810,  at  Wilbraham,  Mass.  Married, 
March,  1832,  Mary  Jane  Thompson,  of  New  Haven, 
Conn.;  she  was  the  daughter  of  Charles  Thompson,  a 
marine  on  board  the  sloop-of-war  ''Chesapeake,''  com- 
manded by  Captain  Lawrence;  he  was  wounded  in  the 
fight  with  the  'Shannon,"  captured,  and  taken  to  Hali- 
fax, N.  S.,  where  he  died.  He  was  peculiarly  marked, 
by  having,  on  one  hand,  two  thumbs.  Mary  Jane 
Thompson's  mother  was  Anna  Gilbert,  daughter  of 
Amos  (and  Dorcas)  Gilbert,  who  was  a  grandson  (or 
great-grandson)  of  Matthias  Gilbert,  Governor  of  the 
Colony  of  Connecticut.  John  Marshall  carried  on  a  farm 
in  Wilbraham;  was  a  member  of  the  Massachusetts 
legislature,  a  trustee  of  Weslyan  Academy  for  over  fifty 
years,  and  a  citizen  of  great  public  spirit;  he  died  April 
30,  1892  at  Hartford,  Conn.  His  wife,  Mary  Jane,  died 
Jan.  1,  1894,  at  Cambridge,  Mass.     Children — 

184  i.     William  Marshall,  b.  March  4,  1833. 

ii.     Asonb.,  Dec.  1836;  d.   young. 

185.  iii.     Harriet  Cornelia,  b.  Sept.   15,   1843;  m.  April  14, 

1861,  William  Fairchild  Warren. 

113.  Hon.  Edwin  Thomas^  son  of  (Thotnas^ ,  Jon- 
athan*, Davkl^ ,  Thomas'^,  Thomas^)  and  Ann  (Brewer) 
Merrick,  born  July  9,  1808,  at  Wilbraham,  Mass.  Mar- 
ried, Dec.  3,  1840,  Caroline  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Cap- 
tain David  and  Susan  (Brewer)  Thomas,  of  Woodville, 
La.  He  died  Jan.  12,  1897,  at  New  Orleans.  Chil- 
dren— 

186.  i.     David  Thomas,  b.  Jan.  17,  1843. 

187.  ii,     Laura  Ellen,  b.  Oct.  21,  1844. 

188.  iii.     Clara,  b.  Aug.  9,  1846. 

189.  iv.     Edwin  Thomas,  b.  Oct.  27,  1859. 


JUDGE  EDWIN  THOMAS  MERRICK. 

Judge  Edwin  Thomas  Merrick  was  one  of  three  sons 
of  Thomas  Merrick,  of  Wilbraham,  Mass.  His  brothers 
were  William  W.  Merrick,  who  lived  to  an  advanced  age 
on  his  farm  in  Wilbraham,  and  Dr.  Daniel  D.  Merrick, 
who,  after  a  brilliant  professional  career  in  the  state  of 
Louisiana,  died  in  New  Orleans  of  yellow  fever  during 
the   fearful   epidemic    of    1853.     His   mother   was  Ann 


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SIXTH    GENERATION.  317 

Brewer,  daughter  of  Charles  Brewer,  of  Wilbraham, 
Mass.  Another  daughter,  Susan  Brewer,  after  teaching 
in  New  York,  accepted  the  position  of  preceptress  at  the 
Wesleyan  Academy  at  Wilbraham.  Subsequently  she 
took  charge  of  the  Alabama  Conference  Seminary,  at 
Tuskaloosa,  Ala.,  and  later  conducted  the  Elizabeth  Fe- 
male Academy  at  Washington,  Miss.  While  there  she 
met  and  married  Captain  David  Thomas,  of  Jackson, 
La.,  who  was  an  officer  of  the  American  army  at  the 
battle  of  New  Orleans.  It  was  Caroline  E.  Thomas, 
daughter  of  Captain  David  Thomas  and  Susan  Brewer, 
his  cousin,  whom  Judge  Merrick  married  Dec.  3,  1840, 
at  Woodville,  La.  No  sketch  of  his  life  would  be  com- 
plete without  some  mention  of  this  beautiful  and  talented 
woman,  who  for  more  than  fifty  years  was  not  only  the 
helpmate  of  her  husband  in  his  home  and  in  his  many 
business  enterprises,  but  who  was  at  the  head  of  many 
religious,  philanthropic,  literary  and  social  organiza- 
tions, which  received  their  greatest  impetus  and  achieved 
their  greatest  successes  from  and  through  the  spirit  en- 
dued by  this  brilliant  and  highly  educated  woman,  Caro- 
line (Thomas)  Merrick.  Mrs.  Merrick  has  recently  writ- 
ten a  book  entitled  "Old  Times  in  Dixie  Land:  A  South- 
ern Matron's  Memories,"  an  autobiography  of  her  own 
life  during  the  trying  years  of  the  civil  war,  and  before 
and  after.  In  reviewing  this  book,  a  contemporary  says: 

'  'In  later  years  Mrs.  Merrick  became  the  friend  of  Frances 
Willard,  of  Julia  Ward  Howe,  of  Susan  B.  Anthony,  and  of 
almost  every  woman  noted  as  an  advocate  of  temperance  and  of 
suffrage  reform.  She  herself  became  the  president  of  the  Louis- 
iana Woman's  Christian  Temperance  Union.  She  gives  very  in- 
teresting glimpses  of  these  friends  and  coadjutors  of  later  days, 
as  well  as  preserving  in  her  pages  many  specimens  of  the  typical 
Southerner  of  the  antebellum  time.  A  'Cousin  Jimmie'  still 
sur%'ives  in  every  rural  district  of  the  South,  and  it  is  well  to 
paint  his  characteristic  portrait  for  the  delectation  of  posterity. 

Mj's.  Merrick's  own  observations  are  acute  and  illuminating. 
Her  chapters  upon  'Tlie  Southern  Woman'  and  'The  Best  is  Yet 
to  Be,'  are  admirable  for  their  breadth  of  view  and  their  tender 
and  hopeful  spirit.  Mrs.  Merrick  has  grown  old  gracefully  and 
graciously,  and  women  now  bearing  the  heat  and  burden  of  the 
day  may  well  pause  to  sit  at  her  feet  and  learn  of  lier  the  secret 
of  a  young  old  age. 

How  good  it  is,  how  inexpressibly  good,  to  turn  aside  from 
the  platoons  and  hosts  of  fiction  that  come  on  and  on,  in  ever 
gathering  multitude,  to  read  the  true  story  of  an  active  and 
a  noble  life,  simply  and  frankly  told. 

It  is  to  be  hoped  that  it  will  find  many  readers,  for  such  a  rec- 
ord of  -a  sincere  and  altruistic  life,  centered  in  its  home  affec- 
tions, its  sympathies,  intellectual  and  ethical,  reaching  out  to 
ever-widening  horizons,  holds  up  to  womanhood  a  worthy  ideal, 
and  deserves  to  take  its  place  among  epistles  to  posterity." 


318  MERRICK    GENEALOGY  —  THOMAS. 

Judge  Merrick's  father  died  when  he  was  but  a  child, 
and  he  was  reared  by  his  uncle,  Mr-  Samuel  Brewer,  of 
Springfield,  N.  Y.,  where  he  received  his  primary  edu- 
cation. When  nineteen  years  old  he  entered  the  Wes- 
leyan  Academy  at  his  native  town  of  Wilbraham, 
graduating  in  the  classical  course.  Oscar  H.  Shafter, 
and  the  Rev.  Mr.  Stebbins  were  his  classmates,  and 
Bishop  Keener,  of  the  Methodist  church,  a  junior  stu- 
dent at  the  same  time. 

While  still  at  college  he  began  the  study  of  law  under 
William  Knight,  Esq.,  of  Wilbraham,  and  in  1832,  im- 
mediatel}'  after  his  graduation  from  college,  removed  to 
New  Lisbon,  0.,  where  he  completed  his  law  studies  un- 
der the  preceptorship  of  his  uncle.  Col.  A.  L.  Brewer, 
who  was  killed  during  the  civil  war  by  the  explosion  of 
a  Federal  gunboat. 

Judge  Merrick  was  admitted  to  the  bar  of  Ohio  in  De- 
cember, 1833,  when  he  was  twenty-four  years  of  age, 
and  began  practice  in  the  town  of  Carrollton,  O.  A 
year  later,  he  took  charge  of  his  uncle's  practice,  remov- 
ing to  New  Lisbon,  and  shorth'  after  became  the  partner 
of  William  E.  Russell.  A  few  years  later  Mr.  Russell 
retired.  In  the  meantime,  however,  Judge  Merrick  had 
formed  a  partnership  with  James  H.  Muse,  Esq.,  of 
Clinton,  La. 

Brilliant  and  lucrative  as  his  future  seemed  when  Mr. 
Russell  retired.  Judge  Merrick  felt  in  honor  bound  to 
live  up  to  his  partnership  agreement  with  Mr.  Muse,  and 
in  1838  he  removed  to  Louisiana,  establishing  himself  in 
Clinton. 

Then,  as  now,  Louisiana  was  the  only  state  in  the 
Union  in  which  civil  law  was  the  basis  of  jurisprudence, 
and  it  became  necessary'  for  the  young  lawyer  to  practi- 
cally study  law  anew.  He  did  so  with  the  thoroughness 
which  marked  everything  he  did,  and  passed  a  brilliant 
examination  before  the  Supreme  Court,  who  signed  the 
diploma  admitting  him  to  practice  in  this  state. 

Judge  Merrick  rapidly  acquired  an  extensive  practice, 
and  so  great  was  his  reputation  in  the  Felicianas  that  no 
case  of  any  importance  was  litigated  in  which  he  did  not 
appear  as  counsel.  The  most  noted  case  in  which  he 
appeared  at  this  period  of  his  career  was  that  of  McCord 
&  Co.  vs.  The  West  Feliciana  Railroad,  involving  the 
sura  of  $530,000.  Judge  Merrick  won  the  case  for  the 
railroad  after  a  jury  trial  which  lasted  but  seven  days 
less  than  three  months. 


SIXTH    GENERATION.  319 

In  1854  Judge  Merrick  won  his  judicial  title  by  elec- 
tion on  the  Old  Line  Whig  ticket  as  judge  of  the  Seventh 
Judicial  District,  comprising  the  parishes  of  East  and 
West  Feliciana.  By  interchanging  with  Judge  Water- 
son,  of  the  Eighth  Judicial  District,  he  also  held  court 
in  St.  Helena,  Washington  and  St.  Tammany.  The 
dockets  of  these  parishes  were  clogged  with  accumulated 
cases.  Judge  Merrick's  readj^  ability  and  energy  in 
holding  long  sessions  of  the  court  cleared  the  dockets, 
won  the  gratitude  of  litigants  and  earned  the  admiration 
af  the  bar. 

In  1855,  at  the  urgent  solicitation  of  the  lawyers  in 
the  districts  where  he  had  sat  as  district  judge,  he 
permitted  his  nomination  by  the  Whigs  for  the  exalted 
position  of  Chief  Justice  of  the  Supreme  Bench. 

His  competitors  were  John  K.  Elgee,  Thomas  H. 
Lewis,  Alfred  Hennen  and  James  H.  Elam.  Elgee 
(Democrat)  got  practically  the  solid  vote  of  New  Or- 
leans, and  Lewis  and  Elam  were  Whigs  as  well  as  Judge 
Merrick.  Despite  the  heavy  city  majority  of  Orleans 
for  Elgee,  and  the  splitting  of  the  Whig  vote,  Judge 
Merrick  was  elected  by  a  large  state  majority  for  the 
term  of  eight  years. 

He  presided  over  the  Supreme  Court  for  the  first  time 
in  the  summer  of  1855  in  Monroe,  and  during  the  fol- 
lowing session  in  New  Orleans  the  famous  drainage  tax 
statute  was  before  the  court.  The  associate  justices 
were  equally  divided  as  to  the  power  of  the  state  to 
charter  the  Drainage  Company.  Judge  Merrick  held 
that  the  health  of  the  people  was  obviously  a  care  of  the 
state,  and  by  his  vote  decided  the  charter  constitutional. 

Judge  Merrick  also  figured  most  prominently  in  the  most 
remarkable  course  of  litigations  in  the  history  of  Ameri- 
can jurisprudence,  the  Myra  Clark  Gaines  case.  Chief 
Justice  Merrick,  as  organ  of  the  Supreme  Court,  read 
the  decision  of  the  court  in  February,  1856,  reversing 
the  decision  of  the  Probate  Court  and  admitting  to  pro- 
bate the  uproduced  will  of  1813.  Justices  Voorhies  and 
Spofford  concurred  and  Justice  Leas  dissented.  Justice 
Buchanan  declining  to  express  any  opinion.  This  de- 
cision, recognizing  Mrs.  Gaines'  legitimacy  and  accept- 
ing in  lieu  of  the  unproduced  document  of  1813,  the 
evidence  of  eye-witnesses  to  the  signing  of  the  docu- 
ment, gave  Mrs.  Gaines  a  legal  status  in  the  Federal 
courts,  and  enabled  her  to  institute  and  prosecute  the 
claims,  finally  settled  in  her  favor  by  the  United  States 


320  MERRICK    GENEALOGY  —  THOMAS. 

Supreme  Court  after  her  death,  for  recovery  for  the  in- 
justices done  her  under  the  settlement  of  the  Clark  estate 
under  the  will  of  1811. 

Judge  Merrick  was  all  his  life  devoted  to  the  Union, 
and  for  many  years  before  the  war  preached  against 
secession.  The  logic  of  the  Constitution  and  his  own  con- 
victions, however,  left  no  doubt  in  his  mind  that  the 
State  was  superior  to  the  Federal  government,  and  when 
Louisiana  seceded,  although  he  had  opposed  such  action, 
he  recognized  the  right  of  the  people  to  so  decide  and 
cast  his  lot  with  Louisiana,  the  State  of  his  adoption, 
and  the  soil  beneath  which  rested  the  remains  of  his 
beloved  mother. 

After  the  outbreak  of  the  war  he  remained  with  his 
family  for  a  short  while  upon  his  plantation  in  the 
Pointe  Coupee,  enacting  all  the  time  his  duties  as  Chief 
Justice  of  the  Supreme  Bench,  and  in  1863  being  hon- 
ored with  re-election  to  the  position. 

Judge  Merrick  was  anxious  to  leave  the  judiciary  when 
the  war  broke  out  and  join  his  son,  Capt.  David  T. 
Merrick,  in  the  field  as  a  Confederate  soldier.  There  be- 
ing no  change  in  the  administration  of  State  affairs,  how- 
ever, when  Louisiana  entered  the  Confederacy,  Judge  Mer- 
rick yielded  to  the  views  of  the  bar  that  he  was  needed 
on  the  bench  as  much  as  in  the  field. 

When  New  Orleans  fell,  Judge  Merricks'  home  in  this 
city  was  seized  by  the  Federal  authorities  and  his  house- 
hold effects  sold.  In  1864  his  plantations  were  overrun 
by  the  Federal  troops  and  cleared  of  provisions,  crops 
and  farming  implements,  but  his  home  was  left  unburned 
and  when  Judge  Merrick  returned  from  Western  Louis- 
ana,  whence  he  had  gone  with  his  colored  hands,  he 
found  that  the  noble  woman  whose  life  had  been  linked 
to  his  had  repaired  damages,  restored  order  and  was  liv- 
ing as  quietly  and  peacefully  as  the  times  and  circum- 
stances would  possibly  permit. 

In  1862,  when  part  of  the  State  was  in  possession  of 
the  Union  army.  Judge  Merrick  held  the  unoccupied  por- 
tion of  the  State  still  possessed  autonomy  and  could  ex- 
ercise the  functions. of  self  government  and  maintain 
State  authority.  The  Supreme  Court  officially  sustained 
this  advice,  and  the  decision  was  copied  and  made  a  pre- 
cedent throughout  the  Confederacy. 

In  July,  1865,  -Judge  Merrick  returned  to  this  city,  and 
after  great  difficulty  recovered  his  real  estate  from  the 
Federal   authorities.     While  thus  engaged  with  his  pri- 


SIXTH    GENERATION.  321 

vate  affairs,  he  was  offered  a  membership  in  the  firm  of 
Race  &  Foster  under  the  firm  name  of  Race,  Foster  & 
Merrick.  A  few  years  later  the  firm  name  was  changed 
to  Merrick,  Race  &  Foster,  as  a  tribute  to  Judge  Mer- 
rick, and  subsequently  became  in  turn  Merrick  &  Fos- 
ter, Merrick,  Foster  &  Merrick  and  finally  Merrick  &, 
Merrick  iu  1886,  Judge  Merrick  being  in  partnership 
with  his  second  sou,  E.  T.  Merrick,  Jr. 

Since  the  war  Judge  Merrick  had  remained  out  of  pub- 
lic life,  devoting  himself  to  his  practice  and  his  family, 
bearing  himself  iu  all  things  with  rigid  honor,  unmarred 
by  offensive  self-consciousness  of  virtue;  devoted  to  his 
religion  without  ever  offending  the  views  of  those  who 
differed  with  him  in  theological  matters;  walking  along 
the  paths  of  human  life  iu  simplicity  of  habit  and  nobility 
of  character,  admired  by  all  who  knew  of  him,  and  loved 
by  all  who  knew  him. 

Prominent,  as  were  his  forefathers,  in  the  Methodist 
Church,  Judge  Merrick,  was  an  administrator  of  Cen- 
tenary College,  at  Jackson,  La.,  which  conferred  the  de- 
gree of  LL.  D.  upon  him  in  recognition  of  his  scholastic 
attainments,  thus  bestowing  honor  upon  the  husband  of 
her  to  whose  mother  more  than  to  any  one  else,  Cen- 
tenary College  owes  its  successful  founding. 

114.  William  Winston",  son  of  {Thomas^,  Jona- 
than"^, David'^,  TJiomas'^ ,  Thomas^)  and  Ann  (Brewer) 
Merrick,  born  July,  1810,  at  Wilbraham,  Mass.  Mar- 
ried, Dec,  1841,  Syrena  Hancock,  of  Wilbraham,  Mass. 
He  was  a  farmer,  and  lived  to  an  advanced  age  on  the 
home  farm  in  Wilbraham.     Children — 

i.     Sarah  Endley,  b.  Jan.  13,  1843;  d.  May  16,  1844. 
ii.     Lycertes  Delos,  b.  Feb.  17,  1844. 

115.  Daniel  DELOS^  son  of  (Thomas^,  Jonathan'^, 
Davi(P,  Thomas'^,  Thomas^)  and  Ann  (Brewer)  Mer- 
rick, born  November,  1814,  at  Wilbraham,  Mass.  Mar- 
ried, June  16,  1842,  Isabella  Rebecca  Smith,  of  Clinton, 
La.  He  was  a  physician  of  celebrity  in  New  Orleans. 
He  died  of  yellow  fever  iu  1853,  while  nobly  battling 
with  the  scourge  iu  that  city.     Children — 

i.     Ann  Elizabeth,  b.  July  2,  1843. 
ii.     William  Delos,  b.  Sept.  6,  1846. 

116.  Lydia"  (White),  daughter  of  John  and  Lydia 
(Merrick)  White,  born  Jan.  14,  1801,  in  Cayuga  county. 


322  MERRICK    GENEALOGY  —  THOMAS. 

N.  Y.  Married,  Oct.  19,  1828,  Noah  Cole;  he  born 
Nov.  17,  1800,  iu  Connecticut;  died  March  20,  1870. 
He  was  a  carpenter;  lived  in  Locke,  Cayuga  count}-,  N. 
Y.  Lydia,  the  mother,  died  Feb.  8,  1890.  Children, 
born  in  Locke,  N.  Y. — 

190.  i.     Jane  (Cole),  b.  June  18, 1834;  m.  Joseph  Lee  Bassett. 
ii.     Helen     (Cole),    b.    Sept.    8,    1837;  m,  Leroy  Fer- 
guson. 

117.  Stephen  Hedger^,  son  of  (Willuim^ ,  Wil- 
liam^, Ehenezer'^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^)  and  Sylvia  (Corn- 
stock)  Merrick,  born  June  4,  1807,  in  Merrick ville,  Can- 
ada. Married,  about  1839,  Margaret  Ardell;  she  came 
from  Quebec,  C  E.  Children,  all  supposed  to  have  been 
born  in  Merrickville,  Ont. — 

i.     George,  b.  ;  m.  Jane  Parnell,  dau.  of  Rev.  T. 

A.  Parnell,  Archdeacon  of  Ontario. 

ii.     Henry,  b.  ;  m.  1st,   Phebe  Easton,  of  Easton's 

Corners,  Out.;  4  children;  2ud,  ;  4  chil- 
dren ;  was  a  member  of  Parliament,  and  held 
other  offices  under  the  Dominion  government. 

iii.     Edgar  Hamilton,  b. ;    m.  and  had  2  children; 

d.  1894. 

191.  iv.     Albert  Ardell,  b.  June  9,  1845. 

V.     Maria,  b.   ;  m.,  1st,   Duncan  Sinclair,  Govern- 
ment Surveyor  under   Dominion   government; 

2nd,  ,  Attorney  General  of  Manitoba. 

vi.     Mary  Elizabeth,  b. ;  m.  Stacy  Lake,  an  Eng- 
lishman ;  was  living  in  Toronto,  1897. 

vii.     Charlotte  Lavinia,  b. ;  never  married;  was  a 

physician  in  Utica,  N.  Y. ;  d.  1899. 

Among  the  papers  of  George  Merrick,  the  eldest  son 
of  Stephen  Hedger,  found  after  his  death,  was  the  fol- 
lowing memorandum: 

■'The  familj'  (Merrick)  is  of  Celtic  or  Welsh  origin, 
and  at  the  close  of  the  seventeenth  century,  the  spirit  of 
adventure  having  taken  possession  of  the  family,  some 
of  the  members  crossed  over  from  Wales  to  Ireland, 
about  the  year  1654,  and  settled  upon  the  Blackwater 
River,  in  the  south  of  Ireland.  Others  crossed  the  At- 
lantic and  settled  in  the  New  England  States,  from  which 
the  Merrickville  (Canada)  branch  came." 

118.  Ika^,  son  of  {Solomon^,  Thomas'^,  JEbenezer^, 
Thomas'^,  Thomas^)  and  Elizabeth  (Underwood)  Mirick, 
born  Feb.  18,  1802,  at  Cazenovia,  N.  Y.  Married, 
1827,  Martha,  daughter  of  Isaac  Lamb,  of  Rose,  N.  Y.; 


SIXTH   GENERATION.  323 

she  died  1884,  at  Lyons,  N.  Y.  Col.  Ira  died  at  Lyons 
in  1891,  aged  89  years.  His  mother  died  when  Ira  was 
18  years  of  age;  soon  after  his  father  failed  in  business, 
and  he  was  thrown  on  his  own  resources.  He  went  to 
Rose,  N.  Y.,  where  he  worked  upon  the  farm  of  John 
Closs,  a  contractor  having  heavy  work  on  canals  in 
Pennsylvania.  Ira  went  with  Closs  on  this  work,  and 
soon  rose  to  be  foreman;  later  went  to  Harrisburg  to 
build  a  canal  in  company  with  Closs,  on  the  completion 
of  which  he  returned  to  Rose,  where  he  bought  a  large 
tract  of  land  and  built  the  Gleumark  mills.  He  there 
met  and  married  Martha  Lamb,  in  1827.  Later  he 
erected  a  building  now  known  as  Prince's  Hotel,  at  Rose, 
N.  Y.,  which  was  conducted  as  a  hotel  by  different  members 
of  the  Mirick  family  for  a  number  of  years.  From  1830 
to  1860  he  was  engaged  in  contracting,  farming  and 
other  business  enterprises.  In  1831  he  was  commissioned 
as  colonel  of  a  militia  regiment  by  Gov.  Throop,  of  New 
York,  and  for  a  number  of  years  commanded  the  regi- 
ment. In  1837  he  and  his  brother  Hu'am  bought  the 
Lyons  flouring  mills,  which  they  managed  until  1852. 
It  is  related  that  these  two  brothers,  although  conduct- 
ing a  large  business  for  many  years,  never  kept  any 
book  accounts  of  the  money  received  and  expended. 

From  1852  to  1860  Col.  Mirick  did  contract  work  on 
the  Erie  canal,  and  on  the  New  York  Central  Railroad, 
building  a  portion  of  each .  At  the  beginning  of  the 
war,  1861,  he  bought  a  malt  house,  and  conducted  a 
business  until  he  retired  in  1883.  He  was  very  success- 
ful in  everything  he  undertook,  and  his  judgment  in  all 
cases  was  always  rated  as  first  class.  He  was  an  honest 
and  honorable  man,  and  he  died  mourned  by  the  com- 
munity he  had  done  so  much  to  build  up.  The  New 
Center  Building,  as  it  is  called,  in  the  city  of  Lyons, 
now  owned  by  his  daughter,  Mrs.  Albertine  Mirick  Fos- 
ter, the  most  beautiful  and  costly  business  block  in  the 
city,  is  a  monument  to  his  memory  and  business  success. 
His  children  were — 

192.  i.     HiEAM  Thomas,    b.    1828,    near  Harrisburg,    Perry 

county.  Pa. 
ii.     Simeon  Guilford,  b.  1830;  d.  1863;  unmarried. 

193.  iii.    Andrew  Jackson,  b.,  1832. 

iv.     Maria  Josephine,  b.  1836;  m.  1862,  Dr.  Hugh  Jame- 
son, af  Lyons,  N.  Y. ;  had  six  children,  of  whom 
four  are  living. 
V.     Addia  Isabelle,  b.  1840;  m.  1868,  W.  H.  Rogers,  of 
Lyons ;  had  one  daughter,  Miss  Albertine  Rogers, 

22-M 


324  MERRICK    GENEALOGY  —  THOMAS. 

of  Lyons.  Mrs.  Rogers  d.  March  27,  1898.  While 
her  life  was  a  quiet  one,  it  was  in  an  unusual  de- 
gree a  helpful  one.  It  was  lier  mission,  by  en- 
during patience  and  unshaken  faith  anJ  bright 
hope,  to  enoble  life — not  only  her  own,  but  that 
of  tho.se  about  her,  and  by  so  doing  to  show 
forth  the  grace  and  glory  of  God.  Her  bright. 
Christian  spirit  was  a  blessing  to  all  who  were 
daily  with  her,  and  the  silent  influence  of  her 
sick  room  was  a  benediction.  Her  husband, 
Col.  William  Hunting  Eogers,  and  her  daughter, 
Albertine,  are  left  to  mourn  her  loss. 

194.  vi.     Martha  Albertine,   b.   1845,  at  Lyons,  N.  Y. ;  m. 

1871,  De  Witt  Parsiiall  Foster;  they  have  four 
sous  and  one  daughter,  and  are  all  living  on  the 
old  homestead  at  Lyons.  (Albertine  Mirick  Foster 
d.  at  her  home  in  Lyons,  May  17,  1901.  She  was 
a  woman  of  the  highest  character,  with  a  bright 
and  .sjiarkling  intellect.  AVas  foremost  in  the 
philanthropic  work  of  her  city;  for  a  long  time 
one  of  the  principal  officers  of  the  Ladies'  Relief 
Society.  She  died  mourned  by  hundreds  outside 
of  her  immediate  family  to  whom  she  had  en- 
deared herself. ) 

119.  HiRAM%  son  of  (Solomon^,  Thomas'^,  Eben- 
ezer^,  Thomas'',  Thomas^)  aud  Elizabeth  (Underwood) 
Mirick,  born  April  14,  1804,  at  Cazenovia,  N.  Y.  Mar- 
ried, Jan.  13,  1831,  Mary  Brown,  daughter  of  Erastus 
Fuller,  of  Rose,  N.  Y.;  she  died  April  1,  1895,  at  Lyons, 
N.  Y,  Hiram  died  March  16,  1880,  at  Lyons;  he  was, 
by  occupation,  a  farmer.  Children,  all  born  at  Rose, 
N.  Y.— 

195.  i.    Nelson  Ralph,  b.  Nov.  29,  1831. 

ii.  Horatio,  b.  Nov.  9,  1834;  d.  Feb.  16,  1885. 

iii.  Emelia  Eveline,  b.  April  5,  1836. 

196.  iv.  Milton  Eugene,  b.  Feb.  13,  1838. 

197.  V.  Ira,  b.  March  12,  1841. 

vi.     James  Pole;,  b.  June  8,  1843;  never  married, 
vii.     Anastasia  Janette,  b.  Jan.  23,  1848;  never  married. 

120.  George  W.^  son  of  (Solomon^,  Thomas*, 
Ebenezer^ ,  Thomas^,  Thomas^)  and  Elizabeth  (Under- 
wood) Mirick,  born  Dec.  2,  1809,  at  Cazenovia,  N.  Y. 
Married,  Jan.  20,  1831,  Elsie,  daughter  of  Charles 
Thomas,  of  Rose,  N.  Y. ;  shedied,  1899,  at  Adrian,  Mich., 
aged  85  years,  six  months  and  one  day.  George  W. 
Mirick  was  a  farmer  for  36  .years  in  Rose,  N.  Y.;  moved 
to  Adrian,  Mich.,  in  March,  1869;  was  a  consistent 
member  of  the  Methodist  Ei)is('opal  church  for  fifty  years; 
died  at  Adrian,  July  30,  1887.  Children,  all  born  in 
Rose,  N.  Y.— 


SIXTH    GENERATION.  325 

198  i.     Sophia  E.,  b.  April  19,  1834;  m.  June  5,  1861,  Cas- 

sius  R.  Kellogg;  d.  Feb.  26,  1876. 

199.  ii.     Chari.es  J.,  b.  May  15,  1836. 

iii.  Eugenia  C,  b.  April  14,  1838;  m.  April  11,  1866, 
Calvin  H.  Crane ;  bad  one  cbild,  George  Henry- 
Crane,  b.  Nov.  25,  1871.     She  d.  Nov.  30,  1871. 

200.  iv.     Leander  C.  b.  March  30.  1840. 

V.     Pollette  C,  b.  Dec.  3.  1846;  d.  Dec.  23,  1848. 
vi.    George  R.,  b.  Feb.  13,  1850. 
vii.     Frank  T.,  b.  Sept.  25,  1852. 

viii.     Edward  F.,  b.  Nov.  23,  1856;  m.  Dec.  14, 1897,  Edith 
Worden. 
ix.     Florence  E.,  b.  Sept.  23.  1856;  d.  Dec.  26,  1856. 

121.  John  Thurber*',  son  of  {Ebenezer^,  Charles'*', 
Eheriezer^,  Thomas'%  Thomas^)  and  Betsej*  (Thurber) 
Mirick,  born  Jnly  20,  1800,  in  Cazeuovia,  N.  Y.  Mar- 
ried, Ang.  30,  1825,  Elizabeth  Youell,  in  Boone  Co., 
Ky.;  she  born  Feb.  6,  1808.  John  Thurber  Mirick  was 
a  miller  by  occupation;  the  date  of  death  of  himself  or 
wife  is  not  of  record.  Children,  all  born  in  Boone 
county,  Ky. — 

201.  i.     WILLIA3I  Gains,  b.  July  11,  1826. 

ii.     LuciNDA,  b.  March  12,  1828;  m.  Samuel  Beall;  living 

in  Omaha,  Neb. 
iii.     Sophia  Frances,  b.  Sept.  28,  1S31;  m.  V.  Williams; 

living  in  CarroUton,  Mo. 
iv.     Elizabeth,  b.  Feb.  14,  1834;  deceased. 

202.  V.     John  Lewis,  b.  Oct.  18,  1885. 

vi.     Alonzo  Ebenezer,  b.  Jan.  6,  1838. 
vii.     Marcellus   R.,   b.   Nov.   3,   1841;   m.   M.    Blanken- 

baker,  Howard  Co.,  Mo. ;  d.  Oct.  13,  1875. 
viii.     Abel  Price,  b.  March  8,  1844. 
ix.     ISABELLE  Ann,  b.  May  23,  1846;  m.  Thomas  Callison, 

Saline  Co.,  Mo. 
X.     Mary  Elizabeth,  b.  1850;  deceased. 
xi.     Samuel  Linsey,  b.  July  6,  1839;  supposed  to  have 

been   killed    while  in   the   Confederate    army; 

never  returned  home. 

122.  Montgomery*  son  of  (Si/lvenus^,  Charles*, 
Ebenezer^,  Thomas'^,  Thomas^)  and  Achsah  (Pollard) 
Merrick,  born  April  17,  1812,  at  Syracuse,  N.  Y.  Mar- 
ried, April  7,  1842,  Jane  Shoudv,  of  DeWitt,  N.  Y.;  she 
born  May  22,  1823;  died  Sept.  26,  1897.  Montgomery 
was  a  brick  manufacturer  in  Syracuse,  N.  Y.;  a  man  of 
means  and  enterprise;  hedied  Dec.  26,  1891.  Children, 
all  born  in  Syracuse — 

i.    Ellen  Elizabeth,  b.   March  25,   1843;    d.  Oct.  7, 

1845. 
ii.     Chloe  Elizabeth,    b.    Sept.   20,    1844;  d.   Jan.  16 
1845. 


326  MERRICK   GENEALOGY  —  THOMAS. 

iii.  Luther  Stanley,  b.  April  1,  1846;  m.  Flora  Rey- 
nolds, of  Syracuse;  served  in  Co.  "C,"  185th 
New  York  Infantry  1864-5 ;  Alderman  1879-83 ; 
Supervisor  1885-91.  Is  a  manufacturer  of  brick 
in  Syracvise,  and  a  man  of  influence. 

iv.     George  Howard,  b.  Feb.  2,  1848;  member  of  Board 

of  Trade  in  Chicago. 
V.     Edson  Everett,  b.  Feb.    17,  1850;  d.  Aug.    22,  1857. 

vi.  Frances  Elizabeth,  b.  Dec.  27,  1852;  m.  William 
H.  Jacoby,  June  28,  1877. 

vii.     Emma  Marie,  b.  July  31,  1855. 

viii.     Kate   Isabel,   b.    Feb.    18,    1861;  m.  Oct.    12,1887, 
Frank  Pollard  Adams. 

123.  Charles%  son  of  {Sijlvenus^  Charles^,  Ehen- 
ezer^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^)  and  Achsah  (Pollard)  Mer- 
rick, born  May  7,  1815,  at  Syracuse,  N.  Y.  Married, 
Jan.  14,  1840,  Nancy  Lanfear,  of  Mayfield,  N.  Y.;  she 
born  Dec.  16,  1817;' died  March  14, 1888.  Charles  mar- 
ried, 2nd,  Aug.  7,  1889,  Mary  M.  Lee,  of  Syracuse.  He 
was  a  brick  manufacturer  in  Syracuse;  died  April  27, 
1895.     Children— 

203.  i.    Charles  Henry,  b.  Sept.  20,  1842. 

ii.  Eugene  Montgomery,  b.  April  8,1846;  never  mar- 
ried; was  clerk  in  Adjutant  General's  office, 
Washington,  D.  C,  1897. 

iii.  AsA  Lanfear,  b.  June  23,  1848;  is  an  architect,  in 
business  in  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 

iv.  Chaplin,  b.  Dec.  30,  1850;  is  a  mason,  in  business  in 
Washington,  D.  C. 

v.     Otis  Pollard,  b.  July  31,  1858;   d.  March  14,  1888. 

124.  Mary«,  dan.  of  (Tilley' ,  Tilleij\  TiUeij\ 
Tilley'^,  Thomas^)  and  Sarah  (Minot)  Merrick,  born 
April  5,  1801,  at  Concord,  Mass.  Married,  July  3, 
1823,  Nathan  Brooks,  of  Concord,  Mass.  (See  record 
of  Brooks- Whitney- Smith  Family,  in  appendix.)  Chil- 
dren— 

i.  George  Merrick  (Brooks),  b.  July  26,  1824,  at  Con- 
cord, Mass. 

ii.  Charles  Augustus  (Brooks),  b.  April  1,  1832;  d. 
March  31.  1833. 

125.  Timothy^  (Murphy),  son  of  Timothy  and  Ros- 

ina    (Merrick)    Murphy,    born    ;     married    Lusyna 

Osborn,  daughter  of   Anson   A.    Osborn,    of  Windsor, 
Conn .     Children — 

i.  Merrick  (Murphy),  b.  1806;  m.  1st,  Louise  Beau- 
mont, of  East  Hartford,  Conn. ;  2nd,  Jerusha 
Allen;  d.  1900,  at  Milwaukee,  Wis. 


SIXTH    GENERATION.  327 


ii.     Timothy  (Murphy),  b.  1808;  m.  Pi-iscilla  DeForrest, 

of  Springfield,  Mass. 
iii.     Jerome    (Murphy),  b.    1810;  m.    Harriet   Bartholo- 
mew, of  Hartford,  Conn. 
204.        iv.     Eliza  (Murphy),  b.  1812. 

V.     Cynthia    (Murphy),  b.    1815;  m.    Albert   Black,  of 
Hartford,   Conn. 
vi.     Sarah  (Murphy),    b.  1822;  m.  Joseph   McCready,  of 

England, 
vii.     Harriet  (Murphy)  b.   1827;    m.   Rufus  Weston,  of 
Stafford  Springs,  Conn. 
There  were  three  other  children,  who  died  young. 


126.  Justin^  (Murphy) ,  son  of  Timothy  and  Rosina 
(Merrick)  Murphy,  born .  Married  Bathsheba  Col- 
ton.     Children — 

i.     Mary   (Murphy),  b.  ;  m.  1st,  Taylor;  2nd, 

Grilley,    of  New  Haven,    Conn.,    inventor 

and  engineer. 

ii.     Jerusha  (Murphy),  b.  ;  m.  Henry  Goodyear,  (of 

India  rubber  fame),  who  d.  in  Paris. 

127.  LoRiN^,  son  of  {Lewis^ ,  Pliineas^ ,  James^ , 
Jmnes"^ ,  Thomas^)  and  Catharine  (Hyde)  Merrick,  born 
May,  1793.  Married  Harriet,  daughter  of  Ethan  and 
Mary  Ward,  of  Monson.  He  died  May,  1859.  Children— 

i.     LoRiN,  b. 


ii.    Margaret,  b. ;  married. 

128.  Charles  Clinton",  son  of  {Noah^ ,  Phineas^ , 
James^ ,  James^ ,  Thomas^)  and  Delfla  (Shepard)  Mer- 
rick, born  Sept.  11,  1824,  at  Wilbraham,  Mass.  Married, 
Jan.  1,  1866,  Emma  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Henry  Har- 
rison and  Louisa  (Kingsbury)  Parsons,  of  Princeton, 
111. ;  she  born  April  12,  1839,  at  Ludlow,  Mass. ;  is  living, 
1898,  at  Malcolm,  la.  Charles  Clinton  Merrick  was  edu- 
cated at  Williston  Academy,  East  Hampton,  Mass.; 
when  quite  young  became  a  teacher  in  the  South;  after- 
ward graduated  from  Bell's  Commercial  College,  of  Chi- 
cago, becoming  one  of  the  representative  business  men 
of  that  city.  He  was  captain  of  Co.  "G,"  51st  Illinois 
Volunteer  Infantry,  and  distinguished  himself  for  valor 
and  bravery.  He  served  through  the  Civil  War,  taking 
an  active  part  in  the  fighting  at  New  Madrid,  Island  No. 
10  and  Tiptouville;  was  on  the  Mississippi  Flotilla,  and 
in  the  skirmish  at  Fort  Pillow;  in  battles  of  Pittsburg 
Landing,  Farmington,   siege  of    Corinth,  at  Rienza  in 


328  MERRICK    GENEALOGY  —  THOMAS. 

support  of  Gen.  Sheridan;  through  the  battle  of  Stone 
River,  and  the  campaign  which  ended  at  Mission  Ridge 
and  Chattanooga,  and  thence  to  the  ck)se  of  the  war; 
was  brevetted  major  for  conspicuous  gallantry  in  action; 
was  a  staunch  republican  in  politics.  He  was  a  man  of 
unswerving  integrity,  which  placed  him  foremost  in  the 
ranks  of  men.  He  died  June  24,  1893,  at  Malcolm,  la., 
leaving  an  unsullied  name  as  an  honorable  heritage  to  all 
kinsmen  who  bear  the  name  of  Merrick.  He  left  no 
children. 

129.  George  Graves%  son  of  (NoaJf\  Phineas'^, 
James^,  Jmnes"^ ,  Thomas^)  and  Delfia  (Shepard)  Mer- 
rick, born  July  12,  1829,  at  East  Hampton,  Mass.  Mar- 
ried, 1865,  Lucy  Bronson,  daughter  of  Amos  B.  Gunu, 
of  Spencerport,  N.  Y.;  she  born  Dec.  11,  1836,  at  Spen- 
eerport.     (For  sketch  of  life  see  below) .     Childi'en — 

i.     Mary,  b.  Nov.  9.  1867,  at  Springfield,  Mass. ;  d.  Nov. 
86,  1887. 

il.  Albert  Winthrop,  b.  July  17,  1870,  Chicago,  111. ; 
lived  ill  Chicago  until  1875,  when,  after  a  year 
at  Brodliead,  Wis.,  the  family  moved  to  Oak 
Park.  Went  through  Oak  Park  High  School, 
from  which  he  graduated  in  1887;  in  1888  went 
to  Denver,  Col.,  where  he  spent  four  years; 
clerked  in  drug  store  and  commission  house,  and 
spent  a  large  part  of  two  years  on  railway  sur- 
vey in  the  Rocky  Mountains.  Returned  to  Oak 
Park  in  1892,  and  secured  position  as  draftsman 
in  Chicago  &  Northwestern  Railway  Engineer's 
office.  Occupied  successive  positions  of  rod- 
man,  instrument -man  and  Assistant  Engineer ; 
was  api^ointed  Superintendent  of  Bridges  and 
Buildings,  Dakota  Division,  same  road,  in  Feb., 
1S97,  which  po.sition  he  now  holds, 
iii.  Bessie,  b.  June  17,  1873,  at  Chicago;  is  a  kiuder- 
gartner  by  profession. 

iv.     Ethel,  b.  Nov.  9,  1873,  Chicago. 

V.  Robert,  b.  Aug.  17,  1878,  Oak  Park; took  the  regvilar 
course  in  the  Oak  Park  school,  from  which  he 
graduated  in  1898;  since  graduation  lias  been 
employed  as  rod-man  and  instrument-man  on 
railway  construction  work  for  C.  &  N.  W.  R'y. 
Is  at  present  instrument-man  on  important 
construction  work  undertaken  by  Union  Pacific 
Railway  Company. 


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SIXTH    GENERATION,  329 

GEORGE  GRAVES  MERRICK. 

AN   AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL   SKETCH. 

The  braueli  of  the  Merrick  family  in  the  United  States 
who  trace  their  parentage  to  Thomas  Merrick,  who  set- 
tled at  Springfield,  Mass.,  west  of  the  "Great  River," 
— the  Connecticut,  now  known  as  West  Springfield,  has 
its  representatives  in  widely  distant  localities. 

Thomas  Merrick,  the  progenitor  of  this  branch,  died 
and  is  buried  in  the  "burying  ground"  connected  with 
the  old  church  at  West  Springfield.  The  place  was  vis- 
ited by  the  "vvriter  in  the  summer  of  1865,  and  the  grave 
was  then  distinguishable.  It  is  located  in  the  north- 
east corner  of  the  inclosure.  The  headstone  of  black 
slate  was  very  much  disintegrated  and  fallen  away. 

Thomas  Merrick^,  son  of  Thomas,  is  the  ancestor  to 
whom  this  branch  of  the  Merrick  family  trace  their  pa- 
rentage. 

Lieutenant  James  Merrick,  son  of  Thomas",  born 
1670,  was  the  father  of  Captain  James  Merrick,  born 
1698.  I  am  unable  to  ascertain  whether  these  military 
titles  were  due  to  services  in  the  Indian  and  Colonial 
wars;  but  it  would  be  a  fair  presumption  that  they  were. 
In  those  early  days  pensions  were  not  thought  of,  and 
the  muster  rolls  were  easily  neglected  and  forgotten. 

Phineas  Merrick,  born  March,  1728,  was  the  son  of 
Captain  James  Merrick.  But  little  is  known  about  him. 
There  is  a  tradition  in  the  family  that  about  the  time 
when  the  dissatisfaction  which  culminated  in  the  declara- 
tion of  independence  was  growing,  Phineas  held  some 
ofSce  under  the  Crown,  and  that  he  was  "persona  non 
grata"  to  the  more  active  or  enthusiastic  patriots  in  the 
community,  but  that  he  soon  resigned  the  office  and  be- 
came a  supporter  of  the  agitation  for  independence. 

Noah  Merrick,  son  of  Phineas,  was  born  in  Monson, 
Mass.,  Dec,  1762.  It  is  tradition  in  th-e  family  that  he 
served  as  a  "drummer  boy"  in  the  war  of  the  Revolution. 
There  are  no  records  of  such  service  now  available,  how- 
ever. It  is  supposed  that  he  was  a  member  of  a  "free 
company"  organized,  equipped  and  paid,  if  paid  at  all, 
by  the  community  from  which  it  went.  In  mj^  early 
boyhood,  books  and  newspapers  were  very  rare  luxui-ies, 
and  I  was  always  eager  to  listen  to  stories  of  the  Revolu- 
tionar}'  War,  told  while  sitting  on  my  father's  knee,  or 
on  a  "cricket"  at  his  feet.     My  father  was  himself  a  pri- 


330  MERRICK    GENEALOGY  —  THOMAS. 

vate  soldier  in  the  war  of  1812;  was  at  one  time  sta- 
tioned at  New  London,  Conn.,  and  was  transferred  from 
that  post  only  two  or  three  days  before  its  capture  by  the 
British,  and  the  massacre  of  the  little  garrison.  As  a 
natural  sequence,  my  brothers  and  myself  were  brought 
up  with  a  lively  hatred  of  everything  British.  Politi- 
cally my  father  was  a  whig,  and  he  was  a  great  admirer 
of  Daniel  Webster  and  Henry  Clay.  In  religious  mat- 
ters he  was,  for  his  time  and  place,  a  liberal;  and  while 
reticent  in  expression,  he  did  not  accept  the  harsh  teach- 
ings of  the  Jonathan  Edwards  school  of  theology.  He 
held  no  office,  either  elective  or  appointive,  unless  the 
office  of  arbitrator  and  referee  could  be  so  dignified.  He 
was  a  farmer  by  occupation.  He  removed  to  McHenrj^ 
county,  111.,  in  1844,  and  died  there  in  1848. 

George  Graves  Merrick,  youngest  son  of  Noah  Mer- 
rick, was  born  at  Easthampton,  Mass.,  July  12th,  1829. 
He  received  a  common  school  education.  With  his  par- 
ents he  removed  to  northern  Illinois  in  1844.  Had  one 
term  in  preparatory  school  at  Beloit,  Wisconsin.  Studied 
civil  engineering  at  school,  in  the  field,  and  with  priv- 
ate teachers.  As  engineer,  explorer  and  pioneer  was  for 
many  years  on  the  frontier,  and  beyond.  Crossed  the 
Great  Plains  fifty-two  times — twenty-six  round  trips,  be- 
fore the  advent  of  railroads.  In  1860  there  were  but  26^4 
miles  of  railroad  west  of  the  Missouri  River.  Was  mar- 
ried in  1865,  making  a  quick  trip  from  Denver,  Colo- 
rado to  Atchison,  Kansas  by  stage  coach  in  five  and  a 
half  days.  After  his  marriage  resided  at  Springfield, 
Mass.,  until  the  spring  of  1868,  when  he  removed  to 
Chicago.  Lost  heavily  by  the  fire  of  1871,  and  the 
financial  panic  of  1874  completed  the  loss  of  a  large  pro- 
perty. Returned  to  Colorado  in  1879,  and  has  resided 
there  since  that  date,  in  the  city  of  Denver. 

After  the  panic  of  1874,  commenced  the  study  of  money 
and  fijiance  from  the  ethical  and  economic  view.  Has 
written  and  spoken  extensively  upon  the  subject,  and  is 
quoted  an  authority  by  those  who  believe  that  the  crea- 
tion of  money  is  the  act  of  the  sovereign;  and  that  no 
other  authority  can  create  money,  and  that  the  material 
of  which  money  is  made  performs  no  money  function. 
Was  reared  in  the  Webster  and  Clay  school  of  polities, 
a  whig.  Was  converted  to  an  abolitionist  almost  in- 
stantly, and  before  coming  of  age  to  vote,  and  at  a  time 
when  it  was  a  statutory  offense  in  the  state  of  Illinois 
to  give  a  black  man  or  woman  a  cup  of  water  or  a  crust 


SIXTH    GENERATION.  331 

of  bread.  There  was  a  "higher  law"  which  was  re- 
cognized, and  he  became  an  active  member  of  the  "under- 
ground raih-oad"  system.  Was  among  the  first  to  be- 
come an  active  member  of  the  Republican  party,  and 
voted  for  the  Republican  candidates  until  that  party  had 
abandoned  everything  republican  except  the  name;  since 
which  time  held  the  duty  of  good  citizenship  as  superior 
to  party  ties,  and  rebels  at  the  chicane  of  partisanship  in 
politics.     Has  held  no  office. 

If  his  name  is  found  on  the  rolls  of  the  war  of  1861-5, 
it  will  be  as  wagonmaster  in  Missouri,  in  the  winter 
campaign  of  1862-3,  in  Gen.  Davidson's  brigade.  Jack 
Henderson,  Quartermaster.  There  were  imperative  fam- 
ily reasons  which  forbade  enlistment. 

In  religion,  belongs  to  no  sect  and  accepts  no  creed. 
Believes  in  the  Fatherhood  of  God  and  the  brotherhood 
of  man. 

As  civil  and  mining  engineer  has  travelled  extensively 
in  the  Rocky  Mountains  and  territories,  British  Colum- 
bia, Canada,  Mexico,  the  Central  American  states  and  in 
South  America.  Sought  appointment  in  the  engineer 
service  of  the  United  States  at  the  commencement  of  the 
war  with  Spain.  Reference  to  some  A.  A.  G.  was  the 
last  heard  of  the  matter. 

130.  Martin®,  son  of  (David^,  Phineas'^,  James^ , 
James'^,  Thomas^)  and  Marcia  (Groves)  Merrick,  born 
November  1797,  at  Homer,  N.  Y.  Married,  June  25, 
1826,  Margaret  Keep.     Children— 

i.  Caroline  Hale,  b.  June  27,  1827. 

ii.  Henry.  Clay,  b.  Dec.  1,  1829. 

iii.  Frances  Amelia,  b.  May  26,  1834. 

iv.  Mary  Cornelia,  b.  Aug.  15,  1839. 


131.  Dr.  Watson* ,  son  of  {Augustus^ ,  Phineas^, 
James^ ,  James",  Thomas'^)  and  Boadicea  (Fuller)  Mer- 
rick, born  July  27,  1805,  at  Monson,  Mass.  Married, 
March  24,  1830,  Pamelia  Munn,  of  Monson.  He  was  a 
physician,  with  a  good  practice  in  and  about  Monson, 
where  all  his  children  were  born — 

i.  Jane  Elizabeth,  b.  March  15,  1831. 

ii.  Charles  Watson,  b.  Jan.  29,  ]8M. 

iii.  Lavinia  Pamelia,  b.  Feb.  25,  1836. 

iv.  Albert  Orson,  b.  May  16,  1840. 

V.  Henry  Cady,  b.  July  3,  1842. 


332  MERRICK    GENEALOGY  —  THOMAS. 

132.  Lewis®,  son  of  {Augustus^ ,  Phineas* ,  James^ , 
James-,  Thomas^)  and  Boadicea  (Fuller)  Merrick,  born 
March  31,  1817,  at  Monsou,  Mass.  Married,  April  20, 
1843,  Keziah  Bliss,  daughter  of  Hezekiah  and  Keziah 
(Bliss)  Perry;  she  born  Deo.  22,  1815,  at  Rehoboth, 
Mass.;  died  March  11,  1897,  at  Wauwatosa,  Wis. 
Lewis  Merrick  retired  from  business  many  years  ago, 
with  a  moderate  competence,  and  is  passing  the  later 
years  of  his  life  in  a  comfortable  home  in  Wauwatosa, 
Wis.  His  daughter,  Mrs.  Theodore  Hammond,  lives 
near  him,  in  the  same  town.     His  children  were — 

i.  Ellen,  b.  Juue  29.  1844,  at  Monson,  Mass. ;  she  occu- 
pies a  responsible  position  in  the  circulation  de- 
partment of  Ginn  &  Co.,  school-book  publishers, 
Boston,  Mass. ,  Avith  whom  she  has  been  associ- 
ated for  nearly  thirty  years. 

ii.  Fannie  Loring,  b.  Dec.  29^1863,  at  Worcester,  Mass. ; 
m.  Jime  14,  1888,  at  Mihvavikee,  Wis.,  Theodore 
M.  Hammond.  Mr.  Hammond  is  engaged  in 
the  publication  and  sale  of  church  and  Sunday- 
school  supplies.  Mr.  Hammond  was  "Factor" 
of  the  University  of  Chicago  during  the  first 
five  years  of  its  existence.  From  this  connec- 
tion, and  through  his  Sunday-school  work,  Mr. 
Hammond  is  known  practically  throughout  the 
United  States      Children — 

1.  Lewis  Merrick  (Hammond),  b.  April  II, 

1889,  Chicago,  111. 

2.  Ralph  Perry  (Hammond),  b.  Nov.   28, 

1891,  Chicago. 

3.  Loring  Theodore  (Hammond),  b.  Jan. 

.31,  1899,  Wauwatosa,  Wis. 

133.  William*',  son  of  {Aaron'\  JariiPs'^,  James^ , 
Jmnes"^,  Thomas^)  and  Mary  (Howe)  Merrick,  born 
Aug.  1.  1805,  at  Amherst,  Mass.  Married,  May  30, 
1849,  Mary,  daughter  of  Roswell  and  PoUv  Purple,  of 
Gill,  Mass.     He  died  Sept.  29,  1853.     ChikU-eu— 

i.     A  son,  b.  Juue  16,  1850;  d.  at  birth. 
ii.    George  Lewellyn,  b.  April  10,  1852. 
iii.     Mary  WilheljIINA,  b.  Oct.  23,  18.58. 

134.  Allen  Porter",  son  of  (Aaron^,  James*, 
James^ ,  James',  Thomas'^)  and  Mary  (Howe)  Merrick, 
born  June  1,  1807,  at  Amherst,  Mass.  Married,  May 
7,  1834,  Minerva,  daughter  of  Phineas  and  Demaris 
Blodgett,  of  East  Windsor,  Conn.  He  was  a  successful 
farmer,  a  prominent  man  in  the  South  Parish  church, 
and  served  the  town  as  selectman.     In  early  life,  before 


SIXTH    GENERATION.  333 

the  railroad  era,  he  traveled  extensively  in  New  England 
and  Canada,  selling  wagons  and  farm  produce.  He  was 
one  of  the  early  advocates  of  the  "abolition"  and  "Free 
soil"  movements;  but  in  later  years  was,  in  politics,  an 
independent  Democrat.  In  1878  it  was  the  wish  of  Gen- 
eral Benjamin  F.  Butler  that  Mr.  Merrick  would  run  as 
a  candidate  for  state  treasurer  on  the  Democratic  ticket, 
but  he  refused.  He  died  June  16,  1886,  at  Amherst. 
(See  history  of  Amherst  for  additional).  His  childi-en 
were — 

i.  LoOMis  Howe.  b.  March  8,  1836. 

ii.  Mary  Marilda,  b.  Jan.  33,  1838. 

iii.  Eliza  Emeline,  b.  Oct.  37,  1839. 

iv.  Martha  Hubbard,  b.  March  13,  1813. 

V.  ]Mixerva  Blodgett,  b.  Jan.  36,  1815. 

vi.  Aarox  Winthrop,  b.  Jan.  31,  1847. 

135.  James  Ely'',  son  of  (Aaron^,  James^ ,  Janies^ , 
James''- ,  Thomas^)  and  Mary  (Howe)  Merrick,  born  May 
2,  1811,  at  Amherst,  Mass.  Married,  Dec.  24,  1845, 
Harriet,  daughter  of  Jonathan  and  Jerusha  Bridgman,  of 
Amherst;  she  died  Nov.  13,  1893,  at  Amherst.  James  Ely 
was  a  prominent  man  in  the  village;  was  Justice  of  the 
Peace,  first  Vice-President  of  the  Amherst  Lyceum,  and 
took  an  active  part  in  all  that  made  for  the  improvement 
of  the  town.  For  extended  notes  of  his  services,  see 
History  of  Amherst.  He  died  March  24,  1885.  Chil- 
dren, all  born  in  Amherst — 

i.     Jonathan,  b.  Aug.  9,  1849. 
ii.     Esther  Howe,  b.  June  38,  1851. 
iii.     Harriet  Almira  Baker,  b.  Oct.  31,  1853. 
iv.     James  Colton,  b.  July  5,  1859. 

V.  James  Ely,  b.  July  5,  1859;  is  in  business  in  Am- 
herst; has  been  Justice  of  the  Peace  from  1889 
to  1897. 

136.  Casper  Lavatore*',  son  of  {Bosweir ,  Jose'' ^ , 
James'-^,  James"^ ,  Thomas^)  and  Elizabeth  (Fairbanks) 
Merrick,  born  April  3,  1801,  at  Monson,  Mass.  Mar- 
ried, April  28,  1822,  Jane,  daughter  of  James  and  Com- 
fort Madden,  of  Hereford  countv,  Md.;  she  died  1861, 
Xeuia,  O.  He  died  in  Xenia,  O.,  in  March  1881.  Chil- 
dren— 

i.     DeWitt  Clinton,  b.   March  35,  1833;  d.  March  30, 
1833. 
305.         ii.     Edward  Clinton,  b.  April  8,  1834. 
206.        iii.     Charles  Roswell,  b.  April  38,  1837. 


334  MERRICK   GENEALOGY  —  THOMAS. 

137.  Louisa  Harriet',  dau.  of  (Rosvell  P.^, 
Jose''\  James^ ,  James" ,  Thomas^)  and  Elizabeth  (Fair- 
banks) Merrick,  born  March  23,  1811,  at  Xenia,  O. 
Married,  July  23,  1829,  at  Xenia,  Lemuel  P.  Frazier. 
Both  were  living,  when  last  heard  from,  in  West  Vir- 
ginia, within  a  few  years.     They  had,  among  others — 

207.  i.     Franklin  Merrick    (Frazier),  b.  May  22,   1856,  at 

Xenia,  O. 

138.  Edwin  Lorenzo',  son  of  (Boswell^,  Jose'*, 
James^ ,  James'^ ,  TJiomas^)  and  Elizabeth  (Fairbanks) 
Merrick,  born  March  2,  1813,  at  Monson,  Mass.  Mar- 
ried, 1st,  1842,  Lucy  Rice,  of  Stoddard,  N.  H.;  she 
lived  less  than  one  year  after  marriage,  dying  at  Nor- 
wich, Conn.,  Oct.  1,  1843;  is  buried  in  Worcester, 
Mass.;  Edwin  L.  married,  2nd,  Sept.  11,  1845,  Rhoda 
Ann  Rice,  sister  of  his  first  wife,  also  of  Stoddard,  N. 
H.  (See  Gen.  of  Rice  Family).  Edwin  L.  was  a  law- 
yer of  note,  obtaining  the  title  of  Judge  by  service  on 
the  bench.  He  was  living.  May  1896,  at  Arroyo  Grande, 
Cal.,  with  Clara  R.,  widow  of  his  son  Schuyler  Colfax 
Merrick.     He  had  by  his  second  wife — 

i.     A  SON,  b.  ;  d.  in  infancy,  at  Worcester,  Mass. 

ii.     LuoY  Elizabeth,  b.  ;  d.  at  Lake  Station,  Ind., 

at  age  of  19  years;  unmarried, 
iii.     Frank,  b.  ;  d.  at  Americus,  Kansas,   at  age  of 

21. 
iv.     SoHDYLER  CoLFAX,   b.  ,   1866,    in    Porter  Co., 

Ind.;  married  Clara  R.  ;  d.   April  22,   1895, 

at  Los  Angeles,  Cal. ;  no  children. 

139.  John  Wyles^,  son  of  (RoswelP,  Jose^'^, 
James^ ,  James",  Thomas^)    and    Elizabeth    (Fairbanks) 

Merrick,  born    June  8,    1818,    at .     Married    Lydia 

Jane,  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Theresa  Smith,  of    Wil- 
mington, O.,  Sept.  1,  1847.     Childi-en — 

i.     Albert,  b.  April  22,  1849,  at  Xenia,  O. 

140.  Alanson  Chandler",  son  of  {Roijal^,  Ohed* , 
James^ ,  James'^ ,  Thonuts^) and .\a\\y  (Chandler)  Merrick, 
born  March  31,  179.3,  at  Monson,  Mass.  Married,  1st, 
Mary,  daughter  of  Deacon  Gordon  and  Sally  Sedgwick, 
of  Monson;  she  died  Feb.  28,  1839.  Alanson  married, 
2nd,  Sept.  1,  1840,  Mary  Phipps,  of  Ware.  He  was  a 
farmer,  living  in  the  town  of  Palmer,  Mass.  ( See  Chand- 
ler Gen.)     Children — 


208. 

i. 

309. 

ii. 

iii. 

SIXTH    GENERATION.  335 

DwiGHT  Lathrop,  b.  Feb.  3,  1823. 
Henry  Austin,  b.  Feb.  1,  1825. 

Mary   Jane,    b.   Jan.    14,    1832;  m.  April   21,   1852, 
Abner  Goddard,  of  Orange. 

141.  LoTHROP*',  SOU  of  {BosweW,  Ohed^,  James^ , 
Janies'^ ,  Thomas'^)  and  Sally  (Chandler)  Merrick  born 
Sept.  5,  1796,  at  Monsou,  Mass.  Married,  Nov.  29, 
1827,  Sarah,  daughter  of  Ephraira  and  Sarah  Hyde,  of 
Monson;  she  born  Nov.  1,  1801;  died  June  17,  1879. 
Lothrop  Merrick  was  Deacon  in  the  church  at  Palmer, 
Mass.;  died  Dec.  6,  1879.  (See  Chandler  Gen.)  Chil- 
dren, all  born  in  Palmer — 

i.     Lucius  Lothrop,  b.  June  8,  1829;  d.  Oct.  7,  1864. 
ii.     Sarah  Jane  Hyde,  b.   March  17,  1831 ;  d.  Jan.  14, 
1860. 
210.       iii.    George  Francis,  b.  Nov.  24,  1832. 

iv.     James  Lyman,  b.  May  17,  1835;   d.  Aug.  20.  1839. 
V.      Charles  Royal,  b.  June   23,  1846;  d.  Feb.  24,  1858. 

142.  Grosvenor*',  son  of  (Emjal°,  Ohed\  James^ , 
James'^ ,  Thomas^)  and  Sally  (Chandler)  Merrick,  born 
Aug.  17,  1805,  at  Monson,  Mass.  Married,  Nov.  20, 
1838,  Sarah  Ann,  daughter  of  Oliver  and  Emily  Blair, 
of  Brimfield,  Mass.;  she  died  June  8,  1847.  Grosvenor 
sold  the  old  homestead  (Sept.  1858),  purchased  by  his 
great  grandfather.  Captain  James  Merrick,  in  1734,  and 
moved  to  Springfield.  HediedDec.  11,  1871,  at  Palmer, 
Mass .     Had  one  daughter — 

i.    Sarah  Ann,  b.  May  29,  1847. 

143.  Rev.  James  Lyman^,  son  of  CGideon^ ,  Obed*, 
Janies^ ,  James"" ,  Thomas^ ) and  Beulah  (Stebbins)  Mer- 
rick, born  Dec.  11,  1803,  at  Monson,  Mass.  Married, 
March  11,  1839,  at  Tebreez,  Persia,  Emma,  daughter  of 
Nathaniel  and  Maria  Taylor,  of  Portsmouth,  England; 
she  died  Dec.  14,  1858,  at  South  Amherst,  Mass.  Rev. 
James  Lyman  Merrick  was  in  many  respects  a  remark- 
able man.  As  a  missionary  abi'oad,  a  preacher  at  home, 
a  teacher  and  an  author,  he  filled  to  the  full  the  three 
score  3'ears  which  was  allotted  him  in  which  to  work. 
He  graduated  from  Amherst  College  in  1830;  studied 
at  Princeton  Theological  Seminary;  graduated  from  Col- 
umbia Theological  Seminary,  Columbia,  S.  C,  1833; 
ordained  as  a  Presbyterian  Evangelist  at  Charleston,  S. 
C,  1834;   was  appointed  missionary  to  Persia,  where  he 


336  MERRICK    GENEALOGY  —  THOMAS. 

labored  iu  Tebreez,    Shiraz    and    Oroomiah  until  1845. 
While  so  engaged  be  met  and  married  Emma  Taylor, 
also  a  missionar.y,  but  who  was  sent  out  from  England 
instead  of  America.     He  returned  to  his  birthplace  in 
Amherst,  and  from  1849  to  1864,  had  charge  of  the  Con- 
gregational church  of  South  Amherst.     From  1852  to 
1857  Avas  Professor  of  Oriental  Literature  in  Amherst 
College.     Being  unable  himself  to  take  the  field  when 
the  civil  war  broke  upon  the  country,  he  nearly  impov- 
erished himself  by  giving  a  bounty  from  his  own  salary 
to  every  soldier  who  enlisted  from    his  parish.     At  his 
death  he  bequeathed  the  entire  remnj^nt  of  his  property 
to  the    four  institutions  in  which  he   had  received    his 
education,  to  endow  four  Persian  scholarships.     He  was 
author  of  "Pilgrim's  Harp,"  a  book  of  poems  (Boston, 
1847);    "The  Life  and  Religion  of  Mahomet,"    trans- 
lated from   the    Persian    of    Hyat-ul-Huloob,    (1850); 
Keith's  "Evidences  of  Prophecy,"  translated  into  Per- 
sian,   (Edinburgh,    1846);    Genealogy    of   the   Merrick 
Family,  (1850);    a  treatise  on    the    orthography    of  the 
English  language,  with  a  new  alphabet  of  forty  letters, 
which  did  not  reach  publication.     He  also  left  several 
manuscript  translations  into  Persian  which  did  not  reach 
publication.     That  he  was  an  earnest  Christian,  his  life 
devoted  to  the  salvation    of  men  at  home  and  abroad 
abundantly  testifies.     That  be  was  a  scholar,  his  work  in 
the  college,  the  church,  and  as  an  author  is  an  abiding 
evidence.     He  died  June  18,   1866,  at  South  Amherst, 
Mass.,  without  issue. 

144.  Samuel  OTIS^  son  of  (Gideoti^,  Obed^ 
James^ ,  James'^ ,  Thomas^)  andBeulah  (Stebbins)  Mer 
rick,  born  Dec.  11,  1808,  at  Monson,  Mass.  Married, 
May  3,  1836,  Maria  Sibyl,  daughter  of  Abner  and  Sibyl 
Abbe,  of  South  Hadley,  Mass.;  she  died  May  28,  1878. 
Samuel  Otis  died  Nov.  23,  1896,  at  West  Newton,  Mass. 
They  had  one  daughter — 

21L  i.     Henrietta  Maria,  b,  April  23,  1838. 

145.  Charles  Henry''',  son  of  (Gideon-^  Ohed"^ , 
Jatnes'\  James"^ ,  Thomas^)  and  Beulah  (Stebbins)  Mer- 
rick, born  April  11,  1812,  at  Monson,  Mass.  Married, 
Oct.  12,  1836,  Mary  Ann,  daughter  of  Charles  and 
Sarah  McMaster,  of  Palmer,  Mass.;  she  died  Oct.  17, 
1891.  Charles  Henry  died  Feb.  11,  1893.  They  had 
one  son — 

213.        ii.     Charles  M.,  b.  April  17,  1853. 


SIXTH    GENERATION.  337 

146.  Cyrus  Henry^,  son  of  (Cyrus^,  Ohed* , 
James^\  James-,  Thomas^)  aud  Elizabeth  (Henshaw) 
Merrick,  born  Sept.  26,  1829,  at  Sturbridge,  Mass. 
Married,  1st,  June  7,  1853.  Ellen  Harriet  Lang,  of 
Franklin,  O.;  she  died  Jan.  27,  1855,  at  Fort  Madison, 
la.;  2nd,  Dec.  6,  1877,  Harriet  Olive,  daughter  of 
Simeon  and  Lucretia  (Childs)  Sherfey,  of  Bloomiugton, 
111. ;  she  born  Julj'  23,  1847,  at  Delphia,  Ind.  Cyrus 
H.  is  a  successful  business  man,  at  present  Superin- 
tendent of  Agencies  for  the  National  Masonic  Accident 
Association,  of  Des  Moines,  la.,  where  Mr.  MArick  (as 
he  spells  his  name),  makes  his  home.  His  business  re- 
lations extend  all  over  the  United  States  and  Canada, 
and  his  office  requires  constant  travel  in  the  supervision 
of  the  business  of  the  company  which  he  represents. 
His  children  are — 

i.     Henry  .Spencer,  b.  Jan.  17,  1880,  Burlington,  la. 
ii.     Oliver  Sherfey,  b.   Oct.  15,  1881,  Burlington,  la. ; 

d.  Dec.  25,  1881. 
iii.     Elizabeth  Olive, -b.  March  1,  1885,  Ottumwa,  la. 

147.  Spencer  Roscoe*',  son  of  (Cyrus^ ,  Obed^, 
James^ ,  James- ,  Thomas^  )  and  Elizabeth  (Henshaw) 
Merrick,  born  June  9.  1832,  at  Sturb ridge,  Mass.  Mar- 
ried, June  3,  1862,  Emily,  daughter  of  Jacob  and  Orricy 
(Hills)  Fisher,  of  Lancaster,  Mass.;  she  born  Feb.  19, 
1831,  at  Lancaster.  Spencer  R.  has  been  at  various 
periods,  a  farmer  and  dealer  in  wood,  assistant  bank 
cashier,  and  insurance  agent,  in  which  business  he  is  at 
present  engaged,  and  which  he  has  followed  since  Janu- 
ary, 1879.  He  lived  in  Sturbridge,  where  he  was  born, 
until  November,  1845;  then  in  Wilbraham  one  year,  and 
since  1850  has  made  his  home  in  Lancaster,  where  he 
has  held  various  town  offices;  he  has  served  as  Justice 
of  the  Peace  continuously  since  1876.  Two  ehiidi-en  have 
been  born  to  him — 

i.     A  son,  b.  Dec.  25,  1867;  d.  at  birth, 
ii.     Elizabeth  Fisher,  b.  July  21,  1868. 

148.  Captain  Joseph  Harrisox®,  son  of  (Gad^ , 
Joseph*,  Joseph'^,  James',  Thomas^)  and  Sibyl  (Harri- 
son) Merrick,  born  Aug.  25,  1796,  at  Westfield,  Mass. 
Married,  Dec.  5,  1820,  Eliza  Hutchinson,  daughter  of  E. 
Hutchinson,  of  Franklin,  N.  Y.;  her  mother's  maiden 
name  was  Town  send;  she  born  Oct.  20,  1802,  at 
Andover,  Conn.;   died  Nov.  29,  1881,  at  Bloomiugton, 


338  MERRICK    GENEALOGY  —  THOMAS. 

111.;  buried  at  Franklin,  N.  Y.  James  Harrison  was 
a  soldier  in  the  war  of  1812,  with  rank  of  captain;  was 
stationed  in  New  York  city.  He  was  a  farmer  on  a 
large  scale,  and  had  other  farms  which  he  let  to  renters. 
He  died  Oct.  21,  1865,  at  Franklin,  N.  Y.,  where  he  is 
buried.     Children  all  born  at  Franklin — 

i.     Julia,  b.  Jan.  31,  1822:  m.  Nov.  10,  1846,  Alexander 

H.  Grant,  of  Franklin,  N.  Y. 
ii.     Elizabeth,  b.  June  10,  IS26:  m.  Dr.  Caleb  Braley, 

of  Butternuts,  N.  Y. 
iii.     Jane,  b.  Jan.  3,  ;  m.  Andrew  P.  Butts,  of  Spen- 
cer N.  Y. 
iv.     Marics,  b.  June  10,  1825;  d.  June  24,  1825. 
V.     Delia,  b.  Oct.  22,  1831 ;  m.  James  A.  Reeves,  of  New 
York  city. 

213.  vi.     Joseph  CoRkELius,  b.  Dec.  10,  1834. 

yii.  James  Herbert,  b.  Oct.  18,  1837  ;m.  Sept.  1,  1884,  at 
Chicago,  111.,  Mrs.  Hannah  Melkiish,  of  Bloom- 
ington,  111. ;  she  b.  at  York,  England.  James 
H.  is  a  merchant  at  Bloomington,  111. 

149.  Sylvester  W.^  son  of  {Perez^,  Josepli^ , 
Joseph^,  James"",  Thomas'^)  and  Hannah  (Willistou) 
Merrick,  born  1790,  at  Franklin,  N.  Y.  Married,  1811, 
Mercy  Loveland;  she  died  1878,  at  Manteno,  111.,  aged 
88  years.  Sylvester  W.  died  March  1850,  in  Sandusky 
county,  O.,  aged  63  years.  Children,  all  born  in  Frank- 
lin, Delaware  county,  N.  Y. — 

214.  i.     James  Fordyoe,  b.  1812. 

215.  ii.     WiLLiSTON  Sylvester,  b.  1814. 

iii.  Sarah  Amelia,  b.  1816;  m.  1st,  Jesse  Cook;  2  chil- 
dren; 2nd,  Joseph  Younglove;  d.  1888,  at  Man- 
teno. 111.  Jane  Cook,  dau.  of  Jesse,  above,  m. 
Charles  Hardin,  of  Oneida,  N.  Y.,  and  died 
soon  after. 

Frederick  L.,  b.  1821. 

George  Clinton,  b.  Dec.  11,  1824. 

Lyman  B.,  b.  Sept.  10,  1829. 

150.  G0RD0N^  son  of  (Peres ^  Joseph"^,  Joseph'^, 
James',  TJiomas^)  and  Hannah  (Williston)  Merrick, 
born  1791,  Franklin,  N.  Y.  Married  Charity  Wilcox, 
of  New  Durham,  N.  Y.  He  died  at  Akron,  0.  Chil- 
dren— 

i.     Rosaline,  b. . 

ii.     Cordelia,  b. 


216. 

iv. 

217. 

V. 

218. 

vi. 

One  of  the  girls  married  Mr.  Tallman,  and 
was  living  at  Oxford,  N.  Y.,  in  1897.  The 
other  daughter  d.  unmarried. 


SIXTH    GENERATION.  339 

151.  Perez'',  son  of  (Perez^,  Joseph*,  Joseph^, 
James",  Thomas^)  and  Hauiiah  (Williston)  Merrick, 
born  June  12,  1792,  at  Franklin,  X.  Y.  Married,  March 
9,  1815,  at  Franklin,  N.  Y.,  Jerusha,  daughter  of  S. 
Hutchinson,  M.  D.,  of  Franklin,  N.  Y.;  she  died  Aug. 
6,  1870,  at  Spring  Prairie,  Wis.  Perez  moved  from  New 
York  to  the  then  territory  of  Wisconsin  in  the  spring 
of  1837,  locating  on  Spring  Prame,  Walworth  county. 
He  was  by  occupation  a  farmer.  He  removed  to  Mt. 
Pleasant,  Racine  county,  in  the  spring  of  1854,  and  died 
there  Avigust  25th  of  the  same  year.  With  the  exception 
of  the  voungest,  all  his  children  were  born  in  Franklin, 
N.  Y.— 

219.  i.     John  Burt,  b.  Jan.  2,  1816. 

ii.  Juliette,  b.  Feb.  21,  1818;  m.  Horace  Colman,  at 
Spring  Prairie,  Wis.,  1838;  if  alive  she  now  re- 
sides with  her  son  at  Baraboo,  Wis. 

iii.  Alonzo,  b.  Aug.  1,  1820;  killed  by  Indians  in  Trinity 
county,  Cal.,  in  Sept.,  1863. 

iv.  Hannah,  b,  April  24,  1823;  m.  C.  C.  Salisbury;  is 
now  living  witli  her  son  at  Seattle,  Wash.,  a 
widow. 

220.  V.     Perez  H.,  b.  June  9,  1825. 

vi.     Mary  A.,  b.    April  7,  1831;    m.  E.  N.  Storms;  both 

d.  in  Missouri, 
vii.     Eugene  Roderick,  b.  Jan.  10,  1834;  d.  Feb.  22,  1855. 
viii.     Emeline  L.,  b.  May  4,  1838;  m.  J.  G.  Spencer;  now 
living  at  Faribault,  Minn. 

152.  Roderick^,  son  of  {Perez^,  Joseph'*' ,  Joseph^ , 
James'^ ,  Thomas^)  and  Hannah  (Williston)  Merrick, 
born  Aug.  5,  1794,  at  Franklin,  N.  Y.  Married,  Jan. 
24,  1828,  Rebecca  Gates,  of  Dunkirk,  N.  Y.    Children— 

i.  Flavia  a.,  b.  Dee.  13,  1828,  at  Pomfret,  N.  Y. 

ii.  Hannah  R.,  b.  May  25,  1832.  Pomfret,  N.  Y. 

221.  iii.  Gordon  Williston,  b.  April.  1836,  Franklin,  Mich, 
iv.  Oscar  D.,  b.  Dec.  19,  1838,  at   Spring  Prairie,  Wis.; 

m.  May  19,  1874,  Emily  Bell ;  living  at  Elkhorn, 
Wis. 
V.     Adelaide  M.,  b.  Jan.  81,  1841,  Spring  Prairie,  Wis. 
vi.     Ellmora,  b.  Sept.  10,  1844,  Spring  Prairie,  Wis. 
vii.     Elbert  H.,  b.  Dec.  22,  1847,  Spring  Prairie,  Wis. 

153.  Austin  Leonard®,  son  of  (Perez^,  Joseph^, 
Joseph"^,  Jariies'^ ,  Thomas^)  and  Hannah  (Williston) 
Merrick,  born  Jan.  2,  1807,  at  Franklin,  N.  Y.  Married, 
1839,  at  Spring  Prairie,  Wis.,  Esther  C.  Cook,  of  Seville, 

O.;    she    died    and   Austin    L.    m.  2nd,    Gracia . 

Children,  all  bv  first  wife,  and  all  born  at  Spring  Prairie, 
Wis.— 

23-M 


340  MERRICK   GENEALOGY  —  THOMAS. 

233.  i.     Leroy  Williston,  b.  March  13,  1840. 
333.         ii.     Jerome  C.  b.  April  21,  1841. 

iii.     Irene  C  b.  July  15,  1842;  d.  July  6,  186.3. 
iv.    Josephine  Louise,  b.  Sept.  31,  1843. 
V.     Esther   P.,   b.    Feb.   20,    1845;  Is   living  at  Spring 

Prairie, 
vi.     Augusta  D.,  b.  Jan.  20,  1848. 
vii.     Agnes  F.,  b.  March  13,  1852. 

154.  John  Quartus''',  sou  of  [Quartus'^ ,  Joseph^, 
Joseph^,  James- ,  Thomas^)  a.nd  Letitia  (Willistoii)  Mer- 
rick, born  July  24,  1812,  at  Walton,  N.  Y.  Married, 
Oct.  28,  1840,  Sarah  M.,  daughter  of  James  and  Deborah 
Dickinson,  at  Springfield,  Pa.;  she  still  living  at  Wells- 
boro.  Pa.  John  Quartns  was  a  farmer  by  occupation; 
served  in  the  Civil  War;  died  at  Wellsboro,  Pa.,  1888. 
Children — 

i.  Antoinette  Rose,  b.  Oct.  28,  1841,  at  Springfield, 
Pa. ;  m.  July  2,  1857,  A.  B.  Huston,  of  Pike  3Iills, 
Potter  Co.,  Pa. ;  still  living.  A.  B.  Huston  is  a 
I'ailroad  man;  was  in  the  Civil  War,  with  rank 
of  captain. 

il.  Emm.\  Jane,  b.  Oct.  18,  1843,  at  Springfield,  Pa. ;  m. 
April  2,  1876,  Horace  L.  Smith,  of  Addison,  N. 
Y. ;  still  living. 

iii.  AiMEE  Maria,  b.  Aug.  19,  1845,  at  Springfield,  Pa. ; 
m.  Jan.  14,  1S74,  Liston  Bliss,  a  merchant  of 
Gaines,  Pa.  ;  she  d.  Aug.  30.  1881. 

234.  iv.     Clinton  Victor,  b.  June  17,  1848,  at  Canton,  Pa. 

155.  Charles  Edwin®,  son  of  (DanieP,  Tilleij'^, 
Joseph^,  James-,  Thomas')  and  Laura  (Day)  Merrick, 
born  March  23,  1831,  at  West  Springfield,  Mass.  Mar- 
ried, June  5,  1861,  Clara  P.,  daughter  of  Stephen  and 
Lucinda  (Stickney)  Sibley,  of  West  Springfield  Mass.; 
she  born  Nov.  22,  1837,  at  Darien,  N.  Y.;  still  living. 
Charles  E.,  the  fifth  son  of  Dea.  Daniel  Merrick,  lived 
at  home  until  the  father's  death;  then  bought  an  attract- 
ive farm  on  the  Agawam  road.  Desiring  a  change  of 
occupation  he  sold  the  farm  and  went  into  the  grocery 
business  in  the  town  of  Merrick,  Mass.  Was  on  the 
school  board  for  a  number  of  years;  was  deputy  sheriff 
of  Hampton  county  for  one -term;  for  five  years  before 
his  death  he  was  an  invalid  from  nervous  disease  lirought 
on  by  a  too  strenuous  life.  He  died  Nov.  13,  1891,  at 
West  Springfield.     Children — 

i.     Anna  Laura,  b.  June  4,  1863;  d.  Dec.  13,  1863. 
ii.     Elizabeth  Julia,  b.  Oct.  27,  1864;  graduated  from 
Springfield  High  Scliool  and  Westfield  Normal; 
is  a  scliool  teacher  living  in  her  native  town, 
Merrick,  Mass  ,  1902. 
335.        iii.     Charles  Edwin,  b.  March  19,  1897. 


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SIXTH    GENERATION.  341 

156.  Roderick  Smith'',  sou  of  {NoaJi^ ,  Chileah  B.*, 
NoaJr\  James-,  Thomas'^)  and  Statira  (Hays)  Merrick, 
boru  Jan.  16,  1808,  at  Wilmincrtou,  Vt.  Married,  Nov. 
6,  1833,  Emily,  daughter  of  Pyucheou  and  Sophrouia 
Bliss,  of  Wilbraliam,  Mass.;  she  born  Aug.  2,  1813.  He 
was  a  farmer;  held  many  town  offices;  was  trustee  of 
the  Wesleyan  Academy,  Wilbrahani;  a  man  of  the  strict- 
est Christian  integrity,  honored  and  respected  by  all 
who  knew  him;  he  died  March  30,  1853,  at  Wilbraham. 
Children,  all  born  at  Wilbraham — 

i.     SOPHRONIA  W.,  b.  Feb.   6,   1835;  m.   June  19,  1862, 

Chai'les  G.  Starkweather, 
ii.     Abigail,  b.  May   3,  1838;  m.  Feb.  29.  1861,  William 
O.  Serman.';. 

226.  iii.     Edward,  b.  May  24,  1842. 

227.  iv.     Frederick,  b.  Nov.  4,  1844. 

V.     Emily,  b.  Aug.  8,  1851;  d.  March  28,  1853. 

157.  Frederick",  sou  of  {N'oah'\  Chileah  B.^, 
Koah^ ,  James'-,  Thomas'^)  and  Statira  (Hays)  Merrick, 
born  Jan.  29,  1810,  at  Wilbraham.  Mass.  Married, 
April  1836,  Sarah  Fidelia  Gr  is  wold,  of  Suffolk,  Conn.; 
she  died  July,  1883.  at  Delaware,  O.  Frederick  died 
March  5,  1891  at  Delaware,  0.  No  children.  (For 
sketch  of  life  see  below). 


FREDERICK  MERRICK. 

BY  PROFESSOR  W.  G.  WILLIAMS. 

The  Rev.  Frederick  Merrick,  ex-president  of  the  Ohio 
Weslej^an  Uuiversity,  was  born  at  Wilbraham,  Mass., 
Jan.  29,  1810,  and  died  March  5,  1894,  a  little  more  than 
eighty-four  years  old.  He  was  born  in  the  same  house 
in  which  his  ancestors  for  some  generations  had  been 
born,  and  had  died.  They  were  of  the  old  Puritan  faith 
and  training,  intelligent,  industrious,  religious,  content 
with  the  quiet  life  of  a  New  England  village.  Dr.  Mer- 
rick's father  was  a  farmer,  and  the  son  spent  the  early 
years  of  his  life  on  the  farm,  working  in  the  summer, 
and  going  to  the  common  school  in  the  winter  season. 
Sedate  and  industrious  in  his  habits,  the  3'ouug  Merrick, 
at  the  age  of  seventeen,  entered  a  store  as  clerk,  and 
soon  showed  such  qualities  that,  before  reaching  his 
majority,  he  was  admitted  to  a  partnership  in  the  busi- 


342  MERRICK    GENEALOGY  —  THOMAS. 

ness.  His  training  here  gave  him  the  skill  and  accuracy 
which  afterward  made  his  financial  services  so  invalu- 
able to  the  university,  and  which  might  well  haveled 
him  to  large  commercial  success. 

But  God  had  other  plans  for  him.  Though  of  a  Con- 
gregational family,  he  was  converted  in  a  Methodist  re- 
vival, and  soon  felt  the  call  to  a  higher  vocation.  To 
prepare  himself  for  the  Christian  ministry  he  entered  the 
Wesleyan  Academy,  near  his  own  home  at  Wilbraham, 
and  afterward  continued  his  studies  at  the  Wesleyan 
University,  Middletown,  Conn.  He  did  not  remain  to 
graduate,  having,  upon  the  nomination  of  President 
Fisk,  been  elected  in  his  senior  year  to  the  principalship 
of  the  Conference  Seminary,  at  Amenia,  N.  Y. ;  but  the 
university  afterward  conferred  on  him  the  honorary  de- 
gree of  master  of  arts.  His  leaving  college  an  under- 
graduate was  honorable  to  him ;  but  he  felt  through  life 
that  he  had  lost  something  of  the  nice  linguistic  accuracy 
that  comes  from  a  complete  university  training.  At 
Amenia  he  had  a  remarkable  success  as  a  teacher  and 
administrator,  and  thus  early  settled  in  his  own  judg- 
ment, and  that  of  the  Church,  that  his  true  vocation 
for  life  was  not  in  the  pastorate,  but  in  the  school.  He 
was  then  twenty- six  years  of  age,  and  had  already  the 
characteristic  self-command  and  the  look  of  reserved 
power  which  gave  him  so  large  an  influence  over  others. 

After  two  years'  service  at  Amenia  he  was  elected, 
again  upon  the  recommendation  of  President  Fisk,  to  the 
chair  of  natural  science  in  the  Ohio  University,  at 
Athens,  0.  He  was  then  in  the  prime  of  his  manly 
vigor  and  enthusiasm.  He  was  tall  and  lithe;  his  fea- 
tures were  striking;  he  had  dark  eyes  and  a  noble  mass 
of  dark  hair,  which  reached  back  above  his  brow  and 
which  he  never  lost,  but  which  the  snows  of  many 
winters  at  last  turned  into  a  crown  of  glory.  His  bear- 
ing was  self-collected  and  courteous,  and  his  presence 
commanded  notice  in  any  assembly.  Professor  McCabe, 
who  was  then  a  student  at  Athens,  stiys  that  in  those 
days  a  group  of  the  greatest  lawyers  in  Ohio— Hunter, 
Vinton,  StanT)ery,  and  "Tom"  Ewing— practiced  in  the 
courts  of  Athens  county;  and  when  it  was  known  that 
these  were  to  speak  the  court  house  was  sure  to  be 
crowded.  On  one  occasion  the  young  McCabe  was 
asked  bv  a  distinguished  visitor:  "Who  is  that  beautiful 
young  man  sitting  within  the  bar? "  " That, ' '  he  replied, 
^'is  the  newly  elected  professor  of  the  Ohio  University." 


SIXTH    GENERATION.  343 

Professor  Merrick  came  to  Athens  in  the  palmy  days  of 
the  administration  of  the  distinguished  Dr.  William  H. 
McGuffey.  Both  the  state  universities — the  Miami  and 
the  Ohio — were  then  in  the  control  of  the  Presbyterians. 
Professor  Merrick  was  the  only  Methodist  in  the  faculty, 
the  first  Methodist  that  had  held  such  a  position  in  the 
State  of  Ohio;  and  his  coming  was  an  epoch  in  the  his- 
tory of  Methodism  in  Athens,  and  of  the  Methodist 
Church  in  Ohio.  The  young  professor  brought  success 
with  him.  His  department  was  then  almost  new  in  col- 
lege studies,  and  his  enthusiasm  made  it  and  himself 
popular.  Many  marked  men  came  under  his  instruction 
— among  them  the  beloved  and  honored  Dr.  McCabe, 
who  afterward,  for  nearly  fifty  years,  was  his  colleague 
in  the  Ohio  Wesleyan  University. 

After  four  years'  service  at  Athens,  Professor  Merrick 
resigned  his  chair,  in  order  to  enter  the  pastoral  work 
in  the  Ohio  Conference;  and  in  September,  1842,  he  was 
appointed  pastor  of  the  Methodist  Church  at  Marietta, 
another  of  Ohio's  many  college  towns.  This  was  his 
only  year  of  pastoral  labor.  In  the  spring  of  this  jear, 
1842,  the  Ohio  Wesleyan  University  was  incorporated, 
though  not  yet  opened  for  academic  work.  It  l)egan  its 
history  with  the  grounds,  an  empty  building,  a  large 
debt,  and  was  in  want  of  everything.  To  supply  these 
wants,  to  secure  money,  books,  appliances,  and,  finally, 
students,  the  Ohio  Conference  in  1843  appointed  two 
agents,  one  of  whom  was  Professor  Merrick.  From  that 
date  until  his  death  he  remained  in  the  continuous  ser- 
vice of  the  university— for  two  years  as  agent,  for  fifteen 
as  professor,  for  thirteen  as  president,  and  for  twenty- 
one  as  professor  emeritus  and  lecturer  on  natural  and  re- 
vealed religion — a  consecutive  period  of  fifty-one  years. 
This  was  a  noble  and  useful  life. 

As  an  educator,  Professor  Merrick  was  not  encyclopedic 
in  his  learning,  nor  yet  a  specialist  in  the  subjects  which 
he  taught.  His  manifold  duties  did  not  permit  him  an  ex- 
haustive knowledge  of  the  matters  of  modern  science  or 
modern  thought,  but  he  had  an  acquaintance  with  them 
adequate  for  class  work;  he  was  a  competent  instructor, 
he  was  skillful  in  exposition,  and  he  had  the  untiring 
zeal  of  a  true  teacher.  Above  all,  he  was  stimulating 
in  his  influence  over  his  students  and  abundantly  suc- 
cessful in  making  helpful  and  lasting  impressions  on 
thousands  of  ])lastic  minds  and  characters.  Says  Dr. 
Jackson,  an  intimate  friend: 


344  MERRICK    GENEALOGY  —  THOMAS. 

The  one  thing,  however,  which  impressed  me  more  than  any- 
thing else  was  that  he  was  a  consecrated,  holy  man,  While  he 
was  unconscious  of  exerting  this  silent  influence,  it  seemed  to 
me  liis  most  prominent  characteristic. 

No  student  ever  passed  through  his  classes  without  au 
inspiration  toward  all  that  is  true  and  righteous  and  pure 
and  of  good  report.  Happy  the  teacher  who  wi-ites  such 
niouumental  records  in  the  tablets  of  men's  hearts! 

As  a  citizen  and  reformer,  Professor  Merrick  held  very 
decided  and  openh' pronounced  opinions.  His  voice  and 
pen  and  services  were  unwearied  in  all  good  causes.  In 
the  fortunes  of  the  anti-slavery  agitation  before  the  war, 
and  especially  in  the  cause  of  temperance  agitation  since, 
he  w^as  greatly  interested.  His  influence  was  marked 
among  the  leaders  iu  these  reforms,  and  he  gave  for  their 
promotion  freely  of  his  personal  effort  and  thought  and 
money.  His  advice  was  often  sought  in  great  moral 
and  social  movements;  and  more  than  once  he  was  almost 
thrust,  against  his  protest,  into  the  strife  of  political 
campaigns. 

Professor  Merrick  was  always  a  man  of  affairs,  as  well 
as  a  teacher  and  administrator.  During  almost  the  entire 
period  from  1845  to  1885,  iu  addition  to  his  academic 
duties,  he  acted  as  auditor  of  the  university,  and  tad 
almost  exclusive  charge  of  its  landed  and  moneyed  inter- 
ests. In  every  business  emergencj'  his  help  was  invoked 
to  secure  the  needed  result.  When,  in  1851,  the  sud- 
denly large  increase  in  the  number  of  students,  conse- 
quent on  the  sale  of  cheap  scholarships,  made  a  new 
chapel  indispensable,  Professor  Merrick,  in  a  few  weeks 
of  active  agency,  raised  $16,000  for  this  purpose,  and 
Thomson  Chapel  was  thus  erected.  Again,  in  1853, 
through  the  influence  of  Professor  Merrick,  a  generous 
Presbyterian,  Mr.  Sturges,  of  Zanesville,  offered  $10,000 
for  a  library,  on  condition  that  a  library  building,  to 
cost  $15,000  more,  be  erected;  and  in  six  weeks  Pro- 
fessor Merrick  had  the  amount  secured.  The  university 
owes  both  these  buildings  largely  to  his  efficiency.  In 
1859,  Dr.  Prescott,  of  Concord,  N.  H.,  offered  his  large 
and  valuable  cabinet  of  natural  history  to  the  university 
for  $10,000;  and,  with  the  approval  of  the  university 
authorities,  Professor  Merrick  bought  it  on  his  own  per- 
sonal responsibility  and  raised  the  money  to  pay  for  it. 
A  few  years  later  he  bought  for  the  university,  in  a  sim- 
ilar way,  a  tract  of  a  number  of  acres  south  of  the  campus 
and  collected  the  money  to  pay  the  cost. 


SIXTH    GENERATION.  345 

Professor  Merrick  married  in  April,  1836,  a  lady 
whom  he  first  met  as  a  fellow-student  at  the  Wesleyan 
Academy,  in  Wilbraham,  Mass.,  Miss  Sarah  Fidelia  Gris- 
wold,  of  Suffolk,  Conn.  Their  married  life  together  of 
nearly  fifty  years  was  uneventful  and  happy.  Mrs.  Mer- 
rick died  in  July,  1883,  deeply  beloved  and  mourned  by 
all  who  knew  her,  and  most  of  all  by  her  husband,  to 
whom  she  was  a  guide  and  inspiration  by  her  beautiful 
Christian  life,  and  a  comfort  and  support  in  all  his  duties 
and  anxieties. 

Professor  Merrick's  Christian  life  was  beautiful  and  ex- 
emplary. He  was  a  man  without  guile, transparent,  saintly, 
revered  by  all  as  a  living  demonstration  of  the  truth  and 
power  of  the  Gospel.  No  one  ever  heard  a  reproach 
a-gainst  his  uprightness  or  any  question  of  his  motives. 
All  voices,  even  of  ungodly  men,  bore  willing  and  em- 
phatic  testimony  to  the  irreproachableuess  of  his  life. 

With  his  stanch  New  England  training  and  convic- 
tions, he  was  scrupulously  exact  in  the  duties  and  serv- 
ices of  religion.  His  pietj-  was  constant  and  consistent. 
He  was  habitual  in  his  attendance  upon  public  worship, 
even  when  his  friends  thought  he  ought  to  spare  himself; 
and  until  he  was  past  threescore  and  ten  he  kept  his  place 
as  a  teacher  in  the  Sunday-school.  He  was  a  man  of 
thought  on  the  verities  of  the  faith;  he  never  was  a  man  of 
doul>ts.  He  believed  in  God  with  the  simple  faith  of  a 
child;  and  he  accepted  the  Bible,  the  whole  Bible,  as 
God's  revealed  word.  He  was  joyful  in  his  religious 
experience,  and  had  no  clouds  above  his  pathway.  A 
friend,  who  visited  him  almost  daily  during  his  invalid 
years,  found  him  always  on  the  delectable  mountains. 
But,  unlike  Bunyan's  pilgrim,  he  needed  no  perspective 
glass  to  catch  a  sight  of  Heaven.  His  unclouded  vision 
took  in  the  gates  of  the  Celestial  City,  and  some  of  the 
glory  of  the  place. 

158.  FANNY^  dau.  of  (Noah%  CMleab  B.\  Noah^ 
James''\  Thomas^)  und^tativa  (Hays)  Merrick,  born  Sept. 
23,  1812,  at  Wilbraham,  Mass.  Married,  Dec.  2."),  1835, 
at  Wilbraham,  Mass.,  Ephraim  Perkins,  son  of  Ephraim 
and  Lucy  (Merrick)  Perkins:  he  born  May  5,  1810,  at 
Trenton  Falls,  N.  Y.;  died  June  8,  1891,  at  Kenosha, 
Wis.  Fanny  (Merrick)  Perkins,  the  mother,  died  Dec. 
23,  1845,  at  Montalona  (now  Richmond),  111.  Their 
children  were — 


346  MERRICK    GENEALOGY  —  THOMAS. 

i.  Lucy,  (Perkins)  b.  March  9,  1837,  Joliet,  111. ;  d.  May, 
18G2. 

ii.  Fidelia,  (Perkins),  b.  Aug.  29,  1838,  at  Joliet,  111.; 
is  living,  Oct.,  1901,  at  Delaware,  O. 

iii.  Helen  M.  (Perkins),  b.  June  30,  1841,  Montalona, 
111. 

iv.  George  Merrick  (Perkins),  b.  Aug.  23,  1845,  Mon- 
talona, 111. ;  d.  Jan.  5,  1846. 

159.  Samuel  Fisk^  son  of  (Samuel  FisTi^ ,  Sanmel 
Fisli^ ,  Noah^,  James^ ,  Thomas^)  and  Miriam  (Stark- 
weather) Merrick,  born  Sept.  27,  1819,  at  Wilbraham, 
Mass.  Married,  Oct.  11,  1852,  at  Fryeburg,  Me.,  Mary 
Webster,  daughter  of  Edward  and  Jane  (Webster) 
Weston;  she  born,  1823,  at  Fryeburg,  Me.;  died  June 
1880,  at  Wilbraham,  Mass.  Samuel  Fisk  Merrick  crossed 
the  plains  to  California  in  1S49,  remaining  two  years. 
Served  in  the  Civil  War;  died  Aug.  1894,  at  Wilbraham. 
They  had  one  daughter — 

i.     Annie  Weston,  b.  Oct.  12,  1853,  at  Wilbraham. 

160.  J AMEU^,  son  of  (Samuel  Fisk^,  Samuel  Fisk^, 
Noah^ ,  James" ,  Thomas^)  and  Miriam  (Starkweather) 
Merrick,  born  Dec.  11,  1823,  at  Wilbraham,  Mass.  Mar- 
ried, Sept.  22,  1853,  at  Saratoga,  N.  Y.,  Eunice  Jewell, 
daughter  of  Parmenio  and  Fannie  (Ward)  Libby;  she 
born  Sept.  21,  1823,  at  Limington,  Me.;  she  graduated 
from  the  Fryeburg  Academy,  Fryeburg,  Me.,  where  she 
had  the  advantage  also  of  accomplishing  the  first  two 
years  of  a  college  course  as  prescribed  by  Bowdoin  Col- 
lege at  that  time;  she  was  a  teacher  for  several  years 
before  her  marriage;  she  died  Sept.  19,  1897,  at  Wil- 
braham. James  Merrick  was  one  of  the  early  gold- 
seekers,  crossing  the  continent  in  an  ox  team,  in  com- 
pany with  his  brother,  Samuel  F.,  in  the  year  1849. 
After  two  years  he  returned  to  Wilbraham,  where  he 
lived  until  his  death-  His  estate  comprises  a  part  of  the 
land  originallv  granted  to  Parson  Noah  Merrick.  He 
died  May  2,  1898,  at  Wilbraham.     Children— 

228.         i.     Charles  Stuart,  b.  Aug.  19,  1854. 
ii.     Fannie  Miriam,  b.  Sept.  13,  1857. 
iii.     James  Harold,  b.  March  10,  1861;  d.  Oct.  18,  1876. 

SEVENTH  GENERATION. 

161.  Hamilton'',  son  of  (^Yillar(l^,  Jolin^ ,  John^, 
John^,  John'^ ,    Thomas^)  and   Naomi  (Mcintosh)  Mer- 


SEVENTH    GENERATION.  347 

rick,  boru  Sept.  5,  1811,  in  Steuben,  N.  Y.  Married 
Nancy  Langdou,  of  Verona,  Oneida  Co.,  N.  Y.;  she 
died  Dec.  1885,  at  Weston,  N.  Y.  Hamilton  Merrick 
resided  on  the  old  homestead  in  Steuben  from  1844  un- 
til 1884,  when  he  moved  to  Western,  Oneida  Co.,  where 
his  wife  died  within  a  year.  He  was  a  successful  far- 
mer, an  unassuming  man,  greatly  respected  for  his 
honesty,  industry  and  good  judgment.  He  died  May  18, 
1888,  at  Western.     Children— 

i.     Abbie  a.,  b.  July  8,  1845;  never  married. 

ii.     Emma  S.,  b.  Dec.  29,  1847;  m.  Feb.  17,  1874.  William 

Carpenter,  of  Floyd,  N.    Y. ;    had  Mary  E.,  b. 

Nov.    7,  1874;  d.    Sept.    8,  1875;  Bertha  M.,  b. 

Dec.  19,  1875;  m.  John  W.  Stretten,  of  Western; 

Florence  A.,  b.  May  18,  1878;  Eva  J.,  b.  Sept. 

12,  1881.  William  Carpenter  and  wife  are  living 

at  Rome,  N.  Y. 

229.  iii.    WiLLARD  Hamilton,  b.  May  27,  1850. 

1 62.  Clintox '' ,  son  of  ( John ^ ,  John '"  ,Joh n ^ ,  John ^ , 
John'^ ,  Thomas'^)  and  Hannah  (Phillips)  Merrick,  boru 
Oct.  23,  1819,  at  Steuben,  N.  Y.  Married,  Feb.  22, 
1843,  at  Remsen,  N.  Y^.,  Abby,  daughter  of  Salmon  and 
Fannie  (Smith)  Dayton;  she  born  April  26,  1821,  at 
Kemsen,  N.  Y.;  she  is  living,  (1898),  with  her  daugh- 
ter, Helen  A.,  at  Steuben,  N.Y.,  nearly  80  years  of  age. 
Children,  all  born  at  Steuben — 

230.  i.     John  Dayton,  b.  July  11,  1845. 

ii.     Marian  Josephine,   b.    May  9,    1852;  m.   May  27, 

1880,  at  Steuben,  Wheklon  Griffith, 
iii.     Helen  Antoinette,   b.   March   18,  1856;  living  at 
Steuben,  N.  Y. ;  unmarried. 

231.  iv.     Frank  Wilbur,  b  Nov.  28,  1863. 

1 63.  Delos  S  .  ^  son  of  ( George  W.  ^ ,  Moses ' ,  John  * , 
John^ ,  John- ,  Thomas^)  and  Zeruiah  (Payne)  Merrick, 
born  March  10,  1819,  at  German  Flats,  N.  Y.  Married, 
Sept.  30,  1842,  at  Nuuda,  Livingston  Co.,  N.  Y.,  Al- 
mira  Chace;  she  was  living,  February  1899,  with  her 
daughter,  Clarissa,  in  Sparta,  N.  J.  Delos  S.  died  April 
30,  1882,  at  Nuuda,  N.  Y.     Children— 

i.    Julia  E.,  b. . 

ii.     Clarissa,  b.  .  living,  Feb.  1899,  at  Sparta,  N.  J. 

iii.     Mary,  b.  . 

164.  John  ALONZO^  son  of  {George  W.^ ,  Moses^, 
John^ ,  John^ ,  John',  Thomas^)  and  Zeruiah  (Payne) 
Merrick,  born  Sept.  20,  1835,  at  Nunda,  N.  Y.     Mar- 


348  MERRICK    GENEALOGY  —  THOMAS. 

ried,  June  25,  1861,  at  Nunda,  Julia  S.  Barker.  John 
Alonzo  and  his  wife  were  living,  Feb.  1898,  at  Randolph, 
N.  Y.     Children— 

i.  Frank  Willard,  b.  May  6,  1862,  at  Nunda,  N.  Y. ; 
is  married ;  is  in  the  firm  of  Mei-rick,  Hopkins 
&  Co.,  artificial  limbs,  39  Dearborn  St.,  Chi- 
cago; his  wife,  Grace  G.,  is  head  of  the  firm  of 
G.  G.  Merrick  &  Co.,  manufacturers  of  flavor- 
ing extracts,  Chicago. 

ii.     Mary  Sophia,  b.  Oct.  9,  1864,  Nunda,  N.  Y. 

iii.  Gertie  E.,  b,  June  3,  1871,  at  Triimiph,  Pa.;  d. 
May  17,  1875. 

iv.  Florence,  b.  March  3,  1876,  at  Triumph,  Pa. ;  is 
living  at  home  with  her  parents,  1898. 

165.  Eldridge  Jar  vis  \  son  of  {  William  Martin''', 
Moses"  John'^ ,  John'*,  John'^ ,  Tliomas^)  and  Marv  (Jar- 
vis)  Merick,  born  May  22,  1824,  at  Sherburne,' N.  Y. 
Married,  1st,  Lavinia  Hardy  ,  at  Albion,  N.  Y, ;  she  born 
1824,  at  Elmira;  she  was  the  mother  of  six  children; 
at  her  death  in  1863,  Eldridge  J.  married  2nd,  Elizabeth 
L.  Bosworth,  by  whom  he  had  one  son,  George  W. 
Eldridge  J.  removed  when  a  youth  to  Portage,  N.  Y., 
with  his  parents;  after  five  years  removed  to  Nunda,  N. 
Y.,  and  later  to  Carlton,  N,  Y.  He  then  went  to  live 
with  his  uncle,  Eldridge  Gerry,  at  Clayton,  N.  Y.  Went 
to  school  one  year;  then  bought  "Round  Island,"  in  the 
St.  Lawrence  River  opposite  Clayton;  took  a  partner 
and  built  a  vessel,  the  ''Mountaineer,^^  one  of  the  largest 
and  finest  vessels  on  the  lakes,  at  that  time.  Built  a 
saw-mill  on  the  island,  and  then  sold  out  and  entered 
the  daguerreotype  business;  went  to  London,  Ontario, 
and  was  there  in  the  picture  business  for  seven  years, 
during  which  time  he  made  many  valuable  improvements 
in  the  art  of  photography,  then  in  its  infancy.  Went 
with  pictures  to  Michigan,  at  the  time  of  the  Crimean 
War;  sold  out  the  business  and  studied  dentistry,  at 
which  he  has  worked  until  this  time.  Is  a  Spiritualist 
in  belief.     Children — 

233.  i.     Sidney  Gideon,  b.  July  11,  1849,  at  Albion,  N.  Y. 

ii.  William  Pitt,  b.  1852,  at  Albion, 
iii.  Lavinia,  b.  18.'3r),  Albion;  d.  1806. 
iv.  Hardy,  b.  March  26,  1857,  London,  Canada.  Moved 
with  his  parents  to  St.  Joseph  county,  Mich., 
where  his  mother  died ;  after  six  years  returned 
with  his  father,  four  brothers  and  one  sister  to 
Orleans  county,  N.  Y.,  where  he  remained  until 
he  was  nineteen  years  of  age.  During  this  time 
obtained  a  good  common  school  education,  and 


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SEVENTH    GENERATION.  349 

learned  farming,  which  he  has  since  followed 
as  an  occupation.  After  he  was  nineteen  began 
to  make  xi.ore  or  less  frequent  trips  to  the  west 
and  south.  On  his  first  trip  spent  one  j^ear  on 
his  uncle's  ranch  in  i\Iissouri.  Spent  seven  years 
on  the  Pacific  coast,  mining,  ranching  and  lum- 
bering, in  the  states  of  Washington,  Oregon  and 
California.  He  claims  as  his  highest  honor  that 
in  all  his  wanderings  he  has  borne  untarnished 
the  ancient  and  honorable  name  of  Merick. 
V.     Ada  Jane,  b.  1859,   at  Sturgis,    Mich. ;  m.    1882,  at 

Council  Bluffs,  la.,  William  Benton, 
vi.     Wendell  Phillips,  b.  1862,  Sturgis,  Mich. 

vii.     George  W.,  b.  ;  was  Hving,    (1898)  at  No.  79 

Seward  St.,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 

166.  William  De Witt ^  sou  of  (William  Martin\ 
Moses^,  JoJin^,  Johii^ ,  John'^ ,  TJiomas^)  aud  Mary  (Jar- 
vis)  Merick,  born  May  2,  1835,  Nuiida,  N.  Y.  Married, 
1st,  Oct.,  1856,  ElizalWh  S.  Gray;  she  died  June,  1860; 
one  child.  William  married  2nd.  Jan.,  1867,  Millicent 
Elizabeth  W^hitnev ;  still  living;  two  children.  William 
DeWitt  was  living  (1898)  at  Carlton,  N.  Y.    Childi'en— 

i.     Wallace  Gray,  b.  . 

ii.     Starr  King,  b. ;  d.  April,  1895. 

ill.     Florence  Grace,  b.  ;  m.  June  12,  1895,  Dr.  C. 

M.  Burrows. 

167.  Maria  D.',  dau,  of  (Eldridge  Gerry \  Mos€s\ 
John^,  JoJin^,  John',  Thomas^)  and  Jane  C.  (Fowler) 
Merick,  born  Oct.  22,  1831,  at  Clayton,  N.  Y.  Married. 
June  12,  1851,  Isaac  L.  Lyon.  She  was  living,  Dec, 
1899,  at  Redlands,  Cal.     Children— 

i.     Jeannie  (Lyon),  b.  June,  1852. 
ii.     Eldridge  M.  (Lyon),  b.  1854. 
iii.     Leland  (Lyon),  b.  1855. 

168.  Melzar  P.^  son  of  (Ehlridye  Gerrif ,  3Ioses\ 
John"^,  JoJiH^.  JoJin^,  Thomas^)  and  Jane  C.  (Fowler) 
Merick,  born  March  7,  1836,  at  Clayton,  N.  Y.  Mar- 
ried, June  12,  1873,  at  Detroit,  Mich.,  Mary  Whittlesey; 
she  born  Dec.  21,  1846,  at  Willington,  Conn.;  she  is 
living,  1901,  at  Detroit,  Mich.  Melzar  F.  was  a  pros- 
perous lumberman  in  Wisconsin,  having  a  beautiful  res- 
idence at  Green  Bay,  where  he  died,  March  28,  1893. 
Children — 

i.     Mary,  b. :  d. 

ii.     Maria  Fowler,  b.  April  16,  1874;  is  a  musician, 
iii.     Mary  W.,  b.  Aug.  6,  1875;  d.  July  11,  1879. 


350  MERRICK    GENEALOGY  —  THOMAS. 

iv.  Eldridge  Gerry,  b.  1878;  graduated  from  Univer- 
sity of  Wisconsin  June,  1900 :  is  a  Ci%-il  and  Me- 
chanical Engineer,  working  in  his  profession  in 
Pittsfield,  Mass.,  1902. 

V.     Edith,  b.  Aug.  2,  1881. 

169.  Jeaxxie  C.J ,  dan.  of  {Eldridge  Gerry\  Moses^ , 
JoJin^,  Johiv^  John"-,  Thomas^)  and  Jane  C.  (Fowler) 
Merick,  born  Sept  27,  1845,  at  Clayton,  N.  Y.  Mar- 
ried, Oct.  18,  1871,  at  Detroit,  Mich.,  Oliver  N.  Chaffee; 
he  connected  with  the  insurance  hnsiness  as  agent  and 
manager.  They  are  living,  1901,  in  Detroit,  Mich. 
Childi-en,  all  born  in  Detroit,  except  the  last— 

i.  Melzar  Merrick  (Chaffee),  b.  July  25,  1872. 

ii.  Alice  E.  (Chaffee),  b.  Dec.  15,  1S7.S. 

iii.  Walter  Crane  (Chaffee),  b.  Sept.  19,  1875. 

iv.  Mary  L.  (Chaffee),  b.  Mav  19,  1877;  d.  Dec.  3,  1883. 

V.  William  Ninde  (Chaffee),  b.  Jan.  31,  1879. 

vi.  Oliver  N.  (Chaffee),  b.  Jan.  23,  1881. 

vii.  Alios  E.  (Chaffee),  b.  Jan.  7,  1886,  Quincy,  III. 

170.  Moses  B.^  son  of  (Hiram'^,  Moses° ,  John'^, 
John^ ,  John^,  Thomas'^)  and  Esther  (Richardson)  Mer- 
rick, born  Feb.  1,  1844,  at  Nunda,  N.  Y.  Married, 
1867,  Mary  E.,  daughter  of  James  T.  Craig,  of  Nunda, 
N.  Y.;  she  born  Oct.  22,  1842,  at  Sparta,  N.  Y.  Moses 
Merrick  lived  for  six  years  with  his  parents  in  Clayton, 
N.  Y.;  then,  about  1850,  removed  to  Loekport;  in 
1853  to  Detroit,  Mich.;  1857  to  Constantine,  Mich.; 
1859  to  Chicago.  In  1861  he  returned  alone  to  his 
birthplace,  Nunda,  where  he  clerked  in  the  store 
of  his  brother-in-law,  W.  B.  Whitcomb,  until  1865. 
He  then  went  to  Detroit,  where  he  kept  books  for  a 
time,  and  afterward  engaged  in  the  produce  business  for 
himself.  In  1876  he  returned  to  New  York,  and  from 
there  to  Passaic,  N.  J.,  where  he  has  lived  since  1886, 
doing  business  in  New  York  city.  He  is  engaged  in 
general  advertising.     His  children  are — 

i.     Melzar  Craig,  b.  Jan.  12,  1868,  Sandwich,  Ontario, 
ii.     Edith  F.,  b.  Oct.  17,  1870,  Detroit,  Mich. 

171.  Rev.  Samuel  Duxton',  son  of  (Col.  Joseph^, 
Timothy",  John^,  Joh)V\  John'^ ,  Thomas^)  and  Lodieea 
(Dunton)  Merrick,  born  April  29,  1815,  at  Willington, 
Conn.  Married,  March  14,  1839,  at  Eastford,  Conn., 
Evelina,  daughter  of  James  Lyon;  she  born  July  81, 
1815,  at  Eastford,  Conn. ;   died  Jan.  3,  1893,  at  Hoh'oke, 


SEVENTH    CxENERATION.  351 

Mass.  The  first  twenty-one  years  of  the  life  of  Samuel 
Dunton  Merrick,  though  uneventful,  were  typical  of  the 
conditions  then  existing  in  most  New  England  homes. 
He  was  the  eldest  of  seven  children.  Not  until  he  was 
21  5'ears  of  age  was  he  permitted  to  choose  his  own  path- 
way. Up  to  that  time  he  willliugly  worked  at  farming 
and  shoemaking  for  his  father,  although  at  the  age  of 
17  he  strongh'  desired  to  leave  home  and  get  an  educa- 
tion. 

At  the  age  of  24  he  married  Evelina  Lyon.  They 
lived  in  Willington  and  Tolland,  Conn.,  until  1856, 
when  they  moved  to  Ontario,  N.  Y.  The  hardest  kind 
of  work  )3y  all  did  not  suffice  to  make  farming  success- 
ful. At  this  time  the  belief  that  "he  was  not  where 
God  wanted  him"  prevailed  over  all  other  considerations, 
and  he  decided  to  satisfy  his  life-long  desire  to  engage 
in  active  religious  work. 

In  1859  Samuel  Merrick  received  his  license  to  preach. 
The  critical  period  passed  successfully,  and  in  1861  he 
was  ordained.  The  following  thirty  years  were  years  of 
success  in  active  pastoral  work.  Starting  as  pastor  of 
the  Ontario  Baptist  church,  he  later  was  called  to  Web- 
ster, N.  Y.;  then  to  Caton,  N.  Y. ,  then  to  Addison,  N. 
Y.,  and  then  to  his  longest  pastorate,  at  Tioga,  Pa., 
where  he  was  pastor  for  twelve  years. 

After  1886  his  pastoral  work  was  limited  to  "supply- 
ing" various  churches.  In  1899  Mr.  Merrick  wrote: 
"The  experiment  of  going  direct  from  the  plough  to  the 
pulpit,  with  only  the  slimmest  of  common  school  educa- 
tion, is  not  to  be  commended  to  any  man,  although," 
as  he  writes,  "I  was  happy  in  my  work  of  urging  my 
fellowmen  to  accept  the  Gospel,  and  happy  that  some 
accepted  the  invitation."  Mr.  Merrick  is  still  living  in 
Addison  county,  N.  Y.,  with  his  daughter,  Mrs.  Fied. 
C.  Taber.     His  children  were — 

233.  i.     James  Lyon,  b.  July  12,  1840,  Willington,  Conn. 

234.  ii.     Joseph  Stewart,  b.  May  17,  1842,  Willington.  Conn, 
iii.     Evelina,  b.  Feb.  19,  1846,   Tolland,  Conn. ;  d.  April 

13,  1846. 

235.  iv.     Adoniram  Judson,  b.  April  12,  1847,  Tolland,  Conn. 

V.  Ann  Elizabeth,  b.  March  30,  1852,  Tolland,  Conn. ; 
m.  Fred.  C.  Taber,  of  Tioga,  Penn.,  Oct.  22, 
1874. 

172.  Timothy" ,^  son  of  (Col.  Joseph^  Timothy \  Jo- 
seph'^, Jolin^ ,  John',  Thomas^)  and  Lodicea  (Dunton) 
Merrick,  born  Dec.  2,  1823,  at  Willington,  Conn.    Mar- 


352  MERRICK   GENEALOGY  —  THOMAS. 

ried  four  times:  1st,  Sept.  16,  1851,  at  Willingtou, 
Conn.,  Justina  Lovieea,  daughter  of  Origen  and  Saliua 
(Preston)  Hall;  she  born  July  3,  1830,  at  Willimantie, 
Conn.;  died  June  16,  1860,  at  same  place.  2nd,  April 
29,  1862,  Sarah  Brown,  daughter  of  Benjamin  and  Su- 
san (Medburv)  Congdou;  born  June  30,  1834,  at  Pom- 
fret,  Conn./died  Dec.  13,  1883,  at  Holyoke,  Mass.  3rd, 
Nov.  17,  1887,  Priseilla  Braislin,  at  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.; 
she  died  Dec.  15,  1888.  4th,  Oct.  1,  1890,  Harriet 
Emma  Allen,  at  Fairhaven,  Vt. ;  she  is  living  with 
Charles  Irving  Merrick,  Holyoke,  Mass.,  September, 
1900.  Timothy,  the  father,  died  March  19,  1894,  at 
Holyoke.  (For  personal  history  see  following.)  Chil- 
dren— 

236.  i.     Origen  Hall,  b.  March  7,  1854,  Willingtou,  Conn, 

ii.  Charles  Irving,  b.  July  24.  1857,  Willington, 
Conn.:  d.  March  10,  18(56,  Holj'oke,  Mass. 

iii.  JusTiNA  Hall,  b.  Feb.  16,  1860,  at  Holyoke,  Mass. ; 
d.  June,  18G0. 

iv.  Justin  A  Hall,  b.  March  7,  1863,  Mansfield,  Conn. ; 
m.  Dec.  19,  1888,  at  Holyoke,  Mass.,  Clay  Har- 
vey Hollister.  She  graduated  from  Vassar  Col- 
lege in  1884. 
y.  Susan  Medbury,  b.  May  19,  1866,  Holyoke,  Mass.; 
m.  May  19,  1893,  George  Alphens  Heywood,  of 
Aiken,'  S.  C. 

yi.  George  Edward,  b.  Feb.  1.  1869,  Holyoke,  Mass. ; 
graduated  from  Mass.  Inst.  Tech..' 1890,  and  d. 
April  23,  1892. 

yii.     Charles  Irving,  b.  Feb.  11,  1871,  Holyoke,  Mass. ; 
graduated  from    Haryard  College  1894;  unmar- 
ried. 
viii.     Mary  Louise,  b.  Sept.  27,  1872,  Holyoke,  Mass. 

ix.     BEN.JAMIN  Paul,  b.  March  19,  1877,  Holyoke,  Mass. 


TIMOTHY  MERRICK. 

Timothy  Merrick  was  a  son  of  a  poor  Connecticut  farmer. 
His  boyhood  was,  of  necessity,  given  up  to  work  upon 
his  father's  land,  in  Willington,  with  the  exception  of 
his  tenth  year,  during  which  he  found  employment  as  a 
muletender  in  a  cotton  mill  in  Coventry,  near  by. 
A  day's  work  of  twelve  hours,  and  wages  of  less  than 
one  dollar  a  week,  presented  conditions  less  desirable 
than  farming,  to  which  the  boy  returned,  and  which  he 
pursued  for  some  years.  At  the  age  of  twenty-one  he 
possessed  but  a  district  school  education,  and  a  fair 
knowledge  of  shoemaking,  which  he  acquired  with  the 


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SEVENTH    GENERATION.  353 

purpose  of  following  the  trade-  The  inactivity  of  the 
occupation,  however,  seriously  impaired  his  health,  and 
in  1847  he  entered  the  employ  of  the  Willing-ton  Thread 
Company.  From  this  time,  when  he  first  learned  to 
turn  out  spools  on  the  lathe,  throughout  his  life,  Tim- 
othy Merrick  was  intimately  connected  with  the  manu- 
facture of  spool  cotton.  From  Willington  he  removed, 
about  1855,  to  Willimantic,  Conn.,  where  he  found 
employment  in  the  Willimantic  Linen  Company.  Sep- 
arating from  that  concern  in  1860,  he  formed,  with  his 
youngest  brother  Austin,  and  his  father-in-law,  Origen 
Hall,  the  co-partnership  of  Merrick  Brothers  and  Com- 
pany. At  their  small  plant  in  Mansfield  Centre,  Conn, 
they  engaged  in  bleaching,  dyeing,  and  spooling  thread 
bought  in  the  skein.  The  rapid  increase  in  the  de- 
mands of  the  business  soon  required  the  addition  of  a 
spinning  department  which  was  quicklv  taxed  to  its  ut- 
most capacity.  Greater  facilities  now  became  necessarj', 
and  a  new  field  was  sought,  and  found  in  Holyoke, 
Mass.  Here  in  1865,  the  co-partnership  was  superseded 
by  the  establishment  of  the  Merrick  Thread  Company, 
with  a  capital  of  $200,000.  Timothy  Merrick  became  its 
treasurer  and  remained  such,  as  well  as  general  manager, 
until  his  death.  Under  his  guidance  and  care  the  busi- 
ness developed  .steadily  and  soundly.  Whereas  in  1866 
the  mill  gave  emplojanent  to  less  than  one  hundred  peo- 
ple, and  produced  but  half  a  million  spools  of  thread 
annually,  at  the  time  of  its  founder's  death  the  capacity 
of  the  plant  was  twelve  times  as  large,  and  its  pay  roll 
proportionately  greater. 

Although  the  thread  business  at  first  exclusively  and 
always  chieflj-  occupied  his  attention,  Timothy  Merrick 
became  associated  with  several  other  industrial  enter- 
prises, notably  the  Hudson  River  Water  Power  &  Paper 
Company,  (now  the  Duncan  Company)  of  Mechanics ville, 
N.  Y.  In  1885,  in  its  third  year,  he  became  president 
of  the  company,  and  assisted  by  a  most  capable  mana- 
ger, pursued  the  same  vigorous  policy  which  he  had  ap- 
plied to  the  thread  business.  As  a  result  the  paper  con- 
cern ceased  to  be  a  poorly  conducted  experiment,  and 
advanced  slowly  but  surely,  till  it  has  become  one  of  the 
largest  producers  of  fine  wood  paper.  Besides  these  two 
concerns,  he  held  official  positions  in  the  Farr  Alpaca 
Company,  the  Merrick  Lumber  Company,  and  two  banks, 
all  situated  in  Holyoke. 


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54  MERRICK   GENEALOGY  —  THOMAS. 


In  public  affairs,  municipal  and  national,  Timothy 
Merrick  always  took  a  healthy  interest,  although  no  po- 
litical office  higher  than  city  councillor  ever  fell  to  his 
lot.  He  was  a  steadfast  supporter  of  the  Republican 
party,  and  went  as  a  delegate  from  the  11th  Massachu- 
setts district  to  the  National  Convention  which  nomina- 
ted James  A.  Garfield.  Of  the  Home  Market  Club,  of 
Boston,  he  was  an  active  member,  and  served  as  its 
president  during  the  years  1888  and  1889. 

Like  his  parents,  Timothy  Merrick  was  a  Baptist. 
Joining  the  church  in  his  early  home  when  a  young  man, 
he  continued  strong  in  the  faith  throughout  his  life,  and 
served  for  many  years  as  deacon  in  the  Second  Baptist 
church  of  Holyoke. 

173.  JoHN^  son  of  {Joseph^,  TimotJiij'%  Joseph*, 
John^ ,  John^,  Thomas'^)  and  Lodicea  (Dunton)  Merrick, 
born  April  19,  1826,  at  Willington,  Connecticut.  Mar- 
ried, 1st,  Nov.  28,  1848,  at  Roekville,  Conn.,  Mary  La- 
throp,  daughter  of  Levi  and  Laura  (Barker)  Little;  she 
born  Nov.  9,  1823.  at  Columbia,  Conn.;  died  March  13, 
1880,  at  Holyoke,'  Mass.  Married,  2nd,  May  24,  1883, 
at  Saratoga  Springs,  N.  Y.,  Olive  Co  wen;  she  died 
March  12,  1891,  at  Holyoke.  John  Merrick  writes  that 
he  remembers  little  of  his  early  childhood  until  he  was 
seven  years  old;  until  he  was  nineteen  years  of  age  he 
lived  at  home  in  Willington,  working  on  the  farm.  He 
says:  "Father  was  poor.  He  had  the  old  farm,  but 
was  always  more  or  less  in  debt  ("more,"  more  often 
than  "less"),  and  you  may  believe  that  we  all  had  to 
work."  At  the  age  of  nineteen,  Mr.  Merrick  took  up 
the  trade  of  carpenter,  working  for  three  years  in  Roek- 
ville, Conn.,  afterwards  living  in  Willington,  then  Mon- 
son,  Mass.,  then  Willington  again;  he  moved,  in  1865, 
to  Holyoke,  Mass.,  with  his  brother  Tiraothv.  In  1869 
John  Merrick  started  the  business  of  J.  Merrick  &  Co. 
After  various  changes  he  formed,  with  his  brother  Tim- 
othy, and  his  nephews,  Joseph  and  Judson  Merrick,  what 
is  now  the  Merrick  Lumber  Co.  This  company,  under 
able  management,  has  been,  and  is  yet,  very  successful. 
Mr.  Merrick  is  a  life- long  Baptist.  Politically  he  is  a 
republican.  He  is  now  living  in  Minneapolis,  Minn., 
with  his  daughter,  Mrs.  Frederick  B.  Lathrop.  Chil- 
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SEVENTH    GENERATION.  355 

i.  LODICEA  DUNTON.  b.  Marck  30,  1886,  at  Holyoke, 
Mass. ;  m.  March  30,  1886,  at  Holyoke,  Frederick 
B.  Lathrop.     Now  living  in  Minneapolis,  Minn. 

ii.  Edward  Payson,  b.  Aug.  28,  1857,  at  Willlington, 
Conn. ;  d.  May  9,  1869,  at  Holyoke. 

174.  Leverett  Griggs'',  son  of  (fiVo-ve?/®,  Thomas^, 
Joseph*,  JoJiH^ ,  JoJur ,  Thomas'^)  and  Esther  C.  (Burn- 
ham)  Merrick,  born  Dec.  10,  1846,  at  Willington,  Conn. 
Married,  Sept.  9,  1868,  at  Tolland,  Conn.,  Mary  Emma, 
daughter  of  Reuben  and  Laura  Maria  (Starr)  Edgertou; 
she  born  Nov.  14,  1846,  at  Tolland,  Conn.  Leverett  G. 
Merrick  was  educated  in  the  common  schools,  and  in 
Huntsinger's  Business  College,  Hartford.  Removed  to 
Bristol,  Conn.,  in  1870,  where,  in  company  with  his 
father,  he  soon  established  a  large  grocery  business, 
which  he  has  conducted  alone  since  the  retirement  of  his 
father  in  1880.  Has  been  deacon  in  the  Congregational 
church  in  Bristol  since  1887.     Had  one  child — 

i.  Mary  Edgerton,  b.  Feb.  25,  1870,  at  Willington;  d. 
Sept.  27,  1900,  at  Bristol,  Conn. 

175.  Francis^  son  of  (Eliska  Alden^,  Joseph^, 
Joseph'^,  John^,  john'^ ,  Thomas^)  and  Jerusha  (Ten- 
nant)  Merrick,  born  Aug.  27,  1827,  at  Pleasantville,  Pa. 
Married,  1860,  at  Cooperstown,  Pa.,  Lois,  daughter  of 
James  and  Louisa  Kingsley;  she  born  1834,  at  Coopers- 
town,  Pa.;  died  1892,  at^Dillsboro,  N.  C.  The  early 
life  of  Francis  Merrick  was  spent  in  Pennsylvania,  in 
merchandizing,  and  in  the  oil  business;  for  the  last 
eighteen  years  has  been  engaged  in  lumbering  in  the 
states  of  North  Carolina,  Tennessee  and  West  Virginia. 
Is  now  living  at  Mineral  Bluff,  Ga.,  and  engaged  in  the 
lumber  trade.     Children — 

i.  Duff,  b.  1862,  at  Cooperstown,  Pa. ;  is  single,  a  law- 
yer, practicing  his  profession  at  Asheville,  N.  C. 

ii.  Ernest,  b.  1864,  at  Dempseytown,  Pa. ;  is  a  mechan- 
ical engineer;  is  married,  and  living  at  1252  Wa- 
verly  Place,  Elizabeth,  N.  J. ;  m.  Agnes  Record, 
1897. 

iii.  DeEtta,  b.  1867,  at  Dempseytown,  Pa. ;  is  single; 
living  in  Asheville,  N.  C. 

iv.  WiLBER  K.,  b.  1870,  at  Dempseytown,  Pa. ;  m.  1898, 
at  Dillsboro,  N.  C. ,  Mamie  Allen ;  is  engaged  in 
the  lumber  trade  at  Mineral  Bluff,  Ga. 

V.  Jessie,  b.  1872,  at  Pleasantville,  Pa. ;  m.  1898,  at 
Asheville,  N.  C,  Alfred  Barnard;  is  living  at 
Asheville,  N.  C. 

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356  MERRICK    GENEALOGY  —  THOMAS. 

176.  Adaline  Amelia ^  dau.  of  {Austin^ ,  Joseph^ , 
Joseph*,  Jolin^ ,  John ^ ,  Thomas^ )  and  Sylvia— (Amelia! ) 
—  (Whieher)  Merrick,  born  Sept.  11,  1845,  at  Pleas- 
antville.  Pa.  Married,  Aug.  8,  1872,  at  Pleasantville, 
John  Joshua,  sou  of  Albert  and  Isabella  E.  (Culbert- 
son)    Haight;    born  June    5,    1838,    at  Richmond  Pa.; 

died .     Adaline  Amelia  married,  2nd,  McClin- 

tock;   is  living  at  Huntington,  West  Virginia  (August, 
1900).     Childi-en,  both  born  at  Pleasantville,  Pa.— 

i.     Ella  (Haight)  ,b.June  29,  1873;  m.  May  13,  1894,  at 
Dunkirk,  N.  Y.,  E.  A.  Wolfe;  has  two  children, 
Cora,  b.  March  6,  1894;  John  J.,  b.  June,  1898; 
living  at  Cooper  Tract,  Forest  Co. ,  Pa. 
ii.     John  (Haight),  b.  1876;  d.  April  5,  1877. 

177.  Homer  Joseph\  son  of  {Austin^,  Joseph^ 
Joseph'^,  John'\  John-,  Thomas'^)  and  Sylvia  (Whieher) 
Merrick,  born  Nov.  18,  1846,  at  Pleasantville,  Pa.  Mar- 
ried Dec.  21,  1870,  at  Adams,  Neb.,  Lucy  A.,  daughter 
of  John  and  Almira  (Shaw)  Lyons;  she  born  March  7, 
1853,  at  Kenosha,  Wis.  Nothing  eventful  occurred  in 
the  life  of  Homer  Merrick,  more  than  in  that  of  any 
other  village  boy  until  at  the  age  of  17  he  enlisted  in 
Co.  "B,"  llltii  Pennsylvania  Volunteer  Infantry. 
Served  as  private  with  the  regiment  until  the  close  of 
the  war,  taking  part  in  all  the  battles  of  the  Atlanta 
campaign;  marched  with  Sherman  to  the  sea,  and 
through  the  Carolinas  to  Washington,  where  he  took 
part  in  the  great  review.  Was  mustered  out  in  August, 
1865.  Attended  the  State  Normal  School  at  Edinboro, 
Pa.,  one  vear;  took  a  business  course  at  Bryant  & 
Stratton's  Business  College,  at  Cleveland,  0.;  followed 
book-keeping  until  August,  1899,  when  he  settled  on  a 
homestead  one-half  mile  from  the  present  town  of 
Adams,  Neb.  This  homestead  was  sold  after  getting  a 
deed,  and  120  acres  purchased  in  an  adjoining  section, 
to  which  has  been  added  at  different  times  until  he  now 
owns  640  acres  of  well  improved  land.  Has  always  taken 
a  deep  interest  in  the  material  advancement  of  the  state; 
is  actively  identified  with  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church 
and  Sunday-school,  and  with  the  public  schools  of  the 
county.  At  the  general  election  in  1892  was  elected  to 
represent  Gage  county  in  the  state  legislature,  and  was 
re-elected  for  a  second  term  in  1894.  In  February,  1898, 
after  over  two  years'  suffering  from  the  effect  of  a 
broken    limb,  was    compelled  to  give  up  his  farm  and 


SEVENTH    GENERATION.  357 

stock-raising  business  and  accept  the  office  of  post- 
master at  Adams,  Gage  county,  which  office  he  still 
holds.  Was  one  of  the  charter  members  of  Sergeant 
Cox  Post,  G.  A.  R.,  of  which  he  is  past  commander. 
Children,  all  born  at  Adams,  Neb. — 

i.  Fraxk  Austin,  b.  Oct.  10.  1871;  d.  Sept.  6,  1881. 

ii.  John  Hermon.  b.  May  2,  187-4;  d.  Nov.  20,  1878. 

ill.  Julia  Almira,  b.  Aug.    15,   1877;  m.  April  11,  1895, 

J.  W.  Turner, 

iv.  Ethel  Dell,  b.  Oct.  21,  1881. 

V.  Olive  Roseltha,  b.  Oct,  5,  1888. 

vi.  Homer  Curtis,  b.  June  24.  1891. 

vii.  Sylvia  Fern,  b.  June  10,  1894;  d.  Aug.  14,  1894. 

178.  Leaxder\  son  of  (Leander^,  Caleb ^ ,  Joseph'^, 
John'\  John-,  Thomas^)  and  Hannah  (Morton)  Merrick, 
born  Dec.  27,  1828,  at  Amherst,  Mass.  Married,  1st, 
March  6,  1854,  at  Spring  vale.  Me.,  Mary  Jane  Stevens; 
she  died  April  2,  1858;  Leander  married,  2nd,  Lucy 
Miles,  at  Amherst,  Mass.     Children: 

i.     George  Henry,  b.  May  15,  1856;  d.  July  20,  1858. 

ii.    William  Miles,  b.  . 

iii.    Gertrude  Elizabeth,  b,  . 

179.  Charles  HENRY^  son  of  (Leander^,  Caleb ^ , 
Joseph'^ ,  Joh n ^ ,  John " ,  Thomas ^ )  and  Hannah  ( Morton ) 
Merrick,  born  Sept.  10,  1838,  at  Amherst,  Mass.  Mar- 
ried, Sept.  2,  1861,  at  Chicopee,  Mass.,  Ellen  Augusta, 
daughter  of  Ira  M.  and  Lavinia  Bullens;  she  born  Dec. 
25,1842.  Charles  H.  was  a  salesman  by  occupation; 
died  Dec.  1,  1887,  at  Chicopee.     Children— 

i.     William  Stebbins,  b.  June  19,  1863;  d.  Feb.  7,  18G5. 
237  ii.     Mary  Gifford,  b.  Sept.  17,  1865. 

iii.  Grace  Elizabeth,  b.  May  16,  1874;  is  Secretary  of 
the  Corporation  of  the  City  of  Chicopee,  Mass. , 
(May  1897). 

180.  Albert  Hamilton^  son  of  {Nathaniel  Burt^ , 
Constant^,  Joseph^,  John^ ,  John',  Thomas^)  and  Laura 
H.  (Hamilton)  Merrick,  born  Feb.  14,  1835,  at  Roches- 
ter, N.  Y.  In  the  fall  of  1855  he  came  to  St.  Paul,  be- 
ing first  employed  in  Hamilton's  book  and  stationery 
store.  Subsequently  he  was  for  two  or  three  years  in 
the  register  of  deeds  office  at  Stillwater  and  was  also  for 
a  time  register  of  deeds  of  Isanti  county.  He  then  re- 
turned to  St.  Paul  and  was  employed  in  the  counting 
rooms  respectively  of  Mayo  &  Clark,   hardware  dealers. 


358  MERRICK    GENEALOGY  —  THOMAS. 

Day  &  Jeuks,  druggists,  aud  J.  L.  Forepaugh  &  Co.,  the 
dry  goods  house  from  which  the  house  of  Finch,  Van 
Slyck,  Young  &  Co.,  where  he  was  employed  at  the  time 
of  his  death,  was  the  outgrowth.  With  the  exception  of 
five  years,  during  which  time  he  lived  in  Minneapolis, 
he  has  been  connected  with  the  house  of  Finch,  Van 
Slyck,  Young  &  Co.  and  its  predecessors  ever  since  his 
early  engagement  with  them  in  1866.  He  died  Monday, 
December  9,  1901,  at  his  office  in  the  city  of  St.  Paul, 
from  a  stroke  of  apoplexy,  within  a  few  minutes  after 
complaining  of  not  feeling  well. 

Mr.  Merrick  was  married,  July  18th,  1857,  at  Still- 
water, Minn.,  to  Anna  Louise,  daughter  of  Joseph  R.  aud 
Sarah  (Caswell)  Hathaway,  who  survives  him.  He 
leaves,  besides,  a  son,  Mr.  W.  H.  Merrick,  manager  of 
the  Singer  Sewing  Machine  Company,  and  Mrs.  T.  H. 
Jacobs.  Mr.  Merrick  was  a  member  of  the  Masonic 
fraternity  and  of  the  Territorial  Pioneers.  A  quiet  and 
unobtrusive  man,  he  never  sought  public  station,  but 
never  made  an  acquaintance  without  making  a  friend. 
The  house  w^th  which  he  was  so  long  connected  esteemed 
him  as  one  of  their  most  valued  employes  and  in  his  re- 
sponsible position  as  cashier  the  most  unlimited  confi- 
dence was  placed  in  him  which  he  never  in  the  slightest 
degree  betrayed.  He  aud  his  family  had  an  assured  social 
standing  in  the  city  in  which  he  lived.  He  was  a  stud- 
ious man,  outside  of  his  business,  and  devoted  much 
time  to  the  history  of  his  family. 

Every  employe  in  the  great  establishment  where  he 
was  best  known,  esteemed  him  as  a  personal  friend. 
His  home  life  was  most  ideal,  and  when  he  was  not  at 
his  desk  he  was  with  his  family.  Others  have  achieved 
greater  public  prominence,  but  no  one  ever  reigned  more 
supreme  in  the  affections  of  his  family  and  his  friends 
than  Mr.  Merrick.  His  entire  life  was  without  a  Ijlemish, 
and  he  has  left  as  a  legacy  to  his  family  and  the  world 
an  unspotted  name  and  a  life  of  example  worthy  of  emu- 
lation.    Children — 

338.  i.     William  Hathaway,  b.  May  4,  1858. 

ii.     Edward  Adams,  b.   Feb.  8,  1862;  was  a  travelling 
salesman  by  occupation ;  d.  Sept.  23,  1900,  at  St. 
Paul,  Minn, 
iii.     Laura  Hamilton,  b.  Feb.  20,  1864;  d.  July  28,  1864. 
239.        iv.    Elizabeth  Hamilton,  b.  Jan.  9,  1868. 

V.     Sidney  Kenyon,  b.  April  14,  1883;  d.  July  27,  1883 


SEVENTH    GENERATION.  359 

181.     Henry  Alden'',  son   of    (Miner'^ ,  Jonathan^, 
Miner'^,  Jonathan^,  JoJm^ ,  Thomas^)   aud  Sarah  (Dem 
iug)  Merrick,  born  Aug.  9,  1823,  at  Atwater,  0.     Mar- 
ried Sarah .     Had — 

i.    Maria  L.,  b.  . 


And  probably  others. 

182.  Louis  Ambrose'^,  sou  of  {Ambrose  Newell^, 
Beuel^ ,  Benjaviin^ ,  Benjamin^,  John'^,  Thomas^)  and 
Sarah  B.  (Warriner)  Merrick,  born  Sept.  26,  1859,  at 
Spring-field,  Mass.  Married,  Ma3'9,  1891,  at  Minneapo- 
lis, Minn.,  Violet  H.,  daughter  of  Osman  and  Mary 
(Evoy)  Heath;  she  born  May  3,  1865,  at  Princeton, 
Minn.  Louis  A.  was  educated  at  McAllister  College, 
Minneapolis,  going  from  there  to  Washington  Univer- 
sity, St.  Louis,  Mo.,  taking  the  Academic  Course,  and 
from  there  to  the  St.  Louis  Law  School.  At  the  close  of 
the  junior  year  at  the  law  school  he  entered  his  father's 
office,  and  thereafter  remained  continuously  with  him,  in 
a  partnership  extending  over  a  period  of  upwards  of  twenty 
years, during  which  time  they  were  engaged  in  many  of 
the  most  important  cases  which  have  come  before  the 
courts  of  Minnesota.  In  July,  1901,  after  the  death  of  his 
father,  which  took  place  April  28,  1901,  Louis  A.  re- 
moved to  Everett,  Wash.,  where  he  now  resides,  and 
where  he  is  engaged  in  the  practice  of  law  as  the  senior 
member  of  the  firm  of  Merrick  &  Mills.  He  has  three 
children — 

i.     EvoY  Newell,  b.  Oct.  33,  1894,  Minneapolis,  Miun. 

ii.     Ambrose  Bates,  b.  Dec.  14, 1900,  Minneapolis,  Minn. 

iii.     France  Fuller,  b.  Dec.  14,  1900,  Minneapolis,  Minn. 

183.  Harry  Hopkins^,  son  of  { Ambrose  Newell^, 
Beuel^ ,  Benjamin'^,  Benjamin^,  John^ ,  Thomas^)  and 
Sarah  Bates  (Warriner)  Merrick,  born  Oct.  15,  1871, 
at  Minneapolis,  Minn.  Married,  March  21,  1894,  at 
Omaha,  Neb.,  Edna  Marshall,  daughter  of  Harry  and 
Alice  (Warner)  Cook;  she  born  April  14,  1877,  at 
Omaha.  H.  H.  Merrick  studied  law  in  the  Minnesota 
State  College  of  Law,  from  which  he  graduated  after 
three  years,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  October,  1892. 
Practiced  as  a  member  of  the  law  firm  of  Merrick  & 
Merrick  at  Minneapolis  from  October,  1892,  until  Sep- 
tember, 1900,  when  he  entered  the  employ  of  the  Ham- 
mond Packing  Company,  at    South    Omaha,   Neb.,   as 


360  MERRICK    GENEALOGY  —  THOMAS. 

credit  manager.  Remained  with  this  firm  until  July, 
1901,  when  he  entered  the  employ  of  the  T.  M.  Sinclair 
Packing  Company,  at  Cedar  Rapids,  la.,  as  credit  man- 
ager, where  he  is  at  this  writing.  Resides  with  his 
family  at  Cedar  Rapids.  He  has  two  children,  both 
born  at  Minneapolis: 

i.    Marlowe  Marshall,  b.  April  10,  1895. 
ii.     Dorothy  Alice,  b.  Nov.  14,  1896. 

184.  William  Marshall^  son  of  {John  Marshall^, 
John'",  Jonathan'^,  Daci(P ,  Thomas''^  Thomas^)  and 
Mary  Jane  (Thompson)  Merrick,  born  March  4,  1833,  at 
Wilbraham,  Mass.  Married,  Nov.  17,  1858,  at  Wor- 
cester, Mass.,  Sarah,  daughter  of  Daniel  G.  and  Susan 
Kettelle.  William  M.  is  a  draughtsman  by  profession, 
with  his  office  in  Chicago.  His  residence  is  Lake  Forest. 
Children — 

i.     Evelyn,    b.   Nov.    19,    1859,   Wilbraham,   Mass. ;  d. 

Dec.  13,  1863. 
ii.     Gertrude,   b.    Feb.    4,    1862,    Natick,    Mass. ;    is  a 

musician  of  note,  having  taught  with  success  for 

a  number  of  years  in  Cliicago  and  Racine,  Wis. 

Went  to  Germany  to  continue   her  studies,  in 

1898,  with  the  expectation  of  remaining  several 

years. 
240.       iii.     Arthur  Tyler,  b.  Nov.  15,  1863,  Wilbraham. 

iv.     Mabel,  b.  March  11,  1866,  Atchison,  Kan. ;  d.  Sept. 

24,  1866. 
V.     Marion,  b.  Sept.  29,  1868,  Lawrence,  Kan. ;  d.   July 

14,  1869. 

185.  Harriet  Cornelia\  dan.  of  (John  Marshall^ , 
John^,  Jonathan'^,  David^ ,  Thomas'\  Thomas^)  and 
Mary  Jane  (Thompson)  Merrick,  born  Sept.  15,  1843, 
at  Wilbraham,  Mass.  Married,  April  14,  1861,  at  Wil- 
braham, William  Fairfield,  son  of  Mather  and  Anne 
Miller  (Fairfield)  Warren;  he  born  March  13,  1833,  at 
Williamsburg,  Mass.;  graduated  from  Wesleyan  Univer- 
sity, Connecticut,  1853  (LL.D.,  1874);  studied  in  An- 
dover  Theological  Seminary  and  Universities  of  Berlin 
and  Halle;  (D.  D.  Ohio  Wesleyan) .  Minister  in  the 
Methodist  church,  New  England  conference,  1856;  pro- 
fessor of  Systematic  Theology  in  Mission  Institute, 
Bremen,  Germany,  which  subsequently  became  the  Mar- 
tin Institute,  Frankfort,  Germany;  acting  president 
Boston  Theological  Seminary,  1866;  president  Boston 
University  since  1873;   also  holding  the  chair  of  Com- 


SEVENTH    GENERATION.  361 

parative  Theology  and  Philosophy  of  Keligiou.  Is  au- 
thor of  a  number  of  works  on  religious  topics;  is  living 
at  Cambridge,  Mass.  Harriet,  his  wife,  died  Jan.  7, 
1893,  at  Cambridge,  Mass.     Children— 

i.     Mary  Christine   (Warren),   b.   July  24,  18(53,  Bre- 
men, Germany ;  m.  Sept.  3,  1890,  at  Wilbraham, 
Henry  M.  Avars, 
ii.     William' Marshall    (Warren),    b.    Nov.   4,    1865, 
Bremen;  m.    June    9,  1890,    at  St.    Louis,    Mo., 
Sara  Bainbridge  Shields, 
iii.     ANNA  Merrick   (Warren),  b.  May  26,    1868,   Cam- 
bridge, Mass. ;  m.   May  26,  1897,  at  Cambridge, 
George  Ainsworth  Dunn, 
iv.     Winnifred  (Warren),  b.  Jan.  8,  1870,  Cambridge. 

1 86.  David  Thomas^  ,  son  of  (Judge  Edwin  Thomas^ , 
Thomas^,  Jonathan^,  DamP ,  Thomas'^,  Thomas^)  and 
Caroline  Elizabeth  (Thomas)  Merrick,  born  Jan.  17, 
1842,  at  Clinton,  La.  Married,  Dec.  3,  1873,  at  Auburn, 
Ala.,  Talulah,  daughter  of  Col.  W.  C.  Dowdell  and 
Elizabeth  Caroline  (Thomas)  Dowdell,  of  Auburn, 
Ala.;  she  born  April  24,  1848,  in  Chambers  county, 
Ala.  David  Thomas  was  in  the  Confederate  service; 
was  a  captain,  serving  on  the  staff  of  General  Leroy 
Stafford,  iu  the  army  of  Northern  Virginia;  at  the  bat- 
tle of  Payne's  Farm,  Va.,  was  severely  wounded  by  a 
musket  ball  which  entered  his  head  above  the  ear, 
passing  out  on  the  other  side  below  the  ear.  He  fell 
from  his  horse,  as  it  was  supposed  mortally  wounded; 
but  by  careful  medical  attention  he  survived  with  the 
loss  of  sight  of  one  eye  and  the  power  of  hearing,  the 
drum  of  oue  ear  having  been  perforated.  He  is  a  sugar 
planter,  having  a  large  plantation  at  Merrick,  La.,  be- 
low New  Orleans.     Children,  all  born  at  Merrick — 

i.     Elizabeth  Caroline,  b.  June  7,  1875. 

ii.     Caroline  Elizabeth,  b.  Aug.  8,  1877. 

iii.     Edwin  Thomas,  Jr.,  b.  Aug.  16,  1879. 

187.  Laura  Ellen\  dau.  of  (Judge  Edwin  Thomas\ 
TJiomas^,  Jonathan'^,  David^,  Thomas^,  Thomas^)  and 
Caroline  Elizabeth  (Thomas)  Merrick,  born  Oct.  21, 
1844,  at  Clinton,  La.  Married,  Dec.  3,  1869,  at  New 
Orleans,  La.,  Louis  J.,  son  of  George  Y.  and  Lodoiska 
(De  Maupasson)  Bright,  of  Ncav  Orleans.  Laura  Ellen 
Merrick  died  Sept.  1st,  1878,  at  New  Orleans.  Children, 
all  born  at  New  Orleans,  La. — 

i.    Louise  J.  (Bright),  b.  Sept.  30,  1871. 
ii.     Edwin  Merrick  (Bright),  b.  Oct.  18,  1873. 
iii.     Clara  (Bright),  b.  Oct.  13,  1876. 


362  MERRICK    GENEALOGY  —  THOMAS. 

188.  Clara ^  dan.  of  (Judge  Edwin  TJiomas\ 
Thomas'^,  Jonafhan'^ ,  DavitP ,  Thomas",  Thomas^)  and 
Caroline  Elizabeth  (Thomas)  Merrick,  born  Aug.  9,1846, 
at  Clinton,  La.  Married,  June  17,  1873,  at  New  Or- 
leans, La.,  James  Birney,  son  of  Sheldon  and  Emily 
(Terry)  Guthrie,  of  New  Orleans.  Clara  Merrick  died 
Sept.  3rd,  1882,  at  Wilbraham,  Mass.  Children,  born 
in  New  Orleans — 

i.     James  Birney  (Guthrie),  b.  Jan.  3,  1876. 
ii.     Clara  (Guthrie),  b.  Feb.  32,  1878. 

189.  Edwin  Thomas  %  son  of  (Judge  Edwin  Tliomas^ , 
Thomas^,  Jonathan'^,  Bavid^ ,  TJiomas'^ ,  Thomas^)  and 
Caroline  Elizabeth  (Thomas)  Merrick,  born  Oct.  27, 
1859,  at  Merrick,  La.  Married,  May  15,  1889,  at  New 
Orleans,  Katharine,  daughter  of  Col.  E.  H.  Lombard, 
of  New  Orleans.  Edwin  Thomas  Merrick  studied  at 
Vanderbilt  University;  studied  law  under  the  law  firm 
of  Merrick,  Race  &  Foster,  of  New  Orleans;  was  admit- 
ted to  practice  March  28,  1882,  and  a  few  months  after, 
Mr.  Geo.  W.  Race  having  died,  joined  the  firm  of  Mer- 
rick &  Foster,  which  then  became  Merrick,  Foster  & 
Merrick.  In  1836  the  firm  was  changed  to  Merrick  & 
Merrick,  being  composed  of  Ex-Chief  Justice  Edwin  T. 
Merrick  and  Edwin  T.  Merrick,  Jr.,  who,  since  the 
death  of  Judge  Merrick,  Jan.  12,  1897,  has  carried  on 
the  practice  in  his  own  name.  Has  never  taken  any 
prominent  part  in  politics  except  in  the  anti-lottery 
campaign  in  1890,  when,  with  a  number  of  other  earnest 
citizens,  he  was  instrumental  in  helping  to  free  Louisi- 
ana from  that  octopus.  Mr.  Merrick  is  one  of  the  com- 
mittee appointed  by  the  supreme  court  of  the  state  for 
examining  candidates  for  the  bar,  and  for  disbarring  un- 
worthy members.  He  is  the  author  of  Merrick's  Revised 
Civil  Code  of  Louisiana,  recently  issued.  He  is  living 
with  his  family  at  No.  6100,  St.  Charles  Avenue,  New 
Orleans,  in  which  city  all  his  children  were  born.  Chil- 
dren— 

1.     Edwin  Thomas,  b.  Aug.  19,  1892. 
ii.     Susan,  b.  Dec.  u   1893. 
iii.     Katharine,  b.  March  7,  1897;  d.  June  5,  1900. 

190.  Jane'  (Cole),  dau.  of  Noah  and  Lydia  (White) 
Cole,  born  June  18,  1834,  Locke,  N.  Y.  Married,  Oct. 
1,  1857,  Joseph   Lee  Bassett;   he  son   of   Erastus    and 


Correction,  Page  362. 

189.     Children  of  Edwin  Thomas  Merrick- 

i.  Ladra,  b.  June  1,  1890. 

ii.  Edwin  Thomas,  b.  Aug.  19,  1892. 

iii.  Susan,  b.  Dec.  5,  1893. 

iv.  Katharine,  b.  March  7,  1897. 


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SEVENTH    GENERATION.  363 

Betsey  (Lee)  Bassett,  born  Sept.  27,  1838,  near  Sem- 
phronius,  N.  Y.  He  is  a  farmer,  living  at  Moravia,  N. 
Y.,Oct.,  1901;  his  wife  is  also  living.  Children,  all 
born  at  Moravia — 

i.     Fay  Cole    (Bassett),  b.   July  3,  1858;  d.   June  20, 

1862. 
ii.     Flora  Helen  (Bassett)  b.  Feb.  28,  1863;  m.  Holmes 

Brown;  d.  1898. 
iii.     Alice  Lee  (Bassett),  b.  Nov.  14,  1864;  m.  Welling- 
ton Moss,  of  Courtland,  N.  Y. 
iv.     Bertha  Adelle  (Bassett),  b.  Dec.  9,  1870. 

191.  Albert  Ardell^  ,son of  {Stephen  Hedger^ ,  W<7- 
liam'' ,  William* ,  Ebenezer^ ,  Thomas'^ ,  TJiomas^)  and  Mar- 
garet (Ardell)  Merrick,  born  June  9, 1845,  at  Merrickville, 
Canada.  Married,  July  9,  1868,  at  Watertown,  N.  Y., 
Alice  Amelia,  daughter  of  Erastus  W.  and  Mary  Olivia 
Parker;  she  born  March  3,  1846,  at  Fullerville,  N.  Y. 
Children — 

i.     Leonard  Arthur,  b.  April  23,  1871,  Watertown,  N. 

Y. ;  living  with  his  sister  in  Chicago,  1898. 
ii.     Ruby  E.,  b.  Aug.    11,1873,  Watertown,  N.    Y. ;   she 

living  No.  3251  Lowe  Avenue,  Chicago,  in  1898. 

192.  Hiram  Thomas',  son  of  (Col.  7m*,  Solomon^, 
Thomas*,  Ehenezer'^ ,  Thomas'^,  Thomas^)  and  Martha 
(Lamb)  Miriek,  born  Aug.  22,  1828,  near  Harrisburg 
(Perry  county)  Pa.  Married,  1st,  in  1849,  Rowena 
Gardner;  she  died  1854,  and  Hiram  married  2nd,  May  30, 
1858,  Elizabeth  H.,  daughter  of  William  and  Elizabeth 
(Bradley)  Thomas.  Hiram  Miriek  was  engaged  for 
many  years  in  business  with  his  father,  Col.  Ira  Miriek, 
in  mills,  malting,  and  in  taking  railroad  and  canal  con- 
tracts. He  was  baptized  in  the  Episcopal  church;  was 
a  Democrat  in  politics.  He  died  Nov.  10,  1898,  in 
Lyons,  N.  Y.,  which  had  been  his  home  since  marriage. 
His  children  were  all-  born  in  Lyons,  where  the  unmar- 
ried ones  are  still  living,  and  where  his  widow  is  also 
living  at  this  time.     Children — 

i.     Ira  Lewis,  b.  1850;  d.  1851. 
ii.     Louisa  Adelia,  b.  1852;  d.  1854. 
iii.     Martha   Adelia,  b.  1853;  m.  1877,  Oscar  Benedict ; 

living  in  Detroit,  Mich, 
iv.     Ada   Isabel,  b.   1858;    m.  1881,  James   W.    Forfar; 
living  in   La  Crosse,  Wis. ;  has  three  children. 
V.     Anna  Gertrude,  b.  1862;  living  in  Lyons,  N.  Y. 
vi.     Ira  Guilford,  b.  1862;  living  in  Lyons,  N.  Y. 
vii.     Harry  Hudson,  b.  1870;  d.  1876. 

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364  MERRICK    GENEALOGY  —  THOMAS. 

193.  Andrew  Jackson",  son  of  {Ira^ ,  Solomon^, 
Thomas'*,  Ehenezer^,  Thomas',  Thomas^)  and  Martha 
(Lamb)  Miriek,  born  1832,  at  Rose,  N.  Y.  Married, 
1857,  Emma  M.  Jarvis.     He  died  1872.     Children— 

i.     Hattie,  b.  1858;  m.  1880,  G.  M.  Elton,  of  Palmyra, 

N.  Y.  ;  has  four  children, 
ii.     Emma  Louise,  b.    I860;  m.    1883,  John   Cornell,    of 

Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  ;  has  one  child. 
iii.     Mary  Isabel,  b.  1882;  living  in  Brooklyn. 
241.        iv.     Andrew  Jackson,  b.  1865. 

V.     George  Jarvis,    b.    1868;  m.    1895,    Esther   Tully; 
living  in  Brooklyn ;  has  one  daughter. 

194.  Martha  Albertine^,  dau.of  (Ira'^ ,  Solomon^, 
Thomas'*,  Ehenezer^,  Thomas',  Thomas^)  and  Martha 
(Lamb)  Miriek,  born  July  15,  1845,  at  Lyons,  N.  Y. 
Married,  Oct.  15,  1871,  at  Lyons,  N.  Y.,  DeWitt 
P.  Foster.  He  was  one  of  the  leading  business 
men  of  Lyons,  having  been  connected  for  many  years 
with  the  Parshall  Bank;  was  also  engaged  in  the  malt- 
ing business  in  Palmyra,  N.  Y. ;  he  died  several  years 
before  his  wife.  She  died  May  16,  1901,  at  her  home  in 
Lyons.     Their  children  were — 

i.  Isabel  (Foster),  b.  . 

ii.  DeWitt  P.  (Foster),  b.  . 

iii.  Albert  (Foster),  b.  . 

iv.  Fred  (Foster),  b. 


V.     Alexander  (Foster),  b. . 

195.  Nelson  Ralph^,    son  of    (Hiram'*,  Solomon'^, 

Thomas'*,    Uhenezer'\     Thomas'^,    Thomas*)    and    Mary 

Brown  (Fuller)  Miriek,  born  Nov.  29,  1831,  at  Rose,  N. 

Y.     Married,  Feb.  12,  1857,  at  Lyons,  N.  Y.,  Anna  G., 

daughter  of  William  D.  Perrine,  of  Lyons.     Nelson  R. 

died  March    8,  1886,  at   Lj^ons.     Children,  all  born    at 

Lyons — 

242.  i.     William  Perrine,  b.  April  5,  1859. 

ii.     Mary  Leah,  b.  July  27,  1862;  m.  Jan.  22,  1891,  Carl 
G.  Zimi::erlin;  has  one    son,  Franz    Perrine,  b. 
April  27,  1894. 
iii.     Anna  Gertrude,  b.  Oct.  12,  1867;  m.  Sept.  35,  1890, 
Charles  E.  Jordan. 

196.  Milton  Eugene^,  son  of  {Hlram^ ,  Sohmion^ , 
Thomas'*,  Ehenezer^ ,  Thomas",  Thomas*)  and  Mary 
Brown  (Fuller)  Miriek,  born  Feb.  13,  1838,  at  Rose, 
N.  Y.  Married,  Oct.  19,  1864,  at  Lyons,  N.  Y.,  Eliza- 
beth Berier,  daughter  of  Benjamin  Westfall.  Children, 
all  born  at  Lyons — 


SEVENTH    GENERATION.  365 

i.     Benjamin  Westfall,  b.  May  23,  1866. 
ii.     HiRAH  Milton,  b.  Aug.  29,  1867. 
iii.     Clarence  Eugene,  b.  Julj^  35,  1871. 

197.  Ira',  son  of  {mram\  Solomon^  Thomas*, 
Elenezer'* ,  Thomas"-,  Thomas'^)  aud  Maiy  Brown  (Ful- 
ler) Mirick,  born  March  12,  1841,  at  Rose,  N.  Y.  Mar- 
ried, May,  1865,  at  Lyons,  N.  Y.,  Sarah  K.,  daughter 
of  Columbus  Croul,  of  Lyons-  Children,  all  born  at 
Lyons — 

i.    Nelson  Croul,  b.  March  15,  1866. 
ii.     Charles  Francis,  b.  March  3,  1873. 
iii.     Alfred  Stow,  b.  Feb.  16,  1876. 

198.  Sophia  E.,  dau.  of  {George  W.\  Solomon^ 
Thomas'^,  Menezer\  Thomas^,  Thomas^)  and  Elsie  A. 
(Thomas)  Mirick,  born  April  19,  1834,  at  Rose,  N.  Y. 
Married,  June  5,  1861,  Cassius  R.  Kellogg,  of  Plym- 
outh, Mich.;  he  died  May  26,  1878,  at  Plymouth. 
Sophia,  the  mother,  died  Feb.  26,  1876,  at  Adrian, 
Mich.     Children,  born  in  Plymouth— 

i.     George  J.  (Kellogg),  b.  Aug.  31,  1863. 
ii.     Jessie  A.  (Kellogg),  b.  March  13,  1864. 

199.  Charles  J. ^  son  of  (G^eorgre  W.\  Solomon'^, 
Thomas  ^,  Ebenezev"^ ,  Thomas',  Thomas^ ),  and  EMe  A. 
(Thomas)  Mirick,   born  Mav  15,  1836,   at  Rose,  N.  Y. 

Married,  Sept.  26,   1860,   at  Rose,   N.   Y.,  Frost, 

daughter  of  John  Frost,  of  Rose.     Children— 

i.     John  F.,   b.    July  33,  1866,  at  Rose;    m.   June   30, 

1893,  May  W.  Beech, 
ii.     Jessie  S.,  b.  Feb.  33,  1878,  at  Clyde,  N.  Y. 

200.  LeanderC.\  son  of  (George  W.\  Solomon^, 
Thomas* ,  Ebenezer^ ,  Thomas^,  Thomas^)  and  Elsie  A. 
(Thomas)   Mmck,  born  March  30,  1840,  at  Rose,  N.  Y. 

Married,  May  26,  1864,  Alexander,  daughter  of  D. 

C.  Alexander,  of  Rose.     Had  one  child — 

i.     William  C,  b.  March  36,  1865;  d.  Aug.  25,  1884. 

201.  William  Gains%  son  of  {John  Thurher\ 
Ehenezer^ ,  Charles*,  Ehenezer' ,  Thomas'''',  Thomas^')  and 
Elizabeth  (Youell)  Mirick,  born  July  11,  1826,  near 
Florence,  Ky.  Married,  May  1,  1850,  Mary  E.,  daugh- 
ter   of   Paschal   Conner,    of    Florence,    Ky. ;   she   died 


366  MERRICK    GENEALOGY  —  THOMAS. 

June  28,  1897,  at  Pueblo,  Col.  William  Gains  Mirick 
was  a  mechanical  engineer  by  profession.  Served  in 
the  Mexican  War;  was  a  Colonel  in  the  Confederate 
Army,  and  served  on  the  staff  of  General  Kirby  Smith. 
After  the  war  followed  his  profession  until  his  death. 
Was  prominent  in  public  affairs,  but  never  sought 
office.  Was  publisher  of  a  daily  newspaper  at  Pueblo 
for  a  time.  Was  highly  esteemed  by  all  who  knew  him. 
He  died  March  9,   1891,  at  Pueblo.     Children— 

i.     Addib,  b.  Feb.  1,  1851,  at  Alton,  111. ;  m.  Miller. 

ii.     J.  McCoNNELL,  b.  March  7,  1853,  Howard  Co.  Mo. ; 
d.  Jan.  31,  1855. 

ill.     William  G.,  b.  July  30,  1854,  Boone  Co.,  Ky. 

Iv.     Joseph  C,  b.  Feb.  15,  1856,  Howard  Co.,  Mo. 
V.     Charles  W.,  b.  April  13,  1858,  Howard  Co.,  Mo. 

vi.     Nellie,  b.    June   17,    1860,    Howard   Co.,    Mo,;   m. 

West. 

vii.  Frank  G.,  b.  June  8,  1866,  Howard  Co.,  Mo.;  at- 
tended public  schools  until  he  was  16  j^ears  of 
age;  then  moved  to  Pueblo,  Col.,  with  his  pa- 
rents; attended  Univei'sity  at  Holtou,  Kan.; 
afterward  read  law  and  admitted  to  the  bar ; 
practiced  in  Pueblo  for  a  number  of  years ;  wa 
City  Clerk,  and  Judge  of  Police  Court  of  Pueblo' 
Is  now  As.sistant  Superintendent  of  the  State' 
Industrial  School  at  Golden,  Col. 

202.  John  Lewis^,  son  of  {John  Tkurher'^ ,  Eben- 
ezer'' ,  Charles*,  Ehenezer^' ,  TJionias'^ ,  Thomas^)  and 
Elizabeth  (Youell)  Mirick,  born  Oct.  18,  1835,  in  Boone 
Co.,  Ky.  Married,  March  80,  1869,  Mary  W.,  daughter 
of  John  and  Sarah  Campbell,  of  Carrolltoii,  Mo.;  she 
born  Feb.  21,  1844,  at  CarroUton;  is  now  one  of  the 
Board  of  Managers  of  the  State  Industrial  School  for 
Girls,  situated  at  Chillicothe,  Mo.  John  Lewis,  the 
father,  died  Nov.  15,  1892,  at  CarroUton.  (See  sketch 
below.)    Children,  all  born  at  CarroUton — 

i.    Graham  Conner,  b.  Jan.   18,  1870;  d.  Jan.  21,  1870. 
ii.     John  (girl),  b.  March  24,  1871;  m.  June  1895,  Robert 

L.  Simmons,  of  CarroUton. 
iii.     Campbell,  b.  Aug.  7,  1892. 
iv.     Nell  Bond,  b.  April  3,  1874. 

v.     Jo  Shelby,  b.  July  1,  1876;  is  a  dentist  by   profes- 
sion, practicing  in  CarroUton;  is  single, 
vi.     Sadie,  b.  April  11.'  1878;  d.  Dec.  23,  1880. 
vii.     Bess  Belden,  b.  Oct.  28,  1880. 
viii.     Price,  b.  Feb.  3,  1885. 


SEVENTH   GENERATION.  367 

MAJOR  JOHN  L.  MIRICK. 

Major  John  L.  Mirick  died  at  Carrolltou,  Mo.,  Nov, 
15th,  1899.  He  was  born  in  Boone  Co.,  Ky.,  Oct.  18th, 
1836.  He  went  to  Howard  conuty.  Mo.,  when  he  was 
sixteen  years  old,  where  he  remained  two  years,  and  then 
removed  to  Carrollton.  He  commenced  reading  law  in 
1857,  under  Judge  R.  D.  Da.y,  in  Carrolltou.  He  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  in  1859,  and  practiced  his  profession 
until  the  breaking  out  of  the  war,  when  he  aided  in  rais- 
ing a  company  for  the  state  service  under  the  first  call 
of  the  governor,  and  was  elected  2nd  lieutenant.  He 
was  elected  captain  of  the  company  after  the  battle  of 
Lexington.  He  took  part  in  the  battles  of  Booneville, 
Carthage  and  Wilson's  Creek.  He  afterward  joined  the 
regular  Confederate  service,  and  was  detailed  on  recruit- 
ing duty.  He  assisted  in  raising  and  organizing  D.  A. 
Williams'  cavalry  regiment  in  1864,  in  which  he  was 
made  Major,  and  in  which  he  served  until  the  close  of 
the  war.  He  went  to  Mexico,  after  the  war,  and  re- 
turned to  Carrollton  in  1867,  resuming  the  practice  of 
his  profession,  in  which  he  was  engaged  at  the  time  of 
his  death. 

Mr.  Mirick  stood  high  in  his  profession,  was  one  of  the 
most  prominent  lawyers  of  the  state,  and  an  ardent  and 
influential  democrat.  He  was  a  delegate  to  the  National 
Democratic  Convention  in  Chicago. 

Major  Mirick  was  a  man  whom  to  know  was  to  admire; 
sociable,  affable,  a  high-minded  gentleman,  generous  to 
a  fault,  and  fearless  in  the  defence  of  what  he  believed 
to  be  right.  He  was  always  found  battling  for  his  con- 
victions. It  was  remarked  by  a  brother  lawyer,  during 
his  illness,  that  he  was  one  of  the  best  men,  and  one  of 
the  best  lawyers,  that  he  had  ever  known,  and  hundreds 
of  others  held  the  same  high  opinion  of  him.  A  good 
man — one  of  iiature's  noblemeu,  is  dead. 

203.  Charles  Henry^,  son  of  (Charles^,  Sylvenus^ , 
Charles'^,  Ebenezer^ ,  Thomas'-,  Thomas^)  and  Nancy 
(Lanfear)  Merrick,  born  Sept.  20,  1842,  at  Syracuse, 
N.  Y.  Married,  May  20,  1873,  Lavinia,  daughter  of 
Wessell  B.  Van  Wagenen,  of  Syracuse;  she  born  Jan. 
30,  1851.  He  is  a  brick  manufacturer  in  the  city  of 
Syracuse.  Served  in  battery  "F,"  3rd  New  York  Light 
Artillery,  in  1864-65,  during  the  war  of  the  rebellion. 
They  have  one  son — 

i.     Charles  Van,  b.  Oct.  16,  1877,  at  Syracuse. 


368  MERRICK    GENEALOGY  —  THOMAS. 

204.  Eliza ^  (Murphy),  dau.  of  Timothj- and  Lusyna 
(Osboru)  Murphy,  born  Oct.  13,  1812,  at  Burnside, 
Conn.  Married  Nelson  Gavit;  he  born  Jan.  25,  1810, 
at  Lebanon,  Conn.  Eliza  is  still  living,  in  Philadelphia. 
Children — 

i.     Nelson  (Gavit),  b.  ;  d.  young. 

ii.     LeRoy  (Gavit),  b.  ;  d.  young. 

iii.     Arabella   (Gavit),  b.    ;  m.    William   Ellis,    of 

England,  1859;  died  1861;  had  one  child,  Ara- 
bella (Ellis)  b.  Feb.  13,  1860;  m.  Charles  Forsyth, 
of  Philadelphia. 

iv.     Josephine  (Gavit),  b.  ;  m.  1st,  John  Hopkins; 

2nd,    A.    Furman   Blair;  children:  Florence  (d. 
young),  Nellie,  Nelson    and   Cora,    (twins)     (d. 
young),  Piercy  (died  young). 
v.     LeRoy  (Gavit),  b. ;  d.  at  age  of  three  years. 

vi.     Adelaide  (Ga\nt),  b. ;  d.  young. 

vii.     Ella    (Gavit),  b.  ;  m.    Daniel   Epler;  had   two 

children,  LeRoy  and  Robert,  both  of  whom  d. 
young. 

243.  viii.     Florence  (Gavit),  b.  ;  m.  James  Dvindas  Pratt. 

205.  Rev.  Edward  Clinton'',  son  of  {Casper  L.^, 
BosiveJV ,  Jose''^,  James^ ,  James"^ ,  TJiomas^)  and  Jane 
(Madden)  Merrick,  born  April  8,  1824,  at  Cincinnati,  0. 
Married  Maria  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Oliver  and  Eliza- 
beth Wells,  of  Cincinnati,  Dec.  30,  1846.  They  had  three 
children,  the  name  of  but  one  of  whom  is  known  to  the 
compiler— 

i.     Ella  Elizabeth,  b.  Jan.  29,  1848. 

206.  Charles  Roswell',  son  of  (Casper  Lavatore'^ , 
RoswelV\  Jose' '^ ,  James^ ,  James"^ ,  Thomas^)  and  Jane 
(Madden)  Merrick,  born  April  28,  1827,  at  Lebanon,  0. 
Married,  1st,  Carrie,  daughter  of  William  Bell,  ofXeuia, 
O- ;  she  died,  leaving  two  children,  Florence  Bell  and 
William  Lavatore.  Charles  R.  married,  2nd,  Mary 
Simons;  she  born  1836,  at  Xenia,  O.;  died  Oct.,  1899, 
at  Xenia.  After  the  death  of  his  second  Avife,  Charles 
R.  moved  to  New  Orleans,  La.  Children,  all  born  at 
Xenia— 

244.  i.     Florence  Bell,  b.    Dec.   20,   1852;  m.  Sept.,  1876, 

George  B.  'Hooven,  of  Xenia ;  he  died  and  Flor- 
ence m.  2nd,  Oct.,  1883,  Thomas  Jouvet,  of 
Xenia. 

245.  ii.     WiLLi.^Ji  Lavatore,  b.  July  24,  1856. 

iii.     Harry  L.,  b. ;  m.  Fannie  Jones,  1878,  at  Xenia. 

iv.     Hattie,  b.  ;  m.  Alphonso  Hudson ;  d.  1899- 

V.    Ernest,  b.  . 


SEVENTH    GENERATION.  369 

vi.     Clark,  b. ;  d.  1875. 

Yii.     Fred,  b.  ;  m.  Nov.  30,  1899,  Mabel  Hudson,  iu 

Cliicago,  111. 

viii.     Genevieve,  b. . 

ix.     Annabel,  b. . 

207.  Franklin  Merrick''  (Frazier),  son  of  (Lemuel 
P.  Frazier  and  Louisa  Harriet  (Merrick)  Frazier,  born 
June  10,  1832,  at  Xeuia,  0.  Married,  May  22,  1856,  at 
Lewisburg,  Va.,  Agnes  S.,  daughter  of  John  and  Rebecca 
(McClung)  Maj^s.  Are  now  living  in  Birmingham,  Ala. 
Childi-en— 

i.  Cora  Belle  (Frazier),  b.  Sept.  26,  1858,  Greencas- 
tle,  Ind. ;  d.  March  11.  1884. 

il.  Louise  Rebecca  (Frazier),  b.  Oct.  17,  1861,  Lewis- 
biirg,  West  Va. ;  m.  April  10,  1891,  at  Lewisburg, 
Thomas  U.Walter;  ch.,  Agnes  Merrick  (Walter), 
b.  Nov.  28,  1891,  Baltimore,  Md.;  Marion  Louise 
(Walter),  b.  Jan.  5,  1895,  Huntington,  W.  Va. 

iii.  Jenny  Nadal  (Frazier),  b.  April  1,  1864,  at  Lewis- 
burg; m.  Aug.  24,  1893,  at  Lewisburg,  Claude 
D.  Ebersole;  ch.,  Lewis  Frazier  (Ebersole),  b. 
July  6,  1895,  Birmingham,  Ala. ;  Jeanuette  Mays 
(Ebersole),  b.  May  30,  1897,  Birmingham. 

208.  DwiGHT  Lathrop^,  son  of  (Alanson  C.^, 
Boyal^ ,  Obecl*,  Javies^,  James'^ ,  TJwmas^)  and  Mary 
(Sedgwick)  Merrick,  born  Feb.  3,  1823,  at  Palmer, 
Mass.  Married,  Oct.  1,  1851,  at  Palmer,  Mass.,  Mary 
A.  M.,  daughter  of  Perley  and  Caroline  Ordway,  of 
West  Newbury,  Mass.  Dwight  L.,  the  father,  died  Aug. 
16,  1859.     Children— 

i.     Louisa  Ordway,  b.  Aug.   9,  1854;  d.  July  14,  1862. 

ii.  Frank  Woodard,  b.  June  1,  1856;  is  married; 
living  in  Boston,  1897;  an  inventor;  is  manager 
of  the  Pui-itau  Manufacturing  Company,  (Sew- 
ing Machines). 


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209.  Henry  Austin'',  son  of  {Alanson  0-^,  Boyal^ , 
Ohed^ ,  Janies^ ,  James~ ,  Thomas'^)  and  Mary  (Sedgwick) 
Merrick,  born  Feb.  1,  1825,  at  Palmer,  Mass.  Married, 
Nov.  26,  1848,  at  Truro,  Mass.,  Elizabeth  F.  Snow. 
Their  children  were — 

i.     Lizzie  Smith,  b.  May  11,  1850;  m.  Belding. 

ii.     Clarence  Henry,   b.   Aug.    17,   1853;  d.  Aug.   10. 

1855. 
iii.     Clarence  Henry,  b.  Nov.  11,  1856. 


246. 

i. 

247. 

ii. 

iii. 

iv. 

370  MERRICK    GENEALOGY  —  THOMAS. 

210.  George  Francis^  son  of  (Dea.  LatJirop^ , 
Roswell^,  Obed* ,  James^,  James'',  Thomas^)  and  Sarah 
(Hyde)  Merrick,  born  Nov.  24,  1832,  at  Palmer,  Mass. 
Married,  Jan.  3,  1860,  at  Palmer,  Florence  Marion, 
daughter  of  Jacob  and  Damaris  Bennett.  They  are 
living  at  No.  14,  Dorchester  Street,  Lawrence,  Mass., 
April,  1898.     Children— 

Charles  Frank,  b.  Dec.  26,  1860. 

Edward  Lucius,  b.  Jan.  U,  1864, 

Jennie  May,  b.  Jan.  3,  1870;  d.  Aug.  9,  1870. 

Herbert   Bennett,    b.  Oct.  24,    1871;    unmarried, 

1898. 
V.     George   Hermon,   b.   Sept.  22,    1872;    m.  Nov.    25, 

1896,    at   Lawrence,   Mass.,  Grace  L.  Rand;   is 

employed  as  clerk  in  the  oflSce  of  the  Boston  & 

Maine  R.  R. 

211.  Henrietta  Maria^,  dan.  of  {Samuel  Otis^, 
Gideon^,  Ohed'^,  James^ ,  James^ ,  Thomas^)  and  Sibyl 
Maria  (Abbe)  Merrick,  born  April  23,  1838.  Married, 
Sept.  11,  1861,  at  Chicopee,  Mass.,  her  uncle,  Rev. 
James  L.  Merrick,  officiating,  Rev.  William  Haven 
Daniels,  A.  M.,  of  Franklin,  Mass.;  he  son  of  Henry 
and  Mary  (Metcalf)  Daniels,  born  May  18,  1836,  in 
Franklin,  Mass.  He  fitted  for  college  at  the  Weslej-an 
Academy,  Wilbraham,  Mass.,  and  entered  Wesleyan 
University,  Middletown,  Conn.,  in  1857;  studied  theol- 
ogy in  Union  Theological  Seminary,  Chicago-  Joined 
Rock  River  Conference,  Illinois,  in  1868,  where  he  had  a 
succession  of  pastorates  in  the  M.  E.  churches  of  Chicago 
and  vicinity  until  1883,  when  he  resigned  his  connection 
with  the  conference,  and  for  a  period  devoted  his  talents 
to  literature,  producing  several  valuable  works.  Pro- 
minent among  these  was  a  "History  of  Methodism," 
which,  having  an  extensive  circulation  in  this  country, 
passed  also  into  an  English  edition,  and  T)eing  translated 
into  Japanese,  is  still  retained  in  the  course  of  theologi- 
cal study  in  the  government  University  at  Tokio . 

Mr.  Daniels  also  wrote  a  Life  of  D.  L.  Moody,  and  a 
volume  entitled  "Temperance  Reform  and  its  Great  Re- 
formers," being  a  history  of  the  great  movement  in 
temperance  which  distinguished  that  decade.  He  also 
wrote  a  second  volume  of  Moodj^  literature,  and  several 
other  works  of  lesser  note.  During  a  trip  through  the 
East  in  1885  Mr.  Daniels,  became  intensely  interested  in 
the  work  of  Foreign  Missions,  and  proffered  his  services, 
without  remuneration,  to  the  furtherance  of  that  cause. 


SEVENTH    GENERATION.  371 

Since  that  time  he  has  labored,  both  as  a  Missionary  and 
as  an  Evangelist,  in  Japan,  Burraah,  Australia  and 
India.  To  the  last  named  country  his  heart  seems  es- 
pecially devoted,  and  his  life  and  efforts  pledged,  for  the 
cause  of  Christ.  His  wife,  Henrietta  M.,  remains  in 
this  country,  and  at  present  is  living  in  Santa  Cruz, 
Cal.  They  have  one  daughter — 
248.  i.     Emma  Theodora,  b.  March  6, 1863,  at  St.  Johns,  N.  B. 

212.  Charles  M.%  son  of  {Charles  H.\  Gideon^ 
Ohed* ,  James^ ,  James^ ,  Thomas'^)  and  Mary  Ann  (Mc- 
Master)  Merrick,  born  April  17,  1853,  Monson,  Mass. 
Married,  June  19,  1878,  Mary  Day;  she  died  Jan.  25, 
1881.  Charles  M.  married,  2nd,  June  27,  1883,  Har- 
riet Almiua,  daughter  of  James  Ely  and  Harriet  (Bridg- 
man)  Merrick,  of  Amherst,  Mass.     Children — 

i.     Emma,  b.  Oct.  1,  1879. 
ii.     Mary  Day,  b.  Jan.  5,  1881. 
iii.     Greta,  (girl)  b.  Oct.  4,  1885. 

213.  Joseph  Cornelius',  son  of   {Joseph^,   Gad^ , 
Joseph'^,  Joseph^,  James\  Thomas^)  and  Eliza  (Hutch- 
inson) Merrick,  born  Dec.  10,  1834,  at  Franklin,  N.  Y. 
Married  Jane  Elizabeth  Grant,  of  Morrisville,  N.  Y.  (See 
Moore  Family  Gen.)     Ciiildi-en — 

i.     John  Cornelius,  b.  Dec.  10,  1867,  Franklin,  N.  Y. 
ii.     Joseph   Haswell,  b.    Aug.    5,    1869,    Merrickville, 

N.  Y. 
iii.     Lizzie   Jane,  b.    July  9,  1871,  Merrickville,  N.    Y. ; 

d.  April  7,  1873,  at  Merrickville. 

214.  James  Fordyce',  son  of  {Sylvester  W.^ , 
Perez^,  Joseph^,  Joseph^,  James^ ,  Thomas^)  and  Mercy 
(Loveland)  Merrick,  born  1812,  at  Franklin,  N.  Y. 
Married  Matilda  Brakefleld.  James  F.  died  Oct.  1896, 
at  Lancaster,  Mo.  He  was  a  country  merchant,  and 
finally  a  farmer  after  he  retired  from  business.  Chil- 
dren— 

i.  Fidelia,  b. . 

ii.  Minerva,  b. . 

iii.  Albert,  b.  . 

iv.  Mercy,  b. . 

V.  Flavia,  b. . 


215.     WiLLiSTON  Sylvester  \  son  of  {Sylvester  W.', 
Perez^ ,  Joseph"^ ,  Joseph^ ,  James^ ,  Thomas^)  and  Mercy 

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372  MERRICK    GENEALOGY  —  THOMAS. 

(Loveland)  Merrick,    born    1814,    at    Franklin,    N.    Y. 

Married  Rowena  Hathaway.     He  is  living,  Jan.,   1898, 

at  Fostoria,  0.     Is  a  farmer  by  occupation.     Children— 

i.  Nancy,  b.  . 

ii.  Irene,  b.  . 

iii.  Lyman,  b. . 

iv.  Juliette,  b. ;  died. 

V.      WiLLISTON,  b. . 

vi.     Adeline,  b. ;  died. 

216.  Frederick  L.'',  son  of  Sylvester  W.^ ,  Perez^ , 
Joseph^,  Joseph^,  James"-,  Thomas')  and  Mercy  (Love- 
land)  Merrick,  born  1821,  at  Franklin,  N.  Y.  ^Married 
Nancy  Chapman.  Was  a  merchant  at  Kankakee,  Ills.; 
he  died  1891,  at  Fresno,  Cal.  Children— 
i.     Henry',  b. 


ii.  Cornelia,  b. . 

iii.  George  Chapman,  b. 

iv.  Alice,  b. . 

V.  Mary,  b.  . 

vi.  Ella,  b.  . 

vii.  Ly'Man  B.,  b.  . 

viii.  Abigail,  b.  . 

ix.  Belle,  b. . 


217.  Dr.  George  Clinton\  son  of  (Sylvester  W.\ 
Perez",  Joseph'^ ,  Josejih^ ,  James''-,  Thomas^)  and  Mercy 
(Loveland)  Merrick,  born  Dec.  11,  1824,  at  Franklin, 
N.  Y.  Married,  June  1851,  Mary  Elizabeth  Peck,  of 
Palmyra,  Wis.  He  graduated  from  Rush  Medical  Col- 
lege with  the  class  of  1851,  and  practiced  his  profession 
in  Manteno,  111.,  continuously  from  1852  until  1895,  the 
year  of  his  death.  He  never  was  a  politician,  and  held 
no  political  offices,  except  that  he  was  appointed  post- 
master ac  Manteno  by  President  Lincoln  in  1861  or  1862. 
He  was  entirely  devoted  to  his  profession.  He  died 
July  2,  1895,  at  Manteno.     Children— 

249.  i.     Charles,  b.  Sept.  17,  1852,  Kankakee  Co.,  111. 

250.  ii.     Frederick  Williston,   b.  Oct.  lo,  1855,  Kankakee 

Co.,  Ills, 
iii.     Mary  Helen,  b.   May  14,  1860,  Manteno,    111. ;    m. 
John  F.    Barnard,    of   Fowler,   lud. ;  d.  Dec.  6, 
1899. 

251.  iv.     George  Peck,  b.  Oct.  4,  1862,  Manteno,  111. 

V.     Oscar,  b.  April  G,  1867,  Lancaster,  Mo.  ;  single,  1898; 
is  a  clerk,  living  in  Chicago. 

218.  Lyman  B.^    son  of    [Sylvester  W.^,    Perez\ 
Joseph'^,  Joseph'^,  James'^,  Thomas^)  and  Mercy   (Love- 


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land)  Merrick,  born  Sept.  10,  1829,  in  Chatauqua  Co., 
N.  Y.  Married,  Oct.  14,  1855,  at  Manteno,  111.,  Sarah 
J.,  daughter  of  Henry  and  Sus^annah  Harsh;  she  born 
May  30,  1838,  at  Freeport,  0.  Lyman  B.  is  a  nursery- 
man, doing  business  at  Topeka,  Kan.;  living  at  200 
Taylor  street.     Children — 

i.     WiLLiSTON  S.,  b.  Dec.  25,  1857,  at  Rockville,  111.  ;  m. 
April  1,  1896,  at  Waco,  Tex.,  Estelle  N.,  daugh- 
ter of  Dr.  Levi  P.  and  Lou   Gibson ;    she  b.  at 
Vicksburg,  Miss.  WilUston  S.  Merrick  is  a  drug- 
gist at  Waco,  Tex. ;  no  cliildreu. 
ii.     Wallace  B.,  b.  March  12,  1860,  at  Rockville,    111., 
m.  Feb.  7,  1892,  at  El  Paso,  Tex.,  Jennie  Theresa, 
daughter  of  John  and  Anna  Collins :  she  b.  May 
5,  1872,  at  Bath,  N.  Y.     Wallace  B.  Merrick  is 
engaged  in  the  clothing  business  at  San  Antonio, 
Tex. ;  no  children, 
iii.     Alice  J.,  b.  Aug.   23,  1863,    Rockville,   111.;  m.   W. 
W.  GiUespie,  Topeka,  Kan. 
252.        iv.     Arthur  B.,  b,  Dec.  5,  1865,  Manteno,  111. 

V.     James  Frank,  b.   Sept.    9,    1868,  Manteno,  111. ;  is 
chief  clerk  in  the  office  of  the  Mexican  Central 
Railway  Coniimny,  at  Cardenas,  Mexico, 
vi.     George  Robert,  b.  March  13,  1870,  Manteno,   111.  ; 
is  in  the  eroploy  of  the  Atchison,    Topeka  & 
Santa  Fe  Railway  Company. 
vii.     Carrie  B.,  b.  Feb.   12,   1872,  Manteno,  111.;  unmar- 
ried ;  living  at  home, 
vlii.     Alfred  H.,  b.  Jan.  2,  1881,   Topeka,  Kan.;    is  in 
high  school,  Topeka,  1898. 

219.  John  Burt%  son  of  (Perez^ ,  Perez^ ,  Joseph'^, 
Joseph'^ ,  James'- ,  Thomas^)  and  Jerusha  (Hutchinson) 
Merrick,  born  Jan.  2,  1816,  at  Franklin,  N.  Y.  Mar- 
ried Feb.  22,  1844,  at  Galena,  111.,  Mary,  daughter  of 
Albert  and  Mary  Noel  (Price)  Stephenson;  she  born 
July  28,  1822,  at  Vienna,  Eastern  Shore,  Md.  John  Burt 
spent  the  early  part  of  his  life  in  Franklin,  N.  Y., 
where  he  was  born;  he  attended  the  village  schools  un- 
til his  sixteenth  year;  he  then  went  to  Unadilla,  N.  Y., 
where  he  clerked  for  a  number  of  years.  He  then  re- 
turned to  his  old  home  in  Franklin,  where  he  was  em- 
ployed until  his  father,  with  his  family,  moved  west  to 
Spring  Prairie,  Walworth  county.  Wis.  In  1838  he 
moved  to  Galena,  111.,  where  he  was  engaged  in  mercan- 
tile pursuits  until  about  one  year  before  his  death.  He 
was  a  member  of  Grace  (Episcopal)  church;  a  man  of 
unassuming  nature,  but  firm  in  his  convictions  of  right 
and  duty.  He  died  beloved  of  all  that  knew  him.  Chil- 
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374  MERRICK    GENEALOGY  —  THOMAS. 

i.     Albertina   Noel,  b.  Dec.  13,  1844,  Galena,    111. ;  d. 
June  23,  1849. 
253.        ii.    Charles  Stephenson,  b.  Nov.  19,  1846,  Galena,  111. 

220.  Perez  H.'^,  son  of  (Perez^,  Perez^ ,  Joseph*, 
Joseph^,  James"^ ,  TJiomas^)  and  Jernslia  (Hutchinson) 
Merrick,  born  June  9,  1825,  at  Franklin,  N.  Y.  Mar- 
ried, Jan.  14,  1851,  at  Milwaukee,  Wis.,  Mary  A., 
daughter  of  Nicholas  and  Mary  Brig-gs,  of  Sheldon, 
Genesse  county,  N.  Y.;  she  born  Oct.  1st,  1826,  at  Shel- 
don, N.  Y.  Perez  H.  Merrick  was  one  of  the  first  set- 
tlers in  Wisconsin,  being  one  of  the  pioneers  of  Wal- 
worth county,  where  he  followed  farming  for  many  years, 
migrating  to  California  about  the  year  1890,  with  a  com- 
petence gained  by  honest  toil  on  his  Wisconsin  farm. 
Last  January  (1901)  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Merrick  celebrated 
their  golden  wedding  in  their  home  in  Oakland,  sur- 
rounded by  children  and  children's  children,  with  many 
friends  and  neighbors.  Mr.  Merrick  is  a  musician,  and 
he  with  his  son  furnished  the  music  for  the  dancing  at 
the  celebration.     They  had  one  son — 

1  Orlando  Briggs,  b.  May  21.  1852,  at  Spring  Prairie, 
Wis. ;  he  is  married  and  lias  one  son,  Orlando 
Briggs,  Jr.,  and  one  daughter;  he  is  on  the 
police  force  in  the  city  of  San  Francisco,  and  is 
living  at  713>^  Grove  street. 

221.  Gordon  Williston'',  son  of  (Roderkl-^, 
Perez'',  Joseph*,  Joseph.^,  James'^ ,  Thomas^)  and  Re- 
becca (Gates)  Merrick,  ])orn  April,  1836,  at  Franklin, 
Mich.  Married,  Dec.  1,  1864,  Celeste  Sheffield,  of 
Spring  Prairie,  Wis.  Children,  all  born  at  Spring 
Prairie — 

i.  L.  May,  b.  Aug.  22,   1865. 

ii.  Edith  E.,  b.  Dec.  21,  1867. 

iii.  George  G.,  b.  July  9,  1870;  d.  Feb.  7,  1892. 

iv.  Eugene  R.  b.  Aug.  31,  1878, 

222.  Leroy  Williston^  ,  son  of  iAnstin  L.  ^ ,  Perez^ , 
Joseph*,  Joseph'^,  Jmnes"^ ,  Thomas^)  and  Esther  (Cook) 
Merrick,  born  March,  12,  1840,  at  Spring  Prairie,  Wis. 
Married,  March  12,  1873,  at  Elkhorn,  Wis.,  Luella 
Ellsworth.  They  are  now  living  at  Spring  Prairie,  Wis. 
Children — 

i.    Cora  Louise,  b.  Oct.  31,  1875. 
ii.    Flavia  Ruth,  b.  Jan.  12,  1880. 
iii.    Chester  A.,  b.  May  17,  1888. 


SEVENTH    GENERATION.  375 

223.  Jerome  0.^  sou  of  {Ausfhi  L.^,  Perez^ , 
JosppJi^ ,  Joseph'\  Jamfs^ ,  Thotmis^)  and  Esther  (Cook) 
Merrick,  born  April  21,  1841,  at  Spring  Prairie,  Wis. 
Married,  Sept.  1868,  Louisa  A.  Weage,  of  Waterford, 
Wis.  They  are  now  living  in  Chicago,  with  their  two 
sons,  both  of  whom  are  unmarried.     Children — 

i.     Harry  Austin,  b.  Sept.  1870,  Burlington,  Wis. 
11.     Frederick  A.,  b.  Feb.  1878,  Hinsdale,  111. 

224.  Clinton  Victor', son  of  (JoJin  Quartus^ , 
Quart i( s "" ,  Joseph'^,  Joseph'^,  James^ ,  Thomas^)  and 
Sarah  Maria  (Dickinson)  Merrick,  born  June  17,  1848, 
at  Canton,  Pa.  Married,  Dec.  19,  1877,  at  Horseheads, 
N.  Y.,  Delia,  daughter  of  Theodore  V.  and  Catherine 
(Bennett)  Weller;  she  born  Sept.  26,  1853,  at  Millport, 
N.  Y.  Clinton  V.  Merrick  is  a  college  graduate;  is  now 
superintendent  of  the  Bradford  branch  of  the  Erie  Rail- 
way, residing  at  Bradford,  Pa.     Has  one  child — 

I.  J.  Welling,  b.  Feb.  10,  1895,  at  Bradford,  Pa. 

225.  Charles  Edwin',  son  of  {Charles  Edivin^ , 
JDaniel'^ ,  TiUeij'^,  Joseph^,  flames'^,  Thomas^)  and  Clara 
P.  (Sibley)  Merrick,  born  March  19,  1867,  at  West 
Springfield,  Mass.  Married,  June  19,  1889,  at  West 
Springfield,  Mary  M.,  daughter  of  Jarvis  and  Josephine 
(Smith)  Osborne;  she  born  April  8,  1860,  at  Russell, 
Mass.  Charles  E.  is  an  expert  machinist,  in  the  employ 
of  the  Wesson  Arms  Company,  of  Springfield.  He  is  a 
graduate  of  the  Springfield  High  School;  is  possessed  of 
a  fine  tenor  voice,  and  has  been  a  member  of  the  choir 
of  the  Park  street  church  for  a  mumber  of  years.  Chil- 
dren, all  born  at  West  Springfield — 

1.     Ernestine,  b.  March  11,  1891. 

II.  Howard  Sibley,  b.  June  18,  1893. 

lii.     FORDYCE  Osborne,   b.   June   18.    1896;  d.   Jan.  2-1, 
1897. 

226.  Edward \  son  of  (Roderick  Smifh^ ,  Noah^ , 
Chileab  5.^,  Noah^ ,  James'^ ,  Thomas^)  and  Emily 
(Bliss)  Merrick,  born  May  24,  1842,  at  Wilbraham, 
Mass.  Married,  Nov.  25,  1868,  Sarah  Alice  Chapman, 
at  Willoughby,  O.  Edward  Merrick  graduated  from  the 
Ohio  Wesleyan  University,  at  Delaware,  O.,  in  1864.  He 
has  taught  since  then  in  the  Ohio  Wesleyan  Female 
College,     Willoughby     College,    O.,    Cornell     College, 


376  MERRICK    GENEALOGY  —  THOMAS. 

la. ;  was  principal  of  schools  in  Ohio  Soldiers'  and  Sail- 
ors' Home;  superintendent  of  public  schools  in  Wilming;- 
ton,  O.  In  now  in  business  in  New  York  city;  his  ad- 
dress is  No.  80  Broadway.    Children — 

i.  Walter  CH.VPilAN,  b.  Feb.  13,  1872,  Willoughby,  O. ; 
graduated  from  the  Ohio  Wesleyau  University  in 
1895,  and  is  now  i^racticing  law  in  Cleveland,  O. 

ii.  Frederick  Chapman,  b.  May  18,  1874,  at  Willough- 
by, O. ;  graduated  from  Ohio  Wesleyan  Univer- 
sity in  1897 ;  is  now  with  his  father  in  business 
in  New  York  city. 

iii.  William;  Roderick,  b.  Dec.  17,  1883,  at  Wilming- 
ton, O. 

227.  Frederick^,  son  of  (BodericTi  SmitJi^ ,  Noah^ , 
CMleab  B.^,  ISfoah'^ ,  James '\  Thomas^)  and  Emily  (Bliss) 
Merrick,  born  Nov.  4,  1844,  at  Wilbraham,  Mass.  Mar- 
ried, Aug.,  1867,  Mary  Brink,  of  Red  Wing,  Minn.;  she 
died  June,  1871,  leaving  one  daughter,  Mary  Frances. 
Frederick  married,  2nd,  March  28,  1879,  Emma  Keys, 
of  Pittsburg,  Pa.  Frederick  Merrick  graduated  from 
the  Ohio  Wesleyan  University,  at  Delaware,  0.,  in  1864, 
and  has  ever  since  been  engaged  in  teaching.  Professor 
of  Latin  and  Greek  in  Hamline  University,  Red  Wing, 
Minn.,  from  1865  to  1869;  Professor  of  Latin  and  Greek 
in  Xenia,  O.,  Female  College,  1869  to  1871;  Professor 
of  Latin  in  Pittsburg  High  School  since  1871.  Address 
No.  3407  Webster  Avenue,  Herron  Hill,  Pittsburg,  Pa. 
Children — 

i.  Mary  Frances,  b.  Oct.  1868,  Red  Wing,  Minn, 

ii.  Roderick  Smith,  b.  Jan.  22,  1884,  Pittsburg,  Pa. 

iii.  Edward,  b.  May  23,  1886,  Pittsburg, 

iv.  Paul,  b.  March  31,  1895,  Pittsburg. 

228.  Charles  Stuart'',  son  of  {Janies^ ,  Samuel 
Fisk^ ,  Samuel  FisJc* ,  Noah'^ ,  James",  Thomas^)  and 
Eunice  Jewell  (Libby)  Merrick,  born  Aug.  19,  1854,  at 
Wilbraham,  Mass.  Married,  July  21,  1897,  at  Milton, 
Mass.,  Mary  George,  daughter  of  Richard  Odell  and 
Elizabeth  (Charles)  Seavey;  she  boru  March  17,  1867, 
at  Conway,  N.  H.;  graduated  from  Fryeburg  Academy, 
Maine,  in  the  class  of  '86,  and  from  Boston  University 
with  the  degree  of  Ph.  B.,  class  of  '92;  taught  four 
years  in  the  Milton  High  School,  and  the  year  '96-' 97 
in  the  Girls'  Latin  School,  Boston.  Charles  S.  Merrick 
fitted  for  college  at  Wesleyan  Academy,  Wilbraham, 
Mass.,  graduating  from  Amherst  College  in  the  class  of 


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EIGHTH    GENERATION.  377 

'79;  then  went  to  the  University  of  Gottingen,  Ger 
many,  from  which  he  received  the  deg-ree  of  Ph.  D.  in 
chemistry  and  mineralogy  in  1882.  Tanght  for  several 
years,  the  last  in  the  Worcester,  Mass.,  High  School. 
Is  at  present  living  on  the  farm  inherited  from  his  father, 
in  Wilbraham.     They  have  one  child — 

i.     Ruth  Eunice,  b.  May  13,  1898,  at  Wilbraham. 

EIGHTH  GENERATION. 

229.  WiLLARD  HAMILTON^  son  of  {Raniilton\ 
Willard^  Jolm\  Jolm^ ,  JoJm^ ,  John",  Thomas^)  and 
Nancy  (Langdon)  Merrick,  born  May  27,  1850,  at  Steu- 
ben, N.  Y.  Married,  Jan.  16,  1878,  Mary  W.  Freeman, 
of  Western,  N.  Y.;  she  died  Sept.  28,  1886,  leaving  two 
children.  Willard  married  2nd,  in  1889,  Eliza  J.  Olney, 
a  woman  of  high  Christian  character  and  more  than  or- 
dinary attainments.  In  1884  Willard  Merrick  bought  the 
Berlin  Olney  farm,  where  his  first  wife  died,  and  where 
his  children  were  born ;  in  1890  he  rented  the  farm  and 
moved  to  the  village  of  Westernville.  In  the  winter  of 
1898  he  went  south  with  his  daughter  for  the  benefit  of 
her  health,  but  without  avail,  as  she  died  July  2,  1898. 
The  death  of  his  daughter  was  closely  followed  by  that 
of  his  own,  he  d^dng  at  his  home  in  Westernville*  Feb. 
11,  1899.  He  was  a  thoroughly  upright,  Christian  man, 
and  had  the  confidence  and  respect  of  all  who  knew  him. 
This  was  best  demonstrated  by  the  positions  of  trust  which 
he  so  ably  filled.  He  was,  at  the  time  of  his  death,  sec- 
retary and  treasurer  of  the  Farmers'  Insurance  Com- 
pany, and  elder  in  and  treasurer  of  the  Presbyterian  church, 
and  treasurer  of  the  Westernville  Cheese  Factory.  He 
had  also  represented  the  toMai  on  the  Board  of  Supervi- 
sors, and  was  a  trustee  of  the  Oneida  County  Savings 
Bank,  of  Rome,  N.  Y.  He  was  conscientious  to  a 
marked  degree,  al)horring  sham  and  pretense  in  any 
form,  yet  with  true  charity  for  the  ignorant  and  unfor- 
tunate. His  influence  was  felt  in  all  his  associations. 
His  wife  and  son  reside  in  Westernville.     Children — 

1.     Melvia  E.,  b.  July  23,  1879;  d.  July  2,  1898. 
il.     Albert  H.,  b.  Nov.  3,  1882. 

230.  John  Dayton ^  son  of  {Clmton\  John^ , 
Jo}in\  Jolm'^,  Jo]m'\John^,  Thomas^)  and  Abb v  (Dav- 
ton)  Merrick,  born  July  11,  1845,    at  Steuben,'  N.  Y. 


378  MERRICK    GENEALOGY  —  THOMAS. 

Married,  Sept.  28,  1887,  at  Steuben,  Hannah,  daughter 
of  Simeon  and  Pamelia  (Mowers)  Casler;  she  born 
Jan.  31,  1858,  at  Steuben.  John  Dayton  and  wife  are 
living  at  Steuben,  N.Y.  Children,  all  born  in  Steuben— 

i.  Frances  Leona,  b.  Oct.  26,  1888. 

ii.  John,  b.  May  9,  1890. 

iii.  LoRA  Antoinette,  b.  Oct.  5, 1891. 

iv.  CORINNE  LeMoine,  b.  Aug.  25,  189.). 

231.  Frank  Wilbur*,  son  of  {CUnton\  JoJm^, 
John^,  John^,  Johu^ ,  John' ,  Thomas'^)  and  Abbv  (Day- 
ton) Merrick,  born  Nov.  28,  1863,  at  Steuben^  N.  Y. 
Married,  Oct.  14,  1896,  at  Oneonta,  N.  Y.,  Grace  Bell, 
daughter  of  E.  Byron  and  Jane  E.  (Bell)  Latimer;  she 
born  May  23,  1866,  at  Jordan,  N.  Y.  Frank  Wilbur 
Merrick  was  educated  at  the  preparatory  schools  of 
Whitestown  Seminary,  Whitestowu,  N.  Y.,  at  which 
latter  institution  he  was  graduated  in  1882.  After  one 
year,  spent  chiefly  in  teaching,  entered  Syracuse  Univer- 
sity in  the  autumn  of  1887,  intending  to  enter  a  theo- 
logical school.  He  was  prevailed  upon,  however,  to  take 
up  the  New  Church  movement  in  Utica,  N.  Y.,  what  is 
now  the  Dryer  Memorial  Methodist  Episcopal  Church. 
In  the  fall  of  1888  he  entered  the  Boston  University 
Theological  School,  (Methodist  Episcopal),  intending  to 
fit  himself  for  the  Methodist  ministry,  but  toward  the 
close  of  his  divinity  course,  accepted  the  call  of  the 
Trinity  Congregational  church,  Nepouset,  Boston,  Mass. 
Graduated  from  the  above  named  theological  school  in 
June,  1891,  and  was  ordained  to  the  Christian  ministry 
by  a  Congregational  council,  Oct.  12,  1891.  During 
1891-1892,  pursued  post-graduate  studies  in  Social  Sci- 
ence at  Andover  Seminary,  Andover,  Mass.,  where  he 
held  a  scholarship,  in  the  meantime  carrying  on  his  pas- 
toral work.  After  two  years'  pastorate  at  Neponset,  ac- 
cepted a  call  to  the  church  which  he  is  now  serving,  the 
South  Evangelical  (Congregational)  of  West  Roxbury, 
Boston,  where  he  has  been  for  more  than  eight  years. 
In  the  meantime  he  pursued  his  studies  in  Boston  Uni- 
versity, leading  to  the  degree  of  Ph.  D.,  which  he  re- 
ceived in  June,  1901.  Is  a  member  of  the  chapter  of 
the  Phi  Beta  Kappa,  (the  scholarship  society),  in  Syra- 
cuse University,  and  in  June,  1882,  represented  his 
preparatory  school,  the  Hungerford  Collegiate  Institute, 
in  the  New  York  State  Prize  Contest  of  Secondary 
Schools,  securing  the  first  prize  in  declamation  for  his 
school.  Is  living  at  122  Beech  street,  Roslindale,  Mass, 
One  child — 

i.     Ruth,  b.  July  10,  1898,  Boston,  Mass. 


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232.  Sidney  Gideon*,  son  of  {Eldridge  Jarvis'' , 
William  Martin^,  Moses^ ,  John'*',  John^ ,  John"^ , 
Thomas^)  and  Lovina  P.  (Hardv)  Mei-ick,born  July  11, 
1849,  atCarleton,  N.  Y.  Married,  Sept.  19,  1878,  at 
Pontiac,  Mich.,  Alice  A.,  daughter  of  Richard  and 
Sarah  A.  Wills;  she  born  Sept.  3,  1860,  at  Breslau, 
Waterloo  county,  Ontario.  Sidney  G.  is  a  farmer,  re- 
siding in  Flint,  Genessee  county,  Mich.,  an  occupation 
which  he  has  always  followed,  with  the  exception  of  a 
few  years  as  lumberman  in  northern  Michigan.  Chil- 
dren, born  atFenton,  Mich. — 

i.     Wendell  S.,  b.  June  14,  1879, 
ii.     LoviNA  Sarah,  b.  June  37,  1883. 

233.  James  Lyon*,  son  of  {Samuel  Dmifmv  ,  Joseph^ , 
Timothy'^,  John*,  John^ ,  John'" ,  Thomas^)  and  Evelina 
(Lyon)  Merrick,  born  July  12,  1840,  at  Willington, 
Conn.  Married,  Oct.  30,  1865,  at  Mansfield,  Conn., 
Juliette,  daughter  of  Lucius  and  Marietta  (Eaton)  Co- 
nant;  she  born  Dec.  7,  1843,  at  Mansfield,  Conn.  James 
Lyon  was  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  spool  cotton  up 
to  the  5' ear  1882.  Is  now  retired  and  living  at  288  Park 
Avenue,  Springfield,  Mass.  Has  two  children,  both 
born  in  Mansfield,  Conn.     (See  Conant  Gen.)  — 

i.    Arthur  Lucius,  b.  Jan.  4,  1867;  educated  at  Phillips 

Exeter  Academy. 
ii.     Mabel  Evelina,  b.  July  39,  1869;  educated  at  Hol- 

yoke  College. 

234.  Joseph  Stewart'\  son  of  {Samuel  Bunion'^ , 
Joseph^,  Timothy'',  John'^ ,  John^ ,  John",  Thomas^)  and 
Evelina  (Lyon)  Merrick,  born  May  17,  1842,  at  Willing- 
ton,  Conn.  Married,  Oct.  4,  1867,  at  Woodstock,  Conn. 
Florence,  daughter  of  Charles  R.  and  Olive  (Leonard) 
Deane.  Joseph  S.  enlisted  Aug.  8,  1862  in  Co.  "B," 
9th  New  York  Heavy  Artillery,  Army  of  the  Potomac; 
was  discharged  January,  1864.  Is  now  one  of  the  mem- 
bers of  the  Merrick  Lumber  Company,  and  is  living  in 
Holyoke,  Mass.     Children,  born  in  Mansfield,  Conn. — 

i.     JUDSON  Leonard,  b.  Dec.  23,  1870. 

ii.     Josie  Emma,  b.  Sept.  6,  1873;  d.  Oct.  7,  1890. 

235.  Adoniram  JuDSON^,  son  of  {Samuel  Biinton\ 
Joseph*^,  Timothy^,  John^,  John^ ,  John"^ ,  Thomas^)  and 
Evelina  (Lyon)    Merrick,  born  April  12,   1847,  at  Tol- 

27- M 


380  MERRICK    GENEALOGY  —  THOMAS. 

land,  Conn.  Married,  April  16,  1879,  at  Tioga,  Pa., 
Ella  Dorcas,  daughter  of  Elislia  T.,  and  Almira  E.  Bent- 
ley;  she  born  March  15,  1851,  at  Tioga,  Pa.;  died  Nov. 
19,  1892,  at  Holyoke,  Mass.  Adoniram  J.  lives  at  Hol- 
yoke,  Mass.,  whei*e  he  is  a  member  of  the  Merrick  Lum- 
ber Company.     Children,  all  born  in  Holyoke — 

i.     Frank  Bentley,  b,  Jan.  15,  1882. 
ii.     Myra  Evelina,  b.  Oct.  21,  18S3;  d.  Aug.  24,  1899. 
ill.    Anna  Gertrude,  b.  June  23,  1888. 

236.  Origen  Hall^  son  of  {Timothy" ,  Joseph^, 
Timothij^,  Joseph^,  John^ ,  John''",  Thomas^)  and  Justiua 
Lovicea  (Hall)  Merrick,  born  March  7,  1854,  at  Willing- 
ton,  Conn.  Married,  Nov.  22,  1883,  at  Chicago,  111., 
Harriet  Pauline,  daughter  of  George  Asa  and  Jane  Lucy 
(Smith)  Merrick;  she  born  June  7,  1859,  at  Kalamazoo, 
Mich.  Origen  Hall  Merrick  obtained  his  early  education 
in  the  public  schools;  later  he  went  to  Williston  Sem- 
inary, Easthampton,  Mass.  After  leaving  Williston,  in 
1872,  he  went  to  Brown  University,  graduating  with  the 
class  of  1876.  After  leaving  college,  Mr.  Merrick  learned 
the  process  of  the  manufacture  of  thread  at  the  works  of 
the  Merrick  Thread  Company,  Holyoke,  Mass.  He  is 
to-day  the  assistant  treasurer  of  that  company.  Mr. 
Merrick's  church  affiliations  are  with  the  Third  Baptist 
church  of  Holyoke.  Politically,  he  has  always  been, 
and  is  to-day,  a  strong  republican.     Children — 

i.     Preston  Kenneth,  b.  Feb.  8,  1894,  Chicago;  d.  Dec. 

20,  1896. 
ii.     Kenneth,  b.  June  25,  1897,  Holyoke. 
iii.     Robert,  b.  Jan.  27,  1900,  Springfield,  Mass. 

237.  Mary  Gifford^,  dau.  of  {Charles  Henry\  Le- 
ander^ ,  Caleb ^ ,  Joseph^,  John^ ,  John-,  Thomas^)  and 
Ellen  Augusta  (Bullens)  Merrick,  born  Sept.  17,  1865, 
at  Chicopee,  Mass.  Married,  June  15,  1892,  George  W. 
Mclntyre,  of  Chicopee,  Mass.  He  is  a  bookkeeper  by 
occupation.  Mary  Gifford,  before  her  marriage,  was  a 
musician  by  occupation.  They  are  living  at  Chicopee, 
Mass.     Children — 

1.     Harry  Merrick  (Mclntyre),  b.  June  1,  1S93. 
ii.     Grace  Doris  (Mclntyre),  b.  Aug.  3,  1894. 

238.  William  Hathaway^,  son  of  (Albert  Hamil- 
ton'',  Nathaniel  Burf^ ,  Constant'' ,  Joseph* ,  John'* ,  John^ , 


EIGHTH   GENERATION.  381 

Thomas'^)  and  Anna  Louise  (Hathaway)  Merrick,  born 
May  4,  1858,  at  St.  Paul,  Miuu.  Married,  Noy.  3,  1879, 
Carrie  E.  Gale.     Cliildi-en — 

i.     Margaret  Hathaway,  b.  Jau.  18,  1881. 
ii.     Gale  Clifford,  b.  Nov.  24,  1882. 

239.  Elizabeth  HAMILTON^  dau.  of  (Albert  Ham- 
ilton\  Nathaniel  Burt^ ,  Constant^,  Joseph'',  John^ , 
John'^ ,  Thomas^)  and  Anna  Louise  (Hathaway)  Mer- 
rick, born  Jan.  9,  1868,  at  St.  Paul,  Minn.  Married, 
Dec.  10.  1888,  Townsend  H.  Jacobs,  of  St.  Paul.  Chil- 
dren, all  born  in  St.  Paul — 

i.     Helen  Louise  (Jacobs),  b.  April  24,  1890. 
ii.     Mildred  Merrick  (Jacobs),  b.  Dec.  1,  1895. 
iii.     Townsend  (Jacobs),  b.  July  2,  1897. 

240.  Arthur  Tyler \  son  of  {William  MarshaW , 
John  Marshall'^,  John'" ,  Jonathan^,  Bavid^ ,  Thomas'^ , 
Thomas^)  and  Sarah  (Kettelle)  Merrick,  born  Nov.  15, 
1863,  at  Wilbraham,  Mass.  Married,  May  10,  1893,  at 
River  Forest,  111.,  Isora  Tripp,  Arthur  Tyler  was  edu- 
cated at  Austin,  111.,  and  Oak  Park,  111.,  high  schools. 
Studied  drawino-  at  the  Chicago  Art  School  and  the  New 
York  Art  School.  Moved  to  New  York  city,  Sept.  1, 
1892,  and  has  followed  the  profession  of  illustrator  in 
that  city  since  that  time.  Alany  of  the  finest  illustra- 
tions which  have  appeared  in  Life  have  been  from  the 
pencil  of  Mr.  Merrick.     Children — 

i.     Marjorie  Evelyn,  b.  June  25,  1894,  New  York  City, 
ii.     Eyles  Cadvan,  b.  Jan.  30,  1897,  Bayonne,  N.  J. 
iii.     Lester  Cydafael,  b.  July  26,  1899,  Bayonne. 

241.  Andrew  Jackson*,  son  of  {Andrew  Jackson'' , 
Ira^,  Solomon^,  Thomas*,  Ehenezer'^ ,  Thomas'^, 
Thomas^)  and  Emma  M.  (Jarvis)  Mirick,  born  Nov. 
27,  1865,  at  Jordan,  N.  Y.  Married,  1st,  Jau  20,  1892, 
Janet  G.  Allison;  she  died  Feb.  20,  1895,  in  New  York 
city;  no  issue.  Married,  2nd,  April  4,  1899,  Elsie  M. 
Kauffman.  Andrew  J.  Mirick  is  living  at  Wilmington, 
Del.,  March,  1901. 

242.  William  Perrixe^,  son  of  (Nelson  Ralph'' . 
Hirarn^ ,  Solomon^,  Thomas'^,  Ebenezer^ ,  Thomas^, 
Thomas^)   and  Anna  G.   (Perrine)   Mirick,  born  April 


382  MERRICK    GENEALOGY  —  THOMAS. 

5,  1859,  at  Lyons,  N.  Y.  Married,  June  29,  1888,  at 
Lyons,  Ellen  Hays,  daughter  of  Van  R.  Richmond. 
They  have  one  child — 

i.     Gordon  Richmond,  b.   June  15,   1894,   at  Lyons, 
N.  Y. 

243.  Florence  (Gavit)  daughter  of  Nelson  and 
Eliza  (Murphy)  Gavit,  married  James  Dundas  Pratt,  of 
Philadelphia.  He  is  a  descendent  of  Captain  Henry 
Pratt,  of  England,  and  Hannah  Hobart,  of  Boston,  Mass. 
Children,  born  at  Philadelphia,  Pa. — 

i.     Howell  Dundas  (Pratt),  b.  April  18,  1883. 
ii.     Dorothea  Dundas  (Pratt),  b.  July  25,  1887. 

244.  Florence  BELL^  dau.  of  (Charles  Rosu-eW, 
Casper  Lavatore^ ,  Boswell^,  Jose^'^,  James^ ,  James "^ , 
Thomas^)  and  Caroline  (Bell)  Merrick,  born  Dec.  21, 
1852,  at  Xenia,  0.  Married,  1st,  Oct.  26,  1876,  at 
Xenia,  O.,  George  P.,  sonof  JohnP.  and  Marv  Hooven; 
he  born  Aug.  16,  1848,  at  Franklin,  0.;  died  Feb.  18, 
1881,  at  Pueblo,  Col.  Florence  married,  2nd,  Oct.  21, 
1885,  Thomas  Jouvet.      Children — 

i.     Carolyn  (Hooven),  b.  Aug.  20,  1877,  at  Xenia,  O. ; 
m.  June  9,  1900,  William  Horace  Squire,  at  Fern 
Bank,  O. 
ii.     Ethel  (Hooven),  b.  March  10,  1880,  at  Xenia,  O. ;  d. 
Jan.  21,  1881. 

245.  William  Lavatore^  ,  son  of  (Charles  RoswelV , 
Casper  Lavatore^ ,  Roswell^ ,  Jose^^,  James^ ,  Ja^nes^ , 
Thomas'^)  and  Caroline  (Bell)  Merrick,  born  July  24, 
1856,  at  Xenia,  O.  Married,  Nov.  25,  1879,  Minnie, 
daughter  of  William  and  Maria  (Crawford)  Hawey,  of 
Xenia,  O.;  she  born  Feb.  27,  1860,  at  Xenia.  William 
Lavatore  lived  in  Xenia  until  1884,  when  he  moved  to 
East  Orange,  N.  J.,  doing  business  in  New  York  city. 
He  died  at  East  Orange  June  5,  1899.  He  had  one  son, 
who,  with  his  mother,  is  now  living  at  East  Orange — 

i.     George  Sloane,  b.  Dec.  6,  1880,  at  Xenia,  O. 

246.  Charles  Frank  * ,  sou  of  ( George  Francis '' ,  Dea . 
Lathrop ^ ,  Rosicell ^ ,  Ohed^ ,  James ^ ,  James ^ ,  Thomas  ^ ) 
and  Florence  M.  (Bennett)  Merrick  born  Dec.  26,  1860. 
Married,  Dec.  6,  1883,  Sarah  A.  Buxton.     Children— 

i.     Charles  Frank,  b.  Sept.  21,  1889. 
ii.     Hyde  Buxton,  b.  March  17,  1891. 


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247.  Edward  Lucius®,  son  of  {George  Francis'^, 
Dea.  Lafhrop^,  Eoswell^ ,  Obed^ ,  James^ ,  James", 
Thomas^)  and  Florence  M.  (Bennett)  Merriok,  l)orn  Jan. 
11,  1864.     Married  Louisa  H.  Lord.     Children — 

i.     Frank  Royal,  b.  June  11,  1889; 
ii.     Florence  Adelia,  b.  July  13,  1891. 
iii.     James  Haskell,  b.  Feb.  14,  1893. 

248.  Emma  Theodora\  dau.  of  (Rev.  William 
Haven  and  Henrietta  Maria  (Merrick)  Daniels,  born 
March  6,  1863,  at  St.  Johns,  New  Brunswick.  Married, 
June  9,  1881,  at  Chicopee,  Mass.,  Avalon  Graves,  of 
Boston.  Mr.  Graves  has  been  a  manufacturer  of  slip- 
pers, in  the  firm  of  D.  Butler  &  Co.,  with  salesrooms  in 
Boston,  and  factories  at  Haverhill,  Mass.,  but  he  has  re- 
cently sold  out  his  interest  in  that  business  and  gone  into 
commission  business,  with  headquarters  in  Philadelphia. 
Children — 

i.     Etta  Merrick  (Graves),  b.  July  18,  1882,  at  Faulk" 

uer  Heights,  Mass. 
ii.     Rupert  Winfred  (Graves),  b.  Oct.  25,  1884,  at  West 
Newton,  Mass. 

249.  Charles®,  son  of  {George  Clinton'' ,  Sylvester 
W.^,  Perez'',  Joseph^ ,  Joseph'^,  'lames'^,  Thomas^)  and 
Mary  Elizabeth  (Peck)  Merrick,  born  Sept.  17,  18r)2,  at 
Rockville,  111.  Married,  June  7,  1877,  Laura  T.,  daugh- 
ter of  Josiah  and  Caroline  A.  Shideler,  of  Fowler,  Ind.; 
she  born  Nov.  30,  1855,  at  Lafayette,  Ind.  Charles 
Merrick  was  a  merchant  b.y  occupation;  lived  in  Illinois, 
Indiana,  Texas,  and  Missouri,  in  the  order  named,  and 
finally  at  Colorado  Springs,  Col.,  where  he  was  engaged  in 
mining  and  merchandising.  Is  now  retired  and  engaged 
in  farming  at  Buffalo,  Mo.     Children^ — 

i.  Mary  Caroline,  b.  June  18,  1879,  Fowler,  Ind. 

ii.  Charles  Laurence,  b.  May  23,  1882,  Oxford,   Ind. 

iii.  Ross,  b.  Aug.  24,  1887.  El  Paso;  Tex. 

iv.  Sylvester,  b.  Aug,  28,  1890,  El  Paso,  Tex. 

250.  Frederick  Williston\  son  of  (Dr.  George 
Clinton ^ ,  Si/h'ester  W. " ,  Perez^ ,  Joseph"^ ,  Joseph^ ,  Janies^, 
Thomas^)  and  Mary  Elizabeth  (Peck)  Merrick,  born  Oct. 
15,  1855,  at  Rockville,  111.  Married,  June,  1883,  at 
Kankakee,  111.,  Grace  G.  Frisbie.  He  is  a  merchant, 
living  and  in  business  at  Seattle,  Wash.     One  son — 

i.    Oscar,  b.  Aug.  31,  1886. 


384  MERRICK    GENEALOGY  —  THOMAS. 

251.  George  Feck^ ,  aon  of  { George  Clinton\  Syl- 
vester W.  ^ ,  Perez  ^ ,  Joseph  ■* ,  Joseph^ ,  James  - ,  Thomas  ^ ) 
and  Mary  Elizabeth  (Peck)  Merrick,  born  Oct.  4,  1862, 
at  Manteno,  111.  Married,  Jan.  21,  1885,  at  Galesbnrg, 
111.,  Grace,  daughter  of  James  S.  Thompson,  of  New 
Boston,  111.  George  Peck  was  prepared  for  college  by 
tutors,  and  graduated  from  Northwestern  University, 
Evanston,  111.,  in  June,  1884.  Was  admitted  to  the  bar 
of  the  state  of  Illinois  in  June,  1886,  and  has  practiced 
his  profession  in  the  city  of  Chicago  continuously  since 
that  time.  Is  not  a  politician,  caring  more  for  success 
in  his  profession  than  in  the  empty  honors  of  office, 
which  worth}-  ambition  has  been  realized,  as  is  evidenced 
by  the  flattering  notices  which  he  has  received  from  the 
professional  publications  of  his  city  and  state.  He  has 
three  children — 

i.    George  Clinton,  b.  Jan.  18,  1886,  Chicago, 
ii.     Grace  Willits,  b.  Oct.  1,  1896,  Evanston,  III. 
iii.     Thompson,  b.  March  29,  1900,  Evanston. 

252.  Arthur  B.%  son  of  {Lyman  B.\  Sylvester 
W.  ^ ,  Perez ^ ,  Joseph  * ,  Joseph  ^ ,  James " ,  Thomas ' )  and 
Sarah  J.  (Harsh)  Merrick,  born  Dec.  5,  1865,  at  Man- 
teno, 111.  Married,  Dee.  16,  1890,  at  Salt  Lake  City, 
Utah,  Lillie  M.  Mitchell;  she  born  June  6,  1865,  at 
Glenwood,  la.  Arthur  B.  is  a  railroad  man;  was  con- 
nected with  the  A.  T.  &  Santa  Fe  Railway  Company  for 
many  years,  commencing  in  1882.  Was' cashier  of  the 
G.  C.  &  S.  F.  R'yat  Galveston,  Texas,  at  the  time  of  the 
great  storm.  Fortunately  his  wife  and  two  sons  were 
absent  from  the  city  at  the  time,  on  a  visit  to  his  father 
at  Topeka.  Mr.  Merrick  went  through  the  storm  with- 
out injury,  although  his  escape  was  almost  miraculous; 
he  succeeded  in  saving  most  of  his  household  belongings. 
His  brother,  Wallace  B.,  with  his  wife,  had  left  the  ill- 
fated  city  only  two  weeks  before  the  storm  broke  upon 
it.     Children — 

1.     Harold  B.,  b.  Oct.  17,  1893;  d.  Oct.  24,  1893. 
ii.    Frank  Lyman,  b.  Jan.  1,  1895. 
iii.     A  son,  b. . 

253.  Charles  Stephenson \  son  of  (John  Burf , 
Perez'^ ,  Perez^ ,  Joseph/^,  Joseph'^  James'^,  Thomas'^) 
and  Mary  (Stephenson)  Merrick,  born  Nov.  19,  1846, 
at  Galena,  111.     Married,  Sept.  10,  1885,  at  Galena,  111., 


ADDITIONS.  385 

Fanny,  daughter  of  William  Henry  (born  Jan  1,  1814, 
at  Utica,  N.  Y.)  and  Lucretia  (McLean)  Snyder  (born 
Nov.  12,  1822,  at  Alexandria,  Va.);  Fanny  Snyder 
born  June  20,  1856,  at  Galena,  111.  Charles  Stephenson 
attended  the  city  schools  in  Galena,  and  in  the  years 
1862-3-4  was  at  Racine  College,  Wisconsin,  nuder  the 
Rev.  James  DeKoven,  D.  D.  After  leaving  college  re- 
turned home,  and  in  January,  1865,  entered  a  hardware 
store,  where  he  was  employed  until  June,  1872,  when  he 
was  elected  teller  of  the  Merchants'  National  Bank  of 
Galena,  a  position  which  he  filled  until  Feb.,  1897, 
when,  upon  the  death  of  the  cashier,  he  was  elected  to 
that  office,  which  position  he  still  holds.  Mr.  Merrick 
was  born  and  reared  in  the  Protestant  Episcopal  faith, 
and  has  been  a  life-long  member  of  Grace  church.  Ga- 
lena.    They  have  no  childi-en. 

ADDITIONS. 

RECEIVED  TOO  LATE  FOR  REGULAR  ORDER. 

From  page  20.     Fourth  Generation — William  Branch. 

19a.  Bezaleel"^,  son  of  (Joshua^,  (9),  WilUam'\ 
William^)  and  Lydia  (Mayo)  Myrick,  born  Nov.  12, 
1736,  at  Harwich,  Mass.     Married  1st,  Ruth  Loudon,  at 

Pembroke,  Mass. .     She  died  and  Bezaleel  married, 

2nd,  Widow  Huldah  Mitchell,  at  North  Yarmouth,  Me. 
Bezaleel  was  by  trade  a  ship  carpenter.  After  his  mar- 
riage with  Ruth  Loudon,  at  Pembroke,  he  moved  to  New 
Bedford,  Mass.,  where  he  followed  his  trade,  and  where 
he  had  four  children  born  to  him.  After  the  death  of 
his  first  wife,  prior  to  1780,  he  moved  to  Maine,  where 
he  took  up  a  farm  in  Shepardsfield  Plantation,  which 
town  was  incorporated  in  1790  as  Hebron,  Me.  After 
opening  his  farm  he  let  it  out  to  renters,  and  went  to 
North  Yarmouth,  where  he  worked  in  the  ship-yard  at 
his  trade.  He  there  married  Widow  Huldah  Mitchell, 
whose  maiden  name  was  Moulton,  about  the  year  1785, 
by  whom  he  had  three  children.     His  children  were — 

i.     William,  h.  ,   at  New  Bedford,    Mass. ;  was  a 

seaman;  captain  of  Schooner  ''Polly,"  of  North 
Yarmouth,  Ale. ;  was  washed  OTerboard,  with 
three  of  his  men,  in  a  gale  off  the  Bermudas, 
Sept.  17,  1793;  so  wi-ites  his  mate,  wlio  was  also 
washed  overboard,  but  cauglit  a  line  and  was 
saved. — Maine  Hist.  Coll.,  I,  p.  IOC. 

ii.     Thomas,  b. ,  at  New  Bedford. 


386  MERRICK    GENEALOGY. 

iii.     Barnabas,  b.  ,  at  New  Bedford;  m.  Silence ? 

iv.     Betsey,  b. ,  at  New  Bedford :  m.  Cobb. 

V.     Stephen,  b.  ,  at  (North  Yarmouth,  or  Hebron, 

Me.);  m.  June  4,  1807,  Zilla  Glover,  both  of 
Hebron. — Maine  Hist.  Coll.  IV,  p.  437. 
36a.  vi.  HULDAH  Moulton,  b.  Feb. ,  1793'  in  North  Yar- 
mouth, Me. ;  m.  Feb.  3,  1810,  at  Hebron,  Jacob 
Roberts,  of  Brooks,  Me. — Maine  Hist.  Coll.,  IV, 
p.  438. 

vii.     Joseph,  b.  ,  at   (North  Y''armouth  or  Hebron) ; 

went  to  Kentucky  where  he  married  and  raised 
a  family. 

In  addition  to  above,  and  in  connection  with  same, 
Me.  Hist.  Coll.  IV,  p.  443,  has:— "Harriett  G.  Myrick 
and  JohnE.  Barrows,  both  of  Hebron,  married  Jan.  27, 
1836."  She  was  a  daughter  of  Stephen  and  Zilla 
(Glover)  Myrick,  above. 

Fifth  Generation — William  Branch. 

36a.  HuLDAH Moulton^,  dan.  of  {Bezaleel'^ ,  Joshua^ , 
William'^,  William^)  and  Huldah  (Mitchell)  Myrick, 
born  1793,  in  North  Yarmouth,  Me.  Married,  Feb.  2, 
1810,  at  Hebron,  Me.,  Jacob  Roberts,  son  of  Joseph  and 
Esther  (Hamlin)  Roberts,  of  Buckfield,  Me.  He  born 
May  10,  1784,  in  Buckfield;  died  March  15,  1856,  in 
North  Vassalborough,  Me.  He  was  a  homeopathic  phy- 
sician, and  was  the  first  to  practice  that  school  of  medi- 
cine in  Kennebec  county.  It  is  said  of  him  that  in  his 
day  he  was  second  to  none  in  the  state  of  Maine  for 
knowledge  and  skill  as  a  physician  and  surgeon.  He 
was  an  active  whig  in  politics,  afterward  espousing  the 
cause  of  the  abolitionists.  He  was  a  Quaker,  and  a  de- 
voted follower  of  that  church;  he  was  very  benevolent, 
and  the  number  who  were  never  called  upon  to  pay  for 
his  services  greatly  outnumbered  those  who  did  contrib- 
ute to  his  support,  in  spite  of  which  he  accumulated  a 
handsome  property.  He  left  several  sons,  who  became 
prominent  in  the  political,  financial,  and  professional 
world.  After  the  death  of  Huldah  Moulton  (Myrick) 
Roberts,  his  first  wife,  which  took  place  April  6,  1845, 
Dr.  Roberts  married,  March,  1852,  Abby  Jenkins,  of  Vas- 
salborough. She  died  August,  1852.  Dr.  Roberts  died 
March  15,  1856,  at  North  Vassalborough.  Children — 
i.     Hamlin  Myrick  (Roberts),  b.    1811,  in   Buckfield, 

Me. ;   m.    1835,    Ann    Rich ;    d.    June    1856,    in 

Brooks,  Me. 
68a.       ii.     Jacob  Wellington  (Roberts),  b.  Nov.  29,  1813,  in 

Brooks,  Me. ;  m.  1st,  May  22,  1836,  Phebe  Susan 

Abbott;  2nd,  Jane  Lippencott;  d.  Dec.  18,  1849 


ADDITIONS.  387 

iii.  Amorena  Deborah  (Roberts),  b.  Sept  3,  1815;  in. 
1836,  Dr.  Ezra  Mauter;  d.  June  20,  1853;  no  chil- 
dren. 

iv.  Barnabas  Myriok  (Roberts),  b.  Oct.  17,  1818,  at 
Brooks,  Me.:  m.  Emeline  Rich;  seven  children; 
d.  Dec.  20,  1896,  at  Stockton,  Me. 
T.  Charles  Linneus  (Roberts),  b.  April  14,  1831, 
Brooks,  Me.;  m.  1855,  Caroline  P.  Metcalf;  six 
children ;  d.  May  30,  1896,  Yates  City,  III. 

vi.     PoRTEUS    Bkzaleel    (Roberts),    b.    July  37,    1833, 
Brooks,  Me.  ;  m.  Mary  Ann   Preckett,    of   Lan- 
siugburgh,  N.  Y. ;  twelve  children;  d.  March  4, 
1888,  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
vii.     Emily  Esther    (Roberts),    b.    1835;    d.   1834,  from 
the  effects  of  freezing  while  on  her  way  home 
from  school. 
viii.     Phebe    Young    (Roberts),  b.  Apr.  5,  1828;  m.    1847, 
William  Payson   Miller;  one  son,  Edward  Pay- 
son  (Miller) ;  she  d.  Sept.  1849. 

ix.  HuLDAU  Jane  (Roberts),  b.  Dec.  19,  1830, at  Brooks; 
m.  Dr.  Joseph  Henry  Barrows,  March  25,  1853; 
three  children;  Mrs.  Barrows  is  living  in  Boston, 
(1903). 

X.  Ellen  Cecilia  (Roberts),  b.  May  27,  1833,  at 
Brooks;  m.  Dec.  1853,  Dr.  Ezra  Manter,  from 
whom  she  was  divorced;  d.  Aug.  10,  1901,  Au- 
gusta, Me. 

xi.  William  Pinkney  (Roberts),  b.  Jan.  25,  1833,  at 
Brooks ;  graduated  from  Hahnnemann  Homeo- 
pathic Medical  College,  Chicago.  Is  a  practicing 
physician  in  Janes ville,  Wis.  (1903),  where  he 
is  living  with  his  second  wife,  who  was  Cora 
B.  Ferris,  of  Janesville,  to  whom  he  was  mar- 
ried April  14,  1888.  He  was  tlie  author  of  the 
bill  making  it  jy.andatory  upon  the  school  au- 
thorities to  place  the  American  flag  upon  every 
schoolhouse  in  the  state,  whicli  bill  was  intro- 
duced in  the  state  senate  by  Senator  A.  P.  Love- 
joy,  and  which  became  a  law.  He  is  a  specialist 
in  diseases  of  the  lungs,  and  has  done  much 
toward  arousing  public  attention  to  the  neces- 
sity of  taking  action  to  prevent  the  spread  of 
consumption  in  this  and  in  other  states. 

Sixth  Generation — William  Branch. 

88a.  Jacob  Wellington''  (Roberts),  son  of  Dr. 
Jacob  and  Huldah  (Mvrick)  Roberts,  born  Nov.  29, 
1813,  in  Brooks,  Me.  Married,  1st,  May  22,  1836,  Phebe 
Susan  Abbott,  of  Jackson,  Me.;  shed.  Dec.  26,  1844. 
Jacob  W.  married,  2nd,  June,  1849,  Jane  Lippencott,  of 
South  China,  Me.  Jacob  Roberts  was  a  teacher  by  pro- 
fession; kept  the  village  store  at  Brooks  for  four  years; 
afterwards  took  a  farm  in  Jackson  for  a  few  years;  he 
was  the  local  champion  of  the  Free  Soil  party,   being 


388  MERRICK    GENEALOGY. 

chosen  to  meet  iu  debate  all  opponents;  he  was,  of 
conrse,  a  zealons  abolitionist;  he  died  Dec.  18,  1849. 
Children— 

i.  Edward  James  (Roberts),  b.  Feb.  8,  1837;  d.  Jan.  4, 
1838,  at  Brooks,  Me. 

ii.     Edward  James  (Roberts),  b.  Feb.  10,  1839. 

iii.     Freeman  Myrick  (Roberts),  b,  Dec.  21,  1840. 

iv.  Amorkna  (Roberts),  b.  Nov.  .5,  1842,  at  Vassalboro, 
Me. ;  m.  May  3,  1869,  Lemuel  C,  son  of  Joseph 
Grant,  of  Frankfort,  Me.  Lemuel  served 
through  the  war  of  the  rebellion,  enlisting  first 
in  the  Fourth  Maine  Infantry,  and  re-enlisting 
at  the  exinration  of  his  term  of  service  in  the 
Nineteenth  Maine,  in  which  he  was  appointed 
quartermaster-sergeant  and  assigned  to  the  First 
Maine  Heavy  Artillery  at  a  later  date.  He  was 
discharged  at  the  close  of  the  war  and  took  up 
the  seaman's  profession.  He  was  mate  of  the 
bark  "Warren,"  when  she  was  lost  with  all  on 
board  in  the  summer  of  1870.  Since  the  death 
of  her  husband,  Mrs.  Grant  has  been  in  the  em- 
ploy of  the  Mason  &  Hamlin  Company,  of  Bos- 
ton, with  which  company  she  occupies  a  re- 
sponsible position.  She  is  the  author  of  the 
Roberts  Family  Genealogy,  recently  pubhshed; 
is  now  living  in  Boston. 

The  New  England  Historical  and  Genealogical  Register, 
1855,  has  the  following  regarding  Blisha^  Mirick.  son  of 
John^  and  Lois  (Hobbs)  Mirick,  who  is  reported  in  this 
record,  (page  108)  as  having  died  single  at  age  of  25 
years : 

"Lois',  dan.  of  Elisha^  and  Lois  (Histiugs)  Hobbs,  b.  1765; 
m.  1783,  John  Mirick,  of  Princeton,  Mass.,  where  she  d.  1843. 
They  had  a  son,  EUshae,  who  moved  to  Camden,  Me.,  about 
1804,  where  he  married  and  had  sons,  Elisha'^,  Ebenezer', 
Charles'^,  Nathan^,  and  Thomas^,  all  of  whom  died  except  Elisha 
and  Ebenezer." 

This  note  is  given  as  a  cue  for  future  historians  of  the 
family. 

From  page  153.     Fifth  Generation— James  Branch. 

49a.  MARY^  dau.  of  {Benjamin'^,  (26),  Andrew^, 
Isaac"-,  James^)  and  Deborah  (Peckham)  Mvrick,  born 
Oct.  27,  1778,  at  Nantucket,  Mass.  Married,  Nov.  21, 
1799,  at  Nantucket,  Svlvanus  Coleman;  he  born  Nov. 
27,  1778;  died  Aug.  12,  1846.  Mary,  the  mother,  died 
May  28,  1846.     Children— 

i.     Benjamin  Myrick  (Coleman),  b.  Sept.  21,  1801. 
ii.     John  (Coleman),  b.  April  8,  1805;   d    Jan.  17,  1807. 
iii.     Mary    (Coleman),    b,    March    20,   1807;   m.    Alfred 
Myricke,  (95),  son  of  Benjamin^.     (Page  186.) 


ADDITIONS.  389 

iv.  Eunice  Gardner  (Coleman),  b.  April  5,  1809. 

V.  Andrew  (Coleman),  b.  Feb.  5,  1811. 

vi.  Deborah  Peckham  (Coleman),  b.  Aug.  4,  1814. 

vii.  Lydia  Wood  (Coleman),  b.  Aug.  8,  1819. 

From  page  186.      Sixth  Geueratiou — James  Branch. 

95.  Alfred^,  son  of  {Benjamiii^ ,  Benjamin'^,  An- 
drew^, Isaac'^ ,  James^)  and  Esther  (Powers)  Mj-rick, 
born  Feb.  14,  1796,  at  Nantncket,  Mass.  Married, 
Sept.  23,  1824,  at  Nantucket,  Mary,  daughter  of  Sylva- 
nus  and  Mary  (Myrick)  Coleman;  she  b.  Nov.  20,  1807, 
at  Nantucket;   died  Jan.  10,1884.     Children — 

i.  Esther,  b.  Feb.  24,  1826;  m.  George  J.  White,  of 
Portland,  Conn. ;  now  living  at  Topeka,  Kan. ; 
had — 

1.  Mary  (White),  b.  Oct.  23,  1856;  d.  Oct. 

22,  1857. 

2.  Theresa    (White),  b.  Feb.  6,  1853;  m. 

Clifford  Rand ;  she  is  now  a  widow, 
living  at  175  Church  St.,  Middle- 
town,  Conn. 

3.  George  W.  M.  (White),  b.  Oct.  10,  1846; 

m.  in  Topeka,  Kan.,  Nov.  4,  1874,  and 
had  two  sons  and  two  daughters ;  one 
daughter  m.  W.  L.  Stevens  and  lives 
in  Needles,  Cal. ;  another  is  living 
in  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

4.  Fred  (White),  b.  Aug.   12,  1848;  single; 

living  in  Topeka,  Kan. 
156a.       ii.     Alfred  Peokham,  b.   May  7,    1828;  m.  Minei-va  L. 
Stearns. 
iii.     Mary  W.,  b.  June  10,  1830;  m.  Henry  A.  Skinner, 
of  Pawtucket,  R.  I. ;  no  cliildren. 
156b.      iv.     David  Jethro,  b.   Nov.   8,  1833;  m.    July   1,    1867, 
Adelaide  Victoria  Muckle. 


Seventh  Generation — James  Branch. 

156a.  Alfred  PECKHAM^  son  of  {Alfred^,  Bevja- 
min^ ,  Benjaviin'^ ,  Andrew^,  Isnac'\  James^)  and  Mary 
(Coleman)  Myrick,  born  May  7,  1828,  at  Portland,  Conn. 
Married,  July  1,  1851,  at  Rome,N.  Y.,  Minerva,  daugh- 
ter of  Daniel  and  Ann  Stearns;  she  born  1831,  at  Hast- 
ings, N.  Y.;  is  living  in  New  York  city.  Alfred  P. 
Myrick,  at  the  age  of  eighteen  years,  enlisted  and  served 
through  the  Mexican  War  with  distinction;  at  the  break- 
ing out  of  the  civil  war  in  1861  he  again  enlisted  as  f1i-st 
lieutenant,  and  was  promoted  to  a  captaincy;  served 
three  years  and  seven  months ;  was  wounded  at  the  bat- 
tle of  Antietam,   and  eventually  died  from  the  effects  of 


390  MERRICK    GENEALOGY. 

the  wounds.  After  the  war  was  engaged  in  the  car- 
riage business;  politically  he  was  a  Republican,  and  his 
affiliations  were  with  the  Methodist  church.  He  died 
July  24,  1874,  at  St.  Joseph,  Mo.     Children— 

1.  Cora  Ann,  b.  Sept.  2-4,  1852,  at  Orwell.  N.  Y. ;  m 
Feb.  16,  1871,  Harris  F.  Laue,  of  Watertown, 
N.  Y. 

ii.  Mary  Viola,  b.  May  2.3,  1855,  at  Sharon,  Pa. ;  m. 
April  16,  1874,  Frank  M  Etheridge,  of  Rome,  N. 
Y. ;  d.  Sept.  15,  1885. 

iii.  Frank  Alfred,  b.  July  1,  1861,  at  Adams,  N.  Y. ; 
m.  May  27,  1888,  Clara  L.  Alcott,  of  New  York 
City;  he  is  a  doctor  of  dental  surgery,  practic- 
ing at  No.  100  Lexington  Ave.,  New  York  City. 
No  children. 


Seventh  Generation — James  Branch. 

156b.  David  Jethro^,  son  of  {Alfred^ ,  Benjmnin^, 
Benjamin^ ,  Andre tv'\  Isaac'^ ,  James^)  and  Mary  (Cole- 
man) Myrick,  born  March  8,  1833,  at  Gildersleeve's 
Landing,  Conn.  Married,  July  1,  1867,  Adelaide  Vic- 
toria, daughter  of  John  and  Ann  (Ross)  Muckle;  she 
born  Dec.  5,  1851,-  at  Watertown,  N.  Y.;  is  living 
(1902)  at  Schenectady,  N.  Y.,  her  daughter,  Ida  May 
Myrick,  living  with  her.  David  J.  was  apprenticed  in 
his  youth  as  a  cabinet-maker,  and  worked  at  his  trade 
until  1856,  when  he  went  to  the  gold  fields  of  California, 
where  he  remained  for  four  j-ears.  Returning  east  he 
soon  afterward  went  to  Texas,  where  he  was  working 
when  war  was  declared  between  the  states.  He  was 
drafted  into  the  Confederate  service,  escaped  north,  but 
was  returned  as  a  prisoner  of  war,  rejoined  his  regiment, 
served  his  time,  and  was  discharged  as  quartermaster- 
sergeant.  He  immediately  came  north  to  Watertown, 
N.  Y.,  married,  aud  spent  the  remainder  of  his  life  in 
New  York  state.  He  was  a  Republican  in  politics;  his 
religious  affiliations  were  with  the  Methodist  church.  He 
died  Oct.  15,  1879,  at  Carthage,  N.  Y.,  from  disease 
contracted  in  the  army.     Children — 

i.  Ora  David  J.,  b.  April  29,  1871;  m.  Sept.  15,  1898, 
Carrie  Alberts;  they  have  one  son,  Raymond 
LeRoy  Myrick,  b.  Aug.  20,  1900.  Ora  D.  J. 
Myrick  is  accountant  for  the  Edison  General 
Electric  Co.,  and  is  living  at  No.  25  Grove 
Place,  Schenectady,  N.  Y. 

ii.  Ida  May,  b.  May  11,  18G8;  is  living  with  her  mother 
at  25  Grove  Place,  Schenectady,  N.  Y. 


SOUTHERN    MYRICKS.  391 


SOME  SOUTHERN  MYRICKS. 

lu  compiling  the  foregoing  Genealogy  of  the  Merrick 
Famil}',  the  \vi-iter  has  had  correspondence  with  a  large 
number  of  persons  in  the  South  who  trace  their  ancestry 
to  North  Carolina.  According  to  Rev.  D.J.  Myriek,  of 
Douglassville,  Ga.  (1897), — a  man  in  his  seventieth 
year,  educated,  and  as  well  acquainted  with  the  history 
of  his  family  as  any  with  whom  the  writer  has  corres- 
ponded.— two  brothers,  James  and  John  Myriek,  came 
from  Holland  to  America  between  1740  and  1750,  set- 
tling in  North  Carolina,  where  James  remained.  John 
soon  removed  to  Barnwell  county,  South  Carolina,  both 
rearing  large  families.  The  writer  has  found  descend- 
ants of  these  two  brothers,  presumably,  in  both  the  Caro- 
linas,  Georgia,  Alabama,  Mississippi,  Arkansas,  New 
York,  and  Indiana.  Rev.  D.  J.  Myriek  is  a  great-grand- 
son of  John,  the  immigrant;  he  has  always  heard  that 
the  two  brothers  were  born  in  Holland,  and  were  pure 
Dutch.  The  "writer  cannot  agree  with  this  tradition. 
All  the  families  of  this  name,  in  its  many  variations, 
came  from  the  Welsh;  they  are  Celtic,  to  a  man.  It  is 
more  likely  that  the  two  brothers  who  setttled  in  North 
Carolina,  in  1750,  were  from  Nantucket;  the  Nantucket 
famih^  was  spreading  out  in  every  direction;  its  mem- 
bers were  seaman,  touching  at  every  port  on  the  coast  of 
theu"  own  country,  as  well  as  visiting  every  port  in  foreign 
countries.  They  always  adhered  to  the  "Myriek"  form 
of  spelling,  and  the  descendants  of  the  Carolina  branch 
all  adhere  to  that  form  to  this  day.  The  compiler  hopes 
that  some  member  of  that  family  will  take  up  the  work 
at  this  point  and  follow  it  until  the  question  is  definitely 
settled.  Following  are  some  of  the  descendants  from 
the  North  Carolina  immigrants — 

John    Myrick\   son  of  ,    born   ;   settled  in 

North  Carolina  about  1740-50,  afterward  removing  to 
Barnwell  county,  S.  C.  Married ;  had  a  large  fam- 
ily, all  daughters  except  two — 

i.     Richard,  b.  1790,  in  Barnwell  county,  S.  C. 
ii.     Owen  Harvey,  b.  1800,  in  Barnwell  county,  S.  C. 

Owen  Harvey^  ,  son  of  John  Myrich^ .  Married  Eliza- 
beth Anthony  Candler,  in  Baldwin  coiuity,  S.  C;   she 


392  MERRICK    GENEALOGY. 

died  1872,  in  Louisiana.  Owen  H.,  the  father,  died 
1830,  in  Alabama.     Children — 

i.     D.  J.  Myrick,  b.  1826. 

ii.    William,  b. . 

iii.     Richard,  b. . 

-  D.  J .^  Myrick,  son  of  Owen  Harvey"^  and  Elizabeth 
(Candler)  M^a-ick,  born  1826,  in  Barnwell  county,  S.  C. 
Is  a  minister  in  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  South. 
Has  been  in  the  ministry  for  fifty  years.  Is  now  (1897) 
in  the  North  Georgia  Conference,  stationed  at  Douglass- 
ville.  Although  over  seventy  years  of  age  he  is  still 
strong  and  active.  He  was  been  very  successful  in  his 
work,  and  is  still  in  the  harness.     He  had  one  son — 

i.    Bascom,  b. . 

William^,  son  of  Otvoi  Harvey'^  and  Elizabeth  (Can- 
dler) Myrick,  born .     Married  and  had — 

i.     Owen  Harvey,  b. . 

ii.     Edmund  Hill,  b. . 


Bascom*,  son  of  1).  J.^,   and Myrick.     Married 

Marie  Louise ;   died  .     He    was  editor   of   the 

Americus,  (Ga.),  Times -Bee  order  at  the  tune  of.  his  death. 
His  widow,  Marie  Louise  Myrick,  at  once  assumed 
charge  of  the  paper,  which  she  has  continued  to  publish 
since.  She  is  editor  as  well  as  manager  of  the  i)aper. 
Her  ability  as  a  political  writer  is  such  that  the  paper  is 
one  of  the  most  influential  in  Georgia,  and  Mrs.  Mj'rick's 
opinion  is  sought  upon  all  questions  of  importance 
effecting  the  politics  or  official  conduct  of  affairs  in  the 
state.     She  has  one  son — 

i.  Shelby,  b.  1878;  graduated  from  the  Law  School  of 
the  University  of  Georgia,  and  is  engaged  in  the 
practice  of  law  in  Americus  (1899). 


Walter^  Myrick,  was  a  cotton  planter  in  Hertford 
county,  N.  C.     He  died  1871,  leaving  a  son — 
i.     Thomas  Newsom,  b. . 

Thomas  Newsom",  son  of  Walter^,  born .  Mar- 
ried Julia  Southall.  He  was  a  cotton  planter  in  North 
Carolina  and  Florida.     Died  1867,  leaving  a  son — 

i.     Charles  English,  b.  Oct.  11,  1850,  at  Murfreesboro, 

N.  C. 


SOUTHERN    MYRICKS.  393 

Charles  English^,  son  of  Thomas  Newsom  and  Julia 
(Southall)  Myrick,  born  Oct.  11,  1850,  at  Murfreesboro, 
N.  C.  Married,  1877,  Blanche,  daughter  of  William 
Colton,  of  King  George  county,  Va. ;  she  born  Feb.  2, 
1848,  in  King  George  county,  Va.  Charles  English  was, 
in  the  early  part  of  his  life,  a  cotton  planter  in  the  south; 
in  later  years  has  made  his  home  in  Dobbs  Ferry,  N. 
Y.,  conducting  a  business  at  No.  1642  Broadway,  New 
York  city.     Children — 

i.     Charles  CoLTON,  b.  Sept.  21,1878,  Murfreesboro,  N. 

C. ;  d.  July  30,  1879. 
ii.     Julian  Southall,  b.  March   1.  ISSO,  Murfreesboro. 

N.  C. 
iii.     Thojias  Newsom,  b.  Oct.  25,  1881,  Murfreesboro,  N. 

C.  ;  d.  Oct.  21,  ]882. 
iv.     Mary  Stone,  b.  July  2,  1884,  Staunton,  Va. 
V.     Blanche  Waller,  b.  April  24,  1889,  Staunton,  Va. 


William^  Myrick,  born  in  North  Carolina.     Married 

Fanny   Harris,  in    North   Carolina.      William  died   in 

North  Carolina  about  1843,  and  Fanny,  his  widow,  came 

to  Monrovia,  Ind.,  in  1845,  living  with  her  sons,  Charles 

Wesley  and  Alvis,  until  her  death  in  1866.     Children  of 

William  and  Fanny  (Harris)  Myrick— 

i.     Charles  Wesley,  b.  1816,  in  North  Carolina. 

ii.     Alvis.    b.    ,    in    Chatham  county,  N.    C. ;   m. 

Dollie   Adcock,  1840,  in    North  Carolina;  d.  in 

Indianapolis,  Ind. 
iii.     Curtis,    b.   ,    in   North   Carolina;    d.    in  North 

Carolina, 
iv.     Mary,  b.  ,  in   Chatham  county,    N.    C. ;   d.    in 

North  Carolina. 

Charles  W.  Myrick,  son  of  William  and  Fanny 
(Harris)  Mvrick,  born  Oct.  28, 1816,  in  Chatham  county, 
N.  C;  moved  to  Indiana  in  1836.  Married  Sept.  28, 
1837,  at  Mooresville,  Ind.,  Mary  E.,  daughter  of  George 
and  Elizabeth  Shaffner;  she  born,  1817,  at  Greensboro, 
N.  C,;  was  living  (1898)  at  Monrovia,  Ind.  Charles 
W. ,  the  father,  was  a  minister  of  the  gospel,  in  the  Baptist 
church,  he  died  Nov.  3,  1864,  at  Monrovia.  Children, 
all  born  at  Monrovia,  except  the  first — 

i.     William  W.,  b.  1839.  at  Mooresville,  Ind. ;  m.  1862. 

Penelope  Jane  Costin. 
ii.     Eli  S.,  b.  1840;  served  in  the  War  of  the  Rebellion; 

never  married ;  d.  April  10,  1863.  in  the  army, 
iii.     Sarah  Ann,  b.  1843;  m.  William  Painter,  1868;  still 

living. 


394  MERRICK    GENEALOGY. 

iv.     Sylvanus,    b.    1845;    m.    May   Fogleman,  1865-    d 

about  1883. 
V.     Columbus  C.  b.  1845;  m.   Martha  K.   Costin,  1870; 

still  living, 
vi.     Nancy  Ellen,  b.  1851 ;  m.  Robert  Major ;  still  living 
vii.     Martha  Elizabeth,  b.   1854;  m.  G.    W.  Cox   1872 
viii.     Allison   Hamilton,   b.   1857;    m.   M.   J.    Stafford! 
1877;  still  living. 
ix.     Sandford  M.,  b.  1861 ;  m.  Martha  J.  Stafford,  1881; 
still  living. 


^C)- 


William  •\  son  of  Charles  W.  and  Mary  E.  (Shaffner) 

Myriek,  born  1835-40,  at  Monrovia,  Incl.;  married  Jane 

Costin.     He  died  at  Gasbnrgrh,  Ind.,  1894.     Children— 

i.     Orlando  H.,  b.    187B,  at  Monro\aa,  Ind. ;  m.   Ruth 

Kealing,  1897 ;  was  living  (1897)  at  Indianapolis, 

Ind. ;  is  a  lawyer. 

ii.     Frank  M.,  b.  . 

iii.     Minnie,  b.  1869,  at  Monrovia,  Ind. ;  m.  1890,  at  In- 
dianapolis, Ind..  Samuel Dunnagan ;  still  living, 
iv.     Sarah,  b.  1864,  at  Monrovia,  Ind. ;  m.  1880,  at  Centre 
Valley,  Ind.,  Cassius  Lambert;  still  Uving. 


Malin^  Myrick,  born  in  North  Carolina ;  was  married 
in  North  Carolina.  Moved  to  Tennessee  in  1817,  where 
he  died.     Was  a  hatter  by  trade. 

i.     Charles  Wesley,  b.  in  North  Carohna;  m.   Esther 

3Iartha  Pitts,  in  Mississippi, 
ii.     DOBSON,    (or  Dahson);  b.  in  North  Carohna;  went 

to  California,  where  it  is  supposed  he  died,  as  he 

has  never  been  heard  from, 
iii.     William,    b.  in  North  Carolina;  moved  to   Texas, 

where  he  died, 
iv.     George,  b.  in  North   Carolina;  d.  in  Little   Rock, 

Ark.     Married,  and  had  a  son,  George,  who  was 

living,  1898,  in  Little  Rock. 

Charles  Wesley-,  son  of  Maliu  Myriek,  born  in 
Tenne.«see,  1826.  Moved  from  there  to  Panalia,  Miss., 
where  he  married  Esther  Martha  Pitts.  He  then  moved 
to  Arkansas;  he  died  at  Pocahontas,  that  state,  in  1868. 
His  wife,  Esther,  died  at  Searcy,  Ark.,  1873.  Their 
children  were — 

i.     Charles  Moses,  b.  Oct.  15,  1857,  at  Belmont,  Miss, 
ii.     Joel  H.,  b.  in  Mississippi ;  is  a  grocery  merchant  in 
Little  Rock,  Ark.,  1898. 
(And  others). 

Charles  Moses  ^  son  of  Charles  Weslev  and  Esther 
M.    (Pitts)   Myrick,  born   Oct.    15,    1857,  "^at  Belmont, 


SOUTHERN    MYRICKS.  395 

Miss.  Married,  Dee.  18,  1878,  at  Searcy,  White  county, 
Ark.,  Anna,  daughter  of  Willian  E.  and  Emily  Bost; 
she  born  Aug.  5,  1861,  in  White  county,  Ark.  The 
father  of  Charles  M.  Myrick  died  when  he  was  a  young 
boy.  Charles  helped  an  older  brother  and  two  sisters  to 
take  care  of  an  afflicted  mother,  who  was  paralyzed  for 
nine  years  before  her  death.  The  family  were  a  religious 
people,  all  belonging  to  the  Missionarj'  Baptist  church, 
Charles  Moses  was  ordained  to  preach  by  the  Baptist 
church  at  Arkadelphia,  Ark.,  Aug.  21,  1891,  and  has 
been  quite  successful  as  a  minister  of  his  denomination. 
He  was  located  (1899),  at  Kingsland,  Ai-k.     Children — 

i.     Emma,  b.  Dec.  2,  1879,  White  county,  Ark. ;  m.  Nov. 

1,  1898,  at  Holly  Springs,  Ark.,  David  Henry, 
ii.     Early,  b.  Sept.  6,  1881,  White  countv.  Ark. 
iii.     Oscar,  b.  Sept.  11,  1882;  d.  Sept.  12,  1882. 
iv.     David  Percy,  b.  Jan.  28,  1884;  d.  March  15,  1885. 


Ransom  Myrick,  born  in  North  Carolina,  was  living 
in  Franklin  county,  middle  Tenn.,  in  1830;  died  there 
in  1834.     His  son — 

Pyrum  K.  Myrick,  born  in  North  Carolina,  probably 
came  with  his  father  to  Tennessee;  was  living  in  Jack- 
son, Madison  county,  Tenn.,  in  1835,  and  married  there 
in  1836.  Moved  to  Princeton,  Ind.,  in  1838.  He  was 
accompanied  by  his  brothers,  "Pies"  (who  afterward 
went  south),  and  John  Myrick.  There  was  also  David 
Bryce  Myrick,  from  North  Carolina,  at  Princeton,  Ind., 
in  1832,  who  had  a  son,  David  Bryce,  Jr.  A  cousin  of 
Pyrum  K.,  Mrs.  Sarah  Archer,  was  living  at  Carmi,  111., 
in  1897.  Pryum  K.  died  April  24,  1870,  in  Indiana. 
His  children  were — 

i.     James  R.,  b.  1840,  Gibson  Co..  Ind.;  living  1898. 
ii.     Caleb  K.,  b.  April  10,  1857,  Gibson  Co.,  Ind. ;  living 

1898. 
iii.     John  W.,  b.  April  80,  1853.  Gibson  Co.,  Ind. ;  living 
at  Patoka,  Ind.,  Dec.  1897. 

iv.     Minerva  A.,  b. ;  dead. 

v.     Jane,  b.  ;  dead. 

vi.     Cynthia  A.,  b. ;  living  1898. 

vii.     Mary  E.,  b.  ;  d.  Feb.  35,  1870. 

viii.     Ella,  b.  ;  living  Dec.  1897. 

ix.     Susan  Ann,  b. ;  living  Dec.  1897. 

John  W.  Myrick,  son  of  Pyrum  K.  Myrick,  born  April 
30,  1852,  in  Gibson  county,  Ind.     J.  W.  Myrick  was  in 

28-M 


396  MERRICK    GENEALOGY.     ' 

the  insurance  business  at  Patoka,  Ind.,  1898.     Married 
and  had — 

i.  Bessie  A.,  b.  Sept.  30,  1881;  d.  Oct.  28,  1881. 

ii.  Mollis  M.,  b.  March  1(5,  1884;  living,  Dec.  1897. 

iii.  Walter  Sears,  b.  Sept.  17,  1887 ;  d.  May  17,  1888. 

iv.  John  Dallas,  b.  Feb.  18,  1893;  d.  Aug' 6,  189.3. 

V.  Lester  Sears,  b.  Nov.  3,  1805;  living,  Dec.  1897. 


Walter^  Myrick,  son  of and Myrick,  born 

1776,  at .  Married  Eliza ,  in  Elizabethtown,  Ky., 

in  1815.     Children  were — 

i.     James,  b.  1816,  near  Elizabethtown,  Ky. 
ii.     Francis  Asbury,  b.  1820,  near  Elizabethtown,  Ky. 
iii.     Mary,  b.  1822,  near  EUzabethtown,  Ky. 

Francis  A.%  son  of  Walter  and  Eliza  Myrick,  born 
1820.  Married  Martha  Angle,  in  Livingston  Co.,  Ky.,  in 
1844.     Their  children  were — 

i.     Russell,  b.  June  14,  1845, 

Martha,  the  mother,  died,  and  Francis  A.,  the  father, 
married,  2nd,  Eliza  Summerhill,  at  Murfreesboro,  Tenn., 
in  1854.     Their  children  were — 
ii.    Horace,  b. 


iii.     William  S.,  b.  . 

iv.    Walter  A.,  b. . 

Russell^  Myrick,  son  of  Francis  A.,  is  president  of 
the  Crj^stal  Ice  Company,  at  Dallas,  Texas,  in  May,  1897. 
Is  a  man  of  wealth;  has  large  business  interests  in  New 
Orleans,  were  he  is  a  frequent  visitor.  Is  acquainted 
with  Edwin  Thomas  Merrick. 


COLONIAL    RECORDS.  397 


COLONIAL  AND  REVOLUTIONARY 
RECORDS. 

The  records  given  below  are  taken  verhatim,  with  few 
exceptions,  from  the  records  of  Massachusetts,  New 
Hampshire,  Connecticut,  and  New  York.  The  spelling 
here  shown  will  give  some  idea  of  the  labor  involved  in 
searching  the  i-ecords  for  the  early  history  of  the  family 
as  given  in  the  body  of  this  book.  The  list  appended 
comprises  something  over  two  hundred  and  twenty-live 
names.  Allowing  for  duplication  there  still  remain 
probably  one  hundred  and  fifty  different  individuals  who 
saw  service  in  the  French  and  Indian  wars,  and  later  in 
the  War  of  the  Revolution.  The  records  are  inserted  here 
for  the  benefit  of  those  who  may  wish  to  establish  a  claim 
to  membership  in  the  various  patriotic  societies  which  are 
rightfully  receiving  so  much  attention  at  this  time. 

MASSACHUSETTS. 

1.  Merick,  John,  Jr.  Mustered  to  go  on  expedition 
against  Crown  Point  in  Capt.  John  Lane's  Co.,  from 
Biddeford.     List  certified  at  Boston,  April  28,  1756. 

2.  Merrick,  John.  Appears  on  billeting  account 
rendered  by  Aaron  Sheldon  for  victualling  soldiers  in 
Capt.  John  Libbe's  Co.,  Col.  Prebble's  Regt.,  on  their 
return  home  in  1758.  On  list  of  men  certified  to  at 
Boston,  April  28,  1756,  as  having  been  mustered  to  go 
on  the  expedition  against  Crown  Point,  in  Capt.  John 
Lane's  Co.,  from  Biddeford. 

3.  Mireck,  John,  Jr.  On  muster  roll  of  Capt. 
John  Lane's  Co.,  Col.  Joseph  Dwight's  Regt.,  dated 
camp  at  Fort  William  Henry,  Oct.  11,  1756.  Rank,  pri- 
vate.    Age  17. 

4.  Mirack,  John.  Private,  Capt.  John  Libbee's 
Co.,  Col.  Jedidiah  Preble's  Regt.,  April  1— Nov.  18. 
(probably  1758}. 


398  MERRICK    GENEALOGY. 

5.  MiREYCK,  John.  Ou  list  dated  at  Scarborough, 
June  IG,  1757,  of  the  militia  commauded  by  Capt.  Dan- 
iel Fogg.     Town  not  given. 

6.  MiREYCK,  John,  Jr.  On  list  dated  at  Scarborough, 
June  16,  1757,  of  the  militia  commanded  by  Capt. 
Daniel  Fogg.     Town  not  given. 

7.  MiRiCK,  John.  Sentinel,  Capt.  Joseph Inger.soU's 
Co.,  in  His  Majesty's  service,  Aug.  21,  Dec  22,  (prob- 
ably 1755).  Endorsed,  Co.  on  Crown  Point  expedition. 
Residence,  Scarborough. 

8.  MiRiCK,  John.  Sentinel,  Capt.  Chas.  Gerrish; 
service  Feb.  21 — March  21  (probably  1757).  Residence, 
Scarborough. 

9.  MiRiCK,  John.  Private,  Capt.  John  Lane's  Co.; 
mustered  according  to  return  dated  Oct.  11,  1756,  for 
expedition  against  Crown  Point.  Town  not  given.  Also 
corporal  Capt.  Lane's  Co.,  Col.  Dwight's  Regt.,  (joined 
from  Capt.  Fogg's  Co.)  Age  56.  Birthplace,  Charles- 
town;   residence  Scarborough. 

10.  MiRECK,  John.  On  return  dated  Falmouth, 
April  12,  1759,  of  men  in  Col.  Sam'l  Waldo  Jr.'s  Regt., 
for  the  invasion  of  Canada.  Reported  served  on  former 
expedition,  1757,  in  Canada.  Age  55;  residence,  Scar- 
borough . 

11.  Myrick,  John,  Sr.  Corporal,  Capt.  John  Lane's 
Co.;  service  April  27— Oct.  18, 1756.  Residence,  Black 
Point,  (Scarboro).     Endorsed,  Crown  Point  expedition. 

12.  Myerick,  John,  Jr.  Enlisted  Feb.  29,  1760,  in 
His  Majesty's  service  for  the  reduction  of  Canada,  Capt. 
Benj.  Waite,  Col.  Waldo's  Regt.  Birthplace  and  resi- 
dence, Scarborough.     Age  20. 

13.  Myrick,  John,  Jr.  Sentinel,  Capt.  John  Lane; 
March  27,  1756,  Nov.  17,  1756-  Residence,  Black  Point 
(Scarborough).     Endorsed,  Crown  Point  expedition. 

14.  Merrick,  Jno,  Jr.  Private,  Capt.  Simon  Jef- 
ferds.  In  His  Majesty's  service;  May  28-July  17,  1762. 
Residence,  Scarborough. 


COLONIAL    RECORDS.  399 

15.  MiRRiCK,  Jno.  Private,  Capt.  Simon  Jefferds; 
Dec.  13,  1761,  May  27,  1762.     Residence,  Scarborongh. 

16.  Myerick,  Jno.  In  His  Majesty's  service  for  the 
reduction  of  Canada,  1760,  Capt.  Benj.  Waite,  Col. 
Waldo's  Regt.  Enlisted  March  6.  Age  58.  Birthplace, 
Dover;   residence,  Scarborough. 

17.  Myrick,  Jno.  Private,  Capt.  Simon  Jeffres; 
May  13,  1761,  Jan.  3,  1762.  Residence,  Black  Point, 
(Scarborough) . 

18.  Myrick,  Jno.,  Jr.  Private,  Capt.  Simon  Jeffres; 
May  13,  1761,  Dec.  13,  1761.  Residence,  Black  Point, 
( Scarborough ) . 

19.  MiRiCK,  Jno.  Captain,  2nd  Weston  Co.,  Col. 
Elisha  Jones'  Regt.  Date  not  given;  probably  1764. 
Also  on  list  dated  April,  1757,  same  company;  reported 
belonged  to  train  band. 

20.  Merick,  Nero.  Appears  on  list  of  men  (not 
dated),  endorsed  by  "Col.  John  Worthington's  roll  of 
minute  men,"  showing  amount  credited  to  them.  Said 
Merick  credited  with  £  1-8-0 .  Reported  warrant  devised, 
June  14,  1757. 

21.  Merik,  Isaac.  On  list  of  militia  in  the  town  of 
Taunton.  Reported  belonged  to  the  alarm  list.  Dated, 
April  6,  1757. 

22.  Merrick,  Isaac.  Appears  on  billeting  account 
rendered  by  Aaron  Sheldon  for  victualling  soldiers  in 
Capt.  Libbey's  Co.,  Col.  Prebble's  Regt.,  on  their  return 
in  1758  (home). 

23.  MiRACK,  Isaac  On  billeting  account  rendered 
bv  Ezekiel  How,  (Innholder  at  Sudbury)  for  victualling 
men  in  Capt.  Libbee'sCo.,  Col.  Pribelli^s  Regt.,  on  their 
return  from  the  Canada  expedition  in  1758. 

24.  MiRACK,  Isaac.  Sentinel,  Capt.  Wm.  Lithgow's 
Co.,  in  His  Majesty's  service;  March  21-July  20,  1754. 
Service  at  Richmond  Fort.     Roll  dated  at  Boston. 


400  MERRICK    GENEALOGY. 

25.  MiRiCK,  Isaac.  Private,  Capt.  John  Libbee's 
Co.,  Col.  Jedidiah  Preble's  Regt.;  April  3.  Nov.  18 
(probably  1758).     Residence,  Scarborough. 

26.  MiRiCK,  Isaac.  On  list  dated  AprillS,  1757,  of 
militia  in  the  town  of  Weston.  Captain's  name  not 
given,  but  endorsed  Capt.  Elisha  Jones'  list.  Reported 
belonged  to  train  band. 

27.  MiRiCK,  Isaac.  Sergeant,  Capt.  Robert  Temple's 
Co.,  in  His  Majesty's  service;  June  26-Dec.  10  (year 
not  given;   endorsed,  1722). 

28.  MiRiCK,  Isaac.  Sentinel,  Capt.  Dominicus  Jor- 
dan's Co.,  His  Majesty's  service;  May24-June  11  (year 
not  given;  endorsed,  1755).  Residence  not  given. 
Muster  roll  sworn  to  in  Suffolk  Co. 

29.  MiREYCK,  Isaac.  On  list  of  militia  under  Capt. 
Daniel  Fogg.  List  dated  Scarborough,  June  16,  1757. 
Town  not  given. 

30.  Merrick,  Aaron.  Corporal,  on  muster  roll 
dated  Boston,  April  16,  1755,  Capt.  Daniel  Burt.  Ser- 
vice Oct.  10,  1754,  Jan.  25,  1755.  Reported  Co.  sub- 
sisted at  Pontoosuck,  Blandford  No.  4.  Also  sergeant 
on  muster  roll  dated  Boston,  Feb.  3,  1759,  of  a  com- 
pany of  foot  in  His  Majesty's  service  under  Capt.  Daniel 
Burt,  in  Col.  Wm.  Williams'  Regt.  raised  by  Province 
of  Mass.  Bay  for  the  reduction  of  Canada.  Town  Brim- 
field.  Service,  April  14-Nov.  5,  (year  not  given;  en- 
dorsed 1758). 

31.  MiRiCK,  Aaron.  Appears  on  list  endorsed  1756, 
of  men  in  the  South  (Hampshire  Co.)  Regt.  under  com- 
mand of  Col.  John  Worthington,  employed  within  two 
years  last  past,  according  to  returns  of  the  several  cap- 
tains. Reported  belonged  to  Capt.  Mirick's  Co.  Also 
on  list  of  men  (not  dated),  raised  in  the  South  Regt.  in 
Hampshire  Co.  for  the  relief  of  the  Provincial  troops 
under  command  of  Maj.  Gen.  Wiuslow,  of  twenty-five 
days'  service  in  October,  1756.  Reported  under  Capt. 
James  Mirick.     Rank,  clerk. 


COLONIAL    RECORDS.  401 

32.  MiRiCK,  (Christian  name  not  given,  but  probablj^ 
James.)  Captain,  South  (Hampshire  Co.)  Regt.  under 
command  of  Col.  John  Worthington.  List  endorsed, 
1756,  men  employed  within  two  years  last  past. 

(See  Mirick,  James,  and  Mirrick,  James.) 

33.  Merreck,  Joseph.  On  list  dated  Newbury, 
June  13,  1757,  of  militia  commanded  by  Capt.  Stephen 
Emery,  of  Newbury,  comprising  train  band  and  alarm 
list.     Rank,  private. 

34.  Merrick,  Andrew.  Private,  Capt.  Simon  Jef- 
ferd's  Co.,  in  His  Majesty's  service.  May  28-Jnly  17. 
1762.  Residence,  Scarborough.  (Note — Father  or  mas- 
ter—T.  Merrick.) 

35.  Mirrick,  Andrew.  Private,  Capt.  Simon  Jef- 
ferd's,  Dec.  13,  1761,  May  27,  1762.  Residence,  Scar- 
borough.    (Note — Father  or  master — Jno.  Mirrick.) 

36.  Myrick,  Andrew.  Private,  Capt.  Simon  Jef- 
fres,  June  12,  1761,  to  Dec  13,  1761.  Residence,  Scar- 
borough.    (Note — Father  or  master — Jno.  Myrick.) 

37.  Merrick  Eber  (Ebenezer).  Private,  Capt. 
Henry  Young  Brown,  in  His  Majesty's  service,  March 
13  to  Dec.  8  (year  not  given).  Endorsed  1760.  Resi- 
idence,  Bartley.  (Note — Father  or  master — Eben^  Mer- 
rick.) 

38.  MiRiCK,  Eber  (Ebenezer).  Private,  Capt.  Bar- 
achiah  Bassett's  Co.,  in  His  Majesty's  service,  March 
30-Nov.  1  (year  not  given;  endorsed  1759)  at  Luneu- 
berg,  N.  S.     Residence,  Barkley. 

Also  on  return  of  men  enlisted  (Capt.  John  Rich- 
mond) for  the  total  reduction  of  Canada,  1760.  Enlisted 
March  13,  1760.  Residence  and  birthplace,  Berkle}^ 
Age  18.     Reported  son  of  Ebenezer  Mirick. 

Note — (These  may  be  two  individuals.) 

39.  Mirick,  Eben^.  Private,  Capt.  Geo.  Hanners 
(succeeded  by  Capt.  Abram  Tuckerman),  Col.  Bagley's 
Regt;   service,  June  20,  1760,  to  Jan.  10,  1761. 


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402  MERRICK    GENEALOGY.  '< 

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40.  MiRiCK,  Eben\  Private,  Capt.  Job  Williams'  \ 
Co..  in  His  Majesty's  service,  March  13-Sept.  16  (year  \ 
not  given).  Endorsed,  1760.  Father  or  master— Eben""  I 
Mirick.     Reported  dead.  | 

41.  MiRRiCK,  Ebenezer.  Soldier,  Capt.  James  Mi-  | 
rick's  (Brimfield)  Co.  South  (Hampshire  Co.)  Regt.,  | 
which  marched  on  the  alarm  for  the  relief  of  Fort  Wil-  I 
liam  Henry  in  August,  1757.  * 

42.  Myrack,  Eber  (Ebenezer).  (No  rank  given.) 
Capt.  Basset,  Col.  Thomas's  Regt.,  for  the  invasion  of 
Canada.  Dated  April  11,  1759.  Residence,  Berkley. 
Age  17  years. 

43.  Merrick,  Heman.  On  list  of  men  enlisted  and 
mustered  out  of  the  three  regiments  commanded  by  Cols. 
Bradford,  Bourn,  and  Winslow,  for  reinforcing  the  force 
against  Crown  Point  under  Maj .  Cen.  Johnson;  mustered 
by  Jas.  Warren,  Jr.  Sept.  24,  1755.  Reported  as  be- 
longing to  Col.  Winslow' s  Regt. 

44.  MiRRiCK,  Heman.  Soldier,  Capt.  Laurence 
White;  Sept.  15  to  Dec.  5  (probably  1755).  Endorsed, 
Co.  on  Crown  Point  expedition. 

45.  Merrick,  Jos".  Appears  on  billeting  account 
rendered  by  Josiah  Brewer  for  victualling  men  in  Capt. 
Spring's  Co.,  Col.  Wm.  Williams'  Regt.,  on  their  march 
home  from  Lake  George  in  1758. 

46.  Mirick,  Josiah.  On  billeting  roll  Capt.  Henry 
Spring's  Co.,  Col.  William  Williams'  Regt.;  service, 
April  8,  May  24  (probably  1758). 

47.  Merrick,  Joshua.  Appears  on  a  return,  dated 
Boston,  April  23,  1759,  of  men  enlisted  or  impressed  for 
His  Majesty's  service  in  Col.  Phillips'  Regt.  for  the  inva- 
sion of  Canada,  under  Commander-in-chief  Jeffrey  Am- 
herst. Age  20  years.  Residence,  Boston.  (Note— 
The  name  Savage  appears  in  margin  against  group  of 
names  comprising  said  Merrick  and  others.) 

48.  Merrick,  Nathaniel.  Corporal,  on  muster 
roll,  dated  Boston,    June  8,   1757,  of  company  in  His 


COLONIAL    RECORDS.  4:03 

Majesty's  service  under  command  of  Capt.  Panl  Mandell. 
Service,  Sept.  20,  1756,  to  Nov.  12,  1756.  Endorsed, 
minute  men  on  Crown  Point  expedition. 

49.  MiRiCK,  Nathaniel.  Ensign,  Capt.  Daniel 
Wheeler's  (28tli  Hardwick)  Co.,  Col.  John  Murray's 
Regt.,  June,  1771. 

50.  Merrick,  Tilley.  On  list  dated  April  12, 
1757,  of.  men  in  Maj.  John  Minot's  (Concord)  Co.  Re- 
ported on  alarm  list.     Rank,  commissary. 

51.  MiRiCK,  Tilli.  Corporal,  Capt.  Samuel  Wright, 
His  Majesty's  service,  July  26-Nov.  18,  1725.  Residence, 
Brookfield. 

52.  Merrick,  Timothy.  Soldier  of  Methuen,  in 
Capt.  Daniel  Bodwell's  Co.,  Militia  Regt.  of  Lieut.  Col. 
John  Osgood.     Reported  belonged  to  train  band. 

53.  MiRiCK,  Tbiothy.  Private,  Capt.  Richard  Sal- 
tonstall;  March  22,  1757,  to  Aug.  9,  1757.  Residence, 
Methuen. 

54.  MiRRiCK,  Timothy,  Jr.  Soldier,  Capt.  Daniel 
Bodwell's  Co.  of  Methuen,  Lieut.  Col.  John  Osgood's 
Regt.  of  militia.     List  dated  April  19,  1757. 

55.  Merrick,  William,  Jr.  On  list  of  able-bodied 
and  effective  men  enlisted  and  impressed  out  of  the  three 
regiments  commanded  by  Cols.  Bradford,  Bourn  and 
Winslow  for  reinforcing  the  force  against  Crown  Point 
under  Maj.  Gen.  Johnson;  mustered  Sept.  24,  1755. 
Reported  as  belonging  to  Col.  Winslow' s  Regt. 

56.  MiRRiCK,  William.  Soldier,  Capt.  Laurence 
White,  Sept.  15-Dec.  16,  (probably  1755).  Endorsed, 
Co.  on  Crown  Point  expedition. 

57.  MiRiCK,  Benjamin.  Sentinel,  Capt.  Thomas 
Jenner's  Co.,  His  Majesty's  service,  Sept.  23,  1746, 
Sept.  24,  1746.     Residence,  Charleston. 

58.  MiRiCK,  Caleb.  First  Lieut.  Capt.  of  Eben'* 
Jones'  (Princeton)  Co.,  Col.  John  Murray's  Regt.  (3rd) 
of  militia  in  the  County  of  Worcester,  June,  1771. 

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404  MERRICK    GENEALOGY. 

59.  MiRiCK,  Elisha.  Private,  on  muster  roll  of  de- 
tachment of  men  out  of  Capt.  John  Biglo's  Co.,  Col. 
Chandler,  Jr.'s  Regt.  which  marched  on  the  alarm  for 
the  relief  of  Fort  William  Henry  in  Aug.,  1757.  Im- 
pressed, Aug.  10,  returned  Aug,  19:  marched  from 
Holden  to  Sheffield. 

60.  MiRiCK,  Gideon.  Lieut.,  Capt.  Ebenezer  Moul- 
ton's  Co.  in  His  Majesty's  service,  Sept.  11  to  Dec.  10, 
(probably  1755). 

61.  MiRiCK,  Jacob.  On  list  dated  1757  of  the  5th 
Co.  of  militia  in  the  town  of  Newbury,  Capt.  Richard 
Greenleaf.     Probably  private. 

62.  MiRiCK,  James,  of  Brimfield.  Captain,  on  mus- 
ter roll  of  South  (Hampshire  Co.)  which  marched  on  the 
alarm  for  the  relief  of  Fort  William  Henry.  Also  cap- 
tain on  list  of  men  raised  in  Hampshire  county  for  the 
relief  of  Provincial  troops  under  the  command  of  Maj. 
Gen.  Winslow — 25  days'  service  in  Oct.,  1756. 

Also  ensign  on  list  of  officers  and  soldiers  impressed 
at  Brimfield  for  His  Majesty's  service  and  sent  to  the  west- 
ern frontier  for  their  defense  at  time  of  the  alarm  in 
June,  1747;  service  8  days.     Residence,  Brimfield. 

63.  MiRRiCK,  James,  Captain,  South  (Hampshire 
Co.)  Regt.,  which  marched  on  the  alarm  for  the  relief  of 
Fort  William  Henry  in  Aug.,  1757.  Residence,  Brim- 
field. 

64.  MiRiCK,  James.  On  militia  in  the  town  of  Wes- 
ton.    List  dated  April  18,  1757.     Captain  not  given. 

65.  Mirreck,  James.  Private,  Capt.  John  Small; 
May  17,  1760,  to  Dec.  7,  1760.     Residence,  Methuen. 

66.  MiRiCK,  Phineas.  Corporal,  Capt.  Ebenezer 
Moulton's  Co.,  on  expedition  to  Crown  Point;  Sept.  15- 
Dec.  10  (probably  1755).     Residence,  Brimfield. 

67.  MiRRiCK,  Phineas.  Sergeant,  Capt.  James 
Mirick's  (Brimfield)  Co.,  South  (Hampshire  Co.)  Regt., 
which  marched  on  the  alarm  for  the  relief  of  Fort  Wil- 
liam Henry  in  Aug.,  1757.     Service,  25  days. 


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68.  MiRiCK,  Samuel.  Lieut,  on  muster  roll  dated 
May  16,  1748.     Service,  May  27,  28.     Springfield. 

69.  MiRRACK,  Ezra.  Corporal,  Capt.  Edmund 
Mooer's  Co.,  which  served  on  Crown  Point  expedition; 
May  4  to  Oct.  7  (probably  1755).     Residence,  Bradford. 

70.  MiRRiCK,  Ezra.  Clerk,  Capt.  Joseph  True; 
April  8  to  Nov.  30  (probably  1748). 

71.  Merrick,  Williajm,  private  in  the  Colonial 
Militia  from  Hardwick,  in  1762. 

72.  Merrick,  Constant,  captain  of  the  Hardwick 
company,  Colonial  Militia,  in  1755. 

73.  MiRiCK,  Isaac,  captain  in  command  of  a  com- 
pany in  the  attack  on  Port  Royal,  Nova  Scotia,  March 
18,  1703-4. 


REVOLUTIONARY  RECORDS. 

MASSACHUSETTS. 

1.  Marick,  Bezaleel.  Private,  Capt.  Jotham 
Houghton's  Co.,  Col.  Josiah  Whitnev's  Regt.,  service 
from  July  31,  1778,  to  Sept.  14,  1778.'  Residence  (roll 
dated)  Petersham.  (Possibly  the  same  as  Mirick, 
Berzaleel;   also  Myreck,  Barzileel. 

2.  Merrak,  Jacob.  Private,  Capt.  Ezra  Badlam's 
Co.,  Col.  Baldwin's  (26th)  Regt.  Service  in  April,  1776. 
Dated  New  York,  June  12,  1776. 

3.  Merret,  George.  Private,  Capt.  Edw.  Spar- 
row's Co.,  Col.  Nathan  Tyler's  Regt.  Enlistment 
December,  1779;  service  19  days.  Residence  Scituate. 
Also  on  warrant  to  pay  men  and  officers,  dated  May  13, 
1783,  Capt.  Edw.  Sparrow's  Company. 

4.  Merrit,  George,  Private,  Capt.  Edw.  Spar- 
row's Co.,  Col.  Nathan  Tvler's  Regt.;  service  July  18, 
1779,  to  December  1,  1779. 


406  MERRICK    GENEALOGY. 

5.  Merrit,  George.  Private,  Capt.  Calvin  Part- 
ridge's Co.  (Duxbury)  Sam'l  Pierce's  Regt.;  time  of 
service  26  days,  Company  raised  in  Plymouth  county, 
stationed  at  Little  Compton,  R.  I. 

6.  Merrit,  George.  Private,  Capt.  Edw.  Spar- 
row's Co.,  Col.  Nathan  Tyler's  Regt.;  service  Julv  18, 
1779,  to  January  1,  1780.  Re-enlisted  July  22,  1780,  to 
January  21,  1781.     Age  18  years. 

7.  Merrick,  C^sar.  Private,  Capt.  Joshua  L. 
Woodbridge's  Co..  Col.  Nathan  Tyler's  Regt.  Enlisted 
July  3,  1779;  service  to  Nov.  15,  1779.  Also  Capt.  Jos. 
Browning's  Co.,  Col.  Seth  Mmray's  Regt.;  service  Julv 
24,  1780,  to  October  10,  1780.     Residence,  Wilbrahara'. 

8.  Merrick,  Christopher.  Name  appears  on  a 
petition  signed  by  Paul  Hussey,  Nantucket,  asking  that 
measures  be  taken  for  the  exchange  of  said  Christopher 
Merrick  and  oth.er  prisoners  confined  on  board  prison 
ships  at  New  York.  Ordered  by  Council,  Aug.  12,  1777, 
"that  petition  be  granted"  and  that  a  cartel  be  sent  to 
New  York.     (See  Myrick,  Christopher.) 

9.  Merrick,  Daniel.  Private,  Capt.  Francis  Steb- 
binsCo.,  Col.  David  Mosley's  Regt.  Entered  service 
June  12,  1782;  discharged  June  20,  1782.  Company 
raised  for  the  support  of  the  Government  at  Springfield 
and  Northampton.  Captain's  residence  (probably) 
West  Springfield.     (See  Merick,  Daniel), 

10.  Merrick,  Ebenezer.  Corporal,  Capt.  Addi- 
son Richardson's  Co.  (Captain's  residence  probably 
Salem),  Col.  Jacob  Gerrish's  Regt.  Entered  service 
October  18,  1779;   discharged  November  22,  1779. 

11.  Merrick,  Ebenezer  (rank  not  given)  appears 
upon  a  list  of  prisoners  brought  to  Marblehead  in  the 
^'Pacific,"  cartel  sloop,  to  be  exchanged  for  British  pris- 
oners. 

12.  Merrick,  Gad.  Private,  Capt.  Preserved  Leon- 
ard's Co.  (Captain's  home  West  Springfield),  Col. 
Elisha  Porter's  Regt.  Time  engaged  July  28,  1779; 
discharged  September  2,  1779.  Hampshire  Co.  Regt. 
Service  at  New  London,  Conn. 


REVOLUTIONARY    RECORDS.  407 

13.  Merrick,  George.  Private,  Capt.  Edw.  Spar- 
row's Co.,  Col.  Nathau  Tyler's  Regt.  Time  of  enlist- 
ment, Sept.  1,  1779;  discharged.  Dee.  15,  1779.  Roll 
sworn  to  at  Middleborough. 

14.  Merrick,  Isaac,  (rank  not  given),  on  list  of 
prisoners  on  board  the  cartel,  the  hostage  schooner,  to 
be  exchanged  for  British  prisoners.  Reported  taken  in 
the  ''Betrieve^'  (privateer),  of  Casco  Bay,  by  the  British 
ship  ''Milford." 

15.  Merrick,  Jacob.  Private,  on  pay  abstract  of 
Capt.  Ezra  Badlam's  Co.,  Col.  Loammi  Balwin's  (26th) 
Regt.,  for  wages  for  Feb.,  1776.  Dated  New  York, 
April  19,  1776.  Name  appears  on  Lexington  Alarm 
Roll  of  minute  men  of  Capt.  Wm.  Roger's  Co.,  Col. 
Sam'l  Gerrish's  Regt.,  which  marched  on  the  alarm  of 
April  19,  1775,  from  Newburv.  Private,  on  pav  abstract 
of  Capt.  Wm.  Roger's  (8th)  Co.,  Col.  Baldwin's  (37th) 
Regt.,  for  wages  for  Aug.,  1775.  Private,  on  muster 
roll  of  Capt.  Wm.  Roger's  Co.,  of  the  38th  Mass. 
Regt.,  Col.  Baldwin,  for  Sept.  and  Oct.,  1775.  Ap- 
pointed or  enlisted  April  26,  1775;  entered  service  April 
19,  1775.  Also  on  list  of  men,  enlisted  by  Lieut.  Carr, 
to  serve  in  Col.  Loammi  Baldwin's  Regt.,  dated  Chelsea, 
Dec.  7,  1775.     (See  Mirack,  and  Miriack,  and  Mirrack.) 

16.  Merrick,  Jacob,  Jr.,  appears  in  a  list  of  men 
raised  to  serve  in  Continental  Army;  sworn  to  at  New- 
bury, Aug.  23,  1777.  Capt.  SamueFs  Carr's  Co.,  Col. 
Wesson's  Regt.  Enlisted  Newburv,  Essex  Co.;  dis- 
charged March  11,  1780. 

17.  Merrick,  Jesse,  of  Monsou,  appears  with  rank 
of  private  on  Lexington  Alarm  Roll,  of  Capt.  Reuben 
Munn's  Co.,  which  marched  in  response  to  the  alarm  of 
April  19,  1775,  from  Monson. 

18.  Merrick,  John.  Private,  Capt.  Steven  Web- 
ster's Co.  (Captain's  residence  probably  Haverhill),  Col. 
Jacob  Gerrish's  Regt.;  enlisted  Oct.  14,  1779,  discharged 
Nov.  22,  1779.  Regiment  raised  in  Sufifolk  and  Essex 
counties  to  reinforce  the  army  under  Gen.  Washington. 
Service  at  Claverack. 


408  MERRICK   GENEALOGY. 

19.  Merrick,  Jonathan.  Private,  Capt.  James 
Shaw's  Co.,  Col.  Chas.  Pyncheon's  Regt.  (Hampshire 
Co.)     Service,  Sept.  24,  1777,  to  Oct.  18,  1777. 

20.  Merrick,  Jonathan.  Private,  Capt.  Nathan 
Sargeant's  Co.,  Col.  Jacob  Gerrish's  Regt.  of  guards; 
detached  Jul}-  2,  1778;  service  to  July  17,  1778.  Regi- 
ment stationed  at  Winter  Hill. 

21.  Merrick,  Joseph.  Private,  Capt.  Soul's  Co., 
Col.  Fellow's  Regt.  Enlisted  April  21,  1775,  to  Oct.  7, 
1775.     Town,  Sandisfield. 

22.  Merrick,  Joseph.  Sergeant,  Capt.  Joseph 
Ilsley's  Co.  (Captain's  residence,  Ipswich),  Col.  Cogs- 
well's Regt.  Enlisted  Sept.  30,  1776;  discharged,  Nov. 
16,  1776. 

23.  Merrick,  Noah.  Private,  Capt.  Joshua  Shaw's 
Co.  (Captain's  residence  probably  Palmer) ,  Col.  Elisha 
Porter's  Regt,  Enlisted,  July  22,  1779;  discharged. 
Aug.  27,  1779.  Roll  dated,  Monson.  Service  at  New 
London,  Conn. 

24.  Merrick,  Phenies.  Name  appears  in  return  of 
men  drafted  from  Hampshire  County  militia  to  march  to 
Horse  Neck  under  command  of  Col.  Sam'l  How,  (year 
not  given),  but  who  failed  to  join  regiment.  Drafted 
from  town  of  Monson  into  Capt.  Browning's  Co. 

25.  Merrick,  Richard.  Private,  Capt.  Benj.  Brown's 
Co.,  Col.  Michael  Jackson's  Regt.  Service  from  Feb. 
5,  1777,  to  December  31,  1779.     Residence,  Springfield, 

26.  MerrIck,  Samuel.  Seaman,  Brigantine  "'Haz- 
ard,''^ Capt.  Simeon  Samson;  entered,  Nov.  12,  1777. 
Residence,  Cape  Cod. 

27.  Merrick,  Samuel F.  Private,  Capt.  Jas.  Shaw's 
Company  (Hampshire  Co.)  Col.  Chas.  Pvncheon's 
Regt.     Service  from  Sept.  24,  1777,  to  Oct.  18,  1777. 

28.  Merrick,  Spencer.  Private,  on  Lexington 
Alarm  Roll,   minute  men,   which  marched  on  alarm  of 


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April  19,  1775,  from  Springfield  under  comrnaud  of  Maj. 
Andrew  Coltou.  Reported  enlisted  into  army,  April 
29,  1775.  Residence,  Sprino-field.  (See  Mireck,  Spen- 
ser, and  MiricJt,  Spencer.) 

29.  Merrick,  Tilly.  Corporal,  Capt.  John  Car- 
penter's Co.  of  guards.  Name  also  appears  on  list  of 
prisoners  sent  in  the  cartel  sloop  "Swift,"  from  Halifax 
to  Boston,  Sept.  30,  1778,  to  be  exchanged  for  British 
prisoners.      (See  MiricJi,  Tilley.) 

30.  Merricks,  James,  on  credit  bill  of  Capt.  Reuben 
Dickinson's  Co.  (year  not  given) ;  said  Merricks  credited 
with  4  mos.,  1  week's  service.     (See  Merick,  James.) 

31.  Merick,  Christopher,  (rank  not  given),  ap- 
pears upon  a  list  of  prisoners  returned  from  New  York 
in  the  Sch.  '\Speedtvell,"  Aug.  3,  1777.  Residence,  Nan- 
tucket;  probably  a  seaman. 

32.  Merick,  Daniel.  Private,  on  Lexington  Alarm 
Roll  of  Capt.  Enoch  Chapin's  Co.  of  minute  men  which 
marched  on  the  alarm  of  April  19,  1775,  from  West 
Springfield.  Residence,  West  Springfield.  (See  Mer- 
rick, Daniel.) 

33.  Merick,  Ebenezer.  Private,  Capt.  Abel  Bab- 
bit's Co.  (Bristol  Co.),  Col.  John  Hathaway's  Regt. 
Enlisted,  Aug.  1,  1780;  discharged,  Aug.  7,  1780. 
Name  also  appears  on  warrant  to  pay  officers  and  men 
on  roll  bearing  date  of  Dec.  17,  1782,  of  Capt.  Geo. 
Little's  Co. 

34.  Merick,  James,  (rank  not  given)  appears  on  re- 
turn for  equipments  of  Capt.  Reuben  Dickinson's  Co., 
Col.  Porter's  Regt.,  dated  Nov.  9,  1778.  (See  Merricks, 
James.) 

35.  Merick,  Jonathan.  Private,  Capt.  John  Wal- 
ton's Co.  (Cambridge),  Col.  Eleazer  Brooks'  Regt. 
Time  of  enlistment,  Jan.  16,  1778.  Dis(?harge  not  given. 
Town  not  given,  Also  appears  on  pay  roll  (rank  of 
private)  of  Capt.  Frost's  Co.,  Col.  Howe's  Regt.  Time 
of  enlistment,  July  31,  1780;  discharged,  Nov.  1,  1780. 
Service  at  Rhode  Island.      (See  Mirick,  Jonathan.) 


410  MERRICK    GENEALOGY. 

36.  Merick,  Joseph,  of  Northfield.  Appears  among 
a  list  of  men  raised  for  six  months'  service  and  returned 
by  Brig.  Gen.  Paterson  as  having  passed  muster,  in  re- 
turn dated  Camp  Totoway,  Oct.  25,  1780. 

37.  Merick,  Joseph.  Private,  Capt.  Zenas  Wheel- 
er's Co.  (Berkshire  Co.),  Col.  John  Ashley's  Regt. 
Enlisted,  July  21,  1777;   discharged,  Aug.  15,  1117. 

38.  Merick,  Silas.  Seaman,  Sch.  '' Active, ^^  Capt. 
Andrew  Gardner.  On  muster  and  pay  roll  for  wages  for 
one  month,  Boston,  Oct.  6,  1778. 

39.  Merick,  Stephen.  Steward,  State  Sloop  ''Win- 
throp,''  Capt.  Geo.  Little.  Service,  May  19,  1782,  to 
Aug.  10,  1782. 

40.  MiRACK,  Ebenezer.  Private,  Capt.  Robert 
Earl's  (Dartmouth  Co.)  Col.  Josiah  Whitney's  Regt. 
Service,  Aug.  5,  1778,  to  Sept.  10,  1778.  Residence, 
Dartmouth . 

41.  MiRACK,  Jacob.  Appears  in  return  of  men  en- 
listed by  Lieut.  Sam'l  Carr  to  serve  in  Col.  Baldwin's 
Regt.  "the  ensuing  campaign,"  dated  Chelsea,  Nov.  24, 
1775.  Appears  (rank,  private),  on  muster  roll  of  Capt. 
Ezra  Badlam's  Co.,  Col.  L.  Baldwin's  (26th)  Regt.  for 
travel  allowance  on  march  home  in  1776.  (See  Merrick, 
Jacob . ) 

42.  MiRAK,  Jonathan.  Private,  Capt.  David  Good- 
win's Co.,  Col.  Cogswell's  Regt.  Service  from  Oct.  5, 
1778,  to  Dec.  3,  1778. 

43.  MiRECK,  Joseph.  Appears  among  signatures  to 
an  order  for  bounty  coat  or  its  equivalent  in  money,  due 
for  the  8  mos.  service  in  1775  in  Capt.  Moses  Soule's 
Co.,  Col.  John  Fellows'  Regt.,  dated  Dorchester,  Nov. 
1,  1775.  Also  on  list  of  6  mos.  men  raised  by  the  town 
of  Northfield  for  service  in  the  Continental  Army  during 
1780.     (See  Merricic,  Joseph.) 

44.  MiRECK,  Spenser.  Private,  Capt.  Gideon  Burt's 
Co.,  Col.   Timothy  Danielson's  Regt.     Enlisted,  April 


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28,    1775;   time    of    service,    3  mos.,    11  days.     Town, 
Springfield.     (See  Merrick,  Spencer.) 

45.  MiREEK,  Richard.  Private,  on  Cont.  Army  pay 
accounts  of  Capt.  Hartshorn's  Co.,  Col.  Michael  Jack- 
son's Regt.,  for  services  from  Jan.  1,  1780,  to  Jan.  17, 
1780.     Residence,  Springfield.     (See  Merrick,  Richard.) 

46.  MiRiACK,  Jacob.  Appears  among  list  of  re- 
cruits for  the  new  establishment  in  Col.  Baldwin's  Regt., 
Capt.  Rogers'  Co.  (See  Merrick,  Jacob).  List  dated 
Dec.  30,  1775. 

47.  MiRiCK,  Benjamin.  Rank  not  given.  Appears 
on  a  list  of  prisoners  sent  from  Newport,  R.  I.,  in  the 
''Lord  Sandwich,"  prison  ship,  and  landed  at  Bristol, 
March  7,  1778.  Benjamin  Myrick,  of  Harwich,  enlisted 
from  that  town  1777;  this  is  probably  the  same  man. 
He  is  reported  as  a  prisoner  in  1778,  in  town  annals. 

48.  MiRiCK,  Bezeliel,  appears  among  a  list  of  men 
mustered  in  Plymouth  Co.,  by  Jas.  Hatch,  M.  M.,  to 
serve  until  Jan.  1,  1779.  Endorsed  "9  months'  enlist- 
ment." 

49.  MiRiCK,  Berzaleel,  appears  among  a  list  of 
men  who  marched  from  Dartmouth  to  camp  under  com- 
mand of  Capt.  Benj.  Dillingham,  and  arrived  there  Feb. 
15,1776.     (See  il/rtHc^,  Bezaleel.) 

50.  MiRiCK,  CiESAR.  Name  appears  in  return  dated 
Wilbraham,  Aug.  25,  1780,  made  by  Col.  John  Bliss,  of 
men  mustered  by  him  to  serve  for  3  mos.,  agreeable  to 
Resolve  of  June  22,  1780.  7th  Co.,  1st  Hampshire  Co. 
Regt.  Residence,  Wilbraham.  Age  45.  Mustered  July 
24,  1780.     (See  Merrick,  Caesar.) 

51.  MiRiCK,  Sezar,  Appears  on  an  order  dated 
Wilbraham,  April  1782,  for  wages  for  3  mos.'  service  in 
1780  given  by  himself  and  others  belonging  to  Capt.  Jos. 
Browning's  Co.,  in  Col.  Seth Murray's  Regt.  (See  Mer- 
rick, Ceesar,  and  Mirick,  Caesar.) 

52.  MiRiCK,  Chileab.  Private  on  Lexington  Alarm 
Roll  of  Capt.  Jas.  Warriner's  (Wilbraham)  Co.,  which 

30-M 


412  MERRICK   GENEALOGY. 

marched  on  alarm  of  April  19,  1775,  from  Wilbraham. 
Residence,  Wilbraham. 

53.  MiRiCK,  Constant.  Private,  Capt.  Ebenezer 
Newell's  Co.,  Col.  Dauforth  Keyes'  Regt.  Enlisted  Sept. 
12,  1777,  for  6  mos.,  from  July  1,  1777.  Dated  at 
Providence,  Dec.  22,  1777.  Returned  as  mustered  by 
Andrew  Brown,  deputy  muster  master. 

54.  MiRiCK,  Ebenezer.  Private,  Capt.  Abel  Bab- 
bit's Co.,  Col.  John  Hathaway's  Regt.  Enlisted  Aug. 
1,  1780;  discharged  Aug.  7,  1780.  Also  (private)  Capt. 
Jas.  Briggs'  Co.  Service  29  days.  Also  in  Lt.  Comdt. 
Abiel  Whitmarsh's  (Dartmouth)  Co.,  Col.  Thos.  Car- 
penter's Regt.,  from  July  29,  1780,  to  July  31,  1780. 
Company  raised  by  order  of  Council  July  22,  1780,  for 
6  days  service  at  Tiverton,  R.  I.,  on  alarm' at  R.  I.  Res- 
idence, Berkley. 

55.  MiRiCK,  Ebenezer.  Seaman  on  sloop  "  W«w- 
throp,"  Capt.  Geo.  Little.  Service  Sept.  21,  1782,  to 
Nov.  25,  1782. 

56.  MiRiCK,  Elisha.  Sergeant,  on  Lexington  Alarm 
Roll  of  Maj.  Paul  Raymond's  Co.  of  militia,  1st  Wor- 
cester Co.  Regt.,  which  marched  on  the  alarm  of  April 
19,  1775,  from  Holden  to  Cambridge.  Residence,  Hol- 
den.     Service,  8)4  days. 

57.  MiRiCK,  Jacob.  Private,  Capt.  John  Pearson's 
Co.,  Lt.  Col.  (Bomdt)  Putnam's  Regt.  Service,  Sept.  2, 
1781,  to  Dec.  8,  1781.     Roll  sworn  to  at  Newburyport. 

58.  MiRiCK,  James.  Capt.  of  Co.  under  Lieut. 
.(Col.)  Ephraim  Saw.yer.  Company  raised  in  Bolton  and 
Princeton  to  march  to  reinforce  armv  under  Gen.  Gates 
at  Saratoga.  Oct.  2-Oct.  18,  1777.  (See  Myraik, 
James.) 

59.  MiRiCK,  John,  appears  in  a  return  of  men  en- 
listed or  drafted  into  the  Continental  Army,  Col.  Joseph 
North's  (2nd  Lincoln  Co.)  Regt.,  dated  Gardnerstown, 
Feb.  2,  1778.  Town  belonged  to  Winslow;  engaged 
for  Winslow.     Term  3   years.     Joined   Capt.  Jenkins' 


REVOLUTIONARY    RECORDS.  413 

Co.,  Col.  Brewer's  Regt.  Appears  in  an  order  on  Henry 
Gardner,  treasurer,  dated  Princeton,  July  4,  1782, 
signed  by  said  Mirick  and  others  belonging  to  company 
commanded  by  Capt.  Stearns  of  Princeton,  Col.  Rand's 
Regt.  for  wages  for  3  mos.    service  in  1780. 

60.  Mirick,  Jonathan.  Private  on  Lexington  Alarm 
Roll  of  Capt.  Jeremiah  Wiswall's  Co.,  which  marched 
on  alarm  of  April  19,  1775,  from  Newton  to  Lexington. 
Residence,  Newton.     Service,  4  days. 

61.  Mirick,  Jonathan.  Private,  Capt.  John  Wal- 
ton's Co.,  Col.  Eleazar  Brooks'  Regt.  Engaged,  Jan. 
16,  1778;   service,  18  days.     (See  Merick,  Jonathan.) 

62.  Mirick,  Joseph.  Appears  in  a  list  of  men  raised 
to  serve  the  Cont.  Army,  as  returned  by  Capt.  Benj. 
Nye's  and  Capt.  Wm.  Henry's  Co.,  7th  Worcester  Co. 
Regt.  during  war.  Engaged  for  Barre.  Joined  Capt. 
Reed's  Co.,  Alden's  Regt.  Dated,  Dec.  29,  1777.  (See 
Merick,  Joseph.) 

63.  Mirick,  Joseph.  Private,  on  Lexington  Alarm 
Roll  of  Capt.  Moses  Little's  Co.  of  Minute  Men  which 
marched  to  Cambridge  on  the  alarm  of  April  19,  1775. 
Service,  5  days. 

64.  Mirick,  Joseph,  Jr.  Appears  among  a  list  of 
officers  chosen  by  the  several  companies  in  the  regiment 
as  2nd  Lieut,  in  Capt.  Joseph  Morgan's  (8th)  Co.  of 
Col.  John  Moseley's  Regt.  Appears  with  rank  of  2nd 
Lieut,  of  Capt.  Joseph  Morgan's  Co.  (West  Springfield), 
Col.  John  Moselev's  Regt.  Service,  Sept.  21,  1777,  to 
Oct.  17,  1777. 

65.  Mirick,  Joseph.  Appears  in  descriptive  list  of 
men  raised  to  reinforce  the  Cont.  Army  for  the  term  of 
6  mos.,  agreeable  to  Resolve  of  June  5,  1780.  Age  24 
yrs.  Town,  Northfield.  (See  Merick,  Joseph,  and 
Mireck,  Joseph.) 

66.  Mirick,  Joshua.  Appears  among  a  list  of  men  in 
Capt.  Abijah  Bangs'  Co.,  raised  from  various  towns  in 
Barnstable  Co.,  dated  Sept.  4,  1776.  Residence,  Har- 
wich. 


414  MERRICK    GENEALOGY. 

67.  MiRiCK,  JosiAH.  Private  on  Lexington  Alarm 
Roll  of  Capt.  Boaz  Moore's  Co.,  Col.  Ephraim  Doolittle's 
Regt.,  which  marched  on  the  alarm  of  April  19,  1775, 
from  Princeton.     Service,  9  days. 

Also  in  Capt.  James  Mirick's  Co.,  Oct.  2  to  Oct.  18, 
1777,  service  under  Lieut.  (Col.)  Ephraim  Sawyer. 

68.  MiRiCK,  Nathan.  Private,  Capt.  Jacob  Ras- 
kins' Co.,  in  Regt.  commanded  by  (Lt.  Col.)  Samuel 
Pierce,  from  May  20,  1779,  to  May  27,  1779.  Service  at 
Tiverton,  R.  I. 

69.  MiRiCK,  Richard,  appears  in  a  list  of  men  raised 
to  serve  in  Cont.  Army  as  returned  by  Capt.  Nathan 
Fisher,  of  6th  Worcester  Co.  Regt.  ("late  Leicester  and 
Brookfield"),  engaged  for  Westboro  during  war.  Joined 
Capt.  Brown's  Co.,  Col.  Jackson's  Regt.  Reported  a 
servant  to  Capt.  Brown.  Sworn  to  Feb.  16,  1778.  (See 
Merrick,  Richard.) 

70.  MiRiCK,  Samuel.  Private,  Capt.  Abner  Craft's 
Co.,  Col.  (Lt.  Col.)  Wm.  Bond  (37th  Regt.  of  foot). 
Residence,  Newton.     No  dates.     List  dated  Oct.  7, 1775. 

71.  MiRiCK,  Samuel.  Lieut.  Col.  Sprout's  Regt.; 
service,  Jan.  1  to  Dec.  31,  1780.  Reported  quartermas- 
ter.    (See  Myrick,  Samuel.) 

72.  MiRiCK,  Samuel.  Private,  Lexington  Alarm 
Roll,  Capt.  Jas.  Warriner's  (Wilbraham)  Co.  Service, 
10  days. 

73.  MiRiCK,  Samuel.  Private,  Capt.  Nathaniel 
Freeman's  Co.,  Lt.  Col.  Enoch  Hallet's  Regt.;  service, 
Aug.  16,  1780,  to  Oct.  31,  1780.  Regt.  raised  in  Barn- 
stable Co. 

74.  MiRiCK,  Silas.  Private,  Capt.  Sam'l  Tubbs' 
Co.,  Timothy  Walker's  Regt.  Enlisted  May  1,  1775; 
service,  3  mos.,  7  days.     Town,  Berkley. 

75.  MiRiCK,  Silas.  Private,  Capt.  Jas.  Briggs'  Co. 
Service,  29  days.  Residence,  Digh ton.  Company  marched 
on  secret  expedition  to  Rhode  Island,  Oct.  2,  1777. 


REVOLUTIONARY    RECORDS.  415 

76.  MiRiCK,  Spencer.  Private,  Capt.  Gideon  Burt's 
Co.,  Timothy  Daiiielson's  Regt.,  Springfield.  Company 
returned  to  Roxburj'  Camp,  Oct.  6,  1775.  Reported 
"Detatclit  to  Quebec." 

77.  MiRiCK,  TiLLEY.  Corporal,  Capt.  Levi.  Ely's 
Co.,  Col.  John  Moseley's  Regt.  Service  Sept.  21,  1777, 
to  Oct.  17,  1777. 

78.  MiRiCK,  William.  3rd  mate.  Brig.  '' Hazard^ \ 
Capt.  John  F.  Williams,  July  12,  1779,  Sept.  G,  1779. 

79.  MiRiK,  Jonathan,  Private,  Capt.  John  Wal- 
ton's Co.,  Sept.  4,  1778,  Sept.  11,  1778. 

80.  MiRRACK,  Jacob.  Private,  Capt.  Ezra  Badlam's 
Co.,  Col.  Loammi  Baldwin's  Regt.  On  pay  abstract  for 
June,  1776. 

81.  MiRRACK,    S.     W.      Steward's    mate    of    ship 
'  Viper' ' ,  Capt.  Wm,  Williams.     Age  22  years,  residence, 

Boston.     Reported  occupation,  joiner.     Document  dated 
Sept.  30,  1780. 

82.  MiRRAK,  Jacob.  Private,  Capt.  Ezra  Badlam's 
Co.,  Col.  Baldwin's  Regt.  On  pay  abstract  for  May, 
1776.     (See  Merrick,  Mirack,  Miriack,  Mirrack,  Mirreck) . 

83.  MiRRECK,  Jacob.  Private,  Capt.  Ezra  Bad- 
lam's Co.,  Col.  Baldwin's  (26th)  Regt-  Oupay  abstract 
for  March  1776. 

84.  Mirreck,  Tilly.  On  statement  dated  Boston, 
Oct.  6,  1778,  informing  the  Council,  on  behalf  of  the 
Commissary  of  prisoners,  that  the  exchange  of  a  Mr. 
Shirley,  a  British  prisoner  at  Boston,  had  been  effected 
by  the  return  of  said  Mirreck  in  the  snow  ''Swift"  car- 
tel from  Halifax. 

85.  MiRRiCH,  Isaac.  Corporal,  Capt.  Abraham 
Tyler's  Co.,  Col.  Edmund  Phinney's  Regt.,  31st  Foot 
from  Scarborough.  Reported  enlisted  May  9,  1775. 
Return  dated  Sept.  29,  1775.     (See  Myrick,  Isaac.) 


416  MERRICK    GENEALOGY. 

86.  MiRRiCK,  Jonathan.  Private,  Capt.  Stephen 
Frost's  (probably  Cambridge)  Co.,  Col.  Cvprian  How's 
Regt.     Service  July  31,  1780.  Nov.  1,  1780. 

87.  MiRRiCK,  Joseph.  Private,  Capt.  Soule's  Co., 
Col.  Fellow's  Regt.  Enlisted  May  8,  1775;  service,  3 
mos.,  1  day.     Town  Sandfield. 

88.  MiRRiCK,  Stephen.  Appears  among  list  of  men 
drafted  from  Lt.  Col.  Jabez  Hatch's  (Boston)  Regt., 
agreeable  to  Order  of  Council  of  May  7,  1777,  to  guard 
stores,  etc.,  under  Maj.  Gen.  Heath  at  and  about  Boston, 
for  the  term  of  5  weeks.  Rank,  private.  Capt.  Thos. 
Bumstead's  Co. 

89.  MiRRiCK,  William.  Private,  Capt.  Billings' 
Co.,  Col.  Learned's  Regt.  Enlistment  May  4,  1775; 
service,  2  mos.  4  days.  On  Company  receipt  dated  Dor- 
chester Camp,  Feb.  15,  1776,  for  ammunition  given  to 
Capt.  Barnabas  Sears.  On  return  of  men  from  Capt. 
Edmund  Hodges'  Co.,  Col.  Jas.  Converse's  Regt.  Town 
Hardwick . 

90.  Myraik,  James.  On  list  of  officers  to  be  com- 
missioned, as  returned  by  Lieut.  Col.  Ephraim  Sawyer, 
Maj.  Silas  Bailey,  dated  Lancaster,  March  18,  1776. 
March  20,  1776,  commissioned  captain  of  12th  Company, 
Col.  Josiah  Whitney's  (Worcester  Co.)  Regt,  by  Order 
of  Council.     (See  Mirick,  James  No.  58). 

91.  Myreck,  Barzileel.  Private,  Capt.  John 
Black's  Co.,  Col.  Jonathan  Brewer's  Regt.  Service  18 
days  from  July  14,  1775.  Town  Hutchinson  (now 
Barre) . 

92.  Myreck,  Daniel  (private)  on  pay  abstract  Capt. 
Winslow  Lewis'  Co.  (regt.  not  given)  for  mileage  to  and 
from  camp  at  Cambridge,  dated  Jan.  13,  1776.  Resi- 
dence, Eastham. 

93.  Myreck,  Heman.  Private,  on  pay  abstract  of 
Capt.  Winslow  Lewis's  Co.  (regt.  not  given)  for  mileage 
to  and  from  camp  at  Cambridge  dated  Jan.  13,  1776. 
Residence,  Eastham. 


REVOLUTIONARY    RECORDS.  417 

94.  Myreck,  Joseph.  Private,  Capt.  John  Black's 
Co.,  Col.  Jonathan  Brewer's  Regt.;  service,  3  mos.  4 
days  from  April  29,  1775.  Town,  Hutchinson  (now 
Barre). 

95.  Myrick,  Benjamin.  Matross,  Capt.  John  Gill's 
(6th)  Co.,  Col.  Crafts'  Artillery  Regt.;  service  Feb.  1, 
1777,  May  8,  1777.     Town,  Harwich. 

96.  Myrick,  Bezeleel.  Private,  company  lately 
commanded  by  Capt.  John  Black,  Col.  Jonathan  Brew- 
er's Regt.  Date  not  given,  except  month,  Oct.  Town 
Hutchinson  (Barre).  Also  on  order  for  bounty  coat  or 
its  equivalent  in  money  due  for  the  8  mos.  service  in 
1775  in  company  and  regiment  as  above;  dated  Prospect 
Hill,  Oct.  26,  1775.  Also  on  muster  and  pay  roll  of 
Capt.  Benj.  Nye's  Co.  (regt.  not  given);  service  Sept. 
26,  1777,  to  Oct.  18,  1777.  Note.— Company  marched 
under  command  of  Maj.  Jonas  Wilder  to  reinforce 
Northern  Army  for  30  days.  Town,  Barre.  (Possibly 
same  as  Marick,  No.  1,  and  Mirick,  No.  47.  See  also 
Myreck,  Barzileel,  No.  91.) 

97.  Myrick,  Christopher.  Rank  not  given.  On 
list  of  prisoners  landed  at  Falmouth,  Sept.  2,  1777. 
Residence,     Nantucket.        (See     Merrick,    Christopher, 

No.  8.) 

98.  Myrick,  Daniel.  Seaman,  Brigantine  ''Inde- 
pendence,^^ Capt.  Simeon  Lamson;  service  May  5,  1776, 
Sept.  22,  1776.  Roll  dated  Plymouth.  Also  engaged 
Sept.  23, 1776,  Jan.  1,  1777,  for  same  vessel  and  captain, 
but  reported  "left  at  home  sick." 

99.  Myrick,  Heman.  Seaman,  Brigantine  '' Inde- 
pendence,^^ Capt.  Simeon  Samson;  service  May  20,  1776, 
to  Sept.  22,  1776;  also  marine,  Brigantine  ''HawJce,'' 
Capt.  Jon^  Oakes.  Service  1  month  from  May  3,  1777, 
with  fleet  under  Commodore  John  Manley. 

100.  Myrick,  Isaac.  Corporal.  Capt.  Abraham 
Tyler's  Co.,  Col.  Phinney's  Regt.  Enlistment  May  9, 
1775;  service  57  days.  Residence,  Scarborough.  (See 
Mirrich,  Isaac,  No.  85.) 


418  MERRICK    GENEALOGY. 

101.  Myrick,  Isaac.  Private,  Capt.  Isaiah  Higgins' 
Co.,  Maj.  Zenas  Winslow's  Regt.;  service  Sept.  9,  1778, 
to  Sept.  13,  1778  on  alarm  at  Falmouth,  Roll  endorsed 
"on  alarm  at  Bedford." 

102.  Myrick  John.     Rank   not  given,  Capt.    Geo. 
Webb's  Co.,  Col.  Wm.  Shepard'sRegt.  (year  not  given). 
Enlistment  8  mos .     Town  Eastham .     (See Myrick ,  John 
No.  104.) 

103.  Myrick,  John.  Corporal,  Capt.  Sewall's  Co., 
Col.  Ebenezer  Sprout's  Regt.;  service  March  12,  1777, 
to  Dec.  31,  1779.  Also  corporal,  Capt.  Josiah  Jenkins' 
Co.,  Col.  Sam'l  Brewer's  Regt.;  return  dated  camp  near 
V.  F.,  Jan.  23,  1778;  residence  Kennebec;  entered  for 
Winslow.  Also  sergeant,  Capt.  H.  Sewal's  Co.,  Col. 
Sprout's  Regt,;  service  Jan.  1,  1780,  to  March  12,  1780. 
Residence  Winslow,  Reported  service  6  mos.  as  private, 
6  mos.  as  sergeant. 

104.  Myrick,  John.  Private,  Capt.  Joseph  Smith's 
Co.  (regt.  not  given);  service  Feb.  7,  1776,  to  Sept.  29, 
1776,  in  defence  of  seacost.  Also  private,  same  com- 
pany, May  31,  1776,  to  Nov.  22,  1776.  Company  sta- 
tioned at  Truro  for  defence  of  seacoast.  Roll  sworn  to 
at  Eastham.     (See  Myi-ick,  John,  No.  102.) 

105.  Myrick,  John.  Private,  Capt.  Abijah  Bangs' 
Co.,  Col.  Dike's  Regt.,  Dec.  13. 1776,— Feb.  1777.  Regi- 
ment raised  to  serve  until  March  1777. 

106.  Myrick,  Jonathan.  Private,  Capt.  John 
Walton's  Co.,  Col.  Eleazar  Brooks'  Regt.  of  guards  at 
Cambridge;  service,  Feb.  3,  1778,  to  April  3,  1778. 
(See  Merick,  andMirick.) 

107.  Myrick,  Joseph.  Private,  in  company  lately 
commanded  by  Capt.  John  Black,  Col.  Brewer's  Regt. 
Town,  Hutchinson  (Barre).  Also  on  order  for  bounty 
coat  or  its  equivalent  in  money  due  for  the  8  mos., 
service  in  1875  in  before  mentioned  company  and  regt. 
Dated  Prospect  Hill,  Oct.  26,  1775.  Also  in  petition 
signed  by  said  Myrick  and  others  belonging  to  Capt. 
John  Black's  Co.,  Col.  Brewer's  Regt.,  asking  for  allow- 
ance for  clothing,  etc.,  lost  in  battle  of  Bunker  Hill, 
June  17,  1775. 


REVOLUTIONARY    RECORDS.  419 

108.  Myrick,  Joseph.  Private,  on  Lexington 
Alarm  Roll,  Lieut.  Moses  Soul's  Co.  of  minute  men, 
Col.  John's  Fellows'  Regt.,  Avhich  marched  on  alarm  of 
April  19,  1775.  Probably  belonged  in  town  of  Sandis- 
field.     Service  to  May  7,  1775. 

109.  Myrick,  Joseph.  Private,  Capt.  Elijah  Dem- 
ing's  (Sandisfield)  Co.,  Col.  Ashley's  Regt.;  July  8, 
1777,  to  July  21,  1777.  Company  ordered  to  march  to 
Fort  Edward  by  Maj.  Gen.  Schuyler. 

110.  Myrick,  Joseph.  Private,  Capt.  Joshua  Hig- 
gins'  Co.,  Col.  (Maj.)  Zenas  Winslow's  Regt.  Service, 
3  days  in  November,  1778,  on  alarms  at  Bedford  and 
Falmouth.     (See  Merick,  Joseph,  No.  36.) 

111.  Myrick,  Joseph.  On  pay  roll  for  6  mos.  men 
raised  by  town  of  Northfield  for  service  in  Cont.  Army 
during  1780.  Service  July  4,  1780,  to  Jan.  6,  1781. 
Served  at  West  Point,  N.  Y.  (See  Merick,  Joseph,  No. 
36.  and  MyricJc,  Joseph,  No.  110.) 

112.  Myrick,  Joshua.  Private,  Capt.  Abijah  Bangs' 
Co.,  Col.  Dike's  Regt.  On  pay  roll  for  4  days,  dated 
Boston,  Nov.  26,  1776;  also  on  pay  abstract  (same  com- 
pany and  regiment)  dated  Boston,  Feb.  24,  1777;  on 
muster  roll  of  same  company  and  regt.  for  Dec,  1776, 
thro'  Feb.,  1777.  Regiment  raised  for  service  until 
March,  1777.     Residence,  Harwich. 

113.  Myrick,  Nathaniel.  On  return  of  company 
officers  of  Col.  Dike's  Regt.,  dated  Dorchester,  Sept.  21, 
1776.  Said  Myrick  with  others  raised  for  Capt.  Knowl- 
ton's  Co.,  but  reported  not  joined.  C. 

114.  Myrick,  Samuel.  Matross,  on  pay  abstract 
of  Capt.  John  Gill's  Artillery  Co.,  Col.  Thos.  Craft's 
Regt.,  service  May  9,  1776,  to  Nov.  1,  1776;  also  Feb. 
1,  1777,  to  May  8,  1777.     Residence,  Eastham. 

115.  Myrick,  Samuel.  Private,  Capt.  Thos.  Well- 
ington's Co.,  Col.  Asa  Whitcomb's  Mass.  Regt.  Mus- 
ter roll  dated  in  camp  at  Ticonderoga,  Nov.  27,  1776; 
appointed  or  enlisted  prior  to  October  1776;   re-enlisted 

31- M 


420  MERRICK    GENEALOGY. 

Nov.  16,  1776,  to  serve  as  private  in  Capt.  Brewer's  Co., 
Col.  Brewer's  Regt.  Muster  dated  Boston,  Feb.  16, 
1777.  Also  sergeant  (Captain  not  given)  Col.  Sprout's 
Regt.  Jan.  1,  1777  to  Dee.  31,  1779.  Town  Watertown. 
Also  on  list  of  officers  belonging  to  late  Col.  Sprout's 
(12th)  Regt.  in  active  service,  dated  Boston,  Jan.  17, 
1781.  Rank  ensign.  Lieut,  on  list  of  men  and  officers 
of  the  Second  Mass.  Regt.  commanded  bvLt.  Col.  Com- 
mandant Ebenezer  Sprout,  dated  Julv  11,  and  Aug.  15, 
1783.     (See  Mirick,  Samuel,  No.  71.) 

116.  Myrick,  Samuel.  On  order  for  bounty  coat 
or  its  equivalent  in  money,  dated  at  Cambridge,  Nov.  30, 
1775. 

117.  Myrick,  Samuel.  Seaman,  on  pay  roll  of 
Brigantine  '^HatvJie'\  Capt.  Jon'^  Oakes.  Enlisted  May 
3,  1777. 

118.  Myrick,  Samuel.  Private.  Capt.  Abijah 
Bangs'  Co.,  Maj.  Zenas  Winslow's  Regt.  Service  7 
days  during  Sept.  1778  on  alarm  at  Bedford  and  Fal- 
mouth. Also  on  account  dated  Harwich,  Nov.  7,  1778, 
rendered  by  Capt.  Abijah  Bangs  for  commissions  due 
men  who  guarded  prisoners  from  the  British  ship 
''Somerset" ,  at  Harwich  and  from  thence  to  Yarmouth; 
service  2  days. 

119.  Myrick  William.  Private,  Capt.  Joseph 
Smith's  Co.;  service  Feb.  7,  1776,  to  Feb.  29,  1776,  in 
defence  of  seacoast;  May  31,  1776,  to  Nov.  22,  1776. 
Company  stationed  at  Truro.  Roll  sworn  to  at  Eastham. 

120.  Myrick  William.  Private,  Capt.  Isaiah  Hig- 
gins'  Co.,  Maj.  Zenas  Winslow's  Regt.;  service  Sept. 
9,  1778,  to  Sept.  13,  1778,  on  alarms  at  Falmouth  and 
Bedford. 

121.  Myrick,  William.  Appears  on  a  return  of 
men  raised  for  Continental  service  under  Resolve  of 
December  2,  1780,  for  three  years ;  raised  June  23,  1781. 
Town  Marblehead. 

122.  Myrick,  Joshua.  Matross,Capt.  Crafts'  Co., 
Col.  Gridley's  Regt.  (artillery) ;  service  11  weeks,  3  days 
from  May  13,  1775,  Boston. ' 


REVOLUTIONARY    RECORDS.  421 

123.     Merrick  William,  private  in  Captain  Barna- 
bas Sears'  Company  at  Dorchester  Camp,  Feb.  15,  177G. 


NEW    HAMPSHIRE. 

1.  Merrick,  Ezra,  enlisted  Feb.  20,  1777,  in  Cap- 
tain Benjamin  Stone's  Company,  Col.  Scannel's  Regi- 
ment, for  the  term  of  three  years.  Died  Sept.  28,  1777, 
in  the  army. 

2.  MiRiCK,  Moses,  enlisted  in  Captain  Reynold's 
Company,  Col.  Peabody's  Regiment,  Jan.  1,  1778.  Was 
a  Sergeant;   discharged  in  Rhode  Island,  Dec.  30,  1779. 

3.  Merrick,  Jacob.  Minute  man  in  Capt.  Wm. 
Roger's  Co.,  3rd  Newbury,  April  19,  1775. 


CONNECTICUT. 

1.  Merrick,  Daniel.  Private  in  Capt.  Noble  Ben- 
edict's Co.,  Col.  Waterbury's  Regt.,  5th  Conn.  Line. 
Co.  raised  in  Fairfield.  Private  in  6th  Co.  from  May  12 
to  Oct.  17,  1775. 

2.  Merrick,  George.  Private  in  Capt.  Jonathan 
Parker's  Co.,  Col.  Comfort  Sage's  Regt.,  3rd  Battn. 
Wadsworth's  Brigade,  June,  1776  to  Dec.  1776.  Raised 
in  Williugton  and  Tolland.  Were  in  the  retreat  from 
New  York,  and  the  battle  of  White  Plains,  Oct.  28, 
1776. 

3.  Merrick,  John.  Corporal  in  Capt.  Re  well  Grant's 
Co.,  Col.  Obadiah  Johnson's  Regt.  Enlisted  for  2 
months,  Dec.  1777.  Mustered  out  March  1778.  Enl. 
at  Willington. 

4.  Merrick,  Joseph.  Captain,  served  5  days  fol- 
lowing the  "Lexington  Alarm."     From  Williugton. 

5.  Merrick,  Luthur.  Enlisted  Feb.  11,  1778,  in 
Capt.  Roswell  Grant's  Co.,  Col.  Obadiah  -Johnson's 
Regt.,  for  2  months.  Place  of  enl.  not  given.  In  1832 
drew  pension  in  Tolland. 


422  MERRICK    GENEALOGY. 

6.  Merrick,  Peter.  Was  drawing  pension  in  Conn, 
in  1818  for  service  as  a  private  in  a  Mass.  Regt.  during 
the  war  of  the  Revolution. 

7.  Merrick,  Spencer.  Private  in  Capt.  Oliver 
Hanehett's  Co.,  Col.  Benedict  Arnold's  Regt.,  in  expedi- 
tion against  Quebec,  Dec.  31,  1775,  and  was  killed  at 
that  date  in  an  assault  on  the  works. 

8.  Merrick,  William.  Private  in  Capt.  Abner  Prior's 
Co.,  Col.  Philip  Burr  Bradley's  Regt.,  5th  Conn.  Line. 
Eul.  March  28,  1777;  disch.  March  28,  1778.  From 
Windsor. 

9.  Merrick,  William.  Of  Middletown,  was  a  pri- 
vate in  Capt.  Elijah  Chapman's  Co.,  Col.  Heman  Swift's 
Regt.,  2nd  Conn.  Line,  composed  of  2nd  and  5th  Regi- 
ments, consolidated,  Jan.  to  June  1783.  He  enl.  April 
3,  1782,  for  3  years.     Was  disch.  April  1785. 

10.  Merrick,  Done.  Private  in  Captain  Benedict's 
Co.,  16th  Connecticut,  1775. 

11.  Merrick,  Russell.  Sergeant,  Captain  Medad 
Hotchkiss'  Co.,  Sept.  13,  1813  to  Nov.  13,  1813. 

12.  Merrick,  Russell.  Private  in  Capt.  John  But- 
ler's Co.,  Sept.  8,  1814  to  Oct.  20,  1814. 


new  YORK. 

1.  Merrick,  Abel,  Private  Capt.  Aylesworth's  Co., 
Col.  Van  Schoonhoven's  Regiment,  Albany  County 
Militia. 

2.  Merrick,  Peter,  Private  Capt.  Shaw's  Company, 
Col.  Van  Rensaellaer's  Regiment. 

3.  Merrick,  Stephen,  Private  Capt.  Vanderburgh's 
Co.,  Col.  Van  Schoonhoven's  Regiment,  12th  Albany 
County  Militia. 


REVOLUTIONARY    RECORDS.  423 

4.  Mereick,  Stephen,  Private  Capt.  Hick's  Co., 
Col.  Van  Schoouhoven's  Regiment,  12tli  Albany  County- 
Militia. 

5.  Merrick,  Thomas,  Sergeant  Capt.  Winne's  Co., 
Col.  Van  Veghten's  Regiment. 

6.  Merrick,  David,  1st  Lieutenant,  Col.  Ludding- 
ton's  Regiment. 

7.  Myrick,  Isaac,  Private  Capt.  Waterbury's  Co., 
Col.  Luddington's  Regiment. 

8.  Myrick,  John,  Private  Capt.  Waterbury's  Co., 
Col.  Luddington's  Regiment. 

9.  Myrick,  Ben.jamin,  Private  Capt.  Veeder's  Co., 
Col.  Schuyler's  Regiment,  3rd  Dutchess  County  Militia. 

10.  Myrick,  Joshua,  Adjutant  New  York  Militia. 

11.  Myrick,  Seth,  Private  Capt.  Swartout's  Co., 
Col.  Gansevoort's  Regiment,  (3rd  Regiment  of  the  Line) . 

12.  MiRiCK,  Abel,  Private  12th  Regiment  Albany 
County  Militia. 

13.  MiRiCK,  Thomas,  Private  13th  Regiment  Albany 
County  Militia. 

14.  Merrick,  Benjamin,  Private  6th  Regiment 
Dutchess  County  Militia. 

All  the  foregoing  companies  and  regiments  were  raised 
in  Fredericksburg,  Rensellaersville,  and  Albany. 


424  MERRICK    GENEALOGY. 


APPENDIX— SMITH  FAMILY. 

1.  John  Smith  lived  in  Wakefield,  England,  about 
12  miles  from  Leeds.     His  son — 

2.  Thomas  Smith,  was  born  in  Wakefield,  England, 
about  1796.  Came  to  America  when  he  was  about  eight- 
een years  of  age.  Married  Caroline  Bidwell,  at  Middle- 
town,  Conn.,  in  1816.  She  was  a  native  of  Connecticut, 
of  English  descent.  (See  Bidwell  Genealogy,  following). 
They  had  six  children — 

3.  i.     Johns,  ^  Oct.  33,  1817;  m.  Caroline  Brooks  Whit- 

ney, Sept.  16,  1841.     (See  Brooks- Whitney  Gen- 
ealogy, following), 
ii.     ADALINE3,  b.  1818,  Middletown,  Conn. ;  never  mar- 
ried; d.  1837. 

iii.     ELIZA3,  b.  1820;  never  married. 

iv.  Samuels,  b.  1821,  in  Connecticnt;  learned  the  trade 
of  dyeing  from  his  father  while  living  in  the 
state  of  New  York.  Was  living  in  Utica  when 
gold  was  discovered  in  California ;  caught  the 
gold  fever,  and  with  his  brother,  Thomas,  joined 
a  company  in  Utica  and  sailed  from  New  York 
in  the  ship  "Oeorge  Washington,''  on  the  7th 
day  of  Jan.,  1849,  for  San  Francisco,  via  Cape 
Horn ;  arrived  at  San  Francisco  on  the  28th  day 
of  August,  1849,  after  a  long  and  rough  voyage, 
lasting  over  seven  months.  Went  to  the  mines 
and  worked  near  Jackson,  Amador  county  until 
18.53;  he  then  engaged  in  the  lumber  business, 
with  mills  twenty  miles  from  Jackson  in  1853, 
in  which  business  he  continued  until  his  death 
in  May,  1869,  amassing  a  comfortable  fortune. 
He  died  in  Jackson,  and  rests  in  peace  near  the 
scene  of  his  labors. 
V.     Mariettas,  b.  1825;  d.  1844. 

vi.  Thomas*,  b.  Aug.  31,1826,  in  Winsted,Conn. ;  learned 
the  trade  of  dyeing  of  his  father  in  New  York 
state.  Was  living  at  Cazenovia,  N.  Y.,  when  gold 
was  discovered  in  California.  With  his  brother, 
Samuel,  and  a  large  party  from  Utica,  sailed 
from  New  York  on  Jan.  7th,  arriving  at  San 
Francisco  in  the  latter  part  of  Aug. ,  1849.  Went 
to  the  mines,  where  he  worked  until  1857,  re- 
turning to  Connecticut;  in  April  1858,  went  to 
Green  Bay,  Wis.,  where  he  engaged  in  milling. 
At  the  breaking  out  of  the  civil  war  enlisted  in 
Co.  "F,"  12th  Wis.  Inft.  Vols.,  in  Avhich  he 
served  three  years  in  the  army  of  the  west  un- 
der Grant  and   Sherman.     At  the  end  of    his 


APPENDIX — SMITH    FAMILY.  425 


term  of  service  returned  to  Green  Bay  and  re- 
sumed the  milling  business.  He  m.  July  28, 
1866,  at  Green  Bay,  Wis.,  Lavinia  Ann.  daugh- 
ter of  Valentine  Madison,  and  Susan  (Beddell) 
Aldrich,  of  Whiteside  county,  111.  They  have 
had  no  children.  He  is  living  with  his  wife,  at 
North  Lake,  Wis.,  where  he  has  resided  since 
1880.  He  is  still  interested  in  the  milling  busi- 
ness at  Green  Bay. 


3.  JoHN^  Smith,  sou  ot  (Thomas'^ ,  JoJin^)  aud  Caro- 
liue  (Bidwell)  Smith,  bora  Oct.  23,  1817,  at  Middletowu, 
Conn.  Married,  Sept.  16,  1841,  Caroline  Brooks  Whit- 
ney, daughter  of  Jonathan  Wood  and  Abigail  (Brooks) 
Whitney;  she  born  July  13,  1820,  at  Stow,  Mass.;  died 
Dee.  7,  1856,  at  Greenevilie,  Conn.,  from  burns  received 
by  explosion  of  campheue  lamp.  (See  Brooks  Whit- 
ney Gen.  following.)  John  Smith  was  a  dyer  by  pro- 
fession, a  chemist  well  posted  in  his  line  of  work, 
and  a  great  student  of  history;  he  had,  for  his  day,  a 
fine  library  of  books  relating  to  chemistry  and  history. 
He  accumulated  a  competence  from  the  work  in  which 
he  was  engaged.  It  is  said  that  he  worked  in  factories 
situated  in  every  New  England  state  except  Maine.  He 
died  at  Greenevilie,  Conn.,  Oct.  24,  1852.     Children— 

4.  i.     Thomas  Henry  (Smith),  b.  June  31,  1842,  at  Rock 

Bottom,  Mass. 

ii.  Marietta  Brooks  (Smith),  b.  Oct.  29,  1844,  at 
Greenevilie,  Conn;  m.  Oct.  9,  1866,  George  B. 
Merrick.     (See  Merrick  Genealogy.) 

iii.  Caroline  Abby  (Smith),  b.  Aug.  25,  1851,  Greene- 
vilie, Conn.;  d.  Oct.,  1854. 

4.  Thomas  Hexry^ ,  son  of  {John^ ,  Thomas'^ ,  John^) 
and  Caroline  Brooks  (Whitney)  Smith,  born  June  21, 
1842,  at  Rock  Bottom,  Mass.  Married,  Dee.  28,  1874, 
at  Green  Bay,  Wis.,  Annie,  daughter  of  John  and  Ann 
(Armstrong)  Daley;  she  born  April  9,  1854,  at  Peter- 
boro,  Canada.  Thomas  Smith  received  his  education  in 
the  public  schools  of  Norwich,  Conn.  Learned  the  ma- 
chinist's trade  in  Norwich.  At  the  breaking  out  of  the 
Civil  War,  enlisted  in  a  Connecticut  regiment,  with 
which  he  served  for  three  months.  After  the  war  went 
to  Green  Bay,  Wis.,  and  engaged  in  lumbering  and 
milling,  in  which  business  he  has  continued  until  this 
time,  adding  to  it  the  business  of  wrecking,  tugging, 
stone  quarrying  and  contracting,  in  all  of  which  he  has 


426 


MERRICK    GENEALOGY. 


been  very  suceessfnl.  Is  now  living,  with  his  family,  at 
Sturgeon  Bay,  Wis.,  which  has  been  his  home  since  1876. 
Children — 

i.  Maude  L.,  b.  Oct.  17,  1875,  Red  Eiver,  Wis.;  edu- 
cated in  the  Sturgeon  Bay  public  and  parochial 
schools  until  1896,  when  she  went  to  St.  Clara's 
Academy,  at  Sinsinawa  Mound,  Wis.,  where  she 
remained  one  year;  then  went  to  St.  Mary's,  at 
Notre  Dame.  Ind.,  for  a  year  and  a  half;  from 
there  to  the  New  England  Conservatory  of  Music 
and  Oratory,  where  she  graduated  June,  1901. 

ii.  Sidney  T.,  b.  Feb.  19,  1877,  at  Sturgeon  Bay;  edu- 
cated at  Sturgeon  Bay  public  and  parochial 
schools,  and  at  College  of  the  Sacred  Heart,  Wa- 
tertown,  Wis.  Took  four  years'  course  in  Uni- 
versity of  Wisconsin,  in  Civil  Engineering,  grad- 
uating with  class  of  1900. 

iii.  WiXNiFRED  M.,  b.  March  28,  1879,  at  Sturgeon  Bay; 
educated  in  public  and  parochial  schools  of  Stur- 
geon Bay ;  took  two  years'  special  course  in  Uni- 
versity of  Wisconsin.  Is  a  finished  musician, 
playing  a  number  of  instruments— piano,  violin, 
mandolin,  guitar,  etc.  Studied  music  in  the 
New  England  Conservatoiy,  at  Boston.  Married, 
June  26,  1901,  John  Goodrich,  son  of  William 
H.  and  Ada  Osborne,  of  Milwaukee,  Wis. ;  he  b. 
Oct.  2,  1878,  at  Milwaukee.  Educated  at  private 
schools  in  Milwaukee  until  1896,  when  he  en- 
tered the  University  of  Wisconsin,  graduating 
in  1900  with  degree  of  B.  L.  Is  in  business  with 
his  father  in  the  Wisconsin  Malleable  Iron 
Works,  at  Milwaukee. 
Leoline,  b.  June  20,  1881 :  d.  Dec.  30,  1889. 
Marietta  B.,  b.  July  16,  1883. 


IV. 
V. 

vi. 
vii. 


Leatham  D.,  b.  Sept.  7,  1886. 
Tessie,  b.  Nov.  3,  1890. 


ANCESTRY    OF    CAROLINE    BIDWELL.  427 


ANCESTRY  OF  CAROLINE  BIDWELL, 

MOTHER  OF  JOHN  SMITH. 

1.  Richard  Bidwell,  born ;   died  Dec.  25, 1647. 

He  was  an  early  settler  at  Windsor,  Conn.,  and  is  called 
Goodman  Bidwell  in  the  records.     Childi'en — 

2.  i.     JOHX,  b.  ;  d.  1687. 

ii.  Hannah,  b.  Oct.  22,  1644. 

iii.  Joseph,  b. . 

iv.  Samuel,  b. . 

V.  Richard,  b. . 


2.  John  Bidwell^,   son   of    (Richard^)    and  ; 

born .     Married,  Sarah  Wilcox,  daughter  of   John 

Wilcox;   she  died  June  15,  1680.     He  died  1687.     Chil- 
dren— 

i.  John,  b.  about  1641 ;  d.  July  3,  1692. 

ii.  Joseph,  b. ;  d.  1692. 

3.  iii.  Samuel,  b.  1650;  d.  April  5,  1715. 
iv.  Sarah,  b. . 

V.     Hannah,  b. . 

vi.     Mary,  b. 


vii.     Daniel,  b,  1655;  d.  Nov.  29,  1719. 

3.     Samuel^,   son   of  (John'^,   Richard'^)  and   Sarah 

(Wilcox)  Bidwell,  born  1650,  at .  Married,  Nov.  14, 

1672,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Thomas  Stow,  formerly  of 
Roxbury,  Mass.  She  died  and  Samuel  married,  2iid, 
Sarah,  daughter   of   Captain   Daniel   Harris;   she  died 

1696,  and  Samuel  married,  3rd,  Abigail  ,  who  died 

March  8,  1733.  He  lived  in  Middletown,  Conn.,  where 
he  settled  as  early  as  1680.  He  is  buried  in  Middletown 
Cemetery.  He  represented  Middletown  in  the  General 
Court  at  Hartford  for  several  terms.  He  died  April  5, 
1715.     Children. 

By  first  wife : — 
i.     Sarah,  b.  Sept.  20,  1674. 
ii.     Samuel,  b.  June  10,  1677;  d.  March  1727. 
iii.     Mary,  b.  Jau.  8.  1680;  d.  1734. 
iv.     Nathaniel,  b.  Nov.  4,  1688. 
V.     Elizabeth,  b. . 

By  second  wife; — 
vi.     Thankful,  b.  Dec.  1695. 

32-M 


428  MERRICK    GENEALOGY. 

By  third  wife : — 
4.       vii.     Moses,  b.  Jan.  9,  1699. 

viii.    Abigail,  b. . 

ix.     Hannah,  b. ;  d.  Aug.  22,  1725. 

4.  MoSES^,  son  of  (SamueP ,  John"^ ,  RkharcV)  and 

Abigail Bidwell,  born  Jan.  9,  1699,  at  Middletown, 

Conn.  Married,  May  20,  1729,  at  Middletown,  Conn., 
Dorothy  Ward.  A  distribntion  of  the  estate  of  Mrs. 
Dorothy  Bidwell,  widow,  was  made  at  Middletown, 
April  25,  177-1.  She  had  sons  Samuel,  Moses  and  Wil- 
liam then  living;  Phebe,  Anna  and  William  died  before 
1793,  as  there  is  no  mention  of  them  in  the  will  of 
their  brother  Moses,  which  was  then  probated.  Chil- 
dren— 

5.  i.     Samuel,  b.  March  15,  1730;  d.  Oct.  22,  1782. 
ii.     Abigail,  b.  July  17,  1732. 

iii.  Phebe,  b.  Dec.  27,  1734;  d.  before  1793. 

iv.  Moses,  b.  July  10,  1738;  d.  1703. 

V.  Anna,  b.  Aug.  4,  1741 ;  d.  before  1793. 

vi.  William,  b.  April,  1745;  d.  before  1793. 

5.  Samuel'^,  son  of  {Moses^ ,  SamueP,  John'-,  Rich- 
ard^) and  Dorothy  (Ward)  Bidwell,  born  March  15, 
1730,  at  Middletown,  Conn.  Married,  Jan.  10,  1754, 
Isanah  Hubbard;  she  probably  died,  1787,  as  guardians 
for  the  minor  children  were  appointed  by  the  court,  at 
that  date.  Samuel  Bidwell  was  at  St.  Domingo,  W.  I., 
when  the  blacks  rebelled  and  murdered  the  whites.  He 
was  in  charge  of  a  vessel  which  the  rebels  boarded;  he 
was  threatened  with  death  if  he  did  not  give  up  the 
money  of  the  ship.  They  put  a  knife  to  his  throat  three 
times,  but  he  refused  each  time  to  give  up  his  trust.  At 
last  they  found  the  money  and  left  the  ship.  The  ves- 
sel was  wrecked  on  the  way  home,  but  he  arrived  safely  at 
Middletown.  He  died  Nov.  25,  1810.  His  estate 
amounted  to  £362  3s.  3d.     Children— 

i.  Samuel,  b.  Dec.  8,  1755. 

ii.  ASHBEL,  b.  June  20,  1757. 

iii.  Dorothy,  b.  June  8,  1759. 

iv.  Anna,  b.  July  4,  1761. 

V.  Irena,  b.  Aug.  4.  1763;  d.  March  26,  1833. 

vi.  Elizabeth,  b.  April  21,  1765. 

vii.  Moses,  b.  June  10,  1766;  d.  before  1793. 

6.  viii.  Oliver,  b.  April  22,  1768;  d.  Nov.  11,  1815. 

ix.  Prisoilla,  b.  Aug.  2,  1770;  d.  Aug.  20,  1770. 

X.  Prisoilla,  b.  June  8,  1772. 

xi.  Hepsibah,  b.  Sept.  2,  1773. 

xii.  Amy,  b.  Feb.  17,  1776. 

xiii.  Rhoda,  b.  March  12,  1778. 


ANCESTRY    OF    CAROLINE    BIDWELL.  429 

6.  Oliver®,  son  of  (SmnueP  Moses"^,  ISamuel^, 
John",  Richard^)  and  Isauah  (Hubbard)  Bidwell,  born 
April  22,  1768,  at  Middletowu,  Conn.  Married,  Dec. 
24,  1794,  at  Middletown,  Conn.,  Joanna  Foster;  she 
born  in  Middletown;  died  May  30,  1858.  Children,  all 
born  in  Middletown — 

i.     Sarah,  b.  Nov.  17,  1795;  d.  March,  8,  1849. 

7.  ii.     Caroline,  b.   Oct.  36,  1796;  m.  ,1816,  Thomas 

Smith.     (See  Smith  Genealogy,  preceding.) 

iii.  Oliver,  b. ;  d.  May,  1868. 

iv.  Frederick,  b. . 

V.  Eliza  F.,  b.  July  26,  1804;  d.  Feb.  7,  1873. 

vi.  Mary  Ann,  b.  ;  d.  July  3,  1828,  at  Bristol,  Conn. 

vii.  Harriet,  b.  . 

viii.  Marietta,  b. ;  d.  youug. 

ix.  Samuel  D.,  b,  Feb.  15,  1810. 

X.  Adeline  C,  b.  Aug.  19,  1812;  d.  April  12,  1868. 


430  BROOKS   GENEALOGY. 


ANCESTRY  OF  MARY  BROOKS  WHITNEY. 

The  followiug  tracing  of  the  ancestry  of  the  mother  of 
Marietta  (Smith)  Merrick  was  prepared  by  the  well 
known  genealogist,  Mr.  George  Tolman,  of  Concord, 
Mass.,  in  1896,  and  is  taken  from  notes  made  after  a 
personal  examination  of  the  town  records  of  Watertown, 
Concord,  Lincoln,  Stow,  etc.,  and  of  the  Middlesex 
Probate  Court  Records.  The  notes,  remarks  and  num- 
berings  are  by  Mr.  Tolman,  and  the  use  of  the  personal 
pronoun  is  retained  in  the  tracing,  just  as  he  used  it 
in  a  personal  communication  to  the  author. 

BROOKS  GENEALOGY. 

1.  Thomas  Brooks,  the  first  of  the  name  in  New 
England,  came  it  is  supposed,  from  Suffolk,  England, 
and  settled  in  Watertown,  where  he  had  a  lot  assigned 
him  on  the  main  road  in  1631.  He  was  made  a  freeman 
in  1636.  In  1637  he  came  to  Concord,  where  he  was 
chosen  Constable  the  next  year  (1638).  He  owned 
large  estates  in  the  town  of  Concord,  and  was  a  man  of 
much  prominence  in  the  community.  He  was  Repre- 
sentative in  the  General  Court  of  the  Colony  of  Massa- 
chusetts Bay  in  1642-43-44-54-r39-60-61  and  1662.  His 
wife,  Grace,  whose  famil}^  name  has  never  been  dis- 
covered, died  here  May  12,  1664.  In  1660,  he,  with  his 
son-in-law,  Timothy  Wheeler,  bought  four  hundred 
acres  of  land  in  Medford,  for  four  hundred  and  four 
pounds  sterling,  which  land  he  owned  at  the  time  of  his 
death,  which  took  place  May  21,  1667.  This  farm  in 
Medford  was  bought  of  Edward  Collins,  and  was  prob- 
ably a  part  of  the  great  Craddock  estate.  He  sold  his 
farm  in  Concord  October  22,  1664.  He  died  intestate. 
There  is  no  record  of  the  birth  of  any  of  his  children,  but 
the  partition  of  his  estate  shows  that  they  were  as  given 
below.     Rev.  Phillips  Brooks  was  of  this  family.     Chil- 

di'en — 

i.     Mary.  b.  ;  m.  Captain  Timothy  Wheeler. 

ii.     Hannah,  b.  ;  m.  Thomas  Fox. 

4.        iii.     Joshua,  b.  ;  m.  Hannah  Mason  of  Watertown; 

freeman  1622. 
iv.     Caleb,  b.  1632;  freeman  1654. 

V.     Gershom,    b.    ;    freeman    1673;     m.    Hannah 

Eckles. 


BROOKS    GENEALOGY.  431 

4.     Joshua ^    sou   of    (Thomas'^)    and    Grace  

Brooks,  born  about  1631  probably  in  Old  Eng-land,  mar- 
ried, Oct.  17,  1653,  Hannah  Mason,  at  Watertown,  Mass. 
I  find  uo  record  of  his  death,  nor  that  of  his  wife.  The 
list  of  children  given  in  Bond's  History  of  Watertown  is 
inaccurate  in  several  particulars,  but  the  evidence  of 
Concord  records  shows  them  to  have  been — 

i.  Hannah,  b.  1653;  m.  Jan.  1677-S,  Benjamin  Pierce, 

ii.  John,  b.  1655;  m.  1783,  Deborah  Garfield;  cl.  1697. 

9.        iii.  Noah,  b.  1657. 

iv.  Grace,  b.  1660;  m.  1686,  Judah  Potter. 

V.  Daniel,  b.  1663;  m.  Ann  Merriam,  1690;  d.  1733. 

vi.  Thomas,  b.  1666;  d.  1671. 

vii.  Esther,  b.  1668;  m.  Benjamin  Whittemore,  1692. 

viii.  Joseph,  b.   1671;  m.    1704,    Abigail  Bateman;  2nd., 
1706,  Rebecca  Blodgett;  d.  1746. 

ix.  Elizabeth,  b.  1672. 

X.  Job,  b.  1675;  d.  1697. 

xi.  Hugh,  b.  1678;  m.  1701,  Abigail  Barker;  d.  1747. 

9.     NoAH^,  son  of  {Joshua'^,  Thomas''-)  and  Hannah 

(Mason)  Brooks,  born  ,  1657,  at    Concord,    Mass. 

His  wife  was  Dorothy  Wright.  The  marriage  is  not 
recorded,  but  that  this  was  her  name  is  proved  by  two 
separate  recorded  conveyances  of  laud.  She  was  not, 
however,  the  daughter  of  Edward  Wright,  of  Sudbury, 
though  Savage  says  she  was,  for  that  Dorothy  is  fully 
accounted  for  otherwise.  Potter's  statement,  in  his 
"Old  Families  of  Concord,"  that  she  was  Dorothy  Pot- 
ter, is  absurd,  and  au  utterly  baseless  conjecture.  Noah 
Brooks  died  Feb.  1, 1738-9,  in  his  82nd  year,  says  grave- 
stone; and  his  widow  died  March  15,  1752,  aged  90, 
says  her  gravestone.  Their  children,  all  born  at  Con- 
cord, were — 

i.     Dorothy,  b.  1686;  m.  1705,  Joseph  Meriam. 
ii.     Joshua,  b.  1688;  m.  1st,  1713,  Lydia  Wheeler;  2ud, 

1851,  Mary  Wlieeler;  d.  1768. 
iii.     Ebenezer,   b.    1691;    m.   1714,    Sarah  Fletcher;    d. 

1770,  at  Grafton,  Mass. 
iv.     Benjamin,  b.  1698;  m.  1719,  Sarah  Hey  wood. 
36.  V.     Thomas,  b.  May  18,  1701. 

vi.     Elizabeth,  b.  1703;  m.  1728,  John  Miles. 

36.  Thomas*,  son  of  {Noah^,  Joshua^,  Thomas^) 
and  Dorothy  (Wright)  Brooks,  born  May  18,  1701,  at 
Concord,  Mass.  Married,  June  24,  1725,  at  Concord, 
Dorothy  Dakin.  The  district  in  which  he  lived  was  set 
off  from  Concord  in  1753,  and  called  Lincoln,  and  the 


432  BROOKS    GENEALOGY. 

gravestoues  of  both  himself  and  wife  are  now  standing 
(1896)  in  Lincoln.  He  died,  according  to  that  evidence, 
Dee.  22,  1790,  in  the  90th  year;  his  wife,  July  2,  1784, 
aged  80.     Their  children,  all  born  in  Concord,  were — 

i.  Rebecca,  b.  1726;  m.  1743,  Daniel  Hoar, 

ii.  Aaron,  b.  1737;  m.  1755,  Mary  Stone;  d.  1811. 

iii.  Ruth,  b.  1729;  m.  1748,  Andrew  Conant. 

93.        iv.  Luke,  b.  Aug.  10,  1731. 

V.  Noah,  b.  1733;  m.  1760,  Elizabeth  Potter;  d.  1790. 

vi.  Hannah,  b.  1736;  m.  1760,  John  Meriam. 

vii.  Stephen,  b.  1741;  d.  unmarried,  1761. 

93.  LuKE^  son  of  (TJiomas^,  Noah^ ,  Joshiur , 
Thomas'^)  and  Dorothy  (Dakin)  Brooks,  born  Aug.  10, 
1731,  at  Concord,  Mass.  Married,  May  16,  1756,  at 
Stow,  Mass.,  Lucy  Wheeler.  She  died  at  Stow,  where 
he  had  removed  early  in  life,  Jan.  8,  1817,  and  he  sur- 
vived her  but  a  few  days,  dying  Jan.  17,  1817.  His 
name  appears  on  the  printed  record  of  the  Revolutionaiy 
War,  printed  by  the  Commonwealth  of  Massachusetts, 
volume  II,  page  580,  as  a  private  in  Captain  William 
Whitcomb's  company,  of  Col.  James  Prescott's  regi- 
ment, on  April  19,  1775,  and  in  December,  1776,  he  is 
returned  as  one  of  the  men  of  Captain  Benjamin  Mun- 
roe's  company,  of  the  4th  Regiment  Mass.  Volunteers. 
Children — 

i.  Stephen,  b.  1756;  m.  1779,  Prudence  Whitcomb. 

ii.  Joel,  b.  1758;  went  to  Gardner,  Mass. 

iii.  Lucy,  b.  1760;  m.  1783,  Jacob  Potter. 

199.        Iv.  Nathan,  b.  Nov.  20,  1761. 

V.  Silas,  b.  1764. 

vi.  Amos,  b.  1766;  m.  Mary  Wood, 

vii.  Luke,  b.  1768. 

viii.  Dolly,  b.  1770;  m.  1799,  Eben  Smith, 

ix.  Timothy,  b.  1772. 

199.  Nathan^,  son  of  {LuJ{e^,  Thomas'^,  JSfoah^, 
Joshua'^,  Thomas'^)  and  Lucy  (Wheeler)  Brooks,  born 
Nov.  20,  1761,  at  Stow,  Mass.  Married,  Aug.  26,  1784, 
Mary  Whitney,  his  cousin,  daughter  of  Amos  Whitney. 
She  died  in  1836,  and  Nathan  married,  2nd,  Mrs.  Esther 
Fletcher,  in  Nov.,  1838.  He  died  at  Stow,  Oct.  3,  1851. 
aged  89  years,  11  mouths  and  11  days,  according  to  the 
inscription  on  his  gravestone.  His  second  wife's  death 
is  not  of  record.  His  children,  all  by  his  first  wife, 
Molly,  (as  she  is  called  in  the  records) ,  all  born  in  Stow, 
were — 


BROOKS    GENEALOGY.  433 

i.     Sally,  b,  Oct.  9,  1786. 
ii.     Nathan,  b.  Nov.  37,  178S;  m.  1st,  1814,  Mary  Jewell ; 

2nd,  Mary  Brooks, 
iii.     Isaac,  b.  May  22, 1791 ;  m.  1822,   Eunice  M.  Russell, 
iv.     Henry,  b.  July  4,  1794;  m.  1815,  Sarah  Wood. 
V.     Charlotte,  b.  Aug.  5,  1796. 
333.        vi.    ABiaAiL,  b.  Dec.  13,  1798;  m.  Jonathan  W.  Whit- 
ney, 1819.    (See  Whitney  Genealogy,  following), 
vii.     Luke,  b.  April  2,  1801;  m.  1822,  Lucy  Durant. 
viii.     Harriet,  b.  April  1,  1804. 
ix.     Caroline,  b.  Nov.  1,  1807. 


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434 


WHITNEY    GENEALOGY. 


WHITNEY  GENEALOGY, 


John  Whitney,  founder  of  the  American  family,  was 
the  sou  of  Thomas  Whitney,  "gentleman,"  of  West- 
minister, England,  by  his  wife  Mary  Bray.  He  was 
baptized  in  St.  Margaret's  parish  church,  July  20,  1592 
— Thomas  Whitney,  the  father,  was  from  one  of  the 
most  distinguished  families  in  Western  England,  the 
Whitnej's  of  Whitney,  the  ruins  of  whose  ancestral 
castle  on  the  banks  of  the  Wye  is  still  one  of  the  famed 
sights  of  that  part  of  England.  His  uncle,  Sir  James 
Whitney,  was  knighted  by  Queen  Elizabeth  at  Windsor 
in  1570;  he  was  lord  of  Whitney,  and  High  Sheriff  of 
Herefordshire.  The  grandfather  of  Thomas  Whitney, 
Robert,  was  knighted  by  Queen  Mary  in  1553,  and  from 
him  could  be  traced  back  a  long  line  of  Whitneys  and 
De  Whitneys  to  the  twelfth  century,  when  the  name 
originated;   and  back  of  this  to  the' Norman  conquest. 

John  Whitney,  born  1589,  dwelt  in  the  Parish  of 
Ilesworth-on-the-Thames,  opposite  Richmond,  nine  miles 
from  London,  from  May,  1619  to  January,  1623-4,  The 
record  of  "persons  permitted  to  embark  at  the  port  of 
London  after  Christmas,  1634,"  gives  the  name  of  John 
Whitney,  aged  35;  Elinor,  his  wife,  aged  30:  John 
aged  11;  Richard,  aged  9;  Nathaniel  aged  8;  Thomas 
aged  6;  and  Jonas  aged  1.  These  took  passage  on 
board  the  ship  "" Elizahetli  and  Ann,^^  Captain  Roger 
Cooper,  and  sailed  for  the  new  world  in  April,  1635. 
John  Whitney  is  reported  in  Watertown  in  June,  1635, 
and  he  had  a  son  born  July  15,  1635,  whom  he  named 
Joshua.  He  was  made  a  freeman  of  the  town  March  3, 
1636;  was  elected  Selectman  in  1637,  in  which  office  he 
was  continued  until  1655  without  au  intermission,  at 
the  end  of  which  time  he  was  elected  Town  Clerk.  In 
1641  he  was  elected  Constable. 

He  was  granted  eight  lots  in  Watertown,  consisting 
of  212  acres  of  land,  and  in  addition  he  bought  16  acres 
for  his  "homestall  lot,"  where  he  lived.  Later  this 
"homestall"  became  the  property  of  his  son  Joshua,  of 
Groton,  who  sold  it  to  Deacon  Matthew  Fisk,  Oct.  29. 
1697. 

The  death  of  "John  Whetuy,  Widdower,  Deceased 
first  of  June,  aged  about  eighty-four  years,"  is  recorded 


WHITNEY   GENEALOGY.  ^35 

in  1673.     His  wife,  Elinor,  died  at  Watertown,  May  11, 
1659,  aged  abont  60  years,  althongh  called  54. 

1.     John  Whitney^  son  of  Thomas  and  Mary  (Bray) 

Whitney,  born  1592,  in  England.     Married  Elinor , 

in  England.     Children — 

i.     Mary,  b.  May  23,  1619;  died  young, 
ii.     .John,  b.  1620 ;  m.  Ruth  Reynolds. 
4.        iii.     Richard,  b.  1626;  m.  Martha  Coldam. 
iv.     Nathaniel,  b.  1627;  no  further  record. 
V.     Thomas,  b.  1629 ;  m.  Maiy  Kendall, 
vi.     Jonathan,  b.  1634;  m.  Lydia  Jones, 
vii.     Joshua,  b.  July   5,    1635,   at  Watertown,  Mass. ;  m. 

1st,  Lydia ;  2nd,    Mary  ;   3rd,    Abigail 

Tarbell. 
viii.     Caleb,  b.  July  12.  1640;  d.  Dec.  5,  1640. 

ix.     Benjamin,  b.  June  6,  1643;  m.  1st,  Jane ;  2nd, 

Mary  Poor. 

Elinor,  the  mother  died  May  11,  1659,  and  John  married 
2nd,  Jndith  Clement,  Sept.  29,  1659.  She  died  before 
John,  and  prior  to  April  3,  1673,  at  which  time  his  will 
was  drawn.  He  died  Jnne  1,  1673.  The  first  six  chil 
dren  were  Ijorn  in  England;  the  last  three  in  Water- 
town,  and  all  by  Elinor,  his  first  wife.  [Note. — The 
iinmberings  are  from  the  Pierce- Whitney  Gen.,  which 
see.] 

4.  Richard-,  son  of  (JoJin^)  and  Elinor Whit- 
ney, born  in  England  1626;  came  to  America  with  his 
parents  in  1635;  was  admitted  freeman  at  Watertown, 
Mass.,  1651.  Married,  March  19,  1650,  at  Watertown, 
Martha  Coldam ;  was  one  of  the  original  proprietors  of 
Stow,  June  3,  1680;  on  April  7,  1697  was  released  from 
further  military  duty  by  the  court,  he  being  then  70 
years  of  age.  He  lived  in  Concord  and  Stow,  in  which 
latter  place  he  died;  but  the  record  of  death  is  not  to  be 
found,  nor  that  of  his  wife,  Martha.  Their  children 
were — 

i.  Sarah,  b.  March  17,  1652. 

22.         ii.  MosES,  b.  Aug.  1,  1655;  m.  Sarah  Knight, 

iii.  Johanna,  b.  Jan.  16,  1656. 

iv.  Deborah,  b.  Oct.  12,  1658. 

V.  Rebecca,  b.  Dec.  15,  1659;  d.  Feb.  1660. 

vi.  Richard,  b.  Jan.  13,  1660;  ni.  Elizabeth  Sawtelle. 

vii.  Elisha,  b.  Aug.  26,  1662;  probably  migrated  to  Conn 

viii.  Ebenezer,  b.  June  30,  1672;  m.  Anna . 


436  WHITxXEY    GEXEALOGY. 

22.  MosES^  son  of  (Richard^,  John^)  and  Martha 
(Coldarn)  Whitney,  born  Aug.  1,  1655,  at  Watertown, 
Mass.  Married,  Sept.  30,  1686.  at  Stow,  Mass.,  Sarah 
Knight;  she  died  March  23,  1755.  He  lived  in  Sudbury 
and  Stow;  served  as  a  soldier  in  King  Phillip's  War,  in 
1676;  the  following  year  was  released  from  military 
duty:  he  had  laud  granted  him  at  Stow  April  8,  1681. 
On  June  4,  1708  he  bought  30  acres  of  laud,  "swamp 
and  meadow,"  of  Richard  Burck,  of  Sudbury,  which 
had  been  granted  Burck  by  the  town  of  Stow;  in  1692 
he  sold  four  and  one-half  acres  of  meadow  and  ten  acres 
of  upland,  in  Sudbury,  as  per  deed  to  Beuj.  Whitte- 
more.  The  date  and  place  of  his  death  is  not  of  record. 
Their  children  were — 

i.     Sarah,  b.  July  2,  1687. 

ii.     Moses,  b.  1690;  m.  1st,  Elizabeth ;  2iid,  Sarah 

Garv. 
103.        iii.     Abraham,  b.   May  29.    169->;    m.   1st,    Marv   Stone; 

2nd,  Elizabeth . 

iv.     Jonas,  b.  Feb.   1,  1699;  m.  1st,  Dorcas  Wood;  2nd, 

3Iargaret  Stratton. 
V.     Lemuel,  b.  Aug.  1,  1714;  m.  Sibyl 


vi.     John,  b.  ;  m.  Rebecca  Whitney. 

vii.     Ephraim,  b.  ;  d.  May  4,  1723. 

103.  Abrah.\3I*,  son  of  {Moses'^,  Richard-,  Jolin^) 
and  Sarah  (Knight)  Whitney,  born  May  29,  1692,  at 
Sudbury,  Mass.  Married  Mary  Stone,  daughter  of  Isaac 
Stone;   she  born  1698;    died  Oct.    7,    1766.     Abraham 

married,  2nd,  Elizabeth .     In  1749  he  gave  his  son, 

Abraham,  Jr.,  land  given  him  by  his  father,  Moses.  His 
will  is  dated  May  13,  1768,  and  was  published  May  8, 
1782.     He  lived  in  Stow.     Children  by  first  wife— 

1.  Jemima,  b.  Oct.  14,  1715;  d.  young. 

ii.  Keziah,  b.  Oct.  8,  1716;  m.  Hale. 

iii.  Ephraim,  b.  April  6.  1723;  d.  young. 

340.         iv.  Abraham,  b.  July  31.  1724;  m.  Mercy  Perry, 

y.  Isaac,  b.  Jan.  24,  1726;  d.  Aug.  21,  1746. 

345.  Abraham^,  son  of  {Ahraham* ,  Moses^ ,  Rich- 
ard-, John^)  and  Mary  (Stone)  Whitney,  born  July  31, 
1724,  at  Stow,  Mass.  Married,  Dee.  19,  1745,  Mercy 
Perry;  she  born  Oct.  8,  1726,  in  Sudbury,  Mass.;  died 
Dec.  28,  1828,  at  Stow,  Mass.,  aged  102  years,  2  months 
and  28  days.  Abraham  died  April  3,  1818,  at  Stow. 
Children — 

i.     Lucy,  b.  Sept.  29,  1746;  m.  Whitcomb. 

ii.     Isaac,  b.  Feb.  1,  1749;  m.  Lucy  Mead. 


WHITNEY    GENEALOGY.  437 

949.        iii.     Abraham,  b.  Jan.  7,   1753;  m.  1st,  Mehitable  Ware ; 
2nd,    Sarah  Whitman;    3rd,    Catherine    Wood; 
4th,  Mrs.  Sarah  Conant  Jewell, 
iv.     Jacob,  b.  July  7,  1754;  m.  Esther  Wolcott. 
V.     Levi,  b.  Nov.  30,  1759;  d.  Nov.  2,  1770. 
vi.     Ruth,  b.  Feb.  16,  1762. 

vii.     Molly,  b.  Dec.   15,  1764;  m.  Aug.  26,  1984,  Nathan 
Brooks,  of  Stow. 
Tiii.     Levi,  b.  June  6,  1867. 
ix.     Mary,  b.  Feb.  3,  1770. 
X.     Rhoda,  b.  Nov.  15,  1771. 
xi.     Mercy,  b.  April  2, 1781 ;  m.  Forbush. 

949.  Captain  Abraham ^  son  of  (Abraham^,  Ahm- 
ham'^,  Moses^,  BicharcP ,  John^)  and  Mercy  (Perry) 
Whitney,  born  Jan.  7,  1752,  at  Stow,  Mass.  Married, 
1st.,  Mehitable  Ware,  May  10,  1780;  she  born  Aug.  3, 
1758;  died  Sept.  25,  1793;  2nd,  Sarah  Whitman;  she 
born  1760;  died  March  29,  1795:  3rd,  Catharine  Wood, 
daughter  of  Captain  Jonathan  Wood,  Nov.  13,  179G; 
she  born  1766;  died  April  7,  1802;  4th,  Mrs.  Sarah 
(Conant)  Jewell,  widow  of  Ezra  Jewell;  she  born  Dec. 
4,  1762;  died  July  21,  1855.  Abraham  Whitney  was  a 
soldier  in  the  War  of  the  Revolution;  was  for  several 
years  High  Sheriff  of  Middlesex  county,  Mass.  Moved 
to  Waterford,  Me.,  where  he  died  in  1814.  He  was  a 
brother  to  that  Molly  Whitney  who  married  Nathan 
Brooks,  so  that  Jonathan  W.  Whitney,  his  son,  and  his 
wife  were  first  cousins     Childi-en — 

i.     Nabby,  b.  Nov.  13,  1780;  m.  March  9,     1803,  James 
Williams. 

ii.     Rhoda,  b.  Dec.  3,  1782;  d.  Jan.  4,  1785. 

iii.     Sally,  b.  Dec.  10,  1783;  m.  Bancroft  Williams. 

iv.     Joseph,  b.  Jan.  16,  1780;  d.  Dec.  13,  1789. 
V.     Lucy,  b.  July  23,  1790. 

vi.    John,  b.  Oct.  14,  1792. 

vii.     Wethebee,  b.  Feb.  12,  1795;  d.  June  22,  1796. 
2244.    viii.     Jonathan  Wood.  b.  — — ,  1797;  m.  Abigail  Brooks. 
(See  Brooks  Gen.,  p.  433.) 

ix.     Catherine,  b.  July  12,  1804;  m.  Joseph  M.  Thomp- 
son. 

X.     Abraham,  b.  Sept.  16,  1805 ;  m.  Mary  A.  Hopkins. 

xi.     Christopher,  b.  Dee.  5,  1806;  m.  Dolly  Brooks. 

2244.  Jonathan  Wood^  (Whitney),  son  of  (Abra- 
ham^, Abraham^,  Abraham^,  Moses^ ,  Richard^,  John^) 
and  Catherine  (Wood)  Whitney,   born    1797,   in  Stow, 

Mass.     Married,   ,    18—,   at  Stow,  Mass.,    Abigail 

Brooks,  daughter  of  Nathan  and  Mary  (Whitney)  Brooks; 
she  born  Dec.  13,  1798,  at  Stow,  Mass.;  died  June  20, 
1834,  at  Stow.     Jonathan  Wood  Whitney  died  at  Paris, 


438  WHITNEY    GENEALOGY. 

Kenosha  Co.,  Wis.,  1848.     The  following  children  are 
of  record  in  Stow — 

i.  Mary  Brooks  (Whitney),  b.  July  13,  1820;  m.  Sept. 
16,  1841,  at  Stow,  John  Smith,  of  Middletown, 
Conn.     (See  Smith  Genealogy,  preceding. ) 

ii.     Eliza  C.  (Whitney),  b.   March  13,  1822;  d.  Feb.  3, 
1823. 

iii.  Moses  (Whitney),  b.  Nov.  15,  1823;  d.  1848,  in  Mex- 
ico, in  the  army. 

iv.  Jonathan  (Whitnev),  b.  Oct.  7,  1825;  living  at 
Peshtigo,  Wis.,  1902. 

V.  David  (Whitney),  b.  April  5,  1727;  served  in  Mexi- 
can War;  living  in  Omaha,  Neb.,  1902. 

vi.  Andrew  (Whitney),  b.  Jan.  31,  1829;  government 
contractor  for  improvement  of  Mississippi  river ; 
living  at  Rock  Island,  111.,  1902. 

vii.     Edwin   (Whitnev),  b.  Jan.    25,    1831 ;  living  in  Chi- 
cago, 111.,   1902. 
viii.     Charles  (Whitney)  b.  Jan.  8, 1833;  d.  Feb.  21, 1833. 

The  old  clock  now  in  possession  of  Marietta  Brooks 
(Smith)  Merrick,  of  Madison,  Wis.,  was  given  to  Jona- 
than Wood  Whitney  in  the  year  1803,  by  Captain  Jona- 
than Wood,  his  mother's  father,  when  he  (Whitney) 
was  six  years  of  age.  The  cloek  had  been  in  the  family 
of  Captain  Jonathan  Wood  upwards  of  fifty  years  at  the 
time  he  gave  it  to  his  grandson.  It  was  probably  bnilt 
in  England,  although  it  has  the  trade  mark  of  Nathaniel 
Mnlliken,  a  well-known  clockinaker  of  Lexington,  Mass., 
on  its  face.  Johathan  Wood  Whitney  gave  it  to  his 
daughter,  Mary  Brooks  Whitney,  who  married  John 
Smith,  and  from  her  it  descended  to  its  present  owner. 
In  the  history  of  Lexington  it  is  noted  that  the  shop  of 
Nathaniel  Mnlliken,  which  stood  under  a  great  oak  tree 
on  one  side  of  the  village  green,  was  struck  by  many 
bullets  from  the  muskets  of  the  British  soldiers,  when 
they  fired  upon  the  local  militia  company  which  was 
drawn  up  to  oppose  their  progress. 


INDEX — WILLIAM    BRANCH. 


439 


NOTE  TO  INDEXES. 

In  indexing  tliis  book  it  has  seemed  desirable,  for  the  sake  of 
convenience,  to  make  a  separate  series  of  indexes  for  each  of  the 
four  branches.  The  names  of  cliildreu  who  died  under  fifteen 
years  of  age  have  been  omitted.  Where  the  same  name  of  a  per- 
son appears  two  or  more  times  on  a  page,  it  is  given  each  time 
in  the  index.  In  case  of  the  names  of  places,  however,  this  rule 
is  not  followed,  and  the  name  is  indexed  but  once  for  a  page. 
The  purely  historical  introductions  are  not  indexed,  it  being  as- 
sumed that  every  one  ^vill  read  these  in  full.  Tliere  are  some 
other  omissions,  generally  from  the  historical  or  personal 
sketches;  but  these  are svich  as  are  not,  in  the  judgment  of  the 
editor,  essential  to  one  searching  for  data  in  this  volume. 

The  index  of  places  is  a  feature  not  generally  found  in  gen- 
ealogical works;  but  the  author  knows  from  experience  that 
this  will  be  of  great  assistance  to  those  who  are  attempting  to 
locate  ancestry  from  the  pages  of  this  book.  While  the  addi- 
tional index  involves  much  labor,  the  author  believes  that 
it  is  labor  well  expended. 


INDEX-WILLIAM  BRANCH. 

MERRICK,  MIRICK  AND  MYRICK. 


Abbie  Louisa,  67, 
Abigail,  18,  20. 
Abram  S.,  35,  44,  62. 
Adah,  35,  42,  48,  60. 
Adaleue,  42. 
Adaline,  47. 
Addison,  41,  42. 
Adelia,  45,  74. 
Adoniram,  52, 
Albert,  43,  74,  74. 
Albert  A.,  46. 
Albigence,  47. 
Alfred,  42. 
Alice,  20,    26,  34,  62, 

82. 
Alice  Beecher,  71. 
Alice  Etta,  91. 
Alice  Susan,  89. 
Alice  Thacher,  77. 
Allen,  41,  60.    ' 
Allen  F.,  86. 
Almira,  33,  74. 
Amanda,  60. 
Amasa  Cook,  45. 
Andrew,  48. 


AngeUetta  Barten,  54 
Anna,  22,  23. 
Anna  A.,  57. 
Ann  Maria,  45. 
Archibald,  62. 
Aristobulus,  35,  42. 
ArHtta,  39,  54. 
Arlitta  Brj-ant,  54,  77. 
Asaph,  36. 
Augustus  A.,  44. 
Azelia,  58. 
Barnabas,  20,  28,   28, 

37,  37,  40,  48. 
Barney,  52. 
Benjamin,   14,   15,  18, 

18,  19. 
Bernard  Hart,  72,  89. 
Betty,  25,  25,  31. 
Bezaleel,  20,  28,  36. 
Carl  Wesley,  91. 
Caroline,  44,  46. 
Caroline  Lyda,  45. 
Cata,  28. 
Catherine,  60. 
Catherine  Smith,  44. 


Cecelia,  41. 
Charles,  36.  42,  42. 
Charles  Burt  Elliott, 

62 
Charles  Cook,  36,  45. 
Charles     Dennis,    38, 

50. 
Charles  Franklin,  74. 
Charles  Henry,  49.  70. 
Charles  Hiram,  45,  63. 
Charles  J.,  82.       . 
Charles  M.,  57. 
Charles  Nasli  Finney, 

47. 
Charles  Rufus,  63. 
Charles  Warren,  75. 
Chester,  44. 
Chester  Roebling,  87. 
Clara,  40,41. 
Clarissa,  41,  52,  58. 
Constant,    19,    25,  26, 

33,  40. 
Cornelia,  46,  57. 
Cornelia  C,  82. 
Cornelia  Howland,  77. 


440 


MERRICK    GENEALOGY. 


Cornelius  Warren,  61, 

87. 
Cyrus  Guardner,    28, 

47,  65. 
Daniel,  39,  45,  56. 
David,  27,  35,  41,  42, 

44. 
Deborah,  19. 
DeEtte  Augusta,    72, 

90. 
Dennis  N.,  50,  74. 
Desire,  26. 
Dighton,  22,  29,  30. 
Dorinda,  43. 
Earl,  74. 
Edith  Pearl,  83. 
Edward  Edes,  54,  76. 
Edward    Merrill,    77, 

92. 
Edward  Perry,  91. 
Edwin,  56. 
Edwin  H.,  82. 
Edwin  Josiah,  57,  83. 
Edwin  Morton,  83. 
Effa  May,  74. 
Elbert  N.,  87. 
Elias,  38,  50. 
Elias  G.,  50. 
Elijah,  56. 
Ehsha,  56,  81. 
EUza,  43,  43,  45,  50. 
Eliza  H.,  48. 
Eliza  Smith,  44. 
Eliza  Williams,  76. 
Elizabeth,  18,  22,   24, 

25,  25,    26,  27,  31, 

33,  33,  36,  41,  58. 
Elizabeth  Jane,  58. 
Elizabeth  Letitia,  62. 
Elizabeth  Webb,  78. 
Ellen  Sophia,  47. 
Ellis,  37. 
Elmore,  61,  87. 
Elmore  R.,  87. 
EmeHne  L.,  48,  66. 
Emily,  42,  44. 
Emily  Gray,  62. 
Emma  Adaline,  66. 
Emma  Jane,  75. 
Emma  Louise,  87. 
Ephraim,  38,  53. 
Erastus,  52. 
Ernest  Mortimer,  74. 
Esther  Eliza,  46,  64. 
Etta,  82. 
Ezra,  35.  43. 
Fanny,  35,  66. 


Florence,  66. 
Florence  Barnaby,  91. 
Florence  Imogene,  67. 
Forest  Elias,  74. 
Frances,  27. 
Frances  W.,  67. 
Frank,  66. 
Frank  Myron,  63. 
Franklin  Lord,  92. 
Fred  A.,  86. 
FredE.,  83. 
Fred  Grafton,  91. 
Frederick      Clemons, 

44,  62. 
Frederick      Laforest, 

75,  90. 
George,  41,  46,  58. 
George  Andrew,  74. 
George  Augu.stvis,  63. 
George  Frederick,  71. 
George  Harold,  90. 
George    Harvey,     37, 

50,  72. 
George  Ludlow,  65. 
George  W.,  57. 
George  Whiting,    56, 

81. 
Gideon,  19,  33,  39. 
Giles,  25,  32. 
Giles  J.,  57. 
Godfrey,  40. 
Guardner,  37. 
Hannah,     15,    19,    20, 

25,  25,  30,  31,  41. 
Hannah  Elizabeth,  54, 

78. 
Hannah  Glidden,  77. 
Harding,  39. 
HaiTiet,  50,  53,  66. 
Harriette  A. ,  57. 
Harriet  Ann,  74, 
Harriet  Kelsev.  89. 
Harrison  H.,  60,  86. 
Harry  Pierce,  62. 
Hattie  Ann,  85. 
Hattie  Bess,  82. 
Hawley  E.,  87. 
Helen,  44,  60. 
Helen  Mav,  85. 
Heman,  24,  2.),  31,  32. 
Heniy,  41. 
Henry  Clay,  50,  73. 
Henry  Moore,  85. 
Horace  Elmore,  45. 
Howard  E.,  87. 
Howard  Sanford,   91. 
Ichabod,  28. 


Ida  EUzabeth.  63. 

Ida  Jane,  82. 

Ida  Rae,  78. 

Ira,  37,  48,  66,  74. 

Ira  Lorenzo,  47. 

Irene  Townsend.  89 . 

Isaac,  14,  17,  18,  18, 
20,  22.  22.  23,  27, 
28.  29.  30,  30.   33, 

34,  38,  38,  39,  39, 
40,  40,  42,  43,  52, 
57,  58,  60,  84. 

Issachar,  35,  42. 

Jabez,  19. 

James,  40,  43,  58,  74. 

James  Howe,  54,  77, 
92,  92. 

James  Randall,  58. 

Jane,  40,  42,  44. 

Jane  Lovisa,  50. 

Jemima,  35. 

Jennie,  84. 

Jesse,  39,  56,  56. 

Jesse  R.,  82. 

Jessie,  74. 

Jethro,  19. 

John,  14,  15,  18,  20, 
20,  24  26,  26,  27, 
27,  27,  29,   31,  35, 

35,  36,  38,  39,  42, 
42,  43,  45,  45,  52, 
60. 

John  Botume,  92. 
John  Dole.  54,  75. 
John  J.,  46,  82. 
John  Jesse,  40,  57. 
John  Pliny,  53.  75. 
John  Reuchlin,  58,  84. 
Joseph,  14,   18,  18,  20, 
24,  25,  27,   28,  31, 

31,  32.  32,  37,  39, 
48. 

Joseph  Acken,  58. 
Joseph    Grafton,    75, 

91. 
Joseph  Jesse,  57,  81. 
Joseph  Mayo,  56. 
Josephine     Adelaide, 

75. 
Josephine  Lucia,    72, 

89. 
Joshua,  15,  19,  20,  27, 

32,  35,  45. 
Josiah,  24,  25,  28,  31, 

31,  32,    37,  38,   39, 
54,  54,  77,  78. 
Josiah  Hart,  50. 


INDEX  —  WILLIAM    BRANCH. 


441 


Josiali  Harvey,  37,  49. 
Julia  Ann,  39,  50,  55. 
Jiilia  Celestine,  46,  63. 
Juliette  Amanda,  57, 

88. 
Levi,  37,  40. 
Lois,  33,  36. 
Lois  Ann,  45. 
Lorin  Mead,  83. 
Lot,  39,  53. 
Louis  Herman,  81. 
Louisa  T.,  63. 
Louise,  48. 
Lovisa,  28,  37,  49,  49, 

70. 
Lucelia,  41. 
Lucretia,  60. 
Lucy,  37,  44,  56. 
Lucy  Ann,  58. 
Lucy  Jane,  46. 
Luther.  36.  46. 
Lvdia,  20,  27 ,  36. 
Mabel  A.,  90. 
Marcus,  52. 
Marcus  Morton,  72. 
Margaret  M.,  82. 
Margaret  Purdy,  44. 
Maria,  42. 
Maria  Emeline,  49. 
Martha.  50. 
Martha  Emeline,  38. 
Martha  Prindle,  50. 
Mary,    14,    17,  18,    20, 

22,  25,  25,   28,  30, 

30,  31,  35,   35,  38, 

42,  61. 
Mary  A.,  57. 
Mary  Emeline,  50. 
Mary  Emma,  90, 
Mary  Jane,  50,  57,  58. 
Mary  M.,  40. 
Mary  Maria,  40, 
Maiy  May,  74. 
Mary  Smith.  76,92. 
Matilda,  67. 
Mead  O.,  25. 
Mead  Obadiah,  40,  57, 

57,  83. 
Mead  Ward,  82. 
Mercy,  17,  19,  22,  39. 
Miles   Frederick,    49, 

71. 
Mildred  Louise,  83. 


Mildred  M..  50. 
Milton  Hills,    36,    46, 

05. 
Miriam  E.,  01. 
Myra  Luciuda,  83. 
Nancy,  43. 
Nancy  L.,46. 
Naomi,  35,  43 
Nathan,  33,  37,  40,  47, 

48,  48,  67. 
Nathaniel.  15,  18,   19, 

26,  33,  34. 
Nathaniel  Hall,  40. 
Nehemiah,  42,  61. 
Nellie  E.,  83. 
Nellie  Frances.  83. 
Nelson  M.,  50. 
Nora,  74. 

Olive  Joseijhine,  50. 
Oliver.  19. 
Orin,  43,  66. 
Orin  D.,  47,  66. 
Oin-ill  v..  74. 
Phebe,  27,  33. 
Phebe  Jane,  63. 
Phoebe,  lb. 
Phoebe  Elizabeth,  46. 
Polly,  37,  40,  52. 
Polly  T.,  44. 
Preston  Reed,  88. 
Prince.  40. 
Priscilla.  19. 
Rachael,  92. 
Ralph,  28. 

Rebecca,  14,  15.18,22, 
25,  25,  27,  31,  58. 
Richard,  60. 
Richard  Barnes,  60. 
Richard  Lester,  71,89. 
Robert.  27,  36,  36,  46. 
Robert  Luther,  65. 
Robert  Sprague,  64. 
Roger  Merrill,  92. 
Rush  Lvnn.  67. 
Ruth,    14,    15,   19,  26, 

27,  34.  38,  52. 
Ruth  Carrie,  91. 
Sadie  E.,  82,  93. 
Sallie,  62. 
Sally,  39,  40,  56. 

I  Samuel,  19,  27,  35,  43, 
I  43,  44,  62. 

'Samuel  Harding,  56. 


Samuel  M.  C,  58. 
Samuel  S.,  35. 
Sarah,   14,  17,    20,  26, 

38,  83,  33,  34,   35, 
36,  37,   39.  41,  44. 

Sarah  Ann,  42,  50,  72. 
Sarali  E.,  50. 
Sarah  L..  82. 
Sarah  Lavinia.  67. 
Scott  Emei-sou,  87. 
Seth,  20,  27,  27,  27,  35, 

•  36,  44. 
Seth  Butler,  40,  56,  57, 

82. 
SethM.,  82. 
Simeon,  19. 
Snow,  19. 
Sophia  M.,  57. 
Stephen,  14,  15.  15,  19. 
Susan,  42. 
Susan  Knowles,  56. 
Susan  Rachael,  60. 
Susannah,  33,  36. 
Svlvauus  Haight,  61, 

87. 
Temperance,  40. 
Thomas,  19,  20,  25,  45, 

62. 
Thomas  Shepard,  46, 

64. 
Walter,  50,  74. 
Walter  Joseph,  49,  70. 
Walter  W.,  75. 
Walter  Wilbert,    70, 

88. 
Wealthy  Jane,  40. 
Whitnev,  58. 
Willard  Franklin,  38, 

51. 
William,    13,    14,    18, 

19.  23,  24,  25,   26, 

28,   31,  31.   32,  32, 

33,  33,  34.   37,  39, 

39,  39,  42,   52,  53, 
60,  67,  75. 

William  August  us.  75. 
William  Clyde.  83. 
William  Grant,  91. 
Winnifred     Glidden, 

78. 
Zenas,  28.  38. 


442 


MERRICK    GENEALOGY. 


OTHER    THAN   MERRICKS. 


Abbott,  Anthony 
Wayne,  70,  88. 
Eben,  70. 

Elma  Caroline,  70. 
Frank   Merrick,  70. 
George,  70. 
George      Harrison, 

70. 
George  Lamb,  86. 
Helen  Maria,  70. 
Marian  Cornelia,  70. 
Acken,  Elizabeth,  58. 
Alden,  Antoinette  S., 
93. 

Charles  L.,  93. 

Charles  Snow,  93. 

Isaac,  93. 

John  Gale,  93. 

Langford  T.,  93. 
Allen, ,  37. 

Naomi,  75. 

Seth,  90. 
Ailing,  David,  71. 

Rebecca,  71. 
Ames,    Rev.    Charles 

G.,  77. 
Anderson,  W.   A.,  58. 
Andrews,    Rev.  Sam- 
uel, 49. 
Andrus,  Henry  F.,  50 
Annan,    Gen.     Theo- 
doras, 44. 
Armstrong,  Sir 

George,  53. 
Arnold,  Jane  A.,  81. 
Atwood,  Sally,  64. 
Bailey,  Alexis,  68. 

Harriet,  44. 

Rev.  Kiaii,  54. 
Ruth  Ann,  43. 
Baldwin,    Noyes    D., 

72. 
Ball,  Ehzabeth,  71. 
Ballard,  Jane,  60. 
Bangs,  Apphia,  15. 

Edward,  15. 

Ellis,  28. 

MercJ^  15. 
Barnaby,  Enoch,  91. 

Maria  E.,  91. 
Barnes,  Eliza,  60. 
Baylis,  Eugenia,  70. 
Baxter,    Osmond  M., 

42. 
Bean,  Emma,  74. 


Beecher,  Eunice,  71. 
Bennett,  Samuel,  90. 
Bent,  Catherine,  36. 
Berry,  Judah,  34. 

Sarah,  34,  41. 
Bigelow,      Jonathan, 
66. 

Lavinia,  48. 

Rosaline  A. ,  66. 
Billings,  Barnabas,  34. 

Daniel,  34,  34. 

Eunice,  34. 

Gideon,  34. 

Mary,  34,  34,  41. 

Samuel,  33,  34,34,39. 

Sarah,  32,  39. 

Timothy,  34. 
Bird,  Dighton,  20,  23. 

John,  20. 
Blake,  Eva,  59. 

George  G.,  59. 
Blood,    Mrs.    Melissa, 

52. 
Bontecou,  Julia.  72. 
Botume,  Bes.sie  Ever- 
ett, 92, 

John,  92. 
Bradford,  George  G., 
77. 

Governor,  19. 

Mae,  77. 

Martin,  77. 
Bradlev  and  Hubbard 

Mfg.  Co.,  90. 
Brewster,  Elder  Wil- 
liam, 20,  65,  90. 

Patience,  20. 
Brigham,  S.  H.,  50, 
Brisbois,  B.  W.,  68. 
Bristoll,  Anthony,  72. 

Edward  J.,  73. 

Julia  Alice,  73. 

Marv  H.,  73. 

William  B.,  50,  72. 

WiniamM.,73. 
Broadwell,     Harriet, 
70. 

Lewis,  70. 
Brodock,  Hannah,  88. 
Bronson,  Sally,  70. 
Brower,  Charles,  43. 
Brown,  .  m.  Fran- 
ces Myrick,  67. 
m.    Betty  Mer- 
rick, 25. 


Brown, ,  m.  Re- 
becca Merrick,  25. 

Betty,  24. 

Elizabeth,  37. 

Rev.  Henry  W.,  76. 

Peter,  46,  65. 

Rebecca,  24. 
Brundage,  Mary,  41. 
Biyant,  Charles  C,  55. 

Gushing,  39,  54. 

Edward  L.,  55. 

Helen  Maria,  55. 

Henry  R.,  74. 

Joseph  M.,  55. 

Joseph  Myrick,  80. 

Lucinda,  74. 

Nathaniel  C.,55,  78. 

Percy,  32,  79. 

Sarah,  74. 

Walter,  80. 
Bullard,  Alice  C,  59. 

Benjamin,  58. 

Charles  H.,   41,  58. 

Clara  L.,  59. 

Daniel,  58. 

Elizabeth  M.,  85. 

John  Hammond,  59. 

Marjorie  L.,  85. 

Mary  C. ,  59. 

Polly  C,  85. 

William  Hawks,  59, 
85. 
Burgess,  John,  26. 
Burns,  S.  W.,  91. 

William  E.,  49. 
Burr,  Mary,  18, 
Burt,  Mary,  75. 
Burtnell,  Almira,  85. 
Bush,  Rev.  Austin  D., 

78. 
Butler,  Rufus,  39. 

Tryphora,  39. 
Cady,  George  S.,    46. 
Campbell,    Sarah,  62. 
Carlton,  Mary,   54. 
Cai'penter,  Alice,  19. 

Lucinda  J.,  57. 
Carr,  Julia,  41. 
Carruthers,  John,  50. 
Carver,  Nathaniel,  30. 
Cary,  John,  17. 
Qiamberlain,  Horace 

B.,86. 
Chase,  Hannah,  18. 
Childs,  Jonathan,  34. 


INDEX  —  WILLIAM    BRANCH. 


443 


Church,  Benjamin,  17. 

John,  74. 
Clarabut,  George  G., 

57. 
Clark.  Aaron,  49. 

Bessie  Stuart,  73. 

Betsey  J.,  49. 

D.  W.,  35. 

Frances,  20,  26. 

Howard  E.,  72. 

Joseph  L.,  72. 

Joseph  M.,49,  71. 

Kimball,  38. 

Leverett  J.,  49. 

Martha  L.,  49. 

Mary  E.,  49. 

Marv  P.,  38. 

Meri-itt  A.,  49. 

MvrtieM.,  72. 

Wesley  L.,  72. 

WiUiam  F.,  49. 
Clarke,  Linus  L.,  49. 
Cilley,  Jonathan,    78. 
Clendenning,    Lizzie, 

46. 
Cobb,Abiah,23,  30,38. 

Abigail.  30, 

Benjamin,  23, 30,  80. 

Elisha,  19. 

John,  23,  23,  30. 

Marv,  30. 

Mercy,  30. 

Rebecca  30. 

Sarah,  18. 

Silas,  30. 
Cole,  Addison,  41. 

Amanda,  41. 

Daniel,  90. 

George  E.,  41. 

Hymon,  41. 

Priscilla,  42. 
ColUns,  Edward  M.,  92. 

Ehzabeth,  19. 

Maurice,  92. 

William,  19. 

William,  J.   A.,  76, 
92. 

William  S.,  93. 
Converse,  Mary,  77. 
Cook,  BethiW.,  84. 

Henry  Clay,  58. 

Lois,  35. 

Robert,  84. 
Cooke,  Francis,  91. 

John,  91. 
Coombs,      Benjamin, 
52. 
33-M 


Corry,  Zophar,  37. 
Crane,  Charlotte,  44. 
Crosbie,  Susan,  89. 
Crosby,     William  C, 

60. 
Crossman,  Nathaniel, 

17. 
Cummings,  Amos  J., 

71. 
Cushman,       Thomas, 

30. 
Danforth,  Rev.  Sam- 
uel, 17. 
Davidson,  Arthur  H., 
73. 
Florence  H.,  78. 
Raymond  B.,  73. 
Davis,  Daniel,  72. 
Elizabeth,  19. 
Jennette,  72. 
Luther  Lloj^d,  64. 
Davis,  Mary  Isabelle, 
64,  88. 
Richard  Montgom- 
ery, 64. 
Theodore  Roosevelt, 
64. 
Dean,  Robert,  34. 
Delevan,  m.  Lucretia 

Merrick,  60. 
Dighton,  Frances,  20. 
Dille,  David,  88. 
Francis  Miller,    88. 
lone  Candace,  88. 
Sidney  H.,  88. 
Dixon,  A.  Jay,  45. 
Doane,  Daniel,  18. 
Rebecca,  18. 
Rachael,  25,  31. 
Dole,  Amos,  54. 
Elizabeth  C,  54. 
Judge  John,  54. 
Dorman,    Myron    C, 

59. 
Doty,  Thomas,  36. 
Downie,  Jennette,  89. 

William  89. 
Downs,  Melita,  49. 
Dousman,  H.  L.,   69. 
Dunmore,    Rev.  Geo. 

W.,  60. 
Dunham,  John  W.,75. 
Dutton,    Martha    E., 
87. 
Moses,  87. 
Edwards,       Edwin 
Hugh,  68. 


Mrs.  H.  R.,  36. 
HughR.,  46,  63. 
Inez  E.  Y.,  63. 
John,  63. 
Julia  Alice,  68. 
Eggleston,    Seth  My- 
ron, 36. 
Elliott,  Abigail,  75. 
Ellis,  Mercv,  21. 
Samuel,  21,  22. 
Elmore,  Polly.  44. 
Estes,  Captain,  58, 
Failing,  Clara,  59,  85. 

Walter,  85. 
Fairchild,  Eunice  H., 

45. 
Farnham,  m.  Emeline 
F.  Kellogg,  66. 
Nellie,  87. 
Farwell,  Edith,  59. 
Fay,  F.,  25. 
Finch,  Sarah,  48. 
John,  43. 
Jemima,  43. 
James,  48. 
Jane,  43. 
Ira,  43. 
Adah,  48. 
Foster,  43. 
Hannah,  43. 
Finley,    Helen    Mary 

71. 
Finnev,  Prof.  Charles 

G",  46. 
Follette,  Elizabeth,  70. 
Ford,    Benjamin    F., 
54,  77,  77. 
Louise   M3'rick,  77, 
92. 
Foster,  Chilling  worth, 
15. 
Cora,  74. 
General,  58. 
Fowler,  Amnion,  44. 
Charlotte  L.,  44. 
Elizabeth,  49. 
George,  90. 
Isaac,  44. 
James,  44. 
Louis  G.,  90. 
Mary,  41,  44. 
Mary  Elizabeth,  44. 
Moses,  41. 
Rebecca,  44. 
William  Heurj',  44. 
Fox,  George,  58. 
Pule  her  la,  58. 


444 


MERRICK    GENEALOGY. 


Freeman,  Alice,  19. 

Apphia.  19. 

Edmund,  14,  90. 

Elizabeth,  18. 

Hannah,  18. 

John,  14,   25,  90. 

Mercy,  18. 

Nathaniel,  18,  34. 

Ruth,  18. 

Samuel,  18,  19. 

Sai-ah,  25. 
Fuller,  Ebenezer,  76. 

Paiiline  J.,  76. 
Gardner,  Alice  B. ,  86. 

Ann  Eliza,  84. 

EbenR,,  86. 

Sarah,  65. 

Walter  H.,  86. 
Garrison,  John,  43. 
Gavin,  Frank  G.,  82. 
,Gibbs,  George  S.,  84. 
Glidden,  Hannah,  54. 

Joseph,  54. 
Godbold,      Gustavus, 
56,  81. 

Mary  Ann,  81. 
Gnelz,JosephJ.,82,93. 

Vida  C,  93 
Goodail,  Stephen,  48, 

67. 
Gorham,  Antis,  41. 

Mary  Ann,  41. 

Stephen,  34. 
Gouger,  George,  50. 
Gray,  Hannah,  58. 

Jane,  62. 

John,  62. 
Grason,  Walter,  35. 
Gorham,  Elnathan,  59. 

Mary  Ann,  59. 
Green,  Allen,  35. 

Eliza,  35. 

Emma,  63. 

Enoch,  35. 
Hadden,  Fannie,  43. 
Haight,  Elizabeth,  36. 

Morris,  36. 

Theron,  36. 
Hall  &  Myrick,  77. 
Hall,  Critenden,  74. 

Jane,  74. 

Mrs.  Maggie,  74. 
Temperance,  40. 
Hallock,  Leonard,  44. 
Hamilton,      Adelaide 
R.,  76. 
John,  76. 


Hamlin,  Rebecca,  34. 

Sarah,  ?>~>. 
Hammond,  Achsa,  58. 

Lois,  33. 

Thomas,  58. 
Hardiiig,      Elizabeth, 

23. 
Harris, ,  m.  Weal- 
thy Jane  Myrick, 
40. 

Adelia,  45. 
Hart,  Polly,  46, 
Haskell, Elizabeth,  33. 
Hatch,  E.  A.  C,  69. 
Hathaway,  Alfred,  89. 

Daniel,  38. 

Elkanah,  22. 

Hannah,  33.  28,  29. 

Isaac,  23. 

James,  41. 

Nicholas,  21,  22. 

Rebecca,  21,  22. 

Steplien,  32. 
Hawkins,  Charles,  53. 
Hawks,  Rhoda,  40. 
Hawley,  J.  E.,  87. 

Hon.  Joseph,  64. 

Mary,  42. 

May  Louise,  87. 
Hazen,  Caleb,  35. 

Julia,  43. 

Sarah,  27,  35. 
Herkimer,    J  o  h  a  n  n 

Jost,  85. 
Hill,  David,  51. 

Jane  A.,  51. 
Hills,  Elisha,  46. 

George,  74. 

Mary  Eliza,  46. 
Hine,  Harriet  W.,  49.  ; 
Hitchcock,   Myrick  & 

&  Co.,  58. 
Hinckley,    Barnabas, 
34,  34,  41. 

Daniel,  59. 

Daniel  B.,  41,  59. 

Frank,  59,  85. 

Frank  C,  86. 

Isaac,  2(3. 

Isabel  F..  34. 

Judah,  34. 

Mark,  34. 

Mary,  36,  41,  59. 

Mercy  26. 

Myra,  86,  86. 

Nathaniel,  36. 

Rebecca,  34. 


Ruth,  28,  34. 

Samuel,  34. 

Samuel  B.,  59. 

Scottawav,  34. 

Seth,  26,  34,  34,  41, 
41. 

Thomas,  19,  26. 
Holmes,  Chloe  C  ,  85. 

Lucy,  45. 
Hopkins,  Abigail,  14. 

Caroline,  60. 

Caspar  T.,  85. 

Constance,  19,  90. 

Edwin  M.,  61. 

Emma,  61. 

Francis,  61. 

Frances  Isabel,  85. 

Giles,  14,  90. 

Hannah,  35,  61. 

Josepli,  60. 

R  t.     Rev.     John 
Henry,  85. 

Sarah,  40. 

Stephen,  14,   19,  65, 
90. 

William  A..  61. 
Howes,  Elizabetli,  18. 
Howes,  Thomas  18. 

Joseph,  18. 
Howland,  Mary,  18. 

Hunt,  ,   m.  Lucy 

Myrick,  37. 
Hyer,  Helen,  45. 
Ismon,     Rebecca    E., 

67. 
Jackson,  Mrs.  D.  W., 

51. 
Johnson,  Anna,  48. 

Essie  Eliza,  89. 

Lucinda,  50. 

Ralph.  89. 

Zebediah,  26. 
Jones,  Lida,  47. 
Kelley,  David,  41. 
Kellogg,  Addie  O.,  66. 

Daniel,  06. 

Emeline  F.,  66. 

Harriet  S.,  66. 

Ransome,  48,  66. 
Kelsey,  Ashael,  48. 

Cornelia,  48. 
Kuchenmeister,  Mar- 
garet, 66. 
Kilgore,  Robert,  50. 
Kimberley,  Gilead,38. 
King,  Ebenezer,  19. 

Myra,  71. 


I 


INDEX — WILLIAM    BRANCH. 


445 


Richard,  7L 
Kirby,  Joseph,  67. 
Knapp,  Carrie,  (50. 
Knee  land,  Cynthia, 40. 
Knibloe,  Rev.  Ebene- 
zer,  27. 

Knickerbocker,    , 

m.  Susan  R.  Mer- 
rick, 60. 
Knowles,  Barbara,  20. 
CorneUus,  lb. 
Edward,  33. 
Elizabeth,  56. 
John,  15. 
Mercy,  39. 
Samuel,  18. 
Seth,  18. 
Lamb,    Irene  B.,  70, 
88. 
Seeley,  88. 
Langford,  Abigail, 75. 
Augustine,  75. 
Charles  Clinton,  75. 
Chloe,  75,  91. 
De  Witt,  75. 
George,  75,  75. 
Marie     Antoinette, 

75. 
Maiy  75. 
Moreau,  75. 
Nathaniel  Pitt,  75. 
Larkin,  EffieP.,  87. 
Lash,    Augustus     F., 
39,  56,  56. 
Josiah  M.,  56. 
Lawrence,    Charles 
G.,  59. 
Ebenezer,  38. 
Susannali,  33. 
Lee,  Abner,  20. 
John,   ;jO. 
Lee,  Michael,  43. 
Leonard,  Thomas,  17. 
Lester,  Elisha,  61. 
Hannah,  61. 
Jane,  61. 
Lewis,  61,  61. 
Sylvanus,  61. 
Lewis,  Sarah  E.,  92. 
Lincoln,  Rachael,  18. 

Thomas,  18. 
Lloyd,  Mary  A.,  63. 
Lombard,  Rev.  Chas. 

92. 
Lounsbury,  Isaac,  44. 
Lord.    Elizabeth    A., 
92. 


Ludlow,  Mary,  65. 
Luther,  Mabel,  82. 
Lynch,  Josiah  M..  93. 
Muriel  Myrick,  93. 
William, '92. 
William  D.,  92. 
Wilham  F.,  93. 
Mabie,  Florence,  60. 

Macomber,    ,    m. 

Hannah  Miller, 
29. 
Stephen,  30. 
Magill,  Mary  J.,  57. 
McLoughlin,  Dr.,  77. 
McQuestion,    Hor- 

tense,  74. 
McWilliams,  Julia  A., 

83. 
Mann,  David  L.,  70. 
Marks,  Minnie,  62. 
Martin,  Dell  M.,  86. 

John,  86. 
Mason,  John,  17,  23. 
Marv,  23. 
Mercy,  23,  23. 
Rebecca,  23,  23,  30. 
Matthews,    Rev.    Ru- 
pert B.,  92. 
Mayo,    Elizabeth,  18, 
18. 
John,  18.  18,  20. 
Joseph,  18,  18. 
Lydia,  20. 
Nathaniel,  20. 
Thomas,  20,  20. 
Mead,  Frank  D.,  62. 

Marilda,  41. 
Mehlhora,Selah  Jane, 

67. 
Merrick  &  Brown,  91, 
Merrill,  Edward,  77. 
Maiy  Converse,  77, 
Merritt,  Hannah,  42. 
Merwarth,  Lavira,  89. 
Miller,  David,  29,  30. 
John.  29. 
Matthias,  58. 
Oliver,  62. 
Rebecca,  58. 
Monroe,  Ephraim  M., 

53. 
Moore,  Hariet  A.,  84. 

Henry  R.,  84. 
Morehouse,  Lucy,  46. 
Morley,  Aldrich,  39. 
Morton,  John,  50. 
Mosher,    Harvey,    50. 


Mulford,  John,  25. 

Maiy,  24. 
Mutell,  Eliza,  91. 
Myers,  Andrew  J.,  63. 
Newbert,  Rev.  E.  E., 

92. 
Newton,  Eunice,  50. 

Timothy,  26. 
Nichols,  Ira,  43. 
Jabez,  25. 

Major  Jesse  W.,  52. 
Nickerson,     Hannah, 
24. 
Hatsel,  25. 
Lydia,  26. 
Northrup,  Edward  R., 
89. 
Rev.  H.  D.,  72,  89. 
Herbert  L.,  89. 
Mav,  89. 
Nye,  'Hannah,  33,  33, 
39. 
Joseph,  33,  39. 
Stephen,  33. 
Olds,  Leavitt  Ira,  73. 

Rosa,  73. 
Owen,  Charles  C,  83. 
Paddock,  Mary,  38. 
Page,  Molly,  54. 
Paige,  Luther,  41. 
Paine,  Etta,  53. 
Henry,  22. 
Job,  53. 

Mary  Virginia,  58. 
Phebe,  24. 
Pulcheria.  53. 
Richard,  18,  24. 
Susan,  52. 
Thomas,  90. 
Worden,  53. 
Palmer,  Caroline,  45. 

Daniel,  15. 
Pardee,  Maria,  71. 
Park,  Roseua,  45. 
Pendleton,  Emma  E., 
89. 
Joseph.  89. 
Pen  field.  May,  49. 
Penney.  Marv,  63. 
Perkins,  Tiniotliy,  71. 
Perry,  Edward,  75. 

Ehza.  75. 
Peterman,    m.    Eliza- 
beth Merrick,  27. 
Petterson,  John,  50. 
Pierce,  Col.  Ebenezer 
W.,  28. 


446 


MERRICK    GENEALOGY. 


\ 


Harriet  A.,  62. 

James,  33. 
Piuckney,  Amanda  A. 
61. 

Clara,  61. 
Pinkham,     Hebsibah, 
62. 

Samuel,  62. 
Piatt,  Joseph,  36. 

Nathan,  28. 
Potter,  Sarah  A.,  83. 
Prence,  Gov.  Thomas, 
20,  90. 

Hannah,  20. 

Mercy,  14. 
Pratt,  Calista  M.,  41. 

Hiram  R.,  41. 

John,  33,  33,  40. 

John  C,  41. 

Polly     Jewett,    41, 
58,  59. 

Rhoda  Hawks,  41. 

Thomas,  40. 
Pray,  Ruth,  38. 
Price,  Anna,  88. 

Ida,  65. 
Prindle,  Martha,  37. 
Purdy,  Sarah  A.,  83. 

WilhamH.,83. 
Quick,  Cornelius,  50. 
Rae,  Louise,  77. 
Randall,  Rlioda  Ann, 

lO. 

Raymond,  James,  43. 
Reece,  Henry,  50. 
Reed,    Abby    Adelia, 
42. 
Abigail,  Delia,  61. 
Moses,  61. 
Reeve,  Sara,  89. 
Remick,  Abraham,  18. 
Elizabeth,  18. 
Mercy,  18. 
Reynolds,   Frank  C, 
62. 
Hannah,  62. 
Hary  Ann,  45. 
Richards,    Elizabeth, 

63. 
Richmond,    Dighton, 
21. 
John,  21,  22. 
Riggs,    John   Sidney, 
71. 
Julia  A.,  71. 
Robinson,      Amanda, 
41. 


Joseph,  40. 

Rhoda,  33,  40. 
Rock,  A.  J.,  50. 
Rockwell,  Ida  M.,  72. 

William,  45. 
Ruggles,     Benjamin, 
20,  26. 

Mary,  26,  34. 
Rundlett,  Hannah,  78. 
Russell,  Dolly,  28. 

Harriet,  47. 

Nathan,  47. 

Sarah,  36. 

Wilham,  36. 
Sanford,  Harris,  38. 

Lydia,  91. 
Sears,  Ann.  20. 

Anna,  15. 

Ebenezer,  58. 

Lucy,  58. 

Capt.  Paul,  20. 

Samuel,  15. 

Winthrop,  58. 
Seeley,  James,  44. 
Severance,     Hannah, 

26. 
Shaw,  Fowler,  41. 

John,  23. 

Jonathan,  23,   23. 

Juhette,  41. 

Mary,  41. 

Nathaniel D.,  41,  41. 

Victoria,  4L 
Sheldon,  Henry,  36. 
Shepard, ,  m.  Ma- 
tilda M.  Myrick,  67. 
Shurtleff,  Heman,  33. 
Simmons,  Nabby,  77. 
Sin.sabaugh,    Jacob 

H.,  63. 
SkiUings,  William,82. 
Smith,  Abi-aham,  35, 
44. 

Anna,  49. 

Eleazer,  32. 

George,  43. 

Hon.  Gerrit,  46. 

Grace  Ann,  50. 

Julia,  43. 

Martha,   32. 

Sarah,  35,  44. 

Thomas,  43. 
Snow,  Deborah,  19. 

Elizabeth,  18. 

Hannah,  93. 

Jabez,  19. 

John,  1.5,19. 


Soper,  Abigail,  46. 
Southall,  John  Mark, 
78. 

May  Eliza,  78. 
South  worth.  Con- 
stant, 19. 

Edward,  19. 

Mercy,  18,  19. 
Sparrow,  m.  Rebecca 

Merrick,  15. 
Sperry,  Ethel,  90. 

Frank,  90. 
Sprague,  Hannah   B., 

64. 
Sprague  &  Bryant,  80. 
Standish,      Captain 

Myles,  13. 
Stansfield,      William 

H.,  70. 
Staples,  Eliza.  75. 

Mary  M.,  17. 
Stebbins,  Darius,  28. 
Stewart,  A.  T.,  53. 
Still  well,   Donald   L., 
73. 

Louzon,  73. 

Lucien  W.,  73. 

Mary  Irene,  73. 
Stockton,  Mrs.  Jane, 

35. 
Stone,  Clark,  49. 

Nathaniel,  26. 
Strong,  Sarah,  83. 
Stuart,  Charles  E.,  49. 
Sturtevant,     Merrick 

&  Co..  91. 
Sumner,  Anna,  22. 

Samuel,  22,  23,  30. 
Sunderlin,  David.  60. 

George  E.,  61. 

Hannah  E.,  61. 
Suss,  Ida,  86. 
Swazey,    Augusta  C. , 
86. 

Joseph,  86. 
Sweeney,  Marian,  50. 
Sweeting,  Abiah,  38. 

Anna,  38,  53. 

Almon,   53. 

Cliloe,  53,  75. 

Eliphalet.  38. 

Henry,  53. 

John,  38. 

Lewis,  38.  38. 

Lucy,  38 

Mary,  38. 

Mason,  38. 


INDEX  —  WILLIAM    BRANCH. 


447 


Nathaniel,  38,  53,53. 

Philip,  B.,  53. 

Polly,  53. 

Whiting,  38. 

Zebediah,  38. 
Swift,  Sarah  H.,  72. 
Tabor,  Nancy,  43. 
Talbot,  Candace,  88. 
Tallmadge,      L  y  d  i  a 
Jane,  00. 

William,  60. 
Taylor,  Alice,  93. 

Elizabeth,  93. 

Harriet  B.,  93. 

Helen  A.,  93. 

James  W.,  91. 

Mary  L.,  92. 
Taylor,  Maiy  L.,  93. 

OHver  E.,  45. 

Susannah,  33 
Thomas,  William,  50. 
Tisdale,  Simeon,  33. 
Titus,  Frank,  87. 
Todd,  CalLsta  W.,  83. 
Tompkins,  Francis  H. , 

57. 
Tower,  EUza,  47. 
Towner,  Sarah,  66. 
Townsend,  Eliza,  89. 

Gen.  James,  43. 

Mercy,  42. 
Treat,  Joseph,  50. 

Julia,  50. 

Gov.  Robert,  49. 
Tripj),  Rose,  59. 
Trowbridge,  John,  44. 
Twining,     Elizabeth, 

18. 
Tyrrell  Alexander,  53. 


Mary,  53. 
Vance,  Hiram  A.,  57, 

83. 
Juhan  M.,  84. 
WilhamM.,  83. 
Vincent,  James,  88. 

MarvP.,  88. 
Wall,  Betsey,  55. 
Walliu,  J.  Irving,  63. 
Warner,  Charles  Dud- 
ley, 64. 
Hannah,  34. 
Waruick,  David,  43. 
Warren,   Richai'd,  91. 
Washburn,    William, 

60. 
Waters,  Mary,  54. 
Watson,  Mercy,  35. 

Phebe,  33. 
Waugh,  Marv,  66. 
Webb,  Edward,  54,  78. 
Edwin  B.,  77. 
Florence  Ford,  78. 
Josephine     Myrick, 

78. 
Lewis,  78. 
Webster,  Frances  M.. 

70. 
Weeks,  Letitia,  43. 
Wheeler,  Adaline  B., 
86. 
Daniel,  41,  59. 
Daniel  H.,  00. 
Mary  Ann,  60,  86. 
Susan,  60. 
Wheldon,   Catherine, 

14. 
Whitman,    Mary  L., 
91. 


William,  91. 
Whitiiey,    Carrie   F., 

58. 
Wickes,  Maria,  91. 
Wilbore,  Anna,  15. 

John.  16. 

Joseph,  16. 
Wilbour.  John,  22. 
Wilde,  Daniel.  22.  23. 

Hon.    Samuel  Sum- 
ner, 33,  33. 
Wilds,  Jennie,  63. 
Willard,  Deborah,  30. 
Williams,  Alexander, 
46. 

Eliza.  76. 

Elizabeth,  "20. 

James,  33,  30. 

Richard,  30,  90. 
Williamson,  John,  43. 
Winslow,    Elizabeth, 
31. 

Kenelni,  33. 

AVilliam,  31,  22. 
Winterer,  H..  66. 
Wintei's,     Nancy     J. 
W.,  46. 

Thomas,  46. 
Wood,  Mary  E.,  57. 

Nancy,  43. 
Woodruff,  Ha  r  r  i  e  t, 

87. 
Worley,  Aldrich,  83. 
Wright,  Thorn,  43. 
Yardley,  Marv,  78. 
Yeakel,  Edward,  63. 
Young,  ni.  Elizabeth 
Myrick,  18. 


448 


MERRICK    GENEALOGY, 


NAMES  OF  PLACES,  ETC. 


Addison  county,  Vt., 

28. 
Afton,  Minn.,  73. 
Alna,  Me.,  54. 
Andover     Seminary, 

73. 
Ashton-u  n  d  e  r-Ty  ne, 

Eug. 
Assonet,  Mass.,  52. 
Athol,  Mass.,  33. 
Auburn,  Cal.,  64. 
Augusta,  Me.,  54,  7G, 

92. 
Austin,  111.,  72. 
Bangor,  Me.,    34,    41, 

59,  60,  86. 
Barre,  Mass.,    20,   25, 

28,  34,  36. 
Barre,  Vt.,  37. 
Bath,  N.  Y.,  45. 
Baxter  Springs,  Kan., 

74. 
Bedford,  N.  Y.,  44. 
Beloit,  Wis.,  84. 
Bennington,  Vt.,  40. 
Berlin,  Wis.,  50. 
Bethany,  Conn.,  49. 
Bean  Hill,  Conn.,  15. 
Birmingham,      Eng., 

53. 
Black  Creek,  Battle, 

76. 
Boston,  Mass.,  33,  37, 

39,  48,   5G,  58,  66, 

81,  90,  92. 
Bowdoin  College,  56. 
Boothbay,  Me., '93. 
Bradford,  Vt.,  47. 
Brandon,  Vt.,  48. 
Brewer,  Me.,  60,  86. 
Brewster,  Mass.,  38. 
Bridgeport,    Vt. ,    28, 

36,  37. 
Bridgeport,     Conn., 

90. 
Bridgewater,     Mass., 

13. 
Bristow,  la.,  83,  93. 
Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,   43, 

58. 


Bucksport,    Me. ,     59, 

86. 
Burlington,    Vt.,    51, 

85. 
Burnston,  P.  Q.,  50. 
Bunker   Hill,   Battle, 

37. 
Butternuts,  N.  Y.,  45, 

63. 
Byron,  111.,  63. 
Cabana     Fortress, 

Cuba,  85. 
"Cairo,"      Gunboat, 

78. 
Cairo,  111.,  73. 
Cairo,  N.  Y.,  36,  45. 
Callao,  Peru,  81. 
California,   State,  47, 

55. 
Cambridge,  Mass.,  76. 
Camden,    N.    Y.,    70, 

88. 
Campello,  Mass.,  75. 
Canton,  N.  Y.,  45. 
Capriona,    Kan. ,    57, 

83. 
Carlton,  N.  Y.,  84. 
Carmel,  N.  Y.,  26,  27, 

34,  35,  41,  43,   44, 

61,  86. 
Cato,  N.  Y.,  46. 
Cazeuovia,  N.  Y.,  36, 

64. 
Cedar  Falls,  la.,  79. 
Charles  City,  la.,  78. 
Charle.ston,'S.  C,  72, 

85. 
Charlestown,     Mass., 

13. 
Charlotte.  Vt. ,  67. 
Chatauqua,  N.  Y.,  61. 
Chatham,  Mass.,  26. 
Chelsea,  Mass.,  5(5,  81. 
Chicago,  111.,  51,  90. 
Chih,  S.  A.,  47. 
Cincinnati,  O.,  28,  50. 
Cleveland,  O.,  63,  71, 

89. 
Clinton,  N.  Y.,  25,39, 

57. 


Cold    Spring,  N.    Y., 

42,  61. 
Colesville,  N.  Y.,  44. 
Columbia  University, 

79. 
Cream   Hill,  Vt.,  37, 

66. 
Crown   Point,  N.  Y., 

36. 
"DaZe,"  Sloop  of  War, 

78. 
Damariscotta,  Me., 54, 

92. 
Dartmouth,  Mass.,  29, 

52. 
David's  Island,  N.  Y. 

H.,  85. 
Dead  wood,  S.  D.,  73. 
Deep  Bottom,  Battle, 

76. 
Derby,   Conn., 


t,i,        .1, 


Derby  Centre,  Vt.,50. 
Detroit,  Mich.,  64. 
Dewamish,  Wash., 71. 
"Dido,  "Sloop  of  War, 

80. 
Dinwiddle  C.  H.,  Bat- 
tle, 70. 
Dobbs   Ferry,   N.    Y., 

44. 
Dorchester,  Mass.,  20, 

54,  77,  92. 
Dimnville,  Wis.,  82. 
Dutchess   county,   N. 

Y.,  27. 
Duxbury,  Mass.,  13. 
East    Berlin,    Conn., 

48, 
East   Fislikill.  N.  Y., 

44. 
Eastham.    Mass. ,    13, 

14,  18,  19,  2:;,   31, 

56. 
Eau   Claire,  Wis.,  82. 
Elgin,  111.,  85. 
Elvsian,  Minn.,  66,  67. 
''Erie,"  Sloop  of  War, 

78. 
Esopus,  N.  Y.,  35. 


INDEX  —  NAMES    OF    PLACES. 


449 


"Ethelbert,"  Barque, 

80. 
EucUd,  O.,  88. 
Eugene,  Ore.,  63. 
Fairfax,   C.    H.,   Va., 

4B. 
Fall  River,  Mass.,  53, 

90,  91. 
Farmington,  la.,  41. 
Fitch  Bay,  P.  Q.,  74. 
Fitchville,  O.,  89. 
Fort  Wadsworth,    N. 

Y.,  85. 
Fort   McHenry,   Md., 

84. 
Fort  Scott,   Kan.,  74. 
Fort  Snelling,  Minn., 

69. 
Frederick,  Battle,  76. 
Fredericksburg,   Bat- 
tle, 76. 
Fi-edericktown,  N.  Y., 

35. 
Freeport,  Me.,  77. 
"Free  Press,"    Daily, 

62. 
Freetown,    Mass.,   21, 

22,  28,  53. 
Galena,  111.,  69. 
Gallon,  O.,  86. 
Georgeville,  P.  Q.,  74. 
Gilbertsville,    N.    Y., 

45,  63. 
Gleneida  Lake,  N.  Y., 

41. 
Grand  Forks,    B.   C, 

89. 
"Gresham,"  Gunboat, 

66. 
Guyamas,    Mex. ,    78, 

80. 
Guilford,    N.    Y.,    45, 

63. 
Hahnemann  Medical 

College,  89. 
Hamilton,  N.  Y.,  57. 
Hamilton  College,  83. 
Hardwick,   Mass.,  25, 

26,  .33,   34,  40,  41, 

59. 
Hartford,  Conn.,    63, 

72,  92. 
HarA^ard,  Mass.,  56. 
Harvard   College,  76, 

85. 
Harwich,    Mass.,    14, 

18,  26,  27,  28,  75. 


Hatteras,  Cape,  55. 

Hesse  Cassel,  Ger.,  66. 

Hinckley,  Eng.,  7). 

"Hope,"  Brig.  55,  80. 

Huntington,  Conn., 
50. 

Italy,  Europe,  47. 

Jackson,  Mich.,  -16,64, 
65,  88. 

Jamaica  Plain,  Mass., 
84. 

"James,"  Ship,  13. 

Jersey  City,  N.  J.,  44. 

Johns  Hopkins  Uni- 
versity, 77. 

Kenosha,  Wis.,  82. 

Kingston,  N.  J.,  44. 

La  Crosse,  Wis.,  67, 
68,  82. 

Lake   Champlaiu,  37. 

Lake  Mahopac,  44,  00. 

Lavenham,    Eng.,  59. 

Lee,  Mass.,  53. 

Leland  Stanford  Uni- 
versity, 88. 

LeSeuer.  Minn.,  66, 
67,  70. 

Linden,  N.  J.,  48. 

Litchfield,  Eng.,  53. 

Little  Comi^ton,  R.  I., 
93. 

Little    Falls,    Minn., 

Little 'valley,  N.  Y., 

62. 
Little      Washington, 

Battle,  76. 
Loudon,  Eng.,  89. 
Long  Prairie,  Minn., 

70. 
Loraine.  N.  Y.,  46. 
Lowell,  Kan.,  74. 
Lynn.  Mass.,  75. 
Mansfield.  Mass.,  53. 
Manlius,  N.  Y.,  73. 
Manila,  Philipine  Is., 

53. 
Mapleton.  N.  J.,  02. 
Marshfield,  Mass.,  77. 
Marvsville,  Cal.,  80. 
Mason  Citv.  la.,  93. 
"MayJlowc);"Shi\)^4, 

]!),  20,  46.  65,   90, 

91. 
Mazatlan,  Mex.,  80. 
McLean.  111.,  74. 
Melrose,  Mass.,  81. 


Menomonie,  Wis.,  82. 
Merrick,        W  a  1  s  li, 

Phelps      Jewelry 

Co.,  86. 
Middlebury,    Vt.,  37, 

47,  48.  66. 
Middleburv,      Conn., 

70. 
Middlesex,  Conn.,  61. 
Milford,  Conn.,  72. 
Millsboro,  O.,  86. 
Milwaukee,  Wis.,    62, 

Minneapolis,     Minn., 

73. 
Mine  Run,  Battle,  76. 
Monterey,  Mass.,  28. 
M  o  n  t  g  o  luery shire, 

Wales,  63. 
Sloro  Castle,  Cuba.  85. 
Mt.  Upton.  N.  Y.,  45. 
Nashville,  Tenn,  57. 
New  Bedford,   Mass., 

52.  75,  77,  90. 
New  Castle,    Me.,  32, 

38,  .54,  55,   56,   77, 

78,  92,  93. 
New    Haven,    Conn., 

49.  .50.  70,  71,  91. 
New   Lisbon,    N.    Y., 

45. 
New  London,   Conn., 

15. 
Newmarket      Road, 

Battle,  85. 
Newport,  Vt.,  74. 
Newport,  R.  I.,  85. 
New  Rutland,    Mass., 

20. 
Newstead,   N.  Y.,  82. 
Newton,  Mo.,  74. 
New   York   Citj',    5^, 

62,   71,  72,  78,  85, 

86,   89. 
Mina,  N.  Y.,  87. 
"Nine   Partners."   N. 

Y.,  36. 
Norcross    &    Mvrick, 

84. 
Nobleboro,  Me.,  54,  55. 
North  Eaton,  O..  71. 
Northfield,  Conn  ,  49. 
Norton.  Mass.,  88. 
"yorili    Americd," 

Ship,  55. 
Norv.ich.  Conn.,  15. 
Oberliu  College,  88. 


450 


MERRICK    GENEALOGY. 


Olustee,  Fla.,  Battle, 

85. 
Orange,  Conn. ,  49,  50, 

71,  72. 
"Osceola,"  Ship,  80. 
Oswego,  N.  Y.,  64. 
"Otter,"    Steamboat, 

69. 
Oxford,  Conn.,  73. 
Paris,  Wis,  57. 
Paris  Hill,  N.  Y.,  36. 
Parma,  Mich.,  65. 
Paterson,  N.  J.,  60. 
Pembina,  N.  D.,  70. 
Peru,  N.  Y.,  66. 
Petersburg,  Va.,  76. 
Philadelphia,  Pa.,  81, 

84,  89. 
Pierrepont  Manor,  N. 

Y.,  46,  70. 
Plattsburg,  Battle,  47. 
Pleasant  View,  Kan., 

74. 
Plymouth,  Mass.,  23. 
Plymouth  Colony,  90. 
'  'Plymou th, ' '  Sloop  of 

war,  78. 
Plymton,  Mass.,  21. 
Pomeroy,  O.,  89. 
Poutiac,  Mich.,  62. 
Port  Jervis,  N.  Y.,63. 
Portland,  Ore.,  55,77, 

78. 
Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y., 

44,  63. 
Prairie     du      Chien, 

Wis.,  68. 
Prince     Edwards 

Island,  77. 
Providence,  R.  I..  47. 
Putnam  Valley,  N.Y., 

44. 
Quebec,  Canada,  47. 
Raynham,  Mass.,  23. 
Richmond,  111.,  83. 
Ripon  College,  73. 
Rochester,    Mass.,  25, 

33. 
Rochester,  N.  Y.,  64. 
Rockford,  111.,  36.  46, 

63. 
'  'Rock  River, "  Steam- 
boat, 69. 
Rome,  N.  Y.,  57. 
Roseburg,  Ore.,  71. 
Roxborough,  Pa.,  84. 
Roxbury,  Mass.,  77. 


Sacramento,  Cal.,  47. 
Sailors'  Snug  Harbor, 

N.  Y.,  52. 
Salt  Lake  City,  Utah, 

80. 
Sandstone,  Mich.,  64. 
San   Francisco,    Cal. , 

36,  64,  65,  78,  81, 

85. 
"San  Jacinto,"  Frig- 
ate, 78. 
Santa  Fe,  Kan.,  74. 
"Sarah      Williams," 

Brig,  55. 
Seymour,    Conn.,    37, 

50,  70,  72,  89. 
"Sentinel,"  Daily,  62. 
Sharpsburg,  Pa.,  87. 
Sheltou,  Conn.,  72. 
Sherman,    N.    Y.,  61, 

87,  88. 
Shoreham,  Vt.,37,66. 
Shrewsbury.  Vt.,  47. 
Sioux  Falls,  S.  D.,  52. 
Sites,  Cal.,  65. 
Smith  College,  77. 
Somers,  N.  Y.,  42. 
South  Africa,  62. 
South  Dover.  N. Y.,63. 
Springtield,  Mass.,  90, 

91. 
Springport,  Mich.,  65. 
Squirrel  Church,  Bat- 
tle, 76. 
St.  Louis,  Mo.,  86. 
St.     Mary's    Church, 

Battle,  76. 
St.  Paul,  Minn,  59,  67, 

69,  74,  85. 
Stonemau's  Riiid,  76. 
Stowe,  O.,  48. 
Stratford,   Conn.,  89, 

90. 
Supreme     Covu-t      of 

Mass.,  22. 
Swanton,  Vt.,  40,  58, 

59. 
Syracuse,  N.  Y.,  70. 
Talmadge,  O.,  50. 
Taunton,    Mass.,    15, 
17,  20,  23,  29,  90. 
Tignish,   P.  E.  I.,  77, 

92. 
Todd's    Tavern.   Bat- 
tle, 76. 
Traverse    de     Sioux, 
Minn.,  70. 


Trinidad,  Island  of, 
34. 

Troy,  N.  Y.,  93. 

Truro,  Mass.,  20. 

Truxton,  N.  Y.,  44. 

Turkey,  Asia,  60. 

Turkey  River.  la.,  68. 

Tmnsburg,  O.,  37,  48, 
50. 

University  of  Iowa, 
80. 

University  of  Jena, 
Ger.,  83. 

University  of  Kansas, 
61. 

University  of  Michi- 
gan, 62,  64. 

Universitv  of  Nash- 
ville, Tenn.,  84. 

Universitv  of  New 
York,"  88. 

Utica,  N.  Y.,  75. 

Vassalboro,  Me.,  76. 

Vassar  College,  91. 

Vermont,  State  of,  28. 

Vienna.  N.  Y.,  88. 

Vinita,  lud.  Ter.,  74. 

Waldoboro,  Me.,  56. 

War  of  1812,  47. 

Washington,    N.    Y., 

36,  45,  62. 
Watab,  Minn.,  70. 
Watertowu,  Mass.,  40, 

58. 
Watertown,  N.Y.,  46, 

59,  80. 
Waterville,  Minn,  67. 
Waukesha,   Wis.,    36. 
West  Duluth,  Minn., 

67. 
Westfield,  N.  J,,  58. 
West    Frankfort,    N. 

Y.,  83. 
West  Haven,   Conn., 

37,  49,  50. 
Westminster,    Can., 

37. 
Westport,    N.  Y.,  37, 

48,  66.  67. 
West  Township,  N.  Y. , 

43. 
White   Oak    Swamp, 

Battle,  76. 
White  Plains,  Battle, 

37. 
Whitestown,    N.    Y., 

53. 


INDEX — WILLIAM    BRANCH. 


451 


•'William  L.  Marcy" 
Revenue  Cutter, 
80. 

William's  Station, 
Battle,  7G. 

Wilmot,  Wis.,  81,  82. 

Wingdon,  Eng.,  19. 

Wiscassett,  Me.,  50. 
34-M 


Woodbridge,     Conn., 

71. 
Woodworth,  Wis.,39, 

57,  83. 
Wyoming,Mass.,  92. 
Yale  College,  49,  73. 
Yankton  College,  73. 


Yarmouth,  Mass.,  18, 

20,  26. 
Yarmouthport,Mass. , 

58,  84. 
Yellow    Medicine, 

Minn.,  48. 
YorkviUe,  N.  Y.,  58, 

84. 


452 


MERRICK    GENEALOGY. 


INDEX-JOHN  BRANCH. 

MERRICK.  MIRICK,  MYRICK. 


A.  A.  Mirick,  129. 
A.bigail,  101,  103,  103, 

J  05,  105. 
Albert,  110. 
Albert  Augustus,  115, 

126. 
Allen  A.,  124,  141. 
Alona  Barrett,  114. 
Alouzo  King,  113. 
Amatbia,  101. 
Anna,  103,  105. 
Anne  Scott,  129. 
Aijpleton       Dadmun, 

141. 
Arthur  Eugene,    130. 
Benjamin,     101,    101, 

101.  103,  104,  104, 

107,  107. 
Benjamin  W.,  109. 
Benjamin       Willard, 

110. 
Bertrand  Elisba,   141. 
Betsey,  107. 
Bezaleel  Turner,  111. 
Boaz  Moore,  107,  121. 
Caleb,  104,  105,  106. 
Calista     Elvira,     110, 

130. 
Carlos  Brown,  1315. 
Caroline  Augusta,  121. 
Carrie  Estelle,  127. 
Cata,  110,  115. 
Catherine,  106. 
Charles,  107,  126. 
Charles  Augustus,  1 1 1 , 

121. 
Charles   Edward,    96, 

115,  120,  127. 
Charles  Henry,  111. 
Charles  Rockwell,  130. 
Charles  Theodore,  116, 

130. 
Chester  Stephen,   139. 
Clarence   Riggs,    113, 

123. 
Clarimond,  108. 
Deborah,  102,  106,  109. 

110,  110. 
Dorothy,  109,  110,  119. 
Ebenezer,  108,  112.       ' 


Edward,  101, 102,  103. 

107. 
Edward  A.,  94. 
Edward       Augustus, 

122,  138. 
Edward  Himrod,  139. 
Elisha,  102,    104,    105, 

106,  108,  11],  122. 
Elisha  A.,  112,  123. 
Eliza,  109. 
EUzabeth,  95,  99,  100, 

102,   103,  103,  106. 
Ellen  Elizabeth,    117. 

133. 
Ephraim,  10.5, 106,  108, 

109,  109,  no,  120, 

129. 
Esther,  103,  107,  110, 

117. 
Eunice,  105,    105,  108. 
Eva,  98. 
Fidelia,  106. 
Flora,  140. 
Florence,  112. 
Florence  Hannah,  132. 
Francis   Henry,     116, 

129 
Frank  Worman,    132. 
Fred  George,  139. 
Frederick   Augustus, 

126. 
Frederick       Lincoln, 

122,  139. 
Fuller.  Sir,  99. 
Galen  Curtis,  142. 
Genevieve,  141. 
George,  Sir,  96,  98. 
George   Alonzo,    124, 

141. 
George  Burt,  131. 
George   Dana   Board- 
man,  113,  124. 
George   Eugene,    140. 
George  Pritchard,  1 22. 
George    Washington, 

111,  122. 
Grace,  139. 
Hannah,  101,  105,  107. 
Harriet,  108. 
Harriet  Auola,  114 


Harriet   Bowers,  117, 

131. 
Hattie  Lee,  123. 
Henrietta  Amelia,  90, 

99,  129. 
Henry,  107. 
Henry     Dastin,     131, 

137. 
Henry    Brown,     138. 
Henry  Burlew,  139. 
Henry  Rugee,  141. 
Hobart  Delancy,  130. 

Hopestill ,  101. 

Horace,  112,  123. 
Horatio,  110,  116. 
Horatio    Gates,     122, 

140. 
Ida,  124. 
Ida  Lewis,  129. 
Irving  Augustus,  142. 
Isaac,  104.  107. 
James,    100,   102,   103, 
104,  106,   106,  109, 
110,  114. 
James  Billings,  137. 
James  Chauucey,  115, 

125,  126. 
Jennie,  113. 
Jerusha,  103. 
Joel,  107. 

John,  94.  95.  99,   100, 

101,  101,   102,  102, 

103,  103,   105,  105, 

107,  108,   108,  113. 

John  Alfred,  123,  140. 

John  Allen,  112,  124. 

John  Era.stus,  113. 

John  Turner,  111,  122. 

Jonathan,      103,    104, 

105. 
Joseph,  101,  107. 
Josiah,  104. 
Kate  Evangeline,  139. 
Laura  Isabelle,  140. 
Lauretta  Horton,  140. 
Lawson,  108,111,  112. 
Lela  Everett,  141 . 
Lelia  Augusta,  124. 
Lewis  Earle,   139. 
Lillian,  122,  139. 


INDEX — JOHN    BRANCH. 


453 


Lillie  Oakley,  140. 
Lizzie  G.,  rJ4. 
Lois,  108. 
Lucinda,  105. 
Lucretia,  110,  111. 
Lucy.    105,    107,    110, 

111,  118. 
Lucy  Abigail,  123, 
Lucy  M.,  116. 
Luther  Clayton,  123. 
Lvdia.  102,  105. 
Madison   M.,  112,  123, 
Margaret,  102. 
Marie  Antoinette,  123. 
Marshall  II.,  108,  112, 
Martha,  107. 
Mary,  98,  101,  108, 103, 

103,   104,  105,  109, 

110,  120. 
Mary  A.,   112. 
Mary  Ann,  135. 
Mary  Augusta,  115. 
Marv  Groves.  112. 
Mary  Halbert,  129. 
Mary  Jane,  117,  133. 
Mary  Eowena,  132. 


Maude  Alice,  142. 
Mercy,  101. 
MerrillDavis,  132, 140. 
Mianda,  109,  110. 
Moses  H.,  112,  124. 
Nancy.  107.  108. 
Nathan     Hurd,     117, 

132 
Nathaniel,  101. 
Nellie  Sara,  132. 
Oliver,  107. 
OUve  Whiting,  140. 
Orlando,  110,  116. 
Pamelia,  10<5. 
Patty,  105. 
Paul,  107,  111,  121. 
Pei-sis  Moore,  111. 
Phineas,   107. 
Polly,  106,  106,  121. 
Ralph  Quinn,  139. 
Rebecca,  102. 
Rebekah,  103. 
Rufus,  110,  117. 
RufusBurt,  118,  133. 
SaHna,  112. 
Sally,  105,  108,  109. 


Samuel,  102,  103,  103' 

104,  105,   10.-),  107, 

108. 
Sarah,  101,    lol,    102, 

103.  105. 
Sarah  Elizabeth,  115. 
Sarah  Ruthenia,    123. 
Sewell.  Ill,  121. 
Sewell  G.,   121,  137. 
Silas,    107,     111,    111, 

121. 
Sophronia,  108. 
Stanley   Cragin,    122. 
Stanley  Walker,  140. 
Stephen,  105,  111. 
Susanna,  104,  108. 
Susannah,  105. 
Thankful,  102. 
Thurston  Gott.  141. 
Tilley,  107,  111. 
Walter  Irving.  140. 
Walter  Monroe,    123, 

141. 
William,  95. 
Willis  Augustus,  142. 


OTHER    THAN    MERRICKS. 


Abbott,  m.  Marv  Mi- 
rick,  103. 

Alice,  113. 

Bertha,  113. 

Calva,  113. 

James,  113. 

Samuel,  103. 
Adams,  John,  111. 
Allen,  Joseph,  101. 

Lois,  113. 

Lucv,  113. 

Polly,  1 12. 
Armstrong,  William, 

132  ^ 
Arnold,  WilUam,  117. 
Atherton,  Captain 
Humphrey,  100. 
Bailey,  Sampson,  109. 
Baker,  Phebe,  114. 
Banfield,  Olive,  140. 

Stanley,  140. 

William  E..  140. 
Barry,  Robert.  123. 
Bartiett,  CaroHne,  123. 
Beaman,    Lydia  Mir- 

riam,  137. 
Beers,  Elmer  W.,  132. 
Bellows,  Absalom,  1 1 1 . 


Bemis,  William,   106. 
Benjamin,  Abel,   101. 
Benson,  Gamaliel,  108. 
Bigelow.  Elias,  105. 
Bodge,   Martha,     104, 

'l07. 
Bond,     (Historian,) 

102. 
Boone,  Daniel,  126. 

Frances     (Gamber- 
ton),  126. 
Bray  ton,    Adel  b  e  r  t, 
117. 

Julius,  117. 
Brewer,    Lydia,     104, 
107. 

Martha,  105,  108. 
Brooks,  CaiTie,  140. 
Brown,  Abiirail.    104. 

Charlotte  E.,  138. 

Harriets.,  138. 

Henry  T.,  138. 

John'  138. 
Burlew, Emma  E.,  139. 

Henry  Rolf,  139. 
Burr  &  Musson,    137. 
Burr,  L.  A.,  137. 
Burt,  CaUsta,  118. 


Bushnell.  Ann.  117. 

Mianda,  117. 

William,  110,  117. 
Cad}-,    Frances,    125, 
126. 

Reuben,  126. 
Chaffiu,  Alona,  123. 

John,  107. 

Royal,  123. 

Tilley,  107. 
Chamberlain,     Ruth, 

121. 
Chandler,    Sarah   E., 

137. 
Chapin,  Myra.  118. 
Chapman,      Thomas, 
101. 

William.  123. 
Cheeney,  James,    103 
Clapp,  Lucy,  107. 
Clark,  Eveline  Howe, 
141. 

Polly,  116 
Clarke,  Alice  133. 
Combs,  H.  S  ,  142. 

JohnM..   142. 

Mary   Frances,  142. 

Nelly  Nichols.   143. 


454 


MERRICK   GENEALOGY. 


Compton,  Miss,  96,  98. 
Coolidge,     Hannah, 

103,  104. 
Susan,  102,  103. 

Corbin,  Emmons  135. 
Cox,  Arthur  M.,  140. 
Coye,  Esther,  106,  109. 
Cragin,    Rebecca    B. , 
132. 
Silas,  132. 
Crozer,     Marian     A., 
119. 
Samuel,  119,  119. 
Curtis,  Kate  143. 
Cushing,    Rev.  C.  C, 

143. 
Cutler,  Widow,  100. 
Cutter,  Frederick  S., 

134. 
Dadmun,       Appleton 
141. 
Mary    Louisa,    141. 
Davis,  John  13'J. 

Phebe  Stearns,  132. 
Devoy,  m.  Mary    Mi- 
rick,  101. 
Dewev,  Jedediah,  135. 
Doknet(?),  John,  105. 
Donaldson ,    Kenneth 
M.,  133. 
Lewis  H.,  133. 
Lewis  M.,  133. 
Dudley, Gov.  Thomas, 

100. 
Dustin,  Hannah,  139. 
Janette,  131. 
Thomas,  139. 
Edsou,  Chester,  114. 
Eveleth,  John,  106. 
Everett,  Richard,  105. 
Sarah,  134. 
William,  105. 
Fail-banks,     Dorothy, 

104,  106. 
Farnsworth,      Laura, 

108. 
Friend,  Alonzo,  114. 
Leslie  A.,  114. 
Robert,  114. 
Victor,  114. 
Frone,  Ann,  110. 
Fuller,    Charlotte  M., 

138. 
Jonathan,  103. 
Garfield, ,  m.  Dor- 
othy Mirick,   106. 
Elisha,  106. 


Prest.     James    A., 

118. 
Joseph,  lOG. 
Garvin,  Rev.,  116, 
Gibbons,  Sarah,  125. 

William,  135. 
Gleason,  Deborah,  105, 

108. 
Goold,  Henry,  103. 
Gott,  Amos,  134. 
Eunice  A.,  134. 
Goulding,    A 1  m  i  r  a, 
131. 
John,  121. 
Gray,  Florence,  137. 
Greeley,  Andrew  G., 

131. 
Gregory,  Lydia,  106. 
Griffin,  ,  m.  Ste- 
phen Mirick,  105. 
Samiiel,  113. 
Hakes,  Jane,  136. 
Halbert,  Mr.,  136. 
Asa,  115. 

Mrs.    Sally    Webb, 
114. 
Halford,  Maiy,  119. 
Hanford.  Moses,  126. 
Hapgood,  David,  105. 
Harrington,    Abigail, 

103,  103. 
Harrison.  Susan,  114. 
Hartwell,  Isaac,  105. 

Hastings,  -,   m. 

Polly  Mirick,  106. 
Henry,   Lieut.  David, 
111. 
Lydia,  107,  111. 
Herrick,  Ann,  119. 
Himrod,  Bouita,   139. 

John  L.,  139. 
Hobbs.  Lois,  105,  108. 
Holden,      Cata,      106, 
109. 
Joel,  106. 
Joseph,  106. 

Hopestill.    ,   wife 

of    Joliu    Mirick, 
99. 
Hopkins,    Ann,     103, 

104. 
Howard,  Sophia,  133. 
Howe,  Relief,  133. 
Hubbard,    Hannah, 

106. 
Hunt,    ,  m.    Dor- 
othy Mirick,   106. 


David,  106. 
Hunter,  Henrietta  K. , 

118. 
Hurd,  Rowena,  116. 
Jewett,  Zenus,  108. 
Jones,     Eunice,     104, 

105. 
JosHn,  Thomas,  100. 
Kemble,  Henry,  101. 
Kendall,  Josiah,    109. 
Kimball,  Aaron,  106. 
Knowles,  Thomas,  107.' 
K  n  o  w  1 1  o  n,    Caper- 
naum,  114. 

Charles  Adams.  114. 
Larkins,  John,  100. 
Lawrence,  Edwin  P., 
135. 

Com.  James,  135. 
Lewis,     Mrs.      Abby, 

106,  109. 
Linn,  John,  141. 
Livermor  e.    James, 

103. 
Loomis,  Elinor,  125. 
McDuffee,  Mabel,  98. 
Martin,  George,  125. 
Mason,  Samuel,  103. 
Merriam,  Ira,  111. 
Miller,  Ellen  lone,  183. 

George  H.,  117. 

George  Henry,  133. 

Harold  C,  133. 

Harper  A.,  133. 

Harry  R.,  133. 

Hattie  B.,  133. 

Helen,  133. 

Herberts.,  133. 

Lulu  Anna,  133. 

Oco  Jeannette,  133. 
Mirick.   Sallv  (Wake- 
field), 116. 
Monroe,    Sabrina    G., 

123. 
Moore,  Paul,  106. 

Persis,  104,  106. 
Morse,  Lncinda,  124. 
Mousall,  John,  101. 
Musson,     Albert    H,, 
130. 

Albert  Hopkins,  llfl. 

Benjamin,  119. 

Collis  Albert,  131. 
Musson,    Charles   H., 
130. 

Elizabeth  F.,  137. 

Eugene  F.,  120,136. 


INDEX  —  JOHN    BRANCH. 


455 


Eugene    Francis, 

137. 
Euphemia,  120. 
Euphemia  M.,   128, 

129. 
Florence  M.,  131. 
Hobart  L.,   131. 
Jay  Arthur,  131. 
Kittle  M.,  l;!l. 
LuteMcQ.,  131. 
Mabel  G.,  131. 
Park  D.,  131. 
Eichard,   119. 
Robert    Scott,    110, 

119,  120,  129. 
Theodore    H.,    119, 

120,  136. 

Verne  Vernette,  131. 

Willard  A.,119, 120, 
135. 

Willis  H.,  130. 

Willis  R.,  120. 

Winnifred  D.,  136. 
Newman,    Agnes  M., 

134. 
Newton,  Dr.  William, 
140. 

Clara  Eunice,  125. 

Elijah  Dewey,  125. 
Nichols,  Dewey,  124. 

Elizabeth      Dewey, 
124. 

Fidelia,  125. 

Frances       Aveline, 
125,  142. 

John  Randolph,  125. 

Mary  Wilder,  125. 
Norcross,  Ruth,  104. 
Norton,  Lauretta,  140. 
Orton.  Sarah,  101,101. 
Paige  (Historian),  102. 
Palmer,  John,  99. 
Parker,  Samuel,  99. 

Elizabeth  R.,  132. 
Parsons,  George,  117. 

Ermie.  131. 

Fred  Hurd,  131. 

George,  131,  131. 

TinaH.,  131. 

Willard  H.,  132. 
Patterson,        Joseph, 

102. 
Pearsons,     Artie 
Blanch,  141. 

Florence,  141. 
Peet,    Addie    Lovisa, 
131. 


Peet,     Theresa     Ver- 
nette, 130. 

Robert     Francis, 
141. 
Picarde,  Eunice,  114. 
Pierce,  Keziah,  124. 

Lucinda,  125. 
Piatt,  Abigail,  116. 
PoUai'd,  Dorcas,    107, 

111. 
Porter,  Bertha E.,  129. 

Bernice  M.,  130. 

Bernard  R  ,  130. 

Forest  L.,  129. 

Helen  R.,  130. 

Lewis,  129. 

Rupert  H.,  130. 
Pratt,  Caroline,  111. 
Pritchard,      Caroline 
D.,  121. 

Lieut.  Amos,  121. 

Ann,  12-3. 

William,  139. 
Purdy,  Hannah,  110. 
Reed,  Ai,  131. 

Carl,  131. 

Cecil  J.,  131. 
Reynolds,  Emma,  133. 
Richardson,    Samuel, 

105. 
Riggs,      Lucina     E.. 

112,  123. 
Robinson,       Ichabod, 

103. 
Rockwell,  Almon,110. 
118. 

AlmonF.,  118. 

Helen  T.,  129. 

Henry  D.,  119. 

Lucr   Amelia,   119, 
12"b. 

Lulu,  119. 
Rossmorgan,       Rich- 
ard, 101. 
Rouloff,  James,  126. 
Rowell,  Willis  P.,  123. 
Rugee,  Kittie,  141. 
Russell,  Ephraim,105. 
Schofield,    Harriet 
121. 

Hezekiah,  120. 

Mary,  121. 

W^illiam,121. 
Scofield,  Harriet,  110. 

Hezekiah,  110. 
Scott,  Sarah,  119. 
Search,  Sadie,  138. 


Seayer,  John,  105. 
Sessions,  George,  112. 
Simmers,  George  W. , 

114. 
Short,  Sally,  114. 
Slack,    William     H., 

122. 
Smith.  Samuel,  103. 

William,  108. 
Snow%  Nancy,  113. 
Spencer,  Phillis,  112. 
Spaulding,    Francis 

P.,  112. 
Stearns,  E.  J.,  123. 

Lydia,  140. 
Stimson,  James,  103. 

Nathaniel,  103. 

Stratton,  Mary,  102, 
103. 

Keziah,  103,  105, 
Strong,    Goy.    Caleb, 

114. 
Stuart.  Benjamin,  108. 

Ralph,   108. 
Sweetser,  Mary,  102. 
Teel,  Joshua,  iOO. 
Thaxter,  Thomas,  99. 
Thome,  Henry,  121. 
Trowbridge,     Eliza- 
beth,  99,  101,  101. 

Thomas.  101. 

James,  101. 

Turner,  Polly,  111. 
Twichell,    Michael, 

108. 
Upham,  Thomas,  104. 

Phineas,  105. 
Vinson,  Margaret,  139. 
Wakefield,  Sally,  114. 

Samuel,  114. 

Rey.  Samviel,  115. 

Elizabeth    (Wheat), 
IK). 
Walker,  John,  101. 

Frances  v.,  140. 
Walton,  Catherine  A., 
112. 

John,  112. 

Alice  L.,  130. 
Ward,  Richard.  102. 

George,  103. 
Warren,    John,     104, 

111. 
Wheat.  Elizabeth  F., 

114, 
Whitney,  William, 
102. 


456 


MERRICK    GENEALOGY. 


Elmer  J.,  127. 

Bertha,  127. 

Faunie,  127. 

Harriet,  141. 
Whiting,  Charles  K., 
114. 

David,  109. 

Ohve     M.,  140. 
Wilder,    James,    105, 
108,  109. 

Col.  James,  109. 

Major  James,  109. 


James    Marshall, 
114. 

Marshall.  109,  114. 

Marshall  H.,  114. 

Mary  Bush,  114. 

Mirick,  109. 

Sallj%  109. 

Sallv  Mirick,  114, 124 

Sophia,  109. 
Wiswall,  Thomas,  102. 

Woods,  ,  m.    Pa- 

melia  Mirick,  106. 


Woodward,  Benoni, 

102. 
Jonathan,  102. 
Woolson,  Mary,    102, 

10.3. 
Worman,  Elizabeth 

N.,  132. 
Wyborne,    Elizabeth, 

100. 
Wyer,  Elizabeth,  101. 


NAMES  OF  PLACES,  ETC. 


Albany,  O.,  138. 
Alcester,  S.  D.,  131. 
Ames  College,  la. ,  142. 
Amherst  College,  139, 

141. 
Anamoosa,    la.,     116, 

13*5,  127,  130,  142. 
Antietam,  Battle,  141. 
Ashburuham,    Mass., 

106. 
Athens,  O.,  138. 
Auburn,  Mass.,  123. 
Avon,  N.  Y.,  133. 
Balls    Bluff,     Battle, 

125. 
Bangor,  Wales,  96. 
Belchertown,     Mass. , 

140. 
Binghamton,    N.    Y., 

121,  126,  132. 
Bloomfield,  N.  J.,135. 
Bodorgan,  Wales,  96, 

98. 
Booneville,    Battle, 

134. 
Boston,  Mass.,  99,122, 

129,  140. 
Brookline,  Me.,  114. 
Brooklyn,  N.   Y..  122, 

133,  140. 
Brookville.    Me.,   113, 

114,  124. 
Bull  Run,  Battle,  113. 
Burbage,     Eng.,    119. 
Butternuts,     N.     Y., 

109,   114,  116,  117, 

118,  119,  120,  126, 

129,  136,  137. 
Burlington,     N.     Y., 

119. 
Cambridge ,  Mass. ,  1 02, 

105,  106,  124. 


Catskill,  N.  Y.,  116. 
Cazenovia,  N.  Y.,  127. 
Charlestovvn,     Mass. , 

94,  95,  99,  100,  101, 

102,  103,   104,  107. 
Charlestown,    N.    H. , 

112. 
Chicago,  111.,  141. 
Cincinnati,     O.,    107, 

122,  138,  139. 
Clinton,  Mass.,  114. 
Colby  College,  113. 
Cold  Harbor,    Battle, 

136. 
Columbus,  O.,  133. 
Concord,  Battle,  104. 
Corinth,  Battle,    184. 
Cortland,    N.  Y.,  126. 
Dallas,  Tex.,  130. 
Danville,  N.    Y.,   117. 
Des  Moines,    la.,   138. 
Diamond     Springs, 

Kan.,  139. 
Dorchester,  Mass.,  101, 

129. 
Dryden,  N.  Y.,  139. 
Elizabeth,  N.  Y.,  132. 
Exeter,  Eng.,  125. 
Fair  Oaks,  Battle,  125. 
Fairview,  la.,  127. 
Farmington,     Battle, 

134. 
Fitchburg,  Mass.,  113. 
Fletcher,  Vt.,  125. 
"i^/ora,  "Steamer,  107. 
Fort  Sill,    Ind.    Ter., 

118. 
Fort  Snelling,  Minn., 

118. 
Fortuna,  Cal.,  114. 
Franklin,  N.    Y.,  131. 
Gardiner,  Me.,  111. 


Gilbertsville,    N.    Y., 

116,  117,  118,  119, 

126,  128,  129,   131, 

132,  133,  134,  135, 

136. 
Glendale,  Battle,  131. 
Greenfield,  Mass.,  138. 
Groton,     Mass.,     102, 

104. 
Guilford,   N.  Y.,    129. 
Hahnemann    Medical 

College,  130,  142. 
Hatcher's  Run,  Battle, 

135. 
Haverhill,  Mass.,  139. 
Ha  warden.   la.,     130, 

131. 
Hingham,    Mass.,  95, 

100. 
Holden,     Mass.,    106, 

107,  111.  123. 
Hopkington,      Mass., 

Ill,  121. 
Hubbardstown,  Mass. 

107,  111,   121,  141. 
luka,  Battle,  134. 
"James."  Ship,  99. 
Kenneth  Square,  Pa., 

119,  129,  136. 
LaCrosse,    Kan.,    141. 
Leesburg,    Fla.,     131, 

132. 
Lewisburg.    Pa.,    133. 
"Lexington    Alarm," 

106: 
Lexington, Battle,  104. 
Libby  Prison,  125. 
Litchfield,  Conn.,  116. 
Louisville,    Ky.,    132. 
Ludlow,  Vt.,  112,  123. 
Lyndale,  Kan.,  141. 
Martelle,  la.,  131. 


INDEX — JOHN    BRANCH. 


457 


Meclianicsville,  N.Y., 

133. 
Meyrick  Arms,  Hotel, 

96  99. 
Milford,  Mass.,  131. 
Minneapolis,      Minn., 

132. 
Monticello,  la.,  142. 
Moquoketa,  la.,  114. 
Morris,  N.  Y.,  116. 
Mount  Repose, O.,  139. 
Muscatine,  la..  130. 
Nashville.  Battle,  134. 
Neosho    Falls,    Kan., 

139. 
Newbury,  Mass.,  100. 
New    Haven,    Conn., 

101,  141. 

New  Ipswich,  N.  H., 

122. 
Newton,    Mass.,    101, 

102,  104,  105,  108. 
New  York  Citv,  114, 

132,  140. 
New  York  Med.  Col- 
lege, 132. 
New    York  Mills,  N. 

Y.,  118. 
North    Brookfield, 

Mass..  114,   125. 
North  Springfield,  Vt., 

108. 
Norwalk,  Conn.,  142. 
Norwich,  N.  Y.,   121, 

137. 
Oberliu,  O.,  127. 
Oberlin  College,  127. 
Otego,  N.  Y.,  116,131. 
Oxford,  N.  Y.,  131. 
Park  Ridge,  111.,  130. 
Parsons,  Kan.,   139. 
Paxton,     Mass. ,    111, 

122,  123. 
Peperell,  Mass..  140. 
Philadelphia,  Pa.,  119, 

125,  131,  133. 


Pitcher,    N.    Y..    114, 

116.  135,  137. 
Pittsfield,  N.  Y.,  125, 

127. 
Plainfield,Conn.,  102. 
Pleasautdale,     Kan., 

123,  141. 
Princeton,  Mass.,  105, 

106,   108,  111,  113, 

124,  137. 
Providence,  R.  I.,  105, 

123. 
Ream's  Station,    Bat- 
tle 136. 
Rehoboth,  124. 
Rieglesville,  Pa.,  133. 
Rochester,  Minn.,  130. 
Rochester,  N.  Y.,  117. 
Rockland,  Me.,  113. 
Rondout,  N.  Y.,  119, 

136. 
Roxbury,  Mass., 95,  99. 
Rutiand.    Mass.,   105, 

106,  111,  131. 
Salisburv  Prison,  125. 
Sedalia.  Mo.,  138. 
S  h  e  1  b  u  r  u  e    F  al  1  s, 

Mass.,  121,  122. 
Shre wsburv.    Mass., 

111. 
South    Brookfield, 

Mass.,  121. 
Spencer,    Mass.,    106, 

111,  122,  133. 
Spottsylvania  C.  H., 

Battle,  13.'). 
Springfield,  Mass. ,  121 , 

r-i2. 
Springfield,  Vt.,  112. 
Springville,  la.,  130. 
St.  Davids,  Wales.  95. 
St.  Louis,  Mo.,  133. 
Sterling,    Mass,    105, 

106,  109,  114,  124. 


Stonington,     Conn., 

140. 
Stow,  Mass.,  105. 
Sudbury,    Mass.,   101, 

103" 
SyraciLse  University, 

133. 
Tatwick,  Mass.,  133. 
Taunton,  Eng.,  101. 
Templeton,  Mass.,  103. 
University    of    Iowa, 

130. 
Utica.  N.  Y..  118. 
Waltharn,  Mass.,  104, 

105,  108. 
Walton,    N.  Y.,    131. 

133. 
Washington,    D.    C, 

113,  133,  138. 
Waterford,  Pa.,  139. 
Watertown,    Mass., 

102,  103,  104,  105. 
Watertown.  N.Y.,  114. 
Wayniouth    River, 

Mass.,  100. 
Wellesley   College, 

129,  132. 
West    Brookfield, 

Mass.,  11 1,121, 122. 
W^estminster,  124. 
Weston,    Mass.,     102, 

104,  105,  197. 
White  Plains,  N.  Y., 

140. 
Wilderness,       Battle, 

1.35. 
Williams  College,  11 8, 

119. 
Wiscasset,  Me.,  114. 
Woodstock,  Vt.,  108. 

112. 
Worcester,  IMass.,  107, 

121,  123,  135,  140. 
Yorktovvn,  Battle,  108. 


458 


MERRICK    GENEALOGY. 


INDEX-JAMES  BRANCH 

MERRICK,  MIRICK,  MYRICK. 


Abbie,  J.,  206. 
Abby,  150,  303. 
Abel.  159. 
Abigail,  143,  144,  145, 

147,  151,   155,  156, 

158,  166,  196. 
Abigail  M.,  175. 
Abner,  169,  202. 
Abner  Little,  156,  169. 
Abraham,    151,     152, 

157. 
Ada,  210. 

AdamW.,  157,  172. 
Adda  Clara,  179. 
Adeline  H. ,  202. 
Adolphus,  172. 
Albert  S.,  158. 
Albert  T.,  202,  254. 
Alexander,    163,    183, 

183. 
Alexander  C,  184. 
Alexander  Coflfin,  162, 
Alexander  G., 181, 217. 
Alexander  M.,  219. 
Alferretta,  255. 
Alfred,  163,  186,  186. 
Alonzo  Howard,    180, 

215. 
Amanda  Melvina,  178, 

212. 
Amos    Spofford,    157, 

171. 
Andrew,  145,  146, 147, 

147,  147,   150,  152, 

157,  157,   171,  171, 

259. 
Andrew  Bagley,  203. 
Andrew  M.,   183,   218, 

219,  261. 
Ann,  144,  150,156,  170. 
Ann  C,  183,  184. 
Ann   Eliza,    189,    192, 

227. 
Anna,  181. 
Anne,    145,   149,    149, 

157. 
Artemus,  186. 
Art  emus  B.,  220. 


Arthur,  265. 
Arthur  B.,  257. 
Arthur  L.,  173,  210. 
Arthur  Li  ve  r  m  o  r  e, 

202. 
Asa  B.,  164,  187. 
Augusta,  174. 
Belinda,  170,  174. 
Behnda  E.,  204,  255. 
Benjamin,     143,     148, 

153,  153,  163,  181. 
Benjamin  B.,  184,  217, 

218,  258,  260. 
Ben.son  Graves,  196. 
Bessie  Anna,  209. 
Bessie  L.,  205. 
Betsey,  150,   150,   154, 

160. 
Bradley,  220. 
Byron  Lafayette,  167. 
C.  Alton,  175. 
Caleb,  159. 
Calvin,  164,  186. 
Calvin  A.,  202. 
Caroline,  202. 
Caroline  J.,  255. 
Carrie,  221. 
Carrie  E.,  175. 
Catherine,   146. 
Charles,  154,   164,  183, 

214,  202. 
Charles  B.,  103,  180. 
Charles  Beecher,  203, 

255 
Charles  C,  219. 
Charles    Coffin,     162, 

184.  184,  219. 
Charles  G.,  160,  181. 
Charles  H.,  173,  204, 

210,  255. 
Charles  H.  Jr.,  255. 
Charles  Joshua,  255. 
Charles  L.,    180,    187, 

215   "^25 
Charle.s  M.,'  183,   242, 

244. 
Charles  Morris,    194, 

245,  246. 


Charles    Morris,    Jr., 

246. 
Charles  P.,  201. 
Charles  Rosco,  172. 
Charles  W.,  164. 
Charlotte  C,  184. 
Charlotte  Nette,  260. 
Chauucey  M.,  222. 
Chester  Stanley,  220. 
Christine,  222. 
Christopher,  155,  183. 
Clara  May.  260. 
Clarissa.  158,  176. 
Cora,  175. 

Cordeha  T.,  158,  174. 
Dale  Dymond,  210. 
Daniel,  150,  158,  158. 
David.    152,    157,   163, 

186,  186. 
David  Ray,  162,  185. 
Deborah,  151,  154,157. 
Delia,  204. 
Delia  Ann,  203. 
Dennis  C,  157,  171. 
Dollie,  210. 
Donald,  222. 
Dorcas  Ann,  173. 

E. B.  ,  172. 

Ebenezer,  144. 
Edith  H.,  204,  256. 
Edmund,  204,  256. 
Edward,  177,  262. 
Edward  Alonzo,   179. 
Edward  C,  163,    187, 

225,  226. 
Edward       Dempster, 

194,  240,  241,  245. 
Edward  McCleve,  219, 

261. 
Edward  Noyes,  203. 
Edward  W.,  159,  179, 

215 
Edwin,  181,  216. 
Edwin   Eugene,    172, 

205. 
Elias,  159,  177. 
Eliphalet,  157. 
Eliza,  166, 171,183,188. 


INDEX  —  JAMES    BRANCH. 


459 


Eliza  A.,  202. 
Eliza  G.,  163. 
Eliza  M..  180. 
Eliza  Mitchell,  219. 
Eliza  S.,  161. 
Elizabeth,     147.     149. 

150,  152,   1.52,  155, 

157,  162,   205,  261, 

262,  265. 
Elizabeth  G.,  183. 
Elizabeth  M.,  202, 
Elizabeth    Page,   192, 

22^ 
Ella  Grace,  172. 
Ellen,  180. 

Ellen  Keziah,  187,  222. 
Ellen  M..  218. 
Elmer,  265. 
Eh-ira,  158,  173. 
Elvira  A.,  175. 
Emery,  255. 
Emeline,   159,  180. 
Emily  B. ,  186. 
Emma  L.,  221. 
Emma  Laudelia,    196. 

249. 
Emma  M.,  174. 
Erastus  O.,    186,    221. 
Esther,  160,  186. 
Ethel,  210,  255. 
Ethel  Brown,  240. 
Ethel  Leone,  206. 
Etta  May,  206. 
Eugene,  214. 
Eugene   Calvin,     221, 

262. 
Eunice,  147,    152,   158, 

154,  154,  184. 
Eunice  B.,   163. 
Evaline,  180. 
Evarts  D.,  176. 
Ezra,  145,  148.  148. 
Fanny,  150,  246. 
Flora  Ada,  203. 
Florence,  220,  227. 
Florence  A.,   173,  254. 
Florence  Reid,  260. 
Frances  H.,  173. 
Francis  By  ram,    172, 

205. 
Francis  G.,    170,  204. 
Francis  Gordon,  206, 
Francis  Lloyd,  215. 
Frank,  204,   210,  256. 
Frank  Henry,  265. 
Franklin  Angelo,  194, 

244,  247. 


Franklin  B.,  216,  216, 

257. 
FrankHn  B.,  Jr.,  257. 
Franklyn  B.,   180. 
Franklyn    Llewellj'n, 

172.  209. 
Freeman,  159,  171,177. 
Fredlckes,  .549. 
Fred  W.,  257. 
Frederick,    163,     185, 

220. 
Frederic  Almont,  210. 
Frederic      Augustus, 

222.  262. 
Frederick  B.,  186,  220. 
Frederick  G,  219. 
Frederick   Silas,    194, 

248. 
Frederick  W.,  168. 
Gardner,  158. 
George,  152,   161,  162, 

171,  183,  183,  185, 

185. 
George  Andrews,  219. 
George  Byron,  193,228. 
George  G.,  158,  173. 
George  H.,  261. 
George  Hurlon,  196. 
George  Leroy,  257. 
George  R.,     178,    210, 
George    Washington, 

157,  166,  173,   189, 

194. 
George  Whelpley,  239, 

240. 
G.  Lermond,  174. 
Gordon  F.,  256. 
Grace  E.,  206. 
Grace  Gladys,  239. 
Gracie,  210. 
Hall     Clement,      157, 

172. 
Hannah,  143,  144,  145, 

146,   147,  149,  156, 

157,  160,  169. 
Hanson,  157. 
Harriet,  163,  187,  202. 
Harriet  Ellen,  203, 
Harriets.,  186. 
Harrison,  219,  261. 
Harry  Duncan,  248. 
HarrvLyle,  210. 
Hartley,  158,  174. 
Hazel,  257. 
Helen  Gertrude,  248. 
Helen  Lock  wood,  222. 
Henrietta,  203. 


Henry,  159,  160. 
Henrv  A.,  222. 
Henry  E.,  256,  265. 
Henry  Lewis,  164,187. 
Henrv  M.,  205. 
Henrv  Walter,  203. 
Hepsibeth,  171,  181. 
Herbert,  187,  222. 
Herbert   Joseph,    193, 

240. 
Herbert  O.,  173.  210. 
Horace,  157. 
Horace  E.,  17(i. 
Horace  Gu}^  211. 
Horatio     Wittemore, 

187. 
Hubert  James,  209. 
IdaF..  221. 
Ida  Floi-ence,  179. 
Isaac,    143,    144,    145, 

146,  146,  147,   150, 

150,  1.50,  151,   157, 

157,  160,  171,   180, 
205,  259. 

Isaac  Newton,  158, 176. 

Isora,  255. 

Isora  Lavega,  172. 

Israel,  171. 

Jackson.  177. 

Jacob,    145,    148,   149, 

149,  149,  150,   155. 
156,  157. 

James,  143,    143,    148, 
143,  149,  150,   151, 

151,  157,  159,   159, 
171,  178. 

James  B.,  205. 
James    Francis,    204, 

204. 
James  L.,  151,  215. 
James  Leauder,  187. 
James  Libby,  159. 
James  Loren,  172,206. 
James  P.,  160. 
Jane  146. 

Jethro,  148,  153,  154. 
Jesse,  177. 
Jessie  B.  239. 
Joanna,  157. 
Job,  148,  152. 
John,  143,  143. 145,145, 

146,   146,  147,  150, 

150.  151,  152,  152, 

158,  161,  161,  161, 
182,  183.  260. 

John  B..  181. 

John  Brown,  186,  220. 


35-M 


460 


MERRICK    GENEALOGY 


John  Corliss,  204. 

John  E..  184. 

John  J.,  304. 

John  R.,  154. 

John  Randolph,  202. 

Jonathan,  147.  151, 
151,  159,  160. 

Jonathan  Little,  169, 
202. 

Joseph,  143,  144,  144, 
144,  145,  146,  146, 
148,  149,  149,  151, 
153,  154,  155,  156, 
156,  157,  159,  160, 
165,  166,  166,  167, 
168,  193,  237. 

Joseph  B.,  180. 

Joseph  Grant,  203. 

Joseph  R.,  204. 

Joshua  156,  164. 

Joshua  C,  204. 

Joshua  Corliss,  170, 
203. 

Judah,  170. 

Judith,  153,  156,  165. 

JudithLittle,  167, 197. 

Julia  Adaline,  170, 
203. 

Julia  Ann.,  160. 

Julia  F.,  202. 

Kindrick,  158,  175. 

Laban  Harriman,  166, 
189,  228,  240,  242. 

Laura  Ann,  202. 

Lauren,  227. 

Layton,  218,  260. 

Lena  Belle,  265. 

Lewis,  180. 

Leta  Hazel,  210. 

Lida  Allison,  246,  263. 

Lida  Marie,  210. 

Lincoln,  172,  209. 

Lizzie  Hannah,  172. 

Lockwood,  187. 

Lois,  256. 

LoisO.,  158. 

Louis  Alphou.so,  178. 

Louis  H.,  218,  260. 

Louisa  M.,  256. 

Love,  153,  155. 

Lucien,  159. 

Lucinda,  159,  177. 

Lucretia,  171. 

LucretiaB.,  216. 

Lucretia  C,  219. 

Lucy  Cora,  187. 

LuluM..  211. 


Lydia,  147.  149,  151, 
152,  153,  156,  160, 
160,  259. 

Lydia  B.,  162,  185. 

Lydia  C,  219,  256. 

Lydia  R.,  184,  217. 

Mabel,  246. 

Maliuda,  177. 

Margaret,  144. 

Marguerite  Livings- 
ton, 249. 

Maria,  159,  177, 

Maria  Louise,  185. 

Marianna,  181. 

Martha,  146,  180. 

Mary,  144,  145,  145, 
146,  147,  147,  148, 
149,  151,  152,  153, 
156,  157,  159,  162, 
164,  177,  183,  186, 
202,  203,  204,  227. 

Mary  Ann,  163. 

Mary  B.,  205. 

Mary  Barnard,  184. 

Marj'  Frances,  180. 

Mary  Isabelle,  179. 

Mary  J..  174,  202. 

Mary  K.,  157. 

Mary  L.,  166,  212. 

Mary  Louisa,  219. 

Mary  Louise,  246. 

Mary  M.,  218. 

Mary  Sillowav,  203. 

Matthew,  153,  163. 

Maude  Wilmer,  220. 

Mehitable,  158. 

Melinda,  159. 

MelvinM.,  172,  206. 

Melvina,  159. 

Merrill  Baglev,  203. 

Meta  D.,  2i2. 

Miua  I.,  212. 

Minnie  Maud,  209. 

Mollv,  155. 

Mora  O.,  212 

Moses,  150,  157. 

Moses  J.,  171,  204. 

Muriel,  227. 

Myra  G.,  212. 

Myron  N.,  176,212. 

Myrtle,  210. 

Nancy,  160,  164. 

Nancy  C,  219. 

Nancy  Hannah,  204, 
255. 

Nancy  Pillsbury,  169. 

Nathan   Sumner,  217. 


Nathaniel,  156,  170. 
Nella  Mary,  209. 
Obed,    154.     164,    164, 

186. 
Olive,  155,  174. 
Parnel,  151. 
Patty,  151. 
Paul,  153. 
Paul  Hittel,  202. 
Peter,  151,  160. 
Peter  Coffin,  152,  162. 
Peter  Jenkins,  181. 
Phihp  A.,  261. 
Philip  M.,  261. 
Phebe,  187. 
Phoebe,  164. 
Pollv,  154,  171. 
Porter  C,  202. 
Priscilla,  159,  160. 
Prudence,  205. 
Quincy   Adams,    174, 

210. 
Raymond  T.,  261. 
Rebecca,  146,  147. 
Reuben,  153,  154,  164, 

217,  218,  257. 
Reuben  C,  184,219. 
Reuben  G.,  162,  183. 
Rial,  205,  256. 
Rowland,  184. 
Roxanna,  158. 
Roxv,  177. 
Rufus,  166,  188,  195. 
Rufus  Philo,  189,  226. 
Ruth,  154. 
Sadie,  210. 
Sally,  153,  154. 
Sally  L.,  256. 
Salome,  157. 
Samuel,  144,  146,  149, 

150,  157,   158,  172. 
Samuel    Whelpley, 

193  238 
Sarah,  'l44,'  144,    146, 

149,  149,   149,  152, 

156,   159,  160,  161, 

163,  164,   166,  170, 

183,   196. 
Sarah  B.,  216. 
Sarah  E.,  216. 
Sarah  Eliza,   189,  227. 
Sarah  Elizabeth,  193, 

220. 
Sarah  Jane,  206. 
Sarah    Matilda,     179, 

214. 


INDEX  —  JAMES    BRANCH. 


461 


Seth,    148,    148,    153, 

154,  160,  181,  182, 

217,  219. 
Sheppard  Gray,    178, 

213. 
Silas,  166,  193,  241. 
Silas  Clarence,  249. 
Stephen,  164. 
Stephen    Little,    169, 

203. 
Stephen  Stanton,  259. 
Sultana,  159. 
Susan,  152,  164,  183. 
Susan  R.,  205. 
Susan   Shannon,   169, 

202. 
Susan  Sylvester,  152, 

161. 
Susanna,  143, 144, 148. 
Temperance,  156, 168. 
Theodore,  157. 
Thomas,  146,  153,  154, 

154,  159,  164,  164, 

180. 


Timothy,  143, 144, 145, 
145,  147,  148,   149, 

149,  152,  153,  155, 
155.  164. 

Ursula,  205. 
Velina  Frances,  222. 
Verna,  210. 
Vinton,  159. 
Waldo,  184. 
Walter  H.,  175. 
Walter  R.,  217. 
Warren,  158.  160,  180. 
Webster    Hathaway, 

226. 
Willard,  203. 
Willard  W.,  204. 
William.  145, 147,  148, 

150,  151.  154,  154, 
155,  157,  158,  158, 
159,  160,  171,  180, 
183,  205. 

William      Benjamin, 

260. 
William  C,  158,  175. 


William  Chester,  187, 

221. 
William  Clark,  216. 
William   Coffin,    162, 

184. 
William  E.,  256,  264. 
William   Henry,   184, 

220. 
William      Lafayette, 

178. 
William  O.,  187,  226. 
William  Simpson,  159, 

178.  179. 
William  Warren,  216, 

257 
William   Wells,    164, 

187. 
Willis  Stephen,  172. 
Winona,  229. 
Wirt  Loren,  209. 


OTHER    THAN    MERRICKS. 


Abbott,     Mary,     189, 

192. 
Ackley,  Henry,  183. 
Adams,  Christina  L., 
175. 
Eliza  Ann,  245. 
Joshvia,  175. 
Polly  W.,  173. 
Stephen  C,  197. 
Widow  Susan,  198. 
Thomas,  146. 
Addington,  John,  153. 
Allen,  Mai-y,  221. 

Tamar,  153. 
Allison,    Hon.    John, 
245. 
Mary  Johnson,  245. 
Amos,     Charles    W., 
197. 
CharlesW.,Jr.,197, 
Anderson,    Archibald 
C.,222. 
Charles  H.,  222. 
Clara  Augusta,  254. 
Etta  Willis,  222. 
Nelhe  Myra,  222. 
Anderton,      Rachael, 

145. 
Andrews.  Danvill  D.. 
158,  176. 


George  M.,  176. 

Helen  M.,  176. 

Herman  D.,  176. 

John.  143. 

William  M.,  176. 
Angier,  Sally,  164. 
Arnold,   Elizabeth, 

193. 
Atkins,   Ada  Lucille, 
179. 

C.  W.,  179. 
Atwood,  Rhody,  212. 
Austin,  Charles  G.S., 
220. 

Elizabeth,  148. 

Seth  H.,  198. 
Ayer,  Annie,  197. 

Widow    Cynthia, 
202 

Elizabeth,  197, 

John  Hazen,  197. 
Bagley,  Harriet,  203. 
Bailey,    Anita    Dore- 
mus,  218. 

Charles  E.,  202. 

Edward.  161. 

Elizabeth,  171. 

Elizabeth  D.,  161. 

Henry,  161,  187. 

Herbert  C,  183. 


Herbert    Chandler, 
218, 

Horace,  198. 

Isabel  Dicks,  218. 

Josephs.,  161,  183. 

Joseph  Stockbridge, 
218. 

Joshua,  155. 

Judith,  155,  155. 

Lebbeus,    152,    161, 
161. 

Lena  Hopper,  218. 

Martha,  187. 

Marv'M.,  161. 

Rufus  W.,  161. 

Sarah,  174. 

Susan,  158. 

T.  Myrick,  161. 
Baldwin.  D.  A.,  233. 
Bangs,  A.  A.,  210. 

Abijah,  147. 

Elva  L.,  210. 
Barker,  Eben,  155. 

Ethel  M.,  222. 

Judith.  155. 
Barnard,     Benjamin, 
153,  216. 

Widow  Elinor,  155. 
Joseph.  154. 
Judith,  153. 


462 


MERRICK    GENEALOGY. 


Sarah,  216. 

Thomas,  171. 
Barnett,  Peggy,  153. 
Barney,      Alexander, 
184. 

Eunice,  181,  217. 

Jonathan,  181. 

Mary  F.,  216. 

Obed,  217. 

William,  184,  216. 
Barrett,  Margaret,  1 63. 

Nathaniel,  163. 

Bassey,  Annis,  176. 

Barton,  Elizabeth,  148. 

Beard,  Matthew,  147. 

Beck  with,  Russell  H., 
957 

Sarah,  216,  257. 
Bell,  Ruby  D.,  253. 

William,  253. 
Bennett,  William,  155. 
Berry,  Thomas,  146. 
Bishop,  Adelaide  Ve- 
ra, 258, 

Myrtle  Belle,  253. 

Sidney  Harold,  253. 

Walter  Palmer,  253. 

Warren  Joseph,  353. 
Blaisdell,  Albert,  176. 

Charles,  225. 

Clara  F.,  177. 

Granville  E.,  177. 

John,  148. 

John  M.,  176. 

John  P.  158. 

John  Pearson,  176. 

Julia  A.,  176. 

Laura  E..  177. 

Louise  M.,  170. 

May,  225. 

MehitableM.,  176. 

Nancy  M.,  176. 

Ralph  Russell,  257. 

^V'tilter  S.,  213,  256, 
257 

Warren  0.,  176,  213. 

WiUiam    W.,     176, 
312. 

Frances  Russell,  357. 

Blake,  James  S.,  201. 

Blanchard,L.  G.,  188. 

Bod  well,  Eliphalet, 

149. 

Mary,  148. 
Borden,  Edward,  312. 

Simon,  316. 
Bowen,  Charles,  350. 


Deles,  196,  249, 

Florence,  350. 

Fred,  250. 

Harold,  264. 

Hurlon,     196,     250, 
251. 

Janet,  364. 

Jennie,  350. 

Joseph,  196,  350. 

Levi,  250,  264. 

Mary  Eliza,  196,250. 

Mate,  250,  264. 

Sarah     (Merrick), 
250. 

Spencer,  196. 
Bowles,  Hon.  Samuel, 

235. 
Bowman,   Martha 
Ann,  309. 

William,  171. 
Boyer,  Charles,  177. 
Breck,    Edward,    198. 

Frederick,  198. 
Brett,  Walter,  144. 
Brewer,    Alvena  Mo- 
ses, 301. 
Bridges,  EUzaG.,355. 

Joseph  C  ,  255. 

Nancy  L. ,  255, 
Briggs,  Jedediah,  153. 
Brooks,  Louisa,  200. 
Brown,  Acis,  180. 

Francis,  160. 

John,  151. 

Joseph,  180. 

Lydia,  149. 

Priscilla,  160. 

Rose,  303. 
Buckley,  J.  K.,  244. 
Bunker,  Calvin,  152. 

Geoi'ge,  146. 

James,  152. 

John,  151. 

Jo.shua,  151. 

Ruth,  153, 

Uriali,  153. 
Burkitt,  Dexter,  173. 
Burnell,  Elizabeth, 
163. 

William,  16:1 
Burnett,    Major   Ells- 
worth, 234. 
Burrill,  Caroline,  333. 
Burroughs,    George 

Frederick,  253. 
Burwell,  Jonathan, 
162. 


Buswell,  Eben,  155. 
Campbell,  Mary  Jane, 
263. 

Nancy  M.,  203. 
Capron,  Grace,  263. 

William  M.,  363. 
Carlton,  Caroline,  198. 
Carter,  Hosea  Ballou, 
303. 

Nettie,  202. 

Susan,  203. 

Tappan,   169. 

Tappan    Sargent, 
202, 
Cartwright,    Benja- 
min, 160. 

Eunice,  160. 

William,  319. 
Chad  well,  Perley   R., 

201. 
Chamberlain,  Aaron, 

148. 
Champlin,      Matthew 
F.,  241. 

Mercy  J . ,  205. 
Chapiu,  Maria,  215. 
Chapman,  Ezra,  262. 

Lee,  262. 

Marguerite,  263. 
Chase,  Alberta,  172. 

Benjamin  H.,  198. 

Benjamin  L.,  198. 

Charles,  170,  184. 

Ehza,  184. 

Frederick,  163. 

John,  Jr.,  160. 

Nancy,  184, 

Peter,  163. 
Chooke,  Samuel,  145. 
Church,    Col.    Benja- 
min, 145. 
Clark,  Abbie,  171. 

Deborah,  157,  180. 

John,  170. 

Thomas,  171. 

William,  181. 
Coe,  Phebe,  159. 
Coffin,  Alexander,  160. 

Bartlett,  147. 

Charlotte,  184,  217. 

Deborah,  151. 

Elihu,  153. 

Elisha,  147. 

Elizabeth,  152. 

Emily,  183. 

Sir  Isaac,  317 

John,  151. 


INDEX — JAMES    BRANCH. 


463 


Lydia,  155. 

Meribah,  147. 

Peter,  152. 

Samuel,  160. 

Sarah.  155. 

Seth,  151. 

Thaddeus,  184. 

Tristam,   155. 
Coffman,    Mary,    326. 
Colby,  John,  169. 
Cole,  144. 
Coleman,    Abial,   181. 

Adalaide  Irene,  257. 

Barnabas,  152. 

Deborah,  154. 

Elizabeth  W.,    219. 

Enoch,  147. 

Gardiner,  181. 

James  B.,  219. 

Joseph,  154. 

Josiah,  257. 

Mary,  186, 

Sylvanus,  153,    186. 
Colesworthy,    John, 
184. 

Mary,  184. 
Comstock,  A.  S.,  189. 
Cook.  Mai-v,  163. 

Melvin,  203. 
Copp,    Charlotte    L. , 

202. 
Corliss,    Joshua,    169. 

Martha,  156,  169. 

Molly  (Wells -Colby), 
169. 

Sarah,   15G,  170. 
Cosgrove,    Dora,  256. 

Elizabeth,  25G. 

James  A.,  256. 

Mary  Ella,  256. 

Sterling,   256. 
Cottle, ,  m.  Chris- 
topher M  y  r  i  c  k, 
183. 
Cox,  Florence  C,  215. 

Louie,  215. 

WiUiam,  215. 

William  H.,  215. 
Crossman,  James,  186. 

Keziah  Hart,  186. 
Currier,    Bailey,    197. 

Beriah,  197. 

Frederick,  197. 

Lizzie,  197. 

Louise,  197. 

LucindaG.,   197. 

Mary,  197. 


Nathaniel,  197. 

Samuel  P.,  197. 

Sophia,  197. 
Cuyler,  Rev.  Theodore 

L.,  237. 
Dalton,  Eldridge,  150. 

Samuel,  156. 
Dana,  Dorcas,  213, 
Darling,  Mary,  192. 
Darragh .    C  har  1  o  1 1  e 
Duncan,  248. 

Frank  Hart,  248. 
Davis,  Aaron,  202. 

Abigail,  188. 

AHce,  205. 

Eliza,  178. 

Ella.  179. 

WilHam,  178. 
Dean,  Charles  R.,  227. 
Deming,  Marietta,  262. 
Dickey,    Celestia    O., 
212. 

James,  212. 
Dicks,  Isabel  W.,  183. 

John,  183. 
Dodge.    Fannie,     159. 

William.  159. 
Doremus,  Ellen,    218. 
Dort,  Asa  C,  262. 

Mary  Silsby,  262. 
Dres.ser,    Herbert  N., 
201. 

Marjorie  Irene,  201. 

Raymond  G.,  201. 
Duncan,  Jane,  247. 

Durant, .  m.  Har 

riet  Merrick,  202. 
Durgin, ,  m.  Lou- 
ise Gardner,  170. 
Dymond,  Mary,  210. 
Eaton,  Lydia,  165, 
Ehlman.  Albert 
Cliarles,  253. 

Antoinette      Gene- 
vieve, 252. 

Ernest  George,  252. 

Frank   Heniy,    258. 

Violet  Cecelia,  253. 

Walter  Warren, 253. 

William  A.,  252. 
Ellis,  Sarah,   160,  180. 
Emerson,       William, 

149,  149. 
Emer}^  Eliza,  156. 

Judith.  148. 
England, ,  m.  Sul- 
tana Myrick,  159. 


Christina,  177. 
Fanny,  177. 
Harvey,  177. 
Henderson,  177. 
Mary,  177. 
Melvina,  177. 
William,    177,     177. 

Este. ,  m   Widow 

Deborah   Myrick, 
153. 
Esterbrooks,  Isabelle, 

197. 
Eveleth,  Ednah,    221. 
Francis  H.,  220,221. 
Julia,  220. 
Fargo,    Charles    Mer- 
rick, 249,  264. 
Grace    Emma,   264. 
Marie  Kathryn,  264. 
Lyman,  173. 
Thomas  Be  n  t  o  n. 
249. 
Farnham,  W  i  1 1  i  a  m, 

154. 
Farrer,  Lila,  188. 
Farrington,    Agnes, 

204. 
Fayerweather,  Daniel 

B.,  257. 
Felker.  Cliarles  Wes- 
ley, 252. 
Frederick,  252. 
Jane.  252. 
Fisher,    Charlotte  A., 

181. 
Fletcher.  Andrew  J., 

197. 
Flint.  Mary,  170 
French,  Elizabeth  G., 
198. 
Lois,  256. 
Su.san  G..  256. 
Frinde,  Martha,  144. 
Fiy,  George,  159. 
Folger,  Alfred,  219. 
Gilbert,  16:!. 
Harriets..  219. 
Heuiy,  147. 
Isaac,  186. 
Judith.  154. 
Mary,  163. 
Mary  P.,  186. 
Nabby,  163. 
NancvH.,  219. 
Ford.  Charles  A.,  255. 

Stephen  W.,  255. 
Foster,  Jacob,  200. 


464 


MERRICK    GENEALOGY. 


Mary  Louise,  200. 

Nathaniel,  149. 
Foy,  Joseph,  164. 

Phoebe,  164. 
Fuller,  Zaccheus,  180. 
Gardner,  Abby,  170. 

Albert,  170. 

Anna,  170. 

Barnabas,  161. 

Elizabeth,  152,  161. 

Frank,  170. 

Frederick,  220. 

George,  170. 

Grafton,  151. 

Joshua,  170. 

Louise,  170. 

Lydia,  170. 

Mary  Jane,  220. 

Merab,  160. 

Paul,  156,  170. 

Peleg,  160. 

Timothy,  147. 
Garfield,  Jonas,  163. 
Garland,  Charlotte, 

172. 
Garner,  Samuel,  149. 
Gates,  Amos  W.,  228. 

Annie  Elizabeth, 
263. 

Charles    Dempster, 
228,  263. 

Cora    Evelyn,    228, 
263. 

Elizabeth    (Mer- 
rick), 192. 

Grace  Adelaide,  228. 

Morden    Dempster, 
263. 

Stephen,  149. 

William  Rufus,  228. 
George,  Selina,  202. 
Gerard,  Joseph,  174. 
Gifford,  ,  m.   Bet- 
sey Myrick,  160. 
m.     William 


Myrick,  160 
Giles,  Love,  153. 

Thomas,  153. 
Gilman,  John  L.,  164. 
Gilpatrick,   Thomas 

S.,  172. 
Glass,  Agnes,  250. 
Gleason,  John,  173. 
Goff,  Stephen,  154. 
Goodhue,  Aaron,  254, 

255. 
EmmaF.,  255. 


George  A.,  255. 

Laura  J.,  255. 

Lizzie  E. ,  255. 

Louisa  J.,  254. 
Goodrich,  Mary  New- 
ell, 252. 
Goodwin,  Esther,  160. 
Gordon,  Edith,  256. 

Freeman,  256. 

Nelsons.,  173. 
Gorham,    Winnifred, 

261. 
Goud,  Betsey,  158. 

Lazarus,  158. 
Gould,  Ellen  Mary,  252. 

Emma  Lillian,  252. 

Fanny    McFarland, 
252. 

James  Franklin, 
252. 

James  Goodrich, 
252. 

James  P.,  252. 

Stevens,  252. 
Graham,  Adelaide  A., 
199. 

Adelaide  L.,  200. 

AdolphusOblin,199. 

Albert  Foster,    200, 
252. 

Alice  Tennev,  201. 

Amanda  F., "200. 

AnnaE.,  198. 

Annie  Belle,  201. 

Arrah,  169. 

Austin  Warner,201. 

Caroline  A.,  198. 

Charles    Goss,    169, 
199. 

Charles    Warren, 
200. 

Cora  Imogene,  201. 

Doris  Sue,  199. 

Edward  Justin,  252. 

Eliza  Frances,  198. 

EUza  RoUins,  201. 

Elizabeth  Jane,  198. 

Ella  Elizabeth,  199. 

Ella  Louise,  252. 

Ella  Rogers,  200. 

Ellen  Mary,  200. 

Emily  Frances,  198. 

Emma    Jane,     198, 
252. 

Frances  A. ,  200. 

Frances  Antoinette, 
252. 


Graham,  George  Aus- 
tin,  199. 
George  Warren, 201, 

253. 
George  Warren,  Jr., 

253. 
Harriet  E.,  200. 
Helen      Jaennette, 

254. 
Howard  Irving,  254. 
James  Henry,    198. 
James  W.,  198. 
James  Warren,  169, 

197. 
John,  169,  169,  198. 
John  Leroy,  201. 
Judith,  169,  197. 
Laura  Ann,  201,  254. 
Laura  Matilda,  198. 
Le^\'is  Day,  201. 
Lotta  Blanche,  201. 
Mabel,  201. 
Mary  Ann,  198. 
Mary  Eliza,  200,253. 
Maud  Anna,  199. 
May  Frances,  252. 
Nathaniel    Myrick, 

169,  200. 
Otis  Albert,  201,254. 
Paul  Harold,  254. 
Rachael  Sai'ah,  198. 
Rufus    Kittr  i  d  g  e, 

169,  200. 
Rufus  Melvin,  201. 
Sarah  Frances,  201. 
Susan  Maria,  198. 
Sylvanus  Cobb,  199. 
Thomas  F  e  r  n  a  1  d, 

169,  199. 
Tom  A.,  199. 
Warren  Albert,  252. 
Warren       MeiTick, 

200. 
Grant,  Mary,  179. 

OUver,  179. 
Graves,     George     S., 

224. 
Nancv  Lucinda,194, 

195: 
Gray,  John,  176. 
Marv,  176. 
W.  H.,  180. 
Green,  Mehitable,  148. 
Greenough,     Moses, 

170. 
Gregorv,    Eliza,    192. 
GriMn,    John,    148. 


INDEX  —  TAMES    BRANCH. 


iG5 


Grimes,  John,  156,169. 

William,  169. 
Griswold,      Harmon, 

189. 
Grummett,  Robert, 

175. 
Gutterson,     W.    W., 

256. 
Haley,  Jennie,  203. 
Hall,    Jonathan,    152. 
Hamlin,  Phoebe,  193. 

Hammond,    ,    m. 

Flora  Ella  Hobbs, 
198. 
Hanan  &  Son,  253. 
Harper,    Fannie,  250, 
Harriman,  Abner,  165. 

Caroline,  188. 

Dudley,  165. 

Eunice,  165. 

Franklin,  188,    226. 

George  W.,  188. 

Hazel  Dell,  226. 

Huldah,  188. 

John,   165,   165,  188. 

John  Franklyn,  226. 

Joseph,  165,  165. 

Laban,  165. 

Leonard,  165. 

Lou  B.,  226. 

Lydia,  188. 

Mary,  165. 

Maude,  226. 

Nicholas,  165. 

Noah,  165. 

Reuben,  165,  165,165 
188. 

Rufus,  156,  165. 

Rufus   P.,  165. 

Rufus  Putnam,  188. 

Sarah,  156,  165,  165. 

Harrington,  ,  m. 

Lydia  C.   Myrick, 
256. 
Harris,      Arthur    L. , 
201. 

Dorothy  G.,  201. 

Louis  M.,  201. 

Mabel  R.,  201. 
Hart,  Keziah,  186. 
Haskins,  Gideon,  164. 

Phebe,  154,  164. 

Sally,  186. 
Hathaway,  Carrie  B., 
226. 

George  W.,  236. 
Hay,  Francis,  IGO. 


Hayden,  Zophar,  152. 
Hayes,  Elizabeth,  145. 
Head,  Alva,  253. 

Mary  Abbie.  253. 
Heath,  Anna  L.,  202. 

Bartholomew,    156. 
Hibbard,  Esther,  149. 

James,  149. 

Marianna,  149. 
Hicks,  Green,   188. 

Joseph,  188. 

Jacob,  188. 
Hills,  Ehza,  210. 
Hill.  Eliza,  249. 
Hinda,  Alberts.,  255. 

Charles  W.,  255. 

Edward,  255,  255. 
Hittel,    Maude  Gene- 
vieve, 262. 

Peter,  262. 
Hoard,  Gov.  Wm.  D., 

236. 
Hobbs,  Albert  Julian, 
198. 

Flora  Ella,  198. 

George  Carlton,  198. 

Nathaniel  R.,  198. 

William  K.,  198. 
Holbrook,  Adaline  L. , 

209. 
Hoopes,  Edward,  241. 
Hopkins,  Benoni,  147. 

Nancy,  171. 
Hopper,  Anna  Dore- 
mus,  218. 

Cornelius  C,  218. 
Hoskins,  Ruth  Anna, 

199. 
Houston,  Levi,  256. 
Hull,  James  William, 
179. 

Dr.  J.  W.,  179. 
Hunt,    Mrs.    Arteme- 
sia  (Stone),  188. 

Isabel,  25.5. 
Huntley,  H.  W.,  246. 

Marv  Emma,  245. 

Vi.  F.,  246. 

William,  245. 
Huse,  Abel,  148,  148. 

Abigail,  148. 

Anne,  148. 

Daniel,  149. 

Judith,  148. 

Lydia,  148. 

Mary,  148. 

Moses,  148. 


Ruth,  150. 

Samuel,     145,     148, 
148. 
Hussey,  Abigail,  153. 

Alexander  C,  171. 

Amy  E..  252. 

John,  180. 

Obed,  153. 

Paul,  163. 

Seth,  153. 

William  B.,  163. 
Hutchins,    Amelia, 
197,  251. 

Ella.  197. 

Frederick  W.,  197. 

Mary,  251,  197. 
Hutchinson,  Asa,  243. 

Family,  242. 

John,  243. 
Hutson.  Fred,  239. 
Ickes,  Clara  Asenath, 
248. 

Isaiah,  248. 
Ingalls,  David  W., 202. 
Irish,  Jonathan,  154. 

Ruth  Myrick,  220. 
J ,  Elsie,  m.  Hart- 
ley Myrick,  174. 
Jackson,  Rebecca,  177. 

Sarah,  210. 
Jaques,  Joseph,  197. 

Sarah,  155. 

Stephen,   155. 
Jenkins,  Judith,  154. 

Thomas.  154. 

Tristram,  180. 
Jenks,  George,  185. 

William,  162. 

William  H.,  185. 
Jennings,  Prince,  154. 
Jewett,  H.  J.,  174. 

Sarah  C,  256,  264. 
Johnson,  Jacob,  144. 
Jones,  D.  Llov.l,  237. 

Polly,  179. 
Joy,  Alice,  251. 

Amelia  (Hutchins), 
197. 

Eliza,  182. 

George.  183. 

Lucy,  251. 

Lydia,  183. 

Obed.  182. 

Thaddeus.  251. 

ThaddeusMiles,251 
Justis,  Jesse,  164. 
Keeler,  Abijah,  188. 


466 


MERRICK    GENEALOGY. 


Kendrick.Elona  Law- 
rence, 222. 
Keyes,  Nancy,  176. 
Kimball,  Warren,  200. 

King,    ,    m.    Ma- 

linda  Myrick,177. 
Kingsland,  Robert  O., 

218. 
Kirby,  Frances,  252. 
Knowlton,  Benjamin, 

143. 
Ladd,   Linnie    Maud, 
254. 
Laura  May,  254. 
Lynn  Bard,  254. 
Lake,  Oliver,  156. 
George  E.,  174. 
William  T.,  175. 
Henry  T.,  175. 
Lamb,  Mary,  227. 
Lampson,  Marie.  211. 
Lancaster,  Joseph,  145. 

Mary,  145. 
Lanelieart,  Florence, 

199. 
Lathrop,  Belle,  264. 
Lawrence,    George, 
205. 
Hester  A.,  205. 
Learned, Daisy  L.,176. 
Leason,  Alfred,  213. 
Bessie,  213. 
Bertha,  213. 
Eva.  213. 
Franke,  213. 
Gracie,  213. 
Pearl,  213. 
Leathers,    William, 

144. 
Leonard,  G.  F.,  220. 

Nancy,  173. 
Lewis,  Delia,  226. 
L'Hommedieu,     Ben- 
jamin, 216. 
LydiaP.,  216. 
Libby,    Joanna,    146, 
150. 

Lida  ,    m.    Elias 

Myrick,  177. 
Linnekin,  Alonzo,173. 
Little,  Ellen  Frances, 
204. 
George,  155. 
Judith,  155,  156. 
Lieut.  Moses,  165. 
Moses,  155,  155. 
Stephen,  155,  155. 


Sarah,  169. 
Long,  Jemima,  152. 

John,  152. 

Obed,  153. 
Loud,  John,  197. 
Lovering,     Jane     G., 

183. 
Lowe,  George  E.,  228. 

James,  228. 

Margaret,  206. 
Lyons,  Carrie,  175. 

Maiy  F.,  175. 
McAllister,      Frank, 

202. 
McClure,   Annie,  145. 
McCreath,  Annie,  252. 
McFarland,     Frances 

T.,  198. 
McKeller,  Agnes,  261. 

Mary,  261. 
McKenzie,  Sarah,  261. 
McNaughton,  Jennie, 

2(54. 
McQueen,     Catherine 
Ann,  261. 

Donald,  261. 
Mace}^   Caroline,  216. 

Francis,  154. 

Gorham,  216. 

John,  171. 

JohnC,  161. 

Joseph  B.,  183. 

Reuben,  154. 
Mainard,  Frederick, 

200. 
Malbon,  Catherine, 

146,  1.50. 
Mansur,    Mercy   (M}^- 
rick),  260. 

Sarah  J.,  260. 
Mardlin,  Hannah,  151. 
Marsh,  John,  201. 
Martin,  Allen,  170. 

Allen   Buck  land, 
203. 

Ellen  Frances,  203. 

Hamlin   Sumner, 
203. 

Kate   202. 
Martsoif.  Emma,  246. 
Mason,  John  K.,  202- 
Matavia,  John,  203. 
Maynard,  Mariette, 

176. 
Merchant,  Joseph,  1 84. 
Merrick  &  Cisson,  189. 
Miller,  Sue  E.,  199. 


Milliken,  Frank,  177. 

George  E.,  176. 

Helen  J.,  176. 

Horatio,  176. 
Miner,  Amos,  193,  241. 

Ann,  245. 

Fanny,  193,  241. 

J.  F.,  244. 

John,  241. 
Miner  &  Merrick,  193. 
Mitchell,  Christopher, 
183. 

EUza,  183. 

Ehzabeth,  157. 

LydiaG.,  162. 
Mobley,    Samuel,  213. 

Sarah  L.,  213. 
Moody,  Abigail,  171. 

John,  171. 

Sarah  C,  171. 
Moore,  Charles H.,  198. 

Louisa,  205. 
Morrison.  Laura,  198. 

Mary  E.,  240. 
Morse,  Abigail,  155. 

Clara  Pratt,  222. 

Ehzabeth  G.,  199. 

Harriet  N.,  200. 

John,  148. 

Dea.  John,  200. 

Nancy,  202. 

Stephen,  152. 
Nash,  Boadicea,  226. 

Ida  Luella,  227. 

John  Zadoc,  227. 
Nason,  Alice,  197. 

Andrew  J.,  197. 

Annie,  197. 

Edward,  197. 

Emma,  197. 

George,  197. 

Hattie,  197. 
Nevin,  Abram  Scott, 
263. 

Charles    Merrick, 
263. 

Grace  Louise,  264. 

Walter  Scott,  263. 

William  Scott,  263. 
Newell,  Andrew,  144. 

Harriet,  202. 

John.  144. 

Mary,  144. 

Samuel  S.,  254. 

Samuel  T.,  202. 
Newton,  Isabella  A., 
205. 


INDEX — JAiMES    BRAN'CH. 


467 


PhineasB.,  172,205. 

William  J.,  172. 
Nichols,  Horatio,  153. 
Nightengale,    Eliza, 

202. 
Noves,     Alfred     Pea- 
'  body,  204. 

Edward,     156,    167, 
170. 

Edward  Rand,  170. 

El  bridge  Heniy,  204. 

Eliphalet,  150. 

Eliza,  170. 

Elvira  Peabody,  170. 

Eunice,  170. 

George      Washing- 
ton, 170. 

Harriette  E.,  204. 

Heniy,  169. 

Isaac  William,  204. 

James,  156, 169,  170. 

Joseph,  169,170,170. 

Joshiia   Flint,    170, 
208. 

Lois  Ann,  204. 

Mary  Darling,  170. 

Maty,  169. 

Moses,  170. 

Nathaniel,  169. 

Dr.  Rufus  King,  204. 

Rufus  Merrick,  169. 

Sarah,  167. 

Sarah  Ann,  170. 
Norman,  Jo.seph,  202. 
Nye,  Clark  D..  216. 
Oberempt,     Herman, 

219. 
Odem,  T.  W.,  180. 
Olmstead,      Hannah, 

192. 
Ordway,  Stephen,  145. 
Osgood,  Lois,  158. 

Paddleford,    Huldah, 

217. 
Paddock,  Laban,  160. 
Page.  Betsey  Crosby, 

189. 
Jacob,  189. 
Palmer,   Henry,    144. 
Parkham,      William, 

147. 
Patten,  Joan   D'Arc, 

204. 
Paull,    Frederick  A., 

221. 
Myra  F.,  221. 


Paul,  John,  155. 
Joseph,  155. 
Lizzie   Rogers,  254. 
Peabody,    Ehza,   204. 
Pearson,    Nancy,  204. 
Peckham,      Deborah, 
153 
Mary,  153. 
Peet,  Mary,  178. 
Perkins,  John  Leroy, 
201. 

Pettee, ,    m.  Mrs. 

Myra  F.  Merrick, 
222. 
Pettingill,  John,  148. 
Phelps,    Edward    H. 

224. 
Phinney ,  Col.  Edward, 

150. 
Pierce.  Helen,  220, 
Pinegar,  Mrs.  Aman- 
da, 179. 
Elsie  Dora,  213. 
John  A.,  213. 
William  Edgar,  213. 
Pinkham,      Deborah, 
146,  147. 
Jedidah,  147,  147. 
Jonathan,  146,    147. 
Ruth,  157. 
Tirzah,  180. 
Pitt.  William,  144. 
Place,  Caroline  Maud, 
199. 
Isaac  R.,  199. 
Stephen      Graham, 

199. 
Tom  Minor,  199. 
Plumer,  Deborah,  155. 

Polly ,  m.  Joseph 

Merrick,   154, 
Poore,  Alfred,  148, 155. 

Alice,  155. 
Pope,  Gen.  John,  232. 
Powers,    Esther,   103. 
Proctor,    James,   147. 
Putnam,    Ernest   A., 
250. 
Gen.  Israel,  165. 
Mehitable,  165,  165. 
Pjdes,  John,  146. 

Ram.sdell,  John,    154. 

Sarah,  154. 
Rand,  Charles  T.,  255. 
Ray,  A.,  177. 

Alexander,  161. 


Augu.stus,  176. 

C.  W.,  174. 

Lydia,  161. 
Redmon,  Anna  Ruby, 
263. 

Elijah  N.,  263. 

John  Nelson.  263. 

William  Frederick, 
263. 
Redmond,  MoUie  Ger- 
trude, 264. 
Reese,  Frank  W.,  227. 

Helen,  227.  202. 

William.  227. 

William  P.,  227. 
Reid,  Sarah   Mansur, 
260. 

Williams..  260. 
Rice,  Cliarles  S.,  198. 

David,  159. 

Ehza,  198. 

James  Nelson,   198. 
Rice,  Lvdia,  204. 

WllHam  G..  198. 
Richardson.     Daniel, 

149. 
Ridgelev,  Randolph, 

202." 
Riplev,  Marie   Antoi- 
nette, 226. 
Robbins,    Edna,    220, 
221 

Sarah,  188. 
Robinson,  Edgar  Wil- 
liam, 199. 

lone,  199. 

James,  181. 

John.  187. 

Louisa  H. ,  187. 

Walter.  205. 
Rollins,    Sarah   Ann, 

200. 
Rowe,  Ann,  172. 
Rusk,  Gov.  Jeremiah, 

236. 
Russell,  Laura,  212. 

Nellie  E..  256. 

Obed,  153. 

Reuben,  157. 

Seth.  153. 

Samuel  P..  256. 
Sanborn,  John,  169. 
Sargent,  Giles,  170. 

Orrin,  201. 
Sarr,  Laura.  250. 
Saunders,  Ella,  340. 
Savage,  Frank,  251. 


36- M 


468 


MERRICK    GENEALOGY. 


Mae,  351. 
Sawyer,  David,  309. 

LillaP.,  309. 
Schweitzer,  Florence 
lone,  199. 

Louis  H.,  199. 

MerzaH.,  199. 
Scott,  Caroline  A., 311. 

John,  159. 

William,  311. 
Searles,     Emma     D., 

360. 
Seevers,  Thomas,  180. 
Segar,    Adda    Laura, 
314. 

George  H.,  314. 
Sheldon,  Delos,  364. 

DelosKendrick,350, 
364. 

Effie  M.,  350. 

Gladys,  364. 

Mary,  364 

Myron.  364. 

Myron  W.,  350. 

Sarah  Merrick,  350. 
Slmltz,  Jolm,  313. 
Sillings,    Thomas    J., 

145. 
Silsby,  Lemuels.,  158. 
Skinner,    Henry    A., 

186. 
Smart,      Elizabeth 

Ineal,  193. 
Smith,  Bernice  Nata- 
lie, 354. 

Ernest,  354. 

Hazel  Luella,  354. 

John,  154,  339. 

LydiaB.  E.,  319. 

Marietta   Brooks, 
339,  3:^3,  337. 

Rev.  M.  H.,  300. 

Pamelia,  356. 
Somerby,  Judith,  155. 
Soper,  Andrew,  176. 
Souther,  Fernald,199. 
Spaulding,  Lora,  355. 
Spencer,  Betsey,  188. 

Jasper,  157. 
Stanton,    Alabama, 
357,  359, 

Hon.    Stephen    B. , 

Staples!  E.  O.,  174. 
Starbuck,  Charles  R., 
186. 
William  C,  163. 


Starrett,  Alice  J.,  175. 
Augustine  M.,  175. 
Danvill  W.,  175. 
Edward,  158. 
Edwin,  174. 
Florence  E.,  174. 
George,  174. 
Sarah  A.,  173, 
Steele.  Betsey,  169. 
Stevens,  Minerva  L., 
186. 
William.  149. 
Stewart,  Clyde,  313. 
Stickney,     Jonathan, 
304. 
Rhoda,  304. 
Sally,  170. 
Stimson,  Anna.  183, 
Stilson,  Lemuel,  313. 

Mary  E.,  313. 
Stock  well.  A.  B.,333. 
Stoddard,  Isaac,  181. 
Stone.    Mary   Louise, 

356. 
Storer,      Etta    Pearl, 

300. 
Stratton,    Mattie    B., 

365. 
Strickland,      Amelia, 

305. 
Strong,  James,  338. 

Louise,  338. 
Sturgis,  John,  357. 
Sully,    Gen.     Alfred, 

331. 
Sunderlin,      Charles, 
364. 
Leon,  364. 
Swain,    Hannah    Ma- 
ria, 330. 
Henry  W.,  330. 
Obed,  163 
Sarah,  154. 
Uriah,  163. 
Sylvester,   Henrj^  A., 
333. 
Susan,  153. 
Taber,  Carrie,  338. 

John  B..  338. 
Tate,  Mark,  305. 
Taylor,  Rev.  A.  A.  E., 
337. 
Capt.  Abraham,  150. 
Lute,  338. 
Rebecca,  146. 
Temple,    Mary  E., 
183. 


Thomas,  Belinda 
(Watts),  173. 

Sabett,  313. 

Seth,  194. 
Thompson, Ida  B.,  360. 

James.  319. 

Louisa  A.,  319. 

Thomas  G.,  361. 
Thomson  Clarissa, 

363. 
Thurber,  A.,  188. 
Tibbals,    Amelia,  175. 
Tilton,    Cora   Gladys, 
301. 

Harry,  301. 

Herbert  S.,  301. 
Titus,  J.  Duane,  350. 
Toll,  D.  R.,  198. 
Townsend,    Marian, 
154,  330. 

Sarah  A.,  174. 
Tyzick,  Ralph,    146. 
Underwood,  Susan- 

nah,  315,  315. 
Van  Bokkelen,  Anna 

D.,  174. 
Van    de    Grift,    Giles 

Oscar,  349. 
Vose,  Oliver,  173, 
Vaunt,  Mrs.  Ella,  301. 
Waldron,  Mary,  185. 

Samuel,  185. 
Ward,  Nathan,  306. 

Susan  Helen,  306. 
Wardwell,    Clarence, 

301. 
Warren, Mrs.  Edward, 
198. 

Edward  A.,  323. 

Edward  A.,  Jr.,  333. 
Watts.  Abbie,  173,173. 

Angeline,  173. 

Cordelia,  173. 

Eveline,  173. 

Frances  E.,  173. 

John,  173. 

Marion,  303. 

Samuel,  158,  173. 

William  E..   173. 
Webb,  A.  H.,  174,  311. 

Betsey,  306. 
Webster,  Bailey,  155. 

Levi,  171. 

Mrs. ,  148. 

Nathan,  303. 
Weed,  Hon.  Thurlow, 
195. 


INDEX  —  JAMES   BRANCH. 


469 


Weidenholdt,    Har- 
riet, 154,  164. 
John,  152,  154. 
Wells,  Judith,  164. 
Wentworth,  B  e  n  j  a- 

min,  164. 
Wertzbaugher,    Eme- 

line,  348. 
West,  Clara,  210. 
Wlielpley ,  Co  r  n  e  1  i  a 
M.  A.,  189,  192. 
David,  192. 
Jonathan,  192. 
Samuel,  192. 
Thomas,  189,  192. 
Whitaker,  Lida,  172. 

George,  172. 
Whittaker,     Orlatou, 
203. 
Winslow,  172. 
White.  George  J.,  186. 
Whiting,  Henry,  219. 
Whitney,    Edgar  By- 
ron, 197,  251. 
Helen  G.,  197. 


Marv  Brooks,  229. 
Roval  L.  251. 
William  B.,  107. 
WilHam  Merrick, 
197. 
Wliittemore,    Amos, 
223. 
Gershom,  223, 
Lucy  C,  187. 
Lucy  Caroline,  223. 
Whittier,  Mary,  148. 
Wilcox,  Reuben,   164. 
Willard,  Sophia,  158. 
Willey,    Edwin  Still- 
man,  199. 
Lizzie,   199 
WilUams,  John  R. .  200. 
Millard     Francis, 

''54 
Mi^s.    Tillie     (Stur- 
gis),  257. 
Willis,  George,  222. 
Geor  g  ianna  My- 
rick    222. 
Wilson,  Sadie,  246. 


Thomas,  24(;. 
Wealthy,  2U1. 
Winship,  Timothy, 

144. 
Wood,  Asa,  163. 
Work,     Hannah     R., 
172. 
James,  172. 
Worth.    Charles    W., 

219. 
Wright,  (ieorge.  236. 

Harrv,  236. 
Wyer,  John,  1.52. 
Young,  Robert,  175. 
Sarah,  175. 

Hannah    ,     m. 

James'   Mirick, 
143. 

Hannah     ,     m. 

John  3  Mirick,  145. 

Margaret  ,    m. 

James  Merrick, 
143. 

Sarah  ,  m.  Jacob 

Merrick,  149. 


NAMES  OF  PLACES,  ETC. 


Abington,  Pa.,  263. 
Adrian,    Mich.,     165, 

166,  167,  188,   189, 

193,  194,   19,5,  196, 

197,  220,  227,  249, 

251. 
Albion,  Mich.,  240. 
Alden,  N.  Y.,  197. 
Alexandria,  Ind.,  260. 
Alston,  Mass.,  222. 
Amesbury,  Mass.,  145, 

155,  170. 
Amherst,  Mass.,    224. 
Anderson,   Ind.,    200. 
Andover,  Mass.,    144. 
' 'A  n  nie     L a u  r i e' ' 

Steamboat,  178. 
Antietam,  Battle,  247. 
"Aristook"   Gunboat, 

199. 
Ashtabula,     O.,     189, 

192. 
Atkinson,  N.  H.,  169, 

170,  202,  203,  204. 
Auburn,  N.  H.,  169. 
Auburn,   N.    Y.,    154, 

186,  188,   199,  200, 

217,  220,  264. 


Aurora,  111.,  198. 
Austin,  111.,  257. 
Bangor,  Me.,  171. 
Barnstable,  Mass.,  180. 
Bath,  Me.,  176. 
Baltimore,    Md.,    153. 
Beaver,  Pa.,  245. 
Beaver  Falls.  Pa., 263. 
Beaver  Creek,  Minn., 

205. 
Bedford,    Ma.ss.,    151, 

160. 
Belfast,  Me..  175. 
Ben  Avon,  Pa.,  263. 
Benedict,    Neb.,  212. 
Bethlehem,    Pa.,  218. 
Birmingham.  Me. ,151, 

159,  178. 
Black  Earth,  Wis., 352. 
Black  Hawk,  Col.,  223. 
Blair,  Neb.,  226. 
Bloom,  111.,  211. 
Blue  Hill.  Me.,  158. 
Boscowen,  N.  H.,  171, 

204. 
Boston,     Mass.,     144, 

146,  185,  187,  201, 

204,  205,  217. 


Bradford,   Mass.,  148, 

200,  201. 
Brainerd,   Neb.,    179. 
Brainerd,  Minn.,  206. 
Bridgston,  Me..  149. 
Bristol,  Eng.,  144. 
Brockport,  N.  Y.,250. 
Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  237, 

253,  254.  256,  257, 

265. 
Brown     Uni  vers  i  t  y , 

262. 
Brutus,    N.    Y.,     166, 

167,  189,   192,  194, 

196. 
Buffalo.    N.    Y.,    220, 

251. 
Buffalo    Creek,  Col., 

252. 
Burlington,    la.,    159. 
Burrington.    Conn., 

18N. 
Burnhaiu,     I\le..    \'>X, 

1.59,  174,   175.  207. 
Buxton,  Me.,  158. 
Caledonia.  Minn.,  238. 
Callao.  S.  A.,  261. 
Campbell,    Cal.,    251. 


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MERRICK    GENEALOGY 


Campello,  Mass.,  316. 

Candia,  N.  H.,  204 

Cape  Breton,  N.  S., 
261. 

Cape  Horn,  184. 

Cedar  Creek,  Battle, 
247. 

Cedar  Falls,  la.,  243. 

Cedar  Rai^ids,  la.,  226. 

Chancellorsville,  Bat- 
tle, 247. 

Chantilly,  Battle,  247. 

Charlestovvu,  Mass., 
143,  144.  145,  146, 
151,  160,  193. 

Charlotte,  Mich.,  227. 

Chester,  N.  H.,  165. 

Chicago,  111.,  15S,  171, 
173,  174,  205,  215, 
226,  250,  264. 

Chillicothe,  la.,  159, 
178,  179,  313,  214. 

Cincinnati,  O.,  160, 
161. 

Cleveland,  O.,  164, 
180,  193,  240. 

Clinton,  Mass.,  264, 
265. 

Clinton,  Me.,  173,  174. 

Clinton,  Mich.,  251.  ' 

Coburn  Classical  In- 
stitute, 209. 

Colby  College,  209. 

Colby   Institute,    209. 

Concord,    Mass.,    223. 

Concord,  Wis.,  253. 

Corinth,  Vt.,  166,  169. 

Culver,  Kan.,  214. 

Danville,  N.    H.,  203. 

Davenport,    la. ,    263. 

DeBeque,  Col.,  179. 

Delavan,  Wis.,   188. 

Deposit,  N.  Y. ,  228. 

Des  Moines,  la,,  159, 
175,  210,  227. 

Derry,  N.  H..  202,  255. 

Derryfield,  N.  H.,  148. 

Dorset,  Vt.,  176. 

Dracut,  Mass.,  254, 
255. 

Dre.sden,  Me.,  158,174. 

Drew  Theological 
Seminary,  359. 

Duluth,  Minn.,  173. 

Earlham  College,  359. 

East  Hampton,  N.  H., 
303. 


Eau  Claire,  Wis.,  353. 
Eddyville,     la.,     151, 

159,  177,  180,  315. 
Edgartown,     Mass., 

184. 
Edmunds,  S.  D.,  351. 
Edwin,  Kan.,  214. 
Elbridge,  N.  Y..  188. 
Eldridge,  N.  Y.,350. 
Elkhorn,  Wis.,  188. 
Enon,  Pa.,  263. 
E.sterville,  la.,  172. 
Evansville,  Ind.,   181. 
Fairfield,  Conn.,  193. 
Falkland  Islands,  153. 
Fall  River,  Mass.,  216. 
Falling    Water,    Bat- 
tle, 300. 
Fallston,  Pa.,  193,194, 

342,  247. 
Falmouth,  Mass.,  219. 
"Fanny    Harris ," 

Steamboat,  231. 
Fargo,  N.  D.,  263. 
Fisher's  Hill,  Battle, 

247. 
Fort  Collins,  Col., 333. 
Fort  Dodge,  la  ,  342. 
Fort  Edward,  Battle, 

149. 
Fort  William  Henry, 

Battle,  149. 
Freedom,  Me.,  158, 176. 
Freeport,  Me.,  201. 
Freetown,  Mass.,  164. 

186. 
Fulton,  Kan.,  251. 
Fulton,  N.  Y.,  250. 
French     and     Indian 

War,  143. 
Galesburg,    111.,    212, 

264. 
Geneva  College,  263. 
Georgetown,     D.    C. , 

835. 
Gettysburg,      Battle, 

247. 
Glasgow,       Scotland, 

261. 
Grafton,  Wis.,  200. 
Greeneville,  R.  1,221. 
Greenville,  Conn. ,  239, 

337. 
Hagerstown,  Md.,300. 
Hallowell,  Me.,  155. 
Hammondtown,  N.  J. , 

187. 


Hampstead, N.  H.,l."6, 

165,  167,  16'J,   170, 

198,  303,  203,  204, 

355. 
Hampstead,  N.Y.,166. 
Hartford,  Conn  ,  196. 
Hartland,     Me.,    209, 

210. 
Harwinton,      Conn., 

194. 
Haverhill,  Mass.,  1G5, 

170,  189,  19S,   300, 

301,  303,  353.  354. 
Henniker,  N.  H.,  171, 

356. 
"Henry  Astor,"  Ship, 

180. 
"Highland    Ma  ry," 

Steamboat.  178. 
Hills,  Minn.,  305. 
Hillside,  Wis.,  353. 
Holbrook,  Mass.,  359. 
Honolulu,    Sandwich 

Islands,  350. 
Howe      Sewing    Ma- 
chine Co.,  333. 
Hudson,    N.    Y.,   160, 

180,  354. 
Hudson,  Wis.,  331. 
Huron,  S.  D.,  364. 
Hutchinson,      Minn. , 

343. 
Ida  Grove,    la.,    173, 

210. 
ludianola,  la.,  177. 
Jacksonville,  111.,  345, 

346. 
Jamaica  Plain,  Mass. , 

186,  333. 
Jan  sville.  Wis.,  239. 
Jefferson,  Me.,  171. 
Jefferson  Co.,  N.  Y., 

186. 
"John  Adams,"  Ship, 

181,  182,  217. 
Jonesviile,  Mich., 257. 
Jordan,    N.    Y.,     193. 

194.  241. 
Kendallville,    N.    Y., 

193. 
Kewaunee,  111.,  228. 
Kingfisher,  Okl.,  212. 
King    PhilUp's   War, 

155. 
Kittery%  Me.,  145,146. 
Lawrence,  Mass.,  220. 
Leeds,  Mass.,  219. 


INDEX — JAMES    BRANCH. 


471 


Lenox,  Mass.,  192. 
Libertvville,  111.,  158, 

173,  174,  17o,   176, 

210.  -.211. 
Lima,  N.  Y..  176. 
Lima.  lud.,  315.  216. 
Litclifield,  Couu.,  195. 
"Lizzie    Cassell," 

Steamboat,  178. 
Lodi,  Wis.,  238.  239. 
Lohina,  Pacific  Island, 

180. 
London.  Eng.,  152,155. 
Londonderry,  O.,  178. 
Londonderry,  Vt..  238. 
Los     Angeles,     Cal., 

176.  177. 

Los  Gatos,  Cal.,  251. 

Louden,  N.  H. ,  155. 

Lowell.  Me.,  172. 

Lupton.  Col.,  210. 

Lyndon,  Kan..  159. 

Lynn,  Mass.,  160,  253, 
254. 

Machiasport,  Me.,  187. 

Macomb,  111..  212. 

Madison,  Wis.,  229. 

Manchester,  N.  H., 
187,  256. 

Manistee,  Mich.,  174, 
211. 

Marcellus.  N.  Y.,  250. 

Marietta,  O.,  213. 

Marshalltown.  la. ,  226. 

Mass.  Inst,  of  Tech- 
nology, 249. 

"Massachusetts," 
Ship,  184. 

Massillon,  O.,  248. 

Mc  Arthur,     O.,     159, 

177,  178,  179. 
Mentz,  N.  Y.,  200. 
Merrick,     Hanna     & 

Co.,  247. 
Merrillan,  Wis.,  228. 
Methueu,  Mass.,  148, 

149,  155. 
Middleport,  O.,  178. 
Middletovvn,     Conn., 

18G. 
Milwaukee,  Wis.,  200, 

252,  253. 
"Mink,"     Steamboat, 

178. 
Minneapolis,      Minn., 

171,  172,   197,  205, 


219, 


227,  251,  262. 


Mis.sionary  Ridge,  Bat 

tie,  216. 
Missouri.  State  of,  159 
Montreal,  Can.,  150. 
Moreland,  III.,  257. 
Moro,   N.  Y.,  203. 
Morton,  Neb.,  212. 
Morton' s  Ford,  Battle 

247. 
Myricks,   Mass.,    161 

186. 
Muscatine,  la.,  227. 
Nantuc  k  e  t,    M  ass. 

146,  147,  151,  152 

153,  154,  157,  160 

161,  163,  180,  181 

182,  183,  184,  185 

217,  218,  219,  220 

261. 
Nashua,  la.,  262. 
New  Bedford.   Mass. 

153,  154,  163,   164 

181,  216. 
New    Brighton,    Pa. 

193,  194,  241,  242 

244,  245,  246,  247 

248,  263. 
Newbury,  Mass.,  143 

145,  149,   155,  156 

16G,  171. 
Newbuiy,  Vt.,  155. 
Ne wbuiy port,  Mass. 

144,  146,  155,   163 

189,  241. 
Newcastle,  Me.,  158. 
New  Hampton,  N.  H. 

155,  156,  164. 
New  Orleans,  La., 154 
Newton,   N.    H.,    170 

204. 
New    Waterford,   O. 

263. 
New   York  City,  154 

164,  216,  232,  253 

257. 
New    York,    Norfolk 

&  Washington  S 

S.  Co.,  232. 
Niles,  Mich.,  189,  192 

193,  227,  228,  230 

238,  263. 
Northfield,  Mass.,  265 
North  Tonawanda,  N 

Y.,  262. 
North  Yarmout  h, 

Mass.,  161. 
Norwich,  Conn.,  229. 


Oakdale,  Mass..  259. 
Oakland,  Me.,  209. 
Oakmont,  Pa  .  263. 
Ontario,  Can.,  305. 
Orlaud,  Me.,  158,  176, 

177. 
0.sceola,  la..  213. 
Cshkosh,  Wis.,  253. 
Oskaloo.sa,     la.,    177, 

213,  214,  215. 
Pacific  Mail  S.  S.  Co.. 

232. 
Palmyra,  la.,  151,  177. 
Palmyra,  N.  Y.,  15.s. 
Paterson,  N.  J.,  318. 
Peach  Orchard,   Bat- 
tle, 347. 
Pennington    Point, 

111..  212. 
Philadelphia,  Pa.,  154, 

201.  217.  218. 
Pittsfield,  Me.,  206. 
Pottawottamie     Imli- 

ans,  189. 
Portland,     Me.,     161, 

183. 
Portland,   Conn.,  163, 

186. 
Port      Townsend, 

Wash.,    158,     174. 

175,  176. 
Poi-t  Royal,  Can.,  145. 
Port   Washington. 

Wis.,  200. 
Poughkeepsie,  N.   Y.. 

264. 
Poult ney,  Vt..  237. 
Prescott,    Wis..     190. 

191,  192,  327.  228. 

230,  238,  339,  243. 
Pre.sidio,  Cal.,  176. 
Providence.  R.  I.,  330. 

321,  262. 
Punxsutawney,     Pa. , 

257. 
Quincy,  III.,  364. 
Red  Wing,  Minn.. 301). 
Richmond,    Ind.,  317. 

218,  257,  358,  359, 

260,  261. 
Richmond,  Va.,  265. 
River  Falls.  Wis.. 329. 

233 
Rochester.  N.  Y..  188. 
Rockefeller.   111..  173. 
Rockford.     III..     336. 
Rome,  Mich..  336. 


472 


MERRICK    GENEALOGY. 


Roxbury,    Mass.,  202. 
St.  Albans,  Me.,  172, 

210. 
St.  Johns,  N.  B.,   147. 
Salem,  Mass.,  148,  200. 
Salem,  N.H.,  202,  254. 
Salina,  Kan.,  214. 
Salisbury,  Mass.,  16G, 

194. 
San     Antonio,    Tex., 

254. 
Sandy   Hook,    Conn., 

187. 
San   Francisco,    Cal. , 

154,  163,  175,  197, 

222,  251. 
San  Juan  del  Sur,  S. 

A.,  18B. 
Scarborough,  Me., 

150. 
Scituate,    Mass.,    152, 

161. 
Scotland,    Gt.    Brit., 

206. 
Scotland,  111.,  212. 
Seattle,  Wash.,  174. 
Second  Bull  Run,  Bat 

tie,  247. 
Seneca  Falls,   N.   Y., 

227. 
Sennett,    N.    Y.,   186, 

188,  196,  249,  250, 

264. 
Shakopee.  Minn. ,  206. 
Sharon,Mass.,221,222. 
Sheffield,  O.,  179. 
Sherburne,  N.  Y.,205. 
Shortville,  N.  Y.,  249. 
Shrewsbury,    Mass., 

256. 


Singapore,  Asia,  259. 

Skovv began.  Me.,  250. 

Somer.sworth,  N.  H., 
264. 

South  Boston,  Mass., 
285. 

South  Mountain,  Bat- 
tle, 24:1. 

South  Norridgewock, 

Me.,  209. 
Springfield,  111.,  264. 
Springfield,     Mass., 

143,  217,  222. 
Standard  Horse  Nail 

Co.,  246,  248. 
Stillwater,  Minn., 228, 

2()2. 
Sturgis,  Mich.,  257. 
Surrey,  Me.,  177. 
Swansea,  N.  H.,  221. 
Taunton,    Mass.,   164, 

186,  221,  222. 
Thomaston,  Me.,   158, 

17:5,  175. 
Thorndike,  Me.,  206. 
Toledo,  O.,  195,  227. 
Troy.    Me.,     172,    207, 

208,  209. 
Troy,  N.  Y.,  262. 
Turkey     Hill,    Mass., 

155. 
Texas,  State  of ,  161. 
Union,  Me.,  173. 
Unity,   Me..   157,  171, 

172,  173,  175,  208. 
University  of  Wiscon- 
sin, 253. 
Utioa,  N.  Y.,  193. 
Walston,  Pa.,  257. 
Waltham,  Mass.,  222. 


Wareham,  Mass. ,  153. 
Warner,  N.  H.,  205. 
Warren,  Me.,  173,  173. 

222. 
Washington,    D.    C, 

232,  265. 
Waterloo  Bridge, Bat- 
tle, 247. 
Waterville,  Me.,  208, 

209,  212,  249. 
Waverly,  111.,  245. 
Wauconda,  111.,  210. 
Waukegan,  111.,  175. 
Wauwatosa,      Wis., 

226. 
Wayland,  Mass.,  163. 
Weedsport,   N.   Y., 

250. 
West   Oakland,    Cal., 

186. 
West  Wisconsin  Rail- 
way, 233. 
White     Sulphur 

Springs,     Battle, 

247. 
Williamson,     N.    Y., 

176. 
Winche.ster,     Battle, 

247. 
Wolsey,  S.  D..  239. 
Worcester,  Mass.,  2!i4. 
York,  Neb.,  212. 
Yorkshire,  Eng.,  165. 
Zalaski,  O.,  159. 
Zumbrota,  Minn.,  171, 

172,  205,  206. 


INDEX  —  THOMAS    BRANCH. 


473 


INDEX-THOMAS  BRANCH. 


MERRICK,  MIRICK,  MYRICK. 


Aaron,  271,   275,   280, 

289,  293,  294,  295. 
Aaron     Colton,     282, 

299. 
Aaron  Winthrop,  883. 
Abbie  A.,  347. 
Abby  Maria,  800. 
Abel,  278,  279. 
Abel  Price.  825. 
Abigail,  268,  269,  271, 

276,  288,  286,  288, 

293.  299,  341,  372. 
Abigail  Sophia.  291. 
Ada  Isabel,  863. 
Ada  Jane,  349. 
Adaline,  287. 
Adaliue  Amelia,  310, 

356. 
Adelia,  298. 
Addia  Isabelle,  323. 
Addie,  366. 
Adelaide  M.,  339. 
Adeline,  372. 
Adoniram    Judson. 

351,  379. 
Agnes  F.,  340. 
Aimee  Maria,  340. 
Alanson  Chandler, 

295,  334. 
Albert,  394,  334,  371. 
Albert     Ardell,     333, 

363. 
Albert  H.,  377, 
Albert  Hamilton,  311, 

357. 
Albertina  Noel,  374 
Albert  Orson,  331. 
Albert  Winthrop. 328. 
Alfred,  287. 
Alfred  H.,  373. 
Alfred  Stow,  365. 
Alice,  372. 
Alice  J.,  373. 
Allen  Porter,  295,  832. 
Alonzo,  339. 
Alonzo  Ebenezer,  325. 
Amanda,  290. 
Ambrose  Bates,  359, 


Ambrose,  Newell,  287. 

313,  314. 
Anastasia       Janette, 

324. 
Andalusia,  303. 
Andrew  Jackson,  323, 

364,  864,  881. 
Ann,  277. 

Anna,  284,  286,  808. 
Annabel,  369. 
Anna  Gertrude,    363, 

364,  3«0. 
Anna  Marie.  810. 
Ann    Elizabeth,    321, 

351. 
Annie,  313. 
Annie  Weston,  346. 
An.son,  298. 
Antoinette  Rose,  340. 
Arthur  B.,  378,  884. 
Arthur  Lucius,  379. 
Arthur      Tyler,     360, 

381. 
Asa  Lanfear,  336. 
Augustus,     279,    280, 

292,  394. 
Augusta  D. ,  340. 
Austin,  385,  308,  809. 
Austin,  Leonard,  297, 

339. 
Austin  William,  810. 
Belle,  873. 
Benajah,  284. 
Benjauiin,    269,    272, 

273,  277,  377,  278, 

279,  287. 
Benjamin  Paul,  352. 
Benjamin     Westfall, 

365. 
Bess  Belden,  366. 
Bessie,  328. 
Betsey,  279,  291. 
Betsey  Lee,  393. 
Bishop,  379. 
Caleb,  377,  285. 
Calista      Amarintlia, 

304. 
Calvin,  393. 


Campbell,  366. 
Caroline,  383,  387, 393, 

295. 
Caroline      Elizabeth, 

361. 
Caroline  Hale,  331. 
Carrie  B. ,  373. 
Casper  Lavatox'e,  295, 

333 
Catherine,  293. 
Catherine  Smith,  311. 
Chaplin,  826. 
Charles,  373,  274,  279, 

279,  289,  292,  301, 

326,  373,  883. 
Charles   Clinton,  393, 

327. 
Charles   Dexter,    287. 
Charles   Edwin,    299, 

340,  340,  375. 
Charles  Francis,   365. 
Charles   Frank,     370, 

382,  382. 
Charles    Henry,    296, 

311,  326,  336,  357, 

367. 
Charles  Irving,  352. 
Charles  J.,  825,  365. 
Charles  Laurence, 383. 
Charles  M.,    336,    371. 
Charles  Roswell,  833, 

368. 
Cliarles  Royal,  335. 
Charles     Stepheuson, 

874,  384. 
Charles  Stuart.     316. 

376. 
Charles  Van.  367. 
Charles  W.,  366. 
Charles  Watson,  331. 
Charlotte.     281,     285, 

289,  290. 
Charlotte  Cornelia, 

311. 
Charlotte  Laviiiia,323. 
Chester  A.,  374. 
Chileab  Braiuerd,  276. 

282,  282. 


474: 


MERRICK    GENEALOGY. 


Chloe,    272,    276,    276, 

283,  293. 
Christiana,  292. 
Clara,  316,  362. 
Clarence  Eugene,  365. 
Clarence  Henry,  369. 
Clarinda,  282. 
Clarissa,  297,  347. 
Clark,  369. 
Clark  Reid,  288. 
Clinton,  303,  347. 
Clinton,   Victor,    340, 

375. 
Colton  Simon,  281. 
Constant,  277,286,286. 
Cora  Louise,  374. 
Cordelia,  338. 
Cordelia  Finette,  304. 
Corinne  LeMoine,  378. 
Cornelia,  288,  372. 
C.  v.,  Mrs.,  282,  282. 
Cyrus,  281,  296. 
Cyrus  Henry,  297,  337. 
Danfortli.  294. 
Daniel,  275,    278,  282, 

282,  282,   288,  288, 

298,  299,  340. 
Daniel  Brainerd,  300. 
Dr.  Daniel  D.,  310. 
DanielDelos,  288,  321. 
David,  269,   273,    273, 

278,  279,  280,  288, 

294. 


David  F.,  320. 


316, 


David  Thomas, 

361. 
Deborah,  284,  297, 
De  Etta,  355. 
Delia,  338. 
DelosS.,  347,  303. 
Dorcas  Newell,  300. 
Dorothv  Alice,  359. 
Duff,  355. 
Dwight,  313. 
Dwight  Lathrop 

369. 
Ebenezer,     269, 

274,  278,  278, 

279,  291. 
Edgar  Hamilton, 
Edith,  350. 
Edith  E.,  374. 
Edith  F.,  350. 
Edward,  341,  375,  376. 
Edward    Adams,  358. 
Edward  Clinton,  333, 

368. 


335, 

273, 

278, 

322. 


Edward  Dwight,  299. 
Edward  F.,  325. 
Edward  Lucius, 

383. 
Edward  Morton, 
Edward  Payson, 

299. 
Edwin,  294. 
Edwin  Lorenzo, 

334. 
Edwin   Thomas, 

301,  316,  316, 

362,  362. 
Edwin  Thomas, 

321. 
Elbert  H.,  339. 
Eldiidge  Gerrv, 

304,  306,  348 
Eldridge  Jarvis, 

348. 
Eleanor,  274,  278,  288, 

294. 
Elijah,  283. 
EH  Munn,  287. 
EhshaAlden,  285,  309, 
Ehza,  28G,  295. 
Eliza  Emeline,  333. 
Eliza  Jane,  304. 
Ehzabeth,     268, 

274,  277,  281, 


370, 

311. 
355. 


295, 

288, 
361, 

Jr., 


284, 
350. 
304, 


269, 
287, 
338. 
308. 


292,  302,  325, 
Elizabeth  Alden, 
Elizabeth      Caroline, 

361. 
Elizabeth  Fisher,  337. 
Elizabeth    Hamilton, 

358,  381. 
Ehzabeth  J.,  298. 
Elizabeth  Julia,  340. 
Elizabeth  Olive,  337. 
Ehzur,  286,  312. 
Ella.  372. 

Ella  Elizabeth,  308. 
Ellen,  313,  332. 
Ellen  Elizabeth,  310. 
Ellmora,  339. 
Elvira,  307. 
Elvira  Jane.  311. 
Emelia  Eveline,  324. 
EmeUne,  290,  309. 
Emeline  L.,  339. 
Emily,  294,  296. 
Emma,  292,  371. 
Emma  Jane,  340. 
Emma  Louise,  364. 
Emma  Marie,  326. 
EmmaS.,  347. 


Emma  Theodora,  371. 
Ermina  G.,  307. 
Ernest,  355,  368. 
Ernestine,  375. 
Estes,  295. 

Esther,  270,  280,  295. 
Ester  Howe,  339. 
Esther  P.,  340. 
Ethel,  328. 
Ethel  Dell,  357. 
Eugene  Montgomery, 

326. 
Eugene  R.,  374. 
Eugene  Roderick,  339. 
Eugene  C. ,  325. 
Eunice,   271,  276,  280, 

288. 
Evoy  Newell,  359. 
Experience,  286. 
Eyles  Cadvan,  381. 
Fannie  Fenton,  295. 
Fannie  Loring,  332, 
Fannie  Miriam,  346. 
Fannv,  345,  288,    299, 
Fidelia,  371. 
Fidelia  Jane,  307. 
Flavia,  339,  371. 
Flavia  Ruth,  374. 
Flora,  297,  300. 
Florence,  348. 
Florence  Adelia,  383. 
Florence     Bell,     368, 

382. 
Florence  Grace,  349. 
Fordyce,  298. 
France  Fuller,  359. 
Frances  Ameha,  331. 
Frances  Elizabeth, 

326. 
Frances  Fisk,  301. 
Frances  Leona,  378. 
Frances  Svlvia  L.  ,310. 
Francis,  298,  302,  309, 

355 
Francis  Catlin,  300. 
Francis  John.  292. 
Francis  T.,  283,  301. 
Francis  Tillev,  299. 
Frank,  334. 
Frank  Bentley,  380; 
Frank  G.,  366. 
Frank  Lvman,  384. 
Frank  Royal,  383. 
Frank  T.,  325. 
Frank    Wilbur,     347. 

Frank  Willard,  348. 


INDEX — THOMAS    BRANCH. 


475 


Frank  Woodard,  369. 
Franklin  Cooley,  287. 
Fred,  369. 
Frederick,    299,     341, 

341,  376. 
Frederick    Chapman, 

376. 
Frederick  L.,  338,372. 
Frederick  N.,  375. 
Frederick    Williston, 

872.  383. 
Gad,  281,  297,  297. 
Gale  Cliflford,  381. 
Genevieve,  369. 
George,  276,  280,  283, 

300,  322,  322. 
George  Adams,  313. 
George  Asa,  380. 
George  Benjamin,  287. 
George  Chapman, 372. 
George  Clinton,  338, 

372,  384. 
George  Edward,  352. 
George   Francis,   335, 

370. 
George    Graves,    293, 

328,  329. 
George  Hays,  299. 
George  Hermon,  370. 
George  Hollister,  300. 
George  Howard,   326. 
George  Jarvis,  364. 
George  Kirkland,  295. 
George  Lewellyn,332. 
George  Peck,  372,  384. 
George  R.  325. 
George  Robert,  373. 
George  Sloane,  382. 
George  W.,  284,  290, 

308,  324,  349. 
Gertrude,  360. 
Gertrvide     Elizabeth, 

357. 
Gideon,  275,  279,  280, 

281,  292,  292,  296, 

309. 
Gideon     Noble,    285, 

308. 
Gordon,  297,  338. 
Gordon  Richmond, 

382. 
Gordon  Williston, 339, 

374. 
Grace  Elizabeth,  357. 
Grace  Willets,  884. 
Greta,  371. 
Grosvenor,  296,  335. 


Hamilton,     302,    34(5, 

347 
Hannah,  268,  269,  278, 

274,  277,  278,  278, 

339. 
Hannah  Lavia,  298. 
Hannah  R.,  339. 
Hardv,  348. 
Harriet,  285,  287,  287, 

288. 
Harriet  Almina  371. 
Harriet  Alvira,  333. 
Harriet  Cornelia,  316, 

860. 
Harriet  Caroline,  296. 
Harriet  Hodge,  811. 
Harriet  Paviline,  880. 
Harry,  368. 
Harry  Austin,  375. 
Hariy  Hopkins,    313, 

359. 
Hatty,  364,  868. 
Harvey,  285,  288,  309. 
Helen,  801. 
Helen  Antoinette, 347. 
Helen  M.,  312. 
Helen  Maria,  299. 
Henrietta  Maria,  386, 

*-^^0 
Henrv,'299,   322,  272. 
Heni-y    Alden,    312, 

359. 
Henrv     Au.stin,    335, 

869. 
Henry  B.,  290. 
Henrv  Cady,  331. 
Henry  Clay,  331. 
Henry  Constant,  311. 
Henry  Fenton,  287. 
Henrj'  Spencer,  337. 
Hermann.,  310. 
Herbert  Bennett,  370. 
Hiram,  284,  290,   293, 

307,  323,  324. 
Hiram  Milton,  365. 
Hiram   Thomas,   323, 

363. 
Homer  Curtis,  357. 
Homer    Joseph,    310, 

356. 
Howard  Sibley,  375. 
Huldah,  292. 
Hyde  Buxton,  382. 
Ira,  290,  322,  323.  324, 

363,  365. 
Ira  Guilford,  363. 
Irene,  297,  372. 


Irene  C,  340. 
Lsaac.  278. 
Isabella,  292,  309. 
Isabelle  Ann,  325. 
J.  Welling.  375. 
Jacob  Bishop.  293. 
James,   268,  270,   271, 

271,  274,  275.  280, 

280,  300,  329,  335, 

346. 
James  Colton,  333. 
Jane  Elizabetli,  331. 
James   Ely,  295,  333, 

333,  371. 
James  Frank.  373. 
James   Franklin,  295. 
James  Fordvce,    338, 

371. 
James  Harold,  346. 
James  Harrison,  338. 
James  Haskell,  383. 
James  Herbert,  338. 
James    L.,    868.    299, 

370. 
James     Lyman,    296, 

335. 
James  Lyon,  351,  379. 
James  Polk,  324. 
Jane,  338. 

Jane  Elizabetli,  290. 
Jeannie  C,  307,  350. 
Jerome  C,  .340,  874. 
Jerusha,  272,  280. 
Jessie,  355. 
Jessie  S.,  365. 
Jo.  Shelby,  366. 
John,    268,    269,    269, 

271,  271,  276,  276, 

278,  279,  283,  283, 

287,  288.  292,  308, 

807,  308.  8.54,  378. 
John  (girl),  866. 
John  Alonzo.  303,  347, 

348, 
John  Burt,  389,  373. 
John  Cornelius.  871. 
John  Cutler,  283.  302. 
John  Davton,  347,377. 
John  F.,  ^5. 
John  L.,  867. 
John  Lewis.  325,  866. 
John    Marshall,    288, 

316. 
John     Quartus,     298, 

310. 
John  SuUivan.  287. 
John  Thurber,291, 325. 


37-M 


476 


MERRICK    GENEALOGY. 


John  Wyles.  295,  334. 

Jonathan,  269,  272, 
272,  273,  277,  277, 
286,  286,  333. 

Jose',  275,  281. 

Jose'  Columbvis,  295. 

Joseph,  271,  271,  275, 
275,  277,  277,  377, 
281,  281,  284,  285, 
297,  299,  307.  308, 
354. 

Joseph  C,  366,  366. 

Joseph  Cornelius,  338, 
371. 

Joseph  Harrison,  297, 

O.)  t  . 

Joseph  Has  well,  371. 
Joseph  Stewart,    851, 

379. 
Josephine  Louise,  340. 
Josiah  Dewey.  288. 
Josie  Emma,  379. 
Judson,  :]54. 
Judson  Leonard,  379. 
Julia,    290,    294,    297. 

311,  338. 
Julia  A.,  312. 
Julia  Almira,  357. 
Julia  Ann,  291,  310. 
Julia  E. ,  347. 
Juliette,  291,  339,  373. 
Justin,  280,  292. 
Justina  Hall,  352. 
Kate  Isabel,  326. 
Kenneth,  380. 
L.  May,  574. 
Laura,    278,  285,   286, 

295,  310,  311. 
Laura  Ellen,  316,  361. 
Lavinia,  289,  294,  302. 
Lavinia  D.,  312. 
Lavinia  Pamelia,  331. 
Leander,  285,311,  311, 

357. 
Leander  C,  325,  365. 
Lendal,  293. 
Leonard  Arthur,  363. 
LeRoy,  280. 
Leroy  Williston,  340, 

374 
Lester  Cydafael,  381. 
Letitia  Armani  11a, 

298. 
Leverett  Griggs,  309, 

355 
Lewis,   280,    293,  294, 

332. 


Lilla  Cleveland,  313. 
Lillian,  313. 
Lizzie  Smith,  369. 
Lodena,  286. 
Lodicea  Dunton,  355. 
Lodisa,  285. 
Lois,  273,  273. 
Loomis  Howe,  333. 
Lora  Antoinette,  378. 
Lorin,  293,  327,  327. 
Lotlirop,  295,  335. 
Louis   Ambrose,    313, 

359. 
Louisa   Harriet,    295, 

334. 
Louisa  Jones,  297. 
Louisa  Maria,  304. 
Lovina,  281. 
Lovina  Marcy,  308. 
Lovina  Sarah,  379. 
Lovisa,  280,  282,  285. 
Lucia,  281. 
Lucina  Almira,  282. 
Lucinda,  282,  325. 
Lucinda  Wi  1 1  i  s  t  o  n, 

298. 
Lucius  Lothrop,  335. 
Lucretia,  272. 
Lucv.    273,    280,    282, 

283,  287,  295,  345. 
Lucy  Elizabeth,    334, 
Luther,  276. 
Luther  Stanley,    326. 
Lycertes  Delos,  32] . 
Lydia,   274,   276,    278, 

278.  282,  284,  288. 
Lydia  Bates,  313. 
Lydia  Fisk,  283, 
Lyman,  372. 
Lyman  B.,    338,    372, 

372. 
Mabel  Evelina,  379. 
Margaret,  269,273,275, 

281,  288,  294,  327. 
Margaret   Hathaway, 

381. 
Maria,  283,    286,    287, 

298,  302,  302,  322. 
Maria  Ann,  298. 
Maria  D  ,  307,  349. 
Maria  Fowler  349. 
Maria  Josephine,  323. 
Maria  L.,  359. 
MarcellusR.,  325. 
Marcia,  281,  293. 
Marcus,  294. 
Marian   Clovisa,    304. 


Marian  Josephine,  347. 

Marilda,  285,  309. 

Marjorie  Evelyn,  381. 

Mark,  285. 

Marlowe  Marshall,  360. 

Martha,  275,  295,  300. 

Martha    Adelia,    363. 

Martha  Albertine,  324, 
364, 

Martha  Hubbard,  333. 

Martin,  294.  331. 

Mary.  268.  269,  271, 
272,  272,  273,  273, 
275,  276.  277,  277, 

277,  278,  278,  280, 
2S1,  286,  288,  290, 
292,  292,  295,  312, 
313,  326.  328,  339, 
347,  372. 

Mary  Carohne,  383. 
Mary  Cornelia,  331. 
Mary  Day,  371. 
Mary   Edgerton,    355. 
Mary  Elizabeth,    322, 
Mary  Frances,  376. 
Mary  Gifford,  357,  380. 
Mary  Helen,  372. 
Mary  Isabel,  364. 
Maiy  Jane,    300,    335. 
Mary  Leah,  364. 
Mary  Louise,  352. 
Mary  Marilda,  333. 
Mary  Meekins,  283. 
Mary  Sophia,  304,  348. 
Mary  Wilhelmina,  332. 
Mehitable,  274,  278. 
Melvia  E.,  377. 
Melzar  Craig,  350. 
MelzarF.,  307,  .349. 
Mercy,  271,    275,    371. 
Milton  Eugene,     334, 

364. 
Miner,  272,    277,    281, 

286,  296,  296,  311. 
Minerva,  281,  371. 
Minerva  Blodgett,333. 
Miriam,  268,  269,  274, 

279. 
Montgomery,  392,  335. 
Moodv,  293. 
Moses,    269,    274,   276, 

278,  278,  283,  384, 
388,  305.  • 

Moses  B.,  307,  350. 
Myra  Evelina,  380. 
Nancy,  372. 
Nancy  Cuthbert,  283. 


INDEX  —  THOMAS    BRANXH. 


47 


Naomi  Ann,  303. 

Nathaniel  Burt,  286, 
311. 

Nell  Bond,  366. 

Nellie,  366. 

Nelson,  290. 

Nelson  Croul,  365. 

Nelson  Ralph,  324,364. 

Noah,  271,  275,  276, 
276,  280,  282,  293, 
299,  329,  346. 

Obed,  275,  281. 

Olive  Roseltha,  357. 

Oriel,  287. 

Origen  Hall,  380,  352. 

Orlando  Briggs,  274. 

Orlando  Briggs,  Jr., 
374. 

Oscar,  372,  383. 

Oscar  D.,  339. 

Otis  Pollard,  326. 

Pamelia,  279,  289,  290. 

Pamelia  Aldrude,  307. 

Parnel,  282. 

Paul,  376. 

Perez,  281,  297,  297, 
339. 

Perez  H.,  339,374. 

Phebe,  278. 

Philinda,  288. 

Phineas,  275, 280,  329. 

Phineas  Fisk,  283, 300. 

Pliny,  276.  282.  283, 
283,  300,  301. 

Pliny  Kirkland,  300. 

Price,  366. 

Priscilla  Leonard,  297. 

Quartus,  281,  298. 

Rachael,  269,  274. 

Rebecca,  270,  279. 

Rebekah,  275. 

Resign,  292. 

Reuel,  277,  287,  314. 

Robert,  328,  380. 

Roderick,  297,  339. 

Roderick  Smith,  299, 
341,  376. 

Rosaline,  338. 

Rosina,  280,  292. 

Ross,  383. 

Roswell,  281,  295. 

Rosw ell  Addison,  295. 

Roswell  Elijah,  300. 

Roxanna  Starkweath- 
er, 300. 

Royal,  281,  295. 

Ruby,  281. 


Ruby  E.,  363. 
Russell,  286,  312. 
Ruth,    271,    274,    276, 

278,  270,  378. 
Ruth  Eunice,  377. 
Sally,  279. 
Samuel,  269,  271,  271, 

276,  278,  283,  288, 

290,  294.  302. 
Samuel  Dexter,  287. 
Samuel   Duntou,  308, 

308,  350,  351. 
Samuel  Fisk,  276,  282, 

283,  300,  300,  346, 

346. 
Samuel  Linsey,  325. 
Samuel  Otis,  296,  336. 
Sarah,  266,    268,    270, 

271,  271,  272,  275, 

276,  276,  280,  283, 

286,  293. 
Sarah  Amelia,  338. 
Sarah  Ann,  335. 
Sarah  Chandler,  296. 
Sarah  D.,  312. 
Sarah  Jane  Hyde,  335. 
Sarah  Meekins,  300. 
Sarah  Reed,  301. 
Schuyler  Colfax,  834. 
Seraphina.  303. 
Sidney    Gideon,    348, 

379. 
Simeon  Guilford,  323. 
Solomon.  278.  290,  298. 
Sophia,  303. 
Sophia  E.,  325,  365. 
Sophia  Frances,  325. 
Sophronia,    285,    290, 

292,  302,  341. 
Spencer,  280,  292. 
Spencer  Roscoe,  297, 

337. 
Starr  King,  349. 
Stephen,  271,276,  278. 
Stephen  Hedger,  289, 

322,  322. 
Stephen   Wilder,  279. 
Susan.  284,  362. 
Susan  Laveruia,  3(i4. 
Susan  Medbury.  .352. 
Susanna,  278.  279. 
Susannah,  297. 
Sylvenus,  279,  291. 
Sylvester,  383. 
Sylvester  W., 297,338. 
Tamar,  270. 
Tamicinth,  281. 


Terrance  Hamilton, 
289. 

Thankful,  271,  275. 

Thomas,  266,  267.  268, 
268,  269,  269,  269, 
272,  273,  274,  277, 

277,  277,  278,  278, 
279,  285,  286,  288, 
314,  329. 

Thomas  Dwight,  287, 

312.  313. 
Tliomas  M.,  290. 
Thomas  Truxton,  295. 
Thompson,  384. 
Thornton  Alexander, 

283. 
Tilley,    268,  268,  270, 

270,  274,  274,  275, 

279,  279,  281,  282, 

282.  292.  298,  299. 
Timothy,     272,      277, 

284,  308,  308,  351, 

353,  354. 
Tirzah,  280. 
Violette.  294. 
Wallace  B.,  373.  384. 
Wallace  Gray,  349. 
Walter  Chapman, 376. 
Watson,  294,  331. 
Wealthy,  285. 
Wendell  Phillips,  349. 
Wendells.,  379. 
WilberK..  355. 
Willard,  271,283,  302. 
Willard  Hamilton, 

347.  377. 
William.  274,  278,278, 

278,  280.  287.  289, 
289.  295,  301,  302, 
312,  332. 

William  C,  365. 
WilHam  Cabot.  297. 
William  Delos,  321. 
William  DeWitt,  304, 

349. 
William  Francis,  287. 
William  G..  360. 
William   Gains.    325. 

365.  360. 
William     Hatluiwav, 

358.  380. 
William  La  vat  ore. 

368,  3S-,>. 
William    Marshall, 

316,  360. 
William  Martin,  284, 

303. 


478 


MERRICK    GENEALOGY. 


William  Miles,  357. 
William  Perriue,  364, 

381 
William  Pitt,  848. 
William  Pliny,  301. 


William  Roderick, 

376. 
William  Russell,  312. 
William  W..  316. 
William  Wiuston.288, 

321. 


Williston,  372,  373. 
Willi.stou     Sylvester, 

338,  371. 
Zulima,  294. 


OTHER   THAN   MERRICK. 


Abbe,  Abner,  336. 

Maria  Sibyl,  336. 
Adams,  Auu,  312. 

Frank  Pollard,  32G. 

J.  George,  312. 
Alden,  Elisba,   285. 

Irene,  285,  310. 

Jobn,  310. 

Sidney,  286. 
Alexander,  ,     m. 

Leander  C.  Merrick, 
365. 

D.  C,  365. 
Allen,  Abby,  312. 

Harriet  Emma,  352. 

Jerusba  326. 

Mamie,  355. 

Samuel,  283. 

William,  274. 
Allison,  Janet  G.,  381. 

Ames, ,m.  Rachael 

Merrick,  274. 
Ardell,  Margaret,  322. 
William, 
303.^ 
Ashmun,  Hon.  George 

314. 
Atkinson,  Jobn,    266. 
Atwater,    Sarali,    286. 
Atwell,  Hannab,  309. 
Atwood,      Mebitable, 

284. 
Ayars,  Henry  M.,  361. 
Balcom,    Rboda,    288. 
Barber,  Jobn,  270. 
Barker,  Julia  S.,   348. 

Laura,  354. 
Barmore,  Horace   C, 

310. 
Barnard,  Alfred.  355. 

JobnF.,  372. 

Josepb,  269. 
Bartbolomew,      Har- 
riet, 327. 
Bassett,     Alice    Lee, 
363. 

Bertba   Adelle,  363. 

Erastus,  363. 


Armitage 


Fay  Cole,  363. 

Flora  Helen,  363. 

Josepb  Lee,  322.  362. 
Bates.  Tbomas,  274. 
Beall.  Samuel,  325. 
Beaumont ,     L  o  u  i  s  e, 

326. 
Beecb,  May  W.,  365. 
Belding,  ,  m.  Liz- 
zie    Smith     Mer- 
rick, 369. 
Bell,  Carrie,  368. 

Emily,  339. 

Jane  E.,  378. 

WiUiam,  368. 
Beniis,  Mebitable,  311. 
Benedict,    James  K., 

'    286. 

Oscar,  363. 

Catberiue,  375. 

Florence  M  a  r  i  o  n, 
370. 

Henry,  304. 

.L-icob,  370. 
Beutley,  ElisbalT.,380. 

Ella  Dorcas,  380. 
Benton,  William,  349. 
Bisbop,  Elizabetb,293. 
Black,  Albert,  327. 
Blackmer,Lvitber,294. 
Blair,  A.  Farman,368. 

Nellie,  368. 

Oliver.  335. 

Sarah  Ann,  335. 
Blake,    William,    266. 
Blakesley,  M.  C,  297. 
Blanchard,    Jobn   D., 

287. 
Blankenbaker,    Miss 

M.,  .325. 
Bliss,  Emily,  341. 

John,  288. 

Keziah,  332. 

Listou,  340. 

Pvncbeon,  341. 

Timotbv,  275. 
Blodgett,  Minerva,  332. 

Phineas,  332. 


Bosworth,     Elizabeth 

L.,  348. 
Bradley,  EHzabeth,  363 
Brainerd,        Widow 

Abigail.  276. 
Braislin,  Priscilla,  352. 
Brakefield,  Matilda, 

371. 
Braley,  Dr.  Caleb, 338. 
Breck,  George,  275. 
Brewer,  A.  L  ,  318. 
Abigail,  273. 
Ann,  288,  317. 
Charles,     287,    288, 

317. 
David,  273. 
Harriet,  287. 
L.,  278. 
Samuel,  318. 
Susan,  316,  317. 
Bi-idgman,      Harriet, 
333,  371. 
Jonathan,  333. 
Briggs.  Mary  A.,  374. 
Nicholas,  374. 
S.,  278,278. 
Brigham,  Spofford, 

285. 
Briglit,  Clara,  361. 
Edwin  Merrick,  301. 
George  Y.,  361. 
Louis  J.,  361. 
Louise,  361. 
Brim,  ,    m.   Su- 
sanna Merrick, 
276. 
Brink,  Maiy,  376. 
Brooks,   Charles    Au- 
gustus, 3'^6. 
Geoi'ge  Merrick,  326. 
Nathan,  292,  326. 
Samuel.  274. 
Brown,  Holmes,  363. 

Marv,  287. 
Browiiell,  Cordia,304. 
Bui  le  u  s,  Ellen  Au- 
gusta, 357. 
Ira  M.,  357. 


INDEX  —  THOMAS    BRANCH. 


479 


Bvirchard,  Martha  M., 

311. 
Burnhain,  Chester, 
308 

Esther  Childs,  309. 
Burr,  Jehu,  SGH,   267. 
Burrows,   Dr.   C.   M., 

349. 
Burt,  Experience,  280. 

Gideon,  272. 
Bush,  D.  B.,  298. 

Hiram  E.,  812. 
Butler,  Benjamin  F., 
333. 

John,  312. 

Martin,  298. 
Butts,    Andrew    P., 
338. 

L.,  304. 
Buxton.  Sarah,  282. 
Cable,  John,  2f)6. 
Cad  well,    Chri.stiana, 

285. 
Cady,  Dr.  Henry,  294. 
Callison,  Tliomas,  325. 
Campbell,  John,  36G. 

Mary  W..  366. 
Carrington,  E.  J.,307. 
Carpenter,  Bertha  M., 
347. 

Eva  J.,  347. 

Florence  A.,  .347. 

Wilham,  347. 
easier,  Hannaii,  378. 

Simeon,  378. 
Caswell,  Sarah,  358. 
Cliace,  Almira,  347. 
Chaffee,  Alice  E.,  3.50. 

AmosE.,  350. 

Melzar  Merrick,  350 

Oliver  N.,  350,  3.50 

Walter   Crane,  350 

William  Ninde,  350 
Chandler,  Elijah,  295 

Henry,  280. 

Rebecca  Ann,  294. 

Sarah,  295. 
Chapin,  Julia,  299. 

Laertes,  297. 

Lebbeus,  281. 

Reuben,  273. 

Rose     (Fairbanks), 
299. 
Chapman,  Nancv,  373. 

Sarah  Alice,  375. 
Charles,   Elizabeth, 
376. 


Chatterton,      Anna. 

287. 
Cliidsej',  Lorinda,3r3. 
Childs,  Lucretia,  337. 
Church,  Rev.  A.,  276. 

Clara    R.  ,    m. 

Schuyler  C.  Mer- 
rick, 334. 
Clark  David,  286. 

Judah,  280. 

Mary,  290. 

Susannah,  289. 
Clasp,  Ann,  298. 
Closs,  John,  323. 
Cole,  Helen,  322. 

Jane,  322,  362. 

Noah.  289,  322. 
Collier,  ,m.  Char- 
lotte Merrick,  289. 
Collins,    Dr.    Henry, 
293. 

Jennie  Theresa,  373. 

John,  373. 
Colman,  Horace,  339. 
C  o  1 1  o  n ,    Bathsheba, 
327. 

David.  281. 

Elizabeth,  279. 

Esther,  280. 

Lovisa.  282. 

Mary,  273. 

William,  269. 
Comstock,  Sylvia, 289. 
Conant,  Juliette,  379. 

Lucius,  379. 
Conffdon,    Benjamin, 
352. 

Sarah  Brown,  352. 
Conner,  MarvE..  365. 

Paschal,  365. 
Cook.  Ebenezer,  270. 

Edna  Marshall,  359. 

Esther  C,  339. 

Harry,  359. 

Jane,  338. 

Jes.sie,  338. 
Cooley,  Eliakim,  275. 

Lucinda.  287. 

Margaret,  275. 

Obadiah.  270. 

Sarah,  270. 
Cornell,  John.  364. 
Cowan.  P.  A..  307. 

Olive,  354. 

Olive  E.,  308. 
Craig,  James  T.,  350. 

Mary  E.,  350. 


Crane,  Calvin  H.,325. 

George  Henrv,  325. 

Crawford.  IMaria,  382. 

Croul,  Colnmbus,3G5 

Sarah  K..  3(i5. 
Culbertson,     Isabella 

E.,  356. 
Curtiss,  Edwin L., 310. 
Harriet  E.,  310. 
Julia  Ann.  310. 
Marv  Irene.  310. 
Sarah  Ellen.  310. 
Williaju,  310,  310. 
William     Austin, 
310. 
Cuthbert,  Ruth,  283. 
Cutler,  Dr.  J.  B.,  313. 

Ruth.  283. 
Daniels,   Emma  The- 
odora. 383. 
Henry,  370. 
William  Haven, 370. 
Dav  &  Jenks,  358. 
Day,  Joel,  298. 
Laura.  298. 
Marv,  269,  371. 
Judge  R.  D..   367. 
Sanuiel,  273. 
Thomas,  268,  2()9. 
Dayton.   Abby,  347. 

Salmon.  347. 
Deane,  Florence, 379. 

Charles  R.,  379. 
DeForrest,    Priscilla. 

327. 
DeKoven,Rev.  James, 

385. 
DeMaupasson  Lodois 

ka,  361. 
Deming,  Sarah.  312. 
DePuy, Henry  W.,307. 
Dewev,       Mebitable. 

288. 
Dickinson,  James,340. 

Sarah  M.,  340. 
Dickson,     S()i)hronia, 

290. 
Dow.lell,  Col.  W.  C. 
361. 
Talulah.  361. 
Dumbleton,   Hannah. 
269. 
John,  269. 
Dunn.   Cieorge    Ains- 

worth.  361. 
Dunton,  Lodicea,  307, 
308. 


480 


MERRICK    GENEALOGY. 


Samuel,  307. 

Button,  Deodatus,  293. 

Earll,  ,  m.  Dorcas 

White,  289. 

Easton,  Phebe,  322. 

Eaton,  Marietta,  379. 

Ebersole,    Claude  D., 
369. 
Lewis  Frazier,  369. 
Jenette  Mays,  369. 

Edgerton,   Maiy  Em- 
ma, 355. 
Reuben,  355. 

Elam,  James  H.,  319. 

Elder,  J.,  278. 

Eldridge,  Chloe,  283. 

Elgee,  John  K.,  319. 

ElUs,  Arabella,  368. 
William,  368. 

Ellsworth,  Luella,  374. 

Elton,  G.  M.,  364. 

Ely,  Martha,  274. 
Thomas,  275. 

Epler,  Daniel,  368. 

Evans,  John,  270. 

Evoy,  Mary,  359. 

Ewing,  Lovina,  277. 

Fairbanks,  Ebenezer, 
295. 
Elizabeth,  295. 

Fairfield,   Anne    Mil- 
ler, 360. 

Fay,  Eluthina,  296. 
Hamilton,  296. 

Fenton,  Marcia,    287, 
314. 

Ferguson,  Leroy,  322. 

Ferry,  Gershom,  268. 

Finch,     Van     Slyck, 
Young  &  Co.,  358. 

Fisher,  Emily,  337. 
Jacob,  337. 

Fiske,  George  H.,  296. 

Fisk,  Mary  Buckmin- 
ister,  301. 

Foot,  Samuel,  268. 

Foote,  Isaac,  286. 

Forepaugh  &   Co.,  J. 
L.,  358. 

Forfar,     James     W. , 
363. 

Forsyth,  Charles,  368. 

Forward,     Gen.     G., 
282. 

Foster,  Mrs.  Albertine 
(Merrick),  323. 
Albert,  364. 


Alexander,  364. 

DeWitt  Parshall, 
324. 

DeWitt  P.,  364,364. 

Fred,  364. 

Isabel,  364. 
Fowler,  Anson,  304. 

Jane,  304. 
Frazier,    Cora    Belle, 
369. 

Franklin     Merrick, 
354,  369. 

Jennie  Nadal,  309. 

Lemuel  P.,  334. 

Louise  Rebecca,  369. 
Freeman,    Mary    W., 

377. 
Freen,  Elizabeth,  290. 
Frisbie,  Grace  G.,383. 

Frost, ,m.  Charles 

J.  Merrick,  365. 

John,  365. 
Fuller.  Boadicea,  294. 

Brothers,  290. 

Dwight,  290. 

Dwight  L.,  290. 

Erastus,  324. 

George  W.,  290. 

Hannah,  278. 

Mary  Brown,  324. 
Gage,  James,  304. 
Gaines,    Myra   Clark, 

319. 
Gale,  Carrie  E.,  381. 
Gardner,  Rowena,363. 
Gates,  Rebecca,  339. 
Gavit,  Arabella,  368. 

Ella,  368. 

Florence,  368,  382. 

Josephine,  368. 

Nelson.  368. 
Gaze,     Willard     W., 

292. 
Gibson,     Estelle     N., 
373. 

Dr.  Levi  P.,  373. 
Gilbert,  Anna,  316. 

Amos,   316. 

Gov.  Mathias,  316. 
Gillespie,  W.  W.,373. 
Goddard,  Abner,  335. 
Goodyear,  Henry, 327. 
Gracia  ,  m.  Aus- 
tin L.Merrick,  339. 
Grady,  Ann,  3!  2. 
Grant,  Alexander  H., 
338. 


Jane  Elizabeth,  371. 

Capt.  Roswell,  276, 
283. 
Graves,  Anna,  293. 

Avalon,  383. 

Elizabeth,  293. 

Etta  Merrick,  383. 

James,  293,  293. 

Margaret,  280. 

Martha,  293. 

Mary,  293. 

Rupert  Winfred, 
383. 
Gray,    Ehzabeth    S., 

349. 
Greene,  Nathaniel, 

278 
Griffith.    Wheldon, 

347. 
Griggs,  Ralph  R.,  285. 

Grilley, ,  m.  Marj' 

Murphy,  327. 
Griswold,  Sarah  Fide- 
lia, 341. 
Grouslet,  Olive,  302. 
Groves,    Marcia,    294. 
Ginn&  Co.,  332. 
Gunn,  Amos   B.,  328. 

Lucy  Bronson,  328. 
Gurley,  Joshua,  284. 
Guthrie,  Clara,  362. 

James  Birney,    362, 
362. 

Sheldon,  362. 
Haight.  Albert,  356. 

Ella,  356. 

John  Joshua,  356. 
Hall,  Amos,  285. 

James  C,  312. 

Justina  Lovicea,  352. 

Origen,  352,  353. 
Hamilton,    Laura  H., 
311. 

Samuel,  311. 

Frances  E.,  299. 
Hammond ,       Lewis 
Merrick,  332, 

Loring  Theodore, 
332. 

Ralph  Perrv,  332. 

Theodore  M.  332. 
Hancock,  Syreua.  321. 
Hardin,  Charles,  338. 
Hardy,  Lavina,  348. 
Harrison,  Sibyl,  297. 
Harsh,  Henry,  373. 

Sarah  J.,  373. 


INDEX — THOMAS    BRANCH. 


481 


Hatliaway,  Anna  Lou- 
ise, 858. 

Joseph,  R.  358. 

Roweua,  372. 
Hawey,    Minnie,    382. 

William,  :i82. 
Haynes,  Mary,  310. 
Hays,  Statira,  299. 
Hay\vard,Keziah,  291. 
Heath,  Eunice,  289. 

James,  289. 

Osman,  359. 

Violet  H..  359. 
Henuen,  Alfred,  219. 
Henderson,  Jack,  331. 
Henshaw,  John,    296. 
Hey  wood,  George  Al- 

pheus,  352. 
Hills,  Oricy,  337. 
Hitchcock,     Eliakim, 
268. 

Luke,  270,  273. 

Sarah,  270. 
Hoar,  David,  273. 

Leonard,  272. 

Widow  Mercy,  272. 
Hobart,  Hannah,  382. 
Hodge,   Harriet,    311. 

John,  311. 
Hollister,     Clay  Har- 
vey, 3.")2. 

Elizabeth,  298. 

Lucretia     ( Colton ) , 
299. 

Nancv,  300. 
Holmes,    David,    290. 
Holt,  Ann,  277. 

Marv,  308,  310. 
Homan,  W.  P.  313. 
Hooven,  Carolyn,  382. 

George  B.,  368. 

George  F.,  382. 

John  P.,  382. 
Hopkins,    John,    368. 
Hotchkiss,  Capt.    Me- 

dad,  312. 
Howard,  Randall,  R.. 

284. 
Howe,  Mary,  294. 

Phineas,  294. 
Hubbard,      Elizabeth 
A.,  300. 

Ethan  D.,  295. 
Hud.son,Alphonso,368. 

Mabel,  369. 

Hull, ,    m.    Chloe 

Merrick,  283. 


Huston,  A.  B.,  340. 
Hutchinson,    E.,  337. 
Eliza,  337. 
Jerusha,  339. 
0.,339. 
Hyde,  Catherine,  293, 
Ephraim,  335. 
Gordon,  286. 
Sarah,  335. 
Illsley,      Elizabeth 

Dent,  209. 
Ingersoll,  Isabel,  271. 

John,  271. 
Ireland,  Ehza,  298. 

Jackson, ,m.Mary 

Merrick,  292. 
Jacobs,  Helen  Louise, 
381. 
Mildred   Merrick, 

381. 
Townsend,  381. 
Townsend   H.,    381. 
Jacobv,    William  H., 

326. 
James,  Cyril,  284. 
Jameson.    Dr.   Hugh, 

323. 
Jarvis,  Emma  M. ,  364. 

Mary,  303. 
Jennings,  Joseph,  270. 
Johnson,  Stephen,  305. 
Col     Obadiah,    276, 
283. 

Jones,  ,   m.  Mary 

Murpliy,  293. 
Fannie,  368. 
George,  293. 
Henrietta,  293. 
Justin,  293. 
Jordan,    Charles    E., 

364. 
Jouvet,  Tliomas,  368, 

382. 
Kauflfman,   Elsie    M., 

381, 
Keener,    Bishop,    318. 
Kellogg,    Cassius    R., 

325,  365. 
Keep,    ,   ni.    Mar- 
garet Merrick,  273. 
Abigail,  296. 
Capt.  Caleb,  281. 
Margaret,  331. 
Kent,  Samuel.  270. 
Kettelle,    Daniel    G., 
360. 
Sarah,  -60. 


Keys,  Emma,  376. 
King.  Abel,  276. 
(xideon,  281. 
James,  266. 
King.sley,  Experience, 
290. 
Lois,  355. 
James,  355. 
Kiugsburv,    Louisa. 

327. 
Kinne,    Ansel   Eddy, 

292. 
Knapp,  ,   m.    Re- 
becca White.  289. 
Kneedler,  Dr.  W.   L., 

313. 
Knight,  William,  318. 
Knowlton,  Benjamin, 

268. 
Lake,  Stacy,  322. 
Lamb,  Isaac,  322. 
IMartha.  322,  323. 
Sarah,  272. 
Laufear,  Nancy,    326. 
Lang,  Ellen   Harriet, 
337. 
Harlow,  295. 
Langdon,  Nancy,  347. 
Lathrop, Frederick  B., 
355. 
Mrs.    Frederick   B., 
354. 
Latimer,    E.     Byron, 
378. 
Grace  Bell,  378. 
Lawrence,  Captain, 
316. 
Deborah,  278. 
Susanna.  279. 
Leavins,  Stephen,  291. 
Lee,  Betsey.  :>6.3. 
Dr.  M.  A.,  298. 
Mary  M.,  326. 
Leonard,  Arabet,  283. 
Benjamin,  271. 
Deborah,  281 
Experience,  282. 
Frances,  297. 
John,  267. 
Marv,  275. 
Olive.  379. 
Samuel,  271. 
Lewis,    Tliomas     H., 

319. 
Libby.  Eunice  Jewell, 
346. 
Parmenio.  346. 


482 


MERRICK   GENEALOGY. 


Lillibridge,  Iva,    302. 
Willard  Merrick, 
302. 
Lincoln,  David   Wal- 
do, 301. 
Levi,  301. 
Lindsey,  A.  C,  311. 
Little,  Levi,  354. 

Mary  Lathroi^,  354. 
Lombard,    Col.   E.  H. 
362. 
Katharine,  362. 
Long,  Fisher,  298. 
Lord,  Louisa  H.,  383. 
Loring,      Joseph     F. , 

294. 
Loveland,  Mercy,  338. 
Lowell, ,  m.  Mar- 
ian Stone,  304. 
Laicklaen,  John,  279. 

Lyman, ,  m.  Mary 

Merrick,  277. 
Lyon ,  Eldridge  M. ,  349. 
Evalina,   350,  351. 
Isaac  L. ,  349. 
James,  350. 
Jeannie,  349. 
Leland,  349. 
Phebe,  279. 
Lyons,  John,  356. 

Lucy  A.,  350. 
McCallum,  W.  B.,313. 

McClintock,    ,  m. 

Adaline     Amelia 
Merrick,  356. 
McClung,   Rebecca, 

369. 
McCready,    Joseph, 

327. 
Mcintosh,  Naomi, 302. 
Mclntyre,  George  W., 
380. 
Grace  Doris,  380. 
Harry  Merrick,  380. 
McLean,  L  u  c  r  e  t  i  a, 

385. 
McMaster,  Charles, 
336. 
Mary  Ann,  336. 
Madden,  James,  333, 

333. 
Mann,  Dr.,  279. 

Mary,  277. 
Marcy,  Lovina,  307. 
Markham,  Irene,  285. 
Mase,   Widow    Mary, 
281. 


Mays,  Agnes  S.,  369. 

John,  369. 
Mayo  &  Clark,  357. 
Maynard,  Mary  Ann, 

283. 
Medbury,  Susan,  352. 
Meekius,  Sarah,  282. 
Mellen,Pearla,L.,313. 
Melluish,    Mrs.    Han- 
nah, 33S. 
Merrick  &  Foster,  321. 
Merrick,    Foster    & 
Merrick,  321,  362. 
Merick,      Fowler     & 

Esselstyn,  306. 
Mera-ick    &    Merrick, 

321. 
Merrick  &  Morrison, 

315. 
Merrick,  Race  &  Fos- 
ter. 362. 
Metcalf,  Mary,  370. 

Miller, ,  m.  Addie 

Mirick,  366. 
H.  A. ,  310. 
Heniy  W.,  283. 
Miles,  Lucy,  357. 
Miner,  Jerusha,  272. 

Parnel,  281. 
Minness,  Nathan,  310. 
Miuot,  Elizabeth,  274. 
Major  James,  274. 
Mary,  274,  279. 
Sarah,  292. 
Tiller,  274. 
Mitchell,  TillieM.,  384. 

Matthew,  206. 
Monroe,   Frederick, 
286. 

Moody,      ,     m. 

Martha    Merrick, 
275. 
Florilla,  300. 
Moore,  Mehitable,  273. 
Morgan,     James     L. , 

287. 
Morison,    H.    G.    O., 

315. 
Morse,  Mary,  299. 
Morton,     Ebenezer, 
311. 
Hannah  Elvira, 311. 
Moseley,  Widow  Abi- 
gail, 270. 
J.,  272. 
S.,  283. 
Mosher,  Amy,  289. 


Moss,  Wellington,  363. 
Mowers,  Pamelia,  378. 
Moxon,  Rev.,  267. 
Munn,  J.,  273. 

Pamelia,  331. 

Rebecca,  281. 
Murphv,  Betsey,  293. 

Cynthia,  293,  327. 

Eliza,  327,  368. 

Harriet,  327. 

Jerome,  327. 

Jeruslia,  293,  327. 

Ju.stin,  293,  327. 

Mary,  293,  327. 

Merrick,  293,  3j6. 

Resign,  293,  293. 

Sarah,  327. 

Spencer,  293,  293. 

Timothy,  280,  293, 
293,  326,  327. 
Muse,  James  H.,  318. 
Myers,  Catherine, 289. 
Mygott,  Zebulon,  269. 
Newell,  Dorcas,  300. 
Newton,   Lemuel   D. , 

293. 
Niles,  Pollv.  308. 
Noble,  Charlotte,  285. 

Rev.    Gideon,    285, 
285. 

Joanna,  285. 
Norton,  Sarah,  307. 
Noyes.  Eunice,  276. 

Nutting, ,m.  Mary 

Merrick,   277. 
Nye,  John  B.,  285. 
Olney,  Eliza  J.,  377. 
Ordwav,  Marv  A.  M., 

369. 
Ordway,  Perley,  369. 
Osborn, Anson  A., 326. 

Lusyna,  336. 
Osborne,  Jarvis,  375. 

Mary  M..  375. 
Parker,  Alice  Amelia, 
363. 

Col.  Elisha,  293. 

Erastus  W.,  363. 

Cai^t.  Jonathan, 276. 
Parkmau,  Dr.  George, 

301. 
Parnell,  Jane,  322. 

Rev.  T.   A.,  323. 
Parsons,  Emma  Eliza- 
beth, 327. 

Henry  Harrison, 
327. 


INDEX — THOMAS    BRANCH. 


483 


Jonathan,  275. 

Joseph,  271. 

Sarah.  271. 
Payne,  Zeruiah,  308. 
Peabody,  Stephen ,  270. 
Peck,  Mary  Elizabeth, 

373. 
Perkins,  Ann.,  310. 

Eliab,  279,  290. 

Ephraim,  282,  345. 

Fideha,  346. 

George  Merrick,  348. 

Helen  M.,  346. 

Helen  Rebecca,  291. 

Lucy,  346. 
Perrine,  Anna  G.,  364. 

William  D.,  364. 
Perrv,  Hezekiah,  332. 

Keziah  Bhss,  332. 
Phelps,  Timothy,  269. 
Philhps,    Albert    M., 
294. 

EUzabeth,  292. 

Hannah,  303. 

Gen.  Henry,  303. 
Phipps,  Mary,  334. 
Polk,  L.  G.,  313. 
Pollard,  Achsa,  291. 

Jonathan,  291. 
Pomeroy,  Isaac  New- 
ton, 298. 

J.,  273. 
Porter,  J.,  274. 
Potter,  Alvah,  303. 
Pratt,  Dorothea  Dun- 
das,  382. 

Henrv,  382. 

Howell  Dundas,  382. 

James  Dundas,  382. 

John  Dundas,  368. 
Preston,  Salina,  353. 
Price,  Mary  Noel, 373. 
Purple,  Mary,  332. 

Roswell,  332. 
Pyncheon,     William, 

266,  367,  268. 
Race,  Foster   &   Mer- 
rick, 331. 
George  W.,  362. 
Rand.  Grace  L.,  370. 
Randall,  J.,  278. 
Reade,  Hannah,  284. 

Pheobe,  384. 
Record,  Agnes,  355. 
Reed,  Hon.  Harrison, 

293. 
Reeves,  James  A., 338. 


Reynolds,  Flora,  326. 
Rice,  Lucy,  334. 

Obadiah,  270. 

Rlioda  Ann,  334. 
Richardson,      Esther, 
307. 

Kate,  310. 

WiUiam.  307. 
Richmond,    Ellen 
Hays,  382. 

Van  R.,  382. 
Riddel.  Thomas,  281. 
Rider,  J.  G.,  308. 
Rogers,  Albertine,  323. 

W.  H.,  323. 

William     Hunting, 
324. 
Ropes,  Hannah  Maria, 

300. 
Ro.ss,  Elisha,  281. 

Robert,  272. 
Root,  Eleazer,  285. 

AVidow   Mary,  375. 
Russell, — — ,  m.  Chloe 
Merrick,  272. 

Abigail,  377. 

W^illiamE.,  318. 
Sage,    Col.    Comfort, 

276. 
Salisbury,  Amasa,303. 

C.  C,  339. 
Seavey,  Mary  George, 
376. 

Richard  Odell,  376. 
Sedgwick,    Gordon, 
334. 

Mary,  334. 
Sermans,  WiUiam  O., 

341. 
Shafter,  Oscar  H., 318. 
Shanks,  B.  F.,  310. 
Shaw  Almira,  356. 

Jonathan,  294. 
Sheffield,  Celeste,  374. 
Shepard,  Delpliia,293. 

Widow  Eunice,  293. 
Sherfey,  Harriet 
Olive,  337. 

Simeon,  3)57. 
Shideler,  Josiah,  383. 

Laura  T.,  383. 
Shields,    Sarah   Bain- 
bridge,  361. 
Shoudy.  Jane,  325. 
Sibley,  Clara  P.,  340. 

Stephen,  340. 
Sikes,  Nathaniel,  280. 


Simmons,  Robert  L., 

:U\(\. 
Simons.  Mary,  :!68. 
Simpson,  O.  F.,  304. 
Sinclair,  Duncan,  323. 
Smith.  David,  279. 
Fannie,  347. 
Henry,  266,  267. 
Horace  L.,  :{40. 
Isabella  Rebecca, 

321. 
Jane  Lucy.  380. 
Jesse,  305. 
Josephine,  375. 
Gen.  Kiiby,  366. 
Lucina,  282. 
Lydia  Jane,  334. 
Mary,  297. 
Samuel,  3;?4. 
Snow    Elizabeth    F. , 

369. 
Snyder,  Fanny,  385. 

William  Henry.385. 
Sout h worth,    Mrs. 

Courtland,  293. 
Sparks,  Hannah,  285. 
Spencer,  J.  G.,  339. 
Spiers,  ,  m.  Abi- 
gail Sophia  Mir- 
ick,  291. 
Squire,  William  Hor- 
ace, 382. 
Stafford,  Gen.  Leroy, 

:«51. 
Starkweather,  Charles 
G.,  341. 
Mary,  300. 
Starr,    Laura    Maria, 

355. 
Stebbins,  Beuluh,  296. 
Eunice,  272. 
Joseph,  272. 
Lydia,  274. 
Mercy,  281. 
Rebekah,  269. 
Rowland,  267. 
Samuel  C,  286. 
Sarah,  267. 
Stephenson,     Albert, 
273 
Mary,  373. 
Stevens,    Mary   Jane, 

357. 
Stickney,   Luc  in  da, 

340. 
Stoner,  J.,  304. 
Marian,  304^, 


3&-M 


484 


MERRICK    GENEALOGY. 


Storms,  E.  N.,  339. 
Stowe,  Capt.  George, 

310. 
Stretton,  John  W.,  347. 
Sweet,  ElizabethHen- 
shaw,  296. 
Rev.  H.  H.,  296. 
Taber,  Fred  C,  351. 

Talhnan,  ,  m 

Merrick,  338. 

Taylor,  ,  m.  Mary 

Murphy,  327. 
Emma,  335. 
Nathaniel,  335. 
Tennant,Jerusha,309. 

John,  309. 
Terry,  Emily,  362. 
Thayer,  Noah,  291. 
Thomas,    Caroline 
EUzabeth,301,316, 
317. 
Charles,  324. 
Captain  David,  316. 
David,  317. 
Elizabeth  Caroline, 

361,  363. 
Elsie,  324. 
Rev.  H.  W.,  309. 
Isaiah,  301. 
Rebecca,  301. 
Wilham,  363. 
Thompson.     Charles, 
316. 
Grace,  384. 
James  S.,  384. 
Joseph,  389. 
Mary  Jane,  316. 
Thorpe,  Addie,  299. 
Thurber,  Betsey,  291. 
Tillev,  Elizabeth,  267, 
Tippling,  John,  290.   - 
Tread  well,   Charles 

M.,  294. 
Tripp,  Isora,  381, 
Tulley,  Esther,  364. 
Turner,  J.   W. ,  357. 
Tvler,  Ebenezer,  290. 
Uffoi-d,  Thomas,  266. 
Underwood,     Daniel, 
290. 
Ehzabeth,  290. 
Utley,  Azel,  281. 
Van Wa gene n,  La- 
vinia,  367. 
Wessell  B.,  367. 
Vinton,  Abel,  281. 
Caleb,  281. 


Walker,  Jonathan  C, 

285. 
Walter,    Agnes    Mer- 
rick, 369. 
Marion  Louise,  369. 
Thomas  W.,  369. 
Ward,  ,  m.  Eliza- 
beth Merrick,  292. 
,     m.     Lavinia 


Merrick,  289. 
Ethan,  281,  327. 
Fannie.  346. 
Harriet,  327. 
Warner,  Alice,  359. 
Mary,  272,  277. 
Samuel,  272. 
Warren,    Anna    Mer- 
rick, 361. 
Luther,  284. 
Mary  Christine,  361. 
Mather,  360. 
William   Fairchild, 

316. 
William     Fairfield, 

360. 
William    Marshall, 

361. 
Winuifred,  361. 
Warriner,  Jeremy, 
313. 
Nathaniel,  269. 
Sarah  B.,  313,  315. 
Weage, Louisa  A., 375. 
Webster,  Jane,  346. 

Professor,  301. 
Weed,  Thurlovv,  290. 
Weir,  G.  V.,  313. 
Wedler,  Delia,  375. 
Weller.  Theodore  V., 

375. 
Wells,    Maria     Eliza- 
beth, 368. 
Oliver,  368. 
William,  272. 

West,  ,  m.  Nellie 

Mirick,  366. 
Westfall,     Benjamin, 
364. 
Elizabeth  Berier,  364 
Weston,  Edward,  346. 
Mary  Webster,  346. 
Rufus,  327. 
Wheeler,  Mercy,  288. 
Whicher. Sylvia,  309. 
Whitcomb,W.  B.,307, 

350. 
White,  Adonijah,289. 


Crowel,  289. 

Dorcas,  289. 

EU,  289. 

Hannah,  289. 

John,  278,289,  289. 

Joseph,  289. 

Lydia,  289,  321. 

Margaret,  296. 

Rebecca,  389. 

Su.sannah,  289. 
Whitney,       Millicent 

Elizabeth,  349. 
Whittlesey,  Mary,  349. 
Wilcox,  Charity,  338. 
Wilder,  Elizabeth, 

374. 
Willett,    Elizabeth. 
395. 

George,  295. 
Williams,      Deborah, 
276. 

v.,  325, 
Williston,  Letitia.298. 

Hannah,  297. 
Wilhs,  Alice  A..  379. 

Richard,  379. 
Winslow,  Major  Gen- 


eral, 


liO. 


Rox- 


Witherington, 
anna,  313. 
Wolfe,  A.  E.,  356. 
Cora,  356. 
John  J..  356. 
Wood,    Capt.    David, 
296. 
Edmund,  266. 
Nelson,  291. 
Nelson  R.,  291. 
Woodbridge,  Joseph, 

269. 
Worden,  Edith,  325. 
Work,    Caroline    Ma- 
ria,  302,  ■ 
Works,  John,  281. 
Wright,  Joseph,  269. 
Nancy,  295. 
Capt.  Samuel,  274. 

W  i  c  k  1  i  ff  e,  ,  m. 

Abigail   Merrick, 
293. 
Yale,  Elijah,  280. 
Y'oueil.  Elizabeth, 325. 
Youuglove,  Jos  eph, 

338. 
Zimmerlin,    Carl    G., 
364. 
Franz  Perrine,  364. 


i 


INDEX 


THOMAS    BRANCH. 


485 


NAMES  OF  PLACES,  ETC. 


Adams,  Neb.,  310,  3.16, 

357. 
Addison,  N.   Y.,    340, 

.351. 
Adrian,  Mich., 324,365 
Agawam,  260,  267. 
Aiken,  S.  C. ,  353. 
Akrou,  O.,  338. 
Albion,  N.  Y.,  348. 
Alexandria,  Va.,  385. 
Allen,  N.  Y.,  307. 
Alton.  111.,  360. 
Aniericus,  Kan.,  334. 
Amherst.    Mass.,  280, 

294,  311,  .333,   371. 
Amherst  College,  335, 

336,  376. 
Andover,  Conn.,  337. 
Andover    Theological 

Seminary,  360, 378. 
Arrovo  Grande,  Cal., 

334. 
Asheville,  N.  C,  855. 
Athens,  O.,  342. 
Aviburn,  Ala.,  361. 
Ballston,  N.  Y.,  274. 
Baltimore,  Md.,  369. 
Baraboo,  Wis. ,  339. 
Bath.  N.  Y.,373. 
Bayonne,  N.  J.,  .381. 
Belchertown,  M  as  s., 

282. 
Belvedere,  111. ,  309. 
Birming h  am,   Ala., 

309. 
Bloomington,  111.  337, 

oog 

Blossvale,  N.  Y.,302. 
Boone  Co,,  Ky.,  325, 

^67 
Booneville,  Battle,  367. 
Boston,  300,  332,  378, 

382,  383. 
Boston  Theo  logical 

Seminary,  360. 
Boston  University, 

376,  378. 
Bradford,  Pa.,  282, 

375. 
Branford,  Conn.,  377, 

286, 
Bremen,  Ger.,  361. 
Breslau,  Ont.,  379. 
Brimfield,  Mass.,  273, 

280,  287,  295,  318, 

314,  335. 


Bristol,  Conn., 809, 855 
Brodhead,  Wis.,  338. 
Brookfield,  Mass., 274, 

301. 
Brookljm,  N.  Y.,  352, 

364. 
Brown  Un  i  v  e  r  s  i  t  y, 

380. 
Buflfalo,  Mo.,  383. 
Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  299. 
Burlington,  la.,  337. 
Burlington,  Pa.,  298. 
Burlington,  Wis., 375. 
Butler '&  Co.,  D.,  383. 
Butternuts,  N.Y., 296, 

338. 
Cambridge,  Mass., 276, 

816,  361. 
Cambridge,  N.Y.,  278. 
Canaan,    Conn.,    273, 

374. 
Canton,  Pa.,  340. 
Cardenas,  Mex.,  373. 
Cardiff,  N.  Y..  292. 
Carlton,    N.    Y.,   303, 

304,  348,  349. 
Carrollton.  Mo..    325, 

366,  367. 
Carrollton,  O.,  318. 
Carthage.  Battle,  367. 
Ccito.  Ark.,  313. 
Caton,  N.  Y.,  351. 
Cazenovia,  N.  Y,,  273, 

274,  278,  279,  290, 

290,  291. 
Cedar  Rapids,  la.. 360. 
Centenary   College, 

321. 
Charleston,  S.  C.,335. 
Chatauqua    Hill,     N. 

Y.,  310. 
Chattanooga,   Battle, 

338. 
Cherokee,  la.,  303. 
"Chesapeake"     Sloop 

of  War,  3lG. 
Chicago.  III.,  309,  326, 

327,  328,  333,  338, 

348,  350,  363,  369, 

373,  375,  380,  384. 
Chicago   Art  School, 

381. 
Chicago    Theological 

Seminary,  370. 
Chicopee,   Mass.,  295, 

357,  370,  380,  383. 


Chillicothe,  Mc.   366 
Chiliicothe,  O.,  302. 
Cincinnati,  368. 
Clayton,    N.   Y.,   305. 

306,  348,  350. 
Cleveland,  O.,  376. 
Clinton,  La.,  318,  331. 
Colchester,  N.  Y..304. 
Colorado     S  j)  r  i  n  g  s, 

Colo.,  383. 
Columbia,  Conn.,  354. 
Columbia,  S.    C,  335, 
Columbia  Theological 

Seminaiy,  335. 
Columbus,  O..  303. 
Concord,    Mass.,    274, 

279,  392,  326. 
Constantine,      Mich., 

350. 
Conway.  N.  H.  376. 
CooperTract,  Pa.,3o6. 
Cooperstown,  Pa., 355. 
Corinth,    Battle,    327. 
Cornell   College,    la., 

875. 
Corning,  N.  Y.  290. 
Corry,  Penn.,  310. 
Council  Blurts,  la., 

849 
Courtlandt,N.Y.,363. 
Courtlandville,  N.  Y., 

394. 
Dallas,  Texas,  313. 
Darien,  N.  Y.,  340. 
Delaware,  O.,  299, 341, 

346. 
Delpliia,  Ind.,  337. 
Dempsevtown,       Pa., 

355.' 
Denver.  Col.,  328. 
Depauville,      N.      Y. 

305. 
Detroit  Dry  Dock  Co., 

306. 
Detroit,     Mich.,    302, 

303.  304,  307,  349, 

350.  363. 
DeWitt,  N.  Y..  325. 
Dillsboro,  N.  C.   355. 
j  Drummerstowu,    Vt., 

278. 
I  Dunkirk.  N.  Y.,    339. 

356. 
East  ford.  Conn.,  350. 
East  Franklin,  N.  Y. 

294. 


486 


MERRICK    GENEALOGY. 


East  Hampton,  Mass., 

314,  327. 
East  Hartford,  Conn., 

282,  326. 
East    Haven,    Conn., 

312. 
Easton's      Corners, 

Ont.,  322. 
East    Orange,   N.    J., 

382. 
East  Windsor,  Conn. , 

332. 
Elizabeth,  N.  J.,  355. 
Elkhorn,    Wis.,     339, 

374. 
Ellington,  Conn.,  285. 
Elmira,  N.  Y.,  348. 
ElPaso,Tex.,373,  383. 
'  'Empire, "     Steamer, 

805. 
Enfield,  Conn.,  285. 
Enfield,    Mass.,     294, 

296. 
England,     Kingdom, 

382. 
Evanston,  111.,  384. 
Everett,  Wa.sh.,  359. 
Fairhaven,  Vt.,  352. 
Faribault,  Minn. ,  339. 
Farr  Alpaca  Co.,  353. 
Farrington,    Battle, 

o*/ . 

Faulkner    Heights, 

Mass.,  383. 
Fenton,  Mich.,  379. 
Flint,  Mich.,  379. 
Florence,  Ky.,  365. 
Floyd,  N.  Y.,347. 
Fond  du  Lac,    Wis., 

291. 
Fort  Delaware,    313. 
Fort  Madison,  la.,  337. 
Fort    Pillow,    Battle, 

327. 
Fort      "  W  i  1 1  ia  m 

Henry",  275. 
Fostoria,  O.,  372. 
Fowler,  Ind.,  372,  383. 
Foxboro,    Mass.,    294. 
Fj-amingham,  283. 
Frankfort,  Germany, 

360. 
Franklin,  Conn.,  285. 
Franklin,  Mass.,    370. 
Franklin,  Mich.,  839. 
Frankhn,  N.  ¥.,  297., 

337,  338,  339,  373. 


Franklin,  O.,  337,  382. 
Freeport,  O.,  373. 
French    and     Indian 

war,  279,  280. 
Fresno,  Cal.,  372. 
Fryeburg    Academy, 

346. 
Fryeburg,  Me.,  346. 
Fullerville,  N.Y.,363. 
Furhng  Hills,   Mass., 

299. 
Gaines,  Pa.,  340. 
Galena,  111.,  373,  374, 

384,  385. 
Galesburg,  111.,  384. 
Galveston,  Texas, 384. 
German  Flats,  N.  Y. , 

303. 
Gibralter,  Spain,  301. 
Gill,  Mass.,  332. 
Glastonbuiy ,    Conn. , 

270,  272. 
Glenwood,  la.,  384. 
Green  Bay,  Wis.,  349. 
Greencastle,  Ind., 369. 
Hadley,  Conn.,  311. 
Hahfax,  N.  S.,  316. 
Hamline   University, 

376. 
Hartford,  Conn.,  266, 

276,  285,  297,  299, 

316,  327. 
Harvard  College,  279. 

282,  301,  352. 
Hatfield,  268. 
Haverhill,  Mass.,  383. 
Herculaneum,    Mo., 

295. 
Hereford  Co., Md., 333. 
Hinsdale,  111.,  375. 
Holyoke  College,  379. 
Holy  ok  e,    Mas.s.,   298, 

299,  350,  352,  353, 

354,  355.  380. 
Homer,    N.    Y.,    293, 

294,  296. 
Horseheads,  N.Y.,375. 
Howard  Co..  Mo., 325. 
Howard,  Mich.,  310. 
Hudson,  Ind.,  310. 
Hudson,  N.  Y.,  311. 
Hume,  N.  Y.,  307. 
Huntington,  W.  Va., 

309,  356,  369. 
Island  No.  10,  Battle, 

827. 
Jackson,  La.,  317. 


Johnson's  Island,  313. 
Johet,  111.,  346. 
Jordan,  N.  Y.,  378. 
Kalamazoo,    Mich., 

380. 
Kankakee,    111.,    372, 

383. 
Kansas  City,  Mo., 310. 
Kenosha,  Wis. ,  345. 
La  Cro.sse,  Wis. ,  .363. 
Lafayette,  Ind.,  383. 
Lake    Forest,    111. 

(should       read 

River  Forest),  360. 
Lake  Station, Ind., 334 
Lancaster,  296. 
Lancaster,  Mass.,  337, 
Lanca.ster,    Me.,    371, 

O  l~. 

Laona,  Kan.,  310. 
Lawrence,  Mass. ,  370. 
Leander,  N.  Y.,  298. 
Lebanon.   Conn.,  368. 
Lebanon,  N.  Y.,  311. 
Lewisburg,  Va.,  369. 
"Lexington   Alarm," 

277. 
Lexington,    Battle, 

367. 
Little  Rock. Ark.,  287, 

312,  313. 
Limington.  Me.,  346. 
Locke,  N.  Y.,  322. 
Lockport,  N.  Y.,  307, 

350. 
London,  Ont.,  348. 
Longmeadow,   Mass., 

282. 
Los  Angeles, Cal.,  814, 

334. 
Louisville,    Ky.,   295, 

312. 
Ludlow^  Mass.,  327. 
Lyme,  Conn.,  282. 
Lyons,  N.  Y.,  290,323, 

324,  363,  364,  365. 

382. 
McAllister  College, 

359 
McHenry  Co., 111., 293. 
Malcolm,  la.,  327,328. 
Mansfield,  Conn., 352, 

379. 
Mansfield     Center, 

Conn.,  353. 
Manteno,  111.,  338,372, 

378. 


INDEX  —  THOMAS    BRANCH. 


i87 


Marietta,  O.,  343. 
Mass.   Inst,  of    Tech- 

nolog}',  352. 
Mayfield,  N.  Y.,  326. 
Merrick  &  Co.,  G.  G., 

348. 
Merrick  &  Co.,  J., 354. 
Merrick  Bros.  &  Co., 

353. 
Merrick  Co., Neb., 307. 
Merrick,    Hopkins   & 

Co.,  348. 
Merrick,  La.,  361. 
Merrick  Lumber  Co., 

353,  354,  379,  380. 
Merrick,  Mass.,  340. 
Merrick  Thread   Co., 

353.  380. 
Merrickville,    Can., 

278,  389,  333. 
Merrickville,    N.    Y., 

371. 
Millport,  N.  Y.,  375. 
Milton,  Mass..  376. 
Milwaukee,  Wis.,  326, 

332,  374. 
Mineral    Bluff,     Ga., 

355. 
Minneapolis,  Minn., 

313,  314,  315,  354, 

355,  359. 
Mission  Ridge,  Battle, 

328. 
Monson,     Mass.,    279, 

281,  298,  294,  295. 

290,  329,  331,  334, 

335,  354. 
Montalona,    111.,    345, 

340. 
Montreal,   Can.,    289. 
Moravia,  N.    Y.,    363. 
Morrisville,     N.     Y., 

371. 
Mt.    Pleasant,    Wis., 

339. 
"Mountaineer,"  Ship, 

348. 
Natchez,  Miss.,  300. 
Natick,  Mass.,  360. 
Neponset,  Mass.,  378. 
Newbury,  Mass.,  266. 
New  Durham,  N.  Y.. 

338. 
New  Fane,   Vt.,    288. 
New   Haven,    Conn., 

287,  293,  316,  337. 
New  Lisbon,  O.,  318. 


New  London,  Conn., 

330. 
New  Madrid.    Battle, 

327. 
New  Orleans,  La.,  316, 

321,  361,  362,  368. 
New  York  Art  School, 

381. 
New  York  City.  268, 

338.  350,  376,  381, 

382. 
Northampton,  Mass., 

273,  275.  300. 
North      B  r  a  n  f  o  r  d. 

Conn.,  373. 

North  Brookfield, 
Mass.,  370. 

Northtield,  Mass.,  273. 

Northwestern  Uni- 
versity, 384. 

Norwich,    Conn.,  334. 

Nunda,  N.  Y.,  284, 
303,  304,  307,  347, 
348,  350. 

Oakland,   Cal.,  374. 

Oak  Park,  111..  328. 

Oblong,    N.    Y.,    273, 

274,  278. 

Ohio  Wesleyan  Uni- 
versity, 341. 

Omaha,  Neb.,  325, 359. 

Oneida,  N.  Y..  338. 

Oneonta,  N.   Y.,  878. 

Ontario,  N.  Y.,  351. 

Orange,  Mass.,  335. 

Orleans,  N.  Y.,  304. 

Oswego,  N.  Y.,  284, 
305. 

Ottumwa,  la.,  337. 

Oxford,  N.  Y.,338. 

Oxford,  Ind.,  383. 

Palmer.  Mass. .  280, 
281,  287,  296.  334, 
335,  336,  369,  370. 

Palmyra,  N.  Y.,  290 
364. 

Palmvra.  Wis.,  372. 

Paris,'  Kv  ,  395. 

Passaic,  N.  J.,  350. 

Payne's  Farm,  Battle, 
'  361. 

Philadelphia,  Pa.,  368, 
382. 

Phillips  Exeter  Acad- 
emy. 379. 

Pike  Mills.  Pa.,  340. 

Pittsburgh,   Pa.,   376. 


Pittsburgh    Landing, 

Battle,  327. 
Pittstield,  Mass.,  350. 
Pleasantville.  Pa.. 285, 

309,  310,  355,  3.56. 
Plymouth    Colony, 

310. 
Plymouth,  Midi., 365. 
Pomfret,  Conn.,  352. 
Pomfret,  N.  Y.,  339. 
Pontiac,  Mich.,  379. 
Portage,    N.    Y..  304, 

348. 
PortHudson,  La.,31o. 
Portland,  N.  Y.,  310. 
Portsmouth,     E  u  g  .  , 

335. 
Princeton,     111.,   327. 
Princeton,  Minn.,  359. 
Princeton      Theol. 

Sem..  335. 
Pueblo,  Col.,  366,382. 
Puritan  Mfg.  Co..  369. 
Quebec,  Battle,  2.S0. 
Quebec,  Can..  305,.322. 
Quincy,  111.,  350. 
Racine  College,    385. 
Redlands,  Cal..  349. 
Red  Wing,  Minn..  376. 
Rehoboth,  Ma.ss..  332. 
'  'Reindeer' '  Fleet  Ves- 
sels, 305,  306. 
Remsen,  N.  Y.,  347. 
Richmond,  111.,  343. 
Richmond.  Pa.,  356. 
Rienza,  Battle,  327. 
River  Fore.st,  111..  381. 
Rochester,  N.  Y.,304. 

307.  311.  .349. 
Rockville,  Conn.,  354. 
Rockville,  111..  373. 
Rome,  N.  Y..  347. 
Romeo.  Mich.,  304. 
Rose,  N.  Y.,  290.  322. 

323,  324.  365. 
Roslindale.  Mass.,  378. 
Roxburv,    Mass.,  266, 

311.' 
Rush  Medical  College, 

372. 
Russell,  Ma.ss.,  375. 
Sackett's  Harbor.    N. 

Y..  302,  305. 
Saloui.  Mass..  293. 
Saline  Co..  Mo..  325. 
Salt  Ltvke  City.  Utah, 

384. 


488 


MERRICK    GENEALOGY. 


San  Antonio,  Tex,  373. 
Sandwich,  Ont.,  350. 
San    Francisco,    Cal., 

313.  314,  374. 
Santa  Cruz,  Cal.,  371. 
Saratoga,  N.  Y.,  279, 

346. 
Saratoga  Springs,    N. 

Y.,  274,  354. 
Seattle,    Wash.,    314, 

339,  383. 
Semphronius,  N.  Y., 

363. 
Seville,  O.,  339. 
"Shannon,"  Sloop  of 

War,  316. 
Shawungunk,  N.    Y., 

294. 
"Shav's      Rebellion," 

275,  280. 
Sheldon,  N.  Y.,  374. 
Sherburne,  N.  Y.,284, 

303,  304. 
Shiloh,  Battle  of,  312, 

313. 
Simsbuiy,  Conn.,  292. 
Sixteen  Acres,  Conn., 

292. 
South  Amherst, Mass., 

335,  336. 
South  G 1  a  s  t  o  nburv , 

Conn.,  300. 
South  Hadley,  Mass., 

336. 
South     Hampton, 

Mass.,  299. 
Southington,     Conn., 

312.' 
South   Omaha,    Neb., 

359. 
South   Onandaga,    N. 

Y^.279,  291. 
South  Trenton,  N.  Y., 

303. 
South  Wilbraham, 

295. 
Sparta,  X.  J.,  347. 
Sparta  N.  Y.,  350. 
Spencer,  N.  Y..  338. 
Spencerpor  t,  N.  Y. ,  328. 
Springfield,  266. 
Springfield,  Mass., 

273,  274,  275,  279, 

280,  292,  293,  295, 

298,  307,  313,  314, 

315,  327,  328,  329, 

335,  379,  380. 


Springfield,  Pa.,  340. 
Spring  Prairie,  Wis.. 

339.  340,  373,  374. 
Springvale,  Me.,  357. 
Stafford  Springs, 

Conn.,  327. 
Steuben,    N.    Y.,   302, 

303,  347.  378. 
Stillwater,  Minn., 357. 
Stillwater,  N.  Y.,278, 

270. 
Stoddard,  N.  H.,  338. 
Stonington,      Conn., 

272. 
Stone   River,    Battle, 

327. 
Stratford,  Conn..  272. 
Sturbridge,  287,  296. 
Sturgis,  Mich.,  349. 
St.  Johns,  N.  B.,  371. 
St.    Louis,    Mo.,    313, 

315,  359,  361. 
St.  Paul,  Minn.,   357, 

358,  381. 
SuflSeld,  Mass.,  269. 
Suffolk,  Conn..  341. 
Svracuse,  N.   Y.,  291, 

292,  325,  320,  367. 
Syracuse  University, 

378. 
Tebreez,  Persia,  335. 
Thonrdvke,  Mass.  ,293. 
Tioga,  Pa.,  351,  380. 
Tiptonville,    Battle, 

327. 
Tolland,    Conn. ,    276, 

283,  284,  308,  351, 

355. 
Topeka,  Kan.,  373. 
Toronto,  Can.,  322. 
Trenton  Falls,  N.  Y., 

345. 
Trinity  Co.,  Cal.,  339. 
Triumph,  Pa..  348. 
Troy,  N.  Y.,  284. 
Troy,  Pa.,  298. 
Truro,  Mass.,  369. 
Unadilla,  N.  Y..  373. 
Union,  N.  Y.,  274. 
University  of   Chica- 
go, 332. 
University  of  Gottin- 

gen,  Ger. .  377. 
University  of  Kansas, 

366. 
University  of  Wiscon- 
sin, 350. 


Utah  Territory,  278. 
Utica,  N.  Y..322,  385. 
Vanderbilt   Universi- 
ty, 362. 
Vassar  College,  352. 
Verona.    N.    Y.,    302, 

303,  347. 
Vicksburg,  Miss.,  294, 

373. 
Vienna.  Md.,  373. 
Waco,  Tex.,  373, 
Wales,  Great  Britain, 

277. 
Wallingford,     Conn., 

286,  312. 
Wallingford,  111.,  291. 
Walpole,  Mass.,  280. 
Walton,  N.  Y.,  298. 
Ware,  Mass.,  334. 
Washington,  D.  C. ,  326. 
Washington    Univer- 
sity, 359. 
W^aterford,  Wis.,  375. 
Watertown,     N.    Y., 

305,  363. 
Wau  watosa.  Wis. ,  332. 
Webster,  N.  Y.,  351. 
Wellsboro.  Pa.,  340. 
Wesleyan  University, 

Conn.,  360,  370. 
Wesleyan  University, 

Ohio,  375,  376. 
Westfield.  Mass.,  270, 

271,  299. 
Westfield,  N.  Y.,  310. 
Westford,  Mass.,  297. 
Western,  N.  Y.,  347, 

377. 
Wcsternville,    N.    Y., 

377. 
Weston,  N.  Y.,  347. 
West  Newbury,  Mass. , 

369. 
West  Newton,  Mass., 

336,  383. 
WestRoxbury,  Mass., 

296,  378. 
West  Springfield,  270, 

271,  275,  281,  282, 

288,  292,  298,  340, 

375. 
White  Plains,  Battle, 

376. 
Wilbraham,  269,  276, 

278.  281,  283,  287, 
288,  297,  299,  300, 
316,  317,  318,   321. 


INDEX  —  THOMAS    BRANCH. 


489 


Wilbraham,  Mass., 
341,  345,  346,  360, 
361 ,  362,  377. 

Williams  College,  314. 

Willimantic,  Conn., 
352. 

Willimantic  Linen 
Co.,  353. 

Willington,  Conn., 
271,  276,  277,  283, 
284,  285,  302,  307, 
308,  309,  310,  349, 
351,  352,  354,  355, 

AVillington  Thread 
Co.,  353. 


Willoughby  College, 
375. 

Willoughbv,  O.,  375, 
376. 

Williston  Academy, 
327. 

Wilmington,  Del.,  381. 

Wilmington,  O.,  334, 
376. 

Wilson's  Creek,  Bat- 
tle, 313,  367. 

Windsor,  Ont.,  307. 

Woodstock,  Conn., 
290,  379. 


Woodstock,  N.Y., 278. 

279,  290. 
Woodville,    La.,    316, 

317. 
Worcester,  Mass.,2S3, 

294.  296,  301.  332, 

334,  360. 
Xenia,  Ohio,  295,  333, 

334,  308,  382. 
Yale  College,  272, 276, 

286. 
Yancey  ville,     N.    C. 

311. 
York,  Eng.,  338. 
Yuba  River,  Cal.,300. 


490 


MERRICK    GENEALOGY 


INDEX-MISCELLANEOUS. 


Abbott,  Phebe  Susan, 

38r3,  887 . 
Adcock,  Dollie,  393. 
Alberts,  Carrie,  390. 
Alcott,  Clara  L.,  390. 
Alden,  Mrs.  C.  L.,  v. 
Aldricli,Lavinia  Ann, 
425. 

Valentine  Madison, 
425. 
Angharad,  3,  7. 
Angle,  Martlia,  396. 
Archer,    Mrs.    Sarah, 

395. 
Arienwen,  2. 
Armstrong,  Ann,  425. 
Baker,  Florence  E. ,  v. 
Barker,  Abigail,  431. 
Barrows,     John     E., 
386. 

Joseph  Henry,  387. 
Bateraan,    Abigail, 

431. 
Beddell,  Susan,  435. 
Bidwell,  Abigail,  428, 
428. 

Adeline  C,  429. 

Amy,  428. 

Anna,  428,  428. 

Ashbel,  428. 

Carohne,    424,    427, 
429. 

Daniel,  427. 

Dorothy,  428. 

Eliza  F.,  429. 

EUzabeth,  427,  428. 

Frederick,  429. 

Hannah,  427,  428. 

Harriet,  429. 

Hebsibah,  428. 

Irena,  428. 

John,  427,  427. 

Jo.seph,  427,  427. 

Marietta,  429, 

Mary,  427,  427. 

Mary  Ann,  429. 

Moses,  428,  428,  428, 
428. 

Nathaniel,  427. 

Oliver,  428,  429,  429. 

Phebe,  428. 


Priscilla,  428. 

Rhoda.  428. 

Richard,  427. 

Samuel.     427,     427, 
427,  428,  428,  428. 

Samuel  D.,  429. 

Sarah,  427,  427,  429. 

Thankful,  437. 

William,  428. 
Bishop,  Dorothy,  7. 

Matthew,  7. 
Blodgett,   Rebecca, 

431. 
Bost,  Anna,  395. 

William  E.,  395. 
Bradley,  Isaac  S.,  v. 
Bray,  Mary,  434. 
Brooks,  Aaron,  432. 

Abigail,  425, 433,437, 
437. 

Amos,  432. 

Benjamin,  431. 

Caleb.  430. 

Carohne,  433. 

Charlotte,  433. 

Daniel,  431,  431. 

Dolly.  432,  437. 

Dorothy.  431. 

Ebenezer,  431. 

Elizabeth,  431,  431, 
431, 

Esther,  431. 

Gershom,  430. 

Grace,  431. 

Hannah,    430,    431, 
432. 

Harriet,  433. 

Henry,  433. 

Hugh,  431. 

Isaac,  433. 

Job,  431. 

Joel,  432. 

John,  431. 

Joseph,  431. 

Joshua.  430,  431,431. 

Luc  7,  433. 

Luke,  432,  483,  432, 
433. 

Mary,  430.  433. 

Nathan,  432,432,433, 
437,  437. 


Noah,  431,  431,  432. 

Rev.  Phillips,  430. 

Rebecca,  433. 

Ruth,  432. 

Sally,  433. 

Silas,  432. 

Stephen.  432,  432. 

Thomas,     430,    431, 
431,  431. 

Timothy,  433. 
Burck,  Richard,  436. 
Bvirke's  "Peerage,"  1. 
Butler,  Dr.  James  Da- 
vie, ii. 
Cadvan,  1,  2. 
Cadwaladr,  1,  2. 
Candler,  Elizabeth 

Anthony,  391. 
Catamanus,  1. 
Clement,  Judith,  435. 

Cobb, ,  m.  Betsey 

Myrick,  386. 
CoelCodebog.  3,  11. 
Coldam,  Martha,  435. 
Coleman,   Andrew, 
389. 

Benjamin    Myrick, 
388. 

Deborah  Peckham, 
389. 

Eunice   Gardner, 
389. 

John,  388. 

Lydia  Wood,  389. 

Marv,  388,  389. 

Svlvanus,  388,  389. 
Collins,  Edward,  430. 
Colton,  Blanch,  393. 

William,  393. 
Conan.  2. 

Conant,  Andrew,  433. 
Cooper,       Captain 

Roger,  434. 
Costin,  Jane,  394. 

Martha  K.,  394. 

Penelope  Jane,  393. 
Cox,  G.  W.,  394. 
Cydafael.  3. 
Cydafael  Ynnyd,  2. 
Dakin,   Dorothy,  431. 
Daley,  Annie,  425. 


INDEX  —  MISCELLANEOUS. 


491 


John,  425. 
Davydd,  3. 
Doon,  Lewis,  7. 
Dunagan,    Samuel, 

394. 
Durant,  Lucy,  433. 
Eckles,  Hannah,  430. 
Edward  I,  King,  1,  4. 
Einion,  3,  7. 
Einion  Sais,  2,  3. 
Elinor ,  m.    John 

Whitney,  434. 
Eliza ,  m.  Walter 

MjTick,  396. 
Elizabeth,   Queen,    7, 

434. 
Essylt,  2. 
Etheridge,  Frank  M., 

890. 
Eva,  2. 

Ferris.  Cora  B.,  387. 
Fisk,  Matthew,  434. 
Fitzalan,   Thomas,  5. 
Fletcher,  Mrs.  Esther, 

432. 
Sarah,  431. 
Fogleman,  May,  394. 
Foster,  Joanna,  429. 
Fox,  Thomas,  430. 
Ga  r  fi  e  1  d,    Deborah. 

431. 
Gary.  Sarah,  436. 
Glover,  Zillah,  386. 
Glvndower,  Owen,  5. 
Grant,  Joseph.  388. 

Lemuel  C,  388. 
Griffith,  James,  7. 
Nikolas.  7. 
Sir  Rhys.  7. 
Sage,  7,  7. 
Thomas,  7. 
Gronwy  the  Red,  7. 
Gryffydd    ap    Madoc 

Maelor,  4. 
Gwenillian,  2. 
Hamlin,  Esther,   386. 
Harris,  Captain  Dan- 
iel, 427. 
Fanny,  393. 
Sarah,  427. 
Hastings,  Lois,  388. 
Hawley,  Emma  A. ,  v. 
Henry,  David,  395. 
Henry  III,  King,  4. 
Henrv   V,  King,  2,  3. 
Heni-^'  VI,  King,  3. 
Henry  VII,  King,  3. 


Henry  VIII,  King,  5. 
Heyliu  ap  Einiawn,3. 
Heylin,  7. 

Heywood.  Sarah,  431. 
Hoar.  Daniel,  432. 
Hobbs,  Elisha,  388. 

Lois,  388. 
Hopkins,    Maiy     A. , 

437. 
Howel,     of     Gaer 

Geilog,  7. 
Hubbard,       Isannah, 

428. 
Idwal  Twrch,  2. 
Jarwarth.  2. 
Jenkins,  Abby,  386. 
Jewell,  Mary,  433. 
Mrs.    Sarah     (Con- 
ant),  437. 
Jones,  Lydia.  43.1. 
Keahng,  Ruth,  894. 
Kendall,  Mary,  435. 
Knight,    Sarah,    435, 

486. 
Lambert.  Cassius,394. 
Laue,  Harris  F.,  390. 
Lhuyd,  E.,  5. 
Lippencott,  Jane,  386, 

387. 
Llewellyn  the  Great, 

o 

Lleweltyn  ap  Heylin, 
3. 

Llowarch  ap  Bran,  2. 

Llovd,  leuen,  7. 
Maud,  7. 
Morgan,  7. 

Loudon,  Ruth,  385. 

Love.ioy,  Hon.  A.  P., 
387. 

Madoc,  3. 

Margaret,     dau.     Ro- 
land, 8,  7. 

Mary,  Queen,  434. 

Mason,  Hannah,  430. 

Major.  Robert,  394. 

Manter,  Ezra,  387, 387. 

Mason,  Hannah,  431. 

Mead.  Lucy,  436. 

Meredydd,  2. 

Meredydd    ap     Bled- 
dynn,  2. 

Meredydd   ap  Cadvv- 
gan,  2. 

Meredydd    ap    Llow- 
arch, 2. 

Merriam,  Ann,  431. 


Joseph.  431. 
John,  432. 
Merrick,  Aaron,  400. 
Abel.  422,  423. 
Ambro.se  Newell,  9. 
Andrew,  4()1. 
Benjamin.  403,   111, 

417,  423.  423. 
Bezaleel,    405,    411, 

416,  417. 
Caesar,  406,  411. 
Caleb.  403. 
Caroline.  H.,  9. 
Catherine  S. ,  9. 
Charles  Fiske,  9. 
Charles  Irving,  8. 
Charles  S..  9. 
Charles  Sewell,  8. 
Charles  Stephen- 
son. 10. 
Chileab,  411. 
Christopher,  406, 

409,  417. 
Clinton  Victor.  10. 
Constant.  405.  412. 
Daniel.  406, 409.  416, 

417,421. 
Rev.  David,  iv. 
David,  423. 
Done.  422. 
Dorcas,  9. 
Ebenezer.  401,  402. 

40().  409,  410,  412. 
Edmund,  4. 
Edward,  10. 
Edwin    Tliomas,  9, 

396. 
Eldridge  Gerrv.  9. 
Elisha,  401.  412. 
Elliott  T.,  9. 
Ezra,  405,  421. 
Florence  B..  9. 
Frank  W..  9. 
Frank  Wilbur.  9. 
Frederick.  U.   10. 
Frederick     Chap 

man.  10. 
Fre.l  Icke.s.  9. 
Gad.  406. 
Sir  Gellv.  8. 
George.  9,  405.  406, 

407,  431. 
George  B.,  425. 
George  Byron,  vi. 
George  Ciareiice.  8. 
George  Clinton,  10. 
Georije  E..  9. 


492 


MERRICK    GENEALOGY. 


Greorge  H. ,  9. 
George  Peck,  10. 
George      Wasliing- 

tou,  V. 
Gideon,  404. 
Heman.    402,      416, 

417. 
Henrv  Le%\ns,  8. 
IsaacI  399,  400,  405, 

407,  415,  417,  418. 
Jacob,  404,  405, 407. 

410,  41],  413.  415, 

4-21. 
James.  4,   404,  409, 

412,  416. 
James  L. ,  9,  9. 
Jesse,  407. 
John,    4,  4,  8,   8,   9, 

397,  398,  398,  399, 

407,  412,  418,  421, 

421,  423. 
John  A.,  9. 
John  Dole,  8. 
John  Mudge,  8,  9. 
Jonathan,  8,  8,  408, 

409,  410,  413,  415, 
416.  518. 

Joseph.    V,  401,  408, 

410,  413,  416,  417, 
418,  421. 

Joshua,  402,413,420, 

423. 
Joshua  T.,  9. 
Josiah,  402,  414. 
Louis  Ambrose,  10. 
Lucius  L.,  9. 
Luther,  421. 
Mabel  E.,  9. 
Marietta     (Smith), 

430,  438. 
Moses,  421. 
Nathan,  414. 
Nathaniel,  402,  403, 

419. 
Nero,  399. 
Noah,  S,  408. 
Origen  Hall,  9. 
Osborn,  9. 
Owain,  4. 

Peter,  422,  422,  422. 
Phineas,  404,  408. 
PUuj',  8,  8. 
Revnault,  4. 
Sir  Rhvs,  8. 
Richard,  3,  408,  411, 

414. 


Robert  Michael,    8 
Roland,  3,  4. 
Russell,  422. 
Samxiei,  ir,  405, 408, 

414,  419,  420. 
Samuel  Vaughn,  9. 
Seth,  423. 

Silas,  410,  414. 
Silas  Clarence,  9. 
Solomon  G.,  8. 
Spencer,    408,    410, 

415,  422. 
Stephen,    410,    416, 

422,  423. 
S.  W.,  415. 
Thomas,  4,  423,  423. 
Tilley,  8,    403,    409, 

415. 
Timothy,  403. 
Vaughn,  iv. 
Walter     Chapman, 

10. 
William,  4,  4,  8,  403, 
405,  415,  416,  420, 
421,  422. 
Mervyn  Vrych,  2. 
Metcalf,  Caroline  P., 

387. 
Meuric,  4. 
Agnes.  4. 
Alice,  4. 
Sionedd,  4. 
Mevrik,  Wm.,  7. 
Meyrick,  3. 
David,  7. 
Griffith,  7. 
Harry  Pierce,  9. 
Howel,  7. 
Jan  (Jane?),  7. 
Janet,  7. 

John,  4,  6,  7,  7,  7. 
Meyi'ick  ap  Llewellyn, 
3,  4,  8. 
Maud,  7. 
Owen,  7,  7. 
Robert,  7. 
Thomas,  6,  7,    7,    7. 
William,  7. 
Miles,  John,  431. 
Miller,   Edward  Pay- 
son,  387,  387. 
Mirick,  Cliarles,   388. 
David  H.,  9. 
Ebenezer,  10,  388. 
Edward  A.,  v,  6,  9, 

10. 
Elislia,  388,  388. 


Florence    Moulton, 

11. 
George  Pritchard,v. 
George  A.,  0. 
Henrietta     Amelia, 

V,  10. 
John,  7,  388. 
Mav  Halbert,  10. 
Nathan,  388. 
Thomas,  388. 
WilUam,  7. 
Mitchell,  Widow  Hul- 

dah.  385. 
Morgan,  Sir  Henry,  8. 
Morgan  ap  Meyrick,  8. 
Moulton,  Huldah,  385. 
Muckle,  Adelaide  Vic- 
toria, 389,  390. 
John,  390. 
Mulliken.    Nathaniel, 

438. 
i  Munroe,  Captain  Ben- 
jamin. 432. 
Myrick,    Alfred,   388, 
389. 
Alfred  Pec  kham, 

389,  389. 
Allison     Hamilton, 

394. 
Alvis,  393. 
Arthur  Eugene,  10, 

10. 
Barnabas,  386. 
Bascom,  392. 
Benjamin,  388. 
Betsev,  386. 
Bezaleel,  385. 
Blanch  Waller,  393. 
Caleb  K.,  395. 
Charles  English, 

392,  393. 
Charles  Moses,  394, 

394,  395. 
Charles  Wesley,  393, 

394,  394. 
Columbus   C,    394. 
Cora  Ann,  390. 
Curtis,  393. 
Cvnthia  A.,  395. 
David  Brice,  395. 
David  Jethro,  389, 

390. 
Rev.  D.  J.,  391,  392. 
Dobson  (Dahson  ), 

394. 
Early,  395. 
Eli  S.,  393. 


INDEX  —  MISCELLANEOUS. 


493 


Ella,  395. 
Emma,  395. 
Esther,  389. 
Eugene  Calvin,  9. 
Florence     Hannah, 

10. 
Francis  Asbury ,  396. 
Frank  Alfred,   390. 
Frank  M,,  394. 
Frank  Worman,  10. 
George,  394. 
Hannah  Glidden,  10. 
Harriet  G.,  386. 
Herbert,  10. 
Horace,  396. 
Hubert  James,  10. 
Huldah  Moult  on, 

386,  386. 
Ida  May,  390. 
James,  391,  396. 
James  R. ,  395. 
JoelH.,  394. 
John,  391,  391. 
John  W.,  395,  395. 
Joseph,  9,  386,  419. 
Joshua,  419. 
Julian  Southall,393. 
Lester  Sears,  396. 
Lot,  9. 
Mahn,  394. 
Mrs.    Marie  Louise, 

392. 
Martha     Elizabeth, 

394. 
Mary,  388,  889,  393, 

896. 
Mary  Stone,  393. 
Mary  Viola,  390. 
Mary  W.,  389. 
Minnie,  394. 
Mollie  M.,  39G. 
Nancy  Ellen,  394. 
OraDavid  J.,  390. 
Orlando  H.,  391. 
Owen  Harvey,  391, 

392. 
"Pies,"  395. 
PyrmnK.,  395. 
Ransom,  395. 
Raymond    L  e  R  o  y , 

390, 
Reuben,  v. 
Richard,  391,  392. 
Russell,  396. 
Sanfovd.  394. 
Sarah.  394. 
Sarah  Ann,  393. 


Shelby.  392, 
Stephen,  386. 
Susan  Ann,  395. 
Sylvanus,  394. 
Thomas,  385. 
Thomas  News  cm, 

392. 
Walter,  392,  396. 
Walter  A.,  396. 
William     385,    392, 

393,  39i4,  394. 
Williams.,  396, 
William  W.,  393. 
Noyes,  Harriette,  v. 
Nunns,  Annie  A.,  v. 
Oakley,  Minnie  M.,  v. 
0.sborne,  John  Good- 
rich, 426. 
William  H,  426. 
Owen   Gwynnedd,   2, 

2  3. 
Painter,  William,  393. 
Parkinson,  Eve,  v. 
Perry,  Mercy,  436. 
Pierce,  Benjamin, 431. 
Pitts,   Esther  Martha, 

394. 
Poor,  Mary,  435. 
Potter,  Judah,  431. 
Elizabeth,  433. 
Jacob,  432. 
Powel,  Jan  (Jane  ?),  7. 
John,  7,  7. 
Roland,  7. 
Preckett,    Mary  Ann, 

iibt. 
Prescott,  Col.  James, 

432. 
Rand,  Clifford,  389. 
Rhodri  Mawr,  2. 
Rhodvi  Molwynog,  2. 
Rich,  Ann,  386. 
Emeline,  387. 
Roberts,  Amorena, 
388. 
Amorena   Deborah, 

387. 
Barnabas  My  rick, 

387. 
Charles  L  i  n  n  e  u  s, 

387. 
Edward  James,  388. 
Ellen  Cecilia,  387. 
Emily  Estlier,  :{87. 
Freeman    Myrick, 

388 
Hamlin  Myrick,  386. 


Huldah  Jane,  387. 
Jacob,  386,  386. 
Jacob    Wellington, 

386.  387. 
Josepli,  386. 
Phebe  Young,  387. 
Porteus  Be  z  a  1  e  e  1, 

387. 
William  Pi  n  k  n  e  y, 
387. 
Roland,  Rector  of  Ab- 

erffraw,  3. 
Ross,  Ann,  390. 
Russell,     Eunice    M., 

433. 
Samuel,  3. 
Sawtelle,  Elizabeth, 

435. 
Shaffner,  George,  393. 

Mary  E.,  393. 
Silence  ,  m.  Bar- 
nabas Myrick, 386, 
Skinner,    Henry    A., 

389. 
Smith,  Adaline,  424. 
Caroline  Abby,  425. 
Eben,  432. 
Ehza,  424. 
John,  424,  424,  425, 

427,  438,  438. 
Leatham  D.,  420. 
Leohne,  426. 
Mai-ietta,  424. 
Marietta  B.,  426. 
Marietta    Brooks, 

425. 
Maude  L.,  426. 
Samuel,  424. 
Sidney  T.,  426. 
Tessie,  426. 
Thomas,    424.    424, 

429. 
Thomas  Henry,  425, 

425. 
Winnifred  M.,  426. 
Staflonl.  :M.  J.,  394. 
Stearns,  Daniel,  389. 
Minerva,  ;i89. 
Minerva  L.,  3S9. 
Stevens,  W.  L.,  3S9. 
Stone, Isaac,   430 

Marv,  432.   430.  4.30. 
Stow,  Thomas,  427. 
St  rat  ton,  Margaret, 

43(). 
Summerhill,    Eliza, 
396. 


494 


MERRICK    GENEALOGY. 


Tarbell,  Abigail,  435. 
Thompson,  Joseph  M., 

487. 
Timbs,  John,  4. 
Tolinan,  George,  430. 
Torworth,  3. 
Trevilliev,  lenen,  7. 

Janet,  7. 

John,  7. 

Llewellyn,  7. 
Tydyr,  3. 
Urien,    Lord  of  Rhi- 

gid,  2. 
Ward,  Dorothy,  438. 
Ware,  Mehitable,  437. 
Wheeler,  Lucy,  433. 

Lydia,  431. 

Mary,  431. 

Timothy,  430. 
Whitcomb,  Prudence, 
433. 

Capt.  William,  433. 
White,  Fred,  389. 

George  J. ,  389. 

George  W.  M.,  389. 

There.sa,  389. 
Whitman,  Sarah,  437. 
Whitney,     Abraham, 
43l),  436,  436,  436, 
437,  437,  437. 

Amos,  433. 

Andrew,  438. 

Benjamin,  435. 

Caleb,  435. 

Caroline  Brooks 
(should  read  Mary 
Brooks),  435,  435. 


Catherine,  437. 
Charles,  438. 
Christopher,  437. 
David,  438. 
Deborah,  435. 
Ebenezer,  435. 
Edwin,  438. 
Elisha,  435. 
Eliza  C,  438. 
Ephraiin,  436,  436. 
Isaac,  436,  436. 
Sir  James,  434. 
Jacob,  437. 
Jemima,  436. 
Joanna,  435. 
John,  434,  434,  435, 

435,  436,  437. 
Jonas,  434,  436. 
Jonathan,  435,  438. 
Jonathan  W..  433. 
Jonathan    Wood, 

435,  437.  437,  438. 
Joseph,  437. 
Joshua,  435. 
Keziah,  436. 
Lemuel,  436. 
Levi,  437,  437. 
Lucy,  436,  437. 
Mary    (Molly),  433, 

435,  437,  437. 
Mary   Brooks,    435, 

435,  430,  438,  438. 
Mercy,  437. 
Molly,  437. 
Moses,  435,  436,  436, 

438. 
Nabby,  437. 


Nathaniel,  434,  435. 

Rebecca,  435,  436. 

Rhoda,  437,  437. 

Richard,    434,    435, 
435,  435. 

Robert.  334. 

Ruth,  437. 

Sally,  437. 

Sarah,  435,  436. 

Thomas,    434,    434, 
435. 

Wetherbee,  437. 
Whittemore,     Benja- 
min, 431,  436. 
Wilcox,  John,  437. 

Sarah,  437. 
William  ap  Evan,  3. 
Williams,     Bancroft, 
437. 

James,  437. 
Wolcott,  Esther,  437. 
Wright,  Dorothy,  431. 

Edward,  431. 
Wood,  Catherine, 437. 

Dorcas,  436. 

Capt.     Jonathan, 
437,  438. 

Mary,  433. 

Sarah,  433. 
Young,  Bishop,  7. 

Elizabeth,  7. 

Howell,  7. 

Joan,  7. 

Robert.  7. 

Rhys.  7. 

William,  7. 


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