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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
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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:
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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
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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.
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"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 —
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"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.
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(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
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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."
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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:
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Tilley Merrick; Pliny Merrick. |
1860 |
George Clarence Mer rick. |
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1784 |
Jolm Merrick. |
1861 |
Charles Sewell Merrick |
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1814 |
Pliiiy Merrick. |
1870 |
William Merrick. |
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1859 |
John Mudge Merrick |
1893 |
Robert Michael Merrick |
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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.
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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.
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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.
Florence Moulton Miriok. Worcester, Mass., Dec. 14, 1898,
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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-
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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:
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"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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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,
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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. — .
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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.
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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.
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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-
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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 —
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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-
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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.
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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
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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,
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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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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,
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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,
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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,
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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.
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78. Seth BuTLER^ son of {J()seph\ Giles^ (?), Thomas'^, Stephen''', William'^, William^) and Tryphora (Butler) Myrick, born May 16, 1813. Married Lucinda
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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
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(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
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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
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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.
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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. .
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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(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 —
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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 —
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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
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(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.
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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
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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.
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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 —
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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,
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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.
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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,
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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.
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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
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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.
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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-
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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
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Aug. 6, 1861; 2d Lieutenant and 1st Lieutenant 3d Artil- lery, Nov. 18, 1861; Brevet Captain, Feb. 20, 1864, for gallant and meritorious services