Individual Details
Joseph Merrick
(22 Feb 1765 - Abt 1820)
There is lore that he drowned in the Erie Canal but nothing substantiates that. Daughter Lodica marries in Longmeadow MA and is described as being a resident there so maybe the family moved to Massachusetts.
Events
| Birth | 22 Feb 1765 | Willington, Tolland, Connecticut | |||
| Marriage | 21 Oct 1796 | Willington, Tolland, Connecticut - Irene Alden |  | ||
| Death | Abt 1820 |
Families
| Spouse | Irene Alden (1772 - 1858) |
| Child | Irene Merrick (1797 - 1814) |
| Child | Lodica Merrick (1798 - 1863) |
| Child | Elisha Alden Merrick (1800 - 1839) |
| Child | Austin Merrick (1801 - 1876) |
| Child | Laura Merrick (1803 - 1885) |
| Father | Joseph Merrick (1733 - 1787) |
| Mother | Anna Holt (1735 - 1806) |
| Sibling | Anne Merrick (1756 - 1809) |
| Sibling | Timothy Merrick (1760 - 1810) |
| Sibling | Thomas Merrick (1763 - 1840) |
| Sibling | Caleb Merrick (1767 - 1822) |
| Sibling | Hannah Merrick (1769 - 1842) |
| Sibling | Constant Merrick (1772 - 1828) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Merrick (1774 - 1824) |
Endnotes
1. Ancestry.com, Connecticut, Marriage Index, 1620-1926 (Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016).
2. Ancestry.com, Connecticut, Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006).