Individual Details
John MERRICK
(Abt 1579 - 26 Jun 1650)
Genealogy of the Merrick. Mirick, Myrick Family
Published 1902, Page 195
John Merrick, i. e., "Sion," was the Welsh, son of Rev. William Merrick, born about 1579, probably at St. Davids, Pembrokeshire [Wales] where his father was Rector. Nothing further than the fact that he was the son of Rev. William Merrick is at this time known of John. It is assumed here that he was the father of the four brothers [William, James, John, and Thomas, and their sister Sarah] who came to New England from Bristol, England, in the ship "James," in the spring of 1636.
This is pure assumption, as no record of John's children has as yet been found; but the fact that in several families of the American Merricks there is a tradition that the father of the immigrants was named John, the similarity of the family (given) names; the fact that they sailed from Bristol, which is the nearest prominent sea-port to St. David's; the fact that one of the brothers, James, was a fish-packer, and another, John, a block-maker, occupations common among the sea-faring population of St. David's, lend strong presumptive evidence to the assumption.
It has been suggested, and there seems to be good ground for the suggestion, that the John Mirick, who had a grant of land at Hingham in 1637, and who died at Roxbury, June 25, 1650, leaving a widow, Elizabeth, was the father of the four brothers of Charlestown [Suffolk County, Massachusetts].
Published 1902, Page 195
John Merrick, i. e., "Sion," was the Welsh, son of Rev. William Merrick, born about 1579, probably at St. Davids, Pembrokeshire [Wales] where his father was Rector. Nothing further than the fact that he was the son of Rev. William Merrick is at this time known of John. It is assumed here that he was the father of the four brothers [William, James, John, and Thomas, and their sister Sarah] who came to New England from Bristol, England, in the ship "James," in the spring of 1636.
This is pure assumption, as no record of John's children has as yet been found; but the fact that in several families of the American Merricks there is a tradition that the father of the immigrants was named John, the similarity of the family (given) names; the fact that they sailed from Bristol, which is the nearest prominent sea-port to St. David's; the fact that one of the brothers, James, was a fish-packer, and another, John, a block-maker, occupations common among the sea-faring population of St. David's, lend strong presumptive evidence to the assumption.
It has been suggested, and there seems to be good ground for the suggestion, that the John Mirick, who had a grant of land at Hingham in 1637, and who died at Roxbury, June 25, 1650, leaving a widow, Elizabeth, was the father of the four brothers of Charlestown [Suffolk County, Massachusetts].
Events
| Birth | Abt 1579 | Saint David's, Pembrokeshire, Wales |  | ||
| Death | 26 Jun 1650 | Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts | | ||
| Marriage | Pembrokeshire, Wales - Dorothy BISHOP | |
Families
| Spouse | Dorothy BISHOP (1570 - ) |
| Child | William MERRICK (1603 - 1689) |
| Child | James Merrick (1612 - 1708) |
| Child | John Merrick (1614 - 1647) |
| Child | Thomas Merrick (1620 - 1704) |
| Child | Sarah Merrick ( - ) |
| Father | William MERRICK (1546 - ) |
| Mother | Janet Verch IENEN (1550 - ) |
Endnotes
1. , Merrick, George B., Genealogy of the Merrick Mirick, Myrick Family of Massachusetts (Privately published, 1902) (N.p.: n.p., n.d.).
2. Merrick, George B., Genealogy of the Merrick Mirick, Myrick Family of Massachusetts (Privately published, 1902).
3. Merrick, George B., Genealogy of the Merrick Mirick, Myrick Family of Massachusetts (Privately published, 1902).