Individual Details
William MERRICK
(1546 - )
Genealogy of the Merrick. Mirick, Myrick Family
Published 1902, Page 95
Rev. William Merrick, son of Rev. John Merrick, born about 1546. William was at Llanleschid [Wales] where he may have been born. Upon the death of his uncle, Bishop of Bangor, he was transferred to another living, in the south, i. e., to Morfil, in Pembrokeshire. He was Rector of St. Davids, a little fishing village on St. Bride's Bay, in the extreme southwest part of Wales, at the western end, or mouth, of Bristol Channel. "Morfil," in Welsh, signifies "Whale," which is indicative of the occupation of the inhabitants of St. Davids, who depended very largely upon the fishing for their subsistence. This occupation bred sailors, and among the descendants of the west coast Merricks were many bold and able seamen. It is said of Pembrokeshire that it is the least Welsh of all the Welsh counties, owing to the planting at an early time of a Flemish colony on its shores, which was antagonistic to the Welsh manner of living and thinking.
Published 1902, Page 95
Rev. William Merrick, son of Rev. John Merrick, born about 1546. William was at Llanleschid [Wales] where he may have been born. Upon the death of his uncle, Bishop of Bangor, he was transferred to another living, in the south, i. e., to Morfil, in Pembrokeshire. He was Rector of St. Davids, a little fishing village on St. Bride's Bay, in the extreme southwest part of Wales, at the western end, or mouth, of Bristol Channel. "Morfil," in Welsh, signifies "Whale," which is indicative of the occupation of the inhabitants of St. Davids, who depended very largely upon the fishing for their subsistence. This occupation bred sailors, and among the descendants of the west coast Merricks were many bold and able seamen. It is said of Pembrokeshire that it is the least Welsh of all the Welsh counties, owing to the planting at an early time of a Flemish colony on its shores, which was antagonistic to the Welsh manner of living and thinking.
Events
| Birth | 1546 | Llanllechid, Gwynedd, Wales |  | ||
| Death | Saint David's, Pembrokeshire, Wales |
Families
| Spouse | Janet Verch IENEN (1550 - ) |
| Child | John MERRICK (1579 - 1650) |
| Father | John MERRICK (1513 - ) |
| Sibling | Maud Merrick ( - ) |
| Sibling | Owain Merrick ( - ) |
Endnotes
1. , Merrick, George B., Genealogy of the Merrick Mirick, Myrick Family of Massachusetts (Privately published, 1902) (N.p.: n.p., n.d.).