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 1655 - 1706

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• Birth	1655	Charlestown, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts   [1]
  Gender	Male
  _UPD	17 AUG 2009 18:37:34 GMT-5
  Died	11 Jul 1706	Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA   [1, 2]
  Person ID	I1843	Alan Donald Vibber
  Last Modified	08 Dec 2009
  Father	Myrick or Mirick or Merrick John,   b. 1614, Wales, England, U.K. ,   d. 02 Jul 1647
  Mother	Hopestill,   b. Abt 1614,   d. Aft 1669
  Married	1641	Charlestown, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
  Family ID	F850	Group Sheet
  Family	Trowbridge Elizabeth,   b. 12 Oct 1660, Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts ,   d. 1734, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
  Married	09 Feb 1682	Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA   [1, 2]
  Children	1. Myrick or Mirick or Merrick John,   b. 03 Nov 1693, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA ,   d. 07 Mar 1764
  Family ID	F849	Group Sheet

• Notes

  3. JOHN2, son of (John1) and Hopestill Mirick, born 1655, at Charlestown, Mass. Married Elizabeth Trowbridge, Feb. 9, 1682, at Newton, Mass.; she born Oct. 12, 1660; was daughter of Deacon James Trowbridge, who was born in Dorchester, Mass., 1636, and died May 22, 1717. He was son of Thomas Trowbridge, of Taunton, England, who settled in Dorchester about 1634. Thomas was in New Haven, Conn., 1637. He returned to England, where he died 1672. Elizabeth died 1734, at Newton, Mass., aged 74 years. John Mirick was a tanner by trade; he was admitted Freeman of Watertown July 21, 1685. Bond, in history of Watertown, says that John Mirick, of Newton, was killed by Indians in Groton, Mass., July 21, 1706. Paige, in history of Cambridge, says that John Mirick was a soldier. Both of these references may have been to another John, but may have referred to this one. His will,dated April 29, 1706, says: "Being weak in body, under a languishing sickness," names his brothers-in-law, Jonathan Puller and Richard Ward, and his kinsman, Thomas Wiswall, his executors; gives directions about bringing up his small children. His estate was valued at £384. 15s. 7d. He is reported to have died July 11, 1706, at Newton. He may have been killed by Indians at that date, as claimed by Bond, but he probably died at home, in his bed. His children, born at Newton, were — i. THANKFUL, b. April 34, 1685; m. Jonathan Woodward. June 8, 1720; d. Feb., 1744. ii. REBECCA, b. April 20. 1687; m. James Livermore, of Weston, Oct. 5, 1718; he d. Aug. 20, 1720; she in. 2nd, Joseph Patterson, Nov. 19, 1724. (Bond's history of Watertown.) 5. iii. SAMUEL, b. March 1, 1690-1 ; m. May 14, 1718, Mary Stratton; m. 2nd, Susan Coolidge, 1741; d. April 29, 1749. iv. SARAH, b. May 6, 1092; in. Captain Jonathan Fuller, Of Newton, Oft. 3, 1717; d. Sept, 21, 1772. 6. v. JOHN, b. Nov. 30, 1694; m. Abigail Harrington, July 17, 1718; d. March 7, 1764. vi. MARGARET, b. Oct., 1695; m. William Whitney, of Watertown, (his second wife} April 25, 1717; he b. ; d. Feb. 28, 1777-8, at Watertown; they lived at Groton, Mass., until 1720, when they moved to Plainfield, Conn. 7. vii. JAMES, b. Oct. 26, 1696; m. Mary Woolson, Oct. 20, 1725; d. Oct. 1774. viii. DEBORAH, b. 1698; m. Oct. 28, 1718. ix. ELIZABETH, b. Aug. 1699; m. Benoni Woodward, Nov. 1716; d. 1745. x. ELISHA, b. March 5, 1701. xi. LYDIA, b. July 7, 1704 ; m. James Cheeney, Sr. 1732 ; d Nov. 23, 1766.

• Sources

  [S150] Genealogy of the Merrick-Mirick-Myrick Family of Massachusetts, 1636-1902, George Byron Merrick, (Name: 1902;), 101 (Reliability: 3). [S68] New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of Commonwealths and the Founding of a Nation, William Richard Cutter, (Name: 1913-1915;), 93, Vol. I (Reliability: 3).