Myrick or Mirick or Merrick John b. 1614 Wales, England, U.K. d. 02 JUL 1647

1614 - 1647

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Birth 1614 Wales, England, U.K. [1]

Gender Male

_UPD 17 AUG 2009 18:37:19 GMT-5

Died 02 Jul 1647 [1]

Person ID I1844 Alan Donald Vibber

Last Modified 08 Dec 2009

Family Hopestill, b. Abt 1614, d. Aft 1669

Married 1641 Charlestown, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts [1]

Children

1. Myrick or Mirick or Merrick John, b. 1655, Charlestown, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts

, d. 11 Jul 1706, Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA

Family ID F850 Group Sheet

Notes	1. The compilation of the record of JOHN MIRICK, third of the four brothers who came from Bristol, England in the ship "James" in 1636, and who was born in Wales in 1614, has involved more research to determine his identity, and that of his children, and has developed more perplexing questions calling for settlement, than that of all the others combined. Some of the questions raised have not beensettled. The early records of Charlestown contain entries made under the head of John Mirick, which can only be accounted for by the assumption that there were two John Miricks, immigrants at about the same time from the old country. This is possible, and in the light of the records seems very probable; in that case it might be assumed that they were father and son, or cousins. But after assumingthat such was the case, there arise in the records questions which are still unsolvable in the light of any evidence now extant. The compiler assumes, in agreement with Miss Henrietta Amelia Mirick, of Boston, a descendant from John Mirick, that our John Mirick married Hopestill , in Charlestown in 1641, about five years after his arrival in this country. The date of Hopestill's death is not on record, but she was alive in 1669, and was then admitted to the church in Charlestown as the wife of John Mirick, and her age was given as fifty years. She certainly could not have been the mother of any John of marriageable age in 1650 or 1655. We have the birth of her son John in 1655, her fifth child; he married Elizabeth Trowbridge Feb. 9, 1682, and died July 11, 1706. The history of Hingham has the following, relating to a John Mirick, ivhnt one is an open question: "John Mirick had a grant of land in Hingham in 1637; he had a son John, and probably a widow Elizabeth, who died at Roxbury 25/5/1650. John died July 2, 1647. In 1649, 18/10, Elizabeth Morick of Roxbury granted unto Thos. Thaxter of Hingham, in consideration of xviij- pounds sterling by him paid, twenty Acres and halfe of Arable meadow and pasture being in Hingham, six Acres thereof arabel abutting on the sea, lyeing betweene the lands of John Palmer & Samuel Parker, one peace of vpland of ten acres abutting ( ) Waymouth River neere to John ( ) meadow, one acre and halfe of meadow butting on the sea betweene Widdow Cutler & Thomas Joslins vpland, and foure acres planting land butting on the sea, & Thomas Hewitts land on the side thereof, and this by an absolute deed of sale with Warranty, dated and acknowledged before Tho. Dudley dept. GOv." There is no record to be found of the marriage of John Mirick to an Elizabeth who died a widow June 25, 1650. The most reasonable explanation is that such John Mirick was married in England or Wales. Again, the records of Charlestown have the following— "1655, John Mirick and Elizabeth Wyborne, daughter of Thomas Wyborne of Boston, married by Captain Humphrey Atherton, at Cambridge, 3rd day, 2nd mo." This still further complicates matters, as, while we have found an Elizabeth who marries a John Mirick, the date of her marriage is five years later than the death of the widow Elizabeth Morick (Mirick) of Hingham, which took place June 25, 1650. The John Mirick whom we assume to have been the brother of James, was born in Wales in 1614. Was admitted a citizen of Charlestown, Feb. 14, 1641. He was a cooper and block-maker by occupation. As stated by the surveyor's field notes, he had a shop of his own on the water front in Charlestown. The records say of it: "1670 — Streets surveyed. "There is a way to low-water mark, issuing out of Fish street, and passeth on betweene John Larkins and the shop improv'd by John Miriek, down by Joshua Teel's Salt-house — the way betweene Mirick & Larkin is thirty- seven foote, and betweene the Salt-house and the wharfe is twelve foote." He was probably possessed of considerable property. He died Feb. 15, 1678-9. His will was proved 1678-9, and his estate was administered by his brother James, of Newbury, who appears to have also retained a dwelling in Charlestown. The will cannot be found, and an official and definite mention of his children is therefore lost to his historians. The best judgment of the compiler of this history assumes that the names of the children mentioned in the Charlestown records and Wyman's " Genealogies of Charlestown," as given below, are correct. He is open to correction if other and better evidenceis ever developed. The children so named were — i. HOPESTILL, b. Feb. 20, 1642-3 ; m. Eichard Rosmorgan. Oct. 7, 1664; d. Feb. 14, 1691. 2. ii. BENJAMIN, b. June 22, 1644; m. Sarah Orton, of Charlestown. iii. HANNAH, b. , 164- ; m. Joha Walker, Aug. 1, 1673; d. March 21, 1716. iv. JAMES, b. died young. 3. v. JOHN, b. 1655; m. Elizabeth Trowbridge, Feb. 9, 1682; d. July 11, 1706. vi. SARAH, b. May 1, 1657; m. Thomas Chapman, 1675. vii. MERCY, b. Dec. 30, 1658; m. John Mousall, April 24, 1695. viii. ABIGAIL, b. Feb. 1660; m. Joseph Allen, of Sudbury. ix. JOSEPH, b. ; m. Sarah. . x. AMATHIA, b. ; m. Abel Benjamin. xi. MARY, b. ; m. Devoy.

Sources
[S150] Genealogy of the Merrick-Mirick-Myrick Family of Massachusetts, 1636-1902, George Byron Merrick, (Name: 1902;), 99 (Reliability: 3).