MERRICK, William

Abt 1603 - 1688  (~ 85 years)

• Name	MERRICK, William  [1, 2]
  Born	Abt 1603	Wales
  Gender	Male
  Died	6/06 Mar 1687/1688	Eastham, Barstable County, Massachusetts
  Person ID	I6982	Uriah Davis I - Genealogy
  Last Modified	21 Jun 2018

  
  

  Family	TRACY, Rebecca,   b. Abt 1624,   d. Aft 1689  (Age ~ 66 years)
  Married	Abt 1642	Probably Eastham, Barstable County, Massachusetts
  Children	1. MERRICK, William,   b. 15 Sep 1643, Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts ,   d. 30 Oct 1732, Harwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts  (Age 89 years)   2. MERRICK, Stephen,   b. 12 May 1646,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. MERRICK, Rebecca,   b. 28 Jul 1648,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. MERRICK, Mary,   b. 4 Nov 1650, Eastham, Barstable County, Massachusetts ,   d. Bef 1701, Eastham, Barstable County, Massachusetts  (Age < 50 years)   5. MERRICK, Ruth,   b. 15 May 1652,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. MERRICK, Sarah,   b. 1 Aug 1654,   d. Yes, date unknown   7. MERRICK, John,   b. 15/15 Jan 1656/1657   8. MERRICK, Isaac,   b. 6/06 Jan 1660/1661   9. MERRICK, Joseph,   b. 1 Jun 1662,   d. Yes, date unknown   10. MERRICK, Benjamin,   b. 1/01 Feb 1664/1665
  Last Modified	24 Jun 2018
  Family ID	F2640	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  William Merrick, born in Wales 1601-5, the son of Rev. John Merrick, died 6 Mar. 1688 about 86 yrs. old. Three brothers came from Wales with him in 1636 -- John, James and Thomas. William married Rebecca Tracy, born between 1624-16 27. She was the daughter of Stephen Tracy and Tryphosa Lee, who were married at Leyden, Holland 2 Jan 1620/1. William was at Charlestown, MA 1636 and at Duxbury, MA 1640. Later removed to Eastham, MA. He married in 1642 at the end of six years of military service under Capt. Miles Standish as an ensign and later as a lieutenant. He certainly lived in Duxbury and Eastham within the decade from 1637 to 1647 as some of his children were born at Eastham during that time. [10 children listed]. In his will Dated 3 Dec 1686: "Ensigne William Merrick Senior of Eastham he being about Eighty Six years of Age..." Wife Rebecca to be sole executrix. "To my Eldest son William Mirick " he "paying five pounds to my Son Stephen." Inventory on 17 Feb 1688/9, Oath 6 March 1688/9 . He was probably the son of Ensign William Merrick who was probably early in Duxbury, and a proprietor of Bridgewater. See Freeman 1:365. Savage says: In Duxbury 1640, was one of the original proprietors of Bridgewater, early removed to Eastham. Hills II:66 says: b. Wales about 161 5, ... He seems to have been the oldest of the four brothers to reach Charlestown in the "James " in the spring of 1636, and was a soldier serving for six years in the Colonial Militia under Capt. Standish as an Ensign and Lieutenant. At the end of his service he married, very likely, in Eastham. He married late in life. - William is an ancestor of Bing Crosby (the singer and movie actor) through his daughter Sarah.

  
  

• Sources

  [S210] MD 10:7-8. [S211] Merrick or Myrick Genealogy" in Bulletin of Cape Cod GenealogicalSociety, Vol . XIV No. 1, March 1988, Harwich, Mass,p.22.