Elizabeth Allen

• Not the same as Hopestill Mirick
• Not the mother of Amathia ‘Amity’ Benjamin

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Elizabeth Wyborn was the daughter of Thomas Wyborne and his wife Elizabeth, who lived for a time in Boston.

She died before 26 June 1716 when, her son Jonathan Merritt was granted the letter of administration for her estate. Her last name at this time was Allen. Her inventory was taken on 5 September 1716 in Scituate and recorded in Plymouth.[3] (document attached)

Elizabeth married John Merritt on April 3, 1655 at Cambridge.

John Merick and Elizabeth Wyborne, the daughter of Thomas Weyborne of Boston were married by Capt. Humphery Atharton at Cambridge on 3 : 2: 1655. (03 April 1655). (All original spelling from record.)

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Family

https://jfredpeterson.com/tree/g11merr.htm#A1

JOHN MERRITT was born in England in 1625. He settled in Scituate, Plymouth, MA. He administered his father's estate in 1653.

On Apr. 3, 1655, he married ELIZABETH WYBORN, of Boston. The marriage ceremony was performed by Capt. HUMPHREY ATHERTON of Cambridge, MA. In those days only civil marriages were legal. They lived on the paternal homestead, but JOHN died in middle life, leaving three sons.

From Merritt, Douglas. Revised Merritt Records, Rhinebeck, New York, 1916 (page 12). < Archive.Org >

JOHN2 MERRITT, son of Henry1,, married 2 Mar., 1655, Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Wyborne and Elizabeth of Boston, who died Oct., 1656, leaving property by Will 12 Sept., 1656, to her and her infant daughter Deborah. Able to bear arms in Scituate 1643. Administrator of Will of Henry Merritt 6 June, 1654 (Plymouth Records Vol. 3, P- 5i)- A grand juror, 3 June, 1656, Constable 6 June, 1660. On jury 29 Oct., 1673. Land assigned to him 1673. He and Charles Stockbridge complain against Isaac Chittenden for setting a fence on the common near Merrits' Meadow 29 Oct., 1673. Occupied his father's homestead. Inquest 6 March, 1676, on the body of John Merritt, he having fallen from the works on the rocks in March, 1676. On 7 June, 1677, the Court orders that Elizabeth, wife of John Merritt, deceased, shall have the improvements of the estate until the children come of age (Plymouth Reg. Wills, Vol. 2, p. 68).

Children :

1. Ichabod3, born Mar., 1655, died ?
2. Deborah, born , 1656, died before 1677
3. John, born 17 Feb., 1661, died 5 June, 1740. [m. Elizabeth Pincin]
4. Henry, born Jan., 1663, died 1732 [m. Deborah Buck]
5. Jonathan, born July, 1665, died [ca 1732. Married Sarah Cudworth]
6. Mary, born Dec, 1668, died ; married 1683, Benjamin Studley in 1683
7. Elizabeth, born July, 1671, died Mar., 1733. [Elizabeth was baptized “on her Death bed]

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Notes

John Merick and Elizabeth Wyborne, the daughter of Thomas Weyborne of Boston were married by Capt. Humphery Atharton at Cambridge on 3 : 2: 1655. (03 April 1655). (All original spelling from record.)

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. (G.B. Merrick, Page 100).

The name was John Merritt, not Merrick. This has led to confusion in the Abel Benjamin genealogies, showing his wife Amity Mirick as a daughter of Elizabeth Hyborn of Scituate and Boston.

Origins

The following is an excerpt from James Savage's Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England. Italisized words have been edited for ease of reading.

WYBORNE, WIBORNE, WEYBORNE, WIBURN or WYBURN, JAMES, (of) Boston, died 7 Mar. 1659. Says Farmer; "but of him I know nothing, but that he was son of the first Thomas, named in his will, and probably unmarried."

THOMAS (of) Scituate, had come in the Castle, 1638 (add to Category:Castle, sailed 1638), from Tenterden, Co. Kent, as from the will of Peter Branch in Genealogical Register II. 183, is presumed It seems, to be that of a fellow passenger committing only children under ten years of age to the care of W.(?) who had a son, Thomas, James, Elizabeth (which also was the name of his wife) and John and Mary; removed to Boston before 1653. There (wife, Elizabeth) probably had Jonathan, who died 10 Dec. of that year, and Nathaniel, born 12 Mar. 1655; and died 2 Oct. 1656. By his will of 12 Sept. preced. pro. 28 Oct. following, we learn most of the particulars about the children and that he owned half of the windmill in Boston, which he gave to his wife and names three elder sons and two daughters beside Deborah, the infant daughter of his daughter Elizabeth, who had married (on) 3 Apr.1655 (to) John Merrick. [sic: John MERRITT] Of the will, Thomas, and James, the two eldest sons were made executors and Edward Tyng, and John Hull, his friends, were made overseers.

References

1. "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1K-L7ZQ : Wed Oct 25 19:57:58 UTC 2023), Entry for John Merick and Elizabeth Wyborne, 1655.
2. https://mathcs.clarku.edu/~djoyce/gen/report/rr02/rr02_037.html#P10089
   1. From Deane’s History of Scituate:53 Thomas Weyborn, sen, died in Boston 1656. His will gives ‘To sons Thomas and James, &c. to wife Elizabeth one half the windmaill in Boston, and 40s. per annum. To son John 40£ at 21, to daughter Elizabeth Merritt 5£, to daughter Mary 20£ at 16, and to board at expence of Thomas and James Executors.’
3. WikiTree contributors, "Elizabeth (Wyborne) Merrick (abt.1634-)," WikiTree: The Free Family Tree, (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Wyborne-1 : accessed 08 March 2024). Wrong husband.
4. Merrick, George Byron. Genealogy of the Merrick-Mirick-Myrick Family of Massachusetts, 1636-1902. (Madison, Wis.: Tracy, Gibbs, & Co., 1902) page 100 < GoogleBooks >
5. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/158609405/amathia-benjamin shows her as mother of Amathia (Mirick) Benjamin in error.
6. WikiTree contributors, "Elizabeth (Wyborn) Merritt (abt.1641-aft.1716)," WikiTree: The Free Family Tree, (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Wyborn-2 : accessed 08 March 2024). cites
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   2. Torrey. "Torrey's New England Marriages"New England Marriages to 1700. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015.
   3. "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-997D-ZXG9 : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1708-1717 and 1817-1861 vol 3-3P > image 234 of 710; State Archives, Boston.
   4. Boston, MA: Inhabitants and Estates of the Town of Boston, 1630-1822 (Thwing Collection). Inhabitants and Estates of the Town of Boston, 1630–1800 and The Crooked and Narrow Streets of Boston, 1630–1822. CD-ROM. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014.)link for subscribers
   5. Torrey. "Torrey's New England Marriages"New England Marriages to 1700. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015.link for subscribers
   6. Merritt, Douglas. Revised Merritt Records, Rhinebeck, New York, 1916 (page 12). < Archive.Org >
   7. Weyburn, S. Fletcher, Weyburn-Wyborn Genealogy (Frank Allaben Genealogical Co., Three West Forty-Second Street, New York, 1911) Page 19 < Archive.Org >
7. https://mathcs.clarku.edu/~djoyce/gen/report/rr03/rr03_142.html#P3456
8. https://mathcs.clarku.edu/~djoyce/gen/report/rr04/rr04_244.html#P9843