Stephen Merrick

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Stephen Merrick aka Myrick

Born 12 May 1646 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay

Son of William Merrick and Rebecca (Tracy) Merrick

Brother of William Merrick Jr., Rebecca Merrick, Mary (Merrick) Hopkins, Ruth Merrick, Sarah (Merrick) Freeman, John Merrick, Isaac Merrick, Joseph Merrick and Benjamin Merrick

Husband of Mercy (Bangs) Merrick — married 28 Dec 1670

Father of Isaac Merrick and Sarah (Merrick) Crossman

Died 1705 in Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay

Profile last modified 28 Nov 2019 | Created 30 Dec 2010

Biography

Stephen Merrick was born 12 MAY 1645 in Eastham, Barnstable Co., Massachusetts, son of William and Rebecca (Tracy) Merrick.[1]

He died in 1705 in Taunton, Bristol Co., MA[2]

He married first 26 DEC 1670 in Plymouth, Plymouth Co.(or Taunton, Bristol Co.), Massachusetts, Mercy Bangs, daughter of Edward).[3]

He may have married another time in Taunton, Bristol Co., Massachusetts Anna Wilbore[4]

Sources

↑ Mary Walten Ferris, Dawes-Gates Ancestral Lines, 1931, p. 585 ↑ Ferris (1931), p. 585 ↑ Ferris (1931), p. 585 ↑ Ferris (19310, p. 585 See also:

Genealogy of the Merrick--Mirick--Myrick family of Massachusetts by Merrick, George Byron. Pages 14-16. History of Hardwick, Massachusetts. With a genealogical register : Paige, Lucius R. (Lucius Robinson), 1802-1896 : Note: MERRICK, WILLIAM (otherwise written Mirick and Myrick), by w. Rebecca, had William, b. 15 Sep. 1643: Stephen, b. 12 May 1646, m. Mercy Bangs 28 Dec. 1670; Rebecca, b. 28 July 1648; Mary, b. 4 Nov. 1650, m. Stephen Hopkins 23 May 1667; Ruth, b. 15 May 1652; Sarah, b. 1 Aug. 1654, m. John Freeman, Jr., 18 Dec. 1672; John, b. 15 Jan. 1656-7; Isaac, b. 6 Jan. 1660-1; Joseph, b. 1 June 1662, m. Elizabeth Howes 1 or 8 May 1684; Benjamin, b. 1 Feb. 1664-5. WILLIAM the f. was a lieutenant, res. in Eastham. In his will, dated 3 Dec. 1686, and proved 6 Mar. 1688-9, he is described as about eighty-six years of age;" by which it would seem that he was forty-three years old when the first of his ten children was born, and he might be supposed the grandfather of this family, rather than their father, were it not that he names his wife Rebecca and chil. William and Stephen in his will. NEHGR: The First Settlers of Eastham, Mass., Volume Info: 6, 7, Page: 6:41-46, 167-170, 234-235, 7:279-280, 347-348, rep, Hamblen, David, January, April and July 1852, July and October 1853, Burgess Genealogical Library Fredrick A. Virkus, Editor, Compendium of American Genealogy 1600s-1800s Vol. VII ( Genealogical Publishing Co.; Baltimore; 1968;), Page 438.

Josephine C. Frost, Ancestors of Amyntas Shaw and his wife Lucy Tufts Williams (N.p.: Unknown, 1920), Page 46 - Stephen Merrick. Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins - Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Vol. I A-F ( New England Historical Genealogical Society; 1996;), Page 86. James Savage, A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, Vol. III (K-R) ( Little, Brown & Co.; Boston; 1860-1862;), Page 198. Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2SZ-KNG : Stephen Merrick in entry for Stephen Merrick, Mar 1673; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown. Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V29B-LTG : Stephen Merrick in entry for Marcy Merrick, Oct 1674; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.

Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7WM-SX3 : Stephen Merrick in entry for Mary Merrick, 15 Jan 1681; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.

• 'Ancient Landmarks of Plymouth: Davis
• http://www.archive.org/stream/ancientlandmark01davigoog#page/n395/m...
• Bangs, Edward, came in the Ann, 1623, and prob. m. Lydia, d. of Robert Hicks, and had Rebecca, John, Sarah, m. Thomas Howes; Jonathan, 1460, m. Mary, d. of Samuel Mayo of Barnstable; Lydia, m. Benjamin Higgins; Hannah, m. John Doane; Joshua, m. Hannah, d. of John Scudder; Bethia, 1650, m. Gersham Hall; 'Mercy, m. Stephen Herrick', and Apphia, m. John Knowles, and Joseph Atwood.
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• 'Plymouth Colony, its history & people, 1620-1691 By Eugene Aubrey Stratton
• http://books.google.com/books?id=17zCU76ZtH0C&pg=PA239&lpg=PA239&dq...
• Pg. 238
• Bangs, Edward - Arriving at Plymouth in 1623 on the Anne, Edward Bangs was probably born ca. 1591, for he said he was age eighty-six in 1677. Dawes-Gates (2:61-68) has a section on him and cites the evidence to show that he was probably identical with the Edward Bangs who was baptized on 28 October 1591 in Panfield, Essex, England, the son of John and Jane (Chavis) Bangs. he married (1) after 1627 Lydia Hicks, daughter of Robert and Margaret Hicks (she may have been the second wife, for Dawes-Gates suggests that he may have had an earlier one, and, (2) Rebecca (?Hobart). He was one of the Purchasers, and he was on the 1632/33 freeman list. He was one of those chosen to lay out the twenty-acre lots in the 1627 division, along with William Bradford, Edward Winslow, John Howland, Francis Cooke, and Joshua Pratt (PCR 12:14). With Myles Standish and others, Edward Bangs was chosen in 1633 to divide the meadow in the bay equally (PCR 1:14). He was also on committees to assess the entire colony for public costs (PCR1:33, 38), and he served on various juries and other public service committees (PCR). He appears to be a man who was responsible and trusted. In a record where he was surety for another, he was called yeoman (PCR 1:103). In 1641 he was granted eighty acres of land at Warren's Wells, and in 1642 he was allowed to exchange some of it for land closer to his house (PCR 2:25, 48). He moved to Nauset with the Prence group, and in 1647 he was a supervisor of the highways there (PCR 2:115).
• In 1652 he became a deputy for Eastham (PCR 3:9) and in 1657 was licensed to sell wine and strong waters at Eastham "provided it bee for the refreshment of the English and not to bee sold to the Indians" (PCR 3:123). In a deed of 22 June 1651, he was joined as grantor by his wife Rebecca (PCR 12:209). He made his will on 19 Oct. 1677, calling himself aged eighty-six years, and he named his sons: Jonathan, John, Joshua; his daughter Howe, daughter Higgens, daughter Hall, 'daughter Merrick', and daughter Atwood; the children of his daughter Rebecca, deceased; and his son Jonathan's oldest son Edward (Ply. Colony PR 3:2:106). In an agreement of 6 March 1677/78, Jonathan Bangs agreed that the land bequeathed to his son Edward could be used by Jonathan's brother John until Edward came of age (PR 3:2:105). Dawes-Gates 2: 67 gives his children from his marriage to Lydia Hicks as: John, who married Hannah Smalley, and from his marriage to Rebecca (Possibly Hobart), Rebecca, who married Jonathan Sparrow; Sarah, who married Thomas Howes, Jr.; Jonathan, who married (1) Mary Mayo, (2) Sarah __, and (3) Ruth (Cole) Young; Lydia who married (1) Benjamin Higgins, and (2) Nicholas Snow; Hannah, who married John Done; Joshua, who married Hannah Scudder; Bethia who married Rev. Gershom Hall; 'Mercy, who married Stephen Merrick'; and Apphia who married (1) John Knowles, and (2) Stephen Atwood.
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• 'Edward Banges the pilgrim : a narrative (1916)
• http://www.archive.org/details/edwardbangespilg00bang
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