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References
- ↑ Henry Herrick sketch, in Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995).
v JOSEPH.. m. (2) by 1686 Mary _____
[Note: see note.]
- ↑ The marriage date of 1686 suggests Anderson confused the two Joseph and Mary Herricks of Beverly. On 15 Feb 1679-80 Joseph jr. and Mary have children Benjamin, Henry and Martin baptized. Martin also has a birth record saying he is a twin, though his twin's birth record is not in the published records. This suggests the oldest child b. 1677 or 1678, which matches well with the purported death of first wife Sarah in 1674. The marriage about 1686 belongs to the other Joseph and Mary Herrick who oldest daughter Mary is born in 1686.
Birth records appear to give Joseph by his 2nd wife Mary children named Benjamin, Edith, Elizabeth, Henry, Martin, Rufus, Ruth, Tryphena, or Tryphosa. Wills show they belong to this Joseph, and not the one who died in 1726. As mentioned, the early births call the father Joseph Jr. In 1681, 1683, and 1685, the births of Tryphosa, Rufus and Tryphena call their father simply Joseph. The birth of Elizabeth, Ruth and Edith in 1686, 1688 and 1690 calls the father Joseph, Sr. It appears that the Joseph Jr. of 1679-80 becomes the only Joseph by 1681, and then by 1686, when the second Joseph and Mary start having children, becomes Joseph Sr.
Anderson says "See Comments" concerning this marriage, but his comments do not address the date of marriage, but rather the maiden name of Joseph's wife, some secondary sources giving Endicott and some giving Dodge. Joseph Jr. clearly is the one who married Mary Dodge, b. 1666, and too young to have children in 1679-80. Whether the wife of this Joseph, Joseph Sr., is Mary Endicott is unknown, but they appear to have been married by 1677, if not earlier.
Vol. 2 of the Beverly Records are clearly a copy made long after the fact, and appear to have added considerable [incorrect] information based on the knowledge of the after-the-fact author. In particular, the author appears to be arranging individual records into family groups when they were not originally organized that way. For example, the information on the two Joseph Herricks is clearly intermixed with Lydia and Tryphosa-Rufus-Tryphena in one family when wills show they were different families. This appears to be the source of the assertion that the 2nd wife is Mary Endicott, and that her death date is 14 Sep 1706. Those items are not found in the published records, and given the obvious corruption of this source by after-the-fact additions, this source is, as Anderson notes in his added comments, not credible and marred by obvious confusion of the clerks who compiled it.
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