Person:James Merrick (2)

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Lieutenant James Merrick
b.2 Mar 1669/70 Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States
d.8 Sep 1765 West Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 21 Oct 1653
  1. Captain John Merrick1658 - 1748
  2. Elizabeth Merrick1661 -
  3. Thomas Merrick1663/64 - 1743
  4. Lieutenant James Merrick1669/70 - 1765
Spouse and Children
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m. 30 Jul 1696
  1. Deacon Joseph Merrick1704 - 1792
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Lieutenant James Merrick1669/70 - 1765
  • W.  Abigail Root1680 - 1773
m. 21 Jan 1734/35
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Facts and Events
Name[1] Lieutenant James Merrick
Gender Male
Birth[1][2][3] 2 Mar 1669/70 Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage Banns 26 May 1696 Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United Statesto Sarah Hitchcock
Marriage 30 Jul 1696 Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United Statesto Sarah Hitchcock
Marriage Banns 6 Jan 1734/35 Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United Statesto Abigail Root
Marriage 21 Jan 1734/35 Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United Statesto Abigail Root
Death[1][2][4][5] 8 Sep 1765 West Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States
Burial[1][4][5][6] Old Meadow Cemetery, West Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 5. Lieut. James2 Merrick, in Merrick, George Byron. Genealogy of the Merrick-Mirick-Myrick Family of Massachusetts, 1636-1902. (Madison, Wis.: Tracy, Gibbs, & Co., 1902)
    270-71.

    "5. Lieut. James2, son of (Thomas1) and Elizabeth (Tilley) Merrick, born March 2, 1670, at Springfield, Mass. … He was selectman in 1715 and 1719; constable, tithingman, fence viewer, etc. His name appears thirteen times in the records of the town; he died Sept. 8,1765, aged 95 years. … Lieut. James was buried in the Old West Springfield cemetery, where his tombstone is still to be seen."

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Book 1, Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1638-1728; Book 2, Deaths, 1728-1844, in Stott, Clifford L. Vital Records of Springfield, Massachusetts to 1850. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2002)
    1:29, 525.

    "James Mirick Son of Thomas and Elizabeth Mirick born mch 2d 1669/70."
    "Lt James Mirick of Springfield Died Septemr 8th anno: Dom: 1765 "

  3. ↑ Hampshire Records, in Stott, Clifford L. Vital Records of Springfield, Massachusetts to 1850. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2002)
    2:1668.

    "James Son of Thomas and Elizabeth Mirrck born March the 2d 1669/70."

  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Springfield Second Church (West Springfield), 1712-1774; Union Street Cemetery, in Stott, Clifford L. Vital Records of Springfield, Massachusetts to 1850. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2002)
    3:1980, 2191.

    "1765 … Sept. 8 1765 Lt. James Merrick [died] age 95"
    "1 In Memory of Lieut James Mirick who died Sept 8th 1765 in the 95th Year of his age [footstone:] Lieut James Mirick]"

  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 West Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of West Springfield, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1944-1945)
    2:261.

    "Merrick, … James, Lt., [died] Sept. 8, 1765, a. 95 (church record. First Congregational Church in West Springfield) [Mirick, in 95th y. ((gravestone record, Old Meadow Cemetery (Union Street Cemetery), West Springfield)]"

  6. ↑ Lieut James Mirick, in Find A Grave.
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