Born in Charlestown, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
Ancestors 
Daughter of John Merrick
and Hopestill (Unknown) Mirick
Sister of
Benjamin Merrick, Hannah (Merrick) Walker, James Merrick, Amithia Merrick, Mary Merrick, John Mirick, Sarah (Merrick) Chapman, Mercy (Merrick) Mousall, Abigail (Merrick) Allen and Joseph Merrick
Wife of
Richard Rhys Morgan
— married
7 Oct 1664 in Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Descendants 
Mother of
Sarah (Morgan) Larrabee, Richard Morgan, Hopestill Rose (Rosemorgie) Bolles, Morgan, Benjamin Rose Morgan, John Morgan, Abigail (Morgan) Eames, Mary (Morgan) Bronson and Ann Morgan
Died
at age 69
in New London, Connecticut Colony
Profile last modified
| Created 21 Feb 2011
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Biography
An administrators bond was issued for Richard Morgan, administrator of the estate of Hopestill Morgan, deceased, on 11 May 1714.[1]
Hopestill was born in 1642. She passed away in 1712.
Sources
- ↑ Probate Files Collection, Early to 1880; Author: Connecticut State Library (Hartford, Connecticut); Probate Place: Hartford, Connecticut. Hopestill Morgan, New London, 1714 #3728. Accessed at Ancestry ($)
- Genealogies of Connecticut Families (Genealogical Pub. Co., 1983) Vol. 1, Page 33: footnote 1.
- Ancestral File(R) The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Ancestral File Number: G533-LM
- https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LKKM-CQV
- "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FZ6M-BZB : accessed 28 February 2015), Hopestill Miricke, 20 Dec 1642; citing Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, ; FHL microfilm 740,995.
- "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F465-3F2 : 6 November 2017), Hopestill Miricke, 20 Dec 1642; citing Birth, Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States.
- "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCWB-CQC : 9 February 2018), Richard Rosemorgie and Hopestill Mirrick
- "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH4C-N9J : 6 November 2
- "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCM1-L3B : 3 November 20
- Lustenberger, Anita A., Rosemorgie, Rosemorgan, Morgan: A Name in Transition, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 2000) Vol. 154, Page 63-5.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Hopestill by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Hopestill:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Hopestill by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Hopestill:
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~0.39%
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Where did she actually die; and what primary source gives that evidence?
Thanks!
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