Richard Merrifield (1753 - 1798)

Born 23 Feb 1753 in Winchester, Frederick, Virginia

Ancestors

Descendants

Died Dec 1798 at age 45 in Monongalia, Virginia, United States

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Biography

Birth

Richard was born in 1747-1753 in Frederick, Winchester County, Virginia to parents Samuel Merrifield Sr. and Mary Elizabeth (Overington) Merrifield.^{[citation needed]}

Born 1747 Fredrick, Winchester Co., Virginia. ^[1][2][3]

Marriage

Marriage

1773

Monongalia Co., Virginia. ^[4]

Lord Dunmore's War

Richard Merrifield is a Military Veteran.
Served in the Brittish Colony of Virginia, Captain Zachquil Morgan's Company, Virginia Militia 1744-1744
Richard Merrifield. fought in Lord Dunmore's War.

Richard is listed on the rolls of Captain Zachquil Morgan's Company along with brothers Samuel Merrifield Jr., Thomas Merrifield, and brother-in-law George Tucker.^[5]

Legal actions

On 13 March 1798, in Monongalia County, Virginia, Richard Merrefield sued William Robe, Jr. in a chancery suit. Merrefield owned lands adjacent to William Jr.’s in the Booth’s Creek and Laurel Run area. The court remarked: “David Robe is appointed to conduct this business.” I believe that this is evidence that William Jr. was already mentally incompetent. The suit was then referred to Isaac H. Williams, Dudley Evans, Samuel Hanway and Nicholas Vandevort and it was declared that the award of the majority of these “gentle justices” should be the decree of the Court ^[6].

On the 13th of November of that year the chancery case of Merrefield vs. William Robe, Jr. abated by the death of the plaintiff Merrefield ^[7]

Richard Merrifield. ^{[8][9][10][11][12]}

Residence and timeline

1783: Springhill, Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania. ^[13]

Richard was born in an unknown location on 23 February 1753.^[14]

At an unknown place and date, Richard married Phebe Tucker and they became the parents of one known child, a daughter whom they named Bathsheba.

Alternate date of birth: 1747.^[15]

Alternate date of birth: 23 Jul 1753. ^[16]

Richard moved c1799 to? Monongalia County, Virginia.

Probate

Monongalia Co., Virginia

1 Oct 1798, Dec. 1798

Will abstract of Richard Merrefield

Wife Phebe

Oldest son Samuel

Second son John

Three daughters - Bathsheba Merrefield otherwise Springer, Mary and Elizabeth

John Hickman and William Haymond, Jr. execs

Witnesses Joseph Trickett, Nathan Springer, James Hill [1]

Research Notes

Family Bible information.

Posted by: Carol Date: November 10, 2001 at 07:24:13. ___ of 386.

I am not related. Just passing along information. I have a copy of a 1932 newspaper article from the Exponet-Telegram (Clarksburg, WV). It gives records from a Bible owned by (remember this was in 1932) J. A. Springer of Flemington.

The oldest birth date is Richard Merrifield, Feb. 23, 1753 and Pheba Merrifield, Jan. 26, 1752 (note Pheba spelling ends in "a" not an "e"....could this be a typographical error?) The former was the son of Samuel and Mary Merrifield and the latter the daughter of John and Elizabeth Tucker. Members of the Springer family listed in the Bible are Job Springer, born Aug. 21, 1793; Ann, born Sept. 12, 1795; Phebe Springer, born Oct. 26, 1797; Elizabeth, born Jan. 4, 1800; Dennis, born May 4, 1902; Hannah, born Aug. 13, 1804; Drusilla, born April 28, 1807; Bashaba (not spelled Bathsheba), born Sept. 30, 1809; Alphus, born Jan. 1, 1812;; and Roanna, born Oct. 1, 1815. Other birth records in the Bible are Alpheas L. Dorsey, March 28, 1843, and Joseph B. Dorsey, July 19, 1844.

-- end of article.

Merrifield Family Genealogy Forum.

Re: Richard Merrifield and Phebe or Phoebe.

Posted by: Donna Date: July 17, 2000 In Reply to: Richard Merrifield and Phebe or Phoebe by Mary Wright of 386.

Mary, Here is what I have on Richard and Phoebe Tucker Merrifield. Richard s/o Samuel and Mary Elizabeth Merrifield was b 1747 in Winchester, Frederick, Va and d Dec 1798 in Monongalia Co, Va. His wife Phoebe Tucker do Richard and Elizabeth Tucker was b 1755 and d 1801 Monongalia Co, Va.

These are the children that I have:

1. Mary b 1775.
2. Samuel b 1776.
3. Bathsheba b ca 1775.
4. John b 1778.
5. Elizabeth b May 15, 1783.

Followups: Re: Richard Merrifield and Phebe or Phoebe Jeff Springer 20701; Richard Merrifield and Phebe or Phoebe Donna 82700.

Merrifield Family Genealogy Forum.

Re: Richard Merrifield and Phebe or Phoebe.

Posted by: Jeff Springer Date: February 07, 2001 at 18:29:48.

In Reply to: Re: Richard Merrifield and Phebe or Phoebe by Donna

1. 302 of 386.

I have information that Bathsheba Merrifield married John Springer. I am at work and my data, listing all of John and Bathsheba's decendents is at home. So, from memory: John was the son of Dennis Springer who was from Burlington, County, NJ. John and his brothers Job and Uriah fought in the Revolutionary War and are listed in the DAR index of Patriots (from Virginia). John and Bathsheba's son Alpheus married Mary Ann Griffith. They lived in the Morgantown, WV area. One of their sons, Lewis Bartholomew Springer moved to Delaware County (near Muncie), IN. There he met and married Emma Amanda Swander. Emma's family migrated from Switzerland via Allentown, PA & Tiffin, OH. Lewis & Emma had 5 children, the youngest was my grandfather, Henry Gail Springer.

Citations

Acknowledgments

• Patricia Prickett Hickin imported the data for Richard Merrifield from P_SPRINGER-Dennis b 1712 desc 20170222.ged on 26 Feb 2017.

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S1662637002
2. ↑ Source: #S1662636898 Birth year: 1747; Birth city: Crote; Birth state: VA
3. ↑ Source: #S1662636909
4. ↑ Source: #S1662636898 Birth year: 1747; Birth city: Crote; Birth state: VA
5. ↑ Bockstruck, Lloyd DeWitt. Virginia's Colonial Soldiers, Baltimore: MD, 1998. p. 144. Accessed 13 June 2020 by SJ Baty at Ancestry. Ancestry shared record.
6. ↑ Monongalia County Minute Book, 1798; p. 259 in original; 253 in typescript; FHLC film 250088
7. ↑ Monongalia County Minute Book, 1798; p. 259 in original; 253 in typescript; FHLC film 250088
8. ↑ Source: #S1662637019 Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission; Records of the Office of the Comptroller General, RG-4; Tax & Exoneration Lists, 1762-1794; Microfilm Roll: 341
9. ↑ Source: #S1662637002
10. ↑ Source: #S1662636898 Birth year: 1747; Birth city: Crote; Birth state: VA
11. ↑ Source: #S1662636889 Wills, 1819-1957; Author: West Virginia. County Court (Monongalia County); Probate Place: Monongalia, West Virginia
12. ↑ Source: #S1662636909
13. ↑ Source: #S1662637019 Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission; Records of the Office of the Comptroller General, RG-4; Tax & Exoneration Lists, 1762-1794; Microfilm Roll: 341
14. ↑ ____,Carol <wvdreamweaver AT webtv.net>, “Bible Record Publication,” Springer Family GenForum #1638 November 10, 2001. URL: http://genforum.genealogy.com/springer/messages/1638.html OR http://genforum.genealogy.com/cgi-bin/pageload.cgi?Merrifield::springer::1638.html
15. ↑ Mike <mmerrifield AT webtv.net>, Samuel Merrifield in England 1720, Merrifield Family GenForum #44, March 04, 1999. URL: http://genforum.genealogy.com/merrifield/messages/44.html.
16. ↑ _____, Carol <wvdreamer AT webtv.net>, “Family Bible information” Merrifield Family GenForum #376,November 10, 2001, accessed 18 Dec 2012 before Note: Citing 1932 newspaper article from Clarksburg WV Exponent-Telegram citing Bible owned by JA Springer of Flemington. URL: http://genforum.genealogy.com/merrifield/messages/376.html See comments on master source.

• Source: S1662636870 Repository: #R1650733604 Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Ancestry Family Tree http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=86268918&pid=1735
• Repository: R1650733604 Ancestry.com
• Source: S1662636889 Repository: #R1650733604 West Virginia, Wills and Probate Records, 1724-1978 Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
• Source: S1662636898 Repository: #R1650733604 Family Data Collection - Individual Records Edmund West, comp. Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc
• Source: S1662636909 Repository: #R1650733604 Family Data Collection - Births Edmund West, comp. Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc

• Source: S1662637002 Repository: #R1650733604 U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
• Source: S1662637019 Repository: #R1650733604 Pennsylvania, Tax and Exoneration, 1768-1801 Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.

Acknowledgements

Merrifield-188 was created by Paul Linden through the import of Anna May Hammer Family Tree 062814.ged on Jun 30, 2014.

• Mike <mmerrifield AT webtv.net>, Samuel Merrifield in England 1720, Merrifield Family GenForum #44, March 04, 1999. URL: http://genforum.genealogy.com/merrifield/messages/44.html

• _____,Carol <wvdreamweaver AT webtv.net>, “Bible Record Publication,” Springer Family GenForum #1638 November 10, 2001. URL: http://genforum.genealogy.com/springer/messages/1638.html

“I have a copy of a 1932 newspaper article from the Exponet-Telegram (Clarksburg, WV). "Bibles Reveal Records of Pioneer Families" This is a continuation of a series of articles, started in The Exponet-Telegram May 15, dealing with family records found in Bibles entered in the old Bible contest recently conducted by this newspaper. Family records dating back to 1752 are contained in a Bible published in Edinburgh in 1789 and now owned by J. A. Springer, of Flemington (NOTE: THIS WAS IN 1932). The oldest birth date is Richard Merrifield, Feb. 23, 1753 and Pheba Merrifield, Jan. 26, 1752 (note Pheba spelling ends in "a" not an "e"....could this be a typographical error?) The former was the son of Samuel and Mary Merrifield and the latter the daughter of John and Elizabeth Tucker. Members of the Springer family listed in the Bible are Job Springer, born Aug. 21, 1793; Ann, born Sept. 12, 1795; Phebe Springer, born Oct. 26, 1797; Elizabeth, born Jan. 4, 1800; Dennis, born May 4, 1902; Hannah, born Aug. 13, 1804; Drusilla, born April 28, 1807; Bashaba (not spelled Bathsheba), born Sept. 30, 1809; Alphus, born Jan. 1, 1812;; and Roanna, born Oct. 1, 1815. Other birth records in the Bible are Alpheas L. Dorsey, March 28, 1843, and Joseph B. Dorsey, July 19, 1844. -- end of article.”

• _____, Carol <wvdreamer AT webtv.net>, “Family Bible information” Merrifield Family GenForum #376,November 10, 2001, accessed 18 Dec 2012 before Note: Citing 1932 newspaper article from Clarksburg WV Exponent-Telegram citing Bible owned by JA Springer of Flemington. URL: http://genforum.genealogy.com/merrifield/messages/376.html.