Israel Herrick (1721 - 1782)

Born 3 Dec 1721 in Wenham, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Abigal (Killam) Herrick — married 22 Jan 1749 in Boxford, Essex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 14 Sep 1782 at age 60 in Lewiston, Androscoggin County, Maine

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Biography

This profile is part of the Herrick Name Study.

According to the caption of his online memorial site:

Israel Herrick, son of Benjamin and Lydia (Hayward) Herrick, born Dec. 3, 1721 ; lived in Topsfield, Boxford and Lewiston, Maine. Entered the army as a Lieutenant, 1745; served in nineteen campaigns; left the army 1763, a brevet Major. Fought at Bunker Hill ; resigned his commission as Major when the army removed from Cambridge. He died at Lewiston, Sept. 14, 1782. Married first, Mary, daughter of John Bragg, who died June 24, 1748. Married second, Abigail Kilham of Boxford, Mass., who was born Nov. 3, 1725, and died Feb. 8, 1817.

Birth 2 Dec 1721 to parents Benjamin Herrick and Lydia Hayward; Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony ^[1],^[2].

Marriage 1: 21 Feb 1745 to Mary Bragg; Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony ^[3].

Marriage 2: 22 Jan 1750 to Abigail Kilham; Boxford, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony ^[4].

Death 14 Sep 1782; Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine ^[5].

Burial Herrick Cemetery; Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine ^[6].

Notes

Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/), "Record of HERRICK, ISRAEL", Ancestor # A054313.

Sources

1. ↑ Birth: "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29P-96CR : 10 November 2020), Israell Herrick, 2 Dec 1721; citing Birth, Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011143.
2. ↑ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). [1]
3. ↑ Marriage: "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q28K-MF9J : 22 July 2021), Israel Herrick and Mary Bragg, 21 Feb 1745; citing Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 823,764.
4. ↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910, 1921-1924", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHTS-92T : 28 July 2021), Israel Herrick, 1750.
5. ↑ "Maine, J. Gary Nichols Cemetery Collection, ca. 1780-1999," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKXM-QLHJ : 16 March 2018), Israel Herrick, ; citing Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine, United States, Cemetery Herrick, Maine State Library, Augusta; FHL microfilm 2,148,874.
6. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #113144818