William Merrick (1799 - 1874)

Born 1799 in Richmond, New South Wales, Australia

Ancestors

Husband of Henrietta (Blackman) Merrick — married 1823 in Richmond NSW Australia

Descendants

Died 29 Oct 1874 at about age 75 in Mount Clarence, New South Wales, Australia

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Biography

William Merrick was born in 1796. William is the child of Edward Merrick and Mary Russell. William passed away in 1874. ^[1][2]

William married Henrietta Blackman in 1823^[3]

William Merrick

Birth- 1799 at Parramatta, Cumberland, New South Wales, Australia

Parents- Edward John Merrick 1763–1839; Mary Elizabeth Russell 1765–1840

Siblings- John Richard Merrick 1793–1874; Mary Elizabeth Merrick Martin 1795–1855; Joseph Merrick Snr 1800–1875; Thomas Merrick 1802–1881; Richard Merrick 1802–1887; Susannah Merrick Eather 1812–1894; Elizabeth Merrick 1817–1894

Residence- 5 Apr 1821 at Kurrajong, New South Wales, Australia

Marriage- 26 Dec 1823 aged 27yrs at Richmond, New South Wales, Australia

to Henrietta Maria Blackman (1807–1851)

Children- Mary Ann Merrick Morris 1824–1885; Edward Jonathon Merrick 1826–1827; Thomas William (twin) Merrick 1828–1828; Robert Harley Merrick 1828–1909; Harriet Comfort Merrick Hayward 1830–1904; Henrietta Merrick 1832–1914; Elizabeth Merrick 1834–1908; John Thomas Merrick 1836–1906; Maria Merrick Miller 1839–1922; Richard (twin) Merrick 1841–1914; Susannah (Twin) Merrick 1841–1916

Residence- 1828 aged 32yrs at Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia

Residence- 1841 aged 45yrs at Cook, New South Wales, Australia

Death- 29 October 1874 aged 78yrs at Vale Clwyd, New South Wales, Australia

Burial- Rosedale Cemetery, Hartley, Lithgow City, New South Wales, Australia

Sources

1. ↑ Entered by Trudee Bullock, Wednesday, October 16, 2013.
2. ↑ nsw.gov/bdm booklet by Bertha Strick printed 1986
3. ↑ MARRIAGES, https://familyhistory.bdm.nsw.gov.au/lifelink/familyhistory/search?1 REG. NO. 57/1823 V182357 156, MERRICK WILLIAM, & BLACKMAN HENRIETTA, District- CE

• Australia Birth Index, 1788-1922

Name John Merrick (brother of William) Birth Date 1793 Birth Place New South Wales Registration Year 1793 Registration Place Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia Father Edward Merrick Mother Mary Merrick Volume Number V1793250 Ia

• New South Wales, Australia, Colonial Secretary's Papers, 1788-1825

Name William Merrick Event Date 10 Sep. 1818 Event Description On list of persons to receive grants of land in 1818 Comments Born in the Colony; of Windsor and Kurrijong Page 45

• New South Wales, Australia, Registers of Land Grants and Leases, 1792-1867

Name William Meyrick Date of Grant 5 Apr 1821 District Kurrajong

• Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950

Name William Merrick Marriage Date 1823 Marriage Place Richmond, New South Wales Registration Date 1823 Registration Place Richmond, New South Wales, Australia Spouse Henrietta Blackman Volume Number V B

• New South Wales, Australia, Colonial Secretary's Papers, 1788-1825

Name William Merrick Event Date 28 Mar. 1822 Event Description Appointed constable at North Richmond Comments Born in the Colony; of Windsor and Kurrijong Page 51

• New South Wales, Australia, Colonial Secretary's Papers, 1788-1825

Name William Merrick Event Date 1823 Event Description Certifying that James Connolly of Curryjong had cleared his land Comments Born in the Colony; of Windsor and Kurrijong Number 215 Page 949-51

• New South Wales, Australia, Colonial Secretary's Papers, 1788-1856

Name William Merrick Event Date 5 Jul. 1825 Event Description District constable at North Richmond. On return of constables in the town of Windsor and districts of Hawkesbury Comments Born in the Colony; of Windsor and Kurrijong Page 18

• New South Wales, Australia, Colonial Secretary's Papers, 1788-1825

Name William Merrick Event Date 17 Dec. 1825 Event Description Memorial Comments Born in the Colony; of Windsor and Kurrijong Number 526 Page 439-40

• New South Wales, Australia, Colonial Secretary's Papers, 1788-1825

Name William Merrick Event Date 22 Dec. 1825 Event Description To be victualled from the Store at Windsor for six months; with his wife, two children and convict servant. Appears as Meyrick Comments Born in the Colony; of Windsor and Kurrijong Page 227

• 1828 New South Wales, Australia Census (Australian Copy)

Name William Merrick Estimated Birth Year abt 1800 District Bathurst Residence Age 28 Residence New South Wales, Australia Residence Date 1828

• Australia, Births and Baptisms, 1792-1981

Name William Merrick Gender Male Spouse Henrietta Child Edward Jonathan Merrick

• Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922

Name William Merrick Gender Male Spouse Henrietta Merrick Child Mary Ann Merrick

• Australia, Births and Baptisms, 1792-1981

Name William Merrick Gender Male Spouse Henrietta Blackman Child Robert Harley Merrick

• Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985

Name William Merrick Death Date 1874 Death Place Hartley, New South Wales Registration Date 1874 Registration Place Hartley, Australia Father John Registration Number 5221

• New South Wales, Australia, Registers of Coroners' Inquests, 1821-1937

Name William Merrick Death Year Abt 1874 Inquest Date 29 Oct. 1874 Inquest Place Hartley Cause of Death Natural causes

• Australia and New Zealand, Find A Grave Index, 1800s-Current

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/200061738/william-merrick

Name William Merrick Gender Male Birth Date 1799 Birth Place Richmond, Hawkesbury City, New South Wales, Australia Death Date 29 Oct. 1874 Death Place Hartley, Lithgow City, New South Wales, Australia Cemetery Rosedale Cemetery Burial or Cremation Place Hartley, Lithgow City, New South Wales, Australia Has Bio? N Father Edward Merrick Mother Mary Elizabeth Merrick Spouse Henrietta M Merrick Children Maria Miller; Mary Ann Morris; Harriet Comfort Hayward; Richard Merrick

• Geneanet Community Trees Index

https://gw.geneanet.org/coweyreidy?n=merrick&oc=&p=william

Name William Merrick Gender M (Male) Birth Date 1799 Birth Place Richmond, NSW (Richmond), New South Wales, Australie (Australia) Marriage Date 1823 Marriage Place CofE Richmond NSW (Richmond), New South Wales, Australie (Australia) Father Edward Merrick Mother Mary Elizabeth Russell Spouse Henrietta Blackman Children Edward J Merrick Elizabeth Merrick Elizabeth Merrick Mary Ann Merrick Richard Merrick Robert H Merrick Susanna(h) Merrick

Footnotes

William's birth doesn't seem to have been registered so assuming it is between 1796 and 1799.

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Trudee Bullock for creating Merrick-571 on 16 Oct 13. Click the Changes tab for the details on contributions by Trudee and others.