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Rev. John "Sion" Meyrick aka Merrick

Born 1 Jan 1579 in St Davids, Pembrokeshire, Wales

Ancestors

Son of William Meyrick and Janet (verch Ienen) Meyrick

Brother of Owen Meyrick [half], Robert Meyrick [half] and Janet Meyrick [half]

Husband of Elizabeth (UNKNOWN) Meyrick — married [date unknown] [location unknown]

Husband of Dorothy (Bishop) Meyrick — married 1602 in St. David's, Pembrokeshire, Wales

Descendants

Father of Janet (Meyrick) Merrick, John Merrick, James Merrick, John Merrick, Edith Moss (Meyrick) Holcombe, Sarah (Mirick) Merrick and Thomas Merrick

Died before 26 Jun 1650 before age 71 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay

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1 Biography
2 Research Notes
3 Sources

Biography

John Meyrick, also a minister, was born in 1579. He married Dorothy, daughter of Mathew and Elizabeth (Young) Bishop. They had four sons: William, John, James, and Thomas, whose destiny was to be in the settlement of Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay Colonies and whose descendants contributed remarkably in the development of two nations.

Name

Rev. John Meyrick

Birth

1 JAN 1578/9 Pembroke, Wales

Marriage

ABT 1602 St. David's, Pembrokeshire, Wales

Wife: Dorothy Bishop

Child: Thomas Meyrick

Child: Janet Meyrick

Child: William Merrick

Child: William Meyrick

Child: John Merrick

Child: James Merrick

Child: Thomas Merrick

Child: William Meyrick

Child: James Meyrick

Child: John Merrick

Child: Thomas Meyrick

Child: Sarah Mirick or Merrick

Arrival

1641 Charlestown, Massachusetts

Research Notes

Great Migration Directory, p 226: Merrick, John: Unknown; 1637; Hingham [HiBOP 52; SLR 1:109-10; Hingham Hist 3:70; SPR Case #59, Case #90 (“Elizabeth Moricke”)]. There may be some conflation going on...the probate on wife Elizabeth's profile relates to this entry.

Sources

Boston Records Commissioners Reports (Rockwell and Churchill, Boston, 1875) Vol. 6.

Page 174: Roxbury Church Records. "1650 Month 6 day 25 Widdow Morrick dyed."

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Hills, Leon Clark,. History and genealogy of the Mayflower planters and first comers to ye olde colonie. Washington, D.C.: Hills Pub. Co., c1936-c1941.
Curfman, Robert Joseph,. The Paddock genealogy : descendants of Robert Paddock of Plymouth Colony, blacksmith and constable, 1646. Fort Collins, Colo.: Curfman, 1986.
George Byron Merrick: Genealogy of the Merrick-Mirick-Myrick Family of Massachusetts, 1636-1902; page 7; https://books.google.com/books?id=2rU0AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA266&dq=Merrick+
Merrick, George Byron,. Genealogy of the Merrick-Mirick-Myrick family of Massachusetts, 1636-1902. Madison, Wis.: Tracy, Gibbs, & Co., 1902.
Filby, P. William, ed. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s (Gale Research, Farmington Hills, MI, USA, 2012)
John Meyrick, Meyrick (surname), Born in 1579, Died in 1650, Migrants from Wales to Massachusetts; https://familypedia.fandom.com/wiki/John_Meyrick_(1579-1650)

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Images: 3

Abigail Merrick's ancestral conundrum

Documentation of Meyrick/Merrick Lineage; from Lewys Dwnn’s Visitation of Pembrokeshire, (Lewys Dwnn was a well-respected Welsh Genealogist)

John Meyrick and Dorothy (Bishop) Meyrick

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Cheryl (Aldrich) Skordahl

Looks like this profile is in need of attention. I’m a direct descendant and I can update it in a few weeks, unless on of the cousins on the trusted list is available to do it.

posted Mar 01, 2023 by Cheryl (Aldrich) Skordahl

Isaac Taylor

When did this man die? What is the source of the death date we're publishing now?

Thanks,

posted Mar 02, 2021 by Isaac Taylor

Isaac Taylor

On his wife's (orphan) bio, there is a version of his will that appears to narrow down his death date. Any experts on this family/man who can answer my question there:

What is the meaning of the phrase in the will (or second artifact) reading:

"Deposed 9:7:1647"

Given his will was written 24 Jun 1647, are we to infer her husband died between June 24th and July 9th (or Sept 7th)? Or merely, sometime before 1650 as currently given on his bio?

Thanks in advance,

posted Mar 02, 2021 by Isaac Taylor
edited Mar 02, 2021 by Isaac Taylor

Doug Sinclair

This is the deposition of the witnesses when the will was brought to court. The document actually says the 9th of the 7th month, meaning 9 September (7th month was September on the Julian calendar in use at the time). But this is for the man who lived in Hingham, and there is no evidence he was connected to Meyricks elsewhere in MA Bay Colony. The Roxbury date is given in the Genealogy of the Merrick-Mirick-Myrick Family as the death date for John of Hingham, which is obviously incorrect, and doesn't give a source.

posted Mar 20, 2022 by Doug Sinclair

Ellen Smith

The Merrick Genealogy suggested that John Meyrick, the father of the 4 brothers who immigrated to Massachusetts, was the same John Merrick who settled at Hingham (Mass.) and died there on 2 July 1747. It appears that this version of his life was followed by some contributors to this profile, but it got buried by some other material. John who died at Hingham in 1647 is documented in History of Hingham, part 3, page 70: https://archive.org/stream/historyoftownofh0203hing#page/70/mode/2up

posted Mar 07, 2017 by Ellen Smith