Owen
Myrick
Sr
aka Meyrick, Merrick
[uncertain]
Born in England
Ancestors 
Son of Thomas Myrick
and Elizabeth (Tilley) Merrick
Brother of
Elizabeth Merrick [half], Miriam Merrick [half], John Merrick [half], Elizabeth (Merrick) Day [half], Thomas Merrick [half], Tilley Merrick [half], James Merrick [half] and Abigail (Merrick) Ferry [half]
Husband of
Joan Mary (Thorpe) Myrick
— married
1673 in Surry, Colony of Virginia, British Colonial America
Husband of
Mary (Gray) Myrick
— married
1679 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Francis Myrick Sr. and Owen Myrick Jr
Died
at about age 62
in Surry, VA
Profile last modified
| Created 5 Apr 2013
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Biography
Owen Myrick was born about 1650 and died about 1700.[1]
Owen Myrick, son of Thomas, was born in England about 1630.[2]
Jan.5,1679 ,Surry county,Virginia court. Owen appoints his wife Mary as attorney.(page 113) [3]
On May 19,1681 Owen makes Elias Osborne his attorney.(page 115)[4]
Owen was listed in the 1674, 1688, 1694 Surry,Virginia Tithables. His father Thomas is living with him in the 1694, 1698 Tithable. In the 1698-1714 Tithable list His father had passed away and was not listed,but son Owen Jr. was living in his household. In this same source Owen is listed as being in the Surry County,Virginia Militia in 1687. ( page 210). He also on the 1704 Quit Rent Roll for Surry,Virginia( Page 214)[5]
- Wife Joan, maiden name possibly Thorpe
- He may later have married Mary Grey/Gray
- Married (1) Joan (Thorpe?) and (2) Mary Green, "widow of (Sir) John GRAYE"[6]
Leads
- Rootsweb question, same discussion as Rootsweb post that was given as a source
- Rootsweb post, Harris connection
Sources
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ Rootsweb post
- ↑ https://www.bholliman.com/files/Surry-Co-VA-Records-of-Families-of-Walter-O-Holliman-31pp.pdf
- ↑ https://www.bholliman.com/files/Surry-Co-VA-Records-of-Families-of-Walter-O-Holliman-31pp.pdf
- ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/viewer/176279#page=246&viewer=picture&o=search&n=0&q=surry%20va.%201670-1725
- ↑ 2003 GenForum post by Bellinda Myrick-Barnett,
- Rootsweb question, Campbell-L Archives
- http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3236307&id=I0473
1676 Jamestown Participant in Bacon's rebellion the first revolt in the colonies
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Owen by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Owen:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Owen by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Owen:
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Categories: Surry County, Virginia | Rebels - Bacon's Rebellion
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