Maria Jane (Wood) Merrick (1815 - 1898)

Born 22 Oct 1815 in Richmond, New South Wales, Australia

Ancestors

Wife of Joseph Merrick — married 3 Jul 1832 in Windsor, New South Wales, Australia

Descendants

Died 17 Aug 1898 at age 82 in Howes Valley, New South Wales, Australia

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Biography

Maria Jane was born in 1815 at Richmond NSW the daughter of Charles Wood and Ann Wallford. She passed away in 1898 aged 83 years at Bungarby Howe's Valley Near Singleton NSW. She married in 1832 at age 17 to Joseph MERRICK the 4th son of Edward Merrick and Mary Russell.

Sources

https://familyhistory.bdm.nsw.gov.au/lifelink/search

• BIRTH: WOOD MARIA 210/1815 V1815210 156/1815 CHARLES/ANN
• BIRTH: WOOD MARIA 3737/1815 V18153737 1B CHARLES/ANN
• DEATH: MERRICK MARIA J 12064/1898 ROBERT A/ANN...WOLLOMBI
• MARRIAGE: 1249/1832 V18321249 16 MERRICK JOSEPH/WOOD MARIA CC=CHURCH OF ENGLAND WINDSOR ST MATTHEW'S

• http://www.trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/search

1. Singleton Argus (NSW: 1880 - 1954), Saturday 20 August 1898, page 2

• HOWE'S VALLEY. Death. — On Wednesday evening an old resident of this district Mrs. Merrick, died at the residence of her son, Mr. James Merrick, of the Branch Creek. On the 11th instant the old lady who was 83 years of age took ill and was confined to her bed, and on Monday the 15th her speech left her, and from that time she gradually sank. The old lady is well known at Jerry's Plains, where she has two sons living, and has been living there during the past 12 months, only having returned to Howe's Valley about a month ago. Mrs. Merrick has been a resident of this district for nearly 60 years, and was highly respected. She leaves a grown up family of four sons and three daughters to mourn her loss. Races.—Races were to be held here to-morrow, but in consequence of the death of Mrs. Merrick, and the funeral taking place to-morrow the races will be postponed to some future date.

1. Singleton Argus (NSW: 1880 - 1954), Saturday 27 August 1898, page 5

• HOWE'S VALLEY.[FROM A CORRESPONDENT.]

DEATH. — It is with extreme regret that we have to chronicle the death of another of our old residents, in the person of Mrs. Maria Merrick, relict of the late Joseph Merrick, on the 19th inst. Her descendants reach 157, including 55 great grand children. She was born in Waterloo year (1815) on the Hawkesbury, and consequently was in her 83rd year. She had been a resident of this district for about 55 years, and was previously residing on Liverpool Plains where her husband was employed by Messrs Parnell and Thorley, being among the first white settlers in that portion of the colony. Removed from thence beyond Gunnedah on Namoi, and then back to this district again, where she resided up to the time of her death. She was of a kind and genial disposition, being ever ready to assist those in distress—a very marked trait in all old Hawkesbury natives.

• http://www.australianroyalty.net.au/search/merrick

1. Birth 1815 49 30 , Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia

• http://ancestry.com.au/search/wood_maria

1. Source: Ancestry.com. Australia Birth Index, 1788-1922 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.

• Text: Name: Maria Wood
• Birth Date: 1815
• Birth Place: New South Wales
• Registration Year: 1815
• Registration Place: Richmond, New South Wales, Australia
• Father: Charles Wood
• Mother: Ann
• Volume Number: V18153737 1B

1. Census November 1828 (Age 13) North Richmond, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia

• Source: Census of New South Wales November 1828, ed. by Malcolm R. Sainty and Keith A. Johnson. Sydney: Library of Australian History, 1985 ie. 1980

Citation details: p. 402

• Text: Wood, Charles, 62, free by servitude, Barwell, 1798, 7 years, Protestant, labourer, N. Richmond
• Wood, Ann, 43, free by servitude, Canada, 1810, 7 years, Protestant
• Wood, Thomas, 17, born in the colony
• Wood, Maria, 13, born in the colony
• Wood, Robert, 7, born in the colony
• Wood, Mary Ann, 3, born in the colony
• Wood, Eliza, 4m, born in the colony

• Source: A Register of pioneer families, volume 1. Croydon: The 1788-1820 Pioneer Association, 1989

*Source: A Register of pioneer families, volume 1. Croydon: The 1788-1820 Pioneer Association, 1989

• Extra information: Family navigator Family with parents father Charles Wood 1766–1837; mother Ann Wallford 1785–? ; elder brother Thomas Wood 1811–? ; elder brother

Jonathon Wood 1814–1814; herself Maria Jane Wood 1815–1898; younger sister Rebecca Wood 1818–1827; younger brother Robert Wood 1822–1874; younger sister Mary Ann Wood 1825–? ; younger sister Eliza Wood 1828–1828; younger brother Charles Wood 1829–?; younger sister Sophia Wood 1832–1922;

• Family with Joseph Merrick husband Joseph Merrick 1800–1875; herself Maria Jane Wood 1815–1898; son Edward Merrick 1833–1925; daughter Susannah Merrick 1835–?;

daughter Mary Ann Sophia Merrick 1838–1885; daughter Caroline Susannah Merrick 1840–1933; son James Robert Merrick

Acknowledgments

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