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Plomer Young Merrick

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Plomer Young Merrick was born on 18 Dec 1844 in Merrickville, Grenville, Ontario, Canada (son of William Merrick and Judith Roche).

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 3110

    Plomer married Julia L. Magee on 14 Nov 1870 in Leeds & Grenville County, Ontario, Canada. Julia was born about 1824. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Plomer married Mary Ann Johnston on 12 May 1880 in Leeds County, Ontario, Canada. Mary was born about 1854 in Lansdowne Rear Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Julia Evelyn Merrick was born on 21 Mar 1881 in Merrickville, Grenville County, Ontario,Canada.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  William Merrick was born on 28 Mar 1793 in Merrickville, Grenville Ontario, Canada (son of William Merrick and Sylvia Comstock); died on 19 Apr 1867 in Merrickville, Leeds & Grenville, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 3089

    Notes:

    Died:
    Union Cemetery, Merrickville, Leeds and greenville counties, Ontario, Canada

    William married Judith Roche on 9 Nov 1826 in Merrickville, Leeds & Grenville, Ontario, Canada. Judith was born in 1805; died on 4 Dec 1886 in Merrickville, Grenville Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Judith Roche was born in 1805; died on 4 Dec 1886 in Merrickville, Grenville Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 3090

    Children:
    1. Clara Mahitable Merrick was born in 1833 in Merrickville, Grenville Ontario, Canada; died in 1835 in Merrickville, Grenville Ontario, Canada.
    2. Amanda Elizabeth Merrick was born in 1835 in Merrickville, Grenville Ontario, Canada; died in 1836 in Merrickville, Grenville Ontario, Canada.
    3. John Augustus Merrick was born on 3 Jul 1838 in Merrickville, Grenville Ontario, Canada; died on 10 Sep 1920 in Merrickville, Leeds & Grenville, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Aurelia Comstock Merrick was born on 25 Aug 1827 in Merrickville, Grenville Ontario, Canada; died on 3 Aug 1909 in Merrickville, Leeds & Grenville, Ontario, Canada.
    5. William Roche Merrick was born in 1828 in Merrickville, Grenville Ontario, Canada; died on 6 May 1900 in Merrickville, Leeds & Grenville, Ontario, Canada.
    6. Simon Dunn Merrick was born on 12 Feb 1830 in Merrickville, Grenville Ontario, Canada; died on 31 Jan 1884 in Carleton Place, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
    7. Terence Merrick was born in 1837 in Merrickville, Grenville Ontario, Canada; died on 8 Sep 1901 in Grenville County, Ontario,Canada.
    8. Amanda Camilla Cornelia, Merrick was born in 1841 in Merrickville, Grenville Ontario, Canada.
    9. 1. Plomer Young Merrick was born on 18 Dec 1844 in Merrickville, Grenville, Ontario, Canada.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  William Merrick was born on 30 Apr 1763 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts (son of William Merrick and Ruth LNU); died on 5 Jul 1844 in Merrickville, Grenville Ontario, Canada; was buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Merrickville, Leeds and Grenville United Counties, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • FSID: L41K-TWN
    • Reference Number: 2876
    • LifeSketch: 1776, Merrickville, Grenville Ontario, Canada; Founder of Merrickville, Ontario, Canada

    Notes:

    William Merrick was recommended by Governor Simcoe to build the mill to open up the Rideau. The mill is located near the site called "Factory Village" and on the Ka-ya-derosseras Creek, where General Gordon also built a grist mill. He and his wife, Sylvia Comstock, came to Canada as United Empire Loyalists, where he founded the town of Merrickville, near Montreal, in 1789. Other residences of William Merrick are New Oswegatchie and Sorrel, Quebec, Canada. This source also gives the year of death for William Merrick as 1842. (Snowdon - North Wales, Britain to Union, New York, USA (Southwest of Syracuse, NY).

    Per 'Lanark Legacy: Nineteenth Century Glimpses of an Ontario County', Pg 204, William Merrick was licensed in the 1830s at Merrickville for a 42-gallon still and later an 85-gallon unit for the the manufacture of 'spirituous liquors'.

    In 1999 the Merrickville Library Genealogical Reference Center had record that William Merrick moved to Merrickville when William Jr was three years old or approximately 1790.

    Died:
    Collar Hill Cemertery

    William married Sylvia Comstock. Sylvia was born on 23 Feb 1848 in Merrickville, Grenville County, Ontario,Canada; died on 23 Feb 1848 in Merrickville, Grenville Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Sylvia Comstock was born on 23 Feb 1848 in Merrickville, Grenville County, Ontario,Canada; died on 23 Feb 1848 in Merrickville, Grenville Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 3084

    Notes:

    Died:
    Collar Hill Cemetery

    Children:
    1. Charlotte Merrick was born on 7 Mar 1791 in Merrickville, Grenville Ontario, Can; died in 1867.
    2. 2. William Merrick was born on 28 Mar 1793 in Merrickville, Grenville Ontario, Canada; died on 19 Apr 1867 in Merrickville, Leeds & Grenville, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Charles Merrick was born on 10 Jan 1796 in Merrickville, Grenville Ontario, Canada.
    4. Paula Merrick was born on 23 Apr 1798 in Ontario, Canada; died on 23 Apr 1804.
    5. Aaron Merrick was born on 1 Oct 1800 in Ontario, Canada.
    6. Lavinia Merrick was born on 20 Aug 1803 in Ontario, Canada.
    7. Stephen Hedger Merrick was born on 4 Jun 1807 in Merrickville, Grenville Ontario, Canada; died on 2 Aug 1860 in Merrickville, Grenville Ontario, Canada.
    8. Aurelia Merrick was born on 14 Sep 1810 in Merrickville, Grenville Ontario, Canada; died in May 1913 in Merrickville, Grenville Ontario, Canada.
    9. Terrence Hamilton Merrick was born on 11 Jul 1813 in Merrickville, Grenville Ontario, Canada; died on 23 Jan 1885 in Bruce, Ontario, Canada.
    10. Male Merrick


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  William Merrick was born on 18 Jun 1730 in Canaan, Litchfield, Connecticut; was christened in in , SPRINGFIELD, HAMPDEN, MASSACHUSETTS (son of Ebenezer Merrick and Mehitable Moore); died in 1805 in Cazenovia, Madison County, New York.

    Other Events:

    • FSID: LHQJ-KVX
    • Reference Number: 2899

    Notes:

    Williams son of Ebenezer, Thomas,
    Thomas) and Mehitable (Moore) Merrick, born June
    18, 1730, at Canaan, Conn. Married in New York state.
    The record of but one of his children has been found,
    that of William, the founder of Merrickville, Canada.

    William married Ruth LNU in New York. Ruth was born in 1730; died in 1804 in Cazenovia, Madison County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Ruth LNU was born in 1730; died in 1804 in Cazenovia, Madison County, New York.

    Other Events:

    • FSID: L5XQ-YQG
    • Name: Ruth Mnu
    • Reference Number: 2900

    Children:
    1. Able Merrick was born in 1751 in of The Oblong Patent, Dutchess,N.Y.; died about 1830 in Henderson, Jefferson County, New York.
    2. Mary Polly Merrick was born in 1753 in of Oblong, N.Y..
    3. Stephen Hedger Merrick was born on 2 Feb 1759 in Vermont, USA; died on 8 Jul 1841 in Dearborn, Indiana, USA.
    4. Lydia Merrick was born on 14 Aug 1760 in New York, United States; died on 25 Sep 1834 in Cayuga County, New York.
    5. 4. William Merrick was born on 30 Apr 1763 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts; died on 5 Jul 1844 in Merrickville, Grenville Ontario, Canada; was buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Merrickville, Leeds and Grenville United Counties, Ontario, Canada.
    6. Hannah Merrick was born in 1765 in of Oblong, N.Y.; died on 16 Feb 1813; was buried .
    7. Phebe Merrick was born in 1768 in of Oblong, N.Y..
    8. Benjamin Merrick was born in 1770 in of Oblong, N.Y..
    9. Ebenezer Merrick was born in 1772 in of Oblong, N.Y.; died in 1820.
    10. Moses Merrick was born about 1775 in Balston Spa, New York.
    11. Ruth Merrick was born about 1776 in Balston Spa, New York.
    12. Isaac Merrick was born on 23 Jul 1781 in Balston Spa, New York; died in in Merrickville, Leeds & Grenville, Ontario, Canada.



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