Mehitable Merrick

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Ebenezer , son of {Thomas',. Thomas^) and
Hannah (Dumbleton) Merrick, born Sept. 11, 1703, at
Springfield, Mass. Married, autumn of 1725, Mehitable
Moore, of Northfield, Mass. Settled first in Canaan,
Conn., where several of his children were born; he then
moved to Oblong, N. Y., and later to Cazenovia, N. Y.,
in which latter place several of his children married,
and where he and his wife, Mehitable, died and are
buried. He lived for a short time at Ballston, N. Y.,
and also at Saratoga Springs. The date of death of
himself or wife is not a matter of record so far as this
author has been able to discover.
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Notes for Ebenezer Merrick:
General Notes:
Genealogy of the Merrick-Mirick-Myrick Family of Massachusetts 1636-1902
(Thomas Branch)
by George Byron Merrick
Madison,Wis.,
Tracy,Gibbs &Co.
1902
p.273
13.Ebenezer(3) son of (Thomas (2), Thomas (1) and Hannah Dumbletown Merrick,born
Sept.11,1703 at Springfield,Mass.Married autumn of 1725,Mehitable Moore,of
Northfield,Mass.Settled first in Canaan,Conn.Where several of his children were born;he then
moved to Oblong,NY and later Cazenovia,NY in which place several of his children married,and
where he and his wife,Mehitable died and are buried.He lived for a short time at Ballston,NY and
also at Saratoga Springs.The date of death of himself and wife is not a matter of record so far as
this author has been able to discover. Children-
1.Methitable,b.Aug.24,1726,Canaan,Conn
2.Ebenezer,b.May23,1728,Canaan,Conn. [25]
3.William,b.June 18,1730,Canaan,Conn. [26]
4.Rachael,b.1732;m.___Ames,of Oblong,NY
5.Ruth,b._;m.J.Porter,of Oblong,NY
6.Hannah,b.1736,m.William Allen,of Oblong,NY
7.Thomas,b.1738,at Union,NY [27]
8.Charles,b.1740,at Cazenovia,NY [28]
9.Miriam,b.1742,Cazenovia,NY
William,Charles and Thomas found living in Ballstown,NY in 1790.Stephen and possibly brother
Abel fought in this company (12th reg.)
Taken from The Merrickville and District Historical Society Newsletter January 2004
excerpts from paper presented by J.K.(Kim) Abbott in 1967 and 1993.Mr.Abbott is the
GGGGrandson of William Merrick,founder of Merrickville,Canada and Ebenezer's grandson
"...Their grandson,Ebenezer,moved to New York State where he obtained land at Sarasota and
Ballston,including land at Sarasota Springs known as the "Deer's Lick".George Washington and
Alexander Hamilton visited this region in 1784 and the records show that they had ridden through
an area known in earlier times as Merricks Mills.The name had been changed after the
revolution."
Snowdon-North Wales,Britain to Union, New York,USA southwest of Syracuse,NY
by Kathleen Merrick O'Loughlin
states"According to the Merrick genealogy, they (Ebenezer and Mehitable) are buried in the old
Union Cemetery,an early hamlet on the old plank road between Oneida and DeRuyter in New
York State."
Found on LDS:
IGI Individual Record
Ebenezer Merrick
Parent:Thomas
Will:23Jun1809 Madison,NY
Also:
04Feb1813 Caznovia,Madison,NY probably son Thomas' son Ebenezer
The Oblong, Ny referred to in many of these reports is actually the Oblong Patent a narrow strip of
land between New York and Connecticut and a little bit of the southwestern corner of
Massachusetts (Berkshires) this area was in contention between New York and
Connecticut.Today it would be mostly in Putnam and Dutchess counties in New York State.
History of Palmer,MA 1716-1889 by Temple
Gc-974.402-P18t Fort Wayne
Contains numerous mentions of Ebenezer,who was an assignee of James Dorchester in land in
what was known as the Elbow Tract in the area of Monson and Brimfield ,Mass
04 Feb 1813 Cazenovia, Madison, NY probably son Thomas' son Ebenezer
The Oblong, Ny referred to in many of these reports is actually the Oblong Patent a narrow strip of
land between New York and Connecticut and a little bit of the southwestern corner of
Massachusetts (Berkshires) this area was in contention between New York and
Connecticut. Today it would be mostly in Putnam and Duchess counties in New York State.
History of Palmer, MA 1716-1889 by Temple Gc-974.402-P18t Fort Wayne
Contains numerous mentions of Ebenezer, who was an assignee of James Dorchester in land in
what was known as the Elbow Tract in the area of Monson and Brimfield, Mass

Chapter 11 The Elbow Tract Settlement 1716-1728
p.64 "That Ebenezer Mirick y assignee of James Dorchester have a Hundred-acre lot as y same
was laid out to said Dorchester, Saving y House and Improvements, viz.of James
Dorchester, Jun., __ to run up Northerly on y West side of his s improvements a line N.39 degrees
E. so far that a line square off Westward to y line of the Lot on the West side, will make up the said
complement."

p.75 "
whereas a lawful numbers the Grantees or Inhabitants of the Tract of Land,vizt.,William
Scott, Joseph Wright, SeMack Elwean, Stoward Southgate, James Mack Clelan, John______ have
made application to me for a warrant for calling & holding a meeting of the said Inhabitants or
Grantees at the House of Ebenezer Mirick of the aforesaid place, on the seventh day of August at
9 of y clock in the forenoon of said day, to Transact on several Particulars hereafter
mentioned, vizt."

p.76 "Elbows, August 7, 1733.Steward Southgate certifies that he has posted a copy of the warrant
at a public place, according to law and the order of said warrant.
"At a meeting of the Proprietors or Inhabitants & Grantees of Elbows Tract, convened
according to Law, at the House of Ebenezer Mirick in s Place on Tuesday the seventh of
August,1733..."

p.77"Voted, That Steward Southgate, Andrew Mackee and Ebenezer Mirick be assessors or men
appointed and impowered to assess and upon all the Proprietors and Grantees, all sums of
money allowed and agreed..."

p.130 "Mirick, Ebenezer, from Springfield, son of Thomas, assignee of James Dorchester, proprietor
of 200-acre home lot. His house was a place of public meetings."

p.396 "No.39 Mirick or Merrick, Ebenezar.275 acres He was assignee of James
Dorchester, Se., of100 acres, bought of Gen. Claimers, and granted to Mr. Mirick by the General
Court in 1732.It was situated between John King's farm on the east and Joseph Wright, Jr., on the
west. He sold to Nathaniel Wilson, of Springfield, January 16, 1735.His father, Thomas
Mirick, advanced money in settling Brimfield, in consideration of which he granted one hundred and
twenty acres of land in Monson division which he deeded to Ebenezer in 1736,where he Jedediah Irish"

Ebenezer married Mehitable Moore on 7 Apr 1726 in Northfield Mass. Mehitable was born on 2 Jan 1700 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts; died in 1742 in Cazenovia, Madison County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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THOMAS son of (Thomas) and Elizabeth (Tilley)
Merrick, born Jan 2, 1663-4, at Springfield, Mass.

Married, Dec. 18, 1690, at Springfield, Mass.,
Hannah, daughter of John and Mercy Dumbleton. She died Oct.
25, 1737. He was a farmer; held many minor offices,
constable, fence viewer, etc. His name is mentioned at
least eight times in the earlv records of the town; died
Aug. 16, 1743.

Thomas married Hannah Dumbleton on 18 Dec 1690 in Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts. Hannah (daughter of John Dumbleton and Mercy Unknown) was born in 1670 in Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts; died on 25 Oct 1737. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Burial: 08 Sep 1704, Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts

Chapter IV - EARLY SPRINGFIELD AND LONGMEADOW, MASSACHUSETTS
http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ma/county/hampden/hist/hist.html
http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ma/county/hampden/hist/hist2.html
http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ma/county/hampden/hist/hist3.html

Springfield
After the destruction of the jail, or prison, when Springfield was burned by Indians in 1675, there was no place in the county for the confinement of prisoners and it must be remembered that till 1730, Hampshire County included nearly all of western Massachusetts. On January 10, 1677, the County Court, in session at Northampton, ordered a new prison and house of correction to be built in Springfield, at an expense as near £50 as was possible and not more than £55. Major Pynchon selected a site on Main street, on the west side, where the hotel called the Union House was later built. It was a building of two stories, twenty-five by eighteen feet. One room, with several closets, occupied all of the first floor, and on the second floor were three rooms. The walls and the partitions between the rooms, were of very heavy oak planks, and although such a prison would easily be broken by the skilled mechanics who belong to the criminal class of this century, it was then regarded as being entirely satisfactory and safe. For many years this was the only place of confinement in the county, for the great variety of offenders who were declared to be criminals by the queer laws of those days, and it was the place of confinement for the southern part of the county for 114 years. No deed to the property was given by Samuel Ely or by Thomas Merrick, from whom it was purchased by Major Pynchon for the county, till 1683, and 1684, respectively. The house for the jail-keeper stood on the same lot with the jail.

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Facts and Events
Name[1] Thomas Merrick
Alt Name[2] _____ Mirick
Gender Male
Birth[1] Abt 1620
Marriage 14 Sep 1639 Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States
to Sarah Stebbins
Marriage 21 Oct 1653 Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States
to Elizabeth Tilley
Death[1][2] 7 Sep 1704 Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States
Burial[3] Springfield Cemetery, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States
▼References
↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Merrick, George Byron. Genealogy of the Merrick-Mirick-Myrick Family of Massachusetts, 1636-1902. (Madison, Wis.: Tracy, Gibbs, & Co., 1902)
266-68.
'Thomas Merrick, born in Wales, 1620, came to America in the year 1636 with three brothers and probably one sister, Sarah Mirick, who married John Atkinson, at Newbury, 1646. … Thomas Merrick died September 7, 1704.'

The Sarah Mirricke/Myrick who married John Atkinson (1636-1715) in Newbury did so in 1664 [Torrey; Newbury VR 2:20 (John Atkins/Attkinson and Sara Mirricke)], not 1646, and thus is unlikely to be a sister to Thomas.

↑ 2.0 2.1 Stott, Clifford L. Vital Records of Springfield, Massachusetts to 1850. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2002)
1:121.
'Thomas Mirick Senior was Sicke & died Sept. 7, 1704.'

↑ Thomas Merrick, in Find A Grave.

Thomas married Elizabeth Tilley on 21 Aug 1653. Elizabeth was born in in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts; died on 21 Aug 1684 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts cemetery at Springfield. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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From, Genealogical Dictionary of The First Settlers of New England, showing Thrree Generations of those who came vefore May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register. by James Savage/
(in four volumes, Vol IV)

WILLIAM, Boston, is perhaps the passeng. in the Abigail from London 1635, aged
28, with Nathaniel, and may have been his br. perhaps was the Barnstable man 1643. In 1649, he had w. Alice, and was inhab. 1658 ; but
in 1665 was subject of complaint by w. Of Eliz. T. wh. in 1653 at Springfield, m. Thomas Merrick, tho. from that union, the Tilley has grown into a common baptism, prefix, it is, I fear, impossib. to find any
trace of parentage.

Burial: 22 Aug 1684, Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts

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John married Mercy Unknown. Mercy was born about 1670 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts; died on 25 Oct 1737 in in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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