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Jonathan Merrick

Male 1700 - 1772  (71 years)


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  1. 1.  Jonathan Merrick was born on 13 Aug 1700 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts; died on 27 Jun 1772 in North Branford, Connecticut.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 3233
    • _DEG: 1725; Yale College
    • Occupation: 1729; Ministry in North Branford, Conn

    Notes:

    Early American Newspapers
    Connecticut Journal
    Connecticut
    July 3, 1772

    North Branford, June 29, 1772
    Saturday left departed this Life, after a long Illness and Confinement, the Reverend Jonathan Merick, Senior Pastor of the Second Church of Christ in Branford. He has left a disconsolate Widow and Sorrowful Children, & a Sermon preach’d on the Occasion by the Rev. Napthali Dagget, President of Yale-College, to a numerous Assembly, from Job 30, 23. The Exercise was open’d with Prayer, by the Rev. Phileman Robbins, and clos’d with Prayer by the Rev. Warham Williams. The whole was conducted with Decency and Solemnity. He was a faithful and laborious Minster of the Gospel, a wife Counsellor, and good Divine; lare Fellow of the Corporation of Yale-College; happy in the People of his Charge, and died lamented by all.-The Memory of the Tuft is blessed.
    (Note: This is transcribed exactly like it was written.)

    Jonathan married Jerusha Miner in 1722. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Miner Merrick  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1729; died on 27 Oct 1765.
    2. 3. Chloe Merrick  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1737 in Sep 1795.
    3. 4. Mary Merrick  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1740 in Dec 1761.
    4. 5. Lucretia Merrick  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1743; died in 1770.
    5. 6. Jerusha Merrick  Descendancy chart to this point
    6. 7. Sarah Merrick  Descendancy chart to this point


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Miner Merrick Descendancy chart to this point (1.Jonathan1) was born in 1729; died on 27 Oct 1765.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 3283


  2. 3.  Chloe Merrick Descendancy chart to this point (1.Jonathan1) was born in 1737 in Sep 1795.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 3284

    Family/Spouse: Unknown Russell. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  3. 4.  Mary Merrick Descendancy chart to this point (1.Jonathan1) was born in 1740 in Dec 1761.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 3286


  4. 5.  Lucretia Merrick Descendancy chart to this point (1.Jonathan1) was born in 1743; died in 1770.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 3289

    Family/Spouse: J. Mosley. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  5. 6.  Jerusha Merrick Descendancy chart to this point (1.Jonathan1)

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 3287

    Family/Spouse: William Wells. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 7.  Sarah Merrick Descendancy chart to this point (1.Jonathan1)

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 3291

    Notes:

    Marriage Notes for SARAH MERRICK and ROBERT ROSS:
    The New-Haven Gazette and Connecticut Magazine
    Connecticut
    August 3, 1786
    On the 27th Ult. the Rev. Robert Ross of Stratfield, author of the Latin Grammar, and New American Spelling Book, was married to Miss Sarah Merick, youngest daughter to the late Rev. Jonathan Merick of Branford, a Lady of amiable character and handsome fortune.

    Sarah married Robert Ross on 27 Jul 1786 in Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]




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