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# Family Record: Thomas MERRICK x Sarah STEBBINS

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Husband | Thomas MERRICK b. 1620 d. 09/07/1704
Wife | Sarah STEBBINS b. 1623 d. About 1652
Child #1 | Thomas MERRICK b. 04/12/1641 d. 1664
Child #2 | Sarah MERRICK b. 05/09/1643 d. 1712
Child #3 | Mary MERRICK b. 09/28/1645 d. 07/28/1648
Child #4 | Mary MERRICK b. 08/27/1647 d. 10/03/1690
Child #5 | Hannah MERRICK b. 02/10/1650 d. After 07/16/1718

Thomas MERRICK1, 7th child of Rev. John "Sion" MEYRICK and Dorothy BISHOP, was born in 1620 in St. Davids, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, Wales. Thomas died on 09/07/1704 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts aged about 84.

Sarah STEBBINS2, only child of Rowland STEBBINS and Sarah WHITING, was born in 1623 in Bocking, Essex, England. She died about 1652 in Springfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony aged about 29.

On 09/14/1639 Thomas married Sarah. One son and 4 daughters given.

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### Children

i |  | Thomas MERRICK3 was born on 04/12/1641 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts. He died in 1664 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts aged about 23. |  |
ii |  | Sarah MERRICK4 was born on 05/09/1643 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts. She died in 1712 in East Haven, New Haven, Connecticut aged about 69. |  | (unknown image type)
iii |  | Mary MERRICK5 was born on 09/28/1645 in Springfield, Massachusetts. She died on 07/28/1648 in Springfield, Massachusetts as an infant. |  | (unknown image type)
iv |  | Mary MERRICK6 was born on 08/27/1647 in Springfield, Massachusetts Bay. Mary died on 10/03/1690 in Springfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay aged 43. |  | (unknown image type)
v |  | Hannah MERRICK7 was born on 02/10/1650 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts Bay Colony. She died after 07/16/1718 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts Bay aged 68. |  | (unknown image type)

## Notes

1. {{Puritan Great Migration|GM2|VI, R-S|497}} ==Disputed Origins==According to Robert Charles Anderson's "The Great Migration Directory", 2015, page 226, Thomas Merrick's origins are unknown. Anderson indicates that he immigrated in 1637, and there are records for him in Hartford and Springfield. Based on Anderson's information and WikiTree policy, Thomas Merrick's relationship to his parents [[Meyrick-4|John Meyrick]] and [[Bishop-985|Dorothy Bishop]], has been changed to 'Uncertain'. == Biography == Thomas Merrick, the immigrant ancestor of the Merrick family in America, was born about 1620, probably at Pembroke in Wales. He came to America on the James in 1636 with his three brothers and probably one sister.<ref>Genealogy of the Merrick-Mirick-Meyrick Family of Massachusetts</ref> According to one family story, the brothers separated, one going to Eastham, one to Newbury and one remained in Charlestown. His putative sister, Sarah Mirick, married John Atkinson at Newbury in 1646. Thomas first settled in Roxbury, then moved to Hartford, then up the Connecticut River to Agawam by 1638;<ref>Genealogy of the Merrick-Mirick-Meyrick Family of Massachusetts.</ref> Agawam soon became known as Springfield, Massachusetts. Thomas married Sarah Stebbins, the daughter of Rowland and Sarah Stebbins of Springfield, 14 Jul 1639. He and Sarah had 5 children:<ref name="beekman741">Beekman Patent, p. 741.</ref> # Thomas, , born 12 Apr 1641; died young.# Sarah, born 9 May 1643; married Eliakim Hitchcock of New York 4 Nov1667; died 1712. # Mary, born 28 Sep 1645; died 28 Jul 1646.# Mary, born 27 Aug 1647; married Samuel Foote of Hatfield, 30 May 1671. # Hannah, born 10 Feb 1649; married Benjamin Knowlton 30 Nov 1676. After Sarah's death, Thomas married second, Elizabeth Tilley, 21 Aug 1653 at Springfield.<ref>"Merrick... Thomas and Elizabeth Tilly, Aug. 21, 1653." and "Mirrick... [torn]mas [Thomas, written in a different handwriting] and Elisabeth Tilley, 21: 8m: 1653." Springfield Vital Records, Marriages, Book 1, p. 13</ref> It is not known to which of the Tilley families she belonged. Elizabeth and Thomas had 8 children:<ref name="beekman741"/> <ol start="6"> <li> Elizabeth, born 26 Aug 1654; died 11 Jan 1659.</li> <li> Miriam, born 1 May 1655; died 11 Oct 1684.</li><li> John, born 9 Nov 1658; married 1st, Mary Day, 11 Feb 1687; married 2nd Mrs. Rebekah Stebbins (widow), 14 Jan 1725; died 10 April 1748.</li><li> Elizabeth, born 4 Jul 1661; married Thomas Day of Springfield in 1685.</li> <li> Thomas, born 2 Jan 1664.</li><li> Tilley, born October 20, 1667.<ref>"Mirick... Tilly, s. Thomas, Oct. 20, 1667." Springfield Vital Records, Births, Book 1, p. 21 and "Mirick... Tilly, s. Thomas and Eliz:, Oct. 20, 1667."HR</ref></li><li> James, born March 2, 1669/70;<ref>"Mirick... James, s. Thomas and Elizabeth, Mar. 2, 1669/70." Springfield Vital Records, Births, Book 1, p. 22 and "Mirrick... James, s. Thomas and Elizabeth, Mar. 2, 1669/70." HR</ref>died September 8, 1765.<ref>"Merrick... James, Lt., a.95 y., Sept. 8, 1765." CR3 and "Mirick... James, Lt, Sept. 8, 1765."Springfield Vital Records, Deaths, Book 2, p. 57.</ref></li><li> Abigail, born 7 Sep 1673.<ref>"Mirick... Abigail, d. Thomas andEliz, Sept. 7, 1673." and "Mirick... Abigaill, d. Thomas, Sept. 7, 1673." Springfield Vital Records, Births, Book 1, p. 24.</ref> married Gershom Ferry, 5 May 1702.<ref>Source: [[#S407]] pp.266-269</ref></ol> Elizabeth Tilley Merrick died at Springfield 21 Aug 1684,<ref>"Mirrick... Elizabeth, w. Thomas, Aug. 21, 1684." and "Mirricke... Elizabeth,w. Thomas, Aug. 21, 1684." Springfield Vital Records, Deaths, Book 1,p. 51.</ref> and Thomas died there 7 Sep 1704.<ref>"Mirick... Thomas Senior, Sept. 7, 1704." Springfield Vital Records, Deaths, Book 1, p. 98.</ref><ref name="beekman741">Beekman Patent, p. 741.</ref> Thomas and his first wife, Sarah, were among the first settlers of Springfield; he is listed as a founder. Thomas was a prominent landownerand served in several public roles, from surveyor, to fence-viewer, to being on committees to build the church and allot public land; he was also sergeant of the town's militia. Thomas and his second wife, Elizabeth, are buried in the Springfield Cemetery.<ref>Genealogy of the Merrick-Mirick-Meyrick Family of Massachusetts.</ref> === Name === : Alt names: Meyrick, Mirack, Mirick, Mirrick, Myrick === Birth === : Birth: 1620 Wales : Alt birth: St. David's, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, Wales : Alt birth: Anglesey, Pembrokeshire, Wales === Immigration ===: 1636, on the ''James'', with his three brothers and one sister<ref>Genealogy of the Merrick-Mirick-Meyrick Family of Massachusetts</ref> === Residence === : Residence, 1636: Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts : Residence, 1637: Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut: Residence, 1638: Agawam (now Springfield), Hampshire (Now Hampden),Massachusetts === Death === : Death: September 7, 1704, at Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts : Alt death: 3 Dec 1719, at Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts === Burial === : Burial: Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts == Research Note == :No probate or will available at Ancestry. == Sources == <references />* Frank J. Doherty. ''The Settlers of the Beekman Patent, Dutchess County, New York: An Historical and Genealogical Study of All the 18th Century Settlers in the Patent'', ten volumes. 1990–2003. Pleasant Valley, NY. (The Settlers of the Beekman Patent, V.1-8. Online database:AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2013), * Vital Records of Springfield, Massachusetts. * The First Century of the History of Springfield: The Official Records from 1636 to 1736, Volume 2. Henry Martyn Burt, Springfield, Massachusetts, 1899. pp. 30, 68-70, 166, 194, 246, 256, 273, [https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=oeAWAAAAYAAJ link] or[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044011995750;view=1up;seq=44 see at hathitrust.com] * The Welsh Progenitors of the Merrick Family in America *Find A Grave Memorial# 47072606 * Savage.ged imported on 21 February 2011 * Beaman Family Tree.ged imported on 31 March 2011. * EBENSTEIN-GRANGER.GED imported on Aug 19, 2011 by [[Ebenstein-3 | Merryann Palmer]]. * Source: <span id='S407'>S407</span> Merrick, George B. ''Genealogyof the Merrick, Mirick, Myrick Family of Massachusetts'' <!-- Please edit, add, or delete anything in this text, including this note. Be bold and experiment! If you make a mistake you can always see the previous version of the text on the Changes page. --> ---- == Biography ==Thomas Merrick was likely born in Wales. His birthplace has been given as St. David's in Pembrokeshire. His birth year unclear - some sources say 1608 and others say 1620. 1620 is unlikely, because men had to be at least 21 to gain status as freemen, and most attained that status between about 25 and 30. Thomas could not have received land until he was a freeman. Since Thomas had married and received land by 1639, he had to have been born by 1618. He was also one of six men ordered toparticipate in a diplomatic mission to the Warranocke Indians "to know the reasons why they said they are afraid of us" in April 1638.<ref>Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume VI, R-S,p. 486.</ref>It is highly unlikely that this delicate of a task wouldhave been entrusted to a teenager. From the ''Genealogy of the Merrick Family of Massachusetts'':: "Thomas Merrick... came to America in the year 1636 with three brothers and probably one sister, Sarah Mirick, who married John Atkinson,at Newbury, 1646. The brothers separated, one going to Plymouth, later to Eastham, one to Newbury, and one remaining in Charlestown. ThomasMerrick is noted as having been in Roxbury in 1636... He was in Agawam [Springfield] on the 3rd day of January, 1638, according to the records of that plantation."<ref> ''Merrick genealogy'', p. 266.</ref> : "According to the records he was married to his first wife, Sarah, daughter of Rowland and Sarah Stebbins, July 14, 1639. She died after having borne him five children, and he married, 2d, Elizabeth Tilley, Aug. 21, 1653... By his second wife Thomas Merrick had eight children."<ref>''Merrick genealogy,'' p. 267.</ref> Elizabeth died on August 21, 1684 and Thomas died twenty years later on September 7, 1704. They are buried in Springfield.<ref>''Merrick genealogy'', p. 268.</ref> Children with first wife, Sarah (Stebbins) Merrick:<ref>''Merrick genealogy'', p. 268 and ''History of Springfield'', pp. 603-604.</ref> : 1. Thomas, born April 12, 1641; died young.: 2. Sarah, born May 9, 1643; married Eliakim Hitchcock, of New York [New Haven?] on November 4, 1667. : 3. Mary, born September 28, 1645; died July 28, 1646.: 4. Mary, born August 27, 1647; married Samuel Foote, of Hatfield onMay 30, 1671.: 5. Hannah, born February 10, 1649; married Benjamin Knowlton on November 30, 1676. Children with second wife, Elizabeth (Tilley) Merrick:<ref>''Merrick genealogy'', p. 268 and ''History of Springfield'', pp. 603-604.</ref>: 6. Elizabeth, born August 26 [or October 26], 1654; died January 11, 1659.: 7. Miriam [Merriam], born May 1, 1655 [or 1656]; died October 11 [or 4], 1684. : 8. John, born November 9, 1658, married Mary Day.: 9. Elizabeth, born July 4, 1661; married Thomas Day, of Springfieldin 1685. :10. Thomas, born January 2, 1664 [or 1663], married Hannah Dumbleton. :11. Tilley [Tilly], born October 20, 1667, married Sarah Cooley. :12. James, born March 2, 1670, married Sarah Hitchcock.:13. Abigail, born September 1 [or 7], 1673; married Gershom Ferry onMay 5, 1702. == Sources == * Ancestral File Number: MJP3-HW * [https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=2rU0AAAAMAAJ ''Genealogy of the Merrick-Mirick-Myrick Family of Massachusetts, 1636-1902'']. George Byron Merrick. Tracy, Gibbs & Company, 1902. * [https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=oeAWAAAAYAAJ ''The First Century of the History of Springfield: The Official Records from1636 to 1736, with an Historical Review and Biographical Mention of the Founders'', Volume 2]. Henry Martyn Burt, 1899. * Source <span id='S12'>S12</span> Repository: [[#REPO12]] Ancestral File (R), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998. Repository <span id='REPO12'>REPO12</span> Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150 USA. * <span id='S1'></span>Dexter, Franklin Bowditch. <i>[[Space:Biographical Sketches of the Graduates of Yale College|Biographical Sketches of the Graduates of Yale College]]</i> (Holt, 1885) [http://books.google.com/books?id=LektAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA431#v=onepage&q&f=true Vol. 1, Page 431]
2. {{Puritan Great Migration|GM2|VI, R-S|497}} ==Biography== Sarah Stebbins was born about 1622 or 1623, presumably in Bocking, Essex, England since that is where her father was born and her parents were married. She was the daughter of Rowland Stebbins and his wife Sarah Whiting<ref name="TAG31">The American Genealogist. New Haven, CT:D. L. Jacobus, 1937-. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .) Oct. 1955. Vol. 31, No.4. ''"The Stebbing Family of Co. Essex, England, and Rowland, Martin, Edward and Editha Stebbing or Stebbins of New England"'' John Insley Coddington.[https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/american-genealogist-the/image?pageName=193&volumeId=11830 subscribers$] </ref> who migrated together on the ''Francis'' of Ipswich in 1634. On 30 April 1634, "Rowland Stebing," aged 40, "Sarah his wife," age 43, "Thomas Stebing," aged 14, "Sarah Stebing," age 11, "Elizabeth Stebing," age 6, "John Stebing," aged 8, and "Mary Winche," aged 15, were enrolled atIpswich as passengers for New England on the ''Francis."<ref name=GMstebbins>Great Migration 1634-1635, R-S. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2012.) Originally published as: The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume VI, R-S, by Robert Charles Anderson. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009. sketch of Rowland Stebbins.[https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/great-migration-immigrants-to-new-england-1634-1635-volume-vi-r-s/image?pageName=494&volumeId=12124&rId=23901574] </ref> Sarah was Thomas Merrick's first wife. They were married September 14, 1639, in Springfield, Massachusetts.<ref>"MERICKE... Thomas and Sarah Stebbins, 14: 7m: 1639." Springfield Vital Records, Marriages, Bk.1, p. 13.</ref> Thomas' children with Sarah were:# Thomas, born April 12, 1641;<ref>"MERICKE... Thomas, s. Thomas, 12:2m: 1641." Springfield Vital Records, Births, Book 1, p. 5.</ref> died young.# Sarah, born May 9, 1643;<ref>"MERICKE... Sarah, d. Thom, 9: 3m: 1643." Springfield Vital Records, Births, Book 1, p. 5.</ref> married Eliakim Hitchcock of New York 4 Nov 1667; died 1712.# Mary, born September 28, 1645;<ref>"MERICKE... Mary, d. Thomas, 28:7m: 1645." Springfield Vital Records, Births, Book 1, p. 6.</ref> died July 28, 1646.<ref>"MERICKE... Mary, d. Thomas, buryed 28: 5m: 1646." Springfield Vital Records, Deaths, Book 1, p. 46.</ref># Mary (unclear if surname in record is Merrick or Merickle), born August 27, 1647;<ref>"MERICKLE... Mary, d. Thomas, 27: 6m: 1647." Springfield Vital Records, Births, Book 1, p. 6.</ref> married Samuel Foote of Hatfield, 30 May 1671.# Hannah, born February 10, 1649/50;<ref>"MIRRICK... Hannah, d. Thomas, 10: 12m: 1649." Springfield Vital Records, Births, Book 1, p. 7.</ref> married Benjamin Knowlton 30 Nov 1676. Sarah died October 4, 1649 at Springfield. ['''NOTE''': The October 4, 1649 death date is that of her mother, Sarah (Whiting) Stebbins. Sarah (Stebbins) Merrick died between 10 February 1649/50, the date her last child was born, and 21 October 1653, when her husband Thomas Merrick married Elizabeth Tilley.]<ref name="TAG31" /> Thomas married second, Elizabeth Tilley, 21 Aug 1653 at Springfield. Thomas and Elizabeth had eight children that are listed on the profileof [[Merrick-10|Thomas Merrick]]. == Sources == <references />* Anderson, Robert Charles. ''The Great Migration'', vol. VI, [https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/great-migration-immigrants-to-new-england-1634-1635-volume-vi-r-s/image/?pageName=497&volumeId=12124&rId=23901577 page 497].* [http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Hampden/Springfield/ Vital Records of Springfield, Massachusetts].* Ralph Stebbins Greenlee and Robert Lemuel Greenlee. ''The Stebbins Genealogy. Chicago, 1904. [https://archive.org/details/stebbinsgenealog01ingree Volume 1] at Archive.org. [https://archive.org/details/stebbinsgenealog02lcgree Volume 2] at Archive.org.* [https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=oeAWAAAAYAAJ The First Century of the History of Springfield: The Official Records from 1636 to 1736, Volume 2]. Henry Martyn Burt, Springfield, Massachusetts,1899.* Ancestral File. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Publication: June 1998, data as of 5 Jan 1998. Repository: Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84150 USA.
3. == Biography == {{Died Young}}Thomas was the third child born in Springfield, Massachusetts. He wasborn in 1641, and died young, possibly in 1644 or 1645, but almost certainly sometime between 1641 and 1651. He was the son of [[Merrick-302|Thomas Merrick]] and [[Stebbins-405|Sarah Stebbins]]. Name: Thomas Merrick<ref>Source: [[#S2]] Ancestry Family Trees http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=6917051&pid=138</ref> == Sources == * Source: <span id='S2'>S2</span> Ancestry Family Trees Online Publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree filessubmitted by Ancestry members.; Repository: [[#R1]] Repository: <span id='R1'>R1</span> http://www.Ancestry.com <references /> <!-- Please edit, add, or delete anything in this text, including this note. Be bold and experiment! If you make a mistake you can always see the previous version of the text on the Changes page. -->
4. ==Biography==Sarah '''merick'''e the daughter of Thomas mericke was borne 3 mon. 9day 1643, about 2 a clocke in the afternoone, in Springfield, Massachusetts.<ref>Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1621-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). aka ''The Vital Records of Springfield, Massachusetts to 1850.'' New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2003. [https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/i/39814/9/1320086904 p. 9 Link at American Ancestors.]</ref><ref>''The Settlers of the Beekman Patent'', V.1-8 (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2013), (Orig. Pub. by Frank J. Doherty, Pleasant Valley, NY. Frank J. Doherty, The Settlers of the Beekman Patent, Dutchess County, New York: An Historical and Genealogical Study of All the 18th CenturySettlers in the Patent, ten volumes. 1990–2003), page 741. Citing ''A Genealogical Circular Very Respectfully Addressed to All the Merricks in America'', by Rev. James L. Merrick, South Amherst, Mass. (undated).</ref> Sarah Merricke was married to Eliakim (also known as Eleazer) Hitchcock in Springfield on November 4, 1667, by Capt. John Pinchon. The marriage was recorded in New Haven where the couple's children were born.<ref>''New Haven Vital Records'', [https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/new-haven-ct-vital-records-1649-1850/image/?volumeId=7397&pageName=26&rId=5769578 Vol. 1, page 26]: Eliakim Hitchcock & Sarah Merricke were married by Capt John Pinchon at Springfield Novembr 4th 1667.</ref><ref name=DLJ749>Donald Lines Jacobus, "Families of Ancient New Haven", Vol III, [https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/families-of-ancient-new-haven/image/?pageName=749&volumeId=7489 page 749] (Hitchcock Family).</ref><ref>Anderson, Robert Charles. ''The Great Migration'', vol. III, [https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/great-migration-immigrants-to-new-england-1634-1635-volume-iii-g-h/image/?volumeId=7118&pageName=338&rId=235153726 page 338], citing New Haven Vital Records 26.</ref><ref>Torrey's New England Marriages, Vol. 2, [https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/torreys-new-england-marriages-to-1700/image/?volumeId=21175&pageName=763&rId=426890495 page 763].</ref>The births of nine children were recorded in New Haven.<ref name=DLJ749/> Sarah Hitchcock, wife of Eliakim, d. [____] 1712, in East Haven, Connecticut.<ref name="Barbour">East haven. Connecticut Vital Records to 1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.) From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928. p. 42</ref> References to Newbury, Massachusetts, are confusing her with [[Merrick-348|Sarah (Merrick) Atkinson]]. ==Sources== <references/>*Mrs. Edward Hitchcock, Sr., The Genealogy of the Hitchcock Family (Amherst, Massachusetts: Press of Carpenter and Morehouse, 1894.) found in Cheshire Public Library, Cheshire, Connecticut.* Source <span id='S12'>S12</span> [https://familysearch.org/search/tree/results?count=20&query=%2Bafn%3A2CMG-V6 Ancestral File, no. 2CMG-V6 (FamilySearch.org)]. '''Note:''' Searching this Ancestral File number yields 148 user-submitted trees in both "Ancestral File" and "Pedigree Resource File." At some point in time, FamilySearch.org combined all these genealogies under a single reference number. I do not know which tree the contributor intended with this citation.
5. == Biography == {{Died Young}}Mary Merrick was born September 28, 1645. She was the daughter of [[Merrick-302|Thomas Merrick]] and [[Stebbins-1|Sarah Stebbins]]. Her parents had another daughter Mary on August 27, 1647, suggesting that this Mary died prior to that date.<ref>The Settlers of the Beekman Patent, V.1-8, page 741. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2013), (Orig. Pub. by Frank J. Doherty, Pleasant Valley, NY. Frank J. Doherty, The Settlers of the Beekman Patent, Dutchess County, New York: An Historical and Genealogical Study of All the 18th Century Settlers in the Patent, ten volumes. 1990–2003).</ref> == Sources == <references /> == Acknowledgments == Thanks to [[Merrick-236 | Jackie Merrick]] for starting this profile. Thank you to [[Saxberg-5 | Ang Saxberg]] for creating WikiTree profile Merrick-482 through the import of bessie1.ged on Mar 20, 2013. Thank you to [[Saxberg-5 | Ang Saxberg]] for creating WikiTree profile Merrick-483 through the import of bessie1.ged on Mar 20, 2013. ----
6. == Biography =="Goodwife Foote (Mary (Merrick) Foote) and two children (Nathanie & Mary) were carried away by the Indians, in ther irruption on Hatfield, September 19, 1677." == Sources == <references />* <span id='Goodwin'></span>Goodwin, Nathaniel. ''[[Space:The Foote Family|The Foote Family]]'' (Case, Tiffany and Co., Hartford, Connecticut, 1849) [https://archive.org/details/footefamilyordes00good/page/n37Page xxx]
7. [[Category: Hampden County, Massachusetts, Knowlton Name Study]] == Biography == Hannah Merrick, the daughter of [[Merrick-10|Thomas Merrick]] and [[Stebbins-1|Sarah Stebbins]], was born February 10, 1650. She married Benjamin Knowlton.<ref>The Settlers of the Beekman Patent, V.1-8 (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2013), (Orig. Pub. by Frank J. Doherty, Pleasant Valley, NY. Frank J. Doherty, The Settlers of the Beekman Patent, Dutchess County, New York: An Historical and Genealogical Study of All the 18th CenturySettlers in the Patent, ten volumes. 1990–2003), page 741.</ref> After Benjamin's death in 1690, 53 year old Hannah married as her second husband, 30 year old Mathew Crowfoot. They had no children. When Mathew passed away in 1718 he left a will dated Jul 16, 1718 in which Hannah is named his executor. Mathew instructed that Hannah receive his house and land to use for her natural life after which it wasto go to Mathew Crowfoot the son of James Crowfoot of Danbury, Connecticut. It is not known when Hannah passed away but it is obviously after July 16, 1718 in Springfield. The claim made in a Find A Grave memorial (with no photo of any gravestone inscription) that she died in 1716 inCharlestown, MA. is false. That error has been brought to the attention of the profile manager and been corrected. === Marriage === : Husband: [[Knowlton-162|Benjamin Knowlton]] : Wife: [[Mirick-4|Hannah Mirick]] : Marriage: :: Date: 30 NOV 1676 :: Source: [[#S103]] : User ID: 114F69B078D7480392F50C1F7F6E9C3D8B08 : Child: [[Knowlton-191|Mary Knowlton]] : Child: [[Knowlton-192|Benjamin Knowlton]] : Child: [[Knowlton-193|Sarah Knowlton]] : Child: [[Knowlton-194|Mercy Knowlton]] : Child: [[Knowlton-195|Joseph Knowlton]] : Child: [[Knowlton-196|Mercy Knowlton]] === Sources === * Massachusetts, Springfield, Vital Records, 1638-1887, The Marriage of Hannah Knowlton and Mathew Crowfoot, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XPJJ-1YG* Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991, The Will of Mathew Crowfoot; https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/9069/007705549_00512/628346?backurl=https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/89316435/person/432056556314/facts/citation/1162075175696/edit/record* Hannah Merrick- Ancestry Tree- https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/89316435/person/79005332166/facts <references/> : Source <span id='S103'>S103</span> : Text: Web Site : Text: Knowlton Mailing List : Text: Descendants of William Knowlton : Text: http://www.benetech.com/knowlton/ : Text: viewed 23 March 1999