Family of James Myrick of Newbury, MA

MYRICK

1. Rt. Rev. ROLAND

Issue-

2I. JOHN- m. SAGE AP GRIFFITH AP HYWTH

2.I Rev. JOHN (AP LLEWELYN 1)

m. SAGE d. of JAMES AP GRIFFITH AP HYWTH

Issue-

3I. WILLIAM- m. JANET

3I. Rev. WILLIAM (ROLAND 1, JOHN 2)

m. JANET d. of IEWEN, descended from Llewellyn of Trevillia

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4I. JOHN- m. DOROTHY BISHOP

4I. Rev. JOHN (ROLAND 1, JOHN 2, WILLIAM 3)

m. DOROTHY d. of MATTHEW BISHOP

Merrick in his genealogy makes the Rev. John of St. David's the father of the four Myricks who came to New England, however, no proof is given and he admits that: "This is pure assumption, as no record of John's children has as yet been found... this writer bequeaths this, with many other unsolved riddles, to the successor whom he hopes and believes will some time revise, correct, and enlarge the present work".(1)

Issue-

?I. William- b.c.1603, m.c.1642 Rebecca ______ (d. 1668 Eastham), will 3 Dec. 1686- 6 Mar. 1688

?5II. JAMES- b.c.1612, m.c.1645 MARGARET ______ (b.c.1622, d.2 Apr. 1708 Newbury, MA), d. after 1681 Newbury, MA

?III. John- b.c.1614, m.c.1641 Hopestill _____ (living in 1669), d. 15 Feb. 1678/9 Charlestown

?IV. Thomas- b.c.1620, m.1. 14 July 1639 Agawam, MA, Sarah Stebbins, 2. 21 Aug. 1653 Agawam, Elizabeth Tilley (d. 21 Aug. 1684 Springfield, MA), d. 7 Sept. 1704 Springfield

Ref:

(1) Genealogy of the Merrick-Mirick-Myrick Family of Massachusetts 1636-1902- George Byron Merrick, Tracy, Gibbs & Co., Madison, WI, 1902- p. 95-6

5I. JAMES (ROLAND 1, JOHN 2, WILLIAM 3, JOHN 4)

b.c.1612
m.c.1645 MARGARET _____ (b.c.1622, d.2 Apr. 1708 Newbury, MA)
d. after 1681 Newbury, MA

Tradition states that James and his younger brother John (b.c.1614) came from St. David's, Pembrokeshire and that they arrived in America in 1636 on the "James" but, they are not listed on the shipping lists and no authority is given for this statement.

James and John were early inhabitants of Charlestown, MA where John was granted a house lot in 1644. The grant to James has not been found but, he owned land there before 1649 since it is mentioned as a bound in that year. In 1655/6 the bounds of his and John's lands were finally settled.

James was a cooper and fish-monger owning a wharf in Charlestown. John was also a cooper and he attached the wharf of Henry Kemble because Henry had taken a son of his and withheld a writing (John had apprenticed his son to Henry). James testified about 1653, aged forty years, that John Smith took mackerel at the house of Edward Johnson and on 22 May 1653 he again testified in court aged 40 years.

Before 1657 James moved to Newbury where he remained for some years and where most of his children were born. On 13 May 1657 John Andrews of Charlestown purchased land there from "James Mirack, Cooper and Margerite his wife."

After the birth of his last child in 1670 James moved to Boston but, returned to Newbury before 1681. Later his son James Jr. went to Boston to live. On 25 Oct. 1676 James Sr. of Boston sold to James Jr. his house lot in Newbury with all of the household goods for L40. James Jr. was also to receive from his brother the last year's rent of 40/. James Jr. of Newbury then sold the house to William Ellsby of Newbury for £40 15 June 1679.

In 1681 John Atkinson (daughter Sarah's husband) sued Sarah Stickney for slander in the Essex County Court. The testimonies in this case prove that Sarah was the daughter of James and not his sister as stated by some.

Issue-

6I. SARAH- b.c.1647 Charlestown, MA, m. 27 Apr. 1664 JOHN (2) ATKINSON (bpt. 16 Sept. 1638 Bury, Lanc?, d. between 26 June 1713 & 29 Sept. 1716 Newbury), d. between 1686 & 1700

II. John- b.c.1649 Charlestown, MA, d. of small pox 15 Feb. 1657 Charlestown

III. James- b.c.1651 Charlestown, MA, m. Hannah ______

IV. Hannah- b. 6 Feb. 1656/7 Newbury, MA, m. Benjamin Knowlton of Springfield

V. Abigail- b. 5 Sept. 1658 Newbury, MA

VI. Joseph- b. 27 Apr. 1661 Newbury, MA, m.c.1690 Sarah Cole (d. 1716 Charlestown)

VII. Issac- b. 6 Jan. 1665 Newbury, MA, m.1. 22 Aug. 1694 Mary Newell of Charlestown (11 Mar. 1710), 2. 24 Nov. 1714 Martha Frinde of Andover, d. 1731 Newbury, MA

VIII. Timothy- b. 28 Sept. 1666 Newbury, MA, m. 9 May 1696 Mary Lancaster of Amesbury, d. 15 Mar. 1719 Newbury

IX. Susanna- b. 20 Aug. 1670 Newbury, MA

Ref:

Genealogy of the Merrick-Mirick-Myrick Family of Massachusetts 1636-1902- George Byron Merrick, Tracy, Gibbs & Co., Madison, WI, 1902- pp.143-5
"Ancestry of Charles Stinson Pillsbury and John Sargent Pillsbury"- Mary Lovering Holman, Vol.I, pp.727-8
"Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England"- Savage, Vol.III, p.218

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