Thomas Merrick and Sarah Stebbins

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Husband Thomas Merrick ¹

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           Born: 1620 - Wales 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 7 Sep 1704 2
         Buried:  - Springfield, Hampden Co, MA

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         Father: [Ancestor] Merrick (      -      )
         Mother: 

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       Marriage: 14 Jul 1639 2

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   Other Spouse: Elizabeth Tilley (      -1684) 2 - 21 Aug 1653 2

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Wife Sarah Stebbins ²

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           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef Aug 1653
         Buried: 

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         Father: Rowland Stebbins (      -      ) 2
         Mother: Sarah [Unk] (      -      ) 2

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Children

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1 M Thomas Merrick ²

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           Born: 12 Apr 1641 2
     Christened: 
           Died: while young
         Buried: 

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2 F Sarah Merrick ^{2 3}

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           Born: 9 May 1643 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Eliakim Hitchcock (      -      ) 2 3
           Marr: 4 Nov 1666-1667 3

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3 F Mary [1] Merrick ²

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           Born: 28 Sep 1645 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 28 Jul 1646 2
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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4 F Mary [2] Merrick ²

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           Born: 7 Aug 1647 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Samuel Foot (      -      ) 2
           Marr: 30 May 1671 2

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5 F Hannah Merrick ²

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           Born: 10 Feb 1649 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Benj. Knowlton (      -      ) 2
           Marr: 30 Nov 1676 2

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General Notes: Husband - Thomas Merrick

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With three brothers and probably one sister he came to America on the ship "James" in the spring of 1636. He is recorded as being in Roxbury, Massachusetts, in 1636 and on Jan. 3, 1638, in Agawam, the Indian name for Springfield. With five others he was appointed to draw up the boundaries of the Plan­tation (Springfield). On Jan. 13, 1638, he was one who made a contribution for the purpose of building a home for the minister.

1 Hayden Leroy Stright, A Stright Genealogy (Minneapolis, MN: The Brings Press, 1973), Pg 82.

2 Hayden Leroy Stright, A Stright Genealogy (Minneapolis, MN: The Brings Press, 1973), Pg 83.

3 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 451.