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Status summary

Completed as of March 24, 2021:

• Recruiting additional direct male-line William Merrick descendants for NGS/WGS SNP testing - anyone interested in submitting their DNA for testing should contact Raymond T. Wing (email: wing.genealogist AT gmail DOT com)

Biography

First Generation

William Merrick (II) was born prob. Duxbury 15 Sep 1643, son of William Merrick^[1] & Rebecca Tracy. He died Harwich 30 Oct 1732. He married Abigail, daughter of Giles Hopkins and they had nine children: Rebecca (1668), William (1670-1670/1), Stephen (1673), Benjamin (1674), Nathaniel (1675), John (c1680 m. twic3e but appar. no ch.), Joshua (c1680), Ruth (1684) and Samuel (d unm.).

Second Generation

Stephen Merrick was born Eastham 26 Mar 1673 and died Harwich 11 Mar 1731/2. He married Eastham 21 Nov 1706 Deborah Snow and they had nine children (born Harwich): Joshua (1708), Snow (1709/10 nfr), Deborah (1712), Samuel (1714/5 nfr), Oliver (1716 m Therzia Bullard unk if ch), Thomas (1718), Simeon (1721), Jabez (1722/3) and Jethro (1725-1746 unm.)

Benjamin Merrick was born 1674 Eastham and died prob. Harwich 24 May 1749. He married twice, first Rebecca Doane and second Harwich 31 Jul 1740 Rachel HOLMES Lincoln. Children only by first wife (born Harwich): Abigail (c1699), John (c1709), Rebecca (c1711), Isaac (c1713 unm.), Nathaniel (1714/5) and Benjamin (1719).

Nathaniel Merrick was born Eastham 1675 and died Harwich 13 Nov 1743 in 71st yr. He married abt 1699 Alice Freeman and they had ten children (all born Harwich, now Brewster): Hannah (c1700), Constant (son c1701), William (c1703), Mercy (c1705), Gideon (unm), Priscilla, Ruth (c1709), Alice (c1713), Benjamin (1717/8) and Sarah (1720).

Joshua Merrick was born Eastham abt 1680 and died in Harwich. He married Eastham 4 Jun 1714 Lydia Mayo and they had nine children (born Harwich): Thomas (1717/8), Seth (1720), Joseph (1722), Abigail (1724), Lydia (1726), Barnabas (c1728), Hannah (1731), Mary (1734) and Bezaleel (1736).

Third Generation

Joshua Merrick/Myrick was born Harwich 17 Apr 1708. His further history is murky. It is believed he married (int Boston 8 May 1740) Rebekah Savage and poss. had three ch: (Ebenezer 1741, Oliver & Samuel bp 1745). Joshua may have married second, Boston 1 May 1759 Susanna Cain. No further record of any of this family.

1. ↑ William is said to have been the oldest of four brothers who emigrated to Charlestown aboard the James in the Spring of 1636.

DNA Results R1b-Z375

Previous testing

The Meyrick, Merrick Family Project does not publicly disclose their DNA results. However, the administrator has developed a variety of online sites. One of his sites documented the 67 Y-STR results of a Merrick descendant as published at Y-Search.org (now defunct). Plugging in these Y-STR results into the Nevgen.org haplogroup predictor gives a predicted Haplogroup of: R1b U106>Z18>Z17>>L257>>Z375 with a probability of 98.48%.

NGS/WGS testing

NGS/WGS testing of other known William Merrick Y-DNA descendants would refine the haplogroup for the family and possibly define subclades for descendants.

External Links and References

• Austin, John D., Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: vol. 6 Hopkins, General Society of Mayflower Descendants, Plymouth, MA. Third edition 2001
• Pilgrim Hopkins Heritage Society Lineage database