John MEYRICK

1579 - 1650  (71 years)

• Name	John MEYRICK  [1]
  Birth	1 Jan 1579	St Davids, Pembrokeshire, Wales   [1]
  Christening	11 Jan 1579	St Davids, Pembrokeshire, Wales   [1]
  Gender	Male
  LifeSketch	[2]
  	LifeSketch
  Name	John MERRICK  [2]
  _FSFTID	L5G6-J2S
  _FSLINK	https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L5G6-J2S
  _UID	1CF82AC43B734BCD9E89DEB15166C65E5918
  Burial	Jun 1650	Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America   [1]
  Death	26 Jun 1650	Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America   [1]
  Person ID	I594763347	Carney Wehofer July 2025
  Last Modified	18 Nov 2022

  
  

  Father	William MEYRICK,   b. Abt 1546, Bodorgan, Anglesey, Wales d. 1596, St Davids, Pembrokeshire, Wales (Age ~ 50 years)
  Mother	Janet Verch LENEN,   b. 1550, Anglessy, Saint Davids, Pembroke, Wales d. 1598, St Davids, Pembrokeshire, Wales (Age 48 years)
  Marriage	1570	Saint Davids, Saint Bride's Bay, Pembroke, Wales   [3]
  Family ID	F536728056	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Dorothy Elizabeth Shortford BISHOP,   b. 1570, St Davids, Pembrokeshire, Wales d. 25 Jun 1650, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	1591	Pembrokeshire, Wales   [2]
  Children	1. Janet MERRICK,   b. 1591, Wales, Llanlleschydd, St David's, Pembrokeshire d. Yes, date unknown   2. Edith Moss MEYRICK,   b. 1600, Monkton, Pembrokeshire, Wales d. Bef 1700, Pembrokeshire, Wales (Age 99 years)   3. William MERRICK,   b. 1 Jan 1602, St Davids, Pembrokeshire, Wales d. 6 Mar 1689, Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts (Age 87 years)   4. John MEYRICK,   b. 1604, Wales d. 1604, Wales (Age 0 years)   5. Maud MEYRICK,   b. 1605, Llanlleschydd St.Davids, Pembrokeshire, Wales d. Yes, date unknown   6. Roland MEYRICK,   b. 1605, Llanlleschydd St.Davids, Pembrokeshire, Wales d. Yes, date unknown   7. James MERRICK,   b. 1606, Llanlleschydd, Pembrokeshire, Wales d. 1646, Saint Davids, Pembrokeshire, Wales (Age 40 years)   8. Sarah MARRICK,   b. Abt 1608, St. David's, Pembrokeshire, Wales d. 1687, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts (Age ~ 79 years)   9. John MEYRICK,   b. 1614, Anglesey, Wales d. 15 Feb 1678, Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America (Age 64 years)   10. Thomas MERRICK,   b. 1620, Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales d. 7 Sep 1704, Springfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America (Age 84 years)
  Family ID	F536728054	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	18 Nov 2022

  
  

• Notes

  LifeSketch John Meyrick, also a minister, was born in 1579. He married Dorothy, daughter of Mathew and Elizabeth (Young) Bishop. They had four sons: William, John, James, and Thomas, whose destiny was to be in the settlement of Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay Colonies and whose descendants contributed remarkably in the development of two nations. Arrived in 1636 into Plymouth from Wales. John Meyrick BIRTH      1579 Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales DEATH      26 Jun 1650 (aged 70– 71) Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts,

  
  

• Sources

  [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 18 Nov 2022), entry for William Merrick, person ID LLWP-F3X. (Reliability: 3). [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 18 Nov 2022), entry for John Meyrick, person ID L5G6-J2S. (Reliability: 3). [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 18 Nov 2022), entry for William Meyrick, person ID M5QM-15N. (Reliability: 3).