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Personal data William Merrick 

  • He was born on September 15, 1643 in Plymouth Colony, British Colonial America.
  • He died on October 30, 1732 in Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, he was 89 years old.
  • He is buried in the year 1732 in Old Burying Ground, Brewster, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States.
  • A child of William Merrick and Rebecca Tracy
  • This information was last updated on October 18, 2023.

Household of William Merrick

(1) He is married to Abigail Hopkins.

They got married on May 23, 1667 at Eastham, Plymouth Colony, British Colonial America, he was 23 years old.


(2) He is married to Elizabeth Smith.

They got married after April 22, 1691 at Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of William Merrick

John Meyrick
1579-1650
Dorothy Bishop
1574-1650
Stephen Tracy
1596-1673
Tryphosa Lee
± 1597-< ????
Rebecca Tracy
1624-1686

William Merrick
1643-1732

(1) 1667

Abigail Hopkins
1644-1691

(2) > 1691

Elizabeth Smith
1648-± 1733


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Birthday September 15, 1643

  • Stadhouder Prins Frederik Hendrik (Huis van Oranje) was from 1625 till 1647 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1643: Source: Wikipedia
    • May 14 » Four-year-old Louis XIV becomes King of France upon the death of his father, Louis XIII.
    • May 19 » Thirty Years' War: French forces under the duc d'Enghien decisively defeat Spanish forces at the Battle of Rocroi, marking the symbolic end of Spain as a dominant land power.
    • July 1 » First meeting of the Westminster Assembly, a council of theologians ("divines") and members of the Parliament of England appointed to restructure the Church of England, at Westminster Abbey in London.
    • July 13 » English Civil War: Battle of Roundway Down: In England, Henry Wilmot, 1st Earl of Rochester, commanding the Royalist forces, heavily defeats the Parliamentarian forces led by Sir William Waller.
    • August 24 » A Dutch fleet establishes a new colony in the ruins of Valdivia in southern Chile.
    • December 13 » English Civil War: The Battle of Alton takes place in Hampshire.

Day of marriage May 23, 1667

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    Van 1650 tot 1672 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Eerste Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
  • In the year 1667: Source: Wikipedia
    • April 27 » Blind and impoverished, John Milton sells Paradise Lost to a printer for £10, so that it could be entered into the Stationers' Register.
    • May 24 » The French Royal Army crosses the border into the Spanish Netherlands, starting the War of Devolution opposing France to the Spanish Empire and the Triple Alliance.
    • June 9 » Second Anglo-Dutch War: The Raid on the Medway by the Dutch fleet begins. It lasts for five days and results in the worst ever defeat of the Royal Navy.
    • June 14 » The Raid on the Medway by the Dutch fleet in the Second Anglo-Dutch War ends. It had lasted for five days and resulted in the worst ever defeat of the Royal Navy.
    • June 15 » The first human blood transfusion is administered by Dr. Jean-Baptiste Denys.
    • November 25 » A deadly earthquake rocks Shemakha in the Caucasus, killing 80,000 people.

Day of death October 30, 1732

  • The temperature on October 30, 1732 was about 10.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. Weather type: helder. Source: KNMI
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    Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
  • In the year 1732: Source: Wikipedia
    • June 9 » James Oglethorpe is granted a royal charter for the colony of the future U.S. state of Georgia.
    • September 16 » In Campo Maior, Portugal, a storm hits the Armory and a violent explosion ensues, killing two thirds of its inhabitants.
    • November 29 » The magnitude 6.6 Irpinia earthquake causes 1,940 deaths in the former Kingdom of Naples, southern Italy.
    • December 7 » The Royal Opera House opens at Covent Garden, London, England.


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