Merrick family papers, 1756-1836.

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Merrick family papers, 1756-1836.

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Papers, 1756-1836, include: John Merrick papers, 1783-1798 (estate papers and records generated by John Merrick as Justice of the Peace); Merrick family deeds, 1756-1836; and misc. papers, 1768-1819, consisting of Stephen Merrick accounts, 1795-1797, loose account book, unidentified notes, unbound volume primarily containing navigational calculations, [178-]-1819, unbound volume entitled Journal of a tour by land ..., 1792-1794, notebook (mainly in Latin), and family account book, 1768-1793. These family papers belonged to Concord storekeeper. (Cont.) Tilly Merrick (1755-1836; son of Tilly; brother of Stephen, Augustus, and John; father of Francis J., Mary, Sarah, and Augustus), through whom they passed to Concord lawyer Nathan Brooks (his son-in-law).

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Concord Free Public Library, Special Collection

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Concord Free Public Library, Special Collection

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Merrick family.

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Family of Concord, Mass. Tilly Merrick (d. 1768) and Mary Minot of Concord were married in 1752. Children: Tilly (1753 Sept. 16-Sept. 29); Tilly (1755-1836); Stephen Wilder (b. 1757); Augustus (1759-1788); John (1761-1797). Tilly (1755-1836) married Sally Minot of Concord 1798 Dec. 25. Children: Francis John (b. 1799); Mary (1801-1868; married Concord lawyer Nathan Brooks 1823 July 3); Sarah (1805-1806); Augustus (b. 1810). From the description of Merrick family papers, 1756-1836. (C...

Merrick, John, 1761-1797

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Merrick, Stephen W. (Stephen Wilder), 1757-

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Merrick, Tilly, 1755-1836

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Tilly Merrick, storekeeper of Concord, Mass., was Treasurer of the Union Turnpike Corporation. He owned Union Turnpike shares No. 206-215. The Corporation was formed in 1804 to build a turnpike (a predecessor of Route 2) from Concord to Leominster, connecting the Cambridge and Concord Turnpike and the Fifth Massachusetts Turnpike. Petitions were entered with the courts of Worcester and Middlesex counties and the road laid out in Worcester in 1805, in Concord in 1806. (The road became free in Wor...