John Meyrick (1579-1650)/List of Famous Descendants

Famous Descendants of early colonial New England settler John Meyrick (1579-1650) who immigrated in 1636 from Wales, settling in the Roxbury MA area.

Royal Welsh Ancestry
That the Myricks of America are descended from the purist Celtic stock is established from the best of authorities, to wit Burke's Peerage and noblest Cambrian blood and have possessed the same ancestral estate at Bodorgan, Anglesey, Wales without interruption for about 1,000 years.

They have the rare distinction of being lineally descended from the soverign Prince of Wales of the Welsh Royal family and from King Edward I, eldest son, the first Prince of Wales of the English Royal family."

The Meyrick family has been in Wales since at least the 6th century and probably before. The family estate of Bodorgan in on the island of Anglesey, North Wales, across the Menai Strait from Bangor. The Cathedral in Bangor is on the oldest site of worship (525AD)older than Canterbury by 50 years. One of the Meyrick men was the first Protestant Bishop of Bangor. The estate house is a Manor not a castle. It is of grey stone with some kind of ivy or other climber on the front that turns brilliant red in the fall. The sword and shield are in the front hall of the Manor.

The name Meyrick is pronounced Mayrick with a long "a" When the family came to the new world, those who went into the south changed the spelling to Myrick.


 * Myrick Family Genealogy
 * Myrick Family Ancestry

Research Notes
Reverend John Meyrick was born in 1579 in Pembrokeshire, St. David's parish in Wales. He was Rector of Llandachya. He was married in 1602 to his wife Dorothy Bishop was born in 1570 in Pembrokeshire, St. David's parish in Wales. Dorothy was the daughter of Matthew Bishop and Elizabeth Young. They had 14 children, the last William. The family emigrated in 1636 to U.S.A. He died on June 26, 1650 in Roxbury.

New England 1636 Immigrants
Rev John Meyrick had four sons that immigrated to New England in 1636 on the James. They all settled in Massachusetts.


 * William Merrick (1603-1689)
 * James Merrick (1612-1708)
 * John Merrick (1614-1679)
 * Thomas Merrick (1620-1704)

Family Trees

 * Benjamin Chapman Immigrant Ancestors

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 *  Chapman, John, Capt (1718-1765) - (Son of TChapmanII below) sea captain died in Surinam in 1765 - m. Jemima Stone
 *  Chapman, Mary Ann (1872-1973) - ( WChapman2, WChapman1,  BChapman,  TChapman4,  TChapman3,  TChapman2,  SMerrick,  JMerrick2, JMeyrick1) - Arizona Mormon Pioneer lived to age 101.
 *  Chapman, Throope (1734-1794) - (Father of Benjamin) - Co-Founder of Reedsboro VT and Veteran of the 1st Conn. Reg in French-Indian Wars Campaign of 1757.
 *  Chapman, Welcome (1805-1893) - (Son of Benjamin) - Mormon pioneer, Salt Lake Stake President

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 *  Day, Jeremiah (1773-1867) - ( JDay5,  TDay4,  EMerrick,  TMerrick, JMeyrick1) - 9th President of Yale University, professor of divinity, md Martha Sherman (1779-1806), daughter of US Founding Father, Roger Sherman.
 *  Day, Sherman (1806-1884) - (son of Jeremiah) - original trustees, University of California, Professor, Mine Construction and Surveying.

Hinckley

 *  Hinckley, Alonzo A (1870-1936) - LDS Church apostle, 1st president of the newly formed Deseret Stake in 1912 covering the western half of Mallard County.
 *  Hinckley, Bryant S (1867-1961) - Held several significant leadership positions in the LDS Church and played a key role in 1913 for the LDS Church to adopt the Scouting program as its official young men activity program.
 *  Hinckley, Gordon B (1910-2008) - ( BSHinckley, INHinckley,  ENHinckley,  NHinckley5,  NHinckley4,  RMerrick,  NMerrick,  WMerrick2,  WMerrick1, JMeyrick1)- an American religious leader and author who served as the 15th President of the LDS Church. Considered a prophet, seer, and revelator by church members, Hinckley was the oldest person to preside over the church in its history.
 *  Hinckley, Ira (1828-1904) - Early Utah Mormon pioneer that supervised the construction and maintenance of Cove Fort.
 *  Hinckley, Richard G (1941) - (Son of Gordon B.) General Authority Seventy in the LDS Church.
 *  Hinckley, Virginia (1945) (daughter of Gordon B.) Author/co-author of many books, served in the General Young Womens Presidency of the LDS Church from 1992-1997.