Henry Herrick (abt. 1598 - bef. 1671)

Born about 1598 in England

Descendants

Died before 15 Mar 1671 before about age 73 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts

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Henry Herrick migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640). (See Great Migration Begins, by R. C. Anderson, Vol. 1, p. 909) Join: Puritan Great Migration Project Discuss: pgm

Biography

This profile is part of the Herrick Name Study.

Henry Herrick was born about 1598,^[1] based on the record showing he was "freed from training" on June 29, 1658.^[2]

He immigrated to New England in 1630,^[1] requested to become a freeman 19 Oct 1630 and was admitted 18 May 1631.^[3] He settled initially in Salem, then Beverly, Massachusetts. He was a yeoman.^[1]

He served on the Essex grand jury many years and the petit jury also.^[1] He was the Salem constable in 1656.^[1]

He married by 1634 Edith Laskin. She was born about 1612, daughter of Hugh Laskin, and died after 27 March 1677.^[1] They were members of the Salem church^[4]

He died in Beverly, Massachusetts between 24 Nov 1670 (date of will) and 15 March 1670/1 (date of inventory). The place of his burial is unknown but he does have a memorial with some biographical material and links to those of his wife and children. (Parents are also listed but no source, source material needed before any parents can be added.)

Last Will & Testament

Dated 24 Nov 1670; proved 28 Mar 1671; inventory^[5] appraised 15 Mar 1671^[6] In it he leaves bequests to wife Edith, daughter Elizabeth and sons: John, Thomas, Ephraim, Joseph, Benjamin, Zachary, and Henry.

I Henry Herick of the Towne of Beverly in the county of Essex in New England being in a decaying estate of body but in perfect mynd and memorye through the Lords mercy do hereby make my last will and testament, whereby I commiting my body to the earth, and my Soule to the mercy of god in christ Jesus, I dispose of my estate in order following.

Imps. I give unto my Deare & loveing wife Edith the westward most halfe of my now dwelling house, that is the lower roome and leantoo behind it, together with free egress and ingress in and out of it, and also the use of the cellar, well, yard, out houseing & garden, these to have & injoy dureing her natural life, further I give to my sd wife foure of my best milch cowes & 4 sheepe which shee shall choose and all my household stufe, these to be at her absolute free dispose, also I give unto my sd wife, the sixt part of the fruits that shall be raysed from the corne lands, & orchard wch Ileave with my executor Henry and in the possession of my sonn John. Also I give unto my sonn Thomas all my wearing apparell exsept my best great coate and that 20 acres of land where his house standeth with ten pounds to be paid by my son John when my executor seeth need to supplye his wants. And if in case he live and dye a single pson, the lands shall remaine to my sons Ephraim & Joseph, equally devided & the ten pounds to my sonn Benjamin, if not made use of to supply him. Also I give my sonn Zachery one hundred Acres of land lyeing in Birch plaine which I bought of Francis & Henry Skerry of Salem with 5 acres of meadow lyeing in Wenham meadow belonging to it, and 16 acres of land more or lesse whereon his house standeth & fenced in by him. Also I give my sonns Ephraim, Joseph, and John that farme I bought of Mr. Allford the 20 acres given to Thomas being first measured out to him, the rest to be equally devided betweene them three, yet soe that Ephraim & Joseph may injoy what they have improved , and fenced, and John what is improved by Henry, soe as to pay the sixt part of the produce to my wife before exprest. Also I give to my sonn John the two lotts I bought of Henry Rennolds of Salem & Richard Kemball of Wenham, also my sonn john is to have two acres of meadow in Boukards meadow, also the bedding he lyeth upon and my cart and plow with the chaine therof. Also I give Ephraim moreover one milch cow & my best great coate and unto Joseph I give moreover two ewe sheepe & my timbar chaine. I give unto my sonn Benjamyn all that pasture land, called by english pasture which joyneth on the east syde to Andrew Elliot, lyeing betweene the countrye high way & the mill River. I say all that land lyeing on the southeast syde of the sd country high way, the which pasture land with the apptenances. My will is shall remaine in the hands of my sonn Henry to improve untill Benjamyn be 21 years of age and in case he dye before he be 21 years of age I give the says land to my sonn Henry, he paying unto my children Zachry, Ephraim, Joseph & Elizabeth foure pounds a peece. Also I give unto my daughter Elizabeth forty pounds viz. 14li. to be payd by my sonn Henry within three monthsafter the confirmation of my will and the rest to be made up in 3 cowes& moveables allredy in her possesion. And to John, the youngest yoake of stears, and whatsoever I give to any of my children herein mentioned by this my will, Igive them, their heirs, executors, administrators & assignes for ever. And for the rest of my estate, not above mentioned, I give it all to my sonn Henry, he paying unto his mother the sixt part of the increase of the corne land& orchard dureing her life and providing for her the winter of foure milch cows, 4 sheep & her firewood redy cut for fire at the dore for all the year long and liberty tokeep 3 swine at the dore, and ((I give my sonn Ephraim one acre of meadow in buncars Joseph 3 acres of meadow in buncars.) .

Children

1. Thomas Herrick, born abt 1634; left a contingent legacy in his father's will; not among those to benefit in estate of Benjamin Herrick, his brother. Divorced on 26 November 1673 by 'reputed wife' Hannah Ordway.^[1]
2. Zachariah Herrick, baptized Salem 25 December 1636, He married by 1654 to Mary Dodge, daughter of Richard Dodge.^[1]
3. Ephraim Herrick, baptized Salem 11 Feb 1637/8; died Beverly, 18 September 1693, then about 56. He married Salem 3 July 1661 Mary Cross, dau of Robert and Anna (Jordan) Cross.^[1]
4. Henry Herrick, baptized Salem 16 January 1639/40. He married first about 1663 Lydia _____ , who is sometimes called Woodbury, especially in family files, though this connection cannot be made. Henry married second, about 1692, to Sarah (Alcock) Giddings, dau of John Alcock of York and widow of John Giddings of Ipswich.^[1]
5. Joseph Herrick, baptized Salem 6 Aug 1645. He married first, Beverly, 7 February 1665 Sarah Leach. Joseph married second, by 1686 Mary _____, and he married third Salem 29 Jan 1706/7, Mary (Folsom) March, dau of John Folsom and widow of George March of Newbury.^[1]
6. Elizabeth Herrick, baptized Salem 4 July 1647. She married Ipswich 23 January 1672 Philip Fowler.^[1]
7. John Herrick, baptized Salem 26 May 1650. He married in Beverly 25 May 1674 Mary Reddington. She married again Beverly 13 March 1682 Robert Cue.^[1]
8. Benjamin Herrick born by 1656; died before 27 March 1677 intestate, unmarried and aged more than 21.^[1]

Research Notes

Disputed origins / parents:

The Henry Herrick profiled here, of Salem & Beverly, Massachusetts is distinct from the Henry of Leicestershire who settled in Virginia, not in New England. Parents William and Joan (May) Herrick belong to the Virginia Henry.

Robert Charles Anderson wrote,^[1]

"In 1937 Meredith Colket examined earlier claims that Henry Herrick of Salem was son of Sir William Herrick of Beau Manor, Leicestershire. Colket... [examined] more closely a letter of 28 Jun 1652 sent from Henry Herrick to his brother in Leicestershire, demonstrating that this Henry Herrick must have been the settler of that name in Viriginia, and was distinct from the New England settler. [TAG 14:96-98]"

"... In particular, the 1653 letter includes the lament that 'We have not a Preacher in near twenty miles of us.' Colket correctly noted that Henry Herrick of Salem and Beverly was only two or three miles from the ministers of Salem and Wenham... More significantly, the social status of the New England Henry Herrick is much below that of the claimed Henry Herrick of Leicestershire."

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14} Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to N.E. 1620-1633, 3 vols (1995), 2:910-914, "Henry Herrick" article; digital images, American Ancestors (accessed 2017)
2. ↑ Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts, George Francis Dow, ed., 9 vols. (1911-1975), 2 (1912):101, for "Henry Herrick"; digital images, Hathi Trust (accessed 2013).
3. ↑ Shurtleff, Nathaniel. Records of the Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Bay in New England Volume I 1628-1641. (William White, Boston, 1853) p. 80, p. 366
4. ↑ Records of the 1st Church in Salem, Massachusetts, 1629-1736. Essex Institute, 1974. pp 5,6
5. ↑ Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.) Inventory
6. ↑ Herrick, Lucius Carroll (Revised edition). Herrick, Jedediah (Original). Herrick genealogy: A genealogical register of the name and family of Herrick... Columbus, Ohio: Private Printing, 1885. (pp 18-19). The version here does not "perfectly" agree with the version in the cited book and so may have come from another source.

See also:

• Herrick Genealogy: A Genealogical Register of the Name and Family of Herrick from the Settlement of Henerie Hericke, in Salem, Massachusetts, 1629 to 1846, with a Concise Notice of Their English Ancestry

• Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to N.E. 1620-1633, 3 vols (1995), 2:910-914, "Henry Herrick" article; digital images, American Ancestors (accessed 2013).

• Mention of Henry Herrick as son-in-law of Hugh Laskin, Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume IV, I-L (2005), 238-240, "Hugh Laskin" article; digital images, American Ancestors (accessed 2013).

• Meredith B. Colket, Jr., “Pre-American Ancestries: XI The alleged ancestry of Henry Herrick of Salem," The American Genealogist 14 (1937-38):96-98; digital images, AmericanAncestors.org (accessed 2013).

• Mary Walton Ferris, Dawes-Gates Ancestral Lines, a Memorial Volume 2 vols. (1931-1943), 2: 420-441, "Herrick Family"; digital images, Hathi Trust (accessed 2014). [This material was accessed via Heritage Quest in 2013.] Extended article about Henry^1 Herrick, his wife and children; child list and continuing information about some children appears. There are 33 associated reference notes, citing passages to numerous other works.

• Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts, George Francis Dow, ed., 9 vols. (1911-1975), 2 (1912):101, for "Henry Herrick"; digital images, Hathi Trust (accessed 2013).
• Massachusetts, Essex County, Probate Records; Author: Massachusetts. Supreme Judicial Court (Essex County); Probate Place: Essex, Massachusetts Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991 Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.

• Source: S846 Author: Ancestry.com Title: U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011. {This source does not usually list ancestors before the Revolution. But there was at least one with a listing of Henry & Editha, giving his birth and death years.}
• Source: S899 Author: Ancestry.com Title: U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012.{Otherwise: Torrey's New England marriages prior to 1700. Data says children b. about 1632, so marriage before. Supports approximate birth and death years in GMB}