Brief Life History of Henry
When Henry HERRICK Jr. was born from 16 January 1639 to 1640, in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Henry Herrick, was 36 and his mother, Edith Alice Laskin, was 26. He married Lydia GROVER in 1659, in Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. In 1671, at the age of 32, his occupation is listed as farmer/planter/constable. He died on 1 June 1702, in Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, at the age of 63, and was buried in Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.
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Sources (18)
- Henry in entry for Lidia Herick, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [undocumented]
- Henry Herrick in entry for Joseph Herrick, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
Spouse and Children
1639–1702 Male
1641–1690 Female
Children (5)
1666–1726 Male
1666–1737 Female
1668–1703 Female
1668–1743 Male
1672–1724 Male
Parents and Siblings
1604–1644 Male
1614–1677 Female
Siblings (2)
1636–1695 Male
1639–1702 Male
World Events (1)
1692 · Salem Witch Trials
Age 53
Name Meaning
English: from the Old Norse personal name Eiríkr, Old Danish, Old Swedish Erik, itself from Proto-Scandinavian ain- ‘one, select’ + rík- ‘rule(r)’ + prosthetic H-.
Irish (Cork): Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hEirc ‘descendant of Erc’, a personal name meaning ‘speckled, dark red’ or ‘salmon’, and borne by a Christian saint. In Munster and Ulster this name has been changed to Harkin .
History: The English poet Robert Herrick (1591–1674) was the son of a wealthy London goldsmith, whose family had a long history in the town of Leicester. DNA analysis suggests that the modern surname is monogenetic, i.e. from a single eponymous bearer. The earliest known bearer of the name in Leicester was John Eirich, recorded as a burgess there in 1211. Leicester was one of the headquarters of the Viking army that conquered and settled the eastern midlands in the late 9th century, leading to the English adoption of many Old Norse personal names, such as Eirikr, as personal names. The initial aspirate is first recorded in the name of Nicholas Heyryke, recorded as a Leicester burgess in 1524.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Henry Herrick, Jr. (16 January 1639 – June 1702)
HENRY, bp. Salem 16 January 1639/40. He married (1) about 1663 Lydia _____. He married (2) about 1692 Sarah (Alcock) Giddings, daughter of John Alcock of York and widow of John Giddings of Ipswich. (M …
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