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- Burial: 08 Sep 1704, Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts
Chapter IV - EARLY SPRINGFIELD AND LONGMEADOW, MASSACHUSETTS
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Springfield
After the destruction of the jail, or prison, when Springfield was burned by Indians in 1675, there was no place in the county for the confinement of prisoners and it must be remembered that till 1730, Hampshire County included nearly all of western Massachusetts. On January 10, 1677, the County Court, in session at Northampton, ordered a new prison and house of correction to be built in Springfield, at an expense as near £50 as was possible and not more than £55. Major Pynchon selected a site on Main street, on the west side, where the hotel called the Union House was later built. It was a building of two stories, twenty-five by eighteen feet. One room, with several closets, occupied all of the first floor, and on the second floor were three rooms. The walls and the partitions between the rooms, were of very heavy oak planks, and although such a prison would easily be broken by the skilled mechanics who belong to the criminal class of this century, it was then regarded as being entirely satisfactory and safe. For many years this was the only place of confinement in the county, for the great variety of offenders who were declared to be criminals by the queer laws of those days, and it was the place of confinement for the southern part of the county for 114 years. No deed to the property was given by Samuel Ely or by Thomas Merrick, from whom it was purchased by Major Pynchon for the county, till 1683, and 1684, respectively. The house for the jail-keeper stood on the same lot with the jail.
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Facts and Events
Name[1] Thomas Merrick
Alt Name[2] _____ Mirick
Gender Male
Birth[1] Abt 1620
Marriage 14 Sep 1639 Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States
to Sarah Stebbins
Marriage 21 Oct 1653 Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States
to Elizabeth Tilley
Death[1][2] 7 Sep 1704 Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States
Burial[3] Springfield Cemetery, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States
▼References
↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Merrick, George Byron. Genealogy of the Merrick-Mirick-Myrick Family of Massachusetts, 1636-1902. (Madison, Wis.: Tracy, Gibbs, & Co., 1902)
266-68.
'Thomas Merrick, born in Wales, 1620, came to America in the year 1636 with three brothers and probably one sister, Sarah Mirick, who married John Atkinson, at Newbury, 1646. … Thomas Merrick died September 7, 1704.'
The Sarah Mirricke/Myrick who married John Atkinson (1636-1715) in Newbury did so in 1664 [Torrey; Newbury VR 2:20 (John Atkins/Attkinson and Sara Mirricke)], not 1646, and thus is unlikely to be a sister to Thomas.
↑ 2.0 2.1 Stott, Clifford L. Vital Records of Springfield, Massachusetts to 1850. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2002)
1:121.
'Thomas Mirick Senior was Sicke & died Sept. 7, 1704.'
↑ Thomas Merrick, in Find A Grave.
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1620 - 1704 (84 years)
