General Notes

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PRESERVED PURITAN
HENRY HER RICK
ORIGIN: Unknown
MIGRATION: 1630
FIRST RESIDENCE: Salem
REMOVES: Beverl y
OCCUPATION: Yeoman.
CHURCH MEMBERSHIP: "Henry Herricke" and "Eedith Herrick " were in the list
of Salem church members compiled late in 1636 [SChR 5, 6].
FREEMAN: Requested 19 October 1630 and admitted 18 May 1631 [MBCR 1:80,
366 ].
EDUCATION: made his mark. Inventory included "four Bibles and other
books ."
OFFICES: Essex grand jury, December 1650, 24 June 1651, 30 November 1652,
28 June 1653, 28 November 1654, 26 June 1655, 27 November 1660, 25 June
1661 , 25 November 1662, 30 June 1663, 29 November 1664, 26 November 1667
[EQC 1:2 04, 228, 270, 282, 372, 390, 2:250, 281, 3:5, 73, 203, 454].
Petit jury, 26 D ecember 1648, 25 December 1649, 20 October 1653, 28 June
1659 [EQC 1:153, 181 , 309, 2:157].
Salem constable, 1656 [STR 1:193]. Henry Herrick was freed from
training and his fine partly remitted at the June Term 1658 [EQC 2:101].
ES TATE: Henry Herrick was granted a farm of two or three acres on the
north sid e of Massey's Cove, 25 January 1635/6 [STR 1:13]. In the Salem
land grant of 1636, "Henry Herik" received forty acres in the freeman's
land and another fo rty above Mr. Cole [STR 1:20, 26]. In the Salem land
grant of 1637, "Hen: Her ricke" received three quarters of an acre with a
household of five [STR 1:101 ].
Robert Goodell bought forty acres of land from Henry Herrick sometime
bef ore 1652 [STR 1:171].
On 1 July 1653 Henry Skerry and Francis Skerry of Salem sold to Henry
Herrick of Salem one hundred acres of upland lying in Burch Pla in in
Salem and six acres of meadow in Wenham Great Meadow [ELR 1:36]. On 26
May 1667 Henry Herrick Sr. of Salem, yeoman, sold to Andrew Elliot of
Salem , cordwainer, one acre of upland on Basse River siDe in Salem [ELR
3:37]. On 26 October 1668 Henry Herrick Sr. of Salem, yeoman, sold to
Peter Woodbury an d William Raiment of Salem twelve acres lately had of
John Leach by exchange, on Bass River siDe in Salem [ELR 3:133].
The will of "Henry Herick of Beverle y," dated 24 November 1670 and
proved 28 March 1671, made the following provi sions: to wife Edith the
western half of his dwelling; to son Thomas, wearing apparel, £20 and the
land where his house stands; if son John live and die s ingle, the land
given him to go to testator's sons Ephraim, Joseph and Benjam in; to son
Zachary one hundred acres in Birch Plain bought of Francis and Hen ry
Skerry of Salem, sixteen acres where Zachery's house stands; to sons
Eph raim, Joseph, and John, the farm bought to Mr. Alford; to --- the two
lots bo ught of Henry Rennolds of Salem and Richard Kimball of Wenham,
also two acres in Bunkard's meadow; to sons Ephraim and Joseph, domestic
animals; to son Be njamin the pasture on the southeast siDe of the highway
at age 21; to daughte r Elizabeth £40; to son Henry at wife's death all
the estate bequeathed her; Henry executor; Mr. John Hale and Capt. Thomas
Lathrop, overseers [EQC 4:239] .
The inventory of the estate of "Henry Herick of Beverly" was appraised
15 March 1670/1 by John Rayment, Sr., and Isaac Hall, Sr. and totalled
£974 17s. , including £804 10s. in real estate: "his dwelling house with
orchard & 70 a cres of land," £180; "the English pasture with the marsh
and orchard in it," £80; "the farm bought of Mr. Allford containing 200
acres," £300; "the farm b ought of Henry and Frauncis Skerry, 106 acres,"
£160; "the 16 acres of land w hich is built upon by Zakery Herrick," £32;
"the 15 acres of land bought of H enry Reinald & Rich[ard] Kemball," £22
10s.; and "6 acres of meadow in the bo unds of Topsfield," £30 [EPR
2:221-22]. "A musket, a sword and a rapier" were part of his estate.
BIRTH: By about 1598 based on release from training.
DEA TH: Beverly between 24 November 1670 (date of will) and 15 March
1670/1 (date of inventory).
MARRIAGE: By about 1634 Edit