70 Mears — Melcher — Merrick — Merritt. 



MEARS. 



Micajah D., m. in Hing. Apr. 3, 1831, Hannah Thaxter, dau. of 

 Duncan McBean and Mary (Gill) Thaxter. She was b. in Hing. 

 May 23, 1809, and surviving him, in. secondly, Nov. 19, 1855, David 

 Lakin of Dux., and d. 14 Jan. 1876, at. 67th yr. Micajah D. d. 2 

 March, 1850. " Truckman." Resided on South St., West Hing. 



Ch., b in Hing., — 



i. Angela Dexter, Aug. 20, 1832. m. William 0. Woodman. 



ii. Samuel Thaxter, Aug. 1, 1837. m. Mary A. Clark, and resides at Ab'n. 



(See " Hingham in the Civil War.") 

 iii. John D., Dec. 27, 1846. m. Ada E. Stuart, and had Fred Dexter, b. in 



Hing. Dec. 23, 1876, d. 31 Jan. foil. 



MELCHER. 



Charles Cheever (George = Caroline Jones), b. at Portsmouth, 

 N. H., Feb. 5, 1841, became a resident of Hing. 1870. He m. in 

 Hing. Jan. 9, 1878, Abby R. Whiton, dau. of William and Abigail 

 (Ripley) Whiton. She was b. in Hing. Aug. 25, 1848. "Book- 

 keeper " at Boston. Resides on Main St. 



Ch., b. in Hing, — 



i. George, Dec. 22, 1879. 

 ii. William Whiton, Jan. 27, 1881. 



MERRICK (Morrick). 



John, had a grant of land in Hing. 1637, and d. 2 July, 1647, 

 leaving, says Mr. Savage, a s. John, and prob. wid. Elizabeth, who d. 

 at Roxbury, "25, 6, 1650." In "1649, 13 (10) Elizabeth Morrick of 

 Roxbury granted vnto Thomas Thackster of Hingham in considera- 

 tion of xviij 11 by him pd. & twenty Acres & halfe of land Arable 

 meadow & pasture being in Hingham. six acres thereof arable abut- 

 ting one end on the sea, lyeing betweene the lands of John Palmer 

 & Samuel Parker one peece of vpland of ten Acres butting [ ] Way- 

 mouth River neere to John [ ] meadow, one Acre & halfe of mead- 

 owe butting on the sea, betweene widdow Cutler & Thomas Joslins 

 vpland. & foure Acres planting land butting on the sea, & Thomas 

 Hewetts land on the one side thereof. & this by an absolute deed of 

 sale w th warranty." " dated & acknowledged before Tho : Dudley dept 

 Gov : " 



MERRITT. 



Paul Brooks (Major Paul — Xoa Litchfield), a descendant of 

 Henry Merritt, one of the earlier settlers of Scit., was b. at Scit. Oct. 

 7, 1824; came to Hing. 1849, and m. here May 10, 1854, Mary C. 

 Farmer, dau. of Jedidiah and Mary Y. (Crooker) Farmer. She was 

 b. in Hing. Feb. 27, 1829. Paul B. was for many yrs. a teacher in 

 the public schools of Hing. Has removed to Washington, D. C. 



Ch., b. in Hing., were — 



i. Arthur Freddie, Sept. 10, 1854, d. at Dor. 19 May, 1862. 

 ii. Emma Louisa, Aug. 19, 1858, d. at Dor. 21 May, 1862. 



