 Peekskill Museum A wee bit more on Herrick, Salem, MA, Virginia..... Two years after Jedediah Herrick published the 1846 edition of the Herrick Genealogical Register, HGR, he wrote to William Perry-Herrick, who was the last lineal Herrick to own the Beaumanor estate in Leicestershire. Jedediah thanked William for his kind comments about the 1846 HGR and made the following statements about Henry of Salem and the 28 June 1653 letter that Henry John "Hen" Heyricke wrote from Virginia to his brother John Heyricke in England: "All of them circumstances which I cannot attach to Henry of Salem." "I can barely recognize our Henry and the author of that letter." HENRY of SALEM: was born by about 1598 in England. arrived in Salem by about late July 1629, it is believed that he came with the Higginson-Skelton fleet of Puritans, but this has not been firmly verified. petitioned for freeman 19 October 1630. was sworn a freeman 18 May 1631. was granted a farm of 2 or 3 acres on the north side of Massey's Cove 25 January 1635/36. received forty acres in the freeman's land and another forty acres above Mr. Cole in the Salem land grant of 1636. received three quarters of an acre with a household of five in the Salem land grant of 1637. sold forty acres of land sometime before 1652 to Robert Goodall. served on the Essex grand jury December 1650, 28 June 1653 [the same day that Henry of Virginia wrote the letter from Virginia to his brother John Heyricke in England], 30 November 1652, 28 November 1654, 26 June 1655 [the day after Henry of Virginia was in Court in York County, Virginia], 27 November 1660, 25 June 1661, 25 November 1662, 30 June 1663, 29 November 1664, and 26 November 1667. served on Petit jury in Essex County 26 December 1648, 25 December 1649, 20 October 1653, and 28 June 1659. purchased 100 acres of land and six acres of land on 01 July 1653. [The fourth day of the grand jury term that reportedly began 28 June 1653.] witnessed and signed the Will of John Friend in Salem on 04 November 1655. conducted and signed the Estate Inventory of Agnes [Annis] Balch on in Salem on 06 December 1655. was a Salem Constable in 1656. was freed from training in Salem at the June 1658 term. [Which is the basis that he was born by about 1598.] sold one acre of land in Salem on 26 May 1667. sold twelve acres of land in Salem on 26 October 1668. executed his will in Beverly, dated 25 November 1670. Said will was proved 28 March 1671 at Ipswich. died before 15 March 1670/71, which is the date that his Estate Inventory was taken. HENRY of VIRGINIA: was born 16 August 1604. was christened 26 August 1604. witnessed an Indenture in England dated 11 April 1622. was apprenticed to John Pocock, Woollen-Draper, in England by May 1622 until at least 1627. received a letter at the "Signe of the Plough" in Watling Street, London, and dated 07 May 1630 that was written by his brother, Roger Heyricke, to their father Sir William Heyricke. witnessed the marriage settlement of his sister, Martha, in England, that was dated 07 November 1634. was in York County, Virginia on 17 March 1641. was transported to Virginia, with his wife Ann before 23 September 1642. signed off on 12 September 1643 on a land certificate from the Court of Elizabeth City County, Virginia, to the Rev. Mr. Wilkinson, that was recorded in Elizabeth City County, VA, 21 June 1644, page 9. served as a Burgess representing Warwick County, Virginia during the 01 October 1644 legislative session. served as a Burgess representing Warwick County, Virginia during the 17 February 1644/45 legislative session. witnessed a binder of Hugh Allin on a court document in York County, Virginia dated 08 March 1647/48. wrote a letter from Virginia to his brother, John Heyricke, in England, dated 28 June 1653. [The same date that Henry of Salem served on an Essex grand jury in Salem.] was in court in York County, Virginia on 25 June 1655. , [The day before Henry of Salem served on an Essex grand jury in Salem.] was in court in York County, Virginia 24 September 1655. was ordered to pay a debt in York County, Virginia sometime during 1657 to 1659. may be the "Mr. Hericke in New Poquesen" mentioned among a List of Bills dated 21 December 1657. [This could possibly be Thomas Heyricke]. is mentioned among the writings of John Gosling, deceased, on the dates of 10 and 23 September 1658. CONCLUSIONS It is not known when Henry of Virginia and his wife Ann died, or if they died in Virginia or in England, or if they had any issue that survived them at either location. But they were married in England on the basis that they were transported to Virginia before 17 March 1641. Further evidence that Henerie Hericke of New England was not Henry "Hen." Heyricke of Virginia are three copies of the signature of Henry of Salem: 2. That was found on the Will of John Friend dated 10 November 1655. 3. That was found on the Estate Inventory of Agnes [Annis] Balch dated 06 December 1656. The three signatures described above match each other, but they do not match the five copies of Henry "Hen." Heyricke of Virginia cited as follows: 1. That was found on an Indenture dated 11 April 1622. 2. That was found on his sister's marriage settlement dated 07 November 1634. 3. That was found on a binder of Hugh Allen on a court document in York County, Virginia dated 08 March 1647/48. 4. That was found on a letter written from Virginia dated 28 June 1653. 5. That was found in Nichols' History and Antiquities of the county of Leicester, Volume III, Part I, published 1800. [The source is very likely item #4 above as it is noted there as being from 1653.] These five signatures match each other. HFA:rlh:mtf:revised16April2004 |
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