 Peekskill Museum WHO WAS HENERIE HERICKE OF SALEM? Introduction It has been claimed since 1846 that Henerie Hericke, [Henry of Salem], was the fifth son of Sir William Heyricke, London and Beaumanor, Leicestershire, England. The claim was made, albeit tentatively, by Jedediah Herrick in his 1846 Herrick Genealogical Register, 46HGR, and repeated later by Lucius Carroll Herrick in his revised and updated 1885 edition of the HGR, 85HGR. Much of the information in these two books must be considered as unverified and should not be taken as fact just because it is printed. A researcher should verify any data taken from the 46HGR & 85HGR. There are numerous errors in the Herrick books that are discovered when verified information is found by a researcher that conflicts with the information in the books. The compilers of the 46HGR & 85HGR had their doubts about their claim that Henry of Salem was the fifth son of Sir William Heyricke. Both Jedediah & Lucius Carroll stated: "The evidence of the identity of our Henry of Salem with the fifth son of Sir William Herrick, is, to be sure, rather circumstantial than direct, and some of it of a negative, rather than of a positive character." [page 671, page 152]. In the decades since the 46HGR was published various researchers expressed their doubts about the father of Henry of Salem being Sir William Heyricke. One researcher/author had evidence that Henry of Salem was not the fifth son of the knight and rationalized a solution to suit her purpose and keep a connection with the Beaumanor Heyricke's. The discussion that follows and the supporting bibliography will show where the two Henrys were in England, Massachusetts, & Virginia at different times, a day apart, and the same day. It will confirm that: * Sir William Heyricke was not the father of Henerie Hericke of Salem. * Sir William's son, Henry John "Hen" Heyricke, Henry of Virginia, was in England from his birth in 1604 until probably about 1641 or earlier and then in Virginia until at least 1658/1659. * Henry of Salem was in England from his birth by about 1598 and in New England from late July 1629 until his death before 15 March 1670/71. Discussion of Information Discovered In January of 1848 Jedediah Herrick3 wrote to William Perry-Herrick of Beaumanor and thanked him for his kind remarks about his 1846 book. Jedediah again examined his claim of his family to be descended from the fifth son of Sir William Heyricke and did not reach any conclusion. Jedediah made the following statements concerning the letter from Henry John "Hen" Heyricke, 28 June 1653, to his brother, John Heyricke4, in England: "All of them circumstances which I cannot attach to Henry of Salem." And: "I can barely recognize our Henry and the author of that letter." In March of 1871 Isabella (Batchelder) James5 wrote to William Perry-Herrick of Beaumanor. In her letter she stated the following with respect to Henry of Salem being the fifth son of Sir William Heyricke: "As far as my own researches have gone, I think there is not sufficient certainty of his identity." She stated that it was obvious that the 1653 letter was not written from Salem and informed him that Jedediah made a number of errors in the 46HGR, and specifically with regard to her ancestor, Mary Herrick, daughter of Zachariah Herrick. In November of 1873 Isabella (Batchelder) James6 again wrote to William Perry-Herrick of Beaumanor asking for a tracing of the signature of Henry of Virginia from the 1653 letter so that she might compare it with signatures of Henry of Salem in America. She indicated that she wished to prove that Henry of Salem and Henry of Virginia were not one and the same person. In April of 1874 Lucius Carroll Herrick7 wrote from Ohio to William Perry-Herrick of Beaumanor and advised that he was revising Jedediah Herrick's 1846 book, and sought information about all of the male descendants of Sir William Heyricke. In April of 1874 William Perry-Herrick8 wrote to Lucius Carroll Herrick advising that he had no information other than what he had sent to Jedediah Herrick and to Mrs. Isabella James. He referred Lucius Carroll to Nichols' History and Antiquities of the County of Leicester. In June & August of 1875 Edward Herrick9 wrote from Pennsylvania to William Perry-Herrick. In the August letter Edward stated: "I think Henry of Salem must have been the son of Sir William Herrick, and yet the evidence as we now have it does not satisfy my mind." Edward requested a copy of Pocock's letter to Lady Heyricke of 162610. He wrote that he was trying to collect copies of signatures of Henry from England and from America for comparison to the copy of the signature of Henry of Salem as a witness on a Will in Salem that he had discovered. During October 1860 to October 1865 John Gough Nichols11 examined the evidence for believing that Henry John "Hen" Heyricke, Henry of Virginia, immigrated to America some time after 1634, stating: "We think he did not emigrate at so early a date as General Jedediah Herrick imagined." In an article published October 1937 compiled by Meredith B. Colket, Jr12, the five points made in the Herrick Genealogies were examined, [page 67 of the 46HGR and pages 15-17 of the 85HGR]. The five points claimed that Henry of Salem was the fifth son of Sir William. Colket stated: * That there was no evidence that Henry of Salem was of gentry stock. * That the similarity of coats-of-arms is not sufficient proof to warrant placing Henry of Salem as the son of Sir William. * That Henry of Salem's religious beliefs have no basis in fact to make him the fifth son of Sir William. * That the letters written in the 1860s to the effect that Henry of Salem was the son of Sir William had based their opinions on the 1846 Genealogy compiled and published by Jedediah Herrick. * That the letter dated June 28, 1653, written and signed by Hen Heyricke to his brother John Heyricke in England, places Henry in Virginia, not in Massachusetts. In December 1968 Meredith B. Colket, Jr68 stated the following in an article titled, Creating a Worthwhile Family Genealogy: "In establishing a connection with the family abroad, the work should be very carefully done. Many good American genealogies identify a colonial progenitor with someone of the same name in Europe. Thus Henry Herrick, yeoman, of Salem, Massachusetts, was made identical with a Henry Herrick of the ancient gentry family at Beau Manor, Leicestershire; and there was in this case as in many others some evidence to assume that the Englishman and the American of the same name were identical. They were not. It is incumbent upon the compiler of a good genealogy to assure himself of the accuracy of claimed connections or else not state the identification as a fact." In 1995 Robert Charles Anderson13 discussed the comments of Colket and stated that he had demonstrated convincingly that the Henry "Hen" Heyricke that wrote and signed the 1653 letter was the settler of that name in Virginia and was distinct from the New England settler. On pages 910 to 914 of The Great Migration Begins, Anderson makes the following statements about Henry of Salem: * The origin of Henry Herrick of Salem is unknown. * That he was probably born by about 1598. * That he was a Yeoman. * That he was literate. * That he was a freeman. * That he was on the Essex grand jury and petite jury many times. * That he was a Salem constable in 1656. * That he was freed from training at the June Term 1658. * That this latter bit of information was used as the basis that he was probably born by about 1598. On page 67 of the July 1900 issue of The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography14 is a reference to the mode of granting land, case of Henry Heyrick, [No 2, p. 60.], March 17, 1641, and Sir Francis Wyatt assigned a commission to conduct business with foreigners. In a 1924 publication Nell Marion Nugent15 states that the Rev. Mr. Wilkinson received 100 acres of land: "Due for transport of: Henry Herrick & Ann Herick, by certificate of the Court from Elizabeth City, September 23, 1642 & transferred to said Wilkinson under the hand of said Herick September 12, 1643." Recorded Elizabeth City County, 21 June 1644, page 9. During the summer of 1999 various documents found on the Internet site of the Winthrop Society16 that are cited in the bibliography state: * That Henry Herrick of Salem may have arrived with the Rev. Higginson and the Rev. Skelton and the GCMB fleet of Puritans as early as 1629. * That Henry of Salem applied for freeman in 1630. * That Henry of Salem was sworn freeman in 1631. * That Henry of Salem and his wife Editha (Laskin) Herrick were recorded at their first church in 1636. Lucius Carroll Herrick cites a letter17 on page 11 of the 85HGR that was written by Roger Heyricke, sixth son of Sir William Heyricke, from Christchurch to his father at Beaumanor, dated 07 May 1630. Roger directed that the letter should be left: "at the signe of the Plough in Watling Street with Mr. Henry Heyricke." Roger Heyricke's letter is also cited by John Nichols63. In 1998 a query by an unidentified poster18 was discovered at the Brattleboro, VT Library. First, the poster discussed delivery instructions, [cited above], of Roger Heyricke's letter dated 07 May 1630 that was addressed to Sir William Heyricke and stated that: "This was undoubtedly his brother, Henry, fifth son of Sir William. But note that Henry Herrick, the emigrant, came to Salem in 1629, the year before." Second, the poster cited the Will of Elizabeth, Viscountess Campden19, [discussed below], that devised to her nephew, Henry John Heyricke. Third, the poster stated that Henry of Salem always signed his name as Henery [or Henry] Hericke [or Herick], never Heyricke, and that the famous letter of 28 June 1653 on page 15 of the 85HGR4 was signed by Hen Heyricke. Fourth & last, the poster cited records in the corporation of Leicester in 1621 that mention: * A Henry Heyricke, tailor20, 21 that was made free for a fine of 10s. * A marriage in Wigston Magna, Leicester between Henry Hericke & Elizabeth Bagnoll22, 02 May 1591. * The burial of Henry Hericke23, 30 May 1593. The poster of the query stated that this shows the name Henry Herrick appeared in England on other than the English Pedigree of the time. On page 11 of the 85HGR, the Rev. W. G. Dimock Fletcher, Leicester, England24 is given credit for citing the following written by Sir William Heyricke: "Thursday, 16th of August, 1604, my wife were brought a bead of a fifthe sonne; Sir David Murray, Mr. John Spilman, and my Lady Aston, his gossips. He is nursed at Thissilworth, at 2s, 6d, a week. His name is commanded by Prince Henry to be Henry; and Sir John Spilman would need have him John. And that he was named Henry." Henry was born and christened in London. The above quote may explain why Henry "Hen." Heyricke is noted as 'Henry John Heyricke' in the two Wills cited below. The above quote by Fletcher is also found in reference61 compiled and published by John Nichols, where the following is stated: "Henry was a merchant abroad. In an affectionate letter from him, addressed 'to my ever loveinge brother Mr. John Heyricke,' dated June 28, 1653, and accompanied by a present of 'a small roll of tobac,' he complains of the difficulties he was in on account of the wars; and requests a Sermon book sent him, as there was not a preacher in near 20 miles." The Will of Elizabeth, Viscountess Campden19, was proved 11 August 1645, devises to her brother-in-law, Sir William Hericke, knight, nephews Robert and Henry John Heyricke, and nieces Martha and Elizabeth Heyricke. The Will does not indicate if Henry John Heyricke was residing in England or overseas. But by this time he was in Virginia, generally in the area of York County. The Will of John Heyricke25, 26, proved 17 May 1656, the seventh son of Sir William Heyricke, page 11, #119.13 on the English pedigree of the 85HGR, devised to: "My brother, Henry John Heyricke 50 [English pounds]." The Will does not indicate if Henry John Heyricke was in England or overseas. Mrs. P. Grundy27 reported to Mrs. Alice Herrick Reynolds in an April 1999 letter that she had read the 1653 letter [4] from Hen Heyricke to his brother John Heyricke and stated that the letter must have come from Virginia as there surely was a church in Salem by 1653. She mentioned that the letter from Roger Heyricke to his father17; and a marriage settlement28 for Martha Heyricke, sister of Henry Heyricke, dated 07 November 1634, witnessed by Henry of Virginia, were filed at the Bodleian Library, Oxford, England. Mrs. Grundy found that Henry of Virginia had been apprenticed to John Pocock for about 14 months, based on a letter that Pocock wrote29 to Lady Heyricke dated 09 July 1623. Pocock later wrote to Lady Heyricke 25 December 162610 on behalf of Henry to beg for her forgiveness for Henry because a girl and an acquaintance that had lent Henry money had led him astray. Pocock believed that the 'embezzlement' of Pocock's receipts was the result of the boy being careless receiving & entering money. This is conjectured to be the same John Pocock30 who between 1628 and 1630 was an adventurer, [investor], in the Massachusetts Bay Company, MBC, and an assistant to the Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Bay, GCMB, [aka the Massachusetts Bay Company]. This reference does not record Sir William Heyricke or Sir Baptist Hicks as adventurers, [investors], in the MBC, although they are recorded by other documents as investors in the Virginia Company. Herrick Crosby Brown31 made three distinct comments in his 1950 Herrick Genealogy, concerning the 85HGR: First, Brown commented: "The question of our English ancestry is both interesting and intriguing, yet it must be confessed that absolutely nothing definite is known about it." Second, Brown quoted pages 15-17 of2 and commented: "So much for the evidence favoring Henry's parentage." Third, Brown cited Colket's text from TAG12 and commented: "So much for Henry, and we believe this pretty well settles the argument." During April 1999 a family sheet was discovered on The Albert Family Tree32 for Henry Herrick, born 1598, no parents named, married Editha Laskin, born 1613, Weymouth, England, daughter of Hugh Laskin and Alice _____. The sources given in a June 1999 E-mail message from the Web Manager of the Albert Family Tree were eight pedigrees on various volumes of World Family Tree CDs. Each pedigree cited as the source gave a date of birth for Henry as 1604, not 1598. There is no Henry Herrick, born about 1598 or 1598 on a pedigree recorded on WFT volumes 1-52. The source for the date of birth of Henry of Salem as 1598 from the Albert Family Tree cannot be verified at this time. An educated guess is that the source of the date of birth of 1598 might have been The Great Migration Begins13 compiled by Anderson, but that is conjecture. Phillip Howard Gray33 commented in his 1993 book on points 'First' to 'Fifth' from pages 15-17 of the 85HGR2 to refute the comments of Colket. Gray concentrated on the 1653 letter as follows. * Gray states that Henry of Salem probably had servants other than the one that Henry of Virginia stated in the 1653 letter that he had buried, and that the reason that no servants were mentioned in the Will of Henry of Salem is that they were probably not chattel. Gray's argument about servants has no genealogical basis to determine if the 1653 letter writer were Henry of Salem or Henry of Virginia. * Gray commented that the reason that Henry of Salem probably did not have a Preacher in near twenty miles of him was that the ferry in Salem did not run when the weather was bad, and that the weather was often bad, that because of the ferry not running that Henry was forced to walk up the Bass River to a ford, cross the river, and walk back down the other side of the stream to his church. Anderson13 noted that such a circumstance would not have produced the line in the 1653 letter about how far or near Henry was to a Preacher. * Gray stated that tobacco was not a crop of export from New England in 1653 and stated that Colket did not understand the difference between 'exports for profit' and 'exports for gifts.' He stated that Puritans were forbidden the sale and use of tobacco and then exempted Henry of Salem from this requirement because he was an 'Old Planter.' Henry of Salem might have been able to get tobacco from the Connecticut Valley as one unverified report indicates that it was first harvested there in 1641. But this appears unlikely as Perley34 states that some tobacco was available in Salem from local growers and from ships that called at Salem carrying tobacco on their way to England. Tobacco grown in the Connecticut Valley today is 'Shade Grown Tobacco' which is used exclusively for cigar wrapper. The following is quoted from Perley: "Old Planters were allowed to continue growing tobacco, but profit was slight and sometimes nothing on sales in England. New planters were forbidden to grow tobacco. On November 02, 1637 laws against tobacco were repealed and then on September 06, 1638 the General Court ordered various restrictions on the use of tobacco for residents of Salem." Regardless, Henry of Salem did not ship a roll of tobacco in 1653 to John Heyricke, the brother of Henry of Virginia. * Gray commented that the very day that Henry of Virginia wrote the 28 June 1653 that Henry of Salem was indeed on a grand jury in Salem, MA. He stated that the grand jury had nothing to do on that date and for three days afterward. The fourth day of the grand jury, 01 July 1653, Henry of Salem purchased land in Birch Plain in Salem from Henry and Francis Skerry per The Great Migration Begins13. With four days of waiting ahead of him, Gray states: "What better time for Henry of Salem to hire a scribe to do some letter writing?" Henry of Salem was literate, would he hire a scribe to write and sign a letter for him? Gray may have gotten the idea that Henry used a scribe for the 1653 letter from the 1984 Genealogy by Edith Herrick Milhorat35, which is discussed below. Anderson13 stated that Gray's arguments are tortured and 'Ad Hominem,' which is defined as: "To the man, appealing to personal interests, prejudices, or emotions, rather than reason." In her 1984 Genealogy, Edith Herrick Milhorat35 was bothered by the fact that the autograph of Henry Herrick, reproduced by Sidney Perley45, did not agree with the handwriting of the 1653 letter4 by Henry of Virginia. She obtained a copy of the 1653 letter from the Bodleian Library, Oxford, England for the purpose of comparing autographs. She had set out to prove, ". . . with signatures, beyond all doubt, that Henry of Beaumanor was our Henry of Salem and Beverly." She concluded that the reason the signatures did not match was that Henry of Salem had hired a scribe to write and sign the 1653 letter. Virginia Land Records36, 37 [reprinted by Genealogical Publishing in 1984], record that Thomas Herrick, Sr and Thomas Herrick, Jr were transported with 18 others to VA in 1636 by John Chandler for 1000 acres of land in Elizabeth City County, VA and that the nephew of Thomas, Sr, was Henry Herick, which was stated by the Richmond Standard, [The query in The Richmond Standard of 26 March 1881 was posted by O. E. H., Fortress Monroe, VA, and it stated that Thomas was the nephew of Henry, not the uncle as per references 36 & 3766 ], and that Henry Herrick was a Burgess for Warwick in 1644 and 1644/45. Six references38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43 record that Henry Heyrick was a Burgess for Warwick County, VA at the Burgess Assembly of 01 October 1644 or for Warwick River County, VA at the Burgess Assembly of 17 February 1644/45, or for both. A Burgess is: "A member of the Lower House of the legislature of Colonial Virginia or Maryland." In her 1931 Genealogy, Mary Walton Ferris44 had her doubts that Henry Herrick of Salem was the fifth son of Sir William Heyricke, knight. She stated that Henry is sometimes called the son of Sir William Herrick and his wife, Joan May, and that the evidence to support this claim is circumstantial rather than direct, and that it is centered on the 1653 letter4 presumed to have been written by Henry Herrick of Salem. Edmund Janes and Horace Gillette Cleveland46 compiled and published a Genealogy in 1899 about their earliest known ancestors in New England and Virginia. They included a discussion about the Mr. Cleveland of Loughborough, County of Leicester, England that reportedly traveled to America with Henry of Salem. Their earliest known ancestor in New England was Moses Cleveland of Woburn, MA. He was born ca 1623-1624, probably in Ipswich, England and came to America indentured to a joiner, housewright or master builder in 1635, and perhaps landed at Plymouth, but more probably at Boston. Moses was too young to have traveled as a companion of Henry of Salem to New England in 1629. Alexander Cleveland of Prince William County, VA is their earliest known ancestor in Virginia. His date of birth, marriage, death and the name of his wife are not known. He had a son named Alexander born about 1659. The compilers stated that: "It may prove that he was the Mr. Cleveland of Loughboro, county Leicester, Eng., stated to have accompanied, prior to 1629, the Skipworths of Cotes, and Henry Herrick, 5th son of Sir William Herrick, of Beau Manor Park, Loughboro parish, from England to Virginia, as already narrated in this Genealogy." There are no persons of the surname of Cleveland or Skipworth, [actually spelled Skipwith], listed on the Index of Surnames, The Great Migration Begins, Anderson, 1995. This indicates that if they traveled to America with Henry of Salem they did not settle in New England between 1620 & 1633, or if they did they left no trace in public records or church records. We know that Henry of Virginia did not travel to America prior to 1629, it was later than that as discussed below. Henry of Virginia arrived in York County, Virginia some time after November of 1634 and before 17 March 1641. Neither Henry nor Alexander Cleveland removed from Virginia to New England. The above information in the 1899 Cleveland Genealogy was most likely derived partially from the 46HGR and 85HGR because of the use of the date 1629 and the location of 'Beau Manor Park' in lieu of 'Beaumanor'. James Butler Cleveland, the compiler of an 1881 Cleveland Genealogy47 stated that the tale about a Cleveland traveling to Virginia with Henry Herrick and thence to Salem, MA is conjecture. The signatures of Henry Herrick of Salem, MA in Sidney Perley's book45 of 1924; on a Will48 dated November 1655; and on an Estate Inventory49 dated December 1655 match each other. The signature of Henry of Salem in Perley's book could have its source as the Will or the Estate Inventory already cited. Edith Herrick Milhorat35 stated that the signature of Henry of Salem in Perley's book did not match that of Hen Heyricke on the 1653 letter. William Perry-Herrick50 stated in a letter dated 14 February 1870 that he compared the signatures on the marriage settlement56 of 07 November 1634 and the 28 June 1653 letter55 and found that they were identical. A copy of the signature of Hen Heyricke from 1653 is also in Nichols' History and Antiquities of Leicestershire62, where it is stated: "In Plate XXVIII, the signatures 1, 2 are those of Sir William Herrick and his Lady; 3, 4, 5, & 6, four of their sons; William1, Robert2, Richard3, and Henry4. A fifth copy of the signature of Hen Heyricke, Henry of Virginia, has been found as a witness on a court record of Hugh Allin/Allen67 that was executed in York County, Virginia in 1647. Henerie Hericke of Salem Henry Herrick of Salem was born in England probably by about 1598. 13. Regardless, Henry of Salem was not the fifth son of Sir William Heyricke12, 13. Although it seems likely that Henry of Salem and Henry of Virginia may have ancestral ties via a common progenitor who is yet to be discovered. Henry of Salem: * arrived in Salem in July 1629 with the Higginson-Skelton fleet of Puritans16. * petitioned for freeman16 19 October 1630. * was sworn a freeman16 18 May 1631. * served on Essex grand jury13 on 28 June 1653. * purchased land from Henry and Francis Skerry13 on 01 July 1653. * served on a grand jury in Salem, MA13 on 26 June 1655. * witnessed the Will of John Friend in Salem48 on 04 November 1655. * conducted Agnes [Annis] Balch's Estate Inventory in Salem49 on 25 November 1655. * was a Salem Constable13 in 1656. "Henry Herick of Salem and Beverly" died after 24 November 1670, the date of his Will, and before 15 March 1670/71, the date that his Estate Inventory that was appraised by John Rayment, Sr., and Isaac Hall, Sr.64. The Will was witnessed by Robert Morgan & Nehemiah Grover and was proved in Court by oath of the witnesses in Ipswich64, 65 on 28 March 1671. Henry John [Hen] Heyricke of Virginia Henry of Virginia was born & christened in London 16 August 1604 & he: * was the fifth son of Sir William Heyricke. * witnessed an indenture51, 57 on 11 April 1622. * was apprenticed by May 1622 to John Pocock, a Woollen-Draper29. * was apprenticed until at least 1627 to said John Pocock10. * received a letter in England, that was addressed to his father, Sir William, written 07 May 1630, by his brother Roger Heyricke17. * witnessed the marriage settlement of his sister Martha Heyricke28 on 07 November 1634. * was in the County of York, Virginia14 by March 17, 1641. * was transported with wife Ann to Elizabeth City County, Virginia15 prior to 23 September 1642. * was a Burgess for Warwick County, VA38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43 at the 01 October 1644 Burgess Assembly. * was a Burgess for Warwick River, VA38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43 at the 17 February 1644/45 Burgess Assembly. * is mentioned in the Will of his aunt, Elizabeth, Viscountess Campden19 in 1645 by the name of Henry John Heyricke. * witnessed a binder by Hugh Allen, Co. of York, VA, to Christopher Copeland52, 53, 67 on 08 March 1647/48. * wrote to his brother John Heyricke in England from Virginia4 on 28 June 1653. * was in Court in York County, VA54 on 25 June 1655. * was in Court in York County, VA54 on 24 September 1655. * is mentioned in the Will of his brother, John Heyricke, as Henry John Heyricke25, 26, said Will was proved 17 May 1656. * was ordered to pay a debt to a George Antelby, York Co., VA58 during 1657-1659. * may be mentioned among the 'List of Bills' of William Allin59 as 'Mr. Herickes in New Poquesen,' 21 December 1657. * mentioned as Mr. Henry Heyrick as being among the writings of John Gosling60, dec'd, 10 & 23 September 1658, by Thomas Haynes. It is known that Henry & Ann Heyricke were transported to Virginia from England as a married couple. It is not known if Henry of Virginia and wife Ann had any issue while they were in Virginia, or where or when Henry and Ann died. Questions & Comments Why would Henry of Salem be in England on or about 07 May 1630 and again on 07 November 1634? Such a voyage was about 6-8 weeks each way and may have had Henry away from New England for about 4-5 months. Why would he make two such voyages from Salem to England and return? Would it have been to receive a letter from his brother Roger Heyricke, addressed to his father, Sir William Heyricke, during May 1630; and later to witness the marriage settlement of his sister Martha Heyricke during November 1634? We think not! It was Henry of Virginia, not Henry of Salem, who received the 1630 letter and witnessed the 1634 marriage settlement. How could Henry of Virginia physically be in Virginia and in New England on the same date, 28 June 1653? How could Henry of Virginia be in Virginia in a Court for York County on 25 June 1655 and serve on a grand jury in Salem the next day, 26 June 1655? The straight-line distance from Salem, MA to York County, VA is at least 450 miles, and more miles than that via the convoluted roads and trails that the colonists used in the early to mid 1600s. Traveling on land or by ship under sail would not have transported Henry of Virginia from VA to MA in order for him to be one and the same as Henry of Salem on either date. Consequently there were two Henrys, Henry of Virginia, the fifth son of Sir William, who immigrated to Virginia by March 17, 1641, and Henry of Salem who immigrated to New England and who was there by the end of July 1629. Conclusions The signatures of Henry of Virginia on the 1653 letter and on the 1634 marriage settlement match each other per William Perry-Herrick. The signature on the 1653 letter of Henry of Virginia does not match the signature of Henry of Salem in Sidney Perley's book per Edith Herrick Milhorat. The HFA has observed that the signature of Henry of Salem in Perley's book matches the signatures on John Friend's Will of November 1655 and Agnes [Annis] Balch's Estate Inventory of December 1655. The HFA has observed that the signatures of Hen Heyricke on the 1653 letter, the 1634 marriage settlement, the 1622 Indenture, and as a witness on the 1647 York County Court Record to Hugh Allin match each other, and that they do not match the three signatures of Henry of Salem cited above. Therefore, it follows that two different men signed these documents: One, the fifth son of Sir William Heyricke who signed the 1653 letter, 1634 marriage settlement, the 1622 indenture, and the 1647 York County, Virginia Court Record. Two, Henry of Salem whose signature is in Perley's book, on John Friend's Will, and on the Estate Inventory of Agnes [Annis] Balch. The only logical conclusions that can be reached are: * That Henry of Salem was not the fifth son of Sir William Heyricke. * That Sir William's son, Henry of Virginia, was in England and Virginia at the same time that Henry of Salem was in England and Massachusetts. * That the fifth son of Sir William Heyricke was the settler and merchant of the name of Henry John "Hen" Heyricke who appeared in York County, VA on March 17, 1641, in Elizabeth City County, VA in September 1642 & September 1643, was a Burgess for Warwick and Warwick River, VA in October 1644 and February 1644/45, was a witness on a document in York County, VA dated 17 March 1647/48, that wrote the June 1653 letter addressed to John Heyricke; was in court in York County, VA on 26 June 1655 and 24 September 1655, was ordered to pay a debt to a George Antelby in 1658, was mentioned among a list of bills of William Allin/Allen 21 December 1657, and mentioned among the writings held by John Gosling, dec'd per court records date 10 & 23 September 1658. Henerie Hericke of Salem and Henry John "Hen" Heyricke of Virginia are very probably related, however who the common progenitor may have been is not known at this time. Henry of Salem was not of gentry stock as Henry of Virginia was, but there is the possibility that they were cousins of one rank or another. Bibliography (1) Page 67, Appendix F1, Family Register, Herrick, compiled by Jedediah Herrick, Samuel S. Smith, printer, Bangor, 1846. (2) Pages 15-17, Henry of Salem, Herrick Genealogy, compiled by Lucius Carroll Herrick, Privately Printed, Columbus, Ohio, 1885. (3) A letter written 01 January 1848 by Jedediah Herrick to William Perry-Herrick, page 151, Calendar of Herrick Family Papers, [c.481 fols.146-9], filed at the Bodleian Library, Oxford, England. (4) A letter, dated 28 June 1653, written by Hen Heyricke from America to his brother John Heyricke, page 131, Calendar of Herrick Family papers, [c.481 fols.130.3], Calendar of Herrick Family Papers, filed at the Bodleian Library, Oxford, England. (5) A letter written 06 March 1871 by Isabella James to William Perry-Herrick, pages 151-152, [c.481 fols.162-5], filed at the Bodleian Library, Oxford, England. (6) A letter written 03 November 1873 by Isabella James of Cambridge, MA to William Perry-Herrick, page 152, Calendar of Herrick Family Papers, [c.481 fols.158-9], filed at the Bodleian Library, Oxford, England. (7) A letter written 11 April 1874 by Lucius Carroll Herrick from Ohio to William Perry-Herrick, page 152, Calendar of Herrick Family Papers, [c.481 fols.170-2], filed at the Bodleian Library, Oxford, England. (8) A Letter written 29 April 1874 by William Perry-Herrick to Lucius Carroll Herrick of Ohio, page 152, Calendar of Herrick Family Papers, [c.481 fols.173-6], filed at the Bodleian Library, Oxford, England. (9) Two letters written 25 June 1875 and 23 August 1875 by Edward Herrick of PA to William Perry-Herrick, page 153, Calendar of Herrick Family Papers, [c.481 fols.179-80] and [c.481 fols 181-2], filed at the Bodleian Library, Oxford, England. (10) A letter written 25 December 1626 by John Pocock to Lady Heyricke, page 45, Calendar of Herrick Family Papers, [c.481 fols 121-5], filed at the Bodleian Library, Oxford, England. (11) An examination made by John Gough Nichols made between 12 October 1860 & 11 October 1865, page 159, Calendar of Herrick Family Papers, [c.481 fols.126-8], filed at the Bodleian Library, Oxford, England. (12) Pages 96-98, The American Genealogist, TAG, October 1937, Volume 14, Number 2, "The Alleged Ancestry of Henry Herrick of Salem," compiled by Meredith B. Colket, Jr, Ardmore, PA. (13) Pages 910-914, The Great Migration Begins, Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633, Volume II, G-O, "Henry Herrick," compiled by Robert Charles Anderson, New England Historic and Genealogical Society, NEHGS, Boston, 1995. (14) Page 67, The Virginia magazine of History and Biography, Volume III, July 1900, No. 1, The Indians of Southern Virginia, 1650-1711, Depositions in the Virginia and North Carolina Boundary Case. (15) Page 154, Cavaliers and Pioneers, Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants, 1623-1800, "William Wilkinson," Abstracted and Indexed by Nell Marion Nugent, VA Land Office, Richmond, VA, 1934. (16) Various screens printed from the Internet site of the Winthrop Society, including, "Pre-1633 Planters of the Massachusetts Bay Colony," "H-Data", [an alphabetical listing for "H"], "The Freemen of Massachusetts Bay, 1630-1636," "The Residents of Salem, From original Records up to the year of 1651," [print dates 10 April, 01 May, and 18 May 1999]. The address of the Internet site is http://www.member.aol.com/WinthropSQ/Salems.htm (17) Page 11 of the 85HGR, Roger Heyricke English pedigree #118.13, lines 41-53. (18) An unidentified Query found at the Brattleboro, VT Library, posted by an individual with the initials of "C.A.H.M." The date and source of the query are not known at this time, [Nov. 1999], but it was very likely after 1885. (19) Pages 446-448, the Will of Elizabeth, Viscountess Campden, [sister in law of Sir William Heyricke], Genealogical Gleanings in England, Volume XLVL, New England Historic Genealogical Register, October 1892. (20) Page 404 of the 85HGR, where the following is entered: "1621. Henry Heyricke, Taylor, appr. of Edw. Peabodie, Taylor, made free, Fine 10s." (21) Page 9 of Some Early Notices of the Herrick Family, compiled by Rev. W. G. Dimock Fletcher, M.A., 1885, Leicestershire, England, where the following is entered: "Admitted Freeman: 1621, Henerie Heyricke, Taylor, apprentice of Edw. Peabodie, Taylor." (22) Page 7 of Some Early Notices of the Herrick Family, Rev W. G. Dimock Fletcher, an entry under the subject of, Extracts from the Registers of Wigston Magna, that reads: "1591. May 2. Henry Hericke & Elizabeth Bagnoll mar." (23) Page 7 of Some Early Notices of the Herrick Family, Rev W. G. Dimock Fletcher, an entry under the subject of, Extracts from the Registers of Wigston Magna, that reads: "1593. May 30. Henry Hericke bur." (24) Page 11 of the 85HGR, lines 17-25. (25) Pages 400-401 of the 85HGR, the Will of John Heyricke, #119.13 on the English Pedigree, seventh son of Sir William Heyricke, dated 04 August 1655, proved 17 May 1656 by William Heyricke, the brother, first son of Sir William Heyricke. (26) Page 18 of Some Early notices of the Herrick Family, Rev. W. G. Dimock Fletcher, the Will of John Heyricke, dated 04 Aug, 1655, proved P.C.C. 17 May 1656. [Berkeley, 168.] (27) A transcript of a letter dated 21 April 1999 from Mrs. P. Grundy, BA, [Hons], Genealogical researcher, Leicestershire, England, to Alice Herrick Reynolds, a copy received via E-mail by Richard Leon Herrick. (28) A marriage settlement of 1000 English pounds to be bestowed on Martha Heyricke, daughter of Sir William Heyricke, dated 07 November 1634, witnessed by Henry Heyricke, page 157, Calendar of Herrick Family Papers, [c.482 fol.238], filed at the Bodleian Library, Oxford, England. (29) A letter written 09 July 1623 by John Pocock to Lady Heyricke, page 45, Calendar of Herrick Family Papers, [c.481 fols.119-20], filed at the Bodleian Library, Oxford, England. (30) Page 27, The Adventurers [Investors] of the Massachusetts Bay Company, 1628-1630, Winthrop Society Internet site, [Internet address noted above], Pocock is noted as a Woollen-Draper, English origin, an Assistant of the GCMB, [Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Bay], with no indication that he established a family in MA before 1633, he died after 1648. (31) Pages 65-67, Herrick Genealogy, One Line of Descent from James Herrick who settled at Southampton, Long Island about 1653, compiled by Herrick Crosby Brown, 1950. (32) A family sheet for Henry Herrick and Editha Laskin found on the Albert Family Tree Internet site at: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~albert/html/fam07843.htm (33) Pages 93-100, Penobscot Pioneers, by Billings, Herrick & Gray, Volume III, compiled by Phillip Howard Gray, Penobscot Press, Campden, ME, 1993. (34) Pages 225 & 226, The History of Salem, MA, compiled by Sidney Perley, 1924. 28 May 1629. (35) Page v of the Preface, The Herrick Family in England and America, compiled by Edith Herrick Milhorat, Gateway Press, Inc., 1984. (36) Page 646, Virginia Land Records, Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents, copyright by Genealogical Publishing, Baltimore, MD, 1984, reproduced on Family Tree Maker CD#174. (37) Page 34, The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, for the year ending June 1898, Volume V, Richmond, VA: House of the Society, No 707 East Franklin Street. This is the same reference as the reprint cited above as number (36). (38) The Journals of the House of Burgesses of Virginia, 1613-1658/59, compiled by H. R. McIlwaine, Richmond, VA, MCMXV. (39) Pages 185-186, Virginia Carolorum: The Colony Under The Rule OF Charles The First And Second, A.D. 1623-A.D. 1685, Compiled by Edward D. Neill, Albany, NY, 1886. (40) Page 257, Volume One, Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, compiled under the Editorial Supervision of Lyon Gardiner Tyler, LL.D., New York, 1915. (41) Page 63, The Colonial Virginia Register, compiled by William G. and Mary Newton Stanard, Albany, NY, 1902. (42) Page 283, The Statutes at Large; a Collection of all the Laws of Virginia, from the first session of the legislature, in the year 1819, Volume I, William Waller Hening, New York, printed by R. & W. & G. Bartow, 1823. (43) Page 37, The Jamestowne Society, register of Qualifying Seventeenth Century Ancestors, 1994. (44) Pages 420-424, Dawes-Gates Ancestral Lines, Volume II, Gates and Allied Families, compiled by Mary Walton Ferris, Privately Printed, 1931. (45) Page 305, Volume I, The History of Salem, Massachusetts, 1626-1637, compiled by Sidney Perley, 1924. (46) Pages 23-26, Volume I, Page 2054, Volume III, The Genealogy of the Cleveland and Cleaveland Families, compiled in three volumes by Edmond Janes and Horace Gillette Cleveland, Hartford, CT, 1899. (47) Page 7, A Genealogical Register of the Descendants of Moses Cleveland of Woburn, Mass., compiled by James Butler Cleveland, Albany, NY 1881. (48) The Will of John Friend, dated 04 November 1655, witnessed and signed by Henry Hericke, the Will was proved 26 January 1656, filed at the Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA. (49) The Estate Inventory of Agnes [Annis] Balch, dated 16 December 1655, conducted and signed by Henrey Hericke, filed at the Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA. (50) A letter written 14 February 1870 by William Perry-Herrick to Isabella James, page 151, Calendar of Herrick Family Papers, [c.481 fols.160-1], filed at the Bodleian Library, Oxford, England. (51) An indenture dated 11 April 1622 that was witnessed by Henry Heyricke, page 72, Calendar of Herrick Family Papers, [c.478 fol.85], filed at the Bodleian Library, Oxford, England. (52) Page 90, Virginia Colonial Abstracts, Beverly Fleet, Volume III, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1988, refers one to page 348 of the original document. (53) Page 83, Virginia Colonial Abstracts, Volume 26, York County, 1646-1648, Beverly Fleet, Box 5161 - Saunders Station, Richmond, 20, Virginia. The original of [50] cited above, from the Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. reprint of 1988. (54) Page 50, [No. 1. P. 254, A Court of York Co., 25 June 1655, Mr. Henry Hyrick & 6 others]; and page 53, [No. 1. P. 254, A Court for York Co., 24 Sept. 1655, Mr. Henry Hyrick & 10 others]; Virginia Colonial Abstracts, Volume 26, York County, 1648-1657, compiled by Beverly FLEET, box 5161 - Saunders Station, Richmond, 20, Virginia. (55) Signature of Hen Heyricke on a copy of the 1653 letter to John Heyricke. This copy of the original letter dated 28 June 1653 was obtained from the Bodleian Library, Oxford, England. (56) Signature of Henry Heyricke from a copy of the 1634 marriage settlement of Martha Heyricke. This copy of the original document was obtained from the Bodleian Library, Oxford, England. (57) Signature of Henry Heyricke from a copy of an indenture dated 1622. The copy of the original document was obtained from the Bodleian Library, Oxford, England. (58) Page 36 of York County, Book III, Wills, Deeds, and Orders, Pages 5-60, 1657-1659, from Page 31. Virginia Colonial Abstracts, Series 2, Volume 5, Abstracted by Lindsay O. Duvall, Wharton Grove, Virginia, 1961. (59) Page 11 of, York County, Book III, Wills, Deeds and Orders. Pages 5 - 60. 1557 - 1659. Virginia Colonial Abstracts, Series 2, Volume 5, Abstracted by Lindsay O. Duvall, Wharton Grove, Virginia, 1961. Followed by a list of bills of William Allin to Mr. Hore (sums omitted}, which included a "Mr. Herickes in New Posqusen." (60) Page 43 of, York County, Book III, Wills, Deeds and Orders. Pages 5-60. 1557-1659. Virginia Colonial Abstracts, Series 2, Volume 5, Abstracted by Lindsay O. Duvall, Wharton Grove, Virginia, 1961. Page 35A of cited reference noted above. (61) Page 156, foot note #13, volume III, part I, The History and Antiquities of the County of Leicester, compiled and published by John Nichols, 1800, by Red Lion Passage, Fleet Street. (62) Page 116, Plate XVIII, item #6, and page 159, volume III, part I, The History and Antiquities of the County of Leicester, compiled and published by John Nichols, 1800. (63) Second paragraph, page 166, volume III, part I, The History and Antiquities of the County of Leicester, compiled and published by John Nichols, 1800. (64) Page 911, The Great Migration Begins, Anderson, 1995. (65) Pages 18 and 19 of the 85HGR. (66) Notes and Queries, The Richmond Standard, Saturday, 26 March 1881. (67) York County, Deeds, Orders, Wills, etc., 1638-1694, Reel #1, page 348. (68) Creating A Worthwhile Genealogy, Meredith B. Colket, Jr., p. 252, National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 56, Dec. 1968, No. 4, FTM CD#210, NGS Quarterly, Volumes 1-85, Disk #1. Research from March 1998 through October 2001 was conducted by five researchers who shared their findings. And hence by the Herrick Family Association, HFA, that was formed 01November 2001. Herrick Family Association HFA:RLH:mtf:revised 08 August 2004 And if you've read and understood so far, you may be interested to know a little bit more about the Henry of Salem & Henry of Virginia. |
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