John Meyrick

M, #13767, b. circa 1513, d. after 1555
Relationship11th great-grandfather of Malcolm Kenyon McKown Jr.
Pedigree
ChartsMyrick-Merrick Descendants Chart
Father-Other*Llewellyn Merrick b. circa 1480, d. circa 1550
Mother*Margaret Verch Rowland b. circa 1483

Family

Sage Griffith b. circa 1521, d. circa 1578
Children

Chronological Events

Birth*circa 1513 John Meyrick was born circa 1513 at Bodorgan, Angle, Pembrokeshire, Wales. 
 He was the son of Llewellyn Merrick and Margaret Verch Rowland. 
Marriage*circa 1545 John Meyrick married Sage Griffith, daughter of James Griffith and Maud Lloyd, circa 1545 at Pembrokeshire, Wales. 
Death*after 1555 John Meyrick died after 1555 at Saint David's Cathedral, Saint David's, Pembrokeshire, Wales. 
Book Excerpt* 
That the Myricks of America are descended from the purist Celtic stock is established from the best of authorities, to wit Burke's Peerage and noblest Cambrian blood and have possessed the same ancestral estate at Bodorgan, Anglesey, Wales without interruption for about 1,000 years.
They have the rare distinction of being lineally descended from the soverign Prince of Wales of the Welsh Royal family and from King Edward I, eldest son, the first Prince of Wales of the English Royal family.
The Meyrick family has been in Wales since at least the 6th century and probably before. The family estate of Bodorgan in on the island of Anglesey, North Wales, across the Menai Strait from Bangor. The Cathedral in Bangor is on the oldest site of worship (525AD) older than Canterbury by 50 years. One of the Meyrick men was the first Protestant Bishop of Bangor. The estate house is a Manor not a castle. It is of grey stone with some kind of ivy or other climber on the front that turns brilliant red in the fall. The sword and shield are in the front hall of the Manor.
The name Meyrick is pronounced Mayrick with a long "a" When the family came to the new world, those who went into the south changed the spelling to Myrick.1
 

Citations

  1. [S771] Personal Knowledge - Valentine, Jack.

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