Descendants of Edward John Merrick (2nd Fleet convict) and Mary Elizabeth Russell (3rd Fleet convict)

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This is a brief listing of the line of descent from Edward John (AKA Joseph) Merrick, a convict who was transported to AUSTRALIA on the 2nd Fleet and his wife Mary Elizabeth Russell, a convict transported on the 3rd Fleet.

In April 1778 Edward John/Joseph Merrick/Meyrick was sentenced at the Old Bailey Sessions to seven years for theft of 2 lbs of tea, 7 loaves of refined sugar, 20 lbs of moist sugar, 3 lbs of rice and 1lb of pepper.His co-accused George Woodward was acquitted. His name was originally given as Meyrick and is occasionally listed this way in the colony, but Merrick seems to be the more correct term.

He was one of 1063 convicts transported on the "Surprize" (other ships "Neptune" and "Scarborough" made up the 2nd Fleet. December 1789, He was born 21 Nov 1763 in LONDON and died 9 Feb 1839 in RICHMOND aged 76.

He obviously made good in the new colony as in 1799, free by servitude, he was granted 30 acres of land on the banks of the Hawkesbury River at RICHMOND, NSW. He cleared the land for grazing and pig raising and was granted a further 60 acres at North Richmond in 1816.

In 1820 he was appointed to be District Constable and Pound Keeper of RICHMOND, having previously been District Constable of NORTH RICHMOND. His son William was appointed District Constable of NORTH RICHMOND replacing his father.

In 1830 he captured a 17 year old bushranger, John Tiernan, in the act of stealing a horse. Tiernan was hanged for his crimes. (I have often thought it a shame that the Magistrate did not sentence Tiernan to be transported to England for a period of time.)

Elizabeth Russell was sentenced to transportation in the Old Bailey for feloniously stealing "a hand* of silk", value 10 shillings, the property of John Dye and Edward Harvey, privily in their shop." She arrived with the 3rd Fleet on the "Mary".

Elizabeth was born 21 Nov 1763 and died 25 May 1840, a little more than a year after Edward. They are both buried at St Peter's Church, RICHMOND NSW.

Those tracing their descendance in my direct line are bolded. Dates of recent events have been omitted for personal security reason.

* This may refer to the hand process of twisting four threads of silk by fastening them to a hand winder and then to stationary pins 32m-34m away, Once wound, the twisted silk thread would be made into a skein or "hand" as a unit of sale.

Serial	Name	Children	Dates	Remarks
1.	Edward John MERRICK AKA Edward Joseph MERYCK Blacksmith, Farmer, Special Constable b 21 Nov 1763, d 9 Feb 1839 Married 24 Dec 1791 Mary Elizabeth RUSSELL b 20 Jan 1765, d 25 May 1840	John A. MERRICK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mary Elizabeth MERRICK . . . . . . . . . . . . William MERRICK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amos Joseph MERRICK (Joseph) . . . . . . Richard MERRICK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Thomas (Infant) MERRICK . . . . . . . . . . . Thomas Chrisford MERRICK . . . . . . . . . . Susannah MERRICK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Elizabeth MERRICK. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	b 2 Feb 1793, d 10 Sep 1874 . . . . . . . . . . b 14 Mar 1795, d 7 Oct 1855 . . . . . . . . . . b 1798, d 29 Oct 1874 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . b 22 May 1800, d 11 Jul 1875 . . . . . . . . . . b 1802, d 25 Dec 1887 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . b 1802, d 1802 b 1802, d 7 Apr 1881 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . b 7 Jan 1812, d 16 Oct 1894 . . . . . . . . . . b 1817 [NSW 228/11817] . . . . . . . . . . . . .	Married 1835 Eliza FRANCIS b 1820, d 1897 Children: Sarah 1836-1923, Mary Elizabeth 1838-1874, Eliza 1842-1866, Louisa 1842-1927, Susannah 1847-, Elizabeth Ann 1850-1926, John Edward Richard 1853-1919,Emma J. 1853-, Henrietta 1856-1918, Harriet 1859-1942, William Thomas 1861-1951, Emmeline 1863- Married - See Serial 2 Married Henrietta Blackman 1807-1851 Children: Mary Ann 1824-1827, Edward Jonathon 1826-1827, Thomas W. 1828-, Robert Harley 1829-1909, Harriet Comfort 1831-1904, Henrietta 1832-1914, Elizabeth 1834-1908, John Thomas 1836-1906, Maria 11839-1922, Richard 1841-1914, Susannah 1841- Married 1832 Maria Jane WOOD b abt 1825 d 1875 Children: Edward 1833-1925, Susannah 1835- Marie Ann Sophia 1838-1885, Caroline Susannah 1840-1933, James Robert 1842-1926, Joseph 1845-1922 Charles Thomas Richard 1848-1895, William John 1850- 1940, Maria Jane 1855-1942, Henrietta 1857-1944 Andrew 1860-1945, Alexander 1860-1864 No marriage found No marriage found Common Law abt 1830, with William WATERFORD Child: John b1831-1917 Married 1844, Thomas EATHER b 1820 d 1874, Child: Thomas Joseph 1849-1935 No date of death, no marriage found
2.	Mary Elizabeth MERRICK b 14 Mar 1795, d 7 Oct 1855 Eloped, Married 13 Aug 1822 Robert S. Cooper MARTIN Free Ship "Experiment" 1804 b 23 Oct 1797, d 11 Sep 1872 He later married Mary Oliver Perry	Elizabeth Mary E. MERRICK Robert Cooper MARTIN Caroline Anne MARTIN Martha MARTIN John Harden MARTIN Thomas MARTIN William MARTIN Henry MARTIN	b 18 Mar 1816, d 1854 b 17 Nov 1822, d 17 Oct 1884 b 19 Apr 1824, d 3 Dec 1878 b 11 Sep 1826, d 6 Oct 1901 b 19 Mar 1829, d 10 Sep 1881 b 1830 d 1838 b 23 Mar 1832, d 4 May 1871 b 16 Oct 1834, d 9 Jun 1835	Father not named, Married Francis Tipping 6 Feb 1837 Married 9 Nov 1847 Martha Price 8 Feb 1829, d 7 Sep 1913, no children Married 17 Jul 1840 William Thomas Price Married 25 Jul 1843 Charles James Price b 13 Nov 1821 d 10 Aug 1912 No marriage found Married 1829 Anna Mary Naughton, no children Died 7 months
3.	Martha MARTIN 11 Sep 1826 , d 6 Oct 1901 Marrried 25 Jul 1843 Charles James PRICE b 13 Nov 1821, d 10 Aug 1912	Robert Cooper PRICE Mary Anne PRICE [AKA Marianne] George William PRICE Thomas Martin PRICE Edward (AKA Edwin) D. PRICE Elizabeth Benjamina PRICE Charles Joseph PRICE Alfred PRICE Henry James PRICE Sarah Ann PRICE Anne PRICE Dick PRICE Walter John PRICE Jane PRICE Frederick PRICE	b 23 Mar 1845, d 28 Jun 1917 b 8 Oct 1846, d 19 Jun 1934 b 23 Oct 1848, d 29 May 1923 also recorded as b 23 Mar 1850, d 23 Aug 1927 b 6 Jan 1852, d 8 Sep 1929 b 29 Jul 1854, d 21 Sep 1917 b 26 Sep 1855, d 29 Apr 1940 b 27 Apr 1857, d 2 Aug 1942 b 15 Jan 1859, d 22 Jan 1926 b 24 May 1861, d 13 Sep 1926 b 17 Dec 1863, d 4 Sep 1927 b 1864, d 1864 b 17 Sep 1865, d 26 Jun 1955 b 6 Oct 1867, d 18 Aug 1911 b 9 Sep 1869, d 4 May 1928	NSW BIRTH 238/1845 V1845238 48 DISTRICT JV NSW BIRTH 465/1846 V1846465 158 DISTRICT CE Married 1871 Andrew Edwards b abt 1845 d NSW BIRTH 644/1848 V1848644 158 DISTRICT CE NSW BIRTH 1750/1848 V18481750 34A DISTRICT CE NSW BIRTH 4703/1850 V18504703 121B DISTRICT JO NSW BIRTH 1338/1852 V185213852 DISTRICT JO Married 1885 Jane PEEBLES NSW 6232/1885, (As Edwin) NSW BIRTH 554/1854 V1854554 53 DISTRICT JO Married 1889 William H. VINE NSW 6130/1889 NSW BIRTH 3173/1855 V18553173 56 DISTRICT IH NSW BIRTH 10149/1857 DISTRICT PENRITH Married 1883 Catherine DEAN NSW 6730/1883 NSW BIRTH 11371/1859 DISTRICT PENRITH Married 1890 Clara Jame CHISHOLM NSW 6153/1890 NSW BIRTH 11671/1861 DISTRICT PENRITH Married 1887 John Giles NSW 6236/1887 NSW BIRTH 12172/1863 DISTRICT PENRITH NSW BIRTH 13425/1864 DISTRICT PENRITH NSW BIRTH 13900/1865 DISTRICT PENRITH Married 1914 Lily Agnes Jane Franklin NSW 10346/1914 NSW BIRTH 14890/1867 DISTRICT PENRITH Married 1888 William J WERNER nsw 6379/1888 NSW BIRTH 16807/1869 DISTRICT PENRITH
4.	Andrew EDWARDS b abt 1845 d 1888 aged abt 43 Married 1871 NSW MARRIAGE 3395/1871, Richmond NSW Mary Anne PRICE b 1846 [NSW 465/1846] d 1934 Bride's name given as Maria and for children's births given variously as Marianne,Mariane Marian and Marion]	Andrew EDWARDS Marianne EDWARDS Florence EDWARDS James Stuart EDWARDS Hilda Mary EDWARDS Annie May EDWARDS Charles Robert EDWARDS	b 12 Nov 1871 d 1876 b 1874 b 1875 b 9 Apr 1877 d 1890 b 1879 b 1881 b 1882 d 1942	NSW 16924/1871, NSW 9734/1876 NSW 18379/1874 NSW 18806/1875 NSW 19763/1877,NSW 10814/1890 NSW 25736/1879 NSW 18092/1881 NSW 1000/1882 NSW 20359/1883
5.	Arthur Edmund STEVENSON [1867-1945] Married (1) [NSW 4232/1889] Eveline Edith Ingram AUSTIN 1872-1940 Divorced abt 1897 Married (2) [NSW 5579/1898] Florence EDWARDS b [NSW 18806/1875]	Henry A.A. STEVENSON Margaret M. STEVENSON Florence Alma STEVENSON Hilda Dorothy STEVENSON William Charles STEVENSON Lilian Maude STEVENSON Ethel Mary STEVENSON Joyce O. STEVENSON	b 15 Feb 1890, d 7 Apr 1976 b 1892 b 15 Feb 1900 d 7 Apr 1976 b 1901, d 1924 b 25 Sep 1904 b 1906, d 1890 b 1908 b 1919, D 14 JUN 2020	NSW 6302/1890 Married 1911 Catherine M. PRIEST NSW 26063/1892 Married 1912 William F. BRAY NSW 6385/1900, NSW 102320/1976 Married (1) 1921 Albert Edward MITCHELL Married (2) 1926 Arthur James TAYLOR NSW 32795/1901 Married Arthur James TAYLOR NSW 33491/1904 Married 1924 Henrietta JAMES NSW 25351/1906 Married 1932 Gourlay WIGHTMAN NSW 15271/1908 Married 1934 Alfred W. DOUGLAS NSW 43228/1919 Married 1944 Amos Arthur William BRYANT
6.	Florence Alma STEVENSON [15 Feb 1900 - 7 Apr 1976] Married (1) 10 Dec 1921 Albert Edward MITCHELL II 1895-1924 Married (2) 5 May 1926 Arthur James TAYLOR 7 Nov 1895	Albert Edward MITCHELL III Beulah MITCHELL [Both known as TAYLOR on their mother's later remarriage] Dorothy Phillis TAYLOR Joan TAYLOR Margaret TAYLOR Robert TAYLOR	b 1922, d 2011 b 1924 b 1927, d 1982 b 1929, d 1929 b 1930, d 1930 b 1936, d 1936	Married Roslyn Downes Married Reuben Allen (Allen) THORNCRAFT b 18 MAY 1923 d 6 NOV 2016 Married 1949 NSW 13946/1949 Clive Thomas KING b 14 Oct 1922, d 23 Jan 1994 1922 NSW 50698/1922
7.	Albert Edward MITCHELL [AKA TAYLOR] Married Roslyn DOWNES	Arthur Clive MITCHELL-TAYLOR Robert James TAYLOR Neal Richard TAYLOR Rohan Mitchell TAYLOR		prev Arthur Clive MITCHELL known as Arthur Clive TAYLOR