Died 1688/89 AE 86 Yrs. This age appears in his will, not on a gravestone.
Unfortunately, there is no gravestone for either William Merrick or his wife.
Merrick's will, dated 3 December 1686, states his age as “about Eighty six years of Age.” That would make his age at death--his estate inventory was taken 17 February 1688/9--about 88 and his birth year about 1600 or 1601 (Barnstable Co. Probate, 1:22–23). Online postings that give Merrick's age at death as 86 ignore that that is the age appearing in his will, not on a gravestone.
Unfortunately, there is no gravestone for either William Merrick or his wife.
Merrick's will, dated 3 December 1686, states his age as “about Eighty six years of Age.” That would make his age at death--his estate inventory was taken 17 February 1688/9--about 88 and his birth year about 1600 or 1601 (Barnstable Co. Probate, 1:22–23). Online postings that give Merrick's age at death as 86 ignore that that is the age appearing in his will, not on a gravestone.
Died 1688/89 AE 86 Yrs. This age appears in his will, not on a gravestone.
Unfortunately, there is no gravestone for either William Merrick or his wife.
Merrick's will, dated 3 December 1686, states his age as “about Eighty six years of Age.” That would make his age at death--his estate inventory was taken 17 February 1688/9--about 88 and his birth year about 1600 or 1601 (Barnstable Co. Probate, 1:22–23). Online postings that give Merrick's age at death as 86 ignore that that is the age appearing in his will, not on a gravestone.
Unfortunately, there is no gravestone for either William Merrick or his wife.
Merrick's will, dated 3 December 1686, states his age as “about Eighty six years of Age.” That would make his age at death--his estate inventory was taken 17 February 1688/9--about 88 and his birth year about 1600 or 1601 (Barnstable Co. Probate, 1:22–23). Online postings that give Merrick's age at death as 86 ignore that that is the age appearing in his will, not on a gravestone.
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