THE MIRICK FAMILY (1) John Mirick was the emigrant ancestor of Mrs. George Sessions, late of Worcester, Massachusetts. He was the son of the Rev. William Mirick, of Saint Davids, Wales, Pembrokeshire, and was born in England in 1614, and settled in Charlestown, Massachusetts, where he took the freeman's oath in 1641, and where he pursued his occupation of cooper and blockmaker. He married in Charlestown in 1641, Hopestill . They had a son John.
(II) John Mirick was born at Charlestown. Massachusetts, in 1655. He married Elizabeth Trowbridge, February 9, 1682. at Newton, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of Deacon James Trowbridge (1636-1717), and granddaughter of Thomas Trowbridge, of Taunton, England, who settled in Dorchester about 1634, went to New Haven, Connecticut, and back to England, where he died in 1672. John Mirick was a tanner by trade. He was admitted a freeman of Watertown, July 21, T685. His will is dated April 29, 1706, and he died in July, 1706. One report says he was killed by the Indians at Groton, Massachusetts, July 21, 1706, another that he died July 11. His wife died in 1734 at Newton, Massachusetts, aged seventy-four years. One of his sons was James, born October 26, 1696, at Newton.
(III) James Mirick, son of John Mirick (2), was born at Newton, Massachusetts, October 26, 1696, and married, October 20, 1725, Mary Woolson. She died at Templeton, Massachusetts, September 13, 1780. James was dismissed from Groton church to Weston June 24, 1724, and died in Boston, October 26, 1774. He had a son Elisha, born September 13, 1735
(IV) Elisha Mirick, son of James Mirick (3), was born at Weston, Massachusetts, September 13, 1735, and married, January 6. 1762, at Rutland, Massachusetts. Persis Moore, daughter of Lieutenant Paul and Hannah (Hubbard) Moore. She was born September 16, 1740. at Rutland, and died January 31. 1810. Paul Moore was a soldier in the revolutionary war. Elisha Mirick was a housewright. and a sergeant in the revolution, in Captain Paul Raymond's comoany. First Worcester Regiment. He had a son Tilley, born May 26, 1772.
(IV) Tilley Mirick. son of Elisha Mirick (4), was born at Holden, Massachusetts, May 26, 1772, married. November 12, 1799. at Holden. Polly Turner, who died February 22. 1854. Tilley Mirick died September 21, 1832. His daughter. Mary Groves Mirick, born May 20, 1815. married George Sessions (7), of Worcester, Massachusetts. (See sketch of Sessions above).