A Henry Herrick came over from Leicestershire, England on the Planter to Salem. Joseph Herrick descended from Henry (Babson, pg. 298). Joseph and Mary came to Gloucester, MA about 1725 and had: Eunice, Mary, Joseph, & Israel - 2nd Parish Gloucester, MA. There is a Samuel Herrick aged 62 years d. Sep-11-1764 buried in the "forgotton" overgrowth of the 1st West Parrish burial ground off Thompson Road. He was born in 1702.