Benjamin Morrill and Ruth Allen


Index

Husband Lt. Benjamin Morrill
Born
27 JAN 1697[1] at Salisbury, Mass.
Died
25 JUN 1788[2] at Salisbury, Mass.
Father Dea. Isaac Morrill
Mother Abigail Brown
Married
21 JAN 1720[3] at Salisbury, Mass.
Wife Ruth Allen
Born
05 MAR 1701[4] at Salisbury, Mass.
Died
03 AUG 1787[5] at Salisbury, Mass.
Father
Mother

The obituary of Ruth (Allen) Morrill reads, “Died at Salisbury, Mrs. Ruth Morrill, in the 88th year of her age–Her husband, Lieutenant Benjamin Morrill, is now living, in his 92nd year.–They lived together in a connubial relation 69 years. She has left near Seventy Great Grandchildren–some grown up.” Connecticut Journal (New Haven, CT), Source Medium: Newspaper
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CHILDREN

Name Margaret Morrill
Born
ABT 1720 at Salisbury, Mass.
Died
27 NOV 1720[7] at Salisbury, Mass.
Name Nathaniel Morrill
Born
24 MAR 1722[8] at Salisbury, Mass.
Died
1792[9] at Northwood, N.H.
Married Elizabeth French
Name Margaret Morrill
Born
19 JAN 1724[10] at Salisbury, Mass.
Married in Salisbury, Mass., 14 December 1745[11] to Dean Wadleigh
Name Abigail Morrill
Born
26 SEP 1725[12] at Salisbury, Mass.
Died
29 JAN 1737[13] at Salisbury, Mass.
Name Ruth Morrill
Born
27 AUG 1727[14] at Salisbury, Mass.
Married in Salisbury, Mass., 05 January 1748[15] to Jabez Tucker. Jabez Tucker was b. in Salisbury, Mass., 20 November 1726[16]; d. in Salisbury, Mass., 06 March 1781[17]

Salisbury VR show a Ruth m. Jan. 5, 1748 to Jabez Tucker. Hoyt shows Tucker “perhaps” married this Ruth, and perhaps married Ruth d. of Ezekiel and Abigail (Wadleigh) Morrill.
. [18]

Name Micajah Morrill
Born
02 FEB 1730[19] at Salisbury, Mass.
Died
17 OCT 1810 at Gilmanton, N.H.
Married (1) Susanna Clough

(2) Hannah Hackett

(3) in South Hampton, N.H., 19 February 1771[20] to Bersheba Shaw
Name Son Morrill
Born
23 APR 1732[21] at Salisbury, Mass.
Died
23 APR 1732[22] at Salisbury, Mass.
Name Benjamin Morrill
Born
23 SEP 1736[23] at Salisbury, Mass.
Died
02 JUL 1815[24] at Newburyport, Mass.
Married Elizabeth Pike
Name Isaac Morrill
Born
09 JUL 1738[25] at Salisbury, Mass.
Died
16 AUG 1815[26] at Gilmanton, N.H.
Married Hannah Merrill
Name Abigail Morrill
Born
11 DEC 1740[27] at Salisbury, Mass.
Married in Salisbury, Mass., 22 November 1759[28] to Ezekiel Merrill. Ezekiel Merrill was b. in Salisbury, Mass., 30 September 1736[29]; d. in Hebron, Maine, 01 January 1822[30]
Name Stilson Morrill
Born
16 DEC 1744[31] at Salisbury, Mass.
Name Dorothy Morrill
Born
01 OCT 1746[32] at Salisbury, Mass.
Married in Salisbury, Mass., 16 May 1765[33] to Peletiah Hoyt
FOOTNOTES

[1][Anonymous], Vital Records of Salisbury, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849 (Name: Topsfield, MA: Topsfield Historical Society, 1915;), 161.
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[2]ibid.
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[3]ibid.
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[4]ibid., 14.
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[5]ibid.
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[6]Connecticut Journal (Name: New Haven, CT;), 5 September 1787, p. 2.

[7][Anonymous], Vital Records of Salisbury, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849 (Name: Topsfield, MA: Topsfield Historical Society, 1915;).
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[8]ibid., 173.
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[9]L. Sherman Elliott, Everlastings, the Cemeteries and burying grounds of Northwood, New Hampshire (Name: Northwood NH: Northwood Historical Society, 1998).;). L. Sherman Elliott, Everlastings, the Cemeteries and burying grounds of Northwood, New Hampshire (Northwood NH: Northwood Historical Society, 1998).), Source Medium: Book
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[10][Anonymous], Vital Records of Salisbury, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849 (Name: Topsfield, MA: Topsfield Historical Society, 1915;), 171.
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[11]ibid.
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[12]ibid., 162.
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[13]ibid.
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[14]ibid., 174.
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[15]Ezra S. Stearns, Geneological and Family History of the State of New Hampshire (Name: New York, Chicago: Lewis Publishing, 1908;), 713. Ezra S. Stearns, Geneological and Family History of the State of New Hampshire (New York, Chicago: Lewis Publishing, 1908), Source Medium: Book
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[16][Anonymous], Vital Records of Salisbury, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849 (Name: Topsfield, MA: Topsfield Historical Society, 1915;), 241.
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[17]ibid., 626.
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[18]David W. Hoyt, Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury, Massachusetts (Name: Providence, R.I: Snow & Farnham, 1897;), 770.

[19][Anonymous], Vital Records of Salisbury, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849 (Name: Topsfield, MA: Topsfield Historical Society, 1915;), 172.
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[20]George A. Gordon, South Hampton, N.H. Church Records, NEHGS Register , 52: 433.
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[21]Katharine L. Morrill, Morrill Genealogies (Name: Handwritten manuscript, 1903, New Hampshire Historical Society, Concord NH;), 28.
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[22][Anonymous], Vital Records of Salisbury, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849 (Name: Topsfield, MA: Topsfield Historical Society, 1915;), 597.
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[23]ibid., 164.
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[24][Anonymous], Vital Records of Newburyport, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849 (Name: Salem, MA: Essex Institute, 1911;), 2: 722.
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[25]Annie Morrill Smith, Morrill Kindred in America, Volume 2 (Name: New York: Grafton Press, 1931;), 11.
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[26]David W. Hoyt, Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury, Massachusetts (Name: Providence, R.I: Snow & Farnham, 1897;), 785.
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[27][Anonymous], Vital Records of Salisbury, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849 (Name: Topsfield, MA: Topsfield Historical Society, 1915;), 162.
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[28]ibid.
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[29]ibid., 155.
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[30]Joseph Crook Anderson, Maine Families in 1790 (Name: Rockport, ME: Picton Press, 1988;), 6: 317. Joseph Crook Anderson, Maine Families in 1790 (Rockport, ME: Picton Press, 1988), Source Medium: Book
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[31][Anonymous], Vital Records of Salisbury, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849 (Name: Topsfield, MA: Topsfield Historical Society, 1915;), 162.
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[32]ibid., 165.
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[33]ibid., 427.
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