Henry Morrill and Eleanor Currier


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Husband Col. Henry Morrill
Born
20 JUN 1731[1] at Salisbury, Mass.
Died
20 OCT 1778[2] at Salisbury, Mass.
Father Aaron Morrill
Mother Joanna Dow
Married
05 OCT 1756[3] at Amesbury, Mass.
Wife Eleanor Currier
Born
02 NOV 1731[4] at Amesbury, Mass.
Died
SEP 1817[5] at Salisbury, Mass.
Father Ezekiel Currier
Mother Mehitable Morrill

Henry Morrill of Salisbury was a Captain in Col. Caleb Cushing’s regiment, which marched April 20, 1775 in response to the alarm of April 19. By 1776, he was Lieutenant Colonel, Col. Timothy Pickering’s regiment, and later under col. Jacob Gerrish’s regiment. He was on a muster roll of field and staff officers at Winter Hill, January 22, 1778. Secretary of the Commonwealth, Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution, Source Medium: Book
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CHILDREN

Name Capt. Ezekiel Morrill
Born
15 OCT 1756[7] at Salisbury, Mass.
Died
NOV 1793[8] at At Sea
Married in Salisbury, Mass., 14 May 1778[9] to Elizabeth March. Elizabeth March d. in Salisbury, Mass., 27 May 1789[10]

The death notice of Ezekiel Morrill reads as follows: “Died on his passage from Hispaniola to Philadelphia. Capt. Ezekiel Morrill of Amesbury. His reputation for every social virtue is so well established among Friends, that it needs no newspaper panegyrick. He was a good citizen, an honest man, and ever distinguished in the line of the militia as a brave officer and good soldier.” Newburyport, MA, Impartial Herald, Source Medium: Newspaper
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Name William Morrill
Born
16 APR 1760[12] at Salisbury, Mass.
Died
04 MAY 1846[13] at Salisbury, Mass.
Married Sarah Pidgeon
Name Mehitable Morrill
Born
29 MAY 1762[14] at Salisbury, Mass.
Died
14 FEB 1801[15] at Salisbury, Mass.
Married in Salisbury, Mass., 22 November 1781[16] to Jacob Brown. Jacob Brown d. in Salisbury, Mass., 19 January 1834[17]
Name Levi Morrill
Born
15 OCT 1764[18] at Salisbury, Mass.
Died
19 FEB 1858[19] at Salisbury, N.H.
Married Mary Bagley
Name Capt. Ephraim Morrill
Born
24 AUG 1767[20] at Salisbury, Mass.
Died
24 SEP 1831[21] at Amesbury, Mass.
Married Polly Barnard
Name Mary Morrill
Born
22 AUG 1770[22] at Salisbury, Mass.
Died
ABT 1810
Married in Salisbury, Mass., 02 January 1796[23] to James Osgood
Name Eleanor Morrill
Born
07 APR 1773[24] at Salisbury, Mass.
Died
12 NOV 1810
Will 12 NOV 1810, proved 09 January 1811[25]
FOOTNOTES

[1][Anonymous], Vital Records of Salisbury, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849 (Name: Topsfield, MA: Topsfield Historical Society, 1915;), 168.
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[2]ibid., 593.
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[3][Anonymous], Vital Records of Amesbury, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849 (Name: Topsfield, MA: Topsfield Historical Society, 1913;), 425.
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[4]ibid., 74.
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[5]The Repertory (Name: Boston, MA;), 18 September 1817, p. 2. The Repertory (Boston, MA), Source Medium: Newspaper
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[6]Secretary of the Commonwealth, Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution , 11: 55.

[7][Anonymous], Vital Records of Salisbury, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849 (Name: Topsfield, MA: Topsfield Historical Society, 1915;), 167.
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[8]Salem Gazette (Name: Salem, MA;), 12/2/1793, p. 3. “On his passage from Hispaniola to Philadelphia.” Salem Gazette (Salem, MA), Source Medium: Newspaper
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[9][Anonymous], Vital Records of Salisbury, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849 (Name: Topsfield, MA: Topsfield Historical Society, 1915;).
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[10]ibid.
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[11]Newburyport, MA, Impartial Herald , November 22, 1792, page 3.

[12][Anonymous], Vital Records of Salisbury, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849 (Name: Topsfield, MA: Topsfield Historical Society, 1915;), 176.
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[13]ibid.
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[14]ibid., 172.
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[15]ibid., 533.
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[16]ibid.
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[17]ibid., 532.
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[18]ibid., 171.
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[19]Cemetery Transcriptions from the NEHGS Manuscript Collections (Name: Electronic database at www.nehgs.org;).
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[20][Anonymous], Vital Records of Salisbury, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849 (Name: Topsfield, MA: Topsfield Historical Society, 1915;), 167.
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[21]ibid.
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[22]ibid., 171.
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[23]ibid., 432.
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[24]ibid., 166.
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[25]Katharine L. Morrill, Morrill Genealogies (Name: Handwritten manuscript, 1903, New Hampshire Historical Society, Concord NH;), 42. Names her mother and all her siblings.
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