Isaac Morrill and Dorothy Ruggles


Index

Husband Rev. Isaac Morrill
Born
20 MAY 1718[1] at Salisbury, Mass.
Died
17 AUG 1793[2] at Wilmington, Mass.
Will
29 SEP 1791[3]
Father Dea. Isaac Morrill
Mother Abigail Brown
Married
04 AUG 1743[4] at Billerica, Mass.
Other spouses (1) Mary Ayer
Wife Dorothy Ruggles
Born
07 JAN 1722[5] at Billerica, Mass.
Died
20 MAY 1804[6] at Wilmington, Mass.
Father Rev. Samuel Ruggles
Mother Elizabeth Whiting

Isaac Morrill graduated Harvard College in September 1740 with a Master of Arts degree. Boston Post Boy (Boston, MA), Source Medium: Newspaper
. [7]

Dorothy Ruggles is a direct descendant of Thomas Dudley, governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony 1630-1633, through Samuel4, Martha3 Woodbridge, Mercy2 Dudley, Thomas1. Thomas Dudley is a direct descendant of William I the Conqueror, and therefore also King Henry II and King John I. Descendants of Dorothy Ruggles may claim royal and noble ancestry. Marston Watson, Royal Families: Americans of royal and noble ancestry. Volume 1: Governor Thomas Dudley and Descendents (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Pub. Co., 2002), Source Medium: Book
. [8]

Additional information available.[9]

CHILDREN

Name Samuel Morrill
Born
21 APR 1744[11] at Wilmington, Mass.
Died
21 SEP 1785[12] at Epping, N.H.
Married Anna Lawrence
Name Elizabeth Morrill
Born
01 JUN 1746[13] at Wilmington, Mass.
Died
06 AUG 1804[14] at Wilmington, Mass.
Married in Wilmington, Mass., 23 May 1776[15] to Cadwallader Ford. Cadwallader Ford was b. in Ireland, 27 November 1743; d. in Wilmington, Mass., 15 October 1804[16]
Name Isaac Morrill
Born
13 AUG 1748[17] at Wilmington, Mass.
Died
05 MAY 1839[18] at Natick, Mass.
Married Mary Mann
Name James Morrill
Born
08 FEB 1751[19] at Wilmington, Mass.
Died
03 APR 1833[20] at Boston, Mass.
Married Mary Glover
Name Eliakim Morrill
Born
02 JAN 1753[21] at Wilmington, Mass.
Died
13 AUG 1824[22] at Dedham, Mass.
Married Ruth Russell
Name William Morrill
Born
22 MAR 1755[23] at Wilmington, Mass.
Died
18 JAN 1827[24] at Boston, Mass.
Married Elizabeth Foster
Name Nathaniel Morrill
Born
22 APR 1757[25] at Wilmington, Mass.
Died
23 OCT 1828[26] at Wilmington, Mass.
Married Hannah Jaquith
Name Dorothy Morrill
Born
13 JUL 1760[27] at Wilmington, Mass.
Married 02 August 1814[28] to Joel Jenkins. Joel Jenkins was b. in Wilmington, Mass., 23 September 1757[29]; m. (2) 13 June 1784[30] to Elizabeth Walker
Name Son Morrill
Born
22 APR 1763[31] at Wilmington, Mass.
Died
22 APR 1763[32] at Wilmington, Mass.
Name Abigail Morrill
Born
19 MAY 1765[33] at Wilmington, Mass.
Died
03 DEC 1851[34] at Wilmington, Mass.
Name Phebe Morrill
Born
17 JUL 1768[35] at Wilmington, Mass.
Died
29 MAR 1790[36] at Wilmington, Mass.
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]James Edward Kelley, Wilmington records of births, marriages, and deaths from 1730 to 1898 (Name: Lowell MA: Thomson & Hill, 1898;), 238.
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[3]Annie Morrill Smith, Morrill Kindred in America, Volume 1 (Name: New York: Lyons Genealogical Company, 1914;), 64. Annie Morrill Smith, Morrill Kindred in America, Volume 1 (New York: Lyons Genealogical Company, 1914), Source Medium: Book
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[4][Anonymous], Vital Records of Billerica, Massachusetts, to the year 1850 (Name: Boston MA: Wright & Potter, 1908;).
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[5]ibid., 166.
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[6]James Edward Kelley, Wilmington records of births, marriages, and deaths from 1730 to 1898 (Name: Lowell MA: Thomson & Hill, 1898;), 238.
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[7]Boston Post Boy (Name: Boston, MA;), September 1, 1740, p. 3.

[8]Marston Watson, Royal Families: Americans of royal and noble ancestry. Volume 1: Governor Thomas Dudley and Descendents (Name: Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Pub. Co., 2002;).

[9]Isaac was minister at Wilmington, Massachusetts for more than 50 years between 1741-1793.
. See also The will of Isaac Morrill names wife Dorothy, sons Isaac, James, Eliakim, William, Nathaniel, daughters Elizabeth Ford wife of Cadwallader Ford, Dorothy, and Abigail. Also names grandsons David and Samuel. Dorothy and Abigail are single at the time of the codicil Jan. 16, 1792.
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[11]James Edward Kelley, Wilmington records of births, marriages, and deaths from 1730 to 1898 (Name: Lowell MA: Thomson & Hill, 1898;), 59.
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[12]Katharine L. Morrill, Morrill Genealogies (Name: Handwritten manuscript, 1903, New Hampshire Historical Society, Concord NH;), 52.
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[13]James Edward Kelley, Wilmington records of births, marriages, and deaths from 1730 to 1898 (Name: Lowell MA: Thomson & Hill, 1898;), 59.
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[14]ibid., 224.
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[15]ibid., 164.
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[16]ibid., 224.
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[17]ibid., 59.
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[18]Barre Gazette (Name: Barre, MA;), 24 May 1839, p. 3. Barre Gazette (Barre, MA), Source Medium: Newspaper
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[19]James Edward Kelley, Wilmington records of births, marriages, and deaths from 1730 to 1898 (Name: Lowell MA: Thomson & Hill, 1898;), 59.
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[20]Robert J. Dunkle and Ann S. Lainhart, Inscriptions and Records of the Old Cemeteries of Boston (Name: Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2000;), 432. Robert J. Dunkle and Ann S. Lainhart, Inscriptions and Records of the Old Cemeteries of Boston (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2000), Source Medium: Book
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[21]James Edward Kelley, Wilmington records of births, marriages, and deaths from 1730 to 1898 (Name: Lowell MA: Thomson & Hill, 1898;), 59.
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[22]Vital Records of Dedham, MA 1635 – 1845 , 437.
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[23]Annie Morrill Smith, Morrill Kindred in America, Volume 2 (Name: New York: Grafton Press, 1931;), 15.
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[24]ibid., 41.
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[25]James Edward Kelley, Wilmington records of births, marriages, and deaths from 1730 to 1898 (Name: Lowell MA: Thomson & Hill, 1898;), 59.
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[26]Annie Morrill Smith, Morrill Kindred in America, Volume 2 (Name: New York: Grafton Press, 1931;), 42.
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[27]James Edward Kelley, Wilmington records of births, marriages, and deaths from 1730 to 1898 (Name: Lowell MA: Thomson & Hill, 1898;), 59.
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[28]NEHGS Register , 66: 321. NEHGS Register, Source Medium: Book
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[29]ibid., 66: 321. NEHGS Register, Source Medium: Book
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[30]ibid., 66: 321. NEHGS Register, Source Medium: Book
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[31]James Edward Kelley, Wilmington records of births, marriages, and deaths from 1730 to 1898 (Name: Lowell MA: Thomson & Hill, 1898;).
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[32]ibid.
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[33]ibid., 59.
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[34]ibid., 169.
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[35]ibid., 59.
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[36]ibid., 238.
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