Isaac Morrill and Mary Ayer


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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
27 AUG 1741[4] at Haverhill, Mass.
Other spouses (2) Dorothy Ruggles
Wife Mary Ayer
Born
18 JUL 1718[5] at Haverhill, Mass.
Died
03 JUL 1742[6] at Wilmington, Mass.
Father
Mother

Isaac Morrill graduated Harvard College in September 1740 with a Master of Arts degree. Boston Post Boy (Boston, MA), Source Medium: Newspaper
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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
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Additional information available.[9]

CHILDREN

Name James Morrill
Born
09 JUN 1742[11] at Wilmington, Mass.
Died
12 SEP 1742[12] 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 Haverhill, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849 (Name: Topsfield, MA: Topsfield Historical Society, 1910;).
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[5]ibid., 1: 19.
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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]ibid., 238.
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