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John Morrill and Abigail Knight

Husband

John Morrill

Born
19 JAN 1762[1] at Atkinson, N.H.
Resided
1800[2] at Deering, N.H.
Died
19 NOV 1845[3] at Hillsborough, N.H.
Married
10 NOV 1785[4] at Atkinson, N.H.
Father
Micajah Morrill
Mother
Priscilla Whittaker
Wife

Abigail Knight

Born
17 AUG 1767[5] at Atkinson, N.H.
Died
17 MAR 1855[6] at Francestown, N.H.

John Morrill was a private in the Revolutionary War between July 1779 and 1783. He served in Capt. Chase’s Company and Col. Reed’s Regiment in the New Hampshire line and was honorably discharged at West Point. Appended to the Revolutionary War Pention Application is the last will and testament of Abigail (Knight) Morrill. In it she names her son-in-law David Brown as executor of her estate and sole heir to her estate. The papers also state that her living children were John Morrill, Sarah Heath, Abigail Thurston, and Hannah Brown. [7]

Children

Born
09 DEC 1788[8] · Weare, N.H.
Married

Catherine Smith family page →

Samuel Morrill1790 – 1814
Born
ABT 1790
Died
ABT 1814
Married

Rachel Sprague family page →

Mary Morrill1793
Born
18 MAR 1793[9] · Deering, N.H.
Married

Joel Heath — m. in Hampstead, N.H., 08 May 1813
Joel b. in Henniker, N.H., 04 April 1789[10].

Sarah Morrill1795
Born
05 DEC 1795[11] · Deering, N.H.
Married

William Hoyt Heath
William b. in Henniker, N.H., 02 March 1794[12].

Abigail Morrill1797
Born
18 MAR 1797[13] · Deering, N.H.
Married

Elijah Thurston — m. in Nottingham, N.H., 15 March 1827[14]

Hannah Morrill1800
Born
15 JUN 1800[15] · Deering, N.H.
Married

David Brown

John Morrill1802 – 1810
Born
18 OCT 1802[16] · Deering, N.H.
Died
29 MAR 1810[17] · Deering, N.H.