John Morrell and Sarah Hodgdon

Kittery, Maine · married abt 1665 · 7 children

1. E. S. Stackpole, Old Kittery and Her Families (1903; reprint, Somersworth: New England History Press, 1981), 619. Date inferred from record of a deposition given by John Morrell.
2. Clarence Almon Torrey, New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1971).
3. Thomas Franklin Waters, Ipswich in the Massachusetts Bay Colony (Ipswich MA: Ipswich Hist. Soc., 1917), 389.
4. In Morrill Kindred, Annie Morrill Smith states that Ethel Morrill McCollister held the belief that John Morrell of Kittery was a nephew of the two brothers Abraham and Isaac. DNA testing, however, has conclusively ruled this out. His parents and place of birth are unknown, though Mrs. McCollister suggests his father was Richard Morrell, who was in Portsmouth N.H. in 1640, brother of Nicholas Morrell, mariner. Lois Fooshee Williamson states that her family tradition is that this family comes from North Riding of Yorkshire, England.See also John Morrell first turns up in Maine record in 1663, occupation “plasterer.” He was a “Friend,” or Quaker, as were many of his descendents.
6. E. S. Stackpole, Old Kittery and Her Families (1903; reprint, Somersworth: New England History Press, 1981), 619. As per deposition.
7. E. S. Stackpole, Old Kittery and Her Families (1903; reprint, Somersworth: New England History Press, 1981), 619. Estate was admimistered in 1757.
8. Clarence Almon Torrey, New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1971).
9. Dover Historical Society, Vital Records of Dover, New Hampshire (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, 1977), 130.
10. Dover Historical Society, Vital Records of Dover, New Hampshire (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, 1977), 130.