John Morrell and Hannah Wood


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Husband John Morrell
Born
ABT 1718 at Newtown, N.Y.
Died
MAR 1760[1] at Newtown, N.Y.
Will 22 MAR 1760, proved 08 April 1760[2]
Father John Morrell
Mother Judith Johnson
Married
21 APR 1741[3] at Newtown, N.Y.
Wife Hannah Wood
Born
SEP 1720 at Newtown, N.Y.
Died
13 MAR 1798 at Newtown, N.Y.
Father
Mother
Other spouses (2) ca. 1765 to John Gary

After the death of John Morrell, on June 29, 1774, John’s three sons Daniel (age 18) Robert (age 17) and James (age 15) petitioned to have Hannah Gary their mother and John Morrell “of New York City, mariner” [their brother] as guardians. Kenneth Scott, Records of the Chancery Court, Province of the State of New York, Guardianships 1691-1815 (New York: Holland Society of New York, 1971), Source Medium: Book
. [4]

Additional information available.[5]

CHILDREN

Name Joseph Morrell
Born
14 APR 1742[6] at Newtown, N.Y.
Name Hannah Morrell
Born
1746 at Newtown, N.Y.
Name William Morrell
Born
1748 at Newtown, N.Y.
Died
21 FEB 1758 at Newtown, N.Y.
Name John Morrell
Born
08 JUN 1750 at Newtown, N.Y.
Died
04 AUG 1812 at Morrisville, Pa.
Married Sarah Wallace
Name Daniel Morrell
Born
1756[7] at Newtown, N.Y.
Name Robert Morrell
Born
1757[8] at Newtown, N.Y.
Died
27 SEP 1805 at Philadelphia, Pa.
Married Mary Price
Name Yanake Morrell
Born
ABT 1759 at Newtown, N.Y.
Married George Gedney
Name James Morrell
Born
1760[9] at Newtown, N.Y.
FOOTNOTES

[1]Date and place inferred from will.
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[2]Abstracts of wills on file in the Surrogate’s Office, City of New York (Name: Electronic images at http://cdl.library.cornell.edu/nys/nys_N.html;), 5: 376. In his will, John Morrill names his seven living children plus “the child my wife is now bigg with” (Joseph). He also names his brother, Joseph, coexecutor with his wife, Hannah. Abstracts of wills on file in the Surrogate’s Office, City of New York (Electronic images at http://cdl.library.cornell.edu/nys/nys_N.html), Source Medium: Book
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[3][Anonymous], Presbyterian Church Records, Newtown, Collections of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society Vol. 8 (Name: New York: Printed for the Society, 1928;), 33. [Anonymous], Presbyterian Church Records, Newtown, Collections of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society Vol. 8 (New York: Printed for the Society, 1928), Source Medium: Book
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[4]Kenneth Scott, Records of the Chancery Court, Province of the State of New York, Guardianships 1691-1815 (Name: New York: Holland Society of New York, 1971;), 3: 166-8.

[5]In the will of John Morrell of Newtown, yeoman, he leaves his wife Hannah 50 pounds, son Joseph 25 pounds, and the rest of his estate to seven children John, William, Daniel, Robert, Yanake, Hannah, and an unborn child (James). John’s brother Joseph and John’s wife Hannah are executors.
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[6][Anonymous], Presbyterian Church Records, Newtown, Collections of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society Vol. 8 (Name: New York: Printed for the Society, 1928;), 9. [Anonymous], Presbyterian Church Records, Newtown, Collections of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society Vol. 8 (New York: Printed for the Society, 1928), Source Medium: Book
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[7]Date derived from age on petition for guardianship.
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[8]Date derived from age on petition for guardianship.
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[9]Date derived from age on petition for guardianship.
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