Abraham Morrill and Sarah Hoyt


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Husband Abraham Morrill
Born
JAN 1756[1] at Canterbury, N.H.
Died
09 SEP 1845[2] at Ogden, N.Y.
Will 24 MAY 1834, proved 05 February 1846[3]
Father Ezekiel Morrill
Mother Jemima Morrill
Married
24 MAR 1785 at N.H.
Wife Sarah Hoyt
Born
13 NOV 1765[4] at Amesbury, Mass.
Died
04 OCT 1847[5] at Ogden, N.Y.
Father Thomas Hoyt
Mother Miriam Kimball

In 1777, Abraham Morrill joined the Revolutionary Army with the militia of Canterbury under General Burgoyne and participated in the attack of Fort Ticonderoga. He later participated in the Battle at Bennington under General Starks. After about a year of service, he returned to Canterbury and acted as a minute man there for two and a half years. In his deposition, Abraham Morrill says that after the war he removed to Wheelock Vermont for about twenty years, then to Bloomfield New York for about five years, then to Livingston New York for about seven years, and finally to Ogden New York. Records of the Veterans Administration, Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application (National Archives Microfilm Publication M805), Source Medium: Microfilm
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CHILDREN

Name Phebe Morrill
Born
19 JAN 1786[7] at Wheelock, Vt.
Married in Candia, N.H., 11 October 1807 to Josiah Lane. Josiah Lane was b. in Candia, N.H., 15 August 1781[8]; d. 01 May 1866
Name Miriam Morrill
Born
10 APR 1788[9] at Wheelock, Vt.
Married ____ Switzer
Name Judith G. Morrill
Born
10 JUN 1790[10] at Wheelock, Vt.
Married 1809 to Samuel Gilman. Samuel Gilman was b. 1784; d. 1864
Name Rhoda Morrill
Born
09 JUN 1792[11] at Wheelock, Vt.
Died
ABT 1840
Married ca. 1813 to Eben Hodgkiss
Name Abner Morrill
Born
05 AUG 1794[12] at Wheelock, Vt.
Married Sarah Ann Bigbee. Sarah Ann Bigbee was b. in Ogden, N.Y., ca. 1798
Name Hannah Morrill
Born
16 OCT 1796[13] at Wheelock, Vt.
Died
17 AUG 1879
Married ca. 1821 to Elijah Chamberlain. Elijah Chamberlain was b. 23 June 1798; d. 11 June 1878
Name Maria Wheelock Morrill
Born
29 JAN 1799[14] at Wheelock, Vt.
Married ca. 1817 to James Hill. James Hill was b. ca. 1795
Name Sarah Morrill
Born
11 NOV 1800[15] at Wheelock, Vt.
Died
1888
Married in Ogden, N.Y., 27 March 1826 to Samuel Hilton. Samuel Hilton was b. 1797; d. 1869
Name Nancy Morrill
Born
14 NOV 1802[16] at Wheelock, Vt.
Married Linus Sutliff. Linus Sutliff was b. ca. 1798
Name Comfort W. Morrill
Born
31 AUG 1805[17] at Wheelock, Vt.
Married Ezra Newman
Name Martha H. Morrill
Born
10 MAY 1810 at Boscawen, N.H.
Married in Oakland Co., Mich., 24 October 1835 to Leonard Adams. Leonard Adams was b. in Bloomfield, N.Y., ca. 1806
FOOTNOTES

[1]Date and place derived from Revolutionary War Pension Application.
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[2]North Star (Name: Danville VT; Transcribed by Janice Boyko;), 10/26/1845. North Star (Danville VT; Transcribed by Janice Boyko), Source Medium: Newspaper
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[3]Ann Lisa Pearson, Morrill/Morrell Families Association Newsletter , 1(3): 13.
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[4][Anonymous], Vital Records of Amesbury, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849 (Name: Topsfield, MA: Topsfield Historical Society, 1913;).
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[5]James Otis Lyford, History of the Town of Canterbury, New Hampshire, Volume 2 (Name: Concord, N.H.: Rumford Press, 1912;), 266.
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[6]Records of the Veterans Administration, Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application (Name: National Archives Microfilm Publication M805;), Roll 599, File R7394.

[7]Vermont, Secretary of State, General index to vital records of Vermont, early to 1870 (Name: Salt Lake City: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1951;).
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[8]New Hampshire, Registrar of Vital Statistics, [New Hampshire] Index to births, early to 1900 (Name: Salt Lake City: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1974;).
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[9]Vermont, Secretary of State, General index to vital records of Vermont, early to 1870 (Name: Salt Lake City: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1951;).
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[10]ibid.
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[11]ibid.
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[12]ibid.
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[13]ibid.
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[14]ibid.
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[15]ibid.
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[16]ibid.
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[17]ibid.
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