Amos Morrill and Margaret Day


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Husband Maj. Amos Morrill
Born
09 MAY 1748[1] at Salisbury, Mass.
Resided
1800[2] at St. Albans, Vt.
Died
JAN 1810[3] at St. Albans, Vt.
Father Joseph Morrill
Mother Prudence Maxfield
Married
ABT 1768 at Nottingham, N.H.
Wife Margaret Day
Born
ABT 1750
Died
SEP 1800[4]
Father
Mother

Amos Morrill was a Major in the Revolutionary War who served from August 1 1775 until September 1783 in the New Hampshire Regiment. Most of the records of his service were lost when the War Office was burned in November 1814. However, he was granted 400 acres of bounty land near St. Albans Vermont as reward for his services during the war. 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 Mary Morrill
Born
04 APR 1769[6] at Epsom, N.H.
Died
22 FEB 1824 at St. Albans, Vt.
Married ca. 1790 to John Gilman. John Gilman was b. in Rye, N.H., 18 March 1770; d. in St. Albans, Vt., 31 August 1845; m. (2) ca. 1825 to Margaret G. (Mitchell) Morrill
Name Hannah Morrill
Born
29 OCT 1770[7] at Epsom, N.H.
Married in Gilmanton, N.H., ca. 1798 to James Brackett
Name Theophilus Morrill
Born
01 MAR 1775[8] at Epsom, N.H.
Died
ABT 1816[9] at St. Albans, Vt.
Married Sally Nason
Name Amos Morrill
Born
15 DEC 1778[10] at Epsom, N.H.
Name William Morrill
Born
12 SEP 1782[11] at Epsom, N.H.
Married Eliza Brackett
Name Jeremiah Morrill
Born
23 FEB 1785[12] at Epsom, N.H.
Died
08 MAR 1815[13] at St. Albans, Vt.
Married Margaret G. Mitchell
FOOTNOTES

[1][Anonymous], Vital Records of Salisbury, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849 (Name: Topsfield, MA: Topsfield Historical Society, 1915;), 163.
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[2]1800 US Census , St. Albans VT, p. 477. Thirteen people were living in Amos’ household. 1800 US Census.

[3]Portland Gazette (Name: Portland, ME;), 29 January 1810, p. 3. “In St. Albans, (Vt.) Major Amos Morrill age 61; a revolutionary officer.” Portland Gazette (Portland, ME), Source Medium: Newspaper
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[4]Katharine L. Morrill, Morrill Genealogies (Name: Handwritten manuscript, 1903, New Hampshire Historical Society, Concord NH;), 97.
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[5]Records of the Veterans Administration, Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application (Name: National Archives Microfilm Publication M805;), Roll 599, File BLWT1337-400.

[6]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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[7]ibid.
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[8]ibid.
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[9]Theophilus Morrill probably died before 1820 as his wife Sally is found as head of household in the 1820 census for St. Albans.
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[10]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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[11]ibid.
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[12]ibid.
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[13]Annie Morrill Smith, Morrill Kindred in America, Volume 2 (Name: New York: Grafton Press, 1931;), 135.
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