Jabez Morrill and Hannah Clough


Index


Husband Jabez Morrill

Born
15 FEB 1745[1] at Salisbury, Mass.
Died
26 AUG 1800[2] at Weare, N.H.
Father Ens. Abraham Morrill
Mother Eleanor True
Married
09 OCT 1766[3] at Hawke, N.H.

Wife Hannah Clough

Born
18 FEB 1742[4] at Salem, N.H.
Died
13 SEP 1807[5] at Weare, N.H.
Father John Clough
Mother Tabitha Welch

The obituary of Jabez Morrill reads, “At Weare, of the dysentery, on the 16th August, Mr. Jabez Morrill, aged 55. By his death, his wife is deprived of a kind husband; his children of an indulgent parent; the town of a useful member of society, of a good citizen, of their Representative in General Court, and one of their Selectmen.” The New Hampshire Gazette (Portsmouth, NH), Source Medium: Newspaper
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CHILDREN


Name Eleanor Morrill
Born
20 SEP 1768[7] at Weare, N.H.
Died
14 FEB 1849[8] at Weare, N.H.

Name John Morrill
Born
29 JUN 1770[9] at Weare, N.H.
Died
30 APR 1862 at Springfield, N.H.
Married (1) Lydia Kinsman

(2) Judith Sleeper

Name Hannah Morrill
Born
30 AUG 1772[10] at Weare, N.H.
Married in Weare, N.H., 28 October 1793 to Wells Currier. Wells Currier was b. in Weare, N.H., 28 December 1770[11]

Name Tabitha Morrill
Born
25 OCT 1774[12] at Weare, N.H.
Married Thomas Dickerson

Name Jabez Morrill
Born
23 FEB 1777[13] at Weare, N.H.
Died
1854 at Wilmot, N.H.
Married (1) Hannah Blanchard

(2) Abigail E. Dickey

Name Abraham Morrill
Born
01 FEB 1779[14] at Weare, N.H.
Died
19 NOV 1859[15] at Weare, N.H.
Married Martha Gordon

Name Lydia Morrill
Born
04 JAN 1782[16] at Weare, N.H.
Married in Chester, N.H., ca. 1808 to Samuel Buswell

Name True Morrill
Born
27 NOV 1784[17] at Weare, N.H.
Died
28 AUG 1807[18] at Unity, N.H.
Married Sarah Hadley


FOOTNOTES

[1][Anonymous], Vital Records of Salisbury, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849 (Name: Topsfield, MA: Topsfield Historical Society, 1915;), 169.
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[2]William Little, History of Weare, New Hampshire (Name: Lowell MA: S. W. Huse & Co., 1888;), 941.
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[3]David W. Hoyt, Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury, Massachusetts (Name: Providence, R.I: Snow & Farnham, 1897;), 786.
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[4]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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[5]William Little, History of Weare, New Hampshire (Name: Lowell MA: S. W. Huse & Co., 1888;), 941.
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[6]The New Hampshire Gazette (Name: Portsmouth, NH;), 30 September 1800, p. 3.

[7]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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[8]William Little, History of Weare, New Hampshire (Name: Lowell MA: S. W. Huse & Co., 1888;), 941.
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[9]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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[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]Farmer’s Cabinet (Name: Amherst, NH;), 30 November 1859, p. 3. “In Weare, 19th inst, Abraham Morrill Esq., aged 81. For many years he was a priminent citizen of the town, and for several years he was a member of the legislature.” Farmer’s Cabinet (Amherst, NH), Source Medium: Newspaper
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[16]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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[17]ibid.
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[18]The Farmers’ Cabinet (Name: Amherst, NH;), 8 September 1807, p. 3. “He has left a wife and two small children to lament the loss of a husband and a parent.” The Farmers’ Cabinet (Amherst, NH), Source Medium: Newspaper
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