John Morrill and Abigail Knight


Index

Husband John Morrill
Born
19 JAN 1762[1] at Atkinson, N.H.
Resided
1800[2] at Deering, N.H.
Died
19 NOV 1845[3] at Hillsborough, N.H.
Father Micajah Morrill
Mother Priscilla Whittaker
Married
10 NOV 1785[4] at Atkinson, N.H.
Wife Abigail Knight
Born
17 AUG 1767[5] at Atkinson, N.H.
Died
17 MAR 1855[6] at Francestown, N.H.
Father
Mother

John Morrill was a private in the Revolutionary War between July 1779 and 1783. He served in Capt. Chase’s Company and Col. Reed’s Regiment in the New Hampshire line and was honorably discharged at West Point. Appended to the Revolutionary War Pention Application is the last will and testament of Abigail (Knight) Morrill. In it she names her son-in-law David Brown as executor of her estate and sole heir to her estate. The papers also state that her living children were John Morrill, Sarah Heath, Abigail Thurston, and Hannah Brown. 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 Capt. Joseph Morrill
Born
09 DEC 1788[8] at Weare, N.H.
Married Catherine Smith
Name Samuel Morrill
Born
ABT 1790
Died
ABT 1814
Married Rachel Sprague
Name Mary Morrill
Born
18 MAR 1793[9] at Deering, N.H.
Married Joel Heath
Name Sarah Morrill
Born
05 DEC 1795[10] at Deering, N.H.
Married William Hoyt Heath
Name Abigail Morrill
Born
18 MAR 1797[11] at Deering, N.H.
Married in Nottingham, N.H., 15 March 1827[12] to Elijah Thurston
Name Hannah Morrill
Born
15 JUN 1800[13] at Deering, N.H.
Married David Brown
Name John Morrill
Born
18 OCT 1802[14] at Deering, N.H.
Died
29 MAR 1810[15] at Deering, N.H.
FOOTNOTES

[1]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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[2]1800 US Census , Deering NH, p. 490. Two sons, a wife, four daughters. Brother Samuel also living in Deering. 1800 US Census.

[3]Date and place derived from Revolutionary War Pension Application.
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[4]Date derived from Revolutionary War Pension Application.
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[5]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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[6]Date and place derived from Revolutionary War Pension Application.
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[7]Records of the Veterans Administration, Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application (Name: National Archives Microfilm Publication M805;), Roll 599, File W21818/BLWT879-100/BLWT6259-160-55.

[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]ibid.
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[10]ibid.
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[11]ibid.
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[12]Vital Records of Nottingham, New Hampshire, 1734-1877 . Vital Records of Nottingham, New Hampshire, 1734-1877, Source Medium: Book
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[13]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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[14]ibid.
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[15]ibid.
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