Joseph Morrill and Martha Bean


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Husband Joseph Morrill
Born
09 FEB 1752[1] at Gilmanton, N.H.
Died
02 MAY 1846[2] at Gilmanton, N.H.
Father Ephraim Morrill
Mother Dorothy Hoyt
Married
17 AUG 1784[3] at Gilmanton, N.H.
Wife Martha Bean
Born
ABT 1765
Died
20 DEC 1845[4] at Gilmanton, N.H.
Father
Mother

In a letter filed with the court on behalf of Joseph Morrill by his children in October 1847 shortly after he died, the Revolutionary War record was established. Joseph Morrill enlisted at Gilmanton in February 1781 for six months. He served four of those months as a private and was discharged early due to poor health. He later reenlisted for an additional six months and served the full term. The papers give the name of his wife as Martha Bean, and name the living children Polly Morrill, Hannah Morrill, David Morrill, and Joseph Morrill. [The fact that the eldest living son is named David in the letter rather than Daniel is a discrepancy that remains unexplained at the current time.] 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 Mark Morrill
Born
22 NOV 1784[6] at Belmont, N.H.
Married Lucinda Sanborn
Name John Morrill
Born
02 MAR 1786[7] at Belmont, N.H.
Name Polly Morrill
Born
06 FEB 1788[8] at Belmont, N.H.
Name Hannah Morrill
Born
01 MAY 1791[9] at Belmont, N.H.
Name Daniel Greeley Morrill
Born
28 JUN 1793[10] at Belmont, N.H.
Died
14 JUN 1857[11]
Married (1) Elizabeth Butcher

(2) in Peoria Co., Ill., 15 February 1855[12] to Jane Orr
Name Joseph Morrill
Born
ABT 1795[13]
FOOTNOTES

[1]David W. Hoyt, Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury, Massachusetts (Name: Providence, R.I: Snow & Farnham, 1897;), 779.
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[2]Date and place derived from Revolutionary War Pension Application.
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[3]Date and place derived from Revolutionary War Pension Application.
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[4]Date and place derived from Revolutionary War Pension Application of husband Joseph Morrill.
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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 R7399.

[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]ibid.
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[10]ibid.
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[11]Daniel G. Morrill Bible (Name: Morrell, Morrill Families Association Newsletter 3(1);), 13. Daniel G. Morrill Bible (Morrell, Morrill Families Association Newsletter 3(1)), Source Medium: Book
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[12]Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900 . Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900, Source Medium: Book
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[13]No record of the birth of Joseph Morrill is known to exist. However, he is the author of his father Joseph’s Revolutionary War Pension Application and lists himself among the other living children.
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