Moses Morrill and Mercy Bourne


Index


Husband Capt. Moses Morrill

Born
18 FEB 1776[1] at Biddeford, Maine
Died
21 AUG 1802[2] at Wells, Maine
Father Rev. Moses Morrill
Mother Hannah Jordan
Married
09 MAR 1800[3] at Wells, Maine

Wife Mercy Bourne

Born
1777[4]
Died
12 FEB 1825[5] at Wells, Maine
Father
Mother

The obituary of Moses Morrill reads, “At Nevis, on the 22d of Aug. last, Capt. Moses Morrill, 26 years of age, master of the brig Rambler, with a fever, after three days. He was an honest, active and enterprising man, his friends and the community are greatly disappointed in the pleasing prospects which they entertained of his increasing usefulness to society. He has left a sorrowful widow, with one child and a large circle of friends and acquaintenance to lament the heavy loss.” Eagle of Maine (Kennebunk, ME), Source Medium: Newspaper
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CHILDREN


Name Hannah Morrill
Born
1801[7] at Maine
Died
05 AUG 1825[8] at Wells, Maine


FOOTNOTES

[1]A. K. P. Meserve, Records of the First Congregational Church in Biddeford, Historical & Genealogical Recorder , VII(4): 184.
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[2]Lester MacKenzie Bragdon, Inscriptions from Gravestones at Wells, ME, NEHGS 92 , 340. “Died at sea.”
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[3]Joshua Hubbard, Births, Marriages, and Deaths of Wells, Maine (Name: Electronic database at www.nehgs.org, derived from original manuscript;). Joshua Hubbard, Births, Marriages, and Deaths of Wells, Maine (Electronic database at www.nehgs.org, derived from original manuscript), Source Medium: Book
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[4]Date inferred from age at death.
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[5]Lester MacKenzie Bragdon, Inscriptions from Gravestones at Wells, ME, NEHGS 92 , 340.
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[6]Eagle of Maine (Name: Kennebunk, ME;), 23 September 1802, p. 3.

[7]Date inferred from age at death.
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[8]Lester MacKenzie Bragdon, Inscriptions from Gravestones at Wells, ME, NEHGS 92 , 340.
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