Jacob Morrell and Abigail Ross
Jacob Morrell
- Born
- ABT 1728 at Newtown, Long Island, N.Y.
- Died
- 23 FEB 1814 at Chatham, N.J.
- Married
- 07 AUG 1764 at New Providence, N.J.
- Father
- Thomas Morrell
- Mother
- Judith ____
- Also m.
- (2) Nancy Pierson
(3) Mary Horton
(4) Sarah Day
Jacob Morrell was a merchant and grocer in Chatham, New Jersey. His home was said to be one of the most lavish in Chatham, and General Washington was a guest during the war of the revolution.
Abigail Ross
- Died
- ABT 1770
Children
- Born
- 29 APR 1765 · Chatham, N.J.
- Died
- 02 SEP 1833 · Lebanon, Ohio
- Married
-
Rhoda Bonnel — m. in New Providence, N.J., 17 May 1787
Rhoda b. in N.J., 30 May 1767.
Dr. Calvin Morrell moved from Chatham New Jersey to an area that would become Butler County, Ohio, about 1789. He was the head of a family of five persons in 1790. In 1805, Dr. Morrell converted to the Shaker religion and resided at Union Village in Lebanon Ohio. When the Whitewater Shaker Village was established in Crosby Township in 1824, Dr. Morrell was appointed overseer and was one of the first elders, residing there until 1832, when he returned to Lebanon, a year before his death.
- Born
- ABT 1767
- Died
- 17 MAR 1816
- Married
-
Henry King — m. 14 February 1789
Henry b. 27 December 1765; d. 02 March 1837.
- Born
- ABT 1769