Abraham Morrill and Sarah Hoyt

Husband

Abraham Morrill

Born: JAN 1756^[1] at Canterbury, N.H.
Died: 09 SEP 1845^[2] at Ogden, N.Y.
Will: 24 MAY 1834, proved 05 February 1846^[3]
Married: 24 MAR 1785 at N.H.
Father: Ezekiel Morrill
Mother: Jemima Morrill

In 1777, Abraham Morrill joined the Revolutionary Army with the militia of Canterbury under General Burgoyne and participated in the attack of Fort Ticonderoga. He later participated in the Battle at Bennington under General Starks. After about a year of service, he returned to Canterbury and acted as a minute man there for two and a half years. In his deposition, Abraham Morrill says that after the war he removed to Wheelock Vermont for about twenty years, then to Bloomfield New York for about five years, then to Livingston New York for about seven years, and finally to Ogden New York. ^[4]

Wife

Sarah Hoyt

Born: 13 NOV 1765^[5] at Amesbury, Mass.
Died: 04 OCT 1847^[6] at Ogden, N.Y.
Father: Thomas Hoyt
Mother: Miriam Kimball

Children

Phebe Morrill1786

Born: 19 JAN 1786^[7] · Wheelock, Vt.
Married: Josiah Lane — m. in Candia, N.H., 11 October 1807
Josiah b. in Candia, N.H., 15 August 1781^[8]; d. 01 May 1866.

Miriam Morrill1788

Born: 10 APR 1788^[9] · Wheelock, Vt.
Married: ____ Switzer

Judith G. Morrill1790

Born: 10 JUN 1790^[10] · Wheelock, Vt.
Married: Samuel Gilman — m. 1809
Samuel b. 1784; d. 1864.

Rhoda Morrill1792 – 1840

Born: 09 JUN 1792^[11] · Wheelock, Vt.
Died: ABT 1840
Married: Eben Hodgkiss — m. ca. 1813

Abner Morrill1794

Born: 05 AUG 1794^[12] · Wheelock, Vt.
Married: Sarah Ann Bigbee
Sarah b. in Ogden, N.Y., ca. 1798.

Hannah Morrill1796 – 1879

Born: 16 OCT 1796^[13] · Wheelock, Vt.
Died: 17 AUG 1879
Married: Elijah Chamberlain — m. ca. 1821
Elijah b. 23 June 1798; d. 11 June 1878.

Maria Wheelock Morrill1799

Born: 29 JAN 1799^[14] · Wheelock, Vt.
Married: James Hill — m. ca. 1817
James b. ca. 1795.

Sarah Morrill1800 – 1888

Born: 11 NOV 1800^[15] · Wheelock, Vt.
Died: 1888
Married: Samuel Hilton — m. in Ogden, N.Y., 27 March 1826
Samuel b. 1797; d. 1869.

Nancy Morrill1802

Born: 14 NOV 1802^[16] · Wheelock, Vt.
Married: Linus Sutliff
Linus b. ca. 1798.

Comfort W. Morrill1805

Born: 31 AUG 1805^[17] · Wheelock, Vt.
Married: Ezra Newman

Martha H. Morrill1810

Born: 10 MAY 1810 · Boscawen, N.H.
Married: Leonard Adams — m. in Oakland Co., Mich., 24 October 1835
Leonard b. in Bloomfield, N.Y., ca. 1806.

Date and place derived from Revolutionary War Pension Application.
North Star (Danville VT; Transcribed by Janice Boyko), 10/26/1845.
Ann Lisa Pearson, Morrill/Morrell Families Association Newsletter, 1(3): 13.
Records of the Veterans Administration, Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application (National Archives Microfilm Publication M805), Roll 599, File R7394.
[Anonymous], Vital Records of Amesbury, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849 (Topsfield, MA: Topsfield Historical Society, 1913).
James Otis Lyford, History of the Town of Canterbury, New Hampshire, Volume 2 (Concord, N.H.: Rumford Press, 1912), 266.
Vermont, Secretary of State, General index to vital records of Vermont, early to 1870 (Salt Lake City: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1951).
New Hampshire, Registrar of Vital Statistics, [New Hampshire] Index to births, early to 1900 (Salt Lake City: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1974).
Vermont, Secretary of State, General index to vital records of Vermont, early to 1870 (Salt Lake City: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1951).
Vermont, Secretary of State, General index to vital records of Vermont, early to 1870 (Salt Lake City: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1951).
Vermont, Secretary of State, General index to vital records of Vermont, early to 1870 (Salt Lake City: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1951).
Vermont, Secretary of State, General index to vital records of Vermont, early to 1870 (Salt Lake City: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1951).
Vermont, Secretary of State, General index to vital records of Vermont, early to 1870 (Salt Lake City: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1951).
Vermont, Secretary of State, General index to vital records of Vermont, early to 1870 (Salt Lake City: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1951).
Vermont, Secretary of State, General index to vital records of Vermont, early to 1870 (Salt Lake City: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1951).
Vermont, Secretary of State, General index to vital records of Vermont, early to 1870 (Salt Lake City: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1951).
Vermont, Secretary of State, General index to vital records of Vermont, early to 1870 (Salt Lake City: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1951).