Alden R. Morrill and Eliza V. Shaw

Husband

Alden R. Morrill

Born: 1822 at N.H.
Resided: 1850^[1] at Nashville, N.H.
Resided: 1860^[2] at Northfield, N.H.
Married: 03 MAY 1845^[3] at N.H.

Alden R. Morrill of Nashville, New Hampshire, along with Hiram Baldwin, holds patent no. 7,604 for a self-acting adjustable feed gear for drilling machines, issued August 27, 1850. Alden Morrill also holds patent no. 22,192 for a steam engine valve (1859) and 22,972 for a wheel for railroad cars (1859).

Wife

Eliza V. Shaw

Born: 1818 at N.H.
Resided: 1880^[4] at Rumney Depot, Rumney, Grafton, N.H.
Died: 20 OCT 1882^[5] at Rumney, Grafton, N.H.
Father: Jonathan Shaw
Mother: Hannah Lethen

Identity: her death record and the companion 1880 census entry are both attached to the same FamilySearch Family Tree profile (‘Eliza V. Shaw, Female, 1818-1882, LT45-3WT’); death age (64y3m14d, back-calculating to ~6 Jul 1818) and 1880 census age (62, b. ~1818) both match this subject’s recorded 1818 birth year, and both share husband Alden R. Morrill and son Leonard Morrill. Death place Rumney, Grafton, NH matches the family’s 1880 census residence.^[6]

needs independent verification: parents Jonathan Shaw and Hannah Lethen are newly minted on a single derivative-index record only (QUAY 1, the death record’s stated ‘Parents and Siblings’ field) with no independent vital fact of their own on file.^[7]

Children

Mary H. Morrill1846

Born: 1846 · N.H.

George P. Morrill1849

Born: 1849 · N.H.

Leonard Morrill1851

Born: 1851 · N.H.

1850 US Census, Nashville NH, p. 211. Living with Hannah age 44, possibly his mother.
1860 US Census, Northfield NH, p. 866.
New Hampshire, Registrar of Vital Statistics, [New Hampshire] Index to marriages, early to 1900 (Salt Lake City: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1975-6).
United States, Census, 1880, online at https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHRK-T61 (accessed 2026-09-24), Rumney Depot, Rumney, Grafton, NH; ED 99, Sheet C, Sheet No. 389, Household 5073226. Name: Eliza V. Morrill; Sex: Female; Age: 62 years; Birth Year (Estimated): 1818; Birthplace: New Hampshire, United States; Marital Status: Married; Occupation: Keeping House; Relationship to Head of Household: Wife. Event Date: 1880. Event Place: Rumney Depot, Rumney, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States. Spouses and Children: Leonard Morrill (Son, 27, NH); Alden R. Morrill (Husband, 56, NH).
New Hampshire, Death Records, 1654-1947, online at https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FS2R-42V (accessed 2026-09-24), Rumney, Grafton, NH; Microfilm 1001095, Indexing Batch B07181-3. Name: Eliza V Morrill; Sex: Female; Age: 64y 3m 14d; Birth Year (Estimated): 1818; Birthplace: Holderness, , ,; Marital Status: Married; Race: W; Event Type: Death; Event Date: 20 Oct 1882; Event Place: Rumney; Microfilm Number: 1001095; Indexing Batch: B07181-3. Eliza V Morrill’s Parents and Siblings: Jonathan Shaw (Father, M); Hannah Lethen (Mother, F).
United States, Census, 1880, online at https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHRK-T61 (accessed 2026-09-24), Rumney Depot, Rumney, Grafton, NH; ED 99, Sheet C, Sheet No. 389, Household 5073226. Name: Eliza V. Morrill; Sex: Female; Age: 62 years; Birth Year (Estimated): 1818; Birthplace: New Hampshire, United States; Marital Status: Married; Occupation: Keeping House; Relationship to Head of Household: Wife. Event Date: 1880. Event Place: Rumney Depot, Rumney, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States. Spouses and Children: Leonard Morrill (Son, 27, NH); Alden R. Morrill (Husband, 56, NH).
New Hampshire, Death Records, 1654-1947, online at https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FS2R-42V (accessed 2026-09-24), Rumney, Grafton, NH; Microfilm 1001095, Indexing Batch B07181-3. Name: Eliza V Morrill; Sex: Female; Age: 64y 3m 14d; Birth Year (Estimated): 1818; Birthplace: Holderness, , ,; Marital Status: Married; Race: W; Event Type: Death; Event Date: 20 Oct 1882; Event Place: Rumney; Microfilm Number: 1001095; Indexing Batch: B07181-3. Eliza V Morrill’s Parents and Siblings: Jonathan Shaw (Father, M); Hannah Lethen (Mother, F).