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Benjamin Morrill and Mehitable Eastman

Husband

Benjamin Morrill

Born
16 JAN 1794[1] at Boscawen, N.H.
Resided
1850[3] at Boscawen, N.H.
Died
APR 1857[4] at Boscawen, N.H.
Married
22 NOV 1819
Father
Samuel Morrill
Mother
Sarah Atkinson
Also m.
(2) Mary Choate

Benjamin Morrill of Boscawen, New Hampshire, holds patent no. 3,111 for an improvement to balances for weighing, issued May 26, 1843. He is more well known as a maker of various types of clocks, including mirror clocks, tall case clocks, banjo clocks, and shelf clocks. He also made at least four tower clocks, or towers with a clock on all four sides visible to the inhabitants of the town.

Wife

Mehitable Eastman

Born
22 JUL 1797 at Landaff, N.H.
Died
06 JUL 1828[5] at Boscawen, N.H.

Children

Lucretia Morrill1822 – 1896
Born
23 JAN 1822[6] · Boscawen, N.H.
Died
07 AUG 1896 · Oreg. City, Oreg.
Married

Alfred E. Donaldson — m. in Iowa, 07 September 1857
Alfred b. in Guilford, N.Y., 18 October 1826.

Boscawen town records incorrectly recorded that both Lucretia and her sister died in 1825. This seems to be incorrect, only her sister died in that year.

Franklin L. Morrill1824 – 1825
Born
06 MAR 1824[7] · Boscawen, N.H.
Died
AUG 1825[8] · Boscawen, N.H.