Benjamin Thrasher Morrill and Mary S. Lee

Husband

Benjamin Thrasher Morrill

Born: 1808^[1]
Resided: 1871^[2] at Stanstead, Quebec, Canada
Died: 15 OCT 1875^[3] at Stanstead, Quebec, Canada
Married: NOV 1842^[5] at Stanstead, Quebec, Canada
Father: David Morrill
Mother: Deborah Thrasher
Also m.: (2) Malvina Farley

Wife

Mary S. Lee

Born: OCT 1819^[7]
Died: 13 MAY 1854^[8] at Stanstead, Quebec, Canada

Children

Anna C. Morrill1850 – 1868

Born: 1850^[10]
Died: 26 DEC 1868^[11] · Stanstead, Quebec, Canada

Mary Josephine Morrill1846 – 1879

Born: EST 1846^[14] · Quebec, Canada
Died: 23 DEC 1879^[15] · Boston, Suffolk, Mass., United States

Emma B. Morrill– 1866

Died: 01 MAY 1866^[17]

Eugene William Morrill1844 – 1911

Born: 1844^[18] · Quebec, Canada
Died: 22 FEB 1911^[19] · Stanstead, Quebec, Canada
Married: Harriet Benton family page →

Date inferred from age at death.
Canada, Census, 1871, online at https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4K4-49X (accessed 2026-07-16), Entry for Benjamin T Morrill household. Benjamin T Morrill, Male, Age 62 (b. ~1809, birthplace United States), household: Melvina Morrill (Wife, F, 52); Louisa Morrill (F, 61); Juliette Morrill (F, 26). Identity of Louisa and Juliette relative to the tree’s known children is unresolved — not asserted by this citation.
Interment.net Cemetary Records (Electronic Database: Interment.net). See also Maple Hill Cemetery, Stanstead County, Quebec — Benjamin Thrasher Morrill transcription, online at (accessed 2026-07-16), Maple Hill Cemetery transcription. Benjamin T. Morrill, d. 15 Oct 1875, age 67 (back-calculates to b. ~1808).
United States. Genealogies 1800-1900 — descendants of Elias [Lee] register, Stanstead, Quebec branch (published genealogy, exact imprint not yet identified), online at https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C95N-TK1J (accessed 2026-07-16), Image 113 of 226; p.80; entry 607. MORRILL. Stanstead. 7th Gen. 607 MARY, dau. of Jonathan, 564, and Mary (Moulton) Lee, born Sept. 22, 1819, married Benjamin Thrasher Morrill at Stanstead, Nov., 1842, — born at Falmouth, Me., Sept. 30, 1808. See also Notarial records: District Judiciaire de Saint-Francois, Quebec. Notarial Records 1868-1869, online at https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHV-P3J9-ZWR4 (accessed 2026-07-17), March 1869 deed of release, Township of Stanstead, District Saint-Francois, Quebec. Notarial deed of release: William [Eugene William] Morrill (+ wife Harriet Benton), Mary Josephine Morrill, and Juliette Morrill, of Stanstead, release for $1,000 all claims ‘as children, heirs and legal representatives of the said late Mary Lee, late wife of the said Benjamin Thrasher Morrill,’ upon her estate and ‘the Community of property… which heretofore existed between the said late Mary Lee and the said Benjamin Thrasher Morrill,’ to Benjamin Thrasher Morrill. Contemporary (1869) documentary confirmation of the 1842 marriage.
Date inferred from age at death.
Interment.net Cemetary Records (Electronic Database: Interment.net). See also Maple Hill Cemetery, Stanstead County, Quebec — Mary Lee (Morrill) transcription, online at (accessed 2026-07-16), Maple Hill Cemetery transcription. Mary S. Lee, wife of B.T. Morrill, d. 13 May 1854.
Date inferred from age at death.
Interment.net Cemetary Records (Electronic Database: Interment.net). See also Anna C. Morrill (1850-1868) – Find a Grave Memorial 96399475, Maple Hill Cemetery, Stanstead, online at (accessed 2026-07-16), Find a Grave Memorial 96399475. Anna C. Morrill (1850-1868), Maple Hill Cemetery, Stanstead — ‘Daughter of B.T. & M.S. Morrill’. See also Maple Hill Cemetery, Stanstead County, Quebec — Anna C. Morrill transcription, online at (accessed 2026-07-16), Maple Hill Cemetery transcription. Anna C. Morrill, daughter of B.T. & M.S. Morrill, d. 26 Dec 1868.
Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001 (death of Mary J. Thrasher Morrill, Boston, 23 Dec 1879, page 7235; names father Benjamin Thrasher Morrill), online at https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH5W-Y88 (accessed 2026-07-15), 7235. Mary J Thrasher Morrill person details: Sex Female; Age 33; Birth Year (Estimated) 1846; Birthplace Quebec, Can; Residence Date 23 Dec 1879; Residence Place Boston; Event Type Death; Event Date 23 Dec 1879; Event Place Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States; page 7235.
Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001 (death of Mary J. Thrasher Morrill, Boston, 23 Dec 1879, page 7235; names father Benjamin Thrasher Morrill), online at https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH5W-Y88 (accessed 2026-07-15), 7235. Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001: Mary J Thrasher Morrill person details. Name Mary J Thrasher Morrill; Sex Female; Age 33; Birth Year (Estimated) 1846; Birthplace Quebec, Can; Marital Status Married; Occupation wife of Thomas B; Event Type Death; Event Date 23 Dec 1879; Event Place Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States. Mary J. Thrasher Morrill’s Parents and Siblings: Benjamin Thrasher Morrill, Father, M; Mary D, Mother, F. Cite This Record: FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH5W-Y88), Entry for Mary J. Thrasher Morrill and Benjamin Thrasher Morrill, 1879. See also Massachusetts, State Vital Records, 1638-1927 (death of Mary J. Thrasher Morrill, Boston, 1879, v.312 p.282; names father Benjamin), online at https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NWKF-XXP (accessed 2026-07-15), v 312 p 282. Massachusetts, State Vital Records, 1638-1927: Mary J. Thrasher Morrill person details. Name Mary J. Thrasher Morrill; Sex Female; Age 33; Birth Year (Estimated) 1846; Birthplace Quebec, Can; Marital Status Married; Occupation wife of Thomas B; Event Type Death; Event Date 1879; Event Place Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States; Source Details v 312 p 282. Mary J. Thrasher Morrill’s Parents and Siblings: Mary D. – Mother – F – Quebec, Canada; Benjamin – Father – M – Quebec, Can. Cite This Record: FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NWKF-XXP), Entry for Mary J. Thrasher Morrill and Benjamin, 1879.
Emma B Morrill (1848-1866) – Find a Grave Memorial 96399462, Maple Hill Cemetery, Stanstead, online at (accessed 2026-07-16), Memorial 96399462. Emma B Morrill. DEATH 1 May 1866. Inscription: ‘Daughter of B.T. & M.S. Morrill / AEt 17Ys 8Mo’.
Date and place derived from 1881 census.
Interment.net Cemetary Records (Electronic Database: Interment.net). See also Eugene William Morrill (1843-1911) – Find a Grave Memorial, online at https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/180444720/eugene-william-morrill (accessed 2026-07-14), Memorial #180444720, Crystal Lake Cemetery, Stanstead, Estrie Region, Quebec, Canada. Eugene William Morrill BIRTH 1843 DEATH 22 Feb 1911 (aged 67-68) BURIAL Crystal Lake Cemetery, Stanstead, Estrie Region, Quebec, Canada.