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In 1754, Henry Morrill and Peter Bowen were arrested for the murder of two Indians, Sabattis and Plausawa. These two Indians were believed to have kidnapped two slaves from settlers near Canterbury, and sold one to a French trader while the other escaped. The Indians later returned to the area and continued trading with the local settlers as if nothing had happened, enraging most of the inhabitants. Morrill and Bowen were found to have met up with the Indians, given them a gallon of rum, and afterwards took the opportunity to follow them into the woods where they were murdered. Henry Morrill and Peter Bowen were later arrested and jailed in Portsmouth by the English authorities. Their fellow settlers did not see the justice in this, however, and at least a hundred of them went to Portsmouth, broke into the jail, and set them free. After a failed attempt to arrest the leader of the riotous settlers, various gifts were presented to appease the families of the murdered Indians, and the matter was dropped. John J. Dearborn, The history of Salisbury, New Hampshire (Manchester, N.H.: Printed by W.E. Moore, 1890), Source Medium: Book
Additional information available.[10] CHILDREN
FOOTNOTES [1]Annie Morrill Smith, Morrill Kindred in America, Volume 2 (Name: New York: Grafton Press, 1931;), 23.
[2]ibid., 23.
[3]ibid., 23.
[4]NEHGS Register , 58: 124. NEHGS Register, Source Medium: Book
[5]Mrs. Charles Carpenter Goss, Colonial Gravestone Inscriptions in the State of New Hampshire (Name: 1942 reprint, Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1974;).
[6][Anonymous], Vital Records of Amesbury, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849 (Name: Topsfield, MA: Topsfield Historical Society, 1913;).
[7]Date inferred from age at death.
[8]Annie Morrill Smith, Morrill Kindred in America, Volume 2 (Name: New York: Grafton Press, 1931;), 23.
[9]John J. Dearborn, The history of Salisbury, New Hampshire (Name: Manchester, N.H.: Printed by W.E. Moore, 1890;), 227-237.
[10]The will of Henry Morrill mentions son Nathaniel as executor, daughter Apphia, Miriam, Sarah, and wife. Also mentions three grandchildren Susannah Sweat, Mary Nichols, and Henry M. Blake.
[11]New Hampshire, Registrar of Vital Statistics, [New Hampshire] Index to births, early to 1900 (Name: Salt Lake City: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1974;).
[12]ibid.
[13]NEHGS Register , 58: 47. NEHGS Register, Source Medium: Book
[14]New Hampshire, Registrar of Vital Statistics, [New Hampshire] Index to births, early to 1900 (Name: Salt Lake City: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1974;).
[15]ibid.
[16]ibid.
[17]ibid.
[18]NEHGS Register , 58: 122. NEHGS Register, Source Medium: Book
[19]New Hampshire, Registrar of Vital Statistics, [New Hampshire] Index to births, early to 1900 (Name: Salt Lake City: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1974;).
[20]Ann Lisa Pearson, Morrill/Morrell Families Association Newsletter , 2(1): 13.
[21]ibid., 2(1): 13.
[22]New Hampshire, Registrar of Vital Statistics, [New Hampshire] Index to births, early to 1900 (Name: Salt Lake City: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1974;).
[23]Date and place derived from Revolutionary War Pension Application.
[24][Anonymous], Relocation of Cemeteries [in Hill NH] (Name: Concord NH: Typewritten manuscript at the New Hampshire Historical Society, 1945;). [Anonymous], Relocation of Cemeteries [in Hill NH] (Concord NH: Typewritten manuscript at the New Hampshire Historical Society, 1945), Source Medium: Book
[25]Date derived from Revolutionary War Pension Application.
[26]Date derived from age given on Revolutionary War Pension Application.
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