Henry Morrill and Eleanor Currier
Col. Henry Morrill
- Born
- 20 JUN 1731[1] at Salisbury, Mass.
- Died
- 20 OCT 1778[2] at Salisbury, Mass.
- Married
- 05 OCT 1756[3] at Amesbury, Mass.
- Father
- Aaron Morrill
- Mother
- Joanna Dow
Henry Morrill of Salisbury was a Captain in Col. Caleb Cushing’s regiment, which marched April 20, 1775 in response to the alarm of April 19. By 1776, he was Lieutenant Colonel, Col. Timothy Pickering’s regiment, and later under col. Jacob Gerrish’s regiment. He was on a muster roll of field and staff officers at Winter Hill, January 22, 1778. [4]
Eleanor Currier
- Born
- 02 NOV 1731[5] at Amesbury, Mass.
- Died
- SEP 1817[6] at Salisbury, Mass.
- Father
- Ezekiel Currier
- Mother
- Mehitable Morrill
Children
- Born
- 15 OCT 1756[7] · Salisbury, Mass.
- Died
- NOV 1793[8] · At Sea
- Married
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Elizabeth March — m. in Salisbury, Mass., 14 May 1778[9]
d. in Salisbury, Mass., 27 May 1789[10].
The death notice of Ezekiel Morrill reads as follows: “Died on his passage from Hispaniola to Philadelphia. Capt. Ezekiel Morrill of Amesbury. His reputation for every social virtue is so well established among Friends, that it needs no newspaper panegyrick. He was a good citizen, an honest man, and ever distinguished in the line of the militia as a brave officer and good soldier.” [11]