Isaac Morrill and Dorothy Ruggles

Husband

Rev. Isaac Morrill

Born: 20 MAY 1718^[1] at Salisbury, Mass.
Died: 17 AUG 1793^[2] at Wilmington, Mass.
Will: 29 SEP 1791^[3]
Married: 04 AUG 1743^[4] at Billerica, Mass.
Father: Dea. Isaac Morrill
Mother: Abigail Brown
Also m.: (2) Mary Ayer

Isaac Morrill graduated Harvard College in September 1740 with a Master of Arts degree. ^[5]

Isaac was minister at Wilmington, Massachusetts for more than 50 years between 1741-1793.

The will of Isaac Morrill names wife Dorothy, sons Isaac, James, Eliakim, William, Nathaniel, daughters Elizabeth Ford wife of Cadwallader Ford, Dorothy, and Abigail. Also names grandsons David and Samuel. Dorothy and Abigail are single at the time of the codicil Jan. 16, 1792.

Wife

Dorothy Ruggles

Born: 07 JAN 1722^[6] at Billerica, Mass.
Died: 20 MAY 1804^[7] at Wilmington, Mass.
Father: Rev. Samuel Ruggles
Mother: Elizabeth Whiting

Dorothy Ruggles is a direct descendant of Thomas Dudley, governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony 1630-1633, through Samuel4, Martha3 Woodbridge, Mercy2 Dudley, Thomas1. Thomas Dudley is a direct descendant of William I the Conqueror, and therefore also King Henry II and King John I. Descendants of Dorothy Ruggles may claim royal and noble ancestry. ^[8]

Children

Samuel Morrill1744 – 1785

Born: 21 APR 1744^[9] · Wilmington, Mass.
Died: 21 SEP 1785^[10] · Epping, N.H.
Married: Anna Lawrence family page →

Elizabeth Morrill1746 – 1804

Born: 01 JUN 1746^[11] · Wilmington, Mass.
Died: 06 AUG 1804^[12] · Wilmington, Mass.
Married: Cadwallader Ford — m. in Wilmington, Mass., 23 May 1776^[13]
Cadwallader b. in Ireland, 27 November 1743; d. in Wilmington, Mass., 15 October 1804^[14].

Isaac Morrill1748 – 1839

Born: 13 AUG 1748^[15] · Wilmington, Mass.
Died: 05 MAY 1839^[16] · Natick, Mass.
Married: Mary Mann family page →

James Morrill1751 – 1833

Born: 08 FEB 1751^[17] · Wilmington, Mass.
Died: 03 APR 1833^[18] · Boston, Mass.
Married: Mary Glover family page →

Eliakim Morrill1753 – 1824

Born: 02 JAN 1753^[19] · Wilmington, Mass.
Died: 13 AUG 1824^[20] · Dedham, Mass.
Married: Ruth Russell family page →

William Morrill1755 – 1827

Born: 22 MAR 1755^[21] · Wilmington, Mass.
Died: 18 JAN 1827^[22] · Boston, Mass.
Married: Elizabeth Foster family page →

Nathaniel Morrill1757 – 1828

Born: 22 APR 1757^[23] · Wilmington, Mass.
Died: 23 OCT 1828^[24] · Wilmington, Mass.
Married: Hannah Jaquith family page →

Dorothy Morrill1760

Born: 13 JUL 1760^[25] · Wilmington, Mass.
Married: Joel Jenkins — m. 02 August 1814^[26]
Joel b. in Wilmington, Mass., 23 September 1757^[27]; m. (2) 13 June 1784^[28] to Elizabeth Walker.

Son Morrill1763 – 1763

Born: 22 APR 1763^[29] · Wilmington, Mass.
Died: 22 APR 1763^[30] · Wilmington, Mass.

Abigail Morrill1765 – 1851

Born: 19 MAY 1765^[31] · Wilmington, Mass.
Died: 03 DEC 1851^[32] · Wilmington, Mass.

Phebe Morrill1768 – 1790

Born: 17 JUL 1768^[33] · Wilmington, Mass.
Died: 29 MAR 1790^[34] · Wilmington, Mass.

[Anonymous], Vital Records of Salisbury, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849 (Topsfield, MA: Topsfield Historical Society, 1915), 168.
James Edward Kelley, Wilmington records of births, marriages, and deaths from 1730 to 1898 (Lowell MA: Thomson & Hill, 1898), 238.
Annie Morrill Smith, Morrill Kindred in America, Volume 1 (New York: Lyons Genealogical Company, 1914), 64.
[Anonymous], Vital Records of Billerica, Massachusetts, to the year 1850 (Boston MA: Wright & Potter, 1908).
Boston Post Boy (Boston, MA), September 1, 1740, p. 3.
[Anonymous], Vital Records of Billerica, Massachusetts, to the year 1850 (Boston MA: Wright & Potter, 1908), 166.
James Edward Kelley, Wilmington records of births, marriages, and deaths from 1730 to 1898 (Lowell MA: Thomson & Hill, 1898), 238.
Marston Watson, Royal Families: Americans of royal and noble ancestry. Volume 1: Governor Thomas Dudley and Descendents (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Pub. Co., 2002).
James Edward Kelley, Wilmington records of births, marriages, and deaths from 1730 to 1898 (Lowell MA: Thomson & Hill, 1898), 59.
Katharine L. Morrill, Morrill Genealogies (Handwritten manuscript, 1903, New Hampshire Historical Society, Concord NH), 52.
James Edward Kelley, Wilmington records of births, marriages, and deaths from 1730 to 1898 (Lowell MA: Thomson & Hill, 1898), 59.
James Edward Kelley, Wilmington records of births, marriages, and deaths from 1730 to 1898 (Lowell MA: Thomson & Hill, 1898), 224.
James Edward Kelley, Wilmington records of births, marriages, and deaths from 1730 to 1898 (Lowell MA: Thomson & Hill, 1898), 164.
James Edward Kelley, Wilmington records of births, marriages, and deaths from 1730 to 1898 (Lowell MA: Thomson & Hill, 1898), 224.
James Edward Kelley, Wilmington records of births, marriages, and deaths from 1730 to 1898 (Lowell MA: Thomson & Hill, 1898), 59.
Barre Gazette (Barre, MA), 24 May 1839, p. 3.
James Edward Kelley, Wilmington records of births, marriages, and deaths from 1730 to 1898 (Lowell MA: Thomson & Hill, 1898), 59.
Robert J. Dunkle and Ann S. Lainhart, Inscriptions and Records of the Old Cemeteries of Boston (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2000), 432.
James Edward Kelley, Wilmington records of births, marriages, and deaths from 1730 to 1898 (Lowell MA: Thomson & Hill, 1898), 59.
Vital Records of Dedham, MA 1635 – 1845, 437.
Annie Morrill Smith, Morrill Kindred in America, Volume 2 (New York: Grafton Press, 1931), 15.
Annie Morrill Smith, Morrill Kindred in America, Volume 2 (New York: Grafton Press, 1931), 41.
James Edward Kelley, Wilmington records of births, marriages, and deaths from 1730 to 1898 (Lowell MA: Thomson & Hill, 1898), 59.
Annie Morrill Smith, Morrill Kindred in America, Volume 2 (New York: Grafton Press, 1931), 42.
James Edward Kelley, Wilmington records of births, marriages, and deaths from 1730 to 1898 (Lowell MA: Thomson & Hill, 1898), 59.
NEHGS Register, 66: 321.
NEHGS Register, 66: 321.
NEHGS Register, 66: 321.
James Edward Kelley, Wilmington records of births, marriages, and deaths from 1730 to 1898 (Lowell MA: Thomson & Hill, 1898).
James Edward Kelley, Wilmington records of births, marriages, and deaths from 1730 to 1898 (Lowell MA: Thomson & Hill, 1898).
James Edward Kelley, Wilmington records of births, marriages, and deaths from 1730 to 1898 (Lowell MA: Thomson & Hill, 1898), 59.
James Edward Kelley, Wilmington records of births, marriages, and deaths from 1730 to 1898 (Lowell MA: Thomson & Hill, 1898), 169.
James Edward Kelley, Wilmington records of births, marriages, and deaths from 1730 to 1898 (Lowell MA: Thomson & Hill, 1898), 59.
James Edward Kelley, Wilmington records of births, marriages, and deaths from 1730 to 1898 (Lowell MA: Thomson & Hill, 1898), 238.