Jeremiah Morrill and Hannah Kittridge


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Husband Major Jeremiah Morrill

Born
31 MAR 1751[1] at South Hampton, N.H.
Resided
1790[2] at Danville, Vt.
Died
18 DEC 1838[3] at Danville, Vt.
Father Abner Morrill
Mother Lydia Greeley
Married
30 NOV 1773[4] at Methuen, Mass.

Wife Hannah Kittridge

Born
1755[5]
Died
09 DEC 1834[6] at Danville, Vt.
Father
Mother

According to the War of 1812 Veterans in Texas, the Jeremiah Morrill who was the father of Hannah, Jeremiah, Joseph, Philip, and George Washington is also brother of Abel and Abner. This makes Jeremiah a son of Abner and Lydia (Greeley) Morrill. Morrill Kindred gives a different account of this family group, making this Jeremiah the son of Jacob and Sarah (Wait) Morrill, however there are some inconsistencies in that account, and it cannot be entirely correct. This area deserves more research to ensure we have properly distinguished between the different Jeremiahs that were alive at this time. Mary Smith Fay, War of 1812 Veterans in Texas (Greenville, S.C.: Southern Historical Press, 1994), Source Medium: Book
. [7]

At the time that the Revolutionare War broke out, Jeremiah Morrill was a resident of Methuen, Massachusetts. He marched in response to the battles at Lexington and Concord in 1775, and thereafter enlisted for three months. He served as an Orderly Sergeant in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He participated in the battle of Bunker Hill. He removed from Methuen to Andover, and re-enlisted two more times and served through most of 1776. He was present at Fort Ticonderoga during this time, as attested by his brother Joseph who was also there. After being discharged, Jeremiah removed to Danville, Vermont, and there remained for the rest of his life. Records of the Veterans Administration, Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application (National Archives Microfilm Publication M805), Source Medium: Microfilm
. [8]

CHILDREN


Name Hannah Morrill
Born
1774[9] at Danville, Vt.
Married John Webber

Name Jeremiah Morrill
Born
11 APR 1779[10] at Tewksbury, Mass.
Died
13 AUG 1865 at Union, Mich.
Married Ruth Garland

Name Joseph K. Morrill
Born
1779[11] at Tewksbury, Mass.
Died
09 NOV 1825[12] at Newton, Mass.

Name Philip Morrill
Born
20 FEB 1781[14] at Tewksbury, Mass.
Died
24 JUL 1870[15] at Avon, Ill.
Married (1) Judith Fuller

(2) in Lake Co., Ill., 27 March 1854[16] to Betsey Madison

Name George Washington Morrill
Born
ABT 1790 at Danville, Vt.
Married Betsey ____


FOOTNOTES

[1]George A. Gordon, South Hampton, N.H. Church Records, NEHGS Register , 53: 168.
.

[2]1790 US Census , Danville VT, p. 30. 1790 US Census, Source Medium: Book
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[3]North Star (Name: Danville VT; Transcribed by Janice Boyko;), 5 January 1839. North Star (Danville VT; Transcribed by Janice Boyko), Source Medium: Newspaper
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[4][Anonymous], Vital Records of Methuen, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849 (Name: Topsfield, MA: Topsfield Historical Society, 1909;), 238.
.

[5]Date inferred from age at death.
.

[6]Danville Town Clerk, Danville [Vt.] Town Records (Name: Salt Lake City, Utah : filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1951;). Danville Town Clerk, Danville [Vt.] Town Records (Salt Lake City, Utah : filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1951), Source Medium: Book
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[7]Mary Smith Fay, War of 1812 Veterans in Texas (Name: Greenville, S.C.: Southern Historical Press, 1994;), pages 320 & 321.

[8]Records of the Veterans Administration, Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application (Name: National Archives Microfilm Publication M805;), Roll 599, File S18993.

[9]Annie Morrill Smith, Morrill Kindred in America, Volume 2 (Name: New York: Grafton Press, 1931;), 51.
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[10][Anonymous], Vital Records of Tewksbury, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849 (Name: Salem, MA: Essex Institute, 1912;).
.

[11]Date inferred from age at death.
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[12][Anonymous], Vital Records of Newton, Massachusetts, to the year 1850 (Name: Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1905;), 481.
. See also North Star (Name: Danville VT; Transcribed by Janice Boyko;), 22 November 1825. age 46 North Star (Danville VT; Transcribed by Janice Boyko), Source Medium: Newspaper
.

[14][Anonymous], Vital Records of Tewksbury, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849 (Name: Salem, MA: Essex Institute, 1912;).
.

[15]Annie Morrill Smith, Morrill Kindred in America, Volume 2 (Name: New York: Grafton Press, 1931;), 95.
.

[16]Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900 . Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900, Source Medium: Book
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