John Morrill and Abigail Knight

Husband

John Morrill

Born: 19 JAN 1762^[1] at Atkinson, N.H.
Resided: 1800^[2] at Deering, N.H.
Died: 19 NOV 1845^[3] at Hillsborough, N.H.
Married: 10 NOV 1785^[4] at Atkinson, N.H.
Father: Micajah Morrill
Mother: Priscilla Whittaker

John Morrill was a private in the Revolutionary War between July 1779 and 1783. He served in Capt. Chase’s Company and Col. Reed’s Regiment in the New Hampshire line and was honorably discharged at West Point. Appended to the Revolutionary War Pention Application is the last will and testament of Abigail (Knight) Morrill. In it she names her son-in-law David Brown as executor of her estate and sole heir to her estate. The papers also state that her living children were John Morrill, Sarah Heath, Abigail Thurston, and Hannah Brown. ^[5]

Wife

Abigail Knight

Born: 17 AUG 1767^[6] at Atkinson, N.H.
Died: 17 MAR 1855^[7] at Francestown, N.H.

Children

Capt. Joseph Morrill1788

Born: 09 DEC 1788^[8] · Weare, N.H.
Married: Catherine Smith family page →

Samuel Morrill1790 – 1814

Born: ABT 1790
Died: ABT 1814
Married: Rachel Sprague family page →

Mary Morrill1793

Born: 18 MAR 1793^[9] · Deering, N.H.
Married: Joel Heath — m. in Hampstead, N.H., 08 May 1813
Joel b. in Henniker, N.H., 04 April 1789^[10].

Sarah Morrill1795

Born: 05 DEC 1795^[11] · Deering, N.H.
Married: William Hoyt Heath
William b. in Henniker, N.H., 02 March 1794^[12].

Abigail Morrill1797

Born: 18 MAR 1797^[13] · Deering, N.H.
Married: Elijah Thurston — m. in Nottingham, N.H., 15 March 1827^[14]

Hannah Morrill1800

Born: 15 JUN 1800^[15] · Deering, N.H.
Married: David Brown

John Morrill1802 – 1810

Born: 18 OCT 1802^[16] · Deering, N.H.
Died: 29 MAR 1810^[17] · Deering, N.H.

New Hampshire, Registrar of Vital Statistics, [New Hampshire] Index to births, early to 1900 (Salt Lake City: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1974).
1800 US Census, Deering NH, p. 490. Two sons, a wife, four daughters. Brother Samuel also living in Deering.
Date and place derived from Revolutionary War Pension Application.
Date derived from Revolutionary War Pension Application.
Records of the Veterans Administration, Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application (National Archives Microfilm Publication M805), Roll 599, File W21818/BLWT879-100/BLWT6259-160-55..
New Hampshire, Registrar of Vital Statistics, [New Hampshire] Index to births, early to 1900 (Salt Lake City: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1974).
Date and place derived from Revolutionary War Pension Application.
New Hampshire, Registrar of Vital Statistics, [New Hampshire] Index to births, early to 1900 (Salt Lake City: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1974).
New Hampshire, Registrar of Vital Statistics, [New Hampshire] Index to births, early to 1900 (Salt Lake City: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1974).
New Hampshire, Registrar of Vital Statistics, [New Hampshire] Index to births, early to 1900 (Salt Lake City: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1974).
New Hampshire, Registrar of Vital Statistics, [New Hampshire] Index to births, early to 1900 (Salt Lake City: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1974).
New Hampshire, Registrar of Vital Statistics, [New Hampshire] Index to births, early to 1900 (Salt Lake City: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1974).
New Hampshire, Registrar of Vital Statistics, [New Hampshire] Index to births, early to 1900 (Salt Lake City: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1974).
Vital Records of Nottingham, New Hampshire, 1734-1877.
New Hampshire, Registrar of Vital Statistics, [New Hampshire] Index to births, early to 1900 (Salt Lake City: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1974).
New Hampshire, Registrar of Vital Statistics, [New Hampshire] Index to births, early to 1900 (Salt Lake City: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1974).
New Hampshire, Registrar of Vital Statistics, [New Hampshire] Index to births, early to 1900 (Salt Lake City: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1974).