Joseph Guest Morrill and Betsy J. Smith

Husband

Joseph Guest Morrill

Born: MAY 1833 at Kingston, N.H.
Resided: 1880^[1] at Pittsfield, N.H.
Resided: 1900^[3] at Pittsfield, Merrimack, N.H.
Died: 20 APR 1905^[4] at Pittsfield, N.H.
Married: 01 SEP 1867^[5] at Pittsfield, Merrimack, N.H.
Father: James Morrill
Mother: Sarah Ann Tripp

Wife

Betsy J. Smith

Born: 24 AUG 1841^[6] at N.H.
Died: 06 AUG 1925 at Pittsfield, N.H.
Father: Isaac E. Smith
Mother: Ann Ayers

NOTE: A second wife entry, ‘Betsy J. ____’, was combined with this record’s wife ‘Jennie E. Smith’. The 1880 U.S. census places Joseph G. Morrill’s only recorded child, Fred S. Morrill (age 10), in the household with wife ‘Betsy J. Morrill’ (age 38), pairing the unique child with the wife on the second entry rather than showing two separate wives. The 1867 marriage record gives the bride’s name as a third variant, ‘Louise B. Smith’ (age 26, b. abt. 1841, parents Isaac Smith and Ann Smith), matching this record’s birth year (1841) closely and, under a spelling variant, the parents Isaac E. Smith and Ann Ayers established for this record by her own 1925 death record. A 1900 census records her simply as ‘Jane’ with years-married 33 (1900-33=1867), consistent with ‘Jennie’/’Jane’ as one given name under enumerator variance. The weight of evidence is that Joseph G. Morrill had one wife, recorded under at least four name forms (Jennie E., Betsy J., Louise B. and, per her death record, Betsey Jane). needs independent verification: the original 1867 Pittsfield town marriage return and her 1925 death certificate, to settle which given-name form she used at which life stage.

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Children

Fred S. Morrill1869 – 1951

Born: 02 JUN 1869^[10] · Pittsfield, N.H.
Died: 28 AUG 1951 · Pittsfield, N.H.
Married: Lizzie M. Marshall — m. in Pittsfield, N.H., 18 May 1895
Lizzie b. in Barnstead, N.H., 03 July 1864; d. in Pittsfield, N.H., 21 April 1948.

1880 US Census, Pittsfield NH, p. 439E. See also United States, Census, 1880 — James Morrill and Sarah Morrill household (son Joseph G. Morrill, wife Betsy J. Morrill, son Fred S. Morrill), Pittsfield, Merrimack, New Hampshire, online at https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHRL-K42, Household 5101319, Pittsfield ED 190, Merrimack, NH, sheet B, line 3 (Joseph). Joseph G. Morrill, male, age 46 (b. est. 1834), New Hampshire, married, farmer, white, relationship to head: Son. Father’s birthplace: New Hampshire. Mother’s birthplace: New Hampshire. 1880 census, Pittsfield, Merrimack, New Hampshire. Household also enumerates: Sarah Morrill (mother, F, 75, Massachusetts), James Morrill (father, M, 76, Massachusetts), Josephine Morrill (sister, F, 35, Massachusetts), Betsy J. Morrill (F, 38, New Hampshire), Fred S. Morrill (M, 10, New Hampshire).
United States, Census, 1900 — Joseph Morrell and Jane Morrell household, Pittsfield, Merrimack, New Hampshire, online at https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3Y6-HRW, Household 521, Pittsfield town ED 174, Merrimack, NH, sheet B, line 57. Joseph Morrell, head, male, age 67, born March 1833, New Hampshire, married, years married 33, race white, father’s birthplace Massachusetts, mother’s birthplace New Hampshire. 1900 census, Pittsfield, Merrimack, New Hampshire. Spouse: Jane Morrell (wife, F, 59, New Hampshire). Child: Fred S Morrell (son, M, 31, New Hampshire). Other people on the record: Lizzie M Morrell (F, 35, New Hampshire), Mary M Bradley (F, 79, New Hampshire) — relationship to head not machine-indexed.
New Hampshire, Death Records, 1654-1947 — Joseph G. Morrill, d. 20 Apr 1905, online at https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FSV4-HGM, Entry for Joseph G. Morrill and James Morrill; microfilm 2111157, indexing batch I09142-3. Joseph G. Morrill, male, died 20 Apr 1905, Pittsfield, Merrimack, New Hampshire. Parents: Sarah Tripp (mother), James Morrill (father).
New Hampshire, Marriage Records, 1637-1947 — Joseph G. Merril and Louise B. Smith, 1867, online at https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLXZ-TFX, Entry for Joseph G. Merril and Louise B. Smith. Joseph G. Merril, age 33 years (b. abt. 1834), married Louise B. Smith, age 26 years (b. abt. 1841), 1867, Pittsfield, Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States. Groom’s parents: James Merrill (father), Sarah P. Merrill (mother). Bride’s parents: Isaac Smith (father-in-law), Ann Smith (mother-in-law).
New Hampshire, Marriage Records, 1637-1947 — Joseph G. Merril and Louise B. Smith, 1867, online at https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLXZ-TFX, Entry for Joseph G. Merril and Louise B. Smith. Louise B. Smith, age 26 years, married 1867 — an age-derived estimate of birth abt. 1841, consistent with but not independently confirming this record’s exact recorded birth date.
New Hampshire, Death Records, 1654-1947 — Betsey Jane Morrill, d. 6 Aug 1925, online at https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FSV4-4MK, Entry for Betsey Jane Morrill and Isaac E. Smith; microfilm 2111157, indexing batch I09142-3. Betsey Jane Morrill, female, died 06 Aug 1925, Pittsfield, Merrimack, New Hampshire. Extended family: Isaac E. Smith (father-in-law of Joseph G. Morrill / her father), Ann Ayers (mother-in-law of Joseph G. Morrill / her mother). Indexed as wife of Joseph G. Morrill. See also United States, Census, 1880 — James Morrill and Sarah Morrill household (son Joseph G. Morrill, wife Betsy J. Morrill, son Fred S. Morrill), Pittsfield, Merrimack, New Hampshire, online at https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHRL-K42, Household 5101319, Pittsfield ED 190, Merrimack, NH, sheet B, line 3 (Joseph). Joseph G. Morrill, male, age 46 (b. est. 1834), New Hampshire, married, farmer, white, relationship to head: Son. Father’s birthplace: New Hampshire. Mother’s birthplace: New Hampshire. 1880 census, Pittsfield, Merrimack, New Hampshire. Household also enumerates: Sarah Morrill (mother, F, 75, Massachusetts), James Morrill (father, M, 76, Massachusetts), Josephine Morrill (sister, F, 35, Massachusetts), Betsy J. Morrill (F, 38, New Hampshire), Fred S. Morrill (M, 10, New Hampshire). See also New Hampshire, Marriage Records, 1637-1947 — Joseph G. Merril and Louise B. Smith, 1867, online at https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLXZ-TFX, Entry for Joseph G. Merril and Louise B. Smith. Joseph G. Merril, age 33 years (b. abt. 1834), married Louise B. Smith, age 26 years (b. abt. 1841), 1867, Pittsfield, Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States. Groom’s parents: James Merrill (father), Sarah P. Merrill (mother). Bride’s parents: Isaac Smith (father-in-law), Ann Smith (mother-in-law).
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). See also New Hampshire, Birth Records, Early to 1900 — Fred S. Morrill, b. 2 Jun 1869, online at https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLG5-972, Entry for Fred S Morrill and Joseph G Morrill. Fred S Morrill, male, white, born 2 June 1869, Pittsfield, Merrimack, New Hampshire. Father: Joseph G Morrill. Mother: Jennie E Smith.