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William Morrill and Sarah Pidgeon

Salisbury, Mass. · married 09 October 1785 · 4 children

Husband

William Morrill

Born
16 APR 1760[1]

Salisbury, Mass.
Died
04 MAY 1846[2]

Salisbury, Mass.
Married
09 OCT 1785[3]

Salisbury, Mass.
Father
Col. Henry Morrill
Mother
Eleanor Currier
Wife

Sarah Pidgeon

Born
31 JUL 1767[4]

Newburyport, Mass.
Died
26 JUL 1821[5]

Salisbury, Mass.

William Morrill is found receiving a military pension in 1835, aged 75. He served under the Massachusetts Militia as a private. Pension Roll of 1835. [6]

William Morrill enlisted at Salisbury, Massachusetts, in the Revolutionary War and served as a private. Between 1776 and 1780, he served for three terms as a foot soldier. In 1781, he served on board the brig “Congress” under Capt. Seth Clark for six months off the coast of the West Indies. In 1782 he served on board the ship “Reprisal” under Capt. William P. Johnson for four months off the coast of the West Indies, and later on board the ship “Liberty” under Capt. William Russell for another three months. Records of the Veterans Administration, Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application (National Archives Microfilm Publication M805), Source Medium: Microfilm
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Children

Sally Morrill1786 – 1807
Born
02 FEB 1786[8] · Salisbury, Mass.
Died
06 NOV 1807
Married

Isaac Webster — m. in Salisbury, Mass., 27 December 1806[9]

Henry Morrill1788 – 1872
Born
05 APR 1788[10] · Salisbury, Mass.
Died
03 SEP 1872[11] · Haverhill, Mass.
Married

Nancy Fogg family page →

William Morrill1791 – 1845
Born
28 FEB 1791[12] · Salisbury, Mass.
Died
07 DEC 1845[13] · Salisbury, Mass.
Married

Mary G. Blaisdell family page →

Rhoda Morrill1795
Born
06 APR 1795[14] · Salisbury, Mass.

Sources

  1. [Anonymous], Vital Records of Salisbury, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849 (Name: Topsfield, MA: Topsfield Historical Society, 1915;), 176.
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  2. ibid.
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  3. ibid.
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  4. [Anonymous], Vital Records of Newburyport, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849 (Name: Salem, MA: Essex Institute, 1911;).
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  5. [Anonymous], Vital Records of Salisbury, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849 (Name: Topsfield, MA: Topsfield Historical Society, 1915;).
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  6. Pension Roll of 1835 , 1: 419.
  7. Records of the Veterans Administration, Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application (Name: National Archives Microfilm Publication M805;), Roll 599, File S21388.
  8. [Anonymous], Vital Records of Salisbury, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849 (Name: Topsfield, MA: Topsfield Historical Society, 1915;), 174.
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  9. ibid.
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  10. ibid., 168.
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  11. Massachusetts Vital Records 1841-1910 Database (Name: Electronic Database: NewEnglandAncestors.org;), 247: 231.
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  12. [Anonymous], Vital Records of Salisbury, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849 (Name: Topsfield, MA: Topsfield Historical Society, 1915;), 176.
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  13. Massachusetts Vital Records 1841-1910 Database (Name: Electronic Database: NewEnglandAncestors.org;), 20: 120.
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  14. [Anonymous], Vital Records of Salisbury, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849 (Name: Topsfield, MA: Topsfield Historical Society, 1915;), 174.
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