William Morrill and Mary Gordon


Index

Husband Capt. William Morrill
Born
26 NOV 1767[1] at Brentwood, N.H.
Resided
1810[2] at Brentwood, N.H.
Died
22 AUG 1838[3] at Brentwood, N.H.
Father William Morrill
Mother Lydia Trask
Married
24 DEC 1789[4] at Brentwood, N.H.
Other spouses (2) Elizabeth Dudley
Wife Mary Gordon
Born
20 MAY 1768[5] at Brentwood, N.H.
Died
26 MAY 1799[6] at Brentwood, N.H.
Father
Mother

According to the Katherine L. Morrill Manuscript (p. 103), Elizabeth Dudley is a descendent of Gov. Thomas Dudley. According to the Marston Watson book, this makes her a direct descendent of the Royal Plantaget family, Kings of England. All descendents of this family may claim royal ancestry.
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Additional information available.[7]

CHILDREN

Name Nathaniel Morrill
Born
23 JUL 1791[8] at Brentwood, N.H.
Died
03 NOV 1791[9]
Name Dorothy Morrill
Born
06 APR 1794[10] at Brentwood, N.H.
Died
30 JUL 1832 at Brentwood, N.H.
Married in Epping, N.H., 23 July 1817[11] to Samuel Dudley. Samuel Dudley was b. in Brentwood, N.H., 02 December 1789; d. in Brentwood, N.H., 03 July 1839
Name Zebedee Morrill
Born
10 JUL 1796[12] at Brentwood, N.H.
Died
18 OCT 1854[13] at Gilford, N.H.
Married Lucy Potter
Name Mary Gordon Morrill
Born
25 APR 1798[14] at Brentwood, N.H.
Died
04 OCT 1862[15]
Married 14 November 1826[16] to John Fifield. John Fifield was b. in Kingston, N.H., 27 May 1799[17]; d. 03 February 1882[18]; m. (2) November 1862[19] to Joanna Hill
FOOTNOTES

[1]New Hampshire, Registrar of Vital Statistics, [New Hampshire] Index to births, early to 1900 (Name: Salt Lake City: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1974;).
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[2]1810 US Census , Brentwood NH, p. 353. “William Jr.” Eight children, four boys and four girls. 1810 US Census.

[3]Mrs. Charles Carpenter Goss, Colonial Gravestone Inscriptions in the State of New Hampshire (Name: 1942 reprint, Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1974;), 26.
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[4]New Hampshire, Registrar of Vital Statistics, [New Hampshire] Index to marriages, early to 1900 (Name: Salt Lake City: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1975-6;).
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[5]New Hampshire, Registrar of Vital Statistics, [New Hampshire] Index to births, early to 1900 (Name: Salt Lake City: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1974;).
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[6]Mrs. Charles Carpenter Goss, Colonial Gravestone Inscriptions in the State of New Hampshire (Name: 1942 reprint, Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1974;), 26.
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[7]Capt. William Morrill derives his title from having been captain of a militia company.
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[8]New Hampshire, Registrar of Vital Statistics, [New Hampshire] Index to births, early to 1900 (Name: Salt Lake City: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1974;).
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[9]ibid.
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[10]ibid. “Dolly”
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[11]New Hampshire Genealogical Society, New Hampshire Genealogical Record (Name: Dover, N. H. : George W. Tibbetts, 1903-04;), 3: 113. New Hampshire Genealogical Society, New Hampshire Genealogical Record (Dover, N. H. : George W. Tibbetts, 1903-04), Source Medium: Book
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[12]New Hampshire, Registrar of Vital Statistics, [New Hampshire] Index to births, early to 1900 (Name: Salt Lake City: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1974;).
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[13]John M. Cox, Vital Records of Gilford, New Hampshire (Name: Concord NH: Typewritten manuscript at the New Hampshire Historical Society, 1938;). John M. Cox, Vital Records of Gilford, New Hampshire (Concord NH: Typewritten manuscript at the New Hampshire Historical Society, 1938), Source Medium: Book
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[14]New Hampshire, Registrar of Vital Statistics, [New Hampshire] Index to births, early to 1900 (Name: Salt Lake City: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1974;).
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[15]Katharine L. Morrill, Morrill Genealogies (Name: Handwritten manuscript, 1903, New Hampshire Historical Society, Concord NH;), 104.
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[16]ibid., 104.
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[17]ibid., 104.
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[18]ibid., 104.
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[19]ibid., 104.
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