Isaac Morrell and Sarah ___

Index

Husband

Isaac Morrell

Born

1588[1]

Hatfield-Broadoak, Essex, England

Died

18 DEC 1661[2]

Roxbury, Mass.

Will

15 DEC 1661, proved 23 January 1661/62[3]

Father

____ Morrill

Mother

Married

ABT 1624

England

Wife	Sarah ____

Born

1600[4]

England

Died

9 JAN 1672/73[5]

Roxbury, Mass.

Father

Mother

Isaac Morrell emmigrated from England on the ship Lyon, along with his wife "Mrs. Morrell" and two children Sarah and Katherine, landing at Boston in 1632 after 12 weeks at sea. Wife Sarah gave birth two months later, though this child only lived two months. The family settled in Roxbury, Massachusetts on what later became Dudley Street between Washington and Warren Streets. Isaac owned two forges and was eventually one of the four richest men in Roxbury. His sons did not survive, so his descendents derive from his daughters. One of Isaac's most well known descendents is the 14th President of the United States, Franklin Pierce.

CHILDREN

Name	Sarah Morrell

Born

ABT 1625

Hatfield-Broadoak, Essex, England

Died

23 JAN 1648/49[6]

Roxbury, Mass.

Married

in Roxbury, Mass., 1646 to Tobias Davis. Tobias Davis was b. in Weymouth, Mass., ca. 1621; d. in Roxbury, Mass., 25 April 1690[7]; m. (2) in Roxbury, Mass., 13 December 1649[8] to Anne Kingman

Name	Katherine Morrell

Born

ABT 1627

Hatfield-Broadoak, Essex, England

Died

12 SEP 1662

Reading, Mass.

Married

in Roxbury, Mass., 1 August 1647[9] to John Smith. John Smith was b. in England, 1621; d. in Reading, Mass., 17 September 1676

Name	Isaac Morrell

Born

27 NOV 1632[10]

Roxbury, Mass.

Died

JAN 1632/33[11]

Roxbury, Mass.

Name	Isaac Morrell

Born

5 FEB 1633/34[12]

Roxbury, Mass.

Died

31 JAN 1638/39

Roxbury, Mass.

Name	Hannah Morrell

Born

12 SEP 1636[13]

Roxbury, Mass.

Died

6 OCT 1717[14]

Roxbury, Mass.

Married

in Roxbury, Mass., 5 November 1652[15] to Daniel Brewer. Daniel Brewer was b. in England, ca. 1624; d. in Roxbury, Mass., 9 January 1707/08[16]

Descendents of Hannah Morrell include Franklin Pierce (1804-1869) 14th President of the United States. [17]

Name	Elizabeth Morrell

Born

MAY 1638[18]

Roxbury, Mass.

Died

MAY 1638[19]

Roxbury, Mass.

Name	Abraham Morrell

Born

6 JUN 1640[20]

Roxbury, Mass.

Died

13 SEP 1661[21]

Roxbury, Mass.

FOOTNOTES

[1]Date inferred from age on headstone. Place inferred from sale of real estate in 1632 in Hatfield Broadoak, described in the Introduction to Volume 2 of Morrill Kindred.

[2][Anonymous], Vital Records of Roxbury, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849 (Salem, MA: Essex Institute, 1925), 2: 595. The Roxbury Vital records give the date of death as December 18, 1662. This is likely off by one year, however, as the will is dated December 15, 1661 and proved one month later, January 21, 1661/62.

[3]NEHGS Register , 11: 35. Mentions his sons John Smith, Tobias Davis, and Daniel Brewer, numerous grandchildren, daughter Katherine, wife Sarah, cousin Isaac Morrell, brother Abraham Morrell.

[4]Date inferred from age at death.

[5]Roxbury VR (published) [note 2], 2: 595.

[6]Roxbury VR (published) [note 2], 2: 505.

[7]ibid., 2: 506.

[8]NEHGS Register , 105: 25. Roxbury Vital Records show her name as Bridget Kinman.

[9]Roxbury VR (published) [note 2], 2: 286.

[10]ibid., 1: 250.

[11]ibid., 2: 595.

[12]ibid., 1: 249.

[13]ibid., 1: 250.

[14]ibid., 2: 472.

[15]ibid., 2: 286.

[16]ibid., 2: 472.

[17]Gary Boyd Roberts, Ancestors of American Presidents (Santa Clara CA: NEHGS, 1989), 254.

[18]Roxbury VR (published) [note 2], 1: 249.

[19]Katharine L. Morrill, Morrill Genealogies (Handwritten manuscript, 1903, New Hampshire Historical Society, Concord NH), 15.

[20]Roxbury VR (published) [note 2], 1: 249.

[21]ibid., 2: 595.