Archelaus Morrill of Salisbury marched with Capt. Henry Morrill's company on April 20, 1775, in response to the alarm of April 19, the beginning of the Revolutionary War. He served 8 days. Secretary of the Commonwealth, Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution, Source Medium: Book . [5]

[1][Anonymous], Vital Records of Salisbury, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849 (Name: Topsfield, MA: Topsfield Historical Society, 1915;), 164. .

[2]ibid. .

[3][Anonymous], Vital Records of Newbury, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849 (Name: Salem, MA: Essex Institute, 1911;), 1: 531. .

[4][Anonymous], Vital Records of Salisbury, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849 (Name: Topsfield, MA: Topsfield Historical Society, 1915;). .

[5]Secretary of the Commonwealth, Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution , 11: 54.

[6][Anonymous], Vital Records of Salisbury, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849 (Name: Topsfield, MA: Topsfield Historical Society, 1915;), 176. .

[7][Anonymous], Vital Records of Haverhill, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849 (Name: Topsfield, MA: Topsfield Historical Society, 1910;). .

[8][Anonymous], Vital Records of Salisbury, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849 (Name: Topsfield, MA: Topsfield Historical Society, 1915;), 164. .

[9]Joan Baptiste, Tombstone Inscriptions of Mount Prospect Cemetery, Amesbury MA (Name: E-mail message to author, 27 May 2003;). No evidence can be found for the death date of 1823 given in Morrill Kindred. .