Isaac Morrill and Dorothy Ruggles

Index

Husband

Rev. Isaac Morrill

Born

20 MAY 1718[1]

Salisbury, Mass.

Died

17 AUG 1793[2]

Wilmington, Mass.

Will

29 SEP 1791[3]

Father

Dea. Isaac Morrill

Mother

Abigail Brown

Married

04 AUG 1743[4]

Billerica, Mass.

Other spouses

(1) Mary Ayer

Wife	Dorothy Ruggles

Born

07 JAN 1722[5]

Billerica, Mass.

Died

20 MAY 1804[6]

Wilmington, Mass.

Father

Rev. Samuel Ruggles

Mother

Elizabeth Whiting

Isaac Morrill graduated Harvard College in September 1740 with a Master of Arts degree. Boston Post Boy (Boston, MA), Source Medium: Newspaper . [7]

Dorothy Ruggles is a direct descendant of Thomas Dudley, governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony 1630-1633, through Samuel4, Martha3 Woodbridge, Mercy2 Dudley, Thomas1. Thomas Dudley is a direct descendant of William I the Conqueror, and therefore also King Henry II and King John I. Descendants of Dorothy Ruggles may claim royal and noble ancestry. Marston Watson, Royal Families: Americans of royal and noble ancestry. Volume 1: Governor Thomas Dudley and Descendents (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Pub. Co., 2002), Source Medium: Book . [8]

Additional information available.[9]

CHILDREN

Name	Samuel Morrill

Born

21 APR 1744[11]

Wilmington, Mass.

Died

21 SEP 1785[12]

Epping, N.H.

Married

Anna Lawrence

Name	Elizabeth Morrill

Born

01 JUN 1746[13]

Wilmington, Mass.

Died

06 AUG 1804[14]

Wilmington, Mass.

Married

in Wilmington, Mass., 23 May 1776[15] to Cadwallader Ford. Cadwallader Ford was b. in Ireland, 27 November 1743; d. in Wilmington, Mass., 15 October 1804[16]

Name	Isaac Morrill

Born

13 AUG 1748[17]

Wilmington, Mass.

Died

05 MAY 1839[18]

Natick, Mass.

Married

Mary Mann

Name	James Morrill

Born

08 FEB 1751[19]

Wilmington, Mass.

Died

03 APR 1833[20]

Boston, Mass.

Married

Mary Glover

Name	Eliakim Morrill

Born

02 JAN 1753[21]

Wilmington, Mass.

Died

13 AUG 1824[22]

Dedham, Mass.

Married

Ruth Russell

Name	William Morrill

Born

22 MAR 1755[23]

Wilmington, Mass.

Died

18 JAN 1827[24]

Boston, Mass.

Married

Elizabeth Foster

Name	Nathaniel Morrill

Born

22 APR 1757[25]

Wilmington, Mass.

Died

23 OCT 1828[26]

Wilmington, Mass.

Married

Hannah Jaquith

Name	Dorothy Morrill

Born

13 JUL 1760[27]

Wilmington, Mass.

Married

02 August 1814[28] to Joel Jenkins. Joel Jenkins was b. in Wilmington, Mass., 23 September 1757[29]; m. (2) 13 June 1784[30] to Elizabeth Walker

Name	Son Morrill

Born

22 APR 1763[31]

Wilmington, Mass.

Died

22 APR 1763[32]

Wilmington, Mass.

Name	Abigail Morrill

Born

19 MAY 1765[33]

Wilmington, Mass.

Died

03 DEC 1851[34]

Wilmington, Mass.

Name	Phebe Morrill

Born

17 JUL 1768[35]

Wilmington, Mass.

Died

29 MAR 1790[36]

Wilmington, Mass.

FOOTNOTES

[1][Anonymous], Vital Records of Salisbury, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849 (Name: Topsfield, MA: Topsfield Historical Society, 1915;), 168. .

[2]James Edward Kelley, Wilmington records of births, marriages, and deaths from 1730 to 1898 (Name: Lowell MA: Thomson & Hill, 1898;), 238. .

[3]Annie Morrill Smith, Morrill Kindred in America, Volume 1 (Name: New York: Lyons Genealogical Company, 1914;), 64. Annie Morrill Smith, Morrill Kindred in America, Volume 1 (New York: Lyons Genealogical Company, 1914), Source Medium: Book .

[4][Anonymous], Vital Records of Billerica, Massachusetts, to the year 1850 (Name: Boston MA: Wright & Potter, 1908;). .

[5]ibid., 166. .

[6]James Edward Kelley, Wilmington records of births, marriages, and deaths from 1730 to 1898 (Name: Lowell MA: Thomson & Hill, 1898;), 238. .

[7]Boston Post Boy (Name: Boston, MA;), September 1, 1740, p. 3.

[8]Marston Watson, Royal Families: Americans of royal and noble ancestry. Volume 1: Governor Thomas Dudley and Descendents (Name: Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Pub. Co., 2002;).

[9]Isaac was minister at Wilmington, Massachusetts for more than 50 years between 1741-1793. . See also The will of Isaac Morrill names wife Dorothy, sons Isaac, James, Eliakim, William, Nathaniel, daughters Elizabeth Ford wife of Cadwallader Ford, Dorothy, and Abigail. Also names grandsons David and Samuel. Dorothy and Abigail are single at the time of the codicil Jan. 16, 1792. .

[11]James Edward Kelley, Wilmington records of births, marriages, and deaths from 1730 to 1898 (Name: Lowell MA: Thomson & Hill, 1898;), 59. .

[12]Katharine L. Morrill, Morrill Genealogies (Name: Handwritten manuscript, 1903, New Hampshire Historical Society, Concord NH;), 52. .

[13]James Edward Kelley, Wilmington records of births, marriages, and deaths from 1730 to 1898 (Name: Lowell MA: Thomson & Hill, 1898;), 59. .

[14]ibid., 224. .

[15]ibid., 164. .

[16]ibid., 224. .

[17]ibid., 59. .

[18]Barre Gazette (Name: Barre, MA;), 24 May 1839, p. 3. Barre Gazette (Barre, MA), Source Medium: Newspaper .

[19]James Edward Kelley, Wilmington records of births, marriages, and deaths from 1730 to 1898 (Name: Lowell MA: Thomson & Hill, 1898;), 59. .

[20]Robert J. Dunkle and Ann S. Lainhart, Inscriptions and Records of the Old Cemeteries of Boston (Name: Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2000;), 432. Robert J. Dunkle and Ann S. Lainhart, Inscriptions and Records of the Old Cemeteries of Boston (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2000), Source Medium: Book .

[21]James Edward Kelley, Wilmington records of births, marriages, and deaths from 1730 to 1898 (Name: Lowell MA: Thomson & Hill, 1898;), 59. .

[22]Vital Records of Dedham, MA 1635 - 1845 , 437. .

[23]Annie Morrill Smith, Morrill Kindred in America, Volume 2 (Name: New York: Grafton Press, 1931;), 15. .

[24]ibid., 41. .

[25]James Edward Kelley, Wilmington records of births, marriages, and deaths from 1730 to 1898 (Name: Lowell MA: Thomson & Hill, 1898;), 59. .

[26]Annie Morrill Smith, Morrill Kindred in America, Volume 2 (Name: New York: Grafton Press, 1931;), 42. .

[27]James Edward Kelley, Wilmington records of births, marriages, and deaths from 1730 to 1898 (Name: Lowell MA: Thomson & Hill, 1898;), 59. .

[28]NEHGS Register , 66: 321. NEHGS Register, Source Medium: Book .

[29]ibid., 66: 321. NEHGS Register, Source Medium: Book .

[30]ibid., 66: 321. NEHGS Register, Source Medium: Book .

[31]James Edward Kelley, Wilmington records of births, marriages, and deaths from 1730 to 1898 (Name: Lowell MA: Thomson & Hill, 1898;). .

[32]ibid. .

[33]ibid., 59. .

[34]ibid., 169. .

[35]ibid., 59. .

[36]ibid., 238. .