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HusbandCapt. John Morrill

Born
2 NOV 1679[1]atSalisbury, Mass.
Died
24 MAR 1760[2]atSalisbury, Mass.
Will23 AUG 1756, proved 30 April 1760[3]
FatherIsaac Morrill
MotherPhebe Gill
Married
23 DEC 1703[4]atSalisbury, Mass.

WifeMary Stevens

Born
7 NOV 1679[5]atSalisbury, Mass.
FatherBenjamin Stevens
MotherHannah Barnard

The will of John Morrill of Salisbury, "gentleman," was written four years before his death. In it he mentions Mary his wife, his sons John and Moses, his daughter Hannah wife of Daniel Osgood, and his daughter Sarah wife of Ilsley Greeley. He also mentions his daughter Mehitable, deceased, late wife of Ezekiel Currier. In addition, he mentions his grandchildren Moses, Benjamin, John, and Samuel, sons of his deceased son Benjamin Morrill, late of Kingston, New Hampshire. John Morrill is selected as executor and recieves the homestead and all land "which I bought of Jarvis Ring, John Ayer, Samuel French, and John Filander." In the probate papers, the witnesses John Paige, Reuben Morrill, Abraham Morrill, and Robie Morrill refer to the deceased as "Capt." John Morrill.

CHILDREN
NameHannah Morrill
Born
10 AUG 1705[6]atSalisbury, Mass.
Died
5 MAR 1789[7]atSalisbury, Mass.
MarriedDaniel Osgood

NameEns. Benjamin Morrill
Born
18 FEB 1707/08[8]atSalisbury, Mass.
Died
21 OCT 1754[9]atKingston, N.H.
MarriedAbigail Clough

NameMehitable Morrill
Born
20 MAR 1709/10[10]atSalisbury, Mass.
Died
ABT 1755[11]atAmesbury, Mass.
MarriedEzekiel Currier

NameSarah Morrill
Born
4 JUL 1713[12]atSalisbury, Mass.
Died
22 DEC 1764[13]atSalisbury, Mass.
MarriedIlsley Greeley

NameJohn Morrill
Born
17 NOV 1716[14]atSalisbury, Mass.
MarriedElizabeth Clough

NameRev. Moses Morrill
Born
1 MAY 1719[15]atSalisbury, Mass.
Died
9 FEB 1778[16]atBiddeford, Maine
MarriedHannah Jordan


FOOTNOTES

[1][Anonymous], Vital Records of Salisbury, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849 (Topsfield, MA: Topsfield Historical Society, 1915), 169.

[2]Salisbury VR (published) [note 1].

[3]County Clerk, Essex County Probate (Microfilm of original papers, Massachusetts Archives, Boston), 337: 79.

[4]Salisbury VR (published) [note 1].

[5]ibid., 225.

[6]Salisbury VR (published) [note 1], 168.

[7]ibid., 600.

[8]ibid., 164.

[9]Cemetery Transcriptions from the NEHGS Manuscript Collections (Electronic database at www.nehgs.org).

[10]Salisbury VR (published) [note 1], 171.

[11]Mehitable is listed as deceased in the will of her father John, written in 1756.

[12]Salisbury VR (published) [note 1], 174.

[13]ibid.

[14]ibid., 169.

[15]ibid., 173.

[16]A. K. P. Meserve, Records of the First Congregational Church in Biddeford, Historical & Genealogical Recorder , V(4): 206.


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