John Morrill was a private in the Revolutionary War between July 1779 and 1783. He served in Capt. Chase's Company and Col. Reed's Regiment in the New Hampshire line and was honorably discharged at West Point. Appended to the Revolutionary War Pention Application is the last will and testament of Abigail (Knight) Morrill. In it she names her son-in-law David Brown as executor of her estate and sole heir to her estate. The papers also state that her living children were John Morrill, Sarah Heath, Abigail Thurston, and Hannah Brown. [7]

[1]New Hampshire, Registrar of Vital Statistics, [New Hampshire] Index to births, early to 1900 (Salt Lake City: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1974).

[2]1800 US Census , Deering NH, p. 490. Two sons, a wife, four daughters. Brother Samuel also living in Deering.

[3]Date and place derived from Revolutionary War Pension Application.

[4]Date derived from Revolutionary War Pension Application.

[5]N.H. Index to births, electronic library [note 1].

[6]Date and place derived from Revolutionary War Pension Application.

[7]Records of the Veterans Administration, Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application (National Archives Microfilm Publication M805), Roll 599, File W21818/BLWT879-100/BLWT6259-160-55.

[8]N.H. Index to births, electronic library [note 1].

[9]ibid.

[10]ibid.

[11]ibid.

[12]Vital Records of Nottingham, New Hampshire, 1734-1877 .

[13]N.H. Index to births, electronic library [note 1].

[14]ibid.

[15]ibid.