Joseph Morrill enlisted in the Revolutionary War in February 1776 at Methuen, Massachusetts for the term of two months. He was stationed near Charlestown and was present when the British evacuated Boston. In July 1776, Joseph Morrill reenlisted for the term of five months in the regiment of Col. Wigglesworth. For much of this time he was stationed at Fort Ticonderoga. In August 1777 he reenlisted for a third term in the regiment of Col. Johnson. During this final term he was in the battle at Stillwater. [7]

[1]David W. Hoyt, Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury, Massachusetts (Providence, R.I: Snow & Farnham, 1897), 778.

[2]1790 US Census , Danville VT, p. 30. Six children are mentioned.

[3]North Star (Danville VT; Transcribed by Janice Boyko), 6 January 1838. age 84

[4][Anonymous], Vital Records of Methuen, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849 (Topsfield, MA: Topsfield Historical Society, 1909), 238.

[5]Date inferred from age at death.

[6]North Star (Danville VT; Transcribed by Janice Boyko), 22 March 1831. age 74

[7]Records of the Veterans Administration, Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application (National Archives Microfilm Publication M805), Roll 599, File S22412.

[8]Methuen MA VR (published) [note 4], 90.

[9]North Star (Danville VT; Transcribed by Janice Boyko), 3/5/1853.

[10]ibid., 2/3/1849.

[11]Date and place derived from 1850 census.

[12]Methuen MA VR (published) [note 4], 90.

[13]North Star (Danville VT; Transcribed by Janice Boyko), 1/13/1849.

[14]Methuen MA VR (published) [note 4], 90.

[15]Vermont, Secretary of State, General index to vital records of Vermont, early to 1870 (Salt Lake City: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1951).

[16]Vermont VR, electronic library [note 15].

[17]ibid.

[18]ibid.

[19]North Star (Danville VT; Transcribed by Janice Boyko), 10 March 1831.

[20]Vermont VR, electronic library [note 15].