Moses Morrill and Rebecca Barnes

Index

Husband

Lieut. Moses Morrill

Born

28 DEC 1655[1]

Salisbury, Mass.

Died

20 MAY 1731[2]

Salisbury, Mass.

Will

14 MAY 1731, proved 7 June 1731[3]

Father

Abraham Morrill

Mother

Sarah Clements

Married

ABT 1685

Salisbury, Mass.

Other spouses

(2) in Amesbury, Mass., 25 November 1727[4] to Mary (Gove) Sanborn. Mary (Gove) Sanborn was b. in Hampton, N.H., 14 April 1666[5]; m. (1) in Hampton, N.H., 1682 to Joseph Sanborn

Wife	Rebecca Barnes

Born

1654[6]

Amesbury, Mass.

Died

3 APR 1727[7]

Amesbury, Mass.

Father

William Barnes

Mother

Rebecca Lord

In a document purchased by the author at auction, Moses Morrill grants "a certain piece of Salt Marsh" in Salisbury estimated at six acres to "Abraham Brown and Hannah his new wife." This refers to Hannah his third daughter and her husband Abraham Brown. The document is signed December 12, 1727 and witnessed by Ephraim Brown and Thomas Waite.

CHILDREN

Name	Rachel Morrill

Born

12 AUG 1686[8]

Amesbury, Mass.

Married

(1) Joseph Quinby
(2) in Amesbury, Mass., 30 January 1727/28[9] to Thomas Menkins. Thomas Menkins was b. in Salisbury, Mass., 1682

Name	William Barnes Morrill

Born

19 MAR 1687/88[10]

Amesbury, Mass.

Married

(1) Lydia Pillsbury
(2) Judith ____

Name	Sarah Morrill

Born

30 JAN 1688/89[11]

Amesbury, Mass.

Died

10 JUL 1748

Haverhill, Mass.

Married

in Amesbury, Mass., 19 November 1712[12] to John Harriman. John Harriman was b. in Haverhill, Mass., 16 June 1688

Hoyt mentions husband Nathaniel Clement. However, I believe Nathaniel Clement married Sarah Merrill, daughter of Nathaniel Merrill. [13]

Name	Hannah Morrill

Born

14 AUG 1692[14]

Amesbury, Mass.

Died

16 APR 1754[15]

Salisbury, Mass.

Married

in Amesbury, Mass., 21 December 1714[16] to Abraham Brown. Abraham Brown was b. in Salisbury, Mass., 16 March 1690/91[17]; d. in South Hampton, N.H., 27 March 1758[18]

Name	Ann Morrill

Born

9 OCT 1694[19]

Amesbury, Mass.

Died

4 MAR 1767[20]

Salisbury, Mass.

Married

in Amesbury, Mass., 8 November 1723[21] to Ephraim Brown. Ephraim Brown was b. in Salisbury, Mass., 3 September 1680[22]; d. in Salisbury, Mass., 9 March 1752[23]; m. (1) in Salisbury, Mass., 28 November 1701[24] to Lydia Eastman

Name	Judith Morrill

Born

20 DEC 1696[25]

Amesbury, Mass.

FOOTNOTES

[1][Anonymous], Vital Records of Salisbury, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849 (Topsfield, MA: Topsfield Historical Society, 1915), 173.

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

[3]Katharine L. Morrill, Morrill Genealogies (Handwritten manuscript, 1903, New Hampshire Historical Society, Concord NH), 21. Mentions wife Mary, grandchild Benjamin Quinby.

[4][Anonymous], Vital Records of Amesbury, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849 (Topsfield, MA: Topsfield Historical Society, 1913), 426.

[5]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).

[6]Date inferred from age at death.

[7]Amesbury VR (published) [note 4], 568.

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

[9]Amesbury VR (published) [note 4].

[10]ibid., 171.

[11]ibid., 174.

[12]ibid., 427.

[13]David W. Hoyt, Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury, Massachusetts (Providence, R.I: Snow & Farnham, 1897), 254.

[14]Amesbury VR (published) [note 4], 173.

[15]Hoyt, Old Families of Salisbury & Amesbury [note 13], 74.

[16]Amesbury VR (published) [note 4], 425.

[17]Hoyt, Old Families of Salisbury & Amesbury [note 13], 74.

[18]ibid., 74.

[19]Amesbury VR (published) [note 4], 172.

[20]Hoyt, Old Families of Salisbury & Amesbury [note 13], 76.

[21]Amesbury VR (published) [note 4], 424.

[22]Hoyt, Old Families of Salisbury & Amesbury [note 13], 76.

[23]ibid., 76.

[24]NEHGS Register , 7: 314.

[25]Amesbury VR (published) [note 4], 173.