Individual Details
Abraham MORRILL
(By Abt 1614 - 18 Jun 1662)
Events
| Birth | By Abt 1614 | England |  |  | |
| Arrival | 1632 | Cambridge, Massachusetts | | ||
| Arrival | 16 Sep 1632 | Boston, Massachusetts Bay, British America | | ||
| Arrival | 1635 | Cambridge, Massachusetts Bay, British America | | | |
| Departure | 1635 | England | | ||
| Arrival | Abt 1638 | perhaps aboard "Lion" with brother Isaac - Massachusetts Bay, British America | | ||
| Removed | 1640 | Salisbury, Massachusetts Bay, British America | | ||
| Miscellaneous | was one of the original settlers of Salisbury | | |||
| Marriage | 10 Jun 1645 | Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America - Sarah CLEMENT | | | |
| Will | 18 Jun 1662 | | |||
| Death | 18 Jun 1662 | while visiting - Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America | | | |
| Death | 20 Jun 1662 | Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America | | ||
| Burial | 20 Jun 1662 | Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America | | | |
| Burial | Aft 20 Jun 1662 | Eliot Burying Ground, Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America | | | |
| Probate | 14 Oct 1662 | | |||
| Probate | Dec 1662 | Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America | | ||
| Occupation | blacksmith, according to Hoyt, but no direct evidence has been found | |
Families
| Spouse | Sarah CLEMENT (1626 - 1694) |
| Child | Isaac MORRILL (1646 - 1713) |
| Child | Jacob MORRILL (1648 - 1718) |
| Child | Sarah MORRILL (1650 - 1717) |
| Child | Abraham MORRILL (1652 - 1697) |
| Child | Moses MORRILL (1655 - 1731) |
| Child | Aaron MORRILL (1658 - 1658) |
| Child | Richard MORRILL (1659 - 1659) |
| Child | Lydia MORRILL (1660 - ) |
| Child | Hepzibah MORRILL (1662 - ) |
| Father | Richard MORRILL (1585 - ) |
| Mother | Joan CHILDE (1588 - ) |
| Sibling | Isaac MORRILL (1588 - 1661) |
Notes
Birth
"based on grant of land in 1635": AndersonArrival
"Based on grant of meadow in Cambridge on 20 August 1635"Marriage
Clement says "Haverhill"Death
"'Abraham Morrell" of Salisbury fell sick in this town & died & was buried upon the 20th of the 4th [1662]' [RChR 77]": AndersonBurial
"'Abraham Morrell" of Salisbury fell sick in this town & died & was buried upon the 20th of the 4th [1662]' [RChR 77]": AndersonBurial
"Old First Burying Place" according to SmithEndnotes
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2. Ancestry.com, U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2010), Place: Cambridge, Massachusetts; Year: 1632; Page Number: 49.
3. Smith, Annie Morrill, Morrill Kindred in America: An account of the descendants of Abraham Morrill of Salisbury, Massachusetts, 1632-1662, through his three sons, Mr. Isaac, Capt. Jacob and Lieut. Mose Morrill, to 1931, vol. 2 (New York: The Grafton Press, 1931), p. 1; digital images, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/149508-morrill-kindred-in-america-an-account-of-the-descendants-of-abraham-morrill-of-salisbury-massachusetts-1632-1662-vol-2 : accessed 6 February 2024).
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8. David Webster Hoyt, A genealogical history of the Hoyt, Haight, and Hight families : with some account of the earlier Hyatt families, a list of the first settlers of Salisbury and Amesbury, Mass., etc. (Boston: 1871), p. 124, "First Settlers of Salisbury, Mass...31 Abraham Morrell"; page images, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/genealogicalhist00hoyt/ : accessed 11 December 2022). A note explains that, "Over 50 of these received lots at the 'first division,' and ther remainder owned land in Salisbury previous to 1643.".
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11. "New England Marriages to 1700 [Torrey]," database index with images, New England Historic Genealogical Society, AmericanAncestors (https://www.americanancestors.org/DB1568/i/21175/1058/426896928: accessed 11 December 2022), p. 1058, "Morrill, Abraham (-1662) & Sarah Clement, m/2 Thomas Mudgett; 10 Jun 1645; Salisbury".
12. Percival Wood Clement, Ancestors and descendants of Robert Clements of Leicestershire and Warwickshire, England : first settler of Haverhill, Massachusetts, vol. 1 of 2 (Philadelphia: Press of Patterson & White Co., n.d.), p. 41; page images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/472852-ancestors-and-descendants-of-robert-clements-of-leicestershire-and-warwickshire-england-first-settler-of-haverhill-massachusetts : accessed 13 December 2022).
13. "Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988," database index of page images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2495/: accessed 14 December 2022) > Salisbury > Vital Record Transcripts, image 302 of 635, "Clement... Sarah, and Abraham Morrill, June 10, 1645. CT. R."; citing Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts, Massachusetts Vital and Town Records; Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).
14. Smith, Annie Morrill, Morrill Kindred in America: An account of the descendants of Abraham Morrill of Salisbury, Massachusetts, 1632-1662, through his three sons, Mr. Isaac, Capt. Jacob and Lieut. Mose Morrill, to 1931, vol. 2 (New York: The Grafton Press, 1931), p. 1; digital images, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/149508-morrill-kindred-in-america-an-account-of-the-descendants-of-abraham-morrill-of-salisbury-massachusetts-1632-1662-vol-2 : accessed 6 February 2024).
15. Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England 1634-1635, 7 volumes (Boston: New England Historical Genealogical Society, 1999-2011), vol. 5, pp. 151-6; indexed database of page images, NEHGS, AmericanAncestors.org (https://www.americanancestors.org/search/category-search/503850/great-migration-study-project : accessed 10 December 2022).
16. Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England 1634-1635, 7 volumes (Boston: New England Historical Genealogical Society, 1999-2011), vol. 5, pp. 151-6; indexed database of page images, NEHGS, AmericanAncestors.org (https://www.americanancestors.org/search/category-search/503850/great-migration-study-project : accessed 10 December 2022).
17. James Savage, A genealogical dictionary of the first settlers of New England showing three generations of those who came before May, 1692, on the basis of Farmer's Register, vol. 3 (Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1861), p. 234; page images, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/genealogicaldic03savarich : accessed 11 December 2022). "Morrill, Abraham".
18. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, index and digital images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 10 December 2022), Abraham Morrill, memorial #18754497.
19. "Essex County, Massachusetts Probate Records Supplement, 1644 - 1691," database index, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/3357/: accessed 10 December 2022), Abraham Morrill, death 1662, probate Dec 1662, Essex, Massachusetts Bay; citing Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA, USA.
20. Smith, Annie Morrill, Morrill Kindred in America: An account of the descendants of Abraham Morrill of Salisbury, Massachusetts, 1632-1662, through his three sons, Mr. Isaac, Capt. Jacob and Lieut. Mose Morrill, to 1931, vol. 2 (New York: The Grafton Press, 1931), p. 1; digital images, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/149508-morrill-kindred-in-america-an-account-of-the-descendants-of-abraham-morrill-of-salisbury-massachusetts-1632-1662-vol-2 : accessed 6 February 2024).
21. Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England 1634-1635, 7 volumes (Boston: New England Historical Genealogical Society, 1999-2011), vol. 5, pp. 151-6; indexed database of page images, NEHGS, AmericanAncestors.org (https://www.americanancestors.org/search/category-search/503850/great-migration-study-project : accessed 10 December 2022).
22. "Massachusetts, U.S., Compiled Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1700-1850," database index of page images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61401/: accessed 11 December 2022) > Roxbury, image 993 of 1080, "Morrell ... Abraham, of Salisbury, bur. 20 : 4 m : 1662. C. R. 1.".
23. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, index and digital images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 10 December 2022), Abraham Morrill, memorial #18754497.
24. Smith, Annie Morrill, Morrill Kindred in America: An account of the descendants of Abraham Morrill of Salisbury, Massachusetts, 1632-1662, through his three sons, Mr. Isaac, Capt. Jacob and Lieut. Mose Morrill, to 1931, vol. 2 (New York: The Grafton Press, 1931), p. 1; digital images, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/149508-morrill-kindred-in-america-an-account-of-the-descendants-of-abraham-morrill-of-salisbury-massachusetts-1632-1662-vol-2 : accessed 6 February 2024).
25. Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England 1634-1635, 7 volumes (Boston: New England Historical Genealogical Society, 1999-2011), vol. 5, pp. 151-6; indexed database of page images, NEHGS, AmericanAncestors.org (https://www.americanancestors.org/search/category-search/503850/great-migration-study-project : accessed 10 December 2022).
26. "Essex County, Massachusetts Probate Records Supplement, 1644 - 1691," database index, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/3357/: accessed 10 December 2022), Abraham Morrill, death 1662, probate Dec 1662, Essex, Massachusetts Bay; citing Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA, USA.
27. Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England 1634-1635, 7 volumes (Boston: New England Historical Genealogical Society, 1999-2011), vol. 5, pp. 151-6; indexed database of page images, NEHGS, AmericanAncestors.org (https://www.americanancestors.org/search/category-search/503850/great-migration-study-project : accessed 10 December 2022).