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Abraham Morrill[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19]

Male 1614 - 1662  (~ 48 years)


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  • Name Abraham Morrill 
    Birth BY Abt 1614  Hatfield, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 9, 13, 17
    • Find-a-grave has 1615.
    Gender Male 
    Migration 22 Jun 1632  From London, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7, 15, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40
    To Boston
    aboard Lyon 
    • The ship arrived on 16 Sep 1632.
    • Role: Family8
    Property 20 Aug 1635  Newe Towne, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [17
    was granted one share in the undivided meadow
    Property 5 Oct 1635  Newe Towne, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [17
    held four parcels as such: "in the town one house with garden and backside about half a rood:; "in Old Field about one acre and a rood"; "on Small Lot Hill about two acres"; and "in the Great Marsh about three acres" in the Cambridge land inventory
    Property 8 Feb 1635/6  Newe Towne, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [17
    in the list of "men who have houses in the town at present," he held one house
    Property Abt 1637  Newe Towne, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [17
    In an undated list of "lots given out by the town on the south side of the Charles River," "Abram Morrell" received four acres in the Upper Division and four acres in the Lower Division
    Property BY 21 Sep 1639  Cambridge, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [17, 41
    held four parcels as such: "bought of Joseph Eason two acres of planting ground in the Old West [Field]"; "bought of Robert Parker six acres of land in the Old West Field"; bought of James Luxeford three acres of planting ground in the Old West Field"; and "bought more of James Luxeford two acres of ground in the Old West Field"
    Event:
    land inventory
    Property 7 Nov 1639  Colchester, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47
    the list of recipients
    Event:
    the first division of land
    • Role: Colchester Land Recipient
    Removed to 1640  Salisbury, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [17
    From: Cambridge
    Property 12 Feb 1640/1  Salisbury, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [17
    was granted "three acres ... for a houselot ..., also ... twelve acres ... for a planting lot upon the Hoghouse Neck ..., also ... a meadow lot containing per estimation six acres ..., also six acres ... of salt marsh"
    Property 6 Sep 1642  Cambridge, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [17
    held five parcels as such: "in West End two acres of land"; "in the West Field nine acres"; "in the West Field two acres" (with marginal annotation "this parcel of 2 acres was Robert Parker's"); "in the Great Marsh six acres"; and "in the Great Marsh two acres"
    Event:
    land inventory
    Property 20 Jul 1645  Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [17
    "two acres of land in the West Field"
    Event 8 Apr 1650  [17
    is appointed to make up so much of Abraham Morrill's common fence as lyeth against his land that he bought of him & Abram to satisfy him for the same
    Property 19 Feb 1661/2  Salisbury, Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [16
    "4 acres of marsh in higgledy-piggledy lots in Salisbury towards Hampton"
    Will 18 Jun 1662  [7, 17, 48


    • I being weake in body yet hauing yͤ քfect uʃe of my memoriᵉ doe
      make this as my Last Will & Testament; Imp.ͬˢ my Will is that
      what euer Debts I owe to any man be first payd out of
      my Estate & yͤ reʃidue of my Estate I doe diʃpoʃe of as
      followeth: I Giue unto my Deare & Louing Wife yͤ one
      halfe of my whole Estate/ whether in houʃing lands cattle
      Debts due to me from any/ or moueables or wᵗ euer Elʃe
      is mine & this to be hers to dispoʃe of as She Shall See
      cauʃe Either in her life time or at her death. I
      Giue to my Eldest Son Isack Morrill a double portion
      of yͤ other halfe of my Estate to be payd to him at yͤ
      age of One & Twenty yeares or Day of Marriage the
      rest of yͤ Said halfe of my Estate I Giue unto my
      other fiue Children Abraham Jacob Sarah Moses &
      Lidia Morrill to be Equally Divided betweene ym &
      to be Enjoyed by them as they come to yͤ age of One
      and Twenty yeares or at yͤ Day of Marriage my will
      is if any of my aforesᵈ Six children die before the come
      of age to Enjoy thier portion that then thier portion
      be Diuided betweene yͤ Surviving children Equally
      My will is my whole Estate be kept & Improued
      together & noe Diuiʃion made untill my Eldest Son
      Isaack come to age to receiue his portion & afterwards
      as much as may be with any Conueniency my Will
      is that my Deare & Louing Wife & my Eldest Son Isaack
      Morrill Shall be yͤ Executors of this my Will my request
      is that my loving friend Mʳ Tho: Bradbury & my
      louing brother Job Clements be yͤ Ouerʃeers of this
      my last Will and Testament: his
      Witneʃs John Stevens Abraham ճՂԈMorrill
      Tobias Davis marke
      Roda Remington
      Mary Wiʃe
    Death 18 Jun 1662  Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 7, 8, 9, 11, 13, 17, 49
    Burial 20 Jun 1662  Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [13, 17, 49
    Cemetery:
    Eliot Burying Ground
    Inventory 14 Oct 1662 
    • It totalled £507 10s., of which £268 was real estate: "the now dwelling house, 56 acres of land, orchard & outhousen," £90; "19 acres of land at the neck at old town," £22; "a grant of ten acres of land," £5; "a right in Mr. Hall's farm," £3; "10 acres of meadow in the New Meadows," £20; "9 acres of meadow in the Great Meadow," £20; "the two higgledy-piggledy lots," £18; "10 acres of meadow in the Bare Bury Meadows," £20; "2 sweep acres & 2 acres in Mr. Hall's farm," £10; "the house at town & houselot," £40; and "a 3rd part of a corn mill at Haverhill," £20
    Occupation blacksmith  [2, 9, 16, 17]
    Probate 14 Oct 1762  Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 9
    Person ID I9076  Duane's Ancestors
    Last Modified 4 Jun 2021 

    Father Richard Morrill 
    Mother Joan Childe 
    Family ID F5913  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Sarah Clement,   b. Abt 1625/6, Warwickshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aug 1694, Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 68 years)  [2, 6, 7, 9, 12, 17, 19, 50, 51, 52
    Marriage 10 Jun 1645  Salisbury, Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, 14, 17, 51
    Children 
    +1. Lt. Moses Morrill,   b. 28 Dec 1655, Salisbury, Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 May 1731, Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)
    +2. Isaac Morrill,   b. 10 Jul 1646, Salisbury, Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Oct 1713, Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years)
    +3. Jacob Morrill,   b. 24 Aug 1648, Salisbury, Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Apr 1718, Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years)
    +4. Lydia Morrill,   b. 8 Mar 1660/1, Salisbury, Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Sep 1737, Kingston, New Hampshire, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)
    +5. Sarah Morrill,   b. 14 Oct 1650, Salisbury, Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Sep 1731, Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)
     6. Abraham Morrill,   b. 14 Nov 1652, Salisbury, Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1697 (Age 44 years)
     7. Aaron Morrill,   b. 9 Aug 1658, Salisbury, Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Jan 1658/9, Salisbury, Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
     8. Richard Morrill,   b. 6 Feb 1659/60, Salisbury, Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Feb 1659/60, Salisbury, Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
     9. Hepsibah Morrill,   b. 8 Jan 1662/3, Salisbury, Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F3483  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 14 Apr 2020 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - BY Abt 1614 - Hatfield, Essex, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMigration - To Boston,aboard Lyon  - 22 Jun 1632 - London, Middlesex, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsProperty - was granted one share in the undivided meadow - 20 Aug 1635 - Newe Towne, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsProperty - held four parcels as such: "in the town one house with garden and backside about half a rood:; "in Old Field about one acre and a rood"; "on Small Lot Hill about two acres"; and "in the Great Marsh about three acres" in the Cambridge land inventory - 5 Oct 1635 - Newe Towne, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsProperty - in the list of "men who have houses in the town at present," he held one house - 8 Feb 1635/6 - Newe Towne, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsProperty - In an undated list of "lots given out by the town on the south side of the Charles River," "Abram Morrell" received four acres in the Upper Division and four acres in the Lower Division - Abt 1637 - Newe Towne, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsProperty - held four parcels as such: "bought of Joseph Eason two acres of planting ground in the Old West [Field]"; "bought of Robert Parker six acres of land in the Old West Field"; bought of James Luxeford three acres of planting ground in the Old West Field"; and "bought more of James Luxeford two acres of ground in the Old West Field",Event:
    land inventory - BY 21 Sep 1639 - Cambridge, Massachusetts Bay, British America
    Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsProperty - the list of recipients,Event:
    the first division of land - 7 Nov 1639 - Colchester, Massachusetts Bay, British America
    Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsRemoved to - From: Cambridge - 1640 - Salisbury, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsProperty - was granted "three acres ... for a houselot ..., also ... twelve acres ... for a planting lot upon the Hoghouse Neck ..., also ... a meadow lot containing per estimation six acres ..., also six acres ... of salt marsh" - 12 Feb 1640/1 - Salisbury, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsProperty - held five parcels as such: "in West End two acres of land"; "in the West Field nine acres"; "in the West Field two acres" (with marginal annotation "this parcel of 2 acres was Robert Parker's"); "in the Great Marsh six acres"; and "in the Great Marsh two acres",Event:
    land inventory - 6 Sep 1642 - Cambridge, Massachusetts Bay, British America
    Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 10 Jun 1645 - Salisbury, Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsProperty - "two acres of land in the West Field" - 20 Jul 1645 - Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsProperty - "4 acres of marsh in higgledy-piggledy lots in Salisbury towards Hampton" - 19 Feb 1661/2 - Salisbury, Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 18 Jun 1662 - Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - Cemetery:
    Eliot Burying Ground - 20 Jun 1662 - Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
    Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsProbate - 14 Oct 1762 - Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
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    2.  2.  [S18] Salisbury and Amesbury, 251, 00466.

    3.  3.  [S440] Merrill Memorial Volume 1, 169, 00379.

    4.  4.  [S259] NEHGS Register, 56:205, 00390.

    5.  5.  [S931] Bartholomew Heath, 13, 00391.

    6.  6.  [S935] Passengers on the Lion, 1:375, 00930.

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    34.  34.  [S867] TAG, 56:168, 00863.

    35.  35.  [S576] TGMSP, John White, 00516.

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