Levi Morrill Jr (1762 - 1838)

Born 20 Aug 1762 in Brentwood, New Hampshire

Ancestors

Husband of Bashaba (Johnson) Morrill — married 1 Feb 1787 in Brentwood, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States

Descendants

Died 9 Oct 1838 at age 76 in Dixfield, Oxford, Maine, United States

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Biography

Captain Levi Morrill Jr served with Long's New Hampshire Regiment (1776), Continental Army during the American Revolution.

Levi Morrill Jr is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: 252422
Rank: Captain

Captain Levi MORRILL was born 20 Aug 1762 ^[1] in Brentwood, New Hampshire. He was the son of Levi Morrill and Mary Currier.^[2]

Marriage

"New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947,"

Groom's Name Levi Jr. Morrill

Event Date 01 Feb 1787

Event Place Brentwood, Rockingham, New Hampshire

Bride's Name Barshaba Jonsan

f-a-g has the wrong maiden NAME: Bashaba Johnson Morrill (1765 - 1846) ^{[3] [4]} recorded in Brentwood, New Hampshire

Excerpt from Readfield 1790-1820 ~ The Beginning of a Town

Land transactions that were made from fathers to sons (Levi, Levi Jr. and Levi III) 1798-1820 it appears they owned 126.5 acres on lot #26 (Whittier's Pond). The total acreage for settler lots in Readfield was 200 acres. Levi, Sr. had the resources to speculate in land as he also had holdings in Chesterville, Franklin County, ME. He willed that land to his sons David and Nathaniel who went there to live. *deeded in 1795 from William Whittier to Levi Morrill Sr)

Military

New Hampshire Revolutionary War Records

Name Levi Morrill

Event Type Military Service

Event Date 14 Jan 1777

Event Place New Hampshire, United States

Event Place (Original) , , New Hampshire

Military Rank Private ^[5]

New Hampshire Revolutionary War Records

Name Levi Morrill

Event Type Military Service

Event Date 08 Mar 1786

Event Place Brentwood, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States

Event Place (Original) Brentwood,

AND several other men of the "Oath" signers ^[6]

Children

1. Levi Morrill III (1789 - 1866

Children's Data

New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900

Name Joseph Morrill

Birth Date 15 Dec 1787

Birthplace Brentwood, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States

Father's Name Levi Morrill

Mother's Name Barshaba Janson

Registration Place Brentwood, Rockingham, New Hampshire, ^[7]

Siblings

1. Levi Morrill (1762 - 1838)
2. Hannah Morrill Greeley (1764 - 1851
3. Elizabeth Betsey Morrill Johnson (1772 - 1838
4. Lydia M. Williams (1774 - 1851
5. Rhoda Morrell Smith (1776 - 1850
6. David Morrill (1779 - 1842

1790 Brintwood, Rockingham, New Hampshire

Name Levi Morrill

Males:

Females:

Page 103 ^[8]

Death

Levi died 09 Oct 1838 ^[9]

at the age of 76 and is buried at

Riverside Cemetery, Dixfield, Maine

Headstone Inscription:

AE: 76 yrs.

His Wife

Bashaba

Plot: Norcross Yard Section

Maine, Faylene Hutton Cemetery Collection, ca. 1780-1990

Name Levi Morrill

Event Type Burial

Event Date 1838

Event Place Dixfield, Oxford, Maine, United States

Age 76

Birth Year (Estimated) 1762

Death Date 09 Oct 1838

Cemetery Riverside ^[10]

Research Notes

If this is the son, Levi Morrill he would be 21 when he signed the Oath. If not then his :father was also Levi Morrill............

However, there are 2 Levi Morrill's,

1) Levi Morrill (# 79896602) Birth Date:12 Nov 1760 Birthplace: Epping, Rockingham, New Hampshire,

Father's Name William Morrill---Mother's Name Mary.

This COULD BE the father to the Levi that was born 1762, he would be 27 when his son Levi was born

New Hampshire Births and Christenings

Name Levi Morril

Christening Date 01 Feb 1735

Christening Place Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire

Father's Name Nathaniel Morril ^[11]

F-a-g agrees with my findings:

Parents: Levi Morrill (1731 - 1810)/ Mary "Molly" Currier Morrill (1735 - 1802)

Sources

1. ↑ Birth Record
2. ↑ Frederick W. Lovell and Eva H. Lovell, The Ancestry of Thomas Lovell and his wife Mary Ellen Ricker (Rutland, Vt., 1940). page 88
3. ↑ "New Hampshire Marriages, 1720-1920", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FDGN-HW5 : 24 January 2020), Levi Morrill, 1787.
4. ↑ Morrill Johnson Marriage Record ancestry
5. ↑ "New Hampshire Revolutionary War Records, 1675-1835," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q242-FP85 : accessed 25 February 2018), Levi Morrill, 14 Jan 1777; citing New Hampshire, United States, Archives and Records Management, Concord.
6. ↑ "New Hampshire Revolutionary War Records, 1675-1835," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q242-JGSK : accessed 25 February 2018), Levi Morrill, 08 Mar 1786; citing Brentwood, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States, Archives and Records Management, Concord.
7. ↑ "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLG5-3G3 : 12 December 2014), Levi Morrill in entry for Joseph Morrill, 15 Dec 1787; citing Brentwood, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States, Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 1,001,022.
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1790," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHKB-XZS : accessed 25 February 2018), Levi Morrill, Brintwood, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States; citing p. 103, NARA microfilm publication M637, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 5; FHL microfilm 568,145.
9. ↑ Cemetery Record
10. ↑ "Maine, Faylene Hutton Cemetery Collection, ca. 1780-1990," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKM1-Q5PL : 16 April 2015), Levi Morrill, 1838; citing Burial, Dixfield, Oxford, Maine, United States, Maine State Library, Augusta; FHL microfilm 1,787,178.
11. ↑ "New Hampshire Births and Christenings, 1714-1904," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FDXT-LZY : 10 February 2018), Levi Morril, ; citing New Hampshire, United States; FHL microfilm 15,582

• New Hampshire, U.S., Birth Records, 1631-1920, Birth Certificates, 1631-1919; Archive: New Hampshire Department of State; Location: Concord, New Hampshire; Credit: The Original Document May Be Seen At the New Hampshire Department of State
• Birth: "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900", citing Digital film/folder number: 004244267; FHL microfilm: 1001022; Image number: 2506; Packet letter: A, FamilySearch Record: FLG5-QVL (accessed 22 February 2024) FamilySearch Image: S3HT-67K9-KPF, Levi Morrill born on 20 Aug 1762, son of Levi Morrill & Molly Currier, in Brentwood, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States.
• Payroll Received New Hampshire Revolutionary War records: "New Hampshire Revolution...ry War Records, 1675-1835", Catalog: New Hampshire Revolutionary War records; Image path: New Hampshire Revolutionary War Records, 1675-1835 > Tax Books > Tax book, 1784-1788 > image 23 of 184, FamilySearch Image: 3QS7-L9QD-2C7Y (accessed 22 February 2024)
• New Hampshire, U.S., Marriage Records, 1700-1971, New Hampshire Department of Health & Human Services; Concord, NH, USA; New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1700-1969
• Maine, U.S., Faylene Hutton Cemetery Collection, 1780-1990, Maine, U.S., Faylene Hutton Cemetery Collection, 1780-1990 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA:
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/122007939/levi-morrill: accessed 13 January 2024), memorial page for Capt Levi Morrill (20 Aug 1762–9 Oct 1838), Find a Grave Memorial ID 122007939, citing Riverside Cemetery, Dixfield, Oxford County, Maine, USA; Maintained by III (contributor 47426837).
• History of Kennebec County, Maine: 1625-1799-1892, Volume 2, By Henry D. Kingsbury Page 923

• Readfield 1790-1820 ~ The Beginning of a Town, Dale Potter-Clark https://readfield1791.blogspot.com/2013/06/

See also:

• Oath of Allegiance New Hampshire

Acknowledgments

Thanks to Greg Rose for starting this profile. Click the Changes tab for the details of contributions by Greg and others.