Morrill, Benjamin (1794-1857)

Name:

Morrill, Benjamin (1794-1857)

Title:

Founder, Martin Luther Society, 1821

Born:

01/16/1794

Birthplace:

Boscawen, NH

Died:

04/21/1857

Death Location:

Boscawen, NH

Residence:

Boscawen, NH

Nationality:

American

Occupation:

Clock and watchmaker, 1810s-1840s
Blacksmith, made scales,
Melodeon and seraphine maker, 1841-

Father:

Morrill, Samuel (1761-)

Mother:

Atkinson, Sarah

Relations:

Partnership, Clough (Philip C.) & Morrill (Benjamin), 1836
One of the Morrill family of clockmakers.
Siblings:
Morrill, Betsey (1787-1851); m. James Chadwick of Boscawen
Morrill, Eunice (1788-1828)
Morrill, Nathaniel (1789-)
Morrill, Judith (1792-1821); first wife of clockmaker, Joseph Chadwick of Boscawen
Morrill, Anna Hobson (1797- ); m. Dr.__Merrill, Hopkinton, MA
Cousin: Harrison Otis Morrill, clockmaker
Grandparents: Rev. Robie Morrill

Spouse:

(1) Mehitable Eastman (1797-1828), November 22, 1819.
(2) Mary

Children:

Marriage (1):
Lucretia M., Born January 22, 1822; m. __Donaldson; res. IL
Franklin L., born March 6, 1824; Died August 1825
Marriage (2):
Franklin Choate, Born 1836, Boscawen; Died 1897, Manchester; res. Derry, NH; m. Annie G. Munron; 3 children
Mary Frances, Born August 24, 1843, Boscawen; Died 1882, Boscawen; res. Hopkinton, NH

Notes:

Charles C. Coffin, The History of Boscawen and Webster, From 1733 to 1878. (Concord, New Haampshire: The Republican Press Association, 1878), 588-589, 643.

Charles S. Parsons, New Hampshire Clocks and Clockmakers, 1985, 195, 196, 324.

Philip Zea and Robert C. Cheney, Clock Making in New England, 1725-1825: An Interpretation of the Old Sturbridge Village Collection. (Sturbridge, Massachusetts: Old Sturbridge Village, 1992), 110-112, 117, 165, 169

Obituary, New-Hampshire Statesman and Concord Register, Concord, New Hampshire, July 26, 1828.

Merrimack Agricultural Society, New-Hampshire Statesman and Concord Register, Concord, New Hampshire, September 27, 1828.