The Morrills and Reminiscences - C. H. Morrill

HE Morrills are all descendants of Abraham Morrill, who came to America from England in the year 1632, on the ship Lion. Two brothers, Abraham and Isaac, came on the same ship. Isaac's children died young. Abraham Morrill married Sarah Clement in 1645; they had nine children. From Abraham's family came all the Morrills in the several New England states.
In 1817, David Lawrence Morrill was United States Senator for New Hampshire. He was afterwards, from 1824 to 1827, Governor of New Hampshire. Lot Morrill, United States Senator from Maine; Justin Morrill, United States Senator from Vermont, and Governor Edmond N. Morrill of Kansas, are all descendants of Abraham Morrill. The genealogy of the Morrill family, compiled by E. D. Morrill, of Camden, Alabama, is very complete, and a partial copy of the same is hereto attached. In answer to letters written by myself, he states that all the spare moments of his life have been spent in securing and compiling these records. He also stated that there were more than 10,000 Morrills included in his records. Unfortunately they were not published, and since his death I have been unable to trace those of his family who are still living. All of the family history in my possession, including the genealogical chart, I have endeavored to distribute among the Morrills.

My grandfather, Richard Morrill, resided in Warner, New Hampshire, and for many years lived on Pumpkin Hill. He was a miller by trade, and was the owner of an overshot grist, or flouring mill, which ground wheat and other grains for people living thereabout. This mill resembled the historic "Mill on the Floss." Richard Morrill's wife was Mary Bagley. Later in life he lived in Springfield, New Hampshire, where he died at the age of eighty years, and was buried in the Warner cemetery. His wife died shortly afterward.
Ephraim Morrill (son of Richard) was my father. He was one of a family of sixteen children. He married Mahala Lampery, daughter of Levi Lampery; and I, their only child, was born in Concord, New Hampshire, July 14, 1842. Our home for many years was a small cottage located on the corner of Washington and State streets. My mother died of consumption, when I was twelve years of age. I was sent to New London, New Hampshire, to live with Susan Gay, my father's sister. While there I attended school at the "Little Red Schoolhouse" on Low Plain; I also attended the New London Academy, a Baptist school, at New London, New Hampshire.

In 1862 I enlisted in the Eleventh New Hampshire Volunteers, under Colonel Walter Harriman, who, after the war, was Governor of New Hampshire. The regiment in which I enlisted was in the Second Brigade, Second Division, Ninth Army Corps.


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