Jeanette Ellis Morrison

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John Morrison married (first wife unknown) and had it seems four children by her:

• (1) James Morrison, born in Ireland in 1675, died 1756 in Londonderry, New Hampshire.
• (2) John Thomas Morrison, born in Ireland in 1678, died 14 Jun 1776 in Peterborough, N.H.
• (3) Halbert Morrison, born in Ireland (1685?), died 6 Jun 1755 in Londonderry, N.H.
• (4) Martha Morrison, born in Ireland (1685?), married Thomas Steele, died 22 Oct 1759 in Londonderry, N.H.

John Morrison married his second wife Jeanette Steele (born 1654), and had four children by her:

• (1) Samuel Morrison, born in Ireland in 1710, died 21 Jun 1802 in Londonderry, N.H.
• (2) Hannah Morrison, born in Ireland about 1716, married Wm. Clendennin, 7 Jan 1802 in Londonderry, N.H.
• (3) Mary Morrison, born in Ireland about 1718, married Andrew Jack, died ?
• (4) Joseph Morrison, born 1720 (sources say on board the ship headed to New Hampshire), died in Londonderry, N.H. 1807.

John Morrison, with wife Jeanette Steele, sailed to America in 1720, arriving in New Hampshire with their four young children .It also appears that John’s older sons - James, John and Halbert - sailed to America before him, landing in Boston in 1718 and then the two oldest, James and John, settled in Londonderry in 1719. Land records show that James and John deeded land to their father they obtained in 1719, making him also a landholder and charter founder of the town by his seniority.

Link: http://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/morrison/7477/

Note: If Jeanette was born 1654, she was over 50 y o at time if Samuel's birth. Leaving birth date blank at this time.

On April 11, 1719, the first of our town’s pioneers arrived in Nutfield. The men came first so they could build homes before the women and children arrived. The following day the men gathered under a large oak on the eastern shore of Beaver Lake. There MacGregor preached the first sermon ever heard in the town. His text was from Isaiah 32:2 “And a man shall be as a hiding place from the wind, and a shelter from the tempest; as rivers of water in a tree became a local tourist attraction. During the 1840s the tree fell 1890, this tree was replaced by a cairn of stones. during the 1920s a farmer’s son grew tired of strangers walking across his garden to see the site of the first sermon. The young man knocked down the monument and scattered the stones so that no one today know were the sermon site was located.

To protect themselves in case of Indian attack, the men built heir houses close together. On each side of West Running Brook they constructed their homes made of crudely hewn. bark-covered logs. Each house was identical and sited exactly 495 feet (thirty rods) apart from each other. Now everything was in place for the woman and children to come to the wilderness of Nutfield. The horses would most certainly have been used as pack animals, with only the very old or feeble being allowed to ride. Everything they owned in the world could be carried in a relatively few bundles and sacks.

In 1881 a story was told about the first day in this tiny village. John Morrison worked hard like all the other men to build a sturdy cabin for his family. When his wife, Jane Steele Morrison, arrived after her long trek, he proudly showed off their new home. Jane did not seem thrilled with the rude building. Summoning up all of her feminine wiles, she twisted her arms lovingly around her husband’s neck. Looking adoringly into his eyes, she whispered, “Well, well, dear John, if it must be a log house, do make it a log higher than the rest.”

Link: http://www.londonderrynh.net/featured-columns/nutfield-rambles-with...

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