Mary Morrell [801]

   Another name for Mary was Mary Morrill.

  General Notes:

Mary Morrell was an indentured servant to Reverend and Mrs Hugh Peters. She arrived in Martha's Vineyard on the ship Abigail in 1635.---see note in Folger family arrival.TXT She is not listed as a passenger on Plymouth, England to Boston, October 8, 1635, The Abigail of London sailed from foreign ports, the last being Plymouth, England on June 4, 1635. She sailed with about 220 passengers aboard along with livestock. She arrived in Boston about October 8, 1635 with smallpox aboard. ---- http://www.immigrantships.net/v2/1600v2/abigail16351008.html


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  Research Notes:

Alt. Birth: Abt 1623 Norwich, Norfolk, England

Father: John Morrell

Alt. Birth: Abt 1625 St Marys At The Tower Ipswich, , Norfolk, England
Father: Richard Morrill

Mother: Abigail Powell

Alt. Birth: 1619 Fowey, Cornwall, England

Alt Christening: 21 Jul 1623 Old Swinford, Worcester, England

  Noted events in her life were:

• She immigrated On the Ship Abigail in 1635. ⁹ Nantucket Vitals 1850, pg 3_462 lists date as 1663, but wonder if this is a transposition error.

Mary married Peter Folger [792] [MRIN: 372], son of John Folger [834] and Meribah Gibbs [1594], in 1644 in Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts.^{1 2 3} (Peter Folger [792] was born about 1617 in Norwich, England,^{2 10} died in 1690 in Nantucket, Massachusetts ^{4 11} and was buried in 1690 in Nantucket, Massachusetts.)

  Marriage Notes:

Peter Folger and Mary Morrell appraently met on the ship Abigail in1635 on the voyage from England to America. Mary was an indentured servant to the Reverend and Mrs Hugh Peters. Peter bought Mary's indenture for twenty pounds when Mrs Hughs was returning to England in1644. They were married that year. Peter called her "the best buy"and a "damn fine bargain." They had eleven children born on Martha's Vineyard. The twelveth, Abiah, born on Nantucket, became the mother of Benjamin Franklin.