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Bette Davis

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Josiah Morrell Jr.

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• • 2nd Great-grandfather of Bette Davis — 5th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 20 
  • Father:
  • Josiah Morrell 
  • Mother:
  • Hannah Webber   
  • Birth Date:
  • 22 Sep 1775 
  • Birth Location:
  • Berwick, York, Maine 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 29 Dec 1853 
  • Death Location:
  • Litchfield, Kennebec, Maine 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Smith-Baker Cemetery, Litchfield, Kennebec, Maine 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Sarah Quint
  • Marriage Date:
  • 9 Apr 1799 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Berwick, York, Maine 
  • Children:
  
  

  Arch Morrell

  Hiram Morrell

  Sarah Jane Morrell

  Ebenezer Morrell

  Alexander Hatch Morrell (Ahnentafel No:10 )

  • Notes: 

  • Although the Mayflower Society has claimed that the parents of Josiah Morrell are Abraham and Elizabeth (Lewis) Morrell (See MF5G (2000) 11:3:143-144), a profile of Josiah in the History of Litchfield published for its centennial celebrations in 1895 says Josiah's father was Josiah Morrell who died in 1832 at the age of 95. Josiah Sr.'s grave can be found in the Smith-Baker Cemetery. Also, the Berwick, Maine, marriage record for Josiah Morrell and Sarah Quint lists Josiah as "Junr." The Mayflower Society's publication states that Abraham Morrell's will did not include a son Josiah.

• Sources for Josiah Morrell Jr.

  • ¹ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 09/21/2020).
  • ² History of Litchfield and an Account of Its Centennial Celebration, 1895, Augusta: Kennebec Journal Print (1897), 229, gives Josiah's father as Josiah Sr.
  • ³ Maine, U.S., Birth Records, 1715-1922, Birth record for Josiah Morrell.
  • ⁴ Maine, U.S., Marriage Records, 1713-1922, Marriage record for Josiah Morrell and Sarah Quint.
  • ⁵ Hill, Peter B., Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Vol. 11, Part 3, Edward Doty, Plymouth, Massachusetts: General Society of Mayflower Descendants (2000), 144, incorrectly gives Josiah's father as Abraham Morrell, his father's brother.
  • ⁶ Hughes, Thomas Patrick and Frank Munsell, editors, American Ancestry: Giving the Name and Descent in the Male Line of Americans Whose Ancestors Settled in the U.S., Vol. 09, Albany, New York: Joel Munsell's Sons, Publishers (1894), 160, gives Josiah's death year as 1852.