of the families of his patients. He always acknowledged the confidence thus placed, and felt himself
bound to do all that could promote their interest.
He received a commission of justice of the peace,
and the large number of cases brought before him
sufficiently attest the respect in which his decisions
were held.”
In 1810 (January 24) he married Anne Morrill, daughter of James and Mary (Glover) Morrill, originally of Wilmington, Massachusetts, then of Boston, where Mr. Morrill was a merchant, and their good life together, which extended over thirty-two eventful years, till his death, which preceded hers by less than a year, was begun in his Chelmsford home. Grandmother also was of early New England lineage on both sides. Her father was in the fourth generation from Abraham Morrill, born in England, who came to America in 1632, perhaps in the “Lyon,” and in 1635 was residing in his house in Cambridge, on the westerly side of Brighton Street near the spot in later years occupied by Porter's Tavern. About 1641 he moved to Salisbury, Massachusetts, and from that time the Morrills were identified with Salisbury through three generations. Abraham Morrill's great grandson, and Anne Morrill's grandfather, was the Rev. Isaac Morrill, minister of Salisbury. The Glovers were among the first settlers at Dorchester, Massachusetts, the first comers being John Glover, from
