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    1. Rev. William Morrison
    2. Penne Patterson
    3. I am looking for information on Rev. William Morrison and his family. I know that he was born in Scotland and moved with his wife Jane/Jean to Londonderry, NH to become the ordained pastor of the West Parish Church. He arrived in Londonderry in 1783 and died there in 1818. I found the following reference regarding him and am interested to know if anyone knows of the autobiographical source that this refers to. "History of Henniker, N.H.", Cogswell, Leander W. Republican Press Association, 1880. Concord, CT. pg 805. Rev. William Morrison, D.D., pastor of the West Parish in Londonderry thirty-five years was born about 1748 in the town of Auchlinnes, Parish of Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland. According to his autobiographical sketch, he was early apprenticed to a tailor of a "very exemplary and religious character," with whom he remained several years. In 1766 he came to a "place sixty miles up the Hudson river, in N. Y.," and worked at his trade till he earned the money that defrayed the expense of his education. He studied divinity with the Rev. Robert Annan, of Philadelphia, was settled in Londonderry, Feb. 12, 1783, and died there March 9, 1818. His large family of eleven children are all dead, and but few, if any, descendants are living. No minister ever more deserved or enjoyed the love and respect of a parish that did Dr. Morrison. Thanks, Penne Patterson penne@dallas.net Penne Patterson penne@dallas.net

    06/04/1999 07:18:34