Morrel History in the United States

JOHN MORRELL Sr. of Kittering, Maine was born about 1640. The known information concerning the Morrell lineage extends back four generations to an early period in New England colonial history. The first known Morrell ancestor in America was John Morrell Sr., who resided in Kittery, Maine, in 1663, just 42 years after the first permanent English settlement of New England. John Morrell Sr., was a plasterer and a mason by trade. In this connection several accounts refer to him as a stonelayer or bricklayer. In 1665, he married Sarah Hodsdon (Hodgdon) of Kittery, Maine, the daughter of Nicholas Hodgdon and Elizabeth Wincoll Needham. It was after this marriage that John Morrell learned to write his name. At that time, a man who could sign his name was an exception.

In the 1600’s and early 1700’s, the French and Indians combined to fight the English colonists. The area of Maine where John Morrell lived was the scene of periodic Indian attacks. In fact, in 1720 and 1722, John Morrell was ordered to fortify his house as a garrison against Indian attacks. Being Quakers, they fought Indians for defensive purposes only. John Morrell Sr.’s posterity contains a large contingent of noted men including leaders in politics, religion, education, manufacturing, doctors, lawyers, authors, editors, farming, cattlemen etc. Included in this history is a short bio of Cyrus Wilson Morrell and his wife Mary Worley that are shown on Perry's pedigree chart.

Some noted descendants of John Morrell (Morrill) are Edmund Needham Morrell, who became Governor of Kansas in 1895 and a Congressman for 8 years; Daniel J. Morrell Representative from Pennsylvania and industrialist; Lott H. Morrill, Governor of Maine and Secretary of Treasury in 1876, following the Civil War; Anson P. Morrill, first Republican Governor of Maine and Congressman during the Civil War, and of course the honored subject of this Blog, Perry L. Jackson.

Jeremiah Bingham

JEREMIAH BINGHAM was born on June 15, 1806 at Cornwall, Addison County, Vermont. His parents were Jeremiah Bingham who was born April 17, 1760 at Cornwall, Vermont and Mary Ives who was born April 25, 1766 at Wellingford, Connecticut. He was the youngest of their ten children. Jeremiah married Abigail Harrington on February 2, 1829 at Brockville, Leeds, Ontario, Canada. Abigail died leaving Jeremiah alone with a family of seven children to raise. Jeremiah met and married Sarah Keele on February 14, 1846 in Iowa. They had four children. Abigail died when their baby Augustus was born, and Jeremiah was left with an additional young family. In 1846, he had also married Susan Keele, a sister to Sarah.

Jeremiah was in Nauvoo when Joseph Smith was martyred. He was well acquainted with the prophet, and at one time was his body guard. There was but six months difference in their age, and they were the same size. At times, they liked to wrestle, a form of sport both enjoyed on the “Common.”

After they were driven from Nauvoo, Jeremiah and family joined the pioneer company of Captain Daniel A. Miller, having eight persons in the family, one wagon, and twelve head of cattle. He joined on April 6, 1852, but had planned on coming with the first company. Ezra Benson ask him for a loan of a horse, which he did, and this kindness caused him to remain behind until he could earn enough money to purchase another horse. He left with the second company on June 8, 1953

After arriving in Utah, a place the Mormons hoped to be a refuge from persecution, on September 9, 1953, the Bingham family settled first in Ogden where Jeremiah did what he could to help build up the community for a year. They then moved to Payson where he assisted in building a fort for the protection of the settlers.

Jeremiah and his son Joseph, who had learned the blacksmith trade from his father, worked together in their shop in Payson. Jeremiah suffered a broken leg from which he never fully recovered. He was an invalid, for two years, and died May 6, 1890 at Payson.

The Bingham genealogy has traced the Bingham name to Augustin Bingham born about 1075 and who lived in Bingham, Melcombe Dorsetshire, England.

I am looking for a photo of Jeremiah Bingham. If anyone can help me, leave a comment on this blog.

To view the headstone of Jeremiah Bingham click this link: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=15202110

Sarah Ellenor Bingham, A True Pioneer Woman

SARAH ELLENOR BINGHAM was a true pioneer woman, born of pioneer parents at Mt. Pisgah, Pattomatomic County, Iowa, April 15, 1850, where her parents Jeremiah Bingham and Sarah Keele had been driven at the time of the Mormon exodus from Nauvoo, Illinois. She spent the first two years of her life there, until her mother died in 1852 as a result of the hardships she had to endure.

That same year, her father resumed his journey to Utah, having in his charge a four-year old and a two-year old daughter.

For a time, her father journeyed with Daniel A. Miller/John W. Cooley Company. After living in Salt Lake City for some time, the family moved to Payson, Utah, where they remained during such hardships as the Walker war between the whites and the Ute Indians.

On October 30, 1871, Sarah Ellenor married John William Jackson, who had emigrated from Manchester, England in 1856. After a difficult life with many challenges the family finally settled in Lyman, Utah.

Lyman is two Miles east of Loa on Highway U-24. The settlement was originally named East Loa and then in 1893 it was changed to Wilmoth. The following year the name was changed to honor Apostle Francis M. Lyman, a Mormon Church official who had suggested they move their settlement to higher ground.

The Jacksons were the last family to abandon the old town site. They had taken in an Indian baby who had been reduced to skin and bones from starvation and disease. The will to live and the fortitude to suffer so inherent in the Indians made her survival possible. Sarah was about fifty-five years old when the little girl became part of their household. They named her Eliza.
Sarah Eleanor Bingham descends from the early royalty of England, Spain, Italy, Turkey, Sweden and Vikings. Some of these ancestors included Reverend John Lothrope, William the Conqueror, John Lackland, King of England, Henry I and Henry II, Kings of England and Charlamagne, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.

Sarah died on April 15, 1936 and was buried next to her husband, John William Jackson in the Lyman cemetery, Wayne County, Utah.

To view her headstone in Lyman, Utah go to this site: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=jackson&GSiman=1&GScid=77315&GRid=18983206&

John William Jackson, A Friend to the Indians

JOHN WILLIAM JACKSON was born on the 14th of June, 1849 in Blackley, Lancaster, England. Blackley is a suburb of Manchester. He is the son of Thomas Jackson and Alice Crompton. The family came to America in 1853 and lived in Springfield, Illinois until 1856, when they came to Utah in the Nicholas Groesbecks’ Independent Company when John was seven years old. As the family entered the Salt Lake Valley in October 1856, John’s brother, Thomas was born at the foot of Emigration Canyon.

The family first lived in Moroni, then in Nephi, where their home was in the southwest corner of the old fort. From Moroni the family moved to Payson where they lived for a number of years. While in Payson, he chose Sarah Ellenor Bingham to be his wife. They were married in the Endowment House in Salt Lake City on August 4, 1870.

After their first two children, John Henry Jr. (13 June, 1873) and Jeremiah (09 August, 1874) were born, the couple was called by their church leader, Brigham Young to assist in the development of the settlement of St. John, Arizona, one-thousand miles from their home in Payson. When Brigham Young released the pioneers, he came back to Utah,

As a trade he chose cabinet making, an art he learned from his father. His father had moved to Glenwood, Utah (then known as Glencove) in Sevier Valley. John Joined his father in Glenwood making furniture.

John Jackson and his wife Ellenor moved to Wayne County and lived in a rough stone house in Old East Loa (the town was later moved to higher ground and renamed Lyman.

John William Jackson died April 1, 1928 in Lyman, Wayne County, Utah.

To view his headstone at the Lyman, Utah cemetery click this link: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=jackson&GSiman=1&GScid=77315&GRid=18983206&

Thomas Jackson and Alice Crompton History

THOMAS JACKSON was born September 13, 1823 at Blackley, Lancashire, England. He was the son of John Jackson and Susannah Grundy. His first wife was Alice Crompton. On January 9, 1855, he sailed on the Ship "Neva" from Liverpool, England for America and landed in New Orleans February 22, 1855. After a long and full life, he passed away on September 14, 1883. He was buried in the Glenwood, Utah Cemetery.

To see his headstone in the Glenwood Cemetery go here.

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Perry Jackson's Intrepid Ancestors

Perry LeRoy Jackson's ancestors have been traced back to 390 B.C. to the Celts. His lineage includes notables such as William the Conqueror and other Scandinavian, European, Spanish, and Roman royalty. However, Perry identified most with the common man.

Ancestors included on this chart are: Perry Leroy Jackson, Jeremiah Jackson, Sarah Eleanor Bingham, Silas Wilson Morrell, Luzerna Allred, Thomas Jackson, Alice Crompton, Jeremiah Bingham, Sarah Keele, William Wilson Morrell, Sarah Jane Richards, Andrew Jackson Allred, Chloe Stevens, John Jackson, Susannah Grundy, William Crompton, Alice Hall, Richard John Keele, Nancy Eleanor McCullough, Cyrus Wilson Morrell, Mary Worley, Silas Richards, Elizabeth Mc Clenahan, James Allred, Elizabeth Warren, Henry Stevens and Mary Ann Howe.

Cowboy's Goodbye - A Trail Long Traveled and a Life Well Lived.

Perry LeRoy Jackson, age 87, passed away on May 12, 2007 in Richfield, Utah, after a valiant battle with debilitating illnesses. Perry was born May 25, 1919 in Fremont, Utah, the youngest of eight children born to Jeremiah and Chloe Jane Morrell Jackson. He married the love of his life, Shirley in the Manti Utah.
Perry loved to play the guitar and sing. He wrote lyrics and music and recorded over 100 songs. Early in his music career he was known as "The Fremont Troubadour" and his music was often played on a local radio station. In addition to singing, he enjoyed fishing, hunting, camping and was happiest when engaged in those activities. He loved his family and was enthused about having them surround him. In the 1950's, he went to Hollywood, where his first album was recorded. He signed a contract with Victor Recording Company; however, not wanting to expose his family to the life-style of the entertainment business, he broke his contract and decided against moving to California, choosing instead the quieter life of Wayne County. Throughout his life, he enjoyed many occupations: farming, maintaining the Wayne County television towers, and driving a school bus from Hanksville to Bicknell, the longest school bus route in Utah. He could repair almost any appliance and owned a repair shop for many years. He was also a tour guide, giving 4-wheel jeep tours into the Utah desert. In 1952 Perry was asked to guide a group from National Geographic Magazine through Cathedral valley. An article entitled "Roaming The West's Fantastic Four Corners" containing photographs of Perry and his jeep was published in the June 1952 issue. Salt Lake City Magazine interviewed Perry and also published photographs and wrote about him in their article "Discovering Goblin Valley" in May/June 1997 issue.

This is his story and his roots.