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with a large tract of land on the Hudson River in the State of New York. This tract, known as Jessup's tract, became historic through its confiscation by the State of New York immediately after the revolutionary war (1776).

In 1878, Mr. Morrison erected a very extensive wooden-ware manufactory at St. Joseph, Mich., and in 1879 erected a large paper-pail establishment, giving to the business his personal attention, with the aid of his only son Donald Morrison, a young man of eighteen years. These works combined make one of the largest manufactories of the kind in the United States. A good illustration of these works is here given.

In 1880 he was elected a member of the National Republican Convention, to nominate candidates for President and VicePresident of the United States. He was strongly urged as a candidate of the Republican party for governor of Michigan, in 1880, but declined the use of his name.

CHILDREN, BORN IN ST. JOSEPH, MICH.

75. Jessie, b. July 26, 1854; m. Feb. 25, 1879, Neil A. McGilvray; they reside in St. Joseph. One child: Jessie Morrison, b. Jan. 10, 1880.

76. Addie, b. Sept. 20, 1857; lives (1880) with her parents.

77. Donald, b. Nov. 30, 1860 (St. Andrew's Day); resides at St. Joseph. 78. Lillian, b. Dec. 27, 1869.

79. George-Ramsay [41] (Roderick, Donald, Alexander, Allan2, Kenneth1). He was born in Canada in 1824, and died at Stevensville, Mich., June 24, 1875, after having spent several years of his life in California, where all his sons were born but the eldest. In 1845 he married Mary A. Dwyer, at Waukegan, Ill.

CHILDREN.

80. William-Roderick, b. in Waukegan, Ill., Dec. 1848; is assistant treasurer of the Wisconsin Valley Railroad, Tomah, Wis.

81.

82.

83.

84.

George-R.; agent at Stevensville, Mich.

Allan; telegraph operator at Breedsville, Mich.

Charles; telegraph operator at New Troy, Mich.

Edmund; lives with his widowed mother in Stevensville, Mich.

85. Susan-Rebecca, b. in Waukegan, Ill., Dec. 1846;

86. Maggie, b. in California; both m. and reside in California; their husbands' names are Richardson, although not related.

87. John-George [58] (Allan, Allan, Alexander3, Allan2, Kenneth1); born April 29, 1843; farmer; res. at White Earth, Minn. He married Margaret-Elizabeth Fairbanks, July 3, 1863. She was born at La Pointe, Lake Superior, Minn., July 15, 1847.

CHILDREN.

88. Charlotte-Catherine, b. at Crow Wing, Minn., Jan. 28, 1864; d. Jan. 28, 1864.

90.

89. Robert-Henry-A., b. at Crow Wing, Minn., Feb. 8, 1865. Charles-William, b. at Crow Wing, Minn, Oct. 4, 1867. 91. Julia-Rachel, b. March 4, 1869, at Crow Wing.

92.

Donald-Allan, b. at Crow Wing, Minn., Jan. 28, 1871. 93. John-George, b. at Crow Wing, Minn., Oct. 30, 1873.

94. James-Alexander, b. at White Earth, Minn., Nov. 21, 1875; d. Nov.

21, 1875.

95. Lewis-Francis, b. at White Earth, Minn., May 7, 1877. 96. Caroline-May, b. at White Earth, Minn., May 22, 1879.

97. Margaret-Ann (St. Germain) [62] (Donald-George-Morrison, Allan, Alexander, Allan, Kenneth'); born at St. Hyacinthe, Can., Nov. 16, 1835; married April 22, 1863, Joseph-Henri-LeMaire St. Germain, who was born July 15, 1833, at Repentigny, Can.; physician; res. St. Hyacinthe, Can. She died March, 1875.

98.

99.

100.

CHILDREN, BORN AT ST. HYACINTHE.
Marie-Honorine-Emelie, b. July 8, 1864.
Marie-Rosalie-Ernestine, b. Jan. 6, 1866.
Charles-George, b. July 13, 1867.

101. Louis-Joseph-Henri, b. April 15, 1869.
102. Marie-Louise-Francoise, b. Aug. 9, 1871.
103. Marie-Caroline, b. July 29, 1873; d. 1875.
104. Marie-Albina, b. Feb. 27, 1875; d. 1879.

CHAPTER III.

INTRODUCTION TO THE HISTORY OF THE MORISONS OF LONDONDERRY, N. H., WITH A MAP OF THE ORIGINAL TOWNSHIP, INCLUDING THE PRESENT TOWNS OF DERRY, LONDONDERRY, WINDHAM, AND PORTIONS OF MANCHESTER, HUDSON, AND SALEM, N. H.-PLAN OF THE ORIGINAL MORISON HOMESTEADS.

"God sifted a whole nation, that He might send choice grain into the wilderness."

It will be impossible to speak of the emigration of the Morisons to these bleak, and at that time inhospitable, shores, without speaking of the causes which induced, nay, compelled, the emigration. These causes are clearly connected with the political and religious history of the times in which they lived.

The " "oft-repeated tale" will be told again. The Morisons were Scotch. During the reign of King James I of England, a large portion of the six northern counties of Ireland fell to the king, being the sequestered estates of the Irish rebels. To hold in check the wild and turbulent spirits of his Irish subjects, he induced an emigration of his Scotch countrymen to the province of Ulster in Ireland. This was in the year 1612. In 1613, the first Presbyterian church ever established in Ireland, was founded at Ballycorry, county of Antrim.*

The emigrants were rigid Presbyterians. A bitter feud existed. between the Catholic Irish, whose estates had been confiscated, and the Scotch Presbyterians who occupied them.

In 1641 there was a massacre of the Protestants, and over forty thousand of them perished. A change soon occurred in the government; royalty fell; the protectorate was established; and a man was placed at the helm of state who was both able and willing to protect the Protestants from their bigoted enemies. In 1649 the strong arm of Cromwell bore an avenging sword, punished the Catholics, and brought peace to the country.

On the accession, in 1660, of Charles II to the throne of England, he appointed his brother James (afterward James II) viceroy of Scotland. James was a bigoted Catholic, and the Scotch Presbyterians were the legitimate objects of his hate. The fires of persecution were rekindled; the sword was again unsheathed, and bathed in the blood of "thousands of slaughtered saints."

*N. E. Gen'l Register, vol. xii, p. 231.

In consequence of this persecution, large numbers fled to Ireland, and joined their Protestant countrymen there. Among these emigrants were many of the immediate ancestors of the emigrants to Londonderry, N. H., in 1719. There is little reason to doubt that the first Morison settlers of Londonderry, N. H., were sons of those emigrants; and that one at least, John Morison, who died in 1736, was Scottish born.

In speaking of the causes of the emigration and settlement of Londonderry, N. H., the Hon. Charles H. Bell, of Exeter, N. H., in his address at the celebration of the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the settlement of the town, said: "The main cause which impelled our ancestors to quit their home in the Old World, and seek an abode in the wilds of America, is to be found, without doubt, in their desire for religious liberty." Again he says: "No change but the dread summons of death could have so completely sundered all their relations to those whom, outside their own circle, they held nearest and dearest on earth, as their removal to this country. The pang of separation, which overflowed the eyes of those of the gentler sex and tender years, must have weighed heavily on the hearts of the grave seniors of the company. But they did not falter; and so they bade adieu to the scenes and friends of their youth, and embarked on the voyage which shut them from their view forever; and thenceforward their destinies were linked with those of another hemisphere."

The truth which Mr. Bell uttered in relation to the early settlers, as a class, is applicable to the family whose history I give.

*

Some of the first Morison settlers of Londonderry, N. H., were at the siege of Londonderry, Ireland, in 1688-89. Other Morisons in Scotland rallied to the aid of their brethren at the siege. The following Morisons were active in their defence of Londonderry, Ireland, or suffered for their adherence to the Protestant cause. Dec. 7 (O.S.), 1688, among the thirteen brave apprentice boys who on this date shut the gates of the city, "in the face of the king's officers, and let down the portcullis," determined to die rather than surrender, was Robert Morison.† James Morison, a citizen more advanced in years, addressed the besiegers from the top of the wall, and advised them to be gone. Finally he cried, "Bring a great gun this way!" when the besiegers retreated, and joined their comrades on the other side of the river. April 18, 1689, Capt. James Morison, officer of the guard, without orders from the governor, opened the gate of the city, and admitted Captain Murray and his party, who aided much in the city's defence.§ Of those in the city and county of Londonderry, who were

*This was the case with the ancestors of the Morisons of Nottingham, N. H. See history of this branch.

† From Annals of Derry, Ireland, by Robert Simpson. Macaulay's History of England, vol. iii, pp. 114, 115. § Annals of Derry, Ireland, by Robert Simpson.

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