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Family: William Morris / Sarah Dury (F5259722458)

m. 14 Feb 1718/19


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  • William MorrisFather | Male
    William Morris

    Born  23 Jul 1695  Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  6 Nov 1776  Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried  Aft 6 Nov 1776  Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
    Married  14 Feb 1718/19  [1, 2]  Speightstown, Barbados  [1, 2] Find all individuals with events at this location
    Other Spouse  Rebecca Cadwalader | F5259723603 
    Married  2 Nov 1752   
    Father  Anthony Morris, III | F1047623488 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Mary Howard | F1047623488 Group Sheet 

    Sarah DuryMother | Female
    Sarah Dury

    Born  26 Feb 1694/95  Speightstown, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  26 Aug 1750  Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried     
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    William MorrisChild 1 | Male
    William Morris

    Born  18 Oct 1719  Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  UNKNOWN   
    Buried     
    Spouse  Rebecca Peters | F5259722457 
    Married  5 Oct 1752   

    Mary MorrisChild 2 | Female
    Mary Morris

    Born  30 May 1721  Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  5 Jun 1721  Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried     

    Sarah MorrisChild 3 | Female
    + Sarah Morris

    Born  9 Sep 1722  Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  Aft 11 Oct 1746  Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried     
    Spouse  Joseph Richardson | F5259723607 
    Married  Oct 1745   

    Mary MorrisChild 4 | Female
    Mary Morris

    Born  15 Dec 1724  Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  Aug 1726  Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried     

    Anthony MorrisChild 5 | Male
    Anthony Morris

    Born  31 Oct 1727   
    Died  10 Mar 1804   
    Buried     
    Spouse  Sarah Cramner | F5259723609 
    Married  Dec 1746   

    Mercy MorrisChild 6 | Female
    Mercy Morris

    Born  9 Jun 1731  Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  15 Feb 1775   
    Buried     
    Spouse  Dr. Horton | F5259723610 
    Married     

    Joseph MorrisChild 7 | Male
    Joseph Morris

    Born  25 Nov 1733  Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  15 Feb 1733/34  Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
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    Israel MorrisChild 8 | Male
    Israel Morris

    Born  13 Apr 1738  Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  3 Apr 1818   
    Buried     
    Spouse  Phoebe Brown | F5259723611 
    Married  19 Feb 1761   
    Spouse  Sarah Bond | F5259723612 
    Married  Aft 1761   

    Joseph MorrisChild 9 | Male
    Joseph Morris

    Born  19 Jul 1739  Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  14 Aug 1739  Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
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  • Sources 
    1. [S5351730433] Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania, Jordan, John W., LL.D., (Lewis Historical Publishing Company, New York, 1932), 0806308117, 9780806308111., 50.
      Issue of Anthony and Mary (Howard-Coddington) Morris:
      William, b. July 23, 1695, d. Nov. 6, 1776, m. (first) Feb. 14, 1718-9, Sarah Dury, (second) Nov. 2, 1752, Rebecca Cadwalader;
      Elizabeth, b. 4mo. 28, 1697, m. (first) 10mo. 13, 1716, Samuel Lewis, (second) William Dury;
      Joseph, b. May 12, 1699, d. July 25, 1699.

    2. [S5351730433] Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania, Jordan, John W., LL.D., (Lewis Historical Publishing Company, New York, 1932), 0806308117, 9780806308111., 553-54.
      William Morris, eldest son of Anthony Morris by third marriage with Mary Coddington, born in Philadelphia, 5mo.l (July) 23, 1695, died there November 6, 1776, was one of the most prominent members of the family, but his long career of usefulness and honor was largely spent outside of the city of his birth. Early in life he engaged in mercantile trade with the West Indies, and removed to the island of Barbados, where he married 4mo. (June) 14, 1718, a rich heiress, Sarah Dury, of Speightstown, Barbados. William Morris purchased of the Trent estate 500 acres of land on the Assunpink, including mills thereon erected, and made his permanent home in Trenton for nearly the whole remainder of his life and is there buried...His wife Sarah died August 26, 1750, in her fifty-sixth year, having been born 12mo. 26, 1694. He married (second) November 2, 1752, Rebecca, daughter of John and Martha Cadwalader, sister of Hannah Cadwalader, who had married in 1737 his nephew Samuel Morris. She died October 9, 1764, and he November 6, 1776.