Family Group Sheet for James Morris / Margaret Cooke (F8026639018) m. 8 Mar 1708/09 : The Valley And Fitzgerald Family Trees

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[S5352827412] U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900.
[S8072384362] Ancestors and Collateral Connections, Dawna, [email protected], (OneWorldTree).
[S5351737032] The Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol. II, Hinshaw, William Wade, (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc. 1994), CD #192.
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends. Names of Monthly Meeting in this book and dates of organization: 1. Salem Monthly Meeting (N.J.) 1676; 2. Burlington Monthly Meeting (N.J.) 1678; 3. Philadelphia Monthly Meeting (PA.) 1682; 4. Falls Monthly Meeting (PA) 1683. PAGE 9-10 Have you ever dates like this? - "13 January 1709/10", This is not a date which attempts to reveal a Dec-Jan date. It appears because the "Old Style" calendar was superseded in 1752 by the Gregorian (New Style) calendar. Actually it was 1752 when an Act of Parliament passed "the day following 2 September 1752" was called "14 September". Concurrently, the beginning of the legal year was changed from 25 March to the 1st of January. As early as 1700, other European counties adopted the Gregorian calender, with the year beginning January 1st.

Thus, it became the custom in England and its colonies to give two dates for the period intervening between 1 January and 25 March, as 13 January 1709/10. The day following 24 March 1709/10 was 25 March 1710.
The following chart shows the months: 1mo. = Mar, 2mo. = Apr, 3mo.= May, 4mo. = Jun, 5 mo. = Jul, 6mo. = August, 7mo. = Sep, 8mo = Oct, 9mo = Nov, 10mo. = Dec, 11mo. = Jan, 12mo = Feb.

The Friends added to the confusion by designating months by numbers instead of by names. January was the 11th month, February the 12th month.
[S8072384364] All the Surnames I have Researched, Jeff French, [email protected], (OneWorldTree).
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[S16144775194] A Partial Genealogy of the Family of Caleb and Rebecca C. Davies, Davies, John Paton, Sr, (Private Collection of Sarah Sims (Pardington) Hedrick).
JAMES MORRIS, son of Anthony Morris and Mary (Jones) Morris was born in Philadelphia May 8, 1688, and died at Duck Creek, Del. Oct. 31, 1747. He married Margaret Cook, daughter of John Cook. In 1711 he purchased for the sum of 67 pounds 600 acres of land at Duck Creek. There he built a brick house and a brick barn. His property was known as the Morris Rambles and remained in the possession of the Morris family for 150 years. At his death, he owned 1, 200 acres.

Family: James Morris / Margaret Cooke (F8026639018) [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]

Family: James Morris / Margaret Cooke (F8026639018)^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]}