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William Morris

William Morris

Male 1695 - 1776  (81 years)

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  • Name William Morris 
    Born 23 Jul 1695  Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    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 
    Person ID I1122064843  Master Tree
    Last Modified 4 Jul 2006 

    Father Anthony Morris, III,   b. 23 Aug 1654, Old Gravel Lane, Shoreditch, London, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Oct 1721, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years) 
    Mother Mary Howard,   b. Bet. 1639 and 1665,   d. 25 Jul 1699  (Age ~ 34 years) 
    Married 18 Jan 1693  Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1047623488  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Sarah Dury,   b. 26 Feb 1694/95, Speightstown, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Aug 1750, Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 14 Feb 1718/19  Speightstown, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Children 
     1. William Morris,   b. 18 Oct 1719, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. UNKNOWN
     2. Mary Morris,   b. 30 May 1721, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Jun 1721, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
    +3. Sarah Morris,   b. 9 Sep 1722, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 11 Oct 1746, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age > 24 years)
     4. Mary Morris,   b. 15 Dec 1724, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aug 1726, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 1 years)
     5. Anthony Morris,   b. 31 Oct 1727,   d. 10 Mar 1804  (Age 76 years)
     6. Mercy Morris,   b. 9 Jun 1731, Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Feb 1775  (Age 43 years)
     7. Joseph Morris,   b. 25 Nov 1733, Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Feb 1733/34, Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
     8. Israel Morris,   b. 13 Apr 1738, Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Apr 1818  (Age 79 years)
     9. Joseph Morris,   b. 19 Jul 1739, Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Aug 1739, Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
    Family ID F5259722458  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Rebecca Cadwalader,   d. 9 Oct 1764, Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 2 Nov 1752  [1, 3
    Family ID F5259723603  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 23 Jul 1695 - Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 6 Nov 1776 - Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - Aft 6 Nov 1776 - Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 14 Feb 1718/19 - Speightstown, Barbados Link to Google Earth
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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.

    3. [S5351730433] Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania, Jordan, John W., LL.D., (Lewis Historical Publishing Company, New York, 1932), 0806308117, 9780806308111., 53-54.
      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.