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Sarah Morris

Sarah Morris

Female 1788 - 1862  (73 years)

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  • Name Sarah Morris  [1
    Born 2 Sep 1788  Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Female 
    Died 18 May 1862  [1
    Person ID I5658660782  Master Tree
    Last Modified 4 Jul 2006 

    Father Benjamin Wistar Morris,   b. 14 Aug 1762, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Apr 1825, Wellsboro, Tioga, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years) 
    Mother Mary Wells,   b. 4 Sep 1764, Burlington, Burlington, New Jersey, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Nov 1819, Wellsboro, Tioga, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 55 years) 
    Married 24 Nov 1785  Market Street Meeting House, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Family ID F5259720084  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Jacob Shoemaker Waln,   d. UNKNOWN 
    Married 5 Aug 1804  [1
    Family ID F5259720549  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    Link to Google MapsBorn - 2 Sep 1788 - Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States 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., 58.
      Benjamin Wistar Morris, eldest son of Capt. Samuel and Rebecca (Wistar) Morris, born at Philadelphia, August 14, 1762, married at Market Street Meeting, Philadelphia, November 24, 1785, Mary, born at Burlington, New Jersey, September 4, 1764, daughter of Richard and Rachel (Hill) Wells, and about 1800 removed with his family from Philadelphia to Tioga county, Pennsylvania, where the town of Wellsborough was named for Mrs. Morris, and her brother Gideon H. Wells, and where they were among the earliest settlers.. Benjamin Wistar Norris died at Wellsborough, April 24, 1825, and his wife, November 6, 1819. They had issue:
      Samuel Wells, b. Sept. 1, 1786, d. May 25, 1847;
      Sarah, b. Sept. 2, 1788, d. May 18, 1862, m. Aug. 5, 1804, Jacob Shoemaker Waln;
      Rebecca, b. Dec. 23, 1789, d. Dec. 8, 1871, m. July 11, 1810, William Cox Ellis;
      Richard Wells, b. Feb. 18, 1791; d. Oct. 4, 1791.

    2. [S5351730433] Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania, Jordan, John W., LL.D., (Lewis Historical Publishing Company, New York, 1932), 0806308117, 9780806308111., 57-58.
      Issue of Captain Samuel and Rebecca (Wistar) Morris:
      Samuel, d.y.;
      Sarah, b. Jan. 19, 1758, d. Jan. 7, 1831; m. March 14, 1782, Richard Wistar;
      Benjamin Wistar, b. Aug. 14, 1762, d. April 24, 1825; m. Nov. 24, 1785, Mary Wells;
      Caspar W., b. Sept. 12, 1764, d. Feb. 27, 1828, m. Nov. 24, 1795, Elizabeth Giles;
      Anthony, b. Feb. 10, 1766, d. Nov. 3, 1860, m. May 13, 1790, Mary Smith Pemberton;
      Luke W., b. June 25, 1768, d. June 4, 1830, m. March 24, 1791, Elizabeth Morris Buckley, (second) April 4, 1800, Ann Pancoast;
      Isaac W., b. July 19, 1770, d. May 8, 1831, m. 12 mo. 17, 1795, Sarah Paschall;
      Catharine W., b. April 22, 1772, d. Dec. 10, 1859, unm.;
      Samuel, b. March 4, 1775, d. Sept. 17, 1793, of yellow fever;
      Israel Wistar, b. Feb. 27, 1778, d. Aug. 17, 1870, m. 6mo. 12, 1799, Mary Hollingsworth.