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Benjamin Wistar Morris

Benjamin Wistar Morris

Male 1762 - 1825  (62 years)

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  • Name Benjamin Wistar Morris  [1, 2, 3
    Born 14 Aug 1762  Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3
    Gender Male 
    Died 24 Apr 1825  Wellsboro, Tioga, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3
    Person ID I5658659480  Master Tree
    Last Modified 4 Jul 2006 

    Father Capt. Samuel Morris,   b. 24 Jun 1734, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Jul 1812, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
    Mother Rebecca Wistar,   d. 22 Jan 1791, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 11 Dec 1755  Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Family ID F5259718368  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 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, 3
    Children 
     1. Samuel Wells Morris,   b. 1 Sep 1786, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 May 1847, Wellsboro, Tioga, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 60 years)
     2. Sarah Morris,   b. 2 Sep 1788, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 May 1862  (Age 73 years)
     3. Rebecca Morris,   b. 23 Dec 1789, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Dec 1871, Muncy, Lycoming, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years)
     4. Richard Morris,   b. 18 Feb 1791, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Oct 1791, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
    Family ID F5259720084  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 14 Aug 1762 - Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 24 Nov 1785 - Market Street Meeting House, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 24 Apr 1825 - Wellsboro, Tioga, 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., 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.

    2. [S5351730433] Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania, Jordan, John W., LL.D., (Lewis Historical Publishing Company, New York, 1932), 0806308117, 9780806308111., 44.
      Issue of Richard and Rachel (Hill) Wells:
      Richard Wells, b. June 10, 1760, d. June 20, 1760;
      Samuel Preston Wells, b. July 7, 1763, d. Aug. 26, 1763;
      Mary Wells, b. Burlington, Sept. 4, 1764, m. Benjamin Wistar Morris, son of Captain Samuel and Rebecca (Wistar) Morris, and their son Samuel Wells Morris, was Judge of District Court, of Tioga county, Pa.;
      Gideon Hill Wells, of Wellsborough, Pa., b. Sept. 20, 1765; m. Hannah Waln;
      Hannah Wells, b. Nov. 10, 1769, d. Philadelphia, June 29, 1790;
      William Hill Wells, d. 1829, m. Elizabeth Dagworthy, U.S. Senator from Delaware, 1804 and 1813-1817.

    3. [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.

    4. [S5351730433] Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania, Jordan, John W., LL.D., (Lewis Historical Publishing Company, New York, 1932), 0806308117, 9780806308111., 55-57.
      Captain Samuel Morris, eldest surviving son of Anthony and Sarah (Powell) Morris, born in Philadelphia, June 24, 1734, usually referred to on the early records as Samuel Morris Jr. to distinguish him from his uncle, Samuel Morris Sr., both being members of the Board of War during the Revolution, was one of the most prominent of this prominent family in public affairds. On January 8, 1750,he was apprenticed to Isaac Greenleafe, merchant, to serve until he attained his majority, a period of four years, five months, and two weeks. Greenleafe had married as his second wife, Catharine, daughter of Caspar and Catharine (Jansen) Wistar, and through her their young apprentice was brought in close association with her sister, Rebecca Wistar, whom he married only a few months after the close of his apprenticeship, December 11, 1755.
      ..He organized, November 17, 1774, the Philadelphia Troop of Light Horse, of which he served many years as Captain, and which rendered such efficient service in the early days of the Revolutionary War....Captain Samuel Morris and his brother, Major Anthony Morris, were the most ardent of patriots from the time of the earliest protest,...the latter being killed in the battle of Princeton, January 3, 1777.
      Captain Samuel Morris...died at his residence in Philadelphia, July 7, 1812. His wfe, Rebecca Wistar, had died January 22, 1791.