Family: Benjamin Wistar Morris / Mary Wells (F5259720084)

• Father | Male Benjamin Wistar Morris

  
  

  Born	14 Aug 1762	Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
  Died	24 Apr 1825	Wellsboro, Tioga, Pennsylvania, United States
  Buried
  Married	24 Nov 1785  [1, 2]	Market Street Meeting House, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States  [1, 2]
  Father	Capt. Samuel Morris | F5259718368 Group Sheet
  Mother	Rebecca Wistar | F5259718368 Group Sheet

  
  

  Mother | Female Mary Wells

  
  

  Born	4 Sep 1764	Burlington, Burlington, New Jersey, United States
  Died	6 Nov 1819	Wellsboro, Tioga, Pennsylvania, United States
  Buried
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  Child 1 | Male Samuel Wells Morris

  
  

  Born	1 Sep 1786	Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
  Died	25 May 1847	Wellsboro, Tioga, Pennsylvania, United States
  Buried
  Spouse	Anna Ellis | F5259720500
  Married	5 Dec 1810	Muncy Meeting, Muncy, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States

  
  

  Child 2 | Female Sarah Morris

  
  

  Born	2 Sep 1788	Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
  Died	18 May 1862
  Buried
  Spouse	Jacob Shoemaker Waln | F5259720549
  Married	5 Aug 1804

  
  

  Child 3 | Female Rebecca Morris

  
  

  Born	23 Dec 1789	Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
  Died	8 Dec 1871	Muncy, Lycoming, Pennsylvania, United States
  Buried
  Spouse	William Cox Ellis | F5259720550
  Married	11 Jul 1810

  
  

  Child 4 | Male Richard Morris

  
  

  Born	18 Feb 1791	Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
  Died	4 Oct 1791	Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
  Buried

  
  

• Sources

  [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. [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.