Family: William Morris / Sarah Dury (F5259722458)

• Father | Male William Morris

  
  

  Born	23 Jul 1695	Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
  Died	6 Nov 1776	Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
  Buried	Aft 6 Nov 1776	Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey, United States
  Married	14 Feb 1718/19  [1, 2]	Speightstown, Barbados  [1, 2]
  Other Spouse	Rebecca Cadwalader | F5259723603
  Married	2 Nov 1752
  Father	Anthony Morris, III | F1047623488 Group Sheet
  Mother	Mary Howard | F1047623488 Group Sheet

  
  

  Mother | Female Sarah Dury

  
  

  Born	26 Feb 1694/95	Speightstown, Barbados
  Died	26 Aug 1750	Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey, United States
  Buried
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  Mother

  
  

  Child 1 | Male William Morris

  
  

  Born	18 Oct 1719	Barbados
  Died	UNKNOWN
  Buried
  Spouse	Rebecca Peters | F5259722457
  Married	5 Oct 1752

  
  

  Child 2 | Female Mary Morris

  
  

  Born	30 May 1721	Barbados
  Died	5 Jun 1721	Barbados
  Buried

  
  

  Child 3 | Female + Sarah Morris

  
  

  Born	9 Sep 1722	Barbados
  Died	Aft 11 Oct 1746	Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
  Buried
  Spouse	Joseph Richardson | F5259723607
  Married	Oct 1745

  
  

  Child 4 | Female Mary Morris

  
  

  Born	15 Dec 1724	Barbados
  Died	Aug 1726	Barbados
  Buried

  
  

  Child 5 | Male Anthony Morris

  
  

  Born	31 Oct 1727
  Died	10 Mar 1804
  Buried
  Spouse	Sarah Cramner | F5259723609
  Married	Dec 1746

  
  

  Child 6 | Female Mercy Morris

  
  

  Born	9 Jun 1731	Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey, United States
  Died	15 Feb 1775
  Buried
  Spouse	Dr. Horton | F5259723610
  Married

  
  

  Child 7 | Male Joseph Morris

  
  

  Born	25 Nov 1733	Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey, United States
  Died	15 Feb 1733/34	Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey, United States
  Buried

  
  

  Child 8 | Male Israel Morris

  
  

  Born	13 Apr 1738	Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey, United States
  Died	3 Apr 1818
  Buried
  Spouse	Phoebe Brown | F5259723611
  Married	19 Feb 1761
  Spouse	Sarah Bond | F5259723612
  Married	Aft 1761

  
  

  Child 9 | Male Joseph Morris

  
  

  Born	19 Jul 1739	Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey, United States
  Died	14 Aug 1739	Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey, 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., 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. [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.