William Morris

1695 - 1776  (81 years)

• Name	William Morris
  Born	23 Jul 1695	Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
  Gender	Male
  Died	6 Nov 1776	Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
  Buried	Aft 6 Nov 1776	Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey, United States
  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 ,   d. 23 Oct 1721, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States  (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
  Family ID	F1047623488	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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

  
  

  Family 2	Rebecca Cadwalader,   d. 9 Oct 1764, Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey, United States
  Married	2 Nov 1752  [1, 3]
  Family ID	F5259723603	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		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 - Speightstown, Barbados  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• 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. [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.