Dr. John Morris

1759 - 1793  (33 years)

• Name	John Morris  [1, 2]
  Title	Dr.
  Born	28 Sep 1759	Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	8 Sep 1793	Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States   [2]
  Person ID	I5658659544	Master Tree
  Last Modified	4 Jul 2006

  
  

  Father	William Morris,   b. 27 Jun 1735, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States ,   d. 14 Apr 1766, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States  (Age 30 years)
  Mother	Margaret Hill,   b. 2 Nov 1737, South River, Anne Arundel, Maryland, United States ,   d. Aft 1810, Burlington, Burlington, New Jersey, United States  (Age > 74 years)
  Married	1 Sep 1758	Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States   [1]
  Family ID	F5259720110	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Abigail Dorsey,   b. Abt 1765,   d. 16 Sep 1793, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States  (Age ~ 28 years)
  Married	8 Oct 1783	Friends Meeting, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States   [2]
  Children	1. Sarah Morris,   b. 1784,   d. 1794  (Age 10 years)   2. William Stanton Morris,   b. 24 Nov 1785, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States ,   d. 1819  (Age 33 years)   3. Benedict Morris,   b. 27 Mar 1787, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States ,   d. 13 Nov 1790, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States  (Age 3 years)   4. Martha Milcah Morris,   b. 24 Aug 1788, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States ,   d. 26 Jan 1826  (Age 37 years)   5. Mary Morris,   b. 1790, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States ,   d. UNKNOWN, infancy   6. Margaret Morris,   b. 18 Aug 1792, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States ,   d. 22 Apr 1832, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States  (Age 39 years)
  Family ID	F5259720111	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 28 Sep 1759 - Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Married - 8 Oct 1783 - Friends Meeting, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Died - 8 Sep 1793 - Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States  = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [S5351730433] Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania, Jordan, John W., LL.D., (Lewis Historical Publishing Company, New York, 1932), 0806308117, 9780806308111., 44-45. Margaret Hill, daughter of Dr. Richard and Deborah (Moore) Hill, of the Island of Madeira, born November 2, 1737, spent a portion of her girlhood in Philadelphia. She married there, September 1, 1758, William, son of John and Mary (Sutton) Mooris, of Spring Hill, Philadelphia, now Montgomery county, grandson of Anthony and Phoebe Guest Morris, of Philadelphia, great-grandson of Anthony Morris. William Morris was the eldest child of John and Mary, and was born in Philadelphia, June 27, 1735. He died April 14, 1766, less than eight years after his marriage, and four months before the birth of his youngest child. On June 7, 1770, Margaret (Hill) Morris removed from Philadelphia to Burlington, New Jersey, with her four surviving children, and took up her residence with her sister and brother-in-law, Sarah and George Dilwyn. Issue of William and Margaret (Hill) Morris: Richard Hill Morris, b. Sept. 28, 1759, d. Sept. 29, 1760; John Morris, M.D., twin to above; Deborah Morris, b. Nov. 29, 1760, d. March 17, 1822, m. (first) Nov. 11, 1789, Benjamin Smith, (second) Nov. 9, 1809, Isaac Collins, of Trenton, N.J., printer; Richard Hill Morris, b. Sept. 5, 1762, d. Dec. 6, 1841, m. (first) March 17, 1786, Mary Mifflin, (second) Oct. 25, 1798, Mary Smith; Mary Morris, b. June 19, 1764, d. Feb. 14, 1765; Gulielma Maria Morris, b. Aug. 18, 1766, d. Sept. 9, 1826, m. April 8, 1784, John Smith, Jr. [S5351730433] Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania, Jordan, John W., LL.D., (Lewis Historical Publishing Company, New York, 1932), 0806308117, 9780806308111., 45-46. Dr. John Morris, eldest son of William and Margaret, born in Philadelphia, September 28, 1759. On obtaining his degree, he began the practice of medicine at Burlington. However, he soon located in Philadelphia. He was located in 1785 at No. 27, Chestnut street, but by 1791, had removed to No. 11 Pear street, where he died of yellow fever, September 8, 1793, in the arms of his devoted mother, who had come from Burlington to nurse him and remained to close the eyes of his wife, also a victim to the pestilence, eight days later. Dr. Morris married at Philadelphia Friends' Meeting, October 8, 1783, Abigail, daughter of Benedict and Sarah Dorsey, of Philadelphia, who followed him to the grave, September 16, 1793, at the age of twenty-eight years, leaving four small children. Issue of Dr. John and Abigail (Dorsey) Morris: Sarah, b. 1784, d. 1794; William Stanton, b. Nov. 24, 1785, d. unm. in 1819; Benedict, b. March 27, 1787, d. Nov. 13, 1790; Martha Milcah, b. Aug. 24, 1788, d. Jan. 26, 1826, m. (first) Thomas Lawrie, (second) Jacob B. Clarke; Mary, b. 1790, d. inf.; Margaret Morris, b. Aug. 18, 1792, d. April 22, 1832.