Samuel Wells Morris

1786 - 1847  (60 years)

• Name	Samuel Wells Morris  [1, 2]
  Born	1 Sep 1786	Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States   [3]
  Gender	Male
  Died	25 May 1847	Wellsboro, Tioga, Pennsylvania, United States   [3]
  Person ID	I5658660600	Master Tree
  Last Modified	4 Jul 2006

  
  

  Father	Benjamin Wistar Morris,   b. 14 Aug 1762, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States ,   d. 24 Apr 1825, Wellsboro, Tioga, Pennsylvania, United States  (Age 62 years)
  Mother	Mary Wells,   b. 4 Sep 1764, Burlington, Burlington, New Jersey, United States ,   d. 6 Nov 1819, Wellsboro, Tioga, Pennsylvania, United States  (Age 55 years)
  Married	24 Nov 1785	Market Street Meeting House, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States   [3, 4]
  Family ID	F5259720084	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Anna Ellis,   b. 7 May 1791, Fort Muncy, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States ,   d. 26 Jan 1858, Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States  (Age 66 years)
  Married	5 Dec 1810	Muncy Meeting, Muncy, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States   [5]
  Family ID	F5259720500	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 1 Sep 1786 - Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Married - 5 Dec 1810 - Muncy Meeting, Muncy, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States Died - 25 May 1847 - Wellsboro, Tioga, 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. 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. [S5351733834] Charles Rowland Darrah personal papers, 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. [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. [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., 58-59. Samuel Wells Morris, eldest son of Benjamin W. and Mary (Wells) Morris, born in Philadelphia, September 1, 1786, died at Wellsborough, Tioga county, Pennsylvania. He married at Muncy, Pennsylvania, Meeting, December 5, 1810, Anna, born May 7, 1791, died at Germantown, Philadelphia, January 26, 1858, daughter of William and Mercy (Cox) Ellis, granddaughter of Benjamin and Ann (Swaffer) Ellis, great-granddaughter of Ellis Ellis, born in Pembrokeshire, Wales, who married Lydia Humphrey.