Benjamin Smith

- UNKNOWN

• Name	Benjamin Smith  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	UNKNOWN
  Person ID	I5658660609	Master Tree
  Last Modified	4 Jul 2006

  
  

  Family	Deborah Morris,   b. 29 Nov 1760, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States ,   d. UNKNOWN
  Married	11 Nov 1789  [1]
  Family ID	F5259720503	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• 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.