Abigail Dorsey

Abt 1765 - 1793  (~ 28 years)

• Name	Abigail Dorsey  [1]
  Born	Abt 1765
  Gender	Female
  Died	16 Sep 1793	Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States   [1]
  Person ID	I5658660617	Master Tree
  Last Modified	4 Jul 2006

  
  

  Family	Dr. John Morris,   b. 28 Sep 1759, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States ,   d. 8 Sep 1793, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States  (Age 33 years)
  Married	8 Oct 1783	Friends Meeting, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States   [1]
  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		Married - 8 Oct 1783 - Friends Meeting, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Died - 16 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., 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.