Benedict Morris

1787 - 1790  (3 years)

• Name	Benedict Morris  [1]
  Born	27 Mar 1787	Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	13 Nov 1790	Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States   [1]
  Person ID	I5658660622	Master Tree
  Last Modified	4 Jul 2006

  
  

  Father	Dr. John Morris,   b. 28 Sep 1759, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States ,   d. 8 Sep 1793, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States  (Age 33 years)
  Mother	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   [1]
  Family ID	F5259720111	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 27 Mar 1787 - Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Died - 13 Nov 1790 - 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.