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Descendants of Andrew Morris

Generation No. 4

7. ELLINOR⁴ MORRIS (RICHARD³, ROBERT SR.², ANDREW¹) was born 1754, and died January 27, 1832 in Beaumaris, England. She married JAMES HARRIS II, son of JAMES HARRIS and MARY. He was born June 24, 1757 in Harlow, England, and died March 19, 1833 in Beaumaris, England.

Notes for JAMES HARRIS II:
James left Harlow as a young man and settled in Beaumaris. He is buried in the parish churchyard in Beaumaris.

More About JAMES HARRIS II:
Baptism: July 2, 1757

Children of ELLINOR MORRIS and JAMES HARRIS are:

	i.		JOHN⁵ HARRIS, b. August 22, 1784; d. March 2, 1817, Beaumaris, England.
	ii.		JAMES HARRIS III, b. May 21, 1786; d. August 18, 1832, Beaumaris, England; m. MARTHA GUEST, WFT Est. 1801-1825; b. 1784; d. February 28, 1866, Beaumaris, England.
	iii.		ANN JANE HARRIS, b. April 22, 1787, Beaumaris, England; d. October 30, 1787, Beaumaris, England.
	iv.		HUGH HARRIS, b. November 29, 1788, Beaumaris, England; d. February 11, 1790, Beaumaris, England.
	v.		JANE HARRIS, b. June 27, 1791, Beaumaris, England; d. August 19, 1791, Beaumaris, England.
	vi.		ROBERT HARRIS, b. June 5, 1792, Beaumaris, England; d. March 3, 1818, Beaumaris, England.

Notes for ROBERT HARRIS:
Robert was engaged to Miss Mary Clare when he died

More About ROBERT HARRIS:
Baptism: June 24, 1792

	vii.		MARGARET HARRIS, b. July 1, 1794; d. April 2, 1826, Brownlow Hill; m. (1) ? JONES, WFT Est. 1808-1824; b. WFT Est. 1777-1797; d. WFT Est. 1811-1883; m. (2) RICHARD TOPHAM, December 1823; b. WFT Est. 1774-1803; d. WFT Est. 1828-1888.
	viii.		CORBETT HARRIS, b. February 22, 1801; d. 1827, Montpelier, France.

Notes for CORBETT HARRIS:
Corbett died in Montpelier, France at the age of 26; he is buried there. Richard Topham went there at the time of his death and had a stone erected. Corbett Harris was to have been married to a Miss Smedley of Holy Well. Her father's house was near the 'well'.

8. JOHN⁴ MORRIS (RICHARD³, ROBERT SR.², ANDREW¹) was born WFT Est. 1741-1768, and died 1789 in Warrington, Lancashire. He married MARY WFT Est. 1762-1788. She was born WFT Est. 1743-1769, and died 1811.

Children of JOHN MORRIS and MARY are:

	i.		JOHN⁵ MORRIS, b. August 4, 1780, Ludlow, Shropshire; d. August 7, 1787, Hanley in Staffordshire, near Newcastle.
	ii.		SARAH MORRIS, b. December 23, 1785, Ludlow, Shropshire; d. March 11, 1786, Ludlow, Shropshire.
	iii.		HUGH MORRIS, b. September 26, 1787, Hanley in Staffordshire, near Newcastle; d. December 23, 1792, Chester.
	iv.		JANE MORRIS, b. August 10, 1789, Hanley in Staffordshire, near Newcastle; d. December 11, 1825, Baggilt, Flintshire; m. ? ROGERS, WFT Est. 1803-1822; b. WFT Est. 1772-1792; d. WFT Est. 1807-1878.

9. JANE⁴ MORRIS (RICHARD³, ROBERT SR.², ANDREW¹) was born WFT Est. 1742-1768, and died WFT Est. 1764-1851. She married EDWARD RICE WFT Est. 1758-1802. He was born WFT Est. 1732-1767, and died WFT Est. 1764-1846.

Children of JANE MORRIS and EDWARD RICE are:

	i.		RICHARD⁵ RICE, b. WFT Est. 1764-1801; d. WFT Est. 1773-1879.
	ii.		JOHN RICE, b. WFT Est. 1764-1801; d. WFT Est. 1773-1879.

Notes for JOHN RICE:
John was a physician in London. He lived in Golden Square. He was sent by the government to Channel Islands officially at the time of the cholera epidemic. He died just after his return.

iii.

WILLIAM RICE, b. WFT Est. 1764-1801; d. WFT Est. 1773-1879.

Notes for WILLIAM RICE:
William Rice was a manufacturing chemist. He lived in Dublin. He never married; had no children.

	iv.		JANE RICE, b. WFT Est. 1764-1801; d. WFT Est. 1773-1882.
	v.		GRACE RICE, b. WFT Est. 1764-1801; d. WFT Est. 1773-1882.
	vi.		ELLIN RICE, b. WFT Est. 1764-1801; d. WFT Est. 1773-1882.

10. JONATHAN JAMES⁴ MORRIS (JOSEPH³, ROBERT SR.², ANDREW¹) was born June 15, 1753 in Apple Pie Ridge, Berkley County, West Virginia, and died March 20, 1841 in Greene County, Pennsylvania. He married (1) SARAH DAVIS Abt. 1785 in Staunton, Augusta County, Virginia. She was born May 7, 1757, and died November 11, 1798 in Greene County, Pennsylvania. He married (2) HANNAH GARARD Abt. 1800. She was born 1767, and died June 15, 1816. He married (3) MARY ROBBINS Aft. 1816. She was born Abt. 1761, and died 1848.

More About JONATHAN JAMES MORRIS:
Burial: Old Dunkard Cemetary, New Town Site, Dunkard Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania

Notes for HANNAH GARARD:
Church: Selected Goshen Baptist Church Minutes, 1773-1857: Greene County, Pennsylvania. Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by M. Burns. mburns@tea-house.com USGENWEB NOTICE: Printing this file by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged, as long as all notices and submitter information is included. Any other use, including copying files to other sites requires permission from the submitters PRIOR to uploading to any other sites. We encourage links to the state and county table of contents.

Selections from the Minutes of the Goshen Baptist Church; Greene County, Pennsylvania from the nearly 300 page single-spaced typed, not yet microfilmed and unphotocopiable copy at the DAR Library, Washington, DC, and excerpts from other sources....
1/29/1780

"Met according to appointment January 29, 1780. First agreed by the voice of the Church unanimously that Brother Benjamin Sutton be laid under censure for taking of hogs that was none of his property. Second agreed by the voice of the Church that Brother Alexander Briant take his seat in the house of God as he stood the 24th of July in the year 1779. Third agreed by the Majority of the Church that Hannah Garard is laid under censure for her misbehavior namely for committing adultery."

2/26/1780

"Met by appointment February 26, 1780. First agreed by the majority of the Church that Hannah Garard be excommunicated for the above crime. DAR Library copy p18, black numbers"

10/6/1787

"Absom Milner suspended communion til the Church see further. Brother Mordock to cite John Hart and Jonathon Mundle for not attending monthly meeting. Hannah Garard restored to her seat again. Brother Robert Jones appointed to cite Michael Hahn to our next monthly meeting to show cause for his non-attendance, likewise Received Sarah Brown for Baptism."

More About MARY ROBBINS:
Burial: Near Bobtown, Greene County, Pennsylvania

Children of JONATHAN MORRIS and SARAH DAVIS are:

	i.		SAMUEL⁵ MORRIS, b. September 7, 1778, Greene County, Pennsylvania; d. December 1871.
	ii.		JOSEPH MORRIS, b. November 11, 1780.
	iii.		OWEN MORRIS, b. October 25, 1783; d. May 18, 1860.
	iv.		LUCRETIA LOUISA MORRIS, b. April 30, 1787, Waynesburg, Greene County, Pennsylvania; d. February 23, 1867, Le Harpe, Illinois.
	v.		MARY MORRIS, b. March 14, 1790, Greene County, Pennsylvania.
	vi.		SARAH MORRIS, b. May 7, 1793, Greene County, Pennsylvania; d. October 2, 1853, Greene County, Pennsylvania.
	vii.		ABNER MORRIS, b. Abt. 1796, Greene County, Pennsylvania.
	viii.		JONATHAN MORRIS, b. September 16, 1796, Cambridge, Ohio.
	ix.		ELIZABETH MORRIS, b. November 11, 1798, Greene County, Pennsylvania.

Children of JONATHAN MORRIS and HANNAH GARARD are:

	x.		LEVI⁵ MORRIS, b. April 10, 1802, Greene County, Pennsylvania.
	xi.		ISAIAH MORRIS, b. June 15, 1806, Greene County, Pennsylvania; d. January 10, 1906, Hancock County, Illinois.

11. AMOS ANTHONY⁴ MORRIS (JOSEPH³, ROBERT SR.², ANDREW¹) was born August 25, 1758 in Apple Pie Ridge, Berkley County, West Virginia, and died 1847 in Monongalia County, Virginia now West Virginia. He married REBECCA TYLER Abt. 1792 in Virginia. She was born 1772 in Virginia, and died 1838 in Virginia.

Children of AMOS MORRIS and REBECCA TYLER are:

	i.		AMOS⁵ MORRIS, b. March 30, 1789, Virginia; d. July 25, 1878, Lyncon, Kansas; m. JOANNA LANTZ, Abt. 1810; b. May 25, 1792, Greene County, Pennsylvania; d. January 9, 1878, Oquawka, Kansas.
	ii.		HANNAH MORRIS, b. Abt. 1790; m. LEWIS CONGER, Abt. 1810; b. Abt. 1790.
	iii.		REBECCA MORRIS, b. Abt. 1792; m. ZADOCK MORGAN, Abt. 1812; b. Abt. 1790.
	iv.		ISAAC MORRIS, b. March 20, 1794, Virginia; d. March 8, 1870, Ripley County, Indiana; m. (1) ANNA ALEXANDER, Abt. 1815; b. Abt. 1795; m. (2) MATILDA FITZGERALD, Abt. 1820; b. May 2, 1800; d. September 19, 1838; m. (3) SARAH JANE MORRIS, Abt. 1858; b. 1838; d. 1886.
	v.		GEORGE MORRIS, b. Abt. 1796; m. NANCY FITZGERALD, Abt. 1820; b. Abt. 1800.
	vi.		MARY MORRIS, b. Abt. 1798.
	vii.		LEVI MORRIS, b. Abt. 1800.
	viii.		JAMES SUMMERS MORRIS, b. August 29, 1810, Wise, Monongalia County, Virginia; d. 1865, Wana, Monongalia County, West Virginia; m. SARAH CATHERINE HINEGARDNER, Abt. 1835; b. January 27, 1817, Timberville, Virginia; d. July 31, 1904, Wana, Monongalia County, West Virginia.

12. ROBERT CLARK⁴ MORRIS (ROBERT JR.³, ROBERT SR.², ANDREW¹) was born December 19, 1769 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and died 1804 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He married ANN SHOEMAKER¹ May 5, 1796¹, daughter of BENJAMIN SHOEMAKER and ELIZABETH WARNER. She was born March 27, 1777¹, and died 1865.

Notes for ROBERT CLARK MORRIS:
"Soon after the Battle of Yorktown, Robert & Molly Morris made a major decision: to send their two older boys, Robert Jr., now almost twelve, and ten-year-old Tom, t study abroad. Evan though the father had deliberately evaded formal education, he was determined his sons should learn several languages, mathematics, the sciences; "a liberal education," he said, "has its use in every station of life, and I am anxious that my boys should learn everything that can possibly be useful to them." Not only had American schools been disrupted by the war, but, as Morris told George Washington, "if the example is followed and it becomes the practice to educate American youths in France, habitual attachments will strengthen those ties of affection which in gratitude is due from this to that country." Morris asked Washington to intercede with the Comte de Grasse to obtain passage for the boys on one of the returning French frigates. Travel by sea still was perilous, but the venture was worth the hardships and hazards.

Pasage was obtained; from Yorktown on October 27, 1781, Washington sent word that he had just had the pleasure of welcoming the boys to Virginia; "for my Countrys sake, I rejoice in the Sacrifice you are making to your own feelings for the Education of the young Gentlemen, your Sons. . . ." Washington requested de Grasse to "show them every patronage in your Power to fulfill their Wishes and the Views of their Parents." The boys were accompanied by the Morrises' longtome friend, Matthew Ridley, who married Kitty Livingston, Mrs. John Jay's sister. To Jay, Morris wrote:
They are tractable, good boys. I hope they will make good men, for that is essential. Perhaps they may become useful to their country, which is very desirable, and if they have genius and judgment, the education they will receive may be the foundation for them to become learned or great men, but this is of the most consequence to themselves.

The boys were tutored in France, Then attended school in Geneva, Switzerland. After five years abroad, they spent two additional years at the University of Leipzig. Not long before Robert was to enter the university, his father heard reports that he had become careless about his appearance and clothes. "Whether I am rich or poor can be no reason for your being extravagant or nasty," the elder Morris wrote. He told his teenage son that his ambition was not to give him a large fortune, "but of teaching you how to make one for yourself."(1)

In the Spring of 1788 Robert returned after seven years absence in Europe. He was soon placed in charge of the Morris affairs at Morrisville, Pennsylvania, land that Morris had purchased near the Falls of Trenton.

(1)Robert Morris Audacious Patriot by Frederick Wagner page 83-84, 117[Samuel Carpenter.FTW]

son of Robert Morris the "Financier of the Revolution

More About ROBERT CLARK MORRIS:
Christening: February 16, 169/70, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Children of ROBERT MORRIS and ANN SHOEMAKER are:

ROBERT⁵ MORRIS¹, b. March 13, 1837¹; d. August 13, 1863, Libby Prison, as Major 6th Pennsylvania Calvery¹; m. ELLEN MARKOE WHARTON¹, January 19, 1860¹; b. January 18, 1837¹; d. December 31, 1908¹.

Notes for ROBERT MORRIS:
[Samuel Carpenter.FTW]

Died in Libby Prison, Aug. 13, 1863, when major 6th Pennsylvania Cavalry during the Civil War. He first entered the service in the 1st Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry

	ii.		BENJAMIN SHOEMAKER MORRIS¹, b. January 8, 1804; d. Unknown, He died young.
	iii.		ELIZABETH ANNA MORRIS¹, b. November 18, 1798; d. December 4, 1870; m. (1) JOHN COSGROVE¹; b. Albany; m. (2) SYLVESTER MALSAN¹, June 7, 1821¹.
	iv.		MARY WHITE MORRIS¹, b. November 28, 1800; d. 1838; m. DR. PAUL HAMILTON WILKENS, DR, March 1827, Georgia; b. November 28, 1800; d. 1838.

Notes for DR. PAUL HAMILTON WILKENS, DR:
[Samuel Carpenter.FTW]

of Georgia, M.D. University of Pennsylvania. The whole family were lost at sea on passage from Savannah, Georgia, en route to Germantown, Pennsylvania, June 14, 1838

ROBERT MORRIS¹, b. December 12, 1802¹; d. June 18, 1891¹; m. (1) LUCY PICKETT MARSHALL; b. October 26, 1828; m. (2) CAROLINE NIXON¹, May 27, 1836¹; b. March 21, 1811; d. March 31, 1837¹; m. (3) LUCY P. MARSHALL¹, June 1, 1854¹.

Notes for ROBERT MORRIS:
[Samuel Carpenter.FTW]

Robert Morris graduated A.B. University of Pennsylvania, also M.D. He died June 18, 1891.

Notes for CAROLINE NIXON:
[Samuel Carpenter.FTW]

his cousin

Notes for LUCY P. MARSHALL:
[Samuel Carpenter.FTW]

his cousin of Fauquier County, Virginia, daughter of Robert Morris Marshall, of Virginia.

	vi.		ANNA MORRIS.
	vii.		HENRY W. MORRIS, m. BESSIE T. ELLIOT, 1880.
	viii.		JAMES E. MORRIS, b. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; d. 1864; m. ELIZABETH (ELIZA ANNE) SNYDER.
	ix.		LUCY MARSHALL MORRIS.
	x.		RICHARD MORRIS, m. UNKNOWN TURNER.
	xi.		SUSAN MARSHALL MORRIS.
	xii.		ROBERT MAJOR MORRIS, b. March 24, 1797; d. 1863, In Libby Prison; m. ELLEN M WAHARTON, 1860.