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99 Frances Morford, born 1850; died 1872.
44 JOSEPH WARDELL MORFORD, son of George Taylor Morford, 27, was born Mch. 11, 1806; died Jan. 29, 1849; married Jane Van Dorn.
Issue
100 George Morford
IOI Charlotte Morford, born 1840; died 1842.
102 Emily Morford
103 Sarah Morford
104 John Morford
105 Walter Morford
106 Thomas Morford
45 JOHN A. MORFORD, son of George Taylor Morford, 27, was born Nov. 5, 1810; died May 4, 1882; married, Jan. 6, 1836, Sarah Ann, daughter of Tylee and Maria (Schenck) Conover, born 1814. He was a resident of Long Branch, N. J.
Issue
107 Georgiana Morford; died young.
108 Maria N. Morford; married, Jan. 10, 1856, Abraham T. Vandervere.
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109 Elizabeth A. Morford, born 1842; married, Oct. 26, 1869, Joseph E., son of Joseph L. and Caroline Hance, born 1837.
IIO Tylee Conover Morford; married, Feb. 20, 1867, Annie E., daughter of John and Lucy Harrington.
"Mrs. Sarah Conover Morford, widow of John A. Morford, for half a century a resident of Long Branch, died Tuesday, [Sept. 6, 1910], in the home of her daughter, Mrs. Joseph E. Hance, at New Britain, Conn., in her ninety-seventh year. She was born near Red Bank, N. J., in 1813. She was the oldest original Long Branch resident, having been a month older than Mr. Brittain Woolley, who will celebrate his ninety-seventh birthday next November."
N. Y. Herald.
47 JANE DODGE MORFORD, daughter of George Taylor Morford, 27, was born Dec. 25, 1812; died June 12, 1876; married, Mch. 22, 1837, Robert White Parker, born 1814.
49 JARRET MORFORD, son of George Taylor Morford, 27, resided in Bridgeport, Conn. He married . . ..
Issue
III George Taylor
II2 Essie Taylor; married Mr. Knapp.
55 SAMUEL WHITE MORFORD, son of Garret Morford, 28, was born Mch. 12, 1836; married, December, 1869, Mary Ruth, daughter of George and Eliza Ovens, born 1849; died Feb. 8, 1903.
SAMUEL W. MORFORD
Samuel W. Morford died yesterday at his home, in Red Bank, N. J., aged seventy-three years. He had been commodore of the North Shrewsbury River Ice Yacht Club ever since it was organized, nearly thirty years ago, and owned one of the first ice racing boats ever tried on the river there. About twenty years ago he was Mayor of the town and for a long time had been a director of the First National Bank. He was in the coal business. A son and two daughters survive him. N. Y. Herald, Oct. 27, 1909.
Issue
113 Alice Morford
II4 Anna J. Morford, born 1872; married, May 3, 1905, Walter French.
115 Jarrat Morford, born 1873.
116 Nellie R. Morford, born 1877; died young.
57 THOMAS FINCH MORFORD, son of Garret Morford, 28, was born Mch. 12, 1838; died 1888. He married, Jan. 16, 1855, Elizabeth C. Wilbur, born 1832. He was a coal merchant, of Red Bank, N. J.
Issue
II7 Jane A. Morford, born 1858.
I18 Catharine W. Morford, born 1860.
119 Laura M. Morford, born 1862; married Frederick D. Wykoff.
120 Henry W. Morford, born 1867; married Miss Patterson.
I2I Annie G. Morford
64 AUSTIN WING MORFORD, son of Thomas Morford, Jr., 29, was born 1808; married, Nov. 28, 1833, Mary Osborn, born Dec. 23, 1810; died Apr. 14, 1872.
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Issue
I22 Jane Osborn Morford, born 1834; married, Dec. 12, 1853, Edwin Lassee Weeks, born 1818.
123 Mary Lavinia Morford, born Oct. 1, 1836; died July 21, 1852.
124 Rachel West Morford, born June, 1837.
125 Abraham Osborn Morford; baptized Apr. 20, 1847.
I26 Thomas Perine Morford
127 Harriet B. Morford; married Mr. Knight.
128 Julia Adelaide Morford, born October, 1841; married Mr. Miller.
76 GEORGE MORFORD, son of William Morford, 34, was born Oct. 18, 1844; died May 10 or 19, 1903; married, 11 mo., 20, 1867, Emeline, daughter of Jacob H. and Hannah Masker, of Newark, N. J. He was "an active business man in Monmouth County." See Ellis' History of Monmouth County.
Issue
129 William Morford, born July 3, 1869.
130 George Morford, born July 11, 1874; died 1875.
13I Alice Morford, born Aug. 19, 1877.
132 Harry Morford, born Aug. 19, 1881.
82 ALEXANDER or ALBERT MORFORD, son of Capt. Thomas Morford, 35, married Anne Spader.
Issue
133 Daughter . .; married James C. Hendrickson.
86 JOHN MORFORD, son of Capt. Charles Morford, 36, was born July 2, 1833; died Jan. 8, 1905; married Zilpha Maria, daughter of William Brown, born Mch. 5, 1835; died Apr. 23, 1905.
Issue
134 Edward C. Morford
135 William B. Morford
136 Rita Morford
136a John Morford, born Dec. 6, 1860; died July 26, 1889.
136b Carrie Morford; died, Dec. 2, 1878, aged 19 years, 7 months, and 11 days.
91 CHARLES H. MORFORD, son of Capt. Charles Morford, 36, married Laura M. Worthley.
Issue 137 Abbott Morford
94 WILLIAM E. MORFORD, son of Elias Morford, 39, married Emma L. Pike. Issue
I38 Fanny T. Morford
I39 Alfrida Morford
139a Charles Morford
110 TYLEE CONOVER MORFORD, son of John A. Morford, 45, married, Feb. 20, 1867, Annie E., daughter of John and Lucy Harrington.
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Issue 140 Lucy Morford; married Charles Blakely. 14I Sarah Morford 142 Harold Morford
MISCELLANEOUS NOTES
In 1878, Miss Morford, of Lynchburg, Va., wrote that her grandfather, (and she was then very aged), was Zebulon Morford, "who was the first one in the country"; that he settled at Cranbury, N. J. His sons, Stephen and Zebulon, settled at Princeton, and his son, John, at Middletown, N. J. This family was not of kin to the Morfords, of Middletown. It is possible she is right, but it is more likely they are an offshoot of the Monmouth County family. Miss Morford was a daughter of Stephen Morford, of Princeton.
1739, Apr. 17, O. S. Will of Henry Leonard; proved Feb. II, 1739, O. S., stated that he was of Shrewsbury, Gent., and mentioned:
Wife, Lydia
Daughter, Mary Leonard; not twenty-seven years of age.
Daughter, Sarah Leonard
Daughter, Susannah Leonard
Daughter, Parthenia Cook
Daughter, Margaret Leonard
Daughter, Elizabeth Leonard. [She was, apparently, only daughter by wife, Lydia.]
Executors: Brother, Samuel Leonard, brother-in-law, Thomas Morford, and sons, Samuel and Thomas Leonard.
1772, July 24. At Burlington, N. J., Joseph Barber, of Pennsylvania, and Elizabeth Mor- ford, of New Jersey, were married.
1775, Mch. 2. Henry Barber and Rachel Morford were married. St. Mary's Church Record, Burlington, N. J.
1777, July I. John Morford took the Oath of Allegiance, in Bucks County, Pa. 1779, Nov. 5. Geames Bound married Hester Morford. Reformed Church, Freehold, N. J. 1784. Thomas Morford, Overseer. Shrewsbury Town Poor Record.
The following Monmouth County Morfords were in the Revolutionary War.
John Morford, in Capt. John Walton's Troop Light Dragoons.
John Morford, in Capt. Kenneth Hankinson's Company, First Regiment.
Noah Morford, in Capt. Kenneth Hankinson's Company, First Regiment.
Joseph Morford; supposed to have died on a prison ship; a brother of William Morford. It is a family tradition that he was captured and died on the prison ship, in Wallabout Bay, New York, and that he died of starvation. Provisions were sent to him by his relatives and friends, but each time they were directed to "J. M.," and there being another prisoner whose name was Jos. Morris, of Port Monmouth, N. J., they were all given to him.
Stephen Morford Daniel Morford
James H. Morford, of Monmouth County, N. J., born 1850; married, Dec. 13, 1875, Anna S. Elliot, born 1855.
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Issue Robert Morford, born 1878.
Edward H. Morford, of Monmouth County, N. J., married, Oct. 26, 1898, Ella V. Peck- ham, of Germantown, Pa.
The name, Morford, in old records, is also spelled Maurfoot and Morfoot.
1786, Aug. 12. John Morfort and his wife, Mary Forman, were members of the Yellow Meeting House congregation.
1815, Sept. 25. Will of John Morford, of Freehold; proved Sept. 1, 1817, mentioned: Wife, Mary
Kinswoman, Melinda, daughter of James Lloyd.
Friend, David Parine, who had been kind to him in sickness and health.
John Morford died, Aug. 5, 1817, aged 66 years, 9 months and 23 [25?] days. Mary, wife of John Morford, died, Oct. 21, 1815, aged 62 years, 5 months and 9 days. Baptist Burying-ground, Freehold, N. J.
MORRIS
OF
MONMOUTH COUNTY
The early history of the Morris Family, of Monmouth County, N. J., is so interwoven with the early history of the Morris Family, of Westchester County, N. Y., that the two are fol- lowed from necessity.
The Morris Family rose in Monmouthshire, Wales, about the middle of the 15th Century. In 1635, they were seized of the estates of Tintern, Denham and Ponterry, then occupied by Lewis, William and Richard, sons of William Morris, of Tintern.
1 WILLIAM MORRIS, of Tintern; married . . .
Issue
2 Col. Lewis Morris, born 1601; died 1691.
3 William Morris, born 1612.
4 Mary Morris, born 1614.
5 Capt. Richard Morris, born 1616; died 1672.
6 Thomas Morris; perhaps.
2 COL. LEWIS MORRIS, son of William Morris, I, was born in 1601, and succeeded, upon the demise of his father, to the estate of Tintern, in Monmouthshire, Wales. During the Civil War, in England, he espoused the cause of Parliament and raised a troop of horse, in punishment for which, when defeated by the Royal hosts of Charles I, his estates were con- fiscated, but with the decapitation of this monarch and the elevation of Oliver Cromwell to the Protectorate, he was indemnified for his losses.
In 1654, he was sent by Cromwell to the Spanish West Indies to make himself master of those seas, and was aided in this undertaking by his nephew, Capt. John Morris, (son of his brother, William Morris), who had emigrated, some years before, to Barbadoes.
In 1655, the Protector sent Capt. Lewis Morris a Colonel's commission and instructions to join his forces, with those of Admirals Penn and Venable, in an attack on Hispaniola, (Haiti), and to land his troops according to his own discretion, but the assault failed, owing to non- compliance with his directions. Before joining this expedition, O'Callaghan says: "'he prized himself at so high a rate,' that he demanded a present of one hundred thousand weight of sugar to pay his debts, before he would consent to accompany the fleet." He finally, however, did go and was present at the reduction fo Jamaica, after which he returned to Barbadoes.
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The Restoration occurred in 1660, and Col. Lewis Morris deemed it expedient to remain at Barbadoes, upon the estate he had bought some time before.
In 1663, he acquired, with others, the adjacent Island of St. Lucia.
At Barbadoes, he became an opulent merchant and planter, and a Member of the Council. At his seat, near Bridgetown, he entertained George Fox, in 1671, whose religious beliefs he had accepted. As a Friend, he signed the address to the Governor and Legislature, protesting against the ill-treatment of the Quakers, and refused to pay church dues and minister's money and to furnish men and horses for the Militia and was, consequently, fined a large amount in pounds of sugar. He, apparently, continued in membership with this Society till his death, in 1691, for he left legacies to be paid, annually, to the Shrewsbury, N. J., and New York City Friends' Meetings, to be raised, respectively, from his estates at Tinton and Harlem.
In 1673, Col. Morris came to New York City, in response to a letter announcing the death of his brother.
New York, 29th Oct., 1672.
Worthy Sir,-
Since my reception of yours by Wm. Shackerly, no opportunity of conveyance to you hath presented from hence till this present. Although by the way of Boston, I suppose you would sooner receive the sad tidings of your brother's decease, in whom as you have lost an only brother so have I a dear friend; I shall not insist upon many particulars relating thereto; our general letters arriving to you herewith I hope sufficiently inform you; yet I cannot but reflect upon the transitory condition of poor mortals, when I frequently call to mind in how little time God hath been pleased to break a family, in taking away the heads thereof; first, a virtuous young woman in the prime of life, and then a man full of strength and vigor, inured to hardships, of whom there is remaining but one poor blossom, of whom yet there may be great hope with your kind friendship, for it is a lovely, healthy child, and was well at Harlem, where it is at nurse, and I went to see it yesterday. I was also at the plantation on the other side, when there was some public correction of two or three negroes, and break- ing the necks of a mutiny among the white men by Mr. Gibbs, and through his vigilance it is now in good order. The crime of the negroes is reported to be so natural to them, which was both stealing and receiving stolen goods.
The Governor presents you his kind respects and service. Col. Lewis Morris, At the Island of Barbadoes.
Worthy sir, Your most dutiful
Humble servant, MATTHIAS NICOLL.
Bolton's Westchester, Vol. II, p. 287.
The brother thus alluded to by Matthias Nicoll, was Capt. Richard Morris, a merchant, of New York City, recently arrived from Barbadoes, who resided on a plantation just over the Harlem River. This he had purchased in conjunction with his brother, Lewis Morris, who owned a two-thirds part thereof.
Lewis Morris' arrival was opportune, for the Dutch had recently captured the Province of New York, and the estate left by his brother, Capt. Richard Morris, was in jeopardy, and to some degree had already been violated, while his, Lewis Morris,' individual estate had been confiscated, by proclamation, Sept. 20, 1673. Walter Webley, with good intent and the interest of a relative, had removed some of the effects to Shrewsbury, N. J., where resided Lewis Morris, a young kinsman, to whom Col. Lewis Morris was well disposed. This younger scion of the family was among the first purchasers of Navesinks, and his obligations were guaranteed by Col. Lewis Morris:
"Mor he pays for Young Lewes Moriss. A: 330 at 138: 9ª pr. an. from 1670=11:00:00."
To distinguish the two, Col. Morris was called "the Elder," Sr., Esq., and Colonel, while the younger man, during the lifetime of the Colonel, was called Lewis Morris, Jr., which gave way, upon the demise of the Colonel, to Lewis Morris, of Passage Point:
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1681, Aug. 2. Lewis Morris, Jr., was confirmed in three hundred acres of land and meadow, as a "First purchaser of Navesinks." The land was located at Middletown.
To this kinsman's home, apparently, Webley and Colonel Morris both went, in order to get a survey of the situation. Colonel Morris soon acquiesced in the moderate demands of the Dutch and went about getting his tangled affairs in shape.
Free Pass for Walter Webly.
"Whereas I am informed that Walter Webly still scruples to come hither, through fear that he should be molested, on account of the effects which he hath removed hence, for the benefit of the orphan child of the late Richard Morris, therefore have I thought proper, on the request to me made in his behalf, to grant to said Walter Webly again free conduct and passport, and at the same time to make known that it was never intended to seize the effects of said child, but only those belonging in lawful propriety to Col. Lewis Morris. A. COLVE."
Dated Fort Willem Hendrick, 26th 7ber, 1673.
"On request made on behalf of Col. Lewis Morris, pass and repass is granted to him to come into this government, on condition that he attempt nothing to its prejudice during his sojourn.
Dated Fort Willem Hendrick, 29th of September, 1673. . ANTHONY COLVE."
1673, Sept. I. The curators of the estate left by the deceased, Richard Morris and Walter Webley are summoned before The Worshipful Orphan Masters and notified to ad- minister and report thereon as soon as possible.
Upon the accession of the Dutch, the recently appointed guardians of the estate and heir of Richard Morris, viz., Messrs. Nicoll, Delavall, Steenwyck, Berry and Gibbs, were super- ceded in office by Col. Lewis Morris, who, by a series of efforts, brought order out of chaos: "The Governor-General having read and considered the petition of Lewis Morris, requesting in substance the guardianship of the minor child of his deceased brother, Richard Morris, and of his estate, without any exception, to be managed and administered for the behoof of said orphan child, further to enjoy the same privileges as are granted and allowed to the neighboring Colonies of New England and Virginia, &c. IT IS ORDERED: The Petitioner is allowed to have the guardianship of the surviving orphan child of his deceased brother, the late Richard Morris, and granted such power to take into his keeping all goods, effects, negroes and servants, as belonged in lawful property to the said Richard Morris at his decease, on condition that he pay therefrom the deceased's funeral expenses, but he shall, first of all, deliver in here a correct inventory of the property left by the deceased, to be recorded in the Orphan Chamber, which being done, the necessary letters of administration shall then be issued to him. What regards the Petitioner's request to import into this government some necessaries for advantage and maintenance of said orphan and estate, the petition is allowed, provided it be done with such ships as are already here or will be permitted, and on paying such customs and public duties as are paid by other inhabitants. Regarding the request that he may have such privileges as are granted to New England and Virginia by the Proclamation, dated [blank] last, the petition is refused and denied, being an inhabitant of Barbadoes, which consequently cannot be considered with the neighboring Colonies of New England and Virginia. Moreover, the Petitioner shall be at liberty to show where any property belonging to the plantation is lying, and then order will be given for its restitution to the right owner. And finally, the Petitioner is allowed to employ such substitutes and servants as in case of his living or dying, shall from time to time, with advice of the Orphan Chamber here, be deemed necessary for the greatest advantage of the orphan, on condition that the Petitioner and his agents shall remain bound at all times to afford said Orphan Chamber due account, proof and balance of their administration.
Dated Fort Willem Hendrick, this 11th of October, 1673."
New York Colonial Manuscripts, Vol. II, p. 631-632.
"On the petition of Lewis Morris, requesting that he may have a grant of the plantation of his late brother, Richard Morris, for the benefit of his orphan child, with the cattle and other dependencies thereof, together with the guardianship of said child, &c. IT IS ORDERED: That the Petitioner be allowed the requested Bouwery, buildings and materials thereon, for the benefit of the minor orphan child, on a valuation made by impartial arbitrators; in like manner the Petitioner shall be at liberty to appropriate, without any order, all the chattels which he can attach that have been removed from the Bouwery, on condition that they be brought to the Bouwery and inventory thereof delivered in; and whereas, since the surrender of the place, divers articles have been removed hence by Walter Webly, it is herewith ordered that said goods be returned to the
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plantation for the benefit of the child, when the Petitioner shall be granted letters of guardianship; the govern- ment will appropriate on account, the fat cattle, such as oxen, cows and hogs, on condition of being responsible for the payment of the orphan's share.
Dated Fort Willem Hendrick, this 17th October, 1673."
New York Colonial Manuscripts, Vol. II, p. 637.
1673, Oct. 19. "Mess's Francis Rombouts and Gabriel Minvielle are this day, by order of the Governor, authorized to appraise the goods received by Egidius Luyck from the houses of Captain Lavall and Walter Webly, agreeably to delivered inventory, and to render a report thereof."
"Whereas, it has been found that the two-third parts of the estate left by the late Richard Morris belong in real propriety to his brother, Colonel Lewis Morris, a resident of the Island of Barbadoes in the Caribbees, whose estate by the Proclamation dated the 20th of September last, is confiscated for the behoof of the govern- ment, and it being therefore necessary that in addition to the guardians and tutors of the aforenamed Richard Morris' surviving orphan child, some one be commissioned on the part of the government to regulate said estate. Therefore have I resolved to commission and qualify Balthazar Bayard to that end. as he is hereby commissioned and qualified to assume the said estate for the two-third parts thereof which belong to the govern- ment, with said guardians, by name Messrs John Lawrence, Stephanus van Cortlant and Walter Webly, for the one-third part thereof inherited by them; to adjust and settle the debts and credits; to sell the remaining personal property, and thereof to deliver in to the Secretary's office pertinent account and balance, when order shall be issued what further disposition shall be made therein.
Dated Fort Willem Hendrick, this Ist November, 1673."
New York Colonial Manuscripts, Vol. II, p. 650-651.
"To the Honble Anthony Colve, Governor-General of New Netherland. Right Honble Sir:
Whereas, departing on your pass from New Orange to Oysterbay, and so to New Haven, I have recovered there some of the missing estate belonging to my nephew's plantation within your jurisdiction, I therefore humbly request you to be pleased to grant me a pass to enable me to bring said property which belongs to my nephew, who is one of your subjects, with the sloop belonging to my cousin's plantation, known by the name of Bronck's land, or to New Orange, or to Oysterbay, or to Silvester's Island; my affairs being such, your compliance herewith will oblige me to be and remain,
Your Honor's faithful friend, In the name and at the request of
LEWIS MORRIS."
ORDERED: The Petitioner is allowed to come hither in person, and to bring all such goods as law- fully belong to the late Richard Morris' orphan child, also said orphan's boat.
This 30th gber, 1673.
By order of the Governor-General of New Netherland. (Signed) N. BAYARD, Secretary." New York Colonial Manuscripts, Vol. II, p. 664.
"Whereas John Lawrence and Stephanus van Cortlant, guardians of the surviving orphan child of Richard Morris, decd, excuse themselves from regulating the estate for the behoof of the general creditors, therefore the Governor-General of New Netherland hath resolved, on behalf of said creditors, to commission and appoint, for that purpose, Messrs Dirck van Clyff and Walter Webly, who are hereby recommended, with Balthazar Bayard, the already appointed Commissioner, to aid in regulating, in the speediest manner, the estate of the abovenamed Richard Morris, and to report the result to the Governor.
Done Fort Willem Hendrick, this 28th February, 1674."
New York Colonial Manuscripts, Vol. II, p. 691.
1675. Complaint of Gabriel Minville, of New York, attorney for Lewis du Bois, of Esopus, against Lewis Morris, for the unlawful detention of a negro and negress, belonging to said Du Bois.
Answer of Gabriel Minville, attorney for Lewis du Bois, to the complaint of Lewis Morris. The suit was protracted till 1680.
Col. Lewis Morris must have been favorably impressed with the country in and around
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Shrewsbury, N. J., during his brief sojourn there, in 1673, for he shortly secured grants of land amounting to upwards of six thousand acres. One portion of his holdings, lying at Shrewsbury, N. J., between Swimming River and Falls River, containing 3840 acres of land, was confirmed . to him, Oct. 25, 1676. He called this locality Tintern, after his Welch home, and speedily took up a residence thereon and set about developing the iron mines on the premises, which Spicer and Grover had started a short while before. This district still is known as Tinton. ·Colonel Morris was also instrumental in giving the name of Monmouth to the county that now carries that name. He resided here many years, but finally withdrew to his plantation "over against the town of Haerlem, commonly called Bronck's land." This property was part of the tract of five hundred acres that he bought with his brother, Richard Morris, aug- mented by fourteen hundred and twenty acres more, the whole being confirmed to him, by patent from Gov. Andross, Mch. 25, 1676. His title he perfected by an Indian confirmation dated Feb. 7, 1684.
1682-3. Lewis Morris sought from the Council, a patent, for the land that he had lately bought of Samuel Leonard and Leonard Hunt.
1685. Lewis Morris, of Shrewsbury, received a power of attorney from Richard Richard- son, of Barbadoes, to collect debts in New Jersey, New York and New England.
1685, July 26. Col. Lewis Morris, of Tinton Manor, merchant, received a patent, for one thousand acres of land, on the South side of Monmouth River, alias Allawayes Creek, etc., in exchange for one thousand acres of land, on the Delaware River, granted Sept. 15, 1681.
1689, Apr. 23. Lewis Morris, commonly called Colonel Morris, of New York, deeded to William Bickley, of the same place, one thousand acres of land, granted to him, by the executors of John Fenwick, July 26, 1685, lying on the South side of Monmouth River.
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