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Lewis Morris Ashfield had, in addition to the three children mentioned, a daugh- ter, Elizabeth Ashfield, who married William Wilcocks, of New York, and a daughter, Catharine Ashfield, who married the Rev. Thomas Schrieve, of Long Island, and later of Nova Scotia. See p. 92, Vol. 29, N. Y. Gen. & Biog. Record.
(b) Isabella Ashfield, born May 5, 1732, of Monmouth Co., N. J., had a license to marry Samuel Hunt, of Westchester Co., N. Y., Nov. 27, 1749.
(c) Vincent P. Ashfield married his cousin, Sarah, daughter of Lewis and Sarah (Gouverneur) Morris, license dated Sep. 15, 1772.
(d) Mary Ashfield, born 1728; died Sep. 19, 1791.
(e) Patience Ashfield
(f) Richard Ashfield { as per will, of their grandmother, Isabella Morris, 1747.
(g) Pearce Ashfield
31 LEWIS MORRIS, son of Lewis Morris, 10, succeeded to Passage Point, which he sold to John Leonard, his step-father, in 1710, and moved to Middletown, N. J. He was born circ. 1680; married, prior to 1710, Johannah .
1710. Lewis Morris, yeoman, and wife, Joanna, of Passage Point, in the town of Shrews- bury, deeded land to John Leonard, Esq., of Shrewsbury, his step-father. “Whereas Chris- topher Almy, of Rhode Island, was seized of a certain tract of land and meadow, formerly known by the name of Norramsont, now called Passage point"; these lands were acquired, in 1679, from the Proprietors, and passed from Simon Cooper, chirurgeon, in 1681, to Col. Lewis Morris, who by his conveyance, Apr. 15, 1689, did convey them to Lewis Morris, son of Thomas Morris; as also another tract, in Shrewsbury, purchased by Lewis Morris, son of Thomas Morris, (bought, in 1690, by Lewis Morris from William Shattock), and which
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descended to this Lewis Morris, as eldest son and heir "to my loving father, Lewis Morris, deceased, son of Thomas." This property was sold, to the aforesaid John Leonard, Esq., for £600.
1710, Jan. 9. Lewis Morris, of Passage Point, and wife, Johanna, sold land, to John Curlice, at Rumson Neck, which he heired from his "Father, Lewis Morris, son of Thomas Morris."
1716, Apr. 21. Lewis Morris and wife, Joanna, conveyed, to Richard Morris, his loving brother, certain property, which "fell to me and descended from my loving father, Lewis Morris, at Hog Neck, in Middletown."
1723. He was a member of the Grand Jury.
1733, Mch. 26. Lewis Morris, yeoman, mortgaged, to the Commissioners, for £26-13-4, one hundred and fifty acres of land, in Middletown, bounded, in part, by Richard Morris' land. William Hartshorne was a witness.
1737. Lewis Morris mortgaged land, for £20, in Middletown, bounded by Richard Morris. 1738. Lewis Morris was a witness to the mortgage made by Thomas Morris, of his lands, in Nutswamp, to the Commissioners.
1739. Lewis Morris, Sr., and Lewis Morris, Jr., had lands, bounding a mortgage to the Commissioners, in Nutswamp.
1740. Lewis Morris, of Middletown, mortgaged lands on Jumping River. James Grover and Lewis Morris, Jr., were on the boundaries.
1743. Lewis Morris mortgaged lands in Middletown.
1745. Lewis Morris took one of the poor to board. Shrewsbury, N. J., Town Poor Book. 1748, May 30 or 31. Lewis Morris, of Shrewsbury, N. J., had a daughter, Mary, baptized, at Christ Church.
Issue
55 Lewis Morris, Jr .; weaver; of Squankum.
56 Richard Morris ; married Joanna Patterson, by license dated July 3, 1749. Joseph Patterson was bondsman, and Robert Patterson, and Elizabeth, his wife, gave their consent.
57 Samuel Morris; married Hester Patterson, May 14, 1740.
58 Christopher Morris; supposed; married Rebecca Layton.
59 John Morris; weaver. In 1740, he signed a bond. He is separated, from other Johns, by his signature. This John Morris also signed the marriage license of Obadiah Layton to Hulden Hemones, Mch. 22, 1758, which I believe to be a misspelled name.
32 RICHARD MORRIS, son of Lewis Morris, 10, was born not far from 1690.
In 1716, he received land from his brother, Lewis Morris.
1720, May 9. He had recorded the earmark which belonged formerly to his father, Lewis Morris.
1733. He had lands in Nutswamp, Middletown, N. J.
1737. He had lands in the same locality, when he was on the boundary of such lands.
1741, June 19. He married, by license, Mary Porter, spinster. Joseph Shepherd, cooper, was bondsman. The signing of his will, twenty-one years later, proves that all of his children, mentioned as under age, in his will, were by this wife. As he left, at his death, in 1763, twenty children, of whom nine were minors, he must have been previously married, once if not twice, to account for the additional eleven children.
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1762, May 10. Will of Richard Morris, of Middletown, N. J .; proved May 3, 1763, mentioned . Wife, Mary Morris, £50.
Son, William Morris, 10 shillings, to bar him as heir.
Loving daughters, Phebe
Anny Rebecca Catharine -
minors, under eighteen years; each, £50.
Five sons, Jacob
Richard Lewis
each, £50 at the age of twenty-one years.
Robert George Three daughters, Sarah Burdge Mary Burdge Margaret Morford
each, £20.
Son, James Morris, to receive £50, over the others, if he keeps Henry.
Son, Henry, to be kept by son, Janies.
Son, Benjamin, the residue of the estate, on conditions.
Nine children: Richard
Lewis
Robert
George
Anny
to be maintained out of the estate, by Benjamin, until they are of age.
Phebe
Rebecca
Lidia
Catharine
Son, John Nine sons: William
Job
James
Joseph
Jacob
Richard
Lewis
Robert
George
Executors: Son-in-law, Joseph Burdge, of Freehold, and trusty friend, William Crawford, of Middletown. Witnesses: David Morris, John Taylor and Benjamin Thorp, by his mark. The testator signed the will.
1763. The inventory of the estate of Richard Morris, amounted to £1566-9-114.
Items:
Bond due; James and William Morris
£140.
Bond due; William and James Morris
£147.
Bond due; Job Morris
£ 22.
Bond due; James and William Morris
£ 86.
Bond due; Richard and David Morris
£109.
Bond due; Joseph Morris
£ 10.
Bond due; Nicholas Stillwell
£. 28.
Bond due; Thomas Stillwell and Mathias Mount
£ 6-16-912.
Note due; John Stillwell
£ 1-4-0.
Issue
60 William Morris 61 John Morris
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62 James Morris
63 Job Morris
64 Benjamin Morris
65 Joseph Morris
66 Henry Morris
67 Jacob Morris; not twenty-one years of age in 1762.
68 Richard Morris; not twenty-one years of age in 1762.
69 Lewis Morris; not twenty-one years of age in 1762.
70 Robert Morris; not twenty-one years of age in 1762.
71 George Morris; not twenty-one years of age in 1762.
72 Phebe Morris; not eighteen years of age in 1762.
73 Lydia Morris; not eighteen years of age in 1762.
74 Annie Morris; not eighteen years of age in 1762. Perhaps married, Job Crawford, in 1766.
75 Rebecca Morris; not eighteen years of age in 1762.
76 Catharine Morris; not eighteen years of age in 1762. Perhaps married, John Conover, in 1765.
77 Sarah Morris; married Joseph Burdge, of Freehold, N. J.
78 Mary Morris; married, Jonathan Burdge, by license dated Nov. 14, 1746, of Middletown.
79 Margaret Morris; married John, son of Thomas and Mary (Wall) Morford.
33 THOMAS MORRIS, son of Lewis Morris, 10.
1738. Thomas Morris mortgaged his lands, in Nutswamp, to the Commissioners. Lewis Morris was a witness.
1739. Thomas Morris was a witness, in Middletown, to a mortgage.
1744. Thomas Morris mortgaged land.
1753, July 3. "Margaret Morris, daughter of John Chasey, and wife of Thomas Morris, weaver, who is & has been absent a considerable time." Samuel Holmes' Account Book.
1798, Mch. -. Margaret Morris, widow, died. Record of Baptist Church, Middletown.
34 JOHN MORRIS, son of Lewis Morris, 10, was of Squankum, a 'place now called - Farmingdale. He was born June 12, 1695; died Mch. 2, 1769; married, Nov. 15, 1716, Jaco- myntie, daughter of Robert and Frances (Stanley) White, born Apl. 3 (or 13), 1697; died Apl. 28, 1794.
1721. John Morris appeared in the Court Records, of Freehold, N. J.
1723. John Morris was indicted for taking a false oath; pleaded not guilty.
1723-4, Jan. 15. At a trial on this date, John Morris was defendant. John West "being sworn on This Jury and Proving a Relation of the Defend's, withdrew by Consent of the Parties. " Freehold, N. J., Court Records.
1739. John Morris, yeoman, was on the bond of Rebecka, widow of John Chamberlain, to administer the estate of her late husband. All were of Shrewsbury.
1769. John Morris, of Squanquam, in Shrewsbury, died intestate, and administration was granted to John Morris and Elazarus Brewer, of the same place. Inventory amounted to £50.
Issue
80 Elizabeth Morris, born Oct. 29, 1721.
81 John Morris, born Sep. 29, 1724.
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82 Lewis Morris, of Squankum, born July 17, 1726; married Gertrude Montgomery.
83 Mary Morris, born Apr. 23, 1730.
84 Frances Morris, born Feb. 15, 1732-3; died Feb. 27, 1807.
85 Robert Morris, born Mch. 8, 1735-6; married Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Ellison, by license dated Feb. 10, 1762; Jaratt Morford being surety.
86 Richard Morris, born May 14, 1739.
87 Thomas Morris, born Feb. 15, 1741-2; baptized 1758.
35 REBECCA MORRIS, daughter of Lewis Morris, 10, married John, son of Henry and Ann (West) Chamberlin. He was buried Sep. 2, 1739, and she was appointed adminis- tratrix, Nov. 27, 1739, with John Morris, yeoman, on the bond.
Issue
Philena Chamberlain had a marriage license, dated Jan. 13, 1744-5, to Jediah Stout. John Chamberlain was on the bond.
John Chamberlain
Lewis Chamberlain; married Lucretia Wolsey.
Richard Chamberlain
Henry Chamberlain, born 1725; married and had a daughter, Philena. Joseph Chamberlain*
40 Thomas Morris, son of John Morris, II, married Dorothy Sadler. Issue
88 Dorothy Morris; married Col. Sadler, of Jamaica, West Indies.
89 Margaret Morris
90 Charles Morris; married Miss Masters.
9I Thomas Morris; married Dorothy Masters; died without issue.
41 VALENTINE MORRIS, son of John Morris, II, was Lieut .- Colonel in Dalzell's regiment; married, first, in 1704, Elizabeth, daughter and co-heiress of Sir Christopher Key- nell. She died Feb. 15, 1715, and he married, second, in 1720, Elizabeth Wilmott.
Issue by first wife
92 Grace Morris, born Mch. 2, 1713.
93 Henrietta Morris, born May 2, 1712; married Edward Horne, of Antigua, West Indies.
94 Elizabeth Morris, born May 19, 1709; married John Fry, of Antigua, West Indies. 95 Francis Morris, born July 10, 1706.
96 John Morris, born June 13, 1705; died without issue. Issue by second wife
97 Caroline Morris, born Mch. 8, 1729.
98 Sarah Morris, born Mch. 15, 1723.
99 Valentine Morris, born Oct. 16, 1727.
100 Francis Morris, born Oct. 16, 1727.
43 LEWIS MORRIS, son of Lewis Morris, 21, was born at Morrisania, N. Y., Apl. 8, 1726, where he died Jan. 22, 1798. He graduated from Yale College at the age of 20; was a
*All five of these brothers removed to Middlesex and Hunterdon Counties.
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delegate to the Continental Congress in 1775; the same in 1776 to the Congress of the Declar- ation of Independence, which he signed; was Colonel of the Westchester Co. militia, and with his sons served in the War of the Revolution. He married, Sep. 24, 1749, Mary, daughter of Jacob Walton by Maria, daughter of William Beekman, born February, 1727; died Mch. II, I794.
Issue
IOI Mary Morris; married her cousin Thomas Lawrence, of Philadelphia.
102 Catherine Morris; married Thomas Lawrence upon the death of his first wife.
103 Sarah Morris; died single.
104 Magdelena [Helen] Morris; married John Rutherford.
105 Lewis Morris; eldest son; married Ann Elliott, of South Carolina.
106 Jacob Morris; married Mary Cox.
107 William Morris; married Sarah Carpenter; resided at Balston Springs, N. Y.
108 Staats Morris; married Catalina Van Braeme.
109 Richard Valentine Morris; married Ann Walton; lived at Saratoga Springs, N. Y.
IIO James Morris; married Helena Van Courtlandt; lived at Pelham, N. Y.
His grandchildren were fifty-nine in number.
44 STAATS LONG MORRIS, son of Lewis Morris, 21, was born Aug. 27, 1728, and died Jan. 22, 1798. He removed to England prior to the Revolution, where he purchased a commission in the British Army, and rose to the rank of a General. He married, by license dated Mch. 25, 1756, Lady Catherine Gordon, daughter of William, second Earl of Aberdeen, and widow of Cosmo George, third Duke of Gordon, born 1719; died 1752. She died Dec. 10, 1779, and he married, second, Jane Urquart, born 1749; died Mch. 15, ISO1.
45 RICHARD MORRIS, son of Lewis Morris, 21, was born Aug. 15, 1730, and died Apl. 11, 1810. He married, June 13, 1759, Sarah, daughter of the New York merchant, Henry Ludlow, born Sep. 15, 1730; died Oct. 28, 1791. He was one of the framers of the first state constitution, and second Chief Justice of New York.
Issue
III Lewis R. Morris, known as General Lewis R. Morris. He served in his youth in the Revolutionary War. Moved to Vermont and represented that state in Congress.
I12 Robert Morris, of Fordam, N. Y.
II3 Mary Morris; married Major William Popham of the Revolutionary War. They resided at Scarsdale, N. Y.
48 GOUVERNEUR MORRIS, son of Lewis Morris, 21, born Jan. 30, 1752; died Nov. 6, 1816; married late in life, Dec. 25, 1809, Ann Cary Randolph, daughter of Thomas Mann Randolph, of Tuckahoe, Virginia, and of the line of Pocahontas. She died May 28, 1837. His birth is recorded in the Family Bible in these words:
"The 30th of January about half an hour after one of the Clock in the morning in the year 1754 according to the alteration of the stile by act of Parliament my wife was delivered of a son. He was christened the 4th May, 1752, and named Gouverneur, after my wife's father. Nicholas Gouverneur and my son Staats were his godfathers, and my sister Antil his godmather. Parson Auchmuty* christened him."
*"Parson Auchmuty" was then the Rector of Trinity Church.
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HISTORICAL MISCELLANY
Gouverneur Morris was Minister to France at the time of the French Revolution, and it was from his pen the final draft of the Constitution is said to have come. He was an intimate friend of Washington, a business partner of Robert Morris, the financier, and a signer of the Declaration of Independence.
Issue
I14 Gouverneur Morris
51 ROBERT MORRIS, natural son of Robert Hunter Morris, 22, died, in 1815, in Somerset County, N. J. He was a Chief-Justice of New Jersey.
52 MARY MORRIS, natural daughter of Robert Hunter Morris, 22, married James Boggs, M. D.
Elizabeth Stogdale, in her will on record at Trenton, mentions her son-in-law, James Boggs, thus proving that she was the mother of Robert Hunter Morris' natural daughter, Mary.
Issue Elizabeth Boggs And others
53 COL. JOHN MORRIS, natural son of Surrogate John Morris, 23, was baptized in Christ Church, Shrewsbury, Jan. 1, 1737, and was mentioned in the will of Governor Robert Hunter Morris, in 1757, as "my nephew, an officer in Lascasses, [Lafscellses], Regiment."
New-York, September 16. On Thursday last arrived here in 9 Weeks from Plymouth, but last in 6 from Madeira, His Majesty's Ship the Mermaid, the Honorable Washington Shirley, Esq; Commander, stationed at Boston, having brought the Honorable ROBERT HUNTER MORRIS, Esq; Lieutenant Governor of the Province of Pennsylvania; and in the afternoon of the same Day His Honour landed in good Health near the Flat-Rock- Battery, in this City, where he was welcomed ashore by a great Number of Gentlemen, and from thence con- ducted up to the House of the Honourable James Alexander, Esq; in Broad-Street. We hear he sets out this Week for Philadelphia.
Mr. Morris, the Governor's Nephew, likewise arrived in the Mermaid, being appointed Captain of the Independent Company formerly Governor Clinton's, in this Garrison .- The N. Y. Gazette or the Weekly Post Boy, Sept. 16, 1754. New Jersey Archives, Vol. XIX, p. 409-410.
1764, Mch. 27. John Morris was a witness to a document, in which Mary Ashfield, of Shrewsbury, sets free a negro, sold to her by the executors of the late Chief-Justice, Robert Hunter Morris.
1768, July 26. John Morris was a resident of Shrewsbury, when he bought twelve hundred and twenty-four acres of land, at Barnegat, for £1145-13-0, from the executors of Robert Hunter Morris.
1776, Aug. 17. John Morris was commissioned Lieut .- Colonel, in 2nd New Jersey Battal- ion, and was in service until 1780. He formerly served in the 47th Regiment, of the British Line.
New Jersey Royalist Volunteers, by William S. Stryker, Esq.
John Morris was "Colonel in the New Jersey Volunteers. In 1777, he was sent by Sir William Howe to destroy the salt works at Tom's River Bridge; but when informed that the property was private, in part, he declined to comply with his orders."
Sabine's Royalists, Vol. II, p. Io7.
Col. John Morris married Sarah Antill, who was born 1740.
Issue
115 John Morris; baptized, in Christ Church, Shrewsbury, Aug. 20, 1772.
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116 Sarah Morris; baptized, in Christ Church, Shrewsbury, July 24, 1774.
II7 Amelia Morris; baptized, in Christ Church, Shrewsbury, Jan. 29, 1775.
54 ANN MORRIS, natural daughter of John Morris, 23.
1775, May 31. Ann Morris, of Shrewsbury, singlewoman, makes "my brother, John Morris, of the same place, my attorney," to recover from the executors of Robert Hunter Morris, what was left to them, in trust, for her, by said Robert Hunter Morris.
Issue
118 Helene Morris; a natural daughter of Ann Morris by her cousin, Lewis Morris Ashfield. Helene Morris, 118, married Richard Clay.
55 LEWIS MORRIS, son of Lewis Morris, 31, is mentioned, in 1739, in conjunction with his father, Lewis Morris, as residing in Middletown, and on the boundaries of property in Nutswamp, Middletown, N. J.
It was probably he who married, as per Christ Church Records, Apr. 2, 1735, Margaret Hildreth, at Tinton.
57 SAMUEL MORRIS, son of Lewis Morris, 31.
1740, Jan. 21. Samuel Morris, cordwainer, and Hester Patterson, spinster, both of Mon- mouth County, had a license to marry, John Morris, "weaver," being surety on the bond. She was a daughter of Robert and Elizabeth Patterson.
1741. Samuel Morris was a witness to the mortgage of William Pattan, to the Com- missioners.
1743. Samuel Morris mortgaged land, in Middletown, bounded by Lewis Morris' line, Jumping Brook, James Grover, and Ebenezer Applegate.
1773, July 17. Samuel Morris bought the farm, at Leedsville, N. J., from John Morris, son of Richard Morris, deceased.
1775, Aug. 7. Will of Samuel Morris, of Middletown; proved Mch. 28, 1780, mentioned: Wife, but does not give her name.
Daughter, Joanna Sons, Isaac Amariah
James
Robert
Zephaniah
John Elisha .
Issue
119 Joanna Morris; married William Taylor, of New York.
120 Isaac Morris
I2I Amariah Morris, born 1747.
I22 James Morris, born 1754.
123 -Robert [P.] Morris
124 Zephania Morris
125 John Morris
126 Elisha Morris
58 CHRISTOPHER MORRIS, supposed son of Lewis Morris, 31.
1742, May I. Christopher Morris and Rebecca Layton had a license to marry.
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1758, October. He was taxed, in Upper Freehold, for fifty acres.
1766. Christopher Morris became a member of the Upper Freehold Baptist Church, by letter, from the Middletown Baptist Church. Catharine Morris and William Vaughn appear in the same list of church members.
1796. Christopher Morris was Moderator.
1801, Feb. 14. Will of Christopher Morris; proved June 17, 1801, mentioned:
Wife, Mary
Daughters, Mary Giberson Ann Trout Catharine Debow
Several sons; all provided for.
Issue
I27 Mary Giberson
I28 Ann Trout
129 Catharine Debow
130 William Morris, of Piles Grove. He is supposed to have been one of the sons mentioned in his father's will, but who are unnamed.
60 WILLIAM MORRIS, son of Richard Morris, 32, died May, 1777; was, apparently, the eldest son, but was superseded, as his father's heir, by his brother. His lands lay at Shrews- bury.
1739, 10, 8mo. Elizabeth Brewer, of Shrewsbury, was married to William Morris, of Middletown, at the house of Adam Brewer, in Shrewsbury.
1768. William Morris, with James Morris, appears on the Town Poor Book, Shrewsbury, N. J.
1769. He conveyed land to Richard Morris, and in 1770, with his wife, Elizabeth, he con- veyed land to Lewis Morris.
In 1770, he resided at Shrewsbury, N. J.
1776. He mortgaged land for £43.
1777, Apr. 7. Will of William Morris, of Shrewsbury; proved Oct. 10, 1782, mentioned: Wife, Elizabeth
Grandson, Elihu Morris, son of Adam Morris, deceased.
Two youngest sons, Joel and Benjamin Morris, who received the homestead, at Shrewsbury.
Brother, Henry Morris
Daughters, Phoebe Lydia Mary
Sons, William Richard
Grandchildren, Elihu
Joseph
William Elizabeth
Executors: William Parker, Jr., Jacob Long and Edward Patterson Cook.
Witnesses: Lewis Morris, Thos Smith and Joseph Burdge.
Issue
131 Adam Morris
132 Lydia Morris; died Jan. 16, 1786; married John Warden.
133 Phebe Morris
134 William Morris
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135 Mary Morris; married, about 1784, Peter, son of Edward Patterson and Lydia (Chandler) Cook.
136 Richard Morris; married Mary .
137 Joel Morris
138 Benjamin Morris
61 JOHN MORRIS, son of Richard Morris, 32.
In the possession of the Morris Family, near Leedsville, N. J., is a deed to their lands from John, son of Richard Morris, deceased, to Samuel Morris, July 17, 1773.
1765, June 23. A John Morris and Elizabeth Woodruf, both of Monmouth County, had a license to marry.
1789. A John Morris died and his estate was administered by his wife, Anna.
62 JAMES MORRIS, son of Richard Morris, 32, resided at Shrewsbury, N. J.
1753, July 18. James Morris and Leah White, of Monmouth County, had a license to marry. She was a daughter of Amos White, of Deal, N. J., and Jane Borden, his wife.
1768. James Morris was mentioned, with William Morris, in the Town Poor Book, Shrews- bury, N. J.
1769, Jan. 16. Will of James Morris, "low in health"; proved Mch. 18, 1769, mentioned: Wife, but name is not given.
Son, Amos Morris
Son, Joel White Morris minors.
Two daughters; not named.
Executors: His father-in-law, Amos White, and Edward Patterson Cook, of Shrewsbury.
The testator signed his will.
Inventory of the personal estate of James Morris, which contained negroes, amounted to £389-4-6.
1788, Feb. 28. Amos Morris and Lydia his wife, and Joel White Morris, as sons of James Morris, convey various tracts of land in Squancum that had been conveyed to their father; Edward Patterson Cook being witness to the deed.
Issue
139 Amos Morris
140 Joel White Morris
I4I Daughter
I42 Daughter
63 JOB MORRIS, son of Richard Morris, 32.
1760, May 17. Job Morris and Mary Ansley, both of Monmouth County, had a license to marry.
1786, June 28. Will of Job Morris; proved Aug. 25, 1786, mentioned:
Wife, Mary Son, Jeames Daughter, Silfe [Zilpha?]
Daughter, Mary
Daughter, Lida
Daughter, Rebecca, wife of Hugh Jackson.
Issue
143 James Morris; married, first, 3mo., 22, 1786, Ann Jackson; second, 10 mo., 10,
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HISTORICAL MISCELLANY
1798, Elizabeth, daughter of David and [Lydia White?] Curtis, born July 31, 1759 .* 144 Zilpha Morris 145 Mary Morris
146 Lydia Morris
147 Rebecca Morris, born 10 mo., 10, 1763; died 4, 8, 1806; married Hugh, son of and Mary (Wolcott) Jackson.
64 BENJAMIN MORRIS, son of Richard Morris, 32, married, first, Mary Robins, by license dated Dec. 2, 1763; second, Hannah . .
1764, June 27. Had recorded the earmark which was "formerly his Fathers."
1810, Apr. 20. Will of Benjamin Morris, of Freehold; proved Jan. 29, 1812, mentioned: Wife, Hannah Son, Ezekiel Morris
Daughter, Nancy Robins, wife of Ezekiel.
Grandson, Benjamin Morris, son of Samuel, not yet twenty-one years of age.
Son, Calebe Morris
Son, Elisha Morris
Daughter, Molley
Daughter, "debory"
Executors: Son, Ezekiel Morris, and Joseph Robins.
The testator signed the will.
Issue
148 Ezekiel Morris
I49 Ann Morris; married Ezekiel Robbins.
150 Samuel Morris
151 Caleb Morris
152 Elisha Morris
153 Mary Morris
154 Deborah Morris
155 Sarah Morris
1793. Will of Leah Robbins, of Upper Freehold, Monmouth County, N. J .; proved Apr. 13, 1804, mentioned:
Sons, Joseph Zebulon John
To Sarah, Ann, Mary, Deborah, children of Benjamin and Mary Morris, a legacy.
To Sarah, daughter of Nathaniel and Margaret Cook, a legacy.
To Ann and Leah Imlay, daughters of Samuel and Meribah Imlay, a legacy.
Elizabeth Sexton, daughter of William and Elizabeth Sexton, "being all 8 my grandchildren."
To Friends of Robins' Meeting, £3.
Grand-daughter, Ann Robins, wife of Ezekiel.
Executor: Joel Cheshire.
65 JOSEPH MORRIS, son of Richard Morris, 32. He died March, 1763.
1755, Aug. 2. Joseph Morris and Johannah Hulit, both of Shrewsbury, N. J., had a license to marry.
*It has thus far proved impossible to verify the statement that it was the daughter of David and Lydia Curtis whom James Morris married.
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1763, Mch. 14. Will of Joseph Morris, of Shrewsbury, N. J .; proved Apr. 2, 1763, men- tioned:
Wife, Joanna Son, John Morris Son, Joseph Morris
Daughter, Mary Morris
He alluded to "whatsoever may be left me by will of my father, Richd Morris."
Brother, Benjamin Morris
Executors: His wife, brother Benjamin and brother-in-law, William Hulitt.
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