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GENEALOGICAL MISCELLANY
Early Settlers of New Jersey and their Descendants JOHN E. STILLWELL, M.D.
VOL. IV
NEW YORK 1916
If.
ABBREVIATIONS
Account, Accounting, acct.
Acknowledged, Acknowledgment, ackn.
Adjuster, adjust.
Administered, Administration, admn.
Administrator, Administratrix, admr., admrx.
Affidavit, affi.
Affirmation, Affirmed, affirm.
Against, agnst.
Agreement, agrmt.
Allegiance, alleg.
Appointed, Appointment, appnt.
Application, appli.
Appraised, Appraiser, appr.
Arbitration, Arbitrator, arb.
Assembly, assemb.
Assessment, Assessor, assess.
Assistant, asst.
Attestation, attest.
Attorney, atty.
Authority, author.
Baptised, Baptism, bp. Biographical, Biography, biog. Births, Born, b. Bondsman, bondsm. Boundary, bndry. Brother, bro. Brother-in-law, bro.law Buried, bur. Buyer, buy.
Captain, capt.
Census, cen.
Certificate, Certified, cert.
Children, Children's chn., chns.
Church, ch.
Clerk, elk.
Collector, coll.
Commission, Commissioned, comm.
Commissioner, commr.
Committee, comtee.
Company, co.
Complainant, compt.
Constable, const.
Conveyance, Conveyancer, convey.
Corrected, Correction, cor.
County, co.
Creditor, cred.
Daughter, dau. Daughter-in-law,dau. law Debtor, detr. Deceased, deed. Declaration, declr. Defendant, deft. Deposes, Deposition, depn. Deputy, depy. Died, d. Divided, Division, div.
Emigrant, Emigrate, ernig.
Employer, employ.
Epitaph, epi. •
Esquire, esq.
Estate, est.
Exchanged, exch.
Executor, Executorship, Executrix, exr., exrx.
Father, fa. Father-in-law, fa.law.
Genealogist, Genealogy, geneal. General, gen., genl. Gentleman, gent. God-mother, godmo. Government, Governor, gov. Grand-daughter, granddau. Grandfather, grandfa. Grandmother, grandmo. Grandson, grands. Great, g. Guardian, Guardianship, guard.
History, Historian, hist. Husband, husb.
Indictment, indict. Informant, inform. Interest, int. Intestate, intest. Inventory, invt.
Judgment, judgmt. Juror, jur. Justice, just.
Legacy, Legatee, leg. Lieutenant, lieut.
ABBREVIATIONS
Magistrate, magist.
Marriage. Married, md.
Marriage License, m.l.
Master, mast.
Member, memb.
Mentioned, ment.
Merchant, mer.
Mortgage, Mortgagee, Mortgagor, mort.
Messenger, mess.
Mother, mo.
Mother-in-law, mo.law
Nephew, neph.
Obituary, obit. Origin, Original, orig. Overseer, ovsr.
Paid, pd.
Patent, Patentee, pat.
Petition, Petitioner, pet.
Plaintiff, pltf.
Portrait, Portraits, port., ports.
President, pres.
Prisoner, prison.
Proprietor, Propriety, propri.
Proved, pr.
Purchase, Purchased, Purchaser, prchs.
Qualified, Qualify, qual.
Receipt, recpt.
Received, Receiver, reed.
Record, Recorded, Recorder, rec.
Reference, ref.
Regiment, reg.
Register, regist.
Removal, remov.
Request, req.
Residence, res.
Resignation, Resigned, resgn.
Secretary, secry.
Seller, sell.
Servant, servt.
Settled, Settlement, Settler, set.
Signature, Signed, sig.
Sheriff, shrf.
Sine prole (without issue), s.p.
Sister, sis.
Sister-in-law, sis. -law.
Society, soc.
Soldier, sol.
Son, s.
Son-in-law, s.law
Step-father, step-fa.
Step-mother, step-mo.
Step-son, step-s.
Surrogate, surro.
Survey, Surveyor, survey.
Testator, Testatrix, testa. Testimony, test. Tombstone, tombs. Town, twn. Treasurer, treas. Trustee, trust.
Unmarried, unmd.
Vestryman, vestrym.
Widow, Widower, wid., widr. Wife, w. Witness, wit.
Yeoman, yeom.
CONTENTS
PAGES
Morford of Monmouth County i- 13
Morris of Monmouth County 14- 70
Mott of New York and New Jersey 7 1-1 10c
Mount of Monmouth County n 1-146
Murphy of Monmouth County 147-150
Ogborne of Monmouth County (See Addendum) 151-169
Potter of Monmouth County 170-175
Salter of Monmouth County 1 76-2 13
Salter of New Hampshire 213-218
Seabrook of Monmouth County 219-260
Seabrook of South Carolina 260-264
Seabrook of Edisto Island 264-276
Seabrook of Maryland 276-277
Shepherd of Monmouth County 278-288
Spicer of New York and New Jersey 289-294
Stout of Monmouth County 295-360
Line of John Stout 3°6-\3 1 7
Line of Richard Stout 317-324
Probable Descendants of Richard Stout, 3 324-325
Line of Mary Stout (Bowne) 325-326
Line of James Stout 326-328
Line of Alice Stout (Throckmorton) 328-329
Line of Peter Stout 329-330
Line of Sarah Stout (Pike) 33°~331
Line of Jonathan Stout 33I-345
Line of Benjamin Stout 345-347
Line of David Stout 347-360
Miscellaneous Items 360-;, 74
Addenda and Errata 375— 3S3
MORFORD
MONMOUTH COUNTY
1 THOMAS MORFORD and JOHN MORFORD, 2, came from England, and settled at Colt's Neck, Middletown, Monmouth County, N. J. Earlier or later, they were seated at the bridge crossing, between Red Bank and Middletown, on the present farm of the Coopers, in Middletown township.* Here, in the orchard, is a plowed-over graveyard, and adjacent, a stone wall, against which are three tombstones, lifted from their original positions, one leaning and two lying on the ground, representing all that remains of the original Morford Burying- ground. The tombstones of Thomas Morford, 3, and Jarret Morford, 9, and an indecipherable one, alone remain.
1670. Thomas Morfort's lands are referred to in Thomas Herbert's Proprietary deed.
1672, Sept. 4. He recorded his cattle-mark.
1676. He had one hundred and twenty acres granted to him.
1677. He received one hundred and thirteen acres.
1677. Thomas Morford was of Shoal Harbor, Monmouth County, N. J. 1695, March 27. Thomas Morford was a Grand Juror.
1695, Dec. 5. Thomas Morford made his will, which was proved Mch. 24, 1695, i.e., 1696, between which dates he died. From his will we learn that he had a wife, Susannah, (proba- bly Susannah Leonard), whom he appointed his sole executrix, and the following sons and daughters:
Thomas Morford; not twenty-one years of age.
John Morford ; not twenty-one years of age.
Catharine Morford; not eighteen years of age.
Sarah Morford; not eighteen years of age.
Susannah Morford; not yet eighteen years of age..
Johanna Morford; not yet eighteen years of age.
Issue
3 Thomas Morford
4 John Morford
*In 1687, the road was laid out and ran: " Beginning at Thomas Morford's, on Navesink River, going along as the way now goes to the Middletown road by John Stout's Bridge."
Book A. B. C. of Deeds, Freehold, N. J.
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5 Catharine Morford
6 Sarah Morford
7 Susannah Morford
8 Johanna Morford; baptized Nov. 17, 1734.
2 JOHN MORFORD. His relation to Thomas Morford, 1, I have not seen stated, but
1 presume that they were brothers.
1676. He was granted one hundred and twenty acres of land.
1676, May 4. He recorded his earmark.
1677, June 26. He was granted one hundred and thirty acres of land. 1695-6. He was a Grand Juror, in Monmouth County.
1699, Aug. 31. He was one of the Jurors who met the coroner "upon Sandy Hook ye day above said, and went and went to ye body of a deadman, which we judged had died aboard a ship and shoved overboard."
3 THOMAS MORFORD, son of Thomas Morford, 1, died, Apr. 12, 1750, aged 58 years,
2 months and 10 days; hence born 1692. He married, first, Mary, daughter of Jarrat and Lydia Wall. She was single, in 171 1, the date of her father's will, but must shortly have mar- ried, as her eldest son was Jarrat Morford, born 17 14.
"1713-14 coming." Thomas Morford, yeoman, deeded land to John Wilson, Gent. 1736. Thomas Morford, of Shrewsbury, Esq., and Hannah, his wife, sold land to John French, of Shrewsbury. Thomas Stillwell was a witness.
1747, May 20. Will of Thomas Morford, yeoman, of Middletown; proved June 2, 1750, mentioned:
Wife, Hannah
Son, John; received his Shoal Harbor lands.
Son, Jarrat; received land.
Son, Thomas; received £150.
Daughter Mary; of age.
daughter, Sarah 1
Daughter, Hannah } not yet eighteen years of age.
Daughter, Catharine j
Son, Joseph
Issue 9 Jarrat Morford, born May 28, 1714; died, June 1, 1761, aged 46 years, 7 months and 3 days.
10 John Morford
Thomas Morford married, second, Sarah, daughter of Jeremiah Stillwell, Esq., of Middle- town.
Issue
11 Thomas Morford
12 Mary Morford; she was of age, in 1747, as per her father's will; hence born prior
to 1726.
Thomas Morford married, third, Hannah, daughter of Jonathan Burdgc. She was baptized, at Christ Church, Shrewsbury, N. J., 10 br, 25, 1738.
Issue
1 3 Sarah Morford
14 Catharine Morford
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15 Hannah Morford; baptized, at Christ Church, Shrewsbury, N. J., Nov. 17, 1734.
16 Joseph Morford, born 1738.
5 CATHARINE MORFORD, daughter of Thomas Morford, 1, married, first, Edward Taylor, son of Edward Taylor, The Immigrant; second, probably John Ashton.
9 JARRAT MORFORD, son of Thomas Morford, 3, was born May 28, 17 14; died, June 1, 1 761, aged 46 years, 7 months and 3 days. He married Rebecca, daughter of Edward Taylor. She was baptized, June 18, 1748, in the river, near her dwelling.
1745. He resided in Shrewsbury, and as Jarrat Morford, was an Overseer.
1746. As Gerard Morford, he was an Overseer. Town Poor Book, Shrewsbury, N. J.
1760, Feb. "Fifteenth." Will of Jarrett Morford, of the Township of Shrewfbury, Monmouth County, yeoman; proved, Sept. 5, 1761, by witness, George Taylor, and Nov. 7, 1 761, by witness, William Price, mentioned:
"well beloved wife, Rebeckah Morford "; real and personal estate so long as she remains a widow. If she marries, the choice of beds, and furniture belonging thereto; also a riding horse and new saddle, 2 cows and calves, negro wench beas, and 10 sheep, and £25.
If his wife marries or dies, his plantation is to be equally given to "my two sons, Thomas, haveing the upper part & Gorge haveing the lower part, " "wheare I now leaf. "
Son, Thomas, also received "£50 more than Gorge, to make up the buildings equal betwixt them."
Executors: "well beloued wif, Rebeckah Morford, and well beloued brother, Job Throck Morton."
Witnesses: George Taylor, William Price and Nathaniel Taylor.
He signed his name in full to the will.
1 76 1, Sept. 5. Qualification of executors, Rebeckah Morford and Job Throckmorton.
1 761, July 3. Inventory of Jarratt Morford, of Shrewfbury, County of Monmouth, yeoman, taken by Rebeckah Morford, executrix, and Job Throckmorton, executor, of Free- hold, and appraised by Mr Samuel Scott and Mr Martin Vandyke, [sig. Martain Vandyk]; both of the township of Shrewfbury. Amount £495-14-9.
Issue
17 Thomas Morford, born 10 mo., 10, 1743; died 5 mo., 4, 1818.
18 George Taylor Morford; baptized, July 28, 1765, an adult, Christ Church, Shrews-
bury.
10 JOHN MORFORD, son of Thomas Morford, 3, died in 1764. He married Margaret, daughter of Richard Morris, of the twenty children family, prior to 8 mo., 10, 1739.
1759. John Morford was taxed, in Shrewsbury, for £1-8-5^.
1764, Mch. 14. Margaret, widow of John Morford, late of Shrewsbury, N. J., renounced administration upon his estate, in favor of her son, Jarrat Morford, and David Knott. On the 1 6th, they qualified, with Philip Cooper, the bond amounting to £600. They were all residents of Shrewsbury. Margaret, widow of John Morford, made her mark.
1764, May 1. Inventory of John Morford, of the Township of Shrewsbury, Taken by David Knott and Jarratt Morford, administrators, and appraised by John Williams, Daniel Seabrooks and John Hance. Items:
" To one Silver Tankard" £6-0-0
" 2 negro children Abraham & Hannah" £25 and £15
Total amount £149-8-4
"Sence Discovered an Award in hands of Mr Stocton, attorney, against Jerimiah Tolmon. of Seventy od pounds "
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1765, Mch. 16. An inventory of the personal estate of John Morford, was filed, by Jarrat Morford and his mother, and amounted to £469-8-4.
Issue
19 Jarrat Morford
1 1 THOMAS MORFORD, son of Thomas Morford, 3, married Easter or Hester Bowne, of Monmouth County, by license dated Apr. 20, 1752.
Issue
20 William Morford, of Chanceville, Monmouth County, N. J.
21 Thomas Morford
22 Garret Morford
23 Daughter ; married a Johnson, says Mrs. Shepherd.
Mrs. Shepherd further says, that Thomas Morford, n, was born in the Eldridge house, near Joseph Field's farm, and that he married Hester Bowne, of the Highlands, known as Riceville, Xavesink or Witch Hollow.
12 MARY MORFORD, daughter of Thomas Morford, 3, was born May 22, 1723, and died, Apr. 19, 1790, aged 66 years, 10 months and 28 days. She married, by license dated Apr. 4. 1743, Job, son of Joseph Throckmorton, born 12 mo., 10, 1720; died, Feb. 2, 1765, aged 44 years, 1 month and 23 days. They are both buried in Topanemus Burying-ground. See Throckmorton Family.
13 SARAH MORFORD, daughter of Thomas Morford, 3.
On the Christ Church, Shrewsbury, Register, appears the following entry: Sarah, daughter of Mr. Morford, died July 14, 1748.
I am inclined to believe that this is Sarah Morford, 13, yet it is possible that it is Sarah Morford, 6.
14 CATHARINE MORFORD, daughter of Thomas Morford, 3, married Charles Gordon, Esq.
Issue Hannah Gordon; married Judge Jehu Patterson. Mary Gordon; married James P. Allen, and had
Issue Capt. Robert Allen Charles G. Allen
16 JOSEPH MORFORD, son of Thomas Morford, 3, was baptized, at Christ Church, Shrewsbury, June 18, 1738; buried in Tennent Churchyard, with a tombstone, which reads: died, Aug. 20, 1765, aged 27 years, 8 months and 5 days. He married, Sarah, daughter of William Vankirk, by license dated Feb. 6, 1761.
1767, Mch. 5. Joseph Morford died, leaving three children, William, Lydia and Hannah, •'not yet 14 years of age." Sarah Morford, his widow, petitioned that Dr. Nathaniel Scudder, of Lower Freehold, be appointed their guardian.
1774, Apr. 30. William Perrine and Mathias Rue, of Monmouth County, signed a bond,
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of £200, in a guardianship matter, wherein it is set forth that William Perrine married Sarah Morford, mother of William Morford, "not 14 years of age."
1765, Aug. "Sixteenth." Will of Joseph Morford, of Township of Freehold, Monmouth County, "Being Sick in Body"; proved by witnesses, Peter Schenck, Richard Hults and James Robinson, Aug. 21, 1765, mentioned:
Lands and movable estate, real and personal, except "what my Father in law, William Vancurck, did give to my Well beloved wife Sarah & those things for my sd wife to have again," to be sold and divided into four parts.
''Unto my well beloved wife, Sarah," one part.
The other three parts, at interest, for the three children, Lidia, William and [blank], equally, as they become of age, " the boy, " at twenty-one years, and the "girls, " at eighteen years, or at the time of marriage.
The children to be well brought up and have a good " Edication, " and such expense to come out of each child's portion.
Wife, Sarah, "shall keep my two Daughters," or put them out, as she thinks proper.
Son, William, to learn a trade, which the executors shall choose for him.
Executors: John Forman and John Vancurck.
Witnesses: Peter Schenck, Richard Hulft, [his mark], and James Robinson.
He signed his will: "Jos Morford."
1765, Aug. 21. Qualification of executors, John Forman and John Vankirk.
1765, Sept. "Second." Inventory of Joseph Morford, appraised by Tho. Leonard, William Wikoff and Michael Henderfon, and Jo" Forman, executor, amounted to £391-7-3. Bonds, etc., £551-3-8. One item was: "A Silver Tancard" £6-0-0.
Issue
24 William Morford
25 Lydia Morford
26 Hannah Morford; baptized Sept. 15, 1765.
17 THOMAS MORFORD, son of Jarrat Morford, 9, married, first, Sarah, daughter of Joseph Taylor, by license dated Jan. 21, 1765.
1775, May 27. Thomas Morford was a member of the Patriotic Committee, Shrewsbury, N. J.
1816, Dec. 6. Thomas Morford, Senior, of Shrewsbury, made his will; proved June 4, 1818, and mentioned: — wife, Esther; son, Garret, his mother now living; son, Thomas Morford; son, George's portion in trust to son Garret; grandson, Thomas Morford, son of George; grand- daughter, Caroline Morford; grandson, Wardell Morford, and such other children as my son George may have at his decease; grandchildren, George Mount, Edward Mount, Horatio Mount, sons of Sarah and Joseph Mount, on condition that they pay to their sisters, Rebecca and Hannah, "my granddaughters"; my daughter, Sarah Mount, wife of Joseph ; my daughter, Hannah Perrine, and her son, Thomas Morford Perrine, not twenty-one.
Issue
27 George Taylor Morford, born 1778; died 1827.
Thomas Morford married, second, in 1768, Esther, daughter of Josiah Holmes. She died, Aug. 9, 1823, aged 85 years.
Issue
28 Garret Morford, of Red Bank, N. J., born 1781; died 1865.
29 Thomas Morford, born 1776; died 1856.
4 HISTORICAL MISCELLANY
1 705. Mch. 16. An inventory of the personal estate of John Morford, was filed, by Jarrat Morford and his mother, and amounted to £469-8-4.
Issue
19 Jarrat Morford
1 1 THOMAS MORFORD, son of Thomas Morford, 3, married Easter or Hester Bowne, of Monmouth County, by license dated Apr. 20, 1752.
Issue
20 William Morford, of Chanceville, Monmouth County, N. J.
21 Thomas Morford
22 Garret Morford
23 Daughter ; married a Johnson, says Mrs. Shepherd.
Mrs. Shepherd further says, that Thomas Morford, n, was born in the Eldridge house, near Joseph Field's farm, and that he married Hester Bowne, of the Highlands, known as Riceville, Xavesink or Witch Hollow.
12 MARY MORFORD, daughter of Thomas Morford, 3, was born May 22, 1723, and died, Apr. 19, 1790, aged 66 years, 10 months and 28 days. She married, by license dated Apr. 4, 1743, Job, son of Joseph Throckmorton, born 12 mo., 10, 1720; died, Feb. 2, 1765, aged 44 years, 1 month and 23 days. They are both buried in Topanemus Burying-ground. See Throckmorton Family.
13 SARAH MORFORD, daughter of Thomas Morford, 3.
On the Christ Church, Shrewsbury, Register, appears the following entry: Sarah, daughter of Mr. Morford, died July 14, 1748.
I am inclined to believe that this is Sarah Morford, 13, yet it is possible that it is Sarah Morford, 6.
14 CATHARINE MORFORD, daughter of Thomas Morford, 3, married Charles Gordon, Esq.
Issue Hannah Gordon; married Judge Jehu Patterson. Mary Gordon; married James P. Allen, and had
Issue Capt. Robert Allen Charles G. Allen
16 JOSEPH MORFORD, son of Thomas Morford, 3, was baptized, at Christ Church, Shrewsbury, June 18, 1738; buried in Tennent Churchyard, with a tombstone, which reads: died, Aug. 20, 1765, aged 27 years, 8 months and 5 days. He married, Sarah, daughter of William Yankirk, by license dated Feb. 6, 1761.
1767, Mch. 5. Joseph Morford died, leaving three children, William, Lydia and Hannah, ''not yet 14 years of age." Sarah Morford, his widow, petitioned that Dr. Nathaniel Scudder, of Lower Freehold, he appointed their guardian.
1774, Apr. 30. William Perrine and Mathias Rue, of Monmouth County, signed a bond,
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of £200, in a guardianship matter, wherein it is set forth that William Perrine married Sarah Morford, mother of William Morford, "not 14 years of age."
1765, Aug. "Sixteenth." Will of Joseph Morford, of Township of Freehold, Monmouth County, "Being Sick in Body"; proved by witnesses, Peter Schenck, Richard Hults and James Robinson, Aug. 21, 1765, mentioned:
Lands and movable estate, real and personal, except "what my Father in law, William Vancurck, did give to my Well beloved wife Sarah & those things for my sd wife to have again," to be sold and divided into four parts.
"Unto my well beloved wife, Sarah," one part.
The other three parts, at interest, for the three children, Lidia, William and [blank], equally, as they become of age, "the boy, " at twenty-one years, and the "girls, " at eighteen years, or at the time of marriage.
The children to be well brought up and have a good " Edication, " and such expense to come out of each child's portion.
Wife, Sarah, "shall keep my two Daughters," or put them out, as she thinks proper.
Son, William, to learn a trade, which the executors shall choose for him.
Executors: John Forman and John Vancurck.
Witnesses: Peter Schenck, Richard Hulft, [his mark] and James Robinson.
He signed his will: "Jos Morford."
1765, Aug. 21. Qualification of executors, John Forman and John Vankirk.
1765, Sept. "Second." Inventory of Joseph Morford, appraised by Tho. Leonard, William Wikoff and Michael Henderfon, and Jon Forman, executor, amounted to £391-7-3. Bonds, etc., £551-3-8. One item was: "A Silver Tancard" £6-0-0.
Issue
24 William Morford
25 Lydia Morford
26 Hannah Morford; baptized Sept. 15, 1765.
17 THOMAS MORFORD, son of Jarrat Morford, 9, married, first, Sarah, daughter of Joseph Taylor, by license dated Jan. 21, 1765.
1775, May 27. Thomas Morford was a member of the Patriotic Committee, Shrewsbury, N. J.
1816, Dec. 6. Thomas Morford, Senior, of Shrewsbury, made his will; proved June 4, 1818, and mentioned: — wife, Esther; son, Garret, his mother now living; son, Thomas Morford; son, George's portion in trust to son Garret; grandson, Thomas Morford, son of George; grand- daughter, Caroline Morford; grandson, Wardell Morford, and such other children as my son George may have at his decease; grandchildren, George Mount, Edward Mount, Horatio Mount, sons of Sarah and Joseph Mount, on condition that they pay to their sisters, Rebecca and Hannah, "my granddaughters"; my daughter, Sarah Mount, wife of Joseph ; my daughter, Hannah Perrine, and her son, Thomas Morford Perrine, not twenty-one.
Issue
27 George Taylor Morford, born 1778; died 1827.
Thomas Morford married, second, in 1768, Esther, daughter of Josiah Holmes. She died, Aug. 9, 1823, aged 85 years.
Issue
28 Garret Morford, of Red Bank, N. J., born 1781; died 1865.
29 Thomas Morford, born 1776; died 1856.
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30 Samuel Morford
31 Hannah Morford; baptized 1771; married Mr. Perrine.
Issue Thomas Morford Perrine
32 Sarah Morford
20 WILLIAM MORFORD, son of Thomas Morford, n, was born 1764; married, in 1788, Lvdia Stout,* born 176S. She was the daughter of Mary Stout, widow, who died in 1806. f He had an eldest son, John Morford, as per the will of Mary Stout, in 1805-6. He was a weaver, in Chanceville, X. J. He was also a farmer at New Monmouth, N. J.
1826, Nov 24. William Morford made his will, which was proved Mch. 22, 1828.
Issue
33 John Morford; eldest son; deceased prior to 1826, as per will of his father.
34 William Morford, Esq.
35 Capt. Thomas Morford
36 Charles Morford
37 Sarah Morford; married James Grover Taylor.
38 Man- Morford; died, Mch. 23, 1875, in her 75th year; married Walter C. Parsons,
who died, June 17, 1859, aged 64 years.
39 Elias Morford
40 Lydia Morford; married John G. Taylor, she being his third wife. She was
married prior to 1826.
41 Lucy Ann Morford, born June 24, 1809; married, Dec. 18, 1833, James, son of
John G. Taylor.
42 Joseph Morford; authority of Mrs. Silas Shepherd.
27 GEORGE TAYLOR MORFORD, son of Thomas Morford, 17, was born Feb. 3, 1778; died Oct. 20, 1827; married Maria Wardell, sister of Benjamin Wardell, of Long Branch, and Robert Wardell, of New York City. She was born Oct. 20, 1781 ; died Mch. 7, 1853.
Issue
43 Thomas Morford, of Red Bank; born Mch. 6, 1804; died Dec. 24, 1872.
44 Joseph Wardell Morford. born Mch. n, 1806; died Jan. 29, 1849; married Jane
Van Dorn.
45 John A. Morford, of Long Branch; married Sarah A. Conover.
46 Caroline Morford, born 1802; died 1850; married, first, Charles W. Little, born
1802; died Jan. 20, 1827; second, Mch. 13, 1831, John Githens, born 1801; died i873-
Issue
Eurania S. Little, born Dec. 17, 1826.
Mary W. Githens, born 1834; died 1854.
Joseph Githens; baptized 185 1.
Sarah Githens; baptized 1851.
47 Jane Dodge Morford
48 Julia Ann Morford; baptized 1837; married, Jan. 17, 1844, Jacob Corlies Parker,
epberd Mid that Lydia Stout had a half-sister, Molly. t.Mary Stout was born Mary Taylor, and was the wife of John Stout.
MORFORD OF MONMOUTH COUNTY 7
born Nov. 17, 1816; died Aug. 25, 1855.
49 Jarret Morford, of Bridgeport, Conn.; married
50 Charlotte A. Morford, born Dec. 6, 1808; died May 4, 1848; married George Klotts.
28 GARRET MORFORD, son of Thomas Morford, 17, was born May 3, 1781; died Sept. 21, 1865. He resided in Red Bank, N. J., and received, by his father's will, property at the age of twenty-five years and one month, and the balance of the estate at the age of thirty- four years. He married, Apr. 2, 1818, Catharine C. White, daughter of Timothy White and Hannah, daughter of Richard Crawford, whose will was dated 1781. She was born Feb. 28, 1798, and died Jan. 14, 1869.
1856, Feb. 28. Will of Garret Morford; proved Oct. 4, 1865.
Issue
51 Hannah White Morford, born May 2, 1819; died Dec. 6, 1894; married, Dec. 31,
1840, James McCausland, born June 9, 1807; died May 25, 1844. She was his second wife.
52 Elizabeth Holmes Morford, born Jan. 9, 1826; died Oct. 31, 1834.
53 Hester Ann Morford, called "Annie," born 3 mo., 24, 1828; died Mch. 5, 1868;
married William H. Grant, born Dec. 24, 1820; died Nov. 3, 1897.
54 Thomas Morford; buried Mch. 24, 1827.
55 Samuel W. Morford, born Mch. 12, 1836; married, December, 1869, Mary Ruth,
daughter of George and Eliza Ovens, born 1849; died Feb. 8, 1903. He was a coal merchant of Red Bank, N. J.
56 Henry Hobart Morford, born July 23, 1837; died Mch. 15, 1855.
57 Thomas Finch Morford, born Mch. 12, 1838; died 1888.
29 THOMAS MORFORD, Jr., son of Thomas Morford, 17, was born 1776; died 1854; married Rebecca West, born 1782; died 1858.
Issue
58 Dr. John Morford, born, in Shrewsbury, 1803; graduated from the University of
New York; licentiate of Monmouth County Medical Society, April, 1824; and became a member of said society in 1826. From 1825, he practiced at Squan, N. J., where he died, Dec. 15, 1838, aged 35, 7, 25; buried in the old Pres- byterian Churchyard at Manasquan. He was a popular physician and an es- teemed citizen. He married Eliza, daughter of Col. Abraham Osborn. She married, 2nd, Dr. Robert Laird and died, Sept. 22, 1884, aged 71, 6, 14. Dr. Laird died Apr. 22, 1903.
59 Rebecca Morford, born Jan. 25, 1822; died Oct. 8, 1891; married, Feb. 28, 1843,
Robert Drummond, born Aug. 28, 1808; died Sept. 1, 1882.
60 George Morford; died, in 1825, aged 19 years.
61 James Morford; died, in 1825, aged 17 years.
62 Meribah West Morford, born 1814; died 1892; married, in 1836, Jacob Van
Winkle, born 1805; died 1876.
63 Emeline Morford; married, Nov. 19, 1823, Samuel L. Pyle.
64 Austin Wing Morford, born 1808; married, Nov. 28, 1833, Mary Osborn, born
Dec. 23, 1810'; died Apr. 14, 1872.
65 .Alexander Morford; baptized, Jan. 4, 1814, in Shrewsbury, N. J.
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32 SARAH MORFORD, daughter of Thomas Morford, 17, married Joseph Mount. Issue
66 George Mount
67 Edward Mount
68 Horatio Mount
69 Rebecca Mount
70 Hannah Mount
34 WILLIAM MORFORD, son of William Morford, 20, was born Sept. 23, 1796; married, first, Elizabeth Willett, who was born Feb. 14, 1794. She died Jan. 31, 1835. He died, Apr. 28, 1S68, in his 72nd year. He was a merchant, in Chanceville, N. J.
Issue
71 James Morford, born 1819.
72 Henry Morford, born 1823; died August, 1881.
73 Elizabeth Morford, born 1830; married, Jan. 1, 1854, Benjamin Frost.
74 Margaret Morford, born 1832; died 1837.
William Morford married, second, October, 1836, Joanna, daughter of Nicholas and Mary Johnson. She was born Sept. 6, 1804, and died Apr. 8, 1872.
Issue
75 Margaret Morford, born 1840.
76 George Morford, born Oct. 18, 1844; died May 10, 1903.
35 CAPT. THOMAS MORFORD, son of William Morford, 20, married, first, Lydia, daughter of Samuel and Ann Tilton, May 27, 1829; second, Caroline, daughter of William and Man- (Chadwick) Cook, born circ. 1820. His first wife, Lydia, died, Feb. 2, 1845, aged 37 years, 5 months, and 16 days. His second wife, Caroline Cook, was born Aug. 6, 1819, and died Jan. 19, 1897. He died, Dec. 31, 1862, aged 57 years, 9 months, and 9 days. Fairview Cemetery.
Issue by first wife
77 William Morford; married Hortense Gregory.
78 Martha Ann Morford, of New Monmouth, N. J.
79 Sarah Morford; married, Dec. 1, 1852, James H. Frost, of Brooklyn, N. Y.
80 Thomas T. Morford, of Chicago, 111., and Buffalo, N. Y.; married
81 Kate Morford; married, Nov. 25, i860, William Story.
82 Albert Morford; married Anne Spader. He was born Feb. 15, 1844, and died Feb.
11, 1909. His wife was born Nov. 2, 1843, and died Apr. 18, 1876.
83 Adelaide Morford; married, first, Dec. 18, 1867, Benjamin Frost; second, Mr.
Spader.
Issue by second wife
84 James Morford, of Red Bank, N. J.; a cornetist.
85 Emily Morford; married W. A. Truax.
36 CAPT. CHARLES MORFORD, son of William Morford, 20, was the seventh son and was born, Mch. 25, 1807, in Middletown, N. J. With his brothers, William and Thomas Morford, he carried on a lumber business. He was an enterprising and successful business man. He married, Sept. 25, 1832, Susan, daughter of Daniel and Margaret Herbert. He moved from
MORFORD OF MONMOUTH COUNTY 9
his New Monmouth residence, which he left to his son, to property, which, in 1890, was held by his family, on the Main Street, in Middletown, N. J. He died June 7, 1874. See Ellis' History of Monmouth County. His wife, Susan, was born Aug. 25, 1810, and died Dec. 25, 1885.
Issue
86 John Morford, born July 2, 1833; died Jan. 8, 1905.
87 Caroline Morford, born 1836; died 1907; married William Wurdemann.
88 Almira Morford; married, Feb. 5, 1863, David S. Wyckoff.
89 Lydia M. Morford; married, Apr. 2, 1863, Samuel T. Hendrickson.
90 Margaret H. Morford
91 Charles H. Morford; married Laura M. Worthley.
39 DEACON ELIAS MORFORD, son of William Morford, 20, married Fanny, daughter of Grover Taylor. He was born July 6, 181 1, and died Aug. 7, 1877. His wife was born July 5, 1808, and died May 13, 1866.
Issue
92 Lydia Morford; died single.
93 Mary Morford; died single.
94 William E. Morford; married Emma L. Pike.
95 Elizabeth Morford
96 Lydia F. Morford
43 THOMAS MORFORD, son of George Taylor Morford, 27, was born Mch. 6, 1804; died Dec. 24, 1872; married Hannah Voorhees, born Aug. 27, 1812; died Aug. 21, 1882. He was of Red Bank, N. J.
Issue
97 Voorhees Morford
98 Minnie Morford, born 1856.
99 Frances Morford, born 1850; died 1872.
44 JOSEPH WARDELL MORFORD, son of George Taylor Morford, 27, was born Mch. n, 1806; died Jan. 29, 1849; married Jane Van Dorn.
Issue
100 George Morford
101 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.
io HISTORICAL MISCELLANY
109 Elizabeth A. Morford, born 1842; married, Oct. 26, 1869, Joseph E., son of
Joseph L. and Caroline Hance, born 1837. no 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 Xew 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 Woollev, who will celebrate his ninety-seventh birthday next November. "
N. Y. Herald.
47 JAXE 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 in George Taylor
112 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
114 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
117 Jane A. Morford, born 1858.
118 Catharine \V. Morford, born i860.
119 Laura M. Morford, born 1862; married Frederick D. Wykoff.
120 Henry W. Morford, born 1867; married Miss Patterson.
121 Annie G. Morford
<,1 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
122 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.
126 Thomas Perine Morford
127 Harriet B. Morford; married Mr. Knight.
12S 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 n, 1874; died 1875.
13 1 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, i860; died July 26, 1889.
136b Carrie Morford; died, Dec. 2, 1878, aged 19 years, 7 months, and n 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
138 Fanny T. Morford
139 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.
HISTORICAL MISCELLANY
Issue
140 Lucy Morford; married Charles Blakely.
141 Sarah Morford
142 Harold Morford
MISCELLANEOUS NOTES
In 1S7S, 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. 11, 1739, O. S., stated that he was of Shrewsbury, Gent., and mentioned:
Wife, Lydia
Daughter, Man- 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, Jul}- 1. 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.
Xoah 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, Xew 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
or
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 161 2.
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, 1, 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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MORRIS OF MONMOUTH COUNTY 15
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.
Worthy sir, The Governor presents you his Your most dutiful
kind respects and service. Humble servant,
Col. Lewis Morris, Matthias Nicoll.
At the Island of Barbadoes.
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 13s: o/1 pr. an. from 1670= 11 :oo:oo."
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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16S1, 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. 1. 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 sen-ants, 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 oquhan 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. "Messrs 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 1st 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 9ber, 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, X. 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, X. J., between Swimming River and Falls River, containing 3S40 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, Men. 25, 1676. His title he perfected by an Indian confirmation dated Feb. 7, 1684.
16S2-3. Lewis Morris sought from the Council, a patent, for the land that he had lately bought of Samuel Leonard and Leonard Hunt.
16S5. 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.
16S5, 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.
16S9, 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.
1690. He was called Lewis Morris, of Tinton, when he received a patent, of three hundred and forty acres of land, in Middletown.
Advancing years, and the care of a large estate, failed to keep Colonel Morris aloof from public life.
In 1 68 1-2, he was elected a Representative to the Assembly, from Shrewsbury, but his place became void, by reason of his appointment, February, 1682, as a Member of Deputy- Governor Thomas Rudyard's [New Jersey] Council, which he held during 1682 and 1683. As a Member of the Council, he was one of the Judges of the Quorum, for Essex, Middlesex, Monmouth and Bergen Counties.
From 1683 to 1686, he was a Member of Governor Dongan's [New York] Council.
1686, September. Court of Sessions, held at Middletown. Lewis Morris, who had been arrested, was brought before the Court to answer concerning an informacon brought in about the death of a Negro woman named Francke; the sd Morris did appear with a habeas corpus from the Governor Gawen Lawrie to be removed to the next Court of common right, to be holden at Amboy Perth, etc.
Col. Lewis Morris married twice. Bolton, Vol. II, p. 290.
"Before leaving Barbadoes, Lewis Morris had, unfortunately, married a woman of low extraction and bad conduct, whom he brought with him to America. During Morris' last illness, this woman destroyed all the family papers she could lay her hands on and so remodeled his will, as to leave herself, and one Bickley, her accomplice, the whole personal estate, with negroes and silver. The fraud, however, was so evident, that, when young Lewis came of age, some years after his uncle's death, the Legislature gave him possession of the estate, as his uncle's heir-at-law." New York Genealogical and Biographical Record.
If the record of birth given to Col. Lewis Morris is correct, he was about ninety years of age '.hen his will was drawn, and perhaps, impressionable to undue influence, but there is such strong evidenc e of his affe< tion for his wife, and generous provision for many friends, vigorously and lucidly expressed, that it seems difficult to reconcile the treachery attributed to his wife.
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Further, he sets forth, at length, a sufficient number of grievances to account for his estrangement from his nephew, Lewis Morris. There was some irregularity in the execution of the will and several erasures, which suggests that the testator may have meant to revise it, but I think it doubtful. Be that as it may, it was successfully probated, and, as Colonel Morris' wife had, in the meantime, died, between Feb. 7, 1690 and May 8, 1691, letters of administration were granted to Lewis Morris, his nephew and next of kin.
1690, "this seventh day of this twelfth month, called February." Will of Col. Lewis Morris, commonly called Colonel Morris, of New York, made at "my plantation over against Harlem, in the province of New York," "to prevent all discords and variances"; proved May 8 and 15, 1691, mentioned:
"Whereas I formerly intended to have made my nephew, Lewis Morris, son of my deceased brother, Richard Morris, my sole executor; his many and great miscarryages and disobedience toward me and my wife, and his causeless absenting himself from my house, and adhering to and advizeing with those of bad life and conversation, contrary to my directions and example unto him, and for other reasons best known to myselfe, I doe make and ordaine my dearly beloved wife, Mary Morris, sole executrix of this my last will and testament;" and
To the meeting of Friends, at Shrewsbury, in Monmouth Co., five pounds current money of New York, per annum, forever, to be paid out of his plantation, at Tinton ironworks, to be paid on 25th March yearly.
To Thomas Webley, of Shrewsbury, two hundred and fifty acres on the westermost part of his two thous- and acres, lying between Swimming River and Hop River, Monmouth Co., — he paying quit rent one half penny, sterling, per acre.
To Lewis Morris, of Shrewsbury, one of his best mares in the woods, and £20, New York currency.
To his nephew, Lewis Morris, son of his brother, Richard Morris, as soon as he attains the age of twenty- one, the residue of the estate, i. e. his plantation and iron works, at Tinton, with all lands, etc., etc., all his negroes on that plantation, catlel, horse, kinde, swine, and all other creatures; all household goods, utensils, etc., bills, bonds, patents, books of account, debts belonging to ye place, all profits, etc.; also one flat handled spoon, one small tankard, one salt cellar, one small sugar box, all of silver, one small cabinet sealed up; — wherein is four pearl necklaces, three or' four jewels set in gold, and several other things of value; one negro woman named Bess, — which formentioned plate, cabinett, and negro woman, were his brothers — unto which he adds all the children of said woman, Bess, except one that is otherwise disposed of; 1 dozen silver spoons, one large tankard, one large tumbler, one small tumbler, and one porringer all of silver; all of which last men- tioned things he gives to his nephew in lieu of some things that are lost and supposed to be embezzled by Walter Webley; also £20, in silver, current at New York, and ten guinneys, the whole given with this restriction and limitation, that he shall quietly and peaceably acquiess and submit himself, wholly and absolutely, unto every thing mentioned in the will, and shall make no opposition against the same, but to his power shall perform and fulfill all things whatsoever that on his part I have hereby enjoyned unto him; otherwise, it is my final deter- mination and result, that if my said nephew, Lewis Morris, his heirs, etc., on any pretence or right from his father aforesaid, whether by partnerships with me or purchase, or any way else, shall, at any time hereafter, either by himself, or any other person or persons claiming from, for, by or under him or them, by any manner of way or means whatsoever, make any demand or pretend any right, etc., to any part of the estate that now doth or may hereafter belong to me, more than I have by these presents entitled unto him, and in such case, I do hereby make void all and every part of what I have hereinbefore given unto my said nephew, Lewis Morris.
In case of any disturbance by my said nephew, concerning the premises hereby otherwise bequeathed, and that my said dearly beloved wife, Mary Morris, her heirs, etc., shall thenceforth and then immediately enter into possession, etc., and enjoy all the before recited premises, legacys, etc., given or to be given to my said nephew, Lewis Morris, if he or any, under pretence of him, shall at any time molest my said wife, her heirs, etc., in her or their peaceable enjoyment of whatsoever estate, etc., that is or shall be herein and hereby given unto her or them, etc., only givcing unto him; and I doe hereby give unto my said nephew, Lewis Morris, the sum of ten pounds, current money of New York, to be paid unto him by my said executrix, etc., in case of any such disturbance or molestation as aforesaid.
Unto my honored friend, William Penn, my negro man Yaff, provided the said Penn shall come to dwell in America; otherwise the said Yaff is to serve my said wife, equally, with other negroes.
Unto William Bickley one negro girl named Maria.
Unto Wm. Richardson one negro boy named Jack.
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Unto Sam'l Palmer one negro girl named Buckey.
Unto my negro man Toney, the cooper, the sum of 40 shillings a yeare, during his life, besides his usual accommodation.
Unto my negro woman Nell her freedom and liberty to goe att large wheresoever she shall please after the decease of my said wife.
These last two bequests on condition that the said negroes shall be obedient and respectful to his wife.
Unto John Adams, of Flushing, the sum of five pounds, which is due to me on his obligation.
Unto my said nephew, Lewis Morris, all my land and meadows att Mattinicot, on Long Island, together will all the profits and privileges thereof, etc., together with one-half of all my pewter and one-half of all my house linen for bedding and tabling that is on my plantation over against Harlem, and all my printed books, except such as my said wife shall please to reserve unto herselfe.
The above legacies are given under the same provisions relating to the earlier bequests to his nephew, Lewis Morris.
Unto ye meeting of Friends, in the province of New York, the sum of six pounds, per annum, to be paid out of mv plantation over against Harlem aforesaid, in the said province, etc., and on every 25th of the month called March, yearly and every year, forever.
The remainder of my estate and plantation, both real and personal, where I now inhabitt over against Harlem aforesaid, I give unto my dearly beloved wife, Mary Morris, her heirs, etc., the lands thereof, contain- ing about two thousand acres, etc., together with all houses, barns, etc., woods, negroes of all kinds, cattell, swine, sheep, horse, kinde, and all other creatures and improvements whatsoever, also all goods, household stuff and utensils, money, plate, and everything else moveable, etc., within doors, etc., that now is, or hereafter shall be in my possession, etc., except what is here otherwise disposed of.
Unto my said dearly beloved wife all that my houses, land in New York city, situate over against the bridge, unto all appurtenances, profits and advantages whatsoever thereunto belonging, with all deeds, pat- tents, writings, bills, bonds, obligations, and all things else whatsoever, named and unnamed, belonging.
Unto John Bowne, of Flushing, one negro girl named Abba; is att old Thomas Hunts.
Unto Miles Foster one servicible negro boy, such as my dearly beloved wife shall appoint.
Unto Richard Jones, merchant, of New York, one negro boy or negro girl, such as my dearly beloved wife shall appoint.
Unto William Bickley and my nephew, Lewis Morris, all my right, etc., in and to the ship Friends' Adventure, as also of all my part of her profits and advantages, by freight or otherwise, to each of them the equal alike part.
Unto my said nephew, my gold seale and my negroman Yeabba; and whereas, I have bequeathed unto my said nephew, Lewis Morris, all my estate at the ironworks, at Tinton, with this expression, viz., (as soon as he shall attaine to the age of 21 years), etc., I doe now revoake ye said expression as to time, giving unto him full power and authority to enter into and possess the said estate, etc., immediately after my decease, etc.; all the rest of my plate and money, silver and gold, I give unto my dearly beloved wife.
I appoint my trusty ffriends, Richard Jones and Miles ffoster, of New York, John Bowne, of fflushing, Wm. Richardson, of Westchester County, Richard Hartshorne and John Hance, of the County of Monmouth, and Wm. Bickley, of Westchester County, aforesaid, to be my executors in trust, and overseers, etc.; and in regard to the remoteness of their abodes from one another, I do order that any three of them may act as they shall find needfull, provided Wm. Richardson, Wm. Bickley, or Richard Hartshorne be of that number; and for want of a 3d persons in the County of Monmouth, Richard Hartshorne and John Hance may act there a% they shall find cause, or may choose a 3d person to act, etc.
Witnesses: Johannis Vermilje, jan Tibout, Lamueert Zoches, Davied Lillies, and mark of Susannah Roberts, and Wm. Bickley. Bolton's Westchester, Vol. II, pp. 290-293.
"The last will and testament of Colonel Lewis Morris having been exhibited, and the six witnesses severally appearing before me, two of them only, to wit, David Lylly and Susanah Robert were able to give oath in due form of law, that the said will was signed, sealed, and published to be the last will of said Lewis Morris, and the executrix being dead, and there appearing several razures, and all the witnesses having declared that they knew nothing of the said razures except Wm. Bickley who declared he knew of them and wrote the will, but knew not for what end the said razures were made. And the said will remaining not proved nor executed, the said two witnesses Lavid Lylly and Susanah Roberts were accordingly sworne, and administration granted to Lewis Morris, next of kin of the said Colonel Lewis Morris.
Dated May 8, 1691. H. Slaughter."
New York Wills, Lib. 3-4, p. 197.
The inventory of his estate amounted to £4071.
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Issue
7 Miss Morris; married John Walters, and probably died without issue. "At the
attack upon Chepstow Castle, which was defended by Sir Nicholas Kemish, the king's general, Lewis Morris was the second in command. After an obstinate resistance, the garrison was reduced by cutting off the supply of water which ran through the estate of Pearcefield, then owned by Col. Morris' son-in-law, John Walters, and setting fire to the castle. From this circumstance, the family assumed as their crest a castle in flames, with the following motto, 'tandem vincitur' — at length he is conquered." Bolton's Westchester, Vol. II, p. 285.
3 WILLIAM MORRIS, son of William Morris, 1, was born in 1612. He was seated at Denham, and upon the breaking out of the Rebellion, he actively sided with the Parliamentary party. When defeated, he considered it discreet to cross the ocean until the storm had blown over, but was lost at sea.
Issue
8 John Morris
4 MARY MORRIS, daughter of William Morris, 1, was born in 1614.
It is stated that she married Walter Webley. Of this I have no proof, but have ascer- tained the following facts about Walter Webley, who may have been confused with a reputed husband of Mary Morris.
Walter Webley was a resident of New York City, or of the region just over the Harlem River, likely on property adjoining Capt. Richard Morris, in 1673, when the Dutch subjugated this province. His active interest in caring for the effects of Capt. Richard Morris' infant child, and the estates of Capt. Richard and Col. Lewis Morris, portions of which he took to Shrewsbury, N. J., to place beyond the reach of the Dutch invaders, brought him into direct conflict with that authority. Col. Lewis Morris made peace for him however:
"On the urgent request of Col. Lewis Morris, Walter Webly is allowed to retain his residence within this government, on previously taking the oath of allegiance.
Dated Fort Willem Hendrick, this 19th of October, 1673."
He, however, shortly violated his parole and was fined in consequence thereof:
"Feb. 1, 1674. The Fiscal, Pltff.
against Walter Webley, Deft.
The Pltff. alleges that the Deft, hath been contrary to the Proclamation of the 12th Xber last, in the enemy's country and brought letters thence hither; concludes therefor that the Deft, shall be condemned in the fine according to the placard, &c.
Deft, answers that he hath pursuant to the Proclamation, delivered the letters into the Secretary's office and says, he hath had before this a pass to go in search of his uncle Morris, which he claims he can again do, on said pass, &c.
The Governor-General and Council having heard the Fiscal's demand and Deft's excuse condemn the Deft, for the reasons aforesaid, in a fine of eight Beavers, with costs.
Note — 'Tis ordered that the above Beavers shall be applied one-half to the Fiscals and the other half to the Church."
The preceding suit establishes the relationship of Walter Webley to Col. Lewis Morris; he was a nephew and not the brother-in-law, as has been stated heretofore. Further cor- roboration of Walter Webley's residence and relationship lies, in the application of Lewis Morris to transport his nephew's goods, and the order, issued, in pursuance thereof, Nov. 30,
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1073. wherein he alludes to his cousin's plantation, in Bronck's land. The use of the term cousin, for nephew, was general in the phraseology of that day.
When Col. Morris, in 1674, returned to Barbadoes to wind up his business in that island, he appointed Walter Web ley his attorney:
1074. Walter Webley was the agent of Lewis Morris, for a grant of land.
167 v Judgment of the Mayor's Court, of New York, for plaintiff, in the case of Walter Webley, trustee of the estate of Richard Morris, plaintiff, and Peter Aldrix, defendant, for the recovery of a negro woman. . 1679. Walter Webley was a witness, to a will, in Westchester County, N. Y.
What became of this Walter Webley, I do not know, but he may have been living, in 1691, when his uncle, Col. Morris, spoke disparagingly of him in his will, alluding to his re- taining various silver pieces. These may be some of the things that he took, eighteen years before, to secrete them from the Dutch, and if so, it proves Col. Morris had a singularly re- tentive memory and unforgiving disposition.
" unto wch I add the Children of the said Negro Bess, (Except one that is otherwise Disposed of), and One Dozen of Silver Spoons, One Large Tankard, one Large Tumbler, One Small Tumbler, and one Porringer, all of Silver, all of which last Menconed things added, I give and bequeath unto my Said Nephew, Lewis Morris, in Lieu of Some things that are Left and supposed to be embezelled by Walter Webley. " Will of Col. Morris.
The relation of the preceding Walter Webley to the following Thomas Webley, I conceive to be a brother, for Walter Webley is the established nephew of Col. Morris, and Thomas Weblev, in his will of 1698, solicits the kind intervention of his "christian kinsman, Lewis Morris," [the Governor], in his settlement of his affairs.
1684. Thomas Webley, of Shrewsbury, was a Debtor.
1684. Thomas Webley, of Fenwick's Colony, was a witness.
1685 and 1687. Thomas Webley, of Shrewsbury, was a witness.
16S7. Thomas Webley, of Shrewsbury, was a bondsman.
William West, of Shrewsbury, called Thomas Webley "my loving and trusty brother."
1687. Thomas Webley was a witness.
1687 and 1688. Thomas Webley, of Shrewsbury, was an appraiser.
1688. Thomas Webley succeeded Robert Hamilton, as Clerk of the Court, and Recorder, of Monmouth County.
In 1 69 1, he was willed two hundred and fifty acres of land, at Tinton, by Col. Lewis Morris.
In 1694, Thomas Webley deposes that he is "thirty four Yeares or thereabouts" of age.
1700. Thomas Webley, of Monmouth County, was a Grand Juror.
1 701, Oct. 25. Thomas Webley, of East Jersey, Gentleman, attorney for James Wasse, of London, " chyrurginon," sold three hundred acres of land, near a branch of Morris' River, called Ouiahocking, to Jonathan Beere, of Salem Town, gentleman.
At a Court of Sessions, held at Shrewsbury, the Third Tuesday in October, 1700.
'"Thomas Webley having spoke several contemptuous and reproachful words in the Court, and having otherwise misbehaved himself in the presence of the Court, the Court therefore order that said Thomas Webley doe immediately pay the sum of five shillings for the use of the poor, or be put by the constable in the stocks for the space of two hours."
Thomas Webley paid the said five shillings for the use aforesaid.
1698-9, Jan. 10. Will of Thomas Webley, of Shrewsbury, yeoman; proved Mch. 29, 1703, mentioned: Wife, Audria Daughters, Catharine
Ann
Mary Only son, John
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His estate in Wales, inherited from his father; an estate coming from his uncle, Edward Webley; land at Shark River or Squancum, and lands at Barnigat Beach. Personal property, including books. His Christian kinsman, Lewis Morris, is asked to try and obtain something for "my Indian Wright at Croswicksum. " No executor is named.
Witnesses: William Woolley, John Tilton, Johanna Grant or Gaunt and Abiah Edwards.
1702-3, Mch. 9. Inventory of the personal estate of Thomas Webley was made by Nicholas Brown and William West; included a negro boy, and amounted to £40-0-0.
He married Audrey, daughter of Bartholomew and Catharine (Almy) West, and was lost at sea on a voyage to London.
In 1687, Audrey Webley was a witness.
1705. His wife, Audrey Webley, was a witness to a Shrewsbury marriage.
It was probably she who was a witness, as late as 1732, to another marriage, at Shrewsbury.
Thomas Webley stood high in favor with Col. Lewis Morris, who gave him lands, in Mon- mouth County, in his will:
"unto Thomas Webley, of Shreswbury, aforesaid, Two Hundred and fifty Acres of Land, to be Laid out att his Charges, on the Westermost Parte of my Two Thousand Acres yl Lyes between Swimming River & Hop River," etc.
Issue; supposed, of Mary Morris Webley Walter Webley Thomas Webley
These two brothers, Walter Webley and Thomas Webley, had an uncle, Edward Webley, so called in the will of Thomas Webley. He was a resident of Monmouth County, and probably died without issue:
16S6, Feb. 14. Edward Webley bought lands, of the Indians, at Crosswicks, Monmouth County.
1686. Edward Webley sold lands, in Monmouth County, to Thomas Webley.
Thomas Webley, by his wife, Audrey West, had
Issue, as per his will John Webley; married Elizabeth (Woolley?) Catharine Webley; married Philip Edwards. Ann Webley; married Richard Chambers. Mary Webley
Of these children, John Webley received, in 1698, from Governor Lewis Morris, and his wife, Dame Isabella, of Shrewsbury, sole heir of his uncle, Col. Lewis Morris, certain lands, in the deed to which he was spoken of as, a son of his kinsman, Thomas Webley.
John Webley resided at Shrewsbury, where he was a witness, to marriages, in 1720 and 1 72 1, and in 17 15, the same, with Ann Chambers.
The following data concerning the Webleys has been accumulated, but it needs more research to disclose, with certainty, the relationship of the individuals.
Baptisms — Christ Church, Shrewsbury, N. J.
1747, May 9. Audrey Webley, aged 23^ years; [born 1724]. Ann Webley, aged 18^ years; [born 1728]. Catharine Webley, aged 21% years; [born 1726].
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1747, May 24- Audrey, daughter of John Webley, aged 23 years; [born 1724]. Catharine, daughter of John Webley, aged 22 years; [born 1725]. Man-, daughter of John Webley, aged 20 years; [born 1727.]
1747, Xov. 21. Thomas and Elizabeth Webley had daughter, Sarah, baptized, aged — weeks.
174S, May S. Margaret, daughter of John Webley, was baptized. Mary, daughter of John Webley, was baptized.
Burials and Deaths — Christ Church, Shrewsbury, N. J.
1749. Mrs. Webley, wife of Thomas, was buried, March 6. 1762. Elizabeth Webley died, aged 67 years; [born 1695]. 1775. John Webley died, aged 82 years; [born 1693]. 1789. Ann Webley died, aged 61 years; [born 1728].
1742. Margaret Webley was a witness, to a marriage, in Shrewsbury.
1692, May 12. Mary Webley married to Joseph West, by Peter Tilton. Witnesses: Nicholas Browne, his mark. Mary Williams Audrey Webley John West Thos. Webley
Marriage Licenses
1740, Dec. 13. Audrey Webley and Joseph West, both of Monmouth County. 1748-9, Mch. 24. Catharine Webley, of Shrewsbury, and Peter Slocum.
1 756, July 27. John Webley and Elizabeth Wardell, both of Shrewsbury.
1757, Jan. 23. William Smith and Margaret Webley had a license to marry. 1759, Xov. 17. Mary Webley and Jonathan Slocum, both of Shrewsbury. 1765, Oct. 1. Sarah Webley and Daniel Taber, both of Shrewsbury.
Marriages, Christ Church, Shrewsbury.
1749, June 27. Peter Slokom and Catharine Webley, both of Shrewsbury, by license.
5 CAPT. RICHARD MORRIS, son of William Morris, 1, was born in 1616. He, appar- ently, accompanied his brother, Lewis Morris, to the Barbadoes, where he settled, and by his marriage to Miss Pole, of that island, largely increased his wealth. He was appointed Captain, in the regiment commanded by his brother, Col. Lewis Morris.
In 1670, he settled in New York and engaged in mercantile life. His residence was in that portion of Westchester County, later created into the Manor of Morrisania. This land he bought in conjunction with his brother, Col. Lewis Morris.
He died in 1672 ; and his wife, Sarah, some time earlier, leaving an infant about six months old. The changing of the government from English to Dutch and back again, occasioned some confusion in the guardianship of the infant and settlement of his father's estate:
[672, September. "Whereas Captain Richard Morris, of this city, merchant, died intestate, leaving a considerable estate behind him, and whereas his brother, Colonel Lewis Morris, hath a great interest for the protection of the estate, it is judged requisite thai some extraordinary care should be taken," and in con- sequence, Gov. E. Andross appointed Mr. Matthias Nicoll, Mayor of the city, Capt. Tho' Delavall and Capt.
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Cornelius Steenwych, of the Council of His Royal Highness' Government, Capt. John Berry and Mr. Thos Gibbs, to be administrators.
1672, July 26. Capt. Richard Morris, merchant, of New York City, had a grant of one thousand acres of land, on the Delaware River, over against New Castle, from Philip Carteret.
Issue
9 Lewis Morris; known as Governor Morris, born Oct. 15, 1671; died 1746.
6 THOMAS MORRIS, supposed son of William Morris, 1.
The degree of kinship, of Thomas Morris to Lewis Morris, has never been positively proved but he was, evidently, upon the same plane of descent from a common ancestor. This is estab- lished by a careful study of dates, appearing under Lewis Morris, his son, 10. From these I deduce that Thomas Morris was born about 1630, and was, of necessity, either a brother or a cousin of Col. Lewis Morris. He probably never came to this country.
The original William Morris of Tintern, had four sons, Lewis, William, Thomas and Rich- ard. Bolton,* 2nd edition, Vol. 2, p. 455.
Hotten, in his Original List of Persons of Quality, 1600-1700, gives:
Births. Parish St. Michael's, Barbadoes, 6 Feb., 167S, Dorothy and Thomasine, daughters of Capt. Thomas Morris and Sarah, his wife.
Thomas Morris is also mentioned in a census of St. Michael's Parish, with wife and three children. These allusions may be to Thomas Morris, 6, but I deem it doubtful.
Issue
10 Lewis Morris, of Passage Point, Shrewsbury, N. J., born about 1655; died 1695.
8 JOHN MORRIS, son of William Morris, 3, received a Captain's commission in 1651. In 16S8, he was drowned, and his body, found under the walls of Deal Castle, was buried
with military honors. His descendants are still numerous in the Barbadoes. Bolton.
Issue
1 1 John Morris
12 William Morris
13 Lewis Morris
14 Richard Morris
9 GOV. LEWIS MORRIS, son of Capt. Richard Morris, 5, the "one poor blossom of whom yet there may be great hope, " was born Oct. 15, 1671, and died in 1746.
The anticipations of greatness, expressed by Mr. Nicoll, were quickly realized, when Lewis Morris, merged from an unruly youth, into a Judge of the Sessions, at the age of twenty years:
1690, '92, '95, '96, '97, 1700, '01, '03, '04. He was a Judge of the Court of Sessions, sitting, alternately, at Middletown and Shrewsbury, N. J., and with him, on the same bench, sat, also as a justice, his kinsman, Lewis Morris, of Passage Point, for many years and until his death.
In 1700, he was President of the Court of Sessions.
About 1694, friction arose between the two Justices Morris, on the one hand, and their neighbors on the other, which culminated in law suits:
1694. The Grand Jury indicted Lewis Morris, of Tinton Manor, for fencing in the highway, and a little later, again indicted him for "stopping and fencing in ye highway that goes to Freehold and Middletown."
*Bolton drew from a manuscript history of the family, written by Valentine Morris, of England, a descendant of an elder brother of Captain Richard Morris. This Valentine Morris was born in 1727.
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Called upon to take cognizance of this indictment, it was an awkward situation for his judicial associates, and they hedged for time, by diplomatically directing a process for his appearance, at the next Court. The finale of this attempt to restrain Morris was as audacious as it was amusing :
Thomas Gordon was appointed by the Court, King's attorney, and when the case of Morris was called " the King"s Attorney demanded a Fee of any one that would employ him to plead to the indictment. There was no one that would prosecute the said Morris, so that the presentment was quasht."
But the fight was not over. At the Court of Sessions and Common Pleas, held at Shrewsbury, the 26th and 27th days of September, 1698, Lewis Morrjs, of Tinton Manor, was again presented by the Grand Jury, for fencing in the highway, between Tinton Falls and Swimming River Bridge; and still again, for a like offence, was he indicted, Sept. 12, 1699. This persistent opposition to the encroachments of Lews Morris brought about a mutual dislike and hatred, which found further expression when, in 1700 and 1701, in the Quit Rent fight, the people defied the Justices, who were impotent in office, and whose Sheriff was restrained by the people, from levying on goods, and whose Constables were powerless to arrest. The greatest scene in this drama, perhaps, was the seizure of Governor Hamilton, Justices Lewis Morris, Samuel Leonard, Jedediah Allen and Samuel Dennis, the King's Attorney- General and Secretary, Clerk of the Court, and the under Sheriff, who were holding a Court of Sessions, at Middletown, Mch. 25, 1 701, by about one hundred persons, who "kept them under guard, close prisoners, from Tuesday, the 25th of March, till the Saturday following, being the 29th of the same month, and then released them. "'
Apparently this attack and incarceration had been premeditated for some time:
1700, July 30 the Ambition & folly of Morris being known to the people of Monmoth they sent
to advise with their neighberring Countys Middlesex & Essex what was best & most convenient to be done who generaly advised to secure themselves & oppose Morris & the rest that assert & would endeavour to set up Col
Hamiltons arbitrary & illegal power & withall have promised assistance if ocation requires we feare
what may be [the] event of these things you know how hot headed Morris & Leonard are & itt may be feared their pride & mallis may cause great trouble if not prevented. It is the general resolution of the Country that if they make future disturbance to apprehend Hamilton Morris & Leonard & secure them ontill his Majesties pleasure shall be known concerning them Letter to Jeremiah Basse.
1 71 1. Lewis Morris was appointed Second Judge, of the Supreme Court.
1 7 15. He was appointed Chief- Justice of New York, and so remained for the succeeding eighteen years.
Lewis Morris must have possessed, naturally, a fine, legal mind, for though not bred to the law, he continued to rise in judicial prominence, until he attained the greatest heights of dis- tinction. Even his opponents conceded his ability, but his rulings were not infrequently par- tisan, and he carried this bias in favor of his friends to the end of his career:
"At the time of the preparation and filing of the Bill in Chancery, Lewis Morris was Governor of the Pro- vince. He had long been conversant with the matters in litigation and was deeply interested in the issue of this most important case — holding a large part of his property in New Jersey by Proprietary rights, Gov. Morris had presumed,, without, as was alleged, due authority, to erect a Court of Chancery, and to exercise the pre- rogatives of Chancellor. Could the Bill in question have been, with its Answer, submitted to his adjudication, the plaintiffs would, undoubtedly, have obtained just such a decision as they desired. But this favorable prospect was blighted by the decease of the Governor in May, 1746. " Hatfield's History of Elizabeth, N. J.
Aside from his judicial positions, Lewis Morris held other high office. He was, frequently, a Member of the New York and New Jersey Assemblies, as also a member of various Governors' Councils.
1693, '94, '95. He was a member of Governor Hamilton's Council; New Jersey.
1697, '98, '99. He was a Member of the House of Deputies; New Jersey.
1698, Apr. 7. Jeremiah Basse superseded Hamilton, as Governor, by a Commission, dated July 15, 1697. When he had occupied this position thirteen months, friction arose between
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himself and Morris, which prompted the latter to raise a question as to the sufficiency of his commission.
For some cause, which I am now unable to state, Lewis Morris, May 10, 1699, demanded that Governor Basse and Council should sign a blank writ against Obadiah Holmes, Sheriff of Monmouth County, but the Governor and Council were unanimously of the opinion that it ought not to be signed during the sessions of the Court, not remembering any such practice in this Province, and knowing the said Holmes "to be a Sufficient man & easy to be come at, any time."
The Governor and Council then ordered Lewis Morris and George Willocks to be brought before them and to give security for their appearance at the Court of Common Right, and to be of good behaviour, otherwise a mittimus to be issued "to convey them to Goal till they Should find Security, " which Mr. Morris desired an hour or two to consider.
When Mr. Morris was notified, that £300, security, was called for, he refused, and said he would not give it, especially for the good behaviour as by no overt act had he in any way given occasion to them to suspect it.
Events now followed thick and fast. At the Court of Common Right, held, at Perth Amboy, May n," 1698, at which sat Basse, and his Council:
"Lewis Morris, Esqr, came into open Court & demanded by what authority they Kept Court, the Court declared by the Kings Authority. He denyed & being asked who was dissatisfied besides himself, he said one & all, the Court Commanding the sd Morris to be taken into Custodie, Coll : Richard Townley, Andrew Hampton, both of Elizabeth Towne, with three or four more cryed out one & all, & he, the sd Lewis Morris, said he would fain see who darst lay hold on him, & when a Constable, by order of the Court, layd hold on him he, in the face of the Court, resisted."
For this, he was committed for contempt of Court. There must have been a short but tempestuous scene before Morris was lodged in Woodbridge jail, for,
1698, May 12. "Matt: Moore aged 31 years or there abouts maketh Oath that he was in Court & see Lewis Morris affront the Govern1": & upon which the Govern1": ordred him to withdraw but would not & still gave the Governour very Saucy Language upon which he ordred the Constables to arrest the sd Lewis Morris, but he the sd Lewis Morris withstood the sd Constables & would not suffer them to come nigh him, upon which the sd Constables commanded me to lay hands upon him which I went to take hold on him, he made some resistance, & did endeavour to draw his Hanger, but I being quick prevented him."
And several others made similar affidavits.
Concurrently with this event, Lewis Morris was elected to serve in the General Assembly, for the town of Perth Amboy, and on the 15th of May, the Sheriff, of the County of Middlesex, made his return. This was a moral reinforcement of Morris, and his associate, Willocks, who were promptly rescued, by their friends, who battened in the jail with a heavy plank. No sooner were they free, than they returned to the attack. Basse had, temporarily, installed in his place, Capt. Andrew Bowne, and to him and the Council, Willocks and Morris addressed the following letter, which was delivered by Mrs. Willocks, May 16th.
We are now able (God be thanked) to treat with you any way you think fitt if you had valued either your own or the welfare of the Government your procedures had been more calm Your day is not yet out, & it is in your power to follow the things that make for peace, & if you do not, at your door lye the consequence, our friends will not suffer us to be putt upon, farewell.
Geo. Willocks Lewis Morris
When Jeremiah Basse was replaced, as Governor, by his predecessor, Hamilton, Lewis Morris was again returned to the Council.
1700. Lewis Morris was President of Governor Hamilton's Council.
1700, July 23. Col. Hamilton hath put Mr. Morris into Commission of his Council & Justice believing
him to be the onely man that can make the province Submit to him as Governor & itt is saide Morris
hath given out that he will carrie his point in makeing the people submit to Coll Hamiltons Government or
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he will embrue the province in Blood In this posture things stand in this County & we beleive Including
the Scotch that throughoutt the province theare is six to one against owneing Col Hamilton Governor and almost all biterly against Morris, whome they looked uppon as the first man as Indead he was that opposed Government, &c. Signed Andrew Bowne, Rich. Hartshorne one of ye Council. 1 701. He was a Member of Governor Hamilton's Council.
1 701. Lewis Morris was active, in the behalf of the Proprietors, who desired to surrender their rights of government to the Crown, and " In behalfe of all ye Proprietors Residing in East Jersie, " signed the memorial to that effect.
1702. Lewis Morris was in London, suggesting the surrender of New Jersey to the Crown, and so impressed the Lords of Trade, that they suggested to the Secretary of State, that the Queen should appoint him temporary governor, but nothing came of it, as it was decided to consolidate New York and New Jersey under one government. For his endeavors in England, Governor Hamilton gave him a grant of land.
1703. Lewis Morris was a Member of Lord Cornbury's Council.
1703. Lewis Morris was the head of the Scotch party, who, by reason of a Scotch governor, Hamilton, "carryed it with a high hand ag' the rest of the Inhabitants."
1705. Lord Cornbury wrote that Lewis Morris "does give his tongue too great a liberty."
1705. Again did Lewis Morris offend Lord Cornbury, who suspended him from the Coun- cil, and wrote: "he will always obstruct the Queen's service, and indeed he has so intirely given himself up to the Interest of the Proprietors, that he can see with no other eyes but theirs. " But, apparently, Lewis Morris was too valuable a man to be continuously suspended, for, in 1707, Lord Cornbury was commanded, by the Lords of Trade, to restore Lewis Morris to the Council, upon his submission.
1707. Lewis Morris wrote, at considerable length, to the Secretary of State, in England, a full account of the Condition of the Province of New Jersey, wherein he scored his enemies and paraded his own loyalty.
1707. June 28, Philadelphia. Col. Robert Quary, writing to the Lords of Trade, said: "Mr. Jennings & Coll: Morris, with the assistance of two or three others, was very hard
at work in hatching the most scandalous paper, that I ever saw in my life;" and further on said that Col. Lewis Morris, "at the mouth of them all, told his Lordship, that the Queen's order & instructions did not concern or affect them, " i. e. the New Jersey Assembly.
1708. Lewis Morris was proposed by Lord Lovelace for membership in his council, to which he was appointed.
1709. Lewis Morris was the subject of complaints, in letters of great length, written by Lord Lovelace, accusing him of changing his principles, and turning from party to party, as served his interests, and, as Lord Cornbury had said of him, he was possessed of "neither good Principles nor morals. "
1709. He was suspended by Lieut. -Governor Ingoldsby from the Council, but was rein- stated by the Lords of Trade, who stated that he had been removed for insufficient reasons.
1 709, April. The Lieutenant-Governor and Council of New Jersey, viz., Richard Ingoldsby, William Sandford, Dan: Coxe, Robert Quary, William Pinhorne, Richard Townley and Roger Mompesson, addressed Governor Lovelace, at New York, at considerable length, upon the great disorder prevailing throughout the Province, wherein they impeached him for want of tact and force, and attribute much of the existing state of affairs to Lewis Morris. Alluding to the Assembly, they say:
"Their Resolutions of not raising any money for the Support of the Governm1. nor of making or repairing jayles, a work of so absolute a necessity, Hut finding them so throwly Guided & Driven by Mr Morris and Sanr Jennings whose mischevous tempers this poor Country hath for many years past groaned under, we thought it our duty in Conscience to testifie to her Sacred Majestie our dislike and abhorrence of the Same."
.... "and that we conceived those disturbances to be wholly owing the uneasie and disloyall Princi-
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pies of Two men in that Assembly, Mr Lewis Morris and Mr Sam1. Jennings a Quaker, never known to be consistent with themselves, Men to whom all the factions and confusions in the Government for many years are wholly owing. "
.... "As to Mr Morris the whole County where he lived namely the County of Monmouth are witness to his troublesome temper, whereby he was a perfect torment to his neighbours; those who know him best have most reason of complaint, And since he came to write man hath been Eminently concerned if not Principall in all the Rebellions & Disorders that have been in this Province, as may appear by his own hand writing"
" there is hardly a County in the Eastern Division wherein he did not succeed to stirr them to dangerous
and notorious Riotts and Rebellions, but only the County of Bergen where he did not faile for doing mischiefe for want of good-will, But that the Dutch People therein were wiser, and treated him with that Contempt his Evill Designs Required; ffor his old and Present Confederate the Nonjuror Willocks and He made a Journey (or Voyage) into that County to Infuse the same notions of Rebellion ags4 Governm1 as they had preached at Elisabeth Town, with better success. But all they got of that People was They did not understand oversetting of Governm4 and pulling Magistrates Judges and Justices from the Bench; It was a werke they had no liking to; and so closed their Resolutions among themselves, that they would not have to do with the Spiker-maker; That was the very term of Contempt (being Dutchmen) they used towards Morris grounded upon the Iron works his Unkle left him." . .
"But after the Red-hott Letters of Mr. Morris Especially that to the Governm1 . . which is wrote with that Pride and venom that Bedlam would scarce afford a man mad enough to sett a Governm* at such Defiance and treat Gentlemen with that contempt ; and his and Willocks their Short Epistle . . aforesaid brought into the Councill by Mrs Willocks whilst the Assembly was sitting, and Morris and Willocks aboard a Sloop turning it in the Bay before the Town, Firing Guns as by way of Defiance to the Governm1. and the Record of com'on right . . in all which Morris was personally contriver and actor of the Disorders as also the Records of those Dangerous Riots in Essex County (after Morriss Inconsistencies had made him Almanzor like change Parties) carried on by the same Principles and the same men that Morris had stirred up into Re- bellion, where a Body of about seventy horse came Purposely to destroy the Courts, Pulled the Magistrates of the Bench, tore their Cloaths from their Backs, Striking and abusing them with the greatest Billinsgate Language they could find as appears by the Record of the Court of Sessions at Newark . A Place where Morris himself in Person with most of the same men had used a Court much at the same Rate but a little before. So that his affording them Precepts and Examples the last Rebellion (tho he was not Present) may Justly be laid at his Door. As also that other Ryott of forcing the Keys of the Jail of the County of Essex from the High Sheriff, and abusing his Person, and setting Criminals at liberty, being no more than was done by the same men, (as appears by the Records of the Court of Com'on Right) but a little before in Middlesex County, for Mr. Morris when with a Beam of an house they Batterd Woodbridge Jail to Pieces and set him and his Seditious Companion Willocks at liberty. Who were there committed for Severall High Crimes and Misde- meanours as appears by the Presentm* of the Grand Jury" . .
.... "And we have Just reason to say that the Disturbances of this Province seems to be owing wholly to those two men viz1. Lewis Morris and Sam1 Jennings, their naturall tempers and the constant business of their lives was to be always in Broiles, always in Contention; Humanum est Errare, sed Diabolic'n perseverare; Those mens Extravagances are a large field; But after an Instance or two more of Morris's Inconsistencies shall desist."
.... "Have but patience till the year 1700 and you will find him quite another man wonderfully changed in less than two years time, Then you shall find him accept of Comissions from the Proprietors Governm1, and declaring that he would go through with them, and if any man resisted he would spill his Blood or he should Spill his; for he made no Scruple of Conscience, and would go through with the office he had accepted from ye Governm1 though the Streets ran with Blood." . .
.... "it is apparent what opinion his old friends had of him. Even those whom he led into the former Violences against Government, who broke Jayls to release him His own words are these viz'. 'It was your complaint I had left you in the lurch like a villain, deceived you, ingaged you in a Business and left you in the middle of it, That if I came to your Town you would tear me to pieces and more Expressions of this nature you used.' . . So that we think he has proved his Inconsistences himself under his own hand plain Enough, without any need of our Paraphrase or Explanation, and upon the whole matter. The Question lies only here whither he was Guilty of Rebellion in the Year 1698 or in the year 1700."
1 7 10. Lewis Morris, having taken up a permanent residence on his Morrisania plantation, was sent, as a Deputy, from Westchester County, to the New York Assembly, to which he was returned until 1728.
1 7 10. Governor Hunter wrote the Lords of Trade that Lewis Morris had been expelled
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from the Xew York Assembly, for pressing the reconsideration "with some warm expressions," of a motion to levy for the Governor's yearly expenses twenty-five hundred ounces of plate, "'which they interpreted to be falsely and scandalously vilifying the honour of their house." Nevertheless Lewis Morris had the confidence of his constituents, for he was promptly returned to the Assembly. As a reward for his defence in the Assembly, Governor Hunter appointed Lewis Morris, Chief- Justice, of New York, in 1715.
1 71 1. Lewis Morris wrote a lengthy letter to John Chamberlayne, Esq., defending Gov- ernor Hunter from an attack, on the part of the Clergy, for not removing a dissenting minister from the parsonage at Jamaica, and installing the Rev. Mr. Poyer therein.
1 712, June 2. Jacob Henderson, Missionary, of Dover Hundred, in Pennsylvania, writing, concerning the state of the Church of England, in New York and New Jersey, stated that "ye Quakers or other Dissenters, " had "at their head one Coll: Lewis Morris, a profess'd Church man, but a man of noe manner of principles or credit, a man who calls the service of the Church of England Pageantry, who has joyned in endeavours to settle a conventicle in the City of New York and whose practice it is to intercept letters, and let such as pleases him pass, and those y* doe not he destroys as can be fully proved."
This, with a further arraignment of Colonel Morris, with Governor Hunter, provoked an answer, in which the writer said that "a little Helebore might do him, (the Rev. Mr. Hen- derson), more good than a reply," and denying these imputations said, "if a mans outward behaviour at home or abroad and in all the duties of his life is a true means of judging of a man all who know anything of Coll Morris will say that he is unexceptionable." 1 7 15, Mch. 28. Governor Robert Hunter wrote to the Lords of Trade:
"Mr Mompesson our Cheif Justice is dead, I have commissionated Lewis Morris, Esqr, in his room for these reasons amongst others, that he is a sencible honest man, and able to live without a salary, which they will most certainly never grant to any in that station, at least sufficient to maintain his Clerk."
Despite the doubt in Governor Hunter's mind, Lewis Morris must have been voted a salary, which was raised in due time and provoked antagonism. For Governor Montgomerie reduced this salary as Chief Justice, which had been enlarged from £130 to £300, upon the ground of increased work, although the true reason was " that the Chief Justice being a Member of the Assembly in 1 715, when the revenue was given, his salary was augmented by the great
number of his friends he had then in the House, and for the services he did there"
" This the people of the province have often complained of since I arrived here, " and his salary was cut £50.
Between 1720 and 1728, Lewis Morris lived on apparently amicable terms with the Gov- ernor, Burnett, and in similar friendly relations with Burnett's successor, Montgomerie, despite the reduction in his salary. But another state of affairs prevailed upon the arrival of Governor Cosby, in 1732. Lewis Morris, as Chief Justice, favorably sustained the claims of Rip Van Dam, President of the Council, between Montgomerie's death and Cosby's coming, for a salary which Cosby desired to cut one half. This decision provoked the ill-will and even hatred of Cosby, who addressed him a discourteous letter with personal reflections and innuendoes. To this Morris made a dignified reply, but Cosby removed him from office. An indignant populace turned against Cosby and supported Morris, whom they shortly returned to the Assembly by an enormous vote and with great rejoicing throughout the city. The Zenger case arose from this act, and liberty of the press followed, despite Cosby's efforts to suppress it.
1733, May 3, Burlington. Governor Cosby, writing to the Duke of Newcastle, gives his version of the situation in the following letter: My Lord,
On my arrival at New York I found Mr Lewis Morris Chief Justice, Mr James Delancey Second Judge and M' Frederick Phillips the third Judge of the Supreme Court of that province; the two last Men of good
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Characters both, as to their understanding and integrity, but the Chief Justice a Man under a general dislike, not only for his want of probity but for his delay of Justice, his excessive pride and his oppression of the people. These things, My Lord, I have been obliged to hear, without the mention of any one virtue in his behalf. I have often expected that he would come to me as others before him thought it their duty to former Governours, from whence I might have an opportunity to tell him of these complaints; but whether it be owing to his pride, his folly, or some unaccountable humour, he has not been once to visit me since I have been here, and I have no reason to think, that any admonition would have the least effect upon him, or if it would, things are come to that pass, that I can no longer suffer him to sitt upon that Bench. I will point out a few of his faults, and give an instance to prove each, that Your Grace may see I do not displace without reason. And:
First, of Ins partiality. Some years ago the dissenters of the parish of Jamaica in this province brought an Ejectment against the Church Ministers for the Church he preached in and was possessed of; when the Tryal came on, the Defendant's Council demured to the Plaintiffs evidence; Morris the Chief Justice desired them to waive the demurer, telling them that if the Jury found for the Plaintiff he would grant the Defendants a new tryal; the Defendants Council were very unwilling to do it, but however knowing the Man and fearing the worst from him if they refused they did consent, and the Jury found for the Plaintiff; the Defendants Council moved the next term (before Judgement) for a new tryall, and urged his promise, he denied at first that he gave any, but when they offered to make oath of it, he said a rash promise ought not to be kept, and never would grant them a new Tryall; whereby they lost their Church, and the Dissenters have ever since had it; its talked and believed to, that he was bribed to it, but as I have had no proof offered me, I have made no inquiry about it; his partiality however is evident.
Secondly, his delay of Justice. The complaints of this to, are the subjects of every day's discourse, in term time especially; I will single out one instance only, wherein not only his delay but likewise his injustice will appear. One Renselaer, brought his Ejectment against another Man, which the Lawyers tell me, is done on a feigned Lease for a term of years. The cause proceeded to issue, and a special verdict was found. The points of Law were afterwards argued before him at several times by Council on both sides, after this they expected and moved for Judgement, term after term, till the lease whereon the Ejectment was brought was pretty near expiring ; then the Pltf moved that we would either give Judgement or enlarge the time of the lease; but he would do neither, so the Lease expired and the Pltf lost the benefit of his suit after a tedious at- tendance and a vast expence.
Thirdly, his oppressing the people, by giving them a great deal of trouble, and puting them to a fruitless expence, both, of time and money, in their attendance on the Courts. The constant method he takes in opening and adjourning the Court is thus: he adjourns it to eight or nine in the morning, but seldom opens it till twelve, one and two, and sometimes three in the afternoon, tho' the Jurys and others who have business are waiting from the hours adjourned to, not knowing when to expect him, and fearing to be fined if they happen not to be there. Irregular hours proceed from several causes, some whereof are his pride in makeing the world wait his leizure and his intemperate drinking in which he often spends whole nights ; this he does in term time in the Town of New York. In the Circuits it is still more intolerable, for there, these hours of adjournment and sitting are not only like those, but the people who go forty or fifty miles from their habitations, live at much greater expence and loose more time, and sometimes after Jurys have been summoned, witnesses subpened, partys attended, and all the Justices of the Peace and other Officers have gone to the place appointed for holding these Courts, as by ordinance of Morris's own procuring, they are directed and waited their several days in expectation of the Chief Justice, who then alone was to go the Circuits, he has not come to hold the Court. I have heard the damage that one County has sustained by one neglect of holding the Circuit Courts, computed at above two hundred pounds. To remedy in some measure this grievance, the Assembly have, since my come- ing to the Govern' given the Second Judge a Salary, and now both, the Chief Justice and Second Judge are obliged to go the Circuits or forfeit their Salary. Besides, in some of the Northern Countys he has neglected going the Circuit near four years."
In 1734 Lewis Morris went, as an agent, to England to inform the Home Government of the situation, but while treated with distinction, he failed in his mission to secure Cosby's re- moval, though it was determined that Morris had been removed from the Chief Justiceship on insufficient cause.
In 173S Lewis Morris was appointed Governor of New Jersey. The references to this re- markable man in the Documentary Histories of New York and New Jersey are too numerous to further quote in extenso, but enough has been given to furnish something of an insight into his strength and his peculiarities.
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Lewis Morris was a member of the Church of England and much interested in religious matters, which secured him the backing of the church party, in England:
1700. Lewis Morris wrote a letter to the Bishop of London, concerning the state of religion in the Jerseys, and paid his respects to his Middletown neighbors, saying, "they are, perhaps, the most ignorant and wicked people in the world. Their meetings, on Sundays, are at the Public House, where they get their fill of rum and go to fighting and running of races, which are practices very common all the Province over."
His estimate of the inhabitants elsewhere, was only a little less severe: "The youth of the whole Province, are very debauched and very ignorant. The Sabbath day seems there to be set apart for rioting and drunkenness. In a word, a general ignorance and immorality runs through the youth of the whole Province."
This severe arraignment was, in part, an effort on the side of Lewis Morris, to secure to himself, the appointment of Governor of the Province, by propitiating the Church of England, and, in part, an effort to settle his grievances with the people of Middletown, of whose frequent indictments and contempt he had had such abundant evidence. Apparently the poor opinion each had of the other, was reciprocal.
Lewis Morris was a Member of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, and a liberal benefactor and Vestryman, of Trinity Church, in New York City.
The politics of his time were a confused jumble and Lewis Morris was, apparently, ar- rayed first with one contending faction and then with another in a most contradictory manner, suggesting a lack of principle, greed of self-advancement and often personal revenge, but it was a day of strife between the Quaker, the Scot and the Englishman; the Proprietor and the Patentee, and the Governor, Council and Assembly, each of whom, with keen and often dis- honorable rivalry, strove for supremacy. From the vast amount of their crimination and recrimination it is difficult to arrive at a positive conviction of the merits of the struggle, but I feel that Lewis Morris possessed no lofty sense of rectitude, but did possess a selfish ambition allied closely to the principle of rule or ruin.
His autocratic nature and inordinate political ambition were the sources of his troubles and they were unceasing and great. For fifty-six years, the whole range of his political life, he wrangled. He was intemperate of speech and action in his youth, but became more dig- nified and restrained as he advanced in years. He possessed great aptitude for public life but under any opposition became irritable and aggressive. To his superiors he was often hostile, while to his inferiors he was arrogant and overbearing. He maintained his own rights vigor- ously, but had little respect for those of others. He was vain, courageous and independent, which caused him to be arrested for contempt and to be expelled from the Assembly of New Jersey and the Assembly of New York. With six out of nine colonial governors he warred, and defended himself by writing vigorous and plausible letters to the Home Government, which must have been sorely tried to discover the truth and adjust their differences.
That he possessed a large and intelligent grasp on public affairs and served his employers well is established by the length of his service, and whatever may be said of his public life, his private life was free from blemish and his honesty unquestioned. If his peculiarities made him foes, his partisanship made him as many friends. Up to his last he was physically and men- tally strong, and it was typical of the man that, at the very end of his career, he was still in conflict with the legislative authority, in this instance the New Jersey Assembly, who, prac- ticing tactics similar to his own of former years when in New York, withheld his supplies and salary.
In his will he requested that he be buried in Morrisania, in a plain coffin, with no funeral sermon; that no mourning rings or scarfs should be given, or mourning worn, saying: "I die
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when I should die, and no one ought to mourn because I do so, but may mourn to pay the shop keeper for his goods, should they comply with (what I think) the common folly of such an expense."
Lewis Morris heired his father, Richard Morris', estate and the greater part of his uncle, Col. Lewis Morris', estate, to which he added by his own efforts, and became one of the most opulent men of his day.
From about 1689 to 1708, he resided at Tinton Manor, Shrewsbury, whence he removed to the Manor of Morrisania. For some years, at least, he spent a part of his time between these two places, but as years went on, he became more identified with his Westchester planta- tion.
In 1 738, when New Jersey was separated from New York, he was appointed to the governor- ship of the former state, and rented a farm, near Trenton, which he called Kingsbury, where he resided during the eight years that he held office, and where he died May 21, 1746.
1 701. Lewis Morris, of Shrewsbury, and Dame Isabella, his wife, made a conveyance of lands.
1 701. Lewis Morris, of Tinton Manor, heir of Colonel Morris, made a conveyance of land.
1702. Lewis Morris, of Tinton Manor, in consideration of his services, with the Ministers of State, in England, received a deed for six different pieces of land, in various localities, and Lord Cornbury says, his quit rents were rebated.
1703. Lewis Morris, of Tinton Manor, leased land from the Proprietors, along the beach, between Manasquan and Shrewsbury River, for "the trees for sawing and making pitch, tar," etc.
1705. Lewis Morris had "lately taken that farme, [in Westchester], into his hands"
and "was very busy putting his affairs in order there." Making this an excuse, he failed to attend the Council, to which he was summoned by Lord Cornbury, who suspended him for his rudeness, but he apologized through Dr. Ennis.
1708, Mch. 15. Lewis Morris, of Shrewsbury, sold land to Samuel Tilton, of Middletown, lying next to John Tilton.
Lewis Morris married, in New York City, by license dated Nov. 3, 1691, Isabella, daugh- ter of James Graham, the Attorney-General of the Province. She must have had a strong influence over him, for, from being an unruly youth, he promptly settled down, and applied himself assiduously to public affairs. She was born June 3, 1672/3, and died April 3, 1752.
Issue
15 Mary Morris; buried Jan. 15, 1746/7; married Capt. Vincent Pierce (Pearse),
of the Royal Navy, died May 28, 1745; without issue.
16 Euphemia Morris, born 1710; died Dec. 3, 1756; married Capt. Matthew, son of
Sir John Norris, died Dec. 15, 1738.
17 Anne Morris; married Edward Antill, of Ross Hall, Raritan, X. J.
18 Elizabeth Morris, born Apr. 3, 1712; married Col. Anthony White.
19 Margaret Morris, born Mch. 13, 1711; married, May 19, 1746, Isaac Willetts,
died 1774.
20 Arabella Morris; married Nov. 30, 1788, James Graham, died June 24, 1767.
21 Lewis Morris, born Sept. 23, 1698.
22 Robert Hunter Morris; named bv his father after his friend, the Governor of New
York.
23 John Morris; living in 1732.
24 James Morris
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25 1 26
> Children who died young.
27 -
28 I
29 Isabella Morris; married Richard Ashfield.
30 Sarah Morris, born 1695-7; died May 29, 1736; married Michael Kearny, born
1669; died May 7, 1741.
10 LEWIS MORRIS, son of Thomas Morris, 6, was born, by deduction, about 1655. He was called ''Lewis Morris, Jr.," to distinguish him from Col. Lewis Morris, and also "Lewis Morris, of Passage Point," to distinguish him from his kinsman, Governor Lewis Morris, of Tintern Manor, Shrewsbury, N. J. He was among the early settlers of the Monmouth Tract.
In 1 68 1, he was confirmed in his ownership of three hundred acres of land, at Middletown, as a "First Purchaser of Xavesink," from the year 1670.
16S2-3. He was Sheriff of Monmouth County, and Ensign of a Shrewsbury Company of Militia.
1690 to 1695. He was a Justice, of the Court of Sessions, in Monmouth County, as was also, at the same time, Lewis Morris, of Tinton.
16S9, Apr. 15. Col. Lewis Morris conveyed to Lewis Morris, son of Thomas Morris, land, that he had acquired, in 1681, by purchase from Simon Cooper, and which was called Xorransont or Passage Point. This land is now known as Rumson Neck, near Seabright, New Jersey.
1689, June 25. At a Court of Sessions, held at Middletown, on this date, Lewis Morris was among a goodly number of individuals accused of "running of races" and "playing at nyne pins on the Sabbath day."
Lewis Morris, of Passage Point, like his kinsman, whose name he bore, was aggressive, fiery and autocratic, and much embroiled with his neighbors:
1694, Dec. 25. The Grand Jury indicted Lewis Morris, of Passage Point, for striking Nicholas Sarah, of Freehold, and the Court issued a summons for him to appear at the next Court of Sessions, to be held, at Middletown, Mch. 27, 1695.
At this Session, the two Justices Morris sat, and Lewis Morris, of Passage Point, did inform the Court how matters was and submitted himself to the Bench; and was dismist.
Sarah was evidently much disgruntled by his failure to punish Morris, and abused Peter Tilton, one of the Justices, for which he was presented by the Grand Jury.
1694, Sept. 25, 26 and 27. The Grand Jury indicted Lewis Morris, of Passage Point, because he, " with several of his negroes, did feloniously take away the hay of William Shattock."
Apparently he little relished a trial by jurors, independent enough to indict him, a pre- siding magistrate, so that he removed the case, by habeas corpus, to the Court, at Perth Amboy, while Lewis Morris, of Tintern Manor, became his bondsman.
1694, Dec. 25. Then Lewis Morris, of Tintern Manor, and Lewis Morris, of Passage Point, by reason of their families were sick, did desire that they might withdraw and go home; which was granted.
Lewis Morris was killed by one of his negroes, in 1694-5, who was hung for the offence:
It is ordered by the court that the negroes that are in the goal, for the murdering of Lewis Morris, of
Passage Point, shall be conveyed, by the Sheriff, to Perth Amboy, to attend the Court of Common Right, on
the second Tuesday, of October next. And that a mittimus shall be directed to the Sheriff, of Middlesex, to
■ and keep said negroes.
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Upon his death, his widow applied for and received letters of administration, upon his estate, Apr. 1, 1696, which was inventoried, May 26, 1696, and amounted to £146-9-5. She was Elizabeth, the daughter of William and Audrey Almy, of Rhode Island.
Some years after Lewis Morris' death, Elizabeth (Almy) Morris married John Leonard, Esq., who died 1711-12, leaving a will dated Feb. 28, 1711; proved May 2, 1712, which men- tioned:
Wife, Elizabeth, executrix.
Son, John
Son, Henry
Son, Samuel
Son, Christopher
Daughter, Sarah
Daughter, Ann
Stepson, Lewis Morris
Cousin, Henry Leonard; empowered to dispose of the real estate.
Witnesses: William Lippincott, Francis Borden and Sarah Powell.
Issue
31 Lewis Morris
32 Richard Morris
t,t, Thomas Morris; supposed.
34 John Morris, born 1695; died 1769.
35 Rebecca Morris; married John Chamberlain.
36 Daughter; supposed. As Cornelius Tomson, of Freehold, yeoman, in his will,
Aug. 14, 1727, named a son, Lewis Tomson, and John Morris, (who was the son of Lewis Morris, of Passage Point, as proved by his signature), was witness to this will, and testified to its proof, Dec. 21, 1727, I infer the existence of this daughter.
11 JOHN MORRIS, son of John Morris, 8, resided at Antigua, and died in 1687; mar- ried Grizzle Wallace, of Scotland.
Issue
37 Richard Morris
38 William Morris; died without issue.
39 John Morris
40 Thomas Morris
41 Valentine Morris
17 ANN MORRIS, daughter of Lewis Morris, 9, was born Apr. 3, 1706; married, June 10, 1739, Edward Antill, 2nd, born June 17, 1701; died Aug. 15, 1770.
Issue Sarah Antill, born, Aug. 18, 1740, at Piscataqua, Middlesex County, N. J.; mar- ried Lieut. -Colonel John Morris, (54).
18 ELIZABETH MORRIS, daughter of Lewis Morris, 9, born Apr. 3, 1712; married, Dec. 14, 1741, Col. Anthony White, born Oct. 28, 1717; died June 19, 1787. Her will was dated Feb. 10, 1766, and was proved Aug. 30, 1784. His will was dated Feb. 14, 17S0, and was proved Nov. 12, 1787.
Col. White had a son, Anthony W. White, who had a natural child mentioned in his will and in the wills of his sisters.
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21 LEWIS MORRIS, son of Governor Lewis Morris, 9, born September 23, 1698, at Tinton, X. J., died at Morrisania, N. Y., where he spent the most of his life, July 3, 1762. He married, first, March 17, 1723, Trintie, daughter of Dr. Samuel Staats, by Johanna Rynders, his wife, of Xew York city. She was born, as per the Bible record, Apl. 4, 1697, in New York, and died Mch. n, 1731, aged 36 years, "after a violent illness for Nine Days." He married, second, Nov. 3, 1746, at Westchester, Sarah Gouverneur (apparently his first wife's niece), born Oct. 17, 1714; died Jan. 14, 17S6.
He was a member of the Governor's Council at the age of 24, and so remained until re- moved by the inimical Montgomerie. He was Speaker of the New York Assembly from 1737 to 1 746 ; Judge of the Court of Admiralty 1 738, and one of the Commissioners to fix the boundary line between New York and New Jersey in 1743.
By the side of his greater father he suffers in comparison, but he was a clever politician, suave, humorous and tenacious, and quick with repartee.
He had some of the strange whimsical peculiarities and intolerances that stamped his for- bears. His son Lewis had been educated at Yale, but his father must have taken some offence at that institution, for when providing in his wall for the education of his son Gouverneur, he stated :
"My express will and directions are that he be never sent for that purpose to the colony of Connecticut, lest he should imbibe in his youth that low craft and cunning so incident to the people of that country, which is so interwoven in their constitutions that all their art cannot disguise it from the world, tho' many of them under the sanctified Garb of Religion have endeavored to Impose themselves on the World for honest men."
Issue by first wife
42 Mary Morris, born Nov. 1, 1724; married, May, 9, 1743, Thomas Lawrence, Jr.,
of Philadelphia, Pa.
43 Lewis Morris, born Apl. 8, 1726; died Jan. 22, 1798.
44 Staats Long Morris, born Aug. 27, 1728.
45 Richard Morris, born Aug. 15, 1730.
Issue by second wife
46 Isabella Morris, born Feb. 3, 1747-8; died Oct. 31, 1830; married, Nov. 7, 1762,
Isaac Wilkins, died Feb. 5, 1830.
47 Sarah Morris, born Nov. 23, 1749; died Nov. 6, 1781; married, by license dated
Sep. 15, 1772, Vincent Pearse Ashfield.
48 Gouverneur Morris, born Jan. 30, 1752.
49 Euphemia Morris, born Sep. 30, 1754; died June 2, 1818; married, Feb. 5, 1775,
Colonel Samuel Ogden.
50 Catherine Morris, born Jan. 30, 1757; died, Dec. 1, 1776, aged i9years, iomonths.
22 GOVERNOR ROBERT HUNTER MORRIS, son of Governor Lewis Morris, 9, was born about the year 1700. When his father became Governor of New Jersey, in 1738, he was appointed Chief Justice of that state and a Member of the Governor's Council. He likewise was, for a time, October, 1754 to August, 1756, Governor of Pennsylvania. As Chief Justice of Xew Jersey, he presided until his death. He was a genial, hearty man, possessing popularity. His home was at Tinton near where he died in 1764.
Smith, the historian, records his death: "He had a cousin, living at Shrewsbury, N. J.,* who was wife of the clergyman of the parish. On the evening of the 27"' of January, [1764], there was a dance in the village, at which all the respectable families of the neighborhood were present. The Chief Justice led out the clergyman's wife, danced down six couples, and then
'Said to be the present residence of Dr. Ehrick J'armly, at Rumson.
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without a word, or a groan, or a sigh, fell dead on the floor." "Unhappy New Jersey has lost her best ornament."
Some years before his death, Robert Hunter Morris made his will, in which he set forth that he was a resident of Tinton, in New Jersey, "intending on a voyage to Great Britain." He was doubtless then about to start on his mission of advancing the interests of the American Colonies, in England, where he resided some years. This instrument, dated Sept. 24, 1757, and proved Feb. 24, 1764, mentioned:
Niece, Ann Morris, that now lives with me, £500 down, and £20 a year.
Nephew, John Morris, an officer in Lasscasses' Regiment, [Lafscellses]. £500.
My son, Robert Morris, who lately lived with Richd Saltar, and now lives with Mr. Dove, a schoolmaster, at or near Gloucester, in West Jersey, a share in a mine, at Rocky Hill, when twenty-one years of age.
My daughter. Mary Morris, now living with Revd Mr. Samuel Cook, £2000.
To Richard Morris, one-third of a property.
To his nephews, Lewis and Robert Morris, his share of the land devised, by his father's will, to himself and his brother, near Mohocks River.
"And whereas my said children, and my said nephew and niece, John and Anna Morris are natural chil- dren and cannot inherit," etc.
To Thomas Lawrence, of Philadelphia, a tract of land above the Highlands.
To Sarah Robinson £200, for her goodness to my mother.
To Elizabeth Stogdale £300.
Executors: good friend, David Ogden, and nephew, Richard Morris, who are instructed to pay his debts and apply his estate to bring up his child.
Witnesses: Anthony Dennis, Thomas Leming and Hannah Leming.
Issue
51 Robert Morris; natural child.
52 Mary Morris; natural child, supposed by Elizabeth Stogdale.
23 JOHN MORRIS son of Lewis Morris, 9.
Neither Governor Lewis Morris nor his wife made mention of sons other than Lewis and Robert Hunter Morris, in their wills, who were named as executors. That they failed to do so, is no proof that they had no other sons. That they did have, is known beyond dubiety. The authority for this John is: "My son, Staats Long, was born the 27" day of August, 1728, at a quarter after one in the morning; was christened by Parson Oren; Capt. Robert Long and my brother, John, godfathers; my sister, Ann, and Elizabeth Schuyler, godmothers."
Bible of Judge Lewis Morris; born 1698. New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Vol. 7, p. 17.
By exclusion of all other relatives, both on his side as well as his wife's, the "brother, John," must have been John Morris.
Then again, Mary Corbett, a sister to the Isabella Graham who married Governor Lewis Morris, appointed, as an executor in her will, "her nephew, John Morris," and he qualified for the position.
Physically he must have been a man of enormous size, for it is related that on transferring the coffins in the vault, at Morrisania, to a new one that had been built, one of them broke, and Gouverneur Morris, (115), picking up a huge jaw bone that had fallen to the ground, made the remark: "This must have belonged to John Morris, for he was an immense man."
John Morris undoubtedly was the Surrogate, of Monmouth County, in 1733. By in- ference, I believe him to be the father of the two natural children, mentioned in the will of Governor Robert Hunter Morris, as his niece and nephew.
Issue
53 Lieut. John Morris; a natural child.
54 Ann Morris; a natural child.
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24 JAMES MORRIS, son of Lewis Morris, 9.
The authority for this child rests upon the following deed :
171 7, Apr. 13. George Willocks, of Perth Amboy, and Margaret, his wife, granted to "James Morris and Isabella Morris, one of the sons & of ye Daughters, of Lewis Morris, of Morrisania, in Province of New York, Esqr," for the sum of five shillings from each of them, paid, one hundred and seventy acres, in Woodbridge, Middlesex County, N. J.
29 ISABELLA MORRIS, daughter of Lewis Morris, 9, born 1705; died Apr. 25, 1741; married, in 1723, Richard Ashfield, born Dec. 16, 1695; died 1742.
1695. Richard Ashfield, of New York, merchant, sold lands, in Monmouth County, to William Clark.
Issue
(a) Lewis Morris Ashfield, born Feb. 9, 1724. He had a natural daughter, Helene,
wife of Richard Clay, by his natural cousin, Ann Morris. Lewis Morris Ash- field married, Feb. 4, 1748, Elizabeth, daughter of John Redford. He died, Sep. 27, 1769, at Tintern, leaving a will dated Aug. 5, 1769; proved Aug. 22, 1770, devising a large estate to his son, Redford Ashfield, and to his daughters, two of whom, (aged 17), were Mary and Euphemia Ashfield. His son, Redford Ashfield, resided mostly in Barbadoes, where he died, without issue, at Demar- ara, in 1786 or 1787, leaving his estate to his sister, Mary Ashfield, who married Col. Elisha Lawrence, (son of John, near Allentown, N. J.), late of Nova Scotia, and died, probably near the close of the Revolutionary War, without issue, and to his other sister, Euphemia Ashfield, who married, Jan. 12, 1793, George D. Brinkerhoff, of Parcipany, Hanover Township, Morris Co., N. J. 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 |
(I) Richard Ashfield \ as per will, of their grandmother, Isabella Morris, 1747. (g) Pearce Ashfield J
31 LEWIS MORRIS, son of Lewis Morris, 10, succeeded to Passage Point, which he sold to John Leonard, his step-father, in 17 10, and moved to Middletown, N. J. He was born circ. 1680; married, prior to 17 10, Johannah
1 7 10. Lewis Morris, yeoman, and wife, Joanna, of Passage Point, in the town of Shrews- bun-, 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 Xorramsont, now called Passage point"; these lands were acquired, in 1679, from the Proprietors, and passed from Simon Cooper, chirurgeon, in 1681, to Col. 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.
1 7 10, 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."
1 7 16, 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.
173S. 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 Ri,ver. James Grover and Lewis Morris, Jr., were on the boundaries.
1743. Lews 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 1 740, 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 winch 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.
1 741. 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.
40
HISTORICAL MISCELLANY
1762, May 10. Will of Richard Morris, of Middletown, N. J.; proved May 3, 1763
Wife, Mary Morris, £50.
Son, William Morris, 10 shillings, to bar him as heir.
Loving daughters, Phebe
Rebe ■ minors, under eighteen years; each, £50.
Catharine j Five sons, Jacob
Richard Lewis Robert George Three daughters, Sarah Burdge
Mary Burdge > each, £20.
Margaret Morford J Son, James Morris, to receive £50, over the others, if he keeps Henry. Son, Henry, to be kept by son, James. Son, Benjamin, the residue of the estate, on conditions. Nine children: Richard
mentioned-
each, £50 at the age of twenty-one years.
to be maintained out of the estate, by Benjamin, until they are of age.
Son, John Nine sons:
Executors: Witnesses: The testator signed the
Lewis Robert George Army
Phebe Rebecca Lidia Catharine
William
Job
James
Joseph
Jacob
Richard
Lewis
Robert
George
Son-in-law, Joseph Burdge, of Freehold, and trusty friend, William Crawford, of Middletown.
David Morris, John Taylor and Benjamin Thorp, by his mark.
1763. The inventory of the estate of Richard Morris, amounted to £1566-9-1^. Items:
Bond due; James and William Morris £140.
Bond due; William and James Morris £i47-
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 StillweU £ 28.
Bond due; Thomas StillweU and Mathias Mount £ 6-16-9^.
Note due; John StillweU £ 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.
1 72 1. 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. 1 John West "being sworn on This Jury and Proving a Relation of the Defend'", 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.
42 • HISTORICAL MISCELLANY
82 Lewis Morris, of Squankum, born July 17, 1726; married Gertrude Montgomery.
83 Man- Morris, born Apr. 23, 1730.
54 Frances Morris, born Feb. 15, 1732-3; died Feb. 27, 1807.
55 Robert Morris, born Mch. 8, 1735-6; married Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas
Ellison, by license dated Feb. 10, 1762; Jaratt Morford being surety.
56 Richard Morris, born May 14, 1739.
57 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, 11, married Dorothy Sadler.
Issue
88 Dorothy Morris; married Col. Sadler, of Jamaica, West Indies.
89 Margaret Morris
90 Charles Morris; married Miss Masters.
91 Thomas Morris; married Dorothy Masters; died without issue.
41 VALENTINE MORRIS, son of John Morris, n, 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 Home, 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
*A1I five of these brother* 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 Februarv, 1727; died Mch. 11, 1794.
Issue
101 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. no 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, 1801.
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 in 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.
112 Robert Morris, of Fordam, N. Y.
113 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.
44
HISTORICAL MISCELLANY
Gouvemeur 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
114 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. 107.
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.
117 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.
1 741, 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.
1 20 Isaac Morris
121 Amariah Morris, born 1747.
122 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 1. Christopher Morris and Rebecca Layton had a license to marry.
44 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
114 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- Batterv, 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. 107.
Col. John Morris married Sarah An till, who was born 1740.
Issue
115 John Morris; baptized, in Christ Church, Shrewsbury, Aug. 20, 1772.
MORRIS OF MONMOUTH COUNTY 45
116 Sarah Morris; baptized, in Christ Church, Shrewsbury, July 24, 1774.
117 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.
1 741, 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.
1 20 Isaac Morris
121 Amariah Morris, born 1747.
122 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 1. Christopher Morris and Rebecca Lay ton had a license to marry.
46 HISTORICAL MISCELLANY
175S, 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.
1S01, Feb. 14. Will of Christopher Morris; proved June 17, 1801, mentioned: Wife, Man- Daughters, Mary Giberson
Ann Trout
Catharine Debow Several sons; all provided for.
Issue
127 Mary Giberson
128 Ann Trout
129 Catharine Debow
150 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,
x.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 Eong and Edward Patterson Cook. Witnesses: Lewis Morris, 'I bo1 Smith and Joseph Burdge.
I ■in
131 Adam Morris
132 Lydia Morris: died Jan. 16, 1786; married John Warden.
133 Phebe Morris
134 William Morris
MORRIS OF MONMOUTH COUNTY 47
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 /
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
141 Daughter
142 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, 31110., 22, 1786, Ann Jackson ; second, 10 mo., 10,
4S HISTORICAL MISCELLANY
1798, Elizabeth, daughter of David and [Lydia White?] Curtis, born July oi. 1 759-*
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 Man- (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
149 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.
1 755, 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 . irricd.
MORRIS OF MONMOUTH COUNTY 49
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.
The testator signed the will.
The inventory of the estate of Joseph Morris amounted to £77-3-0.
Issue
156 John Morris
157 Mary Morris, born Sept. 20, 1758; died July 19, 1807; married, Apr. 25, 1781,
Benjamin White, by license dated Apr. 16, 1781.
158 Joseph Morris
All three baptized, May 5, 1765, at Christ Church, Shrewsbury, N. J.
159 William Morris; a posthumous child; very doubtful. If so, said child was bap-
tized, June 8, 1766, at Christ Church, Shrewsbury, N. J., as the child of the Widow Morris.
66 HENRY MORRIS, son of Richard Morris, 32, was, probably, non compos, from the terms of his father's will.
67 JACOB MORRIS, son of Richard Morris, 32.
1732, Feb. 14. Daniel Grandin, of Upper Freehold, sold to Jacob Morris, blacksmith, of the same place, land on Doctor's Creek, next to Thomas Williams.
1734, May 4. Jacob Morris sold land, at Crosswicks, to Ezekiel Forman.
1765, Feb. 13. Jacob Morris and Elizabeth Ansley, of Monmouth County, had a license to marry.
1766, Feb. 14. Will of Jacob Morris, of Shrewsbury; proved Sep. 23, 1767, mentioned: Wife, Elizabeth; being with child.
Son, Jacob Morris
Executors: William Crawford and James Grover, his friends, of Middletown.
The testator signed the will.
The two executors renounced their executorship and the widow was appointed administra- trix, with the will annexed, with William Vankirk, of Freehold, as bondsman. The administratrix made her mark. Samuel Leonard was witness.
Issue
160 Jacob Morris
161 A posthumous child.
68 RICHARD MORRIS, son of Richard Morris, 32, married Abigail .'....
1776. Richard Morris, of Shrewsbury, mortgaged land, at Squan, bounded by William Morris, and which he received, by deed, from William Morris, in 1769.
Richard Morris and Benjamin Morris, with Mary and Abigail, their wives, mortgage land, about 1795, as recorded at Freehold, in Liber C, of Mortgages, Folio 203.
50 HISTORICAL MISCELLANY
69 LEWIS MORRIS, son of Richard Morris, 32.
1 70S. To the widow of Lewis Morris, for provision, on account of her lame child £1-6-3.
Shrewsbury, N. J., Town Poor Book.
1776. Lewis Morris, of Shrewsbury, mortgaged land, at Squancom, in Shrewsbury, for £15. bounded by William Morris, Samuel Leonard, etc., which was conveyed to him, by deed, of William and Elizabeth Morris, in 1770.
1763. May 30. There was a Lewis Morris, of Monmouth County, and Lidy Hoffmire, who had a license to marry.
SI JOHX MORRIS, son of John Morris, 34, was born Sept. 29, 1724; died May 22, 17SQ. It is believed he married Rebecca Cox, for a marriage license was issued, Feb. 24, 1763, to John Morris, of Middlesex County, and Rebecca Cox. She probably married, second, Mr. Chasey, for an old family Bible says: "John Morris, the son of Rebecca Chasey, was born Sept. 29, 1765." This is about two years and a half after the marriage license of John Morris and Rebecca Cox, and while the Bible does not state that John Morris did marry her, and it may be that Rebecca Chasey was a different person from Rebecca Cox, it nevertheless looks as if Rebecca Cox and Rebecca Chasey were the same person.
1744, Xov. 3. He was surety on the bond for the marriage license of Remembrance Lippincott, Jr., and Rebekah Knott.
1747, Xov. 4, He was a witness to the will of William Lippincott, of Shrewsbury, and testified at the probate of the same, Apl. 5, 1748.
1768, Aug. 22. He was a witness to the will of Adam Brewer, of Squancome.
1769. John Morris, Jr., resided at Squankum, and was, with Elazarus Brewer, an ex- ecutor of his father's estate.
There was also a John Morris to whom a marriage license was issued to marry Euphame Brindley, both of Monmouth County, Apr. 29, 1763.
Issue
162 John Morris, born Sep. 29 , 1765; buried June 5, 1811.
82 LEWIS MORRIS, son of John Morris, 34, was born, in Monmouth County, July 17, 1726; married Gertruydt Montgomery, born, Oct. 27, 1741, in Xew Jersey. The date of his birth, as given in his Bible, at Watervliet, Rennsalaer Co., X. Y., coincides precisely with that given in the old Familv Bible, heretofore quoted, and owned by a descendant living in Piano, Kendall Co., 111.
1 768. He resided at Farmingdale, or Squankum, X. J.
Issue
163 Charles A. Morris, born Jan. 4, 1764; buried Xov. 26, 1842; married Catharine
Van Antwerp.
164 James Lawrence Morris, born Jan. 19, 1766.
165 Fanny Morris, born July 1, 1768; died May 21, 1834.
166 Lewis Morris, born Feb. 22, 1771.
167 Robert Morris, born Oct. 9, 1773; died Sep. 19, 1832; married Elizabeth Moncll.
168 Ann Morris, born Feb, 5, 177O; died May 18, 1834.
169 Leah Morris, born Jan. 29, 1780; died, unmarried, near Watervliet, Rennsalaer
Co., X. Y.
MORRIS OF MONMOUTH COUNTY 51
83 MARY MORRIS, daughter of John Morris, 34, was born Apr. 23, 1730; died June 1, 1806. She married, by license dated Dec. 7, 1757, Asahel Freeman, probably more correctly called, as appears in the Bible record, Essec Freeman.
Issue Morris Freeman, born Dec. 5, 1757. Marssey Freeman, born Nov. 19, 1758. Ledia Freeman, born Jan. 22, 1761. Richard Freeman, born Mch. 2, 1763. Essec Freeman, born Sept. 20, 1764. Anne Freeman, born Aug. 3, 1766. James Freeman, born Aug. 5, 1770. The Bible also says, that Mary Morris was the mother of Deborah White, born Dec. 22, 1754-
84 FRANCES MORRIS, daughter of John Morris, 34, born Feb. 15, 1732-3; died Feb. 27, 1807; married, by license dated June 2 5, 1735, Elazerus Brewer, cordwinder, of Shrews- bury, son of Adam and his second wife, Deborah (Allen) Brewer; Samuel Lippincott, yeoman, being surety on the bond. Although the date of the license is as given above, yet the old Bible states that "John, son of Elazerus and Frances Brewer, was born Sept. 16, 1754," and this date agrees with the inscription on his tombstone, at Farmingdale. I am inclined to think, therefore, that the license was issued in 1753. Elazerus Brewer was born June 23, 1731 ; died Mch. 31, 1820, aged 88, 9, 8.
Issue John Brewer, born Sep. 16, 1754; died Feb. 6, 1837; married Constant Hulet,
born Jan. 26, 1761; died Sep. 17, 1845, aSe(i 84, 7, 22. Adam Brewer, born Nov. n, 1757; died May 30, 1775. Aaron Robbins Brewer, of Canada; born Jan. 30, 1760; died Feb. 25, 1802;
married Elizabeth, daughter of Philip and Margaret Cooper. Mary Brewer, born Mch. 6, 1763 ; died May 25, 1806; married William Matthews,
as his first wife. Deborah Brewer, born Mch. 15, 1765; died Apl. 6, 1836; married Amor, son
of Edward Patterson and Lydia (Chandler) Cook, born June 16, 1764; died
Feb. 14, 1852. George Brewer, born Nov. 20, 1770; died Mch. 23, 1S51 ; married, first, Rebecca
Schenck; second, Aug. 3, 1S10, Lydia Hulet. Elizabeth Brewer, born Apl. 15, 1776; married, May 19, 1799, James Van Kirk.
1 05 LEWIS MORRIS, son of Lewis Morris, 43, married Ann Elliott, of South Carolina. Issue
1 70 Colonel Lewis Morris
171 William Morris
172 George Morris
173 Richard Morris, of Pelham, N. Y.
174 Jacob Morris
175 Sabina Morris; married Robert Rutherford.
176 Mary Morris; married W. C. Wayne.
177 Ann Morris; married Elias Vanderhorst.
52 HISTORICAL MISCELLANY
106 GENERAL JACOB MORRIS, son of Lewis Morris, 43, died, at the age of 88, in 1S44. At the early age of nineteen he became a Revolutionary Soldier and served throughout that War, being favorably mentioned by General Charles Lee, on whose staff he served in the Battle of Monmouth, New Jersey, as well as distinguishing himself at Fort Moultrie in 1776. General Jacob Morris married twice; first, during the Revolution, Mary Cox, by whom he had twelve children, most of whom lived to advanced ages. He, Jacob Morris, married, second, when over seventy years old, Miss Pringle.
Lewis Morris, (the father of Jacob Morris), with his brother Richard, received a tract of three thousand acres of land in Montgomery County from the State of New York, as indem- nification for loss and damage done to their property by the British occupation of their estate in Morrisania during the Revolution. To this great tract of land, situated in the valley of the Butternuts, Jacob Morris migrated, and established his home on the thousand acre tract which was the portion of his father. Here a manor house was built, at what is now known as Morris, Otsego County, still in the possession of his descendants, and where may be found many family relics in the shape of furniture, etc.
Beautiful miniatures of Jacob Morris and his wife, taken when they were young, are in the possession of Mrs. Sidney Webster, a daughter of Hamilton Fish. One of Jacob Morris' daughters, a woman of many graces, married Hamilton Fish, who was Secretary of State under General Grant, and as an evidence of her cleverness it is said that "she left Washington without having made an enemy."
General Jacob Morris was interred in the Cemetery attached to the Morris Memorial Chapel of All Saints, which was erected in 1866, by contributions from various members of the Morris family.
Issue by first wife, (from Bolton, in part)
178 Sarah Morris; married, first, Peter Kean; second, Mr. Baker.
179 Catharine Morris; married Mr. Prentiss.
180 Mary Morris; married Isaac Cooper, of Cooperstown, brother of J. Fenimore
Cooper, the writer.
181 Augustus Morris
182 Valentine Morris
183 Jacob Morris
184 Richard Morris
185 John Cox Morris
186 Lee Morris
187 Daughter; married Hamilton Fish. 188
189
Issue by second wife
190 William Morris, of Butternuts.
191 A. P. Morris
107 WILLIAM MORRIS, son of Lewis Morris, 43, married Miss Sarah Carpenter, and resided at Ballston Spa, N. Y.
Issue
192 Anne Morris; married A. G. Stout.
\<)\ Frances Morris; married Captain Brooks, of the United States Army. r',4 Maria Morris
> Of Butternuts, Otsego Co., N. Y.
MORRIS OF MONMOUTH COUNTY 53
195 Caroline Morris
196 Arthur Morris, of New York.
197 James Morris
198 Captain Gouverneur Morris, of the United States Army.
199 Major William Morris, of the United States Army.
200 Lewis Morris
108 STAATS MORRIS, son of Lewis Morris, 43, married Mrs. Roberts, says Bolton, but more probably Catalina Van Braeme.
Issue
201 Sarah Morris; married Mr. Leonard.
202 Louisa Morris; married Norman Squires.
203 Frederick Morris, of Batavia, Island of Java.
204 Walter Morris, of Albany, Vermont.
205 Lewis Nelson Morris; killed, at Monterey, 1846.
109 RICHARD VALENTINE MORRIS, son of Lewis Morris, 43, married Ann Walton, and lived at Saratoga Springs, N. Y.
Issue
206 Gerard W. Morris, of New York.
207 Richard V. Morris, of New Jork.
208 Henry Morris, of New York.
110 JAMES MORRIS, son of Lewis Morris, 43, was the youngest son. He married Helena Van Courtlandt, and resided at Pelham, N. Y.
Issue
209 James Van Courtlandt Morris
210 Augustus Frederick Van Courtlandt Morris
211 Richard Lewis Morris, M. D.
212 Robert R. Morris
213 William H. Morris
214 Catharine Morris; married H. H. Stevens, M. D.
215 Mary Morris
216 Helen Morris; married Richard Morris.
217 Ann Morris
218 Jane Morris
219 Louisa Morris; married Edward Le Roy.
220 Charlotte Morris; married Richard Kemble.
114 GOUVERNEUR MORRIS, the only child of Gouverneur Morris, 48, born Feb. 9, 1813, was a man of wealth and enterprise, and a gentleman farmer on a large scale. In 1842, he married his cousin, Martha Jefferson Cary, of Virginia. She died in 1873, and he married, second, in 1876, his cousin, Anna Morris. He resided at Pelham, N. Y., and died, Aug. 20, 1888, aged 75 years,
By his first wife he had ten children, five of whom survived him. See article of Anne Cary Morris, in New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, January, 1889.
54 HISTORICAL MISCELLANY
121 AMARIAH MORRIS, son of Samuel Morris, 57, was born in 1747; died, Sept. 1,
1S07, aged 60 years and 9 months; married Sarah , who died, Sept. 10, 1810, aged 57
years and 9 months.
Issue
221 Elizabeth Morris; died, Dec. 5, 1806, aged 24 years, 9 months and 1 day.
222 Garret Morris; baptized May n, 1775; married, 1794, Mary Suydam.
223 Jonathan Morris; married Micah
224 Mary Morris; baptized June 20, 1779; married Stoffel Longstreet.
225 Hannah Morris; married Thomas White*
226 Sarah Morris
122 JAMES MORRIS, son of Samuel Morris, 57, died, Oct. 27, 1820, aged 66 years, 9 months and 18 days; married Lydia Patterson, (probably a daughter of Robert Patterson), who died, Sept. 13, 1844, aged 87 years and 8 days.
Issue
227 Robert Morris
228 Samuel Morris; died, unmarried, Jan. 20, 1837, aged 51 years and 20 days.
229 James Morris; died unmarried.
230 Lydia Morris; married Mr. Davis.
231 Polly Morris; married Mr. Lloyd.
232 Joseph Morris; married Deborah Bennet.
In the graveyard, on the Morris farm, near Leedsville, N. J., from which these epitaphs were copied, is a stone which records:
Joseph Morris died, Sept. 23, 1826, aged 51 years, 5 months and 14 days. Mary, his wife, died, Jan. 1, 1828, aged 43 years, 3 months and 15 days. These I cannot place.
123 ROBERT P. MORRIS, son of Samuel Morris, 57, born 1734; died 1826; married, first, Jan. 9, 1766, Content Dunham. Christ Church, Shrewsbury, N. J., Record. He married, second, Mary Cooper.
Issue
233 Samuel Morris, born Aug. 25, 1770, of Earmingdale, N. J.
234 James Morris, of Eatontown, N. J.; afterwards went West.
235 Joseph Morris; removed to Rockbridge, Va.
124 ZEPHANIAH MORRIS, son of Samuel Morris, 57, married, Jan. 25, 1765, Mary Daws.
Issue
236 William Morris, born Feb. 1, 1765.
237 Isaac Zephaniah Morris, born Aug. 11, 1766; died May 31, 1856.
238 Mary Morris, born Mch. 19, 1770; married William Ryer.
239 Ann Morris, born June 7, 1772.
240 John Morris, born Dec. 5, 1774.
•Nancy While and 'I nomas White, children of Thomas White anil Joanna Morris, were baptized May 2, 1784.
Records of the Reformed Dutch Church, of New York.
MORRIS OF MONMOUTH COUNTY 55
241 Joseph Morris, born Apl. 9, 1777; died Sep. 23, 1826.
242 Ann Morris, born Oct. 19, 1779.
130 WILLIAM MORRIS, supposed son of Christopher Morris, 58. 1768, Mch. 4. A William Morris and Martha Vaughn had a license to marry.
1785, Jan. 12. Will of William Morris, of Piles Grove, Salem County; proved Feb. 15, 1785, mentioned:
Wife, Martha [Wain or Vaughn, who afterwards married Mr. Greene; family tradition.]
Eldest son, Christopher; under age.
Youngest son, William.
Daughter, Elizabeth
Executors: Wife, Martha, son Christopher, and friend, Solomon Smith.
Issue
243 Christopher Morris, born 1768.
244 Elizabeth Morris; married Mr. Ripley.
245 [Polly Morris?] ; not mentioned in the will.-
246 William Morris
131 ADAM MORRIS, son of William Morris, 60, married
Issue
247 Elihu Morris
134 WILLIAM MORRIS, son of William Morris, 60, had Issue
248 Elizabeth Morris, who married and had three children.
249 Rosanna Morris, who married and had one child.
250 Ann Morris
251 William Morris; married Mary Van Nort.
252 Phebe Morris, who married and had five children.
253 James Morris, who married and had two children.
254 Joseph Morris, who married and had one child.
137 JOEL MORRIS, son of William Morris, 60, married Rebecca Stillwell.
Issue
255 Richard Morris; married, first, Mary Van Kirk; second, Alice Van Kirk, widow
of Francis Errickson, born Mch. 23, 1800; died June 19, 1844.
256 Ann Morris
257 Rachel Morris
258 William Morris
259 Joseph Morris
138 BENJAMIN MORRIS, son of William Morris, 60, born Nov. 13, 1760; died Feb. 22, 1829; married Abigail , born Oct. 6, 1761; died Jan. 15, 1798.
Issue
260 Deborah Morris, born Nov. 3, 1783.
261 Adam Morris, born Jan. 23, 1785; married, Mch. 9, 181 1, Lydia Matthews.
56 HISTORICAL MISCELLANY
262 Sarah Morris, born Nov. 6, 1786.
263 Lydia Morris, born Aug. 17, 1788; died Jan. 4, 1790.
264 Obediah Morris, born June 5, 1790.
265 Ann Morris, born Apl. 9, 1793.
200 Keturiah Morris, born Feb. 23, 1795; married, Aug. 16, 182 1, Gilbert Miller.
150 SAMUEL MORRIS, son of Benjamin Morris, 64, married
Issue
267 Benjamin Morris, not yet of age, Apr. 20, 1810, when his grandfather made his
will.
152 ELISHA MORRIS, son of Benjamin Morris, 64, died 1803; married, first, ;
second, Dec. 31, 1800, Deborah Burges.
1803, Sep. 23. Deborah Morris made administratrix on the estate of Elisha Morris, de- ceased, of Monmouth Co.
Issue by first wife
268 Elizabeth Morris; married, Nov. 14, 18 10, Johnson Van Mater.
157 MARY MORRIS, daughter of Joseph Morris, 65, born Sep. 20, 1757; died July 19, 1807; married, as his first wife, Apl. 25, 1781, by license dated Apl. 16, 1781, Benjamin White, son of George and Anne (Lippincott) White, born Dec. 4, 1755; died Nov. 7, 1841.
Issue Elizabeth White, born Mch. 2, 1781; died Oct. 4, 1854; married, Sep. 12, 1799,
Amos, son of William and Hester (Middleton) Tilton, born Oct. 7, 1774; died
Sep. 3, 1819. Caroline White, born May 30, 1782; died Mch. 31, 1798. John White, born Oct. n, 1783; married Jane Wright. Mary White, born Apr. 1, 1785; died Oct. 21, 1861; married, June 3, iSo3,Thad-
deus, son of Hezekiah and Mary (Betts) Whitlock, born Oct. 21, 1781. Agnes White, born Nov. 20, 1786; died Dec. 3, 1786. Joanna White, born Jan. 20, 1788; died 1788. Annie White, born Mch. n, 1789; died Sep. 22, i860. Susannah White, born June 3, 1791; died Oct. 3, 1796. Joanna White, born Apr. 13, 1793; died Aug. n, 1793. Morris White, born May 3, 1794; died Oct. 1, 1796. Benjamin Morris White, born July 20, 1797; died June 8, 1S17. Joseph Embree White, born Jan. 23, 1799; died July 9,1874; married, May 22,
1834, Sarah White, daughter of Jacob and Rachel (White) Corlies, born June
21, 1797; died Feb. 21, 1890. Susan White, born July n, 1801; died July 12, 1865.
164 JAMES LAWRENCE MORRIS, son of Lewis Morris, 82, born, at Farmingdale, X. J., Jan. 19, 1766; died, at Manasqaan, N. J., May 13, 1839; married Abigail, daughter of Thomas and Catherine (Potter) Tilton; died Mch. 17, 1850.
Issue
269 Amos Tilton Morris; married Elizabeth St. Clair Berry.
MORRIS OF MONMOUTH COUNTY
57
270 Gertrude Ann Morris, born Apl. 30, 1802; died Aug. 20, 1882; married, first,
Hampton; second, June 30, 1834, Joseph, son of David Corlies.
271 William Morris
272 Middleton Morris; died Nov. 16, 1850, aged 38 years.
273 Catherine Morris
274 Robert L. Morris, born Oct. 9, 1804.
2 75 Joseph Morris
276 Charles Morris, (supposed), born 1810; died Nov. 24, 1842.
213 WILLIAM H. MORRIS, son of James Morris, no. He resided at Morrisania, New York, and married
Isstie
277 A. Newbold Morris; in 1895, of 19 East 64th St., New York City.
227 ROBERT MORRIS, son of James Morris, 122, married Charlotte, daughter of James Stillwell. They lived near Morrisville, N. J.
Isstie
278 James I. Morris; married
279 Robert Morris; married
280 Samuel Decatur Morris; a judge, in Brooklyn, N. Y.
281 William Henry Morris
282 Mary Elizabeth Morris; married Mr. Davis.
283 Lydia Jane Morris; married Mr. Lawson.
284 Margaret Morris; married, June 27, 1857, John Brower.
285 Charlotte Ann Morris; married Mr. Brokaw.
286 Deborah Patterson Morris; married Mr. McClain.
232 JOSEPH MORRIS, son of James Morris, 122, married Deborah Bennet.
Issue
287 James Henry Morris
288 Warren Morris
289 David Morris
290 Daughter; married Mr. Layton.
291 Elizabeth Morris
233 SAMUEL MORRIS, of Farmingdale, son of Robert P. Morris, 123, married Cather- ine Bennett.
Issue
292 Bennett Morris
293 James Morris
294 Joseph Morris
295 Samuel Morris, born Sep. 15, 1807.
296 Robert Wesley Morris; married, Dec. 26, 1843, Rebecca Youmans.
297 Adaline Morris, born Feb. 16, 1816.
298 Robert Morris
299 Lydia Morris; married John Hall.
5S HISTORICAL MISCELLANY
300 Polly, or Man- Morris, born 1799; married Mr. Hurley.
301 Content Morris; married, Jan. 26, 1827, Thomas Sutphen.
237 ISAAC ZEPHANIAH MORRIS, son of Zephaniah Morris, 124, born Aug. n, 1766; died May 31, 1S56, aged 89, 9, 21; married, Nov. 8, 1792, Anne Brewer, born 1769; died May 3, 1S62.
Issue
302 Mary Morris, born Mch. 4, 1794; died Nov. 27, 1870, at Yorkville, 111.; married,
Mch. 21, 1S12, John, son of Amor and Deborah (Brewer) Cook, born Oct. 13, 17S9; died Sep. 21, 1852.
303 Lydia Ann Morris; died at Aurora, 111.; married Francis Asbury Emmons.
304 Cornelius L. Morris, born 1804; died 1885; married Maria Lefferts, born 1806;
died 1S97.
305 Harriet Morris; married George Hay.
306 Elizabeth Morris; married Lawrence Earle.
241 JOSEPH MORRIS, son of Zephaniah Morris, 124, born Apr. 9, 1777; died Sep. 23, 1826; married, June 16, 1805, Mary Brewer, of Shrewsbury, born Oct. 15, 1784; died Jan. 1, 1828.
Issue
307 Mary Ann Morris, born Nov. 23, 1806; died June 10, 1881; married, Jan. 31,
1832, Charles Dennis, son of Francis and Margaret (Parker) Borden, born Jan. 19, 1808; died June 14, 1856.
308 Joseph Morris, born Feb. 6, 1808; married, Jan. 13, 1834, Mary Hend-
rickson.
309 Henry Morris, born Feb. 6, 1808.
310 Ellen Morris, born Oct. 31, 1813; died Apr. 25, 1879; married, Jan. 20, 1841,
Joseph C. Ayres, born Jan. 7, 1817; died Jan. 14, 1873.
311 Eliza J. Morris, born Feb. 20, 1819; died, Sep. 12, 1892, unmarried.
312 Forman Morris, born June 2, 1821; married Margaret
313 William Ryer Morris, born Sep. 6, 1824.
243 CHRISTOPHER MORRIS, son of William Morris, 130, married, first, Lydia Richmond; second, [Elizabeth Humphreys?]
1819. Will of Christopher Morris, "of Salem County, N. J.; proved Oct. 29, 1821, men- tioned:
Daughters, Martha Peak Rachel Borden Rebecca
Son, William
Sister, Elizabeth Ripsey.
Executors: Son, William, and friend, Thos Yarrow.
Issue by first wife
314 William Morris
315 Martha Morris; married Mr. Peak.
316 Rachel Morris; married Mr. Borden.
317 Rebecca Morris
MORRIS OF MONMOUTH COUNTY 59
251 WILLIAM MORRIS, son of William Morris, 134, married Mary Van Nort.
Issue
318 James S. Morris, born May 20, 1S12; died May 28, 1885; married Edna Van
Kirk, born June 7, 181 5; died Sep. 30, 1879.
319 John Morris; married Deborah
320 William Joseph Morris, born June 20, 1822; died Oct. 13, 1890; married, July 22,
1857, Hester Ann, daughter of Caleb Jewell and Susan Osborn; died Dec. 17, 1906.
321 Caroline Morris; married Mr. Hyde.
269 AMOS TILTON MORRIS, son of James L. Morris, 164, married Elizabeth St. Clair Berry.
Issue
322 Stuart Fitz Randolph Morris; died unmarried.
323 Lewis Morris; married Agnes Stewart.
324 Alexander Morris; married Sarah
325 Charles Edward Morris; married Eliza
272 MIDDLETON MORRIS, son of James Lawrence Morris, 164, died Nov. 16, 1850, aged 38 years; married
Issue
326 William Morris, of Bridgeton, N. J.; married Hannah E., daughter of Josiah
and Frances (Cook) Wainright.
274 ROBERT L. MORRIS, son of James Lawrence Morris, 164, born Oct. 9, 1804; died Apl. 4, 1889; married, July 27, 1834, Elizabeth Allen, born Aug. 6, 1805; died Jan. 2, 1886.
Issue
327 Thomas T. Morris, of Manasquan, N. J.; born Aug. 26, 1845; married, June 26,
1875, Elizabeth, daughter of John B. Gifford.
276 CHARLES MORRIS, supposed to have been the son of James Lawrence Morris, 164, born 1810; died Nov. 24, 1842; married, June 5, 1829, Ann Eliza Holmes, born 1812; died Feb. 26, 1904.
Issue
328 Matilda Morris; married Mr. Tullis, of Camden, N. J.
329 Eleanor Gertrude Morris, born 1829; married Mr. Stout.
330 Catharine Morris; married Mr. Walt.
331 Jacob Holmes Morris, born 1832; died Oct. 4, 1904; married, first, ; second,
Catharine , born 1834.
332 James Morris, of Manasquan, N. J.
295 SAMUEL MORRIS, son of Samuel Morris, 233, born Sep. 15, 1S07; died May 2, 1889; married, first, 1829, Rhoda C. Van Mater, born Nov. 27, 1S12 ; died June 6, 1863 ; second, 1870, Mrs. Hannah (Loomis) Lincoln, of Piano, Kendal Co., 111. By his first wife he had ten children.
60 HISTORICAL MISCELLANY
Issue
333 Cornelius V. Morris, born 1832; died Dec. 20, i860.
334 Orpha Morris, born Oct. 21, 1S36; died Jan. 25, 1862.
335 Samuel B. Morris, born Mch. 1, 1840; died May 21, 1862.
336 Rhody Ann Morris, born Mch. 1, 1840; died May 21, 1862.
337 Charles M. Morris; married twice.
338 Cyrus H. Morris; married
339 John D. Morris; married
340 Louise Catherine Morris, born February, 1837; married David, son of Amor and
Mary Ann (Page) Cook.
341 Elizabeth Morris; married 0. S. Ellithorpe.
342 Mary Morris; died about 1862 or 3; married Robert White.
296 ROBERT WESLEY MORRIS, son of Samuel Morris, 233; married, Dec. 26, 1843, Rebecca Youmans.
Issue 342a John F. Morris, born Oct. 12, 1827; married, first, Feb. 14, 1849, Sarah A., daughter of Jeremiah and Sarah (Antonides) Tilton; second, Aug. 8, 1853, Mary Elizabeth Tilton, her sister. Issue by first wife George Morris; married Annie, daughter of William and Hannah Stout.
Issue by second wife John Henry Morris; married Annie Flitcroft. 342b Elizabeth H. Morris; married John H, son of Jeremiah and Sarah (Antonides) Tilton, born 1843.
297 ADALINE MORRIS, daughter of Samuel Morris, 233, born Feb. 16, 1816; died Aug. 31, 1891; married, Feb. 14, 1835, Daniel, son of Montilion and Lydia (Harris) Woolley, born 181 1 ; died Feb. 13, 1897.
Issue George W. Woolley, born Nov. 30, 1835; married, first, 1863, Jane, daughter of
Amos Pierce, born 1846; second, Mrs. Hannah Wardell, died Oct. 23, 1900. John Wesley Woolley, born Sep. 18, 1837; died Mch. 3, 1908; married Julia
A. De Groot; died Jan. 21, 1904. Charles Henry Woolley, born Dec. 23, 1839; married, first, Janie Bush; second,
Oct. 26, 1859, Lockie Wood; third, Edith ; and fourth, Mary Finnegan.
Catherine Maria Woolley, born Dec. 16, 1841; married, Apr. 3, 1858, Captain
Henry B. Sherman, born Nov. 28, 1833; died Nov. 9, 1906. Joseph Addison Woolley, born Dec. 19, 1843; married, first, Elizabeth Mason;
second, Katie Hatfield. J Jr. Daniel Morris Woolley, born Aug. 1, 1850; married Henrietta Wilde. Louis E. Woolley, born Jan. 2, 1854; died prior to 1886; married Annie Forsyth.
301 CONTENT MORRIS, daughter of Samuel Morris, 233, married, Jan. 26, 1827, Thomas Sutphen.
MORRIS OF MONMOUTH COUNTY 61
Issue Samuel Sutphen, born Mch. 31, 1828. Catharine Ann Sutphen, born May 3, 1829. Mary Emily Sutphen, born July 7, 1831. Sarah Emily Sutphen, born Apr. 12, 1833. William Henry Sutphen, born Dec. 13, 1835. Melville S. Sutphen, born Nov. 10, 1837. Clark Sutphen, born Nov. 19, 1839. Adaline Sutphen, born Nov. 6, 1841. Jane Elizabeth Sutphen, born Feb. 13, 1844. John Wesley Sutphen, born May 28, 1849.
304 CORNELIUS L. MORRIS, son of Isaac Zephaniah Morris, 237, born 1804; died 1885; married Maria Lefferts, born 1806; died 1897.
Issue
343 Henrietta Morris; married, became the first wife of James W. Stout, born 1836;
died June 4, 1906.
344 Adelaide Morris; married, Jan. 1, 1873, became the second wife of James W.
Stout.
345 Charlotte Morris; married Benjamin Theodore, son of Joseph T. and Lucy G.
(Corlies) White.
346 Amanda Morris; married Harrison D. White, born May 5, .
347 Cornelia Morris; married, i860, James Minton, born 1833; died Feb. 13, 1908.
348 Emily Morris; married Archibald Minton; died 1906.
349 Julia Morris; married Fred Klawberg.
350 Augustus Morris, born 1840; married Gertrude, daughter of Augustus J. and
Mary (Bennett) White.
308 JOSEPH MORRIS, son of Joseph Morris, 241, born Feb. 6, 1808; married, Jan. 13, 1834, Mary, or Marcy, daughter of Captain Daniel and Catharina (Bedle) Hendrickson.
Issue
351 Daniel Hendrickson Morris, born 1839; married, first, Dec. 1, 1858, Mary Smith;
second, Josephine Smith, born 1849.
312 FORMAN MORRIS, son of Joseph Morris, 241, born June 2, 1821; married Mar- garet , born 1832.
Issue
352 Joseph V. Morris, born 1858.
353 Ensley Morris, born 1866.
314 WILLIAM MORRIS, son of Christopher Morris, 243, married [Elizabeth Humph- reys?].
Issue
354 Josiah Morris; married Margaretta V. Rice.
355 William Morris
356 Elizabeth Morris; married Mr. Hull or Hare.
62 HISTORICAL MISCELLANY
357 John Morris; married Mary
35S Emma Jane Morris; married Mr. Newell.
359 Samuel Morris
360 Amanda Morris; married Mr. Wiley.
361 Martha Morris
362 Lydia Morris
351 DANIEL HENDRICKSON MORRIS, son of Joseph Morris, 308, born 1839; married, first, Dec. 1, 1S58, Mary Smith; second, Josephine Smith, born 1849.
Issue by first wife
363 William Ellsworth Morris; married Anna V., daughter of Garret and Susan J.
(Wyckoff) Smock.
Issue by second wife
364 Daniel S. Morris, born 1874; married, first, Striker; second, Oct. 17, 1905,
Irene Budd.
354 JOSLAH MORRIS, son of William Morris, 314, married Margaretta Rice. Issue
365 Josephine Morris
366 Agnes Morris; married Mr. Starr.
367 William Morris; married Alice Anthony.
368 Edwin Morris
369 Bessie Morris
370 Samuel Morris
371 Mary Morris
From Mrs. A. M. Starr, 3928 Locust St., Philadelphia, Pa.
MISCELLANEOUS NOTES
A John Morris has to be accounted for, who flourished as early as 171 7.
Freehold Court Records, Feb. 28, 1716/17. Thomas Kearny & Mich: Kearny @ John Morris. Case £12.
Nov. 25, 1 719. John Morris on a jury.
Nov. 27, 1 7 19. John Morris on a jury.
From an old paper in the Surrogate's Office:
October Term, 1730. John Morris, of Freehold, weaver, bound to John Parker, of Perth Am boy.
Another paper: July Term, 1734. Pintard Executors vs. John Morris, of Freehold, Feb. 3, 1723, at Shrewsbury said John Morris bound in sum .
1 BENJAMIN MORRIS, who I believe to be either a son of Thomas or Lewis Morris, resided at Nutswamp, Middletown, X. J. He married, by license dated June 1, 1767, Lydia Crawford, who had previously been licensed to marry, July 30, 1756, Cornelius Compton, who left her widowed, shortly prior to her marriage to Benjamin Morris.
MORRIS OF MONMOUTH COUNTY 63
Issue
2 Joseph Morris
3 Benjamin Morris
4 Stout Morris
5 Lydia Morris, born Jan. 25, 1773; died Nov. 23, 1863; married James Frost, born
Jan. 1, 1769; died Mch. 23, 1S21.
6 Esther Morris; married, Oct. 27, 1799, Jonathan Stout.
2 JOSEPH MORRIS, son of Benjamin Morris, 1, was born in 1770, and served in the War of 181 2. He married Patience, daughter of James Herbert. She died aged 92 years*
Issue
7 Joseph Morris, born 41110., 25, 1804.
8 Benjamin Morris, born 4mo., 6, 1809.
9 George Morris
10 Tylee Morris; died young.
11 Charles Morris
12 Crawford Morris
13 Lydia Morris; married Ezekiel, son of Jonathan and Mary (Madden) Tilton.
14 John Morris, born 1821; died 1853.
3 BENJAMIN MORRIS, son of Benjamin Morris, 1, was born in 1768.
Issue
15 Charles Morris
16 Benjamin Morris
17 18
19
20
7 JOSEPH MORRIS, son of Joseph Morris, 2, was born 4mo., 25, 1804; died 41110., 23, 1905; married, first, about 1827, Jane A. Wallace, who died Dec. 24, 1840; second, in 1849, Caroline M. Lamb, born 1814; died 7mo., 26, 1903.
Issue
21 Elihu Morris
22 William Wallace Morris, born Feb. 18, 1830; died Aug. 8, 1905; married, 1853,
Mary Elizabeth Bines.
23 Joseph Morris
24 George Morris
25 Charles Morris; died young.
26 Charles Morris, 2nd, born 1851; married Henrietta , born 1859.
• Issue
Fred Morris, born 1873. Antoinette Morris, born 1879.
27 Antoinette Morris; married Asa T. Van Winkle.
28 Alida Morris; married Thomas Walling.
64 HISTORICAL MISCELLANY
8 BENJAMIN MORRIS, son of Joseph Morris, 2, was born 4mo., 6, 1809; died imo. 19, 1904; married, 1S36, Julia A. Comstock, born 1825; died 1900.
Issue
29 Spencer Morris; married, Nov. 12, 1863, Mary E. Foster.
30 Lewis Morris
31 Lavinia Morris
32 Elizabeth Morris, born 1857.
^^ Charlotte Morris; died May 5, 1903.
34 George W. Morris, born 1861.
35 Susan Morris; married Joseph Taylor.
9 GEORGE MORRIS, son of Joseph Morris, 2, married Eliza Banks.
Issue
36 Sarah Morris
37 Mary Morris
11 CHARLES MORRIS, son of Joseph Morris, 2, married Sarah Palmer.
Issue
38 Caroline Morris
39 Sarah Morris
40 George Morris
12 CRAWFORD MORRIS, son of Joseph Morris, 2, married Eliza More.
Issue
41 Charles Morris
42 Josephine Morris
43 Mary Morris
13 LYDIA MORRIS, daughter of Joseph Morris, 2, married, as his second wife, Ezekiel, son of Jonathan and Mary (Madden) Tilton.
Issue
Lydia Tilton; married, May 6, 1858, William Stout.
Benjamin M. Tilton, born 1830; died June 26, 1906; married Margaret Ho- garth, born 1853.
Sarah Tilton; died May, 1909; married James Christy Hughes.
George Morris Tilton, born 1835; died Mch. 9, 1904; married, Nov. 9, 1858, Maria A. Walling, born 1837.
29 SPENCER MORRIS, son of Benjamin Morris, 8, born 1844; married, Nov. 12, 1863, Mary E. Foster, born 1846.
Issue
44 Jessie Morris, born 1865.
45 Caroline Morris, born 1866.
46 Lewis Morris, born 1869.
MORRIS OF MONMOUTH COUNTY 65
47 Julia Morris, born 1873.
48 Rebecca Morris, born 1873.
Mrs. A. H. Weatherby, of Trenton, N. J., is the authority for saying that Samuel Morris, possibly a descendant of Lewis Morris, of Passage Point (32), married Mary White; was the father of Samuel Morris, (58), who married Hester Patterson, and grandfather of a John Morris, who was killed in the Revolutionary War. She further states that this John Morris and Eliza- beth Elmer were the parents of Jacob Morris, who married, Nov. 21, 1799, Anne Wolcott, and were the ancestors of the family that is given in the following notes. But the late James Steen, Esq., of Eatontown, N. J., has given me to understand that the above mentioned Jacob Morris was a natural child, and his authority for so saying was one of the descendants of the family who had tried to trace out his ancestry, only to discover that such was the case.
1 JACOB MORRIS died, July 30, 1S58, aged eighty years; married, Nov. 21, 1799, Anne, daughter of Benjamin and Ann (Lewis) Wolcott, born Jan. 22, 1784; died Mch. 30, i860, aged 76, 2, 8.
Issue
2 Lydia Morris
3 Deborah Morris, born Oct. 9, 1803; died Oct. 29, 1857; married, first, Gilbert, son
of Cornelius and Jane (Williamson) B rower; second, Mr. Whitmiel.
4 Benjamin Morris, born 1806; died May 21, 1868.
5 John Morris, born Sep. 22, 1807; died Oct. 18, 1854.
6 William W. Morris, born 1818; died Oct. 26, 1839.
7 Jacob Wolcott Morris, born Jan. 29, 1810; died Oct. 10, 1879.
8 Samuel Morris, born April, 1812; died Oct. 22, 1878; married Hannah Bennett.
9 Ann Morris; married Cyrenius Golden.
4 BENJAMIN MORRIS, son of Jacob Morris, 1, born 1806; died May 21, 1868; mar- ried, Aug. 26, 1829, Margaret Chadwick, born 1799; died Nov. 11, 1891.
Issue
10 Mary Ann Morris, born July 25, 1830; died Jan. 9, 1857; married, Apr. 26, 1849,
Michael, son of Daniel and Catharine (Scott) Hulett.
n Thomas C. Morris, born 1833; died Mch. 10, 1889; married Malvina M ,
born January, 1820; died Feb. 4, 1864.
12 Jacob Morris, born July 20, 1834; died Jan. 12, 1882; married Caroline ,
and had
Issue Sarah Margaret Morris, born 1859; died Sep. 3, 1862.
13 Sarah Morris
5 JOHN MORRIS, born Sep. 22, 1807; died Oct. 18, 1854; married Man-, daughter of William and Margaret (Morton) White, born July 19, 1798; died Sep. 16, 1S86.
Issue
14 Margaret A. Morris, born July 14, 1832; married, July 18, 1849, Joseph Tallman.
15 Jane Elizabeth Morris, born Jan. 1, 1835; married Daniel B., son of Benjamin
Stillwagon, born 1835.
66 HISTORICAL MISCELLANY
16 Ten Brook Morris, born Sep. 19, 1837; married, Jan. 13, 1870, Lydia A. Davison;
and, second, Sarah , born 1840.
7 JACOB WOLCOTT MORRIS, son of Jacob Morris, 1, born Jan. 29, 1810; died Oct. 10. 1S79; married, Nov. 6, 1830, Maria Wardell; second, Mch. 15, 1854, Elizabeth Louise, daughter of Benjamin Davenport and Caroline (Custis-Moore) Pearce, born Mch. 17, 1836; died Sep. 16, 1899.
Issue by first wife
17 J. Lambert Morris, born 1835; died Nov. 9, 1835.
1 8 Lydia Morris; married Charles Bennett.
19 Sarah Ann Morris; married Isaac Carter.
20 Elizabeth G. Morris, born 1839; married, Mch. 17, 1859, William Russell Morris,
born 1S36.
Issue by second wife
21 Jacob Van Derveer Morris, born Feb. 21, 1855; died Jan. 17, 187 1.
22 Benjamin Pearce Morris, of Long Branch, born Sep. 10, 1857; married, Sep. 6,
1889, Minnie Emmons, and had Issue Mildred Morris Oliver Wolcott Morris Langdon Emmons Morris Benjamin P. Morris
23 Caroline Estelle Morris, born Mch. 9, 1859; married, Oct. 8, 1878, James Monroe
Green, of Trenton, N. J.
24 Myrtilla De Graw Morris, born Mch. 22, 1861; married, Nov. 14, 1883, Judge
Wilbur Arthur Heisley.
25 Ella Wolcott Morris, born Mch. 20, 1865; married, Oct. 31, 1888, Frank Mulgrave
Taylor, born Feb. 28, 1864; died July, 1902.
26 Lillie Adams Morris, born Mch. 9, 1868; married, Sep. 28, 1892, Edward Randolph
Slocum, Jr., born Feb. 1, 1869.
8 SAMUEL MORRIS, son of Jacob Morris, 1, born April, 1812; died Oct. 22, 1878; married Hannah Bennett.
Issue
27 J. Treadwell Morris; died 1864.
28 Garret Morris, born Jan. 12, 1833; died Mch. 12, 1864; married Cornelia Price.
29 William Russell Morris, born July 20, 1835; died Mch. 1, 1862; married, Mch. 17,
1859, Elizabeth Morris.
30 S. Corlies Morris, born 1841; married, Dec. 21, 1864, Mary A., daughter of
Montilion and Emeline Woolley, born 1842; died Nov. 4, 1908, and had Issue Chrissie Morris, born 1868. Robert L. Morris, born 1874. Martha C. Morris, born 1877. Arthur C. Morris
31 John Morris
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32 Margaret Emma Morris; married Richard Borden.
33 Ann Morris, born Aug. 3, 1845; died Aug. 27, 1875.
34 Hannah Maria Morris, born 1846; died Oct. 23, 1878; married, June 6, 1877,
Samuel C. Dangler.
9 ANN MORRIS, daughter of Jacob Morris, 1, married Cyrenius Golden. Issue Catharine Golden, born May 17, 1832; died Feb. 13, 1842. Charles Golden; died Nov. 14, 1880; married Caroline Fleming. Deborah Golden; married Joseph Winter.
William Golden; married Winters.
Anne Golden; married Henry Magee.
Joseph Golden, born Aug. 9, 1852; died Mch. 7, 1854.
Sarah Golden
George Golden, born Jan. 10, 1858; died Sep. 2, 1858.
1829, June 5. Charles Morris married Ann Eliza Holmes and had a son, Jacob Holmes Morris, of Manasquan, born 1832; and died Oct. 4, 1904.
This Jacob Holmes Morris married twice, his second wife being Catharine , born
about 1834. By his first wife he had a daughter; and by his second wife a daughter and a son, Edward Morris, born about 1863.
The following nine individuals were brothers and sisters :
John Morris, born 1824; died Mch. 24, 1904; of Middletown Township.
George W. Morris, born 1831; died Jan. 8, 1905; of Keansburg; married twice; his
widow married Mr. Percival. Abraham Morris, of Keyport.
Gerardus C. Morris, born about 1841; married, Dec. 17, 1866, Elizabeth Lufborrow; of New Monmouth.
Aaron Morris, born about 1843; married Mary E , of Holmdel.
Fanny Morris, of Middletown; married William I. Stillwell.
Emily Morris, of Asbury Park.
Cordelia Morris; married George C. Luyster.
Caroline Morris, of Keyport.
In Monmouth County there were a number of the name John Morris. I believe that I have separated them and placed them under their proper heads : 1727-1739. John Morris, of Squankum. 1 730-1 736. John Morris was a Surrogate. 1740-1758. John Morris was a weaver.
1 744-1 769. John Morris, son of John, of Squamkum, called John, Jr. . John Morris was a Lieut. -Colonel.
Ruthero Morris came from Wales, and settled in Salem County. He was a Quaker. 1702, 20, 11 mo. Will of Ruthero Morris, of Elssenburgh, Salem County; proved Sep. 21, 1 704, mentioned :
6S HISTORICAL MISCELLANY
Wife. Jael, she afterwards married John Lewis. Sons, Joseph
Lewis
David
Joshua
Jonathan
1733-4, 10 [or 11] mo., 26. Will of David Morris, of Elsinburgh; proved Feb. 16, 1733, mentioned: Wife, Jane
Sons, David, not yet eighteen. John Jeffreys, not of age. Brother, Lewis Daughter, Jane
1739, n mo., 4. Will of Lewis Morris, of Salem County ; proved July 18, 1740, mentioned:
Wife, Grace
Daughters, Sarah, eldest.
Mary
Grace
Jane
Jayl (Jael?)
Anor
Rebecca Sister, Lydia Hart Brother, David
1743, Nov. 12. Administration was granted to John Henderson, chief creditor, upon the estate of Eneas Morris, late of Freehold, with the consent of Mary Morris, widow of Eneas.
Inventory of his estate was taken Nov. 19, 1743, by Jas Robinson and Peter Clark, ap- praisers, and amounted to £22-4-0.
1789, Apr. 4. Anna Morris, widow of John Morris, deceased, gave bond to administer on his estate, Joseph Tomson being the surety. Thomas Morford and William Lippincott ap- praised his estate at £129-7-8. She afterwards married, prior to Aug. 10, 1799, Stephen Fleming.
The index of an old account book, which was opened as early as 1730, contains the names of the following members of the Morris family : Morris, Thomas, 40. Morris, Jno., Falls, 83. Morris, John, taylor, 116. Morris, Lewis, 119. Morris, Richard, 129. Morris, Lewis, Jr., 146. Morris, John, Freehold, 225.
There are many Morris marriage licenses at Trenton, N. J., which I am unable to place and which may not belong to the Monmouth County Family.
Monmouth County
1742, May 1. Christopher Morris and Rebecca Layton.
1765, Jan. 25. Zelphamate Morris and Mary Daws.
1767, June jo. Thomas Morris and Elizabeth Chandler.
1772, Jan. 18. Jacob Morris and Meribah Leming.
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1749, July 3. Richard Morris, Jr., and Johannah Patterson.
1751, Sept. 14. Mary Morris and John Conrey.
1757, Dec. 7. Mary Morris and Asahal Freeman. 1769, Oct. 29. Margaret Morris and John Cox, minor. 1781, Apr. 16. Mary Morris and Benjamin White.
From Christ Church Record. Shrewsbury, N. J. Baptisms
1737, Jan. 1. John, son of John Morris, of Shrewsbury. 1754, Sept. 15. Thomas, son of John Morris, of Freehold.
1758, July 30. Edward, son of John and Mary Morris, of Freehold.
Morris Marriages Recorded at Freehold, Monmouth Co.. N. J.
1794, Apr. 27. Garret Morris and Polly Sydam.
1796, Jan. 20. Samuel Morris and Rebecca Smith.
1796, Dec. 7. George Morris and Nelly Covenhoven.
1797, Apr. 17. Rachel Morris, of Middletown, and James Coil, of Freehold.
1798, Feb. 13. Elisha Morris and Elizabeth Smith.
1799, Oct. 27. Hester Morris and Jonathan Stout.
1800, Dec. 30. Lewis Morris and Catharine Woolley.
1801, Mch. 28. Elizabeth Morris and John Green.
1 80 1, Oct. 21. Ann Morris and John Francis.
1802, Apr. 10. Elizabeth Morris and Robert Lewis; both of Howell.
1802, Dec. 25. Isabel Morris and Rev. Jacob Reckhow.
1803, Mch. 24. Valeriah Morris and John Johnson.
1803, Oct. 22. John Morris and Catharine Lane.
1804, Apr. 19. Robert Morris and Rebecca Jackson.
1804, Dec. 6. Elizabeth Morris and Joseph Brewer.
1805, June 16. Joseph Morris and Mary Brewer.
1805, Dec. 7. James Morris and Susannah Lippincott.
1806, Jan. 16. David Morris and Susannah Lamery (Lanery?). 1806, May 8. Deborah Morris and Jacob Lippincott.
1806, July 3. William Morris and Hannah Gardner.
1806, July 12 Sarah Morris and Isaac Herbert; both of Howell
1807, Apr 2. Mary Morris and John Aumack.
1808, Feb. 12. Rosannah Morris and David Emmons; both of Howell. 1808, June 25. Charles Morris and Sarah Patterson.
1810, Feb. 22. Sarah Morris and Jonathan Cooper; both of Middletown.
1810, May 19. Hannah Morris, of Howell, and William Van Schoick, of Lower Freehold.
1810, May 26. Elizabeth (Morris or More) and Elias Brower; both of Freehold.
181 1, Jan. 13. Sarah Morris and Samuel Kerr. 181 1, Mch. 9. Adam Morris and Lydia Matthews. 181 1, Apr. 1. M8 Sarah Morris and James Edwards.
181 1, Oct. 29. Japhia Morris of Middletown and Lydia Morris.
1812, Mch. 21. Mrs. Molly Morris and John Cook; both of Shrewsbury. 1812, Apr. 9. Elizabeth Morris and Forman Throckmorton.
1812, Aug. 15. Stephen Morris and Elizabeth Cole.
7°
HISTORICAL MISCELLANY
Hannah Morris and James G. Hendrickson. Ezekiel Morris and Mary Wilson. Peter Morris and Mary Van Cleve. Man- Morris and Elisha Lloyd; both of Middletown. Sarah Morris and John W. Lippincott; both of Howell. Catharine Morris and Thomas Phillips. Stephen Morris and Mary Compton. Sarah Morris and William Woolley. Deborah Morris and Ezekiel Johnston; both of Howell. Charles Morris and Ellen Newkirk.
Deborah Morris, of Shrewsbury, and Barney Vantassel, of New York. Ezekiel Morris and Mary Kirby George Morris and Jedidah Newmon. Elizabeth Morris and Asia Wilson; both of Shrewsbury. William Morris and Maria Wright; both of Middletown. James Morris and Eliza Randolph. John Morris and Eliza Reed. Elizabeth Morris and Joseph D. Sutphin. Eleanor Morris and Anthony Smith; both of Middletown. James Morris, of Howell, and 'Hannah Youmans, of Shrewsbury. Samuel S. Morris and Sarah W. Sutphen. Nancy Morris and Andrew Karr. Matilda Morris and Samuel Esth; both of Shrewsbury.
After this date there is a large number of marriages, down to about 1890, not reproduced here for obvious reasons.
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Sep. 9. |
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For information concerning the Morris Family, see:
The Boundary Line, by Martha Morris Lawrence, Deckertown, N. J., 1895.
Old Times in Old Monmouth.
Provincial Courts of New Jersey.
East Jersey under the Proprietors.
Morris Papers, by Whitehead.
Robert Morris' Claim, by James Steen, Esq.
Bolton's History of Westchester County, N. Y.
The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record for January, 1876, and January,
MOTT
OF
NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY
The Motts had been seated in the adjoining counties of Essex and Cambridge, England, for several centuries, when two of the name of Adam Mott, one from each county, emigrated to America. Adam Mott, from Cambridge, called the taylor, came with his family, to Boston, in 1635, and Adam Mott, from Essex, left some years later and settled in New Amsterdam.
It is singular chat these two Adam Motts, each with sons, Gershom and Adam, should have lived contemporaneously in the early history of this country, and it would have been confusing had they have resided in the same locality, but, fortunately, they dwelt apart; one in Rhode Island, whose descendants have been traced by Austin, while the other, in whom we are in- terested, resided, first, in New Amsterdam, and later, on Long Island.
From certain affidavits and statements, made at various dates, of little interest in them- selves, and from appearing as a witness, it would seem that Adam Mott was a resident of Man- hattan, in 1643, 1644, 1645, 1646, 1647 and 1648.
1646, Aug. 23. He owned a patent of land of twenty-five morgens size, at Mespath Kill, (Bushwick, L. I.), but by Jan. 7, 1653, he had parted with it, for on that date, Claude Barbier and Anthony Jeroe conveyed this tract of