Matilda E. Morris1 
Matilda E. Morris||p1935.htm|Theodore Morris|b. 3 Dec 1807\nd. 9 Jun 1836|p1933.htm|Maria Feaster|b. 11 Jan 1811\nd. 13 Aug 1838|p1934.htm|Enos Morris|b. c 10 Apr 1773\nd. 18 Feb 1832|p1929.htm|Elizabeth (—?—) (Hough-Morris)|b. c 1785\nd. 25 Aug 1824|p1930.htm|||||||
1st cousin 1 time removed of Louise Underwood.
1st cousin 3 times removed of Laura Jane Munson.
- Family Background:
- Underwood and Allied Families
Matilda E. Morris was the daughter of Theodore Morris and Maria Feaster.1
Additional Data
Matilda Morris was mentioned in her father Theodore Morris's will dated 23 January 1836 in Northampton township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.2 
Matilda Morris, minor, was named as an heir to the estate of Horatio N. Morris in a distribution order made 18 October 1847 in Elmore County (then Coosa), Alabama.3
When Enos Morris died, his widow Ann retained a widow's dower interest in his land. When Ann died in 1852, the interest reverted to Enos' estate. The value of the dower was distributed amongst Enos' surviving children, and his grandchildren or the estate of those who were deceased, each receiving a share, or fraction of a share, that in total, plus expenses, equaled the value of the dower:
Matilda Morris, minor, was named as an heir to the estate of Horatio N. Morris in a distribution order made 18 October 1847 in Elmore County (then Coosa), Alabama.3
When Enos Morris died, his widow Ann retained a widow's dower interest in his land. When Ann died in 1852, the interest reverted to Enos' estate. The value of the dower was distributed amongst Enos' surviving children, and his grandchildren or the estate of those who were deceased, each receiving a share, or fraction of a share, that in total, plus expenses, equaled the value of the dower:
Recd. September 27th 1853 of Samuel Hart Surviving Adm. of the estate of Enos Morris decd. Eleven hundred and twenty six 39/100 Dollars in full of the shares of John J. Feaster and Matilda E. Morris (minors) of principal sum yielding Widows dower as per auditors Report
$1126.39 david Feaster Guardian of Minors.
Citations
- [S330] Interview with William H. Morris (William H. Morris; Leesburg, Florida), by Laura Munson Cooper, 1999. Transcript held in 2004 by Cooper (1804 Holm Oak St.; Arlington, TX 76012-5608).
- [S381] Theodore Morris will (1836), Bucks County Wills, The Bucks County Historical Society, Doylestown, Pennsylvania.
- [S382] Coosa County Probates: Book 3: 82-83, County Clerk's Office, Rockford, Alabama.
