William Morris1

b. 5 March 1739, d. 22 April 1821
William Morris|b. 5 Mar 1739\nd. 22 Apr 1821|p2043.htm|Morris Morris|b. 1712\nd. 11 Nov 1767|p2017.htm|Gwently Thomas|b. c 1716\nd. Apr 1785|p2018.htm|Cadwalader Morris|b. s 1686|p2084.htm|Elizabeth Morgan||p2085.htm|Reverend William Thomas|b. 1678\nd. 6 Oct 1757|p2402.htm|Ann Griffith|b. 1680\nd. 5 Nov 1752|p2403.htm|

2nd great-granduncle of Louise Underwood.
4th great-granduncle of Laura Jane Munson.
Family Background:
Underwood and Allied Families
     William Morris was born on 5 March 1739 in Hilltown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.1,2,3 He was the son of Morris Morris and Gwently Thomas.1 He married Ann Griffith, daughter of Nathaniel Griffith, on 28 April 1762 (license date).4,2,5 He died on 22 April 1821 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, at age 82.3,6
     
     Reverend Joseph Mathias wrote in his journal in 1831:
William Morris owned the property now in possession of Philip Swartley in Newbritain, he lived there many years. He at length sold his plantation; purchased in Chester County and removed there about the year 1794. There he lived for several years, until his children all got married & scattered about. He and his wife returned to Bucks County, being old and feeble, he was also affected with a paralytic stroke, which impaired his speech considerably, and reduced his strength He died at his son's Isaac Morris's April 22, 1821 aged near 80 years) His wife had been very feeble for some time; and continued sinking until the 17th of July 1821 when she died. Aged near 80 years.6

Children of William Morris and Ann Griffith

Citations

  1. [S329] "A Memorandum Containing some account of the birth, life and Ministry of Joseph Mathias. With a diary of his Exercises and various events which came under his notice. Together with an account of his Progenitors and Connexions. Likewise a short notice of the First settlement of the part of the Country, which gave him birth, and where he still resides," (MS, 1831-1851; Bucks County, Pennsylvania), 45, The Bucks County Historical Society; Doylestown, Pennsylvania.
  2. [S351] "Morris Gedcom", 28 May 1999, Greg Morris (Nevada City, California), to Laura M. Cooper (Arlington, Texas); Laura M. Cooper, 1804 Holm Oak St., Arlington, Texas.
  3. [S353] DAR, comp., Lineage Book, National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, 118 (Washington, D.C.: Press of Judd & Detweiler, Inc., 1931), 63.
  4. [S349] John B. Linn and William H. Egle, comp., Names of Persons for whom Marriage Licenses Were Issued in the Province of Pennsylvania Previous to 1790 (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Volume II, Second Series, Pennsylvania Archives, 1890), 180.
  5. [S385] John B. Linn and Wm. H. Egle, ed., Pennsylvania Archives Second Series, vol. II (Harrisburg: B F Meyers, State Printer, 1876), 212.
  6. [S329] "Mathias Journal", 47.
  7. [S329] "Mathias Journal", 46.