Along the way with Benjamin Morris, (1757-1808) and his wife, Sarah, of North Carolina : his forebearers and descendents from before 1680 to 1996

720 Pages·1996·46.5 MB·English

by  Morris, Lewis Ecroyd, 1914-

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Benjamin JMgrr
(1757-18081
d His Wife, Sa
of
North
Carolina
From Before 1680 to 1996
MPHED
ChildrenofJohn&Mary
DamarisShatluck/
SamuelorWm. Shatluck/ Shattuck
Shattuck b.ca1634England (1)AaronMorris
d.onshiponwaytoN.E. d.MSorNC bl4July1704d.10 Sept.
Americabefore1642 md.3Sept. 1653 1770
md. Boston,Mass. md.6mo1724
Damaris IsackPage MaryPritchard
md.2ndtoThomasGardner d.4May1680 b. 1706d.12Oct. 1791
(21Elizabeth(Bettie) \
DamarisPage
Morris
md. 1st b.6Sept. 1707
JohnMorris(son) md.5da7mo1725
md.2nd WmSymons
Henry(2)White \\
10 July1681 (3)losephMorris
b.4Dec. 1709
BOSTON John(1)Morris md.2Oct.1730
b31March1680d.20Sept. ElizabethPritchard
1739
PUBLIC
(41Sarah
b.9mo6da1712
LIBRARY
md.9mo6da1740
SamuelMoore
d.21Jan1775
md.4Sept. 1703from
Hirshaw'sAmericanQuaker (5)lohnMorris
Genealogy.Vol.I b. 12Mo21da1716d. 1776
md. 1745
SarahPierce
(61MarvMorris
b6/11/1719d. 10/19/1760
MarySymons
md. 1/21/1737or3Jan. 1738
b. 14Dec.1687d.14Aug. JohnRobinson
1745
/ (7)ZachariahMorris
b.ca1648IsleofWightd. 18 b.9/23/1722d.3/2/1809
Feb. 1702Resquot????? md. 11/1/1752
RebeccaWhite AnnieWilliams
b.ca1654d.25Feb. 1718 widowofGeorgeSutton
(81HannahMorris
Henry(1)White b. 12/23/1726-7
md. md. 10/6/1760
(1)Rebecca WilliamBundy
(2)Eleanor
(9)IsaacMorris
d 1792
#§69donotappearon
somelistsofchildren
TheparentageofJohnMorrisb1680andMarySymonisnotknownforcertain
Childrenofloseph
Reuben'sChildren
BenajminMorris
1stMarriage ChildrenofBenjamin&Sarah JohnMorris
JosephMorris
(1)Mariam / SarahMorris
q)ReubenMorris
b.28March1756 LeviMorris
md.26Sept. 1782 b.18Nov.1786d.4Jan.1864 SamuelMorris
JohnCox md.24Jan1807 MaryMorris
MarianCopeland
(2)Benjamin b. 19Jan. 1786d.22Aug.I860 Simeon'sChildren
ChildrenofAaron&Mary b.10May1757d.25July1808 SamuelMorris
md. JohnMorris
Sarah WilliamMorris
(1)JoshuaMorris (2)SimeonMorris
RebeccaMorris
b6April1726 (3)John b. 1Jan.1790d. 14May1862 SarahMorris
(2)Benjamin b.28July1759 Hannamhd.Fr1eeman HannahMorris
asonMorris
b.20Aug. 1728d.3Jan.1762 (4)Mary md.2 MarthaMorris
MarthaKennedy
(3)losephMorris b.29March 1761 13Nov.1834 William'sChildren
b. 1Feb.1731d.10Sept.1770
md.1 1May1755 (5)Joseph MaryMorris
b.21Feb. 1763 BelindaMorris
MaryNewly
ReubenMorris
md.2nd 2Oct.1764 (3)WiUiW>N,MPfris
HannahOverman 2ndMarriage PriscillaMorris
b.24June1792d.24Sept.1873 JohnWesleyMorris
b24Nov.1745d27Nov.1766 md.
HannahOverman NancyMorris
md.3rd SarahHicks
(6)Elizabeth EmilyMorris
Elizabeth b. 19July1765 b.21Jan.1791d.26July1882 WilliamN.Morris
(4)Marian AsaThomasMorris
b.4March1733 (7)Thomas AllenG.Morris
b. 15Nov. 1766 childMorris
(4)EnochMorris
(5)Susannah 3rdMarriage b.24July1794d.21July1883 childMorris
b4July1735 md.5Nov. 1815 Enoch'sChildren
(6)John b.(284)JMoasyh1u7a69 b. 17Jan.M1a7r9y6Sde.x1t9onAug. 1866 JBoehnnjJaomniensMMoorrrriiss
b. 11Dec.1837 \
JosephForresterMorris
md.20Jan.1762
MaryNicholson (9)Sarah NathanHuntMorris
b.6Sept. 1770 IraLaneMorris
ft\WhhMorris
(7)Mary (10) Susannah b.17June1798d.21June1862 WillMiaarmyHAannnnaMohrrMiosrris
b.8Jan. 1839 md.
b.27Feb. 1772 SarahOllieMorris
HannahGibson
(8)Sarah (11)William " d,21Feb1876age72years7mo.23 ElMiazratbheathL.C.MoMrorrirsis
b.5Jan. 1743d.26July1743 days
b.7Nov. 1773d.infancy27Aug.1775 EnochH.C.Morris
\
Aaron
(9)
(12)CJarkey Elijah'sChildren
b.5Sept. 1744d.8Dec. 1796
b. 1Aug. 1775 CassandraMorris
qp)Elizabeth (6)Asa JosiahSkidmoreMorris
q.3)William d. 1829
b.22 April1747
md.20May1765 b. 15Sept. 1777 Phebe'sChildren
ThomasGilbert SarahF.Mills
(14) Najhjan/Nathan asonMills
(7)PhebeMorris
b. 11July1779
d.27Sept.1881
(15)Ann age72years
md.RobertMills
b. 18July1782
(16)Penelope
b.3Jan. 1785 (8)Sarah
b.after1800
q7)Millicent
b. 16Aug. 1787

The Way
Along
WITH
Benjamin Morris
(1757-1808)
And
His Wife, Sarah,
of
North
Carolina
His Forebearers and Descendents
From Before 1680 to 1996
"I Shook The Family Tree and This Is What Fell Out!"
by Lewis Morris
E.
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Preface
This genealogystartswith a Quakerfamilythat settles inEasternNC in the 1600's on the northernshores ofAlbemarle Sound
inside the innerbanksofCape Hatterasinwhatcame tobe knownas PerquimanandPasquotankCounties. DismalSwampwasto
thenorthaswasJamestown, Virginia. The ChowanRiverarisingwithintenmiles ofJamestownflowedintoAlbemarle Soundand
down it came colonists seekinglandand opportunity. The landwas swampy, coveredwith pine and hardwoodtrees. Itwas mild
inthewinter, hot and humid in the summer. PasquotankCounty's highestelevationwas 18 feet above sealevel.
ThelineofMorris'swearefollowingstartswithJohnMorris, of knownrecordb. 1680, d. 1737. Someofhismother'sfamilyare
known. His greatgrandsonBenjaminMorris, b. North Carolina 1757 d. 1808, andwife Sarah,who he marriedin 1786, is the line
wepursued. Theymovedin 1788-90 to the Randolph, Davidson Countyareatoagain cutdowntrees, clearsmalltractsoflandfor
farmingpurposes, andbuild homes. Here the climatewas cooler, the land rollingto hillyand the soilpoorer.
HereBenjaminandSarahMorrisraised6sonsandtwodaughtersaslistedinhis 1808will. Threesonsandonedaughterleftthat
areatoestablishhomesinthenewlyopeneduplandswestoftheAppalachianMountainsbetween 1815 and 1835. Onesonmoved
to Georgia in 1825. One son stayed in Davidson County, NC, another died unmarried in Davidson County in 1828, and one
daughteris unaccounted for, after 1812.
Table ofAbbreviations, commonlyused in this book
dan = daughter
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md = married
b = born
d = died
MM = MonthlyMeetings
MH = Meeting House
Written and Published by Lewis E. Morris
1345 Hogback Erg Road, Earlham, Iowa 50072
1996
Printed in the United States ofAmerica byWalsworth PublishingCompany, Marceline, Missouri
PublishingConsultant: Dennis Paalhar, Marceline, Missouri
Designed by Denise Riedel, Hays, Kansas
Library of Congress Catalog Number 96-79563
The information in this bookis not covered by a copyright.
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"The earth has a life of its own apart which man cannot subdue"
Family Tradition
This compiler has had at times to record what is
known as family tradition. There are those who are
scornful of tradition and so completely center their
attention and work on "legal proof" and "the records
that prove" that they fail to get the valuable facts that
maysometimes belearned fromfollowing tradition. For
such presistent tradition or repeated hearsaytherecan
usually be found evidence that changes them to fact.
What we learn from our parents concerning their
parents may be presumed to be reliable family
information. If we record from the lips of our
grandparents the information they give us of their
grandparents, such information isevidence rather than
family tradition.
What has been learned from the lips of those who
reliably know facts of family history and then written or
recorded is rescued from the character of family
tradition.
We must remember that "legal proof" and "the
record that shows" are not infallible - census records
aresometimesgrievouslywrong aswell as probate and
will records, eitherthrough errors or intentional leaving
out of names of family members. So all family facts
should be considered and recorded when there is
varience or difference of opinion.
So the time has come to bring this record to a
close. It's accomplishment has given satisfaction and
compensation for the long hours of extensive research ^
and work.
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May it give much pleasure to it's readers. £_ ,
The Compiler v> "
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"Toil Is The Love of Life and It's Best Fruit"
Sir Lewis Morris, 1833-1907. Welsh Writer and Poet
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Acknowledgements
To my father, Lewis Morris, for his copy ofthe relatives with their address who recieved oil royalitychecks from the Prue Oil
CompanyofMidland, Michigan in the 1930s from the estate ofhis Uncle Benjamin Franklin Morris. Itwas a greataid intracking
down relatives. Also to the letters in 1895-96 betweenhim, hisAunt Lucinda (Morris) Hudelson and then 88yearold great Uncle
Joseph Morris, containingthe birthsanddeathsofthe childrenofReubenMorris andsome ofthe eventssurrounding thefamilies
origin.
TomydeceasedwifeRosalieP. (Ralston)Morriswhoseearlyencouragement gavesustenancetotheprojectandithassustained
me these pastyears.
Thiscompilerhastaken 30yearstobringthisgenealogytothispoint. Manysmallnoteshavebeenwritten, lostandmisplaced.
Some published historians andtheircomments are usedand often onlypartlyacknowledge.
I also apologize forsometimes repeating a previous text, but itwas done forthe sake ofclarityand not forconfusion.
Iwanttoacknowledgeespeciallythose peopleofexpertise I employedtodoresearchin recordsthatwerenotreadilyavailable
to me, namely: Mrs M C Wheelright for her research of the Iowa Quakers Records in 1967; George E Heavlin of Danville and
Wm
Richmond, IN, in 1971-72; Mrs Dean HibnerofRichmond, IN in 1973 andMrs MorlanofIndianoplis, IN, in 1971-72; Mrs Roy
EcholsofForrestPark, GA, in 1973-76forthestartontheEnochMorrisfamilyofGA; ToMrsRuthBarretteofRaleigh,NC, 1974-82;
MrsHelenFMLeary, Raleigh, NC, 1983-87; andtoRaymondWinslow,Jr, ofHartford, NC, 1987-1990,forthebulkoftheresearchin
North Carolina. ToWilmaAdkins, Genealogical Researchers ofSalt Lake City, Utah, from 1977-1982; andto David S Barss ofSalt
Lake City, Utah, the search ofspecial records in 1990-91. To MrsJoanYoung ofMarietta, GA, 1983-88, whowasworking on the
EnochMorrisandfoundEnoch'sbrother'sSimeonandElijahMorrisinIllinois,whichinturnleadtoMrsLibbyGrimmofMacomb,
IL, 1988-89, andVirginia Hart ofPleasant Hill, IL, 1990-92, andthe leadstoalldescendents. To BarbaraMadisonofGrandRapids,
MI, 1988-89, for finding the Michigan family; to Terry LeeWaite ofBirmingham, AL, 1990 search that discovered more ofEnoch
Morris'sfamily;andfinallytoMr&MrsLoydHosmanofKnightstown,IN, 1990-1993andMrandMrsKeithStreetofWapello, IA,for
the records found in Indiana and Iowa concerning the Reuben and Miriam Morris and their son Benjamin Morris which allowed
fittingthe two families together.
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A Very Special Thanks
To:
Martha Morris. Lana Belcher.
To my youngest daughter, Martha, and granddaughter, Lana Belcher, for reading my longhand and for putting the text on
computerdisk.
To distant cousins Marvin and Neoma (Morris) Tingdahl ofLancaster, CA; Gene Neal Cochran ofDallas, GA; andJohn Lawler
Drye ofHouston, TX, forthe tremendous help on the Enoch Morris family.
Also, to Agnes Hyke of Pendleton, OR, for the Josiah Morris and Mary Tidwell
family and their movement from IL to NE and then to OR andWA. The above folks
found me.
To Betty(Smith)JohnsonofSilver
Springs, MD, and PaulineJonesofAt-
lanta, KS, for the bulk ofthe text on
theWilliam Morris family.
To Marian Louise (Boatman)
(Swain)Zenter,ofComanoIsland,WA
for her constant encouragement and
uplifting of spirits she gave through
thepast 18yearsassheandIpursued
ourdifferent familygenealogies.
Neoma (Morris) TingdahlandMarvin
Tingdahl. Marian Zenter.
. . ... . .
Table Contents
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Forward John Morris 28
Preface .II JohnMorris, 1680-1739 theProgenator 32
FamilyTraditions Ill sonAaron Morris 35
Acknowledgments IV grand-sonJosephMorris 37
Pre-NorthAmerican Settlement great-grandson Benjamin Morris 48
TheSearchofEarlyMan 1 The Benjamin Morris family. 51
ShipandTrade Routes 2 ReubenMorrisandMiram Copeland ... 66
ChristopherColumbus 4 SimeonMorrisand Hannah Freeman
TheDiscoverandInvasionofNorthAmerica andMarthaKennedy 319
bythe Europeans 5 William Morris andSarah Hicks 405
GreatBrittian EnochMorrisandMarySexton 466
NewEngland 9 Elijah Morrisandmd. Hannah Gibson 586
Virginia 10 JosiahMorris 590
RoanokeIsland 16 AsaMorris 617
North Carolina and the Morris SarahMorris 619
Climate 17 PhebeMorris and Robert Mills 620
Morris 18 Memorabila 623
Wales 19 Appendix 630
FriendsSocietycalledQuaker 20 Compiler 663
IssacPageandCourt Records 24 Index 669
TheWhiteSymons Connection 25
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