Andreas Morr, Jr.

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Came to Philidelphia on teh ship DRAGON, taking the oath of allegiance on October 17, 1749.

Immigrated to America and established a home 10 miles east of the old Indian town of Shamokin, near where Freeburg, PA is now located.

The Morr house was substantially built, as this house was teh rendezvous of the settlers for miles around whenever bands of Indians were about.

Andrew Morr, percieving how destitute the community was without a place for religious worship, set apart two rooms on teh second story for church services. Here, religious services were held for twelve years, and it is the earliest place of worship known in the vicinity where the people first congregated for the worship of God. Later, a church was erected, wich was called Zion or Morr's Church. In 1795, the members of the Lutheran and Reformed congregations who worshipped in teh Morr (Zion) Church received a Communion Service set from Andreas Morr and his wife Catherine Elizabeth consisting of a pewter tankard and cup, which was used up until 1880. Upon each peice is a beautifully carved German inscription. The one upon the tankard reads "To the praise of God, given as a gift of Charity from Andrew Morr, In the Evangelical Lutheran Zion's Church in Penn's Township, Northumberland County, PA the 29th of July Anno Domini 1795." The inscription on the cup is "To the praise of God, given as a gift of Charity from Catherine Elizabeth Morr."

Andreas Morr served as a Private in teh 7th Battalion, Lancaster Co. Pennsylvania Militia, Captain Thomas Robinson 3rd company 7th battalion, Lancaster Militia, and Captain Boggs Militia Company.

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Andreas Morr Jr emigrated from Germany to Philadelphia, arriving on, 17 Oct 1749.

m. 13 Jan 1755 Bethel, Berks Co, PA;

spouse, Catharine Renninger d/o Johann Wendel Renninger Jr &

Maria Margaretha Heynle.

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Andreas Morr came from Germany, as did his wife, whom he married in Bethel, Berks County Pennsylvania on January 13, 1755. Andreas was a man with much land and resources by the time he died, which he outlined very particularly in his will. In his will, he names his wife as his "beloved wife Maria." He mentions that Frederick and George are to be his heirs and executors and are to provide for his wife. He mentions that his daughter Christina Roush predeceased him (she died in 1793).

[If I have time, I may try to transcribe the will for others to read - Alexandra (Kissinger) Florimonte, entered May 7, 2016]

Andrew Morr (Andreas Murr in German) was born April 30, 1730 in Hagsfeld, Karlesruhe, Baden-Wurttenberg, Germany. He immigrated to Philadelphia in Sept 1751 on the ship "Brothers" with his sister, Anna Barbara Murr Weaver and her husband Michael Weaver. Andrew Morr and the Weavers both settled in Schaefferstown, PA. He moved to Freeburg, PA in the 1760's.

Andrew Morr ... He passed away May 18, 1801. [1] He is buried in the old Morr cemetery a mile north of Freeburg, PA, but his tombstone is no longer findable. A new memorial to Andrew Morr and his wife Catherine Elizabeth Renninger Morr has been added to the cemetery at the St. Peter's Lutheran Church Cemetery in Freeburg.

He was a commissioner for roads, a distiller, a miller, and he and his wife donated pewter communion vessels to the Lutheran Church. (They are now in a museum.)

Birth: Apr. 30, 1727 Baden-Baden Baden-Württemberg, Germany Death: May 18, 1801 Sunbury Northumberland County Pennsylvania, USA

Andrew Morr served as a Private in the American Revolution in 7th Battalion, Lancaster Co. PA Militia, Captain Thomas Robinson 3rd. Company 7th Battalion, Lancaster Militia, and Captain Boggs Militia Company. He married Catherina Elisabetha Roenninger and they were parents of 9 children.

"Lutheran and Reformed Church of Freeburg"--These distinct congregations erected a Union Church at Freeburg in 1812. The history of each will here be given in connection with the church building. "On the Morr farm, now owned by Augustus Springman, our forefathers worshipped in a private log house long before a church was erected. In 1770 a patent was granted to Andrew Morr, Casper Roush, a soldier in the Revolutionary war, and Peter Straub, for forty-two acres of land one mile north of Freeburg, for the use of the Lutheran Church. On this land they built a log school-house, which was also used for a church for seventeen years. About six acres of this land is still owned by the Lutheran congregation at Freeburg, and an old cemetery, which has been recently newly fenced and cleared is on a part of this land."In 1787 the Lutherans commenced building a church on the grounds, called Zion's Church, but never finished it. In this church they worshipped twenty-eight years. Pewter Flagon and Chalice was donated by Andreas and Catharina E. Morr on 29 July 1795

Spouse: Catherina Elizabetha Renninger Morr (1732 - 1795)* Children: Christina Morr Roush (1757 - 1793)* Margaret Morr Meyer (1759 - 1829)* John George Morr (1761 - 1817)* Mary Magdalena Morr Bolender (1763 - 1800)* Philip Morr 1766-1826 Catherine Elizabeth Morr Weaver 1768- Julia Morr Meyer (1770 - 1824)* Anna Barbara Morr Stees 1772-1804

    Note N271Andreas Mohr was born in Hagsfeld, Germany. He sailed on the ship The Brothers, and landed in Philadelphia in 1751. The name was spelled Murr in Germany. 

   Andrew Morr was married in 1755. He and his wife, Catherine Elizabeth Renniger, baptized their first child in Bethel, PA in 1956. They lived in Shaefferstown, PA in 1758. He is listed there in 1758 as a tax payer. Most of their children were born in Shaefferstown. "He apparently (?) arrived in Shaefferstown in 1749 and resided there as late as 1761. 

   Sometime before 1771 he moved to Freeburg. In the Introduction to The Records of St. Luke Church, Schaefferstown, Pastor Frederick W. Weiser, archivist, writes: "The record book touches the lives of three illustrious Pennsylvania Germans: 1) Frederick Augustus Conrad Muhlenberg, ..pastor..and member of the Continental Congress, 2) Henry William Stiegel, Pennsylvania's colorful colonial glassmaker, ...and 3) Mose Dissinger ... . " He then goes on to say: "There is one other person noted in these records who will never be famous, but who was one of that minority of colonial Pennsylvania Germans who helped to secure the establishment of the Lutheran Church in the New World. He was Andreas Morr, the first man named in the records, very likely one of the founders of the congregation, who moved to what is now Snyder County before 1771 (and whose child Frederick Muhlenberg baptised on his trip to "Shamokin" (Sunbury) in the summer of 1771.) 

   Andreas Morr was a later pillar of the congregation which has become St. Peter's Church in Freeburg, Snyder County (then Zions Kirche in Penns-township, Northumberland County." On 3 Sep 1766 he applied for land in what is now Freeburg, PA. He purchased two other tracts in the area according to deeds dated 18 March 1769. In 1771 they were living in Freeburg, PA, and by 1775 they had built the two story log house pictured below. The house was very sturdy and was the rendezvous of the settlers for miles around whenever bands of Indians, bent on plunder, entered the valley. Two rooms on the top floor of the house were used for church services for 12 years (a swinging partition between the rooms was raised to the ceiling). A Lutheran and Reformed church was then built. This church received a communion service from Andrew Morr and his wife, Catherine Elizabeth. The tankard and cup are inscribed in German. The tankard says, "To the praise of God, given as a gift of charity from Andrew Morr in the Evangelical Lutheran-Zion's Church in Penn's township, Northumberland county, Pa., the 29th of July. Anno Domini, 1795" The inscription on the cup is "To the praise of God, given as a gift of charity from Catherine Elizabeth Morr." They were used for 80 years and are now stored in St. Peter's Lutheran and Reformed church in Freeburg. Mrs. Morr brought this cup with her in an apron, when upon one occasion she was returning on horseback from a visit to Shippensburg, Pa. 

   Andrew Morr was a farmer, an oil distiller, owner of a grist mill, and he dealt extensively in real estate. He was also constable. Andrew Morr helped Reuben Haines to build the first road from Isle of One, an island in the Susquehanna River below Selinsgrove, west across Snyder County up the mountain, down the other side, and on west through Penn Valley. Although he only helped build the eastern end in Snyder County, this road finally extended to Fort LeBouef, Waterford, Erie County. This old military road was called the "Old State Road" and was completed in 1805. 

   In 1776 Andrew Moore was elected Assessor of Penns Township. 

   13Feb1777 Andrew Morr member of safety of Northumberland Co. 

   In 1781 Tax Assessment Penns Twp Andrew Morr was taxed for a grist mill, a saw mill, and 2 smiths In 1782, a mill and a distillery. 

   1790 Andrew Morr was constable 

   1791 Andrew Morr Road Surveyor 

   1793 Andrew Morr signed petition that the road was unsatisfactory 

   1795 Andrew Morr road surveyor, viewer to aascertain reason for petition for division of Penns Township 

   (all this from Selinsgrove Chronicle) 

   The children of Catherine Elizabeth and Andrew were named: Christina, Anna Margaret, John George, Magdalene, Philip, Catherine Elizabeth, Julia, and Anna Barbara. After Catherine Elizabeth's death, Andrew married Mrs. Anna Maria Dewald of Shippensburg. Mary, as she was known, survived him by 16 years. All three are buried in the Morr cemetery in the woods, a mile north of Freeburg, but only Mary has a surviving tombstone. Written in German, it describes her three marriages and her 12 children with her first husband. She was a "born Renniger," so perhaps she was related to Andrew's first wife. Both were from Shippensburg, PA. 

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Sources: "Genealogy of the Morr Family" by Calvin Moyer "Hagsfelder Familienbuch" by Wolfgang Erb

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Andrew Morr served as a Private in the American Revolution in 7th Battalion, Lancaster Co. PA Militia, Captain Thomas Robinson 3rd. Company 7th Battalion, Lancaster Militia, and Captain Boggs Militia Company. He married Catherina Elisabetha Roenninger and they were parents of 9 children.

"Lutheran and Reformed Church of Freeburg"--These distinct congregations erected a Union Church at Freeburg in 1812. The history of each will here be given in connection with the church building.
"On the Morr farm, now owned by Augustus Springman, our forefathers worshipped in a private log house long before a church was erected. In 1770 a patent was granted to Andrew Morr, Casper Roush, a soldier in the Revolutionary war, and Peter Straub, for forty-two acres of land one mile north of Freeburg, for the use of the Lutheran Church. On this land they built a log school-house, which was also used for a church for seventeen years. About six acres of this land is still owned by the Lutheran congregation at Freeburg, and an old cemetery, which has been recently newly fenced and cleared is on a part of this land."In 1787 the Lutherans commenced building a church on the grounds, called Zion's Church, but never finished it. In this church they worshipped twenty-eight years. Pewter Flagon and Chalice was donated by Andreas and Catharina E. Morr on 29 July 1795