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About Capt. John Morris, Jr.
Biography
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Morris-625
John Morris, the son of John Morris and Elizabeth Harrison, was born on December 16, 1666 in New Haven, Connecticut. He died on October 22, 1749, in his 83rd year, in Newark, New Jersey. He married Sarah (?Crane) and later Mary Harrison, the daughter of Samuel Harrison and Mary Ward, and the widow of Peter Condit.[1]
about 74.[1]
Children:
- Eunice Morris
- John 3Rd Morris
- Stephen Morris
- Daniel Morris
- Charity Morris
- Phebe Morris
- Abigail Morris
- John Morris, III
- Charity Morris
- Phebe Peck (born Morris)
- Nathaniel Morris
- Zebulon Morris
The following was researched and written by Mr. Benjamin F. Reeves of Washington, D. C. and Gladys Morris Tate
http://www.pipesfamily.com/morris.pdf
JOHN MORRIS2 (JOHN MORRIS1 )
“It was John whose birth was duly recorded in the New Haven Vital Statistics as 16 December 1666 who grew up to cut a wide swath in Newark as “Captain” John Morris. The official records are fairly spotted with notations of his services to the community. He was, as Mr. Samuel H. Congar, published about 1902, pointed out, the high sheriff of Essex County in 1700. He was chosen in 1698 to “lay penalties upon swine.” The next year he was chosen by vote “To give notice when cattle shall go into the Neck and when it is to be taken out.” in 1702 he was assessor for the north end of town. A few years later he was chosen on a committee to set a table of fees for the town clerk. In 1711 he was on a committee to settle the boundary line between Newark and Elizabeth Town. In 1716 he and James Nuttmann were chosen to select three men to “Seat the meeting house.” He was surveyor of the highways and collector for the overseers of the poor. Captain John lived to a ripe age, and in the delightful phrase of Mr. Congar, “did not soon die as has been said but lived four score years.” He died in 1749. He left at least three daughters, Charity, Phebe, and Abigail; Three sons for sure, Daniel, John, and Stephen. In the book, “First Presbyterian Church in Newark,” by Jonathan French Steam, is the records of the first settlers of Newark 1666-1680, with John Morris in the North West Section.”
Through information received, “January 23, 1709/10, Nat and Daniel Morris joined Rev. John Prudden’s day school at Newark.” So probably a fourth son was Nathaniel.
In 1745, Daniel, Stephen, and Zebulon gave bond for S5O0 to support John Morris, Gentleman, of Newark, who had lately deeded the greater part of his land to them. Captain John died in 1749 at age 83.
References
- A Potter-Richardson memorial : the ancestral lines of William W. Potter of Michigan, and his wife, Margaret (Richardson) Potter. Page 18. < AncestryImage >
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Capt. John Morris, Jr.'s Timeline
| 1666 |
December 16, 1666
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New Haven County, Connecticut, British Colonial America
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| 1686 |
1686
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Shrewsbury, Monmouth County, NJ, United States
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| 1694 |
1694
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Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, United States
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| 1697 |
October 1, 1697
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Province of New Jersey
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| 1702 |
1702
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Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, Colonial America
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| 1703 |
1703
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Milford, New Haven County, Connecticut, British Colonial America
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| 1704 |
August 16, 1704
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Newark, New Jersey, United States
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| 1706 |
October 26, 1706
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Morristown, Morris County, New Jersey, United States
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| 1711 |
1711
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