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Frances Martin (Morris)

Also Known As: "Fanny", "Fannie"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Tryon County, North Carolina, United States
Death: after 1865
Place of Burial: Cleveland County, North Carolina, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of John Haton Morris, Loyalist to the Crown and Martha ‘Patsy’ Morris
Wife of William Martin
Sister of James Morris; William Morris and George Morris
Half sister of Susannah Grant; John Morris, Jr.; Thomas Morris; Elizabeth Dalton and Jean Morris

Managed by: Pam Wilson (on hiatus)
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Immediate Family

About Frances Martin

COURT:-- Jul 1782 Rutherford Co, NC Or'd that William GRANT do take unto his posession Thomas MORRIS, Jean MORRIS, William MORRIS, James MORRIS, Francis MORRIS, George MORRIS, and Elizabeth MORRIS, infants, children of John MORRIS, decd until the come of proper age to choose guardians;


Origins

JOHN MORRIS

notes from Pam Wilson, 5th great granddaughter

parents and birthplace unknown; settled in Tryon County, North Carolina in the mid-1760s. Died fighting as a Loyalist at the Battle of Kings Mountain.

had two wives:

Sara Ward, mother of John (Jr), Susannah (marr. Alexander Grant), Thomas, Elizabeth (marr. Thomas Dalton), and Jean/Jess Morris.

Martha "Patsy" Powell, married Spring of 1773, mother of children William, Frances (m. William Martin), James and George Morris

John Morris was believed by family and local tradition to be the brother of Robert Morris of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, signer of Declaration of Independence, who owned a great deal of land in western North Carolina and whose will was registered in McDowell County, NC. However, this is not substantiated and was perhaps wishful thinking.


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Frances Martin's Timeline

1777
1777
Tryon County, North Carolina, United States
1865
1865
Age 88
????
A. M. Martin Cemetery, Cleveland County, North Carolina, United States