John Morris, of Newark

Biography

This John Morris, who died 1675 in Newark, New Jersey, may have been the nephew of Thomas Morris, of New Haven.

He was married twice, first to Ann --- who died December 4, 1664. He later married Elizabeth Harrison, the daughter of Richard Harrison and widow of Henry Lines and Thomas Lampson. He and Elizabeth had two sons:

1. John, born about 16 Dec 1666 in New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut. Husband of Sarah Crane.
2. Philip, born about 1668 in New Haven, Connecticut. Husband of Johanna

Seen as “Sgt.” Without further description.

Disputed origins

Evidence needed to support the claim that “John Morris was born 27 Dec 1624 in Alphage, Greenwich, Kent, England. Father John Morris” [1]

Detached as son of John Morris & Sarah Morris

Disambiguation

John Morris, the son of Thomas and Elizabeth Morris, was baptized on March 8, 1646 and died December 10, 1711 at the age of 65. On August 12, 1669, he married Hannah Bishop, the daughter of James Bishop and Mary Lewen. They had 7 children: Mary, Hannah, Mary, Elizabeth, Thomas, Abigail and Desire.[1]

There has been some confusion because there was another John Morris (this one), possibly his cousin, living in New Haven at about the same time. See John Morris, who married Ann, and later Elizabeth Harrison, the widow of Henry Lines and Thomas Lampson. This John Morris later moved to Newark, New Jersey, and died there in 1675.[2]

Lucy Ann (Morris) Carhart’s “Genealogy of the Morris Family” (1911, New York, The A. S. Barnes Company), on pages 74 & 75, combines these two John Morris’s into one man with three wives.

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References

1. Christening https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5LK-721 (this John Morris?)
2. http://www.pipesfamily.com/morris.pdf “All of my attempts to determine the parents of John1 have been futile.”
3. “MORRIS FAMILIES OF WESTERN CONNECTICUT” By Donald Lines Jacobus, M.A., of New Haven, Conn. New England Historical and Genealogical Register (Jan 1917) Issue 71, page 5-6. < Archive.Org >
4. GENEALOGY OF THE MORRIS FAMILY, DESCENDANTS OF THOMAS MORRIS OF CONNECTICUT compiled by Mrs. Lucy Ann (MORRIS) CARHART, Edited by Charles Alexander NELSON, A.M., New York, THE A. S. BARNES COMPANY, 1911, Copyright, 1911, by THE A. S. BARNES COMPANY, 1149442. Page 74. < Archive.Org > (conflates different John Morrises)
5. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Morris-618 cites
   1. Christening https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5LK-721
   2. Donald Lines Jacobus, "Families of Ancient New Haven", Vol V, page 1212 (Morris Family 2).
   3. Vital Records of New Haven, 1649-1850 (Connecticut Society of the Order of the Founders and Patriots of America, Hartford, 1917) Part 1, Page 24. Marriage record.
   4. Corbin, Mrs. Frances Harrison. “Five Generations of Connecticut Harrisons”, NEHGR (NEHGS, Boston, 1916) Vol. 70, Page 69
   5. Jacobus, Donald Lines. “The Lines Family.” (Hartford, Conn., 1905) Page 3. < Archive.Org >

• Updated from WikiTree Genealogy via father Thomas Morris by SmartCopy: Dec 14 2015, 18:02:30 UTC