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Joseph Morris

Also Known As: "Major Joseph Morris"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Shrewsbury, Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States
Death: March 1763 (32-33)
Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Richard Morris and Mary Morris
Husband of Joanna Morris
Father of Mary White
Brother of Sarah Burdge; James Morris, DNA; Joseph Morris, Sr.; Mary Morris; Pvt Lewis Morris and 14 others

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About Joseph Morris


Not the same as Joseph Morris, Sr.


Biography

"Historical and Genealogical Miscellany: Data Relating to the Settlement and Settlers of New York and New Jersey Vo. 4" by Stillwell, John E. (John Edwin), 1853-1930. Page 48. < Archive.Org >

65 JOSEPH MORRIS, son of Richard Morris, 32. He died March, 1763. 1755, Aug. 2. Joseph Morris and Johannah Hulit, both of Shrewsbury, N. J., had a license to marry.

1763, Mch. 14. Will of Joseph Morris, of Shrewsbury, N. J.; proved Apr. 2, 1763, mentioned:
Wife, Joanna
Son, John Morris
Son, Joseph Morris
Daughter, Mary Morris
He alluded to "whatsoever may be left me by will of my father, Rich d Morris."
Brother, Benjamin Morris
Executors: His wife, brother Benjamin and brother-in-law, William Hulitt.
The testator signed the will.
The inventory of the estate of Joseph Morris amounted to £77-3-0.


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Shrewsbury, Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States
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1758
1763
March 1763
Age 33
Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States