Lieut Ebenezer Morris

• BIRTH 14 Apr 1664 Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
• DEATH 26 Feb 1718 (aged 53) Woodstock, Windham County, Connecticut, USA
• BURIAL Woodstock Hill Cemetery, Woodstock, Windham County, Connecticut, USA
• MEMORIAL ID 11446906 Photos by Joe

Biography

Edward & Grace (Bett) Morris's son Ebenezer was born 14 April 1664 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts [1] and baptized 17 Apr 1664 at Roxbury, Mass[2]. He married Sarah Davis 1 Sep 1692 at Woodstock, Conn. [2] Ebenzer died Feb 26 1718 in Woodstock, Windham, CT and buried in Woodstock Hill Cemetery, Woodstock, Windham, CT [2]
One of the thirteen "goers" who first went from Roxbury "to spy out" Woodstock and take possession. On the day Ebenezer died he was 53 years old, and Ætatis suæ (i.e., Æ, "Aged," in the XX year of his Age) 54.

He was one of the thirteen pioneers "goers" who left Roxbury in the spring of 1686 "to spy out" for the settlement of Woodstock. In the division of land he drew lot No. 7, on the west side of "Plaine Hill," and lot No. 4 in the meadow land. He was associated with his brother Edward, as selectman, for nine years, viz.: 1703, 1705, 1706, 1707, 1709, 1712, 1713, 1715, and 1716. During some of these years he was also assessor. He's was also admitted to the church in May, 1693. He left an estate of £605 16s. 5d., as appears by the Probate records of Suffolk County.

Ebenezer Morris, Benjamin Sabin and Jonathan Smithers settled at the same site to establish New Roxbury, the first European settlement in Windham County. In 1690, Judge Samuel Sewall gave the Town its name after Woodstock in Oxfordshire, England “because of its nearness to Oxford, for the sake of Queen Elizabeth.” Woodstock seceded from the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1749 to become part of the Connecticut Colony. Captain, later General, Samuel McClellan and 184 men went forth to fight in the Revolutionary War. General McClellan’s house still stands on the corner of Route 169 and Stone Bridge Road.

Peter Aspinwall in 1686 was among the “Thirteen Goers” ttps://www.geni.com/people/Peter-Aspinwall/6000000001212798488 as wasThomas Bacon II Thomas Bacon, II, Henry Bowen, Matthew Davis, John Frizzel, Nathaniel Gary, John Gore, Benjamin Griggs, George Griggs, John Marcy,

John Eliot, Pastor of the First Church in Roxbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony, and Major Daniel Gookin came to Woodstock in 1674 and preached to the Wabaquasset Indians from Eliot Rock. The Wabaquasset were a band of Native Americans who formerly lived west of the Quinebaug River, in what is now Windham County, Connecticut.

Inscription
Here Lies The
Body of Lieut.
Ebenezer Morris
He Died ye 26 of
Feb. AD 1717
Aged 54 Years

Parents
Edward Morris 1632–1690
Grace Bett Morris 1634–1705

Siblings
Susannah Morris Clayton 1654–1710
Isaac Morris
Edward Morris 1658–1727
Grace Morris Child 1661–1723
Elizabeth Morris Child 1666–1752
Margaret Morris Johnson 1668–1750
Samuel Morris 1671–1745
Martha Philbrick Morris Lyon 1675–1756

Children
Sarah Morris 1693-1731
Mary Morris Paine 3/23/1694–1762
Margaret Morris 1697-
Sgt. Ebenezer Morris 1698-
Joseph Morris 1701-
Joshua 1703-1703
Joshua Morris 1704-1731
Elizabeth Morris 1706-
Mehitable Morris 1709-1731
Anna Morris Child 1711–1806
Dorothy Morris 1713-

References

[1] https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Morris-2789

[2] https://nectchamber.com/woodstock-2

[3a] https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11446906/ebenezer-morris

[3b] 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Find A Grave, database and images (accessed 04 July 2019), memorial page for Lieut Ebenezer Morris (14 Apr 1664–26 Feb 1718), Find A Grave: Memorial #11446906, citing Woodstock Hill Cemetery, Woodstock, Windham County, Connecticut, USA ; Maintained by Jeff Zinsli (contributor 46827392) Gravestone picture

[4] https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4L2-NNY : 13 July 2016), Ebenezer Morris, 14 Apr 1664; citing Birth, Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 741,320.

Sources

[5] "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch

[6] "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7WK-PXJ : 3 December 2014), Ebbenezer Morris in entry for Mary Morris, 23 Mar 1694; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.

[7] Vital Records of Woodstock, 1686-1854 (Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co., Hartford, 1914) Page 2
Ancestral File (R) The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Publication: Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998 Ancestral File Number: 84V3-1S

[8] Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F745-F9S : 7 January 2020), Ebennezer Morris in entry for Ebennezer Morris, 1698.

[9] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts_Bay_Colony

Additional Information

Ebenezer Morris (1664 - 1718)

Born 14 Apr 1664 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay

Son of Edward Morris and Grace (Bett) Morris

Brother of Isaac Morris, Edward Morris II, Grace (Morris) Child, Elizabeth (Morris) Child, Margaret (Morris) Johnson, Samuel Morris I and Martha (Morris) Lyon

Husband of Sarah (Davis) Morris — married 1 Sep 1692 in Woodstock, Connecticut

Father of Sarah Morris, Mary (Morris) Paine and Anna Morris

Died 26 Feb 1718 in Woodstock, Windham, Connecticut

18:04: Kathy Evans added Anna Morris (1711-1806) as child for Ebenezer Morris (1664-1718)

Edward Morris's son Ebenezer was born 14 April 1664 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts.[1]

Ebenezer was baptized Apr 17 1664 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Mass [2]

Ebenezer married Sarah Davis Sep 1 1692 in Woodstock, CT [2]

Ebenezer & Sarah's children included: [2]

Sarah 1693-1731 Mary Morris, b. 23 Mar 1694 in Woodstock, Windham, Connecticut [3], d 1762 Margaret 1697- Sgt. Ebenezer 1698- Joseph 1701- Joshua 1703-1703 Joshua 1704-1731 Elizabeth 1706- Mehitable 1709-1731 Anna 1711-1806 Dorothy 1713- Ebenzer died Feb 26 1718 in Woodstock, Windham, CT

Ebenezer was buried in Woodstock Hill Cemetery, Woodstock, Windham, CT [2]