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From: "MARSHA CLEVENGER" <>
Subject: [MOCLAY] Morris family
Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2006 14:19:53 -0500


Here is another generation back.

David Morris was b. 12/19/1746 to James & Sarah Morris
Mary Shotwell was b. 4/9/1748 to John & Anna (Newton) Shotwell

Marsha

Descendants of David Morris

Generation No. 1

1. DAVID1 MORRIS was born 19 December 1746 in Essex Co., NJ, and died 26 March 1798 in Mayslick, Mason Co., KY. He married MARY SHOTWELL 16 December 1769 in Middlesex Co., NJ. She was born 9 April 1748 in Rahway, Union Co., NJ, and died 13 March 1806 in Mayslick, Mason Co., KY.

Notes for DAVID MORRIS:
The Morris Family moved to Mason Co., KY by 1789.

This couple had the following children:
Anna MORRIS b: 25 AUG 1774 in NJ
James MORRIS b: 1 AUG 1779 in Morristown, Morris Co, NJ
John MORRIS b: 12 SEP 1781 in Morristown, Morris Co, NJ
David MORRIS b: 4 MAR 1784 in Morristown, Morris Co, NJ
Sarah MORRIS b: 17 JUL 1786 in Morristown, Morris Co, NJ
Joseph Shotwell MORRIS b: 29 MAR 1789 in Mayslick, Mason Co, KY
Mary MORRIS b: 1796 in Mayslick, Mason Co, KY
William Van Horn MORRIS b: 5 FEB 1792 in Mayslick, Mason Co., KY

Child of DAVID MORRIS and MARY SHOTWELL is:
2. i. DAVID2 MORRIS, b. 4 March 1784, Morristown, NJ; d. 24 December 1854, Liberty, Clay Co., MO.


Generation No. 2

2. DAVID2 MORRIS (DAVID1) was born 4 March 1784 in Morristown, NJ, and died 24 December 1854 in Liberty, Clay Co., MO. He married (1) CHARITY DAY 7 July 1808 in Mason Co., KY, daughter of LEWIS DAY and MARY ----. She was born Abt. 1786 in VA, and died 18 February 1816 in Mayslick, Mason Co., KY. He married (2) MARIA DAY 3 September 1817 in Mason Co., KY, daughter of LEWIS DAY and MARY ----. She was born Abt. 1795 in of VA or KY, and died 6 June 1881 in Liberty, Clay Co., MO.

More About DAVID MORRIS:
Burial: Mt. Memorial Cemetery, Liberty, Clay Co., MO

Notes for CHARITY DAY:
I have a note that I wrote while at the Filson Club in Louisville, Kentucky, apparently from an index or compiled records, which notes "Charity Day" in Lewis County, Kentucky--was this in relation to a will or probate?? When I was at Vanceburg, Lewis Co., I looked at all available county records, and saw no one named Day in the Lewis County Will Books prior to Evan H. Day in 1863. Did I miss something?

Afther Charity's death in 1816, David Morris married her sister, Maria.

Marriage Notes for DAVID MORRIS and CHARITY DAY:
Marriage license issued 1 July 1808, Mason Co., KY
David Morris and Charity Day were married 7 July 1808 by Robert Wilson, Presbyterian Minister (Mason County Returns of Ministers' Marriages)

Notes for MARIA DAY:
Her name is spelled "Maria" in the marriage record and in the 1870 census, but "Mariah" in the census for 1850 and again in 1860.

In 1817, Maria Day married David Morris, widower of her sister Charity. There were three issue by the first marriage. David and Maria had eight more children.

By 1850, the Morris family had moved to Clay County, Missouir and lived in or near the town of Liberty.

Davis and Mariah, the Morris children, and her brother Presley Day appear together in the 1850 census. By 1860, Mariah was widowed, but still living with her brother, Presley Day, and three of her adult children. Maria Morris shows up in the 1870 census with adult children and grandchildren living in her household. Although she died in 1881, I have not located her in the 1880 census.

She was aged "86 years" when she died in 1881.

More About MARIA DAY:
Burial: Mt. Memorial Cemetery, Liberty, Clay Co., MO

Children of DAVID MORRIS and CHARITY DAY are:
i. JOHN3 MORRIS, b. 26 September 1809, Mayslick, Mason Co., KY; d. 30 April 1873, Liberty, Clay Co., MO; m. EMILY WARDER, 10 April 1834; b. 18 September 1811, Mayslick, Mason Co., KY; d. 18 November 1857, Liberty, Clay Co., MO.
ii. MARIA MORRIS, b. 1810; d. 27 July 1826, Mayslick, Mason Co., KY.

More About MARIA MORRIS:
Burial: Mayslick Cemetery, Mason Co., KY

iii. WILLIAM EDWARD MORRIS, b. 19 June 1814, KY or NJ?; d. 21 August 1839, Liberty, Clay Co., MO.


Children of DAVID MORRIS and MARIA DAY are:
iv. CHARITY3 MORRIS, b. 7 July 1818, Mayslick, Mason Co., KY; d. 16 April 1899, Liberty, Clay Co., MO; m. MILES CONWAY DRAKE, 22 March 1838, Mason Co., KY.
v. MARTHA "MATTIE" ANN MORRIS, b. 28 May 1820, Mayslick, Mason Co., KY; d. 28 January 1899, Liberty, Clay Co., MO; m. (1) EUGENE B. ADAMS; m. (2) ZATTU TODD, 13 January 1874, Clay Co., MO.

More About MARTHA "MATTIE" ANN MORRIS:
Burial: 29 January 1899, New (Fairview) Cemetery, Liberty, Clay Co., MO

vi. LEWIS MORRIS, b. 1823, Mason Co., KY; d. California.
vii. MATILDA D. MORRIS, b. 11 March 1823, Mayslick, Mason Co., KY; d. 19 December 1888, Liberty, Clay Co., MO; m. DAVID M. MORRIS; b. 18 March 1817, Mayslick, Mason Co., KY.

More About MATILDA D. MORRIS:
Burial: Fairview Cemetery (F13), Liberty, Clay Co., MO

viii. EDWARD MORRIS, b. 1827, Mason Co., KY.
ix. JOSEPH DUNCAN MORRIS, b. 4 December 1829, Mason Co., KY; d. 6 March 1907, Kearney, Clay Co., MO; m. MARY ADAELINE WILLIAMS, 7 December 1871, Clay Co., MO.

More About JOSEPH DUNCAN MORRIS:
Burial: Fairview Cemetery (F12), Liberty, Clay Co., MO

x. ELIZABETH "LIZZIE" MORRIS, b. 5 February 1833, Mason Co., KY; d. 15 June 1918, Liberty, Clay Co., MO; m. ---- MCGINNIS.

More About ELIZABETH "LIZZIE" MORRIS:
Burial: Fairview Cemetery, Liberty, Clay Co., MO

xi. MARIA MORRIS, b. 10 March 1836, Mason Co., KY; d. West Plains, MO; m. D. M. JAMES, 12 February 1868.


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