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From: "jimcheryl ho" <>
Subject: Re: [MORRIS] Re: MORRIS-D Digest V06 #44
Date: Tue, 04 Jul 2006 10:38:08 -0400
In-Reply-To: <20060704133412.98486.qmail@web54301.mail.yahoo.com>


Bill, I really appreciate your checking into your database for me. This has
been a brick wall for me for quite a long time. Jesse could have been born
anywhere in Pennsylvania and just happened to be in Fayette county when the
census was taken.

Thanks, Cheryl


>From: william muller <>
>Reply-To:
>To:
>Subject: Re: [MORRIS] Re: MORRIS-D Digest V06 #44
>Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2006 06:34:11 -0700 (PDT)
>
>The only Jesse L. Morris in my database was born in Washington Co. (across
>the Monongahela River from Fayette), in 1835 and the family stayed in
>Washington Co., PA
>
>I know there was at least one other MORRIS family in Greene Co. (south of
>Washington) in the early 19th cent. but cannot find a link between the two.
>
>Bill
>
>jimcheryl ho <> wrote: Jesse Morris was in Fayette
>County in 1850 according to the census records.
>He was born in 1826 in Pennsylvania but I have no idea which county. He
>moved to Missouri a few years later with wife Eleanor and son John. I have
>noticed that in the southwestern part of the state there were quite a few
>Morris families but cannot find a connection.
>
>
> >From: william muller
> >Reply-To:
> >To:
> >Subject: Re: [MORRIS] Re: MORRIS-D Digest V06 #44
> >Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2006 19:12:55 -0700 (PDT)
> >
> >Where in PA where they located.
> >
> >At least one grandson of Lewis (of Passage Point) Morris (from NJ) moved
>to
> >Greene Co., PA at the end of the 18th cent. That, in fact, is my wife
> >direct line.
> >
> >Bill
> >
> >jimcheryl ho wrote: Hi Bill, Do you have any
> >Morris lines that settled in Pennsylvania? My line
> >came from Wales and were in Pennsylvania probably before 1800. Some of
>the
> >names in this line are Jesse, John, Homer and James. I can't find any
> >connections to any of the Morris lines. Any help would be greatly
> >appreciated.
> >
> >Thanks, Cheryl
> >
> >
> > >From: william muller
> > >Reply-To:
> > >To:
> > >Subject: Re: [MORRIS] Re: MORRIS-D Digest V06 #44
> > >Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2006 07:48:05 -0700 (PDT)
> > >
> > >From what I have seen, there were at least 9 distinct MORRIS families
>in
> > >the 13 colonies before the Revolution. I have an extensive database on
> >the
> > >Lewis Morris families (originally from Wales) in New York and New
>Jersey
> > >(who also had a small southern branch in Georgia which leads to Jimmy
> > >Carter). But I have nothing on any of the others including Robert
> >Morris,
> > >(originally from Liverpool, England) the signer and man who helped
> >finance
> > >the Revolution
> > >
> > >Bill
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > wrote: Hello,
> > >I see quite a bit about the Southern Morris but not much anymore about
>NY
> > >Morris and hardly ever a thing about the Connecticut or Massachusettes
> > >Morris.
> > >I think there were some even in Rhode island pre revolution.
> > >Maybe it is because there are books on some of these northern lines
>and
> > >the
> > >lines from several years ago have been published over and over so
>often.
> > >That
> > >being said has anyone run accross new information regarding any of
>them?
> > >The
> > >northern ones that is.
> > > All to easy to figure out the area of my interest. :-)
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >Bill Muller
> > >See reports of the 2004 and 2005 migration of the NEW Eastern flock of
> > >Whooping Cranes at
> > >http://www.operationmigration.org/Field_Journal.html
> > >
> > >Bill Muller's homepage at:
> > > http://www.fredonia.edu/department/polisci/muller.htm
> > >
> > >Alt. email:
> > >
> > >Smail: 18 Meadow Walk Court
> > > Fletcher, NC 28732
> > >Tel. 828-684-6899
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> >
> >
> >
> >
> >Bill Muller
> >See reports of the 2004 and 2005 migration of the NEW Eastern flock of
> >Whooping Cranes at
> >http://www.operationmigration.org/Field_Journal.html
> >
> >Bill Muller's homepage at:
> > http://www.fredonia.edu/department/polisci/muller.htm
> >
> >Alt. email:
> >
> >Smail: 18 Meadow Walk Court
> > Fletcher, NC 28732
> >Tel. 828-684-6899
> >
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>
>
>
>
>Bill Muller
>See reports of the 2004 and 2005 migration of the NEW Eastern flock of
>Whooping Cranes at
>http://www.operationmigration.org/Field_Journal.html
>
>Bill Muller's homepage at:
> http://www.fredonia.edu/department/polisci/muller.htm
>
>Alt. email:
>
>Smail: 18 Meadow Walk Court
> Fletcher, NC 28732
>Tel. 828-684-6899
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