Benjamin Wistar Morris

1762 - 1825  (62 years)

• Name	Benjamin Wistar Morris  [1, 2, 3]
  Born	14 Aug 1762	Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States   [1, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Died	24 Apr 1825	Wellsboro, Tioga, Pennsylvania, United States   [1, 3]
  Person ID	I5658659480	Master Tree
  Last Modified	4 Jul 2006

  
  

  Father	Capt. Samuel Morris,   b. 24 Jun 1734, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States ,   d. 7 Jul 1812, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States  (Age 78 years)
  Mother	Rebecca Wistar,   d. 22 Jan 1791, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
  Married	11 Dec 1755	Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States   [4]
  Family ID	F5259718368	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Wells,   b. 4 Sep 1764, Burlington, Burlington, New Jersey, United States ,   d. 6 Nov 1819, Wellsboro, Tioga, Pennsylvania, United States  (Age 55 years)
  Married	24 Nov 1785	Market Street Meeting House, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States   [1, 3]
  Children	1. Samuel Wells Morris,   b. 1 Sep 1786, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States ,   d. 25 May 1847, Wellsboro, Tioga, Pennsylvania, United States  (Age 60 years)   2. Sarah Morris,   b. 2 Sep 1788, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States ,   d. 18 May 1862  (Age 73 years)   3. Rebecca Morris,   b. 23 Dec 1789, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States ,   d. 8 Dec 1871, Muncy, Lycoming, Pennsylvania, United States  (Age 81 years)   4. Richard Morris,   b. 18 Feb 1791, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States ,   d. 4 Oct 1791, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States  (Age 0 years)
  Family ID	F5259720084	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 14 Aug 1762 - Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Married - 24 Nov 1785 - Market Street Meeting House, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Died - 24 Apr 1825 - Wellsboro, Tioga, Pennsylvania, United States  = Link to Google Earth
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  [S5351730433] Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania, Jordan, John W., LL.D., (Lewis Historical Publishing Company, New York, 1932), 0806308117, 9780806308111., 57-58. Issue of Captain Samuel and Rebecca (Wistar) Morris: Samuel, d.y.; Sarah, b. Jan. 19, 1758, d. Jan. 7, 1831; m. March 14, 1782, Richard Wistar; Benjamin Wistar, b. Aug. 14, 1762, d. April 24, 1825; m. Nov. 24, 1785, Mary Wells; Caspar W., b. Sept. 12, 1764, d. Feb. 27, 1828, m. Nov. 24, 1795, Elizabeth Giles; Anthony, b. Feb. 10, 1766, d. Nov. 3, 1860, m. May 13, 1790, Mary Smith Pemberton; Luke W., b. June 25, 1768, d. June 4, 1830, m. March 24, 1791, Elizabeth Morris Buckley, (second) April 4, 1800, Ann Pancoast; Isaac W., b. July 19, 1770, d. May 8, 1831, m. 12 mo. 17, 1795, Sarah Paschall; Catharine W., b. April 22, 1772, d. Dec. 10, 1859, unm.; Samuel, b. March 4, 1775, d. Sept. 17, 1793, of yellow fever; Israel Wistar, b. Feb. 27, 1778, d. Aug. 17, 1870, m. 6mo. 12, 1799, Mary Hollingsworth. [S5351730433] Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania, Jordan, John W., LL.D., (Lewis Historical Publishing Company, New York, 1932), 0806308117, 9780806308111., 44. Issue of Richard and Rachel (Hill) Wells: Richard Wells, b. June 10, 1760, d. June 20, 1760; Samuel Preston Wells, b. July 7, 1763, d. Aug. 26, 1763; Mary Wells, b. Burlington, Sept. 4, 1764, m. Benjamin Wistar Morris, son of Captain Samuel and Rebecca (Wistar) Morris, and their son Samuel Wells Morris, was Judge of District Court, of Tioga county, Pa.; Gideon Hill Wells, of Wellsborough, Pa., b. Sept. 20, 1765; m. Hannah Waln; Hannah Wells, b. Nov. 10, 1769, d. Philadelphia, June 29, 1790; William Hill Wells, d. 1829, m. Elizabeth Dagworthy, U.S. Senator from Delaware, 1804 and 1813-1817. [S5351730433] Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania, Jordan, John W., LL.D., (Lewis Historical Publishing Company, New York, 1932), 0806308117, 9780806308111., 58. Benjamin Wistar Morris, eldest son of Capt. Samuel and Rebecca (Wistar) Morris, born at Philadelphia, August 14, 1762, married at Market Street Meeting, Philadelphia, November 24, 1785, Mary, born at Burlington, New Jersey, September 4, 1764, daughter of Richard and Rachel (Hill) Wells, and about 1800 removed with his family from Philadelphia to Tioga county, Pennsylvania, where the town of Wellsborough was named for Mrs. Morris, and her brother Gideon H. Wells, and where they were among the earliest settlers.. Benjamin Wistar Norris died at Wellsborough, April 24, 1825, and his wife, November 6, 1819. They had issue: Samuel Wells, b. Sept. 1, 1786, d. May 25, 1847; Sarah, b. Sept. 2, 1788, d. May 18, 1862, m. Aug. 5, 1804, Jacob Shoemaker Waln; Rebecca, b. Dec. 23, 1789, d. Dec. 8, 1871, m. July 11, 1810, William Cox Ellis; Richard Wells, b. Feb. 18, 1791; d. Oct. 4, 1791. [S5351730433] Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania, Jordan, John W., LL.D., (Lewis Historical Publishing Company, New York, 1932), 0806308117, 9780806308111., 55-57. Captain Samuel Morris, eldest surviving son of Anthony and Sarah (Powell) Morris, born in Philadelphia, June 24, 1734, usually referred to on the early records as Samuel Morris Jr. to distinguish him from his uncle, Samuel Morris Sr., both being members of the Board of War during the Revolution, was one of the most prominent of this prominent family in public affairds. On January 8, 1750,he was apprenticed to Isaac Greenleafe, merchant, to serve until he attained his majority, a period of four years, five months, and two weeks. Greenleafe had married as his second wife, Catharine, daughter of Caspar and Catharine (Jansen) Wistar, and through her their young apprentice was brought in close association with her sister, Rebecca Wistar, whom he married only a few months after the close of his apprenticeship, December 11, 1755. ..He organized, November 17, 1774, the Philadelphia Troop of Light Horse, of which he served many years as Captain, and which rendered such efficient service in the early days of the Revolutionary War....Captain Samuel Morris and his brother, Major Anthony Morris, were the most ardent of patriots from the time of the earliest protest,...the latter being killed in the battle of Princeton, January 3, 1777. Captain Samuel Morris...died at his residence in Philadelphia, July 7, 1812. His wfe, Rebecca Wistar, had died January 22, 1791.