Family: Dr. John Morris / Abigail Dorsey (F5259720111)

• Father | Male Dr. John Morris

  
  

  Born	28 Sep 1759	Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
  Died	8 Sep 1793	Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
  Buried
  Married	8 Oct 1783  [1]	Friends Meeting, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States  [1]
  Father	William Morris | F5259720110 Group Sheet
  Mother	Margaret Hill | F5259720110 Group Sheet

  
  

  Mother | Female Abigail Dorsey

  
  

  Born	Abt 1765
  Died	16 Sep 1793	Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
  Buried
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  Child 1 | Female Sarah Morris

  
  

  Born	1784
  Died	1794
  Buried

  
  

  Child 2 | Male William Stanton Morris

  
  

  Born	24 Nov 1785	Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
  Died	1819
  Buried

  
  

  Child 3 | Male Benedict Morris

  
  

  Born	27 Mar 1787	Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
  Died	13 Nov 1790	Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
  Buried

  
  

  Child 4 | Female Martha Milcah Morris

  
  

  Born	24 Aug 1788	Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
  Died	26 Jan 1826
  Buried
  Spouse	Thomas Lawrie | F5259720509
  Married
  Spouse	Jacob B. Clarke | F5259720510
  Married

  
  

  Child 5 | Female Mary Morris

  
  

  Born	1790	Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
  Died	UNKNOWN	infancy
  Buried

  
  

  Child 6 | Female Margaret Morris

  
  

  Born	18 Aug 1792	Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
  Died	22 Apr 1832	Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
  Buried
  Spouse	Isaac Collins, Jr. | F5259720511
  Married	4 Oct 1810	Burlington, Burlington, New Jersey, United States

  
  

• Sources

  [S5351730433] Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania, Jordan, John W., LL.D., (Lewis Historical Publishing Company, New York, 1932), 0806308117, 9780806308111., 45-46. Dr. John Morris, eldest son of William and Margaret, born in Philadelphia, September 28, 1759. On obtaining his degree, he began the practice of medicine at Burlington. However, he soon located in Philadelphia. He was located in 1785 at No. 27, Chestnut street, but by 1791, had removed to No. 11 Pear street, where he died of yellow fever, September 8, 1793, in the arms of his devoted mother, who had come from Burlington to nurse him and remained to close the eyes of his wife, also a victim to the pestilence, eight days later. Dr. Morris married at Philadelphia Friends' Meeting, October 8, 1783, Abigail, daughter of Benedict and Sarah Dorsey, of Philadelphia, who followed him to the grave, September 16, 1793, at the age of twenty-eight years, leaving four small children. Issue of Dr. John and Abigail (Dorsey) Morris: Sarah, b. 1784, d. 1794; William Stanton, b. Nov. 24, 1785, d. unm. in 1819; Benedict, b. March 27, 1787, d. Nov. 13, 1790; Martha Milcah, b. Aug. 24, 1788, d. Jan. 26, 1826, m. (first) Thomas Lawrie, (second) Jacob B. Clarke; Mary, b. 1790, d. inf.; Margaret Morris, b. Aug. 18, 1792, d. April 22, 1832.