Rebecca Morris

1789 - 1871  (81 years)

• Name	Rebecca Morris  [1]
  Born	23 Dec 1789	Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Died	8 Dec 1871	Muncy, Lycoming, Pennsylvania, United States   [1, 2]
  Person ID	I5658660784	Master Tree
  Last Modified	4 Jul 2006

  
  

  Father	Benjamin Wistar Morris,   b. 14 Aug 1762, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States ,   d. 24 Apr 1825, Wellsboro, Tioga, Pennsylvania, United States  (Age 62 years)
  Mother	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]
  Family ID	F5259720084	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	William Cox Ellis,   b. 5 May 1787, Fort Muncy, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States ,   d. 13 Dec 1871, Muncy, Lycoming, Pennsylvania, United States  (Age 84 years)
  Married	11 Jul 1810  [1, 2]
  Family ID	F5259720550	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 23 Dec 1789 - Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Died - 8 Dec 1871 - Muncy, Lycoming, Pennsylvania, United States  = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [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., 62. Rebecca Morris, second daughter of Benjamin Wistar and Mary (Wells) Morris, born in Philadelphia, December 23, 1789, removed with her parents to the present site of Wellsborough, Tioga county, Pennsylvania, about 1800. She married, July 11, 1810, William Cox Ellis, of Muncy, now Lycoming county, son of William and Mercy (Cox) Ellis, brother to Anna Ellis who married her brother Samuel Wells Morris. William Cox Ellis was born at Fort Muncy, then Northumberland county, Pennsylvania, May 5, 1787. He died December 13, 1871, and his wife Rebecca Morris, December 8, of the same year. [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.