Events
- Born
- 14 AUG 1762 — Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States2 sources
- Died
- 24 APR 1825 — Wellsboro, Tioga, Pennsylvania, United States2 sources
Parents
Family group sheet →- FatherSamuel Morris24 JUN 1734 – 7 JUL 1812
- MotherRebecca Wistard. 22 JAN 1791
- ChildSamuel MorrisBEF 1758 – BEF 1775
- ChildSarah Morris19 JAN 1758 – 7 JAN 1831
- ChildBenjamin Wistar Morris14 AUG 1762 – 24 APR 1825
- ChildCaspar W. Morris12 SEP 1764 – 27 FEB 1828
- ChildAnthony Morris10 FEB 1766 – 3 NOV 1860
- ChildLuke W. Morris25 JUN 1768 – 4 JUN 1830
- ChildIsaac Wistar Morris19 JUL 1770 – 8 MAY 1831
- ChildCatharine W. Morris22 APR 1772 – 10 DEC 1859
- ChildSamuel Morris4 MAR 1775 – 17 SEP 1793
- ChildIsrael Wistar Morris27 FEB 1778 – 17 AUG 1870
Family
Family group sheet →Married: 24 NOV 1785 — Market Street Meeting House, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
- FatherBenjamin Wistar Morris14 AUG 1762 – 24 APR 1825
- MotherMary Wells4 SEP 1764 – 6 NOV 1819
- ChildSamuel Wells Morris1 SEP 1786 – 25 MAY 1847
- ChildSarah Morris2 SEP 1788 – 18 MAY 1862
- ChildRebecca Morris23 DEC 1789 – 8 DEC 1871
- ChildRichard Morris18 FEB 1791 – 4 OCT 1791
Sources & citations
Birth
- Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania
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.
- Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania
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.
Death
- Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania
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.
- Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania
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.