John Morris

44-45, Margaret Hill, daughter of Dr. Richard and Deborah (Moore) Hill, of the Island of Madeira, born November 2, 1737, spent a portion of her girlhood in Philadelphia. She married there, September 1, 1758, William, son of John and Mary (Sutton) Mooris, of Spring Hill, Philadelphia, now Montgomery county, grandson of Anthony and Phoebe Guest Morris, of Philadelphia, great-grandson of Anthony Morris. William Morris was the eldest child of John and Mary, and was born in Philadelphia, June 27, 1735. He died April 14, 1766, less than eight years after his marriage, and four months before the birth of his youngest child. On June 7, 1770, Margaret (Hill) Morris removed from Philadelphia to Burlington, New Jersey, with her four surviving children, and took up her residence with her sister and brother-in-law, Sarah and George Dilwyn. Issue of William and Margaret (Hill) Morris: Richard Hill Morris, b. Sept. 28, 1759, d. Sept. 29, 1760; John Morris, M.D., twin to above; Deborah Morris, b. Nov. 29, 1760, d. March 17, 1822, m. (first) Nov. 11, 1789, Benjamin Smith, (second) Nov. 9, 1809, Isaac Collins, of Trenton, N.J., printer; Richard Hill Morris, b. Sept. 5, 1762, d. Dec. 6, 1841, m. (first) March 17, 1786, Mary Mifflin, (second) Oct. 25, 1798, Mary Smith; Mary Morris, b. June 19, 1764, d. Feb. 14, 1765; Gulielma Maria Morris, b. Aug. 18, 1766, d. Sept. 9, 1826, m. April 8, 1784, John Smith, Jr.

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.