Events
- Born
- 23 DEC 1789 — Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States1 source
- Died
- 8 DEC 1871 — Muncy, Lycoming, Pennsylvania, United States2 sources
Parents
Family group sheet →- 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
Family
Family group sheet →Married: 11 JUL 1810
- FatherWilliam Cox Ellis5 MAY 1787 – 13 DEC 1871
- MotherRebecca Morris23 DEC 1789 – 8 DEC 1871
Sources & citations
Birth
- 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
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.
- Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania
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.