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Family: Samuel MORRIS / Rebecca SMITH (F1646)  [1] 

m. 20 Jan 1796


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  • Samuel MORRISFather | Male
    Samuel MORRIS

    Born     
    Died     
    Buried     
    Married  20 Jan 1796  [2]  Freehold, Monmouth Co, NJ  [2] Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father   
    Mother   

    Rebecca SMITHMother | Female
    Rebecca SMITH

    Born  1772  New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  17 Oct 1844   
    Buried  (NO MARKER)  Arnold (aka Old Hill) Cemetery, Weston, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  Thomas SMITH | F1919 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Sarah GREEN | F1919 Group Sheet 

    Elizabeth MORRISChild 1 | Female
    + Elizabeth MORRIS

    Born  8 Nov 1797  New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  11 Jul 1882  Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Duck Creek Mission Church Cemetery, near West Milford, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  John GASTON | F444 
    Married  14 Nov 1820  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location

    Benjamin MORRISChild 2 | Male
    + Benjamin MORRIS

    Born  30 Jan 1798  New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  17 Jun 1886   
    Buried    McWhorter Methodist Church Cemetery, McWhorter, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Mary Elizabeth MCWHORTER | F1967 
    Married     

    Thomas Smith MORRISChild 3 | Male
    + Thomas Smith MORRIS

    Born  12 Apr 1807  Trenton, Mercer Co, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  17 Sep 1879  Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Arnold (aka Old Hill) Cemetery, Weston, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Prudence WHITE | F8816 
    Married     
    Spouse  Susan M. BOUSE | F8817 
    Married  14 Sep 1851  Lewis Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location

  • Notes 
    • Samuel and Rebecca (Smith) Morris "settled on the waters of Lost Creek at the Morris homestead, about one and one-half miles southwest of what is now Lost Creek Station, and are the ancestors of all that numerous family of Morrises in that part of Harrison County, and who have intermarried with the Gastons, McWhorters, Posts, Davissons and others, and moved to various sections of West Virginia, some of whom have moved to the far western states." [3, 4]

  • Sources 
    1. [S1604] Death record of son.

    2. [S2573] Historical and Genealogical Miscellany: Data Relating to the Settlement and Settlers of New York and New Jersey (Vol 4), John Edwin Stillwell (1853-1930), ((1916) www.archive.org/details/historicalgeneal04stil), p. 69.

    3. [S1251] Genealogical & Personal History of Upper Monongahela Valley WV, Bernard L. Butcher, (1912, reprinted 1978 by Genealogical Publishing Co, Baltimore, MD), p. 1133.

    4. [S1251] Genealogical & Personal History of Upper Monongahela Valley WV, Bernard L. Butcher, (1912, reprinted 1978 by Genealogical Publishing Co, Baltimore, MD).