Henry Morley (1775)

Born 31 Mar 1775 in Surat, India

Ancestors

Biography

Mentioned in his father's will as his natural son then living with Mr Lucas of Church St, Soho, Middlesex Apothecary. He was to receive L200 which was later rescinded as his father had already expended that amount on him (Codicil 16/5/1795) James Morley's Will also appears to indicate the existence of two, possibly three, illegitimate or "natural sons" named James, Henry and Samuel. They were born before his first marriage to Sarah Richardson and during the interium before his second marriage to Dorothea Jarvis.

Currently, unconfirmed research indicates that two of the children, James and Henry, were result of the union of James Morley with a woman named Marian [surname unknown] in India. James was born in Surat and christened in Bombay on 26 January 1771; while Henry born in Surat on 31 March 1775

The third child, Samuel, was born on 21 December 1787 at Kempshott, Hampshire, to a woman referred to only as Anne [surname unknown]. The child supposedly died one day later but this is contradicted by the 1795 Codicil to Morley's Will where Samuel is specifically named.

"I have laid out and expounded for each of my two natural Sons named Samuel and Henry a larger Sum of money than I therein bequeathed to them respectively [?] I do hereby revoke and annul the Legacies which I bequeathed in my said Will and Testament to my said natural Sons named Samuel and Henry. I do hereby [***] this to be a codicil to my said Will and Testament and direct that it shall be taken as part thereof and in all other respects I hereby confirm my said Will and Testament In Witness whereof I have written this codicil with my own hand and hereunto set my hand and seal on board the Ship Taunton Castle commanded by Captain Edward Studd this twenty eighth day of May in the year of our Lord one Thousand seven hundred and ninety five [signed] James Morley (LS)

James Morley Will Prob 11/1304 ff.64a-64b.

Sources

• British India Office Births & Baptisms
• Provided by Mr Robin Walsh, Research Librarian Macquarie University Library via email dated 16/5/2006 -