Joseph Morris (abt. 1694 - abt. 1741)

Born about 1694 in New York Colony

Ancestors

Died about 1741 at about age 47 in Bergen, New Jersey

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Biography

Joseph was born about 1694. He was the son of William Morris and Rebecca Anderson. His will was dated 21 Aug 1734 recorded in Bergen County, New Jerasey and in probate in New York City in 1741. HIs will indicated that he predeceased his mother Rebeckah Anderson.

Father's Will & Estate

It appears that Joseph Morris ingerited his father's land and possesions. Joseph claimed his father, William Morris, died and made no Will or Testament. Joseph gave land in New York City that belonged to his father to his sister Abigail and his bother William as their inheritance.

Quoted From the book: The History and genealogy of the Earles of Secaucus: ^[1]

A deed made in his favor by John's brother-in-law, Joseph Morris, is as follows:

“Register’s Office, New York.

Liber 32 of Conveyances, p. 225.

Deed. Recorded for and at the request of Mr. Peter Gay, this 10th day of Oct., A. D. 1741.

To all Christian People to whom these presents shall come, I, Joseph Morris, of the County of Bergen, & Province of East New Jersey, Planter, send greeting:

Whereas William Huddleston, of the City of New York, deceased, did by his certain writing, Deed of sale or mortgage, bearing date the 7th day of June 1707, give, grant, bargain & sell unto my father, Wm. Morris, late of Bergen County, in the Province of New Jersey, deceased, several lots or parcels of ground, lying within the city and county of New York, near the North River, 12 lots in number, & whereas my father, William Morris, died and made no Will or Testament, I hereby became heir to his Estate, & taking into consideration that my youngest sister, Abigail, now the wife of John Earl, & my younger brother, William, have not received as much of the movable estate of my father, William Morris, deceased, as my other sisters have, there net being assets in the executors’ hands to pay them their equal shares or portions with the rest:

Now know ye that I, the said Joseph Morris, for and in consideration, as above said, have remised, released & forever quitclaimed, & by these presents do for me, my heirs, executors & administrators, grant, remise, release & forever quit claim unto John Earle of Elizabethtown & William Morris of Pleasant Bower, both of the Province of East New Jersey, & to their heirs & assigns forever, all these six lots of land, butted and bounded as followeth; being part of the 12 lots above mentioned: two lots bd. North by Crown St., West by Lumbard St., East by Corneill’s Lodge, & on the South by John Rodman. In breadth to Crown St., 50 ft. more or less, in the rear 49 ft. or thereabouts, and in length sixty-nine feet, as also one lot bounded north by Crown St., West by Mangle Janson, East by Jacob Cozin, & south by John Rodman, in length 69 ft. & in breadth 23 ft. Also two lots bounded East by Lumbard St., West by other land of Wm. Huddleston, N. by Jacob Cozin, & On the South by John Rodman, in breadth at each end 46 ft. & in length 60 ft., also one lot of land fronting the Dock or street at the waterside, in breadth 24 ft., & in length 60 ft., bounded West by said Dock or Street, East & South by land of Wm. Huddleston, & N. by land of Charles Wooley, lately purchased of Wm. Huddleston, as they all will more at large appear by the aforesaid Deed of sale or Mortgage to my father & Dated August 20, 1733.

Death / Will

Name Joseph Mores (Morris)

Death Date Abt 1734

Will Date 21 Aug 1734

Will Place Bergen Co.

will of.

The thirds of the rents of the plantation I now live on and of the rents of the land sold at New York shall be paid yearly to my mother, Rebeckah Anderson, during her life. Executors to dispose of the whole estate and after all debts paid to put the remainder for the maintenance of my wife, Elenor Mores, and her children, that is to say, "my daughter Rebeckah, my son William, my son Jocobus and my child not yet born." Each shall share equally, excepting a 1/2 share which I give to my son-in-law, Isaac DeReiner; but if the said Isaac shall recover my estate at the fresh water he shall have 1/4 of a share. The lands at New York formerly in the possession of William Huddlestone I give equally to my sisters, Rebeckah, Hannah, and Sarah, if they can recover the same. Executors--wife, Elenor, Thomas Dekey and Jeams Hasyard, with power to execute deeds for that which I have sold to Joan Blake at New York for a lot of land there. Signed "Joseph Morris." Witnesses--Jere Bleke, St. George Talbot, Richard Edsall. Proved 28 May, 1735. Thomas DeKay and Elenor Morris qualify as executors.; Lib. C, p. 40.; 1734, Nov. 25. Inventory of personal estate (£201.9.6) includes negro women Cate, £35, Jude, £30; bonds of Joan Block, William Anderson and Charles Comlein (?). Made by Samuel Edsall and Matheues Benson.

Sources

1. ↑ History and Genealogy of the Earles of Secaucus, with an account of other English and American Branches, Marquette, Michigan: Guelff Printing Co., 1925..

• New Jersey, U.S., Calendar of Wills, 1670-1760. New Jersey Historical Society. Calendar of New Jersey Wills, Administrations, etc. Newark, NJ, USA: New Jersey Historical Society, 1901. Page 344. https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/18008:4723

• New York State Archives; Albany, New York; Records of wills and probates, 1665-1787; Series Number: J0043-92. https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/42243:60387