Lucy (Stevens) Morris (1752 - abt. 1790)

Born 1752 in Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire, England

Wife of Samuel Morris Jr. — married 1 Nov 1772 in Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire, England

Descendants

Died about 1790 at about age 38 in Abbeville, South Carolina

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Biography

Married by Rev. S. Nason: "Nov. 1 Samuel Morris, Yeoman, and Lucy Stevens, spinster, both of this par., by Lic., by S: Nason, Vicar. In pres. of Thos Sheldon, Jane Southam" ...1772...the Registers of Stratford-on-Avon by Richard Savage , pg. 162(entered by Judy Agner Dunn)

Died between 1790 and 1800. p.24

Alternative death date is 1816-not sure why there is a 2nd date.

Lucy most likely died in 1790. Samuel, her husband, married Margaret McDonald Henderson sometime after the 1790 census. Margaret was a neighbor on the census in 1790. (entered by Judy Agner Dunn)

Lucy was born about 1752. She passed away in [abt]1790.

"The will of 1815, made by Samuel Morris, who married Lucy Stevens as his first wife, mentions eight of his twelve children, and the names correspond strictly with the official parish registers of England, and also the names of the children in the family Bible of Richard, the oldest child. Of those not mentioned, Sarah and Thomas may have returned to England, according to a tradition in the family -that some went back. Benjamin and Caroline possibly died in infancy. After the death of his first wife, he married Mrs. Margaret Henderson, the mother of several of the younger children, and she is mentioned in the "will" and her two children by a former marriage are remembered with small bequests. It also alludes to the "will" of 1794 as "his legacy left to him by his grandfather in England." The Records of the Morris Family By S. L Morris, D. D., L. D. .p. 38

Towns & Families of Randolph County; Randolph County Genealogical Society, Steeleville, Illinois; 2000. MORRIS ~submitted by Jane Boyd, p. 381-3

"Samuel Morris Jr., was born 1739, in Stratford, Warwickshire, England and died 1816, and is buried at Cedar Springs Presbyterian Church, Abbeville, South Carolina. He is the son of Samuel, Sr. and Alice (Edden) Morris. On November 1, 1772, in Stratford on Avon, Warwick, England, he married Lucy Stevens. In 1788, they immigrated to America with their children: Richard, Sarah, William, George, Thomas, Alice, Lucy Ann, and Mary. They settled on Long Cane Creek, near Cedar Springs Presbyterian Church, Abbeville, South Carolina. It was here they became the parents of four additional children; Maria, Benjamin, Caroline and Samuel. Samuel, Jr. and Lucy Stevens Morris' children........

Sources

• The Records of the Morris Family by S.L. Morris, D.D., LL.D., Hubbard Bros. Publishers, Atlanta, abt 1920, p. 23-24; 33-37, 38, 43.

• "England, Warwickshire, Parish Registers, 1535-1984," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGD2-LYWC : 17 March 2018), Samuel Morris and Lucy Stevens, 01 Nov 1772; Marriage; citing Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom, p. ,Record Office, Warwick; FHL microfilm 1,067,509.

Rev S. Nason officiated

• Towns & Families of Randolph County; Randolph County Genealogical Society, Steeleville, Illinois; 2000. MORRIS ~submitted by Jane Boyd, p. 381-3