Joseph Morris (abt. 1688 - 1758)

Born about 1688 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Lydia (Harrison) Morris — married 4 Mar 1713 in Branford, New Haven County, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 15 Jan 1758 at about age 70 in Coventry, Windham, Connecticut

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Biography

m2. Elizabeth Johnson, dau. of Edward and Esther (Wheaton) Johnson

Joseph Morris was born c. 1688 according to family tradition - No birth record found.

On 4 Mar 1712 at Branford, Connecticut, Joseph Morris married Lydia Harrison^[1]daughter of Lieut. Thomas Harrison (1656 New Haven, Connecticut - 1Jan 1725 Branford, Connecticut) and Margaret Stent^[2]

Children are believed to include:

1. Joseph Morris 1713–1759
2. Lydia Morris 1715–1788
3. Mary Morris 1720–1737
4. AARON Morris 1720–1784

Death^[3]

The "Morris Family" erroneously states, on page 478, that he married, 3 Feb. 1709, Sarah Hotchkiss.

Name

Joseph Morris

Death

15 Jan 1758 of Coventry.

Interred at the expense of Peletiah Pierce

Sources

1. ↑ White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55. Baltimore, MD, USA:
2. ↑ Five generations of Connecticut Harrisons
3. ↑ O'Maxfield, Karen, comp.. List of Burials, Center Church Burying Ground, Hartford, Connecticut

• Jacobus, Donald Lines. Morris Families of Western Connecticut, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 1917) Vol. 71, Page 8
• Corbin, Mrs. Frances Harrison. Five Generations of Connecticut Harrisons, NEHGR (NEHGS, Boston, 1916) Vol. 70, Page 70
• Ancestral File(R) The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Ancestral File Number: PSV1-X1