James
Morris
Born in Morrisania, Bronx County, New York
Ancestors 
Son of Lewis Morris
and Mary Beekman (Walton) Morris
Brother of
Catharine (Morris) Lawrence, Mary (Morris) Lawrence, Lewis Morris, Jacob Morris, Margaret (Morris) Doty [half], William Walton Morris, Helena Magdalena (Morris) Rutherfurd, Staats Morris and Richard Valentine Morris
Husband of
Helena (Van Cortlandt) Morris
— married
1 Feb 1796 in Philadelphia PA
Descendants 
Father of
William Henry Morris
Died
at age 63
in Morrisania, Bronx County, New York
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Biography
Children: [1]
James van Cortlandt
Frederick Augustus van Cortlandt
Catherine
Mary Walton
Helen V.
Ann Morris
Jane Urquhart
Dr. Richard Lewis
Robert R.
Sarah Louisa
William Henry
Charlotte
Sources
Birth date Ancestry Tree [2]
Leach Manuscript on LDS film #001752, item 3, Vol 7, pp. 1826-2083.
Elizabeth Morris Lefferts, 'Descendants of Lewis Morris of Morrisania' (NY 1907) available on LDS film #103513, item 9.
Ronald Vern Jackson, 'Lewis Morris and Mary Walton Ancestry' and records from the Morris Family Bible in the New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Vol 7, page 8.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with James:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with James:
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~0.78%
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