Samuel Morris II (1695 - 1756)

Born 13 Aug 1695 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Abigail (Bragg) Morris — married 31 Oct 1728 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 13 Jun 1756 at age 60 in Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island

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Biography

Samuel Morris is the first son of Samuel Morris (born 1670) and Mehitable (Mayo) Morris. He was born August 13, 1695, in Roxbury, Massachusetts. He succeeded his father at "Myanexit Farm" in Thompson, Connecticut, and established a business as a "trader," buying up the produce of the neighboring country and exchanging it for goods in Boston. A lengthy biography is found in A genealogical and historical register of the descendants of Edward Morris of Roxbury, Massachusetts and Woodstock, Connecticut, by Morris, Jonathan Flynt, Published 1887, beginning on page 179 https://archive.org/details/genealogicalhist00morr

Samuel published his intentions to marry Abigail Bragg of Bristol, Rhode Island, on September 7, 1728. Children of Samuel and Abigail are:

• Mehitable Morris (named for Samuel's mother) born on Christmas Day, 1729, died January 7, 1730

• Samuel Morris, (the third of this name in succession) born March 18, 1730, baptized March 31, 1730

• Mehitable, Morris, born February 17, 1731-2, died May 17, 1750

• Henry Morris, born April 18 1734, baptized April 24, 1734, married Hannah Frizzell of Woodstock, Connecticut

• John Morris (named for his maternal grandfather) born September 5, 1735

• Lemuel Morris, born July 29, 1737, baptized July 31, 1737

• Anne Morris, born March 13, 1739, baptized March 18, 1739, married J. Bugbee

• William Morris, born November 28, 1740, baptized November 30, 1740

• Abigail Morris, born April 29, 1742, baptized May 2, 1742, married E. Lillie

• Susanna Morris, born September 1, 1743, baptized September 4, 1743, died before 1768

• Edward Morris, born August 19, 1745

• Elizabeth Morris, born May 16, 1747 [town record]

• Hannah Morris baptized May 31, 1747 [church record]

• Lucretia Morris, baptized June 4, 1749, died June, 1750

In the fall of 1755, he sold a large part of "Myanexit Farm" to Benjamin Wilkinson, of Smithfield, Rhode Island for 20,000 pounds (old tenor) and moved to Smithfield, where he soon died (June 13, 1756)

His inventory was taken on 30 June 1756.^[1]

• Fact: Burial (1756)
• Fact: http://familysearch.org/v1/LifeSketch Samuel Morris II (1695-1756) succeeded his father at Myanexit Farms and established a business as a trader, buying up produce and exchanging it for merchandise in Boston. In the Fall of 1755 he sold his property and removed to Smithfield, RI where he died the next year.

In 1756, his two oldest sons, Samuel and Henry, were soldiers serving in Lt Col Nathan Payson's company from Woodstock at Lake George in the French and Indian War. from Find A Grave

Sources

1. ↑ Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/9079/images/007649167_00342). Rhode Island, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1582-1932 [database on-line], image 342-343. Council and Probate Records, Vol 2, 1749-1768, Page 210-212. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 24 July 2023, 19:38), entry for Samuel Morris II (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LVV9-WGS ); contributed by various users.
• American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) Author: Godfrey Memorial Library, compilation, Middletown, Connecticut
• U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Author: Yates Publishing Publication
• Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls Note: APID: 1,2204::0
• Manuscripts Division William L. Clements Library University of Michigan Samuel Morris Journal http://tinyurl.com/kbgnndu
• Source: Early Connecticut Marriages as Found on Ancient Church Records Prior to 1800 edited by Frederic William Bailey http://tinyurl.com/mhkthdz
• "Rhode Island Town Births and Baptisms Index, 1639-1932", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8V3-C8R : 4 November 2020), Abigail Bragg in entry for Samuel Morris, 1728.
• Morris, Jonathan Flynt. A genealogical and historical register of the descendants of Edward Morris of Roxbury, Massachusetts and Woodstock, Connecticut. Hartford, Conn.: Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co, 1887. Pages 179-181. Accessed 02 April 2019 at:https://archive.org/details/genealogicalhist00morr/page/178

Acknowledgments

• Thank you to Margaret Bell for creating WikiTree profile Morris-6119 through the import of Bell Salerno Family Tree.ged on May 18, 2013