Grace Morris (7 FEB 1660/1 Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts[1] - 10 DEC 1723 Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts[2]) was the third child of Lieut. Edward Morris (1630–1689) and Grace Bett (1634–1705).
On 7 Mar 1683 in Roxbury she married Benjamin Child Jr.[3] son of Benjamin Child (1631–1678) and Mary Bowen (1635–1707).
Children:
John Child 1676–1699
Ephriam Childs 1683–1759
Benjamin Child Jr 1685–1771
Edward Child 1687–
Grace Child 1689–1729
Mary Child 1691–1732
Ebenezer Child 1693–1773
Mehitable Child 1695–
William Child 1697–
Penuel Child 1699–1760
Thomas Child 1703–1762
Margaret Child 1706–1775
Christening
17 FEB 1660 Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts
Burial
14 DEC 1723 Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts
Children include Joshua (1658, m. Elizabeth Morris 5/9/1683), Mary (8/8/1660, m. Jacob Chamberlain 1/24/1683), infant unamed 1662, Elizabeth 12/2/1663 unmarried, Margaret 12/21/1665 died 7/15/1742, John 1/8/1667 died young, Mehitable 5/29/1669, married Sam Perrin, John 2nd 8/1/1671
Joseph 6/1/1674 died young, Joseph 2nd 2/101678. All children were born in Roxbury Mass.
Sources
↑ A genealogical and historical register of the descendants of Edward Morris of Roxbury, Mass
↑ Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988
Family history as told by Elizabeth Roe Child Hall, Roe family records, Albany library geneology on Stickney family.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Grace by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Grace:
Morris-2788 and Morris-8907 appear to represent the same person because: Same parents. In Morris-8907 she is connected to her husband's father. She married Benjamin Child-470 not Benjamin Child-37. Her birth date should be 17 FEB 1661.
Child born in 1656 (Child-470). You presently show her married to his father - the immigrant Benjamin Child who married Mary Bowen.