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Thomas Charles MORRIS

Male 1731 - 1802  (70 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Thomas Charles MORRIS was born 31 Dec 1731, Hopkinton, Middlesex, Massachusetts (son of Charles MORRIS and Mary READ); died 26 Jan 1802, Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

    Thomas married Elizabeth Bond LEGGETT 5 Sep 1756, Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts. Elizabeth (daughter of Captain Thomas Balch LEGGETT, Sr. and Magdelane DUPREE) was born 7 Oct 1734, Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts; died 6 Jan 1812, Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. [Group Sheet]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Charles MORRIS was born 8 Jun 1711, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts (son of Charles MORRIS and Esther RAINSTHORPE); died 17 Nov 1781, Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada.

    Notes:

    Charles Morris was a surveyor, and under the direction of Governor William Shirley of Massachusetts he surveyed Nova Scotia in 1745 with a view toward British colonization. His survey was sent to the Board of Trade and Plantations in England. A copy of it is preserved in Halifax. In 1749, in conjunction with the military engineer John Bruce, he laid out the town of Halifax. In 1755 he was appointed to the Governor's Council. He was the first Surveyor General of the province and was also Chief Justice of the Nova Scotia Supreme Court. His funerary hatchment is on the wall of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Halifax. He was married to Mary Read, the daughter of John Read, the Attorney General of Massachusetts.

    Charles married Mary READ 1730, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. Mary (daughter of John READ) was born 14 Apr 1716, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut; died 12 Mar 1782, Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried Old Burying Ground (St. Pauls), Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Mary READ was born 14 Apr 1716, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut (daughter of John READ); died 12 Mar 1782, Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried Old Burying Ground (St. Pauls), Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
    Children:
    1. 1. Thomas Charles MORRIS was born 31 Dec 1731, Hopkinton, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died 26 Jan 1802, Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
    2. John MORRIS was born 1736, Hopkinton, Middlesex, Massachusetts.
    3. William MORRIS was born 19 Feb 1736, Hopkinton, Middlesex, Massachusetts.
    4. Hezekiah MORRIS was born 11 Mar 1738, Hopkinton, Middlesex, Massachusetts.
    5. Mary Elizabeth MORRIS was born 27 Mar 1742, Boston, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died 26 Feb 1766, Hopkinton, Middlesex, Massachusetts; was buried Pine Grove Cemetery, Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts Plot Q-17.
    6. Alexander MORRIS was born 21 Mar 1743, Hopkinton, Middlesex, Massachusetts.
    7. Francis MORRIS was born 21 Dec 1746, Hopkinton, Middlesex, Massachusetts.
    8. Samuel MORRIS was born 12 Jun 1748, Hopkinton, Middlesex, Massachusetts.
    9. James Rainsthorpe MORRIS was born 20 May 1750, Hopkinton, Middlesex, Massachusetts.
    10. Sarah MORRIS was born 23 Dec 1757, Hopkinton, Middlesex, Massachusetts.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Charles MORRIS was born 1675, Bristol, England (son of Charles MORRIS); died 8 Nov 1730, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; was buried Granary Burying Ground, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts.

    Notes:

    Charles Morris came to Boston in 1676, and lived in the Roxbury section of Boston.

    Charles married Esther RAINSTHORPE 5 Sep 1700, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. Esther was born 1676, London, England; died 12 Sep 1755, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; was buried Granary Burying Ground, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Esther RAINSTHORPE was born 1676, London, England; died 12 Sep 1755, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; was buried Granary Burying Ground, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts.
    Children:
    1. Sarah MORRIS was born 7 May 1701, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts.
    2. Ann MORRIS was born 23 Sep 1702, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts.
    3. Esther MORRIS was born 30 Jun 1704, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; died 12 Jul 1704, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; was buried Old Sextons Bills Cemetery/King's Chapel Burying Ground.
    4. Mary MORRIS was born 15 Jun 1706, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; died 24 May 1730, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; was buried Granary Burying Ground, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts.
    5. Dorothy MORRIS was born 15 Oct 1708, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts.
    6. 2. Charles MORRIS was born 8 Jun 1711, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; died 17 Nov 1781, Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada.
    7. James MORRIS was born 30 Sep 1713, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts.
    8. John MORRIS was born 8 Dec 1715, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts.
    9. Eliza MORRIS was born 3 Feb 1718, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts.

  3. 6.  John READ was born 29 Jan 1679, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut; died 17 Feb 1749, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts.

    Notes:

    Master of Arts of Harvard in 1697, lived first at Redding, Connecticut, but after 1722 in Boston. In 1723 he was appointed Attorney General of Massachusetts.

    Children:
    1. 3. Mary READ was born 14 Apr 1716, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut; died 12 Mar 1782, Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried Old Burying Ground (St. Pauls), Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Charles MORRIS was born 1650, Wales; died England.
    Children:
    1. 4. Charles MORRIS was born 1675, Bristol, England; died 8 Nov 1730, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; was buried Granary Burying Ground, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts.


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