Genealogy of the Morris Family: Descendants of Thomas Morris of ConnecticutCharles Alexander Nelson |
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Abigail Amos Morris Anna Barnes Beecher BLAKESLEE born Apr born April born Aug born August born Dec born December born Feb born February born Jan born January born July born June born Mar born March born Nov born November born Oct born October born Sept born September Caroline Catherine Charles CHILD COLLINS Conn Daniel Davenport December 16 December 28 died Apr died Aug died Dec died Feb died Jan died July died June died Mar died Nov died Oct died Sept East Haven Edward EIGHTH GENERATION born Eliza Esther February 17 George Hannah Harriet Harwinton HATHEWAY Henry Holt Hutchins Jane January 18 John Morris Jonathan Ford Julia July 13 July 20 June 17 KELLOGG Louise Lucy Lydia Maria MORRIS CHILDREN Nash NINTH GENERATION born November 26 October 18 October 27 Residence Samuel Sarah second wife September 16 Stephen STEPHEN MORRIS TENTH Thomas unmarried William Woodruff Woodward York
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Page 192 - Forgive, blest shade, the tributary tear, That mourns thy exit from a world like this ; Forgive the wish that would have kept thee here, And stayed thy progress to the seats of bliss • No more confined to grov'ling scenes of night, No more a tenant pent in mortal clay, Now should we rather hail thy glorious flight, And trace thy journey to the realms of day.
Page 191 - All the days of my appointed time will I wait till my change come.
Page 191 - Thou embryo angel, or thou infant fiend, A being now begun, but ne'er to end, What boding fears a father's heart torment, Trembling and anxious for the grand event, Lest thy young soul, so late by Heaven bestowed, Forget her Father and forget her God ! — Lest, while...
Page 180 - At this time seven hundred prisoners of war were in the jail. A few small rooms were sequestered for the officers. Each room must contain sixteen men. We fully covered the floor when we lay down to rest, and the poor soldiers were shut into rooms of the same magnitude with double the number.
Page 156 - Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion : For the time to favor her, yea, the set time, is come. For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, And favor the dust thereof.
Page 181 - ... became acquainted with a Mr Clarkson a man of science and of a large property, he owned the most extensive private Library that I had ever known in the United States, his wife had a capacious mind and she was remarkably distinguished for her piety. Mr. Clarkson made me a welcome visitor at his house and gave me access to his library. He allowed me to take as many books as I chose and carry them to my lodgings. I there lived two years and six months devoting my time to reading. I read through...
Page 300 - He then entered the General Theological Seminary of the Protestant Episcopal Church In New York, and graduated therefrom in 1874.
Page 184 - I was released from service. At this time I was thirty years of age. I felt a desire to resume my studies in theology and pondered on the subject. My father had become infirm from a wound he had received from an axe. My mother was seventy years old and sunk down in her dotage. My parents were both unwilling that I should leave them and I myself was still doubting and fearing my heart was not right with God. I lived with my parents during the winter of 1782-3 attending to their domestic concerns....
Page 181 - We were 12 days on our passage. I was then put on my parole of honour and boarded with a plain Dutch family in Kings County, at the west end of Long Island. We were confined within the limits of said County. At Flat Bush I became acquainted with a Mr Clarkson a man of science and of a large property, he owned the most extensive private Library that I had ever known in the United States, his wife had a capacious mind and she was remarkably distinguished for her piety. Mr. Clarkson made me a welcome...
Page 259 - At the time of his death he was an elder in the Presbyterian Church at Westfield and President of the County Temperance Society.