Rash's Surname Index
Notes for Anthony II MORRIS
Anthony Morris, son of Anthony Morris "Mariner" and Elizabeth Senior, was born at "Old Gravel Lane", Stepney, London, in the Kingdom of Great Britain, on August 23, 1654 and was baptized August 25, 1654 at St Dunstan's Church, Stepney. (Old Gravel Lane is now said to be in Wapping.)
Anthony was the only child of his parents, who were married about 1653. His father was of Welsh extraction, and was referred to as the "Mariner". He was lost at sea, according to one account, while on a trip to the island of Barbados in 1655/56. He had extensive interests in the island, and one version says he died there (rather than at sea).
Elizabeth, the mother, went to Barbados to settle her husbad's affairs, and she died there about 1660, leaving the son an orphan at age six.
(It is said that for 300 years Anthony was a distinguishing Christian name used in the Morris family - the family is thought to have come from Leicestershire to London. The father of Anthony Morris the Mariner was "Anthony Morris of the island of Barbados", formerly of Reading in Great Britain, born circa 1600).
Anthony (III) became a member of the Society of Friends (Quakers) in England in 1675. He married first at the meeting at Savoy, in the Strand, London, January 30, 1676, to Mary Jones. They immigrated to America to join William Penn's colony, arriving in February, 1682 (then the 12th month), about 2 months after Penn arrived with his first group. Mary (Jones) Moprris died March 8th, 1688 in Philadelphia.
Anthony married secondly at Philadelphia Monthly Meeting, 28th August, 1689, to Agnes Bom, widow of Cornelius Bom. She passed away May 26th, 1692; they had no issue.
On January 18, 1693 / 4 Anthony married thirdly at Newport, Rhode Island, to Mary Coddington, widow of Thomas Coddington of Rhode Island, and daughter of Jphn Howard of Yorkshire, England. She died July 25, 1699.
At Philadelphia Monthly Meeting August 30, 1700, Anthony married for the fourth time. His wife this time was Elizabeth Watson, daughter of Luke and Sarah Watson. She died February 2, 1767 in her 94th year.
Anthony became very prominent in local and regional affairs, and accumulated considerable wealth. He became the second mayor of Philadelphia and died in that city August 23, 1721.
COLONIAL FAMILIES IN THE UNITED STATES
ANTHONY MORRIS, Merchant, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, b. 23 August, 1654, in Old Gravel Lane, Stepney, London, in the Kingdom of Great Britain; baptized 25th August, 1654, at St. Dunstan's Chapel, Stephey; d. 23 August, 1721, in Philadelphia, where he settled before the close of 1685. He was in London at the time of the Plague and also of the Great Fire, during his minority, at which period through conviction he became a member of the Society of Friends or Quakers. In the Charter granted to the City of Philadelphia, 20th March, 1691 he is named one of the Six Aldermen; 6th September, 1692, was commissioned a Justice of the Peace of the County Courts, Philadelphia, reappointed 6th May, 1693, and is mentioned as a Justice of the Peace of the Court of Common Pleas, Quarter Sessions of the Peace and Orphans Court of the City and County of Philadelphia. Was reappointed by Governor Fletcher 5th May, 1693, beinf commissioned the presiding Justice of the Court of Common Pleas and also Presiding Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. Elected to the Provincial Council 1675-76; Member of the Assembly, 1701-02; Mayor of Philadelphia, 1703-04.
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