Edward Morris I
Edward Morris I was born in 1580 in Blutisham Town, Huntington County, Wales and died August 14, 1607 in Jamestown Colony of Virginia. He arrived aboard the Susan Constant [1] after being recruited by Edward-Maria Wingfield, President of the governing council. His son Nicholas Morris (born September 29, 1605 in England) arrived to America aboard the Isle of Wight Company ship and became a justice of the County Court of Northumberland, Virginia, from 1652 until he died in 1663.[2] Nicholas swore allegiance to England on April 11, 1652. His descendant Hammond Morris was a neighbor of General George Washington [3] and fought in the Revolutionary War.[4] In 1937 Hammond's body was moved and a memorial was erected in his honor [5] at the church built on land donated by his descendant Isaac Morris for whom Morris Chapel is named. The body of Nicholas Morris has not been located, but a memorial has been erected in his honor in the Morris Cemetery in Virginia. Several books have been written about the line of Edward Morris I.
--Justice Nicholas Morris Parties—On November 21, 1653 Justice Nicholas Morris accused Mrs. Mary Calvert of calling "the States the Keep's of the Liberty of England Rogues Traytors and Rebells in Mr Nicholas Morris house." Justice Morris sentenced her to "thirty stripes upon her bare shoulders for this her offence." Instead Mr. Calvert paid "1000 pounds of tobacco and caske" as her punishment. Justice Morris swore under oath that he believed Mrs. Calvert lied in court to be separated from her husband Mr. Calvert who beat her and threatened to murder her.[6]
In 1654 Justice Nicholas Morris swore at and attacked a guest at one of his parties in the Morris home. Justice Morris threatened to hang Mr. Wicher and called him a "dog." Mrs. Morris plead with her husband to quiet down. After much discussion and attacks upon Mr. Wicher, Mr. Morris decided to "arrest" Mr. Wicher and either hang him or keep him in the Morris home as a prisoner, but other guests intervened and Mr. Wicher was taken home in a canoe.[7]
Notes[edit]
- ↑ Judy Cameron, “The Susan Constant, Godspeed and Discovery,“ The Second Boat, Vol. 17, No. 1 (1997)
- ↑ Virginia Colonial Abstracts Vol. II Northumberland County Records 1652 1655
- ↑ Pension application of Travis Morris - State of Illinois, Union Co. - Declaration in order to obtain benefit of an Act of Congress
- ↑ DAR Patriot Index: Vol 2 Page 2080
- ↑ Images of America: Walkertown Library of Congress Control Number: 2010940122
- ↑ Virginia Colonial Abstracts Volume 1, page 6 by Beverly Fleet
- ↑ Virginia Colonial Abstracts Volume 1, page 6 by Beverly Fleet
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