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Aft 1790 -

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Name Benedict MORRIS

Birth Aft 1790 [3]

Gender Male

Siblings 5 brothers and 2 sisters

>	1. James MORRIS b. 1770 d. Feb 1798, Franklin Twp., Greene Co., Pennsylvania, USA (Age 28 years) ▻ Phoebe SAYERS, m. 1793
>	2. Charlotte MORRIS b. Cal 24-MAR-1775 d. Sun 13 May 1827, East Waynesburg, Franklin Twp., Greene Co., Pennsylvania, USA (Age 52 years) ▻ James HOOK, Jr., m. Abt 1795
>	3. Ignatius MORRIS b. 1779 ▻ {female} WOOD; Elizabeth MOORE, m. Tue 20 Aug 1811
>	4. Joseph MORRIS b. 1780 d. 1812 (Age 32 years) ▻ Mary LEONARD
	5. Benjamin MORRIS b. 1781
>	6. Hannah MORRIS b. Wed 12 May 1784, Wilmington, New Castle Co., Delaware, USA d. Sun 27 Jun 1841, Covington, Fountain Co., Indiana, USA (Age 57 years) ▻ Lucas (Lewis) NEBEKER, Sr., m. Thu 4 Jun 1801
	7. Jesse MORRIS b. 1787 d. 1850 (Age 63 years)

Person ID P3580 Cole/Tanner Families

Last Modified Tue 10 Oct 2000

Father Richard MORRIS
b. Thu 14 May 1739, Monmouth Co., New Jersey, USA
d. 1816, Circleville, Pickaway Co., Ohio, USA (Age 76 years)

Mother Mary SEALS
b. 1750
d. Abt 1811, Pickaway Co., Ohio, USA (Age 61 years)

Marriage Tue 17 Nov 1761 Augusta Co., Virginia, USA [4]

Age at Marriage Richard : 22 years and 6 months old - Mary : ~ 11 years and 11 months old.

Children 8 children

	1. James MORRIS b. 1770 d. Feb 1798, Franklin Twp., Greene Co., Pennsylvania, USA (Age 28 years)
	2. Charlotte MORRIS b. Cal 24-MAR-1775 d. Sun 13 May 1827, East Waynesburg, Franklin Twp., Greene Co., Pennsylvania, USA (Age 52 years)
	3. Ignatius MORRIS b. 1779
	4. Joseph MORRIS b. 1780 d. 1812 (Age 32 years)
	5. Benjamin MORRIS b. 1781
	6. Hannah MORRIS b. Wed 12 May 1784, Wilmington, New Castle Co., Delaware, USA d. Sun 27 Jun 1841, Covington, Fountain Co., Indiana, USA (Age 57 years)
	7. Jesse MORRIS b. 1787 d. 1850 (Age 63 years)
	8. Benedict MORRIS b. Aft 1790

Family ID F1036 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Family	Lydia MORRIS [2]
Marriage	Mon 4 May 1812 [1, 3]
Age at Marriage	Benedict : ~ 21 years and 5 months old - Lydia : ?? old.
Family ID	F1038	Group Sheet \| Family Chart
Last Modified	Wed 29 Jul 2026

Pedigree

1 Benedict MORRIS(Aft 1790 – )	2 Richard MORRIS(1739 – 1816)	4	8	16
				17
			9	18
				19
		5	10	20
				21
			11	22
				23
	3 Mary SEALS(1750 – Abt 1811)	6 James SEALS, Sr.(1725 – 1797)	12 Capt. John SEALE(1686 – 1788)	24 William SEALE(1641 – )
				25 Margaret STEWART(1644 – )
			13 Elizabeth {unknown}(1690 – 1781)	26
				27
		7 Sarah {unknown}(1727 – 1785)	14	28
				29
			15	30
				31

Reference David L. Cole. " Benedict MORRIS". The Cole/Tanner Family Tree. https://colegenealogy.net/getperson.php?personID=P3580&tree=tree1 (accessed July 31, 2026).

Sources

[S796] Charles in PA, E-Mail Message from Charles in PA, (January 23, 2000).
[S45] Howard L. Leckey, The Tenmile Country and its Pioneer Families, (Closson Press; Apollo, PA; 1993), Pg. 356, none.
[S84] Sue Collins, Rootsweb WorldConnect Project "All Our Family - A Work in Progress", ([http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com]; Database=bcoll30038; February 2, 2001), none.
[S92] Laura Nelle Mallett, Mailing List Message from Laura Nelle Mallett, (Rootsweb Greene Co., PA Mailing List; January 26, 2000), none. (Reliability: 1).

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