John Morris of Alcester and Thomas Morris of New ... - RootsWeb

Did this Thomas have a brother John Morris, whose wife Elizabeth also lived in New Haven for
some time?
"Thomas Morris, whose name appears among the Milford group at Newark in 1666, was the
forefather of the Morris family of Bloomfield-he died at New Haven in 1673, and it is possible that
the original records read "John" instead of "Thomas" and that Thomas never left Connecticut.
John (2) and his wife Elizabeth said in 1668 to have been "late of New Haven",had two sons,
John and Philip. The father, John(2) died about 1675. John(3),born the year Newark was
settled,was the actual founder of the family, his brother having no children. He is called
"Captain" in the records and arose from "Sergeant" . John cleared the land and settle personally
on the tract to be later called the Morris Neighborhood. He was at one time Sheriff of Essex
County. He lived to the ripe old age of eighty three years, and saw great developments in this
region. John Morris(3) testified in the land controversies about 1740 that he had occupied his
lands for many years, showing that he personally settled on his plantation near Third River. His
sons were Stephen(4), who was born in 1706 and died in 1781; and John Jr,whose will is dated
1729. Ephraim(5), son of Stephen, married Johanna Davis, and his son Stephen(6) married in
1799 Catharine Smith. Their children were Ephraim(7), Jacob, James, Joseph, Mary, Emeline,H
ulin and Albert.
This is an every-name index to the work entitled: Genealogy of the Morris family: descendants of
Thomas Morris of Connecticut / compiled by Lucy Ann (Morris) Carhart; edited by Charles
Alexander Nelson. New York: A. S. Barnes, c1911. Includes Barnes, Beecher, Blakeslee,
Bradley, Collins, Hemingway, Holt, Kellogg, Nash, Smith and related families.
Notes for Elizabeth [Unknown]:
The marriage date shown is suspect.
Children of Thomas Morris and Elizabeth [Unknown] are:
+ 4 i. Hannah 4 Morris, born 14 Mar 1640/41 in New Haven, New Haven, CT; died 12 Jan 1709/10 in
Norwalk, Fairfield, CT.
+ 5 ii. Elizabeth Morris, born Bet. 1642 - 1644 in New Haven, New Haven, CT.
6 iii. John Morris, born Bef. 12 Mar 1644/45; died Infant.
+ 7 iv. John Morris, born Bef. 08 Mar 1645/46 in New Haven, New Haven, CT; died 10 Dec 1711 in New
Haven, New Haven, CT.
+ 8 v. Eleazer Morris, born Bef. 29 Oct 1648 in New Haven, New Haven, CT; died 15 Jan 1709/10.
9 vi. Ephraim Morris, born 03 Oct 1651 in New Haven, New Haven, CT; died 06 Oct 1651 in New Haven,
New Haven, CT.
10 vii. Thomas Morris, Jr., born 03 Oct 1651 in New Haven, New Haven, CT; died Child.
+ 11 viii. Joseph Morris, born 25 Mar 1656 in New Haven, New Haven, CT.
Generation No. 3
4. Hannah 4 Morris (Thomas 3 , John 2 , [Unknown] 1 ) was born 14 Mar 1640/41 in New Haven,
New Haven, CT, and died 12 Jan 1709/10 in Norwalk, Fairfield, CT. She married Thomas
Lupton 1662 in New Haven, New Haven, CT. He was born Bef. 1624, and died in Norwalk,
Fairfield, CT.