436. John Haton Morris Anson Co NC Abstracts of Early Records - Haden Morris (Haton) 20 Jul 1764 Haden Morris, grantee, 100 A.N. side little River 22 Aug 1768 Haten/Haden Morris and wife Elizabeth, grantors - all of Anson Co NC. 30 A. on Little River granted to William Stevens 1760 and by conveyance to Samuel Parsons, To Haten Morris. 1 Feb 1769 Haten (Haden) Morris mentioned as intermediary in land- N of Pee Dee River. 1770 Heton Morris signe petition asking for a court at Campbellton for Anson, Orange & Cumberland Counties. {note: Campellton = Fayetteville} 9 Oct 1771 On road jury from Yadkin River where Anson Line crosses to Cross Creek. {Note: Cross Creek = Fayetteville} * 13 Apr 1774 Heaton Morris on road jury from Edward Moore's store to Williams old store on Cape Fear Road. 13 Jul 1774 Heaton Morris - road hand - from Rocky Creek to Little River. * This discription would put him in Montgomery County. Montgomery County was fromed in 1779 form Anson Co NC. WHAT IN TARNATION!! When they first began living in the colonies, things must have been very tough. John Haton Morris, the first Morris we have record of, was living in Montgomery Co NC. His son Elias Morris, was born there in 1776. These two are the ancestors of today's Morris Family. Census Records indicate that Elizabeth was the wife of John Haton Morris. Mary West was the wife of Elias Morris s/o John Haton Morris. John Haton and Elizabeth had several children. The names of only five have come down through genealogical records. These are: Jacob, Thomas, Elias, William and John Haton jr. This old fellow John Haton jr is one who was not listed by Seaborn's uncles. They did list Elias Morris, John Hation's son. The uncles gave no dates for most of their relatives, but they were right on the money with names and mostly in order of birth. Here is a quote form a story they gave Seaborn. "Uncle Thomas Goodman (see picture and article, appendix A-2/4) maintains that, the original two Morris braothers came to America from either Wales or England in the early 1700's One of these brothers settled in the Potomac Valley of Virginia and amassed a fortune in the tobacco industry and slave trade. Uncle Thomas Goodman claims that Robert Morris, a signer of the Declaration of Independence and financier of George Washington's army during the Winter of 1777 at Valley Forge, was either a son or grandson of the original Morris immigrants to America. The Other brother "Carved out" an enourmous tract of land in the red clay hills of NC. He succeeded in raising a large family, but was without a doubt, very poor." This second branch of the Morris line is the ancestry about which we write. Seaborn Morris (1907-1973) had reservations about the facts of the previous story. It is possibly correct, because there is evidence that Elias Morris was born in 1776 in the Newbern district, Montgomery, NC. (see Appendix B-1 and B-2; also note Family Group sheets, Apppendix c-3) However, Robert Morris, signer of the Declaration of Independence, was already a grown man at the time. We must question the relationship between Elias Morris and the noted Robert Morris because to date, we have no real firm evidence of familial ties. The family information from Seaborn's father and uncles checks out remarkably well with researched facts. Their recollections that the wife of Elias Morris was Mary "Polly" West. is a proven fact. She was born about 1775 in NC. Names of childern they the uncles could recall were: Tom, John, Allen, Wiley, Jacob,"Jake" Catherine "Katie". Research shows a bit more. Wiley Morris born 1808 md in NC to Patience Kelly. Thomas Goodman Morris b 16 Jan 1814 Nontgomery Co NC (Map B-1) was md abt 1840 to Susannah Elizabeth Garrison d/o John Garrison ca 1774 and Elizabeth Rogers. This comes from the book, "The Isaac Garrison Family 1732 - 1836" Again, Morris uncle's memories were right on with the facts. They named Thomas G. and jacboni@aol.com