188. William-Clingan" [134] (Hon. John-A., Samuel, Alexander, Gabriel'); born about 1842; married about 1866; res. Cochransville, Chester Co., Pa., and is a practising physician; graduated at the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania; was assistant surgeon of the 97th Regt. Pa. Vols. during the late war. 189. John-Martin, M. D.5 [110] (Eliza1 (Martin), Samuel Morrison3, Alexander2, Gabriel1); born April 7, 1822; married Hannah Kidd; res. Georgetown or Bart, Lancaster Co., Pa.; physician; graduated at the medical department of the University of Pa.; a Presbyterian. CHILD, BORN IN GEORGETOWN, PA. 190. A son, who graduated in medicine, and entered the U. S. Navy as assistant surgeon, and who d. about 1879. 191. William-Brown [97] (Alexander-Gamble', Samuel, Alexander2, Gabriel1). William-B. Morrison was born in Fallowfield, Chester Co., Pa., Sept. 10, 1828; married, March 8, 1848, RebeccaJ. Scott, of Valley, Chester Co., Pa. She was born March 4, 1828, and they res. West Chester, Pa., and formerly res. Coatesville, Pa. He was sheriff of Chester Co., 1874, '75, and '76. 193. 194. 195. CHILDREN. 192. Martha-Jane, b. Fallowfield, Chester Co., Dec. 10, 1849. 197. 198. LIST OF MINISTERS OF THE GOSPEL. Rev. Alexander-Gamble Morrison (deceased), Coatesville, Chester Co., Pa. Rev. Robert-Elder Morrison (deceased), Hightstown, N. J. Rev. James-McCalmmont Morrison, Shenandoah, Page Co., Ia. Rev. Alexander-Franklin Morrison (deceased), New Harmony, York Co., Pa. LIST OF PHYSICIANS. Hon. John-Anderson Morrison, M. D., Cochransville, Chester Co., Pa. William-Clingan Morrison, M. D., Cochransville, Chester Co., Pa. Thomas-Scott Morrison, M. D., Coatesville, Chester Co., Pa. Samuel-Wilmer Morrison, M. D., Oxford, Chester Co., Pa. Lieut.-Col. Joseph-Barr Morrison, M. D., Maryville, Nodaway Co., Mo. John Martin, M. D., Georgetown, Lancaster Co., Pa. Joseph Martin, M. D., Atglen, Chester Co., Pa. Martin, M. D., asst. surg. U. S. Navy (deceased). Under date of April 19, 1880, Dr. Joseph-B. Morrison, of Maryville, Mo., writes as follows: So far as I am acquainted with them, have always been noted for their liberality, generosity, and general kindness of heart, as well as for their common-sense, good judgment, and practicability. They have borne the reputation of being people who act from pure motives as far as it is possible for erring mortals so to act. There may be exceptions, and it would be singular if there were not. "The Scotch-Irish are peculiarly fond of wit, humor, and fun in general, but especially of out-door sports and games; and I was delighted when I read, a few years since, in 'Greeley's Recollections of a Busy Life,' the account, on page 27, of the peculiarities of the settlers in New Hampshire; for it vividly recalled the scenes of my childhood. Our settlement along the beautiful Octorara' was an exact duplicate of the New Hampshire settlement written of by Mr. Greeley. "The house-raisings, corn-huskings, apple-butter boilings, stonepickings, etc., together with the games attending them, such as leap-frog, hide-and-seek, throwing fifty-six pound weights, etc., and, I had almost forgotten to mention the family worship, often including a long hymn or psalm, with a slow tune. But however tedious or useless it may have seemed at the time, I am now persuaded that these very habits of family worship have done more, and do more, to bind our hearts, our affections, to our parents, brothers, and sisters, to our religion and our God, than all the other and pleasing scenes of our childhood. The ScotchIrish should never give up this excellent custom." DESCENDANTS OF JOHN MORISON, OF PENNSYLVANIA. 200. JOHN MORISON was born in Scotland, and must have emigrated to Ireland about the time of the siege of Londonderry. He probably lived in Stewartstown, Tyrone Co., Ireland, as his son was born there. He and several members of his family were slain by the Catholics in a conflict between the Scotch Presbyterians and the Roman-Catholic Irish. Children: 201. Ephraim; emigrated to America, and located in Philadelphia, where he died, leaving two sons: 1st, Morris, who lived in Philadelphia. 2d, James, who went to Maryland or Virginia. 202. Samuel, born Stewartstown, Tyrone Co., Ireland, Jan. 5, 1701, N. S. He married Mercy Mayse, who was born at Stewartstown in 1716; her parents were Scotch; they emigrated to America in 1740, sailing in the good ship "Sally of Coleraine." He was a very large and powerful man, more than six feet in height, and weighed over two hundred and fifty pounds. He also participated in a struggle between the native Irish and Protestant Scotch. He related to his grandson, John Morrison, the following incident of the struggle. He (Samuel) was attacked by seven furious Irishmen, and his only weapon of defence was a pitchfork. He thrust this fork into the foremost assailant, and threw him over a stone wall. The others, witnessing this feat, forsook their wounded comrade and fled. He located in Bucks Co., Pa., after the Revolutionary war was over. He and all his family, several of them then married, located on lands on the west branch of the Susquehanna River, near the mouth of Pine Creek, and where he spent the remainder of his life. He died in Lycoming Co., Pa., May 5, 1801, aged 100 yrs. 4 mos., and is buried in the old Pine Creek Cemetery. His wife died at same place, Oct. 30, 1798, aged 82 yrs. CHILDREN, EXCEPT THE FIRST, BORN IN BUCKS CO., PA. 203. Anna, b. Ireland, 1739; d. in infancy, and buried at sea. 204. Margaret, b. 1743; d. Lycoming Co., Pa. 205. James, b. Jan. 14, 1745; eight sons and three daughters. 206. William, b. 1747; d. in Lycoming Co., Pa.; four sons and three daughters. 207. Ephraim, b. 1749; d. young. 208. Rachel, b. 1751; d. young. 209. John, b. 1753; d. Lycoming Co., Pa.; two sons and one daughter. Samuel, b. Jan. 7, 1756; three sons and three daughters; res. Ohio. Ephraim, b. June 5, 1759. 210. 211. 213. Ephraim3 [211] (Samuel, John1); settled in Northwestern Territory (now Indiana) in 1796. He died Feb. 2, 1806; his wife died Dec. 18, 1803. They left four sons and a daughter, all deceased, save 214. Samuel', born March 1, 1798, who res. at 131 Christian Avenue, Indianapolis, Ind. CHAPTER XIX. DELAWARE BRANCH OF THE MORRISON FAMILY. BY REV. GEORGE MORRISON, D. D., OF SWEET AIRE, MD. THE subjoined memoranda of the Delaware branch of the Morrison family is prepared at the request of Leonard A. Morrison, Esq., of Windham, N. H., the compiler of a History of the Morrison Family. Capt. F. W. L. Thomas, of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, in a pamphlet entitled "Traditions of the Morrisons, Hereditary Judges of Lewis," brings the history of the Morrisons down to 1613. The biographer, Leonard A. Morrison, Esq., from that period brings the history and genealogy of the descendants down to 1880. I take it that the persecutions in Ireland and Scotland in the latter part of the seventeenth century drove the Delaware branch of the family to America. From 1600 to 1700, upon the authority of W. R. Hayward, Commissioner of Land Office of Maryland, as learned from the list preserved in the State's paper department of London, there were but two persons who emigrated to Virginia and Maryland; these were Richard Morrison, captain of Castle of Point Comfort, and Robert Morrison, the latter in 1635. The progenitor of the Delaware branch was Hans, or John, Morrison. I assume that Hans, or John, Morrison, either in the old country or in this, through his mother, was connected with the early Dutch colonists; as in the troubles between the Swedish settlers of Delaware and the Hollanders during the period from 1640 to 1655, his citizenship was not disturbed. In 1670, six years after the Duke of York claimed the settlements in Delaware as his, Hans, or John, Morrison entered a tract of land on Whiteclay Creek, within New Castle County, which said tract of land is now held in 1880 by a lineal descendant of the said John Morrison of the seventh generation. The patent record in the land office at Harrisburg, Pa., sets forth the date of this entry. The writer knows naught of the children of John Morrison, save of Hugh Morrison his son, and of Neal Morrison his grandson, the ancestors of the line of the family traced in this paper. During the Revolutionary war the family homes were in the line of march of the British army, when their goods and much of the family records were destroyed. Neal Morrison, the father of Robert, was one of the purchasers of the site, and one of the building committee of the Whiteclay Creek church, in 1752. From that period his descendants held his pew until the erection of the new church in 1853. From 1880, back to the earliest organization of the Whiteclay Creek church, and of its predecessors through seven generations, the family has been identified with the eldership and membership of the Presbyterian church of that locality. It is reported that Neal Morrison's mother was the aunt of the Rev. Daniel Neal, a dissenting minister of London, the author of the "History of the Puritans and of New England." Our progenitor, the son of Neal Morrison, was Robert, who was born in the year 1723. In 1747, at twenty-five years of age, in New Castle, to which point he hauled wood for sale from his father's farm in an ox-cart, he met with Annie Douglass, about to return to her native Scotland, and made matrimonial propositions to her, which were accepted. They were immediately married, and the bride and groom returned to Whiteclay Creek farm in all the pomp and grandeur which a "coach" in the shape of a "cart drawn by oxen" would allow, and soon afterwards Robert removed to New Castle, where he became a merchant. FOURTH GENERATION. ROBERT MORRISON was born at Whiteclay Creek farm, in New Castle Co., Delaware, 1723. He was a merchant in New Castle, and a farmer, and an elder in the Whiteclay Presbyterian church; married, in 1747, to Annie Douglass, of Scotland. Children: 1. Isaac, b. 1748, who lived to 1791, age 43 yrs. 2. David, b. 1753, who lived to 1829, age 74 yrs. He served in the war of 1776. 3. Martha, b. 1756, who lived to 1823, age 67 yrs. 4. Susannah, b. 1759, who lived to 1799, age 40 yrs. 5. Robert, b. 1760. 6. Douglass, b. 1765, who lived to 1849, age 84 yrs.; a farmer, and Presbyterian elder. FIFTH GENERATION. DOUGLASS MORRISON was born at New Castle, Del., in 1765, the youngest child of Robert and Annie (Douglass) Morrison. When an infant, at the death of his grandfather Neal Morrison, he and his father (Robert) removed to the Whiteclay Creek farm. Douglass Morrison married, in 1796, Elizabeth Wilson. He died in 1849, aged 84. His wife Elizabeth was born in 1777, and died 1831, aged 54 years. Children: 1. George Morrison, b. Jan. 15, 1797; lived until 1837, age 40 yrs. Catherine and Annie (twins), b. Dec. 18, 1800. 2. 3. Matilda, b. June 11, 1805. |
