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age of 16; later he shipped on board a privateer, was made prisoner, and confined 

 in the hulks at New York until the close of the war; after that he commanded 

 a merchant vessel in the South American trade. He and his crew were captured 

 by pirates, his vessel was confiscated, and all were held prisoners for two years, 

 until he escaped to an English war-vessel in the Orinoco river. 



Of the brothers of the propositus, Horace (1789-1862) entered the War of 

 1812, becoming third lieutenant in 1813. He was then in the navy for a short 

 time. The vessel on which he served was boarded by the British, who ordered 

 him aboard their ship. He refused to go and, springing into the rigging, threat- 

 ened death to anyone who tried to take him. He had an " active temperament" 

 and was very courageous. He loved study and reading and was little inclined to 

 talk. Another brother, George (born 1790), entered the army during the war of 

 1812 and rose to be a captain of artillery, remaining in the army after the war; his 

 son Robert (1822-1839) was fond of botany, became a midshipman in the United 

 States navy, undertook extensive cruises. Still another brother (1792-1812) was 

 a lieutenant in the army, March 1812, and was killed in the attack on Queens- 

 town in October of that year; he died unmarried. Two sons of the propositus 

 (Charles William and Robert Murray Morris) were soldiers. 



Love of the sea is also a family trait. The father and the father's brother, 

 Noadiah Morris, were naval men and one of the sons of the propositus (George 

 Upham Morris, 1830-1875) was a sailor. 



FAMILY HISTORY OF CHARLES MORRIS. 



II (F F F), Samuel Morris (born at Roxbury, Massachusetts, 1695), served during the 

 French and Indian war. 13 (F M F), Benjamin Wilkinson (1713-1803), an enterprising keeper 

 of a tavern (see Hopkins, IV 13). I 4 (F M M), Mary Rhodes. 



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Fraternity of F F: II 1, Mehitable (1729-1730), Mehitable (1731-1750), Anne (born 1739), 

 Abigail (born 1742), Susanna (1743-1768), and Lucretia (1749-1750) Morris. II 2, Samuel 

 Morris (1731-1801), served in the Revolutionary war. II 3, Henry Morris (1734-1808), was 

 a corporal in the French and Indian war; in 1758 a sutler at Lake George; in May 1775 he enlisted, 

 becoming corporal and later sergeant. He was a great pedestrian and jumper; at the age of 70 

 years he could clear a fence at a bound. He removed to New Hampshire in 1790. II 4, Hannah 

 Frizzell. II 5, John Morris (born 1735). II 6, William Morris (born 1740), served in the Revolu- 

 tionary war and later moved to Vermont. II 7, Edward Morris (1745-1821), a farmer who was a 

 lieutenant in the army. II 8, 9, Elizabeth and Hannah Morris, born 1747. II 10 (F F), Lemuel 

 Morris (1737-1813), lived in Thompson, Connecticut, and then removed to Scituate, Rhode 

 Island, but finally settled in Woodstock, Connecticut. He was a farmer who served in the French 

 and Indian war. II 11 (F M), Lydia Wilkinson, born in Scituate, Rhode Island, 1744. II 12 

 (M F), Captain Jonathan Nichols, of Mansfield, Connecticut. II 13 (M M), Sarah Bassett. 



