Morris in Barbados
jeki...@my-deja.com
Barbados Morris Researchers:
02/13/2000
I’m sure you are aware of the mystery which has been going on for the
last 100 years concerning the three sisters, Dorothy, Thomasin, and
Alice for which no last name has ever been found. I have been
researching the Durham family (one of many lines) and about 1680 a
Thomas Durham married Dorothy (question mark).
For many years, it was thought by researchers that this Dorothy was a
Smoot, but recently it appears that she may not have been. What we
know for fact about Dorothy is that she had a sister named Thomasin and
a sister named Alice who both married several men in VA during their
lifetime, among them men named Chinn, Stretchley, Marshall, and Fox.
Entering into the picture is another mystery woman, Mary Gilbert who
deeded some land to Dorothy and Thomas Durham. Also, William Smoot
took Dorothy and Mary under his wing, so to speak, and thus lead to the
assumption that the women were all Smoots. Dorothy and Thomas Durham
also took Mary Gilbert under their wing, so to speak when she was
having trouble with her husband, apparently somewhat of a drunk.
I began searching the Internet for hits on Thomasin (anything) and came
across the Thomas Morris boys of Barbados, and have recently been in
contact with several Morris researchers who have been interested in the
data I am posting below.
I was quite interested to find this thread on a Newsgroup, and
apparently some people there who are interested in the same Morris line
I am. I’m hoping you can help me try to gain some logic from the fact
that we have a Thomas Morris will dated 1666 (wife Grace) with children
Lewis, Richard, Priscilla, and Mary. Sometimes people named Priscilla
will adopt the name Alice. There is another Thomas Morris will dated
1694 listing children Frances, Dorothy, Thomasin, Robert, and Richard.
Since Dorothy and Thomasin were under 21 in 1694, they would have been
too young to be part of the trio we are looking for, however I’m
wondering if Thomas Morris (will of 1694) may have had two additional
sisters also named Alice and Dorothy in addition to the known fact that
he had a sister named Thomasin as listed in the will of one Richard
Settle who lists Thomas Morris as son-in-law. Note: siblings of this
Thomas Morris (will of 1694) would have been about the right age
bracket for the trio.
I am enclosing below the postings I have made to the Durham Cousins
mail list and the Durham list on Rootsweb (posted also on the Morris
Rootsweb forum) together with wills I have found in Barbados Records
Books, and was wondering if you could help me in my quest for the three
sisters, Dorothy, Thomasin, and Alice, thinking that they may be part
of one or both of these Thomas Morris’ families. The three we are
looking for would have been born early to mid 1600’s and probably not
later than about 1660..
Col. Lewis Morris & his brother Richard are mentioned in the following
Barbados Will:
MORRIS, Thomas
7 Aug 1666, RB6/8 p.132
"Wf Grace Morris - Xtrx; chn Lewis Morris, Richard Morris, Pricilla
Morris, & Mary Morris; friendds Col. Lewis Morris, Capt. Nicholas
Champion, & Richard Morris, planter - Xtrs in trust. signed Thomas
Morris.
Wit: Roger Peel, Edw: Busher.
Proved 19 Nov 1670
Not clear if there is a family relationship, but Thomas seems to name
his sons after the Colonel and his brother.
I'm not quite sure what to make of the preceding will. Could this
Thomas Morris be some relation to the Thomas Morris
whose will is dated in 1694 (see below)
TO: DUR...@listbot.com
Subject: The Barbados Connection
Dear Durham Cousins:
I would like to expand on some data published by Glenn concerning the
Barbados Connection as it pertains to Dorothy ? Durham.
I was in the Fort Worth Public Library today looking at the several
bookds titled Barbados Records.
First in the book, BAPTISMS 1637 1800 Barbados Records:
Feb 6, 1678 Dorothy & Thomassin daus of Capt. Tho. Morris & Sarah his
wf. St. Michael Parish pg. 19
In the Wills and Administrations, Barbados Records, Vol II 1681 1700:
MORRIS, Thomas Esq
St. Michaels Parish, 22 Mar 1694/5, RB6/11, p. 283
Daus Dorothy Morris and Tomasin Morris both at 21; dau Frances
Terry & her daus Frances & Sarah Terry; son Robert Morris Xtr
& Gdn & to send son Richard Morris to England to school; friends
Col. Richard Salter & Lt. Col. Thomas Merrick Trustees; son in
Law Robert Swann to assist son Robert. Signed Thomas Morris
Wit; Edward Rundell mariner, Robert Dingwall, Cornelius Lenens
Proved 16 Jan 1695
Conclusion: Thomas Morris Esq had two daughters under the age of 21 in
1694 and they were named Dorothy and Tomasin (Thomassin in Baptisms).
There is a curious notation in the following record found in
Wills and Administrations, Barbados Records, Vol I 1639 1680
REINSBARY, Ffrancis Sr of Bdos, merchant
3 Oct 1661, RB6/15, p. 194
Son Ffrancis Reinsbary; Lewis Morris, Richard Morris, & Priscilla
Morris, sons & dau of Thomas Morris; Jane Penney my wf’s kinsw; bro
John Rainsbary of Totnes, Co. Devon; the wf of John Bryan; wf Jane
Reinsbary Xtrx. Signed Ffran: Reinsbury
Wit: Richard Evans, John Hancock
Cod, 17 Feb 1661
Proved 25 Sep 1662
Conclusion: This will was drawn up 30 years before the will of Thomas
Morris. Why this person named the 3 Morris children, I don’t know yet,
but it appears that in addition to the Richard named in Thomas’ will,
we may need to add Lewis and Pricilla also as children of Thomas
Morris. Now, Alice is sometimes taken as a name by a person named
Pricilla could this be the missing part of the puzzle?
NOTE: The forgoing conclusion is wrong as it now appears that
Reinsbary was referring to another Thomas Morris (See first will of a
Thomas Morris dated 1666)…JEK 02/13/2000
About the only definite thing I found out today was the maiden name of
the wife of Thomas Morris Esq - Sarah Settle. This is proved as follows:
In Wills and Administrations Vol I 1639 1680 Barbados Records
SETTLE, Frances, widow & Xtrx of Richard Settle late of Bdos planter
decd.
St Josephs Parish, 16 of month called Jan 1677, RB6/13, p. 477
Said Richard, in a writing dated 19 day of 8th month called Oct 1670,
bequeathed me his whole estate; son in law Thomas Morris merchant & dau
Sarah Morris his wf & their chn entire estate; son Robert Taylor & Jane
Taylor* his wf; land in St Josephs bounding lands of John Holder, David
Ingerfeild, Hannah Cooke, Daniell Wyatt, & Joseph Thorne; other
plantation at Chalky Mount in St Peters Parish bounding lands of Thomas
Brooks, William Budd, & Thomas Foster, signed Frances Settle.
Wit: Thomas Stantor, Rich: Poore
Recorded 27 Apr 1678, 10 Apr 1678 Frances Settle acknowledges this to
be her will. (inventory follows)
SETTLE, Richard
19th day of 8th month called Oct 1670, RB6/8, p. 362
Wf’s kinsw Marjorie Moulins, wf of Richard Moulins land bought of
Timothy Terrill in St Andrews & St Josephs Parishes where she now lives
& to her son Francis Boulton & hjis heirs; dau Sarah Morris; sis
Frances Beggs; sis Judith Settle; bro Peter Settle’s chn in London at
21; Richard Settle, son of bro Peter; friends in London & Bdos; cousin
Thomasin Morris, sis to son in law Thomas Morris; Alexander Carnes,
Robert Taylor’s son in law, his mo Judith Taylor; house in Bridgetown
next to Moisers the Jew; wf Frances Settle* - Xtrx; gr ch Frances
Morris, dau Morris’s eldest dau; friends John Holder Sr, Thomas Foster,
son in law Thomas Morris, & Robert Taylor Overseers signed Richard
Settle
Conclusion: Thomas Morris Esq must have had a sister also named
Thomasin, but the two wills above definitely show that his wife was
Sarah Settle, so we now have a last name for Sarah Morris. The
grandchild mentioned above (Frances) is a daughter of Thomas Morris
Esq’s daughter, Frances Morris Terry, and that Frances Morris Terry is
the first born daughter of Thomas Morris Esq.
Any help anyone can give would be appreciated, and if I can be of help
to anyone, please contact me directly at
JEKi...@att.net
- thanks, John
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Don't know where you got the spelling - What I sent was Thomasin,
which is sometimes spelled Thomasine or Thomassin or Thomassine, and I
believe is somewhat common for the name of a female child of a father
named Thomas. Thanks, John
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