The Descendants of Armstrong McMorris

Notes


1. Armstrong McMorris

RESIDENCES:
(1738-1797) Lisburn, Co Down, Ireland.
(1797-1823) Harpersfield, Delaware Co, NY.

CENSUS: 1810 US Census, Harpersfield, Delaware Co., NY; 1810; ; p 501; National Archives, Wash., DC, M252-26; NAME: Spelled Armstrong McMorse; Rick Crume's file #R 292.

CENSUS: 1820 US Census, Harpersfield, Delaware Co, NY; 1820; ; p 65; (Rick Crume's file #O 124).

PROBATE: Will of Armstrong McMorris; 1823; ; p 283; Delaware County Surrogate's Court, Delhi, NY (Rick Crume's file #O 154, O 158); NOTE: Dtd 14 Mar 1823.

PROBATE: Gertrude Audrey Barber, ABSTRACTS OF WILLS OF DELAWARE COUNTY, N.Y., 1796-1875; 1796-1875; Typescript (carboncopy), 1940-1941; vol. 1 (1796-1833), p 25; FHL book 974.736 P2b (Rick Crume's file #O 249); NOTE: Mistakenly recorded as Anthony McMorris, should be Armstrong McMorris.

PROBATE-LAND: Deed; abt 1824; James McMorris and William McMorris & Lucy A. his wife deed land in Harpersfield from estate of Armstrong McMorris; vol 22, p 391; Delaware County Clerk's Office, Delhi, NY; Rick Crume's file #O 295.

CEMETERY: CEMETERY GUIDE FOR 35 CEMETERIES; 1738-1991; Davenport Center, NY: The Davenport Historical Society, 1991; p 244; book in poss of Rick Crume; NOTE: Gilchrist Church Cem.

CEMETERY: Headstone inscription; 1823-1843; Gilchrist Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Town of Kortright, Delaware Co, NY; ; Viewed bef 1988 by Elizabeth Bakenhus, Binghamton, NY (Rick Crume's file #O 154); NOTE: "Armstrong McMorris - who departed this life, Dec. 25, 1823, aged 85 yrs."


Mary McCray

CENSUS: 1830 US Census, Harpersfield, Delaware Co, NY; ; p 81; (Rick Crume's file #O 124).

CEMETERY: CEMETERY GUIDE FOR 35 CEMETERIES; 1738-1991; Davenport Center, NY: The Davenport Historical Society, 1991; p 244; book in poss of Rick Crume; NOTE: Gilchrist Church Cem.

CEMETERY: Headstone inscription; 1823-1843; Gilchrist Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Town of Kortright, Delaware Co, NY; ; Viewed bef 1988 by Elizabeth Bakenhus, Binghamton, NY (Rick Crume's file #O 154); NOTE: "Mary, wife of Armstrong McMorris, died June 8, 1843, 95 yrs."


3. Ephraim McMorris

DEATH: Letter from Elizabeth Bakenhus, Binghamton, NY, to Rick Crume, Glyndon, MN; 1730-1988; Letter dtd 23 Mar 1988; p 2; (Rick Crume's file #O 154); NOTE: In 1983 Mrs Doris McEachron, Town Historian of Argyle, Washington Co, NY, wrote Elizabeth Bakenhus, "Ephraim was killed at the battle of Black Rock in the War of 1812, leaving no family."