Ancestors of Christopher John Augustine Morry

Leona Anna Graham

Sex: F

Individual Information

Birth Date: Cir 1917 ²²²⁶ Christening: Death: Cir 1994 - ( about age 77) ²²²⁶ Burial: Cause of Death:

Spouses and Children

1. *Paul Angus Marshall ²²²⁶ Marriage: Cir 1989

Leslie Graham

Sex: M

Individual Information

Birth Date: 3 Sep 1922 - Croydon, Surrey, England. ³⁵² Christening: Death: Burial: Cause of Death:
Events
• Census: 1939 Register - Sydney Graham family, 1939, Croydon, Surrey, England. (Household Member)
• Occupation: Builders Clerk, 1939, Croydon, Surrey, England.
• Residence: 153 Northborough Road, 1939, Croydon, Surrey, England. (Occupant)
• Living: 30 Oct 2024, Wallasey, Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England.

Parents

Father: Sydney Graham ⁴⁵⁹⁷ Mother: Ethyl Lucy Robinson ¹⁸⁵⁹ ^,4597

Spouses and Children

Children: 1. Living

Living

Sex: F

Parents

Father: Vivian Vincent Graham ⁷¹¹ ^,715 Mother: Isabelle ⁷¹¹ ^,712

Spouses and Children

1. *Arnold Joseph Clowe ²²⁷ Marriage: Children: 1. Living 2. Living 3. Living 4. Living

Martha Graham

Sex: F

Individual Information

Birth Date: Bef 17 Jun 1860 - Aquaforte, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ²⁸³ Christening: 17 Jun 1860 - Aquaforte, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ²⁸² ^,1688 ^,4980 Death: Burial: Cause of Death:
Events
• Minister/Priest: A.E. C. Bayley, 17 Jun 1860, Aquaforte, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Immigration: 1893, United States of America.
• Census: Head of Household, Tailoress. 33 Waverley Ave., 1910, Everett, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States of America. Widowed mother, Ann Graham, is living with spinster daughter, Martha Graham.

Parents

Father: Capt. John Graham ¹²¹ ^,4934 Mother: Anne Coulman Winser ¹⁶⁰ ^,168 ^,282 Marriage Did Not Marry

Notes
General:

140813: No way of knowing when the actual birth took place as it was not recorded on the birth/baptismal record as transcribed on NGB website. What is given here is an error on another transcript which took the baptismal date as the birth date. Also no way of knowing whether the christening took place at St. Phillip's in Aquaforte or St. Luke's in Ferryland as this information was not recorded on the register at Petty Harbour.

Mary Graham

Sex: F

Individual Information

Birth Date: Bef 15 Jun 1783 - Dartmouth, Devon, England ⁴⁹⁸¹ Christening: 15 Jun 1783 - St. Saviour's, Dartmouth, Devon, England ⁴⁹⁸¹ Death: Burial: Cause of Death:
Events
• Alt. Birth: Cir 1783, Dartmouth, Devon, England.

Parents

Father: Captain John Graham ¹⁰⁹ ^,168 Mother: Eed Heath ⁴⁹³¹

Notes
General:

060725:

Neither John Heath Graham nor his sister Mary Graham were mentioned in the will of their aunt, Elizabeth [Graham] Ellis even though their brother and two sisters were mentioned. This suggests that they were probably deceased in 1844 when the will was probated.

Mary Graham

Sex: F

Individual Information

Birth Date: 2 Jun 1750 - Dartmouth, Devon, England ¹⁰⁹ ^,1108 ^,4982 ^,4983 Christening: 27 Jun 1750 - Dartmouth, Devon, England ¹⁰⁹ ^,444 ^,4983 Death: 29 Oct 1796 - Dartmouth, Devon, England ( at age 46) ⁷⁸ ^,109 ^,4984 Burial: 3 Nov 1796 - St. Saviour's, Dartmouth, Devon, England ¹⁹ ^,109 ^,1790 ^,3431 Cause of Death:
Events
• Alt. Birth: Ashburton, Devon, England, 2 Jun 1750.

Parents

Father: Capt. Christopher Graham ⁷⁸ ^,109 ^,168 ^,454 Mother: Mary Churchwill ⁷⁸ ^,109 ^,168 ^,454

Spouses and Children

1. *Capt. Matthew Morry ⁷⁸ ^,109 ^,168 ^,2962 ^,2970 Marriage: 1 Mar 1773 - Dartmouth, Devon, England ⁷⁸ ^,1108 ^,1798 ^,4441 ^,4985 ^,4986 ^,4987
Marriage Events
• Marriage License: 28 Feb 1773, Dartmouth, Devon, England.
• Minister/Priest: Nathaniel Terry, Rector of Ashrington, 1 Mar 1773, Dartmouth, Devon, England.
• Witnesses: Christopher Graham & Ric. Pillar, 1 Mar 1773, Dartmouth, Devon, England. Marriage Notes

1/11/99 In an email from Enid O'Brien: "Re: Howard Morry (your grandfather). I did know from some people from Ferryland that he tended to colour things a little bit but I always try to confirm information anyway. I not only heard from him that there were 20 children but Helena (Morry) LeMessurier who was born in the 1800s also states that there were a lot of children. I note thatyou state your aunt Jean felt that there were probably more children. I, personally, feel that we do not have all the children of Mary Graham/Matthew Morry for the following reasons. I don't think anyone born in the 1800s would consider 5 children as being a large family (in fact I think it would be considered small). Also, when you look at the children,they were married in 1773 and we don't have a baptism until 1783 (10 years). This doesn't add up. My own gut feeling about this is their other children were probably born in the Channel islands as Matthew had a banking business there and it would make sense to me that they might have lived there. I didn't check the Channel island records, do you know if your Aunt Jean researched them [No]?

Helena (Morry) LeMessurier stated that Matthew had a business in the Channel islands with W. Prideaux. I can confirm that he did have a business with Prideaux as it was stated in a Power of Attorney he signed for his son, Matthew, Jr., to do business in Ferryland on his behalf. Also, you would notice that a number of Morrys married LeMessuriers. The LeMessuriers were from the Channel Island and they were probably familiar with each other families for some time. I don't feel that they had children adopted I just feel we didn't find them all."

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Geoffrey William's email 366 dated 10/08/00 refers:

"1773MathewMORRYMM01 Mar 1773JohnMORRYPriscillaHARVEYMary GRAHAMDartmouthDistrict of South HamsDEVENGParish RecordsKLN GabrielMorey Forum"

281007: From Dartmouth Family Archive website of marriages at St. Saviours: 1/3/1773:
Matthew MORRY & Mary GRAHAM, by Licence. Both sign. Wits; Christopher Graham & Ric. Pillar.

Note that both signed - hence were literate. Also note that Christopher Graham was Mary's brother while Richard Pillar was evidently a business partner of Matthew along with his brother John, as all three act as witnesses of various mariners at the church.

211009:
From The deanery of Totnes CD
MORRY MATTHEW 01 03 1773 N
GRAHAM MARY

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310717 from FindMyPast:
Devon Banns Registers Transcription
First name(s) Marry
Last name Graham
Banns year 1773
Banns date ? ? 1773
Marriage year 1773
Marriage date 01 Mar 1773
Parish Dartmouth, St Saviour
Spouse's first name Matthew
Spouse's last name Marry
Residence Dartmouth St Saviour
Spouse's residence Dartmouth St Saviour
Denomination Anglican
County Devon
Country England
Archive reference 2992A/PR/1/8
Archive South West Heritage Trust
Record set Devon Banns
Category Birth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers)
Subcategory Marriages & divorces
Collections from England, United Kingdom
Findmypast

Note the error on the surname even though it is very clear on the register
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300717 from FindMyPast but copied from the Devon Family History Society transcript:
Devon Marriages Transcription
First name(s) Mary
Last name Graham
Marriage year 1773
Marriage date 01 Mar 1773
Spouse's first name(s) Matthew
Spouse's last name Merry
Denomination Anglican
Parish St Saviour
City or town Dartmouth
Place Dartmouth, St Saviour
County Devon
Archive South West Heritage Trust
Record set Devon Marriages
Category Birth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers)
Subcategory Marriages & divorces
Collections from England, United Kingdom
Devon Family History Society
Transcriptions © Devon Family History Society

Note the error on the surname even though it is very clear on the register
Children: 1. Capt. John Morry 2. Honour Moary 3. Priscilla Ann Morry 4. Thomas Graham Morry I 5. Mary Morry 6. Matthew Morry II, JP 7. Esther Graham Morry

Notes
General:

Mary Graham of Claverhouse.

I had initially put down the cause of her death as "died in childbirth" because that is what appears in Geoffrey William's Morey database. Only I then discovered that he had gotten this "information" from Lanny Morry, who was only speculating (there is no record of this anywhere). The Morey database uses Lanny's exact words, obviously cut from her email of Dec. 10, 2000.

This is an example of how your own information, or misinformation, can come back to haunt you!

311006: I viewed her gravestone in Dartmouth recently (St. Saviours). Unfortunately it is broken in two and a piece is missing but the full inscription was taken down some time prior to the second world war by a Mrs. Grey (Jane Josephine Morry) who died childless in 1937 at an advanced age according to Nimshi Crewe. It read:

"Sacred to the memory of Mary Morry the wife of Matthew Morry, Merchant of this town who was the sincere Christian, the faithful wife, the affectionate mother, and the true friend universally loved and sincerely lamented, who departed this life on 29 October 1796. Aged 46 Years. Also sacred to the memory of Priscilla, daughter of the above named Matthew and Mary Morry, and wife of Wm. Sweetland of Ferryland in the island of Newfoundland, now of Dartmouth, Merchant, who no less virtuous and esteemed departed this life on the 19 day of December 1820. Aged 37 years."

GPS location: 50*21'4.9"N 3*34'44.4"W

051206 email from Enid O'Brien gives further details on Mrs. Grey's efforts: "My full info I have on Mrs. Grey/Gray's visit is as follows and it was written by N. Crewe and it is as follows:

Tombstones in Dartmouth by Mrs. Gray who died at St. John's 1937 at advanced age - no children:

Mary Morry, wife of Matthew Morry (merchant) of this town, died 1796,age 46 (My note: It is interesting that the headstone says "of this town" meaning Dartmouth which would seem to indicate that his main residence was in Dartmouth in 1796)

Priscilla of the above Matthew Morry and Mary Morry and wife of William Sweetland of Ferryland, Isle of Newfoundland, but now of Dartmouth (merchant) who is no less esteemed departed this life 19th day December 1820, age 37 years.

Priscilla, wife of Thomas Silly died 1847 age 28 years; also, Benjamin Sweetland, her brother, who with wife and child were lost at sea Sept 1846, age 32 years.

Also, Matthew Morry Sweetland, died at sea July 1852, age 39 years

Also, Mary Morry Sweetland who died 1854, age 33 years.

William Oxenham died 1805, age 75 years Also Mary, his daughter died 1832, age 76 years. Also Thomasine Dunstervill, the wife of James H. Carter died 1835, age 40 years.

I always thought that the Mrs Gray referred to was Jane Josephine Morry especiallly because it said she had no children. Now I am not so sure. I don't have a date of death for this Mrs Gray but when her husband died in 1942 it said he left a wife and no children so this would rule-out Jane Josephine or the date 1937. Who else could it be?

290908:

A transcript of a record in a bible believed to have been given to Jean Morry Funkhouser by Howard Morry. The entries appear to be transcribed from family-related gravestones but the hand is not that of Howard Morry so it is unclear who wrote these records (possibly this is the mysterious Mrs. Grey, Nimshi Crewe's informant):

"Sacred to the memory of Mary Morry the wife of Matthew Morry, Merchant of this town who was the sincere Christian, the faithful wife, the affectionate mother, and the true friend universally loved and sincerely lamented, who departed this life on 29 October 1796. Aged 46 Years. Also sacred to the memory of Priscilla, daughter of the above named Matthew and Mary Morry, and wife of Wm. Sweetland of Ferryland in the island of Newfoundland, now of Dartmouth, Merchant, who no less virtuous and esteemed departed this life on the 19 day of December 1820. Aged 37 years."

050811:

There is a very scant record in the register of the independent parish in Dartmouth which I found at the MHA in St. John's. I believe the transcript made by Keith Matthews may be abbreviated and there may be more details in the original. What Keith has transcribed is as follows:

Baptism: 1750 (I'm going on the date of the person above as this space is left blank in the transcript) Surname: Graham Christian Name: D (short for daughter) Father/Mother: Chris

That's all there is. It seems likely that this refers to Mary Graham, wife of Matthew Morry.

I think the children would have been christened in the "dissenter" church because, being of Scottish ancestry, the family was most likely Presbyterian to begin with and would have preferred not to attend one of the Anglican parishes in town.

130217:
The Dartmouth Family History Group did a database of all legible gravestones in the St. Saviour's churchyard some years ago and missed the grave of Mary and Priscilla presumably because the large missing piece of the stone prevented them from making a reasonable effort at reading what it had said. Therefore their map does not record where this stone is to be found. Strangely their database also does not indicate the location of the Graham's stones which are adjacent and should have been legible. I have taken their map and annotated it (in the Media Gallery) to indicate the approximate location of these stones. The fact that they did not find any other Morry or Graham stones is troubling and probably means they too have been destroyed or weathered beyond recognition over the years.

310717:
I found out this year during my visit to St. Saviour's that the damage to her tombstone was inflicted by a stray German bomb which landed nearby during WWII. Many stones were lost at that time and the church itself was severely damaged. They do not have the missing piece of the stone and it was likely used as fill when they rebuilt the grounds. I also learned from reading information on the churchyard in Ray Freeman's book, Dartmouth and Its Neighbours, that many of the original gravestones were lost by successive intrusions when the roads surrounding the church were built and widened. This could account for the absence of other gravestones of the Morry family.

Mary Graham

Sex: F

Individual Information

Birth Date: Bef 9 Jun 1783 - Dartmouth, Devon, England ⁴⁹⁸¹ Christening: 9 Jun 1783 - St. Saviour's, Dartmouth, Devon, England ⁴⁹⁸¹ Death: Between Apr and Jun 1879 - Dartmouth, Devon, England ⁴⁹⁹² Burial: 19 May 1879 - St. Saviour's, Dartmouth, Devon, England ¹⁷⁹³ Cause of Death:
Events
• Alt. Birth: Cir 1784, Dartmouth, Devon, England.
• Census: Mary Graham and niece Jennet Weaks [sic], 1841, Dartmouth, Devon, England.
• Occupation: Grocer, 1841-1871, Dartmouth, Devon, England.
• Will: Left a trust in the Will of her nephew John Graham, 18 Mar 1843, Dartmouth, Devon, England.
• Occupation: ShopKeeper & Dealers in Groceries & Sundries, Smith St., 1844, Dartmouth, Devon, England.
• Occupation: Shop Keeper, Smith St., 1850, Dartmouth, Devon, England.
• Census: Smith St., Household of Mary Graham and niece Jennett Weeks, 1851, Dartmouth, Devon, England.
• Occupation: Shop Keeper, Smith St., 1857, Dartmouth, Devon, England.
• Census: Smith St., 1861, Dartmouth, Devon, England.
• Occupation: Grocer, Smith St., 1866, Dartmouth, Devon, England.
• Occupation: Grocer, Smith St., 1869, Dartmouth, Devon, England.
• Occupation: Shop Keeper, Smith St., 1870, Dartmouth, Devon, England.
• Census: Smith St., 1871, Dartmouth, Devon, England.
• Medical Condition: Deaf, 1871, Dartmouth, Devon, England.
• Residence: Smith Street, 1871, Dartmouth, Devon, England.
• Occupation: Grocer, Smith St., 1878, Dartmouth, Devon, England.
• Alt. Death: Bef 19 May 1879, Dartmouth, Devon, England.

Parents

Father: Capt. Christopher Graham Jr. Mother: Mary Penhey ¹⁶¹ ^,4614 Marriage Did Not Marry

Notes
General:

071106:

NOTE:

There are two Mary Grahams almost equally related to the Weekes family that could be the one buried in the common plot shown below. Both Mary Grahams were born in the same year. I am simply making a judgement call and saying that it is to this one that the record refers.

Records of Burials at St. Saviours, Dartmouth, taken from "The Dartmouth Archives" website of the Dartmouth History Research Group: http://www.dartmouth-history.org.uk

No.of entryName of PersonBuriedDescription of Person BuriedAge Years 910Graham, MarySpinster95

Place where Death occurredDate of BurialCeremony performed by Saint Saviours19 May 1879Rev'd. Kitchingman

Place of Burial and No. of GrantNo.In Consecrated Ground Wall'd Grave Re-opened308Yes

In Unconsecrated GroundFrom what Parish removedRemarks Saint Saviours

NB: Jennet Weekes and her relative mary Graham died days apart. My guess is that there was an epidemic at this time and it took the lives of the two of them. _MDCL: CONC ss is that there was an epidemic at this time and it took the lives o _MDCL:
Research:

071106:

NOTE:

There are two Mary Grahams almost equally related to the Weekes family that could be the one buried in the common plot shown below. Both Mary Grahams were born in the same year. I am simply making a judgementcall and saying that it is to this one that the record refers.

Records of Burials at St. Saviours, Dartmouth, taken from "The Dartmouth Archives" website of the Dartmouth History Research Group: http://www.dartmouth-history.org.uk

No.of entryName of PersonBuriedDescription of Person BuriedAge Years 910Graham, MarySpinster95

Place where Death occurredDate of BurialCeremony performed by Saint Saviours19 May 1879Rev'd. Kitchingman

Place of Burial and No. of GrantNo.In Consecrated Ground Wall'd Grave Re-opened308Yes

In Unconsecrated GroundFrom what Parish removedRemarks Saint Saviours

NB: Jennet Weekes and her relative Mary Graham died days apart. My guess is that there was an epidemic at this time and it took the lives of the two of them.

Mary Neill Graham

Sex: F
AKA: Mary Mich Graham ⁴⁹³⁸ ^,4993 ^,4994
Individual Information

Birth Date: 9 Aug 1816 - Bermondsey, Greater London, England ⁴⁹⁴³ Christening: 14 May 1820 - Bermondsey, Greater London, England ⁴¹⁵⁵ ^,4943 Death: Between Jan and Mar 1892 - Devonshire, England ⁴¹⁵⁵ Burial: Cause of Death:
Events
• Alt. Birth: Cir 1816, Bermondsey, Greater London, England.
• Residence: Snows Fields, St. John Horsleydown, 14 May 1820, Bermondsey, Greater London, England. (Occupant)
• Census: Clifton, Hardness; aged 20, 1841, Dartmouth, Devon, England.
• Census: Household of Christopher Graham, New Road, St Saviour, 1841, Dartmouth, Devon, England. (Household Member)
• Living: According to the Will and 2 Codicils of John Graham, 15 Jun 1846, Dartmouth, Devon, England.

Parents

Father: Christopher Graham ⁴⁴⁴ ^,4938 Mother: Mary Neill ⁴⁹³⁹

Spouses and Children

1. *Joseph Delve Way ⁴¹⁵⁵ Marriage: 28 Aug 1855 - Worcester, Worcestershire, England ⁴¹⁵⁵ Marriage Notes

22 May 2017 from FindMyPast, copied from FamilySearch:

First name(s) Mary Neill
Last name Graham
Name note -
Marriage year 1855
Marriage date 28 Aug 1855
Marriage place Worcester
Spouse's first name(s) Joseph Delve
Spouse's last name Way
County Worcestershire
Country England
Record set England Marriages 1538-1973
Category Birth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers)
Subcategory Marriages & divorces
Collections from United Kingdom
Index (c) IRI. Used by permission of FamilySearch Intl

First name(s) MARY NEILL
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Marriage quarter 3
Marriage year 1855
Registration month -
MarriageFinder™ MARY NEILL GRAHAM married one of these people Sarah Aldington, Joseph Delve Way, John Ballard
District Worcester
District number -
County Worcestershire
Country England
Volume 6C
Page 347
Record set England & Wales Marriages 1837-2005
Category Birth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers)
Subcategory Marriages & divorces
Collections from United Kingdom
brightsolid online publishing ltd

First name(s) Mary Neill
Last name Graham
Name note -
Age 39
Marriage year 1855
Marriage date 28 Aug 1855
Marriage place Worcester
Father's first name(s) Christopher
Father's last name Graham
Spouse's first name(s) Joseph Delve
Spouse's last name Way
Spouse's birth year 1804
Spouse's birth date 1804
Spouse's father's first name(s) John
Spouse's father's last name Way
Residence Worcester, Worcester, England
County Worcestershire
Country England
Record set England Marriages 1538-1973
Category Birth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers)
Subcategory Marriages & divorces
Collections from United Kingdom
Index (c) IRI. Used by permission of FamilySearch Intl

First name(s) Mary Neill
Last name Graham
Name note -
Age 39
Marriage year 1855
Marriage date 28 Aug 1855
Marriage place Worcester
Father's first name(s) Christopher
Father's last name Graham
Spouse's first name(s) Joseph Delve
Spouse's last name Way
Spouse's birth year 1804
Spouse's birth date 1804
Spouse's father's first name(s) John
Spouse's father's last name Way
Residence Worcester, Worcester, England
County Worcestershire
Country England
Record set England Marriages 1538-1973
Category Birth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers)
Subcategory Marriages & divorces
Collections from United Kingdom
Index (c) IRI. Used by permission of FamilySearch Intl

Print transcription
First name(s) Joseph Delve
Last name Way
Name note -
Age 51
Marriage year 1855
Marriage date 28 Aug 1855
Marriage place Worcester
Father's first name(s) John
Father's last name Way
Spouse's first name(s) Mary Neill
Spouse's last name Graham
Spouse's birth year 1816
Spouse's birth date 1816
Spouse's father's first name(s) Christopher
Spouse's father's last name Graham
Residence Worcester, Worcester, England
County Worcestershire
Country England
Record set England Marriages 1538-1973
Category Birth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers)
Subcategory Marriages & divorces
Collections from United Kingdom
Index (c) IRI. Used by permission of FamilySearch Intl

Notes
General:

250417:

It isn't clear if she is the one shown as part of Christopher Graham's household in the 1841 census because I would have thought that she would have been more than 20 at that time. But without other evidence to the contrary, l am saying this is she. She is mentioned as the sister of John Graham in his will dated 1848 or thereabouts but he was born in 1806 so quite a gap in ages.

Living

Sex: M

Parents

Father: Living Mother: Living

Living

Sex: M

Parents

Father: Living Mother: Living

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