Ancestors of Christopher John Augustine Morry

Lawrence Henry Morley

Sex: M

Individual Information

Birth Date: 12 Mar 1889 - Gardner, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America ¹¹⁴² Christening: Death: Dec 1968 - Gardner, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America ( at age 79) ³²⁸ Burial: Cause of Death:
Events
• Residence: Gardner, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America.
• Social Security Number: 029-16-1823, Massachusetts, United States of America.
• Alt. Birth: Massachusetts, USA, 1889.
• Alt. Birth: Massachusetts, USA, 1890.
• Residence: 1900-1920, Gardner, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America.

Parents

Father: Joseph Martin Morley ⁶⁸¹ Mother: Johanna Margaret Quinlisk ⁶⁸¹

Spouses and Children

1. *Nellie Sturdevant ⁸⁷⁰ Marriage:

Mary Ann Morley

Sex: F

Individual Information

Birth Date: May 1893 - Gardner, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America ¹¹⁴⁰ Christening: Death: Burial: Cause of Death:
Events
• Alt. Birth: 1893, Massachusetts, United States of America.
• Alt. Birth: 1894.
• Residence: 1900-1910, Gardner, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America.

Parents

Father: Joseph Martin Morley ⁶⁸¹ Mother: Johanna Margaret Quinlisk ⁶⁸¹

Spouses and Children

1. Living

William James Morley

Sex: M

Individual Information

Birth Date: Cir 1900 - Gardner, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America Christening: Death: Cir 1900 - Gardner, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America Burial: Cause of Death:

Parents

Father: Joseph Martin Morley ⁶⁸¹ Mother: Johanna Margaret Quinlisk ⁶⁸¹ Marriage Did Not Marry

Agnes Morrey

Sex: F
AKA: Agnes Morey
Individual Information

Birth Date: Bef 12 Dec 1752 - St. Clement Townstal, Dartmouth, Devon, England ⁴⁹⁷ Christening: 12 Dec 1752 - St. Clement Townstal, Dartmouth, Devon, England ⁴⁹⁷ ^,4321 Death: Bef 22 Mar 1825 - Dartmouth, Devon, England ¹⁶¹ Burial: 22 Mar 1825 - St. Clement Townstal, Dartmouth, Devon, England ¹⁶¹ Cause of Death:

Parents

Father: George Morey ⁴⁹⁹ ^,500 Mother: Agnes Lowe ¹⁰⁹ ^,2180

Spouses and Children

1. *John Rumson ⁴⁹⁸¹ Marriage: 5 Dec 1777 - Stoke Damerel, Devon, England Children: 1. John Rumsum 2. Aaron Rumsum 3. Thomas Morrey Rumson 4. Charlotte Rumsum 5. John Rumsum

Notes
General:

St. Clement Townstal Baptisms, Exeter, Devon Public Record Office, Microfilm of Transcript of Church Register and Bishop's Transcripts prepared by the Cornwall and Devon Record Society, viewed at the Maritime History Archive, MUN, St. John's, NL.

Elizabeth Morrey

Sex: F
AKA: Elizabeth Morey
Individual Information

Birth Date: Bef 18 Apr 1769 - Dartmouth, Devon, England ⁴⁹⁷ Christening: 18 Apr 1769 - Dartmouth, Devon, England ⁴⁹⁷ ^,4321 Death: Burial: Cause of Death:

Parents

Father: Capt. George Morry ¹⁶¹ ^,477 ^,743 ^,5654 ^,5655 ^,5656 Mother: Ann Hunt ¹⁶¹ ^,497

Spouses and Children

1. *Amos Peeke ¹⁶¹ Marriage: 6 Feb 1795 - St. Clement Townstal, Dartmouth, Devon, England ¹⁶¹ ^,6819
Marriage Events
• Minister/Priest: John Russell, Curate, 6 Feb 1795, St. Clement Townstal, Dartmouth, Devon, England.
• Witnesses: Ann Copplestone, Catarina Maye, Peter Haye and George S. Morry, 6 Feb 1795, St. Clement Townstal, Dartmouth, Devon, England. Marriage Notes

130217:

Elizabeth Morrey
mentioned in the record of Amos Peeke and Elizabeth Morrey
Name Amos Peeke
Spouse's Name Elizabeth Morrey
Event Date 06 Feb 1795
Event Place Townstal Or St Clement,Dartmouth,Devon,England

Citing this Record
"England Marriages, 1538-1973 ," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N258-SY4 : 10 December 2014), Amos Peeke and Elizabeth Morrey, 06 Feb 1795; citing Townstal Or St Clement,Dartmouth,Devon,England, reference ; FHL microfilm 917,194.

Children: 1. Susana Peek

Notes
General:

St. Clement Townstal Baptisms, Exeter, Devon Public Record Office, Microfilm of Transcript of Church Register and Bishop's Transcripts prepared by the Cornwall and Devon Record Society, viewed at the Maritime History Archive, MUN, St. John's, NL.

EVIDENTLY TRIPLETS!

081106: The spelling of the surname on the marriage record is Morrey.

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040317:

On the Dartmouth Archives website they have a listing of memorials (not necessarily gravemarkers) to members of the congregation at St. Petrox. One of these, dated 1876, is dedicated to Amos and Elizabeth Peek. Almost certainly this is the same couple. But equally certainly they did not die in that year as it would make them almost 100 years old.

St Petrox
St Petrox Church Burials.
Alphabet Year Surname Christian Name Area Row - Section Notes

1876 Peek Elizabeth 4 F-G
NetoPH 1876 Peek Amos 4 F-G

For reasons I am unable to explain, even though the monument above is at St. Petrox, I have discovered that there is a grave at St. Clements which indicates it contains the remains of their there unnamed children:

St Clements Church XXX
Transcript of burials at St Clements Church, Townstal. XXX
Page No Area Plot No Christian Surname Died Age Notes XXX
84 A 260 3 infant children of Amos & Elizabeth Peek XXX

No names and no dates given. It seems likely that the reason they were buried there is because in the adjacent plot (261) there is a person named Susana Peek who died 12/12/1830 at the age of 35 and may have been the only survivin child of Amos and Elizabeth. I am putting her in the family for now tentatively. ⁴³²¹

Honor Caroline Morrey

Sex: F

Individual Information

Birth Date: Bef 4 Oct 1791 - Dartmouth, Devon, England ¹⁰⁹ Christening: 4 Oct 1791 - Dartmouth, Devon, England ¹⁰⁹ ^,6820 Death: 16 Mar 1858 - Toxteth Park, Liverpool, Lancashire, England ¹⁵⁴⁴ ^,6821 Burial: Cause of Death: Calloid cancer of the cardia
Events
• Baptism: 4 Oct 1791, Dartmouth, Devon, England.
• Census: 67 Upper Hill St.,, 1851, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, Lancashire, England.

Parents

Father: Capt. Richard Morrey ¹⁶¹ ^,518 ^,1389 ^,2184 Mother: Mary Downing ¹⁶¹ ^,224

Spouses and Children

1. *John Stanley ¹⁰⁹ Marriage: 25 Dec 1815 - Dartmouth, Devon, England ¹³⁸⁹ ^,6822
Marriage Events
• Marriage Fact: Marriage by Licence, both of age, 25 Dec 1815, Dartmouth, Devon, England. The transcript gives the date as December 28 but that is incorrect as the image of the register page clearly shows.
• Minister/Priest: John Charter, Curate, 25 Dec 1815, St. Clement Townstal, Dartmouth, Devon, England.
• Witnesses: Jn Downing and Anne (or Anna) Pike Downing, 25 Dec 1815, Dartmouth, Devon, England. The transcript date is December 28 but that is incorrect.
• Alt. Marriage: 28 Dec 1815, Dartmouth, Devon, England. 130217:

Honour Caroline Morrey
mentioned in the record of John Stanley and Honour Caroline Morrey
Name John Stanley
Spouse's Name Honour Caroline Morrey
Event Date 25 Dec 1815
Event Place Townstal Or St Clement,Dartmouth,Devon,England

Citing this Record
"England Marriages, 1538-1973 ," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N258-9WR : 10 December 2014), John Stanley and Honour Caroline Morrey, 25 Dec 1815; citing Townstal Or St Clement,Dartmouth,Devon,England, reference ; FHL microfilm 917,194.
. Marriage Notes

This alternate date of marriage is found in the FamilySearch transcript. Someone made a mistake and the date should be December 25 as it is very clear in the original register.

060423 from FMP but taken from Family Search:

England Marriages 1538-1973 Transcription
Print
First name(s) Honour Caroline
Last name Morrey
Name note -
Marriage year 1815
Marriage date 25 Dec 1815
Marriage place Dartmouth
Spouse's first name(s) John
Spouse's last name Stanley
Spouse's age -
County Devon
Country England
Record set England Marriages 1538-1973
Category Birth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers)
Subcategory Parish Marriages
Collections from England, United Kingdom

Index (c) IRI. Used by permission of FamilySearch Intl

And taken from the Devon Family History Society:

Devon Marriages Transcription
Print
First name(s) Honour C
Last name Morrey
Marriage year 1815
Marriage date 25 Dec 1815
Spouse's first name(s) John
Spouse's last name Stanley
Place Dartmouth, St Clement Townstall
Parish St Clement
City or town Dartmouth
Denomination Anglican
County Devon
Country England
Archive South West Heritage Trust
Record set Devon Marriages And Banns
Category Birth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers)
Subcategory Parish Marriages
Collections from England, United Kingdom

Devon Family History Society

Transcriptions Â© Devon Family History Society
Children: 1. Caroline Morrey Stanley 2. Ann Eliza Stanley 3. Louisa Stanley 4. John Stanley 5. Charles Henry Stanley 6. George Downing Stanley 7. Emma Jane Stanley

Notes
General:

301106: Email from Margaret Dickson giving information gleaned from microfilms of church register:

Marriage at St Clem. 28.12.1815 She was Honour Caroline Morrey (which I believe will now firmly link her into the main tree. John Stanley was a Mariner. Marriage by licence, both of age... Witnesses...were Jn Downing and Anne (or Anna) Pike Downing. ..... source original registers. This brings yet another Downing link, presumably closely linked by all the intermarriages which happened.

131206: The IGI transcription of the original church baptismal record based on Aunt Jean's research gave Matthew Morrey and Mary Graham as parents. This is NOT factual. The original record is in the Presbyterian Church in Dartmouth, not St. Saviour. It gives "Mr. Morry" as the father (no Christian name). Matthew and Mary were not dissenters and would not have Christened some of their children at the Presbyterian church and some at St. Saviour.

Margaret Dickson has verified this. The church record reads: "0CT 4 1791 Honor Caroline daughter of Mr MORRY" Margaret Notes: "Note: There is NO documentary evidence to prove which Morry parents this girl belonged to (although we now know the trail of the tombstone). This IGI INFORMATION IS UNRELIABLE."

I agree and therefore am today removing Honor Caroline Morrey as a child of Matthew and Mary Graham and placing her as a child of Matthew's cousin, Richard. This conforms with the logic of those buried together at St. Clement church yard. Also, her birth name in the register is Morry, not Morrey, but the conventional spelling used in most documents by this family is Morrey and that is the one I am accepting.
Medical:

6 months vomiting; 2 months certified

John Morrey

Sex: M

Individual Information

Birth Date: Bef 2 Sep 1825 - Shaldon with Ringmore, Devon, England ¹⁰⁰⁹ Christening: 2 Sep 1825 - Shaldon with Ringmore, Devon, England ¹⁰⁰⁹ Death: Bef 4 Sep 1825 - Shaldon with Ringmore, Devon, England ¹⁰⁰⁹ Burial: 4 Sep 1825 - Shaldon with Ringmore, Devon, England ¹⁰⁰⁹ Cause of Death:

Parents

Father: Robert Morrey ¹⁰⁰⁹ Mother: May ¹⁰⁰⁹ Marriage Did Not Marry

Mary Morrey

Sex: F
AKA: Mary Morey ⁶⁸²⁷ ^,6828, Mary Prinn ²⁴²³
Individual Information

Birth Date: Bef 6 Oct 1789 - Dartmouth, Devon, England ²²⁴ ^,501 ^,518 ^,6828 Christening: 6 Oct 1789 - Dartmouth, Devon, England ²²⁴ ^,6828 Death: 13 Mar 1877 - Dartmouth, Devon, England ⁵¹⁸ ^,2138 Burial: 18 Mar 1877 - Dartmouth, Devon, England ⁵¹⁸ Cause of Death:
Events
• Alt. Birth: 1790, Dartmouth, Devon, England.
• Census: 92 Clarence St., 1861, Dartmouth, Devon, England.
• Occupation: Former Bonnet Maker, 1861, Dartmouth, Devon, England.
• Census: Living with son-in-law William Thomas at 160 Clarence St., 1871, Dartmouth, Devon, England.
• Residence: 1871, St. Clement Townstal, Dartmouth, Devon, England.
• Medical Condition: Reg 14.3.1877, 13 Mar 1877, Dartmouth, Devon, England.

Parents

Father: Capt. Richard Morrey ¹⁶¹ ^,518 ^,1389 ^,2184 Mother: Mary Downing ¹⁶¹ ^,224

Spouses and Children

1. *William Prinn ²²⁴ Marriage: 29 Apr 1814 - St. Clement Townstal, Dartmouth, Devon, England ¹⁰⁹ ^,161 ^,1389 ^,6829 ^,6830
Marriage Events
• Minister/Priest: John Charter, Curate, 29 Apr 1814, St. Clement Townstal, Dartmouth, Devon, England.
• Witnesses: Benjamin Godwin and Caroline Morrey, 29 Apr 1814, Dartmouth, Devon, England. Marriage Notes

130217:

Mary Morrey
mentioned in the record of William Prinn and Mary Morrey
Name William Prinn
Spouse's Name Mary Morrey
Event Date 29 Apr 1814
Event Place Townstal Or St Clement,Dartmouth,Devon,England

Citing this Record
"England Marriages, 1538-1973 ," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N258-M6F : 10 December 2014), William Prinn and Mary Morrey, 29 Apr 1814; citing Townstal Or St Clement,Dartmouth,Devon,England, reference ; FHL microfilm 917,194.

Children: 1. Susan Prinn 2. Eliza Prinn 3. Mary Prinn

Notes
General:

090706:

Note that Aunt Jean had thought that this marriage to William Prin was a second marriage of the Mary who was a daughter of Matthew Morry, the immigrant to Newfoundland. Evidence provided by Margaret and Ray Dickson from the Devon Record office and Ray's family tree now suggests she was in error and that this is another Mary. However she could be a relative (cousin perhaps) as they were contemporary and lived in the same parish. We believe at this time that she was in fact the daughter of Richard Morey and Mary Downing (Donning). The maiden name of that Mary shows up subsequently in this family as a witness at a wedding and as a marriage partner so there was an obvious connection that lends credibility, but not proof, to the theory that the Mary Morrey who married William Prinn was in fact the daughter of Richard Morey and Mary Downing.

Email from Margaret Dickson 060706:

"PS The Richard Morrey who married Mary Downing (definitely transcribed as Downing, not Donning, as on IGI), on 27.12 1785, at St Saviours was a mariner. I still think its their daughter Mary who married William Prinn. An interesting clue is that a Susanna Downing married on 1.2.1791 at St Clement..... could have been sisters. She married a man called Nicholas Millward. The name Millward is a clue to something: 1) When the daughter of William Prinn and his wife Mary ( ie Mary Prinn) married William Downing in Dartmouth their first son was named William Millward Downing. Second son was Philip Henry Downing. William Downing (a sawyer) and his wife Mary (nee Prinn) lived in Torquay, Dartmouth then Kingsbridge. 2) One of the sons of Philip Henry Downing and his wife Catherine (nee Thompson) had Millward as a second name.

Why was this name of Millward so important in the family over 100 years?

Ethel May Downing was the first child of Philip Henry Downing, and she was Ray's grandmother."

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Email from Margaret Dickson 180706:

"I still maintain that 'our' Mary was daughter of Richard Morrey and Mary Downing. In 1861 census 'our' Mary was noted on the Dartmouth census, living next door to her married daughter. She was 71 , therefore born abt 1790."

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071106: Records of Burials at St. Clement Townstal, Dartmouth, taken from "The Dartmouth Archives" website of the Dartmouth History Research Group: http://www.dartmouth-history.org.uk

Register Page NoList & AreaPlot NoChristianSurnameDiedAge
46 A40 Mary Morrey 04/02/1841 77
46 A 40 Badderley 17/02/1848 XXX
46 A 40 Mary Prinn 18/03/1877 87 XXX

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091106: 1861 UK Census from Dartmouth Historical Research Group website:

3699 119B Pryn Mary Clarence St 92 head W F 71 former bonnet maker D/M,Devon 3700 119B Jones Eliza Clarence St 92 dau Mary Pryn W F 42 needlewomanD/M,Devon 3701 119B Jones / Eliza Clarence St 92 g.dau Mary Prynn U F 20 pastrycook/shop assistant D/M,Devon

Also note that her daughter Mary and husband lived next door at 91.

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161106: Death certificate provided by Margaret Dickson: "Death 13.3.1877 Mary Prinn, at Clarence Hill, Dartmouth, age 87, Widow of William Prinn Shipwright. Cause of death senectus (thats a strange one, new one on me, must do some checking) Certified by a Dr (MRCS). Informant Maria Thomas, grandaughter - in attendance Clarence Hill, Dartmouth. Reg 14.3.1877"

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131206: Information provided by Margaret Dickson after personally scanning the microfiche of the original records of the Presbyterian Church in Dartmouth: "Oct 6 1789 Mary Daughter of Mr Morry". This is NOT the Mary who was daughter of Matthew and Mary Graham as Aunt Jean had recorded because they were not Presyterian - neither was baptised as such, nor were any of their other children and nor were they married or buried in that church. This mix-up needs to be rectified. There WAS a Mary, who was daughter of Matthew and Mary Graham and who married Arthur Kemp. We know that for certain. But this is NOT she. She did not marry for a second time to William Prinn as Aunt Jean's records show because Arthur Kemp was still living when the marriage of William Prinn to Mary Morrey was solemnsied, so it was a different Mary Morrey. Where Matthew and Mary Graham's daughter was baptised is still a mystery.

210111: To complicate matters, Familysearch.org shows this Mary as being the daughter of Matthew Morry and the Christening was found at the Presbyterian church dated 06 Oct 1789. No mother's name is given. Here are the particulars of this record: Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C06354-1 System Origin: England-ODM Source Film Number: 590688 Reference Number:

I personally think that the indexer had already seen records for Matthew Morry he or she was doing and read Mr. Morry as being short for Matthew. But it would be necessary to see an image of the original register to determine if this assumption is valid.

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250818:

Of course it is impossible to say with absolute certainty which "Mr. Morey" was the father of Mary in this register entry. But after much debate and consideration, Margaret Dickson had concluded that it was Richard Morrey, the ancestor of her husband, Ray. I mulled it over and at length agreed with her. But I still retain a measure of doubt since there a number of other Morry men in Dartmouth at that time raising families and it would seem to me likely that one of them must have married a woman who was a Dissenter, thus the reason for Mary and her sister, Honour Caroline, being Christened at the Flavel Congregational Meeting House. It occurs to me that it was not unlikely that this could have been Matthew Morry married to Mary Graham, since Mary Graham, just from her name, would have roots in Scotland and may have been Presbyterian in orientation. Countering this argument is the fact that we know that most of their other children were Christened at St. Saviour's. But there is still room for debate.

For this reason I am leaving the matter open and using this Christening record for both Marys for now.

Mary Anne Morrey

Sex: F

Individual Information

Birth Date: Bef 3 Dec 1823 - Shaldon with Ringmore, Devon, England ¹⁰⁰⁹ Christening: 3 Dec 1823 - Shaldon with Ringmore, Devon, England ¹⁰⁰⁹ Death: Bef 14 Dec 1823 - Shaldon with Ringmore, Devon, England ¹⁰⁰⁹ Burial: 14 Dec 1823 - Shaldon with Ringmore, Devon, England ¹⁰⁰⁹ Cause of Death:

Parents

Father: Robert Morrey ¹⁰⁰⁹ Mother: May ¹⁰⁰⁹

Richard Morrey

Sex: M

Individual Information

Birth Date: Cir 1774 - Kingsware, Devon, England ⁵⁶⁶¹ Christening: Death: Burial: Cause of Death:
Events
• Occupation: Seaman on the HENRY & CHARLES, Richard Goodridge, Master, Between 9 Jun 1789 and 11 Jan 1790, Dartmouth, Devon, England.

Parents

Father: Capt. George Morry ¹⁶¹ ^,477 ^,743 ^,5654 ^,5655 ^,5656 Mother: Ann Hunt ¹⁶¹ ^,497

Notes
General:

141018:

I am tentatively assigning this person to this family today based solely upon the place of birth and residence stated on the Muster Roll of the HENRY & CHARLES, Kingsware. This location is ONLY associated with the family of George Morry in my experience. ⁵⁶⁶¹

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