Person:David McMorris (1)

Records of David McMorris

• Page 13, line 6: “1775 Jan. - David McMorris and Merthah Harper were married ye 12th Jan 1775. Mr Pub.” (Note: A person at the historical society thought “Mr Pub” meant that their intention to be married had to be announced in church. It could mean “marriage published”). [Source: Newtown, Pennsylvania Presbyterian Church Register 1769-1812 at the Presbyterian Historical Society in Philadelphia].

• 25 December 1793 - Marriage Record, David’s McMorris to Anna “Nancy” McDonald on 25 December 1793. [Source: Fauquier County vital records (Microfilm #31,633 Jr. 2119.

Information on David McMorris

!MARRIAGE: first marriage was said to have been to a daughter of Lord Lindsay of Scotland, but In 1999 Joan Bullard discovered marriage records that listed her name as Merthah (or Martha) Harper. [Source: McMorris Family Genealogy].

!EMMIGRATION: ABT 1763 from Highlands of Scotland, from Loch Lomand, according to John Allen McMorris. Settled in Leesburg, Lounoun Co., Virginia.

!MILITARY: served seven tours of duty in the Revolutionary War. His first military service was as a Private in the Bucks County Associators (Pennsylvania), 1775-1776.

!RESIDENCE: on both his military Certificates, Newtown Township, Pennsylvania is given as his home.

!RESIDENCE: David McMorris is listed in the bood, Virginia Taxpayers 1782-1787, Other Than Those Published by the United States Census Bureau, by Augusta B. Fothergill and John Mark Naugle, as living in Loudoun Co., Virginia in 1782.

!MARRIAGE: Fauquier Co. Vital Records (Microfilm #31,633 Jr. 2119) lists David's marriage to Anna McDonald 25 Dec., 1793.

!RESIDENCE: went to Frederick Co., Va. in 1814 from Loudon Co.

!DOCUMENT SOURCE: Anyone interested in obtaining a certificate of David's service in the Revolutionary War may do so by writing the following, requesting that they be furnished a copy (there will be a small fee involved, probably a dollar or two:

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Pensylvania Historical & Museum Commission

Box 1026

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17120

Citations

http://www.mfseeker.com/Gen/McMorris(html)/5.%20The%20Immigrant.htm

1. ↑ Ancestry.com, 1810 United States Federal Census (Name: The GenerationsN etwork, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA
   Database online. , Fauquier, Virginia, roll 68, page 263, image510.00.

   Record for David McMorris _TMPLT:
   FIELD:
   Name: Page
   VALUE: Database online. , Fauquier, Virginia, roll 68, page 263, image510.00.

2. ↑ Ancestry.com, 1810 United States Federal Census (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA
   Database online. , Fauquier, Virginia, roll 68, page 263, image 510.00.

   Record for David McMorris _TMPLT:
   FIELD:
   Name: Page
   VALUE: Database online. , Fauquier, Virginia, roll 68, page 263, image 510.00.