Charles MORRIS, IV

1731 - 1802  (70 years)

• Name	Charles MORRIS
  Suffix	IV
  Birth	31 Dec 1731	Hopkinton, Middlesex, Massachusetts
  Gender	Male
  Death	26 Jan 1802	Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
  Notes	First descendant of Charles Morris to be Chief Surveyor of Nova Scotia upon his father's death in 1781. Charles Morris apparently came to Nova Scotia in 1760, some time after his marriage. From then until 1781 he assisted his father, Nova Scotia's first surveyor general; between 1776 and 1781 he performed the tasks of the office alone. In the course of the work he made 'Frequent and Tedious Excursions' throughout Nova Scotia, and, in 1768, went to St John's (Prince Edward) Island. In 1772 the possibility that his father might lose his position spurred Morris, with his father's approval, to seek it for himself.
  Person ID	I86148	Zentmeyer Main Tree
  Last Modified	20 May 2025

  
  

  Father	Charles MORRIS, III,   b. 8 Jun 1711, Hopkinton, a suburb of Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts d. 4 Nov 1781, Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age 70 years)
  Mother	Mary C. READ,   b. 14 Apr 1716, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut d. 12 Mar 1782, Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age 65 years)
  Marriage	1730	Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
  Notes	Assuming Mary Read's birth date is correct, as it has several historical citations and no alternative date has been suggested, she would have been fourteen years old when she married nineteen-year-old Charles Morris, and she would have given birth to their son Charles at the age of fifteen. The minimum legal age for a woman to marry in colonial Massachusetts was twelve.
  Family ID	F23195	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Bond LEGGETT,   b. 7 Oct 1734, Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts d. 6 Jan 1812, Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age 77 years)
  Marriage	5 Sep 1756	Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts
  Children	+ 1. William Leggett MORRIS,   b. 16 Nov 1756, Hopkinton, Middlesex, Massachusetts d. 12 Jun 1863 (Age 106 years)   2. Elizabeth MORRIS,   b. Abt 1757, Hopkinton, Middlesex, Massachusetts d. 7 Apr 1831, Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia (Age 74 years) + 3. Charles MORRIS, V,   b. 18 Nov 1759, Hopkinton, Middlesex, Massachusetts d. 17 Dec 1831, Nova Scotia (Age 72 years)   4. Dorothy MORRIS,   b. 1762, Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia d. 1819 (Age 57 years)   5. Ruth MORRIS,   b. 1762, Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia d. 1842 (Age 80 years)   6. Mary MORRIS,   b. 1768, Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia d. 1769 (Age 1 year)   7. Sarah MORRIS,   b. 1770, Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia d. 1851 (Age 81 years)   8. Thomas MORRIS,   b. 1771, Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia d. 8 Jun 1844, Somerset, England (Age 73 years)   9. Mary Ann MORRIS,   b. 1773, Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia d. 1855 (Age 82 years)   10. Appollos MORRIS,   b. 1775, Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia d. 1775, Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia (Age 0 years)
  Family ID	F23306	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 May 2025