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Sir William Morris 1537–1579 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1537

Birth Location: Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 20 May 1579

Death Location: Dumfermline, Fife, Scotland

Father: Richard Morris

Mother: Mary (Morris)

Spouse(s): Lady Anderson, Ann Buchanan

Children(s): George Moreis\Morrison, Janet Moris, Robert Moris, George Morris\Moreis, Kate (Moreis), Katherine Morris, Gelis Portair, Robert Morris, Catharine Morris, Jenet Moris

Sir William Morris was born in 1537 in Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of Richard Morris And Mary Watts Morris. Sir William Morris married Ann Buchanan, Lady Margaret Mage Anderson, and had children including Catharine Morris, Gelis Geilles Portair, George Moreis Morrison, George Morris Moreis, Janet Moris, Jenet Moreis Moris, Kate Morrison Moreis, Katherine Kaeti Morris, Robert Moris, Robert Morris. Sir William Morris passed away in 1579 in Dumfermline, Fife, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Sir William Morris was born in 1537 in Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of Richard Morris And Mary Watts Morris.
  • Sir William Morris married Ann Buchanan, Lady Margaret Mage Anderson, and had children including Catharine Morris, Gelis Geilles Portair, George Moreis Morrison, George Morris Moreis, Janet Moris, Jenet Moreis Moris, Kate Morrison Moreis, Katherine Kaeti Morris, Robert Moris, Robert Morris.
  • Sir William Morris passed away in 1579 in Dumfermline, Fife, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Richard Morris
1505–1537
Birth Location: Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Mary (Morris)
1500–1537
Birth Location: Dunfermline Fife, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Lady Anderson
1546–1588
Birth Location: Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland
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Ann Buchanan
1525–1600
Birth Location: Rivington Near Chorley, Lancashire, England
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Children(s)

George Moreis\Morrison
1565–1616
Birth Location: Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Janet Moris
1570–1651
Birth Location: Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
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Robert Moris
1562–1616
Birth Location: Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
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George Morris\Moreis
1565–1748
Birth Location: Dunfermline, Fife, , Scotland
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Kate (Moreis)
1567–1590
Birth Location: Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
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Katherine Morris
1554–1590
Birth Location: Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
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Gelis Portair
1559–1600
Birth Location: Dunfermline Fife Scotland
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Robert Morris
1565–
Birth Location: Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
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Catharine Morris
1567–1590
Birth Location: Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Jenet Moris
1570–1651
Birth Location: Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Sir Morris's Ancestors

Self
Sir Morris
1537–1579
Birth Place: Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
Richard Morris
1505–1537
Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Mary (Watts) (Morris)
1500–1537
Dunfermline Fife, Scotland
Grandparents
Maurice Moris\Morris\Maurice
1480–1551
Dunfermline Fife, Scotland
Eupham Finlayson
1480–1540
Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
Scot (Richard Watts 19) ggf
1470–1530
Dumfermline, Fife, Scotland
EN (Cicely Goodman\Watts 19) ggm
1470–1500
Norfolk, England
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Morris's Descendants

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Sir (William) Morris (1537–20 May 1579) m. Lady (Margaret “Mage”) Anderson (1546–1588) m. Ann Buchanan (1525–abt 1600)
  1. 1. George Moreis\Morrison 1565–1616 m. Margaret (Kinmond) Kinninmonth 1568–1636
    1. 1. Edith (Margaret) Morris 1585–1636 m. David (Whitelaw (Quhytlaw)) Jr. 1595–1634
      1. 1. Jonat\Janet Whytlaw 1634–1694 m. James Smith 1623–1683
        1. 1. John Smith 1659–1714 m. Janet Brown 1655–1715 m. Janet Whitlaw 1630–1700
        2. 2. Mary (Agnes) Smith 1664–1724
        3. 3. James SMITH 1675–1731
        4. 4. Nancy Smith 1664–1724
        5. 5. James Smith 1654–1731
        6. 6. Andrew Smyth 1657–
        7. 7. Grizel (of Glasgow) Smyth 1664–
        8. 8. William Smith 1653–
        9. 9. Elizabeth (of Glasgow) Smyth 1662–
        10. 10. William Smyth 1668–
    2. 2. Henry Moreis 1612–1649
    3. 3. Hary Moreis 1633–1658
    4. 4. Helen Moreis 1611–1639
    5. 5. George Morris 1604–
    6. 6. Isobel Morris 1590–
    7. 7. Margaret Morris 1601–1636
  2. 2. Janet Moris 1570–1651
  3. 3. Robert Moris 1562–1616
  4. 4. George Morris\Moreis 1565–1748
  5. 5. Kate (Morrison) (Moreis) 1567–1590
  6. 6. Katherine (Kaeti) Morris 1554–1590
  7. 7. Gelis (Geilles) Portair 1559–1600
  8. 8. Robert Morris 1565–
  9. 9. Catharine Morris 1567–1590
  10. 10. Jenet (Moreis) Moris 1570–1651

Sir Morris's Timeline

3 Records

1537
1537
Birth of Sir William Morris in Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
1541
1541
Age 4
Sir William Morris was married in Fife, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Fife, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
1579
20 May 1579
Age 42
Death of Sir William Morris in Dumfermline, Fife, Scotland
Dumfermline, Fife, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1537
    Event Place: Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1541
    Event Place: Fife, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Fife: Dunfermline - Parish Register, 1561-1701

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 20 May 1579
    Event Place: Dumfermline, Fife, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index
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