What a nice piece of information to have! Has anyone researched this family enough to know the names of the 11 brothers?!!! I hope someone who cherishes it has the old chest! My earliest known Morrow came from Ireland but I think he was carried by a big bird and dropped into PA (Washington Co. and most of his life, Allegheny county) - I have found no traces of his arrival. His name was David Morrow and he was born ca 1759 if one is to believe the gravestone which stated that he was 80 years of age when he died 23 Dec 1839 in Allegheny Co., PA His wife was Elizabeth ______. David is a notable family name, at least from my David on down, so I would be interested in knowing if one of those brothers was a David. My David's children were, in order, Arthur, Matthew, Catherine, Mary, Sara, Elizabeth, William, David, Hugh and Thomas. They were born between 1788 & 1807. Each of the above six sons had a son named DAVID, and much the same down the line..My descent is David, David, David Forbes, Wallis Delos and John Morrow, my father. Wallis Delos also named a son David. The first two Davids were elders etc. in the Old Bethel Presbyterian Church in Allegheny County, PA., and later the second David and his wife were also active in the Sugar Creek Presbyterian Church in Wayne Co., OH as they migrated, and later a Presbyterian Church was founded in their home in Missouri. Any one from this family? On Monday, February 9, 2004, at 06:00 AM, [email protected] wrote: > Content-Type: text/plain > > MORROW-D Digest Volume 04 : Issue 20 > > Today's Topics: > #1 [MORROW-L] Re: Who is Reid in Dani [[email protected]] > > Administrivia: > Please consider supporting RootsWeb: > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html > > To unsubscribe from MORROW-D, send a message to > [email protected] > that contains in the body of the message the command > unsubscribe > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > > ______________________________ > X-Message: #1 > Date: 8 Feb 2004 12:07:12 -0700 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Subject: [MORROW-L] Re: Who is Reid in Daniel Reid Weedon's name? > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: Morrow > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/JN2.2ACIB/1460.1.1 > > Message Board Post: > > Mainly North Carolina Morrows. Working on my files contact you later. > Looks like same family. Author of this information died several years > ago. > MORROW GENEALOGY > > 1st William Morrow was born in 1734 in Ireland. He came to America with > his father and eleven brothers, settling first in Pennsylvania. From > there he and several brothers migrated south in about 1765. He settled > in Orange County, N. C. (The Oaks.) One brother settled in Cross Roads > section of Orange County to the north. Another settled in Mecklenburg > County; one went to Georgia; one to Mississippi. > William married Jane Parks -born 1731, died 1794, > William died in 1807 and is buried in Morrow family cemetery in field > across road from original Morrow homestead - inherited by Ed Morrow, > Etta Morrow lives there now, near Bethlehem Church. > The old chest that was brought over with William I stayed in Ida and > George T. Morrow s front hall. William Morrow, son of Calvin and Bonnie > Morrow, now owns this. > An interesting note is this ancestor brought his Bible to America baked > in a loaf in a loaf of bread, due to the religious persecution. The > family fled from Ireland to Scotland to Holland, back to Ireland, > fleeing religious, persecution. before coming to America. > Th first house built by William I in North Carolina has been torn down, > but a second built by him, and another built by William II still stand. > Etta Morrow lives in this one and the family cemetery is in front of > this home in a grove of cedar trees. The road goes by Bethlehem Church. > Cousin Martha (Hat) Morrow, daughter of Cousin Tom Morrow has the land > grant given by the Colony of North Carolina to the second William > Morrow during the Revolutionary War for land granted by the Crown to > his father, William I, "dated September > 3, 4th year of our Independence, year of our Lord 1779." > " She also has license granted to the same William Morrow to operate a > 76 gallon still for 1-1/4 months each year ‚Ä¢ August 11th to: > September 17th. William Morrow II seems to have been a rather unique > and remarkable character. It was he who could make a wagon box for > hauling his floor to Fayetteville market out of "pine poles and hickory > withes." He said: "A pair of shoes was only one-half worn out when it > came to the hickory withes to hold them together." It was he who went > into camp at 12 o'clock Saturday night some five miles from home; went > to church in wagon next day within two miles of home, but returned from > church to camp rather than travel loaded on Sunday, > It was he who bought land from his brother, James, to found the > Bethlehem Pres-byterian Church (Morrow Church) in 1877. > There have always been Morrows on the session. > > Prepared by a resident of the Retirement Home called the Pines and > given to Minnie Rankin my wife's sister..