Thanks very much, Violet. However, I was really looking for Morris Llewelyn who, according to family tradition, moved to the Welsh Tract, SW of Philadelphia in 1682, possibly before Willima Penn arrived on the Welcome that same year. Sandra had sent me some stuff off line about him, along with cautionary comments about multiple spellings. I was negligent in not using his full name. Coinicentally however, my mother-in-law's maiden name was Morris. A sister-in-law has dnoe considerable genealogy on the Morrises and data filed somewhere (misplaced since I moved 2 years ago). Further coinicidence in that I grew up in the Germanotwn area of Philadelphia, near Chsestnut Hill and have fond memories of trips to tha Morris Arboretum. We defitely were not "old money", and in the Great Depression were not "money" of any sort. I know nothing about the Morrises you describe, nor whether there was any connection with my mother-in-law (she was one of six sisters, so that branch did not survice). Another reason I have done little with the Morris's that the name is so common that you really have to know a location and a time frame to get a handle on it. Similarly, my mother's nmaiden name was Hunt and her fother was Hermon (sic), although I have seen it misspelled as the more common "Herman". Starting with Oskaloosa and the information that Hermon's father was Daniiel, I have found some information and gained more from Jerry Richmond who shared his data with me. Interestingly, another Daniel Hunt was a much more prominent Quaker in the same area, and was known as a poerful speaker. Well I have rambled on about several of my family names. If anyone wants more, I can try to send it to you. However my main interests are Morris Llewelyn (see above) and Walter and Rachel Marriage, my great grandparents, English Quakers who ended up in Oskaloosa and other parts of Iowa by way of Montyreal, Clover Depot, VA and Lincolnton, NC. The lived from the 1820s to the 1890s. Happy Hunting (as we kids used to say). Eleanor --- Violet Guy <guyj@starpower.net> wrote: > I sent this to Eleanor Helper, because she was looking for the > surname MORRIS! > > Below is info about the beautiful Morris Arboretum > > http://www.business-services.upenn.edu/arboretum/aboutthearboretum2.html > The Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania began in 1887 > as "Compton," the summer home of John and Lydia Morris, brother and > sister. The I.P. Morris Company, an iron-manufacturing firm founded > by their father and later run by John Morris, was a source of family > wealth. > > > http://www.business-services.upenn.edu/arboretum/ > > > [This is near Chestnut Hill section of Philadelphia, PA Chestnut > Hill is "old money"! And IT is beautiful. My husband was a food > scientist at nearby USDA-ERRC, Wynmoor, Montgomery County, > Pennsylvania -- for many years. We lived in Laverock, Springfield > Twp, MontCo, PA -- Laverock (Valley of the Lark) sounds Welsh, does > it not? > > Violet Moore Guy > 05/28/2006 > > > ==== PA-OLD-CHESTER Mailing List ==== > Unsubscribing.... To leave PA-old-chester-l, send mail to > PA-old-chester-l-request@rootsweb.com with the single word > unsubscribe in the message or subject slot. > > > NO VIRUS WARNINGS - if you are concerned contact me PERSONALLY > ferg@ntelos.net > > please visit the Chester Co rootsweb site...it is full of area > photos, helpful URLs and lots of county information > http://www.pa-roots.com/~chester/ > > If you have ANY problems, do not send them to the list > contact me personally....list manager ferg@ntelos.net > > ============================== > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. > New content added every business day. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx > >