Hello: I am new to genealogy but since your name is "Morris" and you seem to know a lot about genealogy, I have a question for you. I have old letters dating 1785 written from Philadelphia by Abraham Tuckniss. In them, he mentions Aunt Betsey and Old Mr. Morris who is in failing health. He also mentions a "Lydia". Well, when I started researching my roots, I found that Ann Tuckniss was my g g g grandma. ( I do not know Abraham's relationship to her.) Well, I saw in the Quaker records that Ann was the daughter of Robert Tuckniss. Well, I saw a Robert Tuckniss married a Mary Dawes who was the daughter of Abraham Dawes and Mary Harry Dawes of Whitpain. They had seven daughters of which one was a Lydia and one was an Elizabeth who married a MORRIS. Interestingly, George Washington and Lafayette stayed at the home of Dawes "Dawesfield" after the Battle of Germantown. What interested me was that my grandma said she had some ancestor who danced with Lafayette and my grandma gave me the birdcage earrings she wore when she danced with him. Now, I am wondering if I am related to these Dawes. Abraham Tuckniss worte to his sister Mary. The time period is such that Abraham Tuckniss could be the son of Robert Tuckniss and Mary Dawes. But, when I wrote for the book on Dawesfield , they had in it that Mary married a James Egan, I think. Do you have information on the Morris clan and on the Dawes connection? Have you ever heard the name TUCKNISS? Ann Tuckniss and William Hopkins married contrary to discipline in 1795. I do not know the details ; this is just what was recorded in the Philadelphia Monthly Meeting Record. I appreciate an info you can give me. ERika -----Original Message----- From: MORRIS1856@aol.com [mailto:MORRIS1856@aol.com] Sent: Thursday, November 25, 2004 11:04 AM To: QUAKER-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [Q-R] William Penn Thought this might be of interest in the quest for land given by Penn. Any info anyone can give me about this document would be of interest. Richard Morris William Dillwyn married Sarah Fuller who came from West Chiltington in Sussex. He and his wife were amongst the earliest settlers in Philadelphia about 1682 and of their children, a son and two daughters, only the son John, born in 1693, survived majority._[1]_ (aoldb://mail/write/template.htm#_ftn1) In 1681 Sarah Fuller had been granted one thousand acres of land by William Penn in a document dated October 22nd the same year. This Indenture made the two and twentieth day of Octor in the year of our Lord one thousand six hundred and Eighty one, & in the three and thirtieth year of the Reign of King Charles the Second over England [some undecipherable letters] ...Between William Penn of Worminghurst in the County of Sussex, Esqr. of the one Part - And Sarah Fuller of first Chillington in the County of Sussex , Spinster, of the other part - Witnesseth That the said Willm Penn for and in Consideration of the sum of two Shillings of Lawfull money of England - to him in hand paid by the said Sarah Fuller, the receipt whereof he doth hereby acknowledge - Hath Bargained and sold and by these Presents, doth Bargain and Sell unto the said Sarah Fuller, the full and just proposition and Quantity of One Thousand acres of Land, (every Acre to be admeasured and computed according to the dimensions of Acres mentioned and appointed in & by the Statute made in the three and thirtyeth year of the Reign of King Edward the first ) situate, lying and being within the province of Pennsilvania, the said One thousand acres, to be allotted and sett out in such places or Parks of the said Province and in such manner and at such tome or times as by certain Commissions or Constitutions bearing date the Eleventh day of July last past - and signed, sealed and Executed by and between the said William Penn the One Part, and the said Judith Fuller and the other Purchasers of Land within the said Province of the other Part at the time of the Sealing and executing of these Presents are agreed [?] limited and appointed, or hereafter to be sealed, signed and executed , by and between the same parties, shall be agreed, limited, & appointed together with the Rents and profetts of the said One Thousand Acres, and every part or parcell thereof, To have and to hold the said One thousand Acres herein mentioned and intended to be bargained & sold with their and every of their Appurtenances unto the said Sarah Fuller, her Executors & Assignes from the day next before the day of the date hereof for and during and unto the full end and term of one whole year from thence next ensuing, and fully to be Compleat and ended. Yeilding & Paying therefore for and during the said terme, unto the said William Penn, and his heirs, the Rent of one Pepper Corn, only at and upon the last day of the said term, if the same be lawfully demanded . To the intent that by Vertue of these Presents of of [sic] the Statute for transferring uses into Possession, the said Sarah Fuller, may be in the actual Possession of all and singular the Premisses and be enabled to accept of a Grant, Release, Confirmation & Conveyance thereof and of the Reversion. Inheritance thereof, and of every Part and Parcell thereof to him and his Heirs - In Witness whereof, the said Parties to these Presents, have to these present Indentures, interchangeably sett their hand , & Seals, the day and year first above written - Wm Penn [seal with LS in centre] Seal'd and Delivered in the Presence of Isabell Springett Thomas Coxe_[2]_ (aoldb://mail/write/template.htm#_ftn2) A copy of Penn's receipt also survives. Wm Pens [sic] Rect for £20 Consideration Money paid him by Sarah Fuller for One Thousand As Land in Pensil- vania [sic] [in pencil 1681 Oct 23] Know all men by the Presents that I William Penn of Worminghurst in the County of Sussex Esqr. have had and received of and from Sarah Fuller of West Chillington, in the County of Sussex, Spinster, the Sum of twenty Pounds of lawfull money of England being for the Purchase of One thousand Acres of Land in Pennsylvania, and the Consideration money mentioned to be paid in and by one pair of Indenture of the Lease and Confirmation, bearing even date, herewith, and made between me, the said Wm Penn of the one Part, and the said Sarah Fuller of the other Part according to the Purport of the same Indenture of and from which said sum of Twenty Pounds I, the said William Penn hereby [acknowledge <crossed out>] for myself, my heirs, Executors, Administrators and Assigns, Release, quit Claim & forever discharge the said Sarah Fuller, her heirs, Executors Administrators & Assigns and every of them by these presents. Witness my hand and seals this three & twentieth day of October Anno Domini 1681,Annaq R R Caroli secundi - Anglic & etc XXXIII Sealed and Delivered [?] in the Presence of Isabell[?] Springett Thos Coxe Wm Penn [Seal with LS in centre] Coppy'd [sic] from the Original (among my Brother George's papers) by Wm Dillwyn_[3]_ (aoldb://mail/write/template.htm#_ftn3) ____________________________________ (aoldb://mail/write/template.htm#_ftnref1) [1]Although the original notebook makes it unclear whose grandchildren these were, they must have been those of William, and the children of his son John. (aoldb://mail/write/template.htm#_ftnref2) [2]Various notes are written on this copy document. "Copied from the Original (in my Brother George's Possession) by Wm Dillwyn" Also "Sarah Fuller was my great great Grandmother, having married Wm Dilwyn [sic] alias Jeffreys. LWD". In pencil is also written "Oct 22 1681 William Penn, Sarah Fuller" (aoldb://mail/write/template.htm#_ftnref3) [3]The father of Lewis Weston Dillwyn. George Dillwyn (1738-1820) was L W Dillwyn's uncle. ==== QUAKER-ROOTS Mailing List ==== Quaker-Roots Archives - Search List Messages From 1996 On http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl

Herbert Lee Huffman, born October 20, 1886, married Grace Olive Scott September 01, 1908. He was a Quaker minister in Indiana. His parents were Henry Null Huffman, born December 20, 1839, and Nancy Ellen Moorman - married February 11, 1869. Looking for the parents and ancestors of Henry Null Huffman. Henry Null Huffman's father may have been Henry D. Huffman. b. 1803, d. 1876 in Virginia Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: Byron Hoffman To: QUAKER-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Thursday, November 25, 2004 5:50 PM Subject: RE: [Q-R] William Penn Hello: I am new to genealogy but since your name is "Morris" and you seem to know a lot about genealogy, I have a question for you. I have old letters dating 1785 written from Philadelphia by Abraham Tuckniss. In them, he mentions Aunt Betsey and Old Mr. Morris who is in failing health. He also mentions a "Lydia". Well, when I started researching my roots, I found that Ann Tuckniss was my g g g grandma. ( I do not know Abraham's relationship to her.) Well, I saw in the Quaker records that Ann was the daughter of Robert Tuckniss. Well, I saw a Robert Tuckniss married a Mary Dawes who was the daughter of Abraham Dawes and Mary Harry Dawes of Whitpain. They had seven daughters of which one was a Lydia and one was an Elizabeth who married a MORRIS. Interestingly, George Washington and Lafayette stayed at the home of Dawes "Dawesfield" after the Battle of Germantown. What interested me was that my grandma said she had some ancestor who danced with Lafayette and my grandma gave me the birdcage earrings she wore when she danced with him. Now, I am wondering if I am related to these Dawes. Abraham Tuckniss worte to his sister Mary. The time period is such that Abraham Tuckniss could be the son of Robert Tuckniss and Mary Dawes. But, when I wrote for the book on Dawesfield , they had in it that Mary married a James Egan, I think. Do you have information on the Morris clan and on the Dawes connection? Have you ever heard the name TUCKNISS? Ann Tuckniss and William Hopkins married contrary to discipline in 1795. I do not know the details ; this is just what was recorded in the Philadelphia Monthly Meeting Record. I appreciate an info you can give me. ERika -----Original Message----- From: MORRIS1856@aol.com [mailto:MORRIS1856@aol.com] Sent: Thursday, November 25, 2004 11:04 AM To: QUAKER-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [Q-R] William Penn Thought this might be of interest in the quest for land given by Penn. Any info anyone can give me about this document would be of interest. Richard Morris William Dillwyn married Sarah Fuller who came from West Chiltington in Sussex. He and his wife were amongst the earliest settlers in Philadelphia about 1682 and of their children, a son and two daughters, only the son John, born in 1693, survived majority._[1]_ (aoldb://mail/write/template.htm#_ftn1) In 1681 Sarah Fuller had been granted one thousand acres of land by William Penn in a document dated October 22nd the same year. This Indenture made the two and twentieth day of Octor in the year of our Lord one thousand six hundred and Eighty one, & in the three and thirtieth year of the Reign of King Charles the Second over England [some undecipherable letters] ...Between William Penn of Worminghurst in the County of Sussex, Esqr. of the one Part - And Sarah Fuller of first Chillington in the County of Sussex , Spinster, of the other part - Witnesseth That the said Willm Penn for and in Consideration of the sum of two Shillings of Lawfull money of England - to him in hand paid by the said Sarah Fuller, the receipt whereof he doth hereby acknowledge - Hath Bargained and sold and by these Presents, doth Bargain and Sell unto the said Sarah Fuller, the full and just proposition and Quantity of One Thousand acres of Land, (every Acre to be admeasured and computed according to the dimensions of Acres mentioned and appointed in & by the Statute made in the three and thirtyeth year of the Reign of King Edward the first ) situate, lying and being within the province of Pennsilvania, the said One thousand acres, to be allotted and sett out in such places or Parks of the said Province and in such manner and at such tome or times as by certain Commissions or Constitutions bearing date the Eleventh day of July last past - and signed, sealed and Executed by and between the said William Penn the One Part, and the said Judith Fuller and the other Purchasers of Land within the said Province of the other Part at the time of the Sealing and executing of these Presents are agreed [?] limited and appointed, or hereafter to be sealed, signed and executed , by and between the same parties, shall be agreed, limited, & appointed together with the Rents and profetts of the said One Thousand Acres, and every part or parcell thereof, To have and to hold the said One thousand Acres herein mentioned and intended to be bargained & sold with their and every of their Appurtenances unto the said Sarah Fuller, her Executors & Assignes from the day next before the day of the date hereof for and during and unto the full end and term of one whole year from thence next ensuing, and fully to be Compleat and ended. Yeilding & Paying therefore for and during the said terme, unto the said William Penn, and his heirs, the Rent of one Pepper Corn, only at and upon the last day of the said term, if the same be lawfully demanded . To the intent that by Vertue of these Presents of of [sic] the Statute for transferring uses into Possession, the said Sarah Fuller, may be in the actual Possession of all and singular the Premisses and be enabled to accept of a Grant, Release, Confirmation & Conveyance thereof and of the Reversion. Inheritance thereof, and of every Part and Parcell thereof to him and his Heirs - In Witness whereof, the said Parties to these Presents, have to these present Indentures, interchangeably sett their hand , & Seals, the day and year first above written - Wm Penn [seal with LS in centre] Seal'd and Delivered in the Presence of Isabell Springett Thomas Coxe_[2]_ (aoldb://mail/write/template.htm#_ftn2) A copy of Penn's receipt also survives. Wm Pens [sic] Rect for £20 Consideration Money paid him by Sarah Fuller for One Thousand As Land in Pensil- vania [sic] [in pencil 1681 Oct 23] Know all men by the Presents that I William Penn of Worminghurst in the County of Sussex Esqr. have had and received of and from Sarah Fuller of West Chillington, in the County of Sussex, Spinster, the Sum of twenty Pounds of lawfull money of England being for the Purchase of One thousand Acres of Land in Pennsylvania, and the Consideration money mentioned to be paid in and by one pair of Indenture of the Lease and Confirmation, bearing even date, herewith, and made between me, the said Wm Penn of the one Part, and the said Sarah Fuller of the other Part according to the Purport of the same Indenture of and from which said sum of Twenty Pounds I, the said William Penn hereby [acknowledge <crossed out>] for myself, my heirs, Executors, Administrators and Assigns, Release, quit Claim & forever discharge the said Sarah Fuller, her heirs, Executors Administrators & Assigns and every of them by these presents. Witness my hand and seals this three & twentieth day of October Anno Domini 1681,Annaq R R Caroli secundi - Anglic & etc XXXIII Sealed and Delivered [?] in the Presence of Isabell[?] Springett Thos Coxe Wm Penn [Seal with LS in centre] Coppy'd [sic] from the Original (among my Brother George's papers) by Wm Dillwyn_[3]_ (aoldb://mail/write/template.htm#_ftn3) ____________________________________ (aoldb://mail/write/template.htm#_ftnref1) [1]Although the original notebook makes it unclear whose grandchildren these were, they must have been those of William, and the children of his son John. (aoldb://mail/write/template.htm#_ftnref2) [2]Various notes are written on this copy document. "Copied from the Original (in my Brother George's Possession) by Wm Dillwyn" Also "Sarah Fuller was my great great Grandmother, having married Wm Dilwyn [sic] alias Jeffreys. LWD". In pencil is also written "Oct 22 1681 William Penn, Sarah Fuller" (aoldb://mail/write/template.htm#_ftnref3) [3]The father of Lewis Weston Dillwyn. George Dillwyn (1738-1820) was L W Dillwyn's uncle. ==== QUAKER-ROOTS Mailing List ==== Quaker-Roots Archives - Search List Messages From 1996 On http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl