This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Chapman, Stapp, Morris, Simms Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GCC.2ACE/203.205.206.207.211.232.235 Message Board Post: I believe you will find that Mary Morris is the daughter of Joshua Morris and Frances Simms. Joshua is the son of William Morris who married Elizabeth Stipps/Stepps/ Stapp. William was one of the earliest settlers in what is now Kanawha Co., WV and represented Kanawha in the VA Assembly shortly after the county was formed.