Rash's Surname Index
Notes for Israel Wistar MORRIS
Morris, Israel. 1778-1870. Owned Green Hill Plantation, intact until 1910, Overbrook section of Lower Merion; part of original Thomas Lloyd purchase from William Penn in 1682. Israel was born in Reading because his family had left Philadelphia during British occupation. As broker and commission merchant, refused to arm vessels for India Packet in 1812; resolved to move to Green Hill to operate a farm. Grandson Charles Morris Wood sold mansion and 18 acres to Friends' Central School, 1925.
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