Now that I have exhausted YDNA Morris matches, I’ve been going through atDNA matches on Ancestry who have the surname, Morris. I know all these matches will not be related on my Morris line, but now is the time to figure out how they are related to me – process of elimination. If I cannot find the parents of John Jacky Morris, my mysterious 3rd great grandfather, I certainly can find out who are not his parents and eliminate them from my search.
Eventually, I will also cover other matches who have a Morris surname in their tree but do not have the Morris surname. This post will only cover those matches on Ancestry who have the last name Morris and have a public family tree.
My top matches (and there are a lot of them) I already know the MRCA is 3rd great grandpa, John Jacky Morris or his son, my 2nd great grandfather, Thomas Morris, or great grandpa, John Coon Morris. So, I have excluded those.
The first match I can investigate is E. Morris. We share 18 cM of atDNA across one segment. His Morris line goes back to Simeon Morris born about 1796 in South Carolina and Frances Alford born about 1838 in Louisiana. Shared matches seem to indicate a connection to the Dennis family, and I did find my match has a connection to the Swaringen family in Stanly County, North Carolina. The Swaringen’s married into the Dennis family via David Blalock and Martha Dennis, the daughter of Andrew Dennis (my 4th great grandfather). So, there may be some connection there.
The next match, G. Morris and I share 16 cM of atDNA across one segment, and Ancestry has determined this match is on my maternal side. Since I have a double Morris line it does not surprise me to see Morris associated with either paternal or maternal side. This match had but 2 people in their family tree so I had to build a tree for them. I found that their Morris line probably reaches back to William Cudd Morris born 1761 in Halifax County, North Carolina and died 1840 in Macon County, Tennessee. Shared matches seem to indicate a Brock connection, with the match and me sharing 3 of my known Brock cousins. So, this match is most likely on my maternal Brock line that is also from Tennessee and the Morris may (or may not) be related.
Next up is L. Morris, 15 cM across one segment. His Morris ancestor is Gilbert Morris, who looks to have been an orphan by the age of 5 years. He is listed on the 1900 Census as living with a Frazier family in Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory. Our top shared match is a descendant of Thomas Morris and Mary Williams, my 2nd great grandparents. Several other matches show a Stoker connection. My 5th great grandfather is Robert Stoker 1745 VA - 1844 Stanly County, North Carolina.
Next up is J. Morris, 14 cM across one segment. Shared matches indicate a connection to the Fesperman family of Stanly County, North Carolina, more research required to figure that out. The matches family tree does go back to Isaiah Shockley 1766 – 1857 who is also my 6th great grandfather on my maternal side. The matches Morris connection goes back to Jesse Elender Morris, born 1818 Jasper, Missouri.
Next is C. Morris at 13 cM across 2 segments. Shared matches (we only have 3) all go back to Willis Martin Dennis and Susannah Hearne, my 2nd great grandparents. The match has two Morris lines in their family tree, one to Richard F. Morris born 1801 Wayne, Kentucky, and the other to John Calhoun Morris born 1770 Watauga Settlement.
J. Morris and I share 13 cM of atDNA across one segment. This is the second match whose tree leads back to William Cudd Morris of Halifax, North Carolina so that has piqued my interest. Our top shared match is a known cousin who descends from Thomas Morris and Mary Williams, my 2nd great grandparents and another shared match who descends from John Jacky and Amelia Morris through their daughter, Susan Morris who married Samuel Morgan.
I share 13 cM of atDNA across one segment with R. Morris who reaches back to James Morris born 1805 in Williamsburg, South Carolina. We have but one shared match who looks to be a Stoker descendant. My 5th great grandfather is Robert Stoker 1745 VA - 1844 Stanly County, North Carolina.
The next match, J., is interesting because they live in England. We share 12 cM of atDNA across one segment. Their ancestor, Emma Morris was born 1815 Packington, Derbyshire, England. We have no shared matches.
S. Morris and I share 11 cM of atDNA across one segment. Their Morris ancestor is Edward Morris 1708-1752 of Richmond County, Virginia through son John Morris and his son John Harris Morris who married Mary Dobbins whom I wrote about in a previous post. This match also has a Gunter line, and our shared matches indicate a connection to my 5th great grandfather, Isham Gunter of Chatham County, North Carolina.
N. Morris and I share 11 cM across one segment. Like J. above, N. lives in England. Their Morris line goes back to Michael Morris born 1851 Lancashire, England. We have no shared matches.
C. Morris shares 11 cM of atDNA with me. Their ancestor Jesse Morris was born 1796 in Anderson County, South Carolina and died 1876 Marble Valley, Coosa, Alabama. Shared matches indicate a connection to Thomas Morris, my 2nd great grandfather.
E. Morris and I share 11 cM across one segment. Their Morris ancestor is Burrell Morris born 1785 Georgia and died 1850 Polk County, Texas. Shared matches are a bit of a mess. One shared match is Shockley / Crawley on my maternal side. The other matches indicate a Morris connection but on a Morris line that I know is not mine because I have YDNA tested that Morris line and it matches to the Haton Morris line that was also in Montgomery County, North Carolina.
J. Morriss whom I share 10 cM across one segment, has their ancestor listed as O B D Morriss born 1892 and died 1938 Jefferson County, Oklahoma. Interesting that the surname is spelled with two s’s. I have seen that one other time, with a YDNA match whose ancestor is William Harvey Morriss who died in Morgan County, Missouri. Shared matches are no help. We have 5 and all have less than 10 people in their trees. Most family trees I looked at have O B D Morriss reaching back to Edward Morriss born 1750 Hampshire, England.
D. Morris and I share 10 cM across one segment. We have many shared matches with most of those showing a Fesperman / Dry connection in Cabarrus and Stanly counties, North Carolina. Michael Fesperman and Leah Dry are my 4th great grandparents so that makes sense. The Morris connection in the family tree goes back to Jordan Morris born 1811 Georgia and died after 1880 in Louisiana.
R. Morris is at 10 cM across one segment. We have at least one shared match whom I know is my maternal Brock / Shockley line. His Morris ancestor is John Washington Morris died 1868 Panola, Texas.
K. Morris shares 9 cM across one segment. Shared matches indicate a Dry / Teem connection and that makes sense as there are several surnames from Stanly County, North Carolina in their family tree that I recognize. The Morris ancestor in this tree is Richard Augustus Morris born 1867 Rome, Georgia and died 1954 El Paso, Texas.
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