The Political Graveyard: Morris-Willing family of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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Morris-Willing family of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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Anthony Morris (1654-1721) — of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa. Born in Stepney, London, England, August 23, 1654. Brewer; preacher; mayor of Philadelphia, Pa., 1703-04. Quaker. English ancestry. Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., October 24, 1721 (age 67 years, 62 days). Burial location unknown.

		Relatives: Father of Anthony Morris; great-grandfather of Samuel Powel (1738-1793).
		Political families: Shippen-Middleton family of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Morris-Willing family of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (subsets of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).
		See also Wikipedia article

Anthony Morris (c.1682-1763) — of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa. Born in London, England, about 1682. Brewer; mayor of Philadelphia, Pa., 1738-39. Quaker. English ancestry. Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., September 23, 1763 (age about 81 years). Burial location unknown.

		Relatives: Son of Anthony Morris and Elizabeth (Watson) Morris; grandfather of Samuel Powel (1738-1793).
		Political families: Shippen-Middleton family of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Morris-Willing family of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (subsets of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).
		See also Wikipedia article

Charles Willing (1710-1754) — of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa. Born in Bristol, England, May 18, 1710. Merchant; mayor of Philadelphia, Pa., 1748-49, 1754; died in office 1754. English ancestry. Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., November 30, 1754 (age 44 years, 196 days). Burial location unknown.

		Relatives: Son of Thomas B. Willing (1679-1759) and Anne (Harrison) Willing (1684-1747); married 1731 to Anne Nancy Shippen (1710-1791; sister of Edward Shippen (1703-1781); granddaughter of Edward Shippen (1639-1712)); father of Thomas Willing (1731-1821) and Elizabeth Willing (1743-1830; who married Samuel Powel); grandfather of Charles Willing Byrd; great-grandfather of John Brown Francis; second great-grandfather of Edward Overton, Jr.; third great-grandfather of James Rieman Macfarlane and Francis Fisher Kane.
		Political families: Shippen-Middleton family of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Marshall-Harrison-Randolph-Cabell family of Virginia; Morris-Willing family of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (subsets of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).
		See also Wikipedia article

Thomas Willing (1731-1821) — of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., December 19, 1731. Lawyer; merchant; city court justice, 1759; justice of the court of common pleas, 1761; mayor of Philadelphia, Pa., 1763-64; justice of Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1767; Delegate to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1775; banker. Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., January 19, 1821 (age 89 years, 31 days). Interment at Christ Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Pa.

		Relatives: Son of Anne (Shippen) Willing (1710-1791) and Charles Willing; brother of Elizabeth Willing (1743-1830; who married Samuel Powel); married 1763 to Anne McCall (1745-1781); nephew of Edward Shippen (1703-1781) and William Shippen; uncle of Charles Willing Byrd; granduncle of John Brown Francis; great-grandson of Edward Shippen (1639-1712); great-grandfather of Edward Overton, Jr. (1836-1903); second great-grandfather of James Rieman Macfarlane; second great-granduncle of Francis Fisher Kane; first cousin of Edward Shippen (1729-1806); first cousin twice removed of Edward Shippen (1823-1904); first cousin thrice removed of Bertha Shippen Irving.
		Political families: Shippen-Middleton family of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Marshall-Harrison-Randolph-Cabell family of Virginia (subsets of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).
		See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial

Samuel Powel (1738-1793) — of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., October 28, 1738. Mayor of Philadelphia, Pa., 1775-76, 1789-90; member of Pennsylvania state senate, 1790-93. Member, American Philosophical Society. Died, from yellow fever, in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., September 29, 1793 (age 54 years, 336 days). Interment at Christ Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Pa.

		Relatives: Son of Samuel Powel (1704-1759) and Mary (Morris) Powel (1713-1759); married, August 7, 1769, to Elizabeth Willing (daughter of Charles Willing; sister of Thomas Willing (1731-1821)); grandson of Anthony Morris (1682?-1763); great-grandson of Anthony Morris (1654-1721).
		Political families: Shippen-Middleton family of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Marshall-Harrison-Randolph-Cabell family of Virginia; Morris-Willing family of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (subsets of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).
		See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial

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