When Winifred Morris was born on 24 April 1731, in Farnum Magisterial District, Richmond County, Virginia, British Colonial America, her father, Lt. Edward E Morris Jr, was 22 and her mother, Elizabeth Hammond, was 23. She died after 1800, in Jefferson, Tennessee, United States, and was buried in Jefferson, Tennessee, United States.
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Patrick Henry made his "Give me Liberty or Give me Death" speech in Richmond Virginia.
On June 1, 1796, Tennessee became the 16th state.
English and Scottish: from Maurice, an Old French personal name introduced to Britain by the Normans. It is derived from Latin Mauritius, a derivative of Maurus (see Moore ). This was the name of several early Christian saints. In some cases it may be a nickname of the same derivation for someone with a swarthy complexion.
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Muirghis, a variant of Ó Muirgheasa (see Morrissey ).
Welsh: Anglicized form of the personal name Meurig (from Latin Mauritius), which was gradually superseded in Wales by Morus, Morys, a derivative of the Anglo-Norman French form of the name (see 1 above).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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