Brief Life History of Morris
When Morris Bosworth was born on 8 March 1772, in Middletown, Mattabeset, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Nathaniel Bosworth, was 62 and his mother, Elizabeth Eddy, was 42. He married Mary Corben in 1808. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Champlain, Clinton, New York, United States for about 10 years.
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- Moris Bosworth, "United States Census, 1820"
- United States, New York Land Records, 1630-1975; https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99WL-V8DK?cc=2078654&wc=M7C3-F62%3A358134801%2C359309101
- Morris Bosworth, "United States Census, 1810"
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World Events (8)
1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1788
Established in 1788.
1803
France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Husbands Bosworth in Leicestershire (Baresworde in Domesday Book) from an Old English personal name, Bār (from bār ‘boar’) + worth ‘enclosure’, and possibly also from Market Bosworth in Leicestershire, so named with an Old English personal name Bōsa + Old English worth ‘enclosure’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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