The Founders of Hartford
John Morris (Morrice) was one of the settlers to whom land was granted “by the town's courtesie.”
His lot was next south of Nathaniel Barding's in the West Field (on the brow of Asylum Hill). Very little is known
of him.1 He d. in 1668, will dated Nov. 13-22 ; inv. Jan. 15, 1668-9; will names his wife, sons Joshua,
John not yet 21 ; dau. Mary; brother Robert. His widow, Martha, m. (2) Roger Jepson, of Saybrook, and (3) Thomas Allyn,
of Middletown. Joshua Morrice, c, about 14, was killed by the fall of a log from a wood-pile, Dec. 2, 1681. Mary, m.
Nov. 25, 1680, John Tillotson, of Saybrook. Robert Morris of H., his brother, died Nov. 19, 1684, leaving no children,
but mentions a number of people in his will, Stanleys, Andrews, Spencers, and Diggins, who may have been relatives.
1 William Goodwin, son of Ozias, gives in his will, June 25, 1689, to his son William,
Land “formerly belonging to my uncle, John Morris, in Hartford.”
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