Samuel Morrison 
M, (23 June 1762 - 10 February 1812)
Samuel Morrison was born on 23 June 1762 at Chester, Lancaster County, Province of Pennsylvania, America.1 He was the son of William Morrison and Patience Brown. Samuel Morrison married, at age 26, Mary Magdalene Ann Updegraff, age 25, daughter of Derrick Updegraff and Susan Stricker, on Thursday, 5 March 1789.1 Samuel Morrison died on 10 February 1812 at Somerset County, Pennsylvania, at age 49 years, 7 months and 18 days.1 He was buried in the Samuels Churchyard, located in Somerset County, Pennsylvania.
This family located in Milford Township, Bedford County, PA, where they purchased land in 1793, then in April of 1795 it became Somerset County, PA. They both came from York County, PA, where the Morrison family resided in Warrington Township. Mry Ann was admonished in the Quaker Meeting Records for marrying before a Justice of the Peace. The NSDAR Patriot Index - Volume 3 shows Samuel Morrison as a Private from Somerset County, PA.
References for the family: U.S. Direct Tax 1798 - 8th Divison, 3rd District, Somerset County, PA; Clyde Shank Volume 7; Somerset County Census 1810 - 1880; Somerset County Est. #7 - 1812; Bedford County Deed Book D, page 107 - 1793; Browell's History of York County, PA, page 664; Samuels Church Cemetery records.
This family located in Milford Township, Bedford County, PA, where they purchased land in 1793, then in April of 1795 it became Somerset County, PA. They both came from York County, PA, where the Morrison family resided in Warrington Township. Mry Ann was admonished in the Quaker Meeting Records for marrying before a Justice of the Peace. The NSDAR Patriot Index - Volume 3 shows Samuel Morrison as a Private from Somerset County, PA.
References for the family: U.S. Direct Tax 1798 - 8th Divison, 3rd District, Somerset County, PA; Clyde Shank Volume 7; Somerset County Census 1810 - 1880; Somerset County Est. #7 - 1812; Bedford County Deed Book D, page 107 - 1793; Browell's History of York County, PA, page 664; Samuels Church Cemetery records.
Children of Samuel Morrison and Mary Magdalene Ann Updegraff
- Joshua Morrison (c 1790 - )
- Joseph Morrison+ (7 Sep 1791 - 13 Sep 1869)
- John Morrison+ (8 Jan 1794 - 30 Sep 1863)
- William Morrison+ (28 Sep 1796 - 4 Feb 1853)
- Samuel Morrison (c 1799 - 26 Jun 1812)
- James Morrison+ (5 Jul 1804 - 26 Aug 1870)
Last Edited=19 Jun 2009
Citations
- [S15] June (Shaull) Lutz, History of the Op Den Graef / Updegraff Family (Grand Rapids, Michigan; 1433 Elderwood Ct. N.W.: J. S. Lutz, 1988), p. U-92.