John Morris to Tasmania

[clancam37]

John Morris married Anne Davies at Holy Trinity Church, Stratford Warwickshire 24th June 1823.
They ahd a daughter, Anne Morris at Hobart Town, Tasmania 27th January 1825 (Baptised 10th March 1825). Trying to find how and when they came to Tasmania?
Can sks please help.
Kind regards
clancam37 

[Neale1961]

Hi Clancam
I can't see any arrival in Australia, but in the period 1824-1828 there are a few shipping records for a seaman named John Morris going from Tasmania to other Australian ports.

What other information do your have??. Year of birth for John?. Did they stay in Australia? Other children born?

It seems John was a widower on that marriage in 1823, so do you have his first marriage?

[TreeSpirit]

A possibility:
On 4 Feb 1824 the Aguilar arrives from England with a Mr (https://stors.tas.gov.au/NI/1492895) and a Mrs (https://stors.tas.gov.au/NI/1492896) Morris on board.

Update: with a child?: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/1090064?searchTerm=Aguilar

[Neale1961]

Well done TreeSpirit. That looks like a good fit.
I missed then searching with "John Morris".

[clancam37]

Hi Neale1961,
Thanks fro your reply.  Unfortunately I have no information.
They did remain in Tasmania, still looking for other children.
Kind regards
clancam37

Hi Clancam
I can't see any arrival in Australia, but in the period 1824-1828 there are a few shipping records for a seaman named John Morris going from Tasmania to other Australian ports.

What other information do your have??. Year of birth for John?. Did they stay in Australia? Other children born?

It seems John was a widower on that marriage in 1823, so do you have his first marriage?

[wivenhoe]

Where do you see them, in Tasmania, after 1825?

[matthewj64]

A possibility:
On 4 Feb 1824 the Aguilar arrives from England with a Mr (https://stors.tas.gov.au/NI/1492895) and a Mrs (https://stors.tas.gov.au/NI/1492896) Morris on board.

Update: with a child?: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/1090064?searchTerm=Aguilar

John Shorten MORRIS, arrived per Aguilar from England with goods and cash of over £660 value, applied for a grant of land of 500 acres (from Tas archives, Colonial Secretary's Office, General Correspondence, CSO1/167, film Z1791)

Possible birth - John Shorten MORRIS, 1780 Witney, Oxfordshire to Mary Thompson SHORTER and Robert MORRIS (from an Ancestry tree)

Martha Jane born 20 Nov 1821, baptised 9 Dec 1821 St Mary, Newington, Surrey; parents Ann and John Shorter MORRIS (Gent), Chester st, Lambeth (Ancestry, London Metropolitan Archives; London, England; London Church of England Parish Registers; Reference Number: P92/MRY/026)

Possible death? - Martha MORRIS 4y 1824 Hobart https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD34-1-1p036j2kS

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[TreeSpirit]

John Shorten MORRIS, arrived per Aguilar from England with goods and cash of over £660 value, applied for a grant of land of 500 acres (from Tas archives, Colonial Secretary's Office, General Correspondence, CSO1/167, film Z1791)

I always forget abt those Col Sec papers
Here is the link to the actual documents: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSVT-WQKB?i=435

[trish1120]

 Society of Australian Genealogists
(found by googling)

MORRIS - SPARROW
Description:
Handwritten correspondence 1822-26 to John Shorter Morris being 2 letters to him while still in London and others to him in Van Diemens Land from various Sparrow family members in England including a set of 4 letters dated June 1826 from nieces & nephew at China Cottage.
Also transcriptions of several register entries 1777-1826 on scraps of paper; a small family tree - 3 generations from Robert Morris and Mary Thompson.

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https://books.google.com.au › books
1808 · ‎Industrial arts
Specification of the Patent granted to JOHN SHORTER MORRIS , of Pancras - place , in the County of Middlesex , Gentleman ; for a Machine for Mangling

Trish