Maria Morris Nixon
(1779-1852)
BIRTH
April 24, 1779
PLACE
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
NAME
Maria Morris
DEATH
September 10, 1852
PLACE
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
FAMILY
SISTER
Hester Morris Marshall
(1774–1817)
BROTHER
Henry Morris
(1784–1842)
CHILDREN
Robert Morris
(1734-1806)
HOMES
RELIGIOUS VIEWS
RELIGION NOT DOCUMENTED
DENOMINATION NOT DOCUMENTED
MEMBERSHIPS
AWARDS
Maria Morris Nixon (1779–1852) was Robert Morris and Mary White’s daughter, born and baptized in Philadelphia. She married Henry Nixon in March 1802; he later headed the Bank of North America. Their children included John and Robert Morris Nixon. A genealogy citing church registers records her marriage and baptism, and burial in St. Peter’s churchyard. Her death day differs between September 10 in the master and September 11 in the published account.
EARLY LIFE
Maria Morris Nixon was born on Apr 24, 1779. The surviving biographical summary provides only limited evidence about childhood, schooling, and the daily circumstances of the household, so those details are not reconstructed here without documentation. What can be stated securely is that this person belonged to the interconnected family world from which HistoryGPS traces participants, relatives, and later descendants of the Revolutionary generation.
No distinct public profession or office for Maria Morris Nixon is established by the source summary used for this entry. The surviving record is primarily genealogical and documents family identity rather than an independent public career. Maria Morris Nixon died on Sep 10, 1852. Additional claims about employment, public service, or accomplishments have been omitted where the consulted source did not support them.
CAREER
DEATH
Maria Morris Nixon died on Sep 10, 1852, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. Maria Morris Nixon was Robert Morris and Mary White’s daughter, born and baptized in Philadelphia. She married Henry Nixon in March 1802; he later headed the Bank of North America. Their children included John and Robert Morris Nixon. A genealogy citing church registers records her marriage and baptism, and burial in St. Peter’s churchyard. Her death day differs between September 10 in the master and September 11 in the published account. The available account does not establish a medical cause or a dependable sequence of final symptoms and care.
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