Robert Morris
BIRTH
Jan 20, 1734
Liverpool, England
DEATH
May 8, 1806
Forked River, New Jersey
Delegate to the Continental Congress (PA)
FAMILY
MOTHER:
Mary White Morris
(1749-1827)
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Morris, Robert
(1734-1806)
Robert Morris was a Philadelphia merchant, Continental congressman, and leading financier of the American Revolution. He signed the Declaration of Independence and Articles of Confederation and, as superintendent of finance, helped supply and fund the American war effort during its critical final years.
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BROTHER
Henry Morris
SISTER
Hester Morris Marshall
SISTER
Maria Morris Nixon
(1779-1852)
WIFE
Mary White Morris
(1749-1827)
Henry Morris
Thomas Morris
(1786-1846)
Hester Morris Marshall
Maria Morris Nixon
(1779-1852)
Places | Image | Address | GPS | Site |
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Christ Church Philadelphia | 20 N American St, Philadelphia, PA 19106 | MUSEUM | ||
Summerseat Museum | 154 Legion Avenue, Morrisville, Pennsylvania, 19067, USA | MARKER | ||
Robert Morris Sr Marker | 5364 Manadier Rd, Trappe, MD 21673 | MARKER |
DIED:
Forked River, New Jersey
May 8, 1806
Robert Morris was born on Jan 20, 1734 in Liverpool, England. 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.
The available biographical record identifies Robert Morris with work or public activity as a statesman. Those roles provide the clearest documented basis for including this person in the database and should be read in the political, military, professional, or household context of the period. Robert Morris died on May 8, 1806 in Forked River, New Jersey. Additional claims about employment, public service, or accomplishments have been omitted where the consulted source did not support them.