Anthony Morris (II)

Anthony Morris (II)

Anthony Morris III (b. March 1682, London, England; d. 23 September 1763, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) was a brewer, merchant, judge, assemblyman, and Mayor of Philadelphia.

Morris immigrated with his family to New Jersey shortly after his birth. From the age of three, he spent his life in Philadelphia, son of Anthony Morris, Jr., one of the city's leading citizens. In 1696, the elder Anthony paid fellow brewer Henry Babcock 20 pounds to place the younger Anthony in a seven-year indentured apprenticeship. In addition to establishing the Morris Brewery as one of colonial Philadelphia's most highly regarded, Morris followed his father as a prominent member of the Society of Friends in Philadelphia. From 1737, he served as an associate justice of the city court. He sat for several sessions as a member of the assembly, and like his father before him, served as mayor in 1738. He was re-elected in 1739, but chose not to serve.

Morris's grandson, Samuel, was Captain of the First Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry during the Revolutionary War, which served with distinction as General George Washington's bodyguard during 1776 and 1777.

ources

* Stanley Baron, "Brewed in America: A History of Beer and Ale in the United States" (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1962)
* James Grant Wilson, John Fiske and Stanley L. Klos, eds., "Appleton's Cyclopedia of American Biography" (New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1887-1889)

External links

* [http://www.firsttroop.com/history-1700s.html First Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry history]


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