WILLIAM MORROW, SR. was born in Ireland in 1734. The Morrow Ancestrial Line is said to have migrated from Scotland to Ireland to Holland then fled from religious persecution to America. The Scotch - Irish heritage is supported by DNA evidence and census records. Some believe the Morrow Family first settled in Pennsylvania then migrated to Orange County, North Carolina (Oaks Post Office) around 1765. This account has been supported by the 1850 census which documents William Morrow Jr. was born in Pennsylvania, and a 1930 letter documenting family history information. However, William Jr's older siblings are all documented as born in North Carolina, which would suggest that William May have first immigrated to Pennsylvania where he married Jane Parks, then obtained land in North Carolina where the family settled, and Jane went home to PA to be with family during her last pregnancy in 1767.
Family tradition also states that William Morrow Sr. baked a bible in a loaf of bread to prevent it from being destroyed by persecutors then the bread was removed when he arrived safely in America.
Originating in the Scottish Lowlands the name is ultimately Gaelic, from Moireach or Moireabh, meaning a 'seafarer' or a 'coastal settlement'; most probably derived from the placename Moray in northern Scotland, by merit of being, at times, a variation of Murray. It may also be patronymic, from Murchadh, meaning 'sea warrior'. It has been variously spelt Morow, Morro, Morwe, Murrow, and Morrewe, the latter being first found on the Ragman Rolls of 1296.[9][10][11][12] Some of the earliest recorded of the name were the Dumfries-born, Thomas Morrow, abbot of Paisley between 1418 and 1444,[11] Duncan Morrow, witness to an ordination in 1503 at Kirkinner, Wigtownshire,[13] Walter Morrow, a member of the convent at Kelso, Roxburghshire in 1548,[14][15] and Davy Morrow, bailie of Annan in 1592.[16][17] During the 17th Century, the Morrow name was brought to Ireland as a result of the plantation of Ulster; during which many Scots, mostly Lowlanders, settled in the north of Ireland.[18][19][20] A number of Morrows who served in the Covenanter army were transported to Virginia after being captured by Cromwell at the Battle of Worcester in 1651.[21][22]
William Morrow Sr. married Jane Parks circa 1750 in Pennsylvania, and this is supported by the couple being named in Jane's father's Will. Warrington Township, York County Pennsylvania Register of Wills, John Parks Last Will & Testament, Proved: August 6, 1777. Jane and William had SIX children of record:
Margaret Morrow-Bryan (?-?),
Elizabeth Morrow-Andrews (1752-?),
John Morrow (1756-?),
James Morrow (1757-?),
Jane Morrow-Pickard (1765 - 1807), and
William P. Morrow (1767-1852).
Morrow associations with the founding of the Presbyterian Church in America support the Scotch-Irish heritage, as does the time period of the 1740-41 famine when emigration to America was renewed and rose steadily through the 1760s. Scotch-Irish Presbyterians were massacred begining in 1641 by Catholic Rebels at the River Bann in Portadown, Northern Ireland.
The Hillsboro District Revolutionary Army Account Books document William Morrow Sr. as contributing over 2899₤ in provisions to support the American troops during the American Revolution.
William Morrow Sr. passed away on 13 November 1807 in Oaks, Orange County, North Carolina, and is buried at the Morrow Homestead Family Cemetery. The location is now present day, near Graham & Saxapahaw, Alamance County, North Carolina (Alamance County was carved out of Orange County in 1849). William's Last Will and Testament is on file at the North Carolina State Archives, Written 3 February 1807, in Orange County, North Carolina, Will Book D, p. 189.
The Morrow Family Cemetery Directions:
Traveling from Mebane, NC take 119 South about 7 miles to 54E. Travel on 54E into Orange County and take a right onto Saxapahaw Road. The Bethlehem Presbyterian Church will be on your right and Morrow Mill Rd. will be on the left as you continue down Saxapahaw Rd. You will drive back into Alamance County and cross over Thom Rd. The Old Morrow Homestead stucco house will be the first house on the left after Thom Rd., and on the right immediately across the street from the stucco house is a pond with trees around it. Take the first dirt drive on the right after the pond and just before you get to the house on the right. Drive down the dirt road about 25 yards and the cemetery is in the clump of trees immediately to the right of the dirt road.
If you drive too far down 54E then you will see an Exxon station on your right at Morrow Mill Rd. Turn right onto Morrow Mill Rd. About 1/2 a mile down the road is a stop sign with a "Y" intersection, keep traveling on Morrow Mill Road (veering to the right and it will curve back around to Saxapahaw raod at the Bethlehem Presbyterian Church. Turn left onto Saxapahaw road, cross over Thom Rd and follow directions above.
(35d 57m 18.0s N; 79d 16m 34.0s W).
REFERENCES:
1. Lester, Alderidge & Shields, Ruth. (1958). "North and South Carolina Family Records: Graves, Mebane, Morrow, Stanford Families of Granville and Orange Counties, North Carolina." Chapel Hill, NC: Davie Poplar Chapter DAR, Dixon, Kay (Publisher), p. 15.
2. Named in Father-in-Law's Will, Abstracts from York Co PA Wills:
15 Mar 1777-6 Aug 1777
Will of John Parks
Executors: Robert & Andrew Parks
Wife: Mary Parks
Children: Robert, Margaret married James Hoge, John, Jane married Wm Morrow, Mary, & Martha married John Gibson.
(Information from Alex Thompson received 27 February 2004).
3. Shields, Ruth Herndon, 1972, "Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina 1752-1800, and (202 Marriages Not Shown in the Orange County Marriage Bonds), and Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina 1800-1850," Will Book D, p. 189.
Dated 3 February 1807.
William Morrow of the Hawfields:
Sons:
William, James, & John.
Daughters:
Elizabeth Morrow-Andrews, Margaret Morrow-Bryan, & Jane Morrow-Pickhard.
Granddaughter:
Janey (under age) daughter of Sarah Morrow (Note: Sarah is [Son] John Morrow's widow).
4. Copy of William Morrow's Will from the North Carolina State Archives, Written 3 February 1807, Will Book D, p. 189.
5. Headstone Transcription, D. T. Stokes 3 May 1959.
6. Headstone Photo taken by Amalie Tuffin on 11 April 2008, (1155).
7. Headstone Photo taken by Mark Morrow on 21 January 2010.
(Directions posted in the Biography above).
SERVICE, AMERICAN REVOLUTION:
1. Haun, Weynette Parks, 1989, "North Carolina Revolutionary Army Accounts Secretary of State Treasurer's & Comptroller's Papers Vol. I, Vol. II, Part II,
Specie Certificates Paid into the Comptrollers Office by John Armstrong, Vol. I, Book 5, Folio 26, Page 243, Granted to Wm. Morrow, Principle & Interest 10.4.7, [Assigned Page 402].
2. Haun, Weynette Parks, 1989, "North Carolina Revolutionary Army Accounts, Book A, [Treasurer, State], Part XII," p. 1573.
Report No. 30, Sundries furnished to the Militia of North Carolina as allowed by Rochester & Ramsey, Auditors at Harrisburg, November 1780, Book A, Page 79, No. 2324 to William Morrow for provisions, No. Vrs 653, Currency 2899:-:-, [Assigned Page 5027].
3. Haun, Weynette Parks, 1989, "North Carolina Revolutionary Army Accounts, [Treasurer State], Book B, Part XIII," p. 1851.
Sundries allowed by the State Board of Auditors for Claims Exhibited, (Report Dated November 1780), Book B, p. 653, To William Morrow for sundries, Currency 2899:-:-, [Assigned Page 5594].
4. Haun, Weynette Parks, 1989, "North Carolina Revolutionary Army Accounts, Accounts of the United States with North Carolina, [Treasurer, State], Book C, Part XIV," p. 1900.
Hillsboro District, Feb. 1782, Report No. 81, 1764 To William Morrow, No., 882, Specie 14:4:6, [Assigned Page 5684].
5. Haun, Weynette Parks, 1989, "North Carolina Revolutionary Army Accounts, [Treasurer's and Comptroller's], Volume XI, [Part X]," p. 1309 & 1327.
Book A, No. 11, Page 30, Folio 3, (No Title), Certificate #882 to William Morrow, Currency 23:15:10, [Assigned Page 4435].
Book A, No. 11, Page 46, Folio 3, Specie Certificates, Certificate 29, Wm. Morrow, Currency 2899:-:-, [Assigned Page 4499].
©Mark Morrow
Family tradition also states that William Morrow Sr. baked a bible in a loaf of bread to prevent it from being destroyed by persecutors then the bread was removed when he arrived safely in America.
Originating in the Scottish Lowlands the name is ultimately Gaelic, from Moireach or Moireabh, meaning a 'seafarer' or a 'coastal settlement'; most probably derived from the placename Moray in northern Scotland, by merit of being, at times, a variation of Murray. It may also be patronymic, from Murchadh, meaning 'sea warrior'. It has been variously spelt Morow, Morro, Morwe, Murrow, and Morrewe, the latter being first found on the Ragman Rolls of 1296.[9][10][11][12] Some of the earliest recorded of the name were the Dumfries-born, Thomas Morrow, abbot of Paisley between 1418 and 1444,[11] Duncan Morrow, witness to an ordination in 1503 at Kirkinner, Wigtownshire,[13] Walter Morrow, a member of the convent at Kelso, Roxburghshire in 1548,[14][15] and Davy Morrow, bailie of Annan in 1592.[16][17] During the 17th Century, the Morrow name was brought to Ireland as a result of the plantation of Ulster; during which many Scots, mostly Lowlanders, settled in the north of Ireland.[18][19][20] A number of Morrows who served in the Covenanter army were transported to Virginia after being captured by Cromwell at the Battle of Worcester in 1651.[21][22]
William Morrow Sr. married Jane Parks circa 1750 in Pennsylvania, and this is supported by the couple being named in Jane's father's Will. Warrington Township, York County Pennsylvania Register of Wills, John Parks Last Will & Testament, Proved: August 6, 1777. Jane and William had SIX children of record:
Margaret Morrow-Bryan (?-?),
Elizabeth Morrow-Andrews (1752-?),
John Morrow (1756-?),
James Morrow (1757-?),
Jane Morrow-Pickard (1765 - 1807), and
William P. Morrow (1767-1852).
Morrow associations with the founding of the Presbyterian Church in America support the Scotch-Irish heritage, as does the time period of the 1740-41 famine when emigration to America was renewed and rose steadily through the 1760s. Scotch-Irish Presbyterians were massacred begining in 1641 by Catholic Rebels at the River Bann in Portadown, Northern Ireland.
The Hillsboro District Revolutionary Army Account Books document William Morrow Sr. as contributing over 2899₤ in provisions to support the American troops during the American Revolution.
William Morrow Sr. passed away on 13 November 1807 in Oaks, Orange County, North Carolina, and is buried at the Morrow Homestead Family Cemetery. The location is now present day, near Graham & Saxapahaw, Alamance County, North Carolina (Alamance County was carved out of Orange County in 1849). William's Last Will and Testament is on file at the North Carolina State Archives, Written 3 February 1807, in Orange County, North Carolina, Will Book D, p. 189.
The Morrow Family Cemetery Directions:
Traveling from Mebane, NC take 119 South about 7 miles to 54E. Travel on 54E into Orange County and take a right onto Saxapahaw Road. The Bethlehem Presbyterian Church will be on your right and Morrow Mill Rd. will be on the left as you continue down Saxapahaw Rd. You will drive back into Alamance County and cross over Thom Rd. The Old Morrow Homestead stucco house will be the first house on the left after Thom Rd., and on the right immediately across the street from the stucco house is a pond with trees around it. Take the first dirt drive on the right after the pond and just before you get to the house on the right. Drive down the dirt road about 25 yards and the cemetery is in the clump of trees immediately to the right of the dirt road.
If you drive too far down 54E then you will see an Exxon station on your right at Morrow Mill Rd. Turn right onto Morrow Mill Rd. About 1/2 a mile down the road is a stop sign with a "Y" intersection, keep traveling on Morrow Mill Road (veering to the right and it will curve back around to Saxapahaw raod at the Bethlehem Presbyterian Church. Turn left onto Saxapahaw road, cross over Thom Rd and follow directions above.
(35d 57m 18.0s N; 79d 16m 34.0s W).
REFERENCES:
1. Lester, Alderidge & Shields, Ruth. (1958). "North and South Carolina Family Records: Graves, Mebane, Morrow, Stanford Families of Granville and Orange Counties, North Carolina." Chapel Hill, NC: Davie Poplar Chapter DAR, Dixon, Kay (Publisher), p. 15.
2. Named in Father-in-Law's Will, Abstracts from York Co PA Wills:
15 Mar 1777-6 Aug 1777
Will of John Parks
Executors: Robert & Andrew Parks
Wife: Mary Parks
Children: Robert, Margaret married James Hoge, John, Jane married Wm Morrow, Mary, & Martha married John Gibson.
(Information from Alex Thompson received 27 February 2004).
3. Shields, Ruth Herndon, 1972, "Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina 1752-1800, and (202 Marriages Not Shown in the Orange County Marriage Bonds), and Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina 1800-1850," Will Book D, p. 189.
Dated 3 February 1807.
William Morrow of the Hawfields:
Sons:
William, James, & John.
Daughters:
Elizabeth Morrow-Andrews, Margaret Morrow-Bryan, & Jane Morrow-Pickhard.
Granddaughter:
Janey (under age) daughter of Sarah Morrow (Note: Sarah is [Son] John Morrow's widow).
4. Copy of William Morrow's Will from the North Carolina State Archives, Written 3 February 1807, Will Book D, p. 189.
5. Headstone Transcription, D. T. Stokes 3 May 1959.
6. Headstone Photo taken by Amalie Tuffin on 11 April 2008, (1155).
7. Headstone Photo taken by Mark Morrow on 21 January 2010.
(Directions posted in the Biography above).
SERVICE, AMERICAN REVOLUTION:
1. Haun, Weynette Parks, 1989, "North Carolina Revolutionary Army Accounts Secretary of State Treasurer's & Comptroller's Papers Vol. I, Vol. II, Part II,
Specie Certificates Paid into the Comptrollers Office by John Armstrong, Vol. I, Book 5, Folio 26, Page 243, Granted to Wm. Morrow, Principle & Interest 10.4.7, [Assigned Page 402].
2. Haun, Weynette Parks, 1989, "North Carolina Revolutionary Army Accounts, Book A, [Treasurer, State], Part XII," p. 1573.
Report No. 30, Sundries furnished to the Militia of North Carolina as allowed by Rochester & Ramsey, Auditors at Harrisburg, November 1780, Book A, Page 79, No. 2324 to William Morrow for provisions, No. Vrs 653, Currency 2899:-:-, [Assigned Page 5027].
3. Haun, Weynette Parks, 1989, "North Carolina Revolutionary Army Accounts, [Treasurer State], Book B, Part XIII," p. 1851.
Sundries allowed by the State Board of Auditors for Claims Exhibited, (Report Dated November 1780), Book B, p. 653, To William Morrow for sundries, Currency 2899:-:-, [Assigned Page 5594].
4. Haun, Weynette Parks, 1989, "North Carolina Revolutionary Army Accounts, Accounts of the United States with North Carolina, [Treasurer, State], Book C, Part XIV," p. 1900.
Hillsboro District, Feb. 1782, Report No. 81, 1764 To William Morrow, No., 882, Specie 14:4:6, [Assigned Page 5684].
5. Haun, Weynette Parks, 1989, "North Carolina Revolutionary Army Accounts, [Treasurer's and Comptroller's], Volume XI, [Part X]," p. 1309 & 1327.
Book A, No. 11, Page 30, Folio 3, (No Title), Certificate #882 to William Morrow, Currency 23:15:10, [Assigned Page 4435].
Book A, No. 11, Page 46, Folio 3, Specie Certificates, Certificate 29, Wm. Morrow, Currency 2899:-:-, [Assigned Page 4499].
©Mark Morrow
WILLIAM MORROW, SR. was born in Ireland in 1734. The Morrow Ancestrial Line is said to have migrated from Scotland to Ireland to Holland then fled from religious persecution to America. The Scotch - Irish heritage is supported by DNA evidence and census records. Some believe the Morrow Family first settled in Pennsylvania then migrated to Orange County, North Carolina (Oaks Post Office) around 1765. This account has been supported by the 1850 census which documents William Morrow Jr. was born in Pennsylvania, and a 1930 letter documenting family history information. However, William Jr's older siblings are all documented as born in North Carolina, which would suggest that William May have first immigrated to Pennsylvania where he married Jane Parks, then obtained land in North Carolina where the family settled, and Jane went home to PA to be with family during her last pregnancy in 1767.
Family tradition also states that William Morrow Sr. baked a bible in a loaf of bread to prevent it from being destroyed by persecutors then the bread was removed when he arrived safely in America.
Originating in the Scottish Lowlands the name is ultimately Gaelic, from Moireach or Moireabh, meaning a 'seafarer' or a 'coastal settlement'; most probably derived from the placename Moray in northern Scotland, by merit of being, at times, a variation of Murray. It may also be patronymic, from Murchadh, meaning 'sea warrior'. It has been variously spelt Morow, Morro, Morwe, Murrow, and Morrewe, the latter being first found on the Ragman Rolls of 1296.[9][10][11][12] Some of the earliest recorded of the name were the Dumfries-born, Thomas Morrow, abbot of Paisley between 1418 and 1444,[11] Duncan Morrow, witness to an ordination in 1503 at Kirkinner, Wigtownshire,[13] Walter Morrow, a member of the convent at Kelso, Roxburghshire in 1548,[14][15] and Davy Morrow, bailie of Annan in 1592.[16][17] During the 17th Century, the Morrow name was brought to Ireland as a result of the plantation of Ulster; during which many Scots, mostly Lowlanders, settled in the north of Ireland.[18][19][20] A number of Morrows who served in the Covenanter army were transported to Virginia after being captured by Cromwell at the Battle of Worcester in 1651.[21][22]
William Morrow Sr. married Jane Parks circa 1750 in Pennsylvania, and this is supported by the couple being named in Jane's father's Will. Warrington Township, York County Pennsylvania Register of Wills, John Parks Last Will & Testament, Proved: August 6, 1777. Jane and William had SIX children of record:
Margaret Morrow-Bryan (?-?),
Elizabeth Morrow-Andrews (1752-?),
John Morrow (1756-?),
James Morrow (1757-?),
Jane Morrow-Pickard (1765 - 1807), and
William P. Morrow (1767-1852).
Morrow associations with the founding of the Presbyterian Church in America support the Scotch-Irish heritage, as does the time period of the 1740-41 famine when emigration to America was renewed and rose steadily through the 1760s. Scotch-Irish Presbyterians were massacred begining in 1641 by Catholic Rebels at the River Bann in Portadown, Northern Ireland.
The Hillsboro District Revolutionary Army Account Books document William Morrow Sr. as contributing over 2899₤ in provisions to support the American troops during the American Revolution.
William Morrow Sr. passed away on 13 November 1807 in Oaks, Orange County, North Carolina, and is buried at the Morrow Homestead Family Cemetery. The location is now present day, near Graham & Saxapahaw, Alamance County, North Carolina (Alamance County was carved out of Orange County in 1849). William's Last Will and Testament is on file at the North Carolina State Archives, Written 3 February 1807, in Orange County, North Carolina, Will Book D, p. 189.
The Morrow Family Cemetery Directions:
Traveling from Mebane, NC take 119 South about 7 miles to 54E. Travel on 54E into Orange County and take a right onto Saxapahaw Road. The Bethlehem Presbyterian Church will be on your right and Morrow Mill Rd. will be on the left as you continue down Saxapahaw Rd. You will drive back into Alamance County and cross over Thom Rd. The Old Morrow Homestead stucco house will be the first house on the left after Thom Rd., and on the right immediately across the street from the stucco house is a pond with trees around it. Take the first dirt drive on the right after the pond and just before you get to the house on the right. Drive down the dirt road about 25 yards and the cemetery is in the clump of trees immediately to the right of the dirt road.
If you drive too far down 54E then you will see an Exxon station on your right at Morrow Mill Rd. Turn right onto Morrow Mill Rd. About 1/2 a mile down the road is a stop sign with a "Y" intersection, keep traveling on Morrow Mill Road (veering to the right and it will curve back around to Saxapahaw raod at the Bethlehem Presbyterian Church. Turn left onto Saxapahaw road, cross over Thom Rd and follow directions above.
(35d 57m 18.0s N; 79d 16m 34.0s W).
REFERENCES:
1. Lester, Alderidge & Shields, Ruth. (1958). "North and South Carolina Family Records: Graves, Mebane, Morrow, Stanford Families of Granville and Orange Counties, North Carolina." Chapel Hill, NC: Davie Poplar Chapter DAR, Dixon, Kay (Publisher), p. 15.
2. Named in Father-in-Law's Will, Abstracts from York Co PA Wills:
15 Mar 1777-6 Aug 1777
Will of John Parks
Executors: Robert & Andrew Parks
Wife: Mary Parks
Children: Robert, Margaret married James Hoge, John, Jane married Wm Morrow, Mary, & Martha married John Gibson.
(Information from Alex Thompson received 27 February 2004).
3. Shields, Ruth Herndon, 1972, "Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina 1752-1800, and (202 Marriages Not Shown in the Orange County Marriage Bonds), and Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina 1800-1850," Will Book D, p. 189.
Dated 3 February 1807.
William Morrow of the Hawfields:
Sons:
William, James, & John.
Daughters:
Elizabeth Morrow-Andrews, Margaret Morrow-Bryan, & Jane Morrow-Pickhard.
Granddaughter:
Janey (under age) daughter of Sarah Morrow (Note: Sarah is [Son] John Morrow's widow).
4. Copy of William Morrow's Will from the North Carolina State Archives, Written 3 February 1807, Will Book D, p. 189.
5. Headstone Transcription, D. T. Stokes 3 May 1959.
6. Headstone Photo taken by Amalie Tuffin on 11 April 2008, (1155).
7. Headstone Photo taken by Mark Morrow on 21 January 2010.
(Directions posted in the Biography above).
SERVICE, AMERICAN REVOLUTION:
1. Haun, Weynette Parks, 1989, "North Carolina Revolutionary Army Accounts Secretary of State Treasurer's & Comptroller's Papers Vol. I, Vol. II, Part II,
Specie Certificates Paid into the Comptrollers Office by John Armstrong, Vol. I, Book 5, Folio 26, Page 243, Granted to Wm. Morrow, Principle & Interest 10.4.7, [Assigned Page 402].
2. Haun, Weynette Parks, 1989, "North Carolina Revolutionary Army Accounts, Book A, [Treasurer, State], Part XII," p. 1573.
Report No. 30, Sundries furnished to the Militia of North Carolina as allowed by Rochester & Ramsey, Auditors at Harrisburg, November 1780, Book A, Page 79, No. 2324 to William Morrow for provisions, No. Vrs 653, Currency 2899:-:-, [Assigned Page 5027].
3. Haun, Weynette Parks, 1989, "North Carolina Revolutionary Army Accounts, [Treasurer State], Book B, Part XIII," p. 1851.
Sundries allowed by the State Board of Auditors for Claims Exhibited, (Report Dated November 1780), Book B, p. 653, To William Morrow for sundries, Currency 2899:-:-, [Assigned Page 5594].
4. Haun, Weynette Parks, 1989, "North Carolina Revolutionary Army Accounts, Accounts of the United States with North Carolina, [Treasurer, State], Book C, Part XIV," p. 1900.
Hillsboro District, Feb. 1782, Report No. 81, 1764 To William Morrow, No., 882, Specie 14:4:6, [Assigned Page 5684].
5. Haun, Weynette Parks, 1989, "North Carolina Revolutionary Army Accounts, [Treasurer's and Comptroller's], Volume XI, [Part X]," p. 1309 & 1327.
Book A, No. 11, Page 30, Folio 3, (No Title), Certificate #882 to William Morrow, Currency 23:15:10, [Assigned Page 4435].
Book A, No. 11, Page 46, Folio 3, Specie Certificates, Certificate 29, Wm. Morrow, Currency 2899:-:-, [Assigned Page 4499].
©Mark Morrow
Family tradition also states that William Morrow Sr. baked a bible in a loaf of bread to prevent it from being destroyed by persecutors then the bread was removed when he arrived safely in America.
Originating in the Scottish Lowlands the name is ultimately Gaelic, from Moireach or Moireabh, meaning a 'seafarer' or a 'coastal settlement'; most probably derived from the placename Moray in northern Scotland, by merit of being, at times, a variation of Murray. It may also be patronymic, from Murchadh, meaning 'sea warrior'. It has been variously spelt Morow, Morro, Morwe, Murrow, and Morrewe, the latter being first found on the Ragman Rolls of 1296.[9][10][11][12] Some of the earliest recorded of the name were the Dumfries-born, Thomas Morrow, abbot of Paisley between 1418 and 1444,[11] Duncan Morrow, witness to an ordination in 1503 at Kirkinner, Wigtownshire,[13] Walter Morrow, a member of the convent at Kelso, Roxburghshire in 1548,[14][15] and Davy Morrow, bailie of Annan in 1592.[16][17] During the 17th Century, the Morrow name was brought to Ireland as a result of the plantation of Ulster; during which many Scots, mostly Lowlanders, settled in the north of Ireland.[18][19][20] A number of Morrows who served in the Covenanter army were transported to Virginia after being captured by Cromwell at the Battle of Worcester in 1651.[21][22]
William Morrow Sr. married Jane Parks circa 1750 in Pennsylvania, and this is supported by the couple being named in Jane's father's Will. Warrington Township, York County Pennsylvania Register of Wills, John Parks Last Will & Testament, Proved: August 6, 1777. Jane and William had SIX children of record:
Margaret Morrow-Bryan (?-?),
Elizabeth Morrow-Andrews (1752-?),
John Morrow (1756-?),
James Morrow (1757-?),
Jane Morrow-Pickard (1765 - 1807), and
William P. Morrow (1767-1852).
Morrow associations with the founding of the Presbyterian Church in America support the Scotch-Irish heritage, as does the time period of the 1740-41 famine when emigration to America was renewed and rose steadily through the 1760s. Scotch-Irish Presbyterians were massacred begining in 1641 by Catholic Rebels at the River Bann in Portadown, Northern Ireland.
The Hillsboro District Revolutionary Army Account Books document William Morrow Sr. as contributing over 2899₤ in provisions to support the American troops during the American Revolution.
William Morrow Sr. passed away on 13 November 1807 in Oaks, Orange County, North Carolina, and is buried at the Morrow Homestead Family Cemetery. The location is now present day, near Graham & Saxapahaw, Alamance County, North Carolina (Alamance County was carved out of Orange County in 1849). William's Last Will and Testament is on file at the North Carolina State Archives, Written 3 February 1807, in Orange County, North Carolina, Will Book D, p. 189.
The Morrow Family Cemetery Directions:
Traveling from Mebane, NC take 119 South about 7 miles to 54E. Travel on 54E into Orange County and take a right onto Saxapahaw Road. The Bethlehem Presbyterian Church will be on your right and Morrow Mill Rd. will be on the left as you continue down Saxapahaw Rd. You will drive back into Alamance County and cross over Thom Rd. The Old Morrow Homestead stucco house will be the first house on the left after Thom Rd., and on the right immediately across the street from the stucco house is a pond with trees around it. Take the first dirt drive on the right after the pond and just before you get to the house on the right. Drive down the dirt road about 25 yards and the cemetery is in the clump of trees immediately to the right of the dirt road.
If you drive too far down 54E then you will see an Exxon station on your right at Morrow Mill Rd. Turn right onto Morrow Mill Rd. About 1/2 a mile down the road is a stop sign with a "Y" intersection, keep traveling on Morrow Mill Road (veering to the right and it will curve back around to Saxapahaw raod at the Bethlehem Presbyterian Church. Turn left onto Saxapahaw road, cross over Thom Rd and follow directions above.
(35d 57m 18.0s N; 79d 16m 34.0s W).
REFERENCES:
1. Lester, Alderidge & Shields, Ruth. (1958). "North and South Carolina Family Records: Graves, Mebane, Morrow, Stanford Families of Granville and Orange Counties, North Carolina." Chapel Hill, NC: Davie Poplar Chapter DAR, Dixon, Kay (Publisher), p. 15.
2. Named in Father-in-Law's Will, Abstracts from York Co PA Wills:
15 Mar 1777-6 Aug 1777
Will of John Parks
Executors: Robert & Andrew Parks
Wife: Mary Parks
Children: Robert, Margaret married James Hoge, John, Jane married Wm Morrow, Mary, & Martha married John Gibson.
(Information from Alex Thompson received 27 February 2004).
3. Shields, Ruth Herndon, 1972, "Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina 1752-1800, and (202 Marriages Not Shown in the Orange County Marriage Bonds), and Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina 1800-1850," Will Book D, p. 189.
Dated 3 February 1807.
William Morrow of the Hawfields:
Sons:
William, James, & John.
Daughters:
Elizabeth Morrow-Andrews, Margaret Morrow-Bryan, & Jane Morrow-Pickhard.
Granddaughter:
Janey (under age) daughter of Sarah Morrow (Note: Sarah is [Son] John Morrow's widow).
4. Copy of William Morrow's Will from the North Carolina State Archives, Written 3 February 1807, Will Book D, p. 189.
5. Headstone Transcription, D. T. Stokes 3 May 1959.
6. Headstone Photo taken by Amalie Tuffin on 11 April 2008, (1155).
7. Headstone Photo taken by Mark Morrow on 21 January 2010.
(Directions posted in the Biography above).
SERVICE, AMERICAN REVOLUTION:
1. Haun, Weynette Parks, 1989, "North Carolina Revolutionary Army Accounts Secretary of State Treasurer's & Comptroller's Papers Vol. I, Vol. II, Part II,
Specie Certificates Paid into the Comptrollers Office by John Armstrong, Vol. I, Book 5, Folio 26, Page 243, Granted to Wm. Morrow, Principle & Interest 10.4.7, [Assigned Page 402].
2. Haun, Weynette Parks, 1989, "North Carolina Revolutionary Army Accounts, Book A, [Treasurer, State], Part XII," p. 1573.
Report No. 30, Sundries furnished to the Militia of North Carolina as allowed by Rochester & Ramsey, Auditors at Harrisburg, November 1780, Book A, Page 79, No. 2324 to William Morrow for provisions, No. Vrs 653, Currency 2899:-:-, [Assigned Page 5027].
3. Haun, Weynette Parks, 1989, "North Carolina Revolutionary Army Accounts, [Treasurer State], Book B, Part XIII," p. 1851.
Sundries allowed by the State Board of Auditors for Claims Exhibited, (Report Dated November 1780), Book B, p. 653, To William Morrow for sundries, Currency 2899:-:-, [Assigned Page 5594].
4. Haun, Weynette Parks, 1989, "North Carolina Revolutionary Army Accounts, Accounts of the United States with North Carolina, [Treasurer, State], Book C, Part XIV," p. 1900.
Hillsboro District, Feb. 1782, Report No. 81, 1764 To William Morrow, No., 882, Specie 14:4:6, [Assigned Page 5684].
5. Haun, Weynette Parks, 1989, "North Carolina Revolutionary Army Accounts, [Treasurer's and Comptroller's], Volume XI, [Part X]," p. 1309 & 1327.
Book A, No. 11, Page 30, Folio 3, (No Title), Certificate #882 to William Morrow, Currency 23:15:10, [Assigned Page 4435].
Book A, No. 11, Page 46, Folio 3, Specie Certificates, Certificate 29, Wm. Morrow, Currency 2899:-:-, [Assigned Page 4499].
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