Isaac, born 1764, was twice married. He bought the ancestral homestead of Gwentley Thomas, his grandmother, in 1789, which he held to about 1805, when he removed to Line Lexington. His first wife was Elizabeth Mathias, whom he married October 12, 1786. This wife was the daughter of Thomas Mathias and and sister of Rev Joseph Mathias. She had been born September 12, 1765, and died August 28, 1803, aged thirty-eight. By his first wife Isaac Morris had three children, Mathias, Justus and William. The two latter died young. Mathias Morris was born September 12, 1787. He possessed unusual abilities. Says Mathias: "He was early inclined to learn and from year to year and from school to school he pursued his studies as opportunity afforded. Even when at home, reading and study was his delight and he was taught several of the higher branches. He also made considerable proficiency in classical literature at Newtown, Doylestown, and other places. He studied law with his cousin, Enos Morris, and was admitted to the bar at Newtown in 1809, where he lived some time. He He became possessed of a lucrative practice and a handsome property. In 1828 he was elected to the State Senate, and had a re-election to the same office. In 1834 he was chosen a member of the Congress of the United States, and re-elected in 1836. He would probably have reached higher honors had not death overtaken him November 9, 1839, at the age of fifty-two. His afterwards removed to Phladelphia, but removed back to Doylestown. He there married Wilhelmina, daughter of Abraham and Elizabeth Chapman, and sister of Hon. Henry Chapman."
widow still resides in Doylestown with her daughter, Mary Ann, who married John C Lyman, of Vermont, and had a family of children.


38yrs 1 wife of Isaac Morris