MORRIS
,
JOHN
(
1706
-
1740
),
sailor
,
son of
Morris ap Rhisiart Morris
(q.v.)
, and brother of
Lewis
,
Richard
, and
William
Morris
(qq.v.); b. in
1706
. Little is known about him, other than what is said in an article on his brother
Lewis
in the
Cambrian Register
,
1796
, 232, from which we learn that he d. on board the warship
Torbay
(in the unsuccessful attack on
Cartagena
) in
1740
, aged 34 — he was ‘
master's mate
.’ We have some 22 of his letters (
Morris Letters
, 6-36), ranging between
5 July 1739
and
22 Sept. 1740
. We know that he was with
Richard
Morris
in
London
in
1735
, and
Richard
(
Llawysgrif Richard Morris o Gerddi
, cix, cxi) praises him for his kindly nature.
Author:
Emeritus Professor Robert Thomas Jenkins, C.B.E., D.Litt., Ll.D.,
F.S.A., (1881-1969), Bangor.
