LACEY Family of Delaware from 1703: Family Sketches: Elizabeth (Betty) Lacey (~1730 - 1797)

                                     LACEY Family of Delaware from 1703

                         Family Sketches: Elizabeth (Betty) Lacey (~1730 - 1797)

                                    Betty³ (Robert², John¹) Lacey

 

 

Elizabeth (Betty)³ Lacey was born probably in the 1730s. She married William MORRIS and is mentioned in her father’s, Robert² Lacey, will of 1753 [1].

The children of Elizabeth and William Morris are named in the will of William Morris (1797); birth order unknown and there may have been other children that did not survive [2]:

i. Lacey⁴ Morris, m. Tabitha Prettyman and had Thomas Prettyman Morris, 22 June 1777. [3] Legacy included parts of lands called Barnard’s Bloomery.

ii. Joseph⁴ Morris. Legacy included lands Wm. Morris received of his grandfather, William Burton called Chance.

iii. John⁴ Morris, b. Sept 1752, bap. 8 Nov 1753 at St. George’s Protestant Episcopal Church, Indian River. [4] With Robert⁴ Lacey (son of John Lacey and Ann), posted security bonds for the guardianship of the children of Robert³ Lacey. [5] He is likely the same John Morris that died about 15 December 1824 in Dagsboro, Sussex Co., Delaware. [6] Legacy included parts of lands called Barnard’s Bloomery.

iv. Robert⁴ Morris. Legacy included parts of lands called Barnard’s Bloomery.

v. Jacob⁴ Morris. Legacy included parts of lands called Barnard’s Bloomery.

vi. Burton⁴ Morris. Legacy included remainder of tract called Chance.

vii. Betty⁴ Morris Ennis. Legacy included 1 cow and calf out of ½ movable estate bequeathed to his wife, Betty Morris.

[1] Sussex County, Delaware Register of Wills, Will of Robert Lacey, Liber B, folios 59-61. .”…I Give and bequeath unto my Daughter Betty Morres One Five Shillings…”

[2] Sussex County, Delaware Wills, 1682-1851; index to wills, 1684-1948, FamilySearch.org, database with images (https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/47102 : accessed 23 August 2021), William Morris, 1797, Will Book E, p 151-153); image 88-89. Mentions wife Betty Morris, sons: Lacey, Joseph, John, Robert, Jacob, Burton. Daughters: Betty Ennis. John Morris was exec. Prob. January 16, 1798.  Mentions father John Morris and deceased grandfather Wm Burton.

[3] F. Edward Wright, Vital Records of Kent and Sussex Counties Delaware, 1686-1800. St. George’s Protestant Episcopal, Indian River, Delaware. (Silver Spring, Maryland: Family Line Publications, 1986), 103. “Thomas Prittman son of Lacey and Tabitha Mor[ris] b Jun 22 1777.”

[4] F. Edward Wright, Vital Records of Kent and Sussex Counties Delaware, 1686-1800. St. George’s Protestant Episcopal, Indian River, Delaware. (Silver Spring, Maryland: Family Line Publications, 1986), 96. “John son of William & Betty Morris b. Sep 1752; bapt Nov 8 1753.”

[5] Orphans' Court dockets, 1770-1847; general index, 1728-1847, images, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/48605 : accessed ) > Orphans' Court dockets, books A, D-E 1770-1796, Lacey, Hezekiah & Ann, minors,  Petition to appoint Guardian, 7 Aug 1783, Orphans Court Docket D, p. 193-194, image 352-352.

[6] Delaware, Sussex County, Wills, 1682-1851, browsable images, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/47102 : accessed 28 December 2021), Will of John Morris 21 January 1822; Will Book G7, p. 368-371; image 198-199.