In 1798 William Morris was named as a beneficiary in his father's Will.
At the time of the 1851 England Census William Morris, age 61, born in Eastbourne, widower, watch maker, was living in South Street, Eastbourne. With him were daughter Maria Morris (33) of Eastbourne, unmarried, school mistress, and grandson William Caffyn (8) of Worthing, scholar.
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MORRIS.—March 10, at South Street, Eastbourne, Mr. William Morris, sen., aged 64, an old and respected inhabitant of that place.
Sussex Advertiser, 21 March 1854, p. 7
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William Morris of South St. died aged 64 years (burial record).
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Abstract of the Will of William Morris senior of South Street Eastbourne in the County of Sussex, Watchmaker & Jeweller, written 8 May 1853, proved 25 Apr 1854. 3
Appoints his friends George Ashby of the parish of East Dean, farmer, and Samuel Rason of Eastbourne, innkeeper, executors of his will, devising to them in Trust his dwelling house, blacksmith's shop, garden and courtyard in Eastbourne, as well as his two dwelling houses—one in Hill Street in Hastings St. Clement and the other in Court House Street in Hastings All Saints—to sell at a public auction or by private contract, and to distribute the proceeds (after payment of his debts) equally between his six children.
(Signed)
Witnesses: Thomas Keeping, smith & farrier, John Hughes, retired officer of customs.
Personal effects valued under £200.
Testator died 10 March 1854.
Marriage Information:
William married Martha Lock, daughter of James Lock and Benedicta Star, on 7 Dec 1812 in St. Clement, Hastings, Sussex, England. (Martha Lock was born about 1786 in Hastings, Sussex, England, christened on 29 Jan 1786 in St. Clement, Hastings, Sussex, England, died on 10 Nov 1850 in Eastbourne, Sussex, England, and was buried on 15 Nov 1850 in St. Mary, Eastbourne, Sussex, England, aged 64 years.)
Marriage Notes:
William Morris, bachelor, of the parish of East Bourn, and Martha Lock, spinster, of this parish
Married by Licence
Witnesses: Jas. Lock, Sophia Lock, Mary Morris
