| Stephen, son of Jonas Morris of High Wycombe and Ann Wingrove of Penn,
was baptised 12-12-1733. Married Mary Floyd of High Wycombe, 21-8-1762, by licence. Their
only child, Charlotte, was baptised 18-1-1764. On 10-4-1786 Charlotte married Thomas
Weller, butcher, second son of William Weller of Amersham Brewery. Their eldest son,
Stephen, baptised 1787, at Penn, eventually became my Great-great-grandfather. Will of
Stephen Morris of Putnam Place, farmer. He left to Mary "all my Messuages, Lands, Tenements, Woods, Woodgrounds and Hereditaments" in Penn and Princes Risborough, also "all my part or share of and in a Leasehold Wood called Saint John's Wood Term and Terms of years therein" etc. Probably Stephen died soon after making his Will -his signature is very shaky -and Mary made hers on 28th January 1810. Mary died later that year leaving £200 and half her interest in St. John's Woods to her Grandson Stephen Weller, the rest of her property to be sold and the "interest dividends and produce thereof" to go to her daughter Charlotte and after her death equally between Charlotte's children. Executors are nephews Thomas Hearne and Joseph Pratt. St. John's Woods were leased from the Crown, and held jointly with George Hearne and Thomas Floyd. Reference for Mary's Will - Aylesbury Record Office, D/A/WE 127 No. 56 (1810) We have a copy of Stephen Morris's Will. |
.jpg) William Weller (1727-1802). Founder of the Weller Brewery in Amersham |