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Lemon, Will Hull, Morris Cuff, Sampson Roberts, WilL Delahide, and Thos. Letham, diligent for Eng. interest, joining with the soldiers, turning out some and imprisoning others. Ibid.-Lieut. Phillip Mathews,* of C., aged 50, did observe Thos. J ollift'e, for- merly a foot soldier in L 4 Inchiquin's army, then dep• servant, very active for tha Pari'. Feb. 28, 1654.-Edwd. Ga.rdine, of C., shopkeeper, aged 56, did observe Will. Sexton, Senr, Thos. Hooper, and Will. Renda.ll, then inhab•, active for Common- wealth. Ibid.-Thom•. Hooper, of C., sadler, aged 38, doth know Edw. Garner, Will. Rendall, Will. Sexten, Senr, W. S. Jun., and John Daummen, inhab. of e. Did eee arms in their ha~ds, particularly Garner and Rendall at main guard, Daummen helping to find out the fusees that formerly belonged to Prince Rupert, and secure thom; the Sext~ns were sentinels at the magazine of ammunition. Feb. 28, 1654.-John Dammion, a carpenter, aged 50, examin 4 • Resided in C. at time of rendition, a master carpenter to trayne in C. ; knew w•. Flin, a private soldier in Inohiquin's army; on the night of securing C., said F. about 9 or 10 o'cl came out of his house with a white cloak upon his arme, was very active, and imprisoned for refusing to march with the army against Dublin. Roger King, aged 40, exam•. Called Flin out of his bed said night about 11 or 12 o'cl, who took a sword and musquet and went to the main guard. March 2, 1654.-Thos. Whitly, aged 32, exam•, now resident at Parlstowne, bar. of Kina.lea.; saw Will. Hunt and John Barrett very active going about the town to take up the Irish, and standing sentinels.when appointed; said H. and B. were soldiers in Lord Inchiquin's own Comp', and stayed behind when the army marched against Dublin. (Eod. die. )-Will. Coe, weaver, aged 48, same night eaw Will .Polly, J o~n Woodland, Phil. Button, and Humphrey MeHenick, with their arms, turning out the Irish ; was himself one .of the guard sett on Coli. Sterling ; three of the fore-• ·- ! Their ancestor, Captain Wllli~ Morris, obtained grants under the Act' ef Settlement of many denominations of lAnd, With special clauseR that they were to 1fe called in future by namee borrowed from those of certain places in Shropshire, from which we infer that the family oame from thence. This was done pursuant to an Act of Parliament providing for ench changes of name. The above Captain William Morris was probably son of the first mentioned Jonas.. lie seems, from the names of hie children, to have been strongly Puri- tanical : these were, Fortunatns, Apollos, Tribulation, wife of -- Forster ; Ph«Bbe, wife of Thomas·Sweet, Temperance, wife of Simen Dring, and Patience, wife of Joseph Feno. Co- tempon.ry with him were Abrah1m1 and J onaa Morris, merchants, of Cork, probably hia brothen, the first of whom was founder of the almshouse in Blarney-lane, Cork, as appearl from the following inscription on the front wall : - " THIS ALliS BOUSJ: wAS BR'IWI'KB .oa THK U0 OB POOR .&.G&D PBOTBSTABTB, AND BNDOWBD :I'OB BVBB BY .&.BB.&.II. MORRIS, JUBCB". IR ooax, 1724." In the hall, at the right hand aide. ia a IMge coat of arms cut in •tone and ornamented-On a saltire engn.iled an escutcheon charged with a cross, for Morria, impaling a "W"Y'Vern ; the whitewash-brush has lately destroyed Ule tinctures. The Castle Salem branch of thia family is the eldeat. . • One of the first pair of Protestant aherift"a of Cork (1656), and mayor 1658. . 1~
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