MORRIS, MORRIS ap RHISIART, or MORRIS PRICHARD (1674-1763),
of Tyddyn Melus in Llanfihangel-tre'r-beirdd, husband of Margaret Owen (1671-1752) of Bodafon-y-glyn, a neighbouring farm, and father of the Morris brothers Lewis, Richard, William, and John Morris (‘Morrisiaid Môn’; see under their names). He was b. at Tyddyn Melus in 1674 and m. in June 1699. After the birth of his eldest son Lewis on 2 March 1701, he went to live to Fferem; from there in 1707, he moved to Pentrerianell where he continued his work as a cooper in addition to that of farming. He suffered from frequent ailments throughout his life. On his wife's death his grand-daughter Margaret and her husband went to live with him and assisted in the cultivation of his farm. They succeeded in getting him to leave Pentrerianell in 1761, when he went to live in a room in Llannerch-y-medd where he d. 25 Nov. 1763; he was buried three days later in Llanfihangel-tre'r-beirdd churchyard. At all times he actively identified himself with the intellectual interests of his sons.
Bibliography:
- Morris Letters (ed. J. H. Davies, and Indexes by Hugh Owen);
- Add. Morris Letters (ed. Hugh Owen, = Cymm., xlix).
Author:
Hugh Owen, M.A., F.S.A., (1880-1953), Llanfair-pwll, Anglesey
