CATHERINE ANN MORRISON
Catherine Ann Morrison was the first of four Catherine Ann's in the family. She was born January 18, 1801 in White Clay Hundred of Delaware. This "Hundred" is an area of New Castle County, Delaware.
Her parents were Douglass Morrison and Elizabeth Wilson.
Catharine married William Kelley on October 16, 1821 also of White Clay Hundred. He was a farmer. A news clipping from the Delaware Historical Society reads
"Oct 19, 1821 Married Tuesday evening by Rev. A.K. Russel
William Kelly to Catherine Morrison, daughter of Douglas Morrison.
Both of White Clay Hundred."
The 1850 Delaware Census lists the Kelley family in White Clay Hundred consisting of :
William Kelley age 65 born in Delaware
Catherine age 50 born in Delaware
Hannah age 13 born in Delaware
The 1899 History of the State of Delaware also lists children of William and Catherine Kelley to be:
George Kelley
Samuel Kelley
John Kelley
Elizabeth Kelley
Ann Kelley - We believe this Ann to be the Hannah of the 1850 Census Most likely the youngest child.
Catherine was widowed not long after this census. William Kelley died in 1854. The New Castle County Deed book G 7 page 201 contains the sale of land by Catherine Kelly to Thomas Higgins. This was most likely a relative of her husbands. He had a half sister Elizabeth Kelley who married Robert Higgins about 1800.
She probably spent her last 37 years living with one or another of her children. She died October 18, 1891. They are both laid to rest in plot 62 of the White Clay Creek Presbyterian Church. It is on Kirkwood Highway at the intersection with Polly Drummond Rd on the outskirts of Newark.
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