Col. Samuel MORRIS [14158]
- Born: Abt 1727
- Marriage (1): Ursula DENNY [14172] about 1770
- Died: Cir 1785 aged about 58
 Research Notes:
Extract from Morris of Balleybeggan and Castle Morris
by the Marquis of Ruvigny and Raweval. 1904
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VIII. SAMUEL MORRIS, Esq., of Castle Morris and Ballybeggan aforesaid, and of Littleton, in the same county, eldest son and heir of the preceding, born (at least two years) before 1733, probably about 1727-28, matriculated at Trinity College, Dublin, May 31, 1748, succeeded his father after 1756. High Sheriff for co. Kerry, 1763, and Colonel of the Kerry Volunteers.
He married, probably about 1770-71, Ursula, sister of Sir Barry Denny, first Baronet of Tralee Castle, M.P., elder daughter of the Rev. Barry Denny, of Ballyvelly, Treasurer of the Cathedral Church of Ardfert, and grand-daughter of Edward Denny, Esq., of Tralee Castle aforesaid, M.P., by his wife the Lady Letitia Coningsby, third daughter and coheir of Thomas, Earl of Coningsby, by whom he had issue :
Colonel Samuel Morris was living October 26, 1796, and is believed to have died some years after 1809. (The late Wilson Gun, of Rattoo, my grandmother's first cousin, who was born in 1809, used to tell me that he had seen five generations of my family, and that he remembered my great-great-grandfather well - the Marquis of Ruvigny & Raweval)
Samuel married Ursula DENNY [14172] [MRIN: 4741], daughter of Rev Barry DENNY [14173] and Jane O'CONNOR [32396], about 1770. (Ursula DENNY [14172] was born circa 1740.)
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