Hi
I hope these notes on the Morris (Mores) family from Cupar, Fifeshire, might be helpful to you.
William Morris, John Morris and James Morris were the sons of
William Mores (a weaver) and
Isabel Bell who were married in Cupar, Fifeshire, Scotland on February 17, 1793.
Their eldest known son
William Morris (Mores) was born in Cupar in Fifeshire on December 01, 1792, and was baptised there on 3rd November, 1793. It is likely that as a young man he migrated south across the Scottish border, possibly with his two brothers, James and John to find work in the Northumberland coalmines. On 31 March 1819, at St Peter's Wallsend, William, a pitman, married Isabella Elliott. It was a short marriage and in 1820, after giving birth to two children, John and Elizabeth (possibly twins), Isabella died. Her son John did not survive and her daughter Elizabeth lived only 5 years. On 25 August 1821, at St John, Newcastle, William married Mary Stephenson from Allendale. Mary was the daughter of James Stephenson and Mary Reed and she was the younger sister of William's sister-in-law, Ann. William and Mary had 10 children, Isabella and Mary (who did not survive), Alexander, William, James, Mary (2), Elizabeth (who died in infancy), Ann, John and Isabella (2). William died in Bedlington on 12 December, 1862 and is buried in Bedlington Cemetery. His wife Mary survived him by 10 years, and died in 1872 at West Sleekburn Colliery, Bedlington
John Morris was also born in Cupar, Fifeshire, where he was baptised on 10th March 1795. His baptism record gives his surname as Morison. Some time before 1819 John migrated south across the Scottish border to the Northumberland coalfields where he married Ann Stephenson, from Allendale on 12 April, 1819 at St Peter's, Wallsend. Ann and John, a pitman, lived in Willington, Wallsend probably until about 1827. William, Mary, James, John and Robert were all baptized at Wallsend and Joshua, Elizabeth, Ann and Thomas in Longbenton, Newcastle Upon Tyne. Ann Morris died in Bedlington about 21 November 1866, aged 70. John Morris also died in Bedlington and was buried on 12 July 1868 at St Cuthberts, Bedlington on 12 July 1868. He was 74.
James Morris was probably born about 1796 in Cupar though no baptism record has been found. He married Hannah Gray at Christ Church, Tynemouth, Northumberland, on 5 December 1818. She was the daughter of Stephen Gray from Tynemouth and Hannah Makin from Sheffield. During their early married life, James worked as a pitman. The birth records of his 5 older children give James and Hannah's abode as Willington, so it is likely that James was a coal miner at Willington Colliery at least until 1830. James and Hannah had 4 sons, Stephen, James, John and William, and 4 daughters, Isabella Bell, Elizabeth, Hannah Mary (who died in infancy) and Hannah Maken. Their youngest and eldest daughters are named after their grandmothers. After the birth of their 5th child, Elizabeth, the Morris family relocated to Preston, Tynemouth and they are on record there in the 1841 and the 1851 census. James's occupation in both censuses is recorded as a gardener and in the 1851 census, he is a "Gardner, 5 acres, employing 2 labourers".
