Check for her obituary in the Watch-tower (Cooperstown, N.Y.) Published 1814-1831 : Weekly. OCLC 09999283 (see http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/nysnp/all/439.htm).
Also, see OTSEGO COUNTY, NEW YORK NEWSPAPERS AT THE LIBRARY OF THE NEW YORK STATE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. http://library.nysha.org/online/library_otsegonews.pdf.
21. Phoebe Evans
BIRTH: CT or NY?
RESIDENCES: IGI; ; LDS Church, microfiche dtd 1992, NY; ; FHL film 0,170,641 (Rick Crume's file #O 304; NOTE: Phebe Evins, b abt 1775, of Canaan, Columbia Co, NY. Is this Phoebe (Evans) McMorris?
CEMETERY: Headstone inscription; 1823-1843; North Kortight Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Town of Kortright, Delaware Co, NY; ; Viewed bef 1988 by Elizabeth Bakenhus, Binghamton, NY (Rick Crume's file #O 154); NOTE: "Phoebe Evans - wife of William McMorris, died Sept. 5, 1837, aged 58 years."
CEMETERY-BIRTH-DEATH: CEMETERY GUIDE FOR 35 CEMETERIES; 1738-1991; Davenport Center, NY: The Davenport Historical Society, 1991; p 291; book in poss of Rick Crume; NOTE: North Kortright Cem.
UPDATE: 1995-04-08
RESIDENCES:
(1777-1798) Lisburn, (Down or Antrim Co?) Ireland (Rick Crume's file #O 244).
( -1810- ) Harpersfield, Delaware Co, NY; (Rick Crume's file #O 244).
(-1810-1844) Davenport, Delaware Co, NYRESIDENCES: HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY, NEW YORK; 1797-1880; New York, W W Munsell & Co, 1880, Reprint by W E Morrison & Co, Ovid, NY, 1976; p 142; copy in poss of Rick Crume; NOTE: "The Town of Davenport: Settlers and Pioneer Enterprise. The First permanent settlers that raised the native born population either cleared their first acre or bought out improvements not long before or after 1800. Some of them were as follows: Robert Riddle settled on lot No. 1, William McMorris on lot No. 2 and Benjamin Parker on lot No. 32, in the Kortright patent. They and their wives were of Gaelic or Scotch and Irish descent."
CENSUS: 1810 US Census, Harpersfield, Delaware Co, NY; 1810; ; p 518; National Archives, Wash., DC, M252-26 (Rick Crume's file #O 72, R 292).
CENSUS: 1820 US Census, Davenport, Delaware Co, NY; 1820; ; p 58; (Rick Crume's file #O 124).
CENSUS: 1830 US Census, Davenport, Delaware Co, NY; 1830; ; p 50; (Rick Crume's file #O 124).
CENSUS: 1840 US Census, Davenport, Delaware Co, NY; 1840; ; p 421; (Rick Crume's file #O 16, O 124); NOTE: Males 1 (60-70), Females 1 (60-70)
LAND: Deed; abt 1842; James McMorris and William McMorris & Lucy A. his wife deed land in Harpersfield from estate of Armstrong McMorris; vol 22, p 391; Delaware County Clerk's Office, Delhi, NY (Rick Crume's file #O 295).
NATURALIZATION: Delaware Co, NY naturalization papers; 1829-1840, 1852; ; ; FHL film 1,032,904 (Rick Crume's file #O 244); NOTE: William McMorris was naturalized in 1840.
NATURALIZATION: Court minutes; 1827-1843; Delaware Co, NY Court of General Sessions; p 316; FHL film 832,284 (Rick Crume's file #O 251); NOTE: On 14 Sep 1840 Robert Armstrong, George McCall and William McMorris were granted US citizenship.
NATURALIZATION: Delaware Co., NY naturalizations, index of witnesses; 1810-1870; p 175; no 2503; FHL film 1,517,239 item 2 (Rick Crume's file #R 237).
CEMETERY: Headstone inscription; 1837-1924; North Kortright Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Town of Kortright, Delaware Co, NY; ; Viewed bef 1988 by Elizabeth Bakenhus, Binghamton, NY (Rick Crume's file #O 154); NOTE: "William McMorris - died May 10, 1844, aged 67 years."
CEMETERY-BIRTH-DEATH: CEMETERY GUIDE FOR 35 CEMETERIES; 1738-1991; Davenport Center, NY: The Davenport Historical Society, 1991; p 291; book in poss of Rick Crume; NOTE: North Kortright Cem.
RESIDENCES: Letter from Helen M Bruce, Charlotteville, NY, to Rick Crume, Glyndon, MN; 1811-1976; Letter postmarked 26 Jun 1976; ; (Rick Crume's file #O 34); NOTE: "The McMorris families lived in Fergusonville, NY."
25. Jeremiah Evans
Died 11 March 1852?
See message of 4 Feb. 2002 from Dawn Willis.