Anthony Morris III was a brewer, merchant, judge, assemblyman, and mayor of Philadelphia.

Morris was born in London

London

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, England, and immigrated with his family to New Jersey

New Jersey

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 shortly after his birth. From the age of three, he spent his life in Philadelphia, son of Anthony Morris, Jr.

Anthony Morris (I)

Anthony Morris, Jr. was a brewer, Quaker preacher, judge, and mayor of Philadelphia....

, one of the city's leading citizens. In 1696, the elder Anthony paid fellow brewer Henry Babcock 20 pounds to place the younger Anthony in a seven-year indentured apprenticeship

Apprenticeship

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. In addition to establishing the Morris Brewery as one of colonial Philadelphia's most highly regarded, Morris followed his father as a prominent member of the Society of Friends

Religious Society of Friends

The Religious Society of Friends, or Friends Church, is a Christian movement which stresses the doctrine of the priesthood of all believers. Members are known as Friends, or popularly as Quakers. It is made of independent organisations, which have split from one another due to doctrinal differences...

 in Philadelphia. From 1737, he served as an associate justice of the city court. He sat for several sessions as a member of the assembly, and like his father before him, served as mayor in 1738. He was re-elected in 1739, but chose not to serve. He died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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.

Morris's grandson, Samuel

Samuel Morris (soldier)

Samuel Morris was an American soldier in the American Revolutionary War.The grandson of Anthony Morris , he was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania...

, was Captain of the First Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry

First Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry

thumb|right|300px|Captain [[Joseph Lapsley Wilson]] of the First City Troop circa 1894The First Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry, also known as the First City Troop, is a unit of the Pennsylvania Army National Guard.-History:...

 during the American Revolutionary War

American Revolutionary War

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, which served with distinction as General George Washington

George Washington

George Washington was the dominant military and political leader of the new United States of America from 1775 to 1799. He led the American victory over Great Britain in the American Revolutionary War as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army from 1775 to 1783, and presided over the writing of...

's bodyguard during 1776 and 1777.

Sources

• Stanley Baron, Brewed in America: A History of Beer and Ale in the United States (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1962)

External links

• First Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry history