Thomas Morrisette/Mary Ann Wade
This may stir up some genealogy controversy, but I thought I'd post this query here about Thomas Morrisette and Mary Ann Wade.
Basically, I would like to know if anyone has any documentation that this man ever existed. By documentation, I mean actual records and not second hand "research". Like many, I have accepted that my line of Morrisetts descended from this Thomas, but have yet to find any record of him whatsoever other than various versions of what appeared long ago in a book that (as far as I know)did not contain any sources. Everyone I know of cites Edna Shannonhouse Morrisetts book as their source for info on Thomas Morrisett, but I am not aware of anyone that can provide true sources,i.e., records.
Personally, the more I think and research, the less likely I feel it is that my Morrisetts are connected to this Thomas, who may or may not have existed. Supposedly, he came to America in 1695 with the John Randolph expedition. Does anyone know where I can find an historical reference to this
expedition? I have also read where his son, also Thomas, had a plantation in Back Bay,
Virginia. Does anyone know where I can find a reference to verify this? Maybe I have
been looking in the wrong places, but I've found no reference to any of this in actual
records.
I'd certainly appreciate any insight into these family origins. I'm starting to lean toward the theory that our Morrisetts were actually a branch off of the Manikintown
Morrisettes and the connection has been lost somewhere. For one, there are documents
to prove who those Morrisettes were and some of them can be proven to have moved to Princess Anne County, which is where the Thomas Morrisette line can reliably be traced back to.
If anyone has some help or insight, I'd certainly appreciate it. By the way, I am a
descendant of Joseph Morrisette b: 1735 in Camden Co., NC d: 1791 in Hawkins Co., TN.
Randall Baker
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