[Ancestor] Morrow

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Husband [Ancestor] Morrow

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1 M John Morrow ^{1 2 3 4}

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           Born: Abt 1765 - Moira, County Down, Ireland
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           Died: 1845 - Armstrong Co, PA 1
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         Spouse: Margaret Gillespie (      -      ) 2 3 4
           Marr: Abt 1803

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General Notes: Husband - [Ancestor] Morrow

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The surname Morrow is of Irish origin, having been anglicized from Murcha - Irish Muirchu - which was the name of the fiftieth Christian king of Leinster, who invaded the Isle of Man in 1070, and who died in Dublin, Dec. 8, 1090. This progenitor of the family was evidently a warrior on the sea, as the name indicates, being a compound of Muir - sea, and cha, or chu - a warrior.
The ancient kings of Leinster had fortresses, or royal residences, at Diunrigh, near the river Barrow, between Carlow and Leighton; at Naas, in Kildare; and in aftertimes at the city of Ferns in Wexford, which was their capital; also at Old Ross in Wexford; and at Ballymoon in Carlow.
The MacMoroughs were inaugurated as kings of Leinster at a place called Cuoc-an-Brogha, attended by O'Nolan, who was the king's marshal and chief of Forth in Carlow; by O'Doran, chief Brehon of Leinster; and by MacKeogh, his chief bard; and the MacMoroughs maintained their independence, and held their title of the "Kings of Leinster," with large possessions in Wexford and Carlow, down to the reign of Queen Elizabeth. In modern times the O'Cavanaghs became the representatives of the MacMoroughs, kings of Leinster.
But the Morrows, although of royal lineage, have, in later centuries, been firm advocates of democracy, and have represented that class of whom it has been well said that no better immigration ever reached the shores of our Republic.
The particular branch recorded here have been Presbyterians of long standing, and it was but natural that when, in 1811, two of its members, John and his wife, Margaret (Gillespie) Morrow, of Moira, County Down, Ireland, reached Pennsylvania, they should seek a home in Indiana County, and later in eastern Armstrong County, where they found a veritable Presbyterian stronghold.

1 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Indiana and Armstrong Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: John M. Gresham & Co., 1891), Pg 498.

2 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 1056.

3 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 710.

4 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (NW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 53.