Background
He was born in Waterford and came to Saint John"s around 1804 as a clerk for a merchant from Waterford.
He was born in Waterford and came to Saint John"s around 1804 as a clerk for a merchant from Waterford.
He represented Saint John"s in the Newfoundland House of Assembly from 1836 to 1840. Several years later, he went into business on his own. Morris owned a number of ships involved in transport-Atlantic trade.
He was also involved in the seal fishery and in transporting passengers from Ireland to British North America.
He operated a farm outside of Saint John"s and was president of the Agricultural Society. In 1828, he published a pamphlet Arguments to prove the policy and necessity of granting to Newfoundland a constitutional government which lobbied for local representative government in Newfoundland.
In 1840, he was named to the Newfoundland Council as colonial treasurer. Morris was married twice: to Mary Foley in 1814 and to Frances Bullen in 1830.
He died at his residence near Saint John"s in 1849.
