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Name	James Morris
Born	1762 Reading, Berkshire, England
Died	3 April, 1813 (aged ~ 51) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Cause of Death	unknown
Cultural Heritage	English Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Related Entries	[View as tree] Morris, Elizabeth (partner) Thompson, Jane (daughter) Tompson, Charles (son-in-law)
Passenger Ship *	Surprize (1790) (soldier)
Occupation or Descriptor *	defence forces personnel (British) (1790-1804) New South Wales, Australia landowner (1804-1813) New South Wales, Australia shop/store owner (1804-1813) New South Wales, Australia publican (1809-1812) New South Wales, Australia
Military Service *	New South Wales Corps (soldier, 1790-1804)
Key Events *	Second Fleet (1789-90) (soldier)
Maps *	Plan of the Settlements in New South Wales, Charles Grimes, 1796 (location, 1796) Plan of the Allotments of Ground, Granted from the Crown in NSW, J Burr and G Ballisat, 1814 (location, 1814)

* Dates are approximate

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