Humphrey Morrey

Humphrey Morrey
Humphrey Morrey
1st Mayor of Philadelphia
	In office; 1691–1701
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Edward Shippen
Personal details
Born	c.1650; England
Died	1716 (aged 65–66); Philadelphia,; Province of Pennsylvania, British America

Humphrey Morrey, or Murrey (c. 1650–1716) was the first mayor of Philadelphia under William Penn's 1691 charter.^[1] He was not elected, but rather was appointed by Penn.^[2]

Career

In 1683, Morrey came to Philadelphia in the colonial-era Province of Pennsylvania, where he worked as a merchant. Three years after arriving in Philadelphia, in 1685, he was appointed justice of the peace. In 1687 and again in 1690, he was chosen to the provincial assembly.

First mayor of Philadelphia

In the charter of March 20, 1691, under which the City of Philadelphia was incorporated, Morrey was appointed by William Penn, the founder of the Province of Pennsylvania, as the city's first mayor. Morrey served for ten years in the position, which was then an uncompensated and volunteer position. In 1701, Morrey was succeeded by Edward Shippen, the city's second mayor, who was appointed by William Penn to a one-year term, and was then re-elected to a second term by the Philadelphia City Council.

Morrey was one of the fifteen founders of present-day Cheltenham Township, Pennsylvania.^[3]

References

^ Montgomery, Thomas Harrison (1900). A History of the University of Pennsylvania from Its Foundation to A. D. 1770. Philadelphia: George W. Jacobs & Co.
^ The Pennsylvania magazine of history and biography, Volume 18, by the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1894
^ "A Brief History of Cheltenham", Historic la Mott website, last access 08/27/2019. https://historic-lamott-pa.com/a-brief-history-of-cheltenham/

Preceded by none	Mayor of Philadelphia 1691–1701	Succeeded by Edward Shippen

[1] Montgomery, Thomas Harrison (1900). A History of the University of Pennsylvania from Its Foundation to A. D. 1770. Philadelphia: George W. Jacobs & Co.

[2] The Pennsylvania magazine of history and biography, Volume 18, by the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1894

[3] "A Brief History of Cheltenham", Historic la Mott website, last access 08/27/2019. https://historic-lamott-pa.com/a-brief-history-of-cheltenham/

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v t e Mayors of Philadelphia (chronologically)
Colonial era (1691–1776)	Morrey Shippen (I) Morris (I) G. Jones Willcox Stanbury Masters Hill Carter Preston Dickinson Roch Hill Dickinson Fishbourn Logan C. Plumsted Norris Hudson Charles Read T. Lawrence (I) Griffitts Hasell Griffitts T. Lawrence (I) Allen C. Plumsted Griffitts Morris (II) Roberts Hasell C. Plumsted Till B. Shoemaker Shippen (II) Hamilton Attwood C. Willing T. Lawrence (I) W. Plumsted Strettell B. Shoemaker T. Lawrence (I) C. Willing W. Plumsted Shute T. Lawrence (II) Stamper B. Shoemaker Duché Harrison T. Willing T. Lawrence (II) J. Lawrence I. Jones S. Shoemaker Gibson Fisher Rhoads Powel
Pre-Act of Consolidation (1789–1854)	Powel Miles Barclay Clarkson Baker Wharton Inskeep Lawler Inskeep Wharton J. Barker Wharton Keppele J. Barker Geyer Wharton J. N. Barker Wharton Watson Dallas Richards Milnor Richards Swift Roach Swift Scott McCall Swift J. Jones Gilpin
Post-Consolidation (since 1854)	Conrad Vaux Henry McMichael Fox Stokley King W. Smith Fitler Stuart Warwick Ashbridge Weaver Reyburn Blankenburg T. Smith Moore Kendrick Mackey Moore Wilson Connell Lamberton Samuel Clark Dilworth Tate Rizzo Green Goode Rendell Street Nutter Kenney Parker

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Career

First mayor of Philadelphia

See also

References