Lewis Morris (April 8, 1726 – January 22, 1798) was an
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slaver and developer from Morrisania, New York. He was born at the house of Morrisania. He signed the U.S.
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as a delegate to the
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for New Hampshire.
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On 24 September 1749, Lewis married Mary Walton (14 May 1727-11 March 1794), a member of a historic merchant family.
Lewis Morris (April 8, 1726 – January 22, 1798) was an
AmericanThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
slaver and developer from Morrisania, New York. He was born at the house of Morrisania. He signed the U.S.
Declaration of IndependenceThe United States Declaration of Independence is a statement adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, which announced that the thirteen American colonies then at war with Great Britain were now independent states, and thus no longer a part of the British Empire...
as a delegate to the
Continental CongressThe Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that became the governing body of the United States during the American Revolution...
for New Hampshire.
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Marriage and Children
On 24 September 1749, Lewis married Mary Walton (14 May 1727-11 March 1794), a member of a historic merchant family.
http://colonialhall.com/morris/morrisMary.php Lewis and Mary were the parents of 10 children;
- Catherine Morris (4 March 1751-22 November 1835)
- Mary Morris (1752-5 July 1776)
- Col. Lewis Morris (1754-22 November 1824); married Ann B. Elliott of Accabee Plantation S.C.; her sister married Congressman Daniel Huger
Daniel Huger was an American planter and statesman from Berkeley County, South Carolina. His grandfather was Daniel Huger Sr , a French Huguenot who was born in Loudun, France and settled in Charleston, South Carolina...
.
- Gen. Jacob Morris (28 December 1755-10 January 1844)
- Sarah Morris (born 1757- died young)
- Lt. William Walton Morris (1760-5 April 1832)
- Helena Magdalena Morris (1762-6 October 1840); married Senator John Rutherfurd
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of New Jersey
- James Morris (1764-1 Sept 1827)
- Capt. Staats Morris (1765-1826); married Everarda van Braam Houckgeest (Amsterdam
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1816), daughter of Andreas Everardus van Braam HouckgeestAndreas Everardus van Braam Houckgeest Dutch-American merchant who is mostly known for his participation in the last Dutch embassy to China under the tributary system.- Early career :...
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Catharina C.G. van Reeds van Oudtshoorn; their offspring took the surname "Van Braam Morris" and they live in the Netherlands.
- Capt. Richard Valentine Morris (8 March 1768-13 May 1815)
His eldest three sons served during the Revolutionary war, and had distinguished military careers.
American Revolution
When active revolution began, he was a member of the
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(revolutionary government) from 1775 until 1777. That body, in turn, sent Morris to the Continental Congress for those same years.
In Congress, he was an active supporter of independence, and signed the Declaration of Independence in 1776. When warned by his brother, Gouvenour Morris, of the consequences that would follow his signing of the rebellious document, Morris stated, "Damn the consequences. Give me the pen."
Lewis returned to New York in 1777, serving the new state government in its Senate from 1778 to 1781 and again from 1783 to 1790. His younger half-brother
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was named to his seat in the Congress. When the New York convention met to ratify the
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in 1788 he was one of the delegates.
Morris had to rebuild the family estate after the
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, since it had been looted and burned by the British when they occupied New York. In 1790, he offered the land, now part of the
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neighborhood of Morrisania as the site of the US capital. He died on the estate, and is buried in the family vault beneath
St. Anne's Episcopal Church in the Bronx.
Family
Lewis and Isabella had several children including Lewis Morris, Jr. who married both Tryntje Staats and Sarah Gouverneur. Lewis Jr. had seven children by his two wives including Lewis the third, the subject of this entry. Lewis the third's siblings and half-siblings were named Staats, Mary Lawrence, Gouverneur, Isabella, Catherine and Richard.
- A great-granddaugther of his Grandfather Lewis Morris named Mary Antill married to Gerritt G. Lansing-a brother of Congressman John Lansing. (John Lansing daughter Sarah married Edward Livingston-a great-grandson of Philip Livingston
Philip Livingston , was an American merchant and statesman from New York City. He was a delegate for New York to the Continental Congress from 1775 to 1778, and signed the Declaration of Independence.-Family history:...
).
- His uncle was Pennsylvania Governor Robert Hunter Morris
Robert Hunter Morris, born 1700 in Trenton, New Jersey, died January 27 1764 in Shrewsbury, New Jersey, was a prominent governmental figure in Colonial Pennsylvania, serving as governor of Pennsylvania and Chief Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court....
.
- His cousin by marriage was Governor William Paterson of New Jersey-a father in law of Stephen Van Rensselaer-the Lt. Governor of New York (and brother of Philip Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Mayor of Albany, New York).
- His aunt Elizabeth Morris was the mother of Continental General Anthony Walton White
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.
- Great-Grandfather of Confederate
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Charles Manigault MorrisCharles Manigault Morris was an officer in the United States Navy and later in the Confederate States Navy. He was a son of Colonel Lewis V. Morris of New York and his wife Elizabeth Manigault of South Carolina...
- His great-grandson was Daniel François van Braam Morris (1840-?), a Dutch
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)
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