Upon the defeat of the popular party, William determined upon a sea voyage, until the storm should have blown over. He was lost at sea. His son John received a captain's commission from the Parliament in 1651. Like his father, he also perished at sea oft" Deal Castle in 1688. His body was found under the walls of the castle, and buried with military honors. His descendants are still numerous in the Island of Barbadoes.

Richard Morris, the youngest of the three, held a captain's commission in his brother's regiment. Upon the restoration, he retired to the Island of Barbadoes, where he married a lady of large fortune, by the name of Pole. This individual was the first proprietor of Morrisania in 1670. The following letter addressed by the secretary of the colony to '• Colonel Lewis Morris, at the Is-

» Admiral Penn's Journal, in possession of the late Thomas Penn.

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land of Barbadoes," establishes the death of Richard, and Sarah, his wife.

: ;: - ■ ■; , ~ •: New York, 29th Oct. 1672. Worthy Sir, -- Since my reception of yours by Wm. Shackerly, no opportunity of conveyance to you hath presented from hence till this present. Although by the way of Boston, I suppose you would sooner receive the sad tidings of your brother's decease, in whom as you have lost an only brother so have I a dear friend ; 1 shall not insist upon many particulars relating thereto; our general letters arriving to you herewith I hope sufficiently inform you ; yet I cannot but reflect upon the transitory condition of poor mortals, when I frequently call to mind in how little time God hath been pleased to break a family, in taking away the heads thereof; first, a virtuous young woman in the prime of life, and then a man full of strength and vigor, inured to hardships, of whom there is remaining but one poor blossom, of whom yet there may be great hope with your kind friendship, for it is a lovely, healthy child, and was well at Harlem, where it is at nurse, and I went to see it yesterday.