Isabella."^^ His son Governenr was to have the best education " ihat is to be had in England or America," (fcc.** His three sons by his first wife, Catharine Staals, were Lewis Morris, a brigadier general in the Continental army,° also a member of Congress and one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. Slaats Long Morris, the father of General Staats Long Morris who married Catharine, the celebrated Duchess of Gordon, and Richard Morris, judge of (he high court of admiralty in 1776. By his second wife, Sarah Governenr, Lewis Morris had one son Governenr Morris. Trie following biograghical sketch of the latter gentleman is from Barber's Historical Collections.

" Governenr Morris was born at Morrisania, Jan. 31, 1752. He graduated at King's College, New York, in 1768. He was bred to the law in which he obtained a great reputation. In 1775, he was a delegate to the provincial congress in New York. In 1776, (Dec.) he acted as one of the committee for drafting a constituiion for the slate of New York, which was reported in March, 1777, and adopted in April of that year, after repeated and very able debates. He was employed in tlie public service in various capacities during the revolutionary contest, in all of which he displayed great zeal and ability. ^i After the Revolution he retired from public life and passed a number of years in private pursuits, excepting being a very active member of the convention which framed the constitution of the United States. In 1792, he was appointed minister to France, and remained there in that capacity until October, 1794. <? He returned to America in 1798, and in 1800 was chosen a senator from New York. In the summer of 1810, he examined the route for the Erie canal,