The lord of the manor had jurisdiction over all waifs, estrays, wrecks, deodands, goods of felons happening and being forfeited within said manor ; he also had the patronage and advowson of

native-born chief justice who filled the Supreme Court bench in New York. In his early youth he was wild, and gave his stern and rather straight-laced uncle and guardian much trouble. A zealous and pious Quaker who was his preceptor, one day, while engaged in silent meditation in the woods, heard, as he supposed, a voice from heaven, telling him to go

MAP OF BROXX NECK. Boundaries of the Patent to Lewis Morris in 1C75.

all churches erected or to be erected in the manor. The tenements (tenants) were to meet together and choose their own assessors ; the land was to beheld in free and common soccage, according to the custom of East Greenwich, and the rental was payable on the fastdayof the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and amounted to six shillings per annum. Lewis Morris was a remarkable man, and the first

and preach the gospel to the Indians. The voice was that of young Lewis, who had climbed a tree in the vicinity. The good man really thought of obeying the divine command, but he was told the truth just before his departure on his holy mission. Lewis at one time left his uncle's roof and wandered off, depending entirely on his own resources. He first went to Virginia and then to Jamaica, supporting himself