daughters, -- Elizabeth wife of White ; Margaret ;

Arabella G.; Ann; Mary, wife of Pierce; and

Euphemia.

Hon. Lewis Morris, who succeeded his illustrious father as the owner of Morrisania, was born September 23, 1698, and died July 3, 1762. The whole of his life was devoted to public affairs, and he was justly considered one of the foremost men of the days that preceded the Revolution, in which his son was destined togain an imperishable name. His first wife was

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Catharine Staats, and the children of this marriage were General Lewis Morris, the illustrious signer of the Declaration of Independence ; General Staats Long Morris;^ and Hon. Richard Morris, judge of the High Court of Admiralty in 1776.

After the death of Mrs. Morris, Mr. Morris married Sarah Gouverneur. Their children were Hon. Gouverneur Morris (a name famous in our country's annals) and three daughters, -- Isabella, wife of Rev. Isaac Wilkins, D. D. ; Sarah Euphemia, wife of Samuel Ogden ; and Catharine, wife of V. P. Ashfield.

' He was an oflBcer of liigli rank in tlie British army, and married Catliarine, tlie celebrated Duchess of Gordon, whose son. Lord George Gordon, was famous as the leader of the Anti-ropery Riots, 1793 A portrait of General Morris is now in possession of William 11. Moiris, MoiTisiinia

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General Lewis Morris, the eldest son, and the fifth proprietor of the Manor of Morrisania, was born April 8, 1726. He enjoyed the best opportunities for education that the country then aflorded, and graduated from Yale College in 1740, and hisn/w«a via/er did honor to herself by conferring upon him the degree of Master of Arts in 1790. After finishing his education he returned to his native manor, where for years he passed the life of a quiet agriculturist.