Soon afterward, in 1736, Cosby died. Morris, upon his return to America, was very warmly greeted by the people. Notwithstanding his prominent connection with the events whose history we have traced, and in spite of the comparative failure ol his mission to England, he retained the friendship and appreciation of influential men at the British court, and was, in 1738, appointed colonial governor of New Jersey, a position which he continued to hold until his death, May 21, 171(3. He left his Morrisania property jointly to his son Lewis and his widow, directing that the whole should go to the former upon the latter' s death. His New Jersey property he bequeathed to another son, Robert Hunter Morris, who held, at the time of the father's death, the distinguished office of

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chief justice of that province. Lewis Morris, Sr., represented the County of Westchester in the provincial assembly until his appointment as governor of New Jersey, when he resigned, retiring permanently from public life in New York. Chief Justice Morris gave his Manor of Morrisania to his eldest son, Lewis, third of the name, who was known by his contemporaries, and is referred to in all historical works, as Lewis Morris, Jr. He was the father of Colonel Lewis Morris, the signer of the Declaration of Independence; of the still more noted statesman, Gouverneur Morris; of Judge Richard Morris, successor to John Jay as chief justice of the Supreme Court of New York State; and of General Staats Long Morris, of the British army. Lewis Morris, Jr., third proprietor and second lord of the Morris estates in Westchester County, was born September 23, 1698. Most of his political career was contemporaneous with that of his father, which it closely resembled in its general characteristics. Tie was a deputy for Westchester Borough in the general assembly from 1732 to 1750, serving as speaker in 1737.