He immediately espoused the cause of the anti-government party, although identifying himself, like Jay, with its more moderate advocates; and it was not until the die had been cast by the introduction of the Declaration of Independence in the continental congress that he took a pronounced position in support of radical doctrines. As a delegate from Westchester County to the provincial congress of 1775 and 1776 he attracted general attention by his abilities, and thenceforward his services were constantly employed iu behalf of the nation. His mother was a lady of strong Loyalist prejudices, and Gouverneur's championship of the Revolutionary cause was a great disappointment toher. His sister, Isabella, married Isaac Wilkins, whose melancholy farewell to his countrymen has just been noticed. Gouverneur Morris, being his father's youngest son, did not inherit any portion of the Morrisania estate; but some years after the conclusion of peace with Great Britain he purchased from his brother, General Staats Long Morris, of the British army, all that portion GOUVEKNKl'H MORRIS. of the ancestral property lying east of .Mill Brook. There he resided during the closing years of his life, and died on the Kith of November, 1816. Jonathan G. Tompkins,1 of Scarsdale, the lather of Governor and Vice-President Daniel I>. Tompkins, was a prominent Westchester County figure throughout the Revolution and for many years after. His ancestors emigrated from the north of England to MassachuJusl dale from

Westchtster Town.

One

of the

family's neighbors in Scarsdale was Captain Jonathan Griffen, a well-to-do farmer, who, being childless, and taking a fancy to young