Lewis Morris, a principal free holder of this parish made some motion and overtures of erecting or building at his own proper charge a. convenient seat, place or pew, in some suitable part of ye church in this town, for ye accommodation of himself and family; which generous offer Avas by some (tho' a duninutive number) of the vestry rejected ; yet notwithstanding did conclude them all by a tame acquiescency to ye bare negative voices of but two of them, who not well weighing } e consequences, nor seriously considering ye rationality of the offer, did refuse giving ye liberty to that worthy gentleman; which ye vestry now met, having took into consideration, and seriously reflecting upon ye miscarriage of ye vestry in yt particular, (which, indeed, did look a little better than black ingratitude.) have unanimously {ne/nine contradic-onte) 3.^Q.td. and concluded : That ye said Mr. Lewis Morris may, if he sees cause at his own proper cost and charge, build, erect, make or set up any convenient pew, seat. &:c., capacious enough for ye accommodation of his worthy self and family, within any convenient place (as unto him shall seem best) of ye body of said church."

Among the early benefactors to Trinity church. New York, occurs the name of Lewis Morris, who contributed the timber for its erection. la return for this act of munificence, the vestry of that church granted the family a square pew. He was also a vestryman from 1697 to 1700. He died at his seat at Kingsbury, near Trenton, on Wednesday the 21st of May, 1746, aged seventy-three.