The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester, Vol. II (1881 revised ed.)
His corpse was attended by numbers of people, and his pall was supported by Messrs Andrew Johnston, James Hide, Peter Kemble, Thomas Leonard, Philip French, Daniel Cox, PhiHp Kearney and Charles Read. The corpse was put on board of a large peri-augur, ^ which came from Morrisania, for that purpose, and arrived the next morning at Morrisania, the v.ind blowing at night at north-west extraordinary hard, and being cold lay that night at the ferry."
"May 29th. My father was buried at Morrisania in a vault built by directions in his \ull. The materials and v/orkmanship came to ^10 6j-. i\d. His bearers were the Chief Jusrice, Joseph Murray, Robert Walters, James Alexander, WiUiam Smith, David Clarkson. Abraham Depeyster and Le%\-is Johnston. Dr. Standard, the minister of the parish of Westchester, attended the burial and performed the service of the Church."*'
By her last will and testament.'* Isabella Monis, wife of Governor Morris, directs that " her body be decently interred in the vault at Morrisania, near the remains of her deceased husband.' This lady was the daughter of James Graham, Attorney-General for the province of New York, and a near relation of the Marquis of ^Montrose.
The subjoined notice of her decease appeared in the Pennsylvania Gazette tor April 9th, 1752 :- --
New Yof.k, April 6th. -- "Last Monday, died in the eightieth year of her age, and on Thursday was decently interred in the family vault ;il Morrisania, l3.ibe!!;i Morris, widow and rehct of his Excellency Lewis Morris, Esq., late Grovernor of