The act of incorporation of this church bears date July 20th. 1S41 ; Robert Morri.s and Lewis Morris, wardens ; Jacob Buckhout, Daniel

a Copieil from ill' oriijinal in tho possession of Oouvt-rncur Morris, Esq., for ;i lon^: time, S.c:-i.t;iiy dud l:-'-.i.>ui-er \>f me vestrj- of St. Aua'a cluiruti, .Morrisaaia.

HISTORY 'OF THE COUXTY OF WESTCHESTER.

Deveau, Benjamin Rogers, Benjamin M. Brown, Edward Leggett, Lewis G. Morris and Henry W. Morris, vestrymen. The interior of the ciiurd. contains a well-arranged chancel and the tablet afore-mentioned, inscribed as follows : --

Conjugal Affection Consecrated this spot, where

THE BEST OF MEX

"Was laid until a vault could be erected

To receive

His precious remains.

Prior to the Revolutionary War, the interments of the Morris family were made, as we have already seen, at Old Morrisania, near the manor

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St Ann's Charcb, Morrisania.

house Still Standing. On the 15th of Februan,', 1S66, vdiat remained of the bodies were then transferred to the vault beneath this church. Among these was the Hon. Lewis Morris, Governor of New Jersey; Lewis Morris, signer of the Declararion of Independence, with their wives; to which may be added Mary Morris, sister of Lieutenant- Colonel :Morris (Aide of General Greene), his wife, Anne B. Morrii^, and their grand-daughter, Emma Morris ; Elizabeth Morris, younge.st daughter of Colonel Lewis Morris, Anna Rutherford, grand-daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Morris, and Sarah Morris, daughter of the sicrner. A beautiful silver communion service -- consisting of a Ihgon, two

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