The third son of Roger Morris and Mary Jackson was Roger IMorris, Esq., lieutenant-colonel in the British army, born 2Sth of Januaiy, 1727, married igth Januar}^, 1758, ]Mary. daughter of Frederick Philipse, last Lord of the Manor of Philipsburgh. It was from this lady's character that Cooper formed the heroine of " The Spy," under the name of Frances. Washington is said to have greatly admired her. Col. Roger Morris ser\-ed mth distinction in the first American war, and was wounded in the celebrated battle of the Monongahela Biver, in which General Braddock was killed with most of his officers. In that engagement George Washington, Robert Orme and Roger Morris, Esqrs., were aides-de-camp to General Braddock ; and of the conflict, an original manuscript account, a very curious document, was in possession of the late Capt. Henry Gage Morris, of the R. N.
Col. Roger Morris died 13th Sept., 1794, aged si.xty-eight ; Mary, his wife, iSth July, 1S25. aged ninety-six, having been born 5th July, 1730. The remains of this distinguished and worthy couple are deposited in a vault in St. Saviours church, York, England, where the following inscription occurs on a marble tablet : --
Near this sj^ot are deposited the remains of
COLONEL llOGER MORRIS,
formerly of his Majesty's -ITUi Regiment of Foot,
who departed this life on the 13th day of September, 1794,
in the 6Sth year of his age.
AXD OF
MARY MORRIS,
relic of tlie same
who departed this life on the I81I1 day of July, 1S25,