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MORRIS FAMILY OF NEW YORK. The founder of the family in America was Richard Morris (1616–1672), a veteran of Cromwell's army, who became a merchant in Barbados and married the wealthy Sarah Pole.
Sarah Pole Morris. Lewis Morris (October 15, 1671 – May 21, 1746), chief justice of New York and British governor of New Jersey, was the first lord of the manor of Morrisania in New York City (in what is now the Bronx ).
May 17, 2024 · Birthplace: Barbados. Death: circa July 1672 (51-60) New York, New York, United States (she and her spouse died the same year when baby 'Lewis' was 1 year old) Immediate Family: Daughter of Sarah Vignor. Wife of Capt. Richard Morris. Mother of David Morris; Governor Lewis Morris, I; Thomas Morris and Richard Morris.
Apr 26, 2022 · circa 1672 (47-64) Bronx County, New York, United States. Immediate Family: Son of Sir William Morris, Of Tintern and Lucy Jenning Morris. Husband of Sarah Morris. Father of David Morris; Governor Lewis Morris, I and Thomas Morris. Brother of Colonel Lewis Morris; William Morris; Mary Morris and Robert John Morris.
Biography. Born on the estate of his parents, Richard Morris (originally from Monmouthshire, Wales) and Sarah (Pole) Morris in 1671, this Lewis Morris was the first in a lengthy string of men with the same name to inherit the prominent estate of Morrisania in the southwest section of today's Bronx.
Biography. Born on the estate of his parents, Richard Morris (originally from Monmouthshire, Wales) and Sarah (Pole) Morris in 1671, this Lewis Morris was the first in a lengthy string of men with the same name to inherit the prominent estate of Morrisania in the southwest section of today's Bronx.
Sarah (Pole) Morris in 1671, this Lewis Morris was the first in a lengthy string of men with the same name to inherit the prominent estate of Morrisania in the southwest section of today's Bronx. Richard and Sarah moved their estate from Barbados to the Bronx after buying the estate from Samuel Edsall in 1670 when it was still known as Broncksland.
