Ancestry of
Lewis Morris

Signer of the Declaration of Independence

Lewis Morris

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• • Grandfather of Lewis Morris — 3rd Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 4 
  • Father:
  • Richard Morris 
  • Mother:
  • Sarah Pole   
  • Birth Date:
  • 15 Oct 1671 
  • Birth Location:
  • Morrisania (now Bronx), New York, New York 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Death Date:
  • 21 May 1746 
  • Death Location:
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  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • St. Ann's Church, Bronx, New York, New York 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Isabella Graham
  • Marriage Date:
  • 3 Nov 1691 
  • Marriage Location:
  • New York, New York 
  • Children:
  
  

  Sarah Morris

  Lewis Morris (Ahnentafel No:2 )

  • Notes: 

  • Colonial governor of New Jersey and Chief Justice of New York

    First lord of the manor of Morrisania

• Sources for Lewis Morris

  • ¹ National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Arlington, Virginia: National Genealogical Society (1912-), 1920, Vol. 8, No. 4, p. 61.
  • ² New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, 1914, Vol. 45, p. 112.
  • ³ Carter, Jeff, Ancestors of Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter, Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland and Company, Inc. (2012), 52.
  • ⁴ Lefferts, Elizabeth Morris, Descendants of Lewis Morris of Morrisania, b. 1671, d. 1746, New York: Arranged and printed by Tobias A. Wright (1907), 4.
  • ⁵ Saint Nicholas Society of the City of New York, Genealogical Record, Volume 2, Unknown: Printed by order of the Society (1916), 35.
  • ⁶ Stillwell, John E., Historical and Genealogical Miscellany: Early Settlers of New Jersey and their Descendants, Vol. IV, New York: Unknown (1916), 25-34.
  • ⁷ Wikipedia, "Lewis Morris (governor)", (accessed 02/20/2014).