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	Governor Lewis Morris
		Lewis Morris (October 15, 1671 - May 21, 1746), chief justice of New York and governor of New Jersey, was the first lord of the manor of Morrisania in New York.
		Morris was elected to the assembly from the town of Eastchester, and joined James Alexander and William Smith in championing the popular cause against the "court party" led by Cosby and De Lancey.
		For many years Lewis Morris was an active churchman, serving from 1697 to 1700 as a vestryman of Trinity Church and encouraging the Society for the Propogation of the Gospel in its missionary enterprises.
	www.iment.com /maida/familytree/morris/lewismorris.htm (1342 words)

	Lewis Morris - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Lewis Morris (April 8, 1726– January 22, 1798) was an American landowner and developer from Morrisania, New York.
		A prominent land owner in colonial New York, Lewis was appointed as a judge of the Admiralty Court for the province in 1760.
		Lewis returned to New York in 1777, serving the new state government in its Senate from 1778 to 1781 and again from 1783 to 1790.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lewis_Morris (416 words)

	General Lewis R. Morris/Barry/Mollica House
		His namesake uncle, General Lewis Morris, was the last lord of the manor of Morrisania, a member of the Continental Congress who signed the Declaration of Independence, and an active participant in military affairs during the Revolutionary War.
		Morris served repeatedly in the Vermont Legislature, beginning as clerk during 1790-91 and then as representative of Springfield in 1795-96 (when he also was speaker of the House), 1803, 1805-06, and finally 1808.
		Ellen Morris continued to reside on the home farm until her death on August 24, 1865 at the age of 84 years; she was buried next to Lewis in the Charlestown cemetery.
	www.crjc.org /heritage/V07-14.htm (10121 words)

	Lewis Morris
		Lewis's grandson, Lewis Morris, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, born in Morrisania, New York, in 1726" died there, 22 January, 1798, was the son of Lewis Morris, chief justice of the vice-admiralty court, who was born in 1698 and died in 1762.
		His eldest son, Lewis Morris, was graduated at Princeton in 1774, entered the army, and served as aide to General John Sullivan, with the rank of major, throughout the latter's Indian campaign, he afterward accepted General Nathanael Greene's invitation to enter his military family, and took part in that officer's brilliant operations in the Carolinas.
		Another son, Richard Valentine Morris, was appointed captain in the navy in June, 1798, and was in command of the Mediterranean squadron in 1802-'3.
	www.lewismorris.com (2813 words)

	Lewis Morris
		Morris was appointed to this delicate and difficult task of detaching the western Indians from a coalition with the British government, and securing their cooperation with the American colonies.
		Morris was one; and, in giving his vote for that declaration, he exhibited a patriotism and disinterestedness which few had it in their power to display.
		Morris were passed at his favorite residence at Morrisania, where he devoted himself to the noiseless, but happy pursuit of agriculture; a kind of life to which he was much attached, and which was an appropriate mode of closing a long life, devoted to the cause of his country.
	www.longislandgenealogy.com /lewismorris.html (1809 words)

	The Digital Mirror - Maps - Lewis Morris (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Lewis Morris was of a celebrated Welsh family known as Morrisiad Môn [='The Morrises of Anglesey'], who are remembered for their cultural activities, which included involvement with the founding of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion.
		Lewis Morris was raised on a farm near Bae Dulas in Anglesey.
		Morris was at Tenby in 1744, but the Admiralty, now preoccupied by the war with France, withdrew their support and further surveying was permanently halted.
	www.llgc.org.uk /drych/drych_s017.htm (900 words)

	Colonial Hall: Biography of Lewis Morris, Page 1
		Lewis Morris was born at the manor of Morrisania, in the state of New York, in the year 1726.
		Richard Morris, an ancestor of the family, beyond whom it is unnecessary to trace its genealogy, was an officer of some distinction in the time of Cromwell.
		The sons of Lewis were not less eminent; one being appointed a judge of the court of vice admiralty; another chief justice of New Jersey; and a third lieutenant governor of the state of Pennsylvania.
	www.colonialhall.com /morris/morrisl.php (422 words)

	OSCN Found Document:LEWIS v. MORRIS
		Morris is the niece of Decedent's pre-deceased spouse, Clara, and Mrs.
		Morris subsequently filed an application in the trial court seeking permission to use estate assets to pay the attorney's fees for defense of Contestant's appeal in Case No. 90,751.
		Morris' appellate attorney's fees from the estate should be and hereby is REVERSED, and the cause REMANDED for a determination of an appropriate appellate attorney's fees to be paid from Decedent's estate, but only insofar as those attorney's fees were incurred for the appellate defense of the will contest.
	www.oscn.net /applications/ocisweb/DeliverDocument.asp?citeID=41 (754 words)

	National Park Service - Signers of the Declaration (Lewis Morris)
		Although Lewis Morris was a wealthy landowner who enjoyed the prestige of the social elite, he represented the patriot element in Tory-dominated New York.
		Born in 1726, Morris was the eldest son of the second lord of the vast manor of Morrisania, in Westchester (present Bronx) County, N.Y. Upon graduating from Yale College in 1746, he helped manage the estate.
		Morris died in 1798 at Morrisania at the age of 71.
	www.cr.nps.gov /history/online_books/declaration/bio32.htm (360 words)

	Lewis Morris
		Lewis Morris was born in New York in 1726.
		Morris joined with the patriots when conflict began, siding, in many cases, against his wealthy neighbors.
		All of the Morris property and nearly all of his wealth had been destroyed in the revolution.
	www.ushistory.org /declaration/signers/morris_l.htm (340 words)

	Key Figures in the Zenger Trial
		The removal of Morris as Chief Justice, attempted election rigging, and the accepting of questionable honorariums were only a few of Cosby's actions that prompted condemnation in the Journal, and led to the eventual arrest and trial of the Journal's printer, John Peter Zenger.
		Morris was Chief Justice of New York when the matter of Cosby's suit against Rip Van Dam came before the Court.
		In 1738, Morris was appointed governor of New Jersey.
	www.law.umkc.edu /faculty/projects/ftrials/zenger/keyfigures.html (1521 words)

	The Price They Paid
		Lewis Morris (NY) Brigadier General of Westchester Co. troops during the NY invasion.
		Morris and Livingston suffered similar fates Philip Livingston, a member of the extremely influential NY Livingston family, had several properties in New York and Brooklyn that were occupied by the British.
		LEWIS Morris of New York, had to flee his home, Morrisania, which was damaged in the British occupation.
	www.ctssar.org /articles/price_paid.htm (2575 words)

	From "Genealogical History of the Families of McConnells, Martins, Barbers, Wilsons, Bairds, McCalls and ...
		This family was founded in America by David Morris, born in Pembrookshire, South Wales, August 1, 1774, and, Phoebe Lewis Morris, born in the same place.
		Jane Morris, the youngest child of David and Phoebe Lewis Morris, was born January 17, 1819, married John Morland Osburn, who was born January 23, 1812.
		Stafford Osburn, the fourth child 'of Morris and Mary Gould, was born August 18, 1867, and died March 31 1869.
	www.mindspring.com /~eehiv/martin/morris.htm (3736 words)

	Lewis Morris (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Lewis Morris has been the name of a number of promineent men:
		Lewis Morris (1671-1746) - American colonial leader in New York and New Jersey
		Lewis Richard Morris (1760-1825) - U.S. Congresssman from Vermont
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lewis_Morris_(disambiguation) (136 words)

	John Hodgkinson - pafc11 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Miss Morris spent her entire life in Henry and Randolph counties, teaching in the schools of both counties from the time she was sixteen ye ars of age until a few years ago.
		She was the mother of the late Mark Morris and grandmother of George G. Morris of this city [actually, a step parent]." The explosio n to which the obituary refers involved 500 quarts of nitro-glycerine which killed one worker outright and leveled three buildings.
		Morris was married in 1845 to Hannah, daughter of Elisha Scovell, of Henry County.
	users.ev1.net /~dhoskins/web/johnhodgk/pafc11.htm (1961 words)

	AllRefer.com - Morris (U.S. History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		He purchased a tract of land in what is now the Bronx, which, along with other real estate, descended to his son, Lewis Morris (1671–1746; see separate article).
		Morrisania, was appointed (1738) chief justice of New Jersey by his father and later became (1754) governor of Pennsylvania; protests from the western counties over his administration of frontier defenses resulted in his resignation in 1756.
		The third and last lord of the manor was Lewis Morris (1726–98; see separate article).
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/M/Morris.html (375 words)

	William Cosby Vs. Lewis Morris (Zenger Trial) - Part 2
		Morris and his supporters formed themselves into a column and rode around the town green three times, preceded by two trumpeters, three violinists, and a freeholder bearing a banner inscribed "King George, Liberty and Law".
		Morris’ supporters assumed that he would be declared the winner on the basis of a larger number of supporters without undergoing the actual polling process.
		Morris retorted that it was his belief that the "Sheriff was put upon against his Inclination; but that he was highly blamable…making so violent an attempt upon the Liberty of the People." When his followers cheered Morris for his response to the Sheriff, Morris scolded them for such a boisterous display.
	www.sackheritagegroup.com /articles/articles.php?articleID=39 (1722 words)

	WALTON PARK - Historical Sign
		Lewis worked on a committee with George Washington to develop means of supplying the colonies with military equipment and was appointed to persuade western Native Americans to cooperate with the Americans rather than the British.
		Lewis III’s brother, Staats Long Morris (1728-1806), was a British officer and served in the British Parliament, dying an English resident.
		Gouverneur Morris (1751?-1816), Lewis’s half-brother, constructed much of the language used in the final draft of the US Constitution, and advocated a decimal currency that, with some modifications on the part of Thomas Jefferson, forms the basis of the system used in the U.S. today.
	www.nycgovparks.org /sub_your_park/historical_signs/hs_historical_sign.php?id=11708 (481 words)

	JORBA - Morris County Chapter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Lewis Morris is the second-largest mountain bike-eligible Morris County Park (the largest is Mahlon Dickerson, in Jefferson township).
		The trails at Lewis Morris are in a state of evolution, as we have been working with the Park Commission and the Morris Trails Conservancy since early 2002 to revamp the park's network.
		Keep in mind this is a heavily used park on weekends, and a few trails (mainly on the eastern side of the park) are off-limits to bikes, so be sure to respect the designated routes and the desire of others to enjoy the trails.
	www.jorba.org /lm/LM_map.html (151 words)

	2000 - 2001 News Archives - Iona College, Public Relations
		Lewis earned his MBA from Iona's Hagan School of Business in 1968 and was awarded The Brother Arthur A. Loftus Achievement Award in Finance from the College in 1981.
		Lewis previously served as vice president and treasurer of Philip Morris Companies Inc. from 1984-1997, where he was responsible for worldwide treasury activities.
		Lewis was appointed vice president, Financial and Planning of Philip Morris Industrial, and in October 1982 was named vice president, Finance for the Seven-Up Company, both former Philip Morris Companies Inc. subsidiaries.
	www.iona.edu /news/releases/0001/press030201.cfm (540 words)

	Margaret Ann Meta Morris Grimball. Diary, 1860-1866 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		When Lewis was in Liverpool, Bob Miller gave him this puppy, and he brought it home, we are all attached to her, and she enjoys the change as much as any of us.
		Lewis tells me Mrs Bulo laughed a great deal about her visit up here, and the manner in which Mrs Manigault and Mrs Grimball were taken in by her.
		Lewis saw all the boys in Town, John alternates with Peter in harbor duty, and has a boy Bacot with him which gives him 4 hours sleep, he always has some man from the City Companies with him.
	docsouth.unc.edu /grimball/grimball.html (19953 words)

	Document 2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Lewis Morris (1671-1746), prominent New Jersey and New York landholder, politically identified with the "country party," centered in the New York Assembly, in opposition to the "court party, " centered on successive governors and the Governor's Council.
		Morris was at the time the Society's sole New York-New Jersey representative in these "foreign parts.' The SPGFP was a newly created missionary arm of the Church of England and planned to be active in England's American colonies.
		The date of the Morris letter is incorrectly given as 1702 in John Henry Van Amringe, A History of Columbia University, 1754-1904, p.
	beatl.barnard.columbia.edu /cuhis3057/04Folder/Lewis1704.htm (290 words)

	Lewis Morris, 1671–1746, American colonial official — Infoplease.com
		Morris, Lewis, 1671–1746, American colonial official, first lord of the manor of Morrisania in New York.
		He became a bitter opponent of the arbitrary rule of Lord Cornbury, who was governor of both New York and New Jersey, and aided in securing his removal (1708).
		Upon the separation (1738) of New Jersey from New York, Morris became the first governor of New Jersey, serving until his death.
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/people/A0834090.html (187 words)

	Poplar Bluff, Daily American Republic: News Index
		Charged in connection with Lewis' death is Linda Sue Merritt, 52, of the 700 block of North Riverview Drive.
		Authorities believe the bruising on Merritt's face was from the surgery, not from Lewis striking her, Morris said.
		The bruising on Lewis' hand and the evidence on the door are "consistent with what she says happened with him striking the door," Davis explained.
	www.darnews.com /articles/2004/05/27/news/news3.txt (1102 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Lewis won his eighth individual title of the season and was sited by the NSIC coaches as the Most Outstanding Wrestler of the tournament.
		Lewis' championship ties a school record with the most conference titles with former NCAA III national champion Tom Beyer, and former 2x All-American Jeff Merritt.
		Lewis won 6-2 and ran his record up to 38-1 while being named O.W. Todd Sanchez defends a leg attack by Jeremy Keller of MSUM in the semifinals of the NSIC Championships.
	www.mrs.umn.edu /~wrestle/men/docs/news/news_docs/nsic_championships.shtml (708 words)

	SIR LEWIS MORRIS - LoveToKnow Article on SIR LEWIS MORRIS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		(1833-1907), British poet, eldest son of Lewis Edward William Morris and Sophia, daughter of John Hughes of Carmarthen, was born at Penbryn in 1833.
		I~is great grandfather, Lewis Morris (1700-1765), bad been a well-known Welsh poet and antiquary.
		Comparatively late in life Sir Lewis Morris made his appearance as a writer of verse with three series of miscellaneous poems, called Songs of Two Worlds, published respectively in 1872, 1874 and 1875.
	65.1911encyclopedia.org /M/MO/MORRIS_SIR_LEWIS.htm (340 words)

	The Cumberland River Lamp Post - An Appreciation Of C.S. Lewis
		His latter years were devoted to socialist politics, the founding of the Kelmscott Press (1891) and writing the fantasy novels, The Wood Beyond the World(1894) and The Well at the World's End(1896).
		C.S."Jack" Lewis took notice of Morris when he found a copy of The Well at the World's End in new friend Arthur Greeves's bookcase.
		Lewis concluded that "there are many writers greater than Morris.
	www.crlamppost.org /morris.htm (293 words)

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