Person:Lewis Morris (20)

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Lewis Morris
b. Monmouthshire, England
d.1691 Morrisania, New York
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  1. Richard Morris - 1672
  2. Lewis Morris - 1691
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Name Lewis Morris
Gender Male
Birth? Monmouthshire, England
Immigration[1] 1673 came to New York
Military[1] JamaicaBritish Colonel
Residence[1] Barbados
Death[1] 1691 Morrisania, New York
Religion[1] Quaker
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Lanier, Henry Wysham. A century of banking in New York, 1822-1922. (New York: The Gilliss Press, 1922)
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    MORRIS, Lewis
    Born in Monmouthshire, England. He was captain of a troop of horse in the Parliament army against Charles I. He retired to Barbados, where he purchased a large estate and was commissioned by Cromwell as Colonel, serving in Jamaica. Having joined the Quakers, he suffered from fines, and after the death of his brother Richard in New York he removed there in 1673 and resided on his manorial estate in Morrisania until his death in 1691. He was a member of the Council from 1683 to 1686. In 1676 he was taxed ~6. 5. 0. on property valued at ~1,000 in New York City, so he must have had some sort of residence there as well as in Morrisania.

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