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Lewis Morris | (Declaration of Independence)

Who is Lewis Morris? Lewis Morris was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States and Signer of the Declaration of Independence. He was the son of Lewis Morris and Katrintje "Catherine" Staats, he was born in the Manor of Morrisania, in Westchester County, New York (now in the Bronx County), After his mother died his father married Sarah Gouverneur. Lewis Morris was tutored at home and then entered Yale College at the age of sixteen, from which he graduated in 1746. He married Mary Walton, daughter of Jacob and Maria (Beekman) Walton on 24 September 1749. When his father died in 1762, the son became the Third Lord of the Manor of Morrisania, following the footsteps of his grandfather, who had been Royal Governor of New Jersey, and his father, who had been a judge, Lewis decided to enter public service. He was appointed as a judge in the Admiralty Court in 1760, a position which he held until 1769 when Morris was elected the New York General Assembly. Lewis Morris spent most of his time and effort managing his extensive properties in New York City and New Jersey. He was elected to the Colonial Assembly of New York and in 1775. The New York General Assembly sent Morris to represent New York in the Second Continental Congress, he was once again appointed by the provincial congress in 1776 but declined. Morris did not vote for Independence since the New York delegation was unsure of their instructions from their home state. But after the confusion was resolved, Morris later signed The Declaration of Independence. After signing The Declaration of Independence on August 2, 1776, Morris continued to serve in the Second Continental Congress until 1777 upon leaving the Second Continental Congress. Morris returned to the State of New York and was named a county judge and served in the New York State Legislature until 1781. Morris also served in the Westchester County Militia, rising to the rank of Major General during the Revolutionary War. He was a member of New York’s first Board of Regents of the University of New York. In 1788, when the New York convention met to ratify the U.S. Constitution, he was one of the delegates. And in January 1798 Lewis Morris died at Morrisania and is interned in a vault beneath St. Anne’s Church there. SUBSCRIBE to our channel to see more videos!    / grandpaandgrandmaowen   Follow us on Facebook! @bradandbettysbigadventures   / bradandbettysbigadventures