Thomas Morris

Sarah Settle died about 6 months after Lewis's birth. Thomas died not long after. Lewis of Passage Point was left to the guardianship of his uncle, Col. Lewis Morris. Thomas's brother Richard and his wife had died when their son Lewis was an infant and that Lewis was also assigned to the guardianship of Richard and Thomas's brother Col. Lewis Morris.

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Thomas held the rank of Captain and was born in Titern, Monmouthshire, Wales. He died between 1690 and 1694 in Monmouth, NJ (or New York). Thomas received the Passage Point (Monmouth, NJ) in 1689. Morris, family of prominent American landowners and statesmen. Richard Morris, d. 1672, left England after serving in Oliver Cromwell's army, became a merchant in Barbados, and emigrated to New York City when it was known, under the Dutch, as New Amsterdam. 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). The New York estate was erected into a manor, called Morrisania, in 1697. Lewis's eldest son, Lewis Morris, 1698-1762, b. Morrisania, was the second lord of the manor and became judge of the high court of admiralty. His brother, Robert Hunter Morris, c.1700-1764, b. 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). His brothers included Gouverneur Morris (see separate article) and Richard Morris, 1730-1810, b. Morrisania, who was a judge of the admiralty court, like his father, and was appointed (1779) chief justice of the New York state supreme court despite his lack of ardor for the Revolutionary cause. Morrisania was annexed to the city of New York as part of the Bronx in 1874. Richard Morris's son, Lewis Richard Morris, 1760-1825, b. Scarsdale, N.Y., saw active service during the early part of the Revolution and was (1781-83) assistant to the secretary of foreign affairs. He established a manor at Springfield, Vt., was active in Vermont politics, and served (1797-1803) as Representative in the U.S. Congress. Another member of the family was Richard Valentine Morris

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Source of info- http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=111761396

"Lewis was the son of Thomas Morris, of the Island of Barbados, and Grace Morris. His will (November 21, 1670) is on file at the Island of Barbados in Bridgeton, the capital city. Lewis Morris was the first Morris of our line to come to America to New Jersey.

Thomas Morris was the son of William Morris and was born about 1630. The original William Morris had four sons: Lewis, William, Thomas and Richard. William Morris owned the estate of Tintern Castle."