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The Morris family are originally of Welch origin, and " lineal- ly descend from ELYSTAN GLODRYDD, a powerful British chief- tain, born in 933, who derived his name, ELYSTAN, (or Athel- stan,) from the Saxon king, Athelstan, who was his godfather. The appellation of Glodrydd, or the Illustrious, was bestowed upon him, indicative of his personal deeds, as well as of his rank and extensive possessions, which comprised nearly all the lands between the Severn and the Wye. He died in the early part of the eleventh century, leaving by Gwladys, daughter of Rhun ap Ednowain, Prince of Tegengl, a son, CADWGAN AP ELYSTAN, Lord of Builth and Radnor, who married Margaret, daughter of Brockwel ap Aeddan, of Powys. Sixteenth in descent from Cadwgan was (for intervening descent, see Burke's History of the Landed Gentry of England, vol. iii. p. 233) MORYSa AP MOR- GAN."b About the middle of the fifteenth century, a branch set- tled in Monmouthshire, and became possessed of large estates there, at Tintern, Denham, Ponterry, &c. It was represented in 1635 by three brothers, viz. Lewis, William and Richard Morris. Lewis, who inherited the paternal estate of Tintern, raised a troop of horse in support of the Parliament, for which Charles the First confiscated his estates in Monmouthshire. In return for his losses, Oliver Cromwell subsequently indemnified him. At the attack upon Chepstow Castle, which was defended by Sir Nicholas Kemish, the king's general, Lewis Morris was the second in command. After an obstinate resistance, the garrison was reduc- ed by cutting off the supply of water which ran through the es- tate of Pearcefield, then owned by Col. Morris' son-in-law, John Walters, and setting fire to the castle. From this circumstance, the family assumed as their crest a castle in flames, with the fol- lowing motto, "tandem vincitur "-at length he is conquered.
& This name, originally spelt Mawr-rwyce or Mawr-rhys, was changed into Mau- rice, Morrice and Morris. " Mars, Mavors, Wallice, ' Mawr-rwyce,' and Anglice ; ' warlike, powerful,' is a title applied to such of the ancient chieftains as were pre- eminent for valor, whose numerous descendants account for the present frequency of the name in Wales. To this one of the mottoes borne by the family of Morris seems to have reference, 'Marte et mari faventibus.'"-Burke's History of the Landed Gentry.
b Burke's History of the Landed Gentry, vol. iv. 488.
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In 1654, he was despatched by Cromwell to the Spanish West Indies, with orders to make himself master of those seas. In this undertaking he was aided by his nephew, Captain John Mor- ris, who had been long settled on the Island of Barbadoes. While on this service, Captain Lewis Morris purchased a large estate in that island. When the Protector sent forces to attack Hispaniola, under Admirals Penn and Venables, he forwarded a vacant regiment and a colonel's commission to him, with instruc- tions that the forces were to land as directed by Colonel Morris. The failure of the expedition is said to have been owing, in a great measure, to a non-compliance with his directions.a In the attack upon the Island of Jamaica, Lewis was second in com- mand. On the restoration of King Charles the Second, Colonel Morris deemed it prudent not to return to England, where his fa- mily had played so bold a part. In 1663, he, with others, pur- chased the Island of St. Lucia of Amiwatta Baba, chief propric- tor of the Carribee Islands. He subsequently emigrated to the province of New York in 1674.
William Morris, who had for his portion Denham, also joined the Parliamentary service, and took an active part against the king, when (through his favorite, the Marquis of Worcester,) he attempted to enclose Wendswood chase, Monmouthshire. Upon the defeat of the popular party, William determined upon a sea voyage, until the storm should have blown over. He was lost at sea. His son John received a captain's commission from the Parliament in 1651. Like his father, he also perished at sea off' Deal Castle in 1688. His body was found under the walls of the castle, and buried with military honors. His descendants are still numerous in the Island of Barbadoes.
Richard Morris, the youngest of the three, held a captain's com- mission in his brother's regiment. Upon the restoration, he re- tired to the Island of Barbadoes, where he married a lady of large fortune, by the name of Pole. This individual was the first pro- prietor of Morrisania in 1670. The following letter addressed by the secretary of the colony to " Colonel Lewis Morris, at the Is-
· Admiral Penn's Journal, in possession of the late Thomas Penn.
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land of Barbadoes," establishes the death of Richard, and Sarah, his wife.
New York, 29th Oct. 1672.
WORTHY SIR,-Since my reception of yours by Wm. Shack- erly, no opportunity of conveyance to you hath presented from hence till this present. Although by the way of Boston, I sup- pose you would sooner receive the sad tidings of your brother's decease, in whom as you have lost an only brother so have I a dear friend ; I shall not insist upon many particulars relating thereto ; our general letters arriving to you herewith I hope suf- ficiently inform you ; yet I cannot but reflect upon the transitory condition of poor mortals, when I frequently call to mind in how little time God hath been pleased to break a family, in taking away the heads thereof ; first, a virtuous young woman in the prime of life, and then a man full of strength and vigor, inured to hardships, of whom there is remaining but one poor blossom, of whom yet there may be great hope with your kind friendship, for it is a lovely, healthy child, and was well at Harlem, where it is at nurse, and I went to see it yesterday. I was also at the plantation on the other side, when there was some public correc- tion of two or three negroes, and breaking the necks of a mutiny among the white men by Mr. Gibbs, and through his vigilance it is now in good order. The crime of the negroes is reported to be so natural to them, which was both stealing and receiving stolen goods.
Worthy sir, Your most dutiful Humble servant, MATTHIAS NICOLL.
. The Governor presents you his kind respects and service. COL. LEWIS MORRIS, At the Island of Barbadoes.
" Letters of administration of the estate of Captain Richard Morris, brother of Colonel Lewis Morris, were granted to Mr. Matthew Nicolls Major, Captain Thomas De Lavall, Mr. Corne-
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lius Steenwyck, Captain John Berry, and Mr. Thomas Gibbs, trustees, in 1672."a
"Lewis Morris," (continues Mr. Dunlap,) "tells us in the pre- amble to his will, that his 'mother died when' he 'was about six months old,' and his father not long after, in New York, where he was left an orphan entirely in the hands of strangers, who were appointed by the government to take care of him." He thus lost his parents, (who were probably English, avoiding the restoration of kingly government in that country,) when Francis Lovelace was governor of New York, and between the years 1667 and 1673, when the province was again surrendered to the Dutch, and the boy " put by their magistrates into the hands of the trus- tees, by them appointed to take care of him, and of what effects their soldiers had left unplundered ; and after the surrender of New York to the English," by the peace of 1674, his " uncle came to these parts of America, and kindly took care of him, un- til he came to man's estate."b
In 1676, Lewis Morris, second proprietor of Morrisania, and brother of Richard, obtained the following letters patent :
GOVERNOR ANDROS'S PATENT FOR BRONCKS' LAND,
Edmund Andros, Esq., seigneur of Sausmarez, lient. gov'r gen'l under his royal highness, James, Duke of York, and of all his territories in America, to all to whom these presents shall come, with greeting. Whereas Col. Lewis Morris of the island of Barbadoes hath long enjoyed and by patent stands possest of a certain plantation and tract of land, lying and being upon the maine, over against the town of Haerlem, commonly called Broncks' land, the same containing about five hundred acres, or two hundred and fifty morgen of land, besides the meadow thereunto annexed or adjoining, cotted and bounded as in the original Dutch ground brief and patent of confirmation is sett forth, and the said Col. Morris having made good improvement upon the said land, and there lying lands adjacent to him not included in any patent or grants, which land the said Col. Morris doth desire for further improvement, this said land and addition being bounded from his own house over against Haerlem, running up Haerlem river to Daniel Turner's land, and so along his said land northward to John Archers's line, and from thence stretching east
: Surrogate's Office, N. Y. lib. i. 173.
! Dunlap's Ilist. N. Y. vol. i. 272.
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to the land of John Richardson and Thomas Hunt, and thence along the Sound about southwest, through Bronck's kill, to the said Col. Morris his house, the additional land containing (according to the survey thereof,) the quantity of fourteen hundred, and the whole, one thousand nine hundred and twenty acres. Now know ye that by virtue of the commission and anthority unto ine given by his royal highness, I have confirmed granted, and given, and do hereby confirin, give, and grant unto the said Col Morris, his heirs and as- signees, the afore recited land before possest by him, and the additional land herein exprest, and bounded as aforesaid, together with the woods and mea- dows, both salt and fresh waters and creeks belonging to the said land and premises, in his royal highness's gift, with all and singular the appurtenances to have and to hold these said lands and premises unto the said Col. Lewis Morris, his heirs and assignees, unto the proper use and behoof of him the said Col. Lewis Morris, his heirs and assignees forever. He continuing in obedience and conforming himself according to the laws of this government and yielding and paying therefor yearly and every year as a quitt rent to his royal highness five bushels of good winter wheat.
Given under my hand and sealed with the seal of the province of New York, this five and twentieth day of March in the eighth and twentieth year of his majesty's reign, Anno Domini, 1676.
Recorded by order of the gov'r the
ANDROSS,
day and year above written.
MATTHIAS NICOLLS, Sec.
A confirmation from the Indians occurs on the 7th of Febru- ary, 1684.
"To all to whom this present writing shall come, doth witness, that we Shahash, Panazarah, Wanacapeen, Kneed, Taquamarke, and Awarazawis, having formerly sold unto Jonas Broncks a large tract of land lying and being between ye river commonly called Broncks' river and Harlem kill, and more especially that tract of land that Colonel Morris stands now possest of, as his draught and ground brief bearing date in ye year 1675, excepting forty mor- gena of land that we sold Daniel Turner ye elder, being bounded on the west side with Harlem river, the aforesaid Colonel Morris his land, being bounded on the north side with the land of John Archer, beginning at Crabb Island and running east or thereabouts until it comes to ye corner trec of Richardson and Hunt and so down to ye southward according to ye marked line until it come to ye bound brook between ye said Colonel Morris and ye said Richard- son and Hunt. and from thence along ye creek to ye Sound or East river until you come to Daniel Turner's land, that's above mentioned, including the purchase of ye said Colonel Morris, that point of land called Nauasin, where
a A Dutch morgen measured a little less than two acres English. VOL. II. 37
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formerly lived a Frenchman named Marcus Dossisway, all which parcel or tract of land we do for ourselves, our heirs, executors, administrators, and assignees, fully and wholly acquit and discharge for ever ye said Colonel Morris, his heyres, executors, and adininistrators, of all and every part and parcel of ye residue of ye money that should have been paid by ye aforesaid Broncks for the purchase of ye said land, declaring to the world that we ac- knowledge for ourselves, our heyres, executors, and assignees, to be fully paid, satisfied, and contented. In witness whereof we have hereunto sett our hands and fixed our seals this seventh day of February, 1684, in presence of us,
Samuel Edsall, John Bassett,
Ye mark X Taquamarke.
Ye mark O Wanacapeen.
John Manton,
Signed and sealed by Awanawis, Shahash, and Kneed, in presence of us,
John Ibenny, Edward Harrall, John Edsall.
Witnessed by Longe Classe,
a lady Wastowancett, Ye marke of M Awanawis,
Ye marke of I Shahash,
Ye marke of Kneed.
On the 25th of October, 1676, Colonel Morris purchased a large tract of land in East Jersey, consisting of 3540 acres, which he named Tintern and Monmouth, after the paternal es- tate in Monmouthshire, Wales.
The last will and testament of Colonel Morris bears date 7th of February, 1690. Although twice married, he left no issue ; his nephew, therefore, according to the agreement of 1670, suc- ceeded to the estates. Upon the 15th of May, 1691, Henry Sloughter, Captain General and Governor-in-chief, " granted let- ters testamentary to Lewis Morris, nephew to Colonel Morris, the executrix being dead."
THE LAST WILL OF LEWIS MORRIS.
Whereas I formerly intended to have made my nephew, Lewis Morris, son of my deceased brother, Richard Morris, my sole executor ; his many and great miscarryages and disobedience towards me and my wife, and his cause- less absenting himself from my house, and adhering to and advizeing with those of bad life and conversation, contrary to my directions and example unto him, and for other reasons best known to myselfe, I doe make and ordaine my dearly beloved wife, Mary Morris, sole executrix of this my last will and tes- ment ; and
To the meeting of Friends at Shrewsbury, in Monmouth co., five pounds
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current money of New York per annum forever, to be paid out of his planta- tion :t Tinton ironworks, to be paid on 25th March yearly.
To Thomas Webley, of Shrewsbury, 250 acres on the westermost part of his 2000 acres, lying between Swimming River and Hop River, Monmouth co.,-he paying quit rent one half penny sterling pr acre.
To Lewis Morris, of Shrewsbury, one of his best mares in the woods, and £20 N. York curr'y.
To his nephew, Lewis Morris, son of his brother, Richard Morris, as soon as he attains the age of 21, the rest, residne, and remainder of his e'te ; i. e. his plantation and iron works at Tinton, with all lands, meadows, houses, barns, mills, runs and ponds of water, water courses, rivers, woods, trees, or- chards, gardens, all his negroes on that plantation, cattel, horse, kinde, swine, and all other creatures ; all household goods, utensils, moveables, immo'bles, bills, bonds, patents, books of ac., debts belong'g to ye place, all profits, privi- ledges and appurt'ces : also one flat handled spoon, one small tankard, one salt cellar, one small sugar box all of silver, one small cabinet sealed up ;- wherein is four pearl necklaces, three or four jewels set in gold, and several other things of value ; one negro woman named Bess,-which forementioned plate, cabinett, and negro woman, were his brother's-unto which he adds all the children of said woman Bess, except one that is otherwise disposed of; 1 doz. silver spoons, one large tankard, one large tumbler, one small tumbler, and one porringer, all of silver ; all which last mentioned things he gives his nephew in lieu of some things that are lost and supposed to be embezzled by Walter Webley ; also £20 in silver current at New York, and ten guinneys, the whole given with this restriction and limitation, that he shall quietly and peaceably acquiess and submit himself wholly and absolutely unto every thing mentioned or to be m'd in his will and t't, and shall make no opposition or ob- jection against the same, nor any part thereof, but to his power shall perform and fulfill all things whatsoever that on his part I have hereby enjoyned unto him ; otherwise, it is my final determination and result, that if my said ne- phew, Lewis Morris, his h'rs or as's, on any pretence or right from his father af'd, whether by partnerships with me or purchase, or any way else, shall at any time hereafter, either by himself or any other person or persons claiming from, for, by or under him or them, by any manner of way or means whats'r, make any demand or pretend any right, title or int't to any part or p'l of estate that now doth or may hereafter belong unto me, more than I have by these presents entitled him unto, than to what I have by these presents entitled him him unto, then, and in such case, I do hereby revoake, nullifie and make void, all and every part of what I have herein before given and beq unto my said neph'w, L. M. And my will is, that in case of any disturbance by my s'd n'w conc'g the premi's or any part or par of e'te, real or p'l, hereby oth'se beq'd, and that my s'd dearly bel'd wife Mary M., her h'rs or as, shall thenceforth and then immediately enter into possession, have, occupie and enjoy all and co'n part and parcel of ye before recited premises, beq'ts and legacys given
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or to b g, to my s'd n'w L. M., if he or any, under pretence of him, shall at any time molest my s'd wife, her heirs or assigns, in her or their peac'bl en- joy't of whatsoever est'te, r' or p'l. that is or shall be herein and hereby given and beq'd unto her or them, any thing herein con'd to the contr'ry notw'hst'g, only giveing unto him ; and I doe hereby give and bequeath unto m s'd n L. M. the sum of ten pounds cur't money of N. Y., to be paid unto him by my s'd ex'x, h h's and as's in full of my bequests and legacys unto him in case of any such disturbance or molestation as aforesaid.
Item. I give and beq unto my hon'd friend, William Penn, my negro man Yaff, provided the said Penn shall come to dwell in America ; otherwise the s'd Yaff is to serve my said wife equally with other negroes. Item. I give and beq unto William Bickley one negro girl named Maria. Item. · . to Wm. Richardson one negro boy named Jack. Item. to Sam'l Palmer one n. girl named Buckey. 'Item. I . . · unto my negro man Toney, the cooper, the sum of 40 shillings a yeare during his life, be- sides his usual accommodation. Item. unto my negro w'n Nell her ffreedom and liberty to goe att large wheres'r she shall please after the dec'se of my s'd wife. These two last beq'ts are with this restriction and limitation, that they yield all duty, full subinis'n and faithf'l obed'ce in all re- spects as beconi'h dilig't serv'ts tow'ds my wife ; otherwise, they are to enjoy no benefit hereby, but their beq'ts to be void, as if never written or ment. Item. I g and b unto John Adams, of Flushing, h h and as's, the sum of five pounds, which is due to me on his obligacon. Item. Moreover, I g and beq unto my said nep'w, L. M., all my land and m'ws att Mattinicot, on Long IsI'd, together with all the profits and privil'es adv'g thereof, to him, his heirs and as's for ever, tog'r with one half of all my pewter and the one half of all my house linen for bedding and tabling that is on my plantation over against IIar- lem, and all my printed books, except such as my said wife shall please to re- serve unto herselfe. Note, that these last bequests unto my s'd n'w L. M. are given and beq'd under ye same limitations and rest'ns with those legacys first above mentioned, and not otherwise. Item. I give and beq'th unto ye meeting of Friends, in the prov'ce of N. Y., the sum of six pounds per annum, to be paid out of my plant'n ag't Harlem af'd, in the s'd prov'ce, by whoms'er shall enjoy the same, according to my devise thereof, as hereafter appears, and on every 25th of the month called March, yearly and ev'y year forever, unto such p'n or per as shall be thereunto ap'd.
Item. All the rest, residue and remainder of my estate and my plantation, r'l and p'I, where I now inhabitt over against Harlem af'd, I give and beq'h unto my d'ly belov'd wife, Mary Morris, her heirs and as's forever, the lands thereof, cont'g about 2000 acres best m or 1, tog'r with all houses, barns, mills, runus and ponds of water, water courses, rivers, orchards, gardens, trees, woods, negroes of all kinds, cattell, swine, sheep, horse, kinde, and all other creatures and improv'ts whatsoever, as also all goods, household stuff and utensills, moneys, plate, and every thing else moveable and im'ble within doors
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and w't that can be named or expressed, that now is, or hereafter shall be in my pos'n or any ways belon'g unto the s'd pl'n, except what is here other- wise disposed of and beq'd. Item. I give and beq'h unto my said d'y bel'd wife all that my houses, land in N. Y. city situate over against the bridge, unto all appurt'ces, profitts and advant'ges whatsoever thereunto belong'g, with all deeds, pattents, writings, bills, bonds, oblig'ions, and all things else whats'r, named and unnamed, belonging. Item. . . to John Bowne,
of Flushing, one negro girl n'd Abba ; is att old Thomas Hunts. Item. . . . to Miles Foster one serv'ble negro boy, such as my s'd d'y bel'd wife shall appoint. Item. . . . to Ric'd Jones, M'ht, of N. Y., one negro boy or one negro girl, such as m d b wif shall appoint. Item. . . . . to William Bickley and to my n'w, L. M., all my right, t and int in and to the ship Friends' Adventure, as also of all my part of her profits and ad'ges by freight or otherwise, to each of th eq'l alike part. Item. . . my s'd n'w, my gold seale and my negroman Yeabba ; and whereas, I have beq'd unto m s'd n'w, L. M., all m E at the ironworks at T., with this expression, viz. (as soon as H s'I attaine to the age of 21 yeare,) 49 as above written, I doe now revoake ye s'd expression as to time, giving unto him, my s'd n'w, full power and auth'y to enter into and possess the s'd e'te, and ev'y part and p'l thereof, imm'ly after my decease, anything before above w'n to the contrary not'g, but under the same restrictions and limitations as before men'd, viz. by his conformity to the fulfilling of this my last will and testament ; all the rest of my plate and money, silver and gold, I give and beq'th unto my dearly be- loved wife. Lastly, I desire, author and app't my trusty ffriends, Ric'd Jones and Miles Ffoster, of N. Y., John Bowne, of Fflushing, Wm. Richardson, of W C'r, Richard Hartshorne and John Hanes, of co of Monmouth, and Wm. Bickley, of W'r co aforesaid. to be my executors in trust, and overseers to see this my will punctually perf'd and fulfil'd ; and in reg'd to the remoteness of their abodes from one another, I do order and appoint that any three of them may act as they shall find needfull, provided Wm Rich'n, Wm Bickley, or Rich'd Hartshorne be of that number ; and for want of a 3d person in the co of Monmouth, R'd Hartshorne and John Hanes may act there as they shall find cause, or may choose a 3d person to act, &c. &c.
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