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==Early life==
==Early life==
Lewis Morris was born at Morrisania in Westchester County, New York. His was a family of wealth and politics. The grandfather of Lewis was the first royal governor of New Jersey. Morris graduated from [[Yale College]] in 1746 and married the wealthy Mary Walton, raising 10 children. Morris showed little interest in politics until 1769 when he won a seat in the provincial assembly opposing taxation of the colonies.<ref>[http://virtualology.com/lewismorris.com/ Lewis Morris, thedeclarationofindependence.org]</ref>
Lewis Morris was born at Morrisania in Westchester(now Bronx) County, New York, to Lewis and Katrintje "Catherine" Morris.<ref>[https://www.google.com/books/edition/Catchers_of_the_Light/iZk5OOf7fVYC?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA742 Catchers of the Light - The Astrophotographers' Family History]</ref> His was a family of wealth and politics. His grandfather, also named Lewis, was the eighth royal governor of Colonial New Jersey. Morris graduated from [[Yale College]] in 1746 and married the wealthy Mary Walton, raising 10 children. Morris showed little interest in politics until 1769 when he won a seat in the provincial assembly opposing taxation of the colonies.<ref>[http://virtualology.com/lewismorris.com/ Lewis Morris, thedeclarationofindependence.org]</ref>
He had several prominent family members including some through marriage, such as Governor [[William Paterson]],<ref>[https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Documentary_History_of_the_Supreme_C/NDCWQKHAo_sC?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA286 The Documentary History of the Supreme Court of the United States, 1789-1800: Volume 8]</ref> his brother Staats Long Morris,<ref>[https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Old_New_York_Frontier/7PocAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA366]</ref>, and [[Gouverneur Morris]].
==American Revolution==
==American Revolution==