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Lewis Morris was the third Lewis in the Morris family. He 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>

Lewis Morris was the third Lewis in the Morris family. He 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]].  His father Lewis Sr. sat as a judge on the Admiralty Court for New York, from 1760 to 1762.<ref>[https://www.google.com/books/edition/Encyclopedia_of_the_Age_of_Political_Rev/30EEq8R2feIC?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA488Encyclopedia of the Age of Political Revolutions and New Ideologies, 1760-1815: A-L]</ref><ref>[https://www.google.com/books/edition/Register_of_the_Colonial_Dames_of_the_St/wl5IAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA353 Register of the Colonial Dames of the State of New York]</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 The Old New York Frontier]</ref>, and [[Gouverneur Morris]].  His father Lewis Sr. sat as a judge on the Admiralty Court for New York, from 1760 to 1762.<ref>[https://www.google.com/books/edition/Encyclopedia_of_the_Age_of_Political_Rev/30EEq8R2feIC?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA488Encyclopedia of the Age of Political Revolutions and New Ideologies, 1760-1815: A-L]</ref><ref>[https://www.google.com/books/edition/Register_of_the_Colonial_Dames_of_the_St/wl5IAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA353 Register of the Colonial Dames of the State of New York]</ref>

==American Revolution==

==American Revolution==