LEW MORRIS

Lewis Morris was born on April 8, 1726 amd died on January 22, 1798) was an landowner and developer from Morrisania, New York. He signed the Declaration of Independence as a delegate to the Continental Congress from New York. Since he was a prominent land owner the New York Colony, Lewis was appointed as a judge of the Admiralty Court for the colonies in 1760. He was elected to the Colonial Assembly in 1769. When The Revolutiony War started , he was a member of New York's Convention 1775 until 1777. It was this body who sent Morris to the Continental Congress in Philadelphia where Morris signed the Declaration of Independence.