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Morris was born on January 31, 1752, the son of Lewis Morris Jr. (1698–1762) and his second wife, Sarah Gouverneur (1714–1786). Morris's first name derived from his mother's surname; she was from a Huguenot family that had first moved to Holland and then to New Amsterdam. [4] In both Dutch and French, Gouverneur means "Governor".
Lewis Morris (October 15, 1671 – May 21, 1746) was an American politician from the colonial period, who was chief justice of New York and British governor of New Jersey, was the first lord of the manor of Morrisania in New York City (in what is now the Bronx).
Morris was born in 1700 in Trenton, New Jersey. He was the second son of Lewis Morris and Isabella (née Graham) Morris and named after his father's friend the future colonial governor Robert Hunter. His older brother was Lewis Morris Jr. who served as a member and speaker of the New York General Assembly. [1]
When he came of age, Lewis Morris expanded and patented the estate. He married Isabella and went on to serve as the 8th colonial governor of New Jersey. [3] Morris was a popular governor who championed land owning rights for the colonists. Morristown, New Jersey, was named for him. [4] [5]
Robert Hunter Morris (1700–1764), lieutenant governor of Colonial Pennsylvania Robert Morris (financier) (1734–1806), one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, merchant and politician Robert Morris (judge) (1745–1815), American federal judge
Gouverneur Morris was born on February 9, 1813, Morrisania, Bronx, New York. He was the son of a founding father of the United States, Gouverneur Morris (1752–1816) and his wife, Ann Cary Randolph (1774–1837), nicknamed "Nancy".
Robert Morris Jr. (January 20, 1734 – May 8, 1806) was an English-born American merchant, ... a state governor with the power to veto bills, ...
On 14 April 1756, Pennsylvania Governor Morris officially declared war on the Delaware Nation, [19]: 231 offering a bounty of $130 for the scalp of every Lenape male over ten years of age and $50 for a Lenape woman's scalp, or $150 for a male Lenape prisoner and $130 for a female one, [20]: 71–72 [21]: 93 although an exception was made for ...