Notes for Lewis (of Passage Point) Morris
In 1670, young Lewis Morris, son of Thomas Morris of Barbados, with the aid of Colonel Lewis Morris, bought a parcel of land in Monmouth Co., NJ, from the Indians for a barrel of cider. He moved onto the land shortly before the Dutch occupation, whereupon all of the Indians on the property moved back to Crosswicks and Cranberry except one "Indian Will," ^ who was allowed to stay and dwell in a wigwam between Tinto Falls and Swimming River. One day, sometime after the Dutch had left, Indian Will, while eating breakfast of suppawn (mush) and milk, was observed using a silver spoon. Mr. Thomas Eaton, of what is now Eatontown, NJ, told Indian Will, his friend, that he would give him a red cloak and a cocked hat if he would tell where he found the spoon. It seems that Indian Will was soon wearing the red cloak and cocked hat and Mr. Eaton suddenly became rich.
Indian Will was also a friend of Derrick Longstreet and one time showed Longstreet some silver money. Longstreet asked Will to give it to him, but Will refused. Will did, however, ' give Longstreet some yellow money he had found, which the Indians thought worthless. This made Longstreet rich.
Source: Lewis Morris, Anglo-American Statesman, 1983, Samuel Stelle Smith
Lewis Morris "of Passage Point" was shot and killed by a black slave for mistreating a woman slave. He is known to be a son of Thomas Morris, who is not a brother of Richard, Ann and Lewis Morris.
Notes for LEWIS MORRIS:
Calendar of New Jersey Wills, Vol. I 1670-1730
Administration on the estate of, granted to his widow Elizabeth.
Calendar of New Jersey Wills, Vol. I 1670-1730
N. J. Archives, XXI., p. 239
Calendar of New Jersey Wills, Vol. I 1670-1730
1696 April 1. Bond of the widow Elizabeth Morris as administratrix of the estate of. Samuel Leonard fellow bondsman.
Calendar of New Jersey Wills, Vol. I 1670-1730
1696 May 26. Inventory of the personal estate (£146.9.5, incl. a negro man £30 and a negro boy £20); made by George Corleis, Thomas Huitt, Francis Jackson and Robert Johnes.
Calendar of New Jersey Wills, Vol. I 1670-1730
Monmouth Wills
Calendar of New Jersey Wills, Vol. I 1670-1730e following NARA web page:
NARA. Note: Enumeration Districts 819-839 on roll 323 (Chicago City.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1920.T625, 2,076 rolls. Richland, Jewell, Kansas, ED , roll , page , image 499.icrofilm reel K-1. Kansas State Historical Society.
1856, 1857, and 1858 Kansas Territory Censuses. Microfilm reel K-1. Kansas State Historical Society.1859 Kansas Territory Census. Microfilm reel K-1. Kansas State Historical Society.1865 Kansas State Census. Microfilm reels K-1 – K-8. Kansas State Historical Society.1875 Kansas State Census. Microfilm reels K-1 – K-20. Kansas State Historical Society.1885 Kansas State Census. Microfilm reels K-1 – K-146. Kansas State Historical Society.1895 Kansas State Census. Microfilm reels K-1 – K-169. Kansas State Historical Society.1905 Kansas State Census. Microfilm reels K-1 - K-181. Kansas State Historical Society.1915 Kansas State Census. Microfilm reels K-1 – K-271. Kansas State Historical Society..us. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900.T623, 1854 rolls. Jewell, Kansas, ED 55, roll T623 484, page 12B.
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