Morris Lewis (1733 - abt. 1807)

Born 13 Mar 1733 in Stoughton, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Phebe (Doughty) Lewis — married 11 Jan 1753 in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess, New York

Descendants

Died about 1807 at about age 73 in Odelltown, Quebec, Canada

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Biography

Private Morris Lewis served with New York Militia during the American Revolution.

Morris Lewis is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A070080.

Morse Lewis Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915 Birth 13 Mar 1733 Stoughton, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America Father: Isaac Lewis Mother: Abigail

Morris Lewis married Phebe Doute 11 Jan 1753 in the First Reformed Dutch Church, Poughkeepsie, Dutchess ,New York. ^[1]

New York Military, Morris served in Revolutionary War. Dutchess, New York

1790 Census Morris Lewis of Duchess, New York.

Research Notes

"Our Great Aunt (has family records) that indicates Morris & Phoebe Lewis went from "Long Island" to the Hudson River Area - Westchester, Livingston, Dutchess Cos. where he got into the War of Independence & put in a claim to English Govt. for damages to their land." [1]Ancestry message boards 2009

The Morris Lewis who married Phebe was possibly born in NY. Morris Lewis the U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Name: Morris Lewis Gender: Male Birth Place: NY Birth Year: 1730 Spouse Name: Phebe Doughty Spouse Birth Place: NY Spouse Birth Year: 1730 Marriage Year: 1753 Marriage State: NY

Sources

1. ↑ New York Marriages, 1686-1980

• "New York, Church Records, 1660-1954," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGP6-QJW3 : 10 October 2019), Morris Lewis and Phebe Doute, 11 Jan 1753; citing Marriage, Dutchess, New York, British Colonial America, multiple churches, New York.

• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZSK-F6J : 5 January 2021), Morse Lewis, 1733.

• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/pedigree/landscape/KJZP-F41

• https://books.google.com/books?id=B3QaH1Q3dHcC&pg=PA436&lpg=PA436&dq=%22Morris+Lewis%22+Doughty&source=bl&ots=hnd0y1adNl&sig=ACfU3U13q0hSTSJsh0PUfd6u6DO4O_7TaQ&hl=en&ppis=_c&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi11dqQi_blAhUFblAKHXL1CTAQ6AEwBHoECAgQAQ#v=onepage&q=%22Morris%20Lewis%22%20Doughty&f=false

• Lewis, Jerry Dale. My Neck of the Woods: The Lewis Families of Southeastern North Carolina and ...

• [2] Family Search Org.

• [3]The Record of Births, Marriages and Intentions of Marriage in the Town of Stoughton 1727-1800

• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 7 May 2021), "Record of Morris Lewis", Ancestor # A070080.

Acknowledgments

D. Scott Lee