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over nine thousand dollars. It occupies a portion of the 

 ancient glebe, several acres of which surround it. 



Until 1840, Morrisania was attached to St. Peter's in the 

 support of a minister. In that year, Gouverneur Morris, 

 Esq., of Morrisania founded St. Ann's; and on July 17, 1841, 

 he made a deed of gift of the church and the plot surrounding 

 it to the rector, wardens, and vestrymen of the new Parish of 

 St. Ann's, Morrisania. The church was incorporated, July 

 20, 1 84 1, with Robert and Lewis Morris, wardens, and Jacob 

 Buckhout, Daniel Deveau, Benjamin Rogers, Benjamin M. 

 Brown, Edward Leggett, Lewis G. Morris, and Henry W. 

 Morris, vestrymen. The church is at St. Ann's Avenue and 

 East 140th Street. Bolton says (1848): 



"The church of St. Ann's is situated in a picturesque posi- 

 tion, near Old Morrisania, on rising ground, overlooking a 

 clear and rapid little stream [Mill Brook], hastening to join 

 the more expanded waters of the East River. It is a pleas- 

 ing gothic structure of marble, and comprises a nave with 

 two aisles, small recess chancel, and a spire over the southern 

 end. It was erected by the present Gouverneur Morris, Esq., 

 in a field on his own estate, which for some time had been 

 hallowed as containing the sepulchre of his parents. A vault 

 was constructed to receive his remains. A tablet in the chan- 

 cel contains the following inscription: 



"the relics of the 

 honorable gouverneur morris, 



A name illustrious in his country's annals, were laid by his 

 faithful widow. 



"In the year of our Lord 1837, she joined him with the 

 dead; and over her remains has arisen this beautiful Sanctuary, 

 which in remembrance of her, and with respectful regard to 

 two other valued relations of the name, was called St. Ann's 



