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HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER. 



Devcau, Benjamin Rogers, Benjamin M. Brown, Edward Leggett, Lewis 

 G. Morris and Henry W. Morris, vestrymen. The interior of the church 

 contains a well-arranged chancel and the tablet afore-mentioned, in- 

 scribed as follows : — 



Conjugal Affection 

 Consecrated this spot, where 



THE BEST OF MEN 



Was laid until a vault could be erected 



To receive 



II is precious remains. 



Prior to the Revolutionary War, the interments of the Morris family 

 were made, as we have already seen, at Old Morrisania, near the manor 



St. Ann's Church, Morrisania. 



house still standing. On the 15th of February, 1866, what remained of 

 the bodies were then transferred to the vault beneath this church. 

 Among these was the Hon. Lewis Morris, Governor of New Jersey ; 

 Lewis Morris, signer of the Declaration of Independence, with their 

 wives; to which may be added Mary Morris, sister of Lieutenant- 

 Colonel Morris (Aide of General Greene), his wife, Anne B. Morris, 

 and their grand-daughter, Emma Morris ; Elizabeth Morris, youngest 

 daughter of Colonel Lewis Morris, Anna Rutherford, grand-daughter of 

 Lieutenant-Colonel Morris, and Sarah Morris, daughter of the signer. 

 A beautiful silver communion service — consisting of a flagon, two 



