Morris family

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American colonial dynasty landowning family political family

The Morris family was a prominent colonial American political and landowning dynasty in what is now the Bronx, New York, influential in early New York and United States history.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Morris family canonical	6
Morris family of New York	2

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American colonial dynasty ⓘ landowning family ⓘ political family ⓘ
associatedWith	American Revolution NERFINISHED ⓘ Federalist Party NERFINISHED ⓘ Founding Fathers of the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
estateSubdivided	19th century urban development of the Bronx ⓘ
ethnicOrigin	Welsh descent ⓘ
foundedBy	Lewis Morris (speaker) NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAncestralSeat	Morrisania NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNotableMember	Gouverneur Morris NERFINISHED ⓘ Lewis Morris (governor) NERFINISHED ⓘ Lewis Morris (signer of the Declaration of Independence) NERFINISHED ⓘ Lewis Morris Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard Morris (chief justice) NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Hunter Morris NERFINISHED ⓘ Staats Long Morris NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced	colonial politics of New York ⓘ development of the Bronx ⓘ early United States constitutional development ⓘ
locatedIn	The Bronx ⓘ surface form: Bronx New York ⓘ surface form: New York (state) New York City ⓘ
notableFor	influence in early United States history ⓘ large landholdings in what is now the Bronx ⓘ political influence in colonial New York ⓘ
ownedEstate	Morrisania NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	colonial New York elite ⓘ
producedOfficeholder	United States Senator ⓘ United States diplomat ⓘ chief justice of the Supreme Court of New York ⓘ delegate to the Continental Congress ⓘ governor of New Jersey ⓘ signer of the United States Constitution ⓘ signer of the United States Declaration of Independence ⓘ
region	Province of New York NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Anglicanism ⓘ
socialClass	gentry ⓘ landed aristocracy in colonial America ⓘ
timePeriod	17th century ⓘ 18th century ⓘ
toponymicLegacy	Morris Avenue (Bronx) NERFINISHED ⓘ Morris Heights NERFINISHED ⓘ Morris Park (Bronx) NERFINISHED ⓘ Morrisania neighborhood NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Morrisania, Province of New York → associatedWith → Morris family ⓘ

Morrisania, Province of New York → namedAfter → Morris family ⓘ

Morrisania, Province of New York → foundedBy → Morris family ⓘ

Morrisania, Province of New York → hasHereditaryOwner → Morris family ⓘ

St. Ann’s Church, Bronx, New York → foundedBy → Morris family ⓘ

Lewis Morris Jr. → notableFamily → Morris family ⓘ

this entity surface form: Morris family of New York

Jenny Morris → notableFamily → Morris family ⓘ

Lewis M. Rutherfurd → hasRelative → Morris family ⓘ

this entity surface form: Morris family of New York