Morrisania estate

E901561

colonial manor historic estate

Morrisania estate was the expansive colonial manor in what is now the Bronx, New York, that served as the ancestral home and political base of the prominent Morris family, including statesman Lewis Morris.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Morrisania manor	2
Morrisania estate, Province of New York	1

Statements (41)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	colonial manor ⓘ historic estate ⓘ
ancestralHomeOf	Morris family NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith	Gouverneur Morris NERFINISHED ⓘ Lewis Morris NERFINISHED ⓘ Staats Long Morris NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithEvent	colonial politics in New York ⓘ development of the Bronx ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
currentLandUse	urban residential neighborhood ⓘ
familySeatOf	Morris family of New York NERFINISHED ⓘ
foundInHistoricalSource	biographies of Lewis Morris ⓘ colonial New York land records ⓘ histories of the Bronx ⓘ
governedUnder	manorial system ⓘ
heritage	colonial American ⓘ
historicalRegion	Bronx County (modern) NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfHistoricalRecords	English ⓘ
laterDevelopedInto	Morrisania neighborhood NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	Morrisania neighborhood NERFINISHED ⓘ New York City ⓘ New York State NERFINISHED ⓘ The Bronx ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
namedAfter	Morris family NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableResident	Gouverneur Morris NERFINISHED ⓘ Lewis Morris NERFINISHED ⓘ
ownedBy	Morris family NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Province of New York NERFINISHED ⓘ Westchester County (historical) NERFINISHED ⓘ
politicalBaseOf	Lewis Morris NERFINISHED ⓘ Morris family NERFINISHED ⓘ
politicalSignificance	base of a prominent New York political dynasty ⓘ
precededBy	indigenous Lenape lands ⓘ
region	Northeastern United States ⓘ
status	no longer extant as a single estate ⓘ
timePeriod	18th century ⓘ colonial era ⓘ
use	agricultural estate ⓘ manorial seat ⓘ political power base ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Lewis Morris (signer of the Declaration of Independence) → notableResidence → Morrisania estate ⓘ

subject surface form: Lewis Morris

Lewis Morris (signer of the Declaration of Independence) → owned → Morrisania estate ⓘ

subject surface form: Lewis Morris

this entity surface form: Morrisania manor

Lewis Morris Jr. → owned → Morrisania estate ⓘ

Lewis Morris → residence → Morrisania estate ⓘ

this entity surface form: Morrisania estate, Province of New York

Lewis Morris → owned → Morrisania estate ⓘ

this entity surface form: Morrisania manor