Morgan Lewis
BIRTH
Oct 16, 1754
New York City, New York
DEATH
April 7, 1844
New York City, New York
Governor of New York
1804-1807
FAMILY
FATHER:
Francis Lewis
(1713-1802)
MOTHER:
Elizabeth Annesley
(1715-1779)
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Lewis, Morgan
(1754-1844)
Morgan Lewis was an American lawyer, politician, and military commander. The second son of Francis Lewis, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, Lewis fought in the American Revolutionary War and the War of 1812.
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SISTER
Ann Lewis
BROTHER
Francis Lewis
(1713-1802)
WIFE
Gertrude Livingston
(1757-1833)
Margaret Lewis
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DIED:
New York City, New York
Apr 7, 1844
Morgan Lewis was born on October 16, 1754, of Welsh descent, the second son of Francis Lewis (1713–1802) and Elizabeth (née Annisley) Lewis (1715–1778). Lewis grew up in Elizabethtown, New Jersey, where he decided to dedicate himself to the ministry. However, based on his father's advice, he attended the College of New Jersey, which is now Princeton University, graduating in 1773, and began to study law. He read law alongside John Jay. His studies were interrupted by military service during the American Revolutionary War, but he was admitted to the bar in 1783.
In 1774, he joined the American Revolution as a volunteer in the Continental Army. Lewis was then made a captain of a regiment of the New York militia. Once the 2nd New York militia regiment was organized, he was promoted to the rank of major. He was then appointed chief-of-staff to General Horatio Gates, with the rank of colonel, and accompanied him into Canada, and soon after congress appointed him quartermaster-general of the Northern Army. In 1775, he planned and executed the night attack on Stone Arabia, and was in command at the battle of Crown Point, where he was accompanied by New York Governor George Clinton. He was prominent throughout the campaign that ended with the surrender of John Burgoyne at Saratoga.