NORRIS, Matthew (1705-38).

Matthew Norris succeeded his brother John at Rye, where he was replaced by their father at the next general election. Appointed to the New York station, he became a freeman there on the grounds of his marriage and his strenuous opposition to the bill in favour of the sugar colonies.New York Hist. Soc. Coll. (1885), 493. Three years later he was appointed naval commissioner at a salary of £500 p.a. He died 27 Dec. 1738.Hist. Reg. 1738.