John Morgan Family of Bucks Co. PA
The following is a retype from EARLY FRIENDS FAMILIES OF UPPER BUCKS, with Some Accounts of Their Descendants, by Clarence V(Vernon) Roberts, assisted by Warren S. Ely, Originally published Philadelphia, 1925, Reprinted Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., Baltimore MD 1975. Comments in ( ) are note inclusions from the publisher/writer; Comments in [ ] are from me personally:
Chapter XXXIII
JOHN MORGAN FAMILY
Beginning Page 378
1. JOHN MORGAN, the founder of the Morgan family of Richland and the ancestor, through his daughters and granddaughters, of branches of many of the other prominent families connected with the Friends’ Colony in and around Quakertown, was probably a native of Wales and a brother to Joseph, William and Morgan Morgan, all of whom settled in the vicinity of Gwynedd.John Morgan was a member of Abington Monthly Meeting in 1716, and his name appears on the records of that meeting several times prior to 7 mo. 26, 1720, when he is reported as having married out of unity and his apology thereafter was rejected “whereby he remains out of unity.”This marriage was with Deborah Woodruff; subsequent records, including his will, show that he had been previously married.He was a tailor by trade, but seems to have been more of a farmer than anything else.He purchased a tract of land in Abington Township, now Montgomery County, in 1699, and other land in the same locality in 1706.
He removed to Richland soon after his second marriage, purchasing 400 acres of the Peter Lester Tract in 1724 of Thomas Greasley.He continued to reside on a plantation of 200 acres, part of this purchase, until his death in 1743.His widow Deborah made application for membership at Richland in 1745, and their children seem to have been recognized at birth at Richland.The will of John Morgan dated January 11, 1741, was probated March 9, 1743, and is of record at Doylestown.He described himself as “aged and infirm.”To “Deborah my present wife late Deborah Woodruff,” he gives use of all his real and personal estate for life or widowhood.At her death or marriage the 200 acres upon which he lived is to go to his son James, and the other 200 acres to be divided equally between his other two sons Isaac and John.He also devises to his wife Deborah 25 acres of land at Abington for life, at her death to pass to his daughters Sarah, Susanna and Deborah.Some of his children were still minors and William Nixon and Morris Morris were named as guardians for them and his wife Deborah was named sole Executrix.Deborah Morgan, the widow, continued to reside on the Plantation in Richland until her death in 3 mo. 1750.Her will made 9 mo. 11, 1749, devises to her son-in-law, Jonathan Heacock, all her estate, real and personal, to be sold to pay her just debts and distribute the residue, and he is named executor.She, however, devises to her son John Morgan, 100 acres of[page 379]the land that is within the 200 acres that his father left to him and Isaac, but “which I purchased of Joseph Jones, after my husband’s death.”*She also gives legacies to her three daughters Sarah Dennis, Susanna Heacock, and Deborah Morgan, and to her grandchildren Rachel, Ann and Sarah Heacock.
Children of John and Deborah (Woodruff) Morgan:
2 James, b. –1721; d. 7-2--1799; m. Ann Heacock
3 Susanna, m. Jonathan Heacock (See No. 4, Chapter XX)
4 Isaac, unm.
5 John, m. Mary Gaskill
6 Sarah, m. Charles Dennis (See No. 3, Chapter XIII)
7 Deborah
* There seems to have been a dispute about the title of this 200 acres tract, and we find that Peter Lester, Jr., had a deed from his father for 200 acres which he conveyed to John Jones in 1741, and that Peter Lester conveyed the same land to Thomas Greasley in 1734.Whether the latter grantor was Peter, Sr.,or Jr., cannot be determined as the deed in not of record but simply recited in the deed to John Morgan, Jr.
2. JAMES MORGAN2 (John1), son of John and Deborah (Woodruff) Morgan, born at Abington in 1721, removed with his parents to Richland when an infant and was reared there.He married, 5 mo. 23, 1745, Ann Heacock, born 12 mo. 11, 1718–19, died 12 mo. 28, 1797, daughter of Jonathan and Ann (Till) Heacock, and sister to Jonathan Heacock, who marrieed James’ sister Susanna.(See No. 6, Chapter XX).They removed to Darby, Chester County, Pa., at the time of their marriage and there he operated a mill for several years.They returned to Richland in 1753 and resided there and in Rockhill for several years, but eventually returned to Chester County where he died 7 mo. 2, 1799.He inherited 200 acres in Richland under his father’s will, and on the death of his younger brother Isaac without issue, inherited a share of the land devised to Isaac, but the title thereto was disputed by reason of a double conveyance.
Children of James and Ann (Heacock) Morgan:
8 Sarah, b. 8-16–1747; d. 11-16–1815; m. Jeremiah Heacock (See No. 11, Chapter XX)
9 John, b.–1751; d. 12-13–1835; m. Rebecca Porter
10 Ann
11 Mary
5. JOHN MORGAN2 (John1), son of John and Deborah (Woodruff) Morgan, born in Richland, inherited a half interest in 200 acres of land on Morgan’s Run in Lower Richland, together with his brother[page 379]Isaac.On the death of the latter his interest under the then intestate law descended to his eldest brother James Morgan, and the 200 acres were partitioned between James and John.John received another 68 acres on which he seems to have lived until 1761, when he sold it to Jonathan Penrose, and removed to Kennett, Chester County, taking a certificate for himself and his to Kennett Monthly Meeting, dated 11 mo. 19, 1761.He married at Richland Monthly Meeting 11 mo. 2, 1758, Mary Gaskill, daughter of Samuel and Margaret.She came to Richland with parents from Burlington, New Jersey, in 1750.
9. JOHN MORGAN3 (John1, James2), son of James and Ann (Heacock) Morgan, born in Chester County in 1751, was reared in Richland, Bucks County.He removed to Chester in 1782, and was married at Chester Monthly Meeting 6 mo. 21, 1785, to Rebecca Porter, of Middletown, Chester County, Pa., and they settled in Edgemont, Chester County, where he died 12 mo. 13, 1835, aged 84 years.Rebecca survived him, and died 10 mo. 12, 1841, in her 81st year.
Children of John and Rebecca (Porter) Morgan:
12 Elizabeth, b. 9-5--1786; m. 5-22–1828, Aaron Speakman, of Middletown
13 Isaac, b. 10-8--1788; d. 10-5--1841
14 Anna, b. 1-19–1791; d. 3-19–1858; unm.
15 William P., b. 6-28–1793; d. 8-5--1817; unm.
16 Mary, b. 8-8--1795
17 Hannah, b. 7-30–1798
18 John, b. 8-18–1801
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