Morgans of Durham Furnace update
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I am hunting for everybody in order to straighten a part of the Morgan. I am descended from Morgans but I do not get past 1798. More and more DNA evidence is coming in each year and this will help the mess. Now Randal Morgan has been added to the Edward Morgan descendants. That ties them to the Gloucester NJ George Morgan descendants also for which I have a 100 page paper. 8 MB
What I would LOVE to have is documentation for any of the Eleanor connection. Where did anyone find she was a Ryan or Bryan? If it is LDS it can`t be depended on.Did you see any documentation at their library? You can send for reels for 5 dollars if they have doc. Hopefully LDS have gotten stricter. The only documentation I ran into for Elinor was done in the 1800swhich you may not have seen. It was from the book written about 1876. If someone in the USA would look this up, it would solve the mystery of who James father was, but it would open up the msytery who Thomas Morgan was.
The Morgans of Philadelphia area
Monday, November 5, 2007
The family of James Morgan of Durham Furnace, Bucks Co PA
Map left is a 1776 map of Bucks Co. Durham Furnace was in what became Durham Township Bucks County PA. Durham boats were designed for river commerce by Robert Durham. The boat was used by the Durham Iron Company as early as 1727. George Washington used 40 of these boats in his historic crossing of the Delaware River. Another Revolutionary War figure associated with the area was general Daniel Morgan, a native of Durham and an employee at the furnace at age 16. You can see how Trenton and other towns in NJ are right across the river. Bucks county at one time incorporated land in West Jersey and some Bucks county families are listed with marriages in New Jersey but it was only across the river.
I welcome ALL additions and corrections or arguments. My ancestor was Adam Morgan born 1798 in Gloucester Co New Jersey across from Philadelphia. His father was probably either a John or an Adam Morgan enlisting in Morris Co and moving to Gloucester Co NJ 1777. born in time to be in the Revolution. Because I could not get beyond Adam Morgan, I started to examine other Morgans around him and across the river. The 24th April of 1954 my great uncle Col. Sidney Morgan had a conversation with another Morgan descendant Helen Wilson who said a Mrs. Swope (a descendant) had written the following which had been passed down in her family:
"Four brothers left Wales and settled in the Colonies. One in Virginia, one in Durham Furnace, south of Easton Pa. on the Delaware River, one in Connecticut, the fourth -unknown."
Maybe you can help me solve that riddle. Does her family mean James Morgan himself who worked at Durham Furnace or could they really mean his father - like possibly John who lived NEAR Durham Furnace? Or did they mean James went to Durham Furnace as the son of Thomas Morgan (see information below) and his brothers went to CT, VA and Unknown (maybe that was Edward?). The Durham Furnace family were ancestors of Anna Morgan Balliet whose great grandfather was Enoch Morgan born 20 June 1752, paymaster in the Revolution. Anna had said that her great grandfather Enoch had 3 brothers who fought in the Revolution and that their father James Morgan of Durham named them:
Kill-all- a minute man
Cure-all- Abel Morgan
Save-all- a chaplain
Pay-all- Enoch Morgan, a paymaster (and Anna's ancestor)
But who was James' father? DNA tests are slowly trickling in and will help with the puzzle about the Morgans who came before and after 1700 to the Colonies. Randal Morgan descendants have proven to have the same DNA as Edward Morgan descendants, as well as George Morgan 17o8 who died in Gloucester Co NJ 1759. (I have an 80 page paper on his descendants.)
There are 3 choices for the father of James Morgan of Durham, in order of most likely:
1. Thomas Morgan and Jennet of Providence Township Philadelphia (now Montgomery) Thomas died about 1750. Did he have 4 sons? Was he also the father of Thomas Morgan who went to Berks with wife Elizabeth in 1718? Is that why several of John and Deborah's sons settle in Berks?
2. John Morgan of Radnor,Chester Co.,Pennsylvania and of Abington, Montgomery Co (west side of Bucks Co) and later Richland Township, Bucks Co and unknown first wife and Deborah Woodruff Married: 26 JUL 1720 (ref Thomas Hall) in Philadelphia,Delaware Co.,PA second wife who moved from Abington Meeting to Richland Township abt 1721 (not far from Durham Furnace) and had a will 1743 including a son James but some say he married Ann Heacock.
3. unknown Morgan of Radnor Township (Montgomery and Delaware Co) brother in law to Sarah Morgan who married Squire Boone. Did Sarah have a sister Eleanor who married James Morgan? James was most likely not Quaker so she would have been excluded from Meeting for marrying him.
Burgess Foulke has this to say about Richland:
Burgess is probably a descendant of Cadwalader Foulke of Gwynedd Monthly Meeting Montgomery Co in 1721. "In 1712 John Ball and his father-in-law John Lester actually moved into the township of Richland, a wilderness. They moved from a Welsh track near Gwynedd, a Quaker settlement, because it was becoming crowded. They probably wished to become another Quaker settlement. The people who followed them until 1720 were mainly Quakers. In 1720 the town had 12 dwellings, 2 stores, 3 taverns and a Quaker Meeting House. "(The one Deborah became a member of.)
John Morgan who married Deborah knew Squire Boone's brother George Boone as they were both members of Abington Meeting. Who was John? I am wondering if James of Durham was even a Quaker. He may have had a 3 wives if Daniel left home because of a step mother in 1752. No recorded marriages with the Quakers. Eleanor died in 1762. Sarah did not get to America til the 1760s. To me there is a missing marriage possibility.
The children of Edward who are proveable by marrying in Meeting or being referred to in Meeting minutes. Edward's children are documented as such: Recorded marriages of Edward Morgan's children are as follows- * There might have been other children.
marriage dates:
1702?: Morgan Morgan married Dorothy Hughs who signature is appearing on the following marriage certifcates
1710 Elizabeth Morgan married Cadwallader Morris 24 Mar 1709 in Gwynedd Monthly Meeting of Friends, Gwynedd, Berks (now Montgomery), Pennsylvania
1713 Margret Morgan b. 22 Aug 1693 recorded in Gwynedd MM, Montgomery, PA married Samuel Thomas Married: 1 MAR 1713 died 24 Oct 1750-51 in Richland Twp., Bucks, PA Richland is where John Morgan and Deborah Woodruff lived till his and her deaths. Deborah belonged to Richland Meeting, as well as her girl children.(not sure about the 3 Morgan boys)
1718 Daniel Morgan 2 Sep 1718 married Elizabeth Roberts in Gwynedd Meeting, Gwynedd, Montgomery Co., PA
1718 Alice Morgan married Jenkins Evans 17 AUG 1718 in Gwynedd Meeting, Gwynedd, Montgomery Co., PA
1720 Sarah Morgan (b 23 SEP 1700 in Exeter, Berkshire Co PA) married Squire Boone (why is she the only one born in Berks Co-? ) married 23 JUL 1720 in Gwynedd Meeting, Gwynedd, Montgomery Co., PA
1721 John Morgan married Sarah LLoyd (proof below) 8 SEP 1721 in Radnor MM or Haverford MM, Montgomery Co., PA
1728 Joseph Morgan married Elizabeth Lloyd- 8 SEP 1728 in Merion Meeting or Radnor MM, Montgomery Co., PA died 8 Feb 1748/49 in Frederick Co., Virginia
1731 William Morgan (widower) married Catherine Robinson Married: 27 AUG 1713 in Radnor MM, Montgomery Co., PA
(Ref. American Pioneer Records and The Boone Bulletin Vol II, 1934-39)
Edward Morgan Jr married Margaret and had 3 known children who were recorded in Gwynedd Meeting -Hannah Morgan married Thomas Lewis 7 Mar 1733/34 in Gwynedd,MM,Pa, Miriam Morgan married William Martin 25 Mar 1738 in Gwynedd,MM,Pa, Enoch Morgan married Sarah Kenderdine 14 Mar 1740/41 in Gwynedd Meeting. SOme record James as his son, but there is no proof and I guess it is a desparate attempt to find a place for him by throwning him in to Edward Jrs lap.
Warren E. Ely, Doylestown, saying on the subjec of james Morgan of Durham Furnace:
"Deeds of record in Philadelphia for land in Providence township, Philadelphia
county, now Montgomery, prove conclusively that James Morgan, of Durham,
Ironmaster, was the son of Thomas and Jennet Morgan, of Providence township,
the former of whom died about 1750. These deeds further show that the first
wife of James Morgan, of Durham, was Elinor, who died about 1762. His
second wife, Sarah, whom he married about 1766, survived him. James
Morgan, "Ironmonger," was a resident of Providence (Montgomery Co) as late as 1765. James Morgan conveyed land in Providence township, 1771, while a resident of Durham, and the claim of title recited in the deed, clearly prove his identity with the James Morgan, of Providence, son of Thomas and Jennet."
I have a tendency to believe this. Sadly I find no trace of a Thomas with a Jannet or Jonet or Shevan/Givan (Gallic for Joan or Janet) in Philadelphia, sitting here in Germany. it would be good if someone in Philadelphia and surrounds would look these deeds up. Thomas Morgan may have remarried shortly before he died and somebody has him on record married to someone other than Jennet. Montgomery County was created by an Act of the Pennsylvania Assembly on September 10, 1784, out of part of Philadelphia County. Norristown became the County seat. This would have been the area Thomas Morgan and Jennet lived.
Left Abington Meeting House in Montgomery Co PA where John Morgan attended until he was barred for marrying Deborah Woodruff out of unity, which could mean several things. One is he simply did not get their permission first. Another is that they were married by a magistrate. Another is that she was of another religion, yet she applied for membership at Richland in Bucks Co and was accepted. Apparently from 1720 on, it was an informal Meeting till 1743-5, at which she was officially enrolled and her daughter and one son were officially married on record. The archives show a Meeting house in 1721, but official records have it established 1743- twenty two years after it is first recognized as being a Meeting House in the town.
George Boone, brother of Squire Boone, was also a member of Abington Meeting and in 1719 was assigned to complete the rewritten minutes started in 1716. Obviously he and John Morgan( husband of unknown and Deborah) knew each other. Source: Original data: Jenkins, Arthur Hugh,. A short history of Abington Monthly Meeting, with an account of the building of Abington Meeting House. 1981.
Map left 1681 of original residents in in Bucks Co. PA
One claim is that the father of James of Durham Furnace was John Morgan who lived down the road from Durham Twonship in Richland(town) near Quakertown.
The source says:
"The Morgans, Welsh Baptists, settled in Chester county, Pennsylvania, about 1700, possibly earlier. Chester Delaware Co is the landing place for William Penn's ships. John Morgan removed to Richland township, Bucks county, where he died, 1743. John Morgan had 3 sons James, Isaac and John James moved to Durham Furnace 1727. Isaac Morgan, the brother of James, moved to what is Morgantown, then Berks county, PA and John the younger to Brownstown (West Earl Township in Lancaster County), where he died. The Morgans of West Virginia are descended from Isaac, John and Daniel Morgan....After the death of Daniel Morgan's father, his home at Durham was occupied by Jonathan Dillion, whose son John died August 1, 1890, at the age of 91 years, who told Charles Laubach he had the honor of being born in the same house as General Morgan. The Morgan house was yet standing about 1800, in a tumble down condition. "
Actually there are several Morgantowns. One is in Berks and one is in Wayne and another in Chester? You cannot rule out a mistake about which county they moved to. The above John Morgan is not the one who married Sarah Evans. John Morgan and future wife Sarah Evans arrived in the Colonies with John's father James born 1620 in Wales. They came to America from Wales aboard the ship "The Morning Star" in 1691. John who married Sarah Evans was the first born child, acquired the lands in Pennsylvania purchased by his father. His brothers Evan and James became clergymen in the area. John remained on the land until his death in 1744. His will is recorded in Philadelphia. in 1691. There is a good site about that John Morgan here: Linda Franks
John Morgan (who married Sarah Evans, not Deborah Woodruff) father:
Children of James Morgan who died shortly after arriving in the
Colonies 14 Nov 1691 per Morgan family bible in Bohemia Manor,Cayots,Maryland.
I do not have a copy and have not seen one.
1. maybe-Cadwalder/Cadwallader MORGAN (Edward) about 1663
2. Margaret MORGAN b: 1 Mar 1665/1666 in Wales per Morgan family bible.
3. John MORGAN Sr. b: 22 Nov 1669 per Morgan family bible. in Radnor Vaenor, Wales married Sarah Evans
4. Evan ap MORGAN b: 29 Nov 1672 per Morgan family biblein Wales became preacher
5. James MORGAN b: 1 May 1675 per Morgan family bible(Linda Franks) in Wales became preacher
6. maybe-Morgan Lewis MORGANb ca 1678 married Elizabeth
Children of Morgan Lewis Morgan
a. Thomas Morgan b: 1702 in VA
Married: 1723 in Frederick Co.VA Lettice Evans,Estor Taylor moved to Bedford VA finally
b. Morgan Morgan b: UNKNOWN
c. John Morgan b: UNKNOWN
DURHAM, at the extreme north point of Bucks county, and the last of the
original townships to be organized, was one of the earliest in the upper
end to be settled. Attention was drawn to this section at an early day. In
the description of New Albion, published at London in 1648, there is
mention made of "lead mines in stony hills," ten leagues above the falls
of Delaware, which probably had reference to the iron ore in the Durham
hills, where a little lead has been found from time to time. The
information must have been received from the Indians, who would not permit
Europeans to explore the river above the fallsAn old map of Durham shows the
location of a stamping mill. This suggests that iron was made prior to the erection
of the blast furnace,1727, because it is not likely a stamping mill would be erected
after the iron moulders method of reducing iron ore in a blast furnace was in
operation. About 1727 is when James Morgan went up the road to Durham and helped
build the furnace. His father moved near there about 1722 and Deborah joined
Richand MM in Bucks Co.
RADNOR:
Once a country retreat for Philadelphia's most prominent families, Radnor is an important starting point for many Morgans. Radnor is partly in Tredyffrin
Township Chester Co and partly in Delaware CoThe well known ancestor Edward Morgan
(Cadwalder??) went tothe Port of Philadelphia, PASeptember 20, 1683 aboard "The Morning Star"
(the same ship but another date as that which James Morgan (born ca 1620) sailed 1691 with his sons)
from Liverpool, England. Edward (Cadwalader) soon married Elizabeth Jarman. Elizabeth had
arrived in Philadelphia aboard the same ship and on the same date. The family was living in
Gwynedd, PA by 1690. Edward and Elizabeth were members of the Friends Radnor Meeting.
Thomas Morgan (b ca 1680) of Carnaevon Twsp. is said to have come from Radnor to Lancaster Co.
now Berks in 1718 -- he applied for a grant at that time. Others say he arrived on a ship 1718.
Edward Morgan may be the Welsh version of "Edward" ergo Cadwalder MORGAN and that he married Elizabeth Jarman . Click here for a version of the Edward Morgan tree at Rootsweb. Though I doubt they were the sons of James Morgan and Anne Hopton.
Richland MM at Richlandtown Bucks Co PA
John Morgan who married 2nd Deborah Woodruff before 1721 was a member of Abington Meeting (now in Jenkintown PA) and purchased a tract of land in Abington township, now Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, in 1699, and other lands in the same locality in 1706. "He removed to Richland Township (inc. 1734) Bucks Co. soon after his second marriage which occurred before 1721 which is when he was ostracised from Abington Meeting for marrying deborah Woodruff "Out of Unity." He purchased 400 acres of the Peter Lester tract in 1724 from Thomas Greasley. Richland Township is where Richland town is and is near Quakertown, not far from Durham Furnace. 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 Friends Monthly Meeting in 1745, and their children seem to have been recognized as members when they came to adult age, but there is no record of their births at Richland Meeting because Deborah was not a member there till after they were born. The will of John Morgan dated January 11, 1741, was probated March 9, 1743, and is of record at Doylestown, Bucks Co PA. He described himself as "aged and infirm"...." See page 41 in rootsweb book- History of Durham Furnace
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 continued to reside on the plantation in Richland until her death in 3rd 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, the residue to be distributed, and he is made executor. She, however, devises to her son John Morgan, 100 acres of the land that is within the 200 acres that his father left him and Isaac, but "which I purchased of Joseph Jones, after my husband's death". Title to this land was disputed. John Morgan seems to have regarded it as part of the tract he acquired from Thomas Greasley, while Peter Lester, Jr., had a deed for 200 acres from his father, which he conveyed to Joseph Jones in 1741. Peter Lester had sold the same land to Thomas Greasley in 1724, but it cannot be determined whether this sale was made by Peter Sr. or Jr., as the deed itself is not of record, being only cited in the deed to John Morgan, Jr. Deborah Morgan also gives legacies to her three daughters, Sarah Dennis, Susanna Heacock, and Deborah Morgan, and to her three granddaughters, Rachel, Ann and Sara Heacock, who were the children of Jonathan and Susanna Heacock.."
John Morgan's daughters by Deborah Woodruff:
Susanna married 9 MAR 1744/45 at: Richland MM, Richland Twp, Bucks Co., Pa. to Jonathan Heacock See Will of Deborah Morgan.
Sarah married 11 APR 1747 at: Richland MM, Bucks Co., Pa. to Charles Dennis
Deborah unmarried at time of her mother's will
Sons :
I. John Jr died in Brownstown, Lancaster Co PA did he go to Frederick Va? with his nephew John?
II. Isaac died in what is now the area of Morgantown, Lancaster Co (now Berks) PA married 9 Mar 1745 Richland Mm, Bucks In Lancaster Co he may have had a possible kinsman there-also Lancaster Co Thomas Morgan b 1685 married Elizabeth Griffith b: 28 Aug 1692 in Carmarthen, Carmarthen, Wales Thomas died March 1740/41. See Morgantown, Carnarvon Twp., (now) Berks Co., PA.; Berks was formed out of Lancaster Co. in 1752. Will probated 25 Mar 1741 Residence: 1718 1200 acre tract surrounding Morgantown. He had arrived about 1718 from Radnor Twshp. He had a son John and a son Col Jacob Morgan who was born 7 November 1716 in Caernarvonshire,Wales. In 1769 Jacob Morgan came into possession of the 200 acre tract which his father had willed to his brother John. It was on this tract that he laid out the plat for Morgan's Town in 1770. Lots were not sold, rather, they were leased and improvements required to be made by the lessee. Early land records refer to the village as "Caernarvon Town" and "Morgan's Town.
III. James Morgan
James Morgan
This is the question: which James was the son of John? Which James was born 1707-09 at Sommerville, Somerset Co., NJ Which James was married to Eleanor in Somerset Co. NJ? Who was the father of James Morgan Ironmaster of Durham Furnace? His first wife Elinor died about 1762, marriage1763 to Sarah Hennlein, daughter of Matheis Heinlein who arrived in Philadelphia, on the Bannister, from Amsterdam in 1754. James (after being employed at Duhram furnace about half a century) died there, 1782.
Next info is from Volume III THE HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
"HEINLEINS and MORGANS of Durham township, Bucks county. All the Heinleins in America are descendants of Matheis Heinlein, who with his wife, son George, and daughters Sarah and Eva, took passage in the ship "Bannister." Captain John Doyle, from Amsterdam, and qualified at Philadelphia, October 31, 1754. He settled in Durham township on a tract of land on the southern slope of Bucher Hill. A farm now belonging to B. F. Fackenthal was part of this tract, ..."
James Morgan settled in Durham about 1727.From the most authentic
source, the manufacture of iron stoves, for heating of buildings,
was begun at the furnace about 1741, when controlled by George
Taylor, James Logan and James Morgan, father of General Daniel Morgan,
iron master. There were called the "Adam and Eve" stoves from the figures cast on them.
Tradition says several cannon were cast at the furnace during 1774 and 1776, while George T
aylor and James Morgan had control.
June 19, 1772, Joseph Morris conveyed his interest to James Morgan for £375,
and at the subsequent partition he was allotted plat number 26, containing 191 acres and 120
[121*] perches. His son. General Daniel Morgan, was born on plat number
30. March 25, 1773, the share-holders voted to dissolve the
co-partnership, probably in view of the approaching conflict with the
mother country, after continuing 46 years with varying fortunes. The deed
was executed December 24th, by Samuel Powell, son, and heir at law of
Samuel Powell, who survived Griffith Owen, trustee of the Durham company,
Joseph Galloway and Grace, his wife, Abel James, John Thompson, Joseph
Morris and Hannah, his wife, James Hamilton,Cornelia Smith, who was the
daughter of Andrew Bradford, and James Morgan and Sarah, his wife. In the
partition, Joseph Galloway was allotted tracts numbered one, two, three,
four, seven and twenty-three [33*], on both sides of Durham creek, which
contained the iron works and other improvements, comprising about 1,000
[1,500*] acres in all. After James' death his nephew, Mordecai Morgan,
became general manager at the furnace, 1785, having charge of the
three forges, and those at Chelsea, Greenwich and Bloomsburg, in New
Jersey, erected, respectively in 1745, 1748, and 1760. The three latter
erected and controlled by Durham blew out, 1742, and were torn down soon
after. There were several other Morgans in Durham, probably all of the
same family, among them Mordecai, a single man, Enoch, 1793, and Abel
taxed for 530 acres, 1783.
In what way is the mentioned Mordecai Morgan James Morgan's nephew? Who had a son Mordecai besides James MOrgan of Durham?
Children of James Morgan and Eleanor/Elinor:
A. Mordecai Morgan (some list him as John Mordecai Morgan) b. unknown d. 1793-4 m. Mary Davis Moved to Wayne co. Pa Mordecai/Mordica, James and Samuel were lumbermen, and were purchasers of large tracts of land in the Upper Delawre and Susquehanna river country. Mordica purchased four hundred acres in Monroe county in 1785. Mordica and James settled at a place called Morgan's Hill, in Wayne County PA, where Sarah Heinlein his step mother passed her widowhood.
B. David Morgan born ca 1730 (Gen. Daniel Morgan visited him after the War in Northern NJ in Hunterdon Co)
C. Daniel Morgan b 1736 soldier-General in the Rev war -moved to Winchester Va. married Abigail Curry in 1773- two daughters were born married to Abigail
i. girl
ii. girl
iii. Willoughby Morgan b. 1785 by a woman out of Winchester, Va
D. Samuel Morgan born between1740-1746 (in 1830 Franklin Coi GA census he is 80-90 and his wife is 70-80 living next to Caleb Hill) in Bucks, Pa died 9 Oct 1833 in Homer, Franklin, Georgia married Charity Vansant (Van Sandt) 1762 May 20 in Bucks Co, married Nancy Hill 20 MAY 1766 in Hunterdon Co., NJ. Wagon Master in the war for a while married Nancy Hill, Hanover Twp, Morris County NJ and in the years between 1784-1786 (tax list) Samuel Morgan was in Morris Co -listed in the NJ Line from Morris Co NJ, along with my ancestor Adam Morgan. Mordica, James and Samuel were lumbermen, and were purchasers of large tracts of land in the Upper Delaware and Susquehanna river country. Went to NC and GA, Land Lottery for Ga has RS (Revolutionary Soldier) after his name. Listed in an Elbert Co GA Land transaction. One list of known children:
1. Talitha MORGAN
2. Rhoda MORGAN
3. Martha Patty "Patsy" MORGAN
4. Margaret MORGAN
5. Samuel Jr MORGAN b: 26 APR 1778 in Morris County,New Jersey m. Eleanor Garrison
6. Nancy MORGAN b: 1780 in Morris County,New Jersey
7. John MORGAN b: 1784 in Morris County,New Jersey m. Sarah
8. Martha Catherine "Katie" MORGAN b: Abt 1785 m. James Caleb Garrison
9. Thomas MORGAN b: 1787
10. Jonathan J MORGAN b: 7 APR 1801 in Homer,Franklin Co Ga
i. Samuel Morgan Jr. b: 25 Apr 1779 in Morris Co NJ m. about 1800 Elinor/Eleanor Garrison b: Mar 1784 in South Carolina. Married Ellen Garrison. married Margaret Johnson before 1850. Married Catherine Shearer 27 Jan 1853 in Calhoun, Al 1850 shown as Samuel Morgan, 71, M, farmer, value of real estate $2500, born in NJ. In his home is wife Margaret, 66, F, born in SC. Will: written 31 OCT 1854 Benton (Calhoun) Co, AL Family buried in Nances Creek, Methodist church cemetery, Old Benton, Now Calhoun County, Alabama. Headstone reads "Sacred to the memory of Samuel Morgan, died Feb. 2nd, 1857, Aged 78 years, 9 months, & 7 days." Some say Samuel married Married Amanda Frances Johnson 13 Nov 1855 in Calhoun, Al. but Catherine was in his will and was treated as his widow in court. Known Children (there may be others)
1. John Knox MORGAN b: 26 Nov 1802 in Franklin, Ga
2. Nancy Hall MORGAN b: Feb 1805 in Franklin, Ga
3. Spencer Harrison MORGAN b: 14 Aug 1807 in Homer, Franklin, Ga
4. Caleb Garrison MORGAN b: 4 Jun 1809 in Franklin, Ga
5. Frances "Fanny" D MORGAN b: 7 Apr 1811 in Franklin, Ga
6. Jeptha Washington MORGAN b: 5 Dec 1812 in Franklin, Ga
7. Elizabeth MORGAN b: 1816 in Franklin, Ga
8. William T MORGAN b: 23 Apr 1817
9. Thomas Crawford MORGAN b: 1820 in Franklin, Ga
ii. Jonathan Hill Morgan “step” brother but in Bible m. Priscilla Anderson Family buried in Nances Creek, Methodist church cemetery, Old Benton, Now Calhoun County, Alabama
iii. John Morgan b 1784 NJ married Sarah in NC. A John and wife Sarah Morgan are mentioned in Gloucester Co NJ records. Adam Morgan who enlisted in the NJ Line in 1776 was from Morris Co New Jersey but came to Gloucester Co after his service and paid taxes there from 1777 to 1798. Adam Morgan was born 1798. His father is probably Adam Morgan or John Morgan below.
“Deed Nathan Thomas, et ux., dtd 5 Aug 1819 Bk. EE p. 481 to Elisha Chew 5 Aug 1819. Land adjoining ADAM MORGAN's land; and which land Nathan Thomas purchased of JOHN MORGAN & SARAH, his wife by deed 26 March 1817 Bk. Z, p. 416- Doughten papers Glou. Co. Clerk's office.” After this I could not find where they went. New Jersey had no census till 1830. But they could have gone to live with children. There is no way to tell how old they were. If they are old they can be the parents of Adam Morgan, my ancestor born 1798.
a. Lodoisky Morgan-female born 31 Oct 1812 died 15 Oct 1878 in Walker Co. Ga married George Washington Catlett
b. William
c. Richard
d. James
e. John
f. Samuel jr
g. Telitha married a Parris/Parrish
E. Enoch Morgan b June 20, 1752 paymaster in the 6th PA reg married Susannah Bailey (Anna Morgan's ancestor) b Feb 20, 1747 died Jan ^4, 1815"
i. Enoch Morgan
ii. Thomas Bailey Morgan b March 15, 1788
iii.Elizabeth “Betsy” Morgan married a Vanderbilt
iv. Susannah/Susan Morgan married John Smiley
v. Rebecca Morgan b March 28, 1791 married John Hammond
vi. James Morgan married Hannah Bennett and had 11 children
a. Bennett
b. James
c. Madison
d. Ellen
e. Mercy
f. Rebecca
g. Thomas B. m. Sarah Januarye Romig lived 1860 AND 1870 North Whitehall Twp., Lehigh Co., PA (see Ann Phillips)
1, John R. Morgan b: ABT 1858 in Lehigh Co., PA m. Sarah Geiger
2, James Morgan b: ABT 1860 in Lehigh Co., PA m Minnie Couch
3. Edward W. Morgan b: ABT 1864 in Lehigh Co., PA m. Alice Smith
4. Anna J. Morgan b: ABT 1866 in Lehigh Co., PA m. 21 FEB 1889 Aaron Harvey Balliet b: 27 DEC 1867 in Ballietsville, North Whitehall Twp
5. Charles Morgan m. Ruth Taylor
6.
h. Elizabeth
i. Rachel
j. Emily
k. Litilia/Lititia By previous marriage
l. William By previous marriage
F. Abel Morgan b. unknown d. 1796 m. Elizabeth Bay (maiden name Lizzie Bell) widow of Hugh Bay. Abel became a noted physician in Philadelphia. Dr. Abel Morgan removed to Morgan's Hill, in Williams township, Wayne Co below Easton PA. Dr. Morgan was surgeon of the Eleventh Regiment. Pennsylvania Line. His friend George Heinlein (Sarah's brother or nephew) was a very popular man and became captain of the Durham township militia, served all through the war, and afterwards secured additional land and pursued. All the Heinleins living in the regions roundabout are descendants of James, who married Ann Bay, only daughter of
Hugh Bay and his wife Elizabeth Bell, both of Philadelphia. After Hugh Bay’s death Dr. Abel Morgan married the widow, and removed to what is now Morgan’s Hill, in Williams township, about one mile below Easton. They had only one daughter, Hannah, who died while yet in her teens. James Heinlein is credited with changing the spelling of the name from Heinlein to Hineline, yet the baptismal records of his family show the former way of spelling. His children were George Bay Heinlein, Hugh Bay Heinlein, Abel Morgan Heinlein, Edward Bay Heinlein, Morgan Bay Heinlein, Jacob Bay Heinlein, John Bay Heinlein, Henry Bay Heinlein, Hannah Eliza, wife of William Raub. They all were born prior to 1820. The children of George Bay Heinlein are: Hugh Abraham, born 1823; Joseph, 1825; John William, 1829; Samuel Morgan, 1832; Susan, 1834; Daniel Edward, 1836; Ann Shultz, 1839. The children of Joseph Heinlein are: Mary, married Kemmerer; Emma, married Edelman; Charles, Frank and Clara, married Kleinhans,all of whom have children, and some grandchildren. Hugh, Abel, Jacob and John, with their entire families, about the year 1860 removed to Ohio, where their descendants are quite numerous. The descendants of Morgan and Edward are to be found in Warren county, New Jersey, and Bucks and Northampton counties, Pennsylvania. Henry died without issue.
Text taken from page 308 Davis, William W. H., A. M. History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania [NewYork-Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1905] Volume III
G. Olivia Morgan b.unknown d. unknown. married Capt. James McCullough Capt. of artillery in reg. of Gen Henry Knox.
H. James Morgan Jr. b. unknown d. unknown he was said to be a Lumberman. Operated saw mills with his brothers. Mordica and James settled at a place called Morgan's Hill, in Wayne County PA, where Sarah Heinlein passed her widowhood. Mordica, James and Samuel were lumbermen, and were purchasers of large tracts of land in the Upper Delaware and Susquehanna river country. Pendleton Dist. of SC 1800 census Did he marry Ann Heacock ? 23 MAY 1745.
I. Sarah Morgan
J. Elizabeth Morgan
K. Hannah Morgan (Terry Morgan's relative had an affair with a Morgan) was in Pendleton Dist. of SC 1800 census? In Harlan Kentucky 1810, She had a Morgan lover. Recent DNA testing has shown Zachariah's father was a Morgan male from the line of Edward Morgan of Gwynedd, PA who was married to Elizabeth Jarman and who was the grandfather of Daniel Boone.
i. Zachariah Morgan m. 1795 Mary Polly Holt settled Poor Fork in Harlan Co.,KY when it was still a part of Lincoln county. He was a member of the Baptist church in Oven Fork, on which site a church still stands. Of this first church Zachariah Morgan was a trustee until his death.
a. Elisha Hardy Morgan b: 6 MAY 1820 in Harlan County m. Mary Ann Napier
1. John B. Morgan m. Minerva Hoskins
b. William MORGAN 1801 AND 1802 in NC
c. Elizabeth MORGAN b: 10 Sep 1799 in South Carolina
d. Rachel MORGAN b: 10 Dec 1798?
e. Jesse MORGAN b: b: 9 JUN 1803 in Ole, Lee County, VA
f. Lucinda MORGAN b ABT 1817 in Letcher County, KY
g. Lucretia “Cressy” Christina MORGAN b: 23 Feb 1811 NC
h. John M. MORGAN b: 1815 in Harlan Co., Kentucky
i. Nancy MORGAN b: 1819 in Letcher County, KY
j. David Morgan 6 MAY 1800 in KY
k. George Washington MORGAN b: 1824 in Harlan Co
l. Eloise MORGAN 1802 AND 1804 in VA
m. Joseph MORGAN b: 2 FEB 1807 in Lee County
n. Abel MORGAN 1814 in Perry County, KY
o. Zachariah MORGAN b: ABT 1816 in Leslie County, KY
L. William Morgan moved to the Lee Co., Virginia area
i. unknown morgan
a. Nathan Morgan Lee Co
M. John b 1755 was in Pendleton Dist. of SC 1800 census
Adjacent counties to Bucks
* Lehigh County (northwest)
* Northampton County (north)
* Warren County, New Jersey (northeast)
* Hunterdon County, New Jersey (east)
* Mercer County, New Jersey (east)
* Burlington County, New Jersey (south)
* Philadelphia County (southwest)
* Montgomery County (west)
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Thomas Morgan in Lancaster Co, now Berks, is studied by Pam Shenk Archives Director of the Tri-County Heritage Society in Morgantown:
The Thomas Morgan (ca 1685) family settled in what is now Morgantown, Berks County, PA.Some say the came from Radnor the Quaker community. Thomas and Elizabeth Morgan applied for a Warrant of land in 1718 at the head waters of the Conestoga Creek. Eventually, Thomas owned over one thousand acres of land in the valley. He had four sons. William, Francis (all children's births recorded in a Bible), John and Jacob. Jacob, a Col. in the French and Indian War served at Fort Augustus, now Juniata, PA. He also served in the Rev. War. Jacob is responsible for the founding of the town of Morgantown.
His son and son-in-law, John Price, and other family members, were merchants, sugar refiners and importers and exporters. They owned plantations in Louisiana and shipped goods to Barbados and Europe. If you have information about this family please contact Pam Shenk Archives Director of the Tri-County Heritage Society in Morgantown PA.
Above info taken from History of Bucks co.Pa by William W.H.Davis 1876 by Donna Pitts
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EDWARD MORGAN:
Burial: Gwynedd, Montgomery Co. PA
Emigration: September 20, 1683, Liverpool to Philadelphia ship "Morning Star" (Source: Pennsylvania Magazine of History & Biography, Vol. 8 p. 329, "Edward Morgan and Elizabeth his wife, both free, arrived at Philadelphia in the same ship (The Morning Star) from Liverpool, in the 9th month 1683 (20th 9th month).")
Property: June 1, 1816, Edward, Elizabeth, Enoch Est. to Enoch Morgan Gwynedd & Montgomery BK 32:596
Edward Morgan's log home still stands. Near
Gwynedd, PA, site of historic William Penn Inn, The Morgan House adjoins
Valley Forge road and Allentown Road. The latter was the escape route taken
by those escorting the Liberty Bell to be hidden in Allentown's Zion Church.
Morgan House is open to the public on Saturdays and Sundays from 1-5 P.M.
Tel: (215) 368-2480. Edward Morgan's son, Morgan, had built a house on 197
acres of the original 800 acres in 1718. http://www.morganloghouse.org/MLHHISTa.htmhttp://www.morganloghouse.org/MLHHISTa.htm
Edward Morgan's daughter Sarah who married Squire Boone was said to havebeen the aunt of General Daniel Morgan.I am wondering how? what her sister married to James Morgan? I think Eleanor was a 2nd wife. If Elanor was a Quaker and married Baptist, she would have been disowned. What would she be if James Morgan was her 1st cousin instead of brother in law?
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=ahealydsnine1&id=I2599http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=ahealydsnine1&id=I2599
Edward's children are documented as such: Recorded marriages of Edward Morgan's children are as follows- * There might have been other children.
marriage dates:
1702?: Morgan Morgan married Dorothy Hughs who signature is appearing on the following marriage certifcates
1710 Elizabeth Morgan married Cadwallader Morris 24 Mar 1709 in Gwynedd Monthly Meeting of Friends, Gwynedd, Berks (now Montgomery), Pennsylvania
1713 Margret Morgan b. 22 Aug 1693 recorded in Gwynedd MM, Montgomery, PA married Samuel Thomas Married: 1 MAR 1713 died 24 Oct 1750-51 in Richland Twp., Bucks, PARichland is where John Morgan and Deborah Woodruff lived till his and her deaths. Deborah belonged to Richland Meeting, as well as her girl children.(not sure about the 3 Morgan boys)
1718 Daniel Morgan 2 Sep 1718 married Elizabeth Roberts in Gwynedd Meeting, Gwynedd, Montgomery Co., PA
1718 Alice Morgan married Jenkins Evans 17 AUG 1718 in Gwynedd Meeting, Gwynedd, Montgomery Co., PA
1720 Sarah Morgan (b 23 SEP 1700 in Exeter, Berkshire Co PA or 4 APR 1698 in Radnor,Chester Co.,Pennsylvania) married Squire Boone (why is she the only one born in Berks Co-? ) married 23 JUL 1720 in Gwynedd Meeting, Gwynedd, Montgomery Co., PA
1721 John Morganmarried Sarah LLoyd(proof below) 8 SEP 1721 in Radnor MM or Haverford MM, Montgomery Co., PA
1728 Joseph Morgan married Elizabeth Lloyd- 8 SEP 1728 in Merion Meeting or Radnor MM, Montgomery Co., PA died 8 Feb 1748/49 in Frederick Co., Virginia
1731 William Morgan (widower) married Catherine Robinson Married: 27 AUG 1713 in Radnor MM, Montgomery Co., PA
(Ref. American Pioneer Records and The Boone Bulletin Vol II, 1934-39)
Edward Morgan Jr married Margaret and had 3 known children who were recorded in Gwynedd Meeting -Hannah Morgan married Thomas Lewis 7 Mar 1733/34 in Gwynedd,MM,Pa, Miriam Morgan married William Martin 25 Mar 1738 in Gwynedd,MM,Pa, Enoch Morgan married Sarah Kenderdine 14 Mar 1740/41 in Gwynedd Meeting. SOme record James as his son, but there is no proof and I guess it is a desparate attempt to find a place for him by throwning him in to Edward Jrs lap.
1721 Minutes of Gwynedd Monthly Meeting
3rdly Application being made on behalf of John Morgan for a Certificate to Haverford Monthly Meeting in order to proceed in Marriage with one Sarah Lloyd belonging to the said Meeting. John Jones and Cadwalader Foulke to make Necessary Enquiry and to write one agst next Meeting. 1st The friends Appointed last Meeting laid Down one Certificate for John Morgan
9-8, 1721. Marriage of John Morgan, son of Edward of Gwynedd, and Sarah Lloyd, daughter of Thomas of Merion. Witnessed by Dorothy Morgan, Edw. Morgan, William Morgan, Daniel Morgan, Sarah Boone,Squire Boone and others.
In "Life of Gen. Daniel Morgan of the Virginia line" by James Graham we find, "It is interesting to know that these two famous fighters of the Revolutionary period, Daniel Morgan and Daniel Boone were first cousins, but we have found no adequate proof of this connection." This could be thru the Bownes of Bucks Co. PA.
"It was in North Wales hamlet, Pennsylvania, that Squire Boone met Sarah Morgan and married her" in Gwynedd MM, Montgomery Co., PA a Quaker meeting house.
http://www.data-wales.co.uk/boone2.htmhttp://www.data-wales.co.uk/boone2.htm
SUsan Aldridge
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