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Husband: Edward MORGAN [I00675]
Born: about 1670 in Monmouthshire, ENG.(Wales)
Married: about 1686
Died: after 1732 in Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania
Father:
Mother:
Spouses:
Wife: Elizabeth UNKNOWN [I00399]
Born: about 1670
Died: after 1731
Father:
Mother:
Spouses:
Children
01 (F): Elizabeth MORGAN [I02802]
Born:
Died: UNKNOWN
Spouses: Cadwalader MORRIS
02 (M): Edward MORGAN, , Jr. [I02804]
Born:
Died: 1718 in Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania
Spouses: Margaret UNKNOWN; Rees DAVID
03 (M): William MORGAN [I02808]
Born:
Died: before JUL 1741
Spouses: Elizabeth ROBERTS; Catherine ROBESON
04 (F): Alice MORGAN [I02811]
Born:
Died: UNKNOWN
Spouses: Jenkin EVANS
05 (M): Morgan MORGAN [I02815]
Born:
Died: 1727 in Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania
Spouses: Dorothy HUGHES
06 (M): John MORGAN [I02817]
Born:
Died: UNKNOWN
Spouses: Sarah 'Elizabeth' LLOYD
07 (M): Joseph MORGAN [I02819]
Born:
Died: UNKNOWN
Spouses: Elizabeth LLOYD
08 (F): Deborah MORGAN [I03682]
Born:
Died: 1699
Spouses:
09 (F): Mary MORGAN [I03683]
Born:
Died: before 1755
Spouses: John WRIGHT
10 (M): Daniel MORGAN [I02813]
Born: 1691 in Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania
Died: 06 JUL 1773 in Pennsylvania
Spouses: Elizabeth ROBERTS
11 (F): Margaret MORGAN [I02806]
Born: 1693 in Pennsylvania
Died: UNKNOWN
Spouses: Samuel THOMAS
12 (F): Sarah MORGAN [I00544]
Born: about 1700 in Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania 1
Died: 1777 in aged 77 yrs., Rowan Co., North Carolina 2 3
Spouses: Squire BOONE, , Sr.
Additional Information

Edward MORGAN:

Notes:

The parents of Edward Morgan have not been proved but he has been identified as the son of Sir James Morgan, 4th Baronet of Llantarnam in Monmouthshire (now Gwent), England, and his first wife Ann Hopton of Canon Frome. The maiden name of Edward's wife Elizabeth has not been determined.

It has been said that Edward Morgan was born about 1678-1679 and died in 1718, but since the death date was given wrong, perhaps the birth date is incorrect also. Based on the dates of their marriages, it appears that, in addition to Daniel who was born in 1691, Elizabeth, Edward, Jr., Margaret, William, Alice and Morgan Morgan were born before Sarah in 1700. The births of eight children by 1700 suggest a minimum time span of ten or twelve years and that the first child was born by 1688 at the latest. In turn, this suggest that Edward and Elizabeth were married by 1686 and that they were born by 1670 at latest. As late as the 17th Century it was a common practice in Wales for boys aged 14 to 16 who were heirs to even a small estate to be married to girls aged 12 to 14, which accounts for very short generations in the lines of eldest sons.

The mother of Edward Morgan frequently has been identified as Alice Hopton Jones, widow of Nicholas Jones, but Alice and Nicholas were not married until April 13, 1683, so she could not have married Sir James Morgan, 4th Baronet of Llantarnam, until afterward and as his second wife. This indicates that Edward Morgan, who had to have been born before 1680, was a son of his father's first wife Ann Hopton.

It has been stated that Edward Morgan and his wife Elizabeth, both free, arrived at Philadelphia on the same ship (Evening Star) from Liverpool in the 09th month, 1683 (20th, 09th month). This information nicely fits the probable arrival in America of Edward and Elizabeth Morgan of Towamencin but it is contradicted by another report that the record states that "William" Morgan and his wife Elizabeth, both free, arrived at Philadelphia on the same ship from Liverpool in the 09th month, 1683.

Footnotes
  1. Hazel Spraker, The Boone Family [1490].
  2. findagrave.com [1434].
  3. U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 [2233].
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