Charles Morgan

Not the same as Charles Morgan, of Chatham County

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https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/m/o/r/William-dallas-Morgan-PA/GENE1-...

CHARLES MORGAN53,54,55,56,57, b. Mar 20, 1723/24, Christiana, New Castle, Delaware, USA58; d. 1788, Berkeley, Virginia, USA59; m. (1) JANE POOLE60, 1745, New Castle, DE60; b. WFT Est. 1720-174060; d. WFT Est. 1741-182460; m. (2) ANN HOPKINS, 1750, New Castle, DE.

	Notes for CHARLES MORGAN:

4th child of Col. Morgan Morgan, lived and died in Berkeley County, married a sister of his brother Henry's wife.Widow and children moved to South Carolina with brother, Henry and sister, Anne Paxton, shortly before the Revolution.

Biography

Charles Morgan was born on 20 March 1724 in Christana, New Castle, Delaware, the fourth of eight known children, and the third of seven sons of Morgan and Catherine Garretson Morgan.

In 1744-1745, when he was about twenty, he married Jane Poole in New Castle County, Delaware. She was the sister of Deborah Poole, who married his brother Henry.

In 1762, when he was in his late thirties, he died in Bunker Hill, Frederick (Berkely) County, Virginia, of unknown causes.

Widow and children moved to South Carolina with brother Henry and sister Anne Paxton, shortly before the Revolution.

Second wife?

”We learn that Charles Morgan did not move to South Carolina, only his widow did. Charles was married twice, and his first wife Jane Poole died before him, so it was his second wife who moved to South Carolina with her children after Charles' death. The children of Charles' first wife Jane were likely grown and could have stayed in Virginia.”

Seen as Ann Morgan but evidence is slim, and her death location wrong.

Origins

Extracted from the from the family bible of Charles Stephen Morgan, Page 3 <link>

Col. Morgan Morgan was born in the Principality of Wales in England, and was educated in London, during the reighn of William 3d. - Came to the Province of Delaware a single man during the reign of George & Ann, or probably about the Commencement of the reign of George the 1st. He commenced business as a merchant at the place now known by the name of Christiania, and soon married Catherine Garretson, a respectable native of Delaware.

Issue of this marriage: …

…. 4. Charles, for whom I was named, and a beloved brother of my grandfather, neither the time of his birth or death is known to me. He married and died in Berkley County, Virginia, and his widow and children migrated to South Carolina. Charles was a large man, and possessed more physical power than any man he ever met with. From what the family ___ was told ?, one ?____ ___ ___ ___ ___ he was little, ____officer to the celebrated Peter Francisco, whom I knew well from the time he was appointed Seargeant at arms to the House of Delegates ___until his death.

According to this website Charles and Henry are the progenitors of hte 'lost Morgan tribes.' (https://morganfamily2.tripod.com/part1.html)

"What is especially notable to the researchers of Morgan's life and family, is that two of his sons, Charles and Henry, are also generally paired with one another as they are the two male progenitors of what is commonly called 'the three lost Morgan tribes.' Charles and Henry were born consecutively, their wives were sisters, and additionally, the families of both are generally associated with Spartanburg, South Carolina. Also, frustratingly, with the exception of few tidbits of information, the two brothers essentially disappeared from the historical record, and their descendants are hence 'lost.' Therefore, typically, as there is so little known about these two brothers, they are generally addressed together, rather than as separate individuals."

From the following family Bible entry made by Charles Stephen Morgan (named for his great unncle Charles), we learn that Charles and Henry were twins who married sisters. Also, we learn that Charles did not move to South Carolina, only his widow did. Charles was married twice, and his first wife Jane Poole died before him, so it was his second wife who moved to South Carolina with her children after Charles' death. The children of Charles' first wife Jane were likely grown and could have stayed in Virginia.

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References

• Report of the Col. Morgan Morgan Monument (1924). Page 65-66. <Archive.Org>
• <“Origins & Early Life of Col. Morgan Morgan”>
• Uley T. Morgan, The Descendants of Col Morgan Morgan, 1993. <GoogleBooks>
• Charles Morgan, "Morgan Family Bible Record, 1721-1942," online images, Library of Virginia, Bible Records Collection (https://lva.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01LVA_INST/18mtacj/al... : accessed 9 November 2019), Local Call No. 22901, p. 3.
• https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/m/o/r/William-dallas-Morgan-PA/GENE1-... (No wife or children listed.)
• http://pages.swcp.com/~dhickman/gedcom/scott/d0001/g0000025.htm#I317 (No wife or children listed.)
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunker_Hill,_West_Virginia At Bunker Hill in 1726, Colonel Morgan Morgan (1687-1766) founded the first permanent settlement of record in the part of Virginia that became West Virginia during the American Civil War, although that cabin was destroyed in the French and Indian War.
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morgan_Morgan_Monument The monument memorializes Morgan Morgan (1688–1766), an American pioneer of Welsh descent who was among the earliest Europeans to settle permanently within the boundaries of the present-day U.S. state of West Virginia.
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Morgan-3759 as of 26 June 2022 shows a daughter Hannah West in error.