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Caleb Morgan

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Eastchester, Westchester, New York, United States
Death: March 01, 1803 (82)
Eastchester, Westchester County, New York, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of James Morgan and Abigail Morgan
Husband of Abigail Drake Morgan; Abigail Morgan and Isabella Johnson
Father of Moses Morgan; Elijah Morgan and James Morgan
Brother of Charles Morgan and Capt. James Morgan, II
Half brother of Sarah Fowler and Mary Halstead

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About Caleb Morgan

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Documents of events in Westchester County during the period of the Revolutionary War indicate that Caleb Morgan may have had Loyalist leanings. He was among those that signed a petition, 18 Aug 1776, from the White Plains Goal where he was held as a suspected Tory.7

His will was dated on 11 May 1796 probated 7 March 1803. Calls himself Caleb Morgan of Eastchester. Mentions sons Caleb Morgan, Elijah Morgan, Benjamin Morgan. Devises to son, James Morgan, the farm on which he lived, purchased of Daniel Secor, and land purchased of Andrew Burpo, etc. To son Moses Morgan, the farm on which he now lives, which was given to me by the will of my late father, James Morgan, deceased. Mentions sons, Augustus Morgan and David Morgan. Devises to wife Isabella, all furniture which is remaining of what she brought with her at the time of marriage. Mentions daughter, Charlotte, single. Mentions daughter, Abigail. Executors: sons James Morgan and Benjamin Morgan. Witnesses: Isaac Ward, Robert Morrell, Caleb Tompkins.8


  1. [S194] Jeanne A. Forbes, compiler, Records of the Town of New Rochelle 1699-1828 (New Rochelle, N.Y.: The Paragraph Press, 1916), p.267.. Hereinafter cited as New Rochelle TR.
  2. [S195] J. Thomas Scharf, History of Westchester County, New York (Philadelphia: L.E. Preston & Co., 1886; reprint Camden, Maine: Picton Press 1992). Hereinafter cited as History of Westchester Co., NY.
  3. [S196] Lewis Publishing Company, Biographical History of Westchester County, New York (Chicago: Lewis Pub. Co., 1899), pp.93-96.. Hereinafter cited as Bio. Hist. of Westchester Co.
  4. [S3095] E. B. O'Callaghan, Names of Persons for whom Marriage Licenses were issued by the Secretary of the Province of New York, previous to 1784 (Albany, N.Y.: Weed, Parsons, 1860), page 205. Hereinafter cited as New York Marr. Lic. Previous to 1784.
  5. [S360] William S. Pelietreau, Early Wills of Westchester County, New York From 1664-1784 (New York: Francis P. Harper, 1898), p.208.. Hereinafter cited as Early Wills of Westchester County, New York From 1664-1784.
  6. [S3097] New York (County) Surrogate's Court Abstracts of Wills on File in the Surrogate's Office, City of New York (Vol. VI. 1760-1766), Collections of the New York Historical Society for the Year 1897 (New York: Printed for the Society, 1897), page 334. Hereinafter cited as Abs. NY Wills v.6 1760-1766.
  7. [S3096] Otto Hufeland, Westchester County During the American Revolution: 1775-1783 (White Plains, N. Y.: Westchester County Historical Society, 1926), page 93.. Hereinafter cited as Westchester County During the American Revolution.
  8. [S1947] Theresa Hall Bristol, "Abstracts of Wills Recorded at White Plains, Westchester County, N.Y., Subsequent to May 1, 1787", New York Genealogical and Biographical Record vol.55-60 (1924-1929): 57:104-105. Hereinafter cited as "White Plains Wills, NYGBR 55-60 (1924-29)."
  9. [S3247] Francis F. Spies, St. Paul's Church, Eastchester, N. Y. (Mt. Vernon, N. Y.: F. F. Spies, 1931), page 5. Hereinafter cited as St. Paul's Church, Eastchester, N. Y.
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Caleb Morgan's Timeline

1720
July 27, 1720
Eastchester, Westchester, New York, United States
1752
April 17, 1752
New York, New York County, New York, United States
1763
February 2, 1763
Eastchester, Westchester County, NY, United States
1803
March 1, 1803
Age 82
Eastchester, Westchester County, New York, United States
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