William Avery Morgan

BIRTH 24 Nov 1754 Groton, New London County, Connecticut, USA DEATH 22 Mar 1842 (aged 87) Lebanon, New London County, Connecticut, USA
BURIAL Goshen Cemetery, Lebanon, New London County, Connecticut, USA, MEMORIAL ID 45076242, Photos by John Beckstein

Inscription
Revolutionary War
Col. Parson's Regt.
Aged 87

"William Avery Morgan, who was born November 24, 1754 in Groton, New London, Connecticut. He had 17 children; 13 by his first wife, Lydia Smith and 4 by his 2nd wife, Sarah Harris. [4] and died March 22, 1842 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut. He was the son of William and Temperance (Avery) Morgan.

He married 1st Lydia Smith May 4, 1776 in Groton, New London, Connecticut and married 2nd Sarah Harris June 10, 1804. He had the following children by his 1st marriage: William, Avery, Jasper, Nancy and Phebe. He had one son by his 2nd marriage: Griswold Edwin.He was a Sergeant in the Revolutionary War and served under Captains Isaac Gallup and Abel Spicer and Colonel Samuel H. Parsons in the 10th Regt. CL. in Connecticut.
by Shari H. Frey"

His son, Jasper, m. Catharine (Copp) Avery, widow of Jasper Avery (No. 751). Their son, Edwin D. Morgan, b. Feb. 8, 1811, at Washington, Mass., became governor of New York, major-general of volunteers, and United States senator from New York. William Avery Morgan was serg't in the war of the Revolution {Conn. Men in the Rev'n, pp. 656, 661). His second wife was Sarah Harris. He d. March 22, 1842, at Lebanon, Conn. [2,3]

Parents
William Morgan 1723–1777
Temperance Avery Morgan 1725–1801

Spouses
Lydia Smith Morgan 1759–1804 (m. 1776)
Sarah Harris Morgan 1772–1855

Siblings
Christopher Morgan 1747–1831
Temperance Morgan Allyn 1752–1799
Israel Morgan 1757–1816
Mary Morgan Williams 1760–1843
Simeon Morgan 1762–1813
Prudence Morgan Stoddard 1764–1814
Rebeckah Morgan Allyn 1766–1834
Jacob Morgan 1768–1855

Children
William Morgan 1777–1837
Jasper Morgan 1783–1869
Denison Morgan 1790–1855
Nancy Morgan Waterman 1792–1868
Phebe Avery Morgan Bacon 1794–1871
Rebecca Morgan Brainard 1798–1880
Nathaniel Harris Morgan 1805–1881
Griswold Edwin Morgan 1811–1902

References

[1] https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/45076242/william-avery-morgan

Source

[2] The Groton Avery Clan, by Elroy McKendree Avery and Catherine Hitchcock (Tilden), Vol. I, p. 180

[3] HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF STONINGTON, County of New London, Connecticut, from its first settlement in 1649 to 1900, by Richard Anson Wheeler, New London, CT, 1900, p. 481

[4] "A History of James Morgan of New London Conn. and His Descendants from 1607 to 1869", was published in 1869 and was written by Nathaniel Harris Morgan. (William Avery Morgan's eldest son by his 2nd wife, Sarah Harris), it's an extensive 300+ page book listing all children can be found online.