Isaac Morgan

• A history of the family of Morgan, from the year 1089 to present times ([1902?])
• https://archive.org/details/historyoffamilyo00morg
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• VIII. LLEWELYN ap IVOR of Tredegar, Lord of St Clear, married Angharad, daughter of Sir Morgan ap Meredith, from the Welsh Lords of Caerleon, ap Griffith ap Meredith ap Rhys, who bore "Argent a lion rampant sable." Sir Morgan died 1332, when Angharad was aged 32. They had : 1. Morgan. 2. Ivor Hael, whence MORGAN OF GWERN-Y-CLEPPA. 3. Philip, whence LEWIS OF ST. PIERRE.
• IX. MORGAN of Tredegar and St. Clear, married Maud, daugter of Rhun ap Grono ap Llwarch, Lord of Cibwr. He died before 1384. Issue: 1. Llewelyn. 2. Philip, whence MORGAN OF LANGSTONE. 3. John, father of Gwenllian, married David Goch ap David, 4. Christian, married Jevan ap Jenkin Kemeys. 5. Ann, married David Gwilim David of Rhiwperra. 6. Margaret, married Traherne ap Meyric of Merthyr. 7. A daughter, married Thomas ap Gwillim of Carnllwyd. 8. Elenor, married Grono ap Howel Bennet.
• X. LLEWELYN ap MORGAN of Tredegar and St. Clear, living 1387, married Jenet daughter and heir of David-vychan ap David of Rhydodyn, 1384-87. Issue: 1. Jevan. 2. Christy, married Madoc ap Jevan of Gelligaer. 3. —— , married Roger ap Adam of St. Mellon's. 4. —— , married Madoc of Bassalleg. 5. —— , married Thomas Llewelyn. 6. Ann, married John ap Jenkin. 7. —— , married —— of Raglan. 8. —— , married —— of Builth.
• XI. JEVAN MORGAN, 1415-48, married Denise, or Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas ap Llewelyn-vychan of Lllangattog-on-Usk. Issue: 1. John. 2. David, 1442-48. 3. Jenkyn, 1454.
• XII. SIR JOHN MORGAN, Knight of the Sepulchre, 1448, steward of Gwentlloog ; married Jenet, daughter and co-heir of John ap David Mathew of Llandaff. Issue: 1. Morgan. 2. Thomas, whence MORGAN OF MACHEN AND TREDEGAR. 3. John, whence a BRANCH. 4. Lewis, 1491. 5. William Morgan, coroner, 1501, father or John of Newport, died 1541, father of William, 1541-1559. 6. Philip, 1491. 7. Elizabeth, married John Fiennes,
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• Lord Clinton and Say. 8. Jane, married William David Powel. 9. Mary, married Thomas Llewelyn-vychan of Rhiwperra. 10. Isabella, married James Kemeys of Began, ob. 1591.
  • MORGAN OF MACHEN AND TREDEGAR.
• XIII. THOMAS, second son of Sir John Morgan, was of Machen; esquire of the body to Henry VII.; living 1538; married Elizabeth, daughter of Roger Vaughan of Porthaml. Issue: 1. Rowland. 2. Reynold, whence MORGAN OF LLANVEDW. 3. John, whence MORGAN OF BASSALLEG. 4. Edmond, whence MORGAN OF PENLLWYN-SARTH. 5. Margaret, married 1st John Kemeys, 2d William Edmunds. 6. Barbara, married Sir Henry Seymour. 7. Maud, married John ap Rosser. 8, Jane, married 1st William Gunter, 2d Richard ap Jenkin, 3d William Vaughan of Magor. 9. Constance, married William
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• Jones of Treowen. 10. Mary, married 1st Edward Williams, 2d Richard Herbert. 11. Elizabeth, married Edward James.
• XIV. ROWLAND MORGAN of Machen, 1517-77, married Blanch, daughter of John Thomas of Llanarth. Settlement 11 Nov. 1517; sheriff 1557. Issue: 1. Thomas, 2. Henry, whence MORGAN OF ST. MELLON'S. 3. Catherine, married 1st Thomas Mathew, 2d Miles Morgan, 3d Henry Jones. 4. Ann, married Philip Morgan of Gwern-y-Cieppa. 5. Mary, married Thomas Lewis of Rhiwperra. 6. Elizabeth, married Edward Kemeys of Cefn Mably.
• XV. THOMAS MORGAN of Machen and Tredegar, and of the , Middle Temple, 1567-77; sheriff 1581 ; M. P. for county 1589; will 1603; married Elizabeth, daughter of Roger Bodenham. Issue: 1. Sir William. 2. Edward, 1586, married Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Thomas of Bertholley. 3. Sir John, died before 1610, married Florence, daughter and eventual heir of William Morgan of the Friars. They had William of the Friars, 1663, mayor of Newport, 1667, father of Lewis Morgan, died about 1690, father of Lewis, died 1729, who sold the Friars. He was father of: (a) Blanch, married Richard Greensward ; (b) Catherine, married Anthony Williams. 4. David Morgan, whence a BRANCH. 5. Blanch, married Edward Lewis of Van ; settlement 1585. 6. Catherine, married William Herbert of Coldbrook. 7. Elizabeth, married William Jones of Abergavenny. 8. Jane, married Rowland Morgan of Bassalleg. 9. Elizabeth, married William Blethyn of Dynham. 10. Ann. 11. Margaret, married Henry Williams of Mathern.
• XVI. SIR WILLIAM MORGAN of Tredegar, knighted 1633; M. P. for county 1623-25; will 1650, proved 1653; sheriff 1612; aet 93 at death ; he received Charles I. at Tredegar, 16 and 17 July, 1645 ; married 1st Elizabeth, daughter of Sir William Winter of Lidney, 2d Bridget, daughter of Anthony Morgan of Heyford, county Northampton, widow of Anthony Morgan of Llanvihangel Crucorney. Issue by first wife: 1. Thomas. 2. Edward of Kilfengan ; will 4 April 1660, proved Feb. 1661 ; married Elizabeth, daughter and heir of Charles James of Llandewi Rhydderch, had Elizabeth, daughter and
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• heir, married Henry Chambre of Court Morgan. 3. William, whence MORGAN OF RHYMNY. 4. Rowland of Risca; will 19 Dec. 1660, proved Feb. 1661 ; married Honora --- , and had Colonel William Morgan; buried at Bassalleg, 27 Oct. 1679. 5. John, of the Temple in 1652 ; coel. 6. Mary, married George Lewis of St. Pierre. 7. Blanch, married John Carne of Ewenny. 8. Frances, married Charles Williams of Llangibby. 9. Mary, single; will 1687, 10. Elizabeth, married William Morgan of Dderw ; she died 1638, he died 1649. By Sir William's second wife : 11. Anthony of Kilfengan, s. p. His widow was alive in 1673. 12. Mary, married Peter Farmer of London, who died 1691. They had Margaret, daughter and heir, married John More, who sold Kilfengan 1707.
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  • BRANCH FROM MORGAN OF TREDEGAR.
• A. (See XVI. 10, ante p. 16.)
• ELIZABETH, daughter of Sir William of Tredegar; married William Morgan, merchant of Diveru; went to Bristol, England, 1616. Elizabeth died 1638. William died 1648; both buried in Bristol. (See Great Orphan Book and Book of Wills of Bristol.) Issue: Miles Morgan, born 1616, named perhaps after Miles Morgan, captain British Army, who perished with Sir Humphrey Gilbert, half brother of Sir Walter Raleigh, who sailed, 1576, under a patent "to occupy any heathen lands not actually possessed of any Christian prince or people." .....
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• I. MILES MORGAN married Prudence Gilbert 1636. Issue: 1. Mary, born Dec. 14, 1644. 2. Jonathan, born Sept. 16, 1646. 3. David, born July 23, 1648. 4. Peletiah. born May 17, 1650: killed by the Indians 1675; died unmarried. 5. Isaac, born March 12, 1652. 6. Lydia, born Feb. 8, 1654. 7. Hannah, born Feb. 11, 1656. 8. Mercy, born May 18, 1658. PRUDENCE GILBERT MORGAN died Nov. 14. 1660. Miles married, Feb, 15. 1669 (2) ELIZABETH BLISS. By her he had issue : 1. Nathaniel, born June 14, 1671. MILES MORGAN died May 28. 1699. aged 84 years.
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• V. NATHANIEL, only child of Miles by his second wife, Elizabeth Bliss, born June 14, 1671; married Hannah Bird June 19, 1691; died Aug 30, 1752. Issue: 1. Nathaniel, born Feb. 16, 1692. 2 Samuel, born 1694; died Dec., 1799. 3. Ebenezer, born 1696. 4 Hannah, born 1698. 5. Miles, born 1700. 6. Joseph, born Dec. 3, 1702; married Mary Stebbins. 7. James, born 1705. 8. Isaac, born 1708; died Nov. 7, 1796. 9. Elizabeth, born 1710. __________________________________________________
• MORGAN, Isaac
• b. 14 MAR 1707/8 Springfield, Hampden, Mass.
• d. 25 NOV 1796
• Parents:
• Father: MORGAN, Nathaniel
• Mother: BIRD, Hannah
• Family:
• Marriage: 14 JUN 1733 Springfield, Hampden, Mass.
• Spouse: DAY, Thankful
• b. 24 DEC 1711 West Springfield, Hampden, Mass.
• d. 13 FEB 1756 Springfield, Hampden, Mass.
• Parents:
• Father: DAY, Ebenezer
• Mother: HITCHCOCK, Mercy
• Children:
  • MORGAN, Isaac
  • MORGAN, Caleb
  • MORGAN, Justin
  • MORGAN, Daniel b. 10 FEB 1747/8 Springfield, Hampden, Mass.
  • MORGAN, Stephen b. 1751 Springfield, Hampden, Mass.
• Family:
• Marriage: 16 JUL 1760
• Spouse: ALVORD, Ruth
• d. 16 DEC 1782
• From: http://www.genealogyofnewengland.com/f_4.htm#29 ________________________

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GEDCOM Note

Isaac's birth record must in some way be illegible from natural causes of some sort or another in the last digit of his year of birth for the reference from Wisconsin states they are in possession of Isaac's birth and marriage records from Massachusetts (listing this as "1707/08").

Speculation: an unlisted child who died young?
The tradition seems to be that four of his children died young or in infancy. One of my sources, Betty Bandel -- a native Vermonter who spent some time scouring the newspapers, court records and transactions, connections and local histories, etc. concerning Justin Morgan and his family -- writes on page 85 of her book delineating the circumstances of Justin's early life ". . . Grandfather Day made some provision for all the issue of both his daughter Thankfull and his son-in-law Isaac Morgan." One might possibly contend with the statement concerning "all the issue" of his daughter and son-in-law.
And I am sure that if some youngster or child was <u>not</u> mentioned still nothing is amiss and a normative conventionality would not be challenged (in any event). Bandel writes "From February of 1747, when Justin Morgan was born, until 21 March of 1761, when his grandfather Ebenezer Day made his will, there is no documentary evidence whatever regarding Justin. The grandfather's will reveals that Ebenezer Day remembered not only his [own] four sons and seven daughters but also all the children of his daughter Thankfull, wife of Isaac Morgan: out of his small estate the sum of three pounds seven shillings was to be divided equally among Isaac, Jr., Caleb, Stephen, William, Justin, and the two girls, Thankfull (already the wife of Thomas Miller) and Eunice. Of Isaac's and Thankfull's brood, the only names not mentioned are the first Isaac, born in 1734, and the three children who followed Justin -- Daniel, Hannah, and Nathaniel -- all four of whom died in infancy." (p. 84.) My point is that if our researcher found a lack of information about Justin between the years 1748 - 1761, then perhaps there are a few other facts about the family that are unknown or unclear for this time period also.
Justin Morgan and Martha Day had a daughter "Nancy" who was named after a sister who had died young before she was born and whose birth dates and personal history are often mistaken for her own in the extant records that I've found (they also had an "Emily" born after their first Emily died at age four). My speculation is that this possibly could also be the case for Justin's father Isaac in the form of a daughter. Details seem mysteriously unclear here; one finds that his son Isaac, Jr. dies on the same day as his father (which may be incorrect).
I recently came upon an ahnentafel of sufficient clarity, scope and detail that states that Isaac's son, Daniel, married a Joanna Brewster from CT. and produced a son, Andrew Morgan, from whom this source's ancestry derives. Daniel was born a year or so after Justin and if he did not die in infancy as his next two siblings -- Hannah, Nathaniel and then the earlier Isaac (II) b. 1734 . . . that's three -- who is the fourth child of the brood to succumb young? It could be Isaac's daughter Thankfull b. 19 Apr 1735, which date might be incorrect for his <u>next</u> daughter who was "already the wife of Thomas Miller" before Daniel was born. She may have been born earlier or actually later about 1736/37.
Isaac's wife, Mrs. Thankfull Morgan, died producing children at only 45 years. On the other hand, one might not find any need to underestimate her innate capacities for producing progeny, at the same time. Isaac and Thankfull's family may have merely got off to a slow start. (In my searching for dates and information on their family, I remember one file that gave an additional Thankful who died young and of making a mental note not to merge the two until a verification or a DOB. In any event, for now I have begun the process of going back through all my saved material so as to locate this reference! Hopefully a source will be listed.)
Grandfather Day outlived his daughter, Thankfull, by almost seven years and was approaching eighty when his son-in-law then remarried. He had at least a year or so to get to know Isaac's new wife, Ruth Alvord, if they had not been even earlier acquainted and if the subject came up, perhaps Ruth was quick to reassure Grandfather Day and obliged him not to worry about Daniel, Isaac's youngest son at that time, accepting him as her personal charge and responsibility as he was still "a child" and most likely was living with her now. And this is the reason he is unmentioned in Ebenezer's will perhaps; not because he had been "left out", but because this family matter had previously been decided or agreed upon. Grandpa provided for all the "inhabitants", so to speak, or working folk -- the full-grown teenagers in whose care, along with his step-mother, Daniel was in. Simple.
Ms. Bandel might be as much herself intimating her personal intuitions on this matter when she writes, "It may be that Ebenezer mentioned so carefully all the children of his daughter Thankfull because she, <u>having borne eleven children between</u> the first Isaac in 1734 and Nathaniel twenty-one years later in 1755, herself had died on the thirteenth of February in 1756 --"; conceivably indicating <u>more than ten</u> children with an unlisted Thankfull in all from Isaac to Nathaniel! ( p. 85, "Sing The Lord's Song In A Strange Land", Betty Bandel, 1981; emphasis added my underline)

1. 1/2008: . . . Maybe not so simple. Just because Daniel is the only child of Isaac's brood who died young and lacks a date of decease might be just a red herring; found evidence that this is NOT the correct Daniel who married Joanna Brewster (cursory indications are that the husband of Joanna Brewster was born in 1 Oct 1744 or so); if Daniel is older than Justin, one wonders why he is not mentioned in Grandfather Day's Will. An additional daughter Thankfull is perhaps possible but then "the wife of Miller" Thankfull Morgan <u>also</u> had difficulty conceiving a daughter Thankful . . . .

Isaac, Sr. date of decease may require verification. It seems strange that father and son should die on the same day. Some say he died two days before his son and yet my further research gives a date of decease of November 7, 1796. The records may be in error here somehow.

1. aft 2014: . . . It appears that possibly Isaac, Sr. took an additional wife with the same name as his first wife at the seasoned age of 84 -- after his second wife Ruth had died . . . (the widow or former Thankful Taylor Jones<b> </b>nểe Day)! Of course one might think this marriage could probably have belonged to his son. Isaac, Jr. . . . .