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About William Morgan
- Reference: FamilySearch Family Tree - SmartCopy: Dec 23 2017, 2:43:27 UTC
- Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Mar 23 2023, 5:45:08 UTC
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- Title: Captain?
- Name/Middle Name: Josiah?
brief biography and family
a Patriot of the American Revolution for VIRGINIA
William was born between 1717 and 1720. He is said to be a son of Charles Morgan, born September 28, 1680 in North Farnham, Old Rappahannock, Virginia, died September 22, 1766 in Fauquier County, Virginia and Alice Thornton, born about 1693 in Virginia, and died 1766 in Fauquier County, Virginia, daughter Francis Thornton and Alice Savage.
William Morgan was first married to Mary Duncan. His 2nd marriage was to Elizabeth Withers Hudnall on January 1760, daughter of Joseph Hudnall and Mary Withers. William fathered 6 children with Mary Duncan and 6 children with Elizabeth Hudnall.
Lincoln County, Stanford Court House Book B-Page 190 William Morgan.........
To wife. Son Joseph. My five children, James, William, Joseph, Daniel and Sally my daughter. Hannah Bruces children. To daughter Mary Settle. To daughter Elizabeth McCormick. To son Charles. To daughter Phebe Fishback. To daughter Alice Fishback. To daughter Rosamond Settle. To Polly daughter of Rosemond Settle. To William Bruce. To James Withers husband of my daughter Frances Withers.
Exec's, sons, James, William, Joseph and Daniel.
Written April 29, 1797. Witnesses, William Spillman, John Dodds and Luke Robinson. Probated October 10, 1797.
Morgan-Hudnall Prayer Book which states “William Morgan departed this life 18th day of Aug 1797 on the tomb stone on the prop of Harvey Withers one mile south of Danville in the seventy fourth year of his age.”
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DAR Ancestor #: A134192
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Date and place of birth have also been (erroneously?) reported to be:
- between 1717 and 1720 in Prince William County, Virginia (attested on his Find A Grave memorial, conflicts with his DAR ancestor record)
- 1719 in (now Lincoln County), Virginia (now Kentucky) (unattested, conflicts with his DAR ancestor record)
Date and place of death have also been (erroneously?) reported to be August 18, 1797 at Danville, Boyle County, Kentucky, United States (attested on his Find A Grave memorial, conflicts with his DAR ancestor record and what is reported above).
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William Morgan's Timeline
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1719
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Mechanicsville, Hanover County, Virginia
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| 1736 |
1736
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Virginia, United States
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October 23, 1744
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Essex Co. New Jersey
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1744
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Fauquier County, Virginia, United States
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1749
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Fauquier County, Virginia
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September 15, 1751
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Fauquier County, Virginia, Colonial America
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1753
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Fauquier County, Virginia, United States
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1755
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Prince William County, Virginia, United States
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