BIOGRAPHIES FROM:
HISTORY OF
HARFORD COUNTY, MARYLAND
FROM 1608
(The YEAR of SMITH's EXPEDITION)
TO THE CLOSE OF THE WAR OF 1812
BY
WALTER W. PRESTON, A. M.
BEL AIR, MARYLAND
1901
Press of Sun Book Office
Baltimore, Md.
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WILLIAM
MORGAN was born in 1744 near the Trappe Church, in
Harford county, and was the son of Edward Morgan, who
had come to that section three years previously. Part
of the house in which William was born is still
standing. He married Cassandra Lee, a Quakeress,
daughter of James Lee, and was the father of nine
children, viz: Elizabeth, who married Thos.
S. Chew; Sarah, who married Joseph Hopkins;
Cassandra, wife of Zaccheus O. Bond; Edward Morgan;
Elliner, who married John Hopkins; James L. Morgan;
Mary, the wife of Ephraim Hopkins; Martha, who
remained single, and Margaret, also unmarried.
William Morgan owned large tracts of land on Deer
Creek, among his lands being "Simmons' Choice," "Simmon's
Neglect," "Freeland's Mount," "Planters' Paradise," part of
"Arabia Petrea," "Miller's Attempt." He died in
November, 1795, at the age of fifty-one years.
William Morgan was a man of great prominence in
his day, and his career shows the public estimation in which
he was held. The archives of Maryland show that he was
commissioned a captain in the Revolution. He was also
a singer of the Bush declaration of March, 1775. His
will is recorded in the office of the Register of Wills at
Bel Air, and his signature is as bold and clear as on the
day it was signed - November 5, 1795 . The executors named
in his will were his brother, Robert Morgan, and
Edward Prigg. The personal estate, as exhibited in
the Orphans Court, was about twenty thousand dollars, which,
with his large landed interest, indicates that he was a rich
man. A number of his descendants now reside in
Harford, and are all people of influence and prominence.
Source:
History of Harford Co., Maryland - by Walter W. Preston, A. M. Bel
Air, Maryland - 1901 - Page |
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