Walkershire - Person Sheet
Walkershire - Person Sheet
NameJames B. Morgan Sr. 
Birth Date1607
Birth PlaceLlandaff, Glamorgan, Wales or Bristol, Eng
Death Date1685
Death PlaceGroton, New London, CT
Residences11 FEB 1896
FatherWilliam (Of Gilfyndl) Morgan (~1585-~1638)
MotherElizabeth Morgan (~1589-~1638)
Spouses
Birth Dateabt 1611
Birth PlaceRoxbury, MA
Death Datebef 1685
Death PlaceGroton, New London, CT
Residences26 NOV 1895
Religion29 NOV 1895
Marr Date6 Aug 1640
Marr PlaceRoxbury, MA
Notes for James B. Morgan Sr.
!THE FAMILY APPEARS TO HAVE MOVED FROM LLANDDAFF, WALES TO BRISTOL, ENGLAND ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF BRISTOL CHANNEL, A FEW YEARS, PRIOR TO 1636.
!IN THE MONTH OF MARCH 1636 JAMES AND HIS TWO YOUNGER BROTHERS, JOHN AND MILES, SAILED FROM BRISTOL AND ARRIVED AT BOSTON, MASS. IN APRIL 1637. JAMES SETTLED IN ROXBURY, MASS. NEAR BOSTON, BEFORE 1640. ON AUG. 6, 1640 HE MARRIED MARGERY HILL, OF ROXBURY. MASS. HE WAS MADE A FREEMAN 10 MAY 1643. HE IS NAMED AS A RESIDENT THERE IN THE INVENTORY OF JOHN GRAVES, 1646, AND WAS A FREEHOLDER THERE AS LATE AS 1650, THE SAME YEAR THAT HE MOVED TO PEQUOT, (NOW NEW LONDON, CONN.) AND HE HAD A HOUSELOT ASSIGNED HIM THERE. ON THE 25th. DAY OF DEC. 1656, HE MOVED ACROSS THE RIVER TO WHAT IS NOW GROTON, CONN. THE SPOT WHERE HE FIRST BUILT HIS HOUSE IN GROTON IN 1657, AND WHERE HE AFTERWARDS RESIDED, AND WHERE HE DIED, IS A FEW RODS SOUTHEAST OF THE PRESENT DWELLING (1868) OF ELIJAH S. MORGAN, ABOUT 3 MILES FROM GROTON FERRY, ON THE ROAD TO POQUONOC BRIDGE; AND THIS PATRIARCHAL HOMESTEAD FROM THAT DAY DOWN TO THE PRESENT OCCUPANT, HAS DESCENDED BY INHERITANCE, THROUGH AN UNBROKEN LINE OF JAMES MORGANS, FOR SIX GENERATIONS. AND IT IS WORTHY OF NOTICE, THAT FOR EIGHT GENERATIONS EACH ONE IS HEADED BY THE NAME OF JAMES MORGAN.
!HE WAS ONE OF THE "TOWNSMEN" OR SELECTMEN OF NEW LONDON FOR SEVERAL YEARS, AND WAS ONE OF THE FIRST DEPUTY'S SENT FROM NEW LONDON PLANTATIONS TO THE GENERAL COURT AT HARTFORD, MAY SESSION 1657, AT WHICH DATE HE GAVE HIS AGE TO BE "ABOUT 50 YEARS". AND WAS CHOSEN NINE TIMES AFTERWARDS TO THIS ASSEMBLY, THE LAST TIME IN 1670.
!CHILDREN: HANNAH - MARRIED NEHEMIAH ROYCE - 20 NOV. 1660, THEY APPEAR TO HAVE MOVED TO THE NEW HAVEN COLONY. NO TRACE OF HER DESCENDANTS. THEY WERE LIVING IN WALLINGFORD BEFORE 1674.
!JOHN - MARRIED SECOND-- ELIZABETH JONES WILLIAMS DAUGHTER OF LIEUT. GOVERNOR WILLIAM JONES OF NEW HAVEN, AND GRAND DAUGHTER OF GOVERNOR THEOPHILUS EATON.
!DEATH DATES FOR ABRAHAM AND INFANT AND PLACE OF BIRTH FOR INFANT ARE FOUND IN THE BOSTON REGISTRY DEPT. RECORDS RELATING TO THE EARLY ! HISTORY OF BOSTON. VOL. 6.
!Source of information: From a history of James Morgan, of New London, Conn. and his descendants; from 1607 to 1869 by Nathanial E. Morgan Published 1869.
!IN THE MONTH OF MARCH 1636 JAMES AND HIS TWO YOUNGER BROTHERS, JOHN AND MILES, SAILED FROM BRISTOL AND ARRIVED AT BOSTON, MASS. IN APRIL 1637. JAMES SETTLED IN ROXBURY, MASS. NEAR BOSTON, BEFORE 1640. ON AUG. 6, 1640 HE MARRIED MARGERY HILL, OF ROXBURY. MASS. HE WAS MADE A FREEMAN 10 MAY 1643. HE IS NAMED AS A RESIDENT THERE IN THE INVENTORY OF JOHN GRAVES, 1646, AND WAS A FREEHOLDER THERE AS LATE AS 1650, THE SAME YEAR THAT HE MOVED TO PEQUOT, (NOW NEW LONDON, CONN.) AND HE HAD A HOUSELOT ASSIGNED HIM THERE. ON THE 25th. DAY OF DEC. 1656, HE MOVED ACROSS THE RIVER TO WHAT IS NOW GROTON, CONN. THE SPOT WHERE HE FIRST BUILT HIS HOUSE IN GROTON IN 1657, AND WHERE HE AFTERWARDS RESIDED, AND WHERE HE DIED, IS A FEW RODS SOUTHEAST OF THE PRESENT DWELLING (1868) OF ELIJAH S. MORGAN, ABOUT 3 MILES FROM GROTON FERRY, ON THE ROAD TO POQUONOC BRIDGE; AND THIS PATRIARCHAL HOMESTEAD FROM THAT DAY DOWN TO THE PRESENT OCCUPANT, HAS DESCENDED BY INHERITANCE, THROUGH AN UNBROKEN LINE OF JAMES MORGANS, FOR SIX GENERATIONS. AND IT IS WORTHY OF NOTICE, THAT FOR EIGHT GENERATIONS EACH ONE IS HEADED BY THE NAME OF JAMES MORGAN.
!HE WAS ONE OF THE "TOWNSMEN" OR SELECTMEN OF NEW LONDON FOR SEVERAL YEARS, AND WAS ONE OF THE FIRST DEPUTY'S SENT FROM NEW LONDON PLANTATIONS TO THE GENERAL COURT AT HARTFORD, MAY SESSION 1657, AT WHICH DATE HE GAVE HIS AGE TO BE "ABOUT 50 YEARS". AND WAS CHOSEN NINE TIMES AFTERWARDS TO THIS ASSEMBLY, THE LAST TIME IN 1670.
!CHILDREN: HANNAH - MARRIED NEHEMIAH ROYCE - 20 NOV. 1660, THEY APPEAR TO HAVE MOVED TO THE NEW HAVEN COLONY. NO TRACE OF HER DESCENDANTS. THEY WERE LIVING IN WALLINGFORD BEFORE 1674.
!JOHN - MARRIED SECOND-- ELIZABETH JONES WILLIAMS DAUGHTER OF LIEUT. GOVERNOR WILLIAM JONES OF NEW HAVEN, AND GRAND DAUGHTER OF GOVERNOR THEOPHILUS EATON.
!DEATH DATES FOR ABRAHAM AND INFANT AND PLACE OF BIRTH FOR INFANT ARE FOUND IN THE BOSTON REGISTRY DEPT. RECORDS RELATING TO THE EARLY ! HISTORY OF BOSTON. VOL. 6.
!Source of information: From a history of James Morgan, of New London, Conn. and his descendants; from 1607 to 1869 by Nathanial E. Morgan Published 1869.
