Margaret Morgan (1721)

Born 26 Feb 1721 in Groton, New London, Connecticut

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Biography

Margery Morgan was born on 26 February 1720/1.^[1] She was the daughter of William Morgan and Mary Avery.

On 22 January 1742/3, Margery Morgan made her mark on a deed of release to her mother, widow Mary Morgan, of all claims on the estate of her father William Morgan, deceased, witnessed by Humphrey Avery and William Morgan 3d.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ The family record of William Morgan and Mary Avery gives the couple's marriage date and the births of six children including Margery. Groton Births, Marriages and Deaths, 1:131. FamilySearch film # 004016000, item 1. "Births, marriages, deaths, v. 1(p.78-end), 1686-1867", image 43 of 746 ; "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (accessed 16 April 2016), citing Groton, New London, Connecticut, United States; FHL microfilm 1,306,249.
2. ↑ Margery Morgan. Acknowledgement of receipt of widow Mary Morgan in estate of William Morgan, 22 January 1742/3. Probate Records, Vol E-F, 1742-1755, F:448 (frame 595); Connecticut, Wills and Probate Records, 1609-1999, Ancestry.com. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015 (accessed 16 Apr 2016); Connecticut County, District and Probate Courts.

• Morgan, Nathaniel H. Morgan genealogy : A history of James Morgan, of New London, Conn., and his descendants; from 1607 to 1869 ... With an appendix containing the history of his brother, Miles Morgan, of Springfield, Mass.; and some of his descendants. p 33. Hartford: Press of Case, Lockwood and Brainard, 1869. Available at Open Library