Margaret (Norman) Morgan (bef. 1614 - bef. 1694)

Born before 4 Feb 1614 in Charminster, Dorset, England

Wife of Robert Morgan — married about 1633 in Essex County, Massachusetts [uncertain]

Descendants

Died before 14 Nov 1694 at about age 80 in Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Biography

Margaret (Norman) Morgan immigrated to New England as a child during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640).

Margaret (Norman) Morgan was born in Dorset, England.

Margaret Norman, daughter of Richard and Florence (___) Norman, was baptized on 4 February 1614/5 at Charminster, Dorset, England. ^[1]

Immigration

She likely arrived in New England prior to 1628 with her family. ^{[2] [3]}

At Massachusetts Bay

She married by 1633, Robert Morgan, a cooper of Cape Ann/Salem, Massachusetts. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

The birth order of their sons Samuel, Joseph, Robert, Benjamin and Luke is unknown as they were all baptized as Salem, Massachusetts on the same date, June 23, 1650. ^{[5] [6]}

Robert Morgan made his will October 14, 1672, which was proved on June 24, 1673. In it he bequested to son Samuel, 12 acres of land in Manchester given his wife by her 'father Norman'. He left further bequests to: ^{[2] [3] [7] [2] [3]}

• wife Margaret
• son Samuel, sole executor
• son Benjamin
• son Robert
• son Joseph
• son Moses
• daughter Bethia
• Ensign Corning and John Stone, overseers ^[7]

Margaret died before November 14, 1694. ^{[7] [6]}

On November 14, 1694, son-in-law Samuel Weed of Amesbury submitted a petition to the court to have Samuel Morgan, administrator of the estate of Robert Morgan to appear in court to settle the estate. Robert's will had indicated should any of his sons die before their mother's decease, any lands given to them should go to their heirs after Margaret's decease. Samuel indicated that three sons had died without issue and he had interest in their inheritance in the right of his wife Bethiah. ^[7]

Children

1. Samuel Morgan, baptized on June 23, 1650; died before November 16, 1698 when his will was proved; married first, Elizabeth Dixby at Salem on December 15, 1658 and removed to Cape Ann ^{[5] [6] [4]}; married second, widow Mary (Phippen) Wallis by 1692. ^[8]
2. Joseph Morgan, baptized on June 23, 1650 ^[5]: died before October 31, 1732 when his will was probated; married his first cousin, Deborah Hart at Lynn, Massachusetts on July 12, 1669. ^[9]; married second widow Sarah Hill on October 25, 1694. ^{[4] [10]} (See Note immediately below.)
3. Robert Morgan, baptized on June 23, 1650 ^[5]; died before 1694, without issue. ^{[7] [6]}
4. Benjamin Morgan, on June 23, 1650 ^[5]; slain by Indians before July 1677. ^[4] without issue. ^{[7] [6]}
5. Luke Morgan, baptized on June 23, 1650 ^[5]; died before 1673. ^{[4] [6]}
6. Moses Morgan, born ___ ^[7] ; likely a son who died by 1694. ^{[7] [4]}
7. Bethiah Morgan, was baptized on May 29, 1653; married Samuel Weed, son of John and Deborah (Winsley) Weed of Amesbury, on March 12, 1676/6. ^{[5] [4] [6] [11]}

Note: Son Joseph Morgan: In 1694, Samuel Weed indicated three sons of Robert were deceased without issue, Samuel Morgan, administrator, being alive. https://archive.org/stream/probaterecordsof02mass#page/356/search/Morgan. Many texts indicate that the three deceased sons were Robert, Joseph and Benjamin. However the third is likely Moses who was deceased, and not Joseph as Anderson indicates Joseph Morgan, son of Robert Morgan, married Deborah Hart. GM: III: p. 230.

Research notes

Disputed Spouse: A second marriage to Samuel Fowler: Although it has been stated in earlier texts by Perley and Stickney, that Margaret married Samuel Fowler, evidence for this union has been so far unsubstantiated. See the sketch of "Richard Norman" in The Great Migration Begins.^[3]

Salem Baptisms. Morgan, Benjamin, s. Robert, bp. 23: 4m: 1650. CR1 (p. 84); Morgan, Joseph, s. Robert, bp. 23: 4m: 1650. CR1 (p. 84); Morgan, Luke, s. Robert, bp. 23: 4m: 1650. CR1 (p. 84); Morgan, Robert, s. Robert, bp. 15: 10m: 1650. CR1 (p. 84); Morgan, Samuell, s. Robert, bp. 23: 4m: 1650. CR1(p. 84); Morgan, Bethiah, d. Robert, bp. 29: 3m: 1653. CR1 (p. 84);

Salem Marriages. MORGEN, Samuell, and Elizabeth Dixy, 15: 10m: 1658. CTR (p. 98) ^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Dorset History Centre; Dorchester, England; Dorset Parish Registers; Reference: PE/CMR: RE1/1. Image 9 by subscription at: https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2243/images/32435_239732-00011
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} Mahler, Leslie. "The English Origin of Richard Norman of Salem, Massachusetts," in The American Genealogist, Volume 77, 2002, p. 102-3
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4} Anderson, Robert C. "Richard Norman" in: Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to N.E. 1620-1633, Vols. I-III, New England Historic Genealogical Society. Boston, Massachusetts, 1885, p. 1334-5 (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010)
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6} Walter Goodwin Davis. The ancestry of Sarah Stone : wife of James Patten of Arundel (Kennebunkport) Maine, The Southworth Press, Portland, Maine, 1930, p. 30: 38: 46
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7} Vital Records of Salem Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, The Essex Institute, Salem, Massachusetts, 1918
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6} Perley, Sidney, The History of Salem, Massachusetts: Vol. I, 1626-1637, Salem, Massachusetts, 1924
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.7} Essex County, Massachusetts: Early Probate Records, 1665-1674, Volume 2, The Essex Institute, Salem, Massachusetts, p. 355-7
8. ↑ Taylor, Nathaniel Land and John Fipphen. Another Husband for Mary (Phippen) (Wallis) (Morgan) Black: Samuel 2 Morgan (Robert 1) of Beverly, Massachusetts in: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 160, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts, 2006. p. 99-100 (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018.)
9. ↑ Vital Records of Lynn, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, The Essex Institute, Salem, Massachusetts, 1906, p. 171
10. ↑ Vital Records of Beverly, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, TheTopsfield Historical Society, Topsfield, Massachusetts, 1907, p. 162: 214
11. ↑ Davis, Walter Goodwin & Gary Boyd Roberts. Massachusetts and Maine Families in the Ancestry of Walter Goodwin Davis, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, Maryland, 1996

See also:

• "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JQJS-1RQ : accessed 14 Apr 2014), Margret Norman, 04 Feb 1614; citing CHARMINSTER, DORSET, ENGLAND, reference ; FHL microfilm 1279491.
• "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/J3RK-QMQ : accessed 14 Apr 2014), Margret Norman, 04 Feb 1614; citing Charminster, Dorset, England, reference item 9; FHL microfilm 1279491.
• The Probate Records of Essex County, Massachusetts_, 3 vols.; digital images, _Hathi Trust_ (accessed 2013), 2: 355-357, "Estate of Robert Morgan of Salem." http://hdl.handle.net/2027/njp.32101062077290
• "Torrey’s New England Marriages Prior to 1700"; database, _AmericanAncestors.org_ (http://www.americanancestors.org/ : accessed 2013), "Robert Morgan and [Margaret Norman]" entry. Robert Morgan and [Margaret Norman], marriage date is "by 1638, ?27"; location reference is Salibury/Salem, where 5 children said bapt. 1650. AmericanAncestors.org version cites ten (10) reference as "Stone Anc. (1930) 30, 38, 46; Booth (1923) 88; Putnam's Mag. 6:152; GDMNH 194, 492; Salisbury Fam. 1:162; Fallass 154; Yates (1906) 1; R. Morgan Gen. 18; Warren (,5) 101-2; Tingley-Meyers 244, 257"
• Walter Goodwin Davis, _The ancestry of Sarah Stone : wife of James Patten of Arundel (Kennebunkport) Maine_ (1930), p. 45-54, "Norman." Placed the Norman's in New England in 1626. http://hdl.handle.net/2027/wu.89066288291?urlappend=%3Bseq=61."
• Edgar [Allan Poe] Yates. _The Yates Book: William Yates and His Descendants; the History and Genealogy of William Yates (1772-1868) of Greenwood, Maine, and His Wife, Who was Martha Morgan, together with the line of Her Descent from Robert Morgan of Beverly_ (1906); digital images, _Internet Archive_ (accessed 2013), p. 2 for Robert^1 Morgan in "The Line of Martha Morgan." http://archive.org/stream/yatesbookwilliam00yate#page/n11/mode/2up
• Betsey (Warren) Davis, _The Warren, Jackson and Allied Families: Being the Ancestry of Jesse Warren and Betsey Jackson_ (1903), 99-103 for "The Morgan and Norman Families"; digital images, _Internet Archive_ (accessed 2013), pp. 101-102 for Robert (1) Morgan. http://archive.org/stream/warrenjacksonall00davi#page/100/mode/2up

Acknowledgements

• Constance Dickey contributed firsthand knowledge to the development of this profile.
• This profile was developed, in part, from on 13 September 2010 through the import of 124-DeCoursey.ged.