Barbara (Morgan) Seymour (1518)

Born 1518 in England

Ancestors

Died [date unknown] in England

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Biography

Barbara Morgan was the daughter of Thomas Morgan & Elizabeth Vaughan. She married Henry Seymour, brother of Jane Seymour third wife of Henry VIII.

According to The Family of Morgan compiled by Appleton Morgan and printed in 1902 at the Shakespeare Press of Westfield, NJ and published in NY, NY by N. E. Genealogical Society:

p. 13 Sir John Morgan, Knight of the Sepulchre, 1448, steward of Gwentloog; married Jenet daughter and co-heir of John ap David Mathew of Llandaff. Issue: Morgan, Thomas, John, Lewis, William Morgan coroner 1501, Philip, Elizabeth, Jane, Mary, and Isabella. (Ten children, Thomas being the second son.)

p. 14-15 Thomas, second son of Sir John Morgan was of Machen; esquire of the body to Henry VII; living 1538; married Elizabeth, daughter of Roger Vaughan of Porthaml. Issue: Rowland, Reynold, John, Edmond, Margaret, Barbara, Maud, Jane, Constance, Mary, and Elizabeth.

Barbara was probably born about 1518 as her son John, probably her youngest child, was aged 18 at his father's death in 1578. [Seymour Dawn by Robin Forbes Patterson (1999): 253, citing House of Commons 1509-1558, Members by S T Bindoff].

Research Notes

Disconnected spouse Henry Seymour as contemporary sources do not name Barbara Morgan as his wife. Henry Seymour married Barbara WOLFE, daughter of Morgan Wolfe.^[1][2]

Sources

1. ↑ Douglas Richardson. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. 2nd edition. (Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2011), vol. III, page 112, MALET 14, Henry Seymour.
2. ↑ Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. (Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2013), vol. IV, page 621, SEYMOUR 20 (same data as MCA).

• A History of the Family of Morgan from the year 1089 to present times compiled by Appleton Morgan printed at the Shakespeare Press of Westfield, NJ and published in the city of New York 1902 by N. E. Historic Genealogical Society
• Aubrey, John. Wiltshire. The Topographical Collections of John Aubrey, F.R.S., 1659-70, with Illustrations. (Longman & Co., London, 1862) Page 375-6