Morgan Joseph James (abt. 1658 - 1737)

Born about 1658 in Haverford, New Castle, Delaware

Husband of Elizabeth Prothero — married 11 Jan 1694 in Radnor Monthly Meeting, Chester County, Pennsylvania

Descendants

Died 17 Jun 1737 at about age 79 in Township of Newtown, Chester, Pennsylvania

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Biography

Morgan James, Yeoman, was born about 1658 in Haverford, New Castle, Delaware. He was married two or more times. He died 17 Jun 1737 in Newton, Delaware County, Pennsylvania.

Name: Morgan JAMES

Birth:

Date: 1658

Place: Haverford, Delaware, Pennsylvania, United States

Death:

Date: 17 JUN 1737

Name: Elizabeth Prytherch Gender: Female Spouse Name: Morgan James Marriage Year: 1694 Number Pages: 1

Name: Morgan James Probate Date: 17 Jun 1737 Probate Place: Chester, Pennsylvania, USA Inferred Death Year: Abt 1737 Inferred Death Place: Pennsylvania, USA Case Number: 601 Item Description: Estate Papers, No 496-624, 1700-1810 Table of Contents 6 images Cover Page 1 Inventory Papers 2–4 Will Papers 5–6^[1]

Name Morgan James. Gender Male Birth Date 1673 Birth Place Radnor, Pennsylvania/Wales Death Date 1737 Death Place Pennsylvania, USA Marriage Date 1 Jan 1694 Marriage Place Haverford, Chester, Pennsylvania Spouse Elizabeth Prothereth Children Magdalen James Spouse Father Evan Prothereth Household Members Name Age Morgan James Elizabeth Prothereth^[2]

Name: Morgan James. Gender: Male Birth Date: 1673 Birth Place: Radnor, Pennsylvania/Wales Death Date: 1737 Death Place: Pennsylvania, USA Marriage Date: 1 Jan 1694 Marriage Place: Haverford, Chester, Pennsylvania Spouse: Elizabeth Prothereth Children: Magdalen James Spouse Father: Evan Prothereth

Name: Morgan James Arrival Year: 1690 Arrival Place: Pennsylvania Source Publication Code: 2606.12 Primary Immigrant: James, Morgan Annotation: Date and port of arrival, date and place of settlement or date and place of first mention in the New World. Extensive family genealogical information is also provided. Source Bibliography: GLENN, THOMAS ALLEN. Welsh Founders of Pennsylvania. Baltimore: Clearfield Co., 2000. Volume I. 233p. Page: 179

Morgan James Yeoman Title: Yeoman Description: Decedent Residence: Newtown Date: 14 May 1737 Prove Date: 17 Jun 1737 Book/Page: B:21 Remarks: James, Morgan. Newtown, yeoman. May 14, 1737. June 17, 1737. B.21. Provides for wife Mary, remainder to all children living by my first and second wives, daughter Margaret only named. Executors: wife Mary and son Joseph, kinsman Saml. Lewis and friend Thos. Thomas of Radnor, trustees.

MORGAN JAMES, of Radnor, and Elizabeth Prytherch, of the same township, were married 11, 1, 1694, at Radnor Meeting. No other James signed the marriage certificate, and it is probable, according to the Welsh custom, that he was the son of some one whose first name was James. A brother, Thomas James, lived in Whiteland township but left no children. Elizabeth Prytherch was the daughter of Evan Prytherch (also written Prothero and Protherah) and Elizabeth (Thomas?) his wife. George Thomas, the owner of 200 acres of land in Newtown, devised the same to his cousin (niece?) Elizabeth, afterward wife of Morgan James. The latter subsequently married a 2d wife, Mary, and died in Newtown about June, 1737, leaving children by last wife, Thomas, Aaron, Jonathan, Martha and Hannah James. Children of Morgan and Elizabeth James: MARY, b. 8, 20, 1695; m. Henry Treviller and John Earl. JOSEPH, m. Elizabeth (???) and died in Willistown, 1770. His dau. Ann m. 10, 10, 1747, Daniel Yarnall, of Willistown. DANIEL, d. Willistown, 1733-4; m. 1729, Susanna, dau. of John Maris and Susanna Lewis, who m. 2dly 8, 30, 1746, John Davis. Daniel left one child, Lydia, brought up by her uncle Joseph James and m. Thomas Smedley. SAMUEL, d. Whiteland township, 1754-5; m. Rachel Buffington and Rachel Lawrence. MAGDALEN, m. John Strode, of Marlborough. ELIZABETH, m. John Talkinton. MARGARET, m. Christ Church, Phila., Aug. 30, 1729, Joseph Lewis. Genealogy of the Smedley Family Author: Samuel Lightfoot Smedley Call Number: CS71.S637

Name: Morgan James. Title: Yeoman Description: Decedent Residence: Newtown Date: 14 May 1737 Prove Date: 17 Jun 1737 Book/Page: B:21 Remarks: James, Morgan. Newtown, yeoman. May 14, 1737. June 17, 1737. B.21. Provides for wife Mary, remainder to all children living by my first and second wives, daughter Margaret only named. Executors: wife Mary and son Joseph, kinsman Saml. Lewis and friend Thos. Thomas of Radnor, trustees.^[3]

Name: Morgan James Marriage Date: 1 Jan 1694 Marriage Date on Image: 01 Eleventh 1694 Marriage Place: Delaware, Pennsylvania Spouse: Elizabeth Prytherch Event Type: Marriage Monthly Meeting: Radnor Monthly Meeting Historical Meeting Data: Search for this monthly meeting in the 'Quaker Monthly Meetings Index' Yearly Meeting: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Meeting State: Pennsylvania Meeting County: Delaware^[4]

Morgan Joseph James was born about 1658. ^[5]

Family

Morgan of the Township of Radnor, Chester County, Pennsylvania married Elizabeth Prytherch of also of Radnor 11, 1, 1694 at the Radnor Meeting. She was a daughter of Evan Prytherch and his wife Elizabeth (Thomas?).^[6]

Morgan Joseph James' children with Elizabeth Prytherch:^[7]

• Mary b. 8, 20, 1695. Married Henry Treviller and John Earl
• Joseph: (joint executor with Morgan's wife Mary). Married Elizabeth___. Died Willistown, 1770.
• Daniel, d. Willistown, 1733-4. Married Susana Maris.
• Samuel. d. Whiteland Township. Married Rachel Buffington and Rachel Lawrence and Joanna Paschall April 1, 1746, in Chester, daughter of William Paschall and Hannah Mendenhall^[8]
• Magdalen. married John Strode, of Marlborough
• Elizabeth. married John Talkinton
• Margaret. married Joseph Lewis, Aug 30, 1729. Christ Church, Philadelphia.

Morgan Joseph James' children with Mary:

• Thomas
• Aaron
• Jonathan
• Martha
• Hannah

Will and Death

Morgan wrote his will on the 14th day of the 3rd month then called May, 1737. His will was proved 17 June 1737. His wife at the time he wrote his will was Mary, apparently his second wife. After gifts to wife Mary, he divided two thirds of his estate between the living children of both wives. He only named wife Mary and children Mary and Joseph in his will. ^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ Estate Papers, 1713-1810; Author: Chester County (Pennsylvania). Register of Wills; Probate Place: Chester, Pennsylvania
2. ↑ Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
3. ↑ U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s.
4. ↑ Swarthmore College; Swarthmore, Pennsylvania; Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Certificates of Removal (Received), 1683-1730; Collection: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Minutes; Call Number: MR-Ph 530
5. ↑ Source will be added by Dawn Hoover by 16 Aug 2022.
6. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/97969508?cid=mem_copy
7. ↑ Smedley Family by Gilbert Cope. https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/97444339?cid=mem_copy
8. ↑ "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Marriage Records, 1512-1989", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6CYX-XNJS : 13 January 2021), Joseph James in entry for Joanna Paschall, 1746.
9. ↑ "Pennsylvania Probate Records, 1683-1994," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G99B-J99W-6?cc=1999196&wc=9PMZ-BZS%3A268496301%2C280751201 : 3 July 2014), Chester > Wills 1713-1720 and 1736-1755 vol 1-3, A-C > image 215 of 603; county courthouses, Pennsylvania.

• Gilbert Cope. Genealogy of the Smedley Family Descended from George and Sarah Smedley, Settlers in Chester Co Pennsylvania. 1901. pp 81-82. This book can be read for free on archives.org.
• The Ashbridge book; relating to past and present Ashbridge families in America by Ashbridge, Wellington Thomas, Published 1912. pp 154, 155. Also available on archives.org.