Henry
Morgan
Esq.
Born in Llanrhymnima, St. Mellons, Monmouthshire, Wales
Ancestors 
Son of Rowland Morgan
and Blanch (Jones) Morgan
Brother of
William Morgan [half], Thomas Morgan MP, Ann Morgan, Mary Morgan and Catherine (Morgan Machen Tredegar) Jones
Husband of
Catherine (Kemeys) Morgan
— married
about 1559 in Wales
Descendants 
Father of
Thomas Morgan Esq.
Died
at about age 67
in Llanrhymny, Monmouthshire, Wales
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Biography
Henry Morgan Esq. was born in Monmouthshire, Wales.
HENRY MORGAN b: 1536. in Llanrhymni, Monmouth, Wales; died 1603 in Llanrhymni, Monmouth, Wales.
Married Catherine Kemeys about 1561 in Llanrhymni, Monmouth, Wales. [1]. Catherine / Katherine Kemeys was daughter and heir of William Kemeys of St Melons.
Henry and Catherine Morgan had at least three children:
- Thomas,
- Infant (born & died abt 1562)
- Blanch (born abt 1564).
From his branch descended Sir Henry Morgan of Jamaica, privateer and adventurer, who was knighted by King Charles II and became Lieutenant-Govenor of Jamaica. He is known in history as "Morgan the Pirate," and the guy on the label of Morgan's Rum. [2]
Sources
- ↑ Burke, Bernard, Index to Burke's Dictionary to Landed Gentry in Great Britain and Ireland, (Coleburn and Company, 1853)] pg 255-256
- ↑ "Morgan Genealogy." Morgan Genealogy. Web. 28 Mar. 2015.
- G. T. Clark, Limbus Patrum Morganiae et Glamorganiae (1886), Page 311
- Dictionary of Welsh Biography. | https://biography.wales/article/s-MORG-TRE-1384
Acknowledgments
- Thank you to Sheldon Sickler for creating WikiTree profile Governor Jamaica-1 through the import of Sickler Family Tree(2).ged on Nov 5, 2013.
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1. Gerald is the son of Neumon Brown Jones [confident] 2. Neumon is the son of Lawson Woodard Jones [confident] 3. Lawson is the son of Carroll W. Jones [confident] 4. Carroll is the son of Mary Carder (Hutchins) Jones [confident] 5. Mary is the daughter of Moses John Hutchins [confident] 6. Moses is the son of Charles Christopher Hutchings [confident] 7. Charles is the son of Elizabeth (Parks) Hutchings [confident] 8. Elizabeth is the daughter of Sarah (Miller) Parks [confident] 9. Sarah is the daughter of Margaret (Gaines) Miller [confident] 10. Margaret is the daughter of Daniel Gaines [unknown confidence] 11. Daniel is the son of Blanch (Kemis) Gaines [unknown confidence] 12. Blanch is the daughter of Blanche (Morgan) Kemeys [unknown confidence] 13. Blanche is the daughter of Thomas Morgan [unknown confidence] 14. Thomas is the son of Henry Morgan [confident] This makes Henry the 12th great grandfather of Gerald.