Anne Morel (1774 - aft. 1783)

Born 9 Jan 1774 in Savannah, Chatham, Georgia

Ancestors

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Biography

Anne Morel was a Georgia colonist.

Anne was the daughter of John and Mary Bryan Morel. A portrait of Anne hangs in the Telfair Museum in Savannah with this note: “Mary Bryan Morel (1745-1822) was born in 1744 in Savannah, the daughter of Jonathan and Mary Williamson Bryan. In 1767 she became the second wife of John Morel, who died in 1776. They had six children together, four of whom are featured in this family portrait - Bryan (1768-1812), Isaac (1770-1777), Esther (1772-1799), and Anne (b.1774).”^[1]

(Note: Another reference lists her name as Nancy, with same birth date. Nancy ^[2])

It is not known if she married or when/where she died. Anne was alive in 1783 when she was mentioned as a minor in a court document.

It is not known when or where she died.

Research Notes

Possible Records

• Source: Colonial Georgia Genealogical Data 1748 to 1783 by William H. Dumont 1971

BENJAMIN LLOYD, gentleman, Savannah, with MARY MORELL, spinster dau. of John Morell, deed., Savannah. Trustee: William Bryan, surgeon. Wit.: Ann Eaton. Mentions Mary's sister Ann Morell, deed, and a minor. Mar. 20, 1783. (CCC, p. 224)

Sources

1. ↑ Telfair Museums Mary Bryan Morel and Her Children
2. ↑ https://archive.org/details/ahistoryandgene01bullgoog/page/n5/mode/2up?q=Morel

• https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1193&context=sav-bios-lane
• http://genealogytrails.com/geo/state/colonial-marriages.html
• https://www.forgottenbooks.com/en/download/HistoryandGenealogyoftheHabershamFamily_10264711.pdf