Robert Morgan (1681)

Born 12 Jan 1681 in Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts

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Robert Morgan was born 12 January 1681, in Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts, to Joseph Morgan and Deborah (Hart) Morgan. ^{[1] [2]}

Morgan, Robert, s. Joseph and Deborah, Jan. 12, 1681.

Robert married Mary (Thorndike) Morgan on 7 January 1703, in Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts. ^[3]

Morgan, Robert, and Mary Thorndike, Jan. 7, 1702-3.

Their children, all born in Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts.

1. Robert, s. Robert and Mary, Apr. 28, 1705. ^[4]
2. Martha, twin d. Robert and Mary, Dec. 25, 1706. ^[5]
3. Mary, twin d. Robert and Mary, Dec. 25, 1706. ^[6]
4. Dixey, s. Robert and Mary, Oct. 5, 1708. ^[7]
5. Abigel, d. Robert and Mary, Oct. 25, 1710. ^[8]
6. Paul, s. Robert and Mary, July 12, 1712. ^[9]
7. Hannah, d. Robert and Mary, Sept. 14, 1714. ^[10]

Robert's wife Mary died about 1732, and Robert next married Sarah Patch. ^[11]

Morgan, Robert [Ens. int.], and Sarah Patch, at Ipswich, May 9, 1733

Robert died 16 July 1762, ^[12] in Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts.

Morgan, Robert, Ens., July 16, 1762, a. 93 y. PR1

Robert's probate case 18747 was dated 28 August 1762. ^[13] His will which he wrote 4 March 1762, mentions the following beneficiaries:

• his wife Sarah
• son Dixey Morgan
• daughter Elizabeth Biles
• three sons Robert, Dixey, and Paul
• grandchildren by son-in-law William Biles and his wife Priscilla
• great-grandchildren by son-in-law Joseph Larkum by his wife Mary
• daughter Hannah Foster
• Abigail, daughter of my daughter Hannah Foster

Sources

1. ↑ Birth: The Massachusetts Vital Records Project - Vital Records of Beverly Massachusetts - Vol 1 – Births Page 230 https://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Beverly/Images/Beverly_B230.shtml
2. ↑ History of the Family Morgan: Morgan, Appleton. (1902). A history of the family of Morgan, from the year 1089 to present times. New York, N.Y.: [publisher not identified]. Pages 136-138 https://archive.org/details/historyoffamilyo00morg/page/137/mode/2up
3. ↑ Marriage: The Massachusetts Vital Records Project - Vital Records of Beverly Massachusetts - Vol 2 – Marriages Page 215 https://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Beverly/Images/Beverly_M215.shtml
4. ↑ Birth: The Massachusetts Vital Records Project - Vital Records of Beverly Massachusetts - Vol 1 – Births Page 230 https://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Beverly/Images/Beverly_B230.shtml
5. ↑ Birth: The Massachusetts Vital Records Project - Vital Records of Beverly Massachusetts - Vol 1 – Births Page 231 https://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Beverly/Images/Beverly_B231.shtml
6. ↑ Birth: The Massachusetts Vital Records Project - Vital Records of Beverly Massachusetts - Vol 1 – Births Page 229 https://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Beverly/Images/Beverly_B229.shtml
7. ↑ Birth: The Massachusetts Vital Records Project - Vital Records of Beverly Massachusetts - Vol 1 – Births Page 228 https://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Beverly/Images/Beverly_B228.shtml
8. ↑ Birth: The Massachusetts Vital Records Project - Vital Records of Beverly Massachusetts - Vol 1 – Births Page 227 https://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Beverly/Images/Beverly_B227.shtml
9. ↑ Birth: The Massachusetts Vital Records Project - Vital Records of Beverly Massachusetts - Vol 1 – Births Page 229 https://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Beverly/Images/Beverly_B229.shtml
10. ↑ Birth: The Massachusetts Vital Records Project - Vital Records of Beverly Massachusetts - Vol 1 – Births Page 228 https://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Beverly/Images/Beverly_B228.shtml
11. ↑ Marriage: "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1V-YV22 : 2 March 2020), Robert Morgan and Sarah Patch, 9 May 1733; citing Marriage, Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009712.
12. ↑ Death: The Massachusetts Vital Records Project - Vital Records of Beverly Massachusetts - Vol 3 – Deaths Page 509 https://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Beverly/Images/Beverly_D509.shtml
13. ↑ Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB515/rd/13788/18747-co1/245881726