Solomon Morgan (1745 - 1804)

Born 4 Feb 1745 in Groton, New London, Connecticut

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Died 3 Sep 1804 at age 59 in North Canaan, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States

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This Solomon Morgan, born 4 Feb 1745 at Groton, Connecticut, was a son of Solomon Morgan (1708-1791) and Mary (Walworth) Morgan (1721-aft.1796).

Solomon Morgan was a minister; was settled over Nazareth Church at Voluntown in April, 1772; in September, 1783, he was settled over the church at Canterbury. In 1784, he delivered at Groton one of the first of the series of Fort Griswold anniversary sermons.

He married first, Eunice Avery, with whom he had 9 children, some with birth dates not yet evident:

1. Eunice (Morgan) King (1769-1842), b. 30 Nov 1769; married Paul King
2. Solomon Morgan (abt.1772-), b. about 1772
3. Parke Morgan (1774-), b. 13 Aug 1774 @ Voluntown, Connecticut
4. William Morgan (1777-), b. 15 Jun 1777 @ Voluntown
5. Lucy Morgan (1778-1796), b. 6 Dec 1778 @ Voluntown; d. 10 Dec 1796 @ Plainfield, Connecticut
6. Elisha Morgan (1782-), b. 7 Jun 1782 @ Plainfield
7. Heman(?) Morgan
8. Mary Morgan
9. Nancy Morgan

Eunice (Avery) Morgan died May 2, 1793, probably at Canterbury. Rev. Solomon Morgan is said to have gone to North Canaan in 1798. He married 2nd, the widow Haskell.

Rev. Solomon Morgan named in his will the following children, viz. - sons Solomon, Parke, William and Elisha; and daughters Eunice, Mary and Nancy, as living at the date of his death, 3rd Sept. 1804 ^[1]. His grave is in Mountain View Cemetery, North Canaan, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA ^[2].

Sources

1. ↑ Updated Morgan genealogy a history of James Morgan of New London, Conn. and his descendants 1607-1997 - Freeman E. Morgan, Jr. 1998 page 56 https://archive.org/details/updatedmorgangen00morg
2. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #34700002

• Morgan, Nathaniel Harris. Morgan Genealogy: A History of James Morgan, of New London, Conn. (Case, Lockwood & Brainard, 1869) Page 56

• The Groton Avery Clan (Avery & Avery, 1912), p. 263, no. 303: https://archive.org/stream/grotonaveryclan01aver#page/263/mode/1up

• Cooke, Rollin Hillyer. South & East Canaan, Connecticut, Record of Congregational Churches (Pittsfield, Mass., 1900) Page 179 & Page 197

• Walworth, Clarence A., The Walworths of America. Family History, Genealogy, The Weed-Parsons Printing Company, Albany, N.Y., 1897; p. 59.1: https://archive.org/details/walworthsofameri00walw/page/59/mode/1up