Lucas Morgan Esq. (1743 - 1817)

Born 26 Feb 1743 in West Springfield, Hampden, MA

Ancestors

Husband of Tryphene (Smith) Morgan — married 21 Dec 1768 in Springfield, Hampden, MA

Husband of Elizabeth (Eastman) Morgan — married about 9 Jul 1794 in West Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

Died 12 Nov 1817 at age 74 in West Springfield, Hampden, MA

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Biography

Lucas was born in 1743. He was the son of Joseph Morgan and Mary Stebbins.^[1] He passed away in 1817.

Lucas married second, 9 Jul 1794, Betsey Eastman of Granby, and had Issue: Betsey, born 24 Sep 1795 and Lucas, born 3 Aug 1798. 

“BRANCH FROM RICHARD OF HURST. 1. Thomas AP [son of] Morgan, came to America prior to 1740, marrying after his arrival, Elizabeth Morgan Morgans, perhaps a first cousin, who had previously emigrated. Issue: 1. Thomas, b. 1771; m. Esther Townsend, 1793. 2. Jesse, m. Barbara Monk, 1810 (had two children). 3. John, d. unmarried. 4. Evan, d. infancy. 5. Morgan, d. infancy. 6. Morgan, d. infancy. 7. William, m. Elizabeth Woods, 1795; had three children.”

"BRANCH FROM MORGAN OF TREDEGAR. Elizabeth, daughter of Sir William Tredegar married William Morgan, merchant of Diveru; went to Bristol, England, 1616. Elizabeth died 1638, William died 1648; both buried in Bristol.(See Great Orphan Book and Book of Wills of Bristol.) Issue: Miles Morgan, b. 1616, sailed from Bristol to Boston, January 1636, where he met and married Miss Prudence Gilbert. Issue: 1. Mary, b. 1644. 2. Jonathan, b. 1646. 3. David, b. 1648. 4. Pelatiah, b. 1650, killed by Indians 1675. 5. Isaac, b, 1652. 6. Lydia, b. 1654. 7. Hannah, b. 1656. 8. Mercy, b. 1658. Prudence Gilbert Moran died 1660. Miles married Elizabeth Bliss 1669 and had Nathaniel, b. 1671; he married Hannah Bird 1691, she died 1752. Issue: 1, Nathaniel, b. 1692 2. Samuel, b. 1694. 3. Ebenezer, b. 1696. 4. Hannah, b. 1698. 5. Miles, b. 1700 6. James, b. 1705. 7. Isaac, b. 1708. 8. Elizabeth, b. 1710. 9. Joseph, b. 1702; served in Capt. Josiah Wright's Company in the French and Indian war..married Mary Stebbins 1735.

Lucas Morgan 1743 - 1817

Birth: Feb 26 1743

Parents: Joseph Morgan 1702 - 1786 Mary Stebbens 1713 - 1798

Wife: Betsey Morgan Wife: Tryphene Morgan (born Smith)

Siblings: ^[2]

1. Captain Joseph Morgan 1736 - 1813 m. Experience Smith, 1757
2. Titus Morgan 1st 1737-1738
3. Titus Morgan 2nd 1740 - 1811 m. Sarah Morgan
4. Elizabeth 1745 - 1782 m. Thomas White, 1771
5. Jessie Morgan 1749 - 1810 m. Mercy Stebbins, 1770
6. Judah Morgan 1749 - ? m. Elizabeth Shivoy
7. Hannah Legg (born Morgan) 1751 - ?
8. Festus Morgan 1759-?

Children: ^[3]

1. Electa Morgan 1770 - ?
2. Roswell Morgan 1771 - ?
3. Phebe Morgan 1774 - ?
4. Thomas Morgan 19 July 1775, married Esther Townsend, 21 March 1794.
5. Theodore Morgan 1778 - ?
6. Alexander Morgan 1780 - ?
7. Sophia Morgan 1784 - 1807
8. Luther Morgan 1786 - 1808
9. Mary Theodosia Morgan 1790 - 1804
10. Betsey Morgan 1795 - ?
11. Lucas Morgan 1798 - ? ^[4]

^[5]

"Up to 1850, Holyoke was a part of West Springfield. It was there the inhabitants went to town meeting and to vote, and until about the beginning of the century, to church as well. “In those early days the place was very thinly populated, as is shown by the following extract from a letter of that time: ‘There were but six families in this parish, and they ‘forted’ together nights for fear of the Indians.” Nearly all the Connecticut valley towns have a history reaching back to the days of the Indians, when the ancestors of the present inhabitants carried their guns as they went to the fields to work, and barred their doors when night came on--not against thieves and robbers, but against bloodthirsty savages. In most towns it usually came about that certain unlucky ones lost their lives and their scalps before those early troublous times were past. But Holyoke lacks this sort of history almost entirely, for the reason that the settlers of the old colonial days, who came westward from Massachusetts bay, did not find the fertile lowlands they were in quest of, and planted the river towns elsewhere along the stream. The following is the most noteworthy if not the only Indian story in which Holyoke is directly concerned, . . . About 150 years ago, Lucas Morgan lived in the old Fairfield homestead, which still stands on Northampton street, though it has undergone various changes since that ancient day. Morgan was one of the first settlers here, and had but recently built his home. He returned late one evening after being away all day. He was about to put his horse in the stable, when the animal started uneasily and refused to enter. It was winter, a cloudy threatening night, very dark. Mr. Morgan himself stepped into the stable, and, feeling about, his hand came in contact with a man, lying half covered with hay in the manger. “Indians!” was the thought which flashed through his mind, and he wasted no time getting out of the stable and into the house, leaving the horse to his fate. Doors were bolted...little sleep came to the family that night. Outside they could hear the dog growling savagely, and Mr. Morgan, creeping out to the living-room, heard one of the Indians slap his thigh as if to pacify that animal; and he caught snatches of general conversation. Then suddenly the dog gave a frightened yelp of pain, and all was still. But presently there came a sharp rattling of blows from the Indian’s tomahawks on the heavy kitchen door. . . . Mr. Morgan raised a window softly, and poking his gun over the sash, took careful aim as near as he could guess at the position of the invaders, and fired. Silence followed, and through the rest of the long night no further sounds of assault were heard about the place. Morning came. There, by the doorlay the dog, with an ugly cut from a tomahawk in his shoulder. He was taken in and given the best of care, but it was six weeks before he could take a step. A pool of blood close by showed the gun had done effective work. From the barn to the house door three tracks were traced in the snow. Only two led away. There were marks about the place that showed the Indians had tried to set the house on fire in several places, but the storm made their efforts unsuccessful. The savages were followed and traced to a distant swamp, where the trail was entirely lost. It was learned later that the Indians plotted to burn every house in the village."^[6]

Lucas Morgan 1743 - 1817

Birth: Feb 26 1743

Parents: Joseph Morgan 1702 - 1786 Mary Stebbens 1713 - 1798

Wife: Betsey Morgan Wife: Tryphene Morgan (born Smith)

Sources

1. ↑ Appleton Morgan, MORGAN FAMILY, p.69,73
2. ↑ AppletonMorgan... p. 69
3. ↑ Appleton Morgan... p.69
4. ↑ MyHeritage
5. ↑ On the internet in U.S. GenWeb, found under Churches - 1901 Holyoke, Hampden Co., MA (extracted from A HISTORY OF HAMPDEN COUNTY MASSACHUSETTS, edited by Alfred Minot Copland, Vol. I, II, & III; The Century Memorial Publishing Company, 1902, which remains in the public domain):
6. ↑ COLONIAL FAMILIES of the United States of America, Vol. II

• Internet in U.S. GenWeb, found under Churches - 1901 Holyoke, Hampden Co., MA (extracted from A HISTORY OF HAMPDEN COUNTY MASSACHUSETTS, edited by Alfred Minot Copland, Vol. I, II, & III; The Century Memorial Publishing Company, 1902, which remains in the public domain):
• https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-1-52698341-14-501199/lucas-morgan-in-myheritage-family-trees?s=216760841
• VITAL RECORDS of WEST SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS TO THE YEAR 1850. Vol. I. New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1944. pp. 419,423.
• VITAL RECORDS of WEST SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS TO THE YEAR 1850. Vol. II. New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1944. pp121,265-267.
• Appleton Morgan, of the twenty seventh generation of Cadivor-fawr A History of the Family of Morgan, from the year 1089 to the present times Published in the City of New York, 1892. pp.69, 73, 80, 217.
• COLONIAL FAMILIES of the United States of America, Vol. II, Edited by George Norbury Mackenzie, LL.B. Genealogical Publishing Co. Baltimore.
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