Capt.
James
Morgan
Jr.
Born in Eastchester, Westchester, New York Colony
Ancestors 
Son of James Morgan
and Abigail (Fowler) Morgan
Husband of
Helena (Underhill) Morgan
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Husband of
Ann (Morehouse) Morgan
— married
7 Apr 1736 in Redding, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony
Descendants 
Died before
before age 68
in Redding, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 20 Aug 2011
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Biography
Research Notes
Rootsweb tree shows that James Morgan served in the French and Indian Wars and also in the Revolutionary War as a Loyalist. Lists his father as James Morgan b c 1683 d May 1764 Eastchester NY and mother Abigail Fowler, no date. Lists grandparents: Charles MORGAN b: ABT 1649 in Gravesend, New Amsterdam (New York) and Elizabeth FEKE (FEAKE) Elizabeth Feak's mother as Mary Patrick, father seems uncertain but Elizabeth used the surname Feake. He may have been Tobias FEAKE b: 1622 in London <https://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=kellycol1&id=I1223/>
Widow Mary Feak / Feke nee Patrick, will dated 20 August 1691 in NY, to daughter Elizabeth Morgan, granddaughters Mary and Aritus Morgan. Grandsons Thomas James and Charles 20 acre lots in Flushing. Friends Samuel Dean, Hugh Cowperthwait, Samuel Haight. Residue to daughter Judith. Probate 2 May 1692. Long Island Source Records Abstracts of Early Wills of Queens County, New York, Recorded in Libers A and C [1]
Was a Loyalist in the Revolutionary War. Joined the Redding Loyalist Association.
In 1781, was denied a tax abatement as he had a "son or son-in-law gone over to the enemies of the United States"
Sources
- Jacobus, Donald Lines. History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield (For the Eunice Dennie Burr Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, 1930) Vol. 2.
- Page 1087: Morgan, James. (Page 685.) ... the will of James Morgan of Eastchester, N. Y , in 1764 [N. Y. Wills, vol. 6, p. 334.] It is very probable that Capt. James of Redding, b. 2 Apr. 1716, was son of James of Eastchester (1683-1764), who is said to have been son of Charles Morgan (d. 1720) of Perth Amboy, N. J.
- Encyclopedia of Connecticut Biography (The American Historical Society, Boston, MA. 1917) Vol. 8, Page 152
- Morgan family records.
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Beryl Meehan
Beryl Meehan
FYI - I added some research notes and sources
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