Samuel Morgan (1766 - 1850)

Born 28 Sep 1766 in Clunbury, Shropshire, England

Descendants

Died 12 Aug 1850 at age 83 in St Pancras, London, England

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Biography

Samuel MORGAN (1766) was born 28 Sep 1766 at Clunbury, Shropshire.^[1]

Married to Jane TOWNS (1770) 27 Mar 1796 at Soho, Middlesex^[2] St Ann's Church, Soho
Also IGI batch M062361 gives St Anne, Soho, Westminster.

Robbed, 23 Jan 1813 in Tottenham Court Road, St Pancras^[3] http://www.oldbaileyonline.org/html_units/1810s/t18130217-53.html

WILLIAM THOMPSON, WILLIAM PERKINS, theft: shoplifting, 17 Feb 1813.

The Proceedings of the Old Bailey Ref: t18130217-53

Trial Summary:
• Crime(s): theft : shoplifting,
• Punishment Type: death, death,
• Verdict: Guilty, Guilty,

Original Text:

289. WILLIAM THOMPSON and WILLIAM PERKINS were indicted for feloniously stealing, on
See originalthe 23d of January, eighteen pounds weight of soap, value 17 s. the property of Thomas Pickard and Samuel Morgan, privately in their shop.

THOMAS PICKARD. I am a soap-maker. My partner's name is Samuel Morgan. We have a shop in Tottenham-court-road, in the parish of St. Pancras.

Q. Did you lose any soap on the 23d of January - A. Yes. I was from home at the time. I returned home about six in the evening. There was a quantity of soap then missing, about twenty-two pounds out of the same box that I had assisted in packing it up in the morning. It was sold, but not delivered. It was packed up for the purpose of being sent off.

Q. Had you seen it before that day - A. Yes. I put it up myself principally, or assisted in putting it up, in the morning, about ten o'clock. I went from home about eleven o'clock. That is all I know about it.

Q. What is the value of the soap - A. The quantity that was brought into our house was about eighteen pounds. We value it at seventeen shillings.

HENRY COLLIER. I am an officer of Bow-street office. On Saturday, the 23d of January, I saw the two prisoners in company with another walking about the door of Mr. Picard's shop, (it was about a quarter before six), and knowing them, I watched them. The prisoner, Thompson, went in, and stopped in about five minutes; the other two stood on the steps of the door. Thompson came out and crossed the road. The other two followed close behind. Perkins said, go it, here are two pigs. (The thieves call the officers pigs.) I pursued them, and caught Thompson with the bundle of soap in his arms. He threw the soap down, and endeavoured to get from me. I took him back to Mr. Pickard's shop. I gathered up the soap. I had my brother with me; he was running after the other men. When I got the soap back to the shop I tied it up tight, and took Thompson and put him in security. We then took him and the soap to the office.

Q. To whom did you shew the soap at the shop - A. To Mr. Morgan. He said, Mr. Pickard packed it up, and he should come down to the office. Mr. Pickard came to the office and owned the soap.

Q. When you saw him come out of the shop, did you observe whether he had anything with him or not - A. He had a bundle in his arms when he came out of the shop.

Q. Was that the same parcel that he threw from him - A. Yes. I was not thirty yards from him all the way.

Q. What became of the soap - A. I was ordered to take care of it, and I have had it in my custody ever since. This is it.

WILLIAM COLLIER. I was with the last witness. I saw the prisoners; there was a third in company with them; they were walking near Mr. Pickard's door. In the course of a few minutes I saw Thompson enter the shop.

Q. Who was in the shop - A. There was no person in the shop as I saw.

Q. Is it a shop where they expose their goods to sale - A. Yes, it is. He was in a few minutes; he came out again with a parcel in his arms, and crossed the road. He had something tied up in a blue apron, which he carried in a bundle before him the other two followed him. I observed Perkins to speak, and he and the other ran away.

Q. Did you hear what he said - A. No. I pursued the two that run, but I lost them. When I lost them I returned back to my brother, and found him scuffling with the prisoner, Thompson. They were in the road. I assisted my brother. The soap was then laying on the pavement. I took up the soap, and carried it back to Mr. Pickard's. My brother took the prisoner back. Mr. Morgan said it was his soap, and pointed out the chest where he said it was taken from. He was then taken to Bow-street, and the soap was delivered to my brother.

Q. to Henry Collier. Who was it that gathered the soap up - A. I do not know. The soap was on the pavement, whether I gathered it up, or my brother, I cannot say. The man was tustling with me to get from me. I had got hold of him by the collar.

Q. to prosecutor. Look at that soap, and see whether it is your soap - A. I have no doubt but it was our soap. There is no particular mark on the soap. I have not a doubt in my own mind but it is the same soap that I had packed up. When it was brought back I was not at home. I was soon after. The soap was taken from an open chest in the shop, with a cloth over it. The cloth might easily be removed.

Thompson's Defence. I was coming down Tottenham-court-road on the left hand side, I saw that bundle lay; I picked it up. Mr. Collier came and stopped me. He asked me what I had got. I said, soap. He said, I must come back with him. He said he saw me take it out of the shop. I know nothing of Perkins.

Perkin's Defence. I know nothing of that man. I was at my work at the time.

Q. to Henry Collier. Are you confident Perkins was one of the three - A. Yes. I knew them all three.

Q. to William Collier. Are you confident as to Perkins - A. I am not confident as to Perkins. I have seen Perkins in company with Thompson before; I am certain of that.

THOMPSON, GUILTY - DEATH, aged 16.

PERKINS, GUILTY - DEATH, aged 20.

Second Middlesex jury, before Mr. Baron Wood.

Received £100 from father's will, 1815 in an unknown place.^[4] Reference:
4763/1/62

Cited in 'Morgan Family agreement 1820' as Samuel Morgan of Tottenham Court Road London Tallow Melter and Soap maker^[5] Sam who went to London to make his fortune.

Robbed, 13 Feb 1827 in Tottenham Court Road, St Pancras^[6] JOHN GEORGE, JOHN LODGE, theft: simple grand larceny, theft: receiving stolen goods, 05 Apr 1827.

The Proceedings of the Old Bailey Ref: t18270405-73

Trial Summary:
• Crime(s): theft : simple grand larceny, theft : receiving stolen goods,
• Punishment Type: transportation, transportation,
• Verdict: Guilty, Guilty,

Original Text:

826. JOHN GEORGE was indicted for stealing, on the 13th of February, 87 lbs. of candles, value 2l. 5s., and 1 box, value 3s. 6d. the goods of Valentine Wortley; and JOHN LODGE was indicted for feloniously receiving the same, knowing them to have been stolen.

TWO OTHER COUNTS, charging it to be the property of Samuel Morgan and Thomas Morgan.

JOSEPH TAYLOR. I am in the service of Samuel Morgan and Thomas Morgan; they are tallow-chandlers, and live in Tottenham-court-road. On the 13th of February I had a six dozen box of candles in my cart, to take to Mr. Wortley, New-street, Mary-le-bone; I met the prisoner George in Tottenham-court-road - I knew him before, as he formerly worked for my master. He asked if he should go with me; I said he might, if he liked - and he walked with me, by the side of the horse, all the way to Wortley's. We got there about half-past twelve o'clock in the day; George carried the box from the cart, as I was not very well, and young Mr. Wortley received it from it. I did not tell him what the box contained - he did not ask; he did not see it put into the cart; he would know it was a candle-box, and would know the quantity in it by the size- and would know it was full by the weight of it. I had a bill of parcels with the goods, which I delivered.

WILLIAM NATHANIEL WORTLEY. I am the son of Valentine Wortley, and live in New-street, Mary-le-bone. On the 13th of February Taylor came with these candles; George brought them in, and was in the shop when Taylor delivered me the bill; I did not open them in his presence. George came again about half-past six o'clock, when it was dusk, in a cart, but not the same as the candles had come in; he said he had come for the box of candles, which he had delivered wrong in the morning. I asked him some questions, but what, I do not recollect; and he said the box was to be changed for one in the neighbourhood, and he would bring me back another presently. I believed him, and delivered it to him, having taken 1lb. out, which I told him of; he said that was of no consequence. His cart, standing on the opposite side of the road, raised my suspicion, and I watched him; he said he was going into Park-road, where he was to change the box; but he went to the end of the street, then turned to the right, and afterwards back again to the left-hand side of the street, and stopped there a quarter of an hour, in the middle of the road, with a lad in the cart; he made another stoppage, and at last came to the place he mentioned, which was Mr. Hennett's oil-shop, in Park-road; he stopped there about ten minutes, then went round the back way, to the shop of Mr. Pickman, in the Harrow-road. I followed him six or seven miles; he at last went to Montague-street, Spitalfields, and drew up to Lodge's, who keeps an oil-shop on the right-hand side in that street. I watched for a time, and saw George deliver the box of candles into Lodge's shop; Lodge was standing at the door while George and the boy were helping the box into the shop; they went into the shop together, for a few minutes, before the box was taken out. I then went to the watch-house, and got a constable; and just as we came to the door. George came out of the shop. I said to the constable, "That is the man;" he took to his heels and ran; the constable took him, and brought him back to the shop, and asked him, in the hearing of Lodge, how he came by these candles; George said, "That good gentleman (meaning me) gave them to me. I asked him for them, and he gave them to me without any scruple." The constable said, "A pretty thing that a gentleman should buy candles on purpose to give you;" and then asked him where the money was for the candles; he pulled three sovereigns and a sixpence from his pocket, and said that was the money Mr. Lodge had paid him for them. Lodge was in hearing, and said nothing; the constable then asked Lodge if he had a bill of parcels; he did not say that he had not got one, but did not produce it; the constable then told Lodge he must have the candles; he said "No, Sir, not unless I get the money back;" the constable said he would, and if he refused to deliver them, he would take him as well as the candles; the constable then turned to me, and said, "Can you swear to these boxes?" I said I could swear to the one I had sent out, and pointed it out; the constable wished to shut the door, and retire to the back of the shop. Lodge would not permit it; we brought the candles to the watch-house, with George; Lodge remained at his shop; George said at the watch-house that Lodge would have taken a hundred boxes.

Q. Did Lodge show you a bill for the candles? A. Not that evening; he produced one before the Magistrate next morning; he had not been desired to attend before the Magistrate, but he came and claimed either the money or
See originalcandles, and produced a bill of parcels - Mr. Harmer's clerk, (who appeared for Lodge) had it back - the amount of the bill is 3l. 10s.; here is my bill of the candles and box, which is 2l. 5s. 10d., but there were two boxes at Lodge's - George had another box in the cart besides the one I gave him - I had seen him bringing that box out of Mr. Pickman's; they were both taken into Lodge's, and both contained about the same quantity of candles - mine was 88lbs.

Cross-examined by MR. QUIN. Q. You believed the man when he came to you? A. Yes; I never expected the same box back again.

SAMUEL MORGAN, JUN. I am the son of Samuel Morgan, who is in partnership with my uncle; Thomas Taylor has been two or three years in our service, and took these goods by our order to Mr. Wortley; George had not worked for us for twelve months, and had no authority to fetch candles from Wortley's or Pickman's.

THOMAS ALMOND. I am a constable. Mr. Wortley fetched me; I took charge of George, and took him back to Lodge's shop - I asked Lodge if he had bought the candles of him - he said, Yes - George pointed out the boxes - I said they had been stolen from the other end of the town, and I must take them with me; he said I could not have them unless he had the money back, which he had paid for them - I asked George how much he had received - he said three sovereigns and sixpence - Lodge would not suffer them to go away - I said if not, I must take him also - he said he would have the money - I said he had better attend before the Magistrate next morning, and if it was allowed him I would give it him - he came next day, claimed them, and was charged as being a receiver.

Cross-examined. Q. Was he discharged by the Magistrate? A. Yes.

GEORGE's Defence. The carman told me the night before to come with him, and I delivered these two boxes of candles.

J. TAYLOR. I did not know he was coming, nor did I expect him.

Lodge made no Defence, but ten witnesses gave him a good character.

JURY to N. WORTLEY. Q. Did the cart stop at any other shop to find a purchaser? A. No; it stopped at Pickman's, and obtained another box.

GEORGE - GUILTY. Aged 19.

Transported for Seven Years.

LODGE - GUILTY. Aged 48.

Transported for Fourteen Years.

Census with Jane TOWNS (1770), 1841 in Mornington Place, St Pancras^[7] Mornington Place, St Pancras
Samuel Morgan, 74, independent
Jane Morgan, 71, independent
One servant.

Wrote will, 9 Jan 1847 in Mornington Place, St Pancras Public Records Office

In the name of God Amen
I Samuel Morgan of Mornington Place Hampstead Road in
the County of Middlesex Gentn hereby revoking all wills by me at any
time heretofore made do make publish and declare this my last will and
Testament I nominate and appoint my dear Wife Jane Morgan
Executrix and my sons John Morgan and Robert Morgan Executors
and Trustees of this my will I give and bequeath unto my said wife
for her own use and benefit all my household goods furniture wearing
apparel boots plate and china and the sum of Fifty pounds and I direct my
said executrix and executors to collect and get in and receive all money
due and owing unto me at the time of my decease and to stand possessed
thereof and of my ready money upon trust in the first place to pay and
satisfy thereout all my just debts funeral and testamentary expenses and
the legacy of fifty pounds before given to my said wife and to layout and
invest the residue thereof in the purchase of stock in the public ??? and
to stand possessed thereof and of my leasehold estates upon trust to pay
unto or permit my said wife to receive the yearly or weekly rents yearly
dividends and annual proceeds thereof during her natural life for her
own absolute and benefit And from and immediately after the decease
of my said wife it is my will and I do hereby direct that they my said
executors and the survivors of them their executors and administrators do
and shall stand possessed of the said stocks funds leasehold estates and
promises upon trust in the first place to raise and pay thereout the sum
of fifty pounds to my son John Morgan if then living the sum of
one shilling to my son Samuel if then living xxx xxx xx xx xx xx
xx xx xx xx xx xxx xx xx xxx The sum of fifty pounds to my son

Robert if then living The sum of two hundred pounds to my daughter
Jane the Wife of Harry Holland if then living the sum of ten pounds
to my son Francis Morgan if then living and the sum of xxxx xxxx xxx
five hundred pounds to my son George Morgan now of Australia if living
and who shall be required to give to my executors in his own hand and
under his own seal the date of his birth the Christian name of his parents
and time of his sailing for Australia the name of the vessel and the
Captain with whom he sailed and also to give to my aforesaid executors their
administrators or assigns proper instructions to whom the said five hundred
pounds shall be paid and whose receipt shall be a sufficient identification.
And the residue of the said estates funds stocks leaseholds etc and to pay
and divide the same equally between and among such of my grandchildren
being the children of my sons and daughters John Morgan Robert Morgan
Francis Morgan and Jane Holland as shall be living at the death of my
said wife and shall attain the age of 21 years to take p stirps and
not p capita their executors administrators and assigns and for as much as
for raising and pairing the said legacies and dividing the residue of the
property it may be neccessary to sell and dispose of my said leasehold estates I
hereby for the purposes of facilitating such sale declare that is shall be lawful
for my said executors the survivor of them their execs or administrators
to make sale and dispose of my said leasehold estate in such was as he or
they shall think fit and I declare that the receipt of my said execs or survivor
of them his execs or administrators shall be a sufficient discharge to all
persons paying them or either of them money on account of my estate whether
purchase money or otherwise and that such person shall not be bound to
see to the application of the money so paid by them or be answerable or
accountable for the misapplication or nonapplication thereof and I do hereby
declare that my executrix and executors shall be answerable for her his and
their own respective acts only and not for the acts or defaults of the other or
others of them and that each of them may reimburse herself himself and
themselves all expenses which she or they may pay expend or be put unto in
or about the execution of the trusts hereby in them reposed In witness whereof
I the said Samuel Morgan the Testator have to this my last will and
Testament set my hand and seal this ninteenth day of November one
thousand eight hundred and forty five - Samuel Morgan - signed
sealed and published and declared by the said Samuel Morgan the Testator
as and for his last will and Testament in the presence of us who in his
presence and at his request and in the presence of each other have subscribed
our names as witnesses therto. Witnesses Charles Brazier Thomson Webb

Whereas I Samuel Morgan of twenty two Mornington
Place Hampstead Road in the parish of Saint Pancras in the County of
Middlesex Gent have made and duly executed my last Will and Testament
in writing bearing the date the ninteenth day of November one thousand eight
hundred and forty five and wherein I have bequeathed to my son George
Morgan of Australia the sum of five hundred pounds if then living at the
decease of my dear wife and I do hereby declare this to be a Codicil to my
said will and I do direct the same to be annexed thereto and to be taken as
part thereof And I do hereby declare that if my son George should not be
heard of or ?? during the space of ten years after the decease of my dear
wife it shall be lawful for my executors to give to my son Francis fifty
pounds of the said five hundred pounds and to divide the residue of the
same with its accumulations in the funds between my sons John and
Robert and also my daughter Jane Hannah their exors or assigns and
also I do hereby declare that the residue mentioned in my former will to
be divided amongst my grandchildren (I hereby revoke) and give to my
sons John and Robert as also my daughter Jane Hannah their exors an
assigns in equal proportions instead of their Grandchildren And I do hereby
give and bequeath to my dear wife Jane Morgan all my goods and chattels
plate glass books linen wearing apparel Etcetera as declared (in my will
of the before mentioned date) but only for her natural life but after her
decease I do hereby give and bequeath to my daughter Jane Hannah
Holland the personal jewelery of my dear wife and also the China except
as hereby provided namely I give and bequeath to my son John
Morgan the best set of China and also my mourning ring with the
date of the death of my father and mother and I give to my son
Robert my gold chased? ring and also my gilt watch and appendances
as tokens of memorial and I give and bequeath to my sons John and
Robert as also my daughter Jane Hannah to be equally divided
all my goods and chattels plate glass books wearing apparel Etcetera and
I do declare this paper writing to be a Codicil to my former Will and
I hereby ratify and confirm my said Will in all the other particulars
thereof except as hereby revoked in this my Codicil and I do hereby appoint
my sons John and Robert the Executors to this my Codicil In witness
thereof I Samuel Morgan have to this my Codicil set my hand this
twenty ninth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and forty seven - Samuel Morgan - Signed
published and declared by the said testator Samuel Morgan as and
a Codicil to his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who at
his request in his presence and in the presence of each other have
hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses Ann Mason
Caroline Perkins

Proved at London with a Codicil 30th June 1851 before the
worshipful Thomas Spints Doctor of Laws and surrogate by the oaths of
John Morgan and Robert Morgan the sons the surviving executors to
whom ad?? was granted having been first sworn duly to administer.

Jane TOWNS (1770) died 4 Feb 1847 in London, England^[8]

Living, 1849 in London, England.^[9]

Died 12 Aug 1850 at St Pancras, Middlesex^[10]

Cited in 'Our ggfather' as Our grandfather^[11]

Notes

Printed registers have:
1766 Sep. 28. Samuel, s. of George Morgan and Hannah... bap.
Original registers, seen by dlm in 1977, and in microfiche in 2008, give father as John. This is confirmed by the list of siblings given in document "Our ggfather". Also the images available on FindMyPast in 2014.

Born in Clunbury, Sam came to London "to make his fortune", married in St Anns Church, Soho, London. Their eldest 2 children were born at 93 Drury Lane in the Parish of St Clements Danes in 1797 and 1798 respectively. Other children were born at 18 Tottenham Court Rd, in the Parish of St Pancras between 1800 and 1812. A robbery in 1813 gives his partner as Thomas Pickard. Last child, Mary Ann, who died at age four, was born in 1815 and died in 1819 at 22 Morning Place. However, his son Robert's apprenticeship papers in 1817 still list the address as 18 Tottenham Court Road. It would appear that this remained at least his business address.

In 1810, Samuel was granted the Freedom of the City of London as a Tallow Chandler. Until the end of the 18th century, you could not practice a trade within the city boundaries unless you were a freeman of the city. How Samuel achieved this status is not certain - normally, it would be by patrimony (ie. his father was and had been at the time of his birth a freeman, which does not apply in this case), serving an apprenticeship (as a youth, under strict discipline, including being forbidden to marry, yet in 1810, Samuel was 44 and father of 5 children), or by paying a sum of money, which seems the most likely in this case (this however usually meant you could not be admitted to the livery). Otherwise, after some years of service in your trade you might be admitted to the livery of the company to which you belonged and you were then known as a 'liveryman', and entitled to certain privileges. As a member of the livery company, you were described as 'citizen and tallowchandler' or 'citizen and grocer' etc.. In earlier years, this also implied that you were engaged in that trade, but by this period, there was quite a bit of relaxation in the rules, and people belonged purely for the honour and privilege of belonging to the company. As Samuel was described on the Freedom as "Tallowchandler" and did not change his address at this time, we can only presume that by this period it was possible to practise as a tallowchandler without belonging to the company and that Samuel purchased the membership and its associated prestige at this time. Membership in the Worshipful Company of Tallow Chandlers cost him the princely sum of £40-1-6, comprising

Freedom £8-12-6
Livery £15-18-6
Steward £15-10-6

His great-grandson, Charlie Tossell, son of Elizabeth Tossell nee MORGAN, reported:
"Samuel MORGAN our Great Grandfather was Candlemaker to William 4th, King of England" (William IV ruled 1830-1837).

- quite a step for the boy who came to London from distant Clunbury.

Sources

1. ↑ Sam & Jane Morgan's family Bible: Author:Sam MORGAN and Robert MORGAN
   See pictures.
   
   Janes Towns Born July 10 1770, Died 4th Feb 1847
   Samuel MORGAN Born September 28th 1766 Died Augs 12th 1850
   The above was Married at St Anns Church Soho London 27th March 1796
   John MORGAN son of the above S & J MORGAN was born 17th Feby 1797
   at 93 Drury Lane in the Parish of St Clements Danes & there regis
   tered _________ Mr Freeman Mr Shackleton and self _____
   Richard Haddock MORGAN son of the above S & J MORGAN was born
   Nov 16th 1798 at 93 Drury Lane in the Parish of St Clements Danes ___
   R H M departed this life 9th of March 1800 and was buried at St Pancras new
   burying ground the ___ 12th of do 1800
   Samuel MORGAN the Son of the above S & J MORGAN was born 20th Decr
   1800 at No 18 Tottenham Ct Road London in the Parish of St Pancras
   Robert MORGAN Son of the above S & J MORGAN was born 10th April 1803
   at 18 Tottenham Ct Road & Christened at St Pancras
   John MORGAN Weighed in full Dress 20 lb 6th Aug 1801
   Jane Towns Mother of the above Jane MORGAN departed this life 19th Dec
   1802 Aged 73 & buryed at Hanwell Midx
   Richard Townes Father of the above J MORGAN departed this life 19th
   of April 1804 Aged & was buryed at Hanwell
   Jane Hannah MORGAN the Daughter of the above S & J MORGAN
   was born 13th of March 1805 at 18 T Ct Rd St Pancras Mid.
   Francis MORGAN the Son of the above S & J MORGAN was born 23
   Sept 1807 at T Ct Rd
   Eliza Debra MORGAN Daughter of the above S & J MORGAN was born
   April 9th 1810
   George MORGAN Son of S & J MORGAN was born July 31st 1812 at
   18 T Ct Rd
   Mary Ann MORGAN Daughter of S & J MORGAN was born Feb 2nd 1815
   at 22 Morning Place
   Mary Ann MORGAN departed this life March 6th 1819 at 22 Morning Place
   
   Susannah Yolland Born Feby 12th 1808
   Robert MORGAN Born April 10th 1803
   The above was Married at St Pancras Church Jany 5th 1826
   Elizabeth MORGAN Daughter of the above S & R MORGAN
   was born Decr 28th 1826 in the Parish of Little Stanmore in Middlesex
   Samuel John MORGAN Son of the above S & R MORGAN was
   born Novr 7th 1828 in the Parish of Edgeware __ Middlesex
   Robert MORGAN Son of the above S & R MORGAN was born
   Septr 6th 1830
   Thomas MORGAN Son of the above S & R MORGAN was born
   Septr 9th 1832
   Ellen MORGAN Daughter of the above S & R MORGAN was
   born Feby 28th 1835
   Mary Ann MORGAN Daughter of the above S & R MORGAN
   was born Feby 16th 1837
   Ann Yolland, Mother of the above Susannah MORGAN
   departed this Life Dec 19th 1838
   Eiza MORGAN Daughter of the above S & R MORGAN
   was born 20th of Jany 1840
   William MORGAN Son of the above S & R MORGAN
   was born 28th of September 1842
   Catherine Susan MORGAN Daughter of the above
   S & R MORGAN was born 21st day of November 1846
   Jane MORGAN Mother of the above & first mentioned
   Robert MORGAN Departed this life Feby 4th 1847 Aged 77
   Samuel MORGAN Father of the above & first mentioned
   R MORGAN Departed this life Aug 12th 1850 aged 84
   Thomas YOLLAND Father of the above Susannah MORGAN
   departed this life Nov 24th 1854 Aged 77
   Robert MORGAN Sept 19 1864 aged 62
   
   
   
   Clunbury Registers:
   ClunburyRegisters.pdf
   Printed version, up to 1813, widely available has some errors, particularly the father of Samuel Morgan (1766). IGI seems to have this.
   Originals were in the safe at Clunbury in 1977, but by 2008 had been moved to Shrewsbury records office, and were available as microfiche.
   Also at Shropshire records office are typescripts of the later volumes.
   Early 2014 the images became available on FindMyPast
   
   Non-connected MORGANS begin with:
   Edward MORGAN and Hester WILLIAMS m 19 May 1725
   Ann, 22 Sep 1726
   Edward, 9 July 1729
   Edward buried 19 May 1730
   Elizabeth d Edward & Ann, 4 Nov 1731
   Margaret d Edward & Ann, 23 June 1734
   Ann d Esther MORGAN widow buried, 23 Feb 1734
   Richard s Edward & Anne, 23 Feb 1736
   John s Edward & Anne, 14 May 1740
   Richard MORGAN buried, 25 Dec 1743
   
   Document P75/A/9/1 in Shrewsbury archives has:
   Clunbury. Shropshire.
   transcribed for the Society of Genalogists
   by kind permission of the Vicar
   The Rev. B. T. HEBERT. M. A.
   by Thos P Allen 1953
   with Indices. (Names & Subjects)
   Introduction.
   These are two paper boos, size 12" ny 8", each containing about 40 leaves, bound in parchment and apparently purchased in 1621.
   Both are written in from both ends, and as is usual it has been the habit of later scribes to fill in vacant pages on accasion.
   The following gaps during the period of the Civil War occur. In the Churchwardens Accounts from 1640 to 1652, in the data as to the Parish Stock from 1641 to 1852, and in the lists of Parish Officers from 1644 to 1662
   Details of parish Relief do not start till 1652.
   In this Transcript, Surnames have been given in CAPITALS for ease of reference, Abbreviations have been given in full, the spelling has followed the original (except i for j, e.g. maior has been transcribed as major) and Erasures in the original have been indicated by hatching thus: ///////
   The books are in excellent condition, quite free from signs of damp and have been obviously well cared for. The writing varies considerably but there are very few signs of illiterate scribes.
   Some useful genealogical information is available.
   
   
   
2. ↑ Sam & Jane Morgan's family Bible: ibid.
   
   IGI: Author:LDS church.http://www.familysearch.org/
   
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3. ↑ Old Bailey Records: http://www.oldbaileyonline.org/
   
   Records of the Old Bailey trials.
   http://www.oldbaileyonline.org/
   
   
   
4. ↑ Shropshire records office: http://www.shropshire.gov.uk/archives/
   
   Visited dlm 2008
   
   
   
5. ↑ Morgan Family agreement 1820: Dated:17 Nov 1820
   Full text is with the image.
   
   The first part:
   George Morgan, Clunbury, farmer. {b1764}
   Samuel Morgan, London, Tallow chanler {b1766}
   Thomas Morgan, Knightsbridge, candlemaker {b1779}
   Richard & Hannah (nee Morgan) Bickerton, Roden, Gentleman
   Sarah Edgerley, Shrewsbury, widow {1744}
   George & Deborah Hilditch (nee Morgan), Haston {See Hadnall}
   All children of John Morgan, late of Haston, Gentleman, and his wife Hannah Wall, both deceased.
   The second part:
   John Morgan of Kerry, Montgomery, eldest son & heir of John Morgan
   Land:
   Messuages and cottage at Obley purchased by George Morgan the elder from Thomas Corne. Previously transferred to George Morgan Junior
   To be transferred to John Morgan.
   
   
   
6. ↑ Old Bailey Records: ibid.
   
   
   
7. ↑ ancestry.com: http://ancestry.com
   
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8. ↑ Sam & Jane Morgan's family Bible: ibid.
   
   
   
9. ↑ 400 years: Dated:1849 Author:Unknown.
   Scrap of paper from Morgan family collection giving ages of siblings.
   John MORGAN (Aston) 89
   George MORGAN (Clunbury) 85
   X Samuel MORGAN (London) 83
   Mrs HILDITCH 73
   Ths MORGAN (London) 72
   £400
   
   
   All living 1849
   X Our Great grandfather.
   
   
   
10. ↑ Sam & Jane Morgan's family Bible: ibid.
    
    
    
11. ↑ Our ggfather: Author:Sibling of Robert MORGAN 1830
    Partner to "Yollands" giving Morgan history.
    
    Our Great Grand Father lived at Clinberry in Shropshire on the bardes of Wales + had two sons who married two sisters of the name of Walls our great grand Father had eleven children four sons + seven daughters John George Samuel our grand father, Thomas who you knew quite well Daughters Ann, Hannah, Sarah, Deborah, who married a Hilditch which made the cousinship with aunt Anna, + Mary two died little children. Grand Father came to London to make his fortune + Thomas followed him + you know how they succeeded + that at Grand fathers death there was nothing laid by for his children mostly through the rascally conduct of our uncle Sam + Frank. Grand-father married in London Jane Towne + their children names were Sam, John, Robert, George, Frank, + Jane. they are all dead there were two or three died young. You know father married Mother + there are nine of us.