Joseph Morgan II (1736 - 1813)

Born 19 Feb 1736 in Holyoke Hampden Mass

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From "The Miles Morgan family of Springfield, Massachusetts," by Frank Farnsworth Starr:^[1]

"JOSEPH MORGAN (Joseph [3], Nathaniel [2], Miles [1]) was born February 19, 1735-6^[2] in the West parish of Springfield which later was made the town of West Springfield. At the age of nineteen, he enlised for the defence of the colonies, serving in the company of Captain Benjamin Day from September 15 to December 9, 1755, receiving £4-01-11 pay for the service of 12 weeks and 2 days.^[3] He also served in the expedition for the reduction of Canada, from April 11 to October 28, 1758, receiving £16 pay and retiring from the campaign with the rank of Sergeant.^[4] The following year he served in the Canada campaign from April 2 to December 1, in the company of Captain John Bancroft, receiving £15-13-09.^[5]

"On his gravestone, erected evidently soon after his death, it is stated that he 'was captured & included in the capitulation of Fort Wm Henry Aug, 1757.'

"On the West Springfield Town records under date of March 2, 1776, he is referred to as Lieutenant Joseph Morgan.^[6] Unfortunately, the record of his appointment to this office has not been preserved.

"April 26, 1776 he was elected Captain of the 8th Company in the 3rd Regiment of the militia for Hampshire County, John Moseley being Colonel of the regiment.^[7]

"Captain Joseph Morgan marched with ten men from his company in the regiment commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Timothy Robinson of Granville which went from West Springfield to Ticonderoga to reinforce the Northern army. He was in service 28 days from October 21 to November 17, 1776.^[8] His brother Lucas Morgan served in this company for the same length of time

"Captain Joseph Morgan with his company in the regiment commanded by Colonel John Moseley served from September 21 to October 17, 1777 on an expedition in the Northern department.^[9] Lucas and Jesse Morgan also served in this company for the same period.

"In civil life, Joseph Morgan was one of the most important men in West Springfield. He was elected Constable in March 1768;^[10] Surveyor of highways in March 1772,^[11] April 1790 and '99;^[12] Assessor March 1776, '77, '84, '95, '96 and '99;^[13] Warden March 1778 and April 1787;^[14] Selectman March 1776, April 1787, March '95, '96, '97, '98 and '99^[15] and Tithing man March 1785, '95 and '97.^[16] He was appointed one of the Committee of Inspection January 1775;^[17] one of a 'committee of five persons to furnish the soldiers with Guns & Blankets and warlike implements' in February 1776^[18] also on the Committee of Correspondence in March of the same year.^[19] In March 1778 he was one of the persons chosen to provide the soldiers with clothing^[20] and in February and May 1778 also April 1780 one of the committee appointed to consider the proposed form of government and State constitution.^[21]

"November 19, 1764 he purchased of the Proprietors of common lands 100 acres on the West side of the Connecticut river near Northampton bounds, for which he paid £37-10s.^[22] This property was bounded East by the country road leading to Northampton, 76 1/2 rods, West on the outward commons, South on land of Thomas Miller and North on land which was sold in September 1774 to Lucas Morgan by the town of West Springfield. This appears to have been his home for the remainder of his life.

"He married, September 9, 1765,^[23] EXPERIENCE SMITH, born in Suffield, Connecticut, November 13, 1741, daughter of David and Experience (Chapin) Smith.^[24]

"He made his will March 9, 1811, which was probated February 8, 1814. After providing for his wife Experience he made bequests to his four daughters Eurydice, Huldah, Achsah and Nancy and gave all his real estate to his son Joseph Morgan Jr.^[25] As there was no inventory filed with the Probate Court the value of the estate which he left is not known.

"Joseph Morgan died December 18, 1813, in his seventy-eighth year.

"His widow Experience (Smith) Morgan died March 24, 1821, in her eightieth year. They were buried in the Ireland graveyard now known as Elmwood Cemetery, Holyoke, where their gravestones are still standing inscribed as follows:

"In Memory of Capt., Joseph Morgan who died 18th Dec, 1813 in the 78th Year of his Age. - who was captured & included in the capitulation of Fort Wm. Henry. Aug 1757.

"In memory of Mrs. Experience Morgan, wife of Mr. Joseph Morgan, who died March 24, 1821, AE 79."

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Sources

1. ↑ Starr, Frank Farnsworth. The Miles Morgan family of Springfield, Massachusetts. Hartford, CT, 1904., pp. 35-38.
2. ↑ Manuscript notes on the Morgan family by Titus Morgan, M.D., complied about 1810.
3. ↑ Massachusetts State Archives, Vol. 94, Roll 88.
4. ↑ Massachusetts State Archives, Vol. 96, Ross 327, 431.
5. ↑ Massachusetts State Archives, Vol. 97, Rolls 235, 368.
6. ↑ West Springfield Town Records, Vol. I, p. 44.
7. ↑ Massachusetts State Archives, Revolution Vol. 43, p. 201.
8. ↑ Massachusetts State Archives, Revolution Vol. 21, Roll 78.
9. ↑ Massachusetts State Archives, Revolution Vol. 21, Roll 67.
10. ↑ Springfield Town Records, Vol. 4, p. 324.
11. ↑ Springfield Town Records, Vol. 4, p. 374
12. ↑ Springfield Town Records, Vol. 2, pp. 79, 342.
13. ↑ West Springfield Town Records, Vol. I, pp. 44, 76, 266; Vol. 2, pp. 232, 273, 349.
14. ↑ West Springfield Town Records, Vol. I, pp. 95, 342.
15. ↑ West Springfield Town Records, Vol. I, pp. 44, 343; Vol. 2, pp. 232, 273, 299, 317, 343.
16. ↑ West Springfield Town Records, Vol. I, p. 284; Vol. 2, pp. 232, 299.
17. ↑ West Springfield Town Records, Vol. I, p. 21.
18. ↑ West Springfield Town Records, Vol. I, p. 42.
19. ↑ West Springfield Town Records, Vol. I, p. 44.
20. ↑ West Springfield Town Records, Vol. I, p. 100.
21. ↑ West Springfield Town Records, Vol. I, pp. 89, 104, 141.
22. ↑ Springfield Inward Commons, Vol. 3, p. 391.
23. ↑ Springfield Marriages, Vol. 2, p. 159.
24. ↑ Suffield Births, Vol. I, p. 59, Hampshire County Probate, Vol. 8, leaf 39, and Old Hampshire Deeds, Vol. 8, p. 705.
25. ↑ Hampden County Probate Records, Vol. I, p. 270.

• North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000

Name: Joseph Morgan

Birth: 19 Feb 1736

Marriage: 9 Sep 1765 Experience Smith

Father: Joseph Morgan

Mother: Mary Stebbins

Children: Eurydice, Huldah, Huldah, Nancy, Achsah, Joseph, Betsey.

• Graves Of Revolutionary Soldiers, Twentieth Report Of The National Society Of The Daughters Of The American Revolution, October 11, 1916, To October 11, 1917 - pub. June 9, 1918. 65th Congress, 2nd session, Document NO. 241.

• Morgan, Capt. Joseph. Died December 18, 1813, aged 77; buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Holyoke, Mass. Captured in capitulation of Fort William Henry, 1757.