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He was born about 1648 in Maryland.
James Morgan married on 12 October 1673 in Maryland to Jean Knea. [1] [2] [3] [4]
By 1679 they had moved their family just south of Virginia, to Berkeley Precinct, North Carolina (now Perquimans County), when their sons' births were noted in the parish register, all three at the same time. It cannot be determined if they were born in North Carolina or not.
The Morgan family were purportedly of Welsh descent and Quakers. They were one of the first families to settle in what would later become Perquimans County, North Carolina, USA.
James Morgan was commissioned Sheriff of Perquimans County by the Governor (1st Sheriff).
On 22 May 1694 James Morgan was granted 300 acres in Perquimans Precinct "on a branch of Vosses Creek" adjoining William Vosse and Francis Toms.
On 12 Jan 1724/5 his son, John Morgan, made a deed of gift to his daughter Mary Elliott (wife of Thomas Elliott, Jr.) for 50 acres on said branch. He called this land "Broad Neck", and later it was spoken of as "on Morgan's Swamp". It seems that it was situated on the south side of Vosses Creek, where said Toms land was located, and the swamp mentioned is probably the one just above what is now called Brights Mill, between Winfall and Brights Creek.
He died about 1714 in Perquimans, North Carolina.
Several sites have linked him as the son of John Morgan-10687 (b: 1609), but no proof has been provided.
His DOB has been consistently reported across FamilySearch.org and Ancestry.com as 13 Mar 1643.
Many family trees show his marriage location as Berkeley Parish, Maryland. The only known marriage record is in the parish register of Berkeley Precinct, North Carolina. It states that she and James Morgan were married in "Mary Land" - no location in Maryland mentioned.
Different birth localities and dates have been found for several of his children. "History of Perquimans County" by Ellen Goode Rawlings Winslow (1931), citing Berkeley, Maryland parish registers gives only the births of the sons, but has them listed in Berkeley, Maryland, citing the Berkeley parish register that reflects his marriage to Jane Knea. However, the FamilySearch records for the sons list the localities as North Carolina. More research is needed to confirm. S. Grimaldi 05 May 2021.
Death dates for him of c1714 and 30 April 1718 have been identified on FamilySearch.org and Ancestry.com, but no documentation has been provided to verify.
There is also substantial conflation with Capt. James Morgan of Groton, Connecticut, who was born in 1644 and died in 1711.
Additionally, there is conflation between James Morgan, Sr., and his son James Morgan, Jr., with some sites attributing James Morgan, Jr.'s death date of 1743 to his father.
An image of a 1712 list of tithables taken by James Morgan, Constable, posted by a user with no accompanying documentation on Ancestry.com], but again, there is no way to know if it references James Morgan, Sr. or James Morgan, Jr., without further documentation. Assigning DOD as c1714; needs more research.S. Grimaldi 05 May 2021.
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