MORGAN, Captain James

1607 - 1685  (78 years)  Submit Photo / Document

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• Name	MORGAN, James
  Prefix	Captain
  Birth	5 Apr 1607	Llandaff, Glamorgan, Wales
  Christening	5 Apr 1607	Llandaff, Glamorgan, Wales
  Gender	Male
  Burial	Aug 1685	Avery-Morgan Burial Ground, Groton, New London, Connecticut, United States
  Death	6 Aug 1685	Groton, New London, Connecticut, British Colonial America
  WAC	29 Nov 1895
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  Person ID	I30303	Joseph Smith Sr and Lucy Mack Smith
  Last Modified	19 Aug 2021

  
  

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  Family	HILL, Margery ,   b. 16 Jun 1611, Billerica, Essex, England Billerica, Essex, Englandd. 28 Apr 1690, Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States (Age 78 years)
  Children	1. MORGAN, Hannah ,   b. 18 Jul 1642, Roxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States Roxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United Statesd. 12 Dec 1706, Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States (Age 64 years)
  Family ID	F17077	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2022

  
  

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  James Morgan was born in Wales in 1607, probably in Llandaff, Glamorgan County. The family appears to have moved from Llandaff to Bristol, England, prior to 1636. In March, 1636 James and two younger brothers, John and Miles, sailed from Bristol and arrived in Boston in April following. James may have settled first at Plymouth. He is found at Roxbury near Boston, before 1640. That year he married Margery Hill of Roxbury, August 6, 1640. Early in 1650 he had land granted him at Pequot. In December 1652, the General Court at New London granted 200 acres of land on the Mystic River to a James MORGAN. On the 25th day of December 1656, he sold his homestead and removed soon after across the river. James Avery, William Meades and Nehemiah and John Smith, were among the first settlers. He was a large proprietor and dealer in lands; distinguished in public enterprises; often employed by the public in land surveys, establishing highways, determining boundaries, adjusting civil difficulties, as a good neighbor and a Christian man, in whom all appear to have reposed a marked degree of confidence and trust. He was one of the townsmen or "Selectmen' of New London for several years, and was one of the first deputies sent from New London Plantations to the General Court at Hartford, and was nine times afterwards chosen a member of that grave assembly, the last time in 1670. He was an active and useful member of the church under Reverend Richard Blinman's ministry, and his name is prominent in every important movement of proceeding. His son James Junior was born March 3, 1642 and married Mary Vine in November of 1666. Like his father he was one of the deputies to the General Court from New London and afterwards on ol the first deputies from the town of Groton in 1708. For several years he was a commissioner to advise and direct the Pequot Indians in the management of their affairs. His daughter Elizabeth married Jonathan Starr. (Source: Geni.com, "James B. Morgan, Sr.", https://www.geni.com/people/James-Morgan-Sr/6000000004025876699, accessed September 26, 2017).