See
Lynn Jackson's summary of the Morgan family at http://www.lynncjackson.com/family/morgan.htm
John Morgan
Per
the census records, John Morgan was born sometime between 1804-1816
in Delaware. It is not clear how he was related to James Morgan
or William Morgan but they were all members of the same Kent Co.
mixed blood community and of the right age to have been brothers.
By
1840, John was married with 4 children. Among these was Catherine
Morgan . We know nothing about John's wife, although Catherine's
daughter, Annie, told Weslager that Catherine's mother was a white
woman.
DNA testing by Catherine's 2great-granddaughter, Betty Terry, confirmed
that the mitochondrial DNA in the female line is indictative of
Northern European ancestry.
William
H. Morgan
William
H. Morgan was born in Kent Co., DE on 16 Dec 1807. His relationship
to John Morgan and James Morgan is not yet known but they were possibly
brothers.
Samuel
Morgan
From
the pension record of John Hughes, Private, Company K, 1st District
of Columbia Infantry, also known as 1st U.S. Colored Infantry:
John
H. Morgan stated in an affidavit dated 19 Nov 1913 that his uncle
Samuel Morgan had married Elizabeth Cork, an older sister of Deborah
Cork Hughes. He stated this marriage took place a few years prior
to the marriage of John Hughes and Deborah Cork.
From
Joseph Romeo: this entry from the 1850 census may relate:
1850
census, Delaware, Kent County, Little Creek Hundred, [page 69]:
Samuel
Morgan, 30, Male, Mulatto, Laborer, b DE
Mary, 25, Female, Mu, b DE
Saml, 10, Male, Mu, b DE
From
the deposition, one infers then that Samuel Morgan, b. ca. 1820,
is a younger brother of William Morgan, b. ca. 1804, who in turn
was the father of John H. Morgan.
The
name Mary in the census record does not match the name Elizabeth
given in the deposition, unless her full name was Mary Elizabeth.
James
H. Morgan
(from
Lynn Jackson's web site, Moors & Nanticokes)
Based
on the census records, James Morgan was born in DE sometime around
1821. His relationship to John Morgan and William Morgan is not
clear but they were all from the same mixed blood community in Kent
Co. and all of the correct age to be brothers.
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