... Miles Morgan, who sailed with a party from Bristol, England, in 1636, and settled at Springfield, Massachusetts. Although the youngest person in the party, being only twenty years old, he soon became prominent in the affairs of the Colony, and was continually assigned to positions of trust. His statue in Court Square, Springfield, erected two hundred and ten years later, is a lasting tribute to his ability and virtues. It is related of him, that, soon after he had received his allotment of land in Springfield, he started back to Boston on foot, with an Indian guide, to meet and marry a young English girl, Prudence Gilbert, by name, with whom he had become acquainted on the voyage from England, and who, with her parents, had settled at Beverly, Massachusetts. Immediately after their marriage, he purchased in Beverly a horse, which was loaded with Mrs. Morgan’s household goods, and the party returned to Springfield, the Indian guide and the horse going on ahead, and Morgan and his bride following on foot. On October 4, 1675, Springfield was burned by the Indians, and their son, Pelatiah, then 25 years old, was killed. Mr. Morgan died on May 29 [sic], 1699. ...
