Person:Richard Morgan (24)

Will Abstract

Last Will and Testament of Richard Morgan d. 1763, probated Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia 6 December 1763.

Will Book Vol. 3, page 159:

Legatees: Dau. Mary Swearingen; Dau. Sarah Morgan; Dau. Olive Stockdon; Son, William Morgan; Son, Isaac Morgan; Samuel Stockdon, son of John; Richard and John Morgan, sons of Jacob; Jean Morgan, dau. of Jacob Morgan; Son Jacob, Son Abel, Robert Pearis; residue divided among seven children; Executors son William Morgan and son in law, Thomas Swearingen.

Frederick County, VA, will book 3

Will Transcript

Will of Richard Morgan of Frederick Co., Virginia, 1763.

FREDERICK COUNTY, VIRGINIA - WILL BOOK 3

Page 159 - RICHARD MORGAN

Last Will and Testament of Richard Morgan d. 1763, probated Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia 6 December 1763. Will Book Vol. 3, page 159.

In the Name of God, Amen. This fourteenth day of November one thousand, seven hundred and sixty-three, I, Richard Morgan of Frederick County & Coll. (sic.) of Virginia, being sick and Weak in Body, but of perfect mind and Memory thanks be to Almighty God for his mercies, and calling to mind the mortality of my body and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die I therefore recommend my soul into the hands of Almighty God that gave it and Body to the earth to be buried in a christian-like and decent manner at the discretion of my Executors herein named.

Imprimis I will that all just Debts and funeral charges be paid first and Discharged.

Item: I give to my daughter Mary Swearingen one hundred acres of land lying and being in Frederick County and Coll. (sic.) of Virginia, a tract adjoining my home Plantation on the West.

Item: I give to my daughter Sarah Morgan one hundred acres of Land being part of the Aboves'd Tract.

Item: I give to my daughter Olive Stockdon one hundred acres of land being part of the aboves'd Tract and it is my will that the above division of land shall be at the Discretion of my Executors hereafter named.

Item: I give to my son William Morgan four hundred Acres of land Joining on the River Potomack (sic.) on the East Side Shephards Town or Macklenburg for the use of his three eldest sons, Ralph, George, Abraham.

Item: I give to my son Isaac Morgan the plantation adjoining Captain Van Swearingen's which has been called Isaac Morgan's, containing two hundred and fifty acres.

Item: I give to Samuel Stockdon, son of John Stockdon of Maklenburg ninety eight Acres of Land adjoining Edward Lucas's.

Item: I give to Richard Morgan and John Morgan,sons of Jacob Morgan, two hundred and Eleven Acres of Land adjoining the s'd Jacob Morgan's Land, and to be divided at the Discretion of my Executors.

Item: I give to Jean Morgan, daughter of Jacob Morgan the Lot I bought of (sic.) Dr. John Briscoe with all the Improvements thereon.

Item: I give to my son William three Acres of the upper end of my Meadows Joining to the twelve Acres he had of me heretofore.

Item: I give to my son Jacob Morgan five pounds to be levied out of my Estate.

Item: I give to my son Abel Morgan all my home plantation, and Nineteen Acres being the remainder of the tract I have left to my three daughters.

Item: I give to Robert Pearis, & it is my will that he have the land which was in dispute between him and me, he paying what costs hath already been about s'd land at the discretion of my Executors.

Item: I will that my Executors make over to James Brown a title for four hundred and ninety Acres whereon he now lives, on his paying or discharging all debts of dues to me.

Item: I will that my Executors make over to York Henery Bechtol one hundred Acres of Land Joining to the great spring where he now lives.

Item: It is my Will that my Executors make over a Right to Charles Hedges, son of John Hedges, for two hundred Acres of Land at the foot of the North Mountain, he the said Hedges paying what Quit rents and Land Tax is due on s'd Land.

Item: I will that the plantation I bought of Edward Teague, & the lot I bought of Ezekiel Hickman & the lot I bought of John James be kept on rent till such time as all my just debts are paid & discharged, and it is my will that the s'd Teagues & the afores'd two Lots after the s'd debts are paid, they, with all my personal Estate not otherwise willed, be equally divided between my seven children named herein before.

Item: I do appoint my son William Morgan & my son in law Thomas Swearingen executors of this my last Will and Testament revoking Disallowing all other Wills, Legacies or Testaments by me before, Rattifieing (sic.) & confirming this and no other to be my last Will and Testament. In Witness Whereof I have hereunto my Hand & Seal the day & year first above written.

Signed sealed and published and pronounced in the presence of

Henry Bedinger

Peter Bedinger Richard Morgan (Seal)

John Champion

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1. ↑ Ancestry.com. Public Member Trees: (Note: not considered a reliable primary source).

   When a young man he came to America. He received large grants of land in the vicinity of New Mecklenberg on the Upper Potomac from Thomas Lord Fairfax under King George II in the year 1734. He settled on this land near Sheperdstown, Virginia. He built one of the first houses ever erected in the Shenandoah Valley. He was a captain in the French and Indian War in 1742. His sons and grandsons were officers and soldiers in the French and Indian and Revolutionary Wars. These Morgans assembled the One hundred minute men or Virginia Riflemen and made the historic "Bee Line March to Boston.
   
   http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/45540767/person/24064718966

2.   Walkinshaw, Lewis Clark. Annals of southwestern Pennsylvania. (Tucson, Arizona: W.C. Cox Co., 1974)
   Vol. 4, pg. 6.

   pp 6ff: History of Bane Family, One Joseph, married Nancy, daughter of Andrew.
   "Nancy Morgan was a descendant of Richard Morgan, who was born in Wales in 1700 , and when a young man came to America. He received large grants of land from Thomas Lord Fairfax under King George II in the year 1734. He settled on this land near Sheperdstown, Virginia. He built one of the first houses ever erected in the Shenandoah Valley. He was a captain in the French and Indian War. His sons and gransons were officers and soldiers in the French and Indian and Revolutionary Wars. These Morgans assembled the One hundred minute men or Virginia Riflemen and made the historic "Bee Line March to Boston"...."
   
   - Richard Morgan was likely born closer to 1690.