"Elias (Morgan), (446) b. 1 Dec. 1770, s. of Theophilus 2d, m. 1st, Lavinia Bull, dau. of David Bull, of Hartford. She died 9 Sept. 1792, age 17; and he m. next, Sally, her sister, who died 20 April, 1795, age 28, both without issue, and both are buried in the old center burying ground in Hartford. He m. 3d, Sally, dau. of Joseph Webb, of Wethersfield, Conn. about 1796, who died 11 Dec. 1805. He was a hardware merchant, in Hartford, for several years; a man of considerable note in his day; one of the founders and proprietors of the 'New Theatre,' as it was called, in Temple street, and built the house on Prospect street, now owned by George M. Bartholomew, and also the house long occupied by his brother, John, on Morgan street, and still known as the John Morgan mansion. He died in St. Croix, West Indies, 15 May, 1812, age 41."