Person:Gawen Morrow (2)

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Gawen Morrow
b.26 Jan 1729 Belfast, County Antrim, Ireland
d.28 Jan 1805 Lurgan, Franklin, Pennsylvania, United States
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  • F.  William Morrow (add)
  1. Gawen Morrow1729 - 1805
  2. Charles MorrowAbt 1740 - 1813
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m. Abt 1760
  1. Col. William Morrow1767 - 1843
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Facts and Events
Name Gawen Morrow
Gender Male
Birth[1] 26 Jan 1729 Belfast, County Antrim, Ireland
Marriage Abt 1760 Pennsylvania Colony, United Statesto Margaret Murphy
Death[1] 28 Jan 1805 Lurgan, Franklin, Pennsylvania, United States


MorrowDNA - Group 5 (George/PA) ~ Tested Line ~ Early Ancestor: This Man. Loose matches to remainder of Group 5. (info)


Not the son of John Morrow (1710-1762): Gawen's father is identified in the will of his uncle Charles Morrow, whose 1758 will identifies his "eldest brother" as William, and leaves a legacy to "my Eldest Brother's Son Gawn Morrow."[2]

Gawen Morrow filed for a land warrent on 300 acres in Lurgan Twp in 1772. The return was filed in 1825 by William Morrow.

In 1798, Gawen Morrow is listed as owning two dwellings, an 18x40 1-story log cabin with 4 windows, and an unfinished 24x24 stone structure, both on 2 acre lot(s?), as well as a 1 frame barn 25x60 and one “old log”, on 262 acres adjacent to Elizabeth McKee.[3]

Will dated 26 Mar 1796, proven 5 Feb 1805 (Book B, p. 252). Names son William (“all my plantation” where I dwell in Lurgan Twp.), wife Margaret, son-in-law James Henderson, daughter Elizabeth wife of Grier Mcilvaine, daughter Margaret wife of John Bratton, granddaugther Jane Morrow Henderson, brother in law Andrew Murphy.[4]

References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Find A Grave
    Gawn Morrow.

    No cemetery or stone; dates are consistent on this man but unsourced.

  2. ↑ Will of Charles Morrow in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, Register of Wills Office, Carlisle, PA.  Will Book A, page 55
  3. ↑ First Tax Record Second tax record
  4. ↑ Transcription on FamilySearch Handwritten version
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