Person:John Morford (2)

Letter of 17 Nov 1984 from Enid Adams, editor of the Morford Historian, to Louis Lehmann ---------------------------

"«i»JOHN MORFORD, JR., son of John Morford (#2), according to a tradition preserved by descendants of his son Zebulon, is said to have been born in 1685 and to have died in 1783, aged 98, at Salem, New Jersey; but might the location have been an error for Bensalem, Bucks County, Pennsylvania? He married, about 1709, Abigail, whose surname, parentage, dates and places of birth and death, are unknown. Presumed children: 19. David "Morphett", born say about 1710, death date unknown, m. by lic. dated 18 August 1735 (NJMB Book 1727/34, page 7-1/2), Burlington Co., N. J., Elizabeth Hedger. +20. William, birthyear not known, died before 1761. +21. Zebulon, born 1722, died 1794. +22. Thomas Garrison, born 1738, died 1820. 23. Samuel, said to have come from Trenton, N. J., to Maryland, as an adult; probably had wife Eliza. 24. Stephen, dates not learned; he was taxed 1773 in Back River Upper Hundred, Baltimore Co., Md.; in 1790 census of same place he is shown as Stephen "Mauford" with a wife and one son.".......«/i»Source:«i»..«/i»"Whose Morford Was He--John's or Tom's?" Enid Eleanor Adams, F. A. S. G. Transcribed from The Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey Volume 58, Number 3, Whole Number 210, May 1984, pages 78-84

1. ↑ Adams, Enid. Connections between Margaret Morford and Isaac Morford. (Personal correspondence to Louis Lehmann. 17 Nov 1984).
2. ↑ Adams, Enid Eleanor , F. A. S. G. Whose Morford Was He--John's or Tom's question. (Transcribed from The Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey Volume 58, Number 3, Whole Number 210, May 1984,).
3. ↑ Whose Morford Was He--John's or Tom's?.