Phebe,

Do your MORGANS include any of the folks below? I'd love to connect them to 
a larger Morgan familly and I belive they are related to Richard and Daniel 
Morgan and Morgantown, but don't have solid data.

St. George Tucker Ranson
researching: Ranson, Ransoné, Tucker, Bedinger, Wade, Morgan, Brooke, Clay 
--- just to name a few off the top of my head.



         1.  Abel2 Morgan  (Richard ap1) was born 1738, and died 1829.  He 
married Elizabeth Bedinger, daughter of Henry Bedinger and Magdalena von 
Schlegel.  She was born 1755.

Notes for Abel Morgan:
Elizabeth, the eldest daughter, married Abel Morgan, a son of Richard ap 
Morgan, a gentleman whose family came from Wales to American in the 
seventeenth century. Richard Morgan, who belonged to an ancient family of 
Welsh gentlemen, was one of the first settlers in the neighborhood of 
Mechlenburg, now called Shepherdstown, a village on the banks of the 
Potomoc, in Jefferson County, West Virginia.

Abel Morgan, the husband of Elizabeth, was a physician, and during the 
Revolution he acted as surgeon to the 8th Pennsylvania. His name is on the 
list of prisoners confined on the prison ship Jersey, off the Long Island 
coast. He died early, very probably from the effects of this confinement, 
and left his widow with five children to rear to maturity.

Dandridge: GMB, page 3

Children of Abel Morgan and Elizabeth Bedinger are:
+       2       i.      Elizabeth3 Morgan, born 27 Aug 1784; died 10 Jul 1853.
         3       ii.     Olivia Morgan, born Apr 1799.


Generation No. 2

         2.  Elizabeth3 Morgan (Abel2, Richard ap1) was born 27 Aug 17841, 
and died 10 Jul 18532.  She married Matthew James Ransoné 05 May 1807 in 
Aunt Sally says Mary 4, 18073, son of Richard Ransoné and Ann Petyton.  He 
was born 25 Dec 1773, and died 16 May 1840.

Notes for Elizabeth Morgan:
Matthew Ransoné, md. Elizabeth Morgan, who was born Aug. 27, 1784 and died 
May 28, 1852, of Jeff. Co. Va. (May 4, 1807), daughter of Abel Morgan and 
Elizabeth Bedinger. Matthew died May 16, 1840, aged about 68. Lived at 
Berkeley Co. Va. mean Martinsberg, where Wm. T. Stewart, now resides. 
Morgan Morgan, ancestor of his wife, a native of Wales, built in 1740, the 
first Episcopal Church in the Valley of Va. at Mill Creek in Berkely Co. in 
which he was assisted by Dr. John Brisoe and Mr. Hite. It was one of his 
Morgan family in the South of Wales to whom the trial by Jury is said to 
owe its origin. The name in Welsh signifies "child of the Sea." Matthew 
dropped the final é as superfluous.
--- Aunt Sally's history

Elizabeth Morgan was born August 27th in the year of our Lord 1784.
Matthew Ranson and Elizabeth Morgan were married on the 5th day of May 1807.
Elizabeth Ranson, wife of Matthew Ranson, died on the 28th of May 1852. --- 
Ranson Family Bible.

Note the one day difference between the Family Bible and Aunt Sally on the 
marriage date.
But I'll take her gravestone as authoratative: July 10, 1853.

WHAT IS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THIS ELIZABETH MORGAN AND Olivia Morgan 
Bedinger Todd THAT HER SON, GEORGE WILLIAM RANSON MARRIES???

More About Elizabeth Morgan:
Burial: Zion Episcopal Church, Charles Town, WVa

Notes for Matthew James Ransoné:
Matthew Ransoné, md. Elizabeth Morgan, who was born Aug. 27, 1784 and died 
May 28, 1852, of Jeff. Co. Va. (May 4, 1807), daughter of Abel Morgan and 
Elizabeth Bedinger. Matthew died May 16, 1840, aged about 68. Lived at 
Berkeley Co. Va. mean Martinsberg, where Wm. T. Stewart, now resides. 
Morgan Morgan, ancestor of his wife, a native of Wales, built in 1740, the 
first Episcopal Church in the Valley of Va. at Mill Creek in Berkely Co. in 
which he was assisted by Dr. John Brisoe and Mr. Hite. It was one of his 
Morgan family in the South of Wales to whom the trial by Jury is said to 
owe its origin. The name in Welsh signifies "child of the Sea." Matthew 
dropped the final é as superfluous. (Source: Sally B. Hopkins)

Mathew Ranson died on the 16th day of May 1840 aged about 68 years. --- 
Ranson Family Bible

appears on page 167 of 1810 VA Census for Jefferson Co.

More About Matthew James Ransoné:
Burial: Zion Episcopal Church, Charles Town, WVa

Marriage Notes for Elizabeth Morgan and Matthew Ransoné:
"Matthew Ranson and Elizabeth Morgan were married on the 5th day of May 1807."
Source: Ranson Family Bible
Note spelled Ranson, not Ransoné. See notes under Matthew.

Children of Elizabeth Morgan and Matthew Ransoné are:
+       4       i.      Richard Henry4 Ranson, born 25 Feb 1808.
+       5       ii.     Ann Elizabeth Ranson, born 18 Jan 1810; died 11 Jul 
1837 in Also Natchez?.
+       6       iii.    George William Ranson, born 13 May 1812; died 13 
Jun 1882.
         7       iv.     Mary Ellen Ranson, born 23 May 18144; died 20 Aug 
18144.

Notes for Mary Ellen Ranson:
Mary Ellen Ranson 2nd daughter of same persons was born on the 23rd day of 
May in the year 1815.
--- Ranson Family Bible

         8       v.      Ellen Mary Ranson, born 27 Jul 18154; died 18 Nov 
18294.

Notes for Ellen Mary Ranson:
Ellen Mary Ranson 3rd daughter of same persons was born on the 27th day of 
July in the year 1815.
Ellen Mary Ranson 3rd daughter of Matthew and Elizabeth Ranson died on the 
20th day of November 1829.
  --- Ranson Family Bible

More About Ellen Mary Ranson:
Burial: Zion Episcopal Church, Charles Town, WVa

+       9       vi.     Dr. James Matthew Ranson, born 13 Sep 1817; died 27 
Oct 1892.
         10      vii.    Daniel Morgan Ranson, born 25 Aug 18194; died 17 
Aug 18364.

Notes for Daniel Morgan Ranson:
Daniel Morgan Ranson 4th son of the same persons was born on the 25th of 
August in the year of our Lord 1819.
Daniel Morgan Ranson 4th son of Matthew and Elizabeth Ranson died on th 
17th day of 1836 at about 9 oclock P.M.
  --- Ranson Family Bible

         11      viii.   Olivia Virginia Ranson4, born 29 Oct 18204; died 
23 Sep 18224.

Notes for Olivia Virginia Ranson:
Virginia Olivia Ranson fourth daughter of Matthew and Elizabeth Ranson was 
born on the 29th day of October in the year 1820.
Virginia Olivia Ranson 4th daughter of same persons died on the 23rd day of 
September 1822 about 7 o'clock A.M.
  --- Ranson Family Bible.

Aunt Sally had her correctly as Olivia Virginia Ranson --- see grave marker.


Endnotes

1.  Ranson Family Bible.
2.  Tombstone, Zion Episcopal Church, Charles Town, WVa.
3.  Ranson Family Bible, Matthew is listed as "Ranson," not Ransone."
4.  Ranson Family Bible.


At 05:57 PM 11/13/2004, Phebe wrote:
>Let me join in this conversation.
>
>I spent 20 years on the MORGAN family, and tried to help and share my
>information.  Much to my surprise I found my information on someone's web
>site.  I asked nicely if he would remove it -- he did not.
>
>However, I had the last laugh, some of my early material was not correct --
>what is on his site is in error.  When I see someone making the same
>statements I know exactly where that information came from.
>
>I love these e-mail's  from strangers saying "SEND ME EVERY THING YOU
>AVE"  -- my response is always, I will answer a specific question but not
>send you my file.
>
>Phebe Morgan
>Sarasota, FLA
>
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