John Morgan

  General Notes:

Documentary History of Guilford, Maine Sprague's Journal of Maine History Vol. 4 Aug, 1916 No. 2 page 162 to 177
Children of:
Anne Maria Morgan, born in Guilford, June 23rd, 1833
John Morgan, Jr., born in Guilford, January 11th, 1835
Amanda Susan Morgan, born in Guilford, April 27th, 1840
Charles Averill Morgan, born in Guilford, July 13th, 1842
Mary E. Morgan, 6, born in Guilford, April 30, 1845
G. W. Morgan, 6, born in Guilford, Aug. 28, 1847
Manly R. Morgan, 6, born in Guilford, Nov 1, 1850
Emma A. Morgan, 6, born in Guilford, March 16, 1854

Gen and Family History of the State of Miane by Little
John, second son of Samuel and Jemima (Morehead) Morgan, was born in North Yarmouth, Maine, December 3, 1802. In 1814 he removed with his father to Guilford, Maine, where he built the first dam on the river and the first mill. He also built a sawmill in the northern part of the town and operated both for a time. He then sold out and carried on a large farm. He was a very successful speculator and held the office of town treasurer from 1850 to 1855. Mr- Morgan was a Republican in politics, and his church relations were with the Universalist society. He married, at Guilford, Maine, May 5, 1832, Eliza, daughter of Isaac and Betsey (Foster) Herring, of Gloucester, Massachusetts, who was born in Guilford, August 21, 18n. Isaac was son of Robert Herring, and grandson of Benjamin Herring, born 1727, who served in the revolutionary war in Captain Isaac Parson's company. Colonel Joseph Prince's Massachusetts regiment, and who afterward as a privateer was lost at sea. Benjamin Herring was son of Robert Herring, of Gloucester. Children of John and Eliza (Herring) Morgan were: 1. Ann M., born in Guilford, June 25, 1833, died February 16, 1892; married Sewall Grover, of Guilford, who died April 18, 1894; they left a daughter Addie, now Mrs. Hartwell Appleby. 2. John, born January n, 1835, died young. 3. Amanda S., born April 27, 1840, died October 29, 1881 ; married Seth N. Davis, who died April 7, 1881 ; children: Harry W., Nellie and Raymond C. Davis. 4. Charles Averill, born July 15, 1842, died in 1887; was a farmer of San- gerville; he served in the civil war, Company M, First Maine Cavalry ; he married Lydia Briggs, of Parkman, Maine, and had children : Fred A., Mary, died young; Grace. 5. Mary E., born April 30, 1845, died September, 1864 ; married G. M. Straw and had one child, died

John married Eliza Herring, daughter of Isaac Herring and Betsey Foster, on 5 May 1832 in Guilford, Maine. (Eliza Herring was born on 21 Aug 1811 in Guilford, Piscataquis County, Maine and died 16 Oct 186- in Guilford, Piscataquis County, Maine.)