When Elizabeth Morgan was born in 1762, in Winchester, Frederick, Virginia, United States, her father, Brigadier General Daniel Morgan, was 26 and her mother, Abigail Curry, was 19. She married Captain James Heard on 17 October 1785, in Frederick, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She died in 1813, in Russellville, Logan, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 51.
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Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
Historical Boundaries: 1780: Lincoln, Virginia, United States 1792: Lincoln, Kentucky, United States 1792: Logan, Kentucky, United States
George Washington elected first president of United States.
Welsh (especially Glamorgan): from the medieval Welsh personal name Morgan, Morgant (Old Welsh Morcant, of uncertain etymology).
Irish: importation of the Welsh surname (see 1 above), to which has been assimilated more than one Gaelic surname, notably Ó Muireagáin (see Merrigan ).
Scottish: probably from a Gaelic personal name cognate with Welsh Morcant.
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