Sarah Morgan

Female7 November 1746–

Brief Life History of Sarah

When Sarah Morgan was christened on 7 November 1746, in Whitchurch, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom, her father, William Morgan, was 49 and her mother, Sarah Thomas, was 40. She married William Jenkin on 15 June 1773, in Eglwysilan, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom.

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William Jenkin
1745–
Sarah Morgan
1746–
Marriage: 15 June 1773

Sources (1)

  • Sarah Morgan, "Wales, Glamorgan Parish Registers, 1558-1900"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    15 June 1773Eglwysilan, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom

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    Siblings (6)

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    World Events (4)

    1815

    The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.

    1831 · Merthyr Uprising 

    Sparked by a depression that was going through Wales the previous three years, the Merthyr uprisings were carried out by workers that were in debt. In the process, twenty-four people were killed and twenty-six were arrested. Troops were brought in to stop the protestors.

    1839 · The Rebecca Riots Take Place

    The Rebecca Riots were a group of protests in west Wales from 1839-1843. The people involved were mostly poor farmers, primarily men dressed as women. The group was called “Rebecca and her daughters”, a title believed to have come the book of Genesis. They mostly fought against the toll-gates. There is only record of one death during the riots: a young Sarah Williams had been warned that the rioters were coming, but upon refusing to leave, was killed.

    Name Meaning

    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.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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