| Birth: | 1748
New Fairfield
Fairfield County
Connecticut, USA | | Death: | 1785
Pownal
Bennington County
Vermont, USA | 
Joseph was the 1st of 7 children born of Caleb Morgan (1716-1775) and his wife Lydia Rogers (1726-1820). Joseph's siblings were: Benjamin (1750-1834), Caleb (b. 1753), Lydia (b. 1753), Nathan, Jonathan, and Levi (1762-1785).
Joseph came from Connecticut and settled in Pownal, on the New Hampshire Grants (now Bennington County, Vermont) before 1769. He married at Pownal, July 11, 1769, Anna Thorp (d. 1821) by whom he had at least 2 children (1 son and 1 daughter): Ezra (1770-1849) and Esther (1779-1849).
On July 21, 1777, Joseph enlisted in Captain John Warner's Company, Lieutenant Colonel Samuel Herrick's Vermont Regiment of Rangers which fought in the Battle of Bennington, August 1777. Joseph served in Warner's Company until that unit was mustered out, December 3, 1777.
On October 13, 1778, Joseph entered Lieutenant Jonathan Scott's Company in Colonel Samuel Herrick's Regiment of Vermont Militia in the service of the American United States raised for the purpose of guarding the public stores in Bennington, Bennington County, Vermont. Captain Scott's Company was raised by order of General John Stark to his Excellency Thomas Chttenden, Governor of Vermont. Joseph was dismissed from that service, January 4, 1779, after serving 83 days.
On October 11, 1780, Joseph entered Captain Eli Noble's (Pownal) Company, Colonel Samuel Herrick's 2nd Vermont Militia Regiment called up in response to the alarm caused by the raid led by British Major Christopher Carleton into the Lake Champlain valley and beyond. Joseph served 20 days during that alarm.
On July 1, 1781, Joseph entered Captain William Hutchin's Company, Lieutenant Colonel Samuel Fletcher's Vermont Battalion of Infantry in the service of the State of Vermont. Joseph was discharged from that service, November 20, 1781, after serving 140 days during the summer campaign. He did not re-enlist for winter service, 1781-2.
References:
(1) "Gazetteer and Business Directory of Bennington County, VT., for 1880-1881." by Hamilton Child, 1880, page 159
(2) "Marriages in Pownal, Vermont to 1850" by Elmer I. Shepard, 1941
(3) "The State of Vermont Rolls of the Soldeirs in the Revolutionary War 1775 to 1783" by John E. Goodrich, 1904, pages 48, 103-104, 215, and 567-569
Family links:
Spouse:
Anna Thorp Morgan (1751 - 1829)*
*Point here for explanation
Inscription:
The grave of
JOSEPH MORGAN
a soldier of
The revolution
who died about
the year 1785
| | | Burial:
Morgan-Towslee Cemetery
Pownal
Bennington County
Vermont, USA |
Created by: Chazmanbsr
Record added: Oct 19, 2008
Find A Grave Memorial# 30689575 |
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