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Esther <I>Morgan</I> Jones

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Esther Morgan Jones

Birth
Wales
Death
2 Oct 1754 (aged 75–76)
New Castle County, Delaware, USA
Burial
Newark, New Castle County, Delaware, USA Add to Map
Plot
Buried next to her husband
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Esther Morgan was the only daughter of Morgan ap Rhydderch & his wife Jane. She was born in 1678 in Wales.

Esther had 3 brothers,
1. Thomas Morgan b. abt 1670
2. Abel Morgan, Rev. b. 1673 d. 1722 Phila. PA
3. Enoch Morgan, Rev. b. 1676 d. 1740 Delaware

Esther's family for many generations in Wales were active church members & leaders and Reverends.

Esther, her mother Jane, (who married Rev. John Griffith after Morgan died), and her siblings came to America at the turn of the 1700s as part of many groups of church members.

Esther married David (ap Johns) Jones in Wales in 1696. The couple had 9 known children, some born in Wales before they came to America in 1710 and others born in New Castle Co, Delaware after their arrival in the Welsh Tract.

Their children's names were:
1. John Jones b. 1695-1700 d. 1759 South Carolina
2. Daniel Jones b. aft 1696 d. aft Apr 1750
3. Rachel (Williams) b. aft 1696 d. aft 1748
4. Unknown dau (Brown) b. aft 1696 d. bef 1748 prob Ohio
5. Morgan Jones b. 1697 d. 1760 Delaware
6. James Jones b. 1707 d. 1786 Delaware
7. Mary (Dale) b. 1710 d. aft Mar 1783 poss MD
8. David Jones b. 1716 d. 1758 Delaware
9. Jane (Passmore) b. 1717 d. 1761 prob Delaware

The family were members of the Welsh Tract Baptist Church and settled in New Castle County, Delaware in the Welsh Tract where Esther & David lived for the rest of their lives. Esther died 2 Oct 1754.
Esther Morgan was the only daughter of Morgan ap Rhydderch & his wife Jane. She was born in 1678 in Wales.

Esther had 3 brothers,
1. Thomas Morgan b. abt 1670
2. Abel Morgan, Rev. b. 1673 d. 1722 Phila. PA
3. Enoch Morgan, Rev. b. 1676 d. 1740 Delaware

Esther's family for many generations in Wales were active church members & leaders and Reverends.

Esther, her mother Jane, (who married Rev. John Griffith after Morgan died), and her siblings came to America at the turn of the 1700s as part of many groups of church members.

Esther married David (ap Johns) Jones in Wales in 1696. The couple had 9 known children, some born in Wales before they came to America in 1710 and others born in New Castle Co, Delaware after their arrival in the Welsh Tract.

Their children's names were:
1. John Jones b. 1695-1700 d. 1759 South Carolina
2. Daniel Jones b. aft 1696 d. aft Apr 1750
3. Rachel (Williams) b. aft 1696 d. aft 1748
4. Unknown dau (Brown) b. aft 1696 d. bef 1748 prob Ohio
5. Morgan Jones b. 1697 d. 1760 Delaware
6. James Jones b. 1707 d. 1786 Delaware
7. Mary (Dale) b. 1710 d. aft Mar 1783 poss MD
8. David Jones b. 1716 d. 1758 Delaware
9. Jane (Passmore) b. 1717 d. 1761 prob Delaware

The family were members of the Welsh Tract Baptist Church and settled in New Castle County, Delaware in the Welsh Tract where Esther & David lived for the rest of their lives. Esther died 2 Oct 1754.


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