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Generations of Morgan
E.R. Seary's Book of Newfoundland Names
A Surname of England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland, and a baptismal name in Wales, from an Old Celtic name Morcant, Morgan containing the elements sea and ?bright. In Ireland also the anglicized form of several Irish surnames. See MERRIGAN. (Reaney, Cottle, MacLysaght, Black, Withycombe).
Traced by Guppy especially in Monmouthshire and South and North Wales. By Black in Aberdeenshire, and by MacLysaght in Counties Armagh, Monaghan, Belfast and Dublin and elsewhere.
In Newfoundland
Early instances:
 | John, of St. Mary's, 1720 (D'Alberti 7) |
| William, of Port de Grave, 1783, property 'in possession of the Family for 53 years," that is, since 1730 (CO 199.18 |
| Marshall, married at St. John's, 1769 (DPHW 26D) |
| William, of Cupids, 1768 (CO 199.18) |
| John, of Brigus, 1805 (CO 199.18) |
| Thomas, of Harbour Grace Parish, 1808 (Nfld. Archives HGRC) |
| George, of Bull Cove, Conception Bay, 1824 (DPHW 34) |
| William, of Wild Cove (Fogo district), 1835 (DPHW 83) |
| Maurice, of St. John's, 1838 (Nfld. Archives BRC) |
| John, of Grand Bank, 1842 (DPHW 106) |
| James, granted land between Ferryland and Aquaforte, 1851 (Nfld. Archives, Registry Crown Lands: |
| Edmin, of Brazils (Burgeo-LaPoile district), 1857 (DPHW 98) |
| Martin, of Petites, 1858 (DPHW 98) |
| Samuel, of North River, 1859 (DPHW 38) |
| Robert, of Great St. Lawrence, 1860 (DPHW 100) |
| Abraham and Isaac, granted land at Bay Roberts, 1863 (Nfld. Archives, Registry Crown Lands) |
| William, granted land at Lance Cove, (near Holyrood), 1863 (Nfld. Archives, Registry Crown Lands) |
Scattered in Lovell 1871
From family, relatives and friends.
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