[From] John Alexander Craig
New York, N.Y.
Edited only for publication in HTML format. The curator is most grateful for these truly enlightening references.

I fascinated to find "Aunt" Hannah Morgan and her Rev. Samuel Stillman on the Web. I am a direct descendent [great-great-great-great-great-grandson down the Bunyan-Morgan-Harding Pittsburgh-back-to-Philadelphia line] of her brother Col. George Morgan of Philadelphia (1743-1810), youngest son of Evan Morgan and grandson of David Morgan, gentlemen of Wales. Both David and Evan and at least one brother, Thomas, came to this country early in the eighteenth century, probably about 1717, but David could not resist the call of the Welsh hills, and returned to his native land, leaving in the fly-leaf of the family prayer-book this legacy:
"I, David Morgan, Gentleman of Wales bequeath to my descendants in America, the comfortable certainty: They came neither from Kings or Nobles but from a long line of true Gentlemen and women with unstained names."

"Evan Morgan, son of David, became a prominent merchant in Philadelphia. He was also interested in the production of iron, being [part] owner in an iron furnace at Mount Holly, New Jersey. [He] owned considerable property in the city, which he distributed to his nine children at his death in 1748. George, born in February 1743, was the youngest child. His mother died in childbirth, leaving him to be nursed by his great-aunt Mary Randall...and on his father's death in 1748, he was left an orphan at the age of five. Of his brothers and sisters, two, at least, became notable in the annals of American history: his brother John, who founded the medical school of the College of Philadelphia, and Hannah, wife of [Reverend] Doctor Samuel Stillman of Boston, noted for her works of charity and her interest in education for girls." "George's mother was Joanna Biles, daughter of George Biles and Martha Blackshaw. His great-grandfather, William Biles, came to America in 1679, on the ship "Elizabeth and Sarah," and Randall Blackshaw, father of Martha, came on the ship "Submission" in 1682. The latter held some 1,500 acres of the five thousand acres purchased of William Penn by James Harrison. His father was Captain Randall Blackshaw, of Hollongee, in Cheshire, England, an officer in the army of Charles I during the Great Rebellion."
--Max Savelle, George Morgan, Colony Builder. New York: Columbia University Press, 1932.

"Evan and Joanna Morgan had nine children. Morris, the oldest, 'open, generous and brave', died of yellow fever in the West Indies, and his only son died young, as a family record states, 'by some unspecified Act of Bravery'. Young Evan...was a storekeeper in Philadelphia, but died childless at the outbreak of the Revolution. Thomas...died of yellow fever in Jamaica. Benjamin was lost at sea in 1762... The youngest boy, George, had a long career as an Indian trader, land speculator, and scientific farmer, and left his name at Morganza in western Pennsylvania. He and John were often associated, and his son was John's principal heir. Of the three daughters of Evan and Joanna Morgan, Martha married, Mary remained single, and Hannah became the wife of Dr. Samuel Stillman, a Boston minister described as 'one of the best of Men', with whom John and his wife often corresponded."
--Whitfield J. Bell, Jr., John Morgan, Colonial Doctor. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1965.

George Morgan was the first Indian Agent appointed by the Colonies, and his commission is signed by "JOHN HANCOCK - President, Continental Congress". He was the great Colony Builder (see Max Savelle, "George Morgan, Colony Builder"). He was famous with the Indians as a "TRUTHFUL, WHITE MAN," and was named "TAMAMEND" (The Affable One) by the Delaware Indians, whose language, among others, he spoke. As an Agriculturist he was noted for his success on his 9,000 acres, and for the theses he wrote. Their brother Dr. John Morgan of Philadelphia; born June 10, 1735; founded the first medical school in America at the College of Philadelphia (now the University of Pennsylvania) in 1765; appointed Director-General to the Military Hospitals and Physician-in-Chief to the American Army by the Continental Congress in 1775, and was the first to hold the official position now entitled Surgeon-General U.S. Army. He married Mary Hopkinson of Philadelphia (sister of the Signer), Sept. 4, 1765, with no issue. Dr. John Morgan died in Philadelphia on October 15, 1789.
Of their sister Hannah Morgan, "married the Rev. Dr. Samuel Stillman of Boston, founded the Boston Female Orphan Asylum, perhaps the first orphan asylum in America. Had issue," we know only what Col. George Morgan wrote in the family bible, as follows:
"Children Of Hannah Morgan Stillman and Rev. Samuel Stillman of Boston, Mass.

1st. Elizabeth [Stillman], married to William Newman.
2nd. Samuel [Stillman] - died when an infant.
3rd. Hannah [Stillman] - died and left no issue. 4th. Benjamin Morgan [Stillman] - mar[ried] to Mary Balche.
5th. Mary [Stillman] - mar[ried] Balche of Boston - bro[ther] of Benj.'s wife.
6th. Samuel [Stillman] - died without issue.
7th. Phoebe [Stillman] -
8th. Deborah [Stillman] -
9th. Harriet [Stillman] -
10th. John [Stillman] -
11th. George Morgan [Stillman] - died in the West Indies of yellow fever.
12th. Thomas Morgan [Stillman] - died when an infant.

Elizabeth [Stillman] Newman writes to me - Feb. 26th 1791 - I have two children William [Newman] born Sept. 14th, 1782 - Samuel Stillman [Newman] born Dec. 7th, 1786 -- besides others dead -
(Signed) GEORGE MORGAN."
-- Julia Morgan Singer Notebook, copied from the Morgan Family Bible

And in a famous Morgan family account, that of my memorable great-great-aunt Miss Julia Morgan Harding of Pittsburgh -- entitled "Col. George Morgan: His Family and Times", presented in May 1904 -- is this, all we otherwise know, about "Aunt" Hannah gone to Boston:
"Evan Morgan was a wealthy merchant of Philadelphia, and previous to settling there lived for a time at Chester, Pa.
"He owned many houses and considerable tracts of land, as his will filed in 1748, and the notices of his executors, Samuel Hazard and Thomas Morgan show, and he was a partner of John Abraham DeNormandie in the Mt. Holly Iron Works, the first iron works started in America. (The above mentioned Samuel Hazard was a prominent business man, and managed the lottery with the proceeds of which Princeton college was founded.) [Evan Morgan] left to his family what was considered in those days, a large estate. He had a large family, most of whom survived him, but only two of whom, to certain knowledge left descendants--George and Hannah. The latter married the Rev. Samuel Stillman, a prominent citizen of Boston. She founded a home for orphaned children, in which her portrait hangs to this day, and her memory is held in profound honor and respect, and she has descendants living in Boston and possibly elsewhere."
--Julia Morgan Harding, of Pittsburgh, Pa., "Col. George Morgan, His Family and Times," May 1904.

Also, a Samuel Stillman Jr. is mentioned in her paper as being among "a party of 70, enthusiastically and in high spirits left Fort Pitt in the early spring of 1789" in a Col. George Morgan expedition to his Spanish colony, New Madrid.

And this:
"My Brother, Dr. {John] Morgan...departed this Life the 18th or 19th of October 1789; without Issue: Previous to his last Illness, he had executed deeds to his only surviving Sister, to her Husband, the right excellent Reverend Dr. Samuel Stillman of Boston and to their Children for two thousand five hundred and 25 acres of Land in Pennsylvania."
--George Morgan [from the Julia Morgan Singer Notebook, from a family bible originally belonging to Dr. John Morgan of Philadelphia, copied from photographs of the leaves of the Bible on August 22nd, 1904, by Julia Morgan Singer.]

Of our illustrious uncle, Dr. John Morgan, I would sing but shall save it for another time. In the meantime, at your service, eager to hear more, and glad to know of you,
I am, most sincerely,

John Alexander Craig New York, N.Y.


CHILDREN OF HANNAH MORGAN STILLMAN and REVEREND SAMUEL STILLMAN OF BOSTON, MA

[Comparative Information as of November 5th, 2000]

Julia Morgan Singer Notebook from the Morgan Family Bible	Child Birth Sequence	Original Stillman Family Genealogy Home Page birth sequence	Reverend Doctor Samuel Stillman Information from this page has been integrated to produce a composite birth sequence on Reverend Doctor Samuel Stillman's genealogy home page
Elizabeth Stillman - m. William Newman [She writes - Feb. 26th 1791 - "I have two children William [Newman] born Sept. 14th, 1782 - Samuel Stillman [Newman] born Dec. 7th, 1786 -- besides others dead." -- Col. George Morgan	1st	Elizabeth Stillman - born July 30, 1760, James Island, SC	Elizabeth Stillman - born July 30, 1760, James Island, SC
Samuel Stillman - died when an infant	2nd	Benjamin Morgan Stillman - born March 4, 1765, James Island, SC - m. Mary Balch, Dec. 19, 1789, in Boston	Samuel Stillman - born circa 1761 on James Island, SC; died - circa 1762 on James Island, SC
Hannah Stillman - died and left no issue	3rd	Mary Stillman - born July 20, 1766, Boston, Mass. - m. Nathaniel Balch, Jr., Dec. 19, 1789	Hannah Stillman - born circa 1763
Benjamin Morgan Stillman - m. Mary Balche	4th	Harriet Stillman - born Feb. 20, 1768, Boston, Mass	Benjamin Morgan Stillman - born 4 Mar 1765 on James Island, SC; married Mary Balche [born 1763] on 19 Dec 1789 in Boston, MA
Mary Stillman - m. Balche of Boston (brother of Benj.'s wife)	5th	Deborah Stillman - born June 15, 1770, Boston, Mass. - m. Rev. Thomas Gray, D.D. (born 1772, in Jamaica Plain, Mass.), 1793	Mary Stillman - born 20 Jul 1766 in Boston, MA; married Nathaniel Balche [born circa 1764] on 19 Dec 1789
Samuel Stillman - died without issue	6th	Samuel Stillman - born Aug. 18, 1771, Boston, Mass. - m. 1796	Harriet Stillman - born 20 Feb 1768 in Boston, MA
Phoebe Stillman	7th	John Morgan Stillman - born August 25, 1772, Boston, MA. - m. Nancy D., circa 1794	Phoebe Stillman - born circa 1769 in Boston, MA
Deborah Stillman	8th	George Morgan Stillman - born April 10, 1776, Boston, MA	Deborah Stillman - born 15 Jun 1770 in Boston, MA; married Reverend Thomas Gray, Doctor of Divinity [born 1772 in Jamaica Plain, MA] in 1793
Harriet Stillman	9th	Unknown, born circa 1778, Boston, MA	Samuel Stillman, Jr. - born 18 Aug 1771 in Boston, MA; married ??? in 1796
John [Morgan?] Stillman	10th	Unknown, born circa 1780, Boston, MA	John Morgan Stillman - born 25 Aug 1772 in Boston, MA; married Nancy Davis in circa 1794
George Morgan Stillman - died in the West Indies of yellow fever	11th	Unknown, born circa 1782, Boston, MA	George Morgan Stillman - born 10 Apr 1776 in Boston, MA; died in the West Indies of yellow fever
Thomas Morgan Stillman - died when an infant	12th	Unknown, born circa 1784, Boston, MA	Thomas Morgan Stillman - born circa 1778; died circa 1779
	13th	Unknown, born circa 1786, Boston, MA	Unknown Stillman - born circa 1780
	14th	Unknown, born circa 1788, Boston, Ma	Unknown Stillman - born circa 1782
The Julia Morgan Singer Notebook contains hand-written copies of information within Colonel George Morgan's family bibles and notebooks, in his hand-writing, as copied by his great-great-granddaughter Julia Morgan Singer of Pittsburgh,Pa., over several years at the turn of the 20th century; from the Harding Collection now in the possession of Mrs. Mildred Harding Craig of Rosemont, Pa., and her son John Alexander Craig of New York City		Information contained on this page has been provided by George A. Gray - direct descendant of Samuel Stillman and Hannah Morgan through their daughter Deborah Morgan who married Doctor Thomas Gray, Doctor of Divinity; Information and data on eight oldest children of Reverend Samuel Stillman and Hannah Morgan has been obtained from Boston Births, 1700-1800
Information on this page has been provided by John Alexander Craig -- direct descendant of Col. George Morgan and Mary Baynton through their son Gen. John Morgan, who married Margaret Bunyan of New York City		Information and data on Deborah Stillman has been obtained from "The Pilgrims of Boston and Their Descendants; The Gray Family of Boston."	All of the references have been integrated to produce a composite profile of the family of Reverend Doctor Samuel Stillman and Hannah Morgan. Further inputs are most welcome.

Updated November 2000