Paternal Family Tree: Morgan
Before 1700 [his father] John Morgan of Tredegar [aged 28] and [his mother] Martha Vaughan were married.
On 8th March 1700 William Morgan was born to John Morgan of Tredegar [aged 29] and Martha Vaughan.
On 16th September 1700 [his uncle] Thomas Morgan [aged 36] died of smallpox. [his father] John Morgan of Tredegar [aged 29] inherited Tredegar House, Monmouthshire and estates worth £7000.
On 1st January 1715 John Morgan [aged 74] died. [his father] John Morgan of Tredegar [aged 43] inherited Ruperra Castle, Monmouthshire [Map] from his uncle John Morgan.
In 1720 William Morgan [aged 19] was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire.
On 7th March 1720 [his father] John Morgan of Tredegar [aged 49] died. William Morgan [aged 19] inherited Tredegar House, Monmouthshire.
On 15th October 1720 [his mother] Martha Vaughan died.
In 1722 William Morgan [aged 21] was elected MP Monmouthshire.
Around 1724 William Morgan [aged 23] and Rachel Cavendish [aged 24] were married. She the daughter of William Cavendish 2nd Duke Devonshire [aged 52] and Rachel Russell Duchess Devonshire [aged 49].
This is a translation of the 'Memoires of Jacques du Clercq', published in 1823 in two volumes, edited by Frederic, Baron de Reissenberg. In his introduction Reissenberg writes: 'Jacques du Clercq tells us that he was born in 1424, and that he was a licentiate in law and a counsellor to Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, in the castellany of Douai, Lille, and Orchies. It appears that he established his residence at Arras. In 1446, he married the daughter of Baldwin de la Lacherie, a gentleman who lived in Lille. We read in the fifth book of his Memoirs that his father, also named Jacques du Clercq, had married a lady of the Le Camelin family, from Compiègne. His ancestors, always attached to the counts of Flanders, had constantly served them, whether in their councils or in their armies.' The Memoires cover a period of nineteen years beginning in in 1448, ending in in 1467. It appears that the author had intended to extend the Memoirs beyond that date; no doubt illness or death prevented him from carrying out this plan. As Reissenberg writes the 'merit of this work lies in the simplicity of its narrative, in its tone of good faith, and in a certain air of frankness which naturally wins the reader’s confidence.' Du Clercq ranges from events of national and international importance, including events of the Wars of the Roses in England, to simple, everyday local events such as marriages, robberies, murders, trials and deaths, including that of his own father in Book 5; one of his last entries.
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In 1725 William Morgan [aged 24] was appointed Order of the Bath upon its revival.
On 16th March 1725 (possibly 1724) [his brother-in-law] Edward Harley 3rd Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer [aged 26] and [his sister] Martha Morgan Countess of Oxford and Mortimer [aged 26] were married at St Anne's Church, Soho [Map].
On 4th June 1729 [his father-in-law] William Cavendish 2nd Duke Devonshire [aged 57] died. His son [his brother-in-law] William [aged 30] succeeded 3rd Duke Devonshire, 6th Earl Devonshire, 6th Baron Cavendish Hardwick. Catherine Hoskins Duchess Devonshire [aged 30] by marriage Duchess Devonshire.
On 24th April 1731 William Morgan [aged 31] died. [his brother] Thomas Morgan of Rhiwpera [aged 28] inherited Tredegar House, Monmouthshire.
On 28th June 1780 [his former wife] Rachel Cavendish [aged 80] died.
Kings Wessex: Great x 20 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 16 Grand Son of King Gruffudd ap Cynan of Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 21 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 16 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 13 Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 17 Grand Son of King William I of Scotland
Kings France: Great x 15 Grand Son of King Louis VIII of France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 25 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Kings Spain: Great x 17 Grand Son of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon
Great x 4 Grandfather: Rowland Morgan of Machen
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Morgan
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Morgan
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Morgan of Machen
Grandfather: William Morgan 11 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Owen Hopton 7 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Arthur Hopton of Witham Friary 8 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Echingham 7 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Hopton of Witham 9 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edmund Hall
Great x 3 Grandmother: Rachael Hall
Great x 1 Grandmother: Rachel Hopton 10 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
father: John Morgan of Tredegar 12 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Grandmother: Blanche Morgan
William Morgan 13 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
mother: Martha Vaughan 