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Morgan ap Llewelyn in the 14th century was the first to adopt Morgan as a surname.
William Morgan, bishop of Llandaff, made the first translation of the Bible into Welsh in 1588.
Sir Henry Morgan was a notorious Welsh pirate on the Spanish Main in the Caribbean during the 17th century He was born in Llanrhumney near Cardiff.
Justin Morgan of West Springfield, Massachusetts pioneered the Morgan horse breed in the United States in 1789.
Henry Morgan from Fife in Scotland founded the first department store in Canada, Henry Morgan, in the 1860's.
John Pierpoint Morgan from Hartford in Connecticut was the American financier whose House of Morgan dominated corporate finance and industrial consolidation at the turn of the 20th century.
Cliff Morgan was a Welsh rugby footballer of the 1950's and later a TV rugby broadcaster.
Piers Morgan, a TV talent show judge, was born Piers O'Meara from an Irish family in Offaly.
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Morgan is the anglicized form of the
old Welsh name Morcant. Some believe that the name has Celtic
origins, from the Celtic goddess of beauty, Morrigan.
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The county of Glamorgan took its name from Morgan Mwynfawr and the early Morgan princes of south Wales; and Glamorgan accounted for 30 percent of the British Morgans in the 19th century.
Elsewhere. The Morgan name also spread to England, Scotland, and Ireland. The Morgan name in England was mainly to be found in the English border counties. Philip Morgan, for instance, was the Welsh bishop of Worcester in 1419. In Scotland Morgan was an Aberdeen clan name associated with the McKays. The Irish Morgan name may have derived from the Gaelic O'Muireagain. There were also Welsh Morgans who had settled in Ireland, notably the Morgans of Llantarnam in Kildare and Limerick.
America. An early Morgan arrival in America was Thomas Morgan and his family who settled in 1718 into what was to become Morgantown in Berks county, Pennsylvania. Another Morgan with Welsh roots was the financier J.P. Morgan. His predecessors had settled in Springfield and then in Holyoke, Massachusetts. A later resident of Holyoke, William Morgan, invented the game of volleyball in 1895.
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- Morgan, A Welsh Name. History of the Morgan name.
- The Morgan Family of Tredegar. The Morgans in Welsh biography online.
- The Morgan Society. Morgan family association.
- Irish Morgans. Welsh Morgans in Ireland.
The county of Glamorgan took its name from Morgan Mwynfawr and the early Morgan princes of south Wales; and Glamorgan accounted for 30 percent of the British Morgans in the 19th century.
Elsewhere. The Morgan name also spread to England, Scotland, and Ireland. The Morgan name in England was mainly to be found in the English border counties. Philip Morgan, for instance, was the Welsh bishop of Worcester in 1419. In Scotland Morgan was an Aberdeen clan name associated with the McKays. The Irish Morgan name may have derived from the Gaelic O'Muireagain. There were also Welsh Morgans who had settled in Ireland, notably the Morgans of Llantarnam in Kildare and Limerick.
America. An early Morgan arrival in America was Thomas Morgan and his family who settled in 1718 into what was to become Morgantown in Berks county, Pennsylvania. Another Morgan with Welsh roots was the financier J.P. Morgan. His predecessors had settled in Springfield and then in Holyoke, Massachusetts. A later resident of Holyoke, William Morgan, invented the game of volleyball in 1895.
Morgan ap Llewelyn in the 14th century was the first to adopt Morgan as a surname.
William Morgan, bishop of Llandaff, made the first translation of the Bible into Welsh in 1588.
Sir Henry Morgan was a notorious Welsh pirate on the Spanish Main in the Caribbean during the 17th century He was born in Llanrhumney near Cardiff.
Justin Morgan of West Springfield, Massachusetts pioneered the Morgan horse breed in the United States in 1789.
Henry Morgan from Fife in Scotland founded the first department store in Canada, Henry Morgan, in the 1860's.
John Pierpoint Morgan from Hartford in Connecticut was the American financier whose House of Morgan dominated corporate finance and industrial consolidation at the turn of the 20th century.
Cliff Morgan was a Welsh rugby footballer of the 1950's and later a TV rugby broadcaster.
Piers Morgan, a TV talent show judge, was born Piers O'Meara from an Irish family in Offaly.
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- 150,000 in the UK (most numerous in Glamorgan)
- 88,000 in America (most numerous in Texas)
- 51,000 elsewhere (most numerous in Australia)
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