Individual Details
(1675 - Aft 1730)
The maiden name of Mary is not entirely certain, although recent genealogical research seems to have settled on her being the daughter of Charles Morgan of Perth Amboy, New Jersey. There are records that suggest that a John Bloodgood married a Mary Morgan and that a John Bloodgood married a Marie van Valkenburgh. But the available evidence from wills is strongly in favor of Mary Morgan. There are a couple of issues to resolve to make this really certain. One of these is the death date of John Bloodgood. That is not known for sure; he was alive in 1711, and for this to all work his date of death needs to be before 1719. There is a record that a Mary Bloodgood married a James Savage. Here is where the wills come in. The will of Charles Morgan, the proposed father of Mary Morgan was probated 17 February 1719/20. The will was dated 5 January 1719/20. It mentions wife Elizabeth; children: Charles, Thomas, James, Mary Savage, Anetas (?Metas) Robison, Sarah [Luf?]borow. Executors: John Kinsey, John Barclay. Witnesses: Thomas Gordon, Andrew Robeson, Thomas Gordon junior. The inventory of personal estate was taken 29 January 1719/1720 by Daniel Baker and Arthur Brown; it included a negro man and a negro woman, £60. On 1 February 1719/1720, John Kinsey and John Barclay refused to act as executors. On 23 May 1720 Charles Morgan of Perth Amboy posted bond as administrator of the estate; Andrew Robeson and John Thomson, fellow bondsmen. " The important thing to note here is that daughter Mary is Mary Savage. As long as John Bloodgood died before 1719 (and there is some evidence he died around 1716), she would have time to marry Mr. Savage before the father's will was written. The second evidence from wills comes from the will of William Bloodgood who was the son of John Bloodgood and his wife Mary. In that will, William Bloodgood makes reference to "my father-in-law" James Savage which in that time period referred to a step-father. This means that Mary the wife of John Bloodgood married James Savage after John Bloodgood's death -- so the only question now is if this is the same Savage mentioned in the will of Charles Morgan.
Events
| Birth | 1675 | Flushing, New York | | | |
| Marriage | Abt 1693 | John Bloodgood | | | |
| Death | Aft 1730 | Greene, New York | | | |
Families