Individual Details

Henry Morgan Esq.

(Jan 1536 - 1603)

== Biography ==
HENRY MORGAN b: 1536. in Llanrhymni, Monmouth, Wales; died 1603 in Llanrhymni, Monmouth, Wales.
Married Catherine Kemeys about 1561 in Llanrhymni, Monmouth, Wales. Catherine was born in 1540 in Llanrhymni, Monmouth, Wales. [https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=S2hHAAAAYAAJ&hl=en&pg=GBS.PA255 Burke, Bernard, Index to Burke's Dictionary to Landed Gentry in Great Britain and Ireland, (Coleburn and Company, 1853)] pg 255-256. Catherine / Katherine Kemeys was daughter and heir of William Kemeys of St Melons
Henry and Catherine Morgan had at least three children: [https://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=officerpiper&id=I44578 "The Officer & Piper Family" James D. Officer] [https://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:2262001&id=I20737 "Family of Ryan L herbert" Ryan Herbert]
#Thomas,
#Infant (born & died abt 1562)
#Blanch (born abt 1564).
From his branch descended Sir Henry Morgan of Jamaica, privateer and adventurer, who was knighted by King Charles II and became Lieutenant-Govenor of Jamaica. He is known in history as "Morgan the Pirate," and the guy on the label of Morgan's Rum. [http://hausegenealogy.com/morgan.html "Morgan Genealogy." Morgan Genealogy. Web. 28 Mar. 2015.]


== Sources ==


* LDS FHL AF# (familysearch.org)
* Family Trees submitted by ''Ancestry'' subscribers.

=== Acknowledgments ===*Thank you to [[Sickler-69 | Sheldon Sickler]] for creating WikiTree profile Governor Jamaica-1 through the import of Sickler Family Tree(2).ged on Nov 5, 2013.

    Events

    BirthJan 1536Llanrhymnima, St. Mellons, Monmouthshire, Wales
    Marriage1559Wales - Catherine Kemeys
    Death1603Llanrhymny, Monmouth, Wales
    Reference No3995351
    Reference No4069899
    Reference No60

    Families

    SpouseCatherine Kemeys (1540 - 1567)
    ChildThomas Morgan Esq. (1560 - 1624)
    FatherSir Rowland Morgan (1508 - 1577)
    MotherBlanch Jones (1512 - 1549)
    SiblingSir Thomas Morgan MP (1534 - 1603)
    SiblingAnn Morgan (1534 - 1534)
    SiblingLady Mary Morgan (1542 - 1604)
    SiblingCatherine Morgan Machen Tredegar (1546 - 1574)