Early Life
Little direct evidence of Morgan's early life and education have survived. His birth date seems to have been November 1, 1688 because Morgans Chapel at Bunker Hill, which he helped to found, recorded the following upon his death: "Colonel Morgan died November 17, 1766 aged 78 years November 1st." No British records have been found of where he was born or when or how he came to America, but according to American records he seems to have been born in Glamorganshire, Wales during the reign of William III. According to tradition, Glamorganshire was the home of King Arthur-and Arthur was of the House of Morgan. Morgan Morgan was likely educated at Cambridge University, a Reformed Puritan institution at that time.
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