Morgan of Aston Ingham c1800-1830 (General)

by simonh, Welwyn Garden City, Herts, Monday, August 24, 2015, 14:13 (3373 days ago) @ simonh

Firstly thank you all for responding, your input has been very useful and some of it quite exciting!

The identification of Elizabeth MORGAN in the newspaper articles matches what I know. The convict ship "Lady of the Lake" is mentioned in her convict records, and also the Hobart registers at her marriage to fellow convict Francis EDESON, younger brother of my 3x great-grandmother. It is interesting to read of her crimes, she seems a foolish girl who probably got what she deserved!

The fact that she "laid low" in Newent strengthens my belief that she was the daughter of James and Sarah MORGAN as identified in my original post.

Whilst you have been beavering away on my behalf I have also been working on this. I tried looking for transcripts of the Worcester Assizes but the best I can come up with is ASSI 5 at the National Archives so I think a trip to Kew will be needed. Are there likely to be any records still in county archives? I tried looking at their website and couldn't see any.

Regarding names (being passed down the family), there is little to go on. The Edeson's eldest surviving child was Eliza, probably after Francis' sister. They had a daughter Sarah Ann. Then Eliza had children named Frances and Sarah Ann, so possibly these names are linked to their MORGAN heritage, also to Sarah JONES and her mother Ann from Newent. It's a bit flimsy though, but these names do not occur in the EDESON line. For now I conclude Sarah JONES is plausible but that is all.