Family History Research: by Lorna Flint Laughton
James P. MORDEN
1798 - 1863 (65 years)
Generation: 1
Generation: 3
Generation: 4
1. James P. MORDEN was born in 1798 in Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Upper Canada, Canada (son of James MORDEN and Margaret PARLIAMENT); died in 1863 in Canada West, Canada. Other Events and Attributes:
- Loyalist: Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Canada West, Canada
- Residence: Ameliasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Canada West, Canada
- Residence: Ameliasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Canada West, Canada; Rednersville
- _UID: 1660B892056342B59CA09B9336D8F64AD73F
- Birth: 1801
- Birth: 1801, Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Upper Canada, Canada
- Death: Mar 1864, Canada West, Canada
- Death: Mar 1864, Ameliasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Canada West, Canada; aged 63
Notes:
Municipal service:
"James P. Morden was for nearly half a century one of the leading citizens in the neighborhood of Rednersville, and always exerted himself in support of all public measures pertaining to the public welfare, although he never sought, nor would he accept, any position of public trust. His good qualities were recognized, however, by his unsolicited appointmen to the Commission of the Peace."
Loyalist:
He was titled "U.E.".
Birth:
Since he died in March 1864 aged 63, his birth year was calculated as circa 1801.Family/Spouse: Catherine BABCOCK. Catherine and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- Mary MORDEN and died.
- Loraine MORDEN and died.
- Sarah MORDEN and died.
- Phoebe A. MORDEN and died.
- Ella MORDEN and died.
- Catherine MORDEN and died.
- Isaac MORDEN and died.
2. James MORDEN (son of Joseph MORDEN and Lucretia HOWELL); and died. Other Events and Attributes:
- _UID: 04FED6F811904385B4BAADDCCC39E66681D2
- Land: 1802, Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Upper Canada, Canada; granted by the Government to him
- Residence: 1802, Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Upper Canada, Canada
Notes:
Land:
The family had the deed for three hundred and forty acres, signed by Sir Peter Hunter, the Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada in 1802.
Residence:
James erected "the first frame house in Sophiasburgh" on his land of 340 acres granted in 1802. This was a stipulation of the land grant.James married Margaret PARLIAMENT. Margaret and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Margaret PARLIAMENT and died. Other Events and Attributes:
- _UID: 26727B24087747F8832BA2578DAD86DA367C
Children:
- George MORDEN was born about 1796; died in 1829.
- Joseph MORDEN and died.
- 1. James P. MORDEN was born in 1798 in Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Upper Canada, Canada; died in 1863 in Canada West, Canada.
- Isaac MORDEN was born about 1800; died in 1893.
- Richard MORDEN and died.
- John P. MORDEN and died.
- Benjamin MORDEN and died.
- Andrew MORDEN and died.
- Margaret MORDEN and died.
- Loraine MORDEN and died.
Generation: 3
4. Joseph MORDEN (son of James M. MORDEN); and died. Other Events and Attributes:
- _UID: C71258038E2A414292BDED12A26C713E7A56
- Immigration: 1777, Canada; from Pennsylvania
- Residence: 1777, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Notes:
Residence:
He came "by sea, and via Halifax, where he probably settled for a time".Joseph married Lucretia HOWELL. Lucretia (daughter of HOWELL) and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
5. Lucretia HOWELL (daughter of HOWELL); and died. Other Events and Attributes:
- _UID: 5460464228BE478C8EC61C85B346C5B45CC1
Children:
- 2. James MORDEN and died.
- John MORDEN and died.
- Joseph MORDEN and died.
- Richard MORDEN and died.
- Elizabeth MORDEN and died.
- Lucretia MORDEN and died.
- Loraine MORDEN and died.
Generation: 4
8. James M. MORDEN and died. Children:
- Ralph MORDEN and died.
- 4. Joseph MORDEN and died.
- William MORDEN and died.
10. HOWELL and died. Children:
- 5. Lucretia HOWELL and died.
- Major John HOWELL and died.
