Ancestry of
Gretchen Mol

TV and Movie Actress

Elisha Morgan

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• • 5th Great-grandfather of Gretchen Mol — 8th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 192 
  • Father:
  • Solomon Morgan 
  • Mother:
  • Mary Walworth   
  • Birth Date:
  • 7 Mar 1762 
  • Birth Location:
  • Groton, New London, Connecticut 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 1 Apr 1796 
  • Death Location:
  • at sea 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Avery-Morgan Burial Ground, Groton, New London, Connecticut 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Abigail Morgan
  • Marriage Date:
  • Oct 1790 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Groton, New London, Connecticut 
  • Child:

  Elisha Morgan (Ahnentafel No:96 )

  • Notes: 

  • Revolutionary War veteran

    Elisha Morgan fought at the Battle of Groton Heights (aka Battle of Fort Griswold).

• Sources for Elisha Morgan

  • ¹ Morgan, Nathaniel H., Morgan Genealogy: A History of James Morgan, of New London, Conn., and His Descendants; From 1607 to 1869, Hartford: Press of Case, Lockwood and Brainard (1869), 38, 52, 58.
  • ² Walworth, Clarence A., The Walworths of American: Comprising Five Chapters of Family History, with Additional Chapters of Genealogy, Albany, New York: The Weed-Parsons Printing Company (1897), 59.
  • ³ Watson, Marston, Royal Families: Americans of Royal and Noble Ancestry, Volume 4, Pelham - Avery - West . . ., Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. (2017), 77, 213.
  • ⁴ Wikipedia, "Battle of Groton Heights", (accessed 02/26/2021).

Gretchen Mol photo by U.S. National Archives