the last name morgan comes from french.
the last name morgan comes from french.
where does the last name morgan come from?
french
tredegar's name came from tredegar fawr, the name of the mansion or seat of the old morgans, who were descended from cadifor the great the son of collwyn; and the owners of the land upon which tredegar stands. the earliest record of someone with the name morgan living at tredegar is 1402: a llewellyn ap morgan. tredegar house, set in 90 acres which remains landscaped for ornamental purposes, with less agriculture than in previous centuries, is the finest restoration house in wales and for over five hundred years the estate (including ruperra castle) was home to the morgan family, later lords tredegar; one of the most powerful and influential families in the area.
tredegar house
some of the slaves continued to stay in the area. when the slaves were emancipated after the civil war, the female slave named hulda (born in june 1824) took the last name morgan and was living near the campbell mill in union grove in 1870 with three young boys (jack, dick and burton morgan). she later moved to statesville, north carolina where she was living in 1900 with her son jackson. nothing is currently known about the other slaves. the female slave, catherine, also took the last name morgan and was a domestic servant in the house of william buxton and ema (buxton) campbell (leolin v. campbell's estranged wife) in 1870.
perciphull campbell