Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Morgan, William N a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, was born in Mecklenburg County, Virginia, June 1, 1806. His early educational advantages were limited. In 1836, being impressed with a call to preach, he joined the Memphis Conference of the then Methodist Episcopal Church, and in 1844 went over with the Separatists into … Continue reading “Morgan, William N”

Morgan, William Ferdinand, D.D a clergyman of the Protestant Episcopal Church, was born at Hartford, Connecticut, December 21, 1817. He graduated from Union College in 1837, and from the General Theological Seminary in 1840. He was a rector in Norwich, Connecticut, and New York city until his death, May 18, 1888. In 1864 he was … Continue reading “Morgan, William Ferdinand, D.D”

Morgan, William a learned British prelate, was born at Gwibernant, in Carnarvonshire. Wales, in the second half of the 16th century, and was educated at St. John’s College, Cambridge. We know but little of his progress in the Church, but we find that in 1595 he was elevated to the episcopate of Llandaff, and in … Continue reading “Morgan, William”

Morgan, W., D.D a Welsh Baptist minister, was born in Pembrokeshire in 1801. He studied at Abergavenny, was ordained pastor of a small church in Holyhead, April 19, 1825, and died September 15, 1872. See (Lond.) Baptist Hand-book, 1873, page 267. (J.C.S.) Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Morgan, Venerable Edward Welsh priest, martyr, b. at Bettisfield, Hanmer, Flintshire, executed at Tyburn, London, 26 April, 1642. His father’s Christian name was William. Of his mother we know nothing except that one of her kindred was Lieutenant of the Tower of London. From the fact that the martyr was known at St. Omer as … Continue reading “Morgan, Venerable Edward”

Morgan, Thomas (1) a Scotch Presbyterian divine of the Unitarian cast, who flourished near and after the opening of this century as pastor of a congregation in London, is noted, in conjunction with some others of his persuasion, as the editor of a mutilated edition of Dr. Watts’s psalms and hymns, which, from being Calvinistic, … Continue reading “Morgan, Thomas (2)”

Morgan, Richard U., D.D a Protestant Episcopal clergyman, was born in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, January 9, 1800. He was ordained deacon in 1822, presbyter in 1823, was rector for twenty-three years of Trinity Church, New Rochelle, N.Y., and died at Stamford, Connecticut, October 9, 1882. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Morgan, Nicholas J. B., D.D a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church of some note, was born in Bath County, Virginia, November 23, 1811. He was the oldest son of the Rev. Gerald Morgan, also a preacher of the same body, who died in March, 1846, closing a forty years’ ministerial service of honor and … Continue reading “Morgan, Nicholas J. B., D.D”

Morgan, Morgan a prominent lay-worker of the early days of the Protestant Episcopal Church, was a native of Wales, but had come to this country while yet a youth, and settled in Pennsylvania. In 1726 he removed to the south of the Potomac, in Virginia, and there built in 1740 the first Episcopal church, now … Continue reading “Morgan, Morgan”

Morgan, Joseph a minister of the (Dutch) Reformed Church, was born of Welsh parentage in 1674, and ordained in 1697 in Connecticut. After settlements at East Chester, N.Y., from 1699 to 1704, and Greenwich, Connecticut, from 1704 to 1708, he became pastor at Freehold and Middletown, N.J., where he served both the Dutch and Presbyterian … Continue reading “Morgan, Joseph”