Genealogy of the Morleys in South Wales: Glamorgan and the Vale of Neath from 1700 to 1800

Morley, John O

Annals of Genealogical Research > Vol. 8, No. 1 (2012)

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Genealogy of the Morleys in South Wales: Glamorgan and the Vale of Neath from 1700 to 1800

John O Morley, Swansea University

Abstract
The first Morleys who can be positively identified in Glamorgan in the eighteenth century lived in the parishes of Llangyfelach and Cadoxton Juxta Neath. Their families are thought to have migrated from Carmarthenshire to Glamorgan early in the eighteenth century though there is no conclusive evidence to support this supposition. Full details of the baptisms, marriages and deaths of their descendants which have been obtained from the parish registers, particularly in the Vale of Neath, are described. The first person identified in this work is William Morley of Llangyfelach, originally from Llandybie, and a mariner who died at sea. The next person of note was also called William Morley but he was a yeoman residing in Cadoxton. He married Elinor John in Cadoxton in 1752 and they had at least eight children, some of whom are reasonably well documented in the parish records and in William’s will, dated 1814. Almost all of their descendants were employed in either the coal mines or in manufacturing industry. William’s second son, Thomas Morley (M2), married Catherine Hopkin also in Cadoxton in 1773 and they had at least five children before she died in 1787.

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Cite as: John O Morley, "Genealogy of the Morleys in South Wales: Glamorgan and the Vale of Neath from 1700 to 1800," Annals of Genealogical Research Vol. 8, No. 1 (2012) at http://www.genlit.org/agr/viewarticle.php?id=37

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Addendum: Genealogy of the Morleys from 1700 to 1800

Subject areas: Morley Family; Glamorgan; Glamorgan; South Wales, UK

Annals of Genealogical Research - ISSN 1555-9904