Miles Morgan emigrated to the Massachusetts Bay Colony and joined the community of Springfield by 1643/4.  He married twice, had nine children and many grandchildren before his death in 1699.  His thousands of descendants include authors, businessmen, engineers, farmers, financiers, military and naval officers, industrialists, philanthropists, statesmen and a few very dedicated genealogists. 

Since the late 1700’s, much effort has been dedicated to answering the question of who Miles’ forbearers were and where he came from.   Yet Miles’ origins remain shrouded in legend, with no solid underlying proof:  he was most likely either from Wales or Scotland by way of Bristol, but all he told his family in the new world (that has come down to us) is that he was from 'Great Britain'. 

The Miles Morgan Origins Project has gathered all previous and current research publicly available touching on this question, and gone as far as possible on paper.  It has determined Miles’ Y DNA profile, and is searching his likely points of origin for living descendants of Miles’ ancestors matching the profile.

If you believe that you (or your close Y DNA-carrying relation) may be descended from Miles Morgan, please join this project and support the search.  A Morgan Surname Project also exists, which we encourage you to also join if you are interested in wider Morgan studies.