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Note: England in 1633, and Settled In New Haven in 1639, With Numerous Biographical Notes and Sketches; Also, Some account of the Descendants of John Tuttle of Dover, N.H.; Richard Tuttle of Boston; John Tuttle of Ipswich; and Henry Tuthill of Hingham, Mass; To Which Are Appended Genealogical Notes of Several Alliled Families, By GEORGE FREDERICK TUTTLE, Printed and Published by Tuttle & Co., Official State Printers, Rutland, VT, 1883:
p.238
"Quartus Morgan was private secretary to BARON STEUBEN. Abt. 1794 he removed to the town of Rockingham, Vt., and settled at what is now Bellows Falls, where he kept a public house which became celebrated through New England, New York and Canada as a model tavern. "Morgan's Tavern" was a synonym for good cheer and homelike comfort, and its host and hostess liked and respected by everybody. The P.O. in Bellows Falls was established in 1800, and Mr. Morgan was the first postmaster. He died March 1, 1810, age 44 yrs. 1 mo. and 14 days (b. 14 Jan 1766). After his death Mrs. Morgan carried on the business about five yrs., then built a house on a farm they had bought a little way from the village center, where she spent the remainder of her days, and where her son, James Burt Morgan, still (1876) resides."
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p.223, The Connecticut River Valley in southern Vermont and New Hampshire : historical sketches
Morgans Tavern--Oldest building in Bellows Falls--Morgan Family
"The old building at the northwest corner of the Square, the first building going north on the west side of Rockingham Street, is the oldest building of any kind now standing in Bellows Falls village. It is adjacent to the Central House building and on a part of the same lot. It was known for many years subsequent to 1798 as "Morgan's Tavern." Quartus MORGAN, who became its proprietor that year, often remarked that "it was a very old building when I bought it."
Mr. Morgan came to Bellows Falls in the spring of 1798 from West Springfield, Mass., making the journey with his wife on horseback. Their household goods came up the river by the flat boat which then plied between here and Hartford, Conn. He had already purchased, through the incluence of his brother-in-law, Leverett TUTTLE, who was a part owner of the line of Connecticut river boats, this property which had been used several years as a tavern. This village was at that time having its first boom, for work had been actively prosecuted several years on the building of the canal, which has in all the years since then been such an active factor in the business of the place. The canal was begun in 1792 and the first boats passed through it in August of 1802, ten years later. All accounts indicate that this old hotel, or tavern, was a large factor then, and for many years thereafter, in the business and social life of the small village."
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DEATH:
Vermont, Vital Records, 1720-1908
Name: Quartus Morgan
Gender: Male
Birth Date: abt 1766
Death Date: 1 Mar 1810
Death Place: Rockingham, Vermont, USA
Death Age: 44
Note: The Descendants of William and Elizabeth Tuttle, Who Came From Old to New
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