I recently discovered that a person going by the handle "MableJaneStone1" on familysearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/sources/LZXT-HTZ), believes that Elizabeth, wife of Edward Morgan (circa 1660 - circa 1733), was the sister of John Williams, who married Eleanor Klincken. Her theory has merit.
John Williams, of Merion Township, married Eleanor Klincken on 3 Jun 1696 (1).
Eleanor was the daughter of Arent Klincken, who also had a daughter Ann, and a son Anthony (2).
Ann Klincken married Cunard Cunard [Conrad] before 31 Jul 1704 (3), and Cunard Cunard wrote his will in 1747, naming a son, Anthony Conrad (4).
Anthony Conrad also wrote his will in 1747 (5), and in his will, he named his cousin Daniel Morgan, who was a son of Edward Morgan and his wife Elizabeth.
The term "cousin" was once used generally to indicate almost any degree of relationship by blood or marriage outside the nuclear family.
Anthony Conrad was the nephew of John Williams, the son of his sister's wife, and so he was related to Daniel Morgan through John Williams' probable sister, Elizabeth, mother of Daniel Morgan.
John Williams died 13 Aug 1740, aged 69 per a statement given by his son Anthony Williams (6). His will was written at Cheltenham, Montgomery, Pennsylvania 14 Oct 1737, and proved at Philadelphia 23 Aug 1740 (7).
Arent Klincken's 1707/08 will, showing his daughter's married names, can be found at Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Will Book C, pages 71-72, FHL #007726372, Images 42-42 of 646, familysearch.org.
Sources:
(1). Society of Friends (Radnor, Delaware, Pennsylvania), Marriages, Births, and Burial Certificates, 1684-1729, page 72, Image 86 of 500, U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, ancestry.com
(2). Society of Friends (Abington, Montgomery, Pennsylvania), Minutes 1629-1812, page 58, Image 68 of 256, U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, ancestry.com
(3). Society of Freinds (Abington, Montgomery, Pennsylvania), Men's Minutes 1682-1746, page 47, Image 25 of 154, U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, ancestry.com
(4). Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Will Book H, pages 495-497, FHL #007726373, Images 670-671 of 693, familysearch.org
(5). Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, Will Book H, pages 509-511, FHL #007726373, Images 679-680 of 693, familysearch.org
(6). Society of Friends (Abington, Montgomery, Pennsylvania), Minutes, 1629-1812, page 284, Image 218 of 256, U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, ancestry.com
(7). Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Will Book F, pages 170-171, FHL #007726373, Image 96 of 693, familysearch.org
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