Anything that I include in italics are just my thoughts, they are in no way verified, they are purely conjecture.
February 17, 1733
Hannah’s father, John Anthony Morel, is born in Savannah, GA to parents Pierre & Margaret. One family tree notes that he was born in Switzerland where his parents immigrated from. Without a birth record and just family trees to go on, it’s impossible to say.
February 16, 1745
Hannah’s mother, Mary Bryan, is born along the Pocotaligo River in Beaufort, SC; her parents are Jonathan and Mary.
1755
John marries his first wife, Mary Anne Bourquin, in Savannah. They have five children: Peter (1757), John Jr. (1759), Mary Anne (1761), Henry (1762) & Susannah (1765).
1762
Henry, Hannah’s half brother, is stillborn.
August 4, 1765
Susannah, Hannah’s half sister, dies at 4 days old.
August 14, 1765
Mary Anne, Hannah’s half sister, dies at age 4.
August 15, 1765
Mary Anne, her father’s first wife, dies on her 34th birthday.
1766
John marries Mary Bryan in Savannah. After they are married he buys Ossabaw Island from Mary’s father for timbering, ship building and indigo cultivation.
November 1, 1767
Hannah’s sister Elizabeth is born.
1768
Hannah’s brother Bryan is born; his name is their mother’s maiden name.
November 10, 1769
Hannah’s sister Elizabeth passes away.
1770
John is elected to the American Philosophical Society.
August 27, 1770
Hannah’s brother Isaac is born.
1772
Hannah’s sister Ester (aka Hettie on some family trees) is born.
January 9, 1774
Hannah’s sister Ann is born.
1775
Hannah’s sister Ann passes away some time this year, the exact date isn’t known.
July 4, 1775
John Morel serves as a member of the GA Provincial Congress.
January 3, 1776
John Morel passes away. His burial location is unknown.
I think it’s likely that he is buried in Colonial Park in an unmarked grave.
April 20, 1776
Hannah Morel is born, having never met her father.
June 3, 1784
Mary remarries Richard Wylly. They had three children: Richard Bryan (1785), Helen (1786) and William Boyd (1788).
April 5, 1790
Hannah passes away at age 13. Death records are not available for this time, but her epitaph reads as follows:
“Sacred to the memory of a sister. Here lies the remains of Hannah Morel, daughter of John Morel Esqr Dec., who was killed by a fall from a horse the 5th of April 1790, aged 13 years 11 months & 15 days. Fair was the flower and soft the vernal sky, elate with hope we deemed no tempest nigh, when lo! A whirlwind’s instantaneous gust! Left all its beauties with’ring in the dust!”
December 19, 1793
Bryan County, GA is named after her maternal grandfather, Jonathan Bryan. He passed away in 1788.
Where to find Hannah
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