Complex sentence: Benjamin Morgan, originally from Philadelphia from a prominent American Revolutionary War family, purchased the land in 1804; after his death in 1826, his son Thomas Ashton Morgan inherited the estate and began growing sugar cane there.
Split into simpler sentences: Benjamin Morgan, originally from Philadelphia and of a prominent American Revolutionary War family, purchased the land in 1804. After his death in 1826, his son Thomas Ashton Morgan inherited the estate and began growing sugar cane there.