Morton/Moreton

Name origin: From parish Morton, in Nithsdale, Dumfriesshire, Scotland. From Gaelic mor, big, great; and dun or ton, a hill. The earliest records of the family is in Dauphine, France, where the Comtes and Marquieses Morton de Chabrillon occupied many important positions. In Battle Abbey Roll and Doomesday Book appears the name of Robert, Comte de Mortain, half-brother of William the Conqueror, who became founder of the English family.

• Bartholomew Toret de Morton (1169- )
• Nicholas Morton (1452-1525)
• Charles Morton (1478-1531)
• Robert Morton (1505-1575)
• Anthony Morton (1521-1550)
• George Morton (1553- )
• George Morton (1585-1612)

Bartholomew Toret de Morton

b.abt.1168 Moreton Toret, Shropshire, England; parents ukn

CHILDREN included:

1. Johanna (Joan) Toret de Morton b.abt.1195 d.bef.1239 m.abt.1211 Moreton, Shropshire, England Sir Richard Corbet, Knight
   

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Nicholas Morton

b.abt.1452 of Bawtry, Yorkshire, England; parents ukn
d.aft.1525
m.abt.1475 of Elmsall, Yorkshire, England; Alice Wentworth
b.abt.1455 of Elmsall, Yrokshire, England; d/o Thomas Wentworth

CHILDREN included:

1. Charles Morton b.abt.1478
2. Robert Morton b.abt.1480

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Charles Morton

b.abt.1478 of Bawtry, Yorkshire, England; s/o Nicholas Morton and Alice Wentworth
d.1531 of Bawtry, Yorkshire, England
m.abt.1503 of Lincolnshire, England; Maud Dallison
b.abt.1482; d/o William Dallison

CHILDREN included:

1. Robert Morton b.1505
2. Charles Morton b.abt.1507
3. Nicholas Morton b.abt.1508
4. Frances Morton b.abt.1509
5. Thomas Morton b.abt.1510
6. Anthony Morton b.1512
7. Gervase Morton b.1514
8. Francis Morton b.abt.1516
9. Elizabeth Morton b.abt.1518
10. Mary Morton b.abt.1520
11. Joan Morton b.abt.1524
12. Anne Morton b.abt.1526
13. Dorothy Morton b.abt.1528
14. Jane Morton b.abt.1530
15. Isabel Morton b.abt.1532

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Robert Morton

b.1505 of Bawtry, Blyth, Yorkshire, England; s/o Charles Morton and Maud Dallison
d.1575 Bawtry, Blyth, Yorkshire, England
m.abt.1525 of Cotham, Yorkshire, England; Alice Markham
b.1502 Nottinghamshire, England; d/o John Markham, Sir Knight and Margaret Langford

CHILDREN included:

1. Anthony Morton b.1521
2. John Morton b.abt.1526/1532
3. Ann Morton b.abt.1532 d.y.
4. Alice Morton b.abt.1536

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Anthony Morton

b.1521 of Bawtry, Blyth, Yorkshire, England
d.bur.1550 Harworth Chapel, Bawtry, Blyth, Yorkshire, England
m.Mary _____

CHILDREN included:

1. George Morton b.1553
2. Robert Morton b.abt.1556

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George Morton

b.1553 Bawtry, England; s/o Anthony Morton and Mary ______
m.July 1612 of York, Yorkshire, England; Catherine Bown
b.1555 of Bawtry, England; d/o John Bann or Bown
bur.Bawtry Chapel, Bawtry, England

CHILDREN included:

1. George Morton b.Aug. 2, 1585
2. Thomas Morton b.1587 d.1627

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George Morton

b.Aug. 2, 1585 of St. James Bat. H., Somerset, England; s/o George Morton and Catherine Bown
d.1624 of Plymouth, MA
m.July 23, 1612 Leyden, South Holland, Netherlands; Julian or Juliana Carpenter
b.March 7, 1584 Somerset, Wrington, Somerset, England; d/o Alexander Carpenter and Priscilla (Druscilla) Dillen

CHILDREN included:

1. Nathaniel Morton b.August 2, 1612 d.June 27, 1685
2. Patience Morton b.1615 d.Aug. 16, 1691 Plymouth, MA
3. John Morton b.1616 d.Aug. 25, 1691 Plymouth, MA
4. Alice Morton b.abt.1617
5. Ruth Sarah Morton b.1617/1618 Leyden, S. Holland, Netherlands d.Aug. 25, 1691 Plymouth, MA m.Dec. 20, 1644 Plymouth, MA Sir. George Bonham
6. Joseph Morton b.abt.1620
7. Ephraim Morton b.July 1623 d.Sept. 7, 1693
8. George Morton b.May 22, 1624 d.June 1624

From Directory of the Ancestral Heads of New England Families 1620-1700 by Holmes: GEORGE, merchant, b. Austerfield, Yorkshire, England, 1585, came to Plymouth, Mass., 1623, died following year.

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