Hon. John Morton

John Morton

• Born about 1616 in Leyden, Holland
• Immigration: 15 Jun 1623 to Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Aboard the Anne
• Died 3 October 1673 in Middleborough, Plymouth Colony,
• Son of George Morton II and Juliana (Carpenter) Kempton
• Brother of Nathaniel Morton, Patience (Morton) Faunce, Sarah (Morton) Bonham, Ephraim Morton and George Morton
• Husband of Lettice (Kempton) Ring — married before 1645 John Morton senir of Middleberry Died on the third of October 1673 hee was a Godly man and was much lamented by sundry of the Inhabitants of that place It pleased God notwithstanding to put a period to his life after a longe sicknes and somtimes som [worn off, or trimmed off in the binding]

John Morton, Sr resided in "Middleberry", what is now known as Middleborough, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA

From Bradford of Plymouth: "Not long afterward (after brother Nathaniel's marriage to Lydia Cooper in 1634 and sister Patience's marriage to Thomas Faunce), Nathaniel's brother John married a girl named Lettice."

Biography

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Morton-646

John Morton was born circa 1616 or 17, a son of George Morton (of "Mourt's Relation" fame) and Juliana (Carpenter) Morton Kempton, who were married and lived in Leiden before migrating to Plymouth on the Anne in 1623. John's uncle by marriage was Governor Bradford, who helped raise John and his siblings due to the death of their father in 1624[1] [2]

Circa 1649, John married Lettuce, whose LNAB and DOB are not provided in these sources[3] [1] [4] [5] [2]. Their children included:

1. John, born December 11, 1649[1], who died December 20, 1649 [2]
2. John Jr, born December 21, 1650[6], who married first Phebe Shaw, daughter of Jonathan, and second married Mary Ring, daughter of Andrew and Deborah (Hopkins) Ring[2]
3. Deborah, who married Francis Coombs, son of John and Sarah Coombs in 1687[4] [2]
4. Mary[4] [2], who was the second wife of Nathaniel Bosworth Jr.[7] [8]
5. Martha[4] [2]
6. Hannah[4] [2], who married John Fuller[9] and John Lathrop
7. Esther[4] [2]
8. Manasseh, a twin, born June 7, 1653[2]
9. Ephraim, a twin, born June 7, 1653[2]

John Morton Sr. was a constable in Plymouth in 1654, and a collector of taxes in 1668 (among other roles). He relocated his family to Middleborough circa 1670, where he represented the town in the General Court until his death[6] [2]

John Morton, Sr died October 3, 1673, in Middleborough[10]. His death notice states: John Morton senir: of Middleberry Died on the third of October 1673. Hee was a Godly man and much lamented by sundry of the inhabitants of that place It pleased God notwithstanding to put a period to his life after a longe sickness and som (worn off or trimmed off in binding). His will cleared probate on October 29[4], and mentioned his son john Morton Jr, his daughter Deborah the wife of Francis Coombs; four daughters Mary, Martha, Hannah and Esther; and his widow Lettuce Morton[2].

After his death, Lettuce married Andrew Ring, father of her son John's wife Mary Ring[2]'

Wife

NOTE:
There were two women in early Plymouth named Lettice, each with two husbands, and they have been confused. Lettice Kempton, prob of London, it seems likely is the one who married first John Morton and then Andrew Ring.

Note that Morton's stepfather was Manassah Kempton, and this Lettice would be his niece. Both of her husbands were the offspring of Leiden Separatists.

The other Lettice was surname Hanford, with a documented family from Devon England, and marriages to Foster and Jenkins, who are not as closely associated with the original Separatists. Adams-21565 09:44, 16 March 2016 (EDT)

It is very possible that she is NOT the wife of John Morton or Andrew Ring. They were both likely married to the OTHER Lettice born Kempton.

Descendants of George Morton

http://www.genealogy.com/ftm/v/i/n/Karla-Vince/GENE2-0035.html

328.ELISHA17 MORTON (SAMUEL16, EPHRAIM15, GEORGE14, EPHRAIM 13, GEORGE12, GEORGE11, ANTHONY10, ROBERT9, CHARLES8, NICHOLAS7, ROBERT6, ROBERT5, CHARLES4, ROBERT3, ROBERT2, THOMAS1)1678 was born April 01, 1734 in Plymouth, Massachusetts1678, and died Unknown. He married ELIZABETH MITCHELL 1760.She died Unknown.

Children of ELISHA MORTON and ELIZABETH MITCHELL are:

• i. ELISHA18 MORTON, b. 1761; d. Unknown.
• ii. ELIZABETH MORTON, b. 1764; d. Unknown.

329.'JOSHUA17 MORTON (CORNELIUS16, EPHRAIM15, GEORGE14, EPHRAIM13, GEORGE12, GEORGE11, ANTHONY10, ROBERT9,CHARLES8, NICHOLAS7, ROBERT6, ROBERT5, CHARLES4, ROBERT3, ROBERT2, THOMAS1)1679,1680 was born September 10, 1743 1680, and died 1789 in Friendship, Maine 1681.He married (1) MERCY HOWARD.She was born March 24, 1748/49 in Of Waldoboro, Maine, and died April 29, 1825 in Friendship, Maine.He married (2) SARAH CUSHMAN November 12, 1778 in Taunton, Massachusetts.She was born 1757, and died 1844.

Children of JOSHUA MORTON and MERCY HOWARD are:

• 392. i. CORNELIUS18 MORTON, b. October 10, 1786; d. Unknown.
• 393. ii. JOSHUA MORTON, b. January 16, 1789, Thomaston, Maine; d. January 25, 1857.

Children of JOSHUA MORTON and SARAH CUSHMAN are:

• iii. ELIAS18 MORTON, b. July 26, 1784; d. Unknown.
• iv. LYDIA MORTON, b. September 11, 1779, Middleboro, MA.; d. Unknown.
• 394. v. SUSANNA MORTON, b. December 06, 1781; d. July 20, 1860, Middleboro, Massachusetts.

330.EBENEZER17 MORTON, JR. (EBENEZER16, EPHRAIM15, GEORGE14, EPHRAIM13, GEORGE12, GEORGE11, ANTHONY10, ROBERT9, CHARLES8, NICHOLAS7, ROBERT6, ROBERT5, CHARLES4, ROBERT3, ROBERT2, THOMAS1)1682 was born June 26, 1746 in Plymouth, Massachusetts1682, and died August 03, 1831 in Friendship, Lincoln Co., Maine.He married RACHEL BRADFORD 1764, daughter of JOSHUA BRADFORD and HANNAH BRADFORD.She was born January 28, 1740/41 in Kingston, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts, and died April 28, 1823 in Friendship, Lincoln Co., Maine.

Children of EBENEZER MORTON and RACHEL BRADFORD are:

• i. SUSANNA18 MORTON, b. December 12, 1765, Friendship, Lincoln Co., ME.; d. Unknown.
• ii. CORNELIUS MORTON, b. March 18, 1767, Friendship, Lincoln Co., Maine; d. Unknown
• . iii. ZENAS MORTON, b. September 27, 1768, Friendship, Lincoln Co., ME.; d. Unknown; m. SILVIA BRADFORD; b. 1772; d. Unknown.
• iv. REBECCA MORTON, b. September 24, 1770, Friendship, Lincoln Co., ME.; d. Unknown.
• v. ISAAC MORTON, b. September 08, 1772, Friendship, Lincoln Co., ME.; d. Unknown.
• vi. HANNAH MORTON, b. October 26, 1774, Friendship, Lincoln Co., Maine; d. December 25, 1854; m. JOSEPHUS BRADFORD; b. February 10, 1768, Friendship, Lincoln Co., Maine; d. March 31, 1846, St. George, Maine.
• vii. MARY MORTON, b. August 28, 1776, Friendship, Lincoln Co., ME.; d. Unknown.
• viii. SALLY MORTON, b. May 05, 1778, Friendship, Lincoln Co., ME.; d. Unknown.
• ix. EBENEZER MORTON, b. September 23, 1780, Friendship, Lincoln Co., Maine; d. Unknown. x. JOHN MORTON, b. 1782, Friendship, Lincoln Co., ME.; d. Unknown.
• xi. JOSHUA MORTON, b. 1784, Friendship, Lincoln Co., ME.; d. Unknown.

331.JAMES17 MORTON (EBENEZER16, EPHRAIM15, GEORGE14, EPHRAIM13, GEORGE12, GEORGE11, ANTHONY10, ROBERT9, CHARLES8, NICHOLAS7, ROBERT6, ROBERT5, CHARLES4, ROBERT3, ROBERT2, THOMAS1) was born 1750, and died Unknown.He married ELIZABETH ELWELL November 15, 1772 in Meduncook, (Friendship) Maine, daughter of JACOB ELWELL and ELIZABETH STEVENS.She died Unknown.

Children of JAMES MORTON and ELIZABETH ELWELL are:

• i. ELIZABETH18 MORTON, d. Unknown; m. BARTER; b. Of St. George, Maine; d. Unknown.
• ii. REBECCA MORTON, d. Unknown; m. WILLIAM HORNE; b. Of Meduncook (Friendship), Maine; d. Unknown.
• iii. MORTON, d. Unknown; m. THOMAS BURTON; b. Of Meduncook (Friendship), Maine; d. Unknown.
• 395. iv. JAMES MORTON, b. 1780; d. Unknown.
• v. WILLIAM MORTON, d. Unknown; m. SARAH COOK; d. Unknown.

332.EBENEZER17 WASHBURN (LYDIA16FAUNCE, JOHN15, JOSEPH14, PATIENCE13MORTON, GEORGE12, GEORGE11, ANTHONY10, ROBERT9, CHARLES8, NICHOLAS7, ROBERT6, ROBERT5, CHARLES4, ROBERT3, ROBERT2, THOMAS1)1683 was born September 14, 1735 in Kingston, Massachusetts1683, and died 1810.He married SARAH WATERMAN November 08, 1757 in Halifax, Massachusetts, daughter of ANTHONY WATERMAN and HANNAH VAUGHAN.She was born 1738, and died 1826.

Child of EBENEZER WASHBURN and SARAH WATERMAN is: 396.

• i. SARAH18 WASHBURN, b. 1758; d. Unknown.

333.SARAH17 WATERMAN (HANNAH16VAUGHAN, JOANNA15MORTON, JOHN14, JOHN13, GEORGE12, GEORGE11, ANTHONY10, ROBERT9, CHARLES8, NICHOLAS7, ROBERT6, ROBERT5, CHARLES4, ROBERT3, ROBERT2, THOMAS1) was born 1738, and died 1826.She married EBENEZER WASHBURN1683 November 08, 1757 in Halifax, Massachusetts, son of EBENEZER WASHBURN and LYDIA FAUNCE.He was born September 14, 1735 in Kingston, Massachusetts1683, and died 1810.

Child is listed above under (332) Ebenezer Washburn.

334.LIVY17 MORTON (EBENEZER16, EBENEZER15, JOHN14, JOHN13, GEORGE12, GEORGE11, ANTHONY10, ROBERT9, CHARLES8, NICHOLAS7, ROBERT6, ROBERT5, CHARLES4, ROBERT3, ROBERT2, THOMAS1)1684 was born February 04, 1760 in Middleboro, Masachusetts1684, and died July 19, 1838 in Middleboro, Masachusetts1684.He married (1) HANNAH DAILEY1684 March 13, 17881684, daughter of DANIEL DAILEY and HANNAH.She was born November 15, 17601684, and died September 04, 18071684.He married (2) CATHERINE RICHMOND1684 18081684, daughter of STEPHEN RICHMOND and HANNAH BEALS.She died September 06, 18491684.

Children of LIVY MORTON and HANNAH DAILEY are:

• 397. i. REVEREND DANIEL OLIVER18 MORTON, b. December 21, 1788, Winthrop, Maine; d. March 25, 1852, Bristol, New Hampshire.
• ii. JOSEPH WARREN MORTON1685, b. August 25, 17931685; d. 1813, Greenbush, New York1685.
• iii. LENDELL PITTS MORTON1685, b. March 22, 17961685; d. Unknown.

Children of LIVY MORTON and CATHERINE RICHMOND are:

• iv. HANNAH DAILEY18 MORTON1685, b. August 28, 18091685; d. July 26, 18461685; m. HORATIO N. WILBUR1685, March 20, 18341685; b. , Of Middleboro, Massachusetts1685; d. Unknown.
• v. CATHERINE RICHMOND MORTON1685, b. May 29, 18111685; d. Unknown.

335.PRISCILLA17 MORTON (EBENEZER16, EBENEZER15, JOHN14, JOHN13, GEORGE12, GEORGE11, ANTHONY10, ROBERT9, CHARLES8, NICHOLAS7, ROBERT6, ROBERT5, CHARLES4, ROBERT3, ROBERT2, THOMAS1)1686 was born October 04, 17631686, and died February 19, 18471686.She married SETH MORTON, JR.1686 May 21, 17891686.He died Unknown.

Children of PRISCILLA MORTON and SETH MORTON are:

• i. SAMUEL18 MORTON, b. January 29, 1790; d. Unknown.
• ii. PHEBE MORTON, b. May 15, 1791; d. Unknown.
• iii. HEPZIBAH MORTON, b. August 27, 1794; d. Unknown.
• iv. SETH MORTON, b. August 27, 1794; d. Unknown.
• v. EBENEZER MORTON, b. April 27, 1796; d. Unknown.

336.ELEAZER17 MORTON (ICHABOD16, NATHANIEL15, ELEAZER14, EPHRAIM13, GEORGE12, GEORGE11, ANTHONY10, ROBERT9, CHARLES8, NICHOLAS7, ROBERT6, ROBERT5, CHARLES4, ROBERT3, ROBERT2, THOMAS1) was born February 25, 1752 in MA., and died January 15, 1813 in NY..He married LUCY DOTY August 18, 1777 in CT..She died Unknown.

Children of ELEAZER MORTON and LUCY DOTY are:

• i. CLARK18 MORTON, b. November 10, 1781; d. April 03, 1835, Kewanee, IL.; m. BETSEY WOOD, December 11, 1811, Cuyahoga Co., OH.; d. Unknown.
• 398. ii. SAMUEL DOTY MORTON, b. January 20, 1784; d. July 30, 1846, NY..
• iii. ICHABOD MORTON, b. March 21, 1785; d. Unknown.
• iv. ELEAZER MORTON, b. May 04, 1787; d. Unknown.
• v. LUCY MORTON, b. February 10, 1789; d. Unknown; m. DANIEL CROSBY; d. Unknown.
• vi. ELISHA MORTON, b. November 08, 1790; d. Unknown.
• vii. DAVID MORTON, b. February 26, 1793; d. October 09, 1803.
• viii. SALLY MORTON, b. August 10, 1782; d. August 30, 1782.

337.ICHABOD17 MORTON (ICHABOD16, NATHANIEL15, ELEAZER14, EPHRAIM13, GEORGE12, GEORGE11, ANTHONY10, ROBERT9, CHARLES8, NICHOLAS7, ROBERT6, ROBERT5, CHARLES4, ROBERT3, ROBERT2, THOMAS1) was born January 15, 1761, and died Unknown.He married BATHSHEBA.She died Unknown.

Children of ICHABOD MORTON and BATHSHEBA are:

• i. DANIEL OLIVER18 MORTON, b. June 03, 1792; d. Unknown.
• ii. LOIS MORTON, b. March 10, 1794; d. Unknown.
• iii. NANCY MORTON, b. March 01, 1796; d. Unknown.

338.JOHN17 MORTON (ICHABOD16, NATHANIEL15, ELEAZER14, EPHRAIM13, GEORGE12, GEORGE11, ANTHONY10, ROBERT9, CHARLES8, NICHOLAS7, ROBERT6, ROBERT5, CHARLES4, ROBERT3, ROBERT2, THOMAS1) was born December 25, 1763 in Middleboro, Massachusetts, and died December 23, 1857.He married ELIZABETH LEONARD November 29, 1787.She died 1857.

Child of JOHN MORTON and ELIZABETH LEONARD is:

• 399. i. ELIZABETH LEONARD18 MORTON, b. August 21, 1802, Middleboro, MA.; d. 1876.

339.MORDECAI17 MORTON (ICHABOD16, NATHANIEL15, ELEAZER14, EPHRAIM13, GEORGE12, GEORGE11, ANTHONY10, ROBERT9, CHARLES8, NICHOLAS7, ROBERT6, ROBERT5, CHARLES4, ROBERT3, ROBERT2, THOMAS1) was born May 15, 1773 in Middleboro, MA., and died September 10, 1835 in Winthrop, ME..He married PRISCILLA BENNETT December 10, 1795 in Middleboro, MA..She was born May 01, 1773 in Middleboro, MA., and died October 21, 1852 in Brownfield, ME..

Children of MORDECAI MORTON and PRISCILLA BENNETT are:

• i. ALFRED BENNETT18 MORTON, b. October 29, 1796; d. Unknown.
• ii. MORDACAI ELLIS MORTON, b. January 20, 1799; d. Unknown.
• iii. HARRIET MORTON, b. March 05, 1801; d. Unknown; m. DANIEL COY; d. Unknown.
• iv. CEPHAS MORTON, b. February 20, 1803; d. September 18, 1822.
• v. PHILANDER MORTON, b. February 23, 1805; d. Unknown.
• vi. CORNELIUS BENNETT MORTON, b. February 21, 1807; d. Unknown; m. CAROLINE PARTRIDGE; b. August 23, 1808; d. Unknown.
• vii. EDWIN MORTON, b. December 10, 1808; d. May 07, 1841.
• viii. HARRISON GRAY OTIS MORTON, b. October 20, 1810; d. Unknown.
• ix. MARY FRANCIS MORTON, b. September 24, 1812; d. Unknown; m. ZECHARIAH GIBSON; d. Unknown.
• x. ANGELINE MORTON, b. March 14, 1815; d. Unknown; m. SAMUEL TUFTS; d. Unknown.

References

• https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~smason/genealogy/combined/fam01871.htm
• https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=55075413
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• https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:John_Morton_%282%29 cites
• Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register. (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co, 1860-1862), 3:244 “MORTON, JOHN, Plymouth, s[on]. of the first George, came with his f[ather]. by w[ife]. Lettice had John, b[orn]. 11 Dec. 1649, d[ied]. soon; John, again, 21 Dec. 1650; Deborah; Mary; Martha, Hannah; Esther; and Manasseh and Ephraim, tw[ins]. 7 June 1653; rep[resentative]. 1662, rem[oved]. to Middleborough, of wh[ich]. he was rep[resentative]. 1672, and d[ied]. 3 Oct. 1673. His wid[ow]. m[arried]. Andrew Ring, and d[ied]. 22 Feb 1691. He is, by Judge Davis, reput[ed]. to be anc[estor]. of Gov. Marcus.“
• ↑ D.O.B.: "Descendants of Captain John Prince of Southold, New York and, Questionable quality.
• ↑ 3.0 3.1 Those Carpenter Girls! by Peggy M. Baker, in General Society of Mayflower Descendants (Plymouth, Massachusetts). Mayflower quarterly. (Boston, Massachusetts, United States: General Society of Mayflower Descendants), Vol 79 No 4 P 328-341, Dec 2013.
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• ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III, page 1297. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010), (Originally Published as: New England Historic Genealogical Society. Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III, 3 vols., 1995).
• ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 George Morton of Plymouth Colony and Some of His Descendants by Allen, John Kermott, (Chicago: J. K. Allen, 1908) see page 11 for John Sr, page 13 for John Jr
• ↑ Torrey's New England Marriages Volume 2, page 1605 found in New England Marriages to 1700. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015, which states: MORTON, John (-1673) & Lettice ____, m/2 Andrew RING; by 1649, aft 1642/3?; Plymouth/Middleborough {MD 18:70, 24:135, 25:123; NYGBR 52:197; Middleborough Hist. 48; Morton 18, 26; Morton (1908) 11; Drown (ms) 76; Tingley-Meyers 56; Bosworth 195}
• ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 Plymouth Colony Wills and Inventories found in Volume 24, page 135 of the Mayflower Descendant: A Magazine of Pilgrim Genealogy and History. Boston, MA: Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1899- . (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010)
• ↑ (Obituary of) Levi Parsons Morton by John Totten, found in Volume 52, page 197 of the The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record. New York, NY: New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 1870-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.)
• ↑ 6.0 6.1 History of the Town of Middleboro, Mass by Weston, Thomas (Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1906). See page 48 for John and Lettuce
• ↑ Some Ancestral Lines; Being a Record of Some of the Ancestors of Guilford: Solon Tingley and His Wife, Martha Pamelia Meyers, Collected by Their Son, Raymon Meyers Tingley by Tingley, Raymon Meyers, (Tuttle, Rutland, Vt, 1935), see page 56 for Nathaniel
• ↑ Bosworth Genealogy: A History of the Descendants of Edward Bosworth Who Arrived in America in the Year 1634; with an Appendix Containing Other Lines of American Bosworths by Clarke, Mary (Bosworth), (San Francisco, 1926), see page 195 for Nathaniel
• ↑ Ancient Landmarks of Plymouth, Part II (repr. 1975 as General Register of Plymouth Families) by Davis, William T. (Boston, 1899), see page 189 of Part II
• ↑ Plymouth Colony Vital Records found in Volume 18, page 70 of Mayflower Descendant: A Magazine of Pilgrim Genealogy and History. Boston, MA: Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1899- . (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010)
• See also: Great Migration, Anderson
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• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Anne_and_the_Little_James