Nathaniel Morton

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Moving this Note found on Anne & LIttle James Project to here:
"b. abt 1580, England married 1612, Leyden, Holland to Juliana Carpenter, June 1624, Plymouth, Plymouth, Mass merchant Harworth, Co. Notts "

Pane-Joyce Genealogy
Nathaniel Morton (1843) & Lydia Cooper
4608. Remember Morton. Born ca 1637 in Plymouth, MA.66 Remember died in Plymouth, MA on 24 Jul 1707.63
On 18 Nov 1657 Remember married Abraham Jackson in Plymouth, MA.62 Born in England. Abraham died in Plymouth, MA on 4 Oct 1714.25
Their children include:
13516i.
Lydia Jackson (19 Nov 1658-19 Dec 1729)
13517ii.
Abraham Jackson (say 1660-)
13518iii.
John Jackson (ca 1664-)
13519iv.
Nathaniel Jackson (ca 1664-4 Jul 1743)
13520v.
Eleazer Jackson (Oct 1669-14 Jul 1736)
4609. Mercy Morton. Born say 1639 in Plymouth, MA. Mercy died in Plymouth, MA on 19 Feb 1666.62

Mercy and her older sister Remember had the same wedding day.

Children of Joseph and Mercy (Morton) Dunham:

   i. Eleazer Dunham;

   ii. Nathaniel Dunham, m. Mary Tilson;

   iii. Micajah Dunham;

   iv. Joseph Dunham;

   v. Benaiah Dunham;

   vi. Daniel Dunham; and

   vii. Mercy Dunham.132

On 18 Nov 1657 Mercy married Joseph Dunham, son of Dea. John Dunham (ca 1587-2 Mar 1668[/9]) & Abigail Ballou (-aft 1669), in Plymouth, MA.62 Born ca 1631 in Plymouth, MA.16 Joseph died in Plymouth, MA ca 1703.
Their children include:
13521i.
Eleazer Dunham (ca 1659-aft 17 Mar 1719/20)
4610. Hannah Morton. Born ca 1641 in Plymouth, MA. Hannah died in Hull, MA between 21 Dec 1669 and 16 Nov 1671.

Children of Benjamin and Hannah (Morton) Bosworth, named in probate records:

   i. Benjamin Bosworth, bp. 9 Aug 1668 at Hingham;

   ii. Hezekiah Bosworth, b. ca. 1678;

   iii. Judith Bosworth, under age in 1696; and

   iv. Hannah Bosworth, under age Dec 1696 when she chose John Loring as guardian;

possibly others.109
On 27 Nov 1666 Hannah married Sergt. Benjamin Bosworth, son of Benjamin Bosworth (1615-Nov 1700), in Plymouth, MA.62 Born ca 1647. Benjamin was baptized in Hingham, MA, in Apr 1647.45 Benjamin died in Hull, MA on 5 Nov 1682.109 Occupation: fisherman, tailor.

Benjamin resided at Hull, was made freeman 1673.45

Benjamin, of Hull. Benjamin married second Beatrice, widow of Abraham Josselyn.66
Their children include:
13522i.
Judith Bosworth (ca 1671-bef 25 Mar 1756)
4611. Eleazer Morton. Born say 1644 in Plymouth, MA. Eleazer died in Plymouth, MA on 16 Jan 1649.62
4612. Lydia Morton. Born say 1646 in Plymouth, MA.
Ca 1670 Lydia married George Ellison.66
4613. Nathaniel Morton. Born say 1648 in Plymouth, MA. Nathaniel died in Plymouth, MA 17 Feb 1666/7.62
4614. (infant daughter) Morton. Born on 23 Nov 1650 in Plymouth, MA. (infant daughter) died in Plymouth, MA, on 23 Nov 1650.

“A Daughter of Nathaniell Mortons still born the 23^d of November.”62
4615. Elizabeth Morton. Born on 3 May 1652.66 Elizabeth died in Plymouth, MA, on 6 Apr 1673; she was 20.62 “Elizabeth Bosworth the wife of Nathaniel Bosworth Junir of Nantaskett Died the sixth Day of Aprill 1673 being the lords Day, shee was a vertuous young woman: her Death was much bewaild by her husband and Relations and other frinds; shee was honorably buried att Plymouth the 8^th Day of Aprill 1673 which was the same Day that Gov^r Prence was Interred, about two houres before him”. Buried on 8 Apr 1673 in Plymouth, MA.62

Child of Nathaniel and Elizabeth (Morton) Bosworth:

   i. Nathaniel, b. 22 Mar 1672 at Plymouth,62 d. 30 Aug 1693 at Hull.109

On 7 Dec 1670 when Elizabeth was 18, she married Nathaniel Bosworth, son of Dea. Nathaniel Bosworth (4 Sep 1617-13 Aug 1690) & Bridget Bellamy, in Plymouth, MA.62 “Nathaniel: Bosworth Junir of Nantaskett allies Hull was married to Elizabeth Morton of Plymouth on the seaventh Day of December 1670”. Born ca 1649. Nathaniel was baptized on 29 Jul 1649.109 Nathaniel died in Hull, MA in Aug 1693.

Nathaniel spent his entire life in Hull. In August 1693 tragedy struck, some illness taking his own life and those of four of his children, Nathaniel, Elizabeth, John, and Samuel, within a three week period.109
4616. Joanna Morton. Born on 9 Nov 1654 in Plymouth, MA.62

Children of Joseph and Joanna (Morton) Prince, born probably in Hull:

   i. Joseph Prince, b. ca. 1671, d. before 1694;

   ii. Joanna Prince, b. ca. 1676, m. at Boston 21 Mar 1693 John Lothrop of Barnstable;

   iii. Lydia Prince, b. 11 Jul 1685, m. Ebenezer Winborn; and

   iv. Mercy Prince, b. ca. 1688, bp. at Boston 5 Jun 1693, m. Shubael Weeks.66,109

On 7 Dec 1670 when Joanna was 16, she married Joseph Prince, son of Eld. John Prince (ca 1610-6 Aug 1676) & Alice Honor (ca 1615-1668), in Plymouth, MA.62 “Joseph Prince of Nantaskett Alies Hull was married unto Joanna Morton of Plymouth on the 7^th of December one thousand six hundred and seaventy”. Born ca 1642 in Hull, MA. Joseph was baptized in Hingham, MA, 26 Feb 1642/3.109 Joseph died in Quebec, Canada in 1695.45

Joseph was master of one of the 34 ships in the Phips expedition against the French in 1690. His sh was lost and he was taken prisoner at Quebec, where he later died. Joanna sold the Hull property and moved to Boston, where her youngest child was baptized at Old South Church in 1693.109

Biography

Captain Nathaniel Morton was a Separatist settler of Plymouth Colony. The Morton family sailed to Plymouth on the Ann in 1623. Upon his father's death in 1624, he went to live with his uncle William Bradford, Governor of Plymouth. From December 1645 until his death, Nathaniel served as Secretary of Plymouth Colony, compiling records for the colony. His works include New England's Memorial, First Beginnings and After Progress of the Church of Christ at Plymouth, in New England.

His father died in June 1624, when Nathaniel was twelve years old. In 1645 he was chosen Secretary of the Colony Court, and continued in this office till his death, in his 73rd year. His residence in Plymouth was by the side of Wellingsly Brook, half a mile south of the village.[1]

He was christened in Leyden, South Holland, Netherlands about 1616. He was the son of George Morton and Juliana Carpenter

Nathaniel Morton married Lydia Cooper on 25 December 1635[2] and they had nine children:

Remember
Mercy
Hannah
Eleazer
Lydia
Nathaniel
daughter
Elizabeth
James

He was living in Plymouth Colony in 1632. [3]

Nathaniel married a second time to Hannah (Pritchard) Templar, widow, on 29 April 1674, In Plymouth, Massachusetts.[4]

Burial

JUN 1685 Plymouth, Massachusetts

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Nathaniel Morton (1613 - 1685)

Nathaniel Morton

Born 28 Jun 1613 in Leiden, South Holland, Netherlands

Son of George Morton II and Julian (Carpenter) Kempton

Brother of Patience (Morton) Faunce, John Morton, Sarah (Morton) Bonham, Julia Ann Morton, Joseph Morton and Ephraim Morton

Husband of Lydia (Cooper) Morton — married 25 Dec 1635 in Plymouth Colony, Mass.

Husband of Hannah (Pritchard) Morton — married 29 Apr 1674 in Plymouth, Massachusetts

Father of Remember (Morton) Jackson, Mercy (Morton) Dunham, Hannah (Morton) Bosworth, Lydia (Morton) Ellison, Eleazer Morton, Nathaniel Morton, Elizabeth (Morton) Bosworth and Joanna (Morton) Prince

Died 29 Jun 1685 at age 72 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts

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Nathaniel Morton migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1620-1640).

Sources

↑ Young, Alexander. Chronicles of the Pilgrim Fathers of the Colony of Plymouth (Charles C. Little and James Brown, Boton, 1841) Page 6
↑ Torrey, Clarence Almon. Torrey’s New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Baltimore, 1985)
↑ Jackson, Ron V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp.. Massachusetts Census, 1790-1890. Compiled and digitized by Mr. Jackson and AIS from microfilmed schedules of the U.S. Federal Decennial Census, territorial/state censuses, and/or census substitutes.
↑ Early New England Families, 1641-1700. (Original Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2013. (By Alicia Crane Williams, Lead Genealogist.) Nathaniel Morton (m. 1635).
See also:

Roser, Susan E. Mayflower Deeds and Probates: From the Files of George Ernest Bowman at the Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., 1994.
Wikipedia for Nathaniel Morton
Thacher, James. History of the Town of Plymouth, From Its First Settlement in 1620 (Marsh, Capen & Lyon, Boston, 1832) p. 159.
Descendants of George Morton and Juliana Carpenter Bimmy.com
Morton, Nathaniel. New England's Memorial (Congregational Board of Publication, Boston, 1855) Ancestry.com
Philbrick, Nathaniel (2006). Mayflower A Story of Courage, Community, and War. Penguin. p. 372. ISBN 978-0-670-03760-5.
Martin, Sophia. Mack Genealogy. The Descendants of John Mack of Lyme, Conn. (The Tuttle Co., Rutland, Vt., 1903-1904)
Wikipedia: The_Anne_and_the_Little_James
Bartley, Scott Andrew. John Cooper of Barnstable: Newphew of Sabin Staresmore, The Mayflower Descendant (Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, Boston, 2014) Vol. 63, Page 168

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Family/Spouse: Nathaniel Morton / Lydia Cooper (F9377)
m. 25 December 1635

Family Information | PDF

Father | Male
Nathaniel Morton

Born about 1613 Leiden, South Holland
Died 29 June 1685 Plymouth, MA
Buried
Married 25 December 1635 [1] Plymouth, MA [1]
Other Spouse Anne Pritchard | F10057
Married 29 April 1674 Plymouth, MA Find all individuals with events at this location
Father George Morton | F4830 Family Group Sheet
Mother Juliana Carpenter | F4830 Family Group Sheet

Mother | Female
Lydia Cooper

Born
Died 23 September 1673 Plymouth, MA Find all individuals with events at this location
Buried
Father
Mother

Child 1 | Female
+ Remember Morton

Born about 1637 Plymouth, MA
Died 24 July 1707 Plymouth, MA
Buried
Spouse Abraham Jackson | F6990
Married 18 November 1657 Plymouth, MA

Child 2 | Female
+ Mercy Morton

Born say 1639 Plymouth, MA
Died 19 February 1666 Plymouth, MA
Buried
Spouse Joseph Dunham | F10060
Married 18 November 1657 Plymouth, MA

Child 3 | Female
+ Hannah Morton

Born about 1641 Plymouth, MA
Died
Buried
Spouse Sergt. Benjamin Bosworth | F10061
Married 27 November 1666 Plymouth, MA

Child 4 | Male
Eleazer Morton

Born say 1644 Plymouth, MA
Died 16 January 1649 Plymouth, MA
Buried

Child 5 | Female
Lydia Morton

Born say 1646 Plymouth, MA
Died
Buried
Spouse George Ellison | F10062
Married about 1670

Child 6 | Male
Nathaniel Morton

Born say 1648 Plymouth, MA
Died 17 February 1666/7 Plymouth, MA
Buried

Child 7 | Female
(infant daughter) Morton

Born 23 November 1650 Plymouth, MA
Died 23 November 1650 Plymouth, MA
Buried

Child 8 | Female
+ Elizabeth Morton

Born 3 May 1652
Died 6 April 1673 Plymouth, MA
Buried 8 April 1673 Plymouth, MA
Spouse Nathaniel Bosworth | F10065
Married 7 December 1670 Plymouth, MA

Child 9 | Female
+ Joanna Morton

Born 9 November 1654 Plymouth, MA
Died
Buried
Spouse Joseph Prince | F9118
Married 7 December 1670 Plymouth, MA

::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Source: ancestry.com: Nathaniel Morton Found 10 Records, 4 Photos and 1,601,815 Family Trees Born in England on 28 Jun 1613 to George Morton and Juliana Carpenter. Nathaniel married Lydia Cooper and had 10 children. He passed away on 16 Jun 1685. Family Members Parents George Morton 1587-1625 Juliana Carpenter 1585-1664

Spouse(s) Lydia Cooper 1620-1673

Children

Eleazer Morton 1641-1650

Lydia Morton 1646-1700

Mercy Morton 1636-1666

Elizabeth Morton 1635-1685

Remember Morton 1636-1707

Hannah Morton 1646-1685

Merey Morton 1639-1668

Nathaniel Morton 1648-1685

Elizabeth Morton 1650-1673

Joanna Morton 1643-1693

NATHANIEL MORTON Nathaniel "came to New England with his father in 1623 on the Ann; upon the death of his father in June, 1624, he was adopted by Governor William Bradford, whose second wife, Mrs. Alice (Carpenter) Southworth, was Mrs. George Morton's sister; that benevolent man gave his nephew the care which by the early death of his father he was denied, and he received an education which fitted him for the great work he afterwards accomplished for the colony; he was made a freeman n 1635."

"In 1645 Nathaniel Morton was elected clerk, or secretary of the Colony court, and remained in office until his death, June 29, 1685, and to his scrupulous, faithful, painstaking labors we are indebted for the good preservation of the archives of the Plymouth Colony. Mr. Morton wrote the First Beginnings and After Progress of the Church of Christ at Plymouth, in New England, which as preserved the early history of the first church established in New England; he also wrote many verses upon occasions of public interest, among which may be mentioned those on the death of his aunt, Mrs. Alice Bradford, which are published in the Massachusetts Historical Collection, Vol. III. 4th series; p. 460; but his greatest work, upon which his fame securely rests, is New England's Memorial, originally published at Cambridge in 1669, and frequently referred to as 'the cornerstone' of New England history; its accurate and full account of the transactions of the colony from 1620 to 1668 fully justify its claim to that title; it is a time-honored book, and has long been accounted an impartial history of the Pilgrim fathers; seven editions of the work have been published. Much of its value depended, no doubt, upon the author's access to the papers of Governor Bradford, as well as to the archives of the colony, but his education, manner of life, and intimate connection with the leading men in the arduous task recorded in his history, qualified him particularly for the work."

Nathaniel, eldest son, was the secretary of Plymouth Colony for more that forty years until his death in 1685. He accompanied his parents to Plymouth in 1623. He was made a Freeman in 1635; In 1645 he was chosen Secretary of the colony; He was the author of the New England Memorial, a record of prominent events within his personal knowledge, and many works of interest relating to the early history of Plymouth Colony.

Capt. Nathaniel Morton (1616 christened – 29 June 1685) Nathaniel Morton the eldest son of George Morton (1585–1624) and his wife Juliana Carpenter (1584–1665).

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When his parents died, Nathaniel Morton and his siblings were taken in by their mother's sister and her husban, Governor William Bradford, and reared as their own.

NATHANIEL, eldest known child of George & Juliana (Carpenter) Morton; in the Plymouth tax lists of 25 March 1633 and 27 March 1634 assessed 9s. He married at Plymouth 25 December 1635 Lydia Cooper. Source: Anderson's Great Migration Begins.

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=55075294

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Morton-181 Nathaniel Morton migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1620-1640).

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Secretary of Plymouth Colony From December 1645 until his death, Morton was annually elected Secretary of Plymouth Colony, and most of the colony records are in his handwriting. His last entry in the town records is dated May 18th, 1685

Wrote a Book He wrote a book called "New England's Memorial", published in 1669, the first historical text published in the United States, and was first to publish a list of signers of the Mayflower Compact as well as an account of the first Thanksgiving

Note: He was 12 years old when his father died and he moved in with his uncle, Governor William Bradford, founder of Plymouth Colony

Note: He was adopted by his Uncle Gov. William BRADFORD.

Arrival to America On the ship "Little James." 1623 Plymouth, Plymouth Colony, British Colonial America

Reason This Information Is Correct New research shows the ship to be the "Little James" and not the "Anne." Both traveled together and the passenger lists were all listed under the larger ship "Anne." The Morton family was however on the Little James. See the research on Wikipedia for the ship "Anne." Most likely his parents moved from England to Holland to escape religious persecution before going to the New World.

Spouses:

Lydia Cooper 1615–1673 • L25D-VVR ​ Marriage: 25 December 1635 Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Ann Pritchard 1621–1691 • LH2Z-NWF ​ Marriage: 29 April 1674 Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Children with Lydia:

Remember Morton 1630–1707 • LH83-2HP ​

Mercy Morton 1639–1667 • LD86-YLM ​

Lydia Morton 1641–Deceased • MKWG-LJR ​

Hannah Morton 1647–1722 • MB3M-Q3W ​

Nathaniel Morton 1648–1666 • LR91-HL2 ​

Eleazer Morton 1649–1649 • LZ2H-NNH ​

Nathaniel Morton Jr 1651–1666 • LVS6-1PR ​

Elizabeth Morton 1652–1673 • 9MPT-CFB ​

Joanna Morton 1654–1685 • 2H61-3KX ​

Hannah Morton 1656–Deceased • LTVZ-YVD ​

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Morton-181

Captain Nathaniel Morton was a Separatist settler of Plymouth Colony. The Morton family sailed to Plymouth on the Ann in 1623. Upon his father's death in 1624, he went to live with his uncle William Bradford, Governor of Plymouth. From December 1645 until his death, Nathaniel served as Secretary of Plymouth Colony, compiling records for the colony. His works include New England's Memorial, First Beginnings and After Progress of the Church of Christ at Plymouth, in New England.

His father died in June 1624, when Nathaniel was twelve years old. In 1645 he was chosen Secretary of the Colony Court, and continued in this office till his death, in his 73rd year. His residence in Plymouth was by the side of Wellingsly Brook, half a mile south of the village.[1]

He was christened in Leyden, South Holland, Netherlands about 1616. He was the son of George Morton and Juliana Carpenter

Nathaniel Morton married Lydia Cooper on 25 December 1635[2] and they had nine children:

   Remember

Mercy
Hannah
Eleazer
Lydia
Nathaniel
daughter ?
Elizabeth
James
He was living in Plymouth Colony in 1632. [3]

Burial

JUN 1685 Plymouth, Massachusetts