Reliance Morton

Descendant of Mayflower passengers Thomas Rogers and Joseph Rogers.

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Phinney-215

Biography

Reliance Phinney was born in Barnstable, Plymouth Colony on 27 August 1681, the daughter of John and Mary (Rogers) Finney/Phinney.[1][2][3]

She married John Morton on 27 December 1705 in Barnstable, [4] the son of Ephraim Morton Hannah (Finney) Morton. He was born on 20 July 1680 in Plymouth.[5]

Reliance died in Plymouth on 04 December 1735[6] in her 55th year, and was buried in Burial Hill Cemetery in Plymouth next to her husband.[7] John died in Plymouth on 4 February 1738/9 in his 59th year.[6][8]

John Morton's will was written on 10 November 1738 and proved 4 March 1738/9. He called himself a yeoman of Plymouth, and was very sick. He gave his oldest son John, yeoman, half his real estate and personal estate, and the rest was to be divided among his sons Josiah, James and David. The estate was divided by the named sons in September 1739.[9]

In a deed dated 24 November 1746/7 [sic], David Morton sold land to Joseph Morton of Plymouth, yeoman, Joseph Morton Jr. of Plymouth, cordwainer, and Ezekiel Morton of Plymouth, husbandman. Rebecka Morton, wife of David, surrendered her dower right.[10]

Children born Plymouth:[11][3]

John, b. 15 Nov 1706
Jonathan, b. 10 Feb 1707/8, d. 28 Dec 1708
Josiah, born 28 Feb 1709/10
A daughter, b. 11 Dec 1711, d. same day.
James, b. 13 May 1714
David, b. 19 Mar 1716

Reliance (Phinney) Morton (1681 - 1735)

Reliance Morton formerly Phinney

Born 27 Aug 1681 in Barnstable, Plymouth Colony

Daughter of John (Finney) Phinney II and Mary (Rogers) Phinney

Sister of John Phinney, Melatiah Phinney, Joseph Phinney, Thomas Phinney, Ebenezer Phinney, Samuel Phinney, Mary (Phinney) Bryant, Mercy (Phinney) Crocker, Benjamin Phinney, Jonathan Phinney and Hannah Phinney

Wife of John Morton — married 27 Dec 1705 (to 4 Dec 1735) in Barnstable, Barnstable, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Mother of John Morton, Jonathan Morton, Josiah Morton, Unnamed infant Morton, James Morton and David Morton

Died 4 Dec 1735 at age 54 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Profile last modified 18 Jun 2021 | Created 17 Nov 2013

Reliance (Phinney) Morton was related to a passenger on the Mayflower.

Sources

↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch : 13 July 2016 , Barnstable > Barnstable > Town records 1640-1774 vol 1-2 > image 246 of 663; town clerk offices, Massachusetts.
Barnstable Town Records, Vol. 1:377.
John Phinny Jur. and Mary Rogers Married 10 of August 1664 ... Reliance ye 27 August 1681.
↑ George Ernest Bowman, "Barnstable, Mass., Vital Records," Mayflower Descendant Vol. 11:130
↑ 3.0 3.1 Ann Reeves and Alice W.A. Westgate, Mayflower Families Through 5 Generations, Thomas Rogers, Vol. 19 (Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2000), pp. 12, 36-37.
↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch : 13 July 2016, Barnstable > Barnstable > Town records 1640-1774 vol 1-2 > image 252 of 663; town clerk offices, Massachusetts.
John Morton & Reliance Phinny Married 27 Decemr 1705 Pr Mr Russel.
↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch : 20 May 2014, Plymouth > Plymouth > Births, marriages, deaths 1699-1754 vol 1 > image 9 of 154; town clerk offices, Massachusetts.
↑ 6.0 6.1 "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch : 20 May 2014, Plymouth > Plymouth > Births, marriages, deaths 1699-1754 vol 1 > image 109 of 154; town clerk offices, Massachusetts.
John Morton decd. Feb. 4, 1738/9.
Reliance Morton, wife to said John, decd. Dec. 4, 1735.
↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 27 July 2019), memorial page for Reliance Phinney Morton (27 Aug 1681–4 Dec 1735), Find A Grave: Memorial #19739544, citing Burial Hill, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Michael Kruse (contributor 46579594). (Includes gravestone photo and transcribed epitaph.)
↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 27 July 2019), memorial page for John Morton (20 Jul 1680–4 Feb 1738), Find A Grave: Memorial #62719151, citing Burial Hill, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Cathy (contributor 47100569). (Includes gravestone photo.)
↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch : 20 May 2014, Probate records 1738-1742 vol 8 > image 15 of 288; State Archives, Boston.
Plymouth County Probate Records Vol. 8:9, Will of John Morton.
↑ Reeves & Westgate, Mayflower Families - Rogers, p. 37, citing Plymouth County Land Records Vol. 33:86; 37:45; 38:132, 138, 170; 49:143.
↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch : 20 May 2014), Plymouth > Plymouth > Births, marriages, deaths 1699-1754 vol 1 > image 37 of 154; town clerk offices, Massachusetts.
See also:

Barnstable Town Record (Eben Lennart Johnson, 2007) Vol. 1, Part C, Page 377