William Morton, Il

Date of birth has also been erroneously reported to be December 11, 1662.

He was a freeman living at Windsor, Connecticut on 11 Oct 1669 and may have immigrated from England to New England. At the same time, a freeman named Richard Morton was living on the south side of Hartford, Conn.. There was another single man named Samuel Morton who died in Hartford on 25 Sep 1667. It's possible these three men were the brothers spoken of in the verbal family history shared by descendants of William and Richard Morton.[1]

William lived near the Podunk River and the East Hartford line, which was near the residence of his father-in-law, Thomas Burnham. William's wife, Mary Burnham, was a covenant member of the First Church of Hartford where some of William and Mary's children were baptized.[1]

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William Morton

Born about 1642 in England

Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]

[sibling%28s%29 unknown]

Husband of Mary (Burnham) Morton — married 21 Mar 1670 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut

Father of William Morton, Mary Morton, Ann (Morton) Drake, Thomas Morton, John Morton, Katherine Morton, Samuel Morton and Sarah (Morton) Loomis

Died before 7 Jan 1712 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut

Biography

Name

William Morton[1][2] Parents

Unknown.[1] Birth

Uncertain. Possibly 1640 - 1642. Possibly in England or Connecticut.[1][3] Places of Residence

Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut by 1669.[4] He lived there until his death.[2] Marriage

William married Mary Burnham on 21 Mar 1670, in Windsor, Connecticut.[1][5][6] Children

William and Mary had the following children in Windsor:[1][2][7] William Jr., b. 1672; d. 1711.[8] Mary, b. 1675; m. 1699 Jabez Colt.[9] Ann, b. 1678.[10] Thomas, b. 20 Mar 1680.[11] John, b. 21 Mar 1685.[12] Katherine, b. 22 May 1687. She likely died at a young age because she wasn't mentioned in the will of her father.[1] Samuel, b. 5 May 1690.[1] Sarah, b. about 1692; m. on 7 May 1713 to Noah Loomis.[13] Death

William died about 1712 in Windsor.[2][5] Burial

Unknown. Probate

The following probate record exist for William Morton of Windsor.[2] Date: 7 Jan 1711/2 Administrator: John Morton, son of deceased. Inventory: Taken by Joseph Olmsted, Roger Pitkin and Samuel Burnham. Heirs: Mary Morton, widow John Morton, son Ann Drake, wife of Joseph Drake Mary Colt, wife of Jabez Colt The heirs of Thomas Morton, son Samuel Morton, son Sarah Morton, daughter Sources

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Morton, Ulysses Grant; Morton, Allie LeDuc. William Morton of Windsor, Conn.. 1950, self-published, Fenton, MI. p. 1. Available on Archive.org. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Manwaring, Charles William. A digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records. 1904, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, MD. Volume 2, p. 261. Morton, William, Senior. Available on AmericanAncestors.org. ↑ The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, International Genealogical Index (IGI), database, FamilySearch : accessed 26 July 2020, entry for William Morton; submitted by betty jean [identity withheld for privacy]; no source information is available. ↑ William Morton in the Connecticut, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890. Jackson, Ronald V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp.. Connecticut Census, 1790-1890. Ancestry.com. Connecticut, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890, database on-line. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Roberts, Gary Boyd. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. 1985, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, MD. p. 522. Available on Ancestry.com. ↑ Heath, Florence Burnham; Lusk, Mildred Windsor Burnham. Genealogical Records of Deacon John Burnham and His Descendants. 3rd Edition, p. 57, Thomas Burnham, Sr. Available on Ancestry.com. ↑ William Morton in the Millennium File, Heritage Consulting. The Millennium File. Salt Lake City, UT, USA. Millennium File, database on-line. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2003. ↑ William Jr Morton in the Millennium File. Heritage Consulting. The Millennium File. Salt Lake City, UT, USA. Millennium File, database on-line. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2003. ↑ Harris, Gale Ion. John Edwards of Wethersfield, Connecticut. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 145 (1991), p. 332, Jabez Colt. Available on AmericanAncestors.org. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 26 July 2020), memorial page for Ann Morton Drake (1678–Sep 1717), Find A Grave: Memorial #18986327, citing Edwards Cemetery, South Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA ; Maintained by Carol (Moody) Clifton (contributor 47117651). ↑ Thoams Morton in the Millennium File. Heritage Consulting. The Millennium File. Salt Lake City, UT, USA. Millennium File, database on-line. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2003. ↑ John Morton in the Millennium File. Heritage Consulting. The Millennium File. Salt Lake City, UT, USA. Millennium File, database on-line. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2003. ↑ Morton, Ulysses Grant; Morton, Allie LeDuc. William Morton of Windsor, Conn.. 1950, self-published, Fenton, MI. p. 4. Available on Archive.org.

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