'Morton01'
Index
links to: Lead / LetterFamilies covered: Morton of Glenston, Morton (Moreton) of Henbury (Hembrey), Morton of Lechlade, Morton of Milbourne St. Andrew, Morton of Morton
'Morton01'Index
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Families covered: Morton of Glenston, Morton (Moreton) of Henbury (Hembrey), Morton of Lechlade, Morton of Milbourne St. Andrew, Morton of Morton
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| BEB1841 reported that this family "derived its surname from Morton, (anciently written Marton), a hamlet, in the parish of Harworth, in the confines of Nottinghamshire, at the utmost boundary thereof, near to Boutrey Town, in Yorkshire". | |||||||||||||||
| William de Morton | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Peter de Morton succeeded by ... | ||||||||||||||
| A. | Nicholas de Morton | ||||||||||||||
| m. Agnes | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Roger de Morton or Marton | ||||||||||||||
| a. | Thomas de Marton or Morton (Secretary to King Edward III who r. 1327-1377) the first mentioned by FMG | ||||||||||||||
| (1) | Sir Robert de Morton of Bautre, Sheriff of Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire (a 1362) | ||||||||||||||
| (A) | Charles Morton of Morton omitted by FMG, mentioned by BEB1841 & Visitation (Herefordshire) | ||||||||||||||
| (i) | Robert Morton of Morton, Nottinghamshire | ||||||||||||||
| (a) | Charles Morton of Morton | ||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Robert Morton of Morton | ||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | Robert Morton of Morton | ||||||||||||||
| m. Cicely Knyveton (dau of Nicholas Knyveton of Mircaston) | |||||||||||||||
| ((i)) | Nicholas Morton of Morton | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Wentworth (dau of Thomas Wentworth of Elmsall) | |||||||||||||||
| ((a)) | Charles Morton of Bawtrey | ||||||||||||||
| m. Maud Dalison (dau of William Dalison of Lincolnshire) | |||||||||||||||
| ((b))+ | other issue - Elizabeth, Anne, Alice | ||||||||||||||
| ((B)) | William Morton of Bosworth, Leicestershire | ||||||||||||||
| (ii) | William Morton of Milbourne St. Andrew, Dorset | ||||||||||||||
| (a) | Richard Morton of Milbourne St. Andrew | ||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | John Morton, Archbishop of Canterbury, Cardinal, Lord Chancellor of England (b c1410, d 09.1500) | ||||||||||||||
| ((2)) | William Morton | ||||||||||||||
| BEB1841, which shows William as 4th son and Thomas as the 2nd, shows the following Robert & Thomas as son of his brother Sir Rowland but we follow FMG in showing William as father of ... | |||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | Robert Morton, Bishop of Worcester | ||||||||||||||
| ((B)) | Thomas Morton of Lechlade, Gloucestershire | ||||||||||||||
| m. Dorothy Twynyhoe (dau of John Twynyhoe of Cirencester & Bristol) | |||||||||||||||
| ((i)) | Sir Robert Morton of Lechlade | ||||||||||||||
| ((a)) | Sir Anthony Morton of Lechlade | ||||||||||||||
| (((1))) | Elizabeth Morton | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir George West (d 1558) | |||||||||||||||
| (((2))) | daughter | ||||||||||||||
| m. Ralph Johnson of London | |||||||||||||||
| ((ii)) | John Morton of Goodhays | ||||||||||||||
| ((3)) | Richard Morton of Milbourne St. Andrew - continued below | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth or Edith Turbervile (dau of Richard Turbervile of Bere Regis) | |||||||||||||||
| ((4)) | Thomas Morton (archdeacon of Ely) | ||||||||||||||
| ((5)) | Sir Rowland Morton of Thwining, Gloucestershire | ||||||||||||||
| m1/2. Elizabeth Penbrige (dau of Walter Penbrige of Mansell) | |||||||||||||||
| m2/1. Sibill Monyington (dau/heir of _ Monyngton of Massington) | |||||||||||||||
| (b) | William Morton of Cern, Dorset | ||||||||||||||
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| Richard Morton of Milbourne St. Andrew, Sheriff of Dorset & Somerset - continued above | |||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth or Edith Turbervile (dau of Richard Turbervile of Bere Regis, m2. _ Coker of Mapouder) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | John Morton of Sturminster Marshall, Dorset (d 1521) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Lucy Hussey (dau of Thomas Hussey) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Thomas Morton of Milbourne St. Andrew (d 1591) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Warburgh Delalind (dau of Sir George Delalind or Delalyne) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | George Morton of Milbourne St. Andrew | ||||||||||||||
FMG & BEB1841 disagree on the wives of this George and the next 2 generations. FMG shows this George's wife as a daughter of Holloway of Walton, the next George's wife as Katherine Hopton and does not name the 1st Bart's wife. We follow BEB1841 which notes that "some accounts make (the daughter of Holloway of Walton) wife to (this George)". |
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| m. ?? (dau of Francis of Combe Flory) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Sir George Morton of Milbourne St. Andrew | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Holloway (dau of _ Holloway of Walton) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Sir George Morton, 1st Bart of Milbourne St. Andrew (d 1661) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Catharine Hopton (dau of Sir Arthur Hopton of Witham) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Sir John Morton, 2nd Bart of Milbourne St. Andrew (b c1627, d 1698) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Eleanor (d 1671) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Anne Morton (d 1726) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Edmund Pleydell of Midgehall | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (sps) Anne Wortley (dau (sb sister?) of Sir Francis Wortley of Wortley) | |||||||||||||||
| m3. (sps) Elizabeth Culm (dau of Benjamin Culm by Deborah, dau of Sir Charles Pleydel) | |||||||||||||||
| (B) | Frances Morton (b 1600, d before 07.01.1644/5) not mentioned by BEB1841 | ||||||||||||||
| Shown by TCP (Rochester) as dau of Sir George by Catharine Hopton but sb generation earlier? | |||||||||||||||
| m. (21.08.1633) Henry Wilmot, 1st Earl of Rochester (bpt 26.10.1613, d 19.02.1657/8) | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | Elena Morton | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Hussey | |||||||||||||||
| (3) | Rachel Morton probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1620) Edward Pitt of Strathfieldsaye or Strathfield Saye (d 1643) | |||||||||||||||
| (4)+ | other issue - William, John | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | Thomas Morton of Clenston or Glenston, Dorset | ||||||||||||||
| BEB1841 identifies Thomas as ancestor of Morton of Henbury. It is presumed that he was the following Thomas of Clenston (Glenston) who is the first mentioned by Visitation (Dorset, 1623, Morton) which provides the following. | |||||||||||||||
| a. | George Morton of Glenston | ||||||||||||||
| (1) | George Morton of Glenston | ||||||||||||||
| (A) | Sir George Morton of Glenston | ||||||||||||||
| b. | Thomas Morton of Henburie, Dorset | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Earle (dau of Thomas Earle of Devon) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Thomas Morton or Moreton of Hembrey or Henbury (in Sturminster Marshall, Dorset) (d before 05.06.1668) | ||||||||||||||
| The following comes from Visitation (Dorset, 1677, Morton). | |||||||||||||||
| m. Honora Hussey (dau of Thomas Hussey of Shapeck or Shapwick) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Thomas Morton or Moreton of Hembrey or Henbury (b c1614) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c11.1623) Mary Dackham (dau of Edward Dackham or Dackcombe of Corfe Castle, m2. _ Lovell) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Charles Morton or Moreton of Hembrey or Henbury | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (20.04.1668, sp?) Anne Lewyn (bpt 01.1651/2, dau of Robert Lewyn of Wimborne Minster) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (mcrt 29.09.1676) Mary Lawrence (bpt 1653, bur 03.01.1691/2, dau of John Lawrence of Milton Abbas) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Mary Morton (bpt 12.01.1681) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Robert Colson of Colchester | |||||||||||||||
| (b)+ | other issue - John (bpt 07.01.1677/8), George (bpt 12.02.1678/9, bur 17.03.1679/80), Thomas (bpt 28.12.1679), Elizabeth (bpt 18.11.1676), Grace (bpt 28.12.1679) | ||||||||||||||
| (ii)+ | other issue - Thomas (bpt 22.01.1636/7, bur 10.03.1636/7), Edward (bpt 26.12.1638, bur 27.12.1638), Thomas (bpt 25.11.1641, bur 05.02.1641/2), Barbara (bpt 26.10.1635) | ||||||||||||||
| (B)+ | other issue - Walter, Henry, Mary (bpt 11.10.1620, bur 23.08.1638), Honour (bpt 26.10.1635, bur 28.11.1636) | ||||||||||||||
| iii. | Lucy Morton | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Mompesson of Little Bartington | |||||||||||||||
| iv. | Cicely Morton | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Champneys of Orchardleigh | |||||||||||||||
| v. | Mary Morton | ||||||||||||||
| m. Augustin Laurence of Sherford | |||||||||||||||
| vi. | Bridget Morton | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Basket of Divelisk | |||||||||||||||
| vii. | Margaret or Margery Morton | ||||||||||||||
| m. George Lovell of Tarrant | |||||||||||||||
| B. | Isabel Morton | ||||||||||||||
| m. George Anketil of Almer | |||||||||||||||
| C. | Elizabeth Morton (nun) | ||||||||||||||
| D. | Lucy Morton | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Thomas Hody of Stawel | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Thomas Francis of Cranborne | |||||||||||||||
| E. | Frances Morton | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Hody of Hamson | |||||||||||||||
| F. | Edith Morton | ||||||||||||||
| m1. _ Smith | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Thomas Chimney | |||||||||||||||
Main source(s):
FMG (vol I, Morton), BEB1841 (Morton of Milbourne St. Andrew)
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