'Morton03'Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Morton of Glenston, Morton (Moreton) of Henbury (Hembrey), Morton of Milbourne St. Andrew
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Richard Morton of Milbourne St. Andrew, Sheriff of Dorset & Somerset | |||||||||||||||
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)". | |||||||||||||||
m. ?? (dau of Francis of Combe Flory) | |||||||||||||||
a. | Sir George Morton of Milbourne St. Andrew (d 1611) | ||||||||||||||
m. Joan Holloway (dau of _ Holloway of Walton) | |||||||||||||||
(1) | Sir George Morton, 1st Bart of Milbourne St. Andrew (d 1661) | ||||||||||||||
m1. Catharine Hopton (dau of Sir Arthur Hopton of Witham) | |||||||||||||||
(A) | Frances Morton (b 1600, d before 07.01.1644/5) not mentioned by BEB1841 | ||||||||||||||
m. (21.08.1633) Henry Wilmot, 1st Earl of Rochester (bpt 26.10.1613, d 19.02.1657/8) | |||||||||||||||
Mentioned by BEB1841 as John's 2nd wife, but identified by TCB (vol 1, Morton) as John's mother, was ... | |||||||||||||||
m2. Anne Wortley (dau of Sir Richard Wortley of Wortley, widow of Sir Rotherham Willoughby) | |||||||||||||||
(B) | Sir John Morton, 2nd Bart of Milbourne St. Andrew (b c1627, d 08.01.1698/9) | ||||||||||||||
m1. (before 1664) Eleanor Fountain (d 1671, dau of John Fountain) | |||||||||||||||
(i) | Anne Morton (d 1726) | ||||||||||||||
m. Edmund Pleydell of Midgehall | |||||||||||||||
m2. (c02.1675/6, sps) Elizabeth Culme (b c1646, d 15.09.1715, dau of Rev. Benjamin Culme by Deborah, dau of Sir Charles Pleydell of Mudge Hall) | |||||||||||||||
(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 (Dawlish or Dulish) | |||||||||||||||
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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