Welcome to the Morton Heritage Blog

This blog will document the ancestry of the Mortons of Moore County, Texas all the way back to 17th Century England. For privacy sake, we will not document anyone born after the turn of the 20th Century. Although eventually we may branch out, for now I would like to limit the blog to the direct Morton ancestors, their spouses, and siblings. Please feel free to leave comments if you have any other stories or information. Every Ancestor considered official by this blog must have independent verification beyond inclusion in someone else's family tree therefore evidence such as census or marriage records will be provided. Since we have become so scattered I thought this would be a good way to help remember where we come from and help us teach our kids what ties us together.

Morton Ancestors born c1650-1900


Here is the definitive list of Morton ancestors from the earliest American ancestor to the Moore County, Texas branch of the Morton family. I have independent sources on each name on this list but not necessarily each date or event. The documentation will follow in other blogs as I have time to upload them. I'll go into aunts and uncles at a later date as I go through each family individually but I wanted to start off with strictly the grandparents.

1John Morton b.1650-55 Warwickshire, England d. c1720 Virginia
1Joane Hughes (Wade) b. 1655-60 England d. ? Virginia

2Thomas Morton b. 1690 Henrico, Virginia d. 1730 Henrico, Virginia
2Elizabeth Woodson b. 1699 Henrico, Virginia d. 1740 Henrico, Virginia

3Thomas Morton b. 1722 Henrico, Virginia d. 1802 Prince Edward, Virginia
3Cicily Katherine Moore b. 1726 Amelia, Virginia d. 1762 Virginia

4Samuel Morton b. 1755 Prince Edward, Virginia d. 1825 Williamson, Tennessee
4Luvicy Watson b. 1758 Virginia d. 1833 Williamson, Tennessee

5William M Morton b. 1793 Henrico, Virginia d. 1822 Williamson, Tennessee
5Susan Gremmar b. 1798 Williamson, Tennessee d. 1854 Williamson, Tennessee

6William James Alexander Morton b. 1821 Maury, Tennessee d. 1880 Maury, Tennessee
6Willie Elizabeth Anna Jones b. 1846 Tennessee d. 1899 Nashville, Tennessee

7 William Jones Alexander Morton b. 1869 Williamson, Tennessee d. 1934 Dumas, Moore, Texas
7 Laura Elizabeth Kennedy b. 1871 Hampshire, Maury, Tennessee d. 1943 Dumas, Moore, Texas

8 William James Morton b. 1894 Hollis, Harmon, Oklahoma d. 1967 Dumas, Moore, Texas
8 Willie Inez Edwards b. 1900 Dawson, Navarro, Texas d. 1987 Dumas, Moore, Texas

I have many sources as stated but I'll start off with the most robust source to give you plenty to read through before the next update. The following excerpts are from Genealogies of Virginia Families from the William and Mary College Quarterly. Vol. III Heale-Muscoe. This and most of my productive research was done on Ancestry.com. The highlighted portions pertain to our direct line but the rest is also interesting information about our extended family. What's special about this article is not only does it complete our line all way way from Papa Jim's great grandfather (William James Alexander Morton) to Immigrant John Morton, it also confirms that the Mortons fought for American independence in the Revolutionary War.
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