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.

Elizabeth Woodson and Our Famous Relatives

Through the Ancestry.com One World Treetm you can check what famous relatives you have and how they are related. All the famous relatives we have from William James Alexander Morton back are related to use through the Woodson Family. This may be because they were an influential family that has been traced very far back.

I am afraid you will all be disappointed to know that the closest famous relative I have found is none other than Hillary Rodham Clinton. Elizabeth Woodson's father, Richard Woodson (1662-1716) is Mrs. Clinton's 6th Great grandfather. Therefore, Hillary is Elizabeth Woodson's 5th great grand niece. That would make her my 7th cousin twice removed And Papa Jim's 7th cousin even.

Other notable historic figures related to us through Elizabeth Woodson include the following:

14th President Franklin Pierce - 5th cousin 1 time removed (his 5th great grandmother is Elizabeth's 4th great grandmother)
41st President George Herbert Walker Bush - 3rd cousin 6 times removed (his 8th great grandfather is her great great grandfather)
43rd President George Walker Bush - 3rd cousin 7 times removed(his 9th great grandfather is her great great grandfather)

There are many more but they're too distant to go into specifics including William Faulkner, President Taft, John Steinbeck, Marlon Brando, Orville Wright, Katherine Hepburn, John F. Kennedy, Sam Walton, Robert Louis Stevenson, Truman Capote, and Bob Hope.

I will go into the Woodson family a little bit later since I think there is some interesting info there.
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