Morton (Y-DNA)

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Status summary

Completed as of October 29, 2020:

  • Recruiting additional direct male-line George Morton descendants for NGS/WGS SNP testing. Anyone who believes they are such a descendant should Read me First

Still to do as of October 29, 2020

  • NGS/WGS test multiple George Morton descendants to firmly place family clade as well as discover any subclades unique to descendants lines.

IMPORTANT: Read me First

Biography

The marriage record[1] of George Morton and Juliana Carpenter explicitly states George was accompanied by Thomas Morton, his brother. For more information see Allen, John K., George Morton of Plymouth Colony and Some of his Descendants, pub. by author, Chicago 1908.

First Generation

George Morton was baptized at Austerfield, South Yorkshire, England 2 Aug 1585, son of George Morton[2] and Catherine Bown (etc.) He was part of the original Separatist congregation at Scrooby which moved to Holland in 1607, eventually settling in Leiden. He married at Leiden, 23 Jul 1612, Juliana Carpenter.[3] When much of the congregation emigrated on the Mayflower, George and his family stayed behind to help support their cause in Europe and London. It is believed he helped write and published Mourt's Relation, the first published account of the new settlement in 1622. George and his family emigrated to the new colony in 1623 aboard the Anne and his wife gave birth to one of their sons while on this voyage. He died at New Plimoth in Jun 1624, with the widow remarrying Manasseh Kempton sometime before the May 1627 Cattle Division.

George and Juliana had the following children: Nathaniel, Patience, John, Sarah and Ephraim.[4]

Second Generation

Nathaniel Morton is said to have been baptized in Leiden 28 Jun 1613, and died at Plymouth 28 Jun 1685, in his 73rd year. He married Plymouth 25 Dec 1635 to Lydia Cooper. Nathaniel served as the Secretary to Plymouth Colony from 1645 until his death. Nathaniel & Lydia had five daughters: Remember, Mercy, Hannah, Elizabeth & Joanna.

Hon. John Morton was born in Leiden about 1615 and died at Middleborough 3 Oct 1673. He married aft 1634 to Lettice Kempton, who married Andrew Ring after John's death. John and Lettice had nine children: John (died young), John, Deborah, Mary, Martha, Hannah, Esther and twins Manasseh & Ephraim (born 7 Jun 1653. No further record for either twin).

(Lieut.) Ephraim Morton was born by 1623[5] and died at Plymouth 7 Sep 1693. He married at Plymouth 18 Nov 1644 Ann Cooper. Ephraim & Ann had ten children: George, Ephraim, Rebecca, Josiah, Nathaniel, Thomas, Mercy, Eleazer, Joanna & Patience.

Third Generation

[1] John Morton (II) was born Plymouth 21 Dec 1650 and died Middleborough 20 Mar 1717/8. He married Plymouth 4 Mar 1687/8 Mary Ring. They had six children: Mary, John, Hannah, Ebenezer, [2] and Persis.


(Dea.) George Morton was born Plymouth abt 1645 died there 2 Aug 1727. He married 22 Dec 1664 Joanna Kempton and they had ten children (Plymouth): Hannah (1666), Manasseh (1669), Ephraim (1671), Joanna (1673), Ruth (1676), George (1679), Timothy (1682), Rebecca (1684), Elizabeth (1686) and Thomas (1690).

Ephraim Morton (II) born Plymouth 27 Jan 1648 and died there 18 Feb 1731/2. He married abt 1676 Hannah Finney and they had five children (Plymouth): Hannah (1677), Ephraim (1678), John (1680), Joseph (1683) and Ebenezer (1685).

Josiah Morton born Plymouth 1653 died 1694. He married Susanna Wood and they had four children (Plymouth): Susannah (1686-1687), Josiah (1688), Susannah (1690) and Henry (1692).

(Lieut.) Nathaniel Morton died 1709. He married 1706 Mary Faunce and they had one child (Plymouth): Nathaniel (1706).

[3] Thomas Morton was born Plymouth abt 1667 and died there abt 1748. He married there 23 Dec 1696 Martha Doty and they had six children (born Plymouth): Thomas (1699/1700 m Hannah Nelson, only had 2 daus.), Lydia (1701), Lemuel (1704-1779 unm.), Sarah (1706), Nathaniel (1710 m Mary Ellis & Mary Shaw) and Mary (1712).

Eleazer Morton born Plymouth 1659. He married Boston 11 Apr 1692 Rebecca Marshall and they had four children: Eleazer (1692/3), Ann (1694), Nathaniel (1695) and Rebecca (1703).


  1. ↑ image and transcription
  2. ↑ George is said to have been part of the landed Gentry and of Royal descent. In addition, it is possible the paternal grandmother of Gov. William Bradford may have been Alice Morton, an aunt to the elder George Morton. This would make emigrants William Bradford and George Morton Second cousins.
  3. ↑ Juliana's sister, Alice, married (as her second husband) Gov. William Bradford.
  4. ↑ Some sources state he had an additional son, George. This younger George was not accounted for in the 1623 Plymouth Land Division nor named in the 1627 Plymouth Cattle Division. It is believed this younger George was fabricated in an attempt to link Richard Morton of Hatfield to George Morton of Plymouth.
  5. ↑ per 1623 land division of New Plimoth Colony

DNA results

Previous Y-DNA testing

Recent correspondence with the Morton/Mourton/Nunn Surname Project administrators indicated where they currently have two Y-DNA results for patrilineal descendants of George Morton.[1] They discovered the two individuals were close Y111 STR matches and fall under the I1-M253 clade. Plugging the STR values into the Nevgen Haplogroup Predictor comes up with I1 L22>Z2338>Y17927 with 100% certainty.

It was also discovered where this family were fairly close Y-STR matches to the Morton family of Sheffield, Yorkshire, England (with a branch of the family emigrating to Virginia). However, patrilineal descendants of Richard Morton of Hatfield, MA fall under haplogroup R1b-M269 so they cannot be descended from George Morton.

NGS/WGS testing

NGS/WGS testing would confirm or refute this prediction as well as further refine the haplogroup.

  1. ↑ One is descended from son John, while the other is descended from son Ephraim.

References & External Links

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