FAMILY HISTORY: MORTON

THE MARRIAGES OF JOHN MORTON:

 

GROOM:
Name: John Morton Jr., age 28, husbandman, of Claughton
Father: John Morton Sr., yeoman, of Claughton
Mother: Alice Critchley
Birthdate: c. 1740
Birthplace: Claughton-on-Brock, Lancashire, England

 

FIRST MARRIAGE; BRIDE:
Name: Margery Ibison, age 19, spinster, of Bonds, Garstang
Father: Robert Ibison, husbandman, of Barnacre-with-Bonds
Mother: Ann Bamber
Birthdate: c. 1755
Birthplace: Barnacre-with-Bonds, Lancashire, England

 

THEIR WEDDING: St Helen's Church
Date: 10 May 1774, by License
Place: St. Helen's Parish Church (C. of E.)
Location: Churchtown, Garstang, Lancashire, England
Priest: James Fisher, Vicar
Witnesses: Richard Thornton and George Ibison

 

THEIR FIVE CHILDREN:
Ann Morton Baptised: 11 Jun 1775 (infant)
John Morton Baptised: 12 Jun 1776 (infant)
Robert Morton Baptised: 19 Jul 1778 His Family
William Morton Baptised: 18 Jun 1780
Agnes Morton Born: c. 1785 Her Family

 

DEATHS:
Ann Morton [infant] Died:
John Morton [infant] Died:
Margery Morton (Mrs) [c.31 yrs] Died: 11 Apr 1786

 

NOTES:
1: John, Margery and both witnesses signed the Marriage Register.
2: I have not been able to locate the Baptism record for Agnes but I am certain that she was the daughter of John and Margery Morton. She is mentioned in the Will of Margery's father Robert Ibison and was living with Robert Morton's widow at the time of the 1841 Census.

 

SECOND MARRIAGE:

 

SECOND MARRIAGE: BRIDE:es
Name: Elizabeth Singleton, widow
Father:
Mother:
Birthdate:
Birthplace:

 

THEIR WEDDING:
Date: 25 November 1786, by License
Place: St. Helen's Parish Church (C. of E.)
Location: Churchtown, Garstang, Lancashire, England
Priest: James Fisher, Vicar
Witnesses: George Crozier and Robert Hornby

 

THEIR CHILDREN: (none)

 

DEATHS:
John Morton [62 yrs] Died: 7 May 1803
Robert Morton [62 yrs] Died: 16 Nov 1840
Elizabeth Morton (Mrs) Died:
William Morton Died:
Agnes Grayston (Mrs.) Died:

 

NOTES:
1: Elizabeth signed the Marriage Register with her mark - all other signed their own names.
2: William Morton was still alive c. 1820 when he would have been about 40 years old.
3: Agnes Grayston was still alive at the time of the 1841 Census.

 

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