The Family of John and Alice Morton: Register of Papists

REGISTER OF PAPISTS, CLAUGHTON-ON-BROCK, LANCASHIRE:
No.:	NAME:	OCCUPATION:	AGE:	RESIDENCE:	HOW LONG?:
677	John Morton	Yeoman	60	Claughton	40 years
678	Alice, his wife	-	55	Claughton	55 years
679	Dorothy	Spinster	31	Claughton	31 years
680	Janes	Spinster	24	Claughton	24 years
681	Eliz.	Spinster	23	Claughton	23 years
682	Mary	Spinster	21	Claughton	21 years
683	Ann	Spinster	20	Claughton	20 years
684	John	-	19	Claughton	19 years
685	Agnes	-	17	Claughton	17 years
686	Richd.	-	4	Claughton	4 years

NOTES:
1:	The Register of Papists was an attempt to count of all Roman Catholics in the country.
2:	The ages given, especially for the children, are off by several years.
3:	According to this, John was about 20 when he moved to Claughton. There is no indication as to where he may have been born.
4:	The child Richard was the illegitimate son of Dorothy, who married the following year.