John Morton

1650 - 1718  (67 years)

• Name	John Morton  [1]
  Birth	21 Dec 1650	Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, -USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Note	per MAYFLOWER INCREASINGS by Susan Roser
  Note	BIRTH: `Stephen Hopkins MFIP' by John D Austin (1989) p26 BIRTH: `Mayflower Families-Stephen Hopkins' by John D Austin (1992) p36 BIRTH: MORTON Info of Jeff Linscott p1 MARRIAGES: MORTON Info of Jeff Linscott p1 -m.(1) abt 1680 MARRIAGES: `Stephen Hopkins MFIP' by John D Austin (1989) p26 -'John, son of John MORTON, was bp Plymouth in 1687. It is questionable whether he was child of first or second wife; moreover, it is possible that the entry is a recording or transcription error. If he existed, he was undoubtably dead by 1693 when younger son was given the same name.' MARRIAGES: `Mayflower Families-Stephen Hopkins' by John D Austin (1992) p36 MARRIAGES: `John Shaw of Plymouth Massachusetts' ed. Margaret Johnson Drake, for Fort Dearborn Chapter NSDAR Genealogical Records Cmte, 1972 p8 DEATH: `Stephen Hopkins MFIP' by John D Austin (1989) p26 DEATH: `Mayflower Families-Stephen Hopkins' by John D Austin (1992) p36 -'in 68th yr.' DEATH: MORTON Info of Jeff Linscott p1 NOTE: MORTON Info of Jeff Linscott p1 -'To John is due the establishment of what is believed to be the first absolutely free public school in America, which he `erected and kept' at Plymouth in 1671, `for the education of children and youth.'' WILL: `Mayflower Families-Stephen Hopkins' by John D Austin (1992) p37 -'The will of John Morton of Middleboro, dated 17 Jan. 1717/18 and admitted to probate 1 May 1718, referred to wife Mary, son Ebenezer, daus. Johanah, Phebe, Mary, Hannah and Deborah. Specifically mentioned as unm. were Phebe, Hannah and Deborah. By deed of 21 Feb. 1725/6, the following conveyed to Benoni Shaw of Plympton certain premises that had belonged to their father John Morton, deceased: Thomas Tomson and Mary, his wife; Jonathan Inglee and Deborah, his wife, and Joanna Vaughan, widow, all of Middleboro; John Murdoch and Phebe, his wife, of Plymouth, and John Hodeges and Hannah, his wife, of Norton. Ebenezer Morton was a witness.' HISTORY: `Mayflower Families-Stephen Hopkins' by John D Austin (1992) p37 -'John Morton prob. moved with his father from Plymouth to Middleboro ca. 1670. He and his wife were members of the Plymouth Church. John is said to have kept the first public school in the New World, at Plymouth in 1671.'
  Death	20 Mar 1717/18	Middleboro, Massachusetts, -USA   [1]
  Person ID	I13104	HHTT
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2022

  
  

  Family	Mary Ring,   b. Abt 1657, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, -USA d. 31 Oct 1731, Middleboro, Massachusetts, -USA (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	4 Mar 1687/88	Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, -USA   [1]
  Family ID	F3526	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2022

  
  

• Sources

  [S118] Lorinda Stover Steadman 'Lori' (Reliability: 1).