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William M. Morton Sr. (1788 - 1851)

William M. Morton Sr.
Born in South Carolina, United Statesmap
Son of DNA confirmed and
Brother of , , , , , , , , and
Husband of — married 1810 [location unknown]
Descendants descendants
Father of , , , , , , , , and
Died at about age 63 in Marshall, Alabama, United Statesmap
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Biography

William was born in 1788.

He married Elizabeth and they had ten children that were living at the time his estate was going through probate: Jeremiah, Rebecca, Winnie, Marshall, Elizabeth, Mary Ann, William, Jemima and Delilah.

He died in 1851 in Marshall County, Alabama. He is buried at Forrest Home Methodist Church Cemetery in Boaz, Alabama.

Notes

Birth:
Date: 25 Apr (Source?) 1788
Place: North Carolina, United States

DNA

Larry Morton has been tested with Family Tree DNA Kit #904254 for Y chromosome matching. He matched to PGM, his 5C, at a genetic distance of 2 on 37 markers. FtDNA probability that they share a relationship within 6 generations is 77.88%. He also matched LBM, his 4C1R, at a genetic distance of 0 on 37 markers. FtDNA predicted probability that they share a relationship within 6 generations is 93.29%. Paternal lineage confirmed through MRCA Marshall Morton.

Sources

  • "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH57-M26 : 12 April 2016), Delila Merten in household of Wm MERTEN, Marshall county, Marshall, Alabama, United States; citing family 281, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.). Census taken on 13 Dec 1850.
Wm Morton Male 62 North Carolina, United States
Elizabeth Morton Female 62 South Carolina, United States
Jemima Morton Female 24 Alabama, United States
Martha Morton Female 22 Alabama, United States
Delila Morton Female 20 Alabama, United States
Daniel Morton Male 15 Alabama, United States
Joshua Sullivan Male 21 Alabama, United States
  • Find A Grave: Memorial #18784093 Buried in Forest Home Cemetery near Boaz, Marshall County, Alabama.
  • "Alabama Estate Files, 1830-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VNTV-3L5 : 13 March 2018), William Morton, 1852; citing Marshall County courthouse, Alabama; FHL microfilm 1,183,820. File is 68 pages full. It names all children and their spouses in some detail and indicates the death occurred in 1851. He had also been a guardian for several children: Mary, Ethalinda, William and Elizabeth Thompson and Daniel Morton. Daniel was 15 on 1850 census.
  • U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules Index Author: Jackson, Ron V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp. Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.Original data - Compiled and digitized by Mr. Jackson and AIS from microfilmed schedules of the U.S. Federal Decennial Census, territorial/state censuses, and/or census substitutes.Orig Note: Mar 1850, St. Clair County, Alabama. Died in 1850 of typhoid fever. He was sick one month; 63 years old at death. This is being used as a source, but not certain it is the right William Morton. See probate file in Marshall Co., Alabama.




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