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Samuel Morton 1717–1805 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 3 Jan 1717

Birth Location: Moyallon, Down, Ulster, Ireland

Death Date: Abt 1805

Death Location: Monongalia County (now Preston County), Virginia, USA

Father: SAMUEL MORTON

Mother: Sarah CHRISTY

Spouse(s): Mary Pillar

Children(s): Mary Morton, Samuel Morton

Samuel Morton was born in 1717 in Moyallon, Down, Ulster, Ireland, the child of Samuel Morton And Sarah Jane Christy. Samuel Morton married Mary Pillar, and had children including Mary Ann Morton, Samuel Morton. Samuel Morton passed away in 1805 in Monongalia County (now Preston County), Virginia, USA.

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Biography

  • Samuel Morton was born in 1717 in Moyallon, Down, Ulster, Ireland, the child of Samuel Morton And Sarah Jane Christy.
  • Samuel Morton married Mary Pillar, and had children including Mary Ann Morton, Samuel Morton.
  • Samuel Morton passed away in 1805 in Monongalia County (now Preston County), Virginia, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

SAMUEL MORTON
1672–1719
Birth Location: Moyallon, Down, Northern Ireland
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Sarah CHRISTY
1675–1737
Birth Location: Moyallon,Down,,Ireland
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Spouses(s)

Mary Pillar
1730–
Birth Location: Culkerran, Ireland
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Children(s)

Mary Morton
1744–1807
Birth Location: Moyallon, County Down, Ulster Province, Ireland
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Samuel Morton
1756–1832
Birth Location: Moyallon, County Down, Ulster Province, Ireland
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Samuel Morton's Ancestors

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Samuel Morton
1717–1805
Birth Place: Moyallon, Down, Ulster, Ireland
Parents
SAMUEL MORTON
1672–1719
Moyallon, Down, Northern Ireland
Sarah (Jane) CHRISTY
1675–1737
Moyallon,Down,,Ireland
Grandparents
Margaret (Cherry-Morton) (1660)
1660–1720
Moyallon, Down, Ireland
James Morton
1646–1708
Down, Down, Northern Ireland
Great-Grandparents
John Cherry
1606–
Rebecca Maund
1627–1687
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Samuel Morton's Descendants

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Samuel Morton (3 Jan 1717–Abt 1805) m. Mary Pillar (1730–)
  1. 1. Mary (Ann) Morton 1744–1807 m. James Patterson 1737–1815
    1. 1. Nancy (Ann) Patterson 1774–1855 m. Thomas McFarland 1769–1858
      1. 1. James McFarland 1789–1852 m. Margaret Dial 1789–1868
        1. 1. Mary (Ann) McFarland 1821–1892 m. Francis (Willis) Callaway 1817–1866
    2. 2. James Patterson 1770–
    3. 3. Allen Patterson 1772–
    4. 4. Ellen Patterson 1776–
    5. 5. Johnathan (H) Patterson 1790–1874
  2. 2. Samuel Morton 1756–1832

Samuel Morton's Timeline

3 Records

1717
3 Jan 1717
Birth of Samuel Morton in Moyallon, Down, Ulster, Ireland
Moyallon, Down, Ulster, Ireland
1805
Abt 1805
Age 88
Death of Samuel Morton in Monongalia County (now Preston County), Virginia, USA
Monongalia County (now Preston County), Virginia, USA
1805
Jun 1805
Age 88
Samuel Morton - Probate in Monongalia, West Virginia, USA
Monongalia, West Virginia, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 3 Jan 1717
    Event Place: Moyallon, Down, Ulster, Ireland
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 1750
    Event Place: Pennsylvania
    Record Source: U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Monongalia, Virginia
    Record Source: West Virginia, U.S., Wills and Probate Records

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Abt 1805
    Event Place: Monongalia County (now Preston County), Virginia, USA
    Record Source: West Virginia, U.S., Wills and Probate Records

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Probate
    Event Date: Jun 1805
    Event Place: Monongalia, West Virginia, USA
    Record Source: West Virginia, U.S., Wills and Probate Records
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