THE MORTON FAMILY




FIRST FAMILY

1. Richard Morton was a s. of George Morton and grandson of George Morton who came to Plymouth and d. there in 1624. George Morton, grandfather of Richard, was bp. FEb. 18, 1598, at Austerfield, England, and m. Juliana Carpenter, a sister of Governor Bradford. With his s. George and other ch. he drifted to Dorchester. Richard Morton camt to Hat. from Hart. sometime between 1663 and 1670. He was a blacksmikth by trade. He m. Ruth _____, who d. Dec. 31, 1714. He d. Apr. 5, 1710.

Children:
Thomas.
Richard.
John, b. Jan. 31, 1670; d. Apr. 26, 1670.
Joseph, b. Apr., 1672.
John, b. Apr., 1674.
Abraham, b. May 12, 1676.
Elizabeth, b. Mar. 31, 1680.
Ebenezer, b. Aug. 10, 1682.
Jonathan, b. NOv. 2, 1684.


2. Joseph, s. of Richard (1), was b. at Hat., Apr., 1672; d. Sept. 28, 1730; m. Mary Marsh, dau. of Samuel Marsh of Hat. She was b. May 24, 1678.

Children:
Ruth, b. Dec. 15, 1699; d. unm. Oct. 30, 1730.
Elizabeth, b. Apr. 4, 1704; m. Oct. 27, 1731, Samuel Warner of Hat.
Abigail, b. July 18, 1707; d. same day.
John, m. Aug. 4, 1730, Lydia Hawley of Amh.; d. 1793.
Thankful, b. May 21, 1713; m. Ephraim Allen of Hat.
Joseph, b. Oct. 24, 1715; d. prob. abt. 1744; no family.
Abigail, b. Oct. 18, 1720.
Mary, d. Apr. 10, 1723. [transcriber's note: is that meant to be 'b'??]


3. John, s. of Richard (1), was b. Apr., 1674; m. Ruth _____.

Child:
Ruth, b. Jan. 6, 1700.


4. Abraham, s. of Richard (1), was b. May 12, 1676; d. Feb. 28, 1765; m. May 8, 1701, Sarah, dau. of Samuel and Sarah (Root) Kellogg of Westfield. She d. June, 1755, a. 72.

Children:
Abraham, b. May 2, 1703; sett. in Shutesbury.
Richard, b. Oct. 1, 1704; m. Feb. 25, 1731, Mary Waite; rem. to Athol.
Sarah, b. Apr. 3, 1707; m. July 3, 1727, Samuel Smith.
Samuel, b. Sept., 1709; m. June 3, 1731, Lydia Smith; rem. to Athol.
Abigail, b. Jan. 6, 1711; d. Feb. 1, 1715.
Noah, m. Rhoda Waite; rem. to Athol.
Moses, b. 1717.
Daniel, b. Dec. 23, 1720; m. (1) 1743, Esther Bardwell; m. (2) Dec., 1764, Eleanor Waite; d. 1786 in What.
Abigail, b. Feb. 1, 1722; d. Dec. 24, 1726.


5. Ebenezer, s. of Richard (1), was b. Aug. 10, 1682; d. Mar. 4, 1760; m. Feb. 22, 1711, Sarah Belden, who d. June, 1749.

Children:
Son, b. 1711; d. 5 weeks.
Dorothy, b. Dec. 6, 1712; m. (1) John Belden; m. (2) Elnathan Graves; d. abt. 1801.
Lydia, b. Mar. 24, 1715; m. 1735, Joseph Bardwell of Belchertown.
Elisha, b. Apr. 1, 1717; d. abroad, Feb. 13, 1793.
Eunice, b. May 14, 1721; m. Elijah Morton.
Simeon.
Oliver, m. Nov. 10, 1751, Hannah Gillett; rem. to What.
Ebenezer, b. Dec. 8, 1725.
Elisha, as above, was m. and had a dau. Lydia, who m. Oct. 15, 1780, Abraham Billings of Hat. Abraham Billings m. Nov. 20, 1810, Sophia, dau. of William Morton of Hat.


6. Lieut. Jonathan, s. of Richard (1), a blacksmith in Hat., was b. Nov. 2, 1684; d. Apr. 25, 1767; m. Apr. 13, 1710, Sarah, dau. of Chileab Smith. She was b. Apr. 26, 1688, and d. Oct. 5, 1760. They lived on the present Academy lot.

Children:
Jonathan, b. Jan. 25, 1711; d. Mar. 10, 1711.
Martha, b. Nov. 18, 1713.
Jonathan, b. July 12, 1716; m. Eleanor, dau. of Joseph Smith; d. abt. 1788.
Elijah, b. Nov. 10, 1718; m. Eunice Morton, wo d. 1781. He d. Oct. 6, 1798.
David, b. Sept. 12, 1721; m. Christian ____; d. Feb. 23, 1798.
Sarah, b. Oct. 12, 1725; m. Ephraim Doolittle.
Mary, b. Sept. 29, 1727; m. Samuel Smith; d. Jan. 11, 1807.
Lucy, b. Sept. 21, 1732; d. 1766.


7. Moses, s. of Abraham (4), was b. in 1717; d. Jan. 30, 1798; m. Ruth, dau. of Richard Billings. She d. Mar. 28, 1802, a. 86.

Children:
Judith, b. Aug. 1, 1753; m. June 29, 1780, Joseph Waite of Williamsburg.
Abigail, b. Nov. 29, 1754; m. _____Clark of Nhn.
Josiah, b. Feb. 16, 1757; m. Feb. 10, 1789, Phebe Bliss of Longmeadow.


8. Josiah, s. of Moses (7), was b. Feb. 16, 1757; m. Feb. 10, 1789, Phebe Bliss, sister of Abijah Bliss of Hat.; came from Longmeadow. He d. May 30, 1829. She d. Jan. 5, 1836.

Children:
Moses, b. Jan. 4, 1790.
Abigail, b. Dec. 13, 1791; d. unm. Aug. 15, 1874.
Rodolphus, b. Jan. 21, 1794.
Sarah, b. Mar. 20, 1796; d. unm. Feb. 28, 1879.
Leander, b. Mar. 16, 1803; d. unm. Oct. 17, 1872.


9. Moses, s. of Josiah (8), was b. Jan. 4, 1790; d. Dec. 31, 1879; m. Nov. 28, 1816, Sophia A., dau. of Cotton Partridge of Hat. She was b. in 1798 and d. Mar. 5, 1863, a. 64.

Children:
Dwight Partridge, b. Oct. 12, 1817.
Josiah Lyman, b. Oct. 29, 1820; d. Mar. 21, 1837.
Sophia Arms, b. June 2, 1824; m. Nov. 1, 1842, Israel G. Dickinson.
Joseph Lyman, b. Dec. 7, 1831; d. at Waukegan, Ill.
Helen Maria, b. Jan. 31, 1838; m. Jan. 1, 1863, George W. Waite; d. Dec. 16, 1887.


10. Rodolphus, s. of Josiah (8), was b. Jan. 21, 1794; d. June 20, 1853; m. 1836, Elizabeth W., dau. of Israel Dickinson. She was b. May 5, 1808, and d. Apr. 24, 1862.

Children:
George Louis, b. Jan. 8, 1837; m. 1868, Sarah E. Wood; d. Apr. 5, 1870.
Mary Dickinson, b. June 26, 1840; m. Dec., 1872, Hugh Mitchelson of Tariffville, Conn.; d. Dec. 19, 1894.
Charles Kellogg, b. May 9, 1842.


11. Dwight Partridge, s. of Moses (9), was b. Oct. 12, 1817; d. May 1, 1895; m. Mar. 31, 1841, Chloe Cole of Lyons, N.Y. She was b. Aug. 31, 1820, and d. Oct. 27, 1907.

Children:
Josiah Lyman, b. Jan. 5, 1842; m. abt. 1870.
Abby Ward, b. Oct. 12, 1845; d. June 17, 1853.
Clara White, b. May 4, 1851; m. Dec. 26, 1872, Frank W. Wood.
Henry Dwight, b. Dec. 22, 852; m. Catherine Kingsbury.
Eunice L., b. Sept. 10, 1854; d. Mar. 11, 1908.
Albert W., b. Mar. 20, 1861.


12. Charles Kellogg, s. of Rodolphus (10), was b. May 9, 1842; m. Jan. 17, 1872, Mary W., dau. of John Kellogg of So. Had. She was b. May 20, 1846. He was a member of Co. K, 52d Regiment, M.V.M., in the Civil war.

Children:
Robert Kellogg, b. Apr. 18, 1876; m. Mar., 1908, Dorothy Payne of Boston.
Charles Dickinson, b. May 11, 1882.

13. Ebenezer, s. of Ebenezer (5), was b. Dec. 8, 1725; d. Dec. 5, 1797; m. Azubah (Graves), wid. of Moses Bardwell. she was b. Jan. 1, 1780.

Children:
Ebenezer, m. June 22, 1786, Hannah Ingram of Amh.


14. Dea. Elijah, s. of Jonathan (6), was b. Nov. 10, 1718; d. Oct. 5, 1798; m. (1) Eunice, dau. of Ebenezer and Sarah (Belden) Morton. She was b. May 14, 1721; d. Mar. 15, 1781. He m. (2) Nov. 12, 1789, Mrs. Martha Barstow of Sund., who d. Apr. 23, 1803.

Children:
Lois, b. May 14, 1744; d. un. Oct. 20, 1800.
Elihu, b. Feb. 23, 1746; d. June 14, 1815.
Elijah, b. Feb. 23, 1748; d Feb. 18, 1769.
Eunice, b. Aug. 25, 1751; d. unm. Aug .17, 1825.
Sarah, b. Dec. 12, 1753; m. Lieut. Asa Ludden.
Rhoda, b. Aug. 29, 1756; d. Feb. 17, 1840.
Dorothy, b. July 12, 1759; m. Aug. 11, 1785, Perez Morton; d. Jan. 25, 1840.
William, b. Aug. 18, 1761; d. Nov. 12, 1837.


15. William, s. of Dea. Elijah (14), was b. Aug. 18, 1761; d. Nov. 12, 1837; m. June 23, 1783, Hannah Chambers, who d. Feb. 25, 1838.

Children:
Pamelia, b. Dec. 15, 1783; m. Sept. 16, 1802, Silas Bardwell; d. Aug. 22, 1854.
Wililam, b. Feb. 10, 1786; d. in autumn of 1838.
Pliny, b. Oct. 3, 1788; d. in U.S. Navy, Nov. 22, 1816, unm.
Sophia, b. Oct. 19, 1790; m. Abraham Billings, Nov. 20, 1810; d. Feb. 15, 1852.
Henry F., b. Dec. 29, 1792; d. unm. June 22, 1819.
Cotton, b. Apr. 12, 1795; d. Feb. 9, 1845.
Jerusha and Wealthea, twins, b. June 8, 1796. Jerusha m. Abijah Bliss, June 5, 1823; d. Mar. 15, 1830. Wealthea m. Apr. 8, 1819, Theodore Porter; d. May 27, 1872.
Lily, b. May 4, 1798; d. young.
Louisa, b. Sept. 15, 1799; d. young.
Israel, b. Jan. 5, 1804; d. May 3, 1879; m. Apr. 26, 1838, Lucy Lyman of Southampton, who was b. Mar. 16, 1811, and d. July 2, 1889. No. ch.
Almira, b. Nov. 9, 1808; m. Oct., 1832, Rev. Jeremiah Pomeroy. Their s., William M. Pomeroy was for a time editor of the Spfd. Union. She d. 1890.


16. Jonathan, s. of Lieut, Jonathan (6), was b. July 12, 1716; d. Sept. 18, 1788; m. Eleanor, dau. of Joseph Smith of Hat. She was b. Dec. 9, 1717.

Children:
Jonathan, b. Oct. 16, 1746; d. Jan. 19, 1836.
Mary, b. Dec. 15, 1747.
Enos, b. Feb. 4, 1749; d. in infancy.
Enos, b. Mar. 30, 1751.
Lucy, b. May 25, 1752; m. Aug. 2, 1776, Benjamin Smith; d. Jan. 13, 1777.
Perez, b. Sept. 19, 1761.
Eleanor.


17. Perez, s. of Jonathan (16), was b. Sept. 19, 1761; d. Sept. 11, 1839; m. Aug. 11, 1785, Dorothy, dau. of Elijah and Eunice (Belding) Morton. She was b. July 12, 1759; d. Jan. 25, 1840.

Children:
Joseph, b. May 12, 1786; d. Feb. 13, 1821; m. Feb. 9, 1810, Martha Day.
Jeremiah, b. Dec. 13, 1788; d. July 29, 1854.
Moses, b. Sept. 8, 1790; d. Apr. 16, 1795.
Mary, b. Aug. 14, 1792; d. June 11, 1793.
Mary, b. May 25, 1794; d. unm. Jan. 9, 1889.
Laura, b. June 23, 1796; d. Sept. 23, 1839.
Perez, b. Sept. 23, 1798; d. Nov. 17, 1813.
Child, b. Dec. 2, 1800; d. in infancy.
Moses, b. Nov. 7, 1802; d. unm. Apr. 16, 1886.
Edwin, b. Sept. 13, 1807; d. unm. Mar. 11, 1890.


18. Jeremiah or Jeremy, s. of Perez (17), was b. Dec. 13, 1788; d. July 29, 1854; m. (1) Phila Abbott of Leverett, who d. June 7, 1827, a. 36; m. (2) Jan., 1829, Temperance McCulloch of Colrain, who d. July 15, 1882, a. 88.

Children (by Phila Abbott):
Naomi, b. Sept. 21, 1814; m. Otis Conkey of Illinois.
Maria, m. Artemus Scott.
Phila Eliza, b. May 23, 1827; m. 1852, Jonathan D. Porter.

Children (by Temperance McCulloch):
Sarah Frances, b. 1833; m. 1852, Dr. T. Franklin Knight. He d. Oct. 5, 1854, a. 38. They had one child, Sarah Maria, b. Oct. 5, 1853.


19. Moses, s. of Perez (17), was b. Nov. 7, 1802; d. Nov. 8, 1866; m. (1) Martha Warner of Ashfield, who d. May 8, 1843; m. (2) abt. 1846, Mary Ferguson of Troy, N.Y.

Children (by Martha Warner):
Antoinette A., b. at What., 1832; d. Feb. 4, 1861.
Eugene I., b. May 23, 1837; m. Maria L. Porter of Hat. Nov. 22, 1900. She d. Mar. 2, 1910.

Children (by Mary Ferguson):
Edward F., d. in the army in the Civil war.
Esther L., d. 17 years old.


20. Ebenezer, s. of Ebenezer (13), was b. abt. 1763; d. Feb 3, 1839, a. 76; m. June 22, 1786, Hannah Ingram of Amh., who d. Aug. 28, 1848, a. 81.

Children:
Azubah, b. Nov. 2, 1787; d. unm. Nov. 21, 1868.
John Bardwell, b. July 11, 1789.
Orethea, b. Feb. 20, 1792; m. Charles Smith; d. Mar. 15, 1875.
Daughter, b. Nov. 24, 1793; d. next day.
Fanny, b. Sept. 12, 1795; d. Oct. 5, 1795.
Eurotas, b. July 18, 1796; d. Sept. 11, 1798.
Eurotas, b. July 30, 1799.
Ebenezer, b. May 14, 1801; m. June 22, 1824, Rhue Cooley of Dfd.
Horace, b. Apr. 12, 1803; d. next day.
Horace, b. Mar. 25, 1805; d. next day.
Hannah Almira, b. Feb. 3, 1808.
James, b. Feb. 25, 1811.


21. John Bardwell, s. of Ebenezer (20), was b. at Hat., July 11, 1789; d. June 14, 1870; m. Sept. 23, 1819, Elizabeth M., dau. of Dea. John and Elizabeth (Brown) White of What. (Whately). She was b. Jan. 23, 1799, and d. Oct. 24, 1858.

Children:
Mary E., b. Feb. 16, 1821; m. Aug. 23, 1843, Rev. John A. McKinstry.
Harriet A., b. Jan. 8, 1823; d. unm. Jan. 4, 1844.
John White, b. Jan. 21, 1826.
Eurotas, b. July 6, 1828.
Elvira White, b. June 27, 1835; m. Oct. 31, 1860, Gilbert J. Shaw.
Judith White, b. Dec. 3, 1839; m. May 22, 1872, Augustus Dow.


22. John White, s. of John Bardwell (21), was b. Jan. 21, 1826; m. Henrietta A. Kingsley of Williamsburg. Res. at No. Hat., but rem. to Con. (Conway).

Children:
Austin Kingsley, b. Apr. 8, 1859.
Eliza White, b. Sept. 30, 1862.
Louisa Almira, b. June 28, 1865.
John Bardwell, b. Sept. 11, 1869.


23. Eurotas, s. of John Bardwell (21), was b. at What., July 6, 1828; d. Aug. 26, 1905; m. (1) July 3, 1862, Margaret A., dau. of Charles D. and Mary H. (Ferguson) Stockbridge. She was b. Aug. 13, 1842, and d. Sept. 14, 1862. He m. (2) May 19, 1864, Fidelia R., dau. of Solomon and Weathy (Arms) Atkins of S. Dfd. She was b. Aug. 25, 1839. He lived on the river road in No. Hat.

Children:
Gilbert E., b. June 24, 1868.
William Augustus, b. June 9, 1874; k. by the cars Sept. 18, 1891.


24. Gilbert E., s. of Eurotas (23), was b. June 24, 1868; m. Oct. 7, 1896, Nellie S., dau. of Charles A. and Mary (Smith) Jones.

Children:
Maud, b. Nov. 26, 1898.
Charles, b. Feb. 11, 1902.


25. James, s. of Ebenezer (20), was b. Feb. 25, 1811; d. at Shipman, Ill., Dec. 10, 1883; m. Nov. 24, 1842, Harriet Atwood, dau. of Josiah Allis of Hat. She d. June 4, 1862, a. 46.

Children:
Josiah Allis, b. June 5, 1847; d. at Shipman, Ill., May 3, 1867.
James Ebenezer, b. Sept. 11, 1850.
Eurotas M., b. Mar., 1856.
Harriet Allis, b. Nov. 13, 1861.


SECOND FAMILY



1. Solomon Morton of Hat. lived at No. Hat.; m. Eunice Tower, who was b. at Salem in 1774 and d. in What., Mar. 22, 1850.

Children:
Richard Tower, b. Aug. 1, 1791, at Hat.
Susanna, b. Sept., 1795; m. Dorcas Curtis.
Theodotia, b. May 7, 1798.
Solomon, b. July 5, 1801.
David, b. Nov. 28, 1803.
William.
Sarah, m. (1) Jan. 20, 1802, Aaron Waite. He was in the regular army and d. on his route home. She m. (2) David Turner.
Electa, m. a Mr. Skinner and rem. to Ohio.


2. Richard Tower, s. of Solomon (1), was b. at Hat., Aug. 1, 1791; d. at What. (Whately), Aug. 19, 1879, a. 89; m. (1) Mary Davenport; m. (2) Feb. 13, 1816, Electa, dau. of Francis and Ruth (Coleman) Belden. She was b. in What., Mar. 13, 1798, and d. Aug .20, 1874.

Children:
Richard Tower, b. Oct. 18, 1814.
Mary D., b. Nov. 22, 1816; m. Theodore Sheldon of Nhn.
Francis B., b. Dec. 3, 1818; m. Electa Skinner.
Marcus, b. Dec. 25, 1824; m. Cynthia S. Marsh, Jan. 23, 1856, who died June 12, 1899. He died Aug. 18, 1901.


3. Richard Tower, s. of Richard Tower (2), was b. at What., Oct. 18, 1814; m. Jan. 1, 1837, Rebecca J. Kittel of Schenectady, N.Y. She was b. Aug. 2, 1818. Res. in Bradstreet.

Children:
Charles M., b. Oct. 18, 1842.
Benjamin, b. Apr. 23, 1845.
Cecelia, b. May 31, 1846; m. Rev. Amaziah Deusler of Troy, N.Y.
Marcus, b. June 6, 1850.
Theodore S., b. May 1, 1852.
Mary D. S., b. Aug. 21, 1854.
Estelle, b. Feb. 22, 1861; m. Joel Woodward, June 1, 1882.


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