Ann (Cooper) Morton (abt. 1624 - 1691)

Wife of Ephraim Morton — married 18 Nov 1644 (to 1691) in Plymouth, Plymouth Colony

Descendants

Died 1 Sep 1691 at about age 67 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Plymouth Colony

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Biography

Ann Cooper was born about 1624. Please note she was not born in Plymouth. Had she been living in Plymouth in 1627 she and her family would have been named in the 1627 cattle division. They were not.

She died on 1 Sep 1691 in Plymouth.

Research Notes

Ann Cooper is probably not the daughter of John Cooper and Priscilla Carpenter Wright Cooper. There is no record of children being born to this couple. There was another John Cooper in Massachusetts at about the same time who had a daughter Ann. ^[1] The Ann referred to in the cited source married other persons.

Note that the death record (NEHGS; Plymouth v1; see Sources) provides clues to the family; the entry (giving the death date as 6 Sept.) describes Ann Morton as "my aunt... wife of my uncle Ephraim Morton", and is attributed to "Elder Faunce", who also describes two other women deceased in 1691 -- "my dear mother Whitteney" and "my aunt Sarah Bonam" -- as family members.

Note 3/17/2013: Parents removed from profile: This individual is not the daughter of William Wright.

Priscilla Carpenter Wright Cooper had no children.

This person was created through the import of fitzmaster032511.ged on 27 March 2011.

Name: Ann /Cooper/ Birth Date: 1624, Place: Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Death: Date: 01 SEP 1691, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA

Children removed from profiles of parents:

• Alice Wright: Wright-307, Wright-1897 - she seems to be the same as Wright-192, Wright-1021, Wright-2002, Wright-3091
• Richard Wright: Wright-1922
• Dorthy Wright: Wright-1898
• Ann Cooper Cooper-1309, -2136 Ann is not the daughter of Priscilla and John Cooper.^[2]

Birth

Birth:

Date: 1625

Place:

Death

Death:

Date: 7 SEP 1693

Place: Plymouth, Massachusetts (Plymouth)

Marriage

Husband: Ephraim Morton

Wife: Ann Cooper

Child: George Morton

Marriage:

Date: 18 NOV 1644

Place: Plymouth, Massachusetts (Plymouth)

Sources

1. ↑ Great Migration Vol II p200-204
2. ↑ Great Migration II 202-204

See also:

• Robert Charles Anderson, "William Wright",The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Vol III, Boston, New England Historic Genealogical Society 1995. p. 2075 - 2076.

• Robert Charles Anderson, "John Cooper",The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England 1634-1635, Vol II, Boston, New England Historic Genealogical Society 1995 p 200-205.

• Death (NEHGS; shown as 6 September): "my aunt Ann MORTON, the wife of my uncle Ephraim Morton, decd. 6th Sept. 1691 [a later hand added "Per Elder Faunce"]" -- Plymouth V1; Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016); https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/i/14012/135/253514910 (subscription)