Honorable
William
Quin
Morton
Born in Charlotte, Virginia, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Quinn Morton
and Mary (Anderson) Morton
Brother of
Thomas Anderson Morton, Charles A. Morton, Elizabeth Woodson Morton, John Morton, Richard Morton, Frances (Morton) Alexander, Mary (Morton) Madison and Anderson Cocke Morton
Husband of
Elizabeth McRobert (Venable) Morton
— married
5 Sep 1816 in Kentucky, United States
Descendants 
Father of
William Joseph Morton, Agnes Mary (Morton) Hanna, Elizabeth Anderson Morton, Quin Morton, Charles James Morton, Infant Morton, Francis Richard Morton, Selina Jane (Morton) Canfield, Henry Thomas Morton, John Samuel Morton, Joseph Venable Morton and Anderson Micheaux Morton
Died
at age 56
in Shelbyville, Shelby, Kentucky, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 2 Jan 2011
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Biography
William was born in 1794.[1]
Educated at Hampden-Sydney College. Early Farmville merchant, farmer. Trustee of the University of Alabama at its organization in 1831.
William died in 1850 at the age of 56 and is buried at the Grove Hill Cemetery in Shelbyville, Shelby County, Kentucky, USA. His FindAGrave page lists and has links to his spouse, 8 children. There are 3 pictures of him and a picture of his headstone.[2]
Sources
- ↑ Morton Bible. Daughters of the American Revolution. Kentucky Bible records: from the files of the Genealogical Records Committee, Kentucky Society. Page 91.
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/109068967/william-quinn-morton: accessed 31 May 2023), memorial page for William Quinn Morton (4 May 1794–12 Jul 1850), Find A Grave: Memorial #109068967, citing Grove Hill Cemetery, Shelbyville, Shelby County, Kentucky, USA; Maintained by Phil Hanna (contributor 48684336).
See also:
- His wife's biography: Elizabeth McRobert (Venable) Morton (1795-1869)
- Family Search person record for William Quinn Morton: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/28SM-FCH. Lists his parents, 8 siblings, spouse, 12 children, 25 sources/notes.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
- Frank Morton
:
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test, FTDNA kit #B3751
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~3.12%
Philip Hanna :
AncestryDNA
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~1.56%
Mike Eggleston :
MyHeritage DNA
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~0.78%
~6.25%
Liz Edens :
23andMe, GEDmatch M757093 [compare]
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