Eleazor Morton (1659 - 1703)

Born 1659 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Husband of Rebecca (Dawes) Morton — married 11 Nov 1692 in Boston, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 1703 at about age 44 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts

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Biography

Eleazor Morton was born in 1659 in Plymouth, Massachusetts to Ann Cooper, age 35, and Ephraim Morton, age 36.^[1]

Eleazor Morton married Rebecca Dawes Marshall on November 11, 1692, in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, when he was 33 years old.^[2][3]

In 1709, he and his son Nathaniel are mentioned in his brother, Nathaniel Morton's will.^[4]

Notes

from George Morton of Plymouth Colony and some of his descendants

4. Hon. Ephraim Morton- {George'^). Born in 1623, on the ship "Ann," on the passage to Xew England; upon his father's death probably adopted by Governor Bradford; m. Xov. 18-28, 1644, Ann Cooper, who, Savage says, I., p. 454, was his cousin, dau. of John Cooper, of Scituate, Mass., and Priscilla (Carpenter) Wright, widow of William Wright, and sister of Juliana (Carpenter) ^lorton; she d. Sept. 1-10, 1691; m. (2) 1692, Mary, widow of William Harlow, and dau. of Robert Shelley, of Scituate; made a freeman of the colony June 7. 1648; constable for Plymouth, 1648: member of the grand inquest, 1654; in 1657 elected a representative to the Plymouth General Court and was a member for twenty-eight years; in 1691-2 Plymouth was merged into Massachusetts and he was chosen one of the first representatives to the General Court; head of the Board of Selectmen of Plymouth for nearly twenty-five years ; magistrate of the colony in 1683 ; at the time of his death he was a justice of the Court of Common Pleas ; he was sergeant of the PhTuouth military company, and in 1664 was elected lieutenant, and in 1671 was chosen a member of the Council of War," in which he was of nmch service for many years, including the time of King Philip's War: for many years he was a deacon of the Pl}Tnouth Church, having been chosen August 1, 1669. and serving until his death, Sept. 7, 1693. His widow m. (3) Hugh Cole*, in 1698. His will is printed in full in the "Genealogical Adv^er- tiser," and reads :

Will of Ephraim Morton, senr. of Plymouth, dated Sept. 27, 1693, proved Not. 2, 1693, he "being weak of Body through sickness."

To wife Mary Morton £10 out of the personal estate; to son Nathaniel £10; to daughter Patience, wife of John Nelson, £5; to daughter Mercy Morton £20; to son George 30 acres given me by the town of Plymouth on the south side of th» Eele Kiver, also the best of my wearing apparell ; to son Josiah one fourth my lands in Sagaquash ; to my two sons Nathaniel and Thomas all my right to a tract of land in Middleboro; to son Thomas lands; to son Eliezer lands in Middleboro; ■when the legacies are paid, the rest of my personal estate, whether at Plymouth or elsewhere, shall be equally divided between my three sons, Nathaniel, Thomas and Eliezer, "I having disposed already unto all the Kest of my children such a part to each of them of my estate as I have thought fitt to be their full portion ; ' ' son Nathaniel to be sole executor.

This vrill was witnessed by Ephraim ^lortou Junr., Thomas Faunce and Joseph Faunce, who all made oath to said will Xov. 2, 1693.

The inventory of the estate of Lieut. Ephraim ^lorton, late of Ply- mouth, taken Xov. 1, 1693, by Eliezer Churchill and Thomas Faunce, was sworn to in court by Xathaniel ^lorton, Xov. 2, 1693.

The marriage covenant between F.phraim ]Morton, of Plymouth, and Mrs. Mary Ha'rlow. widow of Mr. William Harlow, deceased, of said Plymouth, dated Oct. 11, and acknowledged Oct. 19, 169*2, provided: She is to have her right of dower in the estate of her late husband, and is to quitclaim her rights to the estate of said Ephraim Morton if she sur- vive him. Witnessed by Thomas Faunce and Jon Faunce.

Children of Ephraim and Ann Morton:

George, b. — , 1645.

Ephraim, b. Jan. 27, 1648.

Rebecca, b. ilar. 15, 1651.

JcsiAH, b. — , 1653.

IMep.cy, b. — .

Nathaniel, b. — .

Ele.\zer, b. — , 1659. ^[5]

Thomas, b. 1667.

Patience, b. — ; m. May 4, 1693, as 3rd wife, John, son of William and ZJartha (Ford) Nelson, one of the proprietors of Middlebor- ough. Her children: (i) Lydia, b. — , 1694; (ii) Sarah, b. — , 1695.

It is said that one of these daughters, whether Mercy or liebecca ia not known, married William Da\is, of Plymouth.

Sources

1. ↑ George Morton of Plymouth Colony and some of his descendants,Publisher: Nabu Press (May 13, 2010) Language: English ISBN-10: 1149381221 ISBN-13: 978-1149381229 – May 13, 2010 by John Kermott Allen (Author) : http://archive.org/stream/georgemortonofpl00inalle/georgemortonofpl00inalle_djvu.txt
2. ↑ Name: Eliezur Morton Event Type: Marriage Marriage Date: 11 Apr 1693 Marriage Place: Boston, Massachusetts Spouse Name: Rebecca Marshall Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).
3. ↑ Name: Eleazer Morton Gender: Male Marriage Date: 11 Apr 1693 Marriage Place: New England, United States Spouse's Name: Rebecca Dawes [Rebecca Marshall] Original data: Torry, Clarence A. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004.
4. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L97D-6SVL : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1702-1710 vol 2 > image 93 of 106; State Archives, Boston.
5. ↑ George Morton of Plymouth Colony and some of his descendants: http://archive.org/stream/georgemortonofpl00inalle/georgemortonofpl00inalle_djvu.txt