Capt.
William
Thomas
Morton
Born in Brunswick, Colony of Virginia
Ancestors 
Son of Joseph Morton Jr
and Agnes (Woodson) Morton
Brother of
Mary (Morton) Price [half], Josiah Morton, Judith (Morton) Venable, Jane (Morton) Barksdale, Agnes (Morton) Watkins, Joe Morton, Jacob Morton, Jean Morton, Elizabeth (Morton) Daniels and Mary Beckwith (Morton) Venable
Husband of
Susannah Beverly (Watkins) Morton
— married
29 Oct 1764 in Charlotte County, Virginia
Descendants 
Father of
Agnes Morton, Henry Morton, Frances (Morton) Watkins, Nancy (Morton) Hill, Susannah (Morton) Throckmorton, Elizabeth Woodson (Morton) Shaw, Mary (Morton) Venable, Joseph Henry Morton, Lucy (Morton) Hannah, Mildred Stuart (Morton) Watkins, Jane Morton (Morton) Marshall and Martha Watkins (Morton) Edmunds
Died
at age 77
in Charlotte, Virginia, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 31 Oct 2010
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Biography
William Morton is the son of Joseph Morton and Agnes Woodson. He was born in 1743, and passed away in 1820.
William married Susannah Watkins on 29 Sep 1794. After marrying, William took Susannah to a plantation home provided by his father. The 1810 U.S. Federal Census, pg 58 shows William living in Charlotte, VA.
William and Susannah had 10 children:
1. Frances "Fanny" (1765-1822)
2. Agnes (1767-1810)
3. Nancy (1769-1851)
4. Harvey (1773-1796)
5. Mary (1779-1836)
6. Joseph (1780-1855)
7. Susannah "Susan" (1785-1836)
8. Jane (1787-1861)
9. Mildred (1789-1875)
10. Lucy (1798-1872)
William was active in the Charlotte County government, and in many different roles. He was a judge, coroner, tax collector, sheriff, and delegate.
MILITARY: Revolutionary War
About 1775, William Morton was a Colonel in the Continental Army, commanding a company of militia he raised himself. On 15 Mar 1781 he fought at the Battle of Guilford Courthouse. Col Morton is credited with killing British Col Webster, a personal favorite of Cornwallis.
(Dates per DAR) Birth: 3-27-1743 Brunswick, Virginia Death: 11-29-1820 Charlotte, Virginia
Sources
http://www.roanetnhistory.org/foote-virginia.php?loc=Foote-Sketches-Virginia-Firs
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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
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Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test, FTDNA kit #B3751
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~0.78%
Cindy Langdale :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Terenda (Curtis) Wyant :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Lori Markuson :
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch SA9820126 [compare]
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~0.39%
Erin (Good) Stumpf :
23andMe
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~0.39%
Lee Tate :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A322856 [compare], Ancestry member allkache
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Living DNA, GEDmatch A322856 [compare]
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[Living Green]
I also can’t verify the middle names listed for Joseph and Susannah.
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[Living Green]
According to my family sources, some of the children linked to William and Susannah Watkins Morton do not belong to them. They must belong to another William Morton.
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[Living Anderson]
Morton-4921 and Morton-204 appear to represent the same person because: clear duplicate
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by [Living Anderson]
Rejected matches › William Morton (1853-) › William Morton (1744-1789) › William Norton (1742-) › Thomas Morton (1744-)
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