Samuel
Morton
Born about in Kilmore, County Armagh, Ireland
Son of James Morton
and [mother unknown]
Husband of
Sarah (Christy) Morton
— married
10 Dec 1697 in Moyallan, County Down, Ireland
Descendants 
Father of
Joel Morton, James Morton, Rachel (Morton) Hewit, Sarah (Morton) Neill, Mary (Morton) Seaton, Abigail Morton, Samuel Morton and Hannah (Morton) Stott
Died after
after about age 47
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 10 Dec 2015
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The Birth Date is a rough estimate. See the text for details.
Contents |
Biography
Samuel was a Friend (Quaker)
Research Notes
No birth record located. Birthdate estimated based on marriage date. No death record located.
Research Notes
FSFTID GS7K-7SQ.
AMTID 130108733439:1030:113092843.
Note: The Mortons were a large sept of the Clan Douglas in Scotland. This branch settled in Philadelphia.
Sources
- “Ireland, Society Of Friends (Quaker) Marriages,” database with images, FindMyPast (https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=IRE%2FQUAKER%2FMARR%2F14485G : accessed 24 May 2021), marriage of Samuel Russell and Sarah Christy of Moyallen in Alex Christy's Moyallen on 10d 12mo (Feb) 1697 (1698); citing Register of marriages, LURGAN, 1859, Religious Society Of Friends In Ireland Archives.
See also:
- Unsourced family tree handed down to Joel Rane.
- Source: Burke, John. A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, enjoying territorial possessions or high official rank ; but uninvested with heritable honours. London : H. Colburn; [etc., etc.], 1835-38. V. 4, pg. 365 ("Christy, of Aperfield.")
- Source: Rogers, Charles, Rev. Genealogical memoirs of the Scottish House of Christie: Comp. from family papers and the public records. London : Royal Historical Society, 1878. Pg. 60.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Samuel by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Samuel:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Samuel by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Samuel:
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~0.39%
William Greer
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A026569 [compare], Ancestry member wmngreer1947
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~0.39%
~3.12%
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Alan Watson
Morton-8447 and Morton-4654 appear to represent the same person because: Same husband/wife.
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Rejected matches › Samuel Martin (-bef.1720)
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