Ebenezer Morton Sr. (1715 - abt. 1810)

Born 25 Nov 1715 in Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Susannah (Holmes) Morton — married 5 May 1743 in Kingston, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died about 1810 at about age 94 in Friendship, Lincoln, Massachusetts, United States

Problems/Questions Profile manager: Rosa Lane [send private message]

Biography

Ebenezer was born on November 25, 1715 in Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay as the 6th child of Capt. Ephraim and Hannah (Faunce) Morton, Jr.

In 1724, Capt John Dyer was appointed guardian of Ebenezer.^[1]

Ebenezer married Susannah Holmes in Kingston, Massachusetts Bay on May 5, 1743. They had four sons including Kenelm b. 1744, Ebenezer Jr. b. 1746, Zenith b. 1749, and James b. 1750. Ebenezer Sr. removed to Meduncook Plantation (now Friendship), Province (now State) of Maine where they continued to raise their family. Kenelm and Zenith died young; however, Ebenezer Jr. and James continued to reside in Meduncook and raise their own families there.

Two of Ebenezer Sr.'s brothers, namely Cornelius and Elkanah, also removed from Kingston. Cornelius and his family to North Yarmouth, Province (now State) of Maine, and Elkanah to Kings County, Nova Scotia.

Ebenezer Sr. passed away in 1810 in Friendship, Massachusetts (now State of Maine) where he is buried.

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G97D-FHHM : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1724-1731 and 1838-1842 vol 5-5T > image 41 of 596; State Archives, Boston.

• Davis, William T., Genealogical Register of Plymouth Families, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1975, p. 190.

• Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records (orig. hand-scribed registry), 1620-1988 for Ebenezer Morton, Plymouth, Births, Marriages and Death. [Repository: Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 (database on-line, Frame #177 of 3129). Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).] (birth record incl. parents' names)

• Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, Kingston, Vital Record Transcripts, "Kingston Marriages," p. 256. [Repository: Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 (database on-line, Frame #252 of 391). Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).] (marriage record)

• U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Memorial No. 166864051, Created by Contributor 48937770, includes bio: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/166864051