John
Silley
Orton
Born in Churston Ferrers, Devon, England, United Kingdom
Ancestors 
Son of George Anthony Orton RN
and Mary (Silley) Orton
Brother of
Louisa Sophia Orton, George Anthony Orton, Frederick George Orton, Henry Orton and Thomas Robert Orton
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at about age 21
in Dittisham, Devon, England, United Kingdom
Profile last modified
| Created 14 Oct 2021
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Biography
John Silley Orton was born in 1803 in Churston Ferrers, Devon, England. He is the son of George Anthony Orton RN (abt.1760-1812) and his wife, Mary Silley (1770-aft.1841).
John was baptised privately on 1 November in Churston Ferrers church, Devon, England. [1][2] and then with his twin brother he was baptised in to the congregation on 24 November. [3]
John was admitted to the Greenwich Hospital School. His entry record confirms his baptism date in Churston Ferrers, that his father was a Lieutenant in the Navy and John was a twin to Thomas Robert Orton (1803-1832). [4] This school became the Royal Hospital School, Holbrook nr Ipswich, Suffolk but at John's time it met in the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich. Today, it is an independent HMC boarding school with strong naval connections. In John's time, it was mainly for orphans of seafarer's children. As his father died in 1812, John may well have fulfilled such admission criteria. [5]
Death
John's passing is recorded at Dittisham, Devon in 1824. [6]
Research Notes
Sources
- ↑ England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975. George Anthony Orton Gender Male Spouse Mary Child John Silley Orton
- ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch : 19 March 2020 George Anthony Orton in entry for John Silley Orton, 1803.
- ↑ "England, Devon Bishop's Transcripts, 1558-1887," database with images, FamilySearch : 11 September 2019 John Lilley Orton, Churston Ferrers, Devon, England, United Kingdom; citing Baptism, The Devon Record Office, Exeter
- ↑ UK National Archives, Kew. John Silley Orton. When admitted to Greenwich Hospital School. ADM 73/309/29
- ↑ Wikipedia [1]
- ↑ Devon Burials John Silley Orton. Dittisham, Devon
- England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975. George Anthony Orton Gender Male Spouse Mary Child John Silley Orton
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or 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 John:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or 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 John:
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