John Morten's fathers name is not is the papers that I have but his grandfather name was Morton Mortonson Morton was of Finnish Swedish descent born in 1725 shortly after the death of his family on a farm in Fidley Twonship Chester County (Present Delaware) Joh Sketchley, and Enhlidhmsn who subsequintly married the widowed mother of the youth, reared and educated him Their relationship was apparently close, for Morton later named his eldest son Sketchly. The stepfather, learned in Mathematics, taught the boy the threeR's as well as surveying. He practicticed that profession on and off all his life, as well as farming, politics, and jurisprudence.. He married in his early 20's and in 1748 or 1749 and he fathered five daughters and four son.. Morton fell ill and died within the year after sighing the Declaration, in the spring of 1777 This was taken from a book Biographical Sketches of the Signer of the Declaration of Independance. and a newspaper clipping That was in Greatgrandmother stuff.. But on familysearch.org you can find enough on that web site to weed out the monton's . susan ----- Original Message ----- From: <JCarver30@aol.com> To: <MORTON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 7:15 AM Subject: [MORTON] John Morton "the signer" > I have a lot of Morton information but haven't been interested in John "the > signer" until it has come up recently on the list. Can someone tell me what > John's parents names are and birthdate etc. I am sure he is in my line but I > have never picked him out...Thanks > > > ==== MORTON Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp >

Goodness did I forget to hit spellchecker. Sorry about that folks.. Susan ----- Original Message ----- From: <sterrell@peakonline.com> To: <MORTON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2000 8:28 AM Subject: Re: [MORTON] John Morton "the signer" > John Morten's fathers name is not is the papers that I have but his > grandfather name was Morton Mortonson Morton was of Finnish Swedish descent > born in 1725 shortly after the death of his family on a farm in Fidley > Twonship Chester County (Present Delaware) > > Joh Sketchley, and Enhlidhmsn who subsequintly married the widowed mother > of the youth, reared and educated him Their relationship was apparently > close, for Morton later named his eldest son Sketchly. The stepfather, > learned in Mathematics, taught the boy the threeR's as well as surveying. > He practicticed that profession on and off all his life, as well as > farming, politics, and jurisprudence.. He married in his early 20's and in > 1748 or 1749 and he fathered five daughters and four son.. Morton fell ill > and died within the year after sighing the Declaration, in the spring of > 1777 > > This was taken from a book Biographical Sketches of the Signer of the > Declaration of Independance. and a newspaper clipping That was in > Greatgrandmother stuff.. > > But on familysearch.org you can find enough on that web site to weed out > the monton's . > > susan > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <JCarver30@aol.com> > To: <MORTON-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 7:15 AM > Subject: [MORTON] John Morton "the signer" > > > > I have a lot of Morton information but haven't been interested in John > "the > > signer" until it has come up recently on the list. Can someone tell me > what > > John's parents names are and birthdate etc. I am sure he is in my line > but I > > have never picked him out...Thanks > > > > > > ==== MORTON Mailing List ==== > > > > > > > > ============================== > > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > > > > > ==== MORTON Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com >