Charles Ryland Scott Family

Ancestors and Descendants

Person Page 3,405

William Morton

M, b. 1793, d. 1822

Parents

FatherSamuel Morton (b. 1755, d. 15 October 1825)
MotherLevicey Watson (b. 1758, d. 1833)

Children with Susannah Gremmer

DaughterLavinia Elizabeth Morton
SonJacob Morton
SonJosiah Morton
SonAbraham Washington Morton+ (b. 1817, d. March 1874)
SonWilliam Jaes Alexander Morton+ (b. 21 March 1821, d. 21 November 1880)
Pedigree Chart
Included in charts - listsDescendants of John Woodson - Jamestowne Resident at Muster of 1624/25
Descendants of Thomas Morton b. 1726
Descendants of Thomas Watson b. 1735
Relationship3rd great-granduncle of Charles Ryland ("Ryland") Scott
2nd cousin 6 times removed of Carol Jay Gilstrap
5th great-granduncle of Isaac Silas Vaughn
5th great-granduncle of Katherine Gilstrap Scott
5th great-granduncle of Joseph Ryland Scott
5th great-granduncle of Charles Parker ("Parker") Scott
5th great-granduncle of Orly Marie Vaughn
5th great-granduncle of Avital Catherine Vaughn

Biography

MarriageWilliam Morton and Susannah Gremmer were married.1
AnecdoteWilliam Morton, D. 1822, left wife Susannah and 4 children. Lavinia Elizabeth, Josiah, Jacob, Wm. James, Alexander, Jesse B. 1781. Jacob, B. 1791, (M) Elizabeth Burge, B. in Va. 1796; he had a son, John Watson Morton, (M) a Miss Goodwin and was the father of Captain John Watson Morton, chief of Forrest Artillery during the War Between The States, and later Secretary of State of Tenn. (I have given the above because they were my grandmother's aunts and uncles. My father knew some of them.)2
Birth1793He was born in 1793 in Henrico, Virginia, United StatesBGO.
Death1822He died in 1822 at age ~29 in Williamson, Tennessee, United StatesBGO.
Last Edited5 May 2019

Citations

  1. [S205] James Walter Allen, "Morton Family of Henrico, Prince Edward and Brunswick Counties, Virginia," Morton Family of Henrico, Prince Edward and Brunswick Counties, Virginia, The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 11, No. 3 (Jul, 1931): p. 217. Hereinafter cited as "Morton Family of Henrico, Prince Edward and Brunswick Counties, Virginia."
  2. [S75] Cleo Meador Scott, Our Ancestors (, 1980), p 9. Hereinafter cited as Our Ancestors.