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     George Morton was born on 8 July 1678.¹ He was the son of George Morton and Joanna Kempton.¹

     Hannah Morton is the daughter of Ephraim Morton and Hannah Phinney.¹

     Hannah Morton was born say 1687.

She married Ephraim Morton, son of Ephraim Morton and Hannah Phinney, as his first wife.¹

     Hannah Morton is the daughter of Captain Edmund Morton and Elizabeth Rogers.¹

     Hannah Morton was born on 24 September 1753 in Middleboro, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.¹ She and Abiel Edson published their marriage intention on 29 October 1774, possibly in Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.¹

She died about 1843 in Bristol County, Massachusetts.¹

     Hannah Morton was born say 1646. She was the daughter of Nathaniel Morton and Lydia Cooper.¹

She married Benjamin Bosworth on 27 November 1666.¹

     Hannah Morton was born on 27 November 1668.¹ She was the daughter of George Morton and Joanna Kempton.¹

     Hannah Morton was born say 1663.¹ She was the daughter of John Morton and Lettice ---(?)---.¹

     Hannah Morton was born say 1672.¹

She married Benjamin Warren, son of Joseph Warren and Priscilla Faunce, in 1697.¹

     Captain Isaac Morton was born on 18 April 1754 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.¹ He was the son of Captain Edmund Morton and Elizabeth Rogers.¹

He married Anna Barber in 1774.²

Family tradition states that he was a member of the Boston Tea Party, and was an ensign in a Boston company at the battle of Bunker Hill, June 17, 1775. He enlisted as a private in the revolutionary army, April 5, 1776, apparently (according to the records of the United States war department) in Captain Samuel Bradford's company, Twenty-third regiment, Continental troops, raised in Massachusetts. "His name appears on an undated pay roll of the company, which shows that he received pay for September, October, November and December 1776, but affords no further particulars relative to his service," says a letter from the chief of the record and pension office, war department, Washington, D. C. The records of the family also show that he served as an ensign and as a captain. The chief of the record and pension office, above mentioned, further states: "The records also show that one Isaac Morton served as an ensign and as a lieutenant in the Tenth Massachusetts Regiment, commanded by Colonel Thomas Marshall, Revolutionary war. He was commissioned ensign November 6, 1776, promoted to be lieutenant November 1, 1777, and discharged December 4, 1777." From the records of revolutionary war service in the office of secretary of the commonwealth of Massachusetts, it is learned that "Isaac Morton appears with rank of captain on muster and pay roll of Colonel Thomas Poor's regiment. Engaged July 8, 1778; discharged October 2, 1778; time of service, three months seventeen days, including twelve days (two hundred and forty miles) travel home. Company commanded by Lieutenant Zaccheus Thayer, subsequent to October 12, 1778. Regiment raised for the term of eight months from time of arrival at Peekskill." He "appears among a list of officers of Suffolk county militia appointed to command men raised for various purposes. Said Morton detached for service at Peekskill. Commissioned July 14, 1778." He "appears in an account rendered against the state of Massachusetts by said Morton, Captain, for state pay for service from July 14, 1778, to October 24, 1778, 3 months, ? days, at North river. Reported" a supernumerary officer." He "appears with the rank of Captain on pay roll of Capt. Isaac Morten's company, Col. Thomas Poor's regiment, for September, 1778, dated Fort Clinton, November 14, 1778." He "appears in a copy of a regimental order dated West Point, October 12, 1778. Said Morton and others reported as having been discharged by Colonel Poor from any further service in his regiment, agreeable to General Washington's orders. Rank, captain." The records of the family state that Captain Morton served throughout the war, eight years in all, in the army and navy ; also that he drew a pension of twenty dollars a month. At the close of the revolutionary war Captain Morton removed from Boston, Massachusetts, to Portsmouth, New Hampshire, engaging in the bread and sea biscuit baking business. In 1798 yellow fever appeared in Portsmouth and he removed to Exeter, New Hampshire, where he continued the baking business, his son William, then about twelve years old, delivering the bread to customers.¹

He, like his father, died suddenly on 24 September 1824 at age 70 . It is said that he was sitting in a chair down by the old Piscataqua bridge, telling his revolutionary yarns, when he fell backward dead.¹ He and Anna Barber were buried in Proprietors' cemetery, Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, As the graves of Captain Morton and his wife are the.³

     Isaac Morton is the son of Captain Isaac Morton and Anna Barber.¹

     Isaac Newton Morton is the son of William Morton and Sarah Roberts Griffith.¹

     James Anderson Morton is the son of William Morton and Sarah Roberts Griffith.¹

     Joanna Morton was born on 9 November 1654.¹ She was the daughter of Nathaniel Morton and Lydia Cooper.¹

She married Joseph Prince of Hull on 7 December 1670.¹