When Reynolds Morton was born on 1 August 1824, in Bedford, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, William Morton, was 40 and his mother, Mary Bailey, was 41. He married Savannah Morgret on 27 April 1846. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Greenville, Darke, Ohio, United States in 1910 and Ohio, United States in 1913. He died on 1 September 1913, in Ansonia, Darke, Ohio, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Greenville Union Cemetery, Greenville, Darke, Ohio, United States.
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English and Scottish: habitational name from any of the many places called Mor(e)ton, named with Old English mōr ‘moor’ + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’. There has probably been some confusion with Morten , and perhaps also with Murton . This English name has also been established in Ireland since the 13th century.
American shortened and altered form of Swedish Mårtensson or Mortensson (see Martenson and Mortenson ), which could also be substituted for the Finnish cognate Marttinen.
French: shortened form of Moreton 3.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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