Brief Life History of John
John Morton was born about 1689, in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. He married Jean Borland on 16 June 1714, in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 7 daughters.
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- John Morton, "Scotland, Marriages, 1561-1910"
- John Morton in entry for Margaret Morton, "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
- John Morton in entry for Jean Morton, "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
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1802 · John Playfair publishes summary of James Hutton's theories of geology.
In 1802, John Playfair published the Illustrations of the Huttonian Theory of the Earth. His influence was by James Hutton’s knowledge of the earth’s geology.
Name Meaning
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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