When Ann Morton was born about 1809, in Maryville, Blount, Tennessee, United States, her father, William Prescott Morton, was 42 and her mother, Mary Margaret"Peggy" Farr, was 34. She married David Smith Delzell on 24 September 1835, in Blount, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Cass Township, Greene, Missouri, United States in 1850. She died in May 1860, in Greene, Missouri, United States, at the age of 52, and was buried in Cave Spring, Greene, Missouri, United States.
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Atlantic slave trade abolished.
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
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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