When Thomas Morton was born in October 1666, in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Richard Morton, was 26 and his mother, Ruth Edwards, was 22. He married Comfort Deming on 7 February 1701, in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 1 May 1740, in Rocky Hill, Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, at the age of 73, and was buried in Rocky Hill, Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.
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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.
Possible Related NamesThomas Morton Birth: 1666 Hatfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA Death: 1 May 1740 (aged 73–74) Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA Burial: Center Cemetery, Rocky Hill, Hartford Co …
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