Morton Family Tree research resources
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 16006 people with the Morton surname? In that year Morton was ranked number 239 for popularity in the UK. |
"Local: from the parish of Morton in Dumfriesshire. "(The origin and signification of Scottish surnames. Clifford Stanley Sims, 1862)
Morton records on Ancestry
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Historical References
"MORTON. (1) Of local origin from Morton in Dumfriesshire. Hugh de Mortun, prior of May, c. 1204-11 (RAA., i, 47). William de Mortun who witnessed a grant of the churches of Trauerflat and Dungray to the Abbey of Kelso in 1266 (Kelso, 345), may be Welsh de Mortun, rector of the church of Dunbenauch, 1269 (RPSA., p. 174). Thomas de Mortoun held the mill of Mortoun, Dumfriesshire, 1376 (RHM., i, p. Ivii), and John de Mortoun was provost of the Collegiate Church of Bothevile, 1413 (REG., 323). (2) Of territorial origin from the lands of Myrton or Myretoun, afterwards Morton, in the parish of Kemback, Fife. The Myretons, Myretouns, or Mortons of Cambo were an old and considerable family in Fife, who took their surname from these lands (Stodart, n). The family "are said to have derived their name from an ancestor in the fourteenth century, who held office as rnair of the barony of Grail, and whose own lands were designated Mairtoun. But it is more probable that the family were named from the character or condition of their lands Myretoun being a corrupt form of Muirtown" (Crail, p. 9). William de Myrton, domimts ejusdem, appears in record in 1361. Malcolm de Myrtoun witnessed resignation by Sir David de Wemyss of land in Fife, 1373 (Wemyss, n, 15). Master Thomas of Mirton, chaplain of the king of Scots, 1422 (Bain, rv, 912, 922), 0 is doubtless Thomas de Myrtone (Myretoun, or Myrton) who appears between 1429 and 1446 (Soltre, p. 298; REB., i, 56, n, 23; REG., 348, 349; Bain, rv, 1051). Thomas Myrtone was archdeacon of Aberdeen, 1514 (REA., n, p. 310), and Hector Myrtoune "cheplan of the Magdalin altar," Aberdeen, 1559 (CRA., p. 324). Alexander Morton (1820-1869), inventor of machinery for pointing, tempering and grinding steel pens, was born in Darvel, Ayrshire. Mireton 1431, Mortein and Martein 1694, Mortown 1598, Myrtoun 1584, Myrtoune 1544. "(The surnames of Scotland. George Fraser Black, 1866-1948)
DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for the Morton Family History
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Investigate Morton Parish Records at Find My Past.
Search the UK registered births, marriages and deaths for the Morton family name using the FreeBMD database.
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Study the LDS Database for records of the Morton family.
Research the Morton surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Morton Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 20751 people with the Morton surname in the UK? Morton is now ranked number 260 for popularity in the UK. |
Morton Family History Databases
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Miscellaneous Morton Databases
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