John Morton Jr. son of John and Jane Peden Morton
I do not seem to get any responses concerning Elizabeth Morton and I recently did another post concerning The Pedens in America specifically page 107 that states:"As a question arises as to where the Peden brothers settled prior to the War of the Revolution,. . . . John Peden, his wife and four youngest sons came direct from PA with their second son, Thomas. The landing took place in New York accoeding to McDill testimony in 1770-1772. James Peden, the eldest son, came somewhat later from Chester, Penna, to Chester, S.C." I thought it was possible for these to be confused since writers do not include states. It continues "There are two versions as to the first home of the Mortons. First, that the husband of Jane Peden died from injuries rec'd during the persecution in Ireland. (Remininiscenes of her son David Morton) Second, that he was a brother of John Morton, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, "the pivot who turned the scale that memorable day and died the next;" after whose death (the signer died in 1777), which occurred in Penna, about the same of his brother's she, with her five Morton children turned southward. Her marriage to Samuel Morrow taking place in South Carolina. The Morrows came from Penna to S.C. As James Peden was a member of the Provincial Congress from Chester District, it is safe to presume that he settled there." Does this mean Chester Co. PA or Chester Co., S.C.? And it is obvious the Mortons stayed in Penna for a while. John Peden also lists his grandsons John, James, and David Morton as being part of his family that served in the war-page 102 same book. So I looked to find a record for John Morton, Jr. Even though there are more than a few trees in ancesty etc that show a James, James David, David, etc for the husband of Jane! I found this from ancestry browse The Offical Roster of the soldiers of the American Revolution buried in the state of Ohio. page 265, Morton, John, (Ross Co.) Br 1762 at Broughshane, Ballymena Parish, County Antrim, Ireland. Parents: Father a Scotchman, John Morton, his mother, Irish, Jane Peden. it goes on and toward the end it states:
"As a boy took part in some of the midbight meetings that culminated in the writing of the Declaration of Independence, later took part in the Revoluntionary War." It is becoming more apprent that the Mary or Elizabeth-or Mary Elizabeth listed on so many of these same trees is probably Elizabeth Morton Wakefield! And these stories about the dau of the signer or the niece of the signer have come from these comments from the Peden/Morton families. Please comment on the info in the book-especially about records that really are in Chester County, PA NOT Chester Co., S.C. and if any Mortons ever come to the Peden reunions or if Wakefields are ever mentioned in any family history. thanks for reading my long postings but the info and the confusion with so many of these records and histories require it. Thanks, Cindy
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