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George Morton or George Mourt (c. 1585 – 1624) was an English Puritan Separatist. He was the publisher of, and perhaps helped write, the first account in Great Britain of the founding of Plymouth Colony, called Mourt's Relation.
20. Dez. 2023 · About George Morton, of the Plymouth Colony. George MORTON. 1585 - 1624 (39 years) Name George MORTON [2, 3, 4] Born 2 Aug 1585 Austerfield, Yorkshire, England. Gender Male. Birth 2 Aug 1585 Bantry, Nottinghamshire, England [2] Died 12 Aug 1624 Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States [2]
- Austerfield, England
- Juliana Kempton
- England
- before August 02, 1585
George Morton (abt. 1585 - 1624) George "Joris" [uncertain] Morton aka Morthen. Born about 1585 in England. Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown] [sibling (s) unknown] Husband of Julian (Carpenter) Kempton — married 23 Jul 1612 in Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland. Descendants.
- Male
- June 2, 1624
- Julian (Carpenter) Kempton
George Morton – historically famous to Plymouth Colony by being revealed as the author (possibly with William Bradford and Edward Winslow) of Mourt’s Relations, a manuscript of life and times from the earliest colony days, published in England in 1622. Morton was of York or Nottinghamshire in the north of England. He married ...
Mourt, or George Morton was “the brother-in-law of Governor Bradford, who came to the Colony in 1623, but died in June, 1624” (Cheever 93). Mort was also a merchant and worked for the Leyden church (Bracken 19-23). He also received the “Mourt’s Relation” manuscript and gave it to the printing press (Philbrick).
For more information see Allen, John K., George Morton of Plymouth Colony and Some of his Descendants, pub. by author, Chicago 1908. First Generation. George Morton was baptized at Austerfield, South Yorkshire, England 2 Aug 1585, son of George Morton and Catherine Bown (etc.) He was part of the original Separatist congregation at Scrooby which ...
George Morton's son Nathaniel Morton became the clerk of Plymouth Colony, a close adviser to his uncle Governor William Bradford who raised him after the death of his father, and the author of the influential early history of the Plymouth Colony "New England's Memorial." [4] Legacy.
