MORTON, Thomas

1780 - 1853  (73 years)

• Name	MORTON, Thomas  [1]
  Birth	1780	Derbyshire, England
  	England Census 1841, 1851
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	2928
  Death	1853	Portsea Island
  Person ID	I2928	Main Tree | Ancestor of Vern Smith
  Last Modified	19 Feb 2022

  
  

  Family	PASSMORE, Honour
  Marriage	15 Apr 1819	Portsea parish, Southampton , England   [2]
  	Signed with a cross, by Honour.
  Notes	Maureen Wyatt found the information on the children's births from the family history librarian at St Peter Port.
  Children	+ 1. MORTON, Mary Ann,   b. 20 Aug 1819, St Peter Port Guernsey, Channel Islands d. 28 Jan 1900, Omaha (Age 80 years)   2. MORTON, Joseph,   b. 16 Aug 1823, St Peter Port Guernsey, Channel Islands   3. MORTON, Charles,   b. 5 Nov 1820, St Peter Port Guernsey, Channel Islands   4. MORTON, Robert Passmore,   b. 15 May 1822, St Peter Port Guernsey, Channel Islands   5. MORTON, John,   b. 1839, Portsmouth, Hampshire
  Family ID	F768	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Feb 2022

  
  

• Notes

  Had been in the Royal Artillery (source: Maureen Wilton). He fought in the Napoleonic Wars. UK, Military Campaign Medal and Award Rolls, 1793-1949 on Ancestry list battles of Corunna (1809), Vittoria (1813), Siege of San Sebastian (1813), Toulouse (1814). Record from UK National Archives https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14442838 Enrolled 1803, discharged 1826. Not 100% this is same Thomas Moreton, but those dates do check out.

  
  

• Sources

  [S219] Miller, Heather. Packet, Note of marriage; and apparently an entry in a birth register of a parish church of Mary Ann Moreton. [S219] Miller, Heather. Packet.