Please delete this page. He was born in 1751 not 1752.
Biography[]
Hon. Maj. Perez Morton was born on 13 Nov 1751 in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, North America to Joseph Morton (1712 - 1793) and Anna Bullock (1722 - 1759) and died on 14 Oct 1837 in Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA. He married in 1781 to Sarah Wentworth Apthorp (1759 - 1846).
Facts and Occupation[]
Around 1760 he attended the Boston Latin School in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, North America. In 1771 he graduated from Harvard College in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, North America. He participated on the Committee of Correspondence From 1789 to 1790 he was a Freemason and Deputy Grand Master of the Grand Land of Massachusetts. From 1775 to 1776 he was Deputy Secretary of the Council of the Colony of Massachusetts Bay From 1806 to 1808 he was Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives. From 1810 - 1832 he was the 7th Massachusetts Attorney General.
Lineage[]
George Morton (1587 - 1624)
m. Juliana Carpenter (1584 - 1665)
Lt. Ephraim Morton (1623 - 1693)
m. Ann Cooper (1625 - 1691)
Ephraim Morton (1648 - 1731)
m. Hannah Finney (1657 - 1730)
Joseph Morton (1683 - 1754)
m. Mary Chittenden (1684 - 1756)
Joseph Morton (1712 - 1793)
m. Anna Bullock (1722 - 1759)
Maj. Hon. Perez Morton, Esq. (1751 - 1837)
m. Sarah Wentworth Apthorp (1759 - 1864)
Sarah Apthorp Morton (1782 - 1844)
m. Richard Cunningham ( - )
Charlotte Cunningham (1817 - 1888)
m. Dr. Howard Sargent, M. D. (1810 - 1872)
Mary Sarah Sargent (1844 - 1908)
m. Alexander Malcolm Thomas (1809 - 1877)
Elizabeth Whitwell Thomas (1868 - 1952)
m. Frederick Josiah Bradlee I (1866 - 1951)
Frederick Josiah Bradlee, Jr. (1892 - 1970)
m. Chevaliere Josephine de Gersdorff (1896 0 1975)
Chevalier Benjamin Crowninshield Bradlee (1921 - 2014)
m. Sally Sterling Quinn (b. 1941)
Josiah Quinn Crowninshield Bradlee (b. 1982)
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