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Can anyone help me find information on a John Murton/Morton born around 1791 in the Bedlington area.
He went on to live in Newcastle and was recorded in Robson Court in 1840 census as a Tailor.
Any earlier information would be much appreciated.
Thank you
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Nataz,
The village and parish of Bedlington and the wider area called Bedlingtonshire, although geographically within the borders of the County Of Northumberland, were part of the County of Durham, from before 1791 to 1844.
Ditto for Norhamshire and Islandshire, the three "enclaves" known collectively as "North Durham."
Michael
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Hi
The IGI shows the following Murton's for Bedlington, Northumberland:
John Murton bp.27/4/1794 son John and Isabel
Andrew Murton bp.27/4/1794 ditto
Elizabeth Murton bp.10/5/1795 d. of John and Isabella
Whether John and Andrew were twins or both just baptised at the same time I can't say.
Annette
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another post on this subject can be found in the general Northumberland board
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John and Andrew were the twin sons of John Murton of Sheepwash and his wife Isabella.
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John and Andrew were the twin sons of John Murton of Sheepwash and his wife Isabella.
Hi do you have anymore info on John & Isabella?
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Here are all the parish register entries I have for them.
John Morton/Scott [illegitimate] son of John Morton and Isabel Scott, baptised 27 September 1776 - Long Horsley
John Murton and Sarah Scott, married 1 September 1777 [bride's name incorrect, should be Isabel] - Long Horsley
Jane Morton daughter of John Morton, buried 2 March 1779 - Morpeth
Mary daughter of John and Isabel Murton, baptised 24 September 1780 - Morpeth
Ann Murton, daughter of John Murton, Hebburn, baptised 29 December 1782 - Hebron
John Morton, son of John Morton, Hebburn, buried 14 March 1784 - Hebron
Ralph Murton son of John Murton, baptised 20 September 1785 - Long Horsley
Ralph Murton son of John Murton, buried 7th of November 1785 - Long Horsley
Jane Murton daughter of John Murton, baptised 8 November 1786 - Long Horsley
Andrew twin son of John Murton of Sheepwash and his wife Isabel Scott of Scotland, baptised 27th of April 1794 - Bedlington
John twin son of John Murton of Sheepwash and his wife Isabel Scott of Scotland, baptised 27th of April 1794 [married Ann Smith on 2nd of September 1833 at Newcastle All Saints] - Bedlington
Elizabeth daughter of John and Isabella Murton of Choppington, baptised 10th of May 1795 [possibly buried at Hebron 16 December 1821] - Bedlington
Isabel 5th daughter of John Murton, Hebburn, N. of Tranwell Morpeth p., by Isabel Scott, N. of Cartington, Rothbury, born June 6th 1798, baptised 1 July 1798 - Hebron
Isabel Murton, wife of John Murton, labourer, aged 45 years, died Jan. 15th 1804, buried 17 January 1804 - Hebron
Ann Morten, West Forest, daughter of John Morten, labourer, aged 25 years died Sept. 14th 1809, buried 17 September 1809 - Hebron
John Merton, West Forest, labourer, aged 58 years died Feb. 20th 1812, buried 23 February 1812 - Hebron
Elizabeth Morton, Long Framlington, age 26 years, buried 16 December 1821 - Hebron
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That's amazing thank you!
Have you managed to go any further back? Am discovering the 1700s are a stopping block when it comes to family history
And thanks as well for the other post. It's an impressive collection you have. Such a great resource
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Thanks!
I’ve been working on my own family history for over 30 years and because I also came up against the 1700s blockage I started collecting parish register entries, census returns, wills, newspaper reports, and all kinds of other records including parish and estate accounts, records of payments to paupers, legal cases, crew lists, etc. I have more than 10,000 items. I also do transcription work for FreeReg (which is a fantastic resource) and in doing this I have made several discoveries of parish register entries which are not in Family Search, Ancestry or Find my Past. I actually discovered the name of the farmer who employed my five times great grandfather William Morton on the farm of Heckley High House near Alnwick in the 1770s by transcribing his burial entry in the Alnwick register.
Having finished my family history I’m now engaged in a project to trace the family trees of all the Mortons/Murtons of Northumberland and Tyneside and first I had to identify who was in the immediate family of each one. That’s how I was able to give you the information you wanted so quickly as I have a series of spreadsheets with each person assigned a family code. I’ve identified the immediate families of more than 90% of them and once complete I can link those families together. I’ve already started doing this but John and Isabel haven’t been covered yet. I’ll make them next on my list!
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I'm equally impressed and rather jealous lol
Perhaps you can help solve a little issue. My g great grandfather was Andrew Morton of 1835? Newcastle, married to Margaret Hart. Now originally I had his parents as Andrew Snr and Margaret Mickle BUT I think in fact his mam was Margaret Walker. One path leads to Edward and Jane and the other to John and Isobel... be lovely if you had records to prove which is right
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Are you saying that Andrew was born in 1835?
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31 to 35 I believe
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I presume you’re getting that from the 1841 census. Is this him?
Andrew son of John and Anne Murton, Pilgrim Street, Tailor, baptised 28 January, 1835 at Newcastle All Saints
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Yes. The later census have him born anywhere from 1831 to 1835, occupation shoe maker.
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Sorry I'm all muddled. The Andrew who's mother is either a Walker or a Mickle was born in 1874, age 37 in the 1911 census, living in Oystershell Lane, Newc
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So which one am I looking for?
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The Andrew in my last post. Need to clarify who is mother was. Thanks for helping and apologies for the confusion
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My collections aren't much use for this as they generally only go up to 1851 (the date of the first reliable census). However, I've been able to establish that Andrew's mother was Margaret Walker.
Find My Past has the following Statutory Register of Births entry:
First name(s) Andrew
Country England
Last name Morton
Volume 10B
Birth quarter 2
Page 79
Birth year 1874
Record set England & Wales Births 1837-2006
Mother's maiden name Walker
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
District Newcastle upon Tyne
Subcategory Civil Births
County Northumberland
Collections from Great Britain, England
I have checked several of his siblings' births and they all show the mother's maiden name as Walker.
The Register of Marriages has:
First name(s) Margaret
Country England
Last name Walker
Volume 10B
Marriage quarter 4
Volume as transcribed 10B
Marriage year 1856
Page number 80
Registration month -
Record set England & Wales Marriages 1837-2005
MarriageFinder™ Margaret Walker married one of these people
Ralph Archer, Andrew Murton
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
District Newcastle upon Tyne
Subcategory Civil Marriage & Divorce
District number -
Collections from Great Britain, England
County Northumberland
It's therefore safe to conclude that Andrew's Grandfather was John Morton as per my previous post:
Andrew son of John and Anne Murton, Pilgrim Street, Tailor, baptised 28 January, 1835 at Newcastle All Saints
As a matter of interest John was previously married to Margaret Richardson who died around 1831/32 (no trace of a burial)
John Murton, of this parish and Margaret Richardson of this parish, by Banns, married 19 May, 1816. Wit. James Richardson, Thomas Morland - Newcastle All Saints
Hope this helps.
Andrew
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You're a star, thanks for all your help. Look forward to seeing what else you discover going forward