John Murton/Morton of Bedlington?

[nataz]

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

[Michael Dixon]

 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

[Annette7]

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

[nataz]

another post on this subject can be found in the general Northumberland board

[andygmandrew]

John and Andrew were the twin sons of John Murton of Sheepwash and his wife Isabella.

[Natmorton]

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?

[andygmandrew]

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

[Natmorton]

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

[andygmandrew]

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!