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Martha Morton[1]

Female Est 1704 - Yes, date unknown


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  • Name Martha Morton 
    Born Est 1704  Cumberland County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died Yes, date unknown 
    Person ID I6831  My Reynolds Line
    Last Modified 9 Aug 2019 

    Family Robert Richard Hughes,   b. 1704, Cumberland County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1750, Littleton Parish, Cumberland Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 46 years) 
    Children 
    +1. Mary Hughes,   b. Abt 1672, Cumberland County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    +2. Martha Hughes,   b. 11 Mar 1723, Cumberland County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Nov 1760, Littleton Parish, Cumberland Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 37 years)
    Last Modified 27 Mar 2018 
    Family ID F4171  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S86] Our Southern Cousins, http://oursoutherncousins.com/walton.html.
      Robert Walton (II) married Mary Hughes, born 11 Mar 1723/1724 Cumberland County, VA; died 24 Nov 1760 Littleton Parish, Cumberland County, Virginia, about 1740, the daughter of Robert Hughes and Martha Morton. "Mrs. Walton did not survive her husband by many years. By the time son George was 7 years old, their son was an orphan under the guardianship of his father's brother - also named George Walton - who had recently married Martha Hughes, the sister of the Mary Hughes Walton." Note from Mrs. E. Richards, 2004: "Mary Hughes Walton, widow of Robert Walton, married after her first husband's death to John WINFREY, on April 27, 1752. He was the manager or overseer of Robert Walton's plantation. She died within a year or so of that marriage."

      Robert Walton and Mary Hughes had the following children.

      1) John * WALTON (b.1742/1743 d.1781/1783-Augusta,Ga (will made in 1778)) (brother of signer)
      | sp: Elizabeth "Betsey" CLAIBORNE (m.15 Feb 1768/1769)
      2) Robert (III) WALTON (b.1744/1745 d.12 Jul 1797-Augusta,Ga) (brother of signer)
      | sp: Frances CARTER
      3) Sarah "Sally * WALTON (b.8 Oct 1746-Swift Creek,Goochland/Cumberland County,VA d.20 Nov 1805-Kentucky) (sister of signer)
      | sp: THOMAS * (called "Jr.) WATKINS (b.Abt 1738/1741-Powhatan Co,VA m.8 Feb 1762 d.1778-Henrico County,Virginia)
      | sp: Joshua MORRIS (b.Circa 1753-James City County,VA d.Circa 1840-Arkansas)
      4) GEORGE WALTON (b.1749-Farmville,Cumberland County,VA d.2 Feb 1804-Augusta,Ga) (Signer of the Declaration of Independence)
      sp: Dorothy CAMBER (b.1754-Chatham County,GA m.1775 d.12 Sep 1832-Pensacola,FL)

    2. [S160] Correspondence, Robert Vernon.
      Ancestor Chart of Robert Walters & Selethia Magby