Notable Descendants
George Morton's descendants found prosperity in the New World and became leaders in business and government. Among the most notable are:
- Nathaniel Morton, Clerk/Secretary of Plymouth Colony from 1645 until his death in 1685 and publisher of the first history of New England, New England's Memorial, Cambridge, 1669.
- Elder Thomas Faunce, the originator of the story of Plymouth Rock.
- Perez Morton, seventh Massachusetts Attorney General and husband of American poet Sarah Wentworth Apthorp Morton.
- Marcus Morton, fourth acting, 16th and 18th Governor of Massachusetts.
- Levi Parsons Morton, 22nd Vice President of the United States and 31st Governor of New York.
- Henry Martyn Dexter and son Henry Morton Dexter, prominent American clergymen, historians, and authors.
- Julius Sterling Morton, Third United States Secretary of Agriculture and founder of Arbor Day.
- Joy Morton, son of J. Sterling Morton and founder of The Morton Salt Company.
- Paul Morton, son of J. Sterling Morton and 36th United States Secretary of the Navy.
- Lydia Jackson, second wife of philosopher, poet and Transcendentalist Ralph Waldo Emerson
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