Evan MORTON

  Noted events in his life were:

• Occupation: farmer, left will. St Ishmael records in Latin and Welsh!
Sep f Jensan dau Jenkin Morris Morton 26 Feb 1615 NS
Sep David Robert Jenkin Morton 3 Apr 1612
30 Apr 1641 sep Janet Evan wf Dvaid Jenkin Moris Morton
Gap 1642-1679! (the republic?)
9 Aug 16xx (1682?) bp/sep Margaret - Morris Jenkin Morton
11 Jun 1685 fait David Jenkin Morton
30 May 1690 sepult Walterus s/o David Jenkin Morton
23 Oct 1694 sepult fait Jenkin William Morton
16 Apr 1700 sepult faisant Mauricus Jenkin Morton, Elinor David and Richard Phillip
28 Apr 1704 sepult Johanes (?son of) David Jenkin Morton
28 Jun 1706 Anna d/o Griffith Jenkin dd Morton
12 Jan 1720 OS sepult Gwenllian mq Griffith Morton
22 Jan 1726 OS bur faisant Elinor Morris and Elizabeth mq David Jenkin Morton
14 Feb 1726 OS fillt David Jenkin Morton
Mar 1726 OS bur Griffith Morton
Jun 1745 bur Margaret d/o Mr Jenkin Morton
20 Aug 1748 (or 1749) bur Thomas infant son of Evan Morton
16 Feb 1751 OS bur John infant son of Griffith Morton [who!!]
21 Nov 1757 bur Sarah d/o Griffith Morton
2 Dec 1757 bur Mary d/o late Evan Morton deceased
4 May 1748 bur Rachel widow of Jenkin Morton
17 Jun 1758 bur Andrew David, who drowned this week with Griffith Morton in a lighter
24 Jun 1758 bur the said Griffith Morton (why the delay? Was Morton's body newly washed ashore, in which case how did they know on 17 June that he had drowned, had they drowned in docks or the Gwendraeth river, and for some reason there was a delay for Griffith's body to get back to St Ishmael. Lighters wouldn't normally operate at sea, and body unlikely to be recovered anyway. Was it in an industrial accident or bad weather (June - could check historic records). Not sure. And who was Griffith! My guess born about 1725. Must be a nephew of Jenkin and Evan, as cannot be a son of theirs - see wills - or could conceivably be a grandson of Evan and so son of John who died 1763. Very nice to have confirmation that the apparently landbased St Ishmael Mortons did indeed take to the sea, lending truth to the notion of Evan's son David making his way round Gower to Oystermouth by 1730)
Registers up to 1761. Not many BAPTISMS in the parish, were they nonconformist or had children baptised (but not buried) elsewhere?

Evan married Mary MORTON, daughter of Griffith MORTON and Unknown.