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Personal data Mary Morton (3rd GGM) 

Sources 1, 2, 3

Household of Mary Morton (3rd GGM)

She is married to Robert Morrison.

They got married on February 20, 1809 at Macao, Tongcheng, Anhui, China, she was 17 years old.Source 2


Child(ren):

  1. James Morrison  1811-1811
  2. Mary Rebecca Morrison  1812-1903 


Notes about Mary Morton (3rd GGM)

Mary Morton was born and brought up in Dublin, Ireland. She accompanied her father, John Morton, a surgeon of the East India Company (EIC), on a business trip to Macao, where they met Robert Morrison of the London Missionary Society (LMS), the first Protestant missionary in China. Morrison and Mary Morton were married in February 1809 and made their home in Macao because no foreign women were allowed in Canton.

Life as a missionary wife was difficult for Morrison because she suffered from poor health and the tropical climate. Moreover, she was often alone in Macao because her husband was away on business for the EIC and the LMS. Her social life with the Western community, which was composed mostly of Catholic Portuguese, was severely restricted, even though she had learned Portuguese. This was evident in 1811 when her infant son, who lived less than a day, had to be buried under the city wall because permission was denied for him to be buried in the Catholic cemetery. In January 1815 Mary Morrison, with her two children, went to England to restore her health, returning to Macao in 1820. The next year, while pregnant, she died of cholera, and was buried in the newly established Protestant cemetery in Macao.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Mary Morton

Jacques Ingram
± 1726-1796
Mary Smyth
± 1740-1793
John Morton
1758-1837

Mary Morton
1791-1821

1809

Robert Morrison
1782-1834

James Morrison
1811-1811
Mary Rebecca Morrison
1812-1903
John Robert Morrison
1814-1843

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Sources

  1. Web: International, Find A Grave Index, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
  2. England, Pallot's Marriage Index, 1780-1837, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
  3. International, Find A Grave Index for Select Locations, 1300s-Current, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com

Historical events

Birthday October 24, 1791

  • The temperature on October 24, 1791 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
  • Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1791: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 10 » The Siege of Dunlap's Station begins near Cincinnati during the Northwest Indian War.
    • January 25 » The British Parliament passes the Constitutional Act of 1791 and splits the old Province of Quebec into Upper Canada and Lower Canada.
    • September 13 » King Louis XVI of France accepts the new constitution.
    • September 30 » France's National Constituent Assembly is dissolved, to be replaced the next day by the National Legislative Assembly
    • September 30 » The first performance of Mozart's opera The Magic Flute takes place two months before his death.
    • October 1 » First session of the French Legislative Assembly.

Day of marriage February 20, 1809

  • The temperature on February 20, 1809 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west by south. Weather type: betrokken. Source: KNMI
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    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • In the year 1809: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 27 » Peninsular War: A combined Franco-Polish force defeats the Spanish in the Battle of Ciudad Real.
    • May 17 » Emperor Napoleon I orders the annexation of the Papal States to the French Empire.
    • May 25 » Chuquisaca Revolution: Patriot revolt in Chuquisaca (modern-day Sucre) against the Spanish Empire, sparking the Latin American wars of independence.
    • July 5 » The largest battle of the Napoleonic Wars, the Battle of Wagram is fought between the French and Austrian Empires.
    • September 18 » The Royal Opera House in London opens.
    • November 18 » In a naval action during the Napoleonic Wars, French frigates defeat British East Indiamen in the Bay of Bengal.

Day of death June 10, 1821

  • The temperature on June 10, 1821 was about 13.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: half bewolkt donder en regen. Source: KNMI
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    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • In the year 1821: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 24 » Final stage of the Mexican War of Independence from Spain with Plan of Iguala.
    • May 12 » The first major battle of the Greek War of Independence against the Turks is fought in Valtetsi.
    • June 19 » Decisive defeat of the Filiki Eteria by the Ottomans at Drăgășani (in Wallachia).
    • July 28 » José de San Martín declares the independence of Peru from Spain.
    • October 8 » The Peruvian Navy is established during the War of Independence.
    • November 10 » Cry of Independence by Rufina Alfaro at La Villa de Los Santos, Panama setting into motion a revolt which led to Panama's independence from Spain and to it immediately becoming part of Colombia.


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